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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01


many Improvements to the streets and
sidewalks.
The SUBSTANTIAL and steady growth OF
Ginter Park and the wonderful i'm
provements out there are a source of
qualification TO the people who first
located there.
In this growth the social require
ments or the residents are being pro-
vided for in the erection of the hand
some school and assembly building,
which will afford place for the hold
ing Of meetings, and the fine audito-
rum will be an admirable one for So
Icial functions. such as large receptions
and cottilions.
The building OF residences goes stead
lily forward Mr. E. J. Heaton has
taken possession of his home on Semi
nary Avenue, and Mr.. Ben c. Jones. who
has Just purchased lot on Cottage
Avenue between WeStwood and Walton
Avenues. has alrea,4, arranged foil
the erection of his house and will
build at once.
There will probably be not many
auction sales this week. but there
VIII be some, among them very in
teresting one announced by the Will
liam B. Pizzini Company. On Wednes-
day afteroon this firm wi. offer the
splendid three-story brick dwelling,
No. i12 Lombardy Street. The building
is detached, has a large lot with sta
bles and other outer conveniences. In
fact, it was built for Doctors home,
and is especially suited for a prac-
ticing physician. The sale Will take
place. at O'Clock Wednesday after
noon
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THE POTATO AS
KING AMONG CROPS
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at sSf. Sa2 ,0QQ. or $50 per head, and
e75.15o mules valued at s3g.77I.n 900, or
SIZE per head-l
Texas hast 22rTsii horses. valued at
s7s.45e,o 200. or s8Z pc. head; 5SLe50
mules, valued at s5s.7sg,too. or $50 per
head.
The per head price Of horses in The
United states reached low waterman:
in 1897, when ii was s5l.5l. 1t has
been going up each year since. for the
last three years at an average OF more
than $40 q year Before January i.
1906. the highest average price per
head horses were ever worth in this
country was sf4.6+. which was in 1884
The average price per head on jan
uary |, 1907, was 1881
Tie horses OF the United States arc
worth more than one hundred per cent.
more In the aggregate than they were
six vars ago.
The per head price of mules reached
low watermerk also in 1891. when they
were worth si1.66. They have been
steadily advancing until to-day they
are worth s1l2.16 per head. The
highest average price prior to January
], 1906, was in 1871, when Ii reached
s71.9S.
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DEEPEN THE JANEs
West WARD Al So
through The attention of our own vi
sinia REPRESENTATIVES,.
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through The attention of our own yir-
;sinia Representatives.
THE National Rivers and Harbors
Congress Is general, with an executive
committee representing every section
of this country. They do not do any,
thing to advance the Interest of any
one particular section, hut their desir,
Is TO benefit equally all rivers ana
harnors which are so situated that
their business viii justify advance
ment at the hands of this congress.
Unquestionably the influence of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress-
Is bound to be of some weight In ad-
yancing this scheme, and it would be
well, in my Judgment, for the Upper
James River League to get themselves
in touch with the secretary and execu-
tive committee Of tho National River.
and Harbcrs Congress"
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system. as we'll as the new one, was
constructed OF wood. The first reser-
voir was built in 1919 at cost of
5000. This proved failure.
On June 20. 1925. the Council appro-
priated $4,000 for the erection of a
100000 gallon reservoir on Clay Street.
and for a pumping station with ca
pacity OF lifting 100000 gallons of
water Il day from the river. This
action met with great opposition, many
persons holding that it would be Inn
possible to force water to such an
elevation. Work was commenced. on
this system August %, 1928. the lay
ing of the cornerstone being great
event, although there were many who
were bitter In their denunciation of
what they believed to be folly. On
July 1s. 1929. this system was com
pleted, and when the day was set for
n trial of the pump some citizens went
to the Water Committee and advised
them to leave the town for day or
two. as there was n plan on foot to
hang them If the system failed.
Crowd Was Expectnnt.
When the crowd assembled to see
the test the suspense is said to have
been great. The water did not come
quick enough TO the. reservoir. and the
over anXious let George Thurman. a
small boy down into the pipe to see
IL the fluid was coming. He reported
that lie saw nothing, but heard n
roar He was let down the second time.
and then he said he saw flying dust
and felt current of air. The doubt
crs gained many recruits in few
minutes They had seen large sum
of money gone to the four winds. The
boy was dropped into the inlet pipe
again. Almost instantly he cried:
Here she Is; pull me up quick" and
the water was flowing into the reser-
Toir almost before tho boy was we'll
out of the main.
A great shout went up. and the
members of the Water Committee in
stead of being lynched became heroes.
In 1si7 the water works dam was
swept away by freshet, leaving the
town without water for several
months until the break could be re-
paired.
On april IL. 1877, the work on the
College Hill Reservoir, into which the
Pedlar water will flow from the 80
inch main. was started. It's cost of
construction being provided for. in
part, by u gift of $4,000 by the late
Samuel Miller, :he donor of Miller
Park. the founder of the Lynchburg
Female Orphan Asylum, and OF the
Miller School. IN Albemarls county. y
new puTnphousa was completed in
1851. and new pumps were installed
in 1852. The original reservoir was
enlarged in 1883 al the cost OF some
thing like sIin eh9.
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parentago, 8 foreign born and 4 me-

