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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
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Schedule In Effect
Janualy 6, 1907.

Leave Bluefiold 9:3h a. m. for no
anoke, Lynchburg, Norfolk aud all
points on the Shenandoah division.
PULLMAN sleerer to Roanoke ami no
anoke to New York. via Hageistown
Parlor car Roanoke to Norfolk
$40 a. IN. daily for Roanoke and
intermediate points.
1900 y. IN. for Roanoke and LYNCH
burg and intermediate stations and
the shenandoah Valley, PHILADELPHIA
ana New York. Sleeper TO Philadel-
phia-Roanoke to Richmond.
1888 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
Durg' RICHMOND. Norfolk, Pullman
sleeper East Radford TO Norfolk and
Lynchburg TO Richmond. Cafe Car.
Trains arrive at Bluefield from the
east at S:bS. n. m. 2;10 d. m, $40
y IN. and 9:20, q. IN.
From the west at 500 n. m. 9.2O
a. m. 1905 y. m. and Sis p. m
Leave Bluefeld at 8:20 d. m. for
kenova, Columbus and all points
west and northwest Pullman sleep
ers for Columbus and Cincinnati, o.
Cafe car.
a:08 n. m. for Kenova. Cincinnati,
Portsmouth, Columbus, St Louis.
Through Pullman sleepers TO Column
bus. Cafe car.
Leave S:lb n. m. and 2:2b d. IN.
daily for Tazewell. Norton. and all
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton aud all points
on the Clinch Valley division IT 2:4O
and 1853 y. m.
Leave $50 a. m. for Renova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 600 and 2:40 y. m. for
WEIGH and intermediate stations.
For Pocahontas $50 n. m. 9:0S
a. m. 2:40 y m and $40 p IN. Ar
rive from Pocahontas at 500 a. IN.
2 05 p. m. and S:1S d. IN.
For Bramwell. leave Bluefield $3.50
a IN, 9:08 a IN, 2:4O p m and $3.50
y. m.
Call on agent Norfolk and Western
Railway. for tickets. maps, and addi-
uonal information.
w n. BEVILL. q. p. A.
Roanoke. Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
WEEKLY
CONGREGATIONAL
THE DAILY LEADER,
FOR ONLY $500.

The Presidential election is APP
preaching Times have changer
That is all. MIR. Watterson is n
Democrat, and has always been a
Democrat, never a Republican. Es
sentisl differences out of the way
Democrats are getting together.
The Courier journal Is going
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OPENED A $500 OYSTER
SHUCKER FOUND PEARL AS jig
AS A THUMBNAIL.

Morristown, n. j., Feb. 81
While opening oysters in a local mar
ket today, Maurice F. Morrison open
ed one of the bivalves of the size
known as box oysters. He perceived
embedded in It a foreign object,
which he carefully dug out with his
knife. The object was encased in a
thin shell similar to isinglass, which
he peeled off, disclosing a large pearl.
The gem is oval in shape, fat at one
end, about the size OF mans thum-
nail Morrison took the pearl to a
local jeweler, who, after a cursory
examination, told him It was worth
at least $500. Morrison will take
the pearl to New York in a few days
and endeavor to sell It.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
CONVERSATION

What this country OF ours needs to-
day, along with several hundred
thousand other things. is richly
endowed system OF institutions for
training the conversational powers.
Mr. Carnegie is giving away libraries
by the score to train the people how
to read and think. Who will come
forward and found a chain of schools
to teach men and women how TO
talk? We are I'm n bad way in these
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

States OF ours. sad way. In the
matter OF our daily discourse. What
with our profanity and our exaggera-
lions. our weather drivel and our
personal health bulletins. our ban
alites and our brutalities We need
doctor to treat our tongues for
their ceaseless. pointless. fruitless
wasging. Who quallhesP
ton Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

The cotton-seed-oil industry is
scattered all over the South, but its
general center is Memphis. For a
century after cotton became the
king of textile staples the cotton see1
was despised as a worthless vexa-
ton. Then its utilization was be-
gun. In 1880 nearly $4,000,000
worth of cotton-seed oil and by-pro-
ducts was produced. Last year the
best estimates placed the amount at
$50, 900, 900, OF 20 times more than
the products of 1880.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

AZ lovely woman. who has no peck
cts, will stop to think that the aver
age man has at least sixteen she may
understand better why her letters in
trusted him occasionally don't get
mailed.-Montreal Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
THE FAVORED
FOREIGNER

The exports o, steel products from
the United States are greater than
ever before. One drawback Is that
the steel trust is not able to obtain
such profits from foreign consumers
as the Dingley tariff enables them
to extort from the consumers OF this
country.-Philadelphia Record.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
Read the Daily Leader.
WHY SUFFER- From
RIusUMiATIsAIe

Do you know thai rheumatism can
DO relievedG II you doubt this lust
try one application OF Chamberlain
Pain Balm II will make rest and
sleep possible. and that certainly
means great deal to any one az.
hicted with rheumatism For sale
by all druggists.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
NATIONAL IDEALS.

