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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-10-03

Also S lots on Jarvis
Street $3.50 each. Terms
$50 down, $40 per month
until paid for with interest
These lots are 32x72 #.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-10-03
WANTED.

Apprentice girls in millinery de-
partment. The watts-Lamberd co.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
COMPTROLLER SENDS
FIRST NATIONAL NOTES.

The First National bank of Ely has
received from the comptroller of the
currency an issue of $4,000 in cur
rency bearing the name of the local
bank. Vice President A. D. Myers
and Cashier A. b. Witcher have been
busy during the last three days sign
ing the crisp new green papers for
which men strive and toll and strus-
gle.
The new certificates are in the de-
homisations of So, $40 and 500 The
lowest denomination bears on its face
the portrait Of President Benjamin
Harrison and the series number is
NJ 10599. On the reverse side is II
picture of the landing of the pilgrims
on Plymouth Rock.
The $40 bills are adorned with the
portrait OF President William Mex in
ley. The series number is T612573.
On the reverse side is an allegorical
design. Commerce.
The $50 bills have the portrait Of
Hugh McCulloch. The series number
is T612549. On the reverse side is
Il female figure looking toward the
national capitol at Washington.
The new bills are already being
put into circulation. They arrived at
The bank in sheets of -four, lettero
with the first four letters of the al
phabet. The bills were first checked.
then rechecked and later were sign
ed by the vice president of the bank,
A. D. Myers Cashier A. b. Witcher
then affixed his signature, the bills
were then neatly clipped apart with
a long bladed pair of shears, edges
trimmed and the paper was then all
ready to go ON its career as a medi-
nm of exchange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
THE LATEST MAN ALIVE.
After 20 Years in Bed He Is Obliged
to Get Up.

What may well be the worlds rec
ord has been established by a man
named James Thompson, who Went to
bed In 1877 and did not leave it until
about a fortnight ago. The LATEST
man alive was term applied to him
by the Lurgan guardians, says the
London Telegraph
Thompson who lives with his moth
er at Glare, Lurgan, was still a youth
when he began his long rest He was
looked after by his mother, and his
presence in the house was hardly
known to the villagers lie would
have remained in bed for the rest
of his life in all probability had not
crisis occurred in his domestic at
fairs
Mrs. Thompson who is now 50
yeSrs OF age. was al that time taken
i'll. and had To be removed To the
Union intirmary Left helplessly alone,
Thompson was compelled TO get up.
A search was made for the suit which
he discarded 20 years ago but he was
unable to dress without assistance
Two nelghbors were called In, ami
the work of squeezing him into the
clothes occupied the three men
whole evening When dressed he was
too tired TO walk and an ambulance
had to be brought to convey him ID
the Union He reposed there until
his mother was well enough to leave
the infirmary, when he followed her
home. This time he was compelled
to walk, as the guardians refused an
amb ulance
The facts of the case came out
when the relieving officer applied 10
the Largan guardians for relief fcs
Mrs. Thompson. who has only occa.
sional help from some more energetic
sons who have emigTated to Aus
tralia. She was allowed Is pence a
week. The recital OF the story cen
vulsed the guardians.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
HAVE LOST CUNNING
coUNTERFElTERs TURNING OUT
NO GOOD WORK.
For Many Years There Have Been
No Spurious Banknotes to Worry
the Money WorId-The Mon
roe Hundred"

