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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
Fairly Good Business for the
Week Past, With Future Out
look Much Brighter.

While the real estate agents continue
to complain of dull tines. they do not
hesitate to say that tleca has been for
the past week much more inquiry for
Richmond property and many encour-
aging signs of future good business.
The rental agents say they have MOTH
ing left on the lists. Mr.. John 7. God
din one of the Oldest agents In the
business, says he has never known a
season when there was such scarcity
of rentable housos. FIe1thinks that at
least five hundred mole houses could
be rented before the end OF the year
il they were now ready for occupancy.
Houses to he Nuilt.
There is some evidence that holders
of vacant property are taking notice
of this fact, and number of them
are Figuring with contractors and build
ers for the erection of houses to be
renred. Ii the meantime the suburban
property owners are taking the situu-
ldou in hand and making the most OF
1t. It must be said they are inducing
many people to take up quarters be-
yond the city limits simply because
they cannot find houses In town to
rent and live In.
The business of the past week was
confined largely to transactions IN
smaller property. although a few sales
We're made of property that amounted
to $4,000 and above.
better Days Coming.
One of tie real estate agents who
was interviewed yesterday said the
fraternityis not at all discouraged by
the dull business that some others
were complaining of. Said he: "Wc
know very we'll that the demand for
good property Is urgent and we know
that when the Weather conditions
drive the summer visitors back home
we are going to have brisk times.
There is probably no business In the
world that Is more dependent upon
weather conditions than real estate.
What do we care If business is little
dull in the warmer part of tho year!
We know we are going to do business
when the time comes. i I u concern does
certain amount of business IN 4
year what boots 1t II the whole thing
is done In a half year instead OF be-
ing spread out over twelve months
THE property is here and 1t Is not
going away
More building In Sight.
The builders and contractors report
Increased activity in their line. They
say, however, that tho greater part
Of the contracts now being made are
for small houses, and the owners are
| III every case in a hurry for them. This
recent reduction In building material
has greatly encouraged homa-seekers
and they nre anxious to build at once
Nearly every contractor In the city i
advertising for workmen, and tina,
shows which way the winds are blow
(lng.
~ The Suburban Boon,,
,flle activity. in the suburbs, both a:
Ito lot sales and buildlag operations, !.
very marked. Every day during thu
Continued on Eighth Fage.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
THE LOWER JAMES
MUST Be SHORTER
Interesting Paper by En-
gineerB urgwyntoT rav-
elers' Association.
CROOKS IN RIVER
MADE STRAIGHT
Work Can Be Done and Ought
to Be Done-Mucll Money
Will Be Needed, but
the Government
Can Stand
1t.

The letter OF Mr.. G P. p. Burgwyi
addressed to Mr.. j. i Hill, and read AZ
a recent meeting uf Post A. Travellers
Protective Association, and also to the
quarterly meeting o. the State Execu-
tive committee has attracted a. great
deal of attention. The maps accom-
panYing the interesting letter are
very Instructive. st 800
The scheme to shorten and to deepen
the James River is indeed assuming
shane
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
Few and Far Between.

There are only four plants of the
kind in the whole country. and as they
are either in the far West or North,
this company will have great adj
vantage for all the Southern trade. and
the repair and Improvement work alone
in the lines to be installed and manu-
featured will count up into the thou
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20

satin, which are held together by
strings of pearls, the skirt trimmed
with the same decoration. Ths
whole idea is expressive of youth, sim.
plicity, and perhaps just little in
dicative of an expensive taste Not
that, when I come to think of it, the
purchase of a satin evening dress
should be termed expensive, for ex-
penses to-day lie as much in the max.
ing as in the material, and undoubt-
eddy it may be granted that a satin
dress will outlive two chiffon dresses.
And chiffon nowadays insists upon
embroidery as well as lining of chit
fon, while net, which is considered .
privilege for the thrifty, will call
aloud for decoration of ribbons, an6
again demands lining of chiffon and
and UNDERLYING Of soft satin, so, to be
really just, the diaphanous gown, al
though it assumes the virtue of econ.
omy, has it not. We may, though, ex.
cept from the rule the frock of min.
on, which can be made extremely at.
tractive on a slight figure when it Is
trimmed with large tucks, or ribbons,
apd allowed to display some dainty
chemisette of tulle or lace threaded
with ribbons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
MINNESOTA NEWS
| NJ
Interesting Items Gathered in the
GOpkes' State
Well Provided.
OO0Hes' Sfafe

