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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07
Peoples Forum



Just before the last city eiection.
when candidates wanted the noinina.
ton for council. the First ward ceun-
Gilman who now adyocaates emitting
Oh Glesk Engie's salary to the extent
Of $25 per month. took q great deal
Of credit to himself for getting q mo
lion passed by council by which the
wages Of the city employees was rails
cd ten per cent, or from s1.5o per
day TO sf.65. When he wanted the
nomination and wanted the support Of
the laboring class he did not think
OF the financial needs OF the city. The
laborers did not ask for raise-it
was thrust upon them. A year later
when this same man does not need the
nomination. he asks that another
woriman's salary be reduced twenty.
five per cent
But tho most astounding thing
about the raise In the wages OF tint
city employees from s1.5o to s1.e5 lie
that the benefits of this action OF
council brought about by the }
ward councilman, did not extend to
the wage earners who were in his EN-.
rfoy and were hauling his coal AMI
sand. They had to continue to work
at the same old price-sf.50 per day.
Question: II a man should have
$1.65 for working on the streets,
should q man work for $3.50 hauling
sand and coal. and attend to his team
after work hours? The same paymas.
ter in each case, but in one case the
pay comes from the city treasury. in
the other case the pay comes from the
coanciiman's purse. DRIVER.
The Same Only Different.
Editor West virginian:
You soy the councilman from the
First ward who wanted to reduce the
battle-scarred and battle-worn veto.
an. Reverend Jerry Engle's, salary
25 per cent. Of twenty-five dollars per
month, Is the same councilman who
about two years ago got motion
through council to hand back to each
saloon keeper $4,000 of his license
fee. Taking the amount of saloons
We have. this would amount to $4,000
per year. or $1,000 in the last two
years. Reducing the salary of "un
Gle jerry" the very accommodating
faithful and hard.worked, battle-scar
red city clerk. t25 per cent. would save
only 100000 per year, or 100000 for
his two year term. Quite a difference
in giving the saloon keepers of the
city 100000 and saving out of or.
good clerks salary this proposed
100000, II he had got his way II
both instances, the city would still
be the loser. amounting to the differ
ence between 100000 and $4,000. OF
s5.soO.oo. Under the present system
OF paying this amount (s5,soo.0o)
would pave more than mile OF
streets in the First ward. Wonder
who asked him to have the saloon
keepers license reduced? He never
thought that the town needed tina,
ss,2oo.oo per year. How did it occur
to him tnat the town now needs $500
per month off the clerks salary?
s.2 UNION SOLDIER.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Mr.. G. o. Nagel. general manager
OF the Wheeling Traction Company.
Is In the city on legislative bust.
ness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

An important Joint mectinE Of the
Senate and House committees ON
mines and mining Is scheduled Tor
tonight and II Is expected that Pres.
fdent George "; Stevens, Of the q.
and o. railroad. will attend to dis.
cnssion Of the bill to create a rain.
road commission. The meeting viii
be held in the senate chamber.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Read the Daily West virsin,an.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

The railroad telegraphers' bill
limiting their hours of service to
in "a consecutive hours, has been
reported from the Senate committee
on labor with the recommendation
that it be referred to the committee
on railroads.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Z Justice $. T. Carter Of Fayetie-
vile, has been IN the city FOR several
days to look after some MAI Der Of
LEGISLATION in which he is Interested
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Read tho panv west virefnisu
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Hon. o. W. o. Hartman. of Mid.
diebourne. was q visitor at the Senate
chamber Tuesday morning. He Is
an ex.member of the legislature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Miss Kate Hazlett, Of wheeling,
is visiting her brother, Senator
Robert Hazlett.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07

