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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08
.lIjsT..Al.NnlNasrHE TEsT.

some folks think the constitution is
mater of small concern among
fFieads ara others think people in pol
itiss iiaye no conscientious scruples.
me asersge individual has but q lin
ited conception Of what men in pub
Ia lie have to endure and the pres
snre t6at ls brought to bear upon them
q max them swerve from their sworn
me IL duty: Personal interests are
INST Win many people and the pub
lie servant is likely to run counter to
fhessspeople in trying to do his duty
AZ III oatcia1. The West Virginia
BoaId IL Public Works has had a
pretty hard row to noe Or the past two
81 three years in trying to bring the
values of the public service corpora
tionsSup 10 q level Of the assessments
81 tie property Of the common peo-
lie. ME Corporations have protested,
the law has been invoked, threats
made and all sorts Of things done, but
ii HI ain Governor Dawson and his
cabinet have stood firm in the import
ant work before them. TIE battle in
NE courts was fought out last year
Whensthe b. ana o. Railroad Company
Instituted suits before the circuit
Judges! Had 1t won, no doubt all the
cther public service corporations in
me state would have undertaken the
same thing and there would have been
almost countless suits and endless
deiayingetting matters adjusted. This
yeaT morai suasionp was the JUNCTION
employed in trying to soften the hearts
81 tie b. Of n. w. but 1t was found
hat TIE heart Of a "board" is next 10
fhat Of a stone and the importuners
weretpfned away empty handed. The
STANDARD oil Companys holdings IN
lie State were Increased in assess
rsient from s16,O0O,OOO to $S2.OOO,OOO
andS d raise was made in the Coal and
coke railway Of 100000. Strong
ana well known men appeared in be-
haIf Of these interests, but notwith'
standing their pleadings the valua-
lions were not changed and the an
4 ~ 49, nht, e,,te J,as 2hean made that no
appealESilllbe taken. The people often
aiI toSrealize the stress of a public
ofaciaps life and the strength of char,
aetersit takes to perform the duties Of
iiis Office for the good of the people
west yirginian has been very fortu'
nate III having strong men to guide
sIits snip 81 State and the administra'
aon3 Of Governor Dawson is proving
exception to the rule.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08
NOTICE.

Farmers Bulletins published by the
Agricultural Department, are ready 70"
distributor in the First Congressional
district. Lists of them may be seen
at all postoffices, or will be furnished
or application to me. Send me pos,
tai card specifying the bulletins want,
ed, and they will be mailed to you.
Persons desiring free seeds for next
spring, are invited to send their
names and addresses, stating whether
vegetable or flower seeds are desired,
W. P. HUBBARD,
Wheeling, W. Va.
Aug. s, Is, 90, 80.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

In order to add favor to the contest
test already so well under way new
prize is offered which will be Of in.
terest to probably more people than
any other heretofore offered and that
is a Miners Special prize which will
be another fine gold watch. This will
in no way conflict with the classes al
ready entered as all entering this
branch of the contest will have an
equal and the same show as any other
candidate in any Q! the other classes.
The votes in this class will be allowed
on subscription the same as in all the
other classes and during this week all
coupons printed in the paper will be
good for 25 votes and afterwards will
be reduced to five votes the same as
the other classes now receive.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

A Marion county man writes a let,
ter to the Morgantown Post III
which complaint is made that Chas
W. swlsher is not wanted by all the
people Of Marion county for govern
or Of the State. In trying to silence
some Of the swisher booming he
remarks: "Ask them why the man
who gave swisher such a big write
up from Charleston did not sign
his name. He had the same right
that Cassyille had" The Marion
county man however, conceals his
identity behind the name of IRE
publican" 1t is peculiar how some
persons can find the beam in their
neighbors' eyes regardless of the mote
that is in their own.-Clarksburg Te:c'
gram
He ought to have signed his name
"sorehead," which would have ex'
planned his hostility to Swisher.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

Oh. say, Fairmont, Grafton is not
Worried 1t does not drink the same
ter you DOC tafton Sentinel.
VINO was saying anything about wat
ersto dtinls We are concerned abolt
water to run our factories, wash the
tfsetss etc. You must be thinking OF
soF Morgantown.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

4 new play on me order q u do
nsstle ne lodrama g te produced IN
swashink ton il called Never TOO lsste
Ia Mend
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. A "A. Meats, of Phil.
adelphia, who have been making tour
of the northwest, are the guests Of
Mrs. Meats sister, Mrs. Jennie Hupp,
of Fifth ward. They will also visit
Mr.. Meats two brothers, E. /. and D.
D. Meats.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08
TO HEAR COMPLAINTS.

