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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

talth IN the old mountcbank and we
had no idea he would ever help TO
beat MS out of a bill on subscription,
but he did through the medium OF
a poor deluded simpleton from this
county named William IL. Cham.
bers, who received his mail over at
Aurora and took The ARGUS several
years. He got along all right and
was a school teacher and respect
ed member of society and stood
well in the community till he and
the family got to reading up on
Dowieism and became converted to
the creed of tins old charlatain and
William III. left for Zion City to
get right next to the real thing and
enjoy the Dowie Hallelujah brand
at close range. We have never been
able to get any further trace OF hum.
He owed us S6.Ss for weekly edi-
tions of the art preservative and we
sent statements to his home here
IN the buckwheat belt and later on
followed him up to Zion City with
another statement and letter but old
John Alexander Dowie was ahead
OF us and had gotten all of William
HIS money and we have never vet
had the pleasure of sending him
receipt. We suppose he has been
so busy singing hosannas to the
Lamb of Zion City lDowie) and
shouting "hallelujah thine be the
Glory" at the shrine OF this old
humbug that he has entirely for.
gotten the home and friends OF his
youth back in the buckwheat belt
where the cherry and apple are in
bloom, but this little lay Cit on)
sermon from an unbeliever in the
Dowie brand of fakeism will help
our people to keep green til e
memory of William II. till his en-
cyclopedia in out of print.
-
Among the many candidates for
position in this column is man
named Clark, not 90. n. r., >" but
J. c. Clark. We know nothing
about the man. In fact II the Lord
don't know any better than we do,
he is a lost man, and judging from
the way in which he beat us out of
81 on subscription TO a paper that
is more deserving than the Chris
tian Advocate we doubt il he will
ever be known on high. This man
got The ARGUS for several years,
way back and his account is a back
number and could not be collected
by law although the justice of it
is just as strong now as it ever was.
This proves that law and justice do
not go hand in hand. II the Hon.
Mr.. Clark, who used to get his
mail at Paint Creek, w. Va, will
send us check for that 81 we will
cheerfully give him a free pass to
the Celestial Shore and a bill Of
lading of his honesty, so far as we
are concerned. Whether or not he
would be enabled to get through
with these credentials depend on the
statu quo, Gas the lawyers would
say) OF his general moral and fnan-
cial c condition at the date OF pass.
age. Unless it improves consider
ably before he arrives at home base
it is our biased and prejudiced
opinion that it will be Clark's O.
u. T. instead Of Clark's O. N. T.
However we are more interested
in CIark's l. O. u, than in any
other combination Of letters.
They say there is Nothing too
good for the Irish" not even THE
ARGUS and this is all right because
we are part Irish and have no apollo
gies to offer for it. 1t is therefore
proper to have an Irishman in This
list and we herewith introduce y.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

The next man in this category is
Conrad A. Hoffman who lives along
the "Winding Rive, Cheat" and
from fishing and bathing in its wa
ters so long and living along the
banks of this famous stream, he
seems TO have become thoroughly
saturated with the virus that gives the
stream its name and is trying hard
to live up TO it and be cheat him
self He has never amounted TO
much and no man ever will who
bats an eiitor out Of the subscrip
ton for a Democratic paper. We
were innocent enough years ago to
send TIE ARGUS TO "Coonrod" as
n is called, for four years on pro
misses bu. we finally got ash amed TO
have him lying so much about it
and amputated his cognomen from
our mailing list, bat still retain Il
on our books with SO to the left Of
the debit and credit side Of his &C
count and not a scratch 10 offset.
We do do not believe that Coon"
will ever pay cent Of bis debts so
long as he lives along Cheat river.
Nothing but 'Jordan's Stormy
Banks" will ever wash the stain away
and the waters be very chilly. unless
some Of ihc cheat and beat mi
crobes are ersdicsted from his run
| down and run in debt system.
Another distinguished citizen 10
receive attention in this column is
B + Miller, who operated in this
section few years ago and espous-
Ell Co be one horse Democratic
politician and tried to write some
stuff for this paper We finally got
shutof him and he turned up at Nor
/ gantOwn and had lHE ARGUS sent
TO him for awhile until he got into
trouble with Uncle Sam and was
arrested and sent TO jail for selling
| booze. Hc still owes as SI7s and
we suppose will never owe us any
less if he knows &c nor any more II
we know 10. Any man that tries 10
beat poor co6ding country editor
is sure 20 c)me TO some bad end.
We have read much 10 the papers
about John Alexander Dowic, the
foander proprietor an d general
manager OF Zion City. a suburb OF
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

The Washington, Pa. presbytery
is not stuck on dandy ministers AZ
the meeting Of that presbytery this
week Rev w. S. Danley proposed
the following resolutions: Whereas,
Sissiheld asses are no longer to be
tolerated IN the ministry, that their
admission be discouraged: "Re-
solved, That the ministers be in
stucted to no longer part their
hair in the middle. "-Parkersburg
Sentinel.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

Old Noah wasn't much OF fnan-
cier, but he knew enough to go in
when it rained.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
OUR DEAD BEAT LIST.
A Few More Short But Entertainins
Biographical Sketches.
CHATTER THREE.

