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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-07
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handy drawer good large drawer
that slides easily and fastens with a
patent key, and divided into score Of
compartments In this l put away any
thing that l think may come in handy
at some future time, and an alphabetical
index on side of paper tells me at a
glance in which nest to find what want.
/ recommend a drawer of this kind to
any one Of a practical and methodical
turn of mind; he will have recourse to
1t more frequently than he anticipates,
and find it occasionally Of inestimable
value.
Well, into this drawer, Nest Y, / put
that pellet of paper after making care
full examination of it, and indexed 1t
thus: "Yeames.-Pellet of paper jerked
out of his pocket. day of Flexmore's
deuth, Dec. 49, 1855" I shall have
deal more.
In tho evening OF that day 1 saw DR..
Audrey he came to me with face as
leng rs a fiddle.
That's an unfortunate accident that
happsaed to you this afternoon" he said.
re might have been worse" said 1,
feeling my nose. 81 came plump down
on il. Wonder didn't break It."
"I'n not speaking of that" said he, put
ting down his hat and seating himself.
"Oh, you're thinking of your prop
erty." The poor old nag had put his
shoulder out and had to be killed, and
both shafts of the gig were smashed.
well, IL your old horse had not been
thrown down, you would have been thou
sands out of pocket"
"Yeu know what | mean II is an I'M
Fortunate accident that prevented your
arriving in time for Flexmore to sign the
new will as he wished"
There we differ. do not regard the
accident as unfortunate from that point
Of view"
"well, what Is to be done about it? The
old will is virtually revoked"
But actually it stands as good as ever
1t was. and so 1t shall stand"
'Supposing 1 refuse to accept the
guardianship OF Flexmore's child?"
"Ysu can't refuse. Common sense will
not let you humanity will not let you;
1 will not let you. Have you seen Lynn
Yeamss since his uncle's death?"
mo; he had left the house five minutes
before l arrived. l hear he called AT
my house. but came by the other road.
Since then have been unable TO find him
anywhere"
That's pity. should have liked
you to see him as 1 saw him. He Is so
confident Of being his uncle's heir that
he has thrown of all restraint, every pre-
tense Of Gecency, and shows himself the
hectoring bully, the heartless rascal
have always believed him to be-"
Impossible! !" he exclaimed, looking In
credulously at me, whom alone Of all men
he doubted and looked upon as misgnid-
ed by prejudice.
81 tell you it's a fact. He was brutal
to little Laure, and he insulted Miss Dial
rymple before my face. Why? Because.
now that he believes himself master of
his uncle's fortune, he wishes to break of
his engagement with her. He has no
more intention of marrying her now than
he had the first day he came to Coney-
ford"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-07

Small yards for hogs require very
tight fences either of boards or wire.
The plan shows cedar posts set less
than eight feet apart. At the top and
Bottom are two by six inch planks set
into the posts and there are seven lat
eral wires.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-07
Destroying Pocket Conner.

Inc Nebraska Experiment Station
mas been Investigating the destruction
OF pocket gophers As effective and Of
the same time inexpensive methods 10
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elNeER ALE. PLANT Ar:. SIZE r1EoKLENeVRe

