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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11
Eleven Great Counties.

Starting from Richmond. on the
north side OF the river. and journeying
towards Lynch burg, the traveller would
pass through the counties of EIenrico,
Goocnladnd Payanna hlbemarle NeI
south side of the historic James, he
would travel through Campbell. n Apo
mattox buckingham, Cumberland,
PoWhatan and Chesterfield, or at least
he would touch their borders. Can
another group. Of eleven counties be
found in Virginia or any other State
that are superior In any respect to
these: And yet the richness and beauty
of the portions of these counties, which
touch on the grand old stream and
form the Upper James River Valley
are almost unknown to the outside
world
In Henrico and Goochland there are
valuable coal deposits once known to
fame jas the Dover mines. The coal is
there yet, and only needs modern en-
Gent transportation facilities to make
them protitable. On the other side of
the river in Ghestertield county there
are meXhansm6le cnal denosits whiSh
Midlothian mines are now being put
in shape for work by strong COM
pany composed mainly Of Kichrl0nd
capitalists.
Wonderful Water Power.
In buckingham there are immense
deposits OF slate, and there are gold
mines which many years ago made
numbers of men rich. They can be pro-
ntably worked again, In Fluvanna
also there are rich veins of gold that
await the enterprise and energy Of
somebody. All along the valley there
are other minerals, which, 1t is be-
l,lieved, can be protitably developed.
| The water power that Is going tn
waste on the upper James is some
thing beyond computation. At short
INTERVALS, all the way from Richmond
| to Lynchburg, thousands upon thou-
sands OF horse power in water can be
| developed, Convert this into electri-
cal powerEand the manufacturing that
could be carried on along the upper
| James would make half OF Massachu-
sctts ashamed OF itself.
A Little Figuring.
/ Imagine but a tithe OF this water
lpoWer developed, and manufacturing
enterprises put In operation; ina inc
the swarins of workmen they woulC
attracts imagine the little and big
towns that would line the river, ant
'lthen imagine what in immense amount
Iyf bread and meat, vegetables ant
I othersproducts of the farm would be
REQUIRED to feed all of these people
1.-The rich lands Of the upper valley arc
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Conner NILncs.

HI1NToNVILLE,, VA, August 1O,-It
is reported that S, NJ, Boyd, OF Pitts
burg Pa, has optioned copper-mining
for development near this
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ley. only o.Sas acres having been har-
vested in 1906. The yield was 6S,5S3
bushels, valued at S3s.4O6. or $1,000 per
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
Increased Activity, With Demand
Tending Toward Smaller City
Residence Property.
GOOD SALES THAT WERE MADE

