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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13

IL is quietly whispered among lead.
ing republicans OF the state that
Taft can not carry Idaho against
Bryan. For that reason it Is init
mated that the republican conyen-
ton will elect split delegation to
the national convention. 1t Is said
that Taft may get majority, but
Hughes viii have some votes In the
ldabu delegation. The Recorder be-
ieves that TAFT Is much weaker and
much less TO be feared by the demo-
Gratis than Hughes. There Is not
much doubt of Bryan's election II
Taft IN placed In nomination, but
there may be some doubt with
Hughes the standard bearer Of the re-.
publican party. IL Is believed to be
fact that even with the popularity
OF President Roosevelt, republicans
generally resent his dictation as to
his candidacy.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13

modicum OF justice and right under
the existing conditions Is wasting It's
time. The only hope the people Of
Idaho and other western states have
In getting justice, 10 their conten-
lions with the lumber trust, is to
turn the rascals out. who decide In
favor OF this corporation Ia place OF
considering the rights OF the people.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13

The Recorder gives the news.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
RAEUMATlCs FoLKs!
Are You Sure Your Kidneys arr


Many rheumatic attacks are d,ieto
uric acid in the blood. But the duty
|cf the kidneys Is 10 remove ali uric
acid from the blood. Its presence
there shows the kidneys are inactive.
Don't daily with uric acid solvents.
You might 80 ON TIL doomsday Win
them. but until you cure the Kidneys
you viii never get well. Doan's
Kindney Pills not only remove uric
acid. but cures the kidneys md then
danger from uric acid blended Hero
IS clnrksburg testimony to prove II;
NJ. d. Mcmillan. living at 3ps
Bridge! street, clarksburs. w. va.
says: For a number Of years i sus-
fered from rheumatism and kidney
trouble. sharp pains acfoss ms
back which caused me misery when
I was STOPPING or lifting. My Kidneys.
were very much disordercd, the Sc
cretions being too frequent IN action;
and scanty, at times there being an
almost complete retention. A neigh
Dor advised me to try Doanss Kidney
Pills and ! procured box at Wells
& Haymaker's drug store. They sre-
stored the secrctions to their natural
condition and banished the rheunat-
he pains. I have not suffered from.
any sign OF kidney troble or rheu-
matism since and know TINT
Doan's kidney pills cured mo COM
pletely.
For sale by all dealers Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Bunaio.
New Yor. sole agenta for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's--
and take no other.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

The value of this product Is up.
iproximately a dollar q ton. so tina,
every additional million tons mined
and transported means a million dol
lars more money brought to the State
while every ton less that is. mined
means Just 50 many dollars less to be
paid to the people thereof.
In 1907 q million car loads OF coal
were mined in West Virginia. and II
they were all loaded at once. these
cars would more than I'll double
track from New York to San Fran
cisco. or would twice fill every mile
Of railroad track In the State OF West
Virginia. West Virginia produced
last year 10 per cent and Pennsyl-
vania 4s.1 per cent. Of all the coal
mined in the United Staes: so that
West Virginia produced one-ffth OF
all that was mined outside OF Penn
sylrania. The increase over the pre-
ceding year was 11.s per cent. or a.
8o1. 1888 tons-nearly as much as the
entire output Of Maryland, and more
than the output for the year in svir-
ginia. where the first coal mining in
the United States was undertaken
about tho year 1850. The total num-
Der Of men employed In the coal
mines OF West Virginia in 1907 was
5000. and as the average is Ave per-
sons to q family. about a quarter Of
the population OF the State is there
fore dependent upon this industry.
West Virginidss total production Of
coal in the fcrty-fiye years of its ex-
istence has been 434,19s,539 tons
more than the entire. output OF BIZ
luminous coal In the United States
for the last year. Since 1870, that is,
in the past thirty-eight years. in the
entire production In the United states
OF coal Pennsylvania has decreased
from u to 4s.t per cent. Ohio from
2 to 81 per cent. while West vir-
gInla has increased from is to 10.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
MOI INDICTED
Are the Rainroad Conductor II
for Carrying Passengers
Without Pay.

