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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Street Nomenclature.

Some controversy over the name of
the towns principal street furnished
occasion for the JOURNAL to interview
DAWSON Armstrong, whose profession
as surveyor, long pursued in and around
FrostbuTg, makes him an authority
Mr. Armstrong says the original and
legal name is Union" and it should be
so called invariably.
He says also that the original name of
''Broadway," which isn't Il way that
is broad" is South street"
Then as to "Bowcry Prank G..
Beall has map, drawn by his father,
the late Capt. Nelson Beall, which
names all of that street south of the
bridge "Bowery," and he has always
understood that the north end was
called "Main street" The modern
name, "Bowery,' for the entire length,
he believes, is justitiable.
As street signs and numbers are about
going up it will be well for the au-
thorities to make no mistakes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Coming Events

Mountain City Council, No. II, Jr. O.
L. a. NJ, will hold memorial services
in Frostburg Opera House Sunday after
noon, May 31st, at 81 o'clock. THE
public invited to attend
Lights and Shadows, or the Hospital
Nurse of Tennessee" a Civil War drama,
will be given in the Frostburg Opera
House Wednesday evening, June 81, by
the y. .. II. Dramatic and Amusement
Company, local organization embudy-
ing much fine talent. Misses Flo Nc
Allister. Kate McKpnna, Mae Nc
Caughan, Annie McCiraw, Lillian Field
man, Annie Bahen, Nellie jackson,
Frances Grant and Winifred Green,
and Messrs. Joseph McGraw, Bernard
Hughes, Eugene Chambers, John \.
Bartolon, Bernard Grant, John Spates,
Michael Grant, John Deacon Brady,
Leo Chambers and Edward Donohue
will take part 1t will be "A great event
The old soldiers are arranging for the
usual turnout and programme Drcora-
ton day-neXt Saturday. Alfred Cline
will be i'll command with Henry Gcrkcn
as adjutant
The Arion Band Will give a concert
on the new band-stand i'll front of the
Catholic parochial school editicc next
Thursday evening, 2Sth inst.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
CORIilISPONDENCE.
Fright Mining Prospects.
SMrs0N, ". w, May ~ 1909.
Hello. MINING JOURNAL.


SMrspN, w. Va, May 10, 1903
Hello. MINING JOURNAL.
Were you ever at Simpson, w. Va?
No?
Why don't you come up, then, and
see us? There are so many of your old
friends and subscribers here | am sure
you would be as welcome as the great
paper certainly is every Saturday morn
ing.
We have a regular FrOstburg colony
here and every member of it is digging
and doing their best to make good"
for the coal company which we hope and
will try to make the very best in this
valley.
The McGraw Coal Company, the cor
poration which employs us, is just now
making a hundred thousand dollar i'm
future expects to cut quite figure in the
coal business of this section.
1t has property of something over
three thousand acres, with an Al coal
vein running from seven to ten feet
thick.
The personnel of the company is COM
posed of young, active, up-to-date bust
ness men hustlng, bristling, pushing
fellows, who know no such word as
"fail" John Z. McGraw, of Grafton,
the well known West Nirginian polite
ian, OIL gas, and coal man. is the presi-
dent; John S. Brophy, of Frostburg, the
most successful coal man i'll Allegany
county, is the vice president and general
manager; Col. John Heating, of Cum
berland, is the secretary treasurer and
general manager of stores, while the
veteran James Clark, of the Clark Dis
tilling Company, Is one of the directory.
That the enterprise will be a success
is a certainty. The work under way
Just now is of great magnitude. The
concrete foundation for the new power
house is Just completed. The boilers,
three in number, of hundred horse
power each, are on the ground. The
new tipple and new system of electric
haulage will be installed early as possible.
These improvements will give the
company capacity of fifteen hundred
tons or more day, and employ from
six to seven hundred men.
AT present the experienced men in
direct charge of the work are Messrs.
John j. Malloy, superintendent; Oliver
jenkins, mine foreman; Evan Reese,
chief of engineer corps; Thomas Will
liams, chief clerk; j. Fred. Dillon,
manager of the store, and Bernard Nc
Allister, general utility man-all in eX-
cellent health and determined to make
the McGraw Coal Company great sue
cess, and Simpson bright spot on the
map of West Virginia.
The MINING JOURNAL is eagerly
watched for and earnestly read. Moth
ing is overlooked; everything in it is
interesting to the little colony here.
"MOTs."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23

a short time ago the party friends of
E. Stanley Hitchins, at Olive Hill, KY,
contracted the idea that he would make
an ideal representative of their views
as a member of the Republican National
Convention. So they mustered a long
train-load of promoters and shouters,
went to Grayson, the county-seat of
Carter county, got what they went for
an endorsements of Stanley to the district
convention of nine counties, thence to
the State convention, and in the latter
he was elected delegate from his dis
trict. He didn't need instructions, ="
but he is going to Chicago and vote both
his own and his peoples preference
for Hon. William II. Taft as his party's
nominee for President. The compliment
is a considerable one, and, of course,
Stanley duly appreciates it. On his
part it was wholly unsought.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Il. Il.

