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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1906-07-11
WE'D, JULY IL, 1906.

WED, JULY IL, 1906.
The greatest proposition before
the people of this section of the
country is the making and main
tanning of good roads, and there
is not a progressive section in the
entire county but is wrestl-
ing, more or less, with the same
momentous question. The fact
is that it is of so much import
ance, so closely allied with the
full development of our country
and reaches out to the doors OF
the very bone and sinews of the
land that the shaping of and en-
tering into some system Of sub
stantial road building can not
longer be delayed, by the people
of this part of the State, without
seriously impairing our future
development and advancing val
ues. The Fiscal Court made a
levy last April of 20 cents to the
500 valuation, for the purpose of
making a few miles of pike road,
but up to date no plan has been
outlined and no road built with
that appropriation. Not in the
capacity of an adviser are we in
clined to speak, but as an interest
ed citizen of this county we insist
that delay is dangerous. Day by
day the season for building roads
is rapidly passing and unless the
court takes some action within a
few weeks the coming winter
will be on us again with the same
old mud holes throughout the
county and the people discouraged
rather than encouraged. The
proper expenditure of the levy
made would probably build 5 or
6 miles of frst-class road and
would prepare the people TOR a
full and hearty endorsement of
their action. Again if the coun-
ty would inaugerate a system OF
making good roads it would give
encouragement to other agencies
for aiding in the work and with
in a few years we would not only
be enjoying good roads but shar-
ing in increased prosperity and
advancing land values. But, if
our county is to stick to old con-
ditions, and drag along behind
the progressive spirit of this age,
we may expect to lose a large
per cent. of our most progressive
young men. Enterprise, ambition
and ability will not choose mud
nor remain in a non-progressive
community when the broad field
of activity is open and inviting.
In many counties of the State the
building of pike roads has steadi-
ly been persued for several years
and their success should be in
spring to us. Washington coun-
ty, a few miles north Of US, has
made a good showing and is still
keeping up the good work. Today
that county has 225 miles of pike
road, outside of Springfield, and
every mile belongs to the county.
The greatest distance any family
from a pike will not exceed %
miles. This year the court of
that county appropriated $1,000
for making new roads, the build
ing ofscross reads j. now rsceiy7
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1906-07-11
GRANVILLE.
We had a good rain last Friday.

crop IN this section this season
than for severalyears:
]. w. Walker, of Columbia,
was here Friday transacting BUSH
ness.
Mrs. Geo. H. Nell spent last
Friday in Columbia at the bed
side of aunt Sis Patterson.
Rev. G.. Y. Wilson filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday.
H. A. Walker, wife and daught-
er spent a day with their relatives
at this place last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Wilcox, of
Green county, spent last Satur-
day and Sunday with the family
of R. L. Caldwell.
Mrs. G.. Y. Wilson, in company
with Miss Hettie Tarter, of Co.
lumbia, spent last Sunday at
Jones Chapel, in Cumberland
county, in the interest Of mission
work.
Quite a number of the young
people of this community is at
tending the teachers institute at
Columbia this week.
Born to the wife of Richard
Maupin, on the 3rd, a daughter.
Mother and child doing we'll.
Our school began last Monday
with a very good attendance.
Misses Irene Yates and Mollie
Hunter teachers.
MIR. Levi Dulin has accepted a
position in the barber shop with
G. T., Flowers, at Columbia. MIR.
Dulin has, for the past year, run
a barber shop at this place and
gave universal satisfaction. Sue
cess to you, Levi. -
Mr.. G.. T. Flowers spent a few
days in the community of Bliss
last week.
Misses Bessie Rowe and Kate
Walker, of Columbia, were the
guests of Miss Bessie Walker, of
our city, several days. Of last
week.
Misses Mary and Susan Grissom
of Bliss; visited Miss Clara Will
more Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. Genie Nell, the efficient
merchant of Sparksville, spent
last week in our city taking a rest.
Mr.. Robert Rowe, Of Sparks
vile, was in our midst last Fri
day and informed us that several
of the farmers in his community
had threshed their wheat and
the quality and quantity was
very good some better than they
expected.
The farmers in our section have
been busily engaged for the past
week making h a y, stacking
wheat and blowing corn.
Misses Kate Walker, Bessie
Rowe and Bessie Walker, in COM
pany with Mr.. j. A. Diddle, spent
last Saturday at Sulphur Well.
DR.. S. A.. Taylor informed your
reporter, a few days ago, that
the grist mill that he is putting
in at Keltner would be completed
in a few days. This certainly is
a great thing for the convenience
of the people of that town.
DIR. Ben Taylor, of East Fork,
was at the bed side of Mrs.
Luther Roach several times last
week. We are glad to note. at
this time, she is considered to be
Improving.
Ex-Gov. j. r. Hindman, of CO.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1906-07-11