The United States grand jury In
baltimore dismissed the case OF Geo.
p. Somers. William T. Frederick,
Hugh C. Price. the three B. g o. r.
R. conductors who were charged with
violating the Federal law by carrying
a passenger on their trains free. 1T
Is understood that In the opinion OF
the grand jury the evidence in the
cases was not sufficient to warrant an
Indictment. The principal witness
in. each case was Charles Finder.
4Q7 N, Second street, Washington.
LIT was alleged that on June last
Finder boarded Pierces's train at
Washington with a ticket to Laurel.
The conductor took the ticket. 1t was
alleged but carried Finder through
to Philadelphia without collecting
the extra faretof $2.s5. Finder. 1t
was alleged had a note. which he
wrote himself, but purported to have
been signed by Dave Shields. a
painter. Of Washington, asking the
conductor to carry him to Philadel-
phia. ",
Conductor Frederick was charged
with carrying Finder free to Cum
berland on train from Washington
on June IL. Finder, it was charg-
ed, boarded the train without a tickl
let and the. fare was not collected.
Conductor Somers was charged
with carrying Finder from Wash
ington to Martinsburg without col.
lecting the fare. Finder, IT was al
legged, boarded the train on July /
without a ticket.
The other evidence in the cases at
the preliminary hearing before Com.
missioner Rogers showed that no re-
port Of the collection OF a cash fare
from Finder had been made by any
of the conductors. William F.
Broening was attorney forthe con-
ductors.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

per cent. In other words In 1870
one out OF every fifty tons came
from West Virginia. while now ono
OF every ten tons comes from this
State. The pro rata production OF
coal has increased in fifty years from
less than one-half q ton to five and
one-half tons. which illustrates as
well as anything the progress we
have made In manufacturing. This
leads to the thought that West yir-
GINA differs from oil other Import
ant coal producing States in the re-
spect that practically all the coal it
mines is shipped outside OF the State.
while Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illi-
nois in their factories consume a
large portion OF their output. They
thus secure a double benefit from
their coal, as these factories add to
the wealth and prosperity OF the
State. Mr.. w. e. Parker. the wen
known statisticIan or the Geological
Survey, in his annual report for 1907
on coal, referring to this fact says:
The question may well be asked, is
1t not time for West Virginia to de.
velop a Pittsburg, Chicago or a 81.
Louis within its borders II these
Questions are being propounded by
people outside Of the State, and pre-
sent themselves as, natural con-
clusion OF a study on the subject. how
incumbent 1t is upon such a body as
this to do all in Its power towards the
utilization within the State OF It's great
and varied natural resources. with
the exception of Illinois, West vir-
ginia has more square miles of coal
area than any OF the coal producing
States. and in proportion to the size
of the States. even more than Illinois.
where not more than one workable
seam IS often founds while In West
Virginia there are frequently several
Veins of excellent coal one above the
other. Seventy per cent. OF the State
OF West Virginia is underlayed with
coal, sixty.three per cent. OF Illinois.
thirty-two per cent. of Ohio and thir-
ty-one per cent. OF Pennsylvania.
West Virginia has NTH more coal
area than Pennsylvania.
Railroads Increase Values.
The development OF the state has
been, and, in a large, measure. must
continue to be dependent upon itsl
raiiways. They are, after all, the es-
Genital factors IN Its growth. With
out them. manufactures could not
exist, ana the coal mines would be ofi
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
. tile land from which could be raised

tile land from which could be raised
many of the supplies that are now
brought from without, for It Is well
understood that West Virginia does
not begin to produce the food pro.
ducts consumed by its people. Moth
ing adds more to the contentment
happiness and prosperity OF a COM
munity than its ability to raise in
needful quantities all kinds Of mar
ket supplies. It is a profitable In
dustry. and the Board should en-.
courage it in every way It can.
1t Is interesting to know, that OF
all the States Of the Union. accord
Ing to the census of 1900. West Viz
ginia has the largest per cent. OF ma
tive white Inhabitants. 97.7 per cent.
OF the population was born in the
United States. which means that only
twenty-three Of every thousand, or
about one in every forty-three per-
sons in the State are foreign born.
From those born in neighboring
States. there have come to make their
homes with us, in round numbers.
from
Virginia ............... 10000
Ohio -. ............ 10000
Pennsylvania ........... 10000
Maryland .............. 10000
"of the families OF the State, more
than half, that lie. 1894, own their
own homes. and four-fifths of these
are free Of debt; only 1895 being
mortgaged. II Is also noteworthy
that the number of persons to fam
lily was larger than in any other State
except Texas. But, perhaps. of the
statistical facts found in the govern
mental reports, the one more graft
flying is, that West Virginia in 1909,
the latest returns. stood apart and
alone as a State without State debt,
and Arkansas is the only State, with
an equal population with West yir-
ginia. that has as low a municipal
debt. The municipal debt of all the
States per capita is $20.74--of West
Virginia s4.77.
Coal Statistics.
1T was more than fifty years ago
that settled in the State and became
interested in Its, affairs. About that
time. or in 1858, the total amount Of
coal produced in the United States
was about II million tons, not quite
as much as Is now produced annual-
~ In Alabama, which then was not
thought OF az a coal producing state
In 1853, the year the state OF west
:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