parentage, 8 foreign born and me-
groes.
.Gloyemaking attracted 50 women, all
OF native white parentage.
There were IL gold and silver work
ers. all OF native white parentage.
There were IL paper and pulp mill
operators Of. the female sex, OF whom
SO were OF native white pnrentage.
were Of native white parentage, s
foreign parentage. foreign born and
8 negroes.
Virginia In 1900 numbered LIZA, OF
whom 1868 were of native white
pnrentage. 81 OF foreign parentage, Is
foreign born and 80 negroes.
There were ID carpet factory oper-
atives who were women. OF whom Il.
were OF native white pnrentage.
In Cotton Mills.
Female cotton mill operatives were
reported to the number Of 987. OF whom
$50 were OF native parentage. II of
foreign parentagc. Of foreign born
and IL negroes.
Hosiery and knitting mill operatives,
ass. of whom 375 were OF native parent
age, 3 Of foreign parentage. s foreign
born white no negroes.
Silk mill operatives, 40, of whom 1GS
parentage and ! negro.
Woollen mill operatives, 50. of whom,
81 were os native white parentage, 4
foTs,ga Mhia pars s5 81 w Regr0
were of native parentage. f42 foreign
parentage, 40 foreign born and 513 ne
groes.
Hat and cap makers OF the female
persuasion numbered 5, of whom ali
were of native white parentage.
N1iiliners. 657. OF whom EST were
OF native parentage. Sc OF foreign par
seamstresses. 3.O4s. of whom 2,Ois
We're of native white parentage. 62 of
foreign parentage, 81 foreign born and
a07 negroes
Shirt. collar and cuff makers, los. of
whom Go were OF native parentage, 3 of
foreign parentage, / foreign born, and
SO negroes.
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!, When 1t came to laundresses, the
negro showed up strong. There were
| 1926 laundresses in the State OF
which numbers95i were Of native white
|parentnge; 13 Of foreign parentage; 10
foreign born. and 1920 negroes.
The number OF nurses and midwives
who Were women were 3.02f. of which
US Were of native white percentage; Al
of foreign parentage; 40 foreign born
and 2.215 negroes.
AS servants and Mattresses the negro
shows UP strong again There were
35.204 servants and walters who were
females. and Of this number $3.50 were
OF native white pareptage; % foreign
percentages; 100 foreign born and 29,403
were negroes.
The number OF agents who were wo-
men was II, of whom 43 were OF ma
tive white paren;age; of foreign pa
rentaSe; l foreign born, and 20 ne
groes.
Accounting and bookkeeping had at
tractcd 2S3 Virginia women, OF whom
2SS were of native white parentage; %
foreign white parentage; foreign
born, and 16 negroes.
Female clerks and copyists numbered
COS. OF whom 456 were of native white
percentages; &C foreign white parentage:
Ii foreign born. and rs negroes.
Women merchants and retail deal
ers. numbered 52i OF which 294 were
of native white parentage; ~ of for
eign parentage; 100 foreign born. and
SO negroes
Packers and shippers included a total
OF 32S women. Of whom 1875 We're OF
native white percentage, 81 of foreign
White parentage, foreign born parent
age. 10 negroes, etc.
There We're 1,25i salcswomen in !, ir-
ginia in 1900. of which number i, 009
white parentage, 50 foreign born, and
Is negroes.
stenography and typewriting FUR
nished occupation for 514 women--44S
of native parentage, IS OF foreign par
entase. s foreign born, and 10 negroes.
AS telegraph and telephone operators
the women showed up with 225, OF
foreign parentage. l foreign born and
! negro.
The number of female bookbnders
In Virginia In 1900 was 81, of whom
6S We're of native parentage, OF for
eign parentage, / foreign born and no
negroes.
Even Boot and shocmnkcrs.
But there VIII be gasn o. surprise
possible when It is stated that there
were % female boot and shoemakers
and repairers In Virginia at the last
white parentage. of foreign parent
age, s foreign born and negroes.
Paper-box making attracted 216 wo-
men. including 100 native white
parentage, 20 OF foreign parentage 8
foreign born and negroes.
AS confectioners. Virginia furnished
"a women, 10 native white of foreign
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these ties as OF much value. over 90
per cent. used by this road having
been found TO crack and generally dis
integrate. Difficulty has also been en-
countered in finding a satisfactory
method to fasten them to the rails.
and IL has been next to impossible to
prevent the rails from creeping. 1t
seems to be the consensus OF opinion
among expert railroad engineers that
the concrete tie Is failure.
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CONCRETE TIES DISCARDED.
Illinois Centra, Discards Them; LAX.
Shore Partially Successful