Our influence should encircle the
globe with more benignant notes
than martial strains. Wherever II
may go. it should be with healing
streams Of commerce and of friendly
intercourse, with the message OF
peace and good will. with the decla-
ration that after all greatness does
not consist so mach In the strength
of government as I'm the happiness
and the opportunity OF each indi-
vidual-an object far preferable. far
more to be desired than the tri-
jumps of war or the empty glories
IL imperial dominion. loud APP
plause. Burton, of Ohio.
There is more Monitor Flour sold
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

Monitor, and Jersey Cream FlOurs
are no new things-they have been
sold for ten years.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

IL you want 20 live long and be
healthy use Monitor. or Jersey Cream
Flour.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

For two of the largest But.
terine concerns In the coun
try. Good Terms and lowest
prices obtained for those
who favor me with their or
ders.
Am also wholesale dealer
III the Finest
CREAMERY BUTTER
Packed in squares and solid
Prompt Delivery.
FRANK BARRY,
Phone W. Pulaski st,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
GOVERNOR DAWSON VETOEs
FULL VALUE FOR TAX" BILL

Charleston, Feb. 27.-The COVER
nor dropped bomb into the house
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

There is more Monitor Flour sold
i'm Bluefield than all other brands
combined-Why so? It is the BEST.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
"A New storage Method

well-dressed woman took from her pocket-
book two pawn tickets.
.How do you happen to have documents OF
that kind in your possession asked a irieno;
..They belong to me, that's how. replied
the well-dressed woman. serenely. = pawneo
several pieces of jewelry when I went away IN
July and haven't got the things out yet
The friends face took on an expression OF
mingled sympathy and wonder
i.Well" she exclaimed ''you are certainly
the last person L would ever thought OF coming
down to that> You always seem to have plenty
of money ..z.a
"I didn't pawn the things because l needed
money! said the well-dressed woman. u put
them there for SAFE keeping. For several years
I have been storing my furs In pawnsnop,
during the summer. Since they were SO wen
taken care of there I concluded to trust the
pawnbroker with my jewelry this season. Last
year the warehouse where had the tnings
stored was broken into and I lost two rings
and a bracelet A pawnshop is about the safest
place on earth to keep things in 1t rs nara
enough for people to get their own stun OUT
sometimes, but it is almost impossible for any
body else to get Il. Also 1t Is cheaper tnan
safety deposit vault, SO for that combination
of reasons have become pawsnop patron.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
HARPERS OBSERVE
GOLDEN JUBILEE
MAYORS FATHER MARRIED FIFTY
YEARS AGO
On Tuesday Festivities VIII Take
Place at Family Home in Laurel
Canyon, Five Surviving
Sons Participating

Golden wedding anniversary festivities
will be celebrated Tuesday night for Mr.
and Mrs. Charles F. Harper, parents OF
Mayor Arthur Cyprian Harper, at the
Harper homestead in Laurel canyon, Hol-
lywood.
All of the five children surviving and
visiting relatives will take part at this
memorable milestone step in the life
journey of the venerable pair.
Mr.. Harper came to California early in
the SOS, sailing around Cape Horn.
He was born and educated in South
Carolina and there had married his help
meet, then Miss Martha Whelan Mullen
Mayor Harper was an infant when his
parents came to California.
He first embarked in the tinshop bust
ness in Los Angeles, and later formed
what is now the Harper & Reynolds Hard
ware company.
The Harper tract in southwestern Los
Angeles was plated around the old home
stead, where Mayor Harper now lives with
his familyp while the jubilarians after
ward moved to picturesque ranch home
on the hills above Hollywood.
Mr.. Harper served in the civil war and
Is to this day an active man in business
and ranching, though he is far in the
seventies.
The five sons who survive out of seven
children are Mayor Harper, Rev. e. ],
Harper, who Is city forester and a pastor
also; Gus and Bert Harper, who are with
the Consolidated Pipe company, and DIR.
Ben Harper All are married.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
JUDGE TRAsk DECLARES
CONSTITUTION PROVISIONS
CLEAR AND MANDATORY

