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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
SEA RAFTs.

 Piles of Timber Shaped Like a Cigar and as Big as an Ocean Steamer.
 Sea rafts, which are peculiar to the Pacific ocean. are made of timber for piling and for telegraph poles, are shaped like a cigar and are of enor- nous size
 The timber is cut in Washington and Oregon, and until recently was shipped to central and southern California in sailing vessels and steam barges. The expense and the limited capacity of these vessels led to the designing of the sea rafts.
 While they are of different sizes the smallest usually contains at least five thousand pieces of timber, ranging from eighty to one hundred feet in length and from eight inches to nearly two feet in diameter at the butt. Con sequently some of the rafts made in this peculiar fashion are nearly as long as the largest transatlantic liners, measuring no less than six hundred and fifty feet from end to end.
 So compaetly are the poles arranged, says a writer in the Southwest, that the greatest diameter is not more than sixty feet, but the enormous weight of the wood forces a raft down in the wa ter until the highest portion is rarely more than ten feet above the surface. To fasten such a raft so that it will withstand the force of the seas to which it ds exposed no little engineer l ing skill is required, As the cigar shape offers less resistance to the force of the waves than any other this has been adopted.
 To move this unwieldly bulk two 1 powerful steamers are usually em- ployed at sea, one for pulling directly 1 ahead and the other to aid in keeping the raft in the right course especially in rough weather But comparative 1 ly small portion of the surface is eX- posed to the seas. Otherwise it would be impossible to transport the timber in this form.
 On the other hand, the depth in the water allows only a very slow rate of speed to be maintained. The average l time required between the Columbia river and San Francisco, for example 1 seven hundred and fifty miles, is from ten to fifteen days, according to the | weather.
 The Columbia river rafts are put to- gether at a town called Stella, which is located in the lumber country about forty miles from the mouth of the riv- er These rafts are the largest which have yet been transported down the l coast.
 One which was sent to San Francisco contained no less than eight hundred thousand linear feet of lumber to bt used for wharf piling. If the piles which it contained were stretched in ( row they would actually extend a dis. tance of nearly fifteen miles. The majority of these rafts have been safely taken to their destination although one or two have gone tC pieces. Where such accidents have oc. cured the mass of timber has covered the ocean for distance of many mile, and has formed a very dangerous men ace to navigation,
 For this reason an effort has beer made by other transportation compa- nies to have law passed in the states of Washington and Oregon preventing the building of the sea rafts on the ground that they are a menace to nav igation. Thus far the agitators of this movement have been unsuccessful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
Kosetr and Schultz High Men in Na-
 tional Association Event.

NAOOCll Cllu foCllQIlL IltSA NlCll lAA ANe%-
 tional Association Event
 Atlantic City, N. J., March 27.- Roster and Schultz, of the Fidelias, of New York, were high men among the two men teams at to-day's events in the National Bowling association's tournament. Their score was 1,1SO.
 Ehrlich and Williams of Newark were second with 1,173, and Johnson and Sutherland of Toronto, Canada, third, with LAO. Other scores were: Kitchener and Lindsay, Philadelphia, s5O Deacon and Price, Philadelphia, 924; Good and Capps, Toronto, 1094; Steingust and Freud, New York, 1,046; Walker ad siegel, Philadelphia, 1,O51; Siegfried and Koops, Newark, 1,015; Grossman and Bicking, Philadelphia, 1,O97; Kelchner and King, Philadelphia, 1,O16; Dennebaum and Schott Newark, l,116; Lewis and Leick, Newark, 99S; Dumas and Amann, New York, 1,0SS; Manning and Flood, Philadelphia, 946;. Redhead and Taggart, Philadelphia, 1,o96.
 Following were the afetrnoon scores in the individual events:
 First squad--J. Roster, New York, 557; c. Seigel Philadelphia, 522; C. Du- mas, New York, 572; c. M. Taggart, Philadelphia, 30; s. H. Good, Toronto, 567; A. l.. Johnson, Toronto, 45S; F. Schott, Newark, 52S; Ct. St. John, New York, 574.
 Second squad--H. Sutherland, Toron- to, 519; J. H. Deacon, Philadelphia, 50T; c. c. Michiner, Philadelphia, 51O; c. Flood, Philadelphia, 51O; w. Freund, New York, $40; c. w Walton, New York, 452; A. l. Schulte, Newark, 496; G. w. Lewis, Newark 491
 Third squad-C Steinguest, New York, 579; P. K. Manning, Philadelphia, sos; E. R. Grossman, Philadelphia, 569; J. Lindsay, Philadelphia, 512; G. Dannebaum, Newark, 5S7; G. Capps, Toronto, 473; c. Leick, jr., Newark, 532; H. Williams, Newark, 576.
 Fourth squad-F. C. Bicking, Phial- delphia, 546 H. M. Marker, Philadel- phia, 456; c. H. Price, Philadelphia, 425; P. Schultz, New York, 521 A. J. Hamilton, Philadelphia, SEQ; W. R.. Alnann, New York, 539; E. E. Red- head, Philadelphia, 5O4; L. F. King, Philadelphia, 49O.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