Well Provided.
st. Peter.-There are well filled
granaries and root cellars at the st.
Peter state hospital for the insane.
From an agricultural viewpoint the
year has been remarkably successful
at the institution, and the showing is
the best ever made by the hospital
farm. In 1906 the value of farm pro-
ducts reached total of $31, 200, but
the figures this year will exceed that
figure considerably.
Diversified farming is carried on on
quite an extensive scale atthe hospital.
There are $50 ares of land under Gull
tivation, and John Hurst, the ms THU
ton farmer, made them yield abun-
dainty. Potatoes head the list of pro-
ducts with 10000 bushels, and there
are 5000 of barley, 5000 of corn, 1900
of oats. Onion eaters among the
patients will revel in 1000 bushels OF
strong-scented bulbs; there are 800
bushels of carrots, 1000 bushels OF
turnips and 5000 bushels of other
grains and vegetables. During the
summer the inmates consumed 5000
quarts of strawberries and Is, 0O0water-
melons and canteloupes, and fully
20, 600 heads of cabbage, with as many
punches of celery, have been stored
in the cellars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20

ever, that congress appropriated $780,
600 with which to build six frigates.
Among these were the Constitution,
now the oldest ship afloat under any
flag, and training ship for appren-
tees at Portsmouth. With this fleet
and, it's later auxiliaries Decatur
taught the rulers of Algiers and Trip
oil stern lesson, and America soon
took her place among the naval pow
ers of the world, place which none
disputed after her victories over Great
Britain in 1S12-1S15.
Quick Work of Preparation.
The president issued the orders for
the sailing of this fleet on August %,
and since then coal mines, railways,
provision dealers, and manufacturers
of heavy ordnance and ammunition
have known the busiest season they
have had since the Spanish-American
war. Altogether 35 vessels go to San
Francisco, and when all have as
sembled in the waters off the coast of
California, Fighting Bob" Evans will
have under his command the largest,
most invincible, the most perfectly
equipped fleet that has ever modified
in one place since the history of the
world began.
The aggregate displacement of the
vessels sailing is nearly $4,000 tons,
and the aggregate power is 664 guns of
four inch calibre and over The four
divisions of this fleet will carry 5S1 Of
ficers and II, 500 enlisted men, as fine
an array of jackies as any navy has
ever known, and an earnest and eager
set, too, for as soon as the news of
the cruise was noised abroad enlist
ments increased rapidly throughout
the navy and assertions became prac.
tically unknown.
The mouern wife who puzzles for
days over the packing of her hus-
bands grips and lunch basket when
he is off for weeks hunting trip,
can never begin to appreciate the
enormity of Columbia's task in fitting
out her 1880 sons for an outing of
lis days, in which they are not ex-
pected to set foot on land at all. Be-
sides all the stores that each ship
can carry when her capacity is taxed
to its fullest, there will be two ships
that carry supplies alone, the Glacier
and Culgoa, and they will carry many
novel foodstuffs that have never yet
been carried by any navy of the world
Immense Supply of Coal.
The item of coal alone is not in
considerable. On October IL, contracts
were let for $4,000 tons to be deliv-
cred at the six seaport towns where
the fleet will stop, Trinidad, Rio
Janerio, Punta Arenas, Callao, Mag
dalena bay and San Francisco. 1t is
mined in West Virginia, shipped by
rail to four tide water cities of the
Atlantic, and whom there is handled
by five American companies in 80 for
eign steamers to the ports named.
where it is piled on the piers ready
for the battleships. Fifteen of these
steamers go all the way to San Fran
cisco with their cargoes. The cost of
the coal will be about So a ton, and
the cost of transportation will come to
over $4,000.
Eight GOLFERS accompany the fleet.
The Marcellus, Hannibal, Leonidas
and possibly the Sterling accompany
the fleet to Trinidad, and then re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20

