davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13
Right and Duty.

we are coming to recognize as ner.
r before the right OF the Nation 10
nard Its own futurehi nthe essential
natter OF natural resources. In the
INST we have admitted the right OF the
Individual to injure the future of tn !
Republic for his own present profit.
The time has come for change. AS
people we have the right and the
tutF, second to none other but the
right and duty OF obeying the moral
law. of requiring and doing justice, to
protect ourselves and our children
against the wnsteful development of
our natural resources, whether that
waste is cnuse,l by the actual d estr,,c.
lion Of such resources or by making
them impossible of development here
after.
ANY right thinking father earnest
Is desires and strives to. leave his
son both ln nntnrnishe.l name and a
reasonable equipment for the strug-
gle Of life. So this Nation a a whole
SHOULD earnestly desire AMI strive to
leave to the next generation the mn
tional honor unstnined and the ma
lional resources unexhausted. There.
nre signs that both the Nation and
the States are waking to realization
Of this great truth. On March 10.
1905. The Supreme Court of Maine rel.
1ered an exceedingly Important judi
cial decision. This opinion was rem.
deretl- In response to questions as to
the right of the legislature to restrict
the guiding of trees on private land
for the prevention OF lroughts and
floods. the preservation OF the natural
water supply. and the prevention Of
the erosion OF such lands, and the con-
sequent filling up of rivers. ponds,
and lakes. The forests and water
power OF Maine constitute the larger
part of her wealth md form the h1-
sis OF her industrial life. aud the
question submitted by the! Maine sen:
ate to the Supreme Court anl the an.
swer OF the Supreme Court alike bear
testimony to the wisdom OF the poo.
pie! of Maine, and clearly define pol:
icy OF conservation OF natural ire
sources. the adoption Of which is OF
vital importance. not merely to Maine
butte the whole country. i.. al
f Such q policy will preserve soil, for.
c est writer power IS al heritage for.
the children and the children's chill
tlren of the men anil women OF this
gsnernt ton for any enactmellt that;
tcnntinpsd en- Panes laht.y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13
..AssREMARKARLE GATHERING.

me conference Mt the White House
1 Ioday. called by President Roosevelt.
S 1ss one ~ 8of great importance to the ma.
lion The President In his address to
the governors and other representa-.
live men sof many Of the states of the
S1nnionS called attention to the dangers
ssnn fronting the people Of the United
States sin the destruction Of our nat.
g E'l11 resources He points out that the
iSearly settlers proceeded on the theory
That the nations resources were II.
sllmttable5 and inexhaustlble. but. think.
Saa I'D men are seeing that this Is great
31al ist axe re are fast using ND our
mineral supplies and are over the
Z verge of IA timber famine. Proner ,,se
Sofs the soil does not exhaust that very
Important base of many of the nations
supplies but we cannot replace the
coal and iron ore and oil and gas that
sareSb icing SO Srnpi,lly consumed. The
average aver man doesn't stop to think OF
!; s5 tl1h Importance Of the Presidents
words In this connection. but there is
mo doubt that the conference now in
3f fses on at Washington will he pro.
sdn cttye Of great good to the several
states of the: nation. whose chief ex.
4 ecuti vs. will carry home to their
people some Of the, Roosevelt enthusI.
assn for protecting the nations natu,
sssIal resource g The people of the
whole country have reason to thanl,
the PRESIDENT for calling The confer
5 ence mt Washington on this most I'M
sspartants question.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13
Notable Gathering
Continued From page One.)

limitnhle and capable OF supporting all
the people who might care to make
our country their home; but already
the limit Of unsettled land is In sight,
and indeed but little lind fitted for
agriculture now. remains unoccupletl
save what can be reclaimed by irrign-
ton and drainage. we began with I'M
unapproacheh heritage of forests.
more than half OF the timber Is gone.
We began with coal fields more ex-
tensiye than those OF any other nh.
lion and with iron ores regarded MS
inexhaustible, and many experts now
declare that the end OF both iron AMI
coal is III sight. as.
The mere Increase In our consnmp.
tlon Of coal during 1907 over 1906 eN.
ceetled the total consumption in 1876,
the Centennial year. The enormous
stores OF mineral oil and gas nre
largely gone. Our natural waterways
are not gone. but they have been SO
injured by neglect. anil by the div.-
sion OF responsibility and utter lack
of system In dealing with them, Tint
there is less navigation on them nos.
than there was fifty years ago. FL
nally. We began with soils OF uneXnn,-
pied fertility and We have so inpov-
erlshed them by injutlicious use and
by falling to check erosion that their
crop producing power is diminishing
instead of increasing. In n word, We
have thonghtlessly. and to n large de-
gree unnecessarily. Diminished heI
resources upon which not only our.
prosperity but the prosperity OF our.
children must always depend. as
We have become great because of,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13


