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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

Clark's bakery has trouble not only
with it's union bakers and cooks, but
the union mattresses have left 1t
seems that the girls claim to have been
badly treated by the chef. This treat
ment, the girls say. has been going on
for some time and they decided that
they would sooner quit than put up
with it any longer. The girls who
struck are backed up by their union.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

The Cemetery Workers Union is
asking for an eight-hour day and a
daily increase of so cents in pay. The
new schedule Is asked to take effect
April l next. The members are now re-
ceiving $3.50 day. The new scale Is
at present in the hands of the execu-
tive committee of the Labor Council.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

The Pasadena Central Labor Council
has elected the following officers for
the coming six months: President, G.
l.. Hammond; vice president, e. II.
Morse; recording secretary, G. L.
Keyes; financial secretary treasurer, j.
H. Stewart; trustees-P. G. Lambert
and II. H. Beckhoff.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

The following table shows the sub
scriptfon rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
New President of WESLEYAN.

The Rev..H. D. Clark, of Charleston,
pastor Of the State Street M. E. Church
one of the most.prominent and wealth.
est churhes in the State, has been prom
ineptly mentioned as a successor to
President John.Weir as the head of the
w. Va. Wesleyan school at Buckhann-
on. While the executive board of the
college does not meet until today at
Clarksburg to take up the election of a
successor to President Weir, from a
source thatswas. authentic it was stated
that the Mr.. Clark stood high in the
consideration of the church in the State
and stood better opportunity of being
the next president of the college than
any of thesother candidates. This state
ment is significant and as result inter
est in the election has.been intensified
LATER. - Yesterday afternoon at
Clarksburg, iRev. Carl G. Doney, Phi.
d., pastor iof!iHamline MethrdiSt Epis-
copal Church, Washington, ID. c., was
unanimously recommended by the ex-
ecutive committee of the board of re-
gents, to the presidency of Wesleyan
College at Buckhannon. The election
will take place today
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
A Voice for Temperance.
To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN.

To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN.
Never having seen a whiskey adver-
tisement in your paper and believing
you stand alone in this respect, would
therefore ask you to mention little in
cident which took place in our town a
short time ago when our town council
met and voted whether another saloon
should be added to the long list of
death traps" shall we call them? For
do they not ruin and blight the hopes
and lives of our fellowmen? After the
votessswere counted it was found that
but one of all the six had voted against
it; only one. and he the only NON-church
member of the lot; but, we believe, a
Christian, for was not that Christ-like?
He was working for the up-building of
humanity and he had the welfare of his
neighbors and his neighbor' children at
heart and peace for our beautiful town.
We always love to read of heroes,
those who stand out as great lights to
the world, but here we have one in our
midst, real, true Hero at home, an
humble, law-abiding citizen, not asham-
ed to do the right, although he stands
alone. Oh, that we had more such men
as he Then the people would have a
voice in their own affairs, for was there
not petition signed with the names of
our most prominent citizens against
more saloons and was it not passed by
unnoticed? The voice of the people was
it not unheard?E we lie down su-
pinely on.our backs land permit the de-
mon drink to bind US and our children
hand and foot, and thus make our boys
debauched, drunken men, and not try at
all to prevent it? Answer this your
self. A. MOTHER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

The camp meeting is now on and alb
sorbing most attention. although some
people in our neighborhoOd act as though
they had no interest in the meeting.
The attendance so far has been fully UP
to that of former years and the results
satisfactory to the management. A
great crowd is expected next Sunday.
1t would be impossible to note late ar
rivals in detail. but we mention some
who are known to many of your read
ers Rev. S. W. Davis and wife, Rev.
Willis Dean and family, Mr.. McCor-
mick and family, of Parkersburg, w.
Va.
Among those attending the meeting
from a distance are Bishop Wilson,
Revs. C. W. Baldwin, Durham, Hyde,
Aura Smith, Baker, Elijah P. Rams
horn Brown, Dolbow, and many others.
There are still few furnished cot
tages for rent, running in price from
$75 to $500.
We claim one of the best, cleanest
and best managed bowling alleys in the
State. 1t is under the management of
the Ladies Civic Club, and number
of the members of the club are always
present to see that the most perfect
order is maintained and to show every
courtesy to visitors. What would be
a nicer way for our Oakland young peo-
pie to spend an afternoon or evening
than by forming bowling party and
visiting this institution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11