z Ask the average real estate agent
about business and the reply will be
to the effect that 1t is dull, but no
duller than 1t usually is at this sea-
son of the year when so many people
who buy and sell property are out Of
town. But put the pumping apparatus
on, and byHnnd by the agent win admit \
that there is something, and a good
deal of it. doing. The factis that the
real estatcamarket4 is nothing like so
quiet and dull as 1T appears OH the
surface. There is a great deal of bust
ness being done through the various
agencies in the city in quiet sort OF
a way. AS rule. n real estate agent
does not hunt up a customer Will, n
brass band and after one has been
found in the quiet way and a deal
practically effected. 1t is next to i'm
possible to get any information con-
Corning 1T, especially il it is a deal OF
| q large character. until the deeds have
been recorded.
| However, in one way and another.
enough has leaked out to show that
quite an amount of property has
changed hands or put In the process of
changing within the past week.
Small Property Active.
II is true that there have been no
large deals, but many small ones nave
run the aggregate up 70 soi'iot'a'''s
/ more than $4,000.
Al the agents report the bulk of tho
inquiry to he for small residence prop
| erty, on tho part OF both Investors and
/ home seekers. The investor seems 10
/ take 81 great deal more interest now
/ in small property than In big houses
4 and lots that because Of location DrlnS
! fancy prices
said a we'll known real estate agent,
y ,,,a,, n ere
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Chestnut Hill, 5HlShland Park =brOOR-f,
land Park, Forest Hill. Ginter Park
Sherwood Park. Brookdale, Blooming-l
dale the Hermitage Road section and /
Westhampton, all We're opened up, and
have been successful. The territories
bordering the Seven Pines Road and
also the Petersburg Road are also res
spending to the wave OF extens1onEl
and are not being neglected by the
home seeker Chestnut Fiji and High
land Park are reached by the North
side Line from Seventh and Broad
Streets, and many handsome and at,
tractive homes have been built there
within the past few years, some OF (
Richmond's most substantial citizens
having been Chestnut Fill pioneers.
This suburb has DEVELOPER consistent
" with stores, churches, scho OILS, and
the character of the residences IS
good. the houses costing all the way
from one to ten thousand dollars
each. The streets are we'll graded.
averaging sixty feet in width, and for
the most part lined With shade trees.
The avenues Of Highland Park are
OF the same character as those In
Chestnut HILL and range from fifty
to eighty feet in width. The lots
In both these suburbs average thirty
to thirty-fve by 40 feetin size, and
the policy has been to endeavorato sell
not less than two lots to each pur-
chaser in order to prevent crowdlnG.
barton Heights.
! Barton Heights is the most thick!y
built up of Richmonds suburbs and
ono of the most popular, All OF the
homes are most attractive IN character,
have well-kcpt lawns and shade 'rees.
| the sewer and water systems are eX-
lcellcnt, and schools, churches stores
land other conveniences abound. me
| building plots are of good size, and ths
avenues are wide and for5the most part
\ shaded. The town has been incorpor-
ated, and has recently put down Srann.#
llithlc sidewalks. Its nearness To The
| business centre OF the city has added
Ito Its popularity.
r Brookland Park. adjoining Il on tho
4 north Is coming in for tq share OF de-t
Neopment. and building operations
lhaye been active in this section during
the past year
\ 7 GInter Park.
A. Beyond Barton Heights and BROOK
4 land Park IS Gintcr Park This section
\ was bought Up years agoBby Major
4 Lewis Glnter who spent fortune In
4 its development, He laid out avenues.
II which are from Go 70 10 feet In width.
A drained aud severed the property,
II planted hedges and trees and paved the
.lavenuos. He pursued the sans policy
with Sherwood Park and also the Her
4 mitage Road section, which lies be-
. You'd. His idea was to make thie
community OF the very highest
4 character, aud with that end ID
!, view, the property was snbdlytdeA
! Into villa sites. The Union TAeo<
!. logical Seminary acquired several
acres in the heart ofthe property. upon
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The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Diamonds for Doegic.

Mrs. James Henry Smith. who, with
Mrs. Hetty Green and Mrs. Russell
Sage. ranks as one of the three richest
widows in the world, has perhaps the
finest collection of diamonds of any
woman in the world. When she re.
turns to America she will have to pay
100000 duty if she brings all her jew
els with her. In the collection Is dog
collar several strands deep from which
depends a drapery of strings of dia-
monds, More than a dozen of these
strands fall loosely over the shoulders
to the edge of the corsase. In this
combination of dog collar and neck
lace are 1000 diamonds of one carat
each, their total value being $25O,OO0.
One of the arm ornaments is dia
mond serpent, coiling seven timea
around the arm from the shoulder to
below the elbow. The eyes of the ser
pent are pigeon-blood rubies. The
value of the stones is S250.00O. There
are in New York only two women
whose jewels exceed in value those Of
Mrs. Smith. They are Mrs. Astor and
Mrs Fred - Pearson. The latters
collection OF perfect pearls has been
appraised at 81 100000 Men familiar
with the affairs of James Henry Smith
estimated his fortune yesterday at
from s75 900, 900 to $S0,00O,00
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
HAS NO MEMORY AFTER FALL.
sixteen-Hear-old eoy Can Recall Moth
ing Prior to His Accident.

