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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08
Governor Very Active.

governor Swanson has de-
Fosed much time and energy to
max the exhibit a success, and
gFeat credit is due him for the
energy and ability he has
snewn in the matter.
secretary b. c. Banks is
Wei known by the business in
tsffsts of Virginia. and had
e''arge Of the Virginia Mining
department. at St. Louis, which
s'sI acted universal attention.
e' Won the first award. He
also elected president of
Mines and Metalurgy As
auon of the Louisiana Pur-
sa Se Exposition, and had
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08

Dorchester came up Saturday
and defeated our kids l6 to S.
Esser has a good team. That
fellow Barr is satisfied with
nothing short of a hit that goes
over the fence and lands on
fair territory in an adjoining
county. Wise News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08
0ogtrnor Swanson Took the Lead and
Drew Around Him Strong Mea.


One OF the most beautiful and
Elaborate exhibits being shown
at the jamestown Exposition
js that Of the Virginia Mineral
aud Timber Exhibit Associa-
tion, which gives to the visitor
st once a comprehensive in
sigh into the wonderful miner
alsnd timber resources Of the
STATE
Gov. Swanson became inter
ested in the great task Of get
ting up a suitable exhibit along
this line, and surrounded him
SELF with many of the ablest
and wealthiest men I'm the
State The railroad companies,
the mine-owners. the timber
producers Joined hands with
the Governor, and their liberal
responses and earnest efforts
have buiided the splendid ex-
hibit which isnow being shown.
and which in beauty and com
prehensiveness is wonderful
70 hook upon.
The Virginia Mineral and
Tinber Exhibit Association
was organized at Roanoke ON
November 28. 1906. for the pur-
pose of exploiting the resources
Of Virginia. and to show the
progressiveness of her mineral
and timber operations.
Governor Swanson. l.. r..
Johnson president of the Nor
folk and Western railway:A.H.
Reeder. general manager of
the stonega Coke and Coal
Company; NJ " Richards.
Of the Southern Railway Com
pany. made earnest appeals Co
organize am association. which
was done with the following
Officer and committees.
Claude a. Swanson. presi-
dent Richmond. Va. Rufus A.
Ayers. vice-president. Big Stone
Gap Va; Bruce G.. Banks. Sec
Fetary Bland, Va; w. w. Ba-
ker, treasurer. Hallsborro. Va:
Honorary vice presidents
Thomas T. Ryan. New York
n. B.; ID. b. Vent. Phnadel-
phia Pa; John w. Eckman.
Pulaski, Va; John b. Newton.
Bristol, Va; Robert j. Camp.
suffolk, Va; Isaac II. Mann
Bramwen, w. Va: S. d. Cren-
shaw Richmond, Va; II. X
Mciiarg, Jr. Bristol. Va. \
Charles Il. Catlett, Staunton.
va John L. Roper, Norfolk.
d. T.. Is. Williams, Richmond.
va William Foster. Schuyler,
Va.
birectOrs.-Claude A. Swan
son, Richmond, Va; Rufus A.
Ayers, Big Stone Gap, Va;
=. E. Doyle, Richmond. Va
y j. Payne, Richmond, Va;
=. V. Richards, Washington.
=. l.; W. D. Duke, Richmond.
va; +. II. Labaume, Roanoke.
Vs w. w. Baker, Hallsborro.
Governor Very Active.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08

It's too bad 90 see the people
who 90 from day 60 day suffer
ing from physical weakness
when HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea would make them well.
The greatest tonic known. 35
cents. Tea OF Tablets. Ham
blen Bros
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08

The exhibit of the Virginia
Mineral and Timber Exhibit
Association occupies a separate
/ "a e e structure containing
twenty-seven thousand feet of
floor space. It adjoincs the ex-
position Mines Building. and is
connected herewith by the
I. 5. Experimental Testing
Plant, through which one can
pass from one building 10 the
other. The building was pur-
chased by the building and in
stallation committee, represent
ing the association, which com
mittee has shown great ability.
and have filed their Offices in
such a manner as TO receive the
praise of everybody who has
seen both the building and the
interior decorations and install
of exhibits.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08
Grginia' S Mineral and Tim
Der Resources.