tributaries. the main altitude of the
State is 1900 feet above tidewater.
and more than one-fourh OF the State
is above two thousand feet.
The land surface of the state con-
tains 24,645 square miles. The
smallest county is Hancock with Sc
square miles. about the size OF the
District of Columbia; and the largest
Is Randolph Of 1886 square miles, a
little larger than the State Of Rhode
Island. A large portion of the noun
tains Of the State is covered with val.
liable forests, and there is consider
able wild land but, nevertheless near.
ly forty per cent. of the total land
surface has beeen improved, or a
population Of nearly million people,
according to the census Of 1900. all
except about $4,000. or ss.9 per
cent Of the. entire population were
living in country districts. There
We're but sixteen towns having over
twenty-five hundred population. OF
the number of persons reported en1-
ployed in gainful occupations, more
than one-half We're engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. There are nearly
one hundred thousand farms In the
State of an average Of III acres,
while the average of the whole Unit
ed States is 14s acres. Two out OF
every five of these farms are devoted
to the raising OF live stock. The
population. as we all know, Is, there
fore, largely of a rural character, and
yet We are sometimes led to believe
that the mining industry is the para
mount interest with US. In the num-
erous valleys. and -en the table lands
are many thousands of acres of fer
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

years past, that close to the populous
Eatern coast Is a State containing in
great Quantities all the essentials OF
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

tASuhoA A. SNSaSl ~ d soldle COHlhlUlIH III
Ereattiquantities all the essentials OF
manufacturing life.
characteristics of the State.
With the exception of Vermont.
West Virginia is the smallest in area
of all the States admitted to the I'm
ion since its formation. yet its irreg-
ular shape gives 1t large range of
territory. The Capitol of the Coun-
try and the Atlantic Seaboard on the
East, Pittsburg and the Great Lakes
on the Northwest. and North Carolina
and Tennessee on the Southwest are
all within q hundred miles Of its
borders. 1t thus has available mar
kcts within easy reach in all direc-
tons for its products. Although
practically in the embrace of the
we are all OF one accord here In our
desire to promote these measures
which we all believe to be for the
best interests OF the State. We have
with. US the leading Representatives
of the commercial and industrial, life
of the. State. Each local organiza-
tion. sends Its foremost men. ana from
them. those beet adapted for service
thereon are made members o: the re-
vescommittees Of. this body. In
this way We have the best talen. of
Ohio and Potomac rivers and their
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

tributaries. the main altitude of the
State is 1900 feet above tidewater.
and more than one-fourh OF the State
IS above two thousand feet.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
Hoods SaFsapa Ia
VETERAN OF THREE WARS

WORCESTER. Mass, Nov. IL
General Samuel chamberlain. d vet
eran Of the Mexican, Indian and Civil
wars, Is dead at st. Vincent q hospital
this city. from infirmities incident to
old age. He was born in 1927.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
State NEws IN BRIEF.

HuNTINGTos The 12-mohths-
old child II Maade Floyd, in an al
most dying con ition, was deserted by
its NJ ether here. The woman has dis
appeared and. the Humane Society
has taken charge Of the infant.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
MEN ARE Acquired

Frank Kent and Enzie Green, both
coiored. were acquitted In Justice !.
n. David 8 court last evening OF an.
alleged assault on Frank Thongs.
cclored. several days ago.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12
RAILROAD PLEA
CONTINUED from page ~

J9IfoT TTETr
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

sETT0N--Caaries the 12-year-old
son OF irwin Plyman, was killed in Q
footb..::l game on the school grounds
here. The body was inferred in the
Braxton cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