Women, wine, game and deceit.
Make the wealth small and the wan
great-FrankIin

Women, wine. game and deceit.
Make the wealth small and the want
great.-Franklin.
Goldfeld is the land of the broker and
promoter. There are hundreds of them.
Nine-tenths of them are making money
out of their Eastern clients instead of
for them. But business Is quiet there
during the summer, the heat is oppres-
sive and the dust almost uncomfortable,
and the big fellows have gone to a more
congenlal cline. And the brokers with
few exceptions are on the bum. D." |
CLEAN from Goldfeld's own papers for
the past week: Failure of Kenneth
Donnellan and Company; Creditors of
j. c. Kind and Co. appointed commit
tee and order an investigation. None of
the firm to be found" Give assayers
arrested with 1900 pounds of Little
Florence ore valued at $50, 00O;' THE
January Jones Company in trouble, 4"
etc.
By the way, January Jones was a
partner and received one-fourth of the
output of the famous Reilly lease which
two years ago produced 81, 600, 600 in 100
days. What has become of it? Of
course do not know in specific cases
what is the cause of these failures but
it is easy to determine in a general way.
There are number of rich. reliable
brok ers but there will be new crop
Jan. l, 1908, as compared with Jan. /,
1907. The same Goldfeld papers will
help solve the problem.
| clip the following
On July the Northern saloon will
declare its second annual dividend of rs
per cent. Only a few weeks ago the
company, which is Incorporated, paid a
dividend of 80 per cent, of which $1,000
a day from gambling alone was a good
part.
Fourth of July at Tonopah-round
trip tickets 81"
Morgan Williams vs,.Terry Mustain,
admission SIS. Reserved seats So"
An engineer told me he had seen a
broker buy case of champaign for his
friends at Palm Restaurant at SIS
per bottle night after night, and that he
had seen the floor ard table linen liter
ally saturated with champaign-and
''the suckers paid the fiddler"
To get to the bottom of the matter |
looked up the brokers thoroughly and
selecting one of the best / went to him
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11

two thirds of a million, Philadelphia,
million and a quarter, and greater
New York four millions.
From st. Louis to the coast, three
days travel, Salt Lake City with SO, 900
people is the largest city. But we ap-
proach Oakland, California, across the
bay from San Francisco, and find a
beautiful city with population of near
ly 100000. In the distance on the rocky
hillsides across and water, silent and
majestic in her desolation and woe, sits
San Francisco with her 400, 900 people
rising like the tabled Phoenix from
her own ashes, the commercial and in
dustrial metropolis of our Pacific coast.
U. G. PALMER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11