charge Of the Exhibitors AssO-
citation at the close of the fair.
lie now has charge of the Vir.
ginia Mineral and Timber Ex-
hibit at Jamestown.
Mr.. ID. 5. Blair, who was form
erly connected with the Tide
water Railway. is Mr.. Banks
first assistant. and is regarded
as a most capable man for the
place
The chairman of the various
committees and those compos-
ing the latter have worked ear
nestly for the success of the
exhibit, which is one of the
handsomest and most elaborate
ever shown i'm this country.
The Association purchased a
companion building to the
Mines and Metallury Building.
which cost them about $50. 600.
and they have expended $4,000
IN decorations.
There are elegant reception
rooms, gentlemen $ buffet. with
all modern convenienccs. bag
gage-room, mail department.
phone and telegraph anna other
conveniences for the members
of the Association and their
friends while attending the ox-
position
ln round figures. the building
and the exhibits together cost
'loo.Ol1
The Exhibitor.
The exhibitors who have sne.
cial exhibits are the Norfolk
and Western Railroad. Chesa.
peakeand Ohio Railway. Sonth-
ern Railway. Clmchfcli Coal
Corporation. Stoneca Coke and
Coal Company. Virginia Coal
aud Coke Company. Nirriria
Anthracite Coal Company Inn.
bodeu Coal and Coke ComDan,
Blackwood Coal and Coke Com.
pany, Pulaski Iron Company.
perrin" Mineral Company Coz
-oni'i Goa. ANA Coke Company,
III mont Ooai ANA coke Come
pam, l"~e"el' Dooi Land Conn
'.'''s Ioe Oo"i company, y ir-
AiNlt-l aroma. Chemical IIm-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-05-08
Interior Varies.

While the exterior Of the
building is in exact accord with
the Exposition Mineral Build
ing, the interier is dissimilar in
every respect; in fact, there is
no building on the ground
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28

and out of majority of the games,
did not play up to his record with the
stick. He took part in 81 games, WIS
at bat 294 times and his batting aver
age was PIG. In the same number OF
games he fielded .974. How do You
manage to get so many home runs"
he was asked. 81 don't know" was
the reply. 81 just swing on the ball.
Usually | try for place hitting, but on
the San Francisco grounds find that
| can pull the ball around to right field
and put it over the fence" Last year
he made 10 home runs and on some
ground much harder to turn the tricE
than in San Francisco. He has an easy
way of handling himself on the field
goes after flies in a way that inspire
confidence, and if he can keep up his
work, one of the major league clue
will be seeking his services one ~
these days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
New York Stocks,

New York, June 2S.-FOllowing are
the quotations on the market today:
Gas 91A, U. p. 1875. L. S. Steel pre-
ferred $3.50. U. S. Steel common 81.
Reading 1045s. Rock Island preferred
As Is, Rock Island common 215s. South
ern Pacific 70, n. Y. Central 11134
Missouri Pacific 7618. L. & n. 115,
Shelters 1173s, c. F. I. 3134. Canadian
Pacific 172H. Illinois Central 40.
Penna 12114, Erie 23I4. c. & o. "a. P.
r. T $3.50. B. & o. 951a. Atchison 9O4
Locomotive 5712. Sugar 121&4, st. Paul
1855. Copper SIS. Republic Steel pre-
ferred S21a. Republic Steel common 81
Southern Ry. 197s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28

ships opened. A total of 1872 estates
have been closed, and 218 new estates
have been brought into court for the
process of probate. In addition to this
there are numerous cases which have
been pending for some time, and which
occupy the attention of the judge from
time TO time, but do not appear in the
figures of the estates opened or closed.
Insanity Inquiries.
Since July 1, 1906, the judge presid-
ing in the county court has had to acC
in total of 53 inquiries as to insanity,
besides acknowledging number of
certificates and restoring persons who
have recovered from insanity. TO their
rights. The court has in the year pre-
sided at 10 hearings on petitions for
the appointment of conservator, and
has heard II petitions for delinquency
and dependency. During the year IL
orders of adoption have been entered
after the judge had examined all of the
necessary witnesses.
Keeps Judge Busy.
When it is considered that all OF
these matters requires time, that there
are dozens of technical points that must
be cared for in the probate of an es
tate or a guardianship and that eacr
separate report or petition must be
carefully heard, it can be seen that the
judge of the county court is kept busy
with such volume of business as is
shown by the figures. An estate is il
court as rule about Is months, while
guardianships and conServatOrs run fC1
years. The law requires many reports
to be filed in such cases. and all mus
be reviewed and approved by the judge
The time that must be given to Law
matters may be seen from the speCia
| assessment cases now before the cOur:
which has continued before the jur!
for over two weeks, and still the cas-
of the defense has just been com
menced
The county was without count!
judge for some months this year. AM
the statistics gathered show that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
THE MARKETS.