st. Peter, Minn.-In a fall frow a
load of straw at his fathers farm in
Lafayette township, Walter Johnson
a 16-year-old son of ]. Aaron Johnson.
received an injury to the brain that
has affected him curiously.
He has lost his memory completely
and can recall nothing that occurred
prior to the time he was hurt. The
boy was hurt while trying to prevent
younger sister from being injured
The two were riding on the straw.
and when the girl lost her footing her
brother clutched her by the arm. Both
went to the ground together, the boy
striking upon his head and losing con-
sciousness.
After he had gained the use of his
faculties he was questioned concern
ing the accident. He could remember
nothing of it, nor has he any recollec-
ton of things that happened only a
few days before. The boys doctorr
say that his case is n strange one
They are of the opinion that the first
Ii years of his life will always be 2
blank. He will have to begin his edu
cation anew and gradually develop his
memory.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
ODD POLICE OFFICIAL.
KANSAS JUSTICE HOLDS COURT
IN BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Lawyers Strictly Barred from Place
Unique Jurist is Six Feet Seven
Inches Tali-Weighs Near
Iy 500 Pounds.

Topeka, Kan.-Wlth his anvil for
bench, his sledgehammer for n gavel.
and his blacksmith shop for Il court
peace at Elmont village seven
miles north of Topeka, presides over
what is perhaps the most unique
tribunal in the world.
Standing six feet seven inches tall.
weighing 4S2 pounds. Justice Jacques
is a commanding figure, and when his
linnlike voice utters an edict, prompt
obedience of such edict is then in
@ der.
One of the peculiarities Of this re-
IL arkable man is the fact that he does
not permit lawyers to practice in his
court
AS peace officer" philosophers
Justice jacques, my first duty, as l
see it, is to promote peace, and as
lawyers and peace are not miXable
quantities, | have barred the lawyers
In the interest of peace"
Justice jacques has for n long while
been the village blacksmith and horse
shoer at Elmont, and his phenomenal
strength enables him, when occasion
requires, to conquer the most refrac-
tory horse by throwing him to the
floor and sitting on him while an as
sistant nails on the shoes. Men OF
collegiate education are seldom found
In horseshoeing shop, but Justice
jacques is an exception to the rule,
for he is highly educated. He is an
omniverous reader, devoting the
greater part of his leisure to high
class literature. and he has written
several important articles on social
and industrial topics.
Mr.. Jacques was not a candidate for
the office which he now holds. but
was drafted by the people of his town
ship in a nonpartisan movement, and
his election was unanimous. For some
time there had been more or less
petty litigation of neighborhood
character in Elmont. and as matter
Of civic pride some of the leading
citizens started boom for Jacques,
believing that he would be able to
WELD peaceful influence and pro-
mote the community spirit. He took
charge of the office January l this
year, and since that time he has ami
cably adjusted several local feuds of
long standing.
On the dingy walls of the combined
blacksmith shop and courtroom there
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
Mikado to Adopt American Cold StoF'
age Throughout Empire.

Philadelphia. ,Uchimura OF To-
kio. accompanied by 7. kawamura'
also of Toxic. and |. Kuzuhara, re-
cent Japanese resident of New YORK,
have arrived In this city on busl-
ness mission of vast importance to
Japan.
This mission is study of American
methods of artificial ice making and
cold storage. Mr.. Uchimura has been
for ten years counselor of the depart
ment of commerce and agriculture oil
Japan, and was also recently appoint
ed adviser to the civil administration
of Saghalien island, ceded by Russia
to Japan at the close of the late Rus
so-Japanese war. He has been in
this country only about four weeks.
T. Kawamura, who. unlike his chief,
speaks English fluently, in an inter
view said:
Japan has no ice making and cold
storage plants. We realize that they
are necessity with us, since we have
not enough room to supply our 3d.
900 900 population with foodstuffs. We
are making an investigation OF Amer
ican artificial ice manufactures and
cold storage plants. and Mr.. uchi-
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
HARRY X. THAW is SANE.
Murderer Of Stanford White Proves
Himself Competent.