There is one lost art among Grim
inals. one trade which United States
secret service men have seemingly
wiped ont Ia the very last man. This
is the art Of counterfeting currency.
says the Kansas City Star. Kansas
City bank officials say that for eight
years not one spurious hanknote
worthy OF passing comment has been
handled in the money world. They
declare that the day of successful
counterfeiins has come To an end.
Not "A banknote which fools the ex-
perts is on the market said +. f.
Swinney. president of the First ma
tioual bank There is counterfeit
currency plenty of it he said, but
it's a sind detected almost al IA glance.
inspection Of il quickly reveals the
flaws Usually the work is clumsy.
But not since the notorious gang in
Philadelphia which made the famous
Monroe hundred was wiped out has
there been really clever counterfeit
er at work Al least We have no rec
ord of any.
The Monroe hundred was a 500
silver certificate with the face of
President Monroe stamped upon II.
Ii was Of a series of 1901, check letter
d. Tillman register. Morgan treasur-
en- Ii was an absolutely perfect coun-
terfeit Experts in the treasury de-
partmont We're fooled by H. The notes
became so numerous and We're ac-
cepted so extensively that the gov
ernment called in It's entire issue OF
the bill, amounting to several mil
lion dollars. Even now Monroe
hundred IS occasionally picked up
and IS almost impossible to tell
whether it is genuine or rot.
The only difference between the
genuine bill and the counterfeit was
in the shape al the figures , and 1
and the leusth OF the bill In the fig
ure the lower loop did not extend UP
So far toward the center OF the figure
as it should have extended In the
figure / the space between the base
and the center cross line was mar
rover than il should have been. The
false bill was one sixteenth Of an
inch shorter tEan The genuine.
such irlesalarities would easily
pass The eye 81 an expert" Mr. Swim
ney said "Of course. if genuine
bill was laid before you. and you had
the opportunity to conn are the two.
after some study The defects could be
noted Blu thinl, of the number of
money handlers who had the counter
fell bin who had no opportunity for
such comparison
The gans which made the Monroe
hun Ted was arrested in Philadelphia
IN 1899 The plates which printed the
bills We're recovered and the counter
feiters sentenced 10 long terms in
prison.
with the end of lhat gang Mr..
Swinney said these seems to have
been an end 81 successful counterfeit.
Ing MOI since 1879 has the govern
ment been forced 10 recall any cur
renoy issue Crooks have learned
thai To make spurious currency which
will pass inspection is "A hard task.
And they have learned thai the pen
atty Uncle sam makes them pay when
detected is heavy
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
To Joe Son
Ely, New, January q, 1907

ELY, New, January Il, 1907.
You are hereby notified that we, d.
P. CuRTo and W. N. CURFo, both of
Ely, New, have expended, during the
year 1906, the sum of one hundred
$500. 00) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the JAMES MCDoUGALL
lode mining claim, situated in Robinson
Mining District, in White Pine County.
State of Nevada, the location certif-
cate of which is found of record in
Book g. page 422, Mining Location
of said county, in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1880,
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said lode for the period ending the
3Ist day of December, 1906.
And il, within ninety (90) days after
the first publication hereof, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as a co-owner, which
amounts to thirty-three and thirty-three
one hundredths ($33.33) dollars, your
interest in the claim will become the
property of the subscribers. your CO.
owners, who have made the required
expenditures according to the terms of
sud section and the amendment thereto.
d. p. CuRTo,
w. n. CuRTo.
First publication, Jan. q, 1907-3mo
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
LIVING N A MAGIC HOUSE.
Electricity the Agent That Makes II
the Town Wonder.

y citizen of Troyes has constructed
house for himself which is the won
der Of the town and, it might be add
ed, OF France. Naturally. the wonder
is accomplished by means of electric
ity. There are electric wires to every
part Of the house and garden and
such a number of ingenious contriv-
ances that it looks as if he had al
most solved the domestic servant
problem.
a telephone connects every part of
the premises with the garden gate.
As soon as visitor rings he hears
the inquiry who is there?" When
he has given his name the master
welcomes him through the telephone
and the gate opens, and again closes
when the visitor has entered. In the
yestibule, before he is aware of It,
magic brushes clean his boots, and
the door opens automatically. while
a mysterious voice tells him where To
find the master OF the house The lat
ter may be in his study taking a cup
of tea and the visitor has only to cX-
press a wish when second cup of tea
appears on the table In answer to the
pressure Of the button Meals are
served in the same way, and come an
tomatically from the kitchen. news
papers and letters are deposited on
the drawing room table as soon a3
they are dropped in a box near the
garden gate and most of the pro
visions for the kitchen are introduced
in The same expeditions way Heat
and light, of course. are distributed
at will all over the house. and at
night guest may have warm bottle3
at his feet by merely pressing but
ten.
The inventor of the magic house
has not YET altogether dispensed with
servants. but while waiting for their
entire abolition he Is constantly with.
in eafshot Of the maid. The cook and
the gardener, and the ubiquitous tele-
phone transmits 10 him faithfully
every word they say to each other,
with the result that they dare not say
one disparasing word about their
master unless they are miles away
from him
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
That Which Prompts,