Chicago. June Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat.
July. 95B, 961a. 94A. 95l4.
September. 9S34, 80, 9S. 1855.
December, 1015s, 1925. 1908, 1913.
Corn.
July. 535s, 53A. 531a, 531a.
September, "a, 54Il, 5324. 81.
December, 5212, 527s, 523s, 521a.
Data.
July, 1885, 4312, 424, 1925.
September, IS, 3S1s, 375s. 37&.
December, SO, 80, 1855, 3S4.
Pork.
July. 1895, 1907, 1895. 1905.
September. 1925. 1855. 1920, 1852.
Lard.
July, ST., $50, SIS. SIT.
September, 9.05, 9.O5, S.97, 800.
Riba.
July. $50. $50, S.55. S.55.
September, So, $50, SIT, S.77.
Receipts today.-Wheat %; corn.
S4S; oats. AS; hogs, 10000; cattle. .
000; sheep, 5000; hogs left over, 800.
Hog market opened weak to a shade
5.S56610; mixed and
butchers, 5.S0m607; good heavy. SO
@5.97; rough heavy. 5.55G5.75.
Cattle market opened steady
Sheep market opened slow.
Omaha.-Hogs, 10000; cattle. 500.
Kansas City.-Hogs, 5000; cattle. |,
600.
Union Stock yards $40 a m: Hoo
market steady. Light 5S56610; mixed
and butchers, 5.S0@6.O7; good heavy
555@5.97; rough heavy, 5.5565.75.
Cattle market steady-Beeves. 40
goo; COWS and heifers. 1.75@4.70
stoCkers and feeders. 2.90d5.25.
Sheep market weak.
Hog market closed steady.-Lignt
5.S5@615; mixed and butchers, $500
Go; good heavy, 5.55G597; rougI
heavy. 5.55m5.75.
Cattle market closed steady.
Sheep market closed weak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
HAS MUCH TO Do
Figures Gathered for Justice
Olsen of Chicago Show Work
of the County Court.
STATISTICS FOR LAST YEAR
Among Other Matters IS Special As
sessment Matters Were Heard
100 Criminal Cases.

In gathering statistics of the county
court in response to a request from
Harry Olson, chief justice of the NUM-
cipal court of Chicago, Deputy County
Clerk John Rinck has brought to light
some very interesting facts in regard
to this branch of the machinery of jus
tice in the county. Justice Olson in
CURED as to the number of cases start
ed and disposed of in the court in a
year, seeking the information for use
in discussion of the subject in the
near future.
Big Volume of business.
In this county the county court has
the functions of both the county and
probate courts to perform. and as soon
as another census is taken the count '
will be classed with those entitled to
two separate courts for this work.
The statistics gathered by Mr. Rncb
show that there have been a total of 4!
special assessment cases disposed o.
since July 1 last year, 81 co nmon Law
cases have been heard. and 100 Grim
inal matters have been attended to by
the court.
The Probate Side.
On the probate side of the docke
there have been 80 guardianship mat
ters disposed of and At new guardian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28

great many important proceedings
would have been delayed had it not
been that Judge H. c. Ward of Sterling
responded to the request of the county
clerk and presided in the county court
two days each week during the time in
tervening between the sudden death Of
alton of the present county judge, R.
w Olmsted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
ONLY TWO COVER COURSE
Mrs. w. L. Allen Wins at Golf Match
Practically Without Competition.