Col. Holstein. one OF the mos
popular employees around the Stat
house. has Just returned from hi
home In Putnam county, where h
has been confined for a week wit
a severe attack of grip.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
FORESTER FOR PENNSY.
Railroad to Grow It's Own Trees
for. Cross-Ties.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, January o6,-E.
A. Sterling, formerly assistant forester
in the Department of Agriculture, was
to-day apponter forester of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Mr.. Sterling will be
the first forester of an American rail
road.
The action of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in taking up forestry is for the
purpose of planting trees systematically
to furnish crosstie supply In future.
years, and follows experiments which the
company has been making in the last
five years. During this time million
and a half trees have been planted on
land owned by the company gov,
eminent forestry expert was engaged last
spring to. assist the management In plan
ming its forestry work, which is now to be
undertaken officially by the company.
six hundred and eighty-one acres of land
near Altoona. Pa, will be planted with
chestnut and red oak seedlings
The railroads of tho country are using
about 1l0O0OGO0 crossties every year, of
which number the Pennsylvania uses
about 5,5OO,00o. The great demand for the
best grade of ties is denudng the forests
of the country so rapidly that thin ties,
have reached the price of seventy cents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

That Stupenduous Sum Expended
FIRE LOSS WAS s5oo,ooo,ooo

WASHINGTON, January se.-The records
and tabulations for 1906 have Just been
completed. and show that the grand total
expended in building during the year
throughout the country reaches 500, $4,000.
Stupendous as is that sum, it has fallen
considerably below expectations. 1t was
confidently estimated early in the year
that s125,ooO,oc0 would be reached. The
total shows a gain of a little more than
2 per cent. over 1896.
During the same period fire losses were
In excess of s5oo.Wo,Coo. A loss that.
says f. W.. Fitzpatrick, the executive Of
ficer of the International Society of Build
ing Inspectors. has never been equaled
in any country at any time, and that
should mark the apex of the nations
folly. Further. MIR. Fitzpatrick, the high
est authority on construction in the coun-
try, contends that nine-tenths of these
losses are preventable.
In New York, for instance, s226, 600
went into new construction, and of that
not more than S20G0o,000 Went into par
TALLY fireproof buildings, and that in the
commercial metropolis of the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
Patents TO Virginian's.

WASHINGTON, y. g, january 20
Messrs. Davis Il Davis, Washington pat
ent attorneys, report the grant this week
to citize:s OF this State of the following
patents:
Peyton Green, of Wytheville, umbrella.
Tenry j. Houpt, Of Leesburg. mold for
constructive hollow concrete walls.
Henry o. Jackson, of Norfolk. receiver
for doin-controlled vending machines.
G, o. Seward and r. Won Kugelsen, OF
Holcombs Rock plpnnction of alkali
metals.
John I'll, Sharrett, of Benhams, toy.
Lee "A West of parVills, sliding door
fastener, f.
far badge N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

The perennial plants are also showing
life, and the beds are being prepared for
the dubious plants and flowers and for
the bewildering array Of foliage plants
that will form gorgeous borders or centre
pieces for the flower beds or borders for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

lcontlnped on Second 'Paaa,l
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Commercial Tourists.

lContINpAd on SECOND Page.)
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Continued on Second Page,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

The. picturesque Canoe Trail that winds
its way for about two miles through the
most romantic part of the grounds. close
~ followed part or the way by what is
known as Lovers Lane, is nearing COM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
New Concern Is Strong.

INV 7OStfSS1E = = = y 1>S07""1 -----
Tho authorized capital of the newly in
corporated concern is 100000. The officers
for the first year are r. r. Roberts,
president and Howard ID. Hoge. secre-
tary and treasurer, The above. with AL
bert G, Workman, r. r. Roberts, Jr,
ana f. RI. IIoge, constitute the board Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25