CHICAGO. August 3l,--After three
years trial on the Lake Shore, con-
crete ties have been found satisfactory
for slow service. but not for fast
track
The Illinois Central does not regard
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nngp,. nndy Fac,orr.

HENDERSON, N, G., August a.
The Henderson Manufacturing Com
pany has been Incorporated with $4,000
10 $4,000 capital stock, to manufac.
tnre buggy and carriage bodies Two
story building 80 by zoo feet, win be
erected, at cost Of $4,000 to $4,000.
President. X. }, Corbets: Secretary n
"a Powell
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New store Houses.

VIEW StOrc HOuScS.
The business men OF the city arc not
lacking in faith of the continued pros
perity of Roanoke The Strickland
Building Will be one of the handsomest
buildings in the city. 1t Will rest on
| solid rock. The foundation bankrupted
two contractors and the third saved
himself by getting the concrete con-
tract. The basement and first floor
Will be occupied by the Kress Com
pany, while the remaining floors will
he fitted up as Offices The building
Will be fire-proof. and VIII cost about
100000. Another big storehouse near
ing completion Is that OF T.. B. Thomas
& Company. which is of mill construc-
ton. and the third is that. OF the En-
change Lumber Company, and will be
occupied by Wills & Wiilauer as a
department store. Fl. II. Huggins Is the
architect of these three buildings. The
foundry building was erected by John
p. Pettyjohn &c Company. of Lynch
burg. who built the Hotel Roanoke and
the new passenger depot.
The newspapers of the city have also
progressed. The World Is now In its
own building, and The Times is also
having new building erected.
the 9th, there will be a new school,
house to accommodate the increase in
children. 1t is located in the southwest
section of the city, and cost $4,000.
We are claiming $4,000 people, and
striving for $4,000 when the next
census is taken.
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shay MILLS ut Weldon.

WELDON. n. c.. August 3i.-The
Shaw Cotton Mills, recently incorpo-
rated, with capital stock OF 100000.
has organized, with ". T. Shaw presi-
dent and general manager; r. S. Travis.
secretary. and w. A. Pierce. treasurer.
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Concrsse-Islock ,,,,sr,,

HUNTINGTON, ", VA. August oi.--
The Huntington Stone Cement Com
pany. has just been Incorporated, with
VIZ, uoo CAPITAL stock, 70 manufacture
concrete blocks, etc, Ivy II M. yro-
nenbery, J. y. Arbourh, q, S. Stewart
and others,
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ROANOKE SHOWS
GREAT PROGRESS
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is not having a single wooden trestle
erected. Either concrete bridges or
iron will span all depressions.
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Even Boot and shocmakcr..
Vacuum Heating.
Advantages

An increase of comfort. Under per-
feet control, Temperatures can be
Simplicity and ease Of operation. ABB
sence of foul gases Or duct. Smaller
radiat than the water system, there
fore requires less space
Saving in fuel consumption of 80 to
40 per cent. over steam.
No costly appliances used. therefore
all future expense for repairs is over
come.
CONSTRUCTION can be added to existing
steam plants without trouble, and give
entire satisfaction.
Before deciding the important ques-
ton of proper and efficient heating,
kindly communicate with us.
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REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS

CONTINUED from First Page.)
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The number of female bookbnders
In Virginia in 1900 was 81, of whom
6S Were of native parentage, Is OF for
eisn parentage. i foreign born and no
negroes.
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Shirt, collar and cuff makers, 105 of
whom Go were OF native parentage, of
foreign parentaSe, l foreign born and
SO negroes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
WILD FOWL ARE DISAPPEARING
Due TO Spring Shooting and Dcstruc-
ton of Brceding Grounds.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE report
of the United States agricultural de-
partment just issued regarding the
threatened extinction of Wild fowl
will he of great interest to hunters
all over the country, for IT discloses
a state of facts which point to the
total extinction of wild duck. teal.
wild geese and all wild water fowl in
the near future. The canvasback
and the red-head, once very common
along the Atlantic coast from Florida
to Nova Scotia are now exceedingly
scarce and of the great flocks that
formerly covered Chesapeake bay
few now migrate thither, but in the
Carolinas few flocks winter on the
coast.
So rapidly are wild fowl diminish
ing in Minnesota that it has been
found necessary to pass law pro-
hibiting, not only the export of ducks,
but even their sale within the state
limit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
NARROWED FROM
HIS OWN VESSEL
CAPTAIN nNII'S LOVE
MrDF HIN DANGEROUS
Mas Put Ashore on Coast of Lower
California for the Alleged Protec-
tion of Young Girl Who Was on
Roaril-Iaunch Runs Out of Case
line ana Wcathcrs PIOtracted
Stoim Under Ono Sail TO san Pedro.

SON peiru, Jan. 1.-THE long
missing launch Rover after buffeting
"A terrii 9 sI"!m for many davs, came
into haIhol tbs morning i'm charge
OF Captain Warncll. on board the
RcVcr is Dora Bennis, young girl
whom it was alleged was kidnapped
at San bicgo by Captain Hall, and
also Irs Emma Horton and her hus-
bani, the engineer, all i'm good health.
Warrell says he was Induced at
New York, 10 join Hall in an eXpedi-
tion to explore for alleged gold mines.
Hall became desperately in love with
the 3ennis girl. his actions leading
the others TO believe him insane.
When Manuella La Junta, on the
coast of lower California, was REACH
ed, Hail was put ashore and the Rover
started northward The gasoline ran
short and almost the entire trip was
made with a small sail. Dora Bennis
will b, returned to her parents. She
refuses to talk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
READY TO PLEAD GUILTY.
Clark and Bodine for Assaulting Of
ficer Waters.

Clarke and Bodine. the two men
held at the county Jail for the mur-
derous attack on officer Waters a
few weeks ago. have declared them
selves ready to plead guilty to the
charges against them and they viii
be allowed to do so upon the return
of Judge Bean from Milton.
The charge against the two men is
that of attack with a dangerous
weapon, for which the penalty ranges
from one month in the county Jail to
10 years in the penitentiary or from
a fine of 800 to $1,000. The men
have decided to plead guilty without
being solicited to do so by the dis
trict attorney and it is probable they
reached their present conclusions as
a result of the sentence which was
recently passed upon Lamont. The
latter refused to help the officer in
his fight and was fined S25. How
ever. it is not likely Bodine and
Clarke will escape so lightly. Clarke,
the man who was shot, is now nearly
recovered from his gunshot wound in
the head.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE first
voice In the senate in favor of Smoot
was raised this afternoon by Hop
liins of Illinois, who said:
"The Mormon church is undergoing
a radical change for the better and
Smoot Is the apostle of better and
higher Mormonism. He stands for
the sacred things in the church,
against polygamy and kindred vices
Smoot has done NOR 10 stamp out its
vices than any 1000 men outside the
church. l dissent wholly from the
conclusion that polygamy is a part of
the Mormon religion"
Hopkins said no power could add
to any qualification Tor the senator
ship beyond what are prescribed in the
construction
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
]. D. KIRK IS LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS

| nights without food or water. except
from eating snow. and finally came
upon branch of Birch creek, which
he followed to the ranch of *. j.
Warner.
When he reached the Warner ranch
he was famished and i'll from expos
ure and was almost unable to stand
He went to bed and was in critical
condition for couple of days. He
recovered, however, and is now at his
home at Ukiah, after having one of
the thrilling experiences in his Nfe.
While wandering in the mountains
he says he travelled altogether in a
circle. coming back again to the
starting place, although making every
effort to follow a straight line out of
the mountains. He was plentifully
supplied with matches and had good
luck in starting fires or he would
have perished from the intense cold.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
FAMILY CALL 1T SUICIDE.
Police Testimony Seems tn Controyert
This Claim.