ufacturing site for d place to deposit a fine 160-acre farm upon which it had foreclosed up the river. Inside of six months that strip of rand contained 200 acres. The men were jubilant, but still they would not sell. They wanted another 100 acres, they said. They strolled along the bank each day and urged the river, in proprietary tones, to build faster.
 Then the river hcanged it's mind once more and not only wiped out the extra 100 acres but the original 10Oacres, ey- cry foot of it. The next year 1t built up 300 acres in the same spot, but they all belonged to the man who owped the ground behind the original plot. They have stayed there ever since that Is, up to last reports For high flnanclering and property juggling the Missouri makes a crooked lawyer look like q child. I hate to think what it would do for a man if it had a per sonal friendship for him. George Fitch, in The American Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
Roads VIII Demand Arbitration.

Later.-Arbitration under the Erd- mann act will be asked for by the rail- roads to prevent strike of the con- ductors and trainmen on the western railroads, if the plans of the general managers as announced tonight do not miscarry. As strike of the men would interfere with interstate commerce, railroad officers believe that they can prevent a strike by asking the govern ment to step in and take command of the situation The Erdmann act, pass ed in 1898, provides for the arbitration of labor difficulties, where interstate commerce is involved, by the chairman of the interstate commerce commission and the commissioner of corporations.
 The general managers statement fol- lows:
 Late this afternoon the committee of managers received an official notifi- cation of the vote of the conductors and trainmen, rejecting the proposition amounting to 101-2 per cent. in wages, and authorizing a strike in case no set clement of the matter at issue could be effected.
 'The committee, acknowledging this as a conclusion of the negotiations, have notified Messrs. Garretson and Morrissey, the leaders of the two labor organizations involved, ttlat they will demand arbitration under the Erdmann act"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
JAMES M. vARNuM KILLED.

Ex-surrogate's Automobile Struck by a
 Trolley Car
 New York, March 27-James M. Var num- formerly a surrogate in this coun- ty, died in Roosevelt hospital last night from injuries received in an automobile accident, Accompanied by his wife and two friends, Mir Varnum started from his home at S6 East Fifty second street for the New Amsterdam theater. The automobile in which they rode was struck by trolley car at Seventh ave- nue and Forty-siXth street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Church-"I see Sir Oliver Lodge de- clares that the human race is in its infancy" Gotham Well, I must say, large proportion of it acts that way -Yonkers Statesman.
 Mrs. Tyresum- -Kawler-"I've got to do some house-hunting to-day. Can you give me any hints about it?" Mrs. Naybur-"Oh, yes. The competition is keen now. You want to get right at it."-Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
NEARER THAN EVER TO
 BIG RAILROAD STRIKE
Continued from First Page.)

the men were declaring that a strike was inevitable, Secretary slason Thom- son, of the General Managers associa- ton, said.
 We have not given up hope as yet of peaceable adjustment of the diff culty. We have conceded a great deal to the men already, and it would seem to be but matter of short time un- til the union officials will see their way clear to accept the general managers proposal. I am of the opinion that the conference which ended in nothing to- day will be resumed again within the next two days, and that some sort of an agreement will be reached
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
MENDEL & FREEDMAN NINE.

