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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-05-23
TO LIVE OVER STORE
Heiress of s5o,ooo,o 900 to Turn
Homestead Into Business Place
for Rentals.

Philadelphia-In line with her
ideas of unostentatiousness and
frugality, Mrs. Anne Weightman
Walker, the richest woman in
America, will live over a store.
She intends to convert the old
Weightman mansion at 1886 and
1888 Walnut street into a paying
proposition, and from rentals to
add to the $4,000, 900 left her by
her father, the chemist.
The old homestead stands in
one of the most desirable loca
tions in the city. The fact that
it yielded no returns and that the
taxation upon it is very heavy
has not been pleasing to Mrs.
Walker, and she has decided to
have the basement and first floor
converted into stores. She will
occupy the upper floors.
In strict economy of this kind,
Mrs. Walker is very much like
that other rich woman, Mrs. Ret-
tie Green, who frequently finds it
advantageous in a financial way
to live over stores she owns or in
small apartments. Mrs. Walker
and Mrs. Green have something
else in common-each has an in
come of about s2,OO0,O00 a year.
The fact that Mrs. Walker will
make this use of the homestead
property has disposed ofthe story
that she wishes to become So
cial leader and would use the old
WeIghtman mansion as the scene
of social functions. Mrs. Jones
Wister, who has brought suit
against Mrs. Walker IN an effort
to break the will of VIM. Weight
man, by which Mrs. Walker re-
ceived the entire fortune, remains
the social leader, while Mrs.
Walker keeps the millions.
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NT MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY MAY % 1906

CASEY zk EEsIlE: HAT. I
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-05-23
MAYORS PROCLAMATION.
To the Voters of Point Pleasant,
West Virginia
COUNCIL CHAMBER,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Point Pleasant, w Va, May Il, 1906.
Whereas, on the oh day of May, 1906, the
Council of The Town of Point Pleasant at a.
adjourned regular mt citing thereof, adopted
AN ordinance In the words and figures fol-
lowing, towit:
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notice whatever has been given
of the change Of ruling, but all
proofs, it is announced, now at
Washington which were made
by residence not continuous even
where the eight months residence
was actual, are to be held no.
This will cause no end Of
trouble. Some action should be
taken by our representatives in
congress to have this ruling
amended to take effect at some
certain future time.
Many actual farmers are oblig.
ed the first year they live on
their lands, to leave during the
winter, as it is not always pos.
slble for them to build a com
Portable house the first year they
file on their ..homesteads. They
will hereafter be required to live
on the land continuously or they.
cannot make commuted proof.
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AN EYE WITNESS
lN|ARRATES SCENES
Caused BY The Terrible Earthquake at
San Francisco =cfas. Mooers, Brother
s OF Mrs. a. M. Powell, And His Wife
We're ID Frisco at The Time=-=They
Escaped Uninjured. Il.

Following the receipt ofa tele-
gram announcing safety, Mrs.
sA. NJ. Powell of this city, re-
|ceived on Tuesday from her
! younger brother, Charles, ii
physician at San Francisco, who
was about to remove TO Seattle,
the following letter, very graphi-
cally narrating the terrible eX-
perlence Of himself and wife in
1.-THE Frisco earthquake.
Shasta Springs, CAL, on board
train to Seattle, April 10th, 19t s.
Dear Sister Kate and ran
into the middle Of the street in
our night cothes, at the start Of
the shaking and the dismal as:
lpect Of the falling buildings at
our feet, the shrieks Of the
wounded and dying, the sight Of
the dead. the physiological effect
on the brain Of that so seconds
LOT time in the gray of the morn
ling, are too much for human
tongue to describe. You cannot
imagine what we have gone
Through in the past few hours Of
time. We were separated four
hours in the burning city Of 500,-
1000 people. The upheavaI of the
learth broke all Of. the water pipes
and the fire department was
helpless. Kate and / accident
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\ lAlrbor Day And
Plant frees