the state Is here. a furniture factory
does splendid business. stave and
box factory has done we'll when we'll
managed. tobacco is bought and sold
and manufactured here on largo
scale. vegetable and fruit canning has
been made profitable. and other
industries flourish in Chas City
and then 1t is the home OF the
famous Mecklenburg mineral springs,
where the health giving lithia and
chloride calcium waters gush from the
earth to bless mankind
The Mecklenburg Hotel and Sanator-
ium attracts thousands Of visitors. and
the wates sales Of the company and
their ne4 enterprise. the manufacture
Of ''lithid" ginger ale, have become
important industries of Chase City.
The Gregory Wagons.
The Chase City Manufacturing Com
pany, the immense wagon-making es-
tablishment, Of which the town is
proud. keeps open doors all the year
around. and has to do it to meet the
constantly growing demands for Its
product. The company sells wagons
in every State in the Union and has
from time to time had to enlarge the
plant and add more machinery. Like
most OF the Chase City enterprises. this
business was started In small way.
Mr.. Lucius Gregory commenced the
manufacture of farm wagons here
about fifteen years ago, and he Is now
the president OF the incorporated COM
pany, which grew out OF his small
! beginning. The company has a paid
up capital OF $4,000 and $4,000 sur
plus, One hundred and thirty men
! are employed, and possibly half OF
them are expert Workmen. The pay
| roll exceeds $4,000 per annum. Mr..
/ Gregory's associate officers are j. w
Swift, president; George r. Land
| secretary and treasurer. and z. S.
| Emory, general manager
Mig Lumber Consumers.
The annui outlay for Mecklenburg
county lumber to be converted into
wagons in this factory is something
over 100000 and lumber purchased
i IN other sections foots up about $780,
4 600. The company uses about 400 tons
OF steel per year.
4 While the Gregory wagons are sold
all over the country and in foreign
parts the principal trade is in thu
Southern and Southwestern States. I.
Is rare that less than carload lot
leaves the depot here for any given
point.
\ The company's plant covers larg,
space of ground on the outskirts O.
\ the town. and is equipped with tn,
best of modern machinery. On tn.
nils surrounding the plant is a pic
tnresque village of cosy cottages IL
Which the families OF the workmer
, live.
J, The Chase city Furniture compan,
is operated by experienced furnltur,
men. and the stock of the concern il
away above par Bedroom furnitur,
IS this company's specially, and thei
nearness TO the raw material make
tne business Very profitable, Th,
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approved manner, their factories be-
ing equipped with steam and all thu
necessary drying and curing apparatus.
The Roberts Tobacco Company manu-
features smoking and plug tobac-
cos that have favorable regulations In
the markets of the South This Is a
we'll equipped factory, employing a
sufficient force OF hands. The pay
roll of the labor force amounts to $500
per month.
Out-of-Toyvn Lumber Plants.
Among the Chase City enterprises
nearby lumber plants, all of which
have offices in town. do all of their
banking business here, and make this
their shipping point. Noticeable
among these Is the r, NJ. and S. 3.
Jeffreys plant. three miles from town.
where they have immense saW7mills,
and do a great lumber and cross-tie
business. They ship lumber to Balti-
moro. Pittsburg. Cleveland, New York
and Philadelphia, They have been in
business here fifteen years and know
the business thoroughly. Other es-
adjustments of a similar character are
r.. Il. Hervey's biz mills, Haley y
Herveys, and B, r. Borden s. Com
pany. The last named concern manu-
features barrel headings and slaves.
In addition to doing a general lumber
business.
The Mecl1lenburE.
The famous Mecklenhurg Mineral
Springs. With the immense hotel and
sanatorium, have done much to carry
the name Of Chase City to the utter
most parts of the country, The repu-
tatipp of the waters. both slithla and
chloride calcium, Is worldwide, and the
that money and genius can make them,
The sanatorium Is delightfully."- located
amidst spacious lawns, pines and wood
lands, containing Las acres, The build
ing 10 thoroughly modern and y
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equipped with steam heat, electricity.
cold storage and ice plant; every room
an outside room, we'll lighted and ven-
tilated; comfortable beds, box springs
and hair mattresses extensive solaria,
Railways and verandas. But Of these
things I will speak more fully in an
other letter later on.
Ginger Ale Factory.
a new enterprise In connection with
the Mecklenburg has just been insti-
tuted by Colonel Hughes. the president
of the company. He has established
at the springs a plant for the maRu-
facture Of ginger ale. and although ne
commenced business In this line only
last February. the capacity of the es-
Enlistment is now taxed to itsSut-
most to supply the demand. The daily
rial for the building, and the equip
ment for the bottling. etc. have been
ordered to double the size Of the plant
this summer. The secret OF this Won
derful success in SO short time IS
simply that Colonel Hughes has found
out that the best of ginger root, with
some other requisites, combined with
the famous litha water, make a gins
ger ale that has never before been
enualed, This Is not my opinion, but
that Of physicians who are prescribe
ing this new ginger ale for various
nervous troubles M
The Merchants Of the Town.
Great and small, there are hatween
forty-five and fifty mercantile estah-
|lishments in Chase City, and some OF
the stores are handsome brick struc-
lures, we'll filled with goods suitable
for the trade. They are all retail es--
Establishments but some OF them sell
goods in such large quantities they
might easily be considered wholesalers,
All ths merchants seem to be prosper
ing, They have a splendid back coun-
try TO support them, and their Gus toms
egH are wellsto.do people, who make
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PROGRESS PR1NT1N1 .prFlcE
money and do not mind spending 1t for
what they want The Chase City stores
can furnish anything anybody can pos