TO HEAR COMPLAINTS.
The town council of Evansville will
sit on Friday night to hear complaints
on erroneous assessments or other
complaints in the matter of taxes. ct
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

No fleRs candidates for governor this
wesi seems to be dragging a little
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

Special sale of pictures Saturday,
August 10th. Globe Book Store. 7.3t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08

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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
FEW TRAINS SENT
OUT IN SOUTH

Los ANGELES, Jan. 1S.-Soft road
beds, the danger of the unexpected
landslides and the questionable safety
of certain tunnels and cuts have led TO
the practical annulment of all north
bound trains on the Southern Pacific.
Until further orders practically all
trains will be run, not with reference
to regular schedules but as extras, de-
pending upon train dispatchers' orders
for the time that they shall make.
The train which was to have left
last night as the Owl did not depart
until this forenoon and the 1880 train
last night did not leave until this af-
ternoon. Both these trains went via
the San Joaquin Valley division.
On the coast line conditions are even
more serious than in the San Joaquin
Valley. At places the track between
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo is
buried under landslides and at some
points where the track gangs had
cleared the Instructions, fresh land
slides have again covered the track.
Demoralized as is the train service at
present there is really less danger of
wrecks and less danger to passengers
than il conditions were normal Every
mile of track is carefully patrolled.
scout trains were out all last night and
the annulment Of most OF the trains
was due to the fact that the Southern
Pacific officials did not desire to take
chances of causing the loss of life. 1t
is promised that all trains viii be
running on schedule time by Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
Would Require a
Party Declaration
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1S.-Strict parti-
san registration as a prerequisite 10
participation in primary elections of
delegates to party conventions and as
a guard against the packed caucus is
sought by a bill fathered by>Senator
Cartwright of Fresno.
The Cartwright bill, though concise
in its terms, would, if enacted, produce
substantially the results of the New
York registration law. and would help
keep Democrats out of Republican eau
cuses and vice versa. 1t provides that
any elector desiring to vote at any
primary election held under the present
primary and delegate convention sys-
tenn must register in person and by his
own hand, if he can write, his party
affiliations, such registration to be ac-
companied by an expressed bona fide
intention TO support the candidates of
the party for whose delegates he de-
sires to vote.
If his good faith is challenged he
must submit to oath or affirmation. And
IL il is shown that he has within a
year voted for delegates to the conven-
tion of another party the primary ball
lot of the party which he later claims
afiliation with may be denied him.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
HEAD
DISAPPEARS

VALLEJO. Jan. 1S.-The little town
of Vacaville is in the throes of excite
ment and gossip over the sudden dis
appearance of w. ID. Reynolds, who is
being sought by the police of this sec
tion, as he is alleged to have made
away with several hundred dollars OF
the money belonging to the Vacaville
Mercantile Company, the largest es-
tablishment of its kind in northern So
lano County.
Several months ago Reynolds was Sc
lected as the manager of the concern,
which is Incorporated, and though he
was successful as a business man, his
desire to tread the primrose path
aroused suspicion. When an investi-
cation was ordered, Reynolds dropped
from sight
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
Boxer Ae Retains the Featferweght Championship Et
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR STANFORD'S
BALL TEAM

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. IS
At the first call of Coach flanagan sew
enty-six candidates for the varsity
baseball team responded this afternoon
and heard an interesting talk on the
policy which flanagan intends to pur-
sue in the choice and development of
the cardinal nine.
It is evident that flanagan intends to
tolerate no loafing this season, and that
he hopes to break the long string of
baseball defeats by getting players who
can wallop the leather irrespective of
their ability to field.
Stanford's weakness in the past has
been the inability of her players to
bring in runs. though they have al
ways been fairly strong in inside de-
fensive work.
NO matter how clever a man may
be in covering his position. if he can
not handle the bat he viii have no
place on the team" said flanagan. Il
intend to institute a series Of practice
games for the first month OF six weeks,
keep a careful tab on the hitting Of
the whole squad. and at the end of that
time / Will put those men on the first
squad who have the highest batting
averages. even though I know well they
are weak in the field
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
FOR STREET
REPAIR SMELLS