Arbor day was instituted in
| Nebraska In 1872 by Hon. j.
lSterling Morton, afterwards Sec
retary Of Agriculture, A and has
Isince made its. way from state to
state until proyision for its OBJ
lservance exists in almost every
state and territory.
The central idea Of Arbor day
| is the intelligent and apprecia-
Tive planting Of trees By. school
children. The planting IS usually
accompanied by exercises. which
| tare intended to impress upon the
children the beauty and useful
mess of trees and thus to lend to
THE work the value ola bit Of
mature study. Arbor day has
l:undou ubtedly done much to incul-
lcate a love of trees, and has
tgiven added impetus to the gem
leral movement for the better
knoWle edge and the wiser use Of
forests.
Yet there is no question that
Arbor day can be made more
practical than it has, heen; that
it can be brought into closer.
touch with forestry BY being
made the opportunity for carry
ing out simple steps in forest
work. The permanent results Of
Arbor day from the standpoint
Of uccessful planting have fre-
quently been disap nting. Too
often species eIlJirely unsuited
for either economic or ornamen-.
|tal planting have been used.
Still more common causes of
failure have been the lack of
sufficient care in doing the work,
and negIe Of the trees after
they are planted. In this way
much Of the educ cational value Of
the work is lost. BY leaving the
trees l1nprot tected from animals,
insects and other destructive
agencies, the intended good ex-l
ample Isl turned. for want of a
little care, into a negative one,
But even when the planting
has been we'll conc ceiVed and
wisely carried out, there ii often
lacking iii work 0 this nature,
all reference to the larger aspect
8Of forest planting. The ultimate
aim of the day might we'll BE to#
prompt and ellcolr age not So
much sentllaen for trees ais d
sentiment for the forest. Yet
the practice has been To plant
Edividual trees rather than
groves, and The relation of the
single tree To the forest has not
been pointed out. Talks on
9Arbor Day lave not llWelt enough
upon the economic side 0f fores-
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ally came togetherss,,two miles
from where we were separated,
meeting between burning build.
Iings on either side and saltwater
from the Bay playing on us.
Poor Katie was almost ex-
hausted. She had a little sat
chel, and a Loaf Of bread which
fshe got early in the morning and
I'VE had not eaten anything all Of
that time. She could not have
stood it much longer. The sold
] iers tried to hold her back and q
[ licenan struck her on the
shoulder, but Fate led her on and
we ran into each others arms,
/ going in opposite directions. We
had got all of our effects into
the ferry building and they were
|shipped safely. / purchased the
tickets for Seattle the day be-
fore, but could not get away that
Gay and had to go through all of
That. We got away from the
city at u M, and the whole city,
burning and driving the people
hack to the hills, without food,
shelter or water. We are now
lying here with a wrecked
freight train ahead Of us. We
hope to arrive3in Seattle O. IL.
We are both well. Goodbye,
Charlie and Katie.
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R esid deilce Must
Be C OnfillliOlls

5
The local Offices OF the United
States Land Office received q
circular letter this week from
w ashington to the effect that ali
cornnluted proofs hereafter must
show eight months continuous
residence, and such residence
must be for eight consecutive
months. used To be that q
honaesteader might leave his land
for 3 few months In the winter
and then hi the spring return to
the land and live the balance Of
the time necessary to make u
coTnmuted pro0f. This has been
entirely done away with. No
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Semi iOr Class Benefit
For Frisco Sufferers

The Senior Glass Of the high
school have decided to give their
class, play The Z Thanksgiving
Game. q for the benefit Of the
San Francisco sufferers. This
was decided late last week. The
class he'd intended to use the
proceeds Of the play for purchas-
ing a suitable memorial to be
left in the High school building.
The z Thanksgiving Game is
a four act comedy, which plays
two and a half hours and, the
seniors, assisted by about so other
members Of the high school, have
been working on the play for
four weeks. They have put in d
great deal Of hard work and time
on the piece which gives promise
of being one of the best ythings
in its line ever given in che state
II is natural lly pected then that
Friday evening the arnnory will.
be packed and that no less than
1000 people from the city and
surrounding country will attend
the play and thereby receive
their moneys worth as well as
assist5a cause the, Worthiness of
which no one questions. 1t may
be said that it will be too late
now to aid the suffering people,
of San Francisco but it Is a fact
that on April q tonigh it, all.
the theatres in st. Paul are
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Towns Are Named
On Aneta Branch