money and do not mind spending 1t for
what they want. The Chase City stores
can furnish anything anybody can pos
sibly want
Banks and BankerA.
With this volume OF business In
manufacturing and mercantile lines,
with rich back country made up of
money making farmers. there must
be good banking facilities and they
The Bank OF Chase City is one OF
the strongest banks in this section OF
the state. and is conservatively and
progressively conducted. The offlc-
ers are rneoderick E.. Roberts. presi-
dent: Norman II. Williams. first vice.
president and cashier; George B. Rus
sell second vice president; H. r. Coo
ley, assistant cashier. This bank has
branches at South Hill and brakes
pendent banks at an early date. The
Bank of Chase City has made appll-
cation to become national bank
under the name Of the First National
Bank of Chase City.
All Of the legal forms have been
compiled with. the consent OF the pro-
per government officer has been OBJ
m tsnea and taaa Saa m the
w l1Ao VI SlloSo's Why WIZ VI W
its present name and its new name
Will be the First National Bank Of
Chase City BUTT is the old bank yet.
and as such 1t makes splendid show
ling. The capital stock is $4,000, sur
plus, $4,000; undivided profits and re-
serve fund, $4,000. The deposits are
about 100000 and loans and discounts
S255.0op The real estate and other
properties amount to $4,000.
Another New National. &
The First State Bank, alsoNa strong
financial institution, has also decided
Ito become national bank, and In
about thirty. maybe sixty days. 1t will
loom up as the American National
Bank Of Chase City. The officers are
George A.. Endley, president; R. p.
Patterson, ice-president and cashier;
A.. w. Magee. second vice president.
|rhis bank has a branch at Clarksville,
also has an office at Red Oak. in charge
These branches will become inde-
pendent banks when the parent be-.
comes national bank :o- III The capital
ESs a o tRs asas ah $685. d saRRs
$4,000, loans and discounts .$1 S, O00.
Evidently a new industry Is soon to
|spring up, In Chase City, many OF
them for that I matter; but the partic.
lie the result of the development Of
Ia vast deposit Of suPerio granite
BEEN quasried Ai to limited z extent on
1.-THE lands Of Mr.. George "A. Endley. and
granite slabs apparently susceptible OF
1.-THE highest polish have been taken
out. The granite seems to run in lay
|ers Of from SIX to eighteen tnche! IN
Thickness, This may be develo ped into
a most valuable quarry.
q The town government OF Chase City
|lsfpIogrssstys and np, date. and y IN
snArxatla ana tlal Of aivlo nrlds. Thu
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plant is well equipped with the latest
improved machinery