FoR SALE:-Six O. l. c. pigs, three
males and three females, all entitled
to register. Mrs. J. B. Coffey.
(tfl Columbia, Ky.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
Patent gag, Locks.

w. r. Smith is travelling through
the west introducing a series Of pat
ent Jocks for an eastern man. Mr..
Smith spent two or three days in
Butte this week, being guest at the
Finlen, and while there exhibited some
of the new devices for keeping thieves
out Of houses, hen coops and coal
sheds. He left for the south yester-
day. The locks are Of divers design,
some being for doors of houses and
Some in the paddock brand, and In
working out the door designs the man
who invented them gave the man
with the midnight jag especial con-
sideratiQn. This lock works with a
combination knob. and is so arranged
that Q man possessing four sheets in
the wind on dark night can gain
access to his home, provided he
reaches the house without falling over
the fence or down the stairway, with
much less trouble than II the keyhole
assumed the proportions Of a port hole
in a war vessel.
Now, here is the lock that no bur
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

the hills. at the bottom of deep val
leys. Some are in the Vivoras ravine,
while others are near Paso de Calvo,
about two and half miles from Noria
station. The proximity of the railway
makes these beds extremely easy of
exploitation, and the quantity and
beauty of the marble which they yield
make them very attractive in the eyes
of the enterprising capitalist.
Limestone and slate rock predom-
mate In the lands of the Jimulco Ha-
cienda, the limestone rocks containing
the largest deposits of onyx marble.
This is attributed to the fact that in
crustant waters have oozed into the
limestone caverns, the coloring being
contributed by the metallic oxides.
he beauty of this color is one of the
chief characteristics of the Jimulco
onyx which compares favorably in
this respect with any other Mexican
stone.
The origin of the marble beds of
Jimulco shows that they range accord
ing to a general formation. They ap-
pear Mt the surface of the land as
metal veins, overlapping the land for
C. distance of several centimetres, evil
dence of this being given by the con-
trast in color that exists between the
white Of the onyx and the black of
the limestone. Some of these beds are
SO close together that it would be COM
paratively easy to exploit several of
them by perforating only one cut. The
thickness of the beds ranges from a
few inches to more than twelve feet,
and some of them are more than a
thousand feet in length. With few
exceptions, the quality of the Jimulco
onyx is good from the surface down,
though the deposits are the remains
OF ruined caverns. The onyx easily
separates in slabs. from six to six
teen inches in thickness, lever being
used to remove these slabs from the
cut II the quarries were subjected
tc modern methods of operation they
would develop in industry of great
profit to the operator.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
AFTER MEXICAN MARBLE.
A0ericans May Exploit Rich Quarr'es
of Sister Republic.

A number of American capitalists
are discussing Il proposition for the
exploitation on large scale of the
onyx marble quarries of Northern
Mexico. The marble taken from these
Guarries is exceedingly fine in quail
ity, and can be extracted without ex-
orbitant expenditure, while it's price in
world markets guarantees a profitable
investment for idle capitol. If the
scheme comes to execution, as the in
dications are that it will, new in
dustry under the control of United
States capitalists, will soon be -four
ishing in our neighboring republic.
One of the most extensive fields of
onyx marble in Mexico lies along the
border between the States of Durango
and Coahuila. Rich beds of this mar
BILE are found in the hummocks at the
foot of the high mountains which fall
within the jurisdiction of the Hacienda
Jimulco, and on both sides of the
Aguanaval river. This particular
part of the country consists of wide
open valleys and plain lands, facilitat-
Ing transportation from the foot of
the mountains, where the quarries are.
The Mexican Central railway trav-
erses two sections of the land of the
Hacienda Jimulco the EASTERN part Of
the Hacienda being only a short dis
lance from Noria Station, and the
western part having its outlet through
G gateway to Prealta station. The
most important of the quarries lies
west Of the Mexican Central. being
about twelve miles from Prealta. at
the foot OF high sierra on the way
to Cuencame. The beds east of the
railway lie in a. similar position lin
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
Dead Silence.