The women's fortnightly handicap at
the Rock Island Arsenal Golf club yes
terday afternoon was won by Mrs. W.
l.. Allen with net score of 10. Mi )
Putnam, the only other contestant 10
return finished score, had a net score
of 101, but as she was the winner of a
previous match she was not eligible
for yesterdays match. Others who
played here were Mrs. J. p. Donahue
Mrs. F. G. Allen and Mrs c. P Skin
nor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28

On the probate side of the docke:
there have been 80 guardianship mat
tiers disposed of and At new guardian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, June 2S.-Following are
the wholesale quotations in today's mar
kets:
Provisions and Produce.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens $3.50
to $500 dozen; hens, per ID, &c to lie;
ducks, per pound, 9 to 10c; turkeys. per
pound. lac to 15c; geese. per pound,
8 to 1Oc.
Butter-Dairy, 1Sc to zoe.
Lard--10c to lie.
Eggs-Fresh. 15c.
egetables-Potatoes, old SOC to Coo;
new S1.3O.
Live Stock.
Hogs-Mixed, $3.50 to $500.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
1915; lambs. $3.50 to s6.75.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 to $500: cows
and heifers, 81 to $500; calves, $3.50 to
$500.
| Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, SIC to 5Sc; oats, 45c to
Acc.
FoTage-Timothy hay, $12 to Ala;
prairie, $40 to S13; clover, mixed, SO
to s12: straw, $3.50 to IS.
Coal-Lump, bushel, 13 to 14c; slack,
per bushel, to SC.
| WOODLAND, per load, SIS to $3.50
| Tonight.
| If you would enjoy tomorrow, take
Chamberlains' Stomach and Liver Tab
lets tonight. They produce an agree
able, laxative effect, clear the head and
tcleanse the stomach. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28
FROM THE DOPE BOX.
Continued From Page Three.


third in the lucky seventh. Pitcher
Lundin nailed one on the snoot for 4
long single, scoring both men. Lundy
does hit sometimes, and one will find
that his hits usually come when he
needs them most. Peoria did not have
as large lead as was anticipated.
Those Islanders really looked danger
Gus in that seventh inning. Three ruls
on two hits and two bases on balls is
going some. Lundin had the Distillers
eating out of his hand all the way
through the game, and if he had
helped himself and the men behind
him played any kind of ball he would
surely have won. He had the heavy
hitting Still City boys on his calling
list. Davidson, Bewer, Erickson and
the pitcher failed to connect safely.
The rest of the outfit each secured one
single.
There was reunion of old Three
Eye leaguers at Brooklyn when Boston
played there yesterday. Sweeney play
ed third for Boston and Alperman sec
ond for Brooklyn. Dorner. formerly
with Decatur, pitched for the bean eat
ers and Stricklett. former Rock Is
| lander, for the trolley dodgers. All
| four worked we'll Alperman made
three of five hits of his team. Boston
| Won 4 to l.
San Francisco Chronicle.-Weighi
less than 100 pounds and apparently
lacking the driving power for hitting
the ball with a force that sends it into
the air and over the fence, Walter Car
Isle, the Los Angeles left fielder. has Il
record thus far in the season that thu
balance of the players in the COas,
league will find it hard to equal by tn =
time the final games are played
Truck" Egan, always regarded as the
hOmerun getter of the Pacific coast
has fallen by the wayside. Carlisle, t.
date. has nine home runs TO his credit
while Egan has to be cOntented with
five. Just 20 years of age. Carlisi
commenced playing ball with Mime
apOlis in the American Association sis
years ago. Since then he has beet
playing on teams throughout the mid
die west and last year he was with
Rock Island in the Three-Eye league
His club finished fourth and Carlisle
who was injured early in the season
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-06
in
o o r

the state shall be published in the
newspapers circulating in the vicin-
ity to which the laws apply. is not as
good a measure as the one backed by
the Peoples Lobby, which provides
fro the publication of legislative
record containing a stenographic re-
port of the exact proceedings in de-
tail. 1t is not often so much the laws
that are passed that the citizens want
to know about as 1t is how their par
ticular representative acted in regard
to the question. The enemies to this
idea declare that 1t would cost the
state 100000. This is not true.
The expense would not be over $1O.-
900, and it would be money well in
vested
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-06
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the middle states and New Eng
land today overcast to partly cloudy
weather and considerably lower tenn
perature will prevail, preceded by
snow; generally modaraie or light In
the eastern districts, with fresh and
brisk westerly to northwesterly
winds, followed generally by clelr-
Ing. On Thursday fair and colder
weather will prevail with fresh
northwesterly and northerly wind,
and on Friday fair to partly overcast
weather, followed by slightly higher
temperature in this section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-06
SpITZRERGEN.