Hampton Roads, Va, Dec. 16.-The
departure to-day of the great Atlantic
squadron for the Pacific is only an
other of the many great proofs of the
nations marvellous growth and devel-
opment. The iron clad warship is only
As years old, yet, passing through a
process of swift evolution to its pres
ent perfection, this American discov-
cry has revolutionized the science of
naval warfare throughout the whole
world. There are now 27O vessels in
commission in the United States navy
where at one time, in Washington's
administration, there was not one.
OF these there are Is battleships of
the first and second class, carrying
guns into whose mouth this country's
first and only "commander-in-chief of
the navy" Esek Hopkins, might easily
have hidden his disgraced head when
an outraged continental congress sum-
marily dismissed him.
1t was in Hampton Roads that the
first chapter in the worlds history
of iron clads was written. 1t was
in Hampton Roads that the nation
gathered 16 of her finest sea fighters
ready for trip Of nearly 10000 miles,
Where the Merrimac swung clumsily
across the channel long ago and drove
terror to the hearts of seamen who
had never yet seen such a monster
iron clads as graceful and as swift as
greyhounds have come and gone all
summer until they have become ia
miliar sight. Among these is the
Minnesota, the largest of Uncle Sans
big battleships, and next only in size
to the Dreadnaught, which King Ed
ward of England launched with such
ceremony year or so ago, and to
the Satsuma, Japan's new monster of
the deep.
History of American Navy.
The first appropriation made for
navy for this country was that of the
continental congress in ITS, and the
sum of 100000 was expected to pur-
chase, equip and generally outfit Is
ships. For the present year, ending
July, 1908, the navy will have needed
$125 04l 399, an increase of $5,000,000
over last year. Nine million alone go
for ordnance stores. The last appro-
priation of congress for the building of
ships was $20,0O0,O00 to be expended
on two big ships, each of which is to
measure $40 feet in length, IS feet
beam, and make 81 knots an hour.
Three million dollars was appropri-
ated for submarines of the Holland
type, and in September five torpedo
boat destroyers were contracted for.
Think of this in comparison with the
100000 that cost the continental con-
gress SO much thought, and which was
furnished by the people of the colo
MES after so much privation
IF we are to have a commerce we
much have a navy to defend it, wrote
Gel Humphreys from the Barbary
States in 1893 after he had been sent
to see if there were means of stop
ping the piracy of Algiers and Tripoli
on American trading vessels. For
years the nation had endured the hui
initiation of paying tribute to these
countries, and after Washington had
incorporated this sentiment in his
message of 1894 the United States still
paid tribute, because there was no
navy to prove her independence. How
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
NEWS NOTES.

Bseckenridge.-The Breckenridge
Telephone company has filed articles
of incorporation. The officers and
directors are all local residents,
st. Paul.-The cornerstone of a
temple being built by the Sons OF
Israel congregation at Fairfield ave-
nue and Robertson street was laid.
Minneapolis.-Harry Clay Blaney,
the diminutive comedian, has a new
play this season entitled tWille Live,
The Boy Detective" which he will
present at the Bijou Opera Honse, all
of Christmas week. AS the name of
his new play suggests, it is a con-
tinuation of the adventures of the
irreppressible 'Willie Live" the well
known character which Mr.. Blaney
used in his former successes, "Across
the Pacific" and "The Boy Behind
the Cum"
Belle PLANE. - Frightened by a
prospect that their taxes will be in
creased, because the city has voted
to put in waterworks, fifteen farmers
have petitioned the district court to
permit them to withdraw from the
borough, so far as the assessment and
collection of taxes is concerned.
Fergus yalls.-The bank statements
Just published here show an increase
in deposits of $96, 1904, as compared
with this time last year.
st. Paul.-Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the home of late Senator
Cushman K. Davis, Laurel and Farr-
ington avenues
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20

