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quarters For
Hiding Materials,

al kinds OF North Carolina
inia Lumber. dressed and
1. Shingles, Laths. Sash,
nd Blinds. Lime. Cement,
Plaster Plastering Hair,
and Paving Brick. Tin and
fng, Cut and Wire Nails, all
ady- Mixed Paints and Dry
nseed Oil Turpentine, Dryer
and Lewis's White Lead.
ushes of all kinds, Window
Putty, Builders Hard ware
Dis, Tar Roofing, Sheathing
q fine Brick.
rye stock of Sewer Pipe and
Pipe. +. ID. COLE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
PRIZE POULTRY

Among the prize winners at the Rich
mond Poultry Show were Mr.. Augustus
Ro We, of Fredericksburg, third on Ply
mouth Rock cock; first and third on pull
let and third on cOckerell
Miss Clara l.. Smith. CroIton. second
on bronze gobDler and first on Len; third
on white 0rphington pullet, third on
cOckerell
Fred Nussey, Of MassaponaK, also won
number OF prizes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
TO HAVE GUAGlNG STATION
One to DO Established Hare by The U S.
Government

la the development OF the water power
70 be afforded by the entire row OF the
Rappahaunock river The fredericksburg
Power Company. through its attorney.
Judge A. T. Embrey. has sought 10 have
established at Fredericksburg by the
Geological Survey Of T.. 5. Government
a gusging station, for the purpose OF
measuring the flow Of the river at and
above fredericksburg and for other
purposes in connection with the develop
ment above fredericksburg. Through
the aid Of Congressman Jones the
Geological Survey has promised 10
establish here at the earliest possible
moment guaging station which will be
in daily charge OF a representative OF
the government, who will be located
here.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
DECLINED APPOINTMENT TO
JUDGE AT MONTREAL

Mr.. c. H. Hurksmp lately received an
invitation 60 act as Judge Of hunters and
saddle horses at the Montreal Horse
Show. which takes place at Montreal,
Canada, May Sth to 18th inclusive. On
account of attention required in mansg
ing his stock farm and string OF jumping
horses. which are entered in many Of the
spring events, Mr.. II. has been forced
to write declining this high compliment
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
N. 3. KlNSEY BUYS {. W. kINSEYS
INTEREST IN KINSEY & SON

Mr. y. b. Kinsey,o Kinsey x Son, gen
eFal furniture dealers on Commerce ST
has purchased Of his father. Mr +. W.
Kinsey, o. Washinton, bis interest in the
concern. and will conduct the business
under style OF ~ b. kinsey. He has
rented the store now occupied by the
Boston Variety Store, aud will take pos
session about February 20th.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
ACCIDENT TO ENGINE

Friday the Narrow Gusge train return
ing from Orange after pulling the heavy
grade at Alrlchs Crossing aud reaching
the top broke down The accident to
the engine caused delay until another
engine could be sent from here The
train arrived hire about p. m.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
DEATH or j. H. DEJARNETTE

Mr.. J. II. DeJurnette, So years old
died Thursday night at the Hygeia hos.
pital, in Richmond, here he was taken
from his home 10 Caroline county some
weeks ago for treatment. lnterment
was made in OakwOOd Cemetery, Rich.
mond. Friday evening Mr.. DeJarnette
was unmarried.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
DEATH

Miss Sallie Robinson died at her home
Sunday morning after short illness,
aged 80 years. She is survived by her
mother. The funeral will take place
from her late home Tuesday evening at
3 O'Clock, Rev. Decatur Edwards con-
Quoting the services. Iuterment in City
Cemetery.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
Or. RAMSEY RESIGNS
PRESIDENCY JF KINGS COLLEGE

DR.. F. p. Ramsey has resigned as pres
idsnt Of King College, the Presbyterian
school at Bristol for young men. he
has served the institution for four years,
having gone t6B'istol from Fredericks.
burg, where he was formerly president OF
the College here.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
FnR RENT.

The large and attractive brick store
house, only warehouse on Main street,
in Orange. Va. lately occupied by Greiner
4 Shackeliord az a hardware store, is
for rent. Apply TO DR.. Vim. J. Critten-
den, Unionville, Va, or to Morton x
Shaokeliord, Orange, Va. 1t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
SNOW
A Spell Of Genuine Winter.