The Evening Report, Lebanon, Pa,
Monday, is nearly all baseball news.
Palmyra-C F. Schneider's team, rates
1000 TO 0.
Ia Frostburg things are taking definite
shape and if the elements are not against
the game the opening on Decoration day
will be Il great attraction.
Homecoming has decided to play in
their own town that day, so the locals
have secured the Cumberland club for
two game~-morniug at 10 o'clock,
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
"Picklcs'' Rank will do the morning
twrling for Cumberland, and Marean
will otfiCiate i'll the afternoon.
"Chic.' Grim, the veteran, will do
the catching for the home team; Rcidler
Will pitch the morning game and Beck
Henry, of Vale summit, the afternoon
Work has been secured for "Tom'
Sloan and he may possibly be here in
time to help DeNecn behind the bat.
Manager Spates has been doing some
hustling the past week and in conse-
quence has secured several good players
for the Out-ficld.
The new uniforms will be here We'd
nesday or Thursday.
The grounds are being put i'll good
condition and if the rain will only "let
up for il few days the Park will be all
ripht for practice
Tom Stal,am's baud If uuterrifad
ril tlIs,,,..,,,,iii ~, hn,, S,t,,,ca, I,lnI, e
che m,n.gauout aoain invites all
..,,i,;,,,. l,',lI -, l,,, ,,t -
"oPiI!n5 Pia9 w ~ up,li0 "a ~ "
Pra't'co MONDAY Ne"ieSuaS anu L H.
o''y % o'.i f'io " -. w = VI
Ciiailce Oh 'iie le'''il IL " rec VI en-
celIence Is developed, writes 'henO.
'"
At the family home, Blame, w. Va,
Wednesday, MAY 6, 1908, Mr.. John
Foye. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foye,
.fta,., fn,v months ilIu.ss Of PricLt, .
disease. Born in Barton March 9. 1878,
he was 30 years of age. A good. intel
hyent, CAPABLE Young man, addicted TO
no bad habits, his life was exemplary,
and many friends Jon with those near
and dear to him in deploring his I'M
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Over Three Millions.

The assessors report an addition of
S241,0OO to the towns taxable basis.
which carries the latter nearly 800, 900
over the 3-milliOn mark.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Married.

At the First English Baptist parson-
age Thursday, May IA, 1908, by Rev.
Edw. G. Allard Miss Annie Blank, of
Mt. Savage, to Mr.. Enoch Irwin Prichard,
of this place. The latter IS a son of E.
b. Prichard, the Bowery- grocer.
The friends of Miss Maize Lloyd, of
Midland, and Mr.. Robert White, the
Broadway timer, have been made glad
by the announcement that they We're
married by Rev. A. H. Thompson at the
First NJ. E. Church parsonage Tuesday,
Nav , 1905
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
Appointments.

Dennis Bahen, OF this place, has been
appointed Waterman at the House of
Correction, and will 90 con duty Mon
day, June LIST. 1t is said Mr. Baken
owes his selection to the favor and
friendship of Hon. DeWarren H.
Reynolds, chairman of the last State
democratic convention, and Col. John
Heating, of the Governors staff.
A public library at city cost for city
benefit is a proposition far different
from co"ntg high school for city edu-
cation at county expense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
BrcVitieS.