XIV. flavor. 1t is made in apricot yell
low satin shot with pink, while the
draped f1chu and center panel be-.
meath are of gold filet lace, embroid-
cred in raised chenille with groups
Of autumn-tinted leaves.
The bodice points down the center
in the front, and is cut short on the
hips, and the little under-sleeves,
which the drawing scarcely shows, are
of very fine net.
Dedicated to the use of the young
girl is figure No. 2, and it is made Of
white satin with little pleatings of
tulle peeping beneath broad bands OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
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| turn for more COAL Others will go
as far as Rio and return to join the
fleet again at Magdalena bay, and all
that have free space tween decks will
carry general supplies for the Mare
Island navy yard. The Connecticut
carries $50 tons of briquettes made
of slack coal and pitch to test them
as suitable fuel for use in the navy.
The cost of coaling, exclusive of the
amount of coal carried by the ships
from Norfolk to Trinidad, will be
81 ,280, a sum more than equal to
the bonded debt of the state of Idaho
or the state of Washington.
Provisions in Plenty.
AS to provisions, Columbia must
pack enough in the giant hampers to
and have enough extra goodies for
Christmas, New Years and Washing
ton birthday dinners, and the list
shows she has not been niggardly in
her selection. Five million pounds of
provisions are carried on board the
the supplies from the attending YES
sells being transferred to the battle
ships when they stop at the ports for
COAL There are 10000 to $4,000 pounds
of fresh meat in the refrigerators of
each ship, and for the first time there
will be widely varied bill of fare
where the meats are concerned.
There are variety of foodstuffs, in
Guiding tons of cereals, salt meats,
dried fruits and canned goods, and
$4,000 pounds of flour for making
fresh bread in lieu of long anathe-
dessicated foodstuffs that have al
ready been tested and found good, and
the more recent additions-dried eggs
and dehydrated vegetables. There are
5000 pounds of dried eggs, an equiv
alent of $4,000 dozen fresh eggs, and
when the Christmas baking is on and
the 10000 fresh eggs also carried are
not available, the mixer of cakes will
find that the dried product when
mixed with water will froth as easily
as the fresh
New methods of communication be-
tween the ships have been installed, and
new methods of controlling the fire
from the guns. So new is this system
Of fire control that a retired naval Of
ficer was heard to remark when the
news came to him: That is a good
idea, a good idea. l am glad to hear
it, indeed, for fire is a most dangerous
thing aboard a ship" The Colorado
was first. in this experiment Wireless
teiegraphy has been a part of a bat
tleship's equipment for so many years
now that it is quite an old story, but
The fleet decided it must have wire
less telephony, too, so the past few
weeks have witnessed busy scene in
Hampton Roads, and in New York and
Brooklyn harbors, where experts have
been busy putting in the appliances.
Connecticut Is Flagship.
Admiral Evans chose the Connec.
~ticut as his flagship. Capt Ingersoll is
her commander and chief of staff of
the Atlantic fleet. Upon the shoulders
of Rear-Admiral Brownlow at Wash.
ington, much of the work of prepare
ton fell. The splendid condition of the
fleet when it left it's anchorage here
to-day shows how well he has done It.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
Asbestos.

Tower..-What promises to be two
of the greatest ore finds in this Sec
ton of the country has been discov-
cred of late and is being thoroughly
investigated by the local business
men.
Within radius of three miles of
the city of Tower an asbestos mine
has been discovered, and within four
miles a ledge of soft iron ore has been
discovered.
These latest discoveries were made
by two of the local men, DR.. J. D.
Murphy and D. Graham. The asbes-
tos ledge is about one-fourth of a
mile square at the surface and is of a
rich quality. The men have in their
possession some rich specimens, but
as to the extent of the ore in depth
they cannot state at the present time,
as this part has not as yet been thor
oughly Investigated. The specimens
of iron ore are rich, but nothing is
known as to the extent of the body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
New Ditch Law Void.