A cold wave struck this city Saturday
night, the thermometer registering as
low as fifteen Sunday morning Sunday
afternoon snow commenced falling in ear
nest and continued into the night reach
ing a depth OF about one inch. Monday
morning the weather was cold and clear.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
lPH LETTER OF GEN. LEE

mper. wife of Rev. W. II. Camp
Nason's, Orange county, has.
state of preservation, an auto
,er Of Gen. K. f. Lee. The let
ed Mrs Camper for courtesies
Gen. Lee while a guest at the
ONE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
SALE OF CAROLINE FARM

Charles K. Chapman has sold his farm,
near Guiueys, known as Locust Level, -
10 Mr. Charles W. McKolister, OF Bote-
rourt county, Va, for $1,000. Mr. Nc
HOLSTER will take possession in a short
ffrpa
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
ANNUAL MEETING POSTPONED

Owing to inclement weather the an.
nual church meeting at Baptist church
was postponed Sunday night until next
Sunday night, February Ard, at $50.
The pastor conducted a prayer and
praise service in the nday school room.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
LEWIS WALLACE,
Fredericksburg, Va.
or at Law and Commits
siOner in Chancey.

tention 10 fduciary and execu-
tiers. also collections. Office
- street. one door south O!
rect. Reference. The National
,dPricksburR. Yh.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
TO TRY FELONY GASES

Judge j. F. Mason will hold court at
Rowling Green on the second Monday in
February to try some felony eases for
which the parties have been sent on 70
the grand Jury.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
i0LARSHIP
OVER 500 COMPETITORS

mule Taylor, of this city, won
.rshiD in the Cooper Art Insti-
ew York, having submit d
CURE rawing in a class OF $40
RS. Miss Taylor displays
Mt in this line of drawing.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26

~ at Fredericksburg with r. r. a P.
aryland. Delaware and virginia Rail-
I Orange With Southern Z. &. and
4 Ohio K. r.
Inc O. the Charlottesville and WI.
teHe ds
tandArd Time. Daily exceptSundAy.
" n RICHARDS. Gen. Manager.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
BRENT STORE
TO Be ENLARGED

nix p. Stearns has been award
ltrsct for enlarging Mr.. t. n.
ore on Main street. The work
mmenced in a short time. The
be store will be extended and
improved, making it one OF
{ and most up-tO-date stores
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
THE BOSTON VARIETY STORE


The Boston Variety Store, OF which
Mr.. Emmett Curtis is manager, will
move into their new, large and eommo-
dious building on Main street, next door
20 w. A. Bell & Bro, on Feb 20.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
DEATH IN ORANGE COUNTY

Mr.. Wylie F. Sullivan, OF near Mine
Run, Orange county, died Tuesday, after
a brief illness.
He leaves four sons and two daughters
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
HTY CHURCH SERVICES

at Trinity church were held
oruing at IL o clock celebrating
al OF st. Paul. Holy Com.
as administered and a short
slivered by the rector, Rev. d.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
TO CONTINUE BUSINESS

The jewelry business Of the late H. Z,
Norris will be continued by Mrs. Norris
at the same place on Main street.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
! G. SCH00LER
CRITICALLY I'LL

ming G. Schroeder is critically
neumonia, and his relatives and
e anxious about his condition.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-26
fREDERlCESBUR6
,NB PIEDMONT RAILSU>,

TINA FABLE No. Is.
f.et $40 n NRnh l 1906
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07