Concerning the fate of the Georges
Creek and Cumberland Railroad-it is
not little difficult to keep up with the
daily change of probabilities. But in
the long run Allegany county people
prefer to see it remain under Wabash
auspices.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
TOWN AND VICINITY
Personal.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Pendray, OF
Victoria, British Columbia, visiting Mrs
G. Roberts, sister of Mrs. Pendray
left Tuesday for Wytheville, Va, tC
visit another sister, Mrs. Crowgey
Thence Mr.. and Mrs. Pendray will pro,
coed ria New York to Europe Mrs
Roberts accompanied them to Wythe.
vile. Mr. Pendray is an entertaining
gentleman and evidently a man of ex.
tensiye business in his section.
George Fenmark Taylor-'the Man
from Dixie, is guest of John 7. Lewis,
Bowery street. Mr.. Taylor has deter
mined to make Frostburg his headquar-
ters He likes town and says 1.-THE peo-
pile are charming, especially the ladies' -
Samuel Bowen, eX bailtf of Frost
burg, now desk sergeant of the Steel
Corporation of Homestead, Pa, was
called to his old home here by the i'll
ness of his brother, George W. Bowen,
agent of the Cumberland Brewing Com
pany at Midland Happily, he finds
the latter not so i'll as feared Sam
thinks if he had the combination in
Homestead of Frostburg people with his
be more than h0me-like. SANS i'm.
liamS, to whom Sam pays tribute as
a gentleman and model officer i'll all
respects.
Mrs. n. f. WetmOre and children
have gone on a tour which includes
visits to friends in Washington, d. c..
and husbands relatives III Alexander
and Buffalo, N. Y.
Otto Hohing returned Thursday from
4
bringing a few trout, one weighing ovel
two pounds. Weather too bad for d
pleasure trip.
Religious.
At First English Baptist Church, Rev
E. G. Allard, pastor, tomorrow (Sun
day services and sermons at 1Ol2 a. III
and ~ p. m; Sunday school 81 a. N
At st. Johns Episcopal Church, Rev
f. NJ. c. Bedell, rector, tomorrow (4tt
Sunday after Trinity ~ a. III. Holy
Communion; l0l2 a. IN. morning prayer
2l2 p. IN. Sunday school; ~ p. III. even.
ing prayer.
At Mt. Zion Welsh Baptist Church
to morrow Sunday 1917 a. III. sermon
by pastor in Welsh p. III. Sunday
school; p. m. sermon by pastor III
English.
At First NJ. f. Church, Rev. A. H
Thompson, pastor, tomorrow Sunday
81, a. m. Class-meeting; 1912 Il. IN. and
~ p. IN sermons by member Of the
General Conference, in session in Balti
more, or the pastor.
At St Paul's Lutheran Church, Rev
f. r. Wagner, pastor, tomorrow (Sun,
day annual Rally-Day services -appro
pirate addresses and music morning and
evening.
At Salem Reformed church, tO-mor-
row Sunday Rev. G.. E. Metger, pas
tor, l0l2 ii. IN. sermon to the Grand
Army of the Republic, members attend
ing in a body; ~ p III. What
Shall Do With Jesus ~
At the Congregational Church, Rev
j. Lewis Evans pastor tomorrow Sun
day l0l2 a. m.-Report of the Congre-
gational Conference in Baltimore; 2 p
m. Sunday school; 81, p. III. Senior En-,
deavor topic-"B Being Christian at the
Ballot-Box;" ~ p. m. sermon-"The
Duty of Getting Angry
from last Sunday evening Special
music.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23

Where locate that government build
ing? Well, my plan is-build it on
wheels, haul it around town, and save
the expense of free delivery - William
IL EranS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23

Piedmont and Georges Creek Coal

Amount acknowledgements
ed last week .............Sl, 904.00
A IN OF unit subscribed this
week ....... ............ 1925
Total subscribed. .............$2O 93. %
Amount paid on subscrip-
tons reported last week. 10000
Amount paid on subsCrip-
tons obtained this week. 1000
Iotal pald. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,S9S w
Balance unpaid ...... ............S 1875 %
To the credit of Messrs. w. E. G..
Hitchins and Arthur Baker, it should be
stated that to their contributions of time
and industry the foregoing fine result is
largely due.
Unpaid subscriptions are payable to
either.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-23
COZ NI1
Sudden Death.