, plant Is well-equipped with the latest
improved machinery.
1t has been demonstrated that the
most anything they wish, including
tomatoes and other vegetables, which
keep canning factory going in the
proper season. The new cannery,
which Is a modern and in every way
complete establishment. is expected to
bocem one Of Chase Cltys best-paying
enterprises.
Hubs and spokes Also.
The Hub, Spoke and Lumber Com
pany Is an immense consumer of Neck
lenburg county lumber. So far they
have found the Chase City Manufac-
turing Company customers for their
full capacity for spokes and hubs. but
they do a great business with out-of-
town people. They are large manufac-
turers of slaves. which are shipped in
shocks to Northern markets. Nearby
towns on the lines of railway are their
customers for all manner Of dressed
timbers and house building stuff gem
orally. Mr.. z. S. Emory is the pres
1dent OF this company.
The Kershaws Manufacturing Com
pany did a large business In their way.
They converted immense quantities of
Mecklenburg and Southside Virginia
lumber into slaves, barrel heads. and
all manner OF handles. They also ran
large planning mills and prepared tins
Der for building purposes for nearby
markets. The dressed lumber was
shipped to neghboring cities, but the
slaves and the handles they turned
out went all over the North and West,
and first and last the establishment
brought to Chase City a great deal OF
outside money.
However,, the concern is in some
way involved In the Mecklenburg Bank
troubles. Whether the present en-
barrassment shall be temporary or
permanent. the plant will go on. under
new and better management perhaps.
but 1t will so on.
The Tobacco Interest
| OF course, tobacco s a great indus
try here. 1t could not be otherwise.
The three warehouses which have been
selling. the leaf here for years are the
Banner, by Jeffreys & Hester; the
Star, by Allen & Spnulding; Planters,
by Thomasson & Goode. The Farmers
is new house now being erected by
Mason & peadmon. and will be ready
for business by the opening of tho,
new tobacco season. The sales of leaf
on this market are about 100000
pounds. Both brights and dark ship
average being paid for brlghts this
season is about sll.5o per 100, which.
| is about $3.50 more than they brought
last year, The dark shipping stock is
bringing about sl.6o more this year
/ than last. n
The American Tobacco Company. the
Imperial Company and the r. j. Rey-
nolds Tobacco Company have large
4 prizeries here. and keep buyers on the
| market all the year. There are several
4 Independent buyers also, all OF whom
hauals the weed IN the lsaest and most
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Bulldlnx Telephone Line.

4, Special to The Timer Dlspatch,1 -7---7
ETNA MILLS. VA. May as.--Ths Kina
William Telephone and Telegraph Company
we'll, Va, where the Richmond. Frederlcks.
burg and Potomac Railroad crosses the
Chesapeaka and Ch!e read, and 10 nar q
eyer caufbsuls ae ~ cAasaasaks aaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
To SPEND S35O.OOO
To See II Railroads Are Keeping
Proner Accounts.

Washington. July ITO ascertain
II the railroads of the United States
are keeping their books and accounts
according to the regulations of the
interstate commerce commission. is
sued one year ago, the commission will
have at it's disposal the sum of $780,
900. which sum was provided after a
spirited debate in the house of repre-
sentatives in the last session, and
which is to be spent in the employ
ment of special agents and experts.
1t was intimated durin~ the debate
that the commission contemplated the
EN- ployment of detectives qualified as
accountants" to see if the railroads
were obeying section 20 of the Hep
burn act. which as construed by the
commission. provides for all practical
and valuable reports to be made by
the railroads to the commission in
reference to their business, their con-
tracts. and everything that the COM
mission may desire to know and that
the public has a right to know from
quasi-public servant. and for uni
form system of accounting.
The section also provides a penalty
of $500 for violation of section 20 and
like sum for each and every day of
the continuance of such offense. The
question now under consideration by
the commission is whether the appro-
priation of $780, 900 is to be expended
for a large number of special agents
and accountants to examine the books
of the railroads or for the employment
of a limited number of experts, or
ferent sections of the country in
charge of experts. with a staff of ac-
countantS. This matter will be de-
cided in few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
One of the
Essentials

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and which have attained to worldwide
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Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
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ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
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mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
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featured by the California Zig Syrup Co.,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07