mar may be buoyed up by the
aflation of his wild desire to brave
any imaginable peril but he cannot
calmly see one he loves Drawing the
same peril; simply because he cannot
feel within him that which prompts
another He sees the danger and feels
not the power THAT is To overcome IT,
George Henry LeWes t1S11tS1S).
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
Police Arrests in New York.

Police of New York city are making
about 20 less arrests each day than
were made TWO years ago, particularly
on account of the policy of not max
ing spectacular raids in which mum,
Der of persons are taken
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
prawbaek to Cheap Coal.

Coal is only Is cents ton in China,
but unfortunately that is little too
far to carry the coal scuttle when the
furnace gels low
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
Pope Praises Ireland.

ROME, March 2O.-Pope Plus
yesterday received in private audi
ence the Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorman,
bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D. During
the conversation Pope Plus said that
Arch bishop Ireland's discourse last
December on Church and State in
France" was strong presentation Of
the Franco-Vatican conflict.
Although know it caused some
displeasure, the pope said, "Arch-
bishop ireland was correct as to the
remote causes of the conflict when he
said that the French clergy and lead
ing Catholics failed by not following
the advice of my illustrious prede-
cessor."
The pope also spoke of the church
in the Philippine islands and COM
pared the attitude of the United
States there with that of France, say
ing that the action of the United
States was the way governments
should settle religious and political
questions.
The pope requested Monsignor o.
German to present his regards to
President Roosevelt.
The bishop announced that Mrs
Douglass Robertson of New York,
sister of President Roosevelt, would
arrive in Rome during Holy Week
and requested the pope to receive
her. The pope answered:
81 shall be delighted. The doors
shall be open to her. You must ac-
company her"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
TRAVEL FREE.
Co. E Members Fear Difficulty on
Toll Bridges.

A large number OF Company Z
members are required to pass the
toll bridges when coming and goinS
to and from their meetings and
drills. Any of the members have
had no actual trouble as yet with the
toll-keepers, but are afraid they may
have, as it is up to them to travel
free, according to section Go of the
code, which is as follows:
Any person belonging to the mill
tary forces of the state, going to ore
returning from any parade. encamp-
ment, drill or meeting which may
be required by law to attend shall
together with his conveyance and
the military property Of the state.
be allowed to pass free through all
toll gates and over all toll bridges or
ferries.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
Uses of Crude Oil.

"What do you use on your fioors?"
a housekeeper was asked the other
day. They always look as if fresh
ly waxed or vanished"
Nothing but crude OIL" was the
answer, "but l use it generally and
on everything l possess. nearly. Once
a week have my maid go over the
floors and every piece of the furni-
ture, even to the picture frames, with
a cloth dipped in crude oil, and /
have never found anything to equal
it for freshening up woodwork, re-
moving spots and scratches, and lend
ing a brilliant polish to the surface.
/ simply swear by it, and while there
are shoals Of floor oils on the mar
ket I have never found anything so
good. It has an added advantage of
being very cheap. For Eve cents
l get nearly a quart bottle full, and
that lasts for ages. always feel
as II I wanted to tell every one about
1t for 1t is SO eminently satisfactory
in every way"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Florence Fields.