Large Dry Goods Stores May Have
 Baseball League.
 A meeting was held at Mendel & Freedmans store Tuesday night to elect officers of the baseball nine. John Golfer was chosen captain, Frederick schecher manager, MT. Brick treasur- CT and Arthur White coach.
 The members of the nine follow: Uohn Golfer. Frederick sohecher, Axel Lauritzen, George Haneson, Levy Had lock, John Hertzi, Horace Way, Ernest Needham and Daniel O'Neil. There is good material in the team, promising g successful season.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Teacher-Jo Johnny, can you tell me what a hypocrite is? N
 Johnny-Yes, ina'am. It's boy what comes to school with a smile on his face.--Philadelphia Inquirer.
 T thought you were going to sup- port out anti-bjllboard measure" said the advocate of the city beautiful.
 Well said the bachelor legislator, when I promised to thought 1t was an anti-board bill measure. -Philadel-i phia Ledger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
WATERBURT's VICE CAMPAIGN
Raids Followed by the Arrest of Nine
 Women.

Waterbury. March 27.-Continuing his campaign against vice, begun with raids on several resorts of i'll repute last week, Superintendent of Police C.. M. Beach caused the arrest tonight of nine women on the charge of street walking. Several others hearing of the arrests of their friends, left the city early in the evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Mrs. E. T. Tiedemann of Springfield, Mass, and her son, Freddie, are spend- ing Easter with her parents MT. and Mrs. Flagge of Davenport avenue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
BOWLING.
Result of Individual Championship at
 Johnson's Alleys

Result of Individual Championship at
 Johnson's Alleys.
 Tn the first of the individual cham pionship series at Johnson's alleys last evening A. Johnson won five out of eight games from L. Swift The sum- mary:
 A. Johnson-2O4, 161, 15S, 177, 156, 221, 176, 193; total, 1,4446; average, 1903. L. Swift-172, 166. 173, 179, 153, 176, 166, 172; total, 1,357; average, 1895.
 Tn the second of the series H. Cox won easily from Riley by taking five out of six games. Summary:
 H. Cox-172, 1SO, 159 173, 1SS, 163. To- tai, eS5. Average, 164.
 lRiley-155 17O, 151, 169, 166, 1S5. Total,
 SEAMLESS RUBBER LEAGUE. The Fleur De Lis won all three games from the Topaz bowlers last evening. The score.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25
HOT AFTER THEM.

The Richmond Journal is appealing to
the Democrats of Virginia to elect no
railroad attorneys to the next Legisla-
ture. 1t is moved to this course by the
contest that is now going on between
the State and the railroads over the
rate question. Our Richmond contem-
porary says:
This conflict will never end until the
wishes of the masses find voice in
statutes which will stand the scrutiny
of the tribunals and the tests of pro-
tracted experience; until the time ar
rives when the beaten and subdued rail-
roads will bend the knee to the demands
of justice and fair play.
But while the victory is assured it is
not to be had for the asking. A deter
mined enemy does not surrender until
every resource is exhausted. No sooner
will the Legislature of Virginia convene
than the scene of conflict will be trans
ferred to the Capitol. 1t is for this rea-
son that we lay the solemn injunction
upon the voters to bend their utmost
energies to the defeat of every railroad
lawyer who seeks a seat in the next
House or Senate"
The Journal would, perhaps, make its
appeal more effective if it would warn
the people to send no corporation law
yers to the Legislature. For all cor
porations pool issues and pool their in
fuence when they are seeking to con-
troll legislatures and prevent adverse
legislation. There is no State in the
Union that has been more completely
controlled by corporation lobbyists than
has Virginia for the past TWENTY-FIVE
years The Journal, no doubt, recalls
how the last Legislature was solidlv
Democratic and how it was mere plav-
thing for the Hobbies. The only wav to
keep corporation attorneys out of the
Legislature is to keep the lawyers out.
One of the tricks of the trade is to make
the newly elected lawyer member
special attorney for some special case
at some special place.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25