Clyde Holt and other VI -ThulaRs
Costello and ii herrs char.
IN tie Circuit Court on Marion coun-
B: hi: West Virginia S:S1 II
n Pursuant 10 the decree entered byl
the Circuit Court OF j Marion county
West Virginia IN the above entitled
cause on the i 9Th day OF April; 1905.
the underslEn Fairmnnt Trust
Company. SPECIAL receiver; who was
by the said decree directed to do SO,
wtll sell, at public auction. to the
highest bidder, at the front door Of
the Courthouse OF said Marion coun-
Nv. in the City OF Fairmont: on Thurs;
day, the gath day of May, 1905, cont:
imencing at one o'clock p. M. the fnl-
lowing mentioned and described real
estate and personal property. the
property OF FaE1nont Steel Company
and situated in Fairmont 1ndustrisi
Company's addition to the City OF
Fairnont, Marion county. West Vlr-
gtnia, :Si 81
First. The following desc ibetl real
estate: "A certain tract Of parcel OF
land situate in U MON district, Marion
county. West Virginia, which is bound
ed and described as follows: y Begin
ming at a Stone, which is N. Z s. E. 5
feet from awalnut tree and running
thence S.. 4 1 degrees 40 minutes. E..
4.1.5 feet to a stake: thence n. Al
degrees 81 minutes. z. $40 feet to n
stake; thence Sal degrees. E. 1918
feet to stake and thence " II de-
grees 81 minutes E. $40 feet to the
place of beginning 6. containing three
t31 acres, more or less. But a por-
ton OF said land containing oe-100 Of
an acre. more or less. being the por-
ton which was granted and convey
ed by said Fairnont Steel Company
to Fairmont Industrial Company by
deed bearing date October 9Th. 1905.
and OF record lin the County Clerks
office OF said Marion county. in Deed
Book No. 1889, page eos. is excepted
{ md reserved and will not be. sold.
Upon which said real estate Is To-
'ated the buildings and; manufacture
ing plant OF said Fairmont Steel Com:
pany used in manufacturing and re-
trolling steel rails.
Second. Also NIL of the machinery.
appliances and equipment Of every
sind and description owned by said
eF,airmnnt Steel Company and used Nv
=, +ha rr,'s" ,c+',-e end re-rr1linS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

the lavish use Of our resources and
we have just reason to be proud OF
our growth. But the time has coma
to inquire seriously what will happen
when our forests are gone. when the
coal. the iron. the oil. and the gas are
exhausted, when the soils shall have
been still further impoverished AMI
washed into the streams. pointing the
rivers. tlen,ltlfng the fields. and oh.
strnctins navigation. These questions
do not relate only to the next cen.
tnry or to the next generation. It is
time FOR lis now as n Nation to exer-
else the same reasonable foresight in
dealing with our great natural re-
sources that would be shown by anv
prudent man In conserving and wide
~ using the property which contains
the assurance OF well-betng for him
self and his children.
Two Classes of Resources.
The natural resources have enuni-
Grated can be divided into two sharp
" distinguished classes accordingly
rs they are or are not capable OF re-
newal. Mines II use. must necessar-
lily bc exhausted. The minerals do
not an,l can not renew themselves.
Therefore in dealing with the coal.
the oil.the gas. the iron, the metals
genernllyt all that We can 10 Is to try
to see that they are wisely used.
The exhaustion is certain to come IN
time.
The second class Of resources con-
slsts OF those which cnn not only be
used In such manner us to leave them
lindinlinisled for our children. but
can actually be Improved by wise
use. The soil. the forests. the wafer
ways come in this category. In deal
ing with mineral resources, man Is
able TO improve ON nature only by
putting the resources to beneficial
use which In the end exhausts them:
hut in dealing with the soil and its
products man car improve on nature
by compelling the resources to re-
new and even reconstruct themselves
In such manner rs 10 serve increns-
inglyE beneficial uses-while the liv-
Ing waters can he SO controlled as to
multiply their benefits.
Neither the. primitive man nor the
pioneer was aware Of amy duty to pos.
terity in dealing with thetrenewabls
resources. When the American set
tier felled the forests, q he felt that
there her! wa plenty Of forest left for the
sons who came after him. When he
exhausted the soil OF his farm he fell.
that his son could 20 stand take
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