About dozen years ago fellow
named J. w. Low of Morgantown
was on our subscription list and got
into us TO the extent of $4.7s and
when we tried to collect it aud fail
ed his name was known to our list
no longer and he has lain Low ever
since so low that we never gotten
sight OF of him so far as we know.
He is evidently very Low down IN
the financial scale, for nobody but
Low cuss would beat an innocn I
trusting country editor out of
enough money to buy barrel of
second grade -four or two whole
sides OF "sow-belly" bacon and thus
deprive him OF feasting on The fat
of the land for thirty days or moIe.
Henry u. Sapp received the lead
ing county paper Of fthis section, over
at Independence until 1t amounted
""N 0"C '"''' ','"' "e
" = ''~" "'" ''opPe' &c ~
rs ~ "''' y" w" N"o" '"e
man or anything about him, except
T'PP ""o'e ''o"ey uoes
'' ~" - ssy' nc ''"f DC "e'"
~ '' " y ""0" 80 - 70 &c" y. e'e'e"
"'' '"y meanings
49, 49, ''' - "e % '"u "'Sue "o
go '"' WIN ',, / e'e' '"a"
hoe hoon l,;aa 49,, ,.n,,
Sherd c. Shaw, a son of the late
"Uncle Ben" Shaw. beat Ms out of
s. worth of ARGUS sent 10 him On,
in California at Santa Barbara
Io,, p.,,L ,,,J ,,,t,. -, ,-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

william Jennings Bryan is presi-
dent at last, being recently elected
TO the position Of president Of the
Nebraska Editorial Association. II
is an honorable position, and Mr..
Bryan does not IN the least detract
from his fame in accepting IT,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

We have read much 10 the papers
about John Alexander Dowie, the
foander proprietor and general
manager Of Zion City, a suburb Of
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

Credit no man with his good in.
tentions; make him come up with
the long green.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

Had Mother Eve been up to date
what a fool she'd have made Of that
scrpent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

A. J. Hardy Of Terra Alta, is de-
serving ofa place in this list lie
used to pose as one Of the unteuih-
ed and unwashed Democracy and
took The ARGUS for the good of
the cause for seven years and eight.
months without paying a cent on 90
and would probably be taken it vet
on the same terms, if we had not
raised him out Of the game. Tie
did not ante and we stopped the deal
on him. lie owed us Srt.5o and
has never cashed in yet. Il takes
a Hardy man TO beat us out OF that
much money but This was in our
tenderfeei days when we thought
Democracy like charity covered 2
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

DR.. l.. w. Cobuu of Masontown,
has removed to Morgan,own, where
he will in the future reside. IIc has
built residence in South Park.
Dr. Cobun is warmly welcomed
here. lie has been made physician
for the Richard mines above town
and will get his share Of The practice
which the local physicians enjoy
Dominion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

When President Roosevelt was hunt
ing in the Big Pasture last spring the
story runs that he told John Alternately,
his host, to secure general Endorsements
and later he might give him an Office.
Alternately had never mixed in Oklahoma
politics and it was easy for him to get
letters from members of all factions,
saying that he was good fellow and
that they would like to see him on the
federal pay roll. Among others who in
dorsed Alternately was w. d. Fossett,
United States marshal, whose position
Alternately now is said to be seeking,
Fossett is the butt of many jokes about
his Endorsement of Alternately for his
own job.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07
At the risk of being criticised

At the risk of being criticised for
tnagging we must call the attention of
those newspapers in Iowa that few
years ago alleged that the large prison
population that then obtained was due
to "hard times" and lack of prosperity
to the fact that October last was re-
cord breaker in prison commitments in
the state. During that month 80 were
enrolled at the Fort Madison prison
and al at Anamosa. Why is it? If it
was "hard times" that caused many
commitments few years ago, is it
"harder times" that now causes the re.
cord breaking? Don't all answer at
once. Onr memory is that the Burling-
ton Hawkeye was one that expatiated
long and loud regarding it at that
Ytime. What does it say now?-Ft
Madison Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