Mrs. Charles Bennett died suddenly
at her home il Eckhart yesterday CFrl-
day morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
GALE DRIVES HIGH TIDE
OVER WIDE FARMING AREA

Vancouver, b. C.-Blown by 4
southerly gale which, at times,
spurted up to the velocity of a hurri-
cane, the sea last Saturday morning
invaded the farming lands at the
mouth of he Squamish river, the wa
ter pouring over the dikes lining the
banks of the stream for distance of
about one mile from the point where
it empties into Howe sound. The
flooding tide was the highest known
since the settlement of the valley
At several points the dikes are re-
ported to have been broken. but no
great amount of damage was done
these protecting walls, the water in
most places simply pouring over the
tops of the embankments. Where
breaks were made the damage was
caused by logs being hammered
against he earth by the seas and wind.
Men who have lived at the lower
Squamish valley for years declare
that the tide thrown up by the gale
of wind rose fully four feet higher
than 1t was ever known to have done
before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
son OF BANK WRECKER
is A BANKRUPT

Portland, Ore, Dec. 1.-THE bank
ruptcy petition Of Clare j. Scriber of
Ia Grande, son of j. w. Scrlber, ar
rested some time ago on the charge
of forgery in connection with the
failure Of the Farmers and Traders
national bank, has been filed in the
United States district court here. His
liabilities are s26,557. OF this amount
the petitioner claoms $24,33O are in
the form of bills and notes which
ought to be paid by other persons. In
most instances young Scriber went
on the notes of his father. His as
sets amount to $1,000 and property
which is worth $500 is claimed to be
exempt under the law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17

Los Angeles, Calf, Dec. H.
There is distinct belief here that
Francis j. Heney was paid from the
secret service funds of the govern
ment for prosecuting graft in San
Francisco" said Harry Cara, the
Washington correspondent of the Los
Angeles Times in an article printed
here.
The article says: "As sequel to
the Aldrich resolution introduced in
the. senate the secret service system
wili be investigated and its many dark
mysteries laid bare.
"The big question before the sem
ate was whether the president Of the
United States has a right to use gov
ernment money to send special prose-
cutors into California on a purely To-
cal city fight"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
SECURING MILL FOR ECHO IS ASSURED

The Echo securing mill is assured.
Arrangements have been completed
by the wool men of Umatilla county
who are financing the proposed scour-
ing mills for Echo, whereby the $780,
000 mills of the Ross Securing & Mill
ing Co., of Sellwood, will be removed
to Echo, where they will be installed
for use during the season of 1909.
The removal will occur during the
month of January.
An agreement between the local
woolgrowers and the Ross concern
was reached in Portland Monday when
a committee consisting of II. n. Stan
field, ]. n. Burgess and VIM. Slusher
closed negotiations for the mill. The
arrangements were eminently satis-
factory to the local men.
According to the contract, the wool
men will finance the plant to the ex-
tent of $4,000, most OF which has al
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
OPENS TURKISH
PARLIAMENT
SULTAN CHEERED AS HE
PASSES ALONG STREETS
Abdul Hamid Wins Popular Favor by
Inauguration of Many Recent Re
fOrms-School Children Line the
Streets and Wave Flags as Mon
arch's Carriage Passes by-Greet-
ings From Other Countries.

Constantinople, Turkey, Dec. IL
The Sultan left Yildiz this morning
to open Turkeys parliament, the first
of its kind in this country for thirty
years.
Abdul Hamid was cheered by the
populace when his coach was driven
through the streets. School children
lined the route singing patriotic
songs and waving flags.
The Sultan was accompanied by the
bey the first secretary and the chan
cellor, In honor of the Sultan every
regiment in the city was drawn up
for review,
Congratulatory messages have
poured into the city. England's law
makers sent the following: From the
oldest Of parliaments to the young
est"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
WILSON CHARGED WITB
MURDER (,
l)AS

San Francisco. Dec. fig VII
son was charged late yesterda.o the
Goroners jury with the mug of
Harry Boas, the electrician VIZ !, ed
two weeks ago after taking n
ach powders" sent him throulA z e
mails in a mysterious letter pu D. :
ing to come from a friend.
The testimony which decided the
jury's verdict was furnished by Hand
writing Expert Kytka, who positively
declared the doctors" letter was
written by Wilson.
Wilson received the verdict coolly
and pointed out the fact that the po-
lice failed to find any motive for him
to kill Boas and that the evidence is
weak. However the police believe
they will be able to convict the pris-
oEer. Wilson was employed by Boas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17

ready been subscribed and the mills
will be moved to Echo, in which city
new frame building will be imme-
diately erected for their reception. The
site for the building has been donat-
ed by Echo citizens.
The mills will be operated under
the supervision of a directorate of
sheepmen, by the Rosses, and the To-
cal men interested will have a repre-
sentative in the office to have charge
of their interests.
According to the sheepmen inter-
ested Echo was chosen as the loca-
ton for the enterprise from the fact
that it Is closer to water competition
and can secure a better rate on wool
shipped east, and for the more inn
portant reason that practically all the
sandy wool is raised in a country more
tributary to that town than to Pendle-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
OWNERSHIP OF MYSTERY
MONEY is UNSETTLED

ogden, Utah. Dee. 1.-THE owner
ship of the twenty-four hundred dol
lars received through the mail in the
newspaper by Charles Price, who got
the paper by mistake and returned it
to the postal authorities, may
never be established. While it is be-
lieved that the money is part of the
$4,000 stolen from the East Side
Bank In Portland Ore, few days
ago, it is impossible to identify the
money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
"BOOZE BILLS" AROUSE
INTEREST AT COURT HOUSE,