the present level has, in a few in
stances, been formally announced. The
heads of the big Southern lines met re-
Gently to discuss the expediency of con-
certed action. Subsequently, the South
ern announced that it would continue
present schedules for three months.
Its chief competitors did likewise.
This does not positively commit the
railroads to wage policy. 1t simply
shows what is thought to be best for
the present. Most wage contracts be-
tween the railroads and their employees
may be abrogated on thirty days
notice.
On the rate question, an aggressive
railroad man says: "A shipper who
VIII not agree to higher rates. fairly
adjusted, is simply standing in his own
light. That is the absolute logic of the
matter His business will thrive If the
railroads are prosperous, and unless
the railroads can both cut wages and
advance rates, they will not be as pros
porous in the next twelve months as We
could wish them to be-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
FOUR NEW ROADS.
Unusual Activity Being Shown i'm
Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Ok, July 7.-Great activity
is being shown at the present time by
the promoters of the Altus, Roswell
and Ell Paso railroad, which was char
from Altus. in southwestern Okla
homa, across the Texas Panhandle
country to Roswell. n. M thence to
FL Paso, total distance of 400 miles
1t is capitalized at $1,000 900. The
main promoter is Edward Kennedy, lis
president, who has already signed
agreements with -everal towns in Ok
lahoma, in addition to Childress, Tex,
and Roswell. n. NJ. The citizens of
Roswell agree to give the right of way
west to Roswell from the Texas-New
Mexico state line, depot and yard
grounds. and 800 900 in cash, none of
the money to be paid until the road is
built. The citizens of Childress give
the right OF way through their county
and 100000 bonus, of which 100000
is to be in real estate and $4,000 in
cash. Actual construction is now in
progress in Oklahoma between Altus
and Hollis.
The proposition was revived during
the past week to build the Cherryvale,
Oklahoma & Texas the road hereto
fore promoted and backed by w. r.
Stubs, candidate for the guberna-
torial nomination in Kansas, and State
Senator Porter. 1t was chartered in
1905, to build southwest from Caney,
Kan. through IdWnuSkd, 9eTry ana
Guthrie to Geary. Ok. but new plans
route via Ralston from Pawhuska, in
stead of Blackburn. Contractors state
construction will begin this fall.
John B. Christenden, president of
the st. Louis and Oklahoma Southern.
visited Fort Gibson and Muskogee
during the past week. with Vice Presi-
dent E. T. Peters and Chief Engineer
Bonner. regarding the route through
that vicinity in building from Table
quah, to which point the road has
been completed from Carthage. Mo.
The officials went over the route be-
tween Tahlequah and Muskogee in
carriages. From Muskogee the road
will build south to Texas.
Promoters are busy at present
throughout western Oklahoma to ex-
tend the Oklahoma Central northwest
from Chickasha. its present terminus,
through Anadarko, Weatherford, Ia
loga Gage and Beaver City to Kan
sas connection. The road is now in
operation between Lehigh and Chicka-
sha. through Purcell, the line being
built and operated under the man
agement of Dorset Carter. its presi-
dent Contracts for the extension have
been entered into with citizens OF
weatherford. Taloga, Selling. Gage
and several other cities along the pro-
posed line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
ROADS ARE WARNED.
Must Be More Careful i'm Issuing
Passes.


The interstate commerce commits
sion has notified western railroads to
be more careful in their obedience to
the law forbidding free passes. Six
classes of persons are named whom
the commission declares are not
among the exceptions laid down in the
law. as follows:
Officers or employees of news COM
panies other than newsboys; officers
or employees of telegraph or tele-
phone companies, except when per-
sonally engaged in operation, extern
sion. repair or inspection of lines in
connection with the operation of the
railroad; officers or employees of sure
ty. transfer and baggage companies
except baggage agents; officers or en-
ployes of carriers not subject to the
act to regulate commerce (steamboat
lines); officers or employees of sub
sidiary corporations, families of local
attorneys. surgeons and others. The
order says:
MANY abuses in the issuance and
use of passes have been discovered by
the commission which it is desired to
correct, and to this end. and because
OF the misinterpretation of the law by
carriers generally, the commission at
this time makes announcement that it
will recommend the indictment and
prosecution of all carriers and persons
issuing passes to or allowing the use
OF passes by any persons not included
within the designated classes to whom
free transportation may be given by
carriers"
The carriers are enjoined against
the destruction of records of memo
randa touching the issuance of passes.
ana passes themselves. coming into the
hands of the carriers after use must
pc retained for period of not less
than i've years.