Bicycles did not little toward
creating a general appreciation of
and desire for good roads, and they
would have done more had it not
been for the mysterious blight which
fell upon the popularity of those
very able little machines Just when
they seemed about to become an es
sential and permanent part of civil
lied life. But the task which the
bicycle only began the more efficient
automobile has taken up, and now
it really looks as if a 5ong-standing
disgrace to the country, the condi-
ton of its roads, was soon to receive
serious consideration. OF course, it
needs nothing else to be remedied.
for the question of good roads is one
with only single side, and when the
arguments are heard actions must be
taken
1t would be a mistake to assume
that the automobilists are more in
terested in the improvement of high
ways than other people, The farm
ers, for instance, suffer much more,
in pocket at least, from bad roads
than do the automobiles, but both
the expense and the personal incon-
ven1ence fall so directly upon the
,automobilists that the latter are
moved to do something" while the
farmer can and does forget how rap
idly bad roads wear out his horses
and his wagons, and he has not been
taught to number the hauling of big
loads with small expenditure of
energy among the possibilities of his
life
Even for the automobilist good
roads have some advantages to which
he has paid little or no attention.
He knows what difference it makes
to the machine he now has whether
highway grades are easy or steep,
and whether the road surface is
smooth and hard or rough and soft.
but it has not been noted by many
OF the fraternity that it is the low
power machine that profits most by
good roads-that is turned by them
from an unsatisfactory vehicle, fire.
4NShIhJ SNC1ASQ etl4o DdLIGu from many
routes, into one in many ways as eff
Gent for practical purposes as the
big cars. And low power means a
comparatively small original invest
ment. simpler engines. smaller con
sumption of fuel. and a marked de-
crease in bills for repairs.
Good roads would therefore enor-
mously increase the number of peo-
pie VINO could AFFORD to have auto
;nobiles-of people, therefore who
would buy and use them. And it
would be- much for the advantage,
even OF those to whom the cost of
the best OF the present machines is
not prohibitive, if machines much less
expensive could come into something
like common use. The greater thg
number of automobilists the less are
they class" to be viewed enviously
and hostilely and the less will they
be bothered by needless and irritat-
ing regulations. s.-New York Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
A Coed Time COMING.

1t is said that there is no royai road
to learning, but story taken from the
Philadelphia Public Ledger suggests
that the expounder of that maxim has
made mistake. At all events, Freddy
is looking forward to an easy time.
There was company to dinner, and
the son and heir listened to the con.
versation During the meal an animat-
ed discussion arose regarding the feel
ing between the Norta and South. The
guests becoming little excited, the
= mister said:
'srhe time is coL,.ng. not far off,
wnen there Will be no North, South
East nor West. aad -
Went that LS splS Snlii'7 interrupt
ed little Freddy
why. what makes you think soes'
asked the boys astonished parent
1t wouldn't be hard a bit to stuess
geography"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Dog That Drums Up Passengers.

A hotel and livery man in st.
Charles, ILL.,, makes use of dog for
an odd purpose 1t is a peculiarly
marked coach dog, named Spot, and
supposed to be known by all of the
travelling men in the country.
When a drummer wants TO go to
an interior town the hotel man drives
for him and takes the dog along.
When the town IS reached Spot is al
lowed to roam the streets. Another
drummer who wants to make the
town where the dog belongs knows
him as soon as he sets eyes on him,
and correctly surmises that the owner
is in town with his rig and Will be
going back Forthwith he hunts up
the dogs owner and engages him for
the ride back to the railroad own
In this way the hotel and livery man
has a passenger each way and OF
course doubles his money.
Sport seems to know what is want
ed of him and he goes nosing around
a town as If he was hunting Gus.
toner for his master Mr.. Atwood.
his owner, says that ne earns mis-
board good many times over px
hnding passengers for tho return
Chicago Daily News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
stIDc 8 -ajas-t 0IzIlZp

bonic acid, the substance being
changed from carbonate of lime to
lime (oxide of calcium), but as lime
has a tendency to revert to carbonate
of lime, it is disposed to take again
carbonic acid from the air, or from
any other substance containing it in
che soil When slaked with water
tee result is hydrate of lime, and
when air-slaked it takes wateg from
she atmosphere, becoming . fine
white powder. in which form it is
used on the land. If the hydraEe of
lime is not immediately appliegl but
remains long exposed TO the air,jt
.uuites with the caFbcuic aeid o. se
atmosphere and becomes carbonate pf
lime again, being then in the same
condition as before it was burnt, but
has then lost its power to exert I'M
mediate chemical effect. Lime should
therefore be applied as soon rs it IS
sufficiently air-slaked, as it is then
in fine condition, and also in the most
available form for exerting chem cal
action on the soil.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Road to Adirondacks