Booze Bills were the words and
they appeared on packet of Official
papers in the musty and dusty files
of the clerks office.
The papers were evidently old, and
bore the date of 1877. Mentally the
deputy decided that there evidently
had been pretty good old sports in
Umatilla county in the days of old, If
any bills like that were allowed.
But the deputy was mistaken and
discovered as much when he opened
the package. The papers were those
of the estate of Booze Bills, evidently
a pioneer of Umatilla county, who had
died in that year. And oddly enough.
in spite of the name, the man had
real estate to leave to his heirs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17

Washington D. c.. Dec. 17.-Ven-
ezuela has declared war against Hol-
land. according to advices received at
the state department from Paxton
Hibben, secretary Of the American
legation at Cabul, Colombia.
The message says the Colombian
minister Of foreign affairs has receiv-
ed the following telegram from Car
acao, under date of December Is:
in view Of the blockade establish
ed, and the capture by blockading
vessels Of Venezuelan vessels, the
head Of the government Of Venezuela,
after assuming extraordinary powers
for the defense of the country has
declared a state of war to be in ex-
istence."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
WIRELESS
BEING TAMPERED WITH

Berkeley, Calf. Dec. 17.-Secret
service agents Of the government are
today investigating reports by federal
wireless operators that official wire
less dispatches are interfered with
and that fictitious messages are be-
ing sent over the wireless, interfer-
ing with government business. The
operators claim the trouble is caused
by two rival organizations Of young
men who are experimenting with wire
less operations in cities surrounding
the bay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17
BELIEVED THAT COSGROVE
WILL RECOVER HEALTH

Paso Robles, Calf. Dec lit is
believed here today that Cosgrove will
recover from his attack of Brights
disease and that he will be able to
take the oath of office January IL.
He is on liquid diet and has stopped
his hot baths.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-17

Because the water commission is di-
vided in opinion as to what should
be done it is now very doubtful if any
thing toward the establishment of
gravity water system will be UNDER
taken this winter.
Within the commission there is a
decided difference of sentiment, so 1t
is learned from a source that should
be authentic. The bone of conten-
ton grows out of the distance the city
should go for water.
Thus far the commission has con-
sidered two prospective sources of
supply, the springs of Thorn Hollow
and a spring on the south side Of the
river a few miles above the agency.
It is over which of these locations
to adopt that the water board differs
in opinion. According to good infor-
nation, Messrs. Brown and Moore are
favorable to going to Thorn Hollow,
while Messrs. Taylor, Dickson and Fee
are disposed to favor the spring closer
to town.
In behalf of the Thorn Hollow site
it is urged that the water to be had
there would be better in quality and
at the same time the elevation of the
source of supply would be such that
higher reservoir could be provided
for the city Then should it be ne
cessary to get more water in the fu-
ture a line could be extended farther
up into the mountains.
The idea of getting water direct
from the Umatilla river above Wena-
ha springs or from North Fork seems
not to have been seriously consider
ed by the commissioners. 1t would
cost much to bring water from North
Fork. Then the water at the mouth
of North Fork has been filed upon
by the Wenaha power company.
newly formed corporation of which
J. A. Borie is president, However it
is suggested tina if that corporation
develops its power the city might Sc
cure water at the lower end of the
company's race after it has been con-
structed
Favor Agency Spring
But to develop and bring water here
from Thorn Hollow would cost $780,
OO0 or S25O,O0O, so it is estimated.
Then the springs so far reveal less
than 100000 gallons of water per
"a hours.
In contrast with this the lower
spring has daily flow of 100000
gallons. so it is estimated. Further
more, water may be brought from
that place for s15O,OOO or 5000, 600.
viii Wait Awhile.
Because of the differences of opin-
ion within the water board it now
seems probable that the matter Of a
gravity system will go over until next
summer If not later. Apparently there
is disposition among the water COM
missoners to let the situation work
itself out"