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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-29

Rev IT. EDDY pastor Tie pas.
f6 IS desiroiis 81 SEEING rs mans d
tlie chufe ana fglends hsS sanday
as pos mi This beng the iist ST.
yiee before the nav year il Is Wen
d come tog and recount tle past
1895. sermon; Man Among
Thieves $3.50, sunday school; $3.50
3. y. i. ~ led By pr. 6. L. Holland,
subject. Reaching Forth Good nh,
sic BY the choir The invitation Is to
you and your friends.
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M. E. Church, South.

Rev. R. r. Webb, pastor = Sunday
school at $3.50 a. NJ, conducted by
DR.. L. N. Yost, superintendent; preach
ing at 1880 a. M, and at 1880 p. m.
by the pastor; Epworth League at
$50 p. M, led by Miss Daisy Prichard;
subject, "our Purposes for 1so6-Haye
They Been Accomplished" prayer
meeting and study of the Sunday
school lesson Wednesday evening at
1890 o'clock; Ladies' Aid Society will
meet Thursday afternoon at 2:SO
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. L. N.
Yost on Locust avenue.
Monongah-Sunday school at 2 p.
m. and prayer and class meeting at 8
p m.
You are cordially invited to attend
the services of our church. We are
always glad to welcome strangers!
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Enjoyable Club Melting.

Mrs. Charles cayeuangh was hostess
to the members Of the Utile DnIcie
Embroidery Club ct her home on Mar
.ket street Friday evening. The even,
ing was very enjoyably spent by the
guests with the fancy work and social
chat. The meeting was an unusually
pleasant one. Refreshments were
served in the dining room and at each
place was a pretty hat pin holder for
a souvenir OF the pleasant occasion.
The club presented Mrs Cayenaugh
with a pretty silver thimhle, Mrs,
Cayenaugh organized the club about
year ago and the weekly meetings
are very enjoyable ones. !.
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Court News
Deeds Recorded.

Deed dated December "a, 1906;
John A. Showalter ct ux. to David G,
Dean, lot in Brookdale addition, Mo
nongah; consideration, s1,O85.
Deed dated October 8, 1904; John
Morris ct ux. to R. s. Rogers, lot IN
Hamilton addition; consideration
$500.
Deed dated December rs, 1906:
Mary Alice Cunningham and husband
to James w. Hammer. parcel of land
on Tucker run; consideration, $500,
Deed dated November @; 1906;
George A. Vincent ct al, to Carl D.
sapplngton. lot in Arnett addition;
consideration. $500.
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The Churches
Diamond street N. E.

The services at Diamond street will
contain items Of more than ordinary
interest both morning and evening.
At the morning hour after the re-
ception of members, and an address
to them by the pastor the call Of the
church roll will be begun. The roll
can not be completed at this service
as there are over 400 members.
The public installation of the newly
elected officers and teachers at the
evening service will be of much In
terest both to the school and congre-
CATION.
Sunday school at $3.50; Jr. League
at 1880; Topic, "oar purposes for
1906, Have they been accomplishment
viii the members help 10 make this
a great day for Christ and His Church?
watch,nigbt services Monday night.
G. w. BENT, Pastor.
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Cradle Roll Meeting.

The Cradle Roll meeting of the w,
'C. T. U. held at the home of Mrs. P i.
L. Merrifield on Friday afternoon by
the superintendent Mrs. ]. G. Gun.
bingham, was well attended and prov
ed very interesting to the twenty-five
persons present. The programme was
as follows:
Devotional, by members of Union.
Singing, "Ablde With Me-"
Recitation, Blanche Garletts.
Song, "a Wee Little Man."
Grace Hershberger, Blanche Gar.
let's, Arthur Cunningham and Mar
guerlte Gllhart.
Recitation, "Babys Stocking" Mar
guerlte Gilhart.,
Recitation, Roy Gordon.
Song, Blanche Carletts and Grace
FIershberger.
Hymn, Take the Name of Jesus
With You"
Recitation, "Tbe Good Shepherd"
Manda Gordon.
Recitation, Sleeping on the Floor"
Tia Bent.
Recitation, "The Naughty Cat" A..
.nur Cunningham.
Motion song, by the Cradle Roll
members.
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j. M. HARTLEY & SON