Puck: "That-e-h'm!-scandal of
which you were speaking" said the
washing machine agent, "is being kept
pretty quiet, isn't it,"
you betcha!" replied the landlord
of the Pruntytown tavern, "Why no.
body knows a word about it except the
Embroidery club. the Missionary Sew
ing circle. the Daughters of Rebekah,
the Art club, the Y. M. c. A., the So
cial Science Federation, the Shakes
pearean Coterie. the w. c. T. IT,, the
Knights and Ladies of the Fireside, the
Royal Neighbors, the Rannakaboo
club, and the clam peddler. The Week.
ly Plaindealer don't dare to print it,
and of course the injured hasn't caught
on-so, as you might say, the secret
Is as inviolate. or whatever the word
is, as the grave"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

the tariff on certain grades of zinc
ore which had been shipped from Mex
leo duty free, large zinc and lead
smelter, will be erected at Monterey
by an American syndicate.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis railway
company has sold $4,000, 900 gold 8 per
cent notes. the proceeds to be advanc-
ed to the Minnesota. Dakota & Pacific
railroad company. This is new cor
poration formed to build an extension
Of the Minneapolis & st. Louis system,
$50, miles in length. westward from
Watertown. 8. d.
Chicago and London. capitalists are
said to be interested in project for
the construction of railroad which
will open up new mineral and timber
district between the north shore If
Lake Superior and Hudson Bay. The
proposed line is to be about $50 miles
long, reaching all the principal points
between Nipigon and Hudson bays.
1t Is now said the Great Northern
road will have separate line Mbm
the American boundary to Saskatoon
and Prince Albert. It was originally
intended to secure the Regina-P Prince
Albert line. nuaR leased by the Cana
dian Pacific.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
His Choice For Dessert.

big Tom" Sullivan, the Tammany
king of the Bowery, recently took n
constituent into an Eastside restau-
rant. 1t was the constituents first ap-
pearance in a public eating shop. He
was hungry and big Tom" saw him
load in with three bowls of soup, three
Goldfish steaks, eight chops, three beef
steaks and four bowls of coffee.
Now" said big Tom," "what'n you
have for dessert?"
Dessert? What's that?"
ooh! something to top off with" re-
piled the congressman.
The constituent languidly scanned
the bill of fare. II guess I'll have a
beef stew" he replied-New York Sun
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

Mr.. Grunendyke looked at his watch,
stepped to the telephone and called
up his home, in one of the suburbs,
eight or ten miles away.
After the lapse of minute or two
there came the response:
"Hello!"
"Hello!" said Mr.. Grunendyke. "Is
that you, Belladonna%
Eyes. That you, Hiram?"
Eyes. Has the man come to fix the
furnace yet?"
mo. You were to call me up at 2
o'clock and ask me that. It's only 1
o'clock now"
Il know it. l supposed, Of course,
I'd be the usual length of time in get
ting YOU"
Grumbling at the perversity of the
telephone company in being SO unex-.
pectedly and disconcertingly prompt,
he hung up the receiver and went
back to his desk. ~ Chicago Tribune. 8
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