Chicago. Jan. i1.-Walter Boyle.
aged IS, son of Walter Boyle, presi-
dent of the Crescent Coal Mining Co.,
is dead at the home of his parents,
with bullet wound in the right side
of his head. His father says he COM
mitted suicide while the family was
at breakfast. No motive is given by
the family. The police say the pistol
said to have been used bears no
marks of recent discharge.
Later.-The police now agree with
the family the shooting was an acci-
dent. The young man had examined
many weapons in his den and dropped
one, or accidentally pulled the trig-
ger \ weapon from which a shot
had just been fired was found.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

J. II. Kirk of Ukiah, who conduct
ed the Hidaway Springs summer re-
sort last season. and a well known
business man of the south part of the
county, has just been rescued from
what seemed to him to be certain
death from starvation and freezing in
the mountains on the head of Birch
creek.
Last Monday Mr.. Kirk started from
Pilot Rock to east Birch creek going
by trail over the mountains. When
he reached the high mountains snow
began falling and obliterated the
trail, and finally a blizzard set in the
wind blowing a hurricane. the snow
binding him ana the cold numbing
his hands in such a manner that he
could scarcely start a fire.
He became lost, his horse was ex-
hausted and he wandered about in
the mountains for three days and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
ALASKAN GLACIERS RECEDTSG
Retreat Of the Muir Glacier Attfibut-
el TO an Ear1hdnake.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE aeologi-
cal survey Investigations reveal the
curious fact that the great glaciers in
Glacier bay Alaska. are receding.
The work was conducted by Messrs
c. w. and F. L. Wright, assisted by
w. r. Pumpelly, of the geological sur
vey department, and after having
spent a season in southeastern Alas
ka, they have furnished a very valua-
BILE report on their Investigations.
In the course OF their report the
members Of the survey state that
with few exceptions the glaciers are
all receding the fact being especially
noticeable at Muir, the best known
of Alaskan glaciers. The front of
this stream, which was confined to a
marrow neck during the last decade.
has receded, since 1899. a distance of
five or six miles to much broader
portions In the inlet, so that the
present ice front, instead of being
two miles across. forms Il semi-circle
nearly seven miles around. This re-
cession has been attributed to the
earthquake of 1899, which may have
had some effect upon the glacier but
the chief cause of the remarkable re-
treat is undoubtedly due to its recess
sion into the much wider portion of
the inlet, thus exposing a far broader
ice front TO the action of tidal cur
rents.
The seasons work completed in
general way the geologic mapping of
the mainland coast and the islands
of southeastern Alaska. During the
survey new mineral belts were dis
covered and deposits Of non-metalics
such as gypsum, marble and granite
were studied, with a view to ascer-
tanning their economic value.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
Not Likely TO Be smallnox

After investigating an alleged case
of smallpox at Bingham Station. DR..
ID. j. McFaul, county health officer.
returned to the city on No. l this
forenoon. 1t was feared that the
wife of one of the men IN the con-
struction crew at Bingham had the
disease as she had been exposed to it
while in Spokane, and became i'll yes
terday. But according to DIR. McFauI
1t is unlikely that smallpox will de-
velop, though it is impossible to tell
yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

PTosser, Wash, Jan. 11.-while
locking up his seven prisoners last
night Jailer Gilpin was overpowered,
bound, gagged and robbed Of his zpys,
money and revolver. Four prisoners
walked out of town, but were s1lbse-
quently recaptured. r. C. Rere and
Sidney Davis, horse thieves, and Kid
Parker, held for the murder of Mar
shal Glover, of Kennewick, escaped.
Glover and three others were killed
during gun fight while attempting
to arrest Parker for horse stealing
Parker is only 10 years of age, but is
desperate character. He has the
1ailers gun and declares ne will not
he taken alive. a posse of 100 men
are in chase.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
Died of Old Ace

j. T. Musgrave, aged 75. passed
away Monday from weakness and old
age at the ranch of his son. about 20
miles west of this place, says the
Echo Register. His two sons. w. H.
and w. \. Musgrave. accompanied
by Charles Morrey and Henry A. Ar
nice, brought the body here Wednes-
day, 1t was shipped to Dixie Wash.
where the body will be buried. The
deceased was a resident OF Dixie for
over quarter of a century.