Mrs. Florence Fields, wife OF S. J.
Fields, died at her residence, III
South Sixth street, Wednesday afterI
noon at 4:30 o'clock. of spinal men.
nights. She had only been sick for
about a week, but had suffered con-
siderably. She was born in Jasper
county, Iowa, March 3, 1882. Was
educated in the schools at Des
Moines, Iowa, and graduated from
Drake university at Des Moines. In
June, 1906, she came to North
Yakima and on June 10, 1906, mar.
ried s. J. Fields. Mr.. Fields Is an
electrician and has been employed
by the Northwest Light G. Water
company for the last two years. Mrs.
Fileds' maiden name was Florence
Lear. "a
The deceased is survived by =
mother, who has lived with her
since she was married last June, ami
two sisters in Des Moines. The body
will be shipped to Des Moines for
burial in the family lot. Her hus-
band and mother will accompany the
body east. Flint-Shaw company
have charge of the body.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
CONNTENDs NICHOLS.
Department at Washington Compli-
ments Him on Work.

County Clerk R. X Nichols has
received a letter from ". Warner.
commissioner Of the department OF
the interior at Washington, D. c..
commencing him upon the manner
in which his office issues pension
vouchers. The law requires that the
pensioner present his certificate
when applying to the pension agent
for his voucher, and Nj. Nichols has
been living UP to the requirements,
Several OF the pensioners have made
complaints relative 10 the action OF
Mr.. Nichols IN not furnishing them
with their vouchers without the GER
tifcate. Mr. Nichols stated that no
pensioner would receive his voucher
unless he presented his certificate
when making application.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27

i've grades, and a number of bright
pupils have made an additional
grade or half grade. Owing to the
shifting population of the city ana
to the influx Of new pupils from
different parts of the Union, the I'M
graded room is a necessity, and those
in this city have demonstrated their
worth. Two of the ungraded room
teachers have helped materially
with the athletics, interesting the
boys and girls in proper sports and
helping to develop them physically,
Had we proper grounds for games.
and physical director who would
take charge Of the calisthenics and
athletic work, much good could be
accomplished.
Much valuable work is being ac-
complished by the special teachers
of music, drawing and nature study,
and by all the teachers in ethics and
civics. Kindness was the ethical!
word studied last month, this month
it will be cleanliness. The teach
ers reported many instances of eth,
cal improvement this month, not only
in school room. school yards, streets
and alleys, but also in habits of
thought and speech and character.
The classes in civics are making a
study of the police department, thu
fire department, hospitals, the value
Of punctuality in business and kind
red topics. BY studying such prac-
teal topics we hope to train our
boys and girls for citizenship.
have no recommendations to
make other than to urge harmony
and unity of action in preparation
for next year. Indication point to
large growth in the city's popula-
ton, and 1 trust that ample school
accommodations will be ready for all
who should attend. Sincerely yours,
D. c. REED,
City Supt.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27

which he affiliates. An effort was
made to write a blanket ballot pro-
vision into the law, and such a
clause was in the law as it passed
the senate originally, but the con
ference committee agreed to strike
it out and provide separate ballots
for the different parties.
The second choice provision Is
mandatory only in cases where there
are four or more candidates for a
state or congressional position;
where there are less than four can
didates 1t does not apply, and it
does not apply in any event to any
but state and congressional positions
Voters are not permitted to vote for
the same person for both first and
second choice, but the law requires
the voter to express a second choice
where there are four or more candi-
dates, and his failure to do so will
make void his ballot. Judges of the
supreme and superior courts, state
senators and representatives are not
to be considered state officers within
the meaning of the second-choice
provision.
A plurality will nominate, except
as to offices where first and second
choice votes are provided for and
cast, any candidate receiving 40 per
cent of the total number Of first
choice votes cast secures the nomi
nation; if no candidate receives as
much as 40 per cent of the total
number Of votes cast, then canvass
shall be made of the second-choice
votes, and such second-choice votes
received by each candidate shall be
added to the first-choice votes of
each, and the candidate receiving the
highest number of both first and
second choice votes is to be declared
the nominee.
Except for such provisions as were
necessary to make the law consist
ent on account of the changes here
outlined, the general scheme of vot-
ing, of making and canvassing the
returns, is not different from the
plan of the general election law
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
WOULD |MPEACH
MAYOR TAYLOR
BUT MAYOR is NOT WORRYING
1t Is Alleged He Has Sold Merchan-
disc TO City and Is Con-
nected With Railway.