st. Paul.-The ditch law passed by
the last legislature was laid away on
the shelf in an opinion handed down
by the supreme court, in which Justice
E. A. Jaggard declares chapter 191 OF
of the Laws of 1907, the new ditch law,
to be unconstitutional and void.
The new law gave the owner of wet
lands the right to drain them across a
neighbours land. If the man whose
land was affected by the drain offered
an objection it was up to the town
supervisors to appraise the damage.
William Pautzke of Rockford at
tempted to dig ditch across the land
of Charles Schubert, who entered a
protest, on the ground that the new
law permitted the taking of private
property for private purposes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
Big Christmas Dinner.

st. Cloud. of the state in
situations will be given good Christ
mas dinner as usual. The state board
of control is now securing bids on
various delectables. Christmas trees
will also be furnished and every eff
fort will be made to give the inmates
a real Christmas day.
Bids will be asked for on oranges,
bananas and lemons, $3.50 pounds of
nuts, 3,545 pounds of candy, 1875
pounds of poultry, 223 gallons of oy-
sters and 20 barrels of cranberries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-20
A Surprise.

Minneapolis.-Dressed in blue jeans
and apparently not overburdened with
wealth, gentleman stro1led up to
the counter of the city controllers
Office and calmly stated he would like
to purchase some of the recent issue
of park and school bonds.
When assured that the bonds could
not be purchased in lots of less than
$50 each he smiled blandly and pro-
duced currency and certified checks
to the amount of $40, 900 which he said
he wanted to invest in the bonds.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-20
Fine Sense of a Dog.

Columbus, Ind, February 14.--J. n.
d. Reeves, of this city, sold a valu-
able horse TO Brock Smith, of East
Columbus, and is endeavoring to re-
purchase the animal because of the
strenuous objections offered to the
transfer by his English coach bog,
Mugs.
Mugs and the horse have been
inseparable companions for several
years, and when Mr.. Smith attempted
to lead the horse away, Mugs
grabbed the halter rein between his
teeth, nor would he release 1t until
forced to do so by his master. When
the horse was taken to a certain
blacksmith shop to be shod the dog,
who had been detained, dashed 10
the shop the first chance he got and
again grabbed the halter rein. II re-
quired brute fore to release the
horse.
Last night the new owner of the
horse drove him to this place and
hitched him to a rack while he at
tended to some business. Presently
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-20
GA . TOR Ia.
s Bear. tn. F1h' Kind You Have Away! S''s1'
Signature at &<AzIZm
She Favored Stretching.

a lady had advertised for girl for
general housework, and was showing
an applicant over the house. She had
been very liberal in her promises of
privileges-afternoo off, evenings
out, etc.--and it looked as though the
girl was a suitable candidate, when
she suddenly asked:
do you do your own stretchin'?''
do We do what?' asked the mis-
tress.
"Stretchin'," replied the girl.
Il don't understand"
"Stretchin'," repeated the girl a
second time. do you put all the
grub on the table at dinner, and
stretch for it, or do | have to shut
file it round?"
The family are at present Stretch
in" and will until they find girl
who is willing to wait at table as well
as to cook the meal. Meanwhile the
household vocabulary contains a new
word.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-20

ansville to Nashville, Engineer Phillip
Drennen and Fireman Grace Cantrill,
stopped at the Sullivan coal mines,
between Henderson and Princeton,
and coaled. Cantrill fired the engine
at intervals and suddenly what he
thought to be large lump rolled
down. He grabbed 1t in his hands
to hurl it into the furnace. Its CEN
ter of gravity seemed to shift and
Cantrill hesitated. 1t proved to be a
battered tin can filled with giant
powder, such as is used in blasting
in coal mines.
Someone desiring to steal powder
had taken the battered tin key, filled
it with giant powder and deposited it
in the coal bin, intending to take it
out at night Unfortunately the train
coaled before it was removed and the
keg thus accidentally found its way
into the engines coal supply.