| The names of the towns on the
Aneta branch of the Great North
Iern have at last been announced.
The nearest town to Aneta will.
be called Neville, the next town
Tolna and the town on the res
IerVation will be known as Creel.
| after General Creel Of this city.
ICreel will eventually be quite q
lefty as twill bea junction point
on the line from this CITY. to
Aneta. and from CreeI to M mot
which road will without question
BIZ run east and west across The
reservation to- Oberen either this
summer or next. Much Of the
freight will go over this road
but it is announced that an the
fast passengers will pass through
this city.
Work IS progressing nicely OH
the Aneta line at the present
time. Its taking longer than
was expected to obtain the nece-
ssary right of way from the Gov
eInrnent across the Ind lands.
but things have been finally set
tied now and there Will be little
delay from now Oh.
The objec lions Of some of the
state military officers opposed to
General Creel IL is said have
made It necessary to condemn
the lake shore on the military
Fesery atioIa. This right az way
as over q stretch 0f saEld, and IS
Iof no value whatever to the res
ervatioa.
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try, or have tended to rive !
wrong impression Of the whole
Isubject by Iamenting all cutting
ofstrees. ,rhe effect Of this has
been actually opposed to the
Forester S teachings.
Arbor Day is the time for dis
terminating sound, practical
knoWledg regarding forestry III
its broader aspect. The mere
act Of setting a few trees, with
out reference to the commercial
utility and the prot ective value
| OF forests is but a small part Of
the work Of the day.
The proper season for planting
lis not everywhere the same.
South of the thirty seventh par
allel, especially in the more
humid regions, fall planting IS
perhaps preferable, but north Of
this the winter comes on SO
quickly that the trees have scar
|ceIy time to develop roots strong
enough to support them until
spring and |, spring planting is
therefore more advisable. The
right time to plant in spring is
when the ground has ceased to
freeze and before budding be-
gins. Evergreens may be plant
Led some what later than hard
woods. The day to plant is al
most as important as the season.
Sunny, windy weather is very
unfavorab BILE cool damp days are
the best.
For this reason it is well to
leave the date for Arbor Day ,ln-
fixed SO that the best pportunity
may be chosen. Such exercises
as are desired can follow when
the Dlanting is done.
The careful selection of trees
for specific useand situation Isl
essential to success, and proper
planting is equally nportant.
Though less fastidious than
sagrlcul ltural crops In their de
5naands upon the soil, trees can not
he set III a rough soil at random
AMI then expected to flourish.
They should be planted without
allowing tl.eiI roots time to dry
out from exposure to the air.
When delay between procuring
the trees and their planting can
not be avoided, the roots must
be kept moist by standing them
in a puddle made Of earth and
water mixed I'd the consistency
of cream. or \ heeled lin by
nearly burying them iii fresh
earth. Ili setting the trees 8it is ]
important to place them about
three Inches deeper than they
stood originally and to spread
out the roots and pack the soil
firmly about them Two inches
of sod at the top should be left
very loose 10 act as d mulch To
retain the moisture.
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Large trees are by no means
| always the best to plant. Small
seedlings may be secured easily
and cheaply, and are much more
likely to live. If these are set
out in good numbers after the
pattern Of a commercial planta-
Ition they will become in due
time a true forest on a small
scale.
II only afeW trees are planted,
as is usually the case, it is still
possible to make plain the true
relation of such work to forestry.
No matter how few the trees,
they may be made to illustrate
planting for numerical or pro-
tective use.
The scope of Arbor Day plant
ing may sometimes be broadened
by securing permission from
some philosophical citizen or
nearby farmer for the children
to plant a small block of trees
on his land. This could be made
Ia practical demo onstration Of how
such work is done on a large
scale.
Outside the scope of the actual
planting, it is well to bear III
mind that Arbor Day is not the
only day on which trees deserve
the intelligent thought Of the
children. They need care
throughout the season. Watch
ing the plantation thrive under
right treatment greatly adds to
the educational value Of the
work, which otherwise leaves
but a slight impression.
It is all-important that the
plantation should become a model
of what can be done along these
lines. In after years the child
rem should be able to point with
satisfaction to the work of their
school days.
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1|oo89zzz.,,4.se zz,,.s n