should feel pride in wearing the Rich
mond label on his clothing, his hat. his
shoes and whatsoever he wears. Why
aSsT And he ought to feel a peculiar
pride in using articles that are made in
Richmond. When We show visitors
around the city, we take pride in point
ing out home factories; why not take
the same pride in using the articles
which these factories produce? There
Is no better way to help the manufac-
turing interests of the city. Patron
age from home encourages the manu-
facturer, and the best advertisement he
can have is the statement that his
neighbors are his best customers. We
all desire to build up Richmond. We
can all help to do it by purchasing at
home. Richmond Times Dispatch.
The above is simple but very strong
argument in favor of the Republican
doctrine of Protection. 1t is only an
other way of illustrating the saying of
Abraham Lincoln, that when an Ameri-
can railroad buys a ton of steel rails
from a home manufacturer and paws
therefor say $50, we have both the rails
and the $50. But when a railroad here
buys ton of steel rails from a British
manufacturer and pays therefor S25.
we have the rails and Great Britain has
the SIS.
If protection is a good thing for
city or certain community, why is it not
good for the entire country? 1t is good
for the country and good for all the
people. There is not single class of
American citizens that is not now more
than it has ever been. Still
our Democratic contemporaries continue
to abuse what they are pleased to term
the ''robber tariff"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25
THE ROANOKE RIOT.

The Magic City of Virginia has gain.
ed some unenviable notoriety by the re-
cent riot, but it is winning much envia-
BILE distinction by the manner in which
the authorities of the city handled and
are handling it. Mayor Cutchfn and
Judge Wood have discharged their offic-
ial duties in connection with the affair
in such a way as to merit praise from
all good citizens. The Mayor not only
suppressed the riot without causing the
shedding of blood. but he did it cour-
ageously and effectively. Then he an
nounced his intention of hunting down
the guilty parties and having them ade-
quately punished. In the performance
OF this duty he is being ably assisted by
Judge Wood. The latter called a special
grand jury, and that jury has already
found indictments against a number of
the rioters. Nothing is left to be done.
but to see that the guilty men receive
when tried the full penalty of the law.
We know of no case where the severest
punishment provided by law is more
needed and merited.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25
HOME INDUSTRIES.

We have received the following in
quiry:
Do you think an industry of any kind
started IN community, and catering
for the trade of the dealers and CON,
sumers of that community, can be con-
sidered a ''home industry" when il
purchases in a distant city its necessary
equipments for the delivering of rs
goods, when the articles, lust as good
and made in this city, could have been
purchased here?
Do you not think the preference, all
things being equal, should be given the
community IN which the industry is
started? How can "home industry be
fostered, when such things are done.
that is, spending the money obtained
here IN distant city? d
The Times Dispatch has often urged
as matter of loyalty, local pride and
self-interest, that the people of Rich
mond should make a business of patron
lzlng home factories, home stores, home
insurance companies, and all home in
situations. This cannot always be done
Sometimes it is necessary, for various
reasons which readily suggest them
selves, to purchase certain supplies
away from home, but such cases are
rare and exceptional. We agree with
our correspondent that, all things being
equal, the home institution should have
the preference, and a truly loyal Rich
monder will even strain a point and
submit to some inconvenience in order
to bestow his patronage upon his neigh
bors. We know a prominent citizen
who never allows any member of his
family to order goods or purchase any
article outside of Richmond, if it be
possible to find it here. He says that
he makes his money here and he feels
it to be his duty to spend it here. He
believes in reciprocity. 1t is a princi-
pie both good and wise. When dollar
goes out of Richmond it helps some
other community; when it is expended
here, it helps this community and what
ever helps Richmond helps every resi-
dent.
1t seems to US that every Richmonder
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25
First American Patent.