New York-Harry X. Thaw to-day
was declared sane by the unanimous
report of the commission in lunacy.
The moment the decision was
handed down from Justice FitZ,
geralds desk District Attorney
Jerome was on his feet Wig
orously protesting against its con
tirmation by the court. He declared he
had been excluded from the last ses
sion of the commission, and demanded
to be allowed to have access to the
minutes and stenographic notes of
what transpired at the final mental and
physical examination of the defend
ant
When Judge Fitzgerald declined to
turn the minutes over to the district
attorney Jerome declared he would
carry the case to the appellate division
of the Supreme Court, asking that o
writ of prohibition or mandamus be
granted to prevent continuance OF
the Thaw trial until the higher court
had ruled upon the legality of the com
missions course.
Judge Fitzgerald reminded Mr.. Jc.
rome that he had waived the statutory
right of attending the last session OF
the commission by suggesting himself
that all the attorneys be excluded from
the sitting in QueStion. He then
granted the district attorney an ad-
journment until Monday morning in or
der that he might have time to pre-
pare his application to the appellate
division. jerome protested that the
time was not sufficient, but Justice
Fitzgerald cut him short with the an
nouncement that the trial must be con
cluded forthwith.
Unless Jerome should secure writ
of prohibition in the meantime. Justice
Fitzgerald is expected to announce on
Monday morning that he has confirmed
the report of the commission and order
that the trial proceed without further
delay.
Thaw was not in court to hear the
decision. The jury was also excluded
and both prisoner and jurors were out
of range of the district attorneys $
heated discussion with Justice FitZger-
aid. All the members of the Thaw
family, including the mother and wife
of the defendant, were present, how
ever, and their keen delight over the
announcement Of the favorable report
was turned into alarm at the uneX.
pected attitude of the district attor
ncy, whose threat to take the matter
before the appellate division of the
court seemed to involve another Sc.
rious delay in the lons-drawn out trial.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
DESCENDANT OF BETSY ROSS.

She can accurately answer all tbo
questions of all who visit the museum
Her amiability. her charming old-tim"
courtesy and her fund OF informat,G.
make her Invaluable in her position.
and yet she receives from the city d
smaller pittance than the avcrarc
scrubwoman.
While she is consulted by Colonial
Danes, Daughters of the Revolution
and members of other historical 50
cieties, and has been elected an hon
orary member of several of these.
Miss Wilson is too retiring and toy
proud to make her sti:litened conGi-
tion known. even to those who might
be willing to aid her.
There is. however, a movement On
ers who know her worth to interest
councils in increasing her salary To >;
least $50 a month.
Their little house in Sherwood Is
rich mainly in associations. Heir
looms inherited from Betsy Ross CON-
prise much of the furniture. High
backed chairs, spindle legged tableE.
old silver. china and pewter ware that
would delight the heart of the ant
quarian are in evidence everywhere.
An atmosphere of gcntility and old
world grace pervades the mod"zt
abode where these old people are pas :
ing their declining days in want.
In her leisure moments Miss Sarah
Wilson makes for sale copies of The
ffas her sreat-grandmother made.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
LAND PATENTS OF INTEREST.
Signatures of Two of the Early Presi
dents on Them.

w. X. Mccall of the Franklin Coun-
ty State bank 0f Ottawa. who is some
what OF a gati.erer of relics, has three
land patents which are pretty inter
esf'ug considering that the signatures
of so OF the early presidents of the
United States are contained in two of
them, says the Kansas City Journal.
Two of the instruments are patents of
land in the northwest territory. One
of them is to land in Belmont county.
Ohio. and the other to land in Jeffer-
son county. Jonathan Pickering re-
ceived track of land in the first
named county. The patent was signed
on June %. 1926. by President Adams.
The signature reads simply y. Q. Ad-
ans" The other patent was made to
William Johnson. and was signed by
James Madison, president of the Unit
ed States, on July 80. 1912. The third
instrument gives tract OF land In La
Sale county. Illinois, to James Cald-
we'll. The patent was signed by J. X.
Stephens, secretary to President pelk,
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12

welcome, so long rs
they do not bring lawyer with
them
When dispute is to he settled II IS
the custom of Justice Jacques to let
each party to the trouble relate in a.
informal way his side of the stnry.
Meanwhile. he incidentally stands 90
tween them to nip in The bud aUy
signs of rising temper When he tas
heard both versions he analyses tho
situation and suggests such terms Of
adjustment as to him appears faif.
Nine times out of ten, litigans are sat
isfied with the Jacques method OF sci
tlemcnt, and even though they may
have come before the blacksmith ipr-
ist as enemies, they leave as brothers.
MIR. jacques is little more than 40
years old, and by reason of his por-
derous size his clothing must be Dado
to order, and he sleeps upon special
ly constructed bedstead. He is Ba-
tive of Maryland and has lived in
Kansas since 1872.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
GOLDEN CALF OUTDONE.