There are number Of factors that enter into
the problem Of successful gardening but the first
and most important thing is the quality Of the
seeds you plant.
No matter how fertile your soil, or how much
care you give, you cannot make gardening success
fu unless you plant good seeds. We handle fresh
and true to name seeds Every seed sold this year
IS from last years crop. You need this kind to
make your. garden profitable
One years planting will prove the superiority
4 OF Of our 1Iss seeds. Try them this year
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going to give benefits for thi

Egoing to- give benefits for this
Esame cause.
IL any person were asked to
donate S. on $40 to aid these poor
|people there would be no hesi-
|tancy It IS expected then that
every citizen will aid in what
ever way possible in assisting
| the good work taken up BY the
senior class of the high school.
Seats are for sale at Hodgkin-
|son's drug store, but remember
that even after all the seats
shown on the plat are sold
there are hundreds of other good
seats left. Friday night stand
ing room should be alta premium.
There will be- a matinee III the
I afternoon for children only.
Adults will have to pay the
same in the afternoon as the
evening. Let every person as
.sist.
NJ. Lysbakken, who has pre-
yiously done consid derable mason
work in and about this city, re-
turned during the first part Of
the week from Minneapolis,
where he had just finished some
contract work.
For the benefit Of the San
Francisco sufferers. The High
school play The THANKSGIVING
Game April 9th tonigEt.
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High Grade Lemon and Vanilla, Pure Food Baking Powder
Absolutely Pure OLIVE OIL, Rocky Mountain Cough Cure
Enamel Cream for the Compex9n High Grade Perfumes and
Pure Food products III West South Temple Street.
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NOVEMBER 20.

lsO7-Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)
the famous Mohawk chief, died In
Canada
iS91-Henry Thomas Buckle. English
historian, born I'm Kent, England;
died 1862.
1S26--Coates Kinney poet and author,
born
1913 -- Lord Melbourne civilian
lamb, English WING statesman,
distinguished for his tact and ac-
complshments died; born 1779
1Si5--William b. Aston son OF John
Jacob Astor, died in New York
city; born 1891.
lS90-Prlncess Wilhelmlna proclaimed
queen Of the Netherlands.
1903-Julian Rlx. talented American
landscape painter, died IN New
York city.
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NOVEMBER II.

1595--Sir John Hawkins. English nav
at officer who served with dis
tinction against the Spanish arma-
da and was associated with Sir
Francis Drake in American oNpe-
ditlons, died; born about 1920,
1S35-James Hogg, the "Etrick Shep-
herd" died; born 1870
ISS6.--Charles Francis Adams, author
and diplomatist, United States
minister to England during the
Civil war. died IN Boston born
there In 1907. The career Of Mr.
Adams I'm the place which his
father and grandfather had filled
before him IL often cited among
the foremost triumphs OF Ameri-
can diplomacy Lincoln appointed
him to England IN 1861, and he
remained until 1868, The govern
ing classes and polite society were
either hostile to the American re-
public or grossly indifferent anc
even educated public men failed
to understand the merits OF the
struggle. I'm the settlement Of diff
ficult and embarrassing questions.
like the Trent case and the Con-
federate cruisers, the American
minister pursued his ends with
undnching firmness and perfect
self control
1S9S-rhe American peace commits
sloners announced that the United
States would demand a treaty OF
cessIon Of the entire Philippine
Archipelago upon payment to
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NOVEMBER fs.