A dispatch from Prosser states.
Attorney T H. Wilson has given no
tice in the superior court that at the
next term, April 8, he will make a
motion to have the court instruct J.
w. Callicotte, county attorney, to
bring quo warranto proceedings for
the impeachment of Mayor E. w. R.
Taylor. The county attorney, says
Attorney Wilson, accompanied by C..
T. Richie and Ed Reed, recently
called on him and requested him to
bring such an action on the ground
that Mayor Taylor own eighth
interest in the Prosser Electric COM
pany, which has contract with the
city for lights, and also because the
mayors general store has a numbe:
of times sold merchandise in small
amounts to the city at current prices
Mr.. Chillicottee declined to bring
the action, saying he does not think
there is probable cause, and COZ
tending that the law gives him dis
cretionary power powers The
mayor owned the interest in the com
pany before he was elected and has
never drawn a dollar Of dividends
his interest being acquired through
trading portion of his water right
for the Touring mill to the electric
company. He says he is not wor
ried about being impeached. charg-
ing that the action is inspired by tbs
Prosser Falls Land & Power COM
pany, of which E. F. Benson IS pres
ident, there having been a bitte-
fight on between the two companies
for the last four years. each having
portion of the city lighting con.
tract and cutting the prices o,
lights to consumers. County At
torney Chlllicotte, who IS also citv
attorney. says the same thing. A.
torney G. A. Lane has brought SUI
in the superior court to disposyess
him of his position as city attorney.
Mr.. Chillicotte claiming that It Is
inspired by the Benson faction.
Mayor Taylor has been mayor for
eight years, having been elected the
last time year ago in December by
an overwhelming majority. At that
Time E. F. Benson had c. W. Messy
nominated as an opposition candi-
date and started 10 make a cam
paign, but 1t grew so hot that five
days before the election Mr.. Messy
withdrew his name and Mayor Tay-
Tor was reelected without opposl-
ton. Much interest is felt here IN
the action to impeach the mayor and
everybody in town Is taking sides
with one faction or the other.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27
.Abbe-Will iams.

Alethea Able and Wilbur R. VIII
liams were united IN marriage at 8
o'clock Wednesday evening at the
home Of the brides parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. c. A. Able, on Mob Hill. The
Rev. A. H. Henry performed the
ceremony. Traverse Able, brother
of the bride, acted as best man, and
Miss Florence Williams, sister Of the
groom, as bridesmaid The homs
was beautifully decorated in white
and green. There were many flowers.
including roses and carnations.
There were about so guests present
An elaborate wedding supper was
served, Mrs. J. E. shannon, Mrs. o.
L. French, Mrs. Jacob Strausz and
the Misses Grace Varker, Grace r.
ish and Olive Smith assisting. The
bride and groom received many
handsome presents.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-03-27

Inc percentage or punctual1ty and
attendance is high, being over 50
percent in the former and over 81
in the latter. A number of grades
report their pupils perfect in both
particulars.
The enrolment Is remarkable In
that 1t shows an increase over the
previous month. This, l think, is due
to two causes: First, to the forma-
ton of new classes in all the grades,
and second. to the activity of the at
tendance officer during the early
part of the month. strongly urge
that the services Of the attendance
officer be secured for at least half o.
each day. This will reduce the num-
Der of truancies and will place Ia
school many who are roaming the
streets.
The single session in the high
school, after trial of two weeks,
has proven satisfactory to ma
jority of the students, 1913 voting to
continue it and A voting in opposi.
ton. This plan will therefore be
continued during the remainder OF
the semester.
TIE department plan of teaching In
the upper grammar grades has been
such a pronounced success that II
will be continued as a permanent
method. BY this plan teachers who
have made special preparation in
certain subjects, and who have spe-
cial adaptability for teaching them,
conduct recitations in those subjects
in both seventh and eighth grades
while another teacher does the same
with her special subjects. The
teacher is thus able to do her bes;
work. and the pupils gain according
ly. The strong corps OF college-pre-
pared teachers employed In the
grammar grades enables US to carry
out this excellent plan.
The ungraded rooms have helped
large number Of backward stu
dents to catch up with their respect.