DR.. ]. W. Mcdonald, superintendent
Of the State Miners hospital at Fair
mont, and formerly a practieing ply.
sician at Benwood, was a Wheeling
visitor last night. He attended a
meeting Of the Knights Templars, OF
which he Is an enthusiastic member.
Wheeling Intelligencer.
Mrs. William McKillop, is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. u. N. Hous.
Ell, Meyersdale, Pa.
Mr.. John scrlever and daughters,
Ora and Hazel, who have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Lehman,
returned to their home in I.ashley, Pa,
today.
Walter H. Watson, who has been
home for few days, will return to.
morrow to Chicago, Junction, Ohio, to
finish contract of work for the B.
& o.
W. W. Hess. of Wyatt. Harrison
county was in the city today.
Mrs VIM. N. Gaskill, of Montana,
was business visitor in Falrmont to.
day.
Miss Anna Leggett, Of Harrisville,
arrived in town to-day and will be
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. Holland for
a few weeks,
Captain Jack Crawford arrived in
this city on the 1910 train from Pitts,
burg He was accompanied with his
manager John G. Dickson.
Mrs. C. L. Shaver left this after.
noon for Washington, Philadelphia,
and New DIRK where she will visit
relatives.
General Manager Thomas Fita.
gerald. of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. accompanied by a
number of BIG o officials, made tour
of the road in a special car to-day.
No doctor can cure what ais you
il You have a mean disposition.
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First National Bank Of ralrmons.

Tho annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the First National Bank of
Fatrmont will be held at It's banking
house on the third Tuesday in Janu-.
airy. 1902. It being the 18th lay of the
said month, between the hours Of
10000 a. m. and 900 pm for the pur.
Jose Of electing i've directors for the
ensuing year.
By special order of the Board of D!
rectors.
J.E. SANDS,
Dec. 10 limo. Cashier.
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presbyteriian Church.

Rev H 6, stoetzer. pastor Sab
bath school $3.50 O'Clock Prof. ]. wal
ter Barnes, superintendent; morning
service. 1O;45 O'clock q New Years
sermon on this subject: "The Old
Years Call to the New Year Come
Up Higher Christian Eudeayor So
ciety. $50 p. ~, leader, Mrs. Mary
Yates Topic, Preaching Forth Phil.
3:12-14I Evening service. 1870 o'clock.
a New Years sermon; The Tragedy
Of the Almost,C Characters That Al
most Succeeded It has been re-
quested that the Xmas music be re,
peated at this service. All are cor.
daily Invited The Teachers Train.
ing class will meet at Gas o'clock
Wednesday evening instead Of after
the prayer meeting. The subject for
the evening is lesson Birds Eye
View of the Bible" Prayer meeting
1880 O'Clock, subject. Walking in the
Presence of God" Psalm lG:ll The
Elizabeth Hays Circle viii meet after
prayer meeting. There will be prepar-
atory services at the church next
Thursday and Friday evenings at
7:SO o'clock. The session will meet
after the service Thursday evening
TO receive any wishing to unite with
The church either by letter.or the pro.
fession of faith.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-29

As Olivia Sherwood in Clothes"
Grace George, who presented the play
at the Manhattan Theater for four
months in New York, has a part which
not only fits her especially well, but
also one in which she has made a
great success. The play, which is by
Avery Hopwood and Claiming Pol
lock, is a keen satire on the ever
timely subject of clothes.
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siciIian Club.

The meeting Of the stctllan Thimhle
Club will keep open house" from two
till four on New Years Day at the
home of Miss Lucy Earnes on State
street. All friends of the club are
cordially invited to attend. A very
enjoyable time is anticipated by the
members and their friends.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-29

ee~~a- SSr-e-eoeS~rr.ocr3
Mss Maud Clarke and sister May
fe sFepding a few days with relatives
llatsantoxn,
Margaret Robinson, Of Bar
gsilIe. vent to CIarksburg today
SIsli relatives,
Eiika' Blizzard and granddaugh.
Hiss Stella Howard, of Cameron,
M nests OF Mrs. John Williams.
7fnrney Tusca Morris, who is just
sgEerfng from a long sieSe Of ty-
fever. was on the street yester-
{sses owe Brand and Florence
syt11 went to Kingwood to-day
isaIIilts they VIII be the guests Of the
dsIasrs cousin, Miss Virginia Brand,
seEeraI days.
III. and Mrs. Garrett McCafferty and
ii7rsR. who had been the guests
IL sRe formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
q l1fal Orr, went to Grafton yester-
II To spend several days with rela-
lgel
SON was born this morning to Mr..
mt 1IrR. Jess Faulkenstein at their
IllIas at Mt Pleasant, Pa, Mrs.
aItkenstein is a daughter OF Mrs.
n r Clayton, Of Pike street.
Mest Harden went TO Kingwool
81 afternoon to spend a few days
WA trisnds.
lenn9e Hupp and Mrs. A. A.
glfGtt returned Thursday evening from
isit with relatives at Hundred.
Kisses Gall Smith, Laey and Lena
iehasd who were the guests Of Miss
lffa. Carpenter, returned to their
ll in 1kannington this afternoon.
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I1I1