Judge D. K. Trask, in his written opin-
ion upon the law as expressed in the
state constitution governing the granting
of rebates and special rates in this state,
says:
1.-THE Herald editorial of october Is,
1907, in relation to the powers and duties
of the railroad commissioners of Cali
fornia has been the subject of much
discussion and comment among lawyers.
That clear, positive and mandatory pro-
visions of our constitution should have
been disregarded and not enforced all
of these years since that instrument was
adopted is something that no one would
believe unless he knew a fact which
reflects no credit upon the people of
this state.
"And that melancholy fact, which ac-
counts not only for the non-execution OF
the laws but also for the continued ex-
istence of inefficient railroad commits
sions, is that our people have been sub
mitting to government of, for and by
the Southern Pacific company.
1.-The editorial in question has shown
that the trainers of our constitution pro-
vided plain and adequate remedies for
the prevention and correction of such
abuses as Determinations, rebates and
excessive charges for freight or fares by
railroad companies. The position Of The
Herald is sound; it will do a great work
if 1t convinces the people that they must
elect railroad commissioners who have
the ability, integrity, courage and in
dustry to discharge the duties of their
great office"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
CITIZENS OBSERVE
x.r Arryrnau
CLEAN-Of oAI ONk<<z
COOPERATE WITH cITVs BIG
SANITARY CORPS
Judge EIdrl6ge Leads In Rat Killing
In Sixth Ward-tieaIth Office
Phones Are Busy These
Days

All ward heads in charge of the sani-
tary campaign now in progress In Los
Angeles gathered last night at the health
office, reporting thar citizens generally
took notice of the mayors proclamation
to make every Saturday in November q
spotless town day.
The sanitary force Of nearly three hun
dred men and teams is working every
day ana the citizens have been urged TO
put their spare time before and after
school and business hours and on Sat-
urday to Independent cleaning, painting,
tree trimming and rat killing.
The telephones in the health office are
busy all day long with persons asking
about the inspectors work. The office Is
glad to get notices of dirty premises,
but II possible the information should
be sent to the ward headquarters in each
ward.
Hundreds of notices are served daily
on house owners and tenants to put
their yards, cellars and premises in order.
Hints to HousehoIders
Such stuff as cannot be burned will be
carted off by the city's teams If put IN
sound tight boxes. barrels or other
strong recaptacles which the men can
handle easily.
Anything burnable must be taken care
of on the premises, as the law directs
had planned to clean no private premises,
confining themselves to vacant lots
owned by nonresidents who could not be
reached except by a slow process.
Because of q premature announcement
all house owners started to place their
noncombustible rubbish in receipt cles In
their alleys and on their curbs md the
city gangs found themselves confronted
with the necessity of carting the stun
away, though this will take at least one
hundred teams and wagons a month.
All the junk men in the city have put
on extra men and teams to search TINS
accumulated stuff for bottles, scrap iron
and other salvage and they are thereby
partially reducing the haulage by city
teams They are cautioned however, not
to handle the boxes and barrels care
lessly, so that the contents spill into 1ne
cutters.
An Active Veteran
DIR. Garyin, in charge of the Sixth
ward. said he had given the trophy for
the week for the greatest rat killings
to G.. H. Eldridge, a G. A. X. veteran,
who fought under Chaffee and VINO
served as a judge in Fort Grant, Ariz.
Judge Eldridge captured and killed lou
rats.
DR.. Garvin, like the other ward direc-
tors, complains that the rat traps un-
loaded on the city are almost useless,
as they are too weak to hold rats.
The men were put to work with nippers
and wire reinforcing all of the traps 70
make them serviceable, after hundreds OF
rats made their escape.
One woman on West Pico street tele'
phoned yesterday that she had had
rat Gagged for two days and unless the
department sent a man out to her home
right away to dispatch the animal sne
would report the case to the humane
society.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
JOSEPH n. CALL
Is EMPHATIC IN HIS
STATEMENT OF CASE

Similar opinion is vigorously expressed
by Joseph H. Call, who also freely gives
written expression of his views to the
readers of The Herald as follows:N
'I have read with much interest The
Herald's editorials upon the subject of
Determinations and the conclusions
reached that determinations by railroads
upon commerce within the state, as be-
tween persons and as between localities,
are prohibited by sections 21 and %. arti-
Gle IL of the state constitution. and that
such determinations are punishable by
fine and Imprisonment.
IT have given some consideration to the
subject and am of the opinion that The
Herald's premises and conclusions are In
all respects sound.
1.-THE provisions of the constitution
above named prohibit all determinations
by transportation companies in charges
and in facilities for transportation be-
tween persons as well as places, for the
same class Of freight, and these sections
of the constitution in themselves pre-
scribe, as the penalty for each violation
by an officer, agent or employe of cor
poration, fine of not exceeding $4,000, or
Imprisonment not exceeding one year.
Duty of District Attorney
"Under these sections it is also made the
duty of the board of railroad commits
sioners to fix and prescribe the tariffs for
freight and passengers, and when so fixed
the penalty for each violation by cor
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
WIEBB,S RAILROAD EYE

elimination in railroad rates, and under
the head of duties of railroad commits
sioners it is provided:
ANY railroad corporation or transpor-
tation company which shall fail or re-
fuse to conform to such rates as shall be
esta blished by such commissioners
shall be fined not exceeding $4,000 for
each offense, and every officer, agent or
employe who shall in any
manner violate the provisions of this sec
ton shall be fined not exceeding 5000, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail not ex-
ceeding one year."
The question here is: What constitutes
the establishment of railroad rates by
the commission? Mr.. Gibbon holds that
the acceptance and acquiescence of the
commission in the freight tariffs filed
and published by railroad companies con-
stitute their legal esta blishment and bind
ing force. Any departure from these
rates in the shape of a rebate is dis
elimination of the sort forbidden by tbs
constitution. Mr.. Webb can not see 1t in
the same light. He has the advantage OF
being blind as to his railroad eye.-San
Francisco Call.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