A preliminary survey has been
made for macadamized roads. such as
are built by the State through the
heart of the Adirondacks from Old
Forge to Blue Mountain The gem
eral plan proposes that the road shall
start from New York City, proceed
thence to Albany, to Utica, Remsen,
Old Forge and Fourth Lake. The
road will then follow the northern
shores OF Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
lakes TO Blue Mountain.
The scheme is to return by way of
North Greek to some point on Lake
George, and thence to Albany and
New York, the starting point. The
circuit will include all of the Fulton
chain of lakes and nearly all the
Adirondack and other resorts en-
route. 1t is said that this improved
highway will be built from the $780,
100000 fund recently voted by the
State for highway improvem mants and
new State roads. There will be com
paratiyely little to &c III tea way Of
new road building besweer Itsca and
Kew Yerk, as much Of that distance
has already hsen covered by the State,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25

The majority of farmers prefer to
apply lime in the fall, especially If
green crop has been turned under,
the lime being broadcasted over the
surface of the land Lime is pro-
duced from limestone. but lime made
by burning oyster shells is also excel
lent, while wood ashes contain a
large proportion, the lime from stone
being taken direct from mineral
substance, the shell lime being a
product of shell fisn, while that in
ashes is produced from vegetable
sources. T. all cases, however, the
lime is the same, but in variable
quantities, according to the materials
from which 1t is derived, although
stone lime gives the most direct re-
suits. When limestone or shells are
hNrnad there In liberation Of car-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
VEGETABLE HAIR.
One of the Least Known Industries of
Algeria.

Algeria.
One of the most interesting, though
perhaps least known, industries OF
Algeria is the production of vegetable
hair This hair of fibre (says the
British Consul General for Algeria) d
made from the dwarf palm (CAam-
crops humilis), which grows i'll large
quantities along the coasts of Algeria
A few years ago this plant was
looked upon as useless weed,
now it has been found to contain
q most useful fibre, and is large
ly sought after. This fibre is an ex-
cellent substitute for horsehair, and
is in great demand among upholsteT-
ers, mattress makers, harness makers
and carriage builders on the Conti-
nent for the cheaper class of goods.
1t is very much cheaper than horse
hair, and in many cases replaces 1t
with advantage. especially as it is
not affected or destroyed by insects.
Factories for the production of this
fibre have been set tip in many parts
of Algeria, giving in each case EN-
ployment to hundreds Of Arabs, so
much so that they have saying that
the palm was made to give bread TO
the poor" Whole families-men, wo.
men and ehildren-may be seen cut
ting the palm leaves, making them
into bundles; and carrying them some
times many miles to the factories.
Of he nf
South have made trade of this palm
cutting, and coming up north they
encamp near the factories.
In the factories large numbers OF
natives are employed passing the
palm leaves through the shredding
machines, spreading the fibre out to
dry. spinning 1t into ropes and making
it into bales ready for export. The
ropes are made into various qualities,
according to the thickness Of the rope
and the fneness Of the fibre, the
prices varying from Ga 15s. to & D
a ton, quay Aleiers. This is for the
fibre in its natural color, but when
dyed black 1t increases about ga a
ton. Originally the manufacturer into
curled fibre was primitive, being done
wholly by hand, but OF late years
steam machinery has separated the
fibres. The machine is species OF
automatic eombing machine, of which
some 20 are now in use, the daily out
put psr machine being abotit tons.
Some idea OF the elasticity of the fibre
can be gained by the fact that bale
q erin cordage. weighing 220 pounds,
has a volume of about 40 cubic feet.
The industry should be of some inter
est to British manufacturers of cord
ing and combing machinery, and es-
pecially to manufacturers of spinning
machines, as at present all the spin
ming and twisting is done by hand
Germany and Austria-Hungary are
the principal buyers of this fibre, and
it is utilized by the German War Of
flee. being an article which from sant
tary, economical and general iitility
points cf view is suitable for barracl
and hosbpital bedding.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Settled Lambs.