The street repair crusade. which has
suddenly become the most popular
movement of the day in business cir
cles, will take active form when thirty
men under the direction of a repre-
sentative of the Street Repair Associa
tion will begin their attack at the
southern end of Fifth street Monday
and. work their way strenuously to-
ward Market through mud and water,
piles of soggy debris and abandoned
lime and mortar beds, leaving a smooth
and potless trail behind them, prepara-
tory to the repairing OF the thorough
fare.
A. w. Scott, chairman of the eXecu
tive committee of the association. stated
yesterday that the appeal of the or
ganiZation to business men generally
for assistance in the undertaking had
met with eager response on all sides
and that the fund to defray the ex-
penses of the crusade had already been
swelled to about $4,000, with a prospect
that before the end of another week
it would reach $4,000.
The crew that begins work Monday
will be simply forerunner of the big
army that will be on the march against
street distractions, filth and mire, pud
dies and ruts all through the downtown
section within few days. The busi-
ness men had entered into the spirit
of the movement with even greater
eclat than had been expected, said
Scott, and the generous donations of
the last two or three days would en-
able the association to get immediate
results
The committee in charge of the work
spent yesterday securing the necessary
implements for the use of the cleaning
and repair gangs and in looking over
the Fifth street situation with a view
to determining what materials will
be needed to put the pavement In such
shape that teaming will be accelerated
The Improvement of Fifth street
will open up one of the most impor-
tant arteries of downtown traffic, and
this will be followed as rapidly as pos
sible by similar treatment OF all the
other important teamdng highways.
At the rate money is pouring in for
the fund 1t is estimated that the re-
quired 100000 which 1t was proposed
to raise will be subscribed within a
few weeks and that the work outlined
can be accomplished in less than three
months.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
SULLIVAN s FIRM IS
REORGANEED

GOLDFIELD, New. Jan. 1s.-The first
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the L. NJ. Sullivan Trust Com
pany today was fully attended,
and, after exhaustive reports from
mine superintendents at Goldfeld
Manhattan, Fair View and Greenwater,
it was decided TO continue develop
ment OF the eleven Incorporated and
three unincorporated mining properties
controlled by the company. The recent
financial difficulties of the company
were proved to have been due to an
effort TO support the stocks of the
company during the falling market on
mining shares, brought about by the
labor troubles of December. A state
ment compiled by expert accountants
proved that the company had in the
neighborhood of three times its obH-
cations in marketable assets.
A new directorate was elected as fol-
lows, to serve for six months: T. B.
Hickey, .Sohn Sparks, Alexander Rus
sell, George d. Pyne and ]. d. Camp
bell. The new board of directors elect
ed the following officers: T. B. Hickey
president; Alexander Russell, vice
president and general manager; J. L.
Lindsay, treasurer; George d. Pyne.
secretary; j. d. Campbell, mine man
ager.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19

AZ Nineteenth Street Oakland. Calvin give
$40. 600 purse O'Brien- kaufman, May 80. John
son Frisco next week.
Delaney's reply read;
We accept. Forward articles Immediately.
BILLY DELANEY.
Delaney. in talking of e..e match.
said:
Mart Johnson will be down from
Reno next week. as the telegram indi-
Gates. We want this fight. and IL there
is any conflict in dates owing to
OBrien's match with Tommy Burns IN
Los Angeles in May we will give way.
"O'Brien and the Reno people can
fix the date Any time will suit US. Z
want chance to show the public thae
kaufman can make better fight than
he did in Los Angeles. ] am satisfied
OBrien will accept and that the mat,
ter of date can be easily settled. john
son is perfectly reliable and 1 look for
this match TO be readily arranged.
kaufman is at Marietta Springs, In
Lower California. getting what he
needs. physical rest. He will be here in
two weeks. If the O'Brien- Burns fight
Is held early in May. why, the date the
Reno people suggest in their telegram
might be all right. Whether it is or
not makes no difference with us. We
want match with O'Brfen. and I san
ready to go ahead at once as Kauf-
mans manager to arrange the details.
We will arrange a conference with
O'Brien's representatives. Johnson ana
myself as soon as Johnson arrives from
Reno"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
NEGRO KILLS WHITE
WOMAN AND SELF

SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. ia dis
patch to the Deseret News from Winter
Quarters, Utah. states that Mrs. ZiI-
phia Earl. widow of the late Hawley
Earl, formerly town president of SEQ
field, coal-mining camp in Carbon
County, was shot and instantly killed
at Scofield last night by William
Brown, a negro barber. who immedi-
ately afterward killed himself by
shooting.
The negro, who came from Detroit
Mich, three years ago, had been an
noying the white woman with his at
tentions, and yesterday she ordered
him to keep away from her house Mrs.
Earl leaves three young children.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
EXTENSIVE RISE IN
WATER FREIGHT

PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 1S-Begin-
ming January 25 the tariff for the trans
portation of all classes of freight be-
tween Portland. Astoria and San Fran
cisco by the water route will be in
creased from 20 to so per cent. From
that date 1t will cost about as much
to ship -four and wheat from Port
land to the bay city as it does to the
Orient. An increase is made for
handling every line of goods.
Flour and wheat have been shipped
at $3.50 a ton; when the increase goes
into effect the rate will be S3 a ton.
The freight on beans and peas will
be raised from So to 81 a ton; canned
goods, from SO to 81: carpets, from s6
TO $40; furniture. from SO TO 81: hard
ware, from 81 TO $3.50: box shocks,
from 1915 to s3.25.
A similar increase has been made on
every commodity shipped from this
port.
The increased rate is being put into
effect by the San Francisco. and Port
land Steamship Company and the sew
eral navigation companies operating
between Puget Sound and San Fran
CISCO The rates of the latter are
somewhat higher than will be charged
by the Portland firm.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
Ascot Entries

First race selling. six furlongs-22S Kdlter
10, 253 Ligius no. 25l COlewOrt lOI, 2oS Ban
lada l05. I5T Louise FItzgibbOn lO5. 2B4 Gold
Heather IO5 234 Hazeltne 100.
Se0ond race. purse, one mile and nfty yaros-
262 Sherin Bell 10, 257 Black Prince 10 1lo
Lone Fisherman 10 1913 Antara 10l, 1Ss Ihso-
deus lO7 24I Tattenham lO7, 20s Baloo 1Of. -
satin Coat lO7 262 Freesias 105. 24S Parva 100
249 KomombO 105. 24l Lydia Nrousenlan lV9,
25T Bauble l05 262 ryora Lee 1OS. l26 Dr. craig
110.
232 Won Tromp 10 -- Circus ITO, 23a stand
over lO7 a99l Banell lO7, 1917 l Told You lo1,
252 Clandestine l01.
Fourth race. Pasadena handicap. one and sn
eighth mEles-- 4. W. Barr lib, IA W ID
Carey 10. pa J. r. DonObue Jos, - Oorga-
lette lO7 255 sDusty Miller lOo; 23o -sHpreIne ne e
Cont lOs f24sl Arimo 1O4. f232l MOlesey 80, 100
Cello 90. sNan Dusen entry -
Fifth race selling six furlongs-20 ara IL.
229 Taylor George I09. 24l Ny Choice lOi, 'Ioel
Revolt IO7. G75l Bologna lOI a2Sel Llhe 9I Lae me
lO7 - Melar 107. l252( Oonfessor w. 20
Miss Martha 99. ., n,
sixth race selling and sixteenth miles
- Beudigo IO9 l27 Decimo 100. lfS Sentaoo
1O9 lT3 yellow Kid 100. 25T Bushwhacker lO4,
927 Roman Roy lO4 243 Comedian lO4, 24s Des-
mages IO4. 10 john II 1O4, 173 Spartan 49,
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
ELECTRICIANS IN BOSTON ARE
ASKED TO COME TO THIS CITY

BOSTON, Jan. 1s.--A private dispatch
was received here today from San
Francisco asking for 100 union cleo
trfcians Immediately. According TO a
telegram, a full years work is guaran-
teed to all who would take advantage
of the opportunity at the wages offered.
So a day. The only condition made Is
that any applicant must thoroughly un-
derstand inside electrical work The
message states that so pressing is the
demand that arrangements have been
made there to obtain union cards for
those who do not belong to the San
Francisco union Free railroad fare is
to be advanced TO applicants who may
be accepted. the fare to be deducted
from the wages in small weekly sums.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
Bills Offered to
Stop Attache Grabs
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 1S.-Two con-
stitutional amendments inspired by the
public outcry against the extravaganza
of the present Legislature were intro
duced In the Assembly today. One
by Assemblyman w. d. L. Held of
Ukiah provides a secretary for each
of the 120 members comprising the two
houses, but stipulates that the COM
pensation of officers and attaches shall
not exceed $3.50 a day, aside from the
secretaries of members. in either house
The other amendment was offered
by Assemblyman ]. o. Davis, a Demo-
crat from Hollister. His measure is
brief and to the point. 1t forbids the
expenditure of more than $500 a day
by either house for the salaries of at
taches and officers.
Under the present regime of grab
the Senate outlay for patronage at
taches is $500 a day, and the outlay
of the House exceeds $1,000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
BULLETIN BOARDS ERECTED
BY PROMOTION COMMITTEE
Bank Clearfngs, Daily Temperature
and Other Items That VIII Impress
Visitors TO BE POSTED