Valentine 1apley,a citizen of Louisi-
ana, Mo-, so years old, claims to have
the longest whiskers in the world
They measure eleven feet, and the old
gentleman is very proud of them. For
many years he has kept his beard
plated and when he dies he wants it
to be left in all it's elongated beauty
A dime museum manager once offered
him large salary to go on exhibition
but he refused.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

1t is said that Captain Frantz, lately
appointed governor of Oklahoma, owes
his appointment to strong personal
liking for him developed by President
Roosevelt as the result Of a knockout
blow the Oklahoman administered to the
President in friendly bout with the
boxing gloves. If Fitzsimmons, Jeffries
or Corbett could get chance to put on
the gloves with Teddy they ought easily
to win the best ambassadorships within
the gift of the administration.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

The minutes spent in growing at
your luck or at others because they
have better luck than yourself, means
just that many minutes of your own
force and energy spent in making
worse your own health and fortune
Every time you give room for thoughts
of envy of another, it is a boomerang
1t Genes back to you and hurts you
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

gan buying for the rise months ago and
they are still buying in anticipation of
still higher prices. The shoe dealer
who bought his stock several months
ago has already made fair profit, even
if he has not sold pair of shoes from
his purchase. Never before in the
history of the jobbing business has the
shoe trade been SO good and every es-
tablishment of the country will eclipse
all previous records in sales this season.
Register and Leader.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

were selling year ago for an advertis-
ed price and which are still being sold
for the same price. In the better grades
of shoes, the material costs as much as
70 cents more per pair now than it did
a year ago."
The effect of this increase in price has
been to stimulate the iobbing business
very much. Far seeing merchants be-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

Some exchanges are referring to those
New York life insurance presidents
saying that they are being tanned by
the commission. The fact is they have
been SO tame all along that they would
eat out OF other peoples hands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

And then again, probably Senator
Platt, in giving his testimony to the in
surance commission, acted on the sug-
gestion of the old adage that ian honest
confession is good for the soul"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

There will probably be considerable
CONSERVATION among the members of
the Ancient Order Of Grafters when
they read the verdict of the jury in the
case of Senator Burton, of Kansas. The
jury found him guilty on every count.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

Those naval cadets have rough way
of settling difficulties, but we must con-
fess that it is more lady-like than ty-
ing one another to the railroad track
for the train to run over.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

Wonder if the insurance companies
are the only great corporations that
Cough up" so freely to political cam
paign funds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

1t looks now like George AIDE mig hit
soon be justified in asking, "why do
people marry Jack London?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

Since it has been learned chat Secre-
tary Shaw has not resigned the rest of
the country will have to be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07

1t seems that some of the preachers
can not believe that Jonah ever swal-
lowed any whale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07
Advertising Rates.

Yearly advertisers s cents per inch per issue.
Occasional advertisers 10 cents per inch per ISSUE
Locals cents per line each insertion.
Locals set in black face type 10 per line each
insertion.
Legal advertising at legal rates.
Church and other notices where admission fee is
narged will be charged for at therate OF cents per
line.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07
Tariff Revision Wanted.

Regardless of their political at1ilia-
tions, jobbers and others interested in
the leather industries are organizing to
ask congress to reduce or remove the
duty on hides. The question has been
agitated among themselves for months,
and the leather trade journals are filled
with talk about it. Every leather deal
ers' convention resolves itself into a
great debate on the situation, with the
invariable conclusion that the duty
should be removed for the general
good.
Locally the jobbers in leather goods
are of the same opinion. They declare
themselves fatty and without reserre:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07
Mr.. Boyt's View.

''The recent extraordinary advance in
the price Of cattle hides has raised har-
ness leather to a higher point than for
many years. said Mr.. Walter Boyt of
the Walter Boyt Saddlery company.
"The advance will reach harness Jan. 1.
or sooner, after which date an ordinary
farm or dray harness will probably cost
$1,000 a set more than now.
ga great quantity of harness leather
was shipped to Japan during the late
war, leather taking fourth place in
United States manufactured exports
This caused a shortage in the home
supply of both hides and leather, and as
consequence, prices advanced and con-
tinued to advance until hides were sell
ing freely at 16ac per pound and harness
leather at 4Oc per pound, both prices
being the highest ever known in the
the history of this generation.
"Hides selling at 6 cents per pound a
few years ago now sell readily at 1910
per pound. 1t takes two pounds OF
hides to tax down one pound of leather
therefore every cent per pound advance
in hides becomes 2 cents per pound in
leather.
To this advance must be added the
advance in wages, due to the men work.
ing less hours and drawing more money
when working than was the case before
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-07


AS a result Of existing high prices for
hides and leather, shoes are more ex-
pensive than they have been for many
years, when comparison is made between
shoes of the same grades and qualities,
it costs from 30 cents upward more for
the leather that goes into shoe now
than it did year age. ga shoe that
could be made year ago to sell for
$3.50 or $500 per pair at retail cannot
now be sold for less than $500 or $3.50
if the same quality of material is used"
said Mr.. Olmstead. "Of course, the
making of shoes can be cheapened a
little here and there and that has been
done with special brands of shoes that
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-17
PRAISE FOR
LAS VEGAS
Temporary Resident Writes in
Appreciative Terms 70 Cali
iernis Paper.