MISS Lucy Boggs left today Tor
Bridgeport where she viii be the
guest Of the Misses Graves.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. linn returned
Friday from Colfax. where they were
guests Of the latter's parents for
Christmas.
Miss Berry, Leonard. who has been
visiting her grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. James H, Leonard, for a week,
left yesterday for her home at Clarks-
burg.
MT. and Mrs. ,verd. Peterson are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w, K. Brown.
They are both teachers at Glenyille,
Gilmer county.
Mr.. BENJAMIN Dodd. of filover's Gap.
still continues very i'll. His brothers,
j. E. and ]. G. Dodd, who were called
TO see him, returned yesterday
Mrs. J. I. Leech has been confined
to her home by illness.
Mr.. John Q. Levelle is confined to
his home by illness.
Miss Myrtle Powell. who has been
the g7lest Of Mrs. A. L. Hammers for
several days, has returned TO her home
at Rosemont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jolllffe viii in
a few days move from the Dodd prop.
erty on iamond street the property on
Wilson street, vacated by Willis Irons.
Bailey, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Uriah Hawkins, of Jacob street.
has been quite sick for the past week.
Master Charles Boggs has been quite
sick for the past few days.
Rev. D. S. Boggs went to Buckhan.
non today to preach in the NJ, p.
church for Rev. NJ. D. Helmlck, who
will fill the pulpit OF the First NJ. p.
church.
Linnie Carpenter. of Murray, is the
guest of his cousin, Uriah Hawkins,
for few days
French Hood, of Fairview is visit
ing at his home on Raymond street.
Mrs. G. A. Leonard and children re-
turned home Yesterday after spending
Christmas with Mrs. John Morrison,
Of Merchant street.
Mr.. G. NJ. Dcolittle, of Preston coun.
ty, is business visitor in the First
ward.
Mr.. j. F. Williamson expects to leave
soon for a visit Of several months with
relatives in Preston county.
Justice j. 1 swindEer has retained
from over Cheat where he was called
by the illness Of Mrs. William s@lnd-
Ter.
Miss Jennie Jones, of Raymond
street, is the guest of her brother,
Clyde Jones. at Harrlsyille, Richie
county. Miss Jones has been in poor
health and hopes to be benefited by
the change.
Mrs. Garrett McCafferty and sons.
Morgan and William, went to Grafton
Friday to visit relatives until the first
of the year. Mrs. McCafferty expects
to go soon to Philadelphia where Mr..
McCatterty is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, of Salem, Har.
rison county are guests Of Mrs. Ro
hey, OF Mill street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dent Powell returned
Friday TO their home at Plttsburs
after a short visit with relatives in
this ward.
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Sold GROCERY Store.

Mr., j. F. Williamson, who has so
successfully conducted a grocery store
en- the corner of Water and New
streets, has sold his store to Mr.. G.
NJ. Doolittle, of Preston county, who
win take charge at once. AIR. A. r,
Taylor will assist Alr. Doo!ittle to
look after the business.
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Recitation. Some Elite Birds
Grace Hershberger
pT sltiiy III Il
Singing
Recitation The Plea toF Children.
Miss ora sssales.
Reading Tbe Boys Clean Record, +
MS q. b Harden.
After the close ofithe programme .
social hour was enjoyed BY the guests
and tempting rsfreshments were sery,
ed by the hostess.
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City Hospital.

Miss Mary Turner is nursing in the
family Of Mr.. Denham, of Locust ave
nue..
John Orlando, who was very Ill OF
typhoid pneumonia, is doing nicely.
Mrs. Rose Carlo was a surgical pr
tient dismissed yesterday.
Miss Taylor was taken very iii Fri
day while nursing at the home OF Mr.
George Brobst. and was brought to
the hospital for treatment.
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Methodist Protestant Temple.

Rev. ]. c. Broomdeld, jastor-sun.
day school at $3.50 a, M; lesson, re
view for the quarter, conducted by the
pastor. Preaching service at 1O:4E
a. M, with sermon on "A Message for
the New Year" Junior Endeayor at
$3.50, Intermediate Endeavor at 4 and
Senior Endeavor at $50 p. m. Even
ing service begins at 1880, and ser
mon on THE Arithmetic of Life" will
be delivered. Splendid music and
seats free toeall,
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Central Christian church.