give the necessary water to 100000
acres of land, which, with an assured
water supply will be worth fortunes.
All of this land will be reserved Ior
the actual homeseeker. No great
companies can gather it in, for Il will
be sold only to actual homeseekers
in very small farm units, probably
forty or eighty acres, certainly not
more than one hundred and sixty
acres. The project in this valley will
take some years to complete, and in
the meantime a workingman seek
ing home has an opportunity to
earn wages in the construction works.
Nearly four miles of a six-mile
tunnel have been completed in Co.
dorado throuh which the waters of
the Gunnson River will be diverted
to quicken into life 10000 acres of
land now lying dead in the Uncom-
pahgrc Valley. In this valley there
are irrigated lands which produce
sugar bcets that Melted the farmers
from $50 to $50 an acre. Some fruit
orchards, twelve years old, Melted $500
all acre. To bring water here and in
crease the area of this fertile field
the engineers encountered difficulties
involving almost incredible hard
ships.
In the toughest country in all the
United States. The engineers ex-
plored canyon through which no
man had ever passed, and located
tunnel there. Then a road was made
leading down into the frightful gorge
a road good enough to carry heavy
machinery over. A power plant was
built, a town established and named
River Portal This town, like others
built by the service, has free read
ing room, a hospital and good
school. Through this six-mile tun-
mel the water will pass under high
divide and bring riches to a great
valley which has been lying there for
hundreds of centuries, idly waiting
for water to bring it into life.
The first fruits of the National re-
clamation service ripened in Nevada,
where on June II, 1907, the third an
niversary of the reclamation act, the
Trucl ce- Carson Canal was thrown
open. This canal is thirty-one miles
long and diverts water from Truckee
River to the channel of Carson River,
where a storage reservoir will be
built. Water is now ready for de-
livery through several hundred miles
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overalls to aid in the conquest of the
desert lands of his fathers.
The Egyptian knew the secret of
irrigation before the day when Joseph
donned the coat of many colors, and
in ancient times great empire was
built in Arizona by artifcially supply
ing water to quench the age long
thirst of these lost lands. Then for
centuries and centuries man neglected
his work of applying the needed mois-
ture. In fact, the desert was left to
itself so long that it came to be look
ed upon as mistake of nature. But
now the wide sweep of circling ag.
has brought the engineer and his dig
gers once more to the forefront of
empire builders, and the waste places
are being made to bloom again.
In Arizona the United States Gov.
eminent is digging hundreds of miles
of irrigation canals along routes care
fully surveyed by the most expert of
engineers, but these routes follow
clearly the course of those ancient
canals which supplied the moisture
TO turn brown desert into a green
garden long before the Romans built
aqueducts to supply their luxurious
and two Territories the United States
is behind the work that will eventually
cause the name desert to lose its sig
nifcance. The irrigation projects
now in process of construction by tn
Federal Government will give an ir-
rigable acreage of nearly as much
land as is comprised in the improved
farms of Louisiana and will cost over
$5o,ooo,ooo. Other projects under
consideration will reclaim about three
times as much more land to the uses
of agriculture.
All this vast work is being accom-
plished without taking one cent from
the general funds of the Government.
and without the imposition of dol
lar in taxes. The reclamation act
passed in June, 1902, just five years
ago, provided that all money derived
from the sale of public l. ads in four
teen Western States and two Terri
tories should be set aside and APP
propriated for the reclamation of ar
id lands by irrigation. The lands
thus reclaimed are charged with their
proportionate cost of irrigation work
and are opened to settlement under
the homestead laws. The settler must
a. ,hnt y
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-09-07