and said | would like to buy a
few stocks. | haven't much money;
suppose put up 333 per cent. of the
cost of them as margin, you furnish
the rest and hold the stocks VS.. secure
ty, what rate of interest will you charge
me. He held up his hands in horror
and said there was no money for such
accounts at any reasonable rate of in
terest, &c. | said, well, don't want
to buy anything, but do you have any
such accounts offered and he said many
every day. l inquired what rate of
interest could you make $50, 1000 loan
carrying such accounts and he said dur
ing the busy season per month with
a guarantee of sc per cent per annum.
l asked him if he didn't know that this
was nothing short of highway robbery
and ne said it was simply business in
which he assured himself of absolute
sufety and that his customer was a
gambler pure and simple. This same
broker then told he was carrying lot
of such accounts for his old customers,
but would take on no new ones, and
that in extreme cases he received as
much as 20 per cent. per month interest.
This brokers' commissions on pur-
chases and sales alone at times has
amounted to $1,000 day and in few in
stances has risen to $751; per month.
The first bank was started in Gold
field two years ago last December $780,
900 capital. That bank now has 81, OOO,-
600 on deposit and one of the original
stockholders told a friend of mine that
he bought $4,000 of its stock when it
was organized and that he was taking
$50, 200 per month out in profits.
In spite of all these things the relia-
bic substantial kind of men here seem
to be getting on all right. | found
young man here or rather he found me,
tor | didn't recognize him, who was a
student of mine at Canton, Pa, sixteen
years ago. He is carpentering at 81
for 8 hours and living in club at about
S35 per month and staying away from
the dance halls, bar rooms and gam
bling dens. He says he wants no better
place to lay up something for old age.
And he told me about a friend of his
who in eighteen months in little 12x15
grocery store cleaned up S35, 900 and
had gone back to Gods country to
live, as he expressed it.
So much for Goldfield. | left there
at 500 last evening and at $50 this
morning was at Reno, back on the
main line of the S. P. R. r. bound for
the coast. And it seemed good to see
the flowers bloom and the grass grow
and hear the birds sing and the ripping
of the waters once more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
BITTINGER.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The editor of The Republican feels
that he should make some public
acknowledgement of thanks to the
popular correspondent for Bittenger,
Mr.. ]. B. Emory. His letters are al
ways well written; while it is true he
is blind, yet his letters make better
appearance than many of those which
are written by people who possess all
of their five senses in perfect condition.
Possibly, it is because the majority of
US presses so many blessings that we
fail to improve any of them as we
should. furthermore, the spirit of the
Bittenger letters coming as they do
from the blind, are not in the least pes
simistic, or doleful; on the contrary they
are always bright and cheerful; for in
stance, study the four lines of verse
with which his letter begins this very
week. Editor.
It's false, o doleful pessimist,
That life's gloomy day;
There is no morning yelled in mist,
But sunbeams kiss away.
Peter Y. Lohr, who has been located
at Elkins w. Va, for some months, is
visiting his brother at this place this
week.
Mrs. Boucher and Miss Mary Miller,
of lockwood Pa, have been the guest
at the Ellithorp home for several DAYS
past
Mrs. j. Turner Lohr and children, are
visiting Mrs. Lohr's mother at Sunny
side this week.
James Stark is engaged in opening a
coal mine on his farm near this village.
Mrs. S. o. Wiley, of Meyersdale Pa,
has been visiting at this place for a
few days past
Miss. Myrtle Wiley is spending this
week with her grandmother at Grants
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Otto, of New Ger
many, were calling at Samuel J.
Brennemans last Sunday.
The children held a jouvenile picnic
in Ellithorp' 5 grove on the Fourth. The
affair was under the management af
Masters George Reckner and Paul
Davis, and was day of real enjoyment
for the little ones.
c. E. Ellithorp returned last week
from jamestown Va, where he reports
having spent very pleasant week
viewing the exposition
Amos Reckner and children spent the
Fourth over at Confluence Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
JAPANESE WAR BOSH.

The newspapers of the large cities as
well as of many of the smaller towns,
during the past week have been having
leading articles about war with Japan.
The discussion has been going through
the press for the past several months.
Because division of the United States
Navy has been sent to the Pacific, the
newspapers feel sure that now there is
to be war sure. In truth, the American
people have no fight on with Japan.
No American feels any special griev-
ance towards the Japanese, and until
that feeling comes there will be no war
demanded by the American people, from
whom war in this country must origi-
nate.
1t is easily seen, however, why the
newspapers will publish articles pur-
porting to set forth that there soon will
be war, and there should be war The
war in fact exists only in the Uranium
of some reporter who has for his motive
the desire to get the good will of his edi-
tor-in-chief, who always promotes the
reporter who gets the good article; and
what is meant by a good article is
that which will make the paper be in
demand by the American people; the
aim of the publisher always is to make
a paper that will SELL
The result of the whole affair cannot
be seen. By some it is thought that
the continual jabbering by the newspa-
pers may cause the Americans to be-
come prejudiced against the Japanese,
to feel suspicious of them, and soon
cause desire to go to war with them
over some trivial affair that might take
place somewhere in the world between
an American and japanese. 1t is up
to the American people not to let them
selves be driven into war with a ma
ton now heavily in debt, but with the
alliance of England could prosecute a
war which would surely cost both sides
the lives of many citizens.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
PENCILIN6S BY THE WAY.
Descriptive Account of the
West by U. G. Palmer.
GOldfeld- Nevada I'M