SIS, were assessed against Rankin
Rankin later appealed the case and is
now preparing papers to present to
the supreme court
Last December Miller made another
attempt to recover the loss sustained
in paying Belgrade's debt in the crig-
inal case. Hot words ensued in Mil
ler's and Belgrade's talk and the lat
ter is said to have fired several shots
at Miller Warrants were at once is
sued in Justice Berry's court against
Belgrade by Miller for carrying con-
cealed weapons and with assault with
intent to kill.
Belgrade was tried on both charges
and acquitted of the assault with in
tent to kill, but convicted on the other
charge and fined $40. Half of this
was suspended during good behavior.
The costs of these two cases wer e
s7645. Miller then brought his charge
of assault with intent to kill against
Belgrade to the attention of the grand
jury, which body failed to return a
true bill. Following this, Belgrade.
through his attorneys. filed suit for
damages OF $1,000 against Miller.
which Is now before the district court.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
OF Interest to Beet Growers.

DR.. Samuel c. Hooker, chief chemist
of the Great Western Sugar Company,
has been sent to Europe to investigate
methods of manufacturing denatured
alcohol from by-products of sugar
beets, and after he makes a report to
the officers of the company it is prob
able that the manufacture of dena-
tured alcohol will become a part of the
business of the sugar factories in the
northern part of the state.
C. S. Morey, president of the Great
Western Sugar Company. has returned
from New York City. He went East
to attend the annual meeting of the
company, held in Jersey City March
9th. The same directors were re-
elected by the stockholders. and the
same officers were selected by the di-
rectors, so that the official staff Will
be the same as last year
mo money was appropriated Tor
new things" says Mr. Morey. Be
cause of the unsettled conditions we
will simply make required improve
ments. The tariff question is still
casting shadow over us, and the SUI
gar market is not in a promising con-
dition. We, however, look for good
year"
Under a law which became operative
January LIST the manufacture of dena-
tured alcohol for commercial purposes
is permitted without burdensome
tax. New uses are being found for the
product every day, and some chemists
predict that it will supersede Kerosene.
The Springfield herald., 1907-04-12
u. P. TO BUILD
NEW ROADS FOR COLORADO WILL
benefit SHIPPERS.
REDUCE HAUL TO THE COAST
Agreement Between Union Pacific and
Colorado & Southern Likely to
be Made for Joint Use of Track.


Omaha, Ncb.-The Union Pacific is
Quitting here n large party of en-
gineers, who will leave in few days
for Weld and Larimer counties, Colo.
rado, where they will survey for cut
off from Greeley to Hermosa, Wyom-
ing, connecting the Denver.Cheyenne
line with the main line at Hermosa.
The cutoff survey will run via Fort
Collins.
1t is understood that negotiations
are in progress between the Union Pa
cific and the Colorado & Southern for
a traffic agreement whereby the Colo
RADIO & Southern will be given use of
the Union Pacific track between Chey
enne and Denver, in return for use of
the Colorado & Southern track be,
tween Greeley and Fort Collins. II
this arrangement can be made the I'm
ion Pacific plans to build line from
Fort Collins to Hermosa. This would
give the load Il cutoff greatly reduo .ns
the haul from Denver to Pacific coast
points. If the traffic agreement with
the Colorado 6 Southern cannot be
perfected. the Union Pacific will build
from Fort Collins to Greeley, thereby
securing Its own track throughout.
The proposal is to the advantage OF
the Colorado & Southern in that 1t
would give the road a straight haul
from Wyoming points to its Colorado
lines. The Colorado & Southern owns
the Cheyenne & Northern. u detached
line connecting Cheyenne and Orin
Junction. At present the Colorado &
Southern turns the through business
of this line over to the Union Pacific
at Cheyenne, and it is hauled by the
Union Pacific to Denver, where tho
Colorado e Southern again receives it.
The determination to use the Gree
ley-Hermosa route was responsible
for the recent action of the Union Pa
cific in calling off the laborers on the
Carr-Borie cutoff. which would have
connected the Denver-Cheyenne line
at Carr with the main line at Borie.