glar on earth can open," remarked
Smith. picking up a door lock set in
wooden frame and giving the knob
few turns. "And here is one de-
signed especially for the man with the
jag" he added, picking up another.
This lock, you see, has combina-
ton knob, and II a man can get hold
of the knob and has ever handled 1t
before he can open the door. Then;
II he is too full to close the door after
him the lock is 80 arranged that it
will close the door, and once closed
/. is locked.
"The man who invented this device
spent lot Of time in working out
this problem, and think he has made
the hit of his life. It Is something
that has been needed lin the market
for many years. Many persons in
possession of inventive genius have
devoted lot of time to this novel
phase Of door locks, but my man is
the only one that has accomplished
the object. 1t fills the bill, all right.
"At present there is not lock in
Butte, no matter whether it is on a
door or a chicken COOP that can
not pick in less than thirty seconds.
Some of those on store doors seem
to be unpickable, but can open any
one of them with an ordinary screw
drier without breaking it or injuring
1t in the least.
II have here dozen button hooks,
the nointa of which oro hont In r3if
ferent shapes, and I can pick any
paddock in the city with them. All
have to do is to take the lock and
select from the hooks the one the
point of which is in the proper shape,
and open the lock with it. The hotel
barber here brought me lock today
and said he had lost the key to it;
that the lock was SO constructed that
tie key could not be duplicated, as he
had taken it to a locksmith and tried
to have a key made. Well, took that
lock and one of my button hooks, and
in less than ten seconds the lock was
open.
The devices here were designed to
overcome the promiscuous opening of
doors. Why. some of the lockpickers
are 80 expert at the business that they
can open a door in less than a half
minute with one of these bent hooks,
and then lock it again after the fam
lily plate and cash have been secured.
A burglar, expert in the lockpicking
line. never uses jimmy to pry open
window. Standard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
One on the Doctor.

Charles Sands of the London Daily
Mail, came to Washington to report the
White house wedding and at once es-
tablished himself as a good mixer
and story teller. One of his yarns is
about an Irishman named James o.
Mahoney, who had been a lawyer in
Dublin, who went to London and be-
came newspaper man. After win
ming success in his new profession he
went on visit to Dublin, where his
friends gave him dinner. One of the
guests at the dinner was a doctor
whom OMahoney hated. The doctor
made speech at the dinner and O'Ma-
honey was called upon Immediately
thereafter. 1T is very disagreeable,'
he said, Ito follow the doctor so close
ly. 1t makes me feel like the under
taker.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
Ask S.00o.Mlle b

One Of the propositions is that the
association should grant a 5000 mile
ege book at a fiat rate OF 500, SINH
lar to that given by some of the east
ern roads. G. W. Rodgers stated that
an official Of one Of the western lines
had told him: that that officials road
is favorable to the proposition, but
that the main objection raised is that
the issuance Of such book would not
create enough Of demand to war
rant the extra expense in maintaining
a bureau for handling the books.
The members Of the committee
could not arriye at any definite con-
clusion as To the kind of mileage book
they wish. Some of. the speakers
were in favor of having one with the
photograph of the purchaser attached,
hut c. A. vandever raised the point
that the photograph would cause COM
Elications.
The committee also will bring be-
fore the association the question of
interchangeable baggage coupons
The travelling men think 1t Is nui-
sance that they should be burdened
with the coupons of the different
roads.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

home. He lived long enough to know
those about him, to tell how he had
been ambushed, to make his last peace
with what may be beyond. The pie
bald fingered at the gate until Rice's
sad eyed children led him to his stall.
Then he, too. slept.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
TOURIST slEEFERs TO CHICAGO.
An Innovation in Sleeping Car Ser.

Vice. :.
The Great Northern Railway COM
pany has met the demand for through
sleeping car service to and from Chi
cago.
The Oriental Limited, the new Great
Northern train, is. now equipped with
a new tourist sleeping car, operating
between Seattle and Chicago and liz
termediate points. The rates on these
cars are about one-half Of the stand-
ard sleeping car rates and no change,
of cars is necessary between points on
the main line in, North Dakota and
Montana and Chicago in either direc-s
ton. NJ
Ask your local agent for further in
formation. or apply to F. L. Whitney,
Passenger Traffic Manager. St Paul.
MINI. II 4. 5s53
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
A Kindly Assurance.

you talked all through my solo,"
said the musician little resentfully.
"Oh, that's all right" said the self
sufficient sage. II wasn't saying any,
thing you would care about hearing"
Washington Star.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01