A new and effective method of adver-
tising the good points of this city and
State has been put in operation by the
California Promotion Committee, which
has just erected at the ferry building
two large bulletin boards for the pur-
pose of bringing to the attention of in
coming and outgoing crowds attractive
bits of State news. The bulletin boards
are placed, respectively, opposite the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe ticket
offices, and occupy very conspicuous
positions.
The bulletin boards will record the
daily maximum and minimum temper
atures OF Eureka, San Francisco and
San Diego, San Francisco's building
permits for the preceding day, as well
as the city's bank clearings for each
week, as compared with those of the
previous year. The bank clearings of
Los Angeles, Oakland and San Jose
will also be shown, and. in addition to
this. some interesting item of State
progress will be displayed on the bull
letin boards, which are already at
tracing considerable attention.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
DUGDALE OUTLINES
HIS POSITION IN
LEAGUE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPOKANE, Jan. 1S.-In a signed
stapment to the sporting editor of a
local paper, Cupid" Dugdsle, the Sc
attic baseball magnate. says: The
resignation Of W. II. Lucas, president
Of the Northwestern League, was not
demanded by Judge McCreedie. his life
long foe. in our conference Thursday.
Nothing was said about him. The OBJ
ject OF Mercedes trip from Portland
is TO force me into the Coast League.
which he cannot do. II he puts a team
in Seattle. and / don't think he can. it
Will be with outside capital. Seattle
demands the old Northwest League and
i propose TO give IL to her. no matter
what it costs"
This is taken here to be Dugdale's
first intimation that he will stand for
outlaw baseball IL necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19

Battling Johnson stopped Matt Kelly
in the third round of their fight. Kelly
had been knocked to his knees and his
seconds tossed up a sponge The game
boxer wanted to continue. but was in
no condition to do so. Johnson out
weighed Kelly twenty five pounds.
The first two rounds were fast for big
men. but in the third both tired badly.
A few lucky swings on the part of
Johnson gave him the lead which
finally won him the fight.
Johnnie Murphy defeated George
Sanfanson after four hard rounds. San
fanson, who is a seasoned profess
sional. outpointed Murphy in the first
round. There was a lightning ex-
change Of blows early In the second
round. out of which Sanfanson came
with a badly damaged left eye. This
proved such a handicap to him that he
lost all sense of direction and was
then an easy mark for his aggressive
little opponent
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
ANXIETY TO SECURE CONTROL
OF KEWANOs Is MANIFESTED

t1OLDFIELD. Jan. 1s.-Two attempts
have been made within the last forty
eight hours to secure control of the
Kewanos on account of two rich
strikes that have been made on the
property.
The officials of the merger which took
over the Mohawk, Combination, Jumbo,
etc, made proposition that the Ka-
wanos be placed under their control.
The second offer that was made came
from Borax Smith, who ever since he
took control of the MacNamara in Tono-
pah has been waiting for an opportu-
nifty TO secure some property that
showed not only exceptional merit but
also was desired by Wingheld.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
TOMMY RYAN WILL
MEET BARRY AT
HOT SPRINGS

CHICAGO, Jan. lS.-Tommy Ryan
was in Chicago today to close terms
for a match with Dave Barry at Hot
Springs Ryan says he can see little
chance Of a battle with Hugo Kelly, as
there is no bid for the match.
4 viii take on Barry" said Tommy,
Just 10 see II j can still fight. IT has
been 2 long time since i was in the
ring. and II might be a good idea for
me 10 find out just how ] stack up. II
the battle with Barry should show me
To be in good form there would prob
ably be more in the way OF bidding for
the Kelly match"