Goldheld, Nevada, July l.
My trip through the Montana Tono-
pah mine is one long to be remembered.
This is the third greatest mine at Tono-
pah if not the second. When the COM
pany was organized a few years ago
with $1,000, 1000 shares Of stock to de-
velop its $50 acres of ground it had alb
solutely no surface showings and its
stock was sold at few cents per share
as the stock of every legitimate ''pros-
pect' should be. In fact a man who
pays more than 10 cents share for the
promotion stock of any company which
has no ore in sight or is not on proven
ore veins is a fool. For it is nothing but
gamble and simple
And let me degrees a little farther
here and relate bit of my experience.
Last July | bought a few hundreds
shares of Atlanta and a few hundred of
CHARACTERIZATION of Goldfeld-
the former costing Is cents per share
and the latter 10 cents. The former
has sold as high as S1.25 and the latter
S1.6O but the second day | reached Gold
field and realized was on the outside
of the game | sold the former at 40
and the latter at $100. The latter has
already paid me 55 cents per share in
dividends. Within twenty-four hours
after selling, Atlanta sold at AZ and
Frances Mohawk at SIPS. | was on
the outside and didn't know the game.
have since broken the "crust" and
in future letter will give you a few
glimpses from the standpoint of those
who are in the game. The Montana
Tonopah has issued 1876, 900 shares of
its stock, it has done more than 80, 600
feet of underground work, or nearly
six miles. 1t has already paid $3.50, 900
in dividends and has $85, 900 surplus in
its treasury. 1t will have in operation
by the time the reader gets this letter,
its new mill crushing 200 tons per dav
which will enable it to pay dividends of
90 per annum per share and still accum-
ulate a surplus at the rate of 5000, 900
per year. The ore bodies comprising
hundreds of thousands of tons have
been proven to depth of 800 feet in a
vein IA to 16 feet in thickness. Its
powerful hosting plant as we'll as its
miners machine drills are operated by
electricity and compressed air, with a
complete steam plant in reserve ready
for work at all times in case it is need
ed.
1t is lighted by electricity throughout
and as no water is found even on the
500 foot levels, the visit in wandering
around teveral hundred feet beneath the
surface, through its thousands of work
ings, one might perhaps think himself
in the New York subway.
The revenue from this mine so far
have all come from ore shipped to dis
tant mills, and as the entire cost of
production hereafter will be less than
the freight paid heretofore, a person
can readily comprehend the difference
it will make in its net earnings. Its
stock has risen from a few cents to So
per share today. The entire original
investment in this property which is
now worth fully two and half million
didn't exceed S75, 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11

San Francisco, Cal, July 1, 1907
The Southern Pacific Company is de-
livering its trains continental passen-
gers into San Francisco from six to
twenty-four hours late Upon inquiry
| find the road is moving fifty trains a
day on single track over the Sierra
Nevada mountains. The passenger
traffic is enormous. 1t is said 1000
colonists. per day are settling in Cali
fornia, attracted by its delightful elm
ate, cheap lands and productive soil.
1t is easy to see how the Hartman
lines are earning Is per cent. net on
their enormous capitalization and pay
ing 10 per cent. in dividends while only
few years ago they were ALL in the
hands of receivers.
But there will soon be another and
competing line-the Western Pacific
paralleling the Union and Southern
Pacific, on which millions are now be-
ing spent by the Wabash, backed by
the Goulds, the Diamond Match Com
pany, of Chicago, and the Baldwin Lo-
comotive Works, of Philadelphia This
is part of the system to which belongs
the Western Maryland and the West
Virginia Central.
The brick colored soil high up on the
mountain sides is said to be ideal for
fruit growing and l noticed peaches,
pears and other kinds of fruit trees
planted among the sage brush and l
wondered if these represented the Cal
ifOrnia fruit farms the western real
estate men are selling to their eastern
friends at so much cash and so much
per month
The locomotives here all burn oil and
the tender is huge tank lying horizon
tally and divided for carrying oil and
water and familiar sight is a whole
train of tank cars loaded with fuel oil.
This is certainly the land of flowers
and fruits, where the former abounds
on every hand in a profusion, with little
cultivation, bewildering to eye; and the
latter are the staple articles of produc-
ton as lumber and coal and potatoes
and buckwheat are in Garrett.
1t is also the land of irrigation and
while the canal is the usual method of
getting the supply from miles and miles
away, far up in the mountains, / was
impressed with the redundancy of wind
mills in the vicinity of Stockton. This
section is only few feet above sea
level and the derricks for windmills are
as thick as in the West Virginia oil
fields.
The great square stacks of baled hay
and straw piled up uncovered and the
sacks of wheat lying in rows across the
fields where the combined reaper and
thresher left them is novel sight to
person living in the rainy belt.
Denver, with population which will
soon reach a quarter of a million, is the
only large city between the Mississippi
and the coast. Across that 1000 miles
of territory what lack of density of
population. In five hours ride in the
the east person may take in Washing
ton, a quarter of million, Baltimore,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
Ice Cream Supper At Swanton.