Philadelphia Ledger: when saw
him yesterday he Said he was looking
for trouble"
We'll 1 guess he saw it."
How do you know?"
Because he can't see anything to-
day."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
=. ............ >. ........
RAILROAD, FINANCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

.........
The six railroads entering Kansas
City are to unite in building q magnifi-
cent union passenger station at q total
cost of $20,000,000.
Reports gathered by the industrial
agents of transcontinental roads are
agents of the transcontiental roads are
to the effect that hundreds of the best
class of farmers of Holland and other
European countries are preparing to
emigrate to California, Colorado, Ore
gon. Washington and other sections of
the far West.
A charter has been issued in Okla
homa for the New York, Oklahoma &
Pacific railroad, with $2O,O00,00 cap
ital stock. to build from Rogers, Ark,
westward through Indian Territory
and Oklahoma to Folsom, N. M.
It is reported that as direct result
of the action of the United States
treasury department In reinforcing
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-01
RAILROADS || [ /
WANT ] :! A CHEAP ]
RATE
Travelling Mem to Center Win Rail-
way Oficials at Chicago Executive
Committee Il Travellers Name Rep
reseata4iHes to Attend Conference.

y4aS WY UluCt1Ab ~ NnACABV-GACCuttNO
Committee Of Travellers Name Rep.
resenta4lyes to Attend Conference.
A committee. to attend a meeting
OF the Western Passenger association
to be held in Chicago on March g.,
when the question of the issuance of
Q. fiat 2-cent mileage book will be con-
sidered, was appointed by the grand
executive committee of this jurisdic-
ton of the United Commercial Trav-
elers at a meeting held at the Ryan
Hotel yesterday afternoon at st. Paul.
The committee consists of A. Schaefer,
chairman; H. K. Richardson, G. w.
Rodgers. A. w. Crosier, w. B. Clark
son and Secretary J. NJ. Dresser.
The central point of the demands Of
the travelling men is that they shall
he given mileage book on 2-cent
Isis without having to make the ex-
ira deposit. The railroads of the
Western Passenger association now
issue to any one 1000 mileage book
for $50, of which $3.50 is related
when the cover OF the BOOK tS return
cd. Fifty cents is charged for hand
ling the books.
The argument Of the travelling men
is that the railroads are getting the
use of vast sums of money, accord
ing to the present methods, to which
they are not entitled. The travelling
men also claim that it is unjust that
they should be compelled to have 80
much stied up" in railroad fare.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-27

upon . foundation Of solid rock, has
been swept into the sea. Not Q thing
remains to tell where the monster
stone building once stood. It has been
levelled to the foundation and only
the rock foundation lining the sea
coast remains intact.
Destruction Seems Complete.
San Francisco, April 21.-San Fran
cisco now is the city 6esolate. 1t
seemed that the acme of its misery
was reached at dusk, when flames
burst from all sides of the beautiful
Hotel Paramount, the palace that
above every other structure was ap-
parently most strongly entrenched
against the attack of the all-consum-
ing fire. And surrounding that lofty
pinnacle of fame, as far as the eyes
could see to the south, to the east and
far out to the west lay in cruel fan
tastic heaps charred and smoking all
that remains Of prosperous city.
Acre After Acre Swept.
Yesterday was another day of I'M
even struggle between man and un-
conquerable elements. Acre after acre
Of buildings have been reduced to en-
bers and ashes, despite the despair
ing struggles of the fremen to limit
the conflagration. Last night there
was hope that the worst has been
nearly reached and that when day
dawned the end would be in sight.
But hope Is faint. If the flames can
be halted in their devastation of the
western addition, then "finis" will be
written to the great disaster.
Seek More to Devour.
With each succeeding hour the de-
vastation and destruction in this pros
trate ruin of a city grows. The bust
ness and wholesale district is now
only glowing furnace, while the
giant tongues of fire have reached the
westward far beyond Van Ness ave-
nue., and are wiping out buildings and
seeking more to devour.
All efforts to check the spread of
the flames at Van Ness avenue by
blowing up mile of buildings on the