VyHAT many people who complain OF
having weak ankles are in reality
Il slovenly walkers who do not know
how properly to use the muscles which
control the ankle is asserted by con-
tributor to Health, who maintains that
such persons continually turn their
ankles. even when walking on smooth
ground, thereby frequently surering
sprains that put them on the Invalid lst
for weeks: ~
sThe strongest ankle" he declares, is
not strong enough to support the pouy
unless the muscles that control the ankle
are employed. The trouble is that most
people walk in a slovenly manner, de-
pending principally on the equilibrium OF
their bodies to keep them from railing
rather than the employment or the mus
cles of the body. They totter ike drunken
men instead of walking with sprmgy'
active step. 80,
Those who have had trouble with their
ankles should bear in mind that the mus
cles that support the ankle are probably
strong enough, but that they are not
properly engaged when walking. In oruer
to overcome this fault one should, Wneh
walking. keep his mind on the muscles
of the foot and try to cause them 10 act
as much as possible. The practice OF nat
foot walking should be avoided; instead
as possible when making a stride Ii tnls
is done In due time an active, sprlngy
walk will become an unconscious napit'
and the muscles will always be on the
alert to keep the ankle from turning.
''The practice Of wearing high shoes
does much to weaken the muscles OF the
ankles. AS the ankles are bandaged the
muscles of the ankles are relieved OF the
task of supporting the ankle, the result
being that finally the muscles become
weak and what is still worse, fail to act
at all. The natural consequence Is that
a person Losses all control of the muscles
of the ankles, just as most of us have
lost control of the muscles of the ears.
'In connection with this let me state
that it is dangerous to assist any mus
Gle of the body. The more muscle Is
assisted the weaker it gets and the less 1t
responds to the motor nerves. II any
part of the body Is deformed or has be-
come weakened as the result OF certain
muscles failing to perform their duty the
muscles should be strengthened, not
helped. II the abdomen protrudes as the
result of abdominal muscles having be-
come weak. do not support the abdomen
with bandage, thus making the abdomt-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

TOSEPH HI. CALL has for
Il many years been leading
- member of the bar of Los
Angeles county, and during that
time has served with marked dis
tinction and success as special at
torney of the government in liti-
cation brought for the purpose Of
restoring to the public domain
millions of acres of the public
lands which were wrongfully
claimed by railroad corporations
as government grants. In the
course of his professional engage
ments Mr.. Call has also had oc-
casion to devote particular atten-
ton to the matter of railroad
rates, and this fact gives special
force and value to his opinion
upon the legal points set forth in
The Herald editorials.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

Of the common carrier guilty of granting
the rebate or special rate.
$50 If the railroad commissioners per-
form their duty in establishing rates of
charges for the transportation of pas
sengers and freight by railroad and other
transportation companies and publishing
the same. the granting of rebates and
special rates can be punished in this state
without resort to national legislation.
"If they do not perform the duty of es-
tablishing rates they are guilty of viola
tion of the constitution. In my judgment
the people of this state are not dependent
upon the attorney general of the state to
bring the railroad companies to jussice.
The offense is simply crime against the
laws Of the state and may be prosecuted
by the district attorney of any county in
which the offense Is committed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

A TTORNEY GENERAL WEBB has
II made himself the object of severe
"A criticism by his recent action re-
fusing to permit the city of Sacramento
to bring in the name of the state quo
warranto proceedings to forfeit on the
ground of disuse, an old franchise held by
the Southern Pacific company on the
Sacramento water front. The city wants
to break the stronghold Of the railroad
company on its means of approach, bTt
Mr.. Webb stands in the way as the cor
poration's next friend. From the state
ment printed In the Sacramento Union.
Mr.. Webb seems to have promoted him
self to the dignity of court of law with
a difference. The difference is that from
other courts there is a right of appeal.
AS a watchdog Mr.. Webb has obvious
merits.
Mr.. Webb has other uses. 7. %. Gibbon,
an eminent Los Angeles lawyer, calls at
tention to certain provisions of the state
constitution which cover the case of the
interstate rebates given by the Southern
Pacific company, as shown by the recent
investigation before Commissioner Lane.
The constitution expressly forbids dis