Editor Orange (Cahf.) Post:-Pil-
grims seeking relief from the great
white plague" are gathering at Las
Vegas. They are coming from every
section Of our fair land. 10 that In
one sense At least We seem to have
found the metropolis Of the country.
As the Rockies contain the magnet
that draws the people who seek
wealth from her bowels In gold, sil.
rel and precious metals. 40 they also
have . drawing power to bring those
who seak what is worth more In this
world than It's wealth-health.
A year or two ago there was organ
lied, in the city OF st. Louis. ] think.
the National Fraternal association.
with the main purpose Of fighting the
disease Of the lungs and taking care
OF the afflicted ones. The selection Of
LAsvegas a. the location for their
sanitarium IL responsible In a great
measure for the present continued
growth Of the city Of Las Vegas. This
sanitarium. which. by the way, Is not
open yet, Is located six miles from
the city. As 1t is deserving Of more
extensive mention I will gather fur
Their data and make II a subject for q
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-17

No. 1 and Rock Island passenger
train No 8 at 8 o'clock Monday night
IN the Rio Grande yards at Pueblo
The injured were removed 10 the 0
pitfalls and among them Is Martha j.,
Duvis Of Kansas City. The Rio
Grande train had beea stopped in the
yards by a freight caboose which had
broken loose from an outgoing train,
The engineer Of the Rock Island tram
that left the union depot for the north
a few minutes later failed to see the
flagman. who was coming along the
track. Though he applied the emer'
gency brakes the momentum was SO
great that the engine plowed Its way
half through the observation coach, In
which eight or ten passengers were
sitting. The coach was reduced to
kindling wood and the engine pilot
was badly wrecked. Five Of the eight
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-17

future letter TO the Post, by your per-
mission.
Three weeks In this place is hardly
sufficient for a descriptive letter when
you consider that the writer Is not
out sightseeing but Is Speeding the
most OF his time Ia trying TO be com.
Portable and find something good to
eat. II. therefore, there ID too much
Of . personal nature here the editor
will please rum his blue pencil through
II. This Is quite q city With . good
share Of modern attachments. and !
think . very pleasant place TO live.
but the cost Of same will surely ex.
coed the home expenses In Orange OF
other Southern Californian cities.
/ presume It IL hardly fair for Us to
speak Of the climate Of this section
yet but the greater part Of these three
weeks have been unpleasant on &C
count Of the wind. We have been as
sured by older citizens that they only
occur for a while In the fall and thea
again in the spring. and that for the
most part we have very little wind,
One beautiful, quiet morning wa
walking down the street with the edi
tor Of our daily paper and he rtmark'
ed: I'VE have q climate with which nc
part Of the country "a compare. Italy
nor California ran equal It." My
thoughts Immediately jumped a thous
and miles and | was about 70 retaltase
when ! cast a side glance and noticed
that he did not smile or In any way
qualify his statement, so his faithful
ness to his craft cowed me to silence
What a pity had ! spoiled some OF hit
splendid editorials OF Las Vegas eli
mate! It is certainly the dryest eli
mate | have ever experienced SO far
and in spite Of the wind can say
that l have enjoyed the climate be
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-17

In a late "trip through the south.
ern half of the county the writer of
this way more than pleased al the
fruitfulness of the whole region, Be
ginning al Nogal Canyon, which bur
a few years ago was dotted here and
there with rude miners cabins, with
an occasional truck patch, a rod or
two in extent near by, one finds larg9
corn fields and acres OF vegetables
which In size grow almost beyond
credulity, The whole country from
Nogal divide TO the Bonito is now a
rather thickly settled, prosperous CON-
munity.-White Oaks outlook.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-17
form that they would delight the eye

form that they would delight the eye
and AFFORD pleasure 10 the traveller.
Space will not permit Of an ey.
tended discussion OF the methods and
means for road Improvement, but at
least enough has been said to intro
duce a subject which Is deserving
Of much thought among tine people OF
this section, We are on the v Of
a great wave Of progress and would
II not pay both the merchant and
the ranchman 10 give the matter Of
roadbuilding and road repair more
attention?
j.. j. VERNON.
Nov. 10, 1905.