The Illinois Station has tested self
feeders for lambs They were range
lambs and divided into six lots of
ten each, and two other lots were fed
by hand. The feeding continued
ninety-two days. The average weight
per head at the beginning OF the test
was sixty-three pounds and at the end
ninety-fiVe pounds. The following
table shows the way each lot was fed
and the kind Of feed given:
Lot -Self-feeder, whole grain
and chaffed clover hay mixed.
Lot Self-feeder; ground grain
and chafed clover mixed
Lot 9-Se1f-feeder; whole grain
and whole clover hay separate.
Lot -Self-feeder; ground grain
and whole clover hay separate.
Lot 5-Han6-fed; whole grain and
whole clover separate.
Lot 6-Hand-fed; ground grain
and whole clover separate.
The average daily gain per head
and the cost of a pound of grain
given in the following table:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW.
What Kind of Hat Does Your Best
Friend Wear?-Has He Beard?

'I wonder" said Mr.. Glimmerto1i,
'how many of us could tell with GER
tainty, il at ali, just what sort of hat
our best and longest known friend
wears.
For instance: Here is a man
whom | have known well for ten
years and whom l meet often; and
don't know what brought it up to
me, but when the question did come
up the other day found that l didn't
know whether he wears a derby or a
soft hat l am perfectly familiar
with his form and figure and I could
tell him a block away; but / cannot
tell you at this minute what sort of
hat he wears.
Il fancy it would be found just the
same as to our recollection of men s
boards. Take Jones, or Robinson, or
any man you can know we'll and see
often. Could you tell. right off or
could you tell at all, whether he
wears a beard or not; or if he does
wear one, how he wears it?
''If some long time friend or ac-
quaintance should take to wearing a
hat of another sort from that in
which we mad been long accustomed
to see him o. if he should trim his
beard in a different fashion, why,
that we would be sure to notice right
away. But YOU try to recall these
features in the personal appearance
OF almost any man OF long acuuaint-
ance that you know, try to tell your
self what sort of hat he wears or
how he wears his beard, and it's an
even thing that you will find YOUR
self greatly puzzled about one or the
other, or both
''The same would be true as to our
power of exact recollection of them
about many familiar things. New
York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Bad Men of the West,

Searchers for real Western color
with which to illuminate their tales
of the frontier have for some time
been complaining that all the snap
and ginger of the old life in the
West had departed. To certain ex-
tent this is true. The genuine In
dians have nearly all followed the
buffalo over the divide into the happy
hunting ground of the Great Spirit.
The modern cowboy is less careless
with his shooting iron and his brand
ing iron than he was in the old days,
but it is an error to believe that all
of the picturesque deyiltry which
gave color to early days in the West
has been eliminated The bad man
with the gun out on the fringe of
civilization is fully as bad as his pre-
decessor of earlier years.-Po Portland
Oregonian.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Diamonds in Arkansas.

1t is reported that diamonds of
fine quality have been discovered in
Pike County, Ark, about fifteen
miles from Nashville. and that there
will be thorough prospecting of
the field, which was described years
ago as containing old lava. pumice
and other evidences of volcanic ac-
ton similar 10 conditions in the
South African diamond aelds.--
Farm Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
These Eia English coppers.

How long are we TO be afflicted with
a cumbersome copper coinage instead
Of small nickel one? If Mr.. AS
qaith wishes to merit the appreciation
OF his fellow countrymen during his
tenure of Office, he win do away with
this relic of barbarism, which dates
from Lycurgus, and from which most
other countries have emancipated
themselves. The penny and the half
penny are merely tokens. and do not
represent Intrinsic salue.--London
Truth,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Bag and Sack Holder.

To make a cheap, yet serviceable
sack holder, take piece of two-inch
plank, twelve inches wide and eigh-
ling two inches square and about
three feet long securely into one end
of the plank; put small iron brace
as shown in cut to hold it strong and
straight up. Now get the blacksmith
to make a circle or ring of three
eighths-inch iron rod Make the cir
Gle about the size of the top of a
grain sack. One end of the rod must
project from the circle about eight