PARKERsBuRG - Mrs. Matildn
Willis, age d72, is dead at the home
OF her son here. Two daughters and
one son survive. tdlkI
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-12

Virginia. was created. 1t produced
444,64S tons. in which year Maryland
and Illinois each produced twice as
much. and Ohio three times as much.
The production Of coal in .West vir-
ginia for stated years has been as fol-
The Delta independent., 1908-04-10
| LOREFROM TURAL
COLLEGE PROFESSORS

having the peculiar characteristic Of
fore they are really ripe. This makes
it hard berry to pick except for the
distant market. Considerable of the
acid disappears in the fully ripe
fruit.
Finally the uses are to be con-
sidered. A few varieties are good in
any capacity. Such as the Dunlap.
Candy and Haverland. Cardinal,
Warfeld. Excelsior, Stevens, Klon
dixie, Parker Eearle, Ridgway and
Fairfield, in addition to the first
three, are essentially the CONNER
cial varieties. They are firm in flesh
and withstand the rough handling in
cideht to the long trip to a distant
market Decidedly too soft for ship
ping are Sample, Bederwood and VIM.
Belt. Ridgway and Haverland are
both rather soft but ship we'll in spite
of this. Warfield, Dunlap, Parson
Beauty and Excelsior are consider
ed among the best for canning on ac-
count of color, acidity, etc. For home
use and nearby fancy trade. the more
good varieties one can grow the bet
ter, at any rate he should have sue
cession of varieties, but so far as pos
sible those of the very highest quail
ity. Such are what he desires for his
own home and upon such he can
hn hig $11
lowing varieties are especially desir-
able from this standpoint; Nick Oh
mer. Aroma, Rough Rider. Bubach,
Bismarck. Glen Mary, Latest, VIM.
Belt, Dunlap. Marshall, Parson
Beauty, Sample, Haverland and
Candy. Were a narrower list de-
sired | should select Haverland with
Bederwood as a pollenizer, Marshall.
Glen Mary, Dunlap, Sample and
Aroma
Finally 1t must be said that in
order to appreciate the spirit in
which this list is submitted. this
article should be read in connection
with the preceding one. This selec-
tion was made after comparison of
the results obtained at many Expert
ment stations in the United States
during the last ten years. The merits
of many other varieties were critical
ly considered in compiling the list
and many very worthy ones omit
ted. 1t is hoped that this will prove
especially helpful to the beginner
who has yet to make his choice of
varieties. However, as mentioned in
previous article, each grower, on his
own farm, under his peculiar condi-
tions. must decide what varieties
succeed best there.
LESLIE F. PAUL,
Associate Professor of Horticulture,
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins.
The Delta independent., 1908-04-10
GRAssHoPPERs IN ALFALFA.

The alfalfa fields suffer to greater
or less extent every year from the
ravages of grasshoppers. or the
several hundred kinds known to the
specialist, two appear to be the most
frequent cause of complaint. They
are among the largest species that
We have and are known as differen-
tial and two-line grasshoppers. Tho
former is greenish yellow in color
and the latter is marked by two pale
lines running down the sides the
entire length of the body
The eggs of both kinds are laid in
late summer or fall in pods in the
ground. Thirty or forty eggs are
placed in each pod. The pods are
placed an inch or more under the
surface of the ground and are made
almost waterproof by being lined and
covered with sticky fluid which
hardens into leathery case. The in
sects seem to prefer a compact soil
banks. paths and rocky knolls are
most often selected.
In the spring when the alfalfa be
gins to grow, the eggs hatch and the
young hoppers find an abundant sup
ply Of fresh, succulent food which Is
just what they need for their success
in the world.
At this season the injury is no
very great. Later In the summer
when they attain considerable size
the case Is different.
The best remedies are preventative
and can be applied in early spring
with benefit to the alfalfa crop.
All ditch banks, fence lines and
waste corners should be burned over
and cleaned up. II the surface of
the ground can be stirred to the
depth of two inches great benefit will
follow. This measure tends to break
up the pods of eggs. exposing the con
tents to the weather, which is almost
certain to be fatal. The eggs will
be dried out or soaked with water, in
either case preventing their hatch
ing. The birds and other animals
will be able to render much better
service by eating large numbers of
them
The alfalfa field should be thor
oughly disced to a depth of two or
three inches. This will accomplish
the purposes stated above. In doing
this work set the discs nearly YER
tical SO that they will not cut OF the
crowns Of the plants. Prof. olin OF
The Delta independent., 1908-04-10
A QUARTER CENTURY
OF Strawberries