The pastor, Rev. 2. E. Bates, will
not be present Sunday. Sunday school
and social service at the usual time;
Christian Endeavor at the usual hoar.
On Wednesday night Miss Evelyn
Moore will address the Christian To'
mems Board of Missions. All interest
ed are earnestly requested to be pres
emit.
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First NJ. P. Church.

D. S. Boggs, pastor-sunday school,
. As, ]. S. Walker, superintendent
preaching at 10:45 by Rev. NJ. d. Hell.
mick, Of Buckhannon; Junior c. E.
meeting at 1890; Y. P. S. G. f. meet
ing at Gao; preaching by Rev, Hell.
mick at 1880; prayer meeting at 1880
Wednesday evening.
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PsIatlne Baptist Church.

T. B. Lawler, pastor--study of Gods
Word at $3.50 a. NJ, VIM. A. Hastead
superintendent; preaching at 1O:45 by
pastor: B. Y. P. u. at $50; preaching
at 1880; teachers meeting and pray
er meeting on Friday evening.
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Chris. P. E. Church.

Rev. NJ. A. Barnes, rector Holy
eucharist, 1880 a. M; Sunday school,
$3.50 a. M; morning prayer and lit
any, 1O:45 a. M; first Sundays and
festivals, second celebration of holy
eucharist, 1O:45 a. M; evensong, 1880
p. M; Friday, evensong, 1880 p. IA;
holy days, holy eucharist, 1880 a. N.
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Catholic Church.

Rev, A, Boutlou, pastor-Mass every
Sunday at and 10 o'clock a. m. Even
ing devotions at 1880 o'clock. consist.
ing Of the rosary and benedlction.
Mass every morning during the week
at 1880 o'clock.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Blond widows are usually blond
than blond maids,
Enterprise and advertising mn se
the biggest pair in the deck
Occasionally opportunity look
man up for the purpose Of doanins
him.
A man occasionally interfetes With
the affairs Of a woman without
ting the worst Of tin books
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cbrlstlan Church.

Rev. ]. W. Brace will preach at the
Christian Church, First ward, Sunday
at lO:SO q. m. and 700 p. m. An are
invited.
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Marriage License,

Halle W. Custer and Blanche
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-29

collection Of Art Goods is second to none in the
State and a full THIRD OFF our regular prices
you opportunity to money on some really
pieces. We've some very choice selections in
both Art fWae and Hand Painted China and little
Christmas money would golong ways now.
Drop in the Basement and look them over
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IiALF.PRICE SALE
Of
GAMES and DOLLS

Basement
yYs'Ye d few mighty few desirable Toys
Games and Dolls to close out at HALF.
PRICE
Al il good shape, but we wish to sell
HON before Inventory, and have made the
price very, low. # there are any children
yoti forgot if your own did not receive
enough here's q chance to get all you want
III AI.F hey were marked before Christ
mas.
DOL Furniture, Tea Sets, Iron Toys,
Mechanical Toys, Wheeled Toys,
Guns Banks and Balls, Excellent As
sortnent Of Games, a Few. Choice
Dolls.
oNE-THIRD OFF
sRI GOODS and HAND PAINTED
CHINA.
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No doctor can cure what ais 70
il you have a mean disposition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-08
MAGNITUDE OF THE FRAUDS.

Not until Puter, the land thief who
is now serving two years for his
crimes. was placed upon the witness
stand in federal court in Portland
this week. did the people of Oregon.
realize the exact magnitude and bold
ness of the land frauds of this state.
The revelations in the trials OF
Mitchell, Williamson, Puter, McKin-
ley and others have been alarming
The connection of the officials with
the thieves was made plain all along.
but the testimony OF Puter seals the
guilt OF Mitchell. Williamson, Mays
Hermann, crmsby Meldrum and
other high and low officials of the
state and nation.
Puter says that Mitchell took $4,000
from him to hurry up patents to
fraudulent entries. He says that Her
mann at first refused to pass tina
claims, but that after Mitchell saw
him, the patents were delivered within
four days.
He says that Williamson promised
TO enlarge the Blue mountain forest
reserve to take in school lands which
might be scripped and also sold school
lands which he had secured upon this
understanding. He says that Mays
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-08
PIPING FRESH AIR TO CITIES.