plan, and one which does not cost
anybody anything, because it soon
pays for itself from the hitherto
worthless desert land
In these short FIVE years the Fed
eral Reclamation Service has worked
wonders and performed miracles.
Over I,4oo Miles of principle canals
have been dug, a distance equal to
that from Boston to New Orleans
Work has been begun on the largest
dam in the world, the Shoshone Dam
in Wyoming, which will be $40 feet
from the bedrock. Another great
dam is being built at Roosevelt,
Ariz., which will form the largest
artificial lake in the world. This
dam will be $50 feet high and 800
feet long at the top.
The city of Roosevelt has been
built by the army, which is winning
the arid West. 1t is doomed to be
destroyed by that same army, for
when the dam is completed and the
lake filled, the water will be 200 feet
deep over the site of the now bust
ling city, with its electric lights, its
waterworks, its schools, its public
library and its hospital. Here, too,
is the great Government factory,
making the cement being used in the
dam and canal construction, and when
work is done the scars it makes upon
the face of the earth will be hid il
the bosom of lake twenty-five miles
long and two miles wide.
Here at Roosevelt the Apaches.
who once followed Geronimo, have
buried the Ratchet and are eacefully
at work making roads, making con-
crete and earning their living in the
sweat of their faces. They have for
saken their war paint and no longer
resist the onward march of a new
civilization. A quarter of million
acres of land will be given water
from this lake, and the wonders
which have already been accomplish.
ed by private irrigation in that land
of never-ending sunshine and opale-
scent vistas will be multiplied.
Far to the north of Arizona is the
wonderful Yakima Valley, in Wash
ington. This valley is the rival of the
rich Redlands and Riverside of South
ern California, and to those who find
a perpetual summer enervating it is
without an equal. A country where
apple orchards yield $1,000 an acre
,.J ,,,Laro hons br;no from, ShNo RI
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In Montana, as in Arizona, the In
dams are aiding in the work of con-
quering the desert. The Blackfeet
Indians are being employed on the
Milk River project, which proposed
to redeem tract of a quarter of a
million acres between Havre and
Glasgow, Mont In addition to regu-
lating the flow of Milk River, the
water supply will be supplemented
from St. Marys Lakes. The water
will be stored and then conducted
through a canal, twenty-six miles
long, to the headwaters of Milk Riv-
or. This is but one of several Mon
tana irrigation projects now under
way.
New Mexico has held a public Ter
ritorial celebration in honor of the
advent of the Federal reclamation
work, money having been appropriat-
cd by the Legislature for that pur-
pose. Here in the Pecos River Val
ley irrigation works were constructed
by private enterprise. Although the
construction was imperfect, the water
was carried to the land and its won
dcrful fertility fully demonstrated.
The country became famous for it's
fruit within few years. Then came
disasterous flood three years ago
and swept away large portion of
Avalon dam, running the whole irri-
CATION system. An appeal to the Cen
eral Government was made, and the
response was ready. The work of re-
construction was taken up and water
is now being served. The defects of
the old system were remedied, and
there is now assurance of water
supply every year. The Yuma pro-
ject in Southern California and Ari-
IONA has been the subject of Presi-
dental message to Congress. 1t will
add much to the wealth of the Egypt
of America" Other projects are I'M
der way which will redeem large sec
tons in Texas, North Dakota, Utah,
Oregon, South Dakota, Idaho and
Kansas.
When the twenty-five irrigation
systems now under way are completed
and the thirteen yet in allegiance are
taken up and finished, this work will
have added to the crop-producing area
of the country lands equal in extent
to the improved farm acreage in the
States of Massachusetts,, Connecti-
cut, Vermont and Maine. This is one
way of annexing new terri DRY that
will find no political opposition.
On these irrigated lands the ele-
ment of chance is removed from the
pursuit of agriculture. The farmer
knows exactly when he will plant his
crops, and exactly when to expect his
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ices,- tea or whatever the delicacy the
| appetite wishes to daily with on a
lazy day.
The tree-seat everyone can not
have, for the very good reason that
all lawns are not provided with trees
and all trees are not trees for tree
seats. The tree-seat is a very an
cient. scheme for a resting place and
the fiction of years ago dwelt with
tender interest around the tree-seat
which was the trysting place. Upon
large estates in this country the tree
seat is frequently found, in England
it is quite common. They are made
either square or circular about the
tree with wide flat strips set an inch
apart for the seat proper. The backs
are made to conform symmetrically
to the outline of the seat, and are
built so that no portion touches the
bark of the tree.
Rustic seats and chairs are not
without their champions, and their
number does not seem to show an
appreciate decrease ever though the
sentimental persons have learned
that rustic seats r turned out by
the dozens by manufacturers in the
hearts of some of our p%opulous cit
les. 1t has been urged, half in earn
est and half in jest, that the ma
chine-made rustic seat is the best ap-
pearing rustic seat ever invented. A
genuine rustic seat is a thing of
beauty, but to rest upon, back to
back, is often a task for a contortion-
list.
Not everyone who has a lawn Is
enough of a carpenter to make these
lawn seats, and again some who are
blessed with sufficient mechanical
ability do not have the inclination to
use it, so in six cases out of ten a
carpenter is called in to do the work.
While the initial cost of these home
made lawn seats is higher than that
Of the manufactured, ready-to-sit-on
article, they possess a higher value
because each is an original pattern,
more substantial and will last much
longer.
A carpenter is not, however, abso-
lutely essential. Measurements can
be made, the number and size of the
pieces set down and the order given
to a planning mill, which will deliver
the separate pieces to you as ordered.
The labor necessary to put these
pieces together is practically nil, just
enough to take up a part Of a morn
ing before going to the Office or an
afternoon away from the store. And
then in the end it is all your own,
and with garden seats, as with every.
thing else, there is a secret apprecia-
ton of the comforts our W handi-
work has brought which has no mon
ey value, and it is this feeling that
makes a lawn or garden a place
where weary limbs and tired nerves
will find comfort and quiet repose.--
The Home Magazine.
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KILLS FATHER AND HIMSELF.
Double tragedy Result Of Quarrel
Over Religious Subjects.