The first patent in America, SAYS The
Journal Of American History, was
granted to Joseph jerks, founder and
mschinest, who had emigrated from
Hammersmith, Eng, where he vas
born in 1902
He was a very ingenious man and
was induced by Governor Winthrop the
younger to come to Lynn, Mass, to es-
tablish 1.-The iron and steel works.
He was the acknowledged head of the
lron-smelting and foundry business
and the first builder of machinery in
this country, and first patentee of in
vention in America, having introduced
the idea first granted by act of Parlia-
ment in 1925 of protection for the man.
ufacture of improvements by petition
to the government of Massachusetts,
Bay.
In 1916 he took patents for mill i'm
provements, and in 1855 he patented
the present form of the grass scythe,
for which he should be held in grateful
remembrance. In 1852 he made dies
for the first coinage of money, the pine
tree shillings. In 1854 he built the first
fire engine, to the order of the select
men of Boston (the first ever built in
the country; in 1857 he built forge
and entered upon the manufacture of
MS improved scythes nine years before
his application was granted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few wears was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease and prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly falling TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven cstarrh to be consti-
tutlonal disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Cstarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only cohstitu-
uonal cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars fol- any case it
Tails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address:
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold bv druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25
A PROSPEROUS SECTION.

The past twenty years have wrought
wonderful change in what is known as
Southwest Virginia. A man who left
this section of country a quarter of a
century ago and now returns will hard
ly recognize it, except from a recollec-
ton Of its physical outlines. Its grand
mountains are still here to please the
eye that appreciates their magnificent
beauty. But a marvellous change
has taken place in the valleys. There
are no SLEEPY Hollows" left here. The
magic wand of prosperity has been
waving over US, and activity and devel-
opment are witnessed everywhere. If
prosperity should make people happy,
surely the people of Southwest Virginia
should be more than content.
1t would be startling if accurate fig
ures could be given showing what has
been done in this part of the State with
In the past ten years in the way of in
dustrial development. The vast increase
In mining of coal and manufacture of
coke has given employment to thous-
ands of men and induced a correspond
ing enlargement in all other industries.
Our iron and lumber industries have been
more extensively developed. and manu-
featuring enterprises have sprung I'D in
every county of the Ninth Congressional
District. While there are no cities here.
the old towns have taken on new life
and scores of new towns and VILLAGES
have been built, New railroads have
been constructed and others are now
being built to meet the traffic demands
occasioned by the Industrial develop
ments. AS a result of the growth of
mining, manufacturing and railroad
construction, there has been large in
crease in the population, thus furnishing
better home markets for our farmers.
Before these conditions came there were
many small products of the farms that
could not be prohtably marketed. Now
there is a strong demand for everything,
and our farmers can sell all they make.
and at prices that make them independ-
ent. But the most gratifying incident
or condition that has come from the aug
mented industrial activity of this section
has been the increased demand for labor
and the great advance in the wages of
the workingmen. There is no excuse
now for any able bodied man, or even
boy, remaining idle. There is work
here for everybody, and jobs are hunt
ing men. Ought not our people to be
content?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-25

Senator Newlands, of Nevada. prides
himself on his oratory and the various
flights of fiowery language in which he
frequently INDUCES. During the last
session, in one of these fights Senator
Newlands sat down with much satisfac-
ton after saying: "Indeed, Mr.. Presi-
dent, perfervid oratory may be pardon
ed, for this subject furnishes all the
food eloquence needs" He was a bit
aoashed, however, to read in the Con-
gressional Record the following day
that he asserted his topic furnished all
the food elephants need"