The piping of fresh air to cities is
no longer a dream of scientists. It
has been practically tried, in an ex-
perimental way in the crowded
Whitechapel district of London, un-
der the supervision of DR.. T. G. Lyon.
one of LOndon's most eminent scien-
lists. The air is sucked into pipes by
powerful suction pumps from some
high elevation where the sanitary con-
ditions are perfect and forced into
large storage tanks similar to gas
tanks. When stored in these tanks
under pressure, the pure air is dis
tributed in pipes leading into differ
ent houses.
The air can be distributed through
pipes upward of so to 100 miles in
length without losing any of its purity.
BY opening a switch the customer
gets his daily supply of fresh air in
his rooms, while the foul air is al
lowed to escape through withdrawal
ducts.
When once installed in a city. the
supply of pure mountain ozone can be
supplied at little cost, and the scien-
lists estimate that in the congested
quarters of London so per cent of the
ordinary sickness could be moderated
if not entirely eliminated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-08
WESTERN WASTEFULNESS.

Samuel Fortier irrigation expert at
the University of California, said at
the Boise irrigation congress that
western irrigators use five times too
much water in irrigating their crops.
He says that out of s5O,OO0,00
spent in western irrigation annually
that fully 10 per cent is net loss.
He says that the cause of this waste
is the inherent recklessness and waste
fulness of the westerner who does
things on a large scale. He says the
man who owns the section of land IS
not content with a scanty supply of
watey-he wants some to waste. All
his surroundings must be in keeping
with the magnitude of his farm.
This may be far fetched, but it is
admitted by all practical irrlgators
that too much water is used in the
west. Crops are actually injured by
a surfeit of water and land is soured
and deteriorated by flooding it.
Irrigation is an art. 1t requires skill,
study. thought, system. Too mucn
water is worse than not enough. The
water supply of most of the western
stream systems is adequate to irrigate
from 80 to so per cent more land than
is actually under cultivation in those
systems. if it were properly conserved
and properly distributed. 1t should
be spread thin"
Western wastefulness is a deeply
fixed habit, but it must be conquered
More thoroughness and less profligacy
must be practised The time is a;
hand when every inch of water that
is flowing in western streams must b,
brought to the highest utility.
This cannot be done where the
water hog" holds sway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-08
PROFITS AND EXToRTIoNS
OF THE EMPRESS TRUST,

The express business has always
been good deal of n mystery. The
four concerns that monopolize it
and appear to live in a state of most
joyous harmony with one another
have modestly kept their affairs TO
themselves. But a pleasant degree of
prosperity was Inferred from the fact
that the stocks sell around $3.50 n
share; and it was we'll known that
tariffs were arranged on the profit
able basis of charging what the traf-
fic would bear.
For example, banks can express
$1,000 100 miles-from New York to
Chicago-for 40 cents. If the charge
We're much higher they would use reg
istered mail. 1t costs an outsider
about that to express 500 100 miles
Certain dealers are given rate on
small merchandise packages as low
as the postal rate; but the ordinary
patron pays more for the same serv>
ice.
A recently distressful family squab-
BILE in one of the companies-the
Wells s-Fargo-produces, however,
some more exact information than has
heretofore been available to the pub
lie. OF late this company has been
earning about 40 per cent a year on
its capital stock. The management
resisted demand for increased divi-
| dends on the ground that a large
surplus fund Is desirable, adding that
''it was, of course, impossible to OBJ
tain this fund bv the issue of mort
gage bonds, for the property is so in
tangible that such a course is i'm
practicable" The company's proper
ty, in fact, consists almost wholly OF
cash, investments in stocks and bonds,
and $1S,000,000 loaned in Wall street
on stock exchange collateral. 1t has
nothing in the nature of a plant eX-
cept a few stables and offices in the
larger cities. 1t hasn't much of any
thing-except just profits.
We notice that another express
company is finding use for its funds
in erecting 22-story building in New
York. while the minority stockholders
of third are petitioning the manage
ment for a small slice of the opulen;
profits in the shape of increased div.
idends. Inserting an inquisitive
thumb in this pie-under the power:
| recently conferred upon 1.-THE In.
terstate Commerce commission cannot
fail to strike a plum.-Saturday Eve.
ming Post
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-08
OREGON ROADS.

There are S4,25S miles of public
road in the state of Oregon, of which
2235 miles are surfaced with gravel,
209 miles with stone and las miles
with plank. making a total of 25S9
miles of improved road.
1t will be seen from these figures
that about " per cent of the roads
have been improved. By comparing
the total road mileage with the area
of the state it appears that there was
about 36-10O of mile of public road
per square mile of area.
A comparison of mileage with pop
ulation shows that there was one mile
of road to every 12 Inhabitants, but
only one mile of improved road to
every $50 inhabitants.