The above title is chosen for &
double reason. There are exactly
twenty-five varieties, and the oldest
one (Warfield) was originated
twenty-five years ago.
These may be classified by season
as:
l. Extra early-Excelsior, Fair
field.
II. Early Bederwood. Warfeld
Haverland.
dinal. Glen Mary, Dunlap, Ridgway,
Marshall, Brandywine.
w. Late-Klondike, VIM. Belt,
Parker Earle, Sample, Uncle Jim.
Rough Rider. Stevens, Aroma.
V. Very Late-Latest, Candy.
Another point in connection with
season beside the general earliness,
etc, is the length of time during
Aroma, Cardinal, Dunlap and Klon-
dixie have a very long season; Fair
field and Uncle Jim very short one.
The following have imperfect or
be planted along with some OF the
other varieties of the same season:
Warfield. Haverland. Cardinal. Blu
bach. Sample and Latest. Glen Mary
and Parson Beauty should be added
to this list because of their failure
to make much pollen. although the
flowers are apparently perfect.
With regard to plants there are
many points to be noted. Warfield,
Stevens, Dunlap, and Uncle Jim tend
to produce too many plants; Nick
dinner. Fairfield. Glen Mary. Msr-
shall. Bubach, Haverland. Rough
Rider. Aroma. and Latest too FEW.
The first group should be planted
farther apart, the last nearer to-
gether than other varieties. Thin
ming out among the first group also
helps. Nick dinner. Uncle Jim, Lat
est. and Marshall produce very large
plants: Warfield. Bederwood. Haver-
land, and Dunlap medium to small
ones. Sample. Excelsior and Bubach
are very long rooted. and hence es-
pecially drough-resistant. William
Belt and Bederwood are very sus-
ceptible to leaf-blight: Marshall.
Kiondike. Candy and Sample quite
so: and Warfield and Excelsior.
slightly. Fortunately this disease is
not very serious in Colorado. even
The Delta independent., 1908-04-10
SUBSCRIPTION $500 '::, e:

the Colorado Agricultural college 1,
authority for the statement that disc
ing acts like a tonic to alfalfa.
Cooperation among farmers hav-
ing adjoining fields of alfalfa is very
desirable since the "hoppers" are
much given to migrating from one
field to another.
s. ARTHUR JOHNSON,
Associate Professor OF Entomology,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins. Colorado,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Crimes.

c. w. Bib of Minneapolis, an al
legged land CRATER indicted at Des
Moines, gave himself up to the sheriff.
Burglars p%lundered the South Bend,
Ind, postofice Of $18,653 in stamps
and made good their escape without
leaving a clue.
Timothy Linehan, serving a life sen
tence in the state pe%nitentiary at
Jackson, Mich, for the murder of his
wife in Detroit last July, committed
suicide in his cell by hanging.
Frank Z. Wood, said to be a son of
Frederick Wood, once secretary of
state OF Virginia, is dying in the hos
pital in New York fro ma self-inhicted
bullet wound. He has been despond-
ent of late because OF i'll health.
Grieving owe the verdict Of ply
sicians that his wife would never re-
cover from an illness which had made
her an invalid for months, James Free
body Thompson, a teacher of Ian
guages, killed himself in New York.
Nick Veasey, a negro charged with
having had a part in the killing of
Boss Veasy, a planter of Arkabutla,
was taken from officers who were en-
deavoring to place him in Jail at Cold
water, Miss, and hanged by a mob
of about a hundred men.
e. A. Rawls of Jacksonville, presi-
dent of the Bradford Lumber COM
pany, at Jacksonville, Fla, was shot
and instantly killed by T. s.. Glover,
bookkeeper for the concern, near AS
tor, Fla, yesterday. No cause for the
killing has been learned.
After slashing and hacking at each
other as they struggled along for a
whole block in a terrible street duel,
Matt Payne is dead at st. Joseph, Mo,
and John Harris is dying. The men
quarreled owe a dime involved in a
crap game and started to fight, draw
ing knives. For a block they chung
to each other, slashing vigorously, and
fell side by side.