l5Ss-Cardlnal Reginald Pole, arch
bishop OF Canterbury under
Queen Mary. died. born 1909.
l777--P Passage OF the American forts
on Delaware river by the British.
1S04--Philip John Schuyler, Amerl-
can soldier, died IN Albany; born
1893
iSSl-George Law, American capital
list and promoter, died IN New
York City born 1906. Law built
the High Bridge aqueduct and
Also developed steamship lines to
California and Panama. lie was
interested I'm the Panama canal
and railroad
1SS3-Standard time adopted
1904 canal treaty with the new re-
public Of Panama signed at
Washington.
190b-Prince Charles Of Denmark ell
ccted king OF Norway Korea
yielded to Japan's demands in
the matter of government
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Ihos. i. Pierpont Prop.
Iron and Braas Cast
ings, Structural Iron
Work, Ma ohinery OF all
kinds made and repaired,
Mining Cars, Boiler Re-
pairs, Sanitary Plumbing,
Steam and Hot Water
Heating. u
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NOVEMBER 90.

l733--philip John Schuyler. American
soldier, born IN Albany; died there
1904.
1753-Dugald Stewart, eminent Scot
fish philosopher and lecturer. born
in scarborough; died there In
1928.
i7S3--John Hanson, first president Of
the Continental congress under
articles OF confederation, died at
oxford Hills, Nd. born l7lj.
lSi0--George Eliot MARY Ann Evans
the English novelist, born at Griff.
England; died 1880.
Elizur Wright. American Jour
nalist and philanthropist, died;
born 1904.
1903-General George II. Steuart, a
noted Aarylander In the Confed-
crate army. died In Baltimore;
born 1928.
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NOVEMBER 10.

Rogers Clarke Ameri-
can soldier and explorer, born In
Albermarle county Va. died 1913.
Thomas jefferson called General
Clarke the HANNIBAL of the
west" Clarke was the chief actor
IN the conquest Of the west from
the English, French and Indians.
At the age Of % he planned and
executed the reduction Of the
British forts between the Ohio
and Mississippi That took place
IN l77S-7g. and on the settlement
Of the western boundry, when
peace was declared. II was placed
AT the Mississippi river. Clarke
was active during the Revolution
in pacifying western Indians. and
service among them brought to his
notice the beautiful country west
OF the Ohio lie subducd the
hostiles, harassed the British, es-
tabished posts and built forts,
thus giving security to the pioneer
settlers Of Kentucky.
lSll---John Ancrum Winslow. captain
Of the United States gunboat
Kearsarge during the fight with
the Alabama, born I'm Whining
ton, n, c.; died IN Boston 1873.
lS67--Fitz- Greene Halleck, poet. died
at Guilford. Con; born 1890.
! S9S-General Don Carlos Buell., a
noted Federal leader Of the vest
ern army, died at Rockfort, Ky;
born 1878.
l904--'rhe presidents Of the Russian
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NOVEMBER 90.

1S0i--Franklin Pierce. fourteenth
president born, died 1863.
1sl4-Elbridge Gerry. statesman. one
Of the "signers," died In WASH
ington; born l7i4.
1S6i--Insurrection at la Paz. Bolivia,
against the government; great
slaughter of insurgents.
lS66-Sulpice Paul Chevalier, we'll
known French carlcaturlst under
the nom de plume OF Gavarni.
died; born 1901.
lS94-General William Harvey Glib
son. Union veteran, died at Tiff
fin, o., born 1922.
1902--Septimus Winner, American
son composer, author of The
Mocking Bird" and other favor
ties died IN Philadelphia; born
1921
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NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY.

zemstvos convened At ST. Peters,
burg TO advocate political reform.
Colonel w. j. G. Breckenridge,
noted Kentuckian. died at Lex
ington; born 1881
NOVEMBER 90.
1S7i-Tom Hood. humorist and edi-
tor OF Fun. son OF the author of
Song Of the Shirt" died; born
1874
1SS0--Sir Alexander II, CoCkburn,
British arbitrator I'm the famous
Alabama claims case at Geneva
I'm 1sTf-72, died; born 1892.
lS9O--Rear Admiral o. S. Glissol, re-
tired, died in Philadelphia; born
1909
lS94-Anton Grigorlevich Rublnstein,
the Russian pianist and composer.
died; born 1929.
l904-Genera Louis Palma al Cess
nola. Civil war veteran and an
authority on fine arts, died In New
York city born 1882.