''For the first time / learned. from
an eye witness, something about
Spitzbergen. that desert, Arctic is
land, 500 miles north of the North
Cape of Norway. and within TOO
miles of the North Pole; FROST
desolated land. where the grass grows
no longer than the trees, and huge
glaciers in the ice bridged valleys
amid the Jagged mountains move ma
jestically down into the sea- until the
might icebergs, monstrous birth.
break off and rise to the surface amid
thunderous reports--once. the only
sound that broke the profound silence
of those awful solitudes. =.
"Spitzbergen is the only spot of
earth that is positively known as No
Mans Land; 1t Is the possession of no
country, and has nothing even resenl-
bling a specified government. The is
land seems likely to remain No Mans
Land: though it is said that an effort
has been made by Norway to estab-
lisn some sort of protectorate over
it.'-From Publishers Department,
in National Magazine for March.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-06
WHEN LONGFELLOW
CAME TO HARVARD.

He was expected, as We're his lei
low-poets Holmes and Lowell, 70
study law; but after a few nomlnai
efforts at that study he abandoned IT,
MS they did also Then he was ap-
pointed 10 a professorship OF For
eipn Literature at Harvard, ana was
sent to Europe for preparation, TAX
ing with him his young wife. who un-
donbtedly had, in serene way, great
infnence on his whole career, ana
must therefore be especially men-
toned. Many of her books and pas
ners lie before me. Her father, the
Honorable Barrett Potter, of Port
land. Maine, had whims of his own
nbout the education of girls, and for-
bade his daughters to study Greek
and Latin. though he welcomed them
to the higher mathematics. Ihers
lie before me several calculations OF
eclipses, as book problems; and they
are interspersed with translations
by Longfellow in his own handwrlt-
ing. In his lectures at Bowdoin,
moreover, which are still unpublisn-
ed, there are quotations in her hand
writing, so they plainly worked TO-
gether. She died, however, during
that European journey, and he came
back, not to Bowdoin. but to Har-
ward. Here 1t is that my personal
knowledge of him begins, though
some eight years later. But ] must
have seelf him in the meantime, as
his younger sister, afterwards Mrs.
James Greenleaf, was an intimate
friend of my sisters and often made
visits at our house She was a wo-
man of exquisite blonde beauty. and
later became resident of Cam
bridge. dying only recently. Whether
saw Longfellow when was school
boy or not, it was impossible not to
recognize the new elements which
he brought with him into Cambridge.
For the first time, among our some
what rustic and untraveled profes-
sors, there entered an amiable and
polished gentleman, who treated the
students as if belonging to his own
world and circle.-The Book News
Monthly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-06
.BoRNE ON THE BREEZE.

Nam are cald, but few are frozen.
When bills are in arrears, creditors
take aff:ont.
Love may be blind, pat marriage
is an eve-opener.
Most every one waits TO go to
Heaven, but few are in hurry abont
1t.
Let us hope the fire-bell will not
ring during the ball of Eagle Hose
and Chemical Company. Such things
have been known to happen.
There's no love lost between some
Ntrjh ALihoy l.rni er,y owners AID
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
House robbed while being moved
along street. Those thieves sprung
a novelty worthy of Deter cause.
1t must make the garbage con
tractors do some thinking when they
realize the extra Thousand or SO ;haL
niigst have b5ep laade.
Although we are hearing much of
new safety devices for railroads and
steamships, the accidents don't grow
less.
New Brunswick authorities refuse
TO name Mrs: Williamson, the proba-
| tion officer. as special officer. on the
ground that she is not citizen OF
that city. My, aren't tiey getting
careful at the county seat!
North -Amboy property-owner tells
Board of Aldermen thats two horses
used to draw snow-plow over side
walks all over city In tdree hours.
They must have had fast horses and
light snowfalls then.
Hartman might take hold of the
Panama canal job. 1t ought TO go
through fast with him at the head
of things.
Some Philadelphians, when the,
laid down their first nickel for an
elevated railroad ticket Monday, ask
ed for free lunch, as a matte OF
habit.
The biggest sun spot OF the bunch
that have been causing so much
speculation among scientists as to
their probable effects on the earth,
has now Shrunk to diameter of
20 600 miles, Huh, who's afraid
nows