The Ladies of the Epworth League
will have an Ice Cream Supper, in May S
Hall, Swanton, on next Saturday even
ing July 18th. Ice Cream and various
other refreshments will be served. The
proceeds will be used to purchase lamps
for the M. E. Church. Come Iand help
along this good work.
Committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
It's Now Superintendent Rathbun

Mr.. Franklin .E. Rathbun, for two
years vice-principal of the Oakland high
school, was elected Monday to the prin-
cipalship of the Piedmont, w. Va. high
school, as well as superintendent of the
other four schools in the town of Pied
mont. Mr.. Rathbun will assume his
new duties about the first of next Sep
TENDER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
ROAD PETITION.

This is to give notice that thirty days after
the first publication hereof application will
be made to the Board of County Commits
sioners of Garrett county, Maryland, for the
of Viewers to view and locate
a proposed new county road beginning for
the same at point near stephen Rhodes on
the Meadow Mountain road and running
thence through the lands OF Mrs A. j.
Rhodes, Geo. w Moon, Newton Merrill, Al
fred Lohr and - Armstrong. to intersect
the county road near Harry Hershman's
distance of about one mile.
GEORGE w. MOON,
NEWTON MERRILL,
ALFRED LOHR,
THEO. BECKMAN,
II and ID others, Petitioners
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
Farm for Sale.

Will offer for sale my farm, contain
ing about 176. Acres of land, about
oone-half of which is in grass; all under
fence; seven fine Springs of Water;
Good house and Outbuildings; Situated
one-half mile from Shaw, w. Va, on
Maryland side. Sale takes place at
Simon P. Copeland's at IL o'clock,
March 18th, 1907
EPHRAHAM HARVEY,
Elk Garden, "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
Land for Sale.

We have for sale the'following valua-
BILE tracts of land:
One Military Lot of so acres, a small
portion of which is under cultivation.
All good land, and every acre tillable:
Watered by several good springs and
a never failing small run. Contains
some good timber One-half mile
from R. r. siding, and one and one
half miles from Oakland
Also part of two Military Lots contain
ing about so acres. This property is
directly East of Oakland, on the South
side of the B. & o. R. R. siding on the
North side of tracks. Contains valu-
able grazing land, portion of which
is in cultivation. Valuable R. R. 'front.'
age.
Also 10 acres suitable for building sites,
Just East of Oakland on the North side of the
Oakland and Mt. Lake Park road
For further information, address
THE H. WEBER & SONS CO.,
6-tf Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11

Mrs. NJ. M. Ashby and daughter, Miss
Orpha, were at Bittinger Saturday and
Sunday.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-03-23

The proposed remedy is not a
drive at fortunes as fortunes, which
could but serve 10 eliminate a Rock
efeller as a mOneyed factor In the pc
troleum ipdustry aud leave un-
scathed a Standard oil Trust 10 go
on In IT'S grasping career as a stock
holding succession OF many men OF
ordinary wealths.
The remedy seeks 10 eliminate
monopoly. that eapitalistic device
which is a soourge 10 the public
whether subsisting as the possession
OF a centi-millionaire or Of thous-
ands OF shareholders OF moderate
means.
No further does the graduated
property tar assume the Intent 20 go.
having confidence In the rest 10 be
done by that nature-made eomPeti-
tive function which needs only 70 be
yitaliEed into universally Of free
play for Il 10 OF itself dissipate the