Medina, N. Y.-Enraged in a quar-
rel, Bert Lewis shot his father, Jer-
ONE Lewis, through the heart with a
shotgun and then killed himself with
a bullet from a revolver. An alterca-
ton about religious matters was the
cause of the shooting. Mrs. Lewis,
wife of the elder man, said her hus-
band and son had been quarreling all
the afternoon about religion.
She said her husband took his son
to task for not going to church. The
son answered he was thirty-fve years
old and that his religious beliefs and
worship were no concern Of his faith
er. When the quarrel had been con-
tinued internationally for several hours
the son flew into a rage and seized a
double-barreled shotgun which stood
in the corner. Aiming the gun at his
father he emptied the charges of both
barrels into the old mans breast.
The shot tore a great hole in the
old mans breast. He fell dead at the
feet Of his son, and died before the
eyes of Mrs. Lewis. Then the son
stood still, as if dazed by his crime.
He looked at his mother for a mo-
ment and then rushed up stairs to his
own room, where he seized a revolver.
Mrs. Lewis said she thought her
son had gone temporarily insane and
she was afraid to go near him. When
he returned to the room where his
father lay dead on the floor, the son
stood over the corpse and fired a shot
into his heart. After staggering a
moment he fell dead across the body
of his father.
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ROOT IN MEXICO.
Secretary and Party Chartered If
Cllapultepec Castle,

City of Mexico. - Secretary Root
and party arrived here and he was
greeted by thousands. AS the train
pulled into the National station the
Artillery Band played an American
patriotic air and the statesman re-
ceived a rousing welcome.
The Secretary Of Foreign Affairs,
VINO headed the local reception COM
fnittee, was one of the first to greet
Mr.. Root.
In accordance with the Mexican
custom Chapultepec Castle was for.
mally turned over to Mr.. Root, who
was told the historic palace would
be his residence during his stay in
Mexico. The apartments that Mr..
Root and family occupied are the
most elaborate in Mexico.
With all the members Of the Next
can Cabinet present, President Diaz
received Secretary Root in the Hall
of Ambassadors in the National Pal
ace.
Mr.. Root was presented by Ignacio
Mariscal, the Foreign Minister. He
said he was delighted to meet the
man who had made Mexico one of
the foremost of Latin-American
countries, and he hoped for a contin-
uance Of the good results arising
from the cordial relations between
the United States and Mexico.
President Diaz in reply said that
Mr.. Roots jealous work for a better
understanding between the United
States and Latin-America was we'll
known and duly appreciated, and he
welcomed the Secretary in the name
of the Mexican nation.
In the evening there was a ban
quet to seventy persons at the Ma
tional Palace, the guests including
the Ministers Of State, the city Off
Gals and members of the diplomatic
corps. President Diaz offered a toast
and Mr.. Root responded. After the
banquet the party attended a special
performance by an Italian opera COM
pany at the Arbeu Theatre.
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SkunkS.

The trade of the skunk hunter is
one of the few occupations of the
present that is not overcrowded. Nor
is it likely to be. The animal bears
a bad name, and is Stunned among
men for reasons which border on the
supernatural. No fire breathing dra-
gon was eve gifted by popular super
stition with more terror inspiring
powers of defense than this little pa
riah of the wilderness. Indeed, with
due regard to the fitness of the ap-
pellation, one may term the skunk
the Mephistopheles of the four legged
world. And devil chasers are scarce,
nowadays, as they were in the days
of legend.
The average farmer will drive
miles out of his way to avoid a close
encounter with the "varmint," not
only because he fears it's effective
means of defense, but more because
tradition has endowed the animal
with powers of almost preternatural
magnitude, and, in the absence Of
proof to the contrary, tradition keeps
The whip hand over common sense.
Superstition was ever hard to over
tnrn.-From A Night With a Jersey
Skunker,' by William II. kitchell,
in The Outing Magazine.