up another. So It was with his lnlne
diate successors. When the soil.wast
from the farmers fields checked III.
neighbnring river he thought only O..
using the railway rather than boats
Tor moving his produce and supplies
Marked Changes.
Now all this is changed. On the
average the son OF the farmer Of to,
day must make his living on his faith
er's farm. There is no difficulty III
doing this II the father will exercise
wisdom. No wise use. of farm ex.
hansts Its fertility. So with the for.
ests. We are over the verge OF lin.
Der famine in this country. and 1t is
objectionable for the Nation or the
States to permit any further cutting
OF our timber save in accordance with
a system which will provide that the
next generation shall see the timber
increased instead OF diminished.
Moreover. we can add enormous tracts
of the most valuable possible agricul-
trral lnn,l TO the national domain by
irrigation, In the arid and semiAril
regions and by drainage of great
tracts OF swamp land in the humid re-
Eions. We can enormously increas"
our transportation facilities by tht,
canalization OF our rivers so MS 10
complete a great system Of waterways
on the Pacific. Atlantic. nn,i Gulf
coasts and in the Mississippi Valley
from the Great Plains to the Ale.
ghenies and from the northern lakes
to the mouth OF the mighty Father OF
Waters. But all these various uses
OF our natural resources are SO close
ly connected that they should be CO.
|ordinated. and should be treated as
part OF one coherent plan and not in
hapllazartl and piecemenl fashion.
1t Is largely because OF this that /
appointed the Waterways Commits
sion last year and that hive sought
to perpetuate its work. i wish to take
this opportunity to express in henrliest
fashion my acknowledgment to all
the members OF the Commission. at
great personal sacrifice OF time and
effort they. have rendered service
TO the public for which we can not
be too grateful. Especial credit is
due to- the initiative, the energy, the.
devotion lts' to duty and $the farsIghtetl:
ness So Of Clifford Plnchot, to whom we
owe SO much OF the progress we have
alread Y made In handling this matter;
Of the coorlination and conservation,
Of natural resources. IL y It had not.
been for him this convention neither
would nor could have been called
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13
fNrs- ~ Tf+saii - as III go
COMMISSION ER's SALE

: . Z r 4
Phn1la "A. Clarl, vs.. ]. Frank BlaclS-
wood, Maggie Blaclswood and others.
In Chancery. Es5, S.
IN the Circuit Court Of Marion coun-
ty. West Virginia. n f. ss,3
BY the authority conferred upon
the undersigned by the decree OF said
court entered in said cause on the
10th day of, March, 1908. the under
signed Special Commissioner will, OH
| the Pc !g
list day of June, 1908
between the hours of one o'clock and
four o'clocll<p. nj. OF said day, at the
front door of the Courthouse of Ma.
rton county. West Virginia. sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder.
all Of the following real estate lying
and being in what Is known as the
Burt Addition to the City OF Manning
ton. in Marion county. West Virginla.
and more particularly described as
follows: Being the western portion
or parcel of lots Nos. Z and in.
Block 4 OF the property OF the Man.
nington Development Company. as
shown by the plat OF the same, which
said plat is of record, bounded as fol-
lows: 3 3 q:
Beginning at an alley between the
the. property now owned by E. j.
Thomas and the said grantors
tCharles E. Minor and wife) and In
line OF Warrington avenue 40 fee,
TO stake: thence at right angle to
said Warrington avenue. and in
southern direction so feet to line
of c. L. Cottrill; thence with said Cot.
trill's line in a westerly direction 40
feet to said alley; and thence with
line OF said alley and in a northerly
direction so feet to the place OF begin.
ming, heing 40 feet front ami so fee,
deep. excepting and reserring from
said sale the coal. oil and gas in and
under said land.
Terms OF Sale: Sufficient cash In
hand to pay the costs Of suit and ex-
penses OF sale. and to the said Phalla
a. Clark FIVE hundred and fifty.seven
and 57-10o ts557.57) dollars. with in
terest from March 8. 1908; and to Ex-
change Bank OF Warrington two hun
dred and flfty;one ana oS.1Oo fo51.2S,
dollars with interest from March o.
1908: and to said Phalln "A. Clark
three hundred and thirty.six (s33G.Dn)
tlollars payable on tie asth day OF A pril.
1908. and the balance upon deferred
payments as follows: the sum or
three hundred and fifty-four t$354.oo)
dollars payable on tile eth day OF April
1903: the sum OF two hundred anil
forty-seven and Te.10o ts247.7s) dol
lars payable on the 2Sth day OF April;
1910: and as to tho balance OF tho
purchase money the same shall bd
payable in two equal Installmcntsfi In
six and twelve months, respectively
from the date OF sale, and bearing In
terest from the date OF sale. and for
all OF said deferred instnllments the
purchaser shall give his notes, with
good security, payable to. the under
signed. and the title to said real es,;
tate shall also be retained until th1
said deferred ailments are fully
paid. VT 4:
C.tSsD.sAiERR1CK.s
j Special Commissi oner.
So Bond IN the spennlty Of three thou:I
'sand So ,0oo. o0) ollars with good
;aecuFtt ~ ana scondi Toned SEA rem
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

lot Etesl .yaiis located and situated Ia I
sha bnildtng and upon the above de- X
scr1hsd real estnte. Ineiuded its thc
said mae hinery; appi ana eq,,ip.
lments are tie i fcliowing Efssine.
Eough Thing rolls anish Ing rolls finish-
Ing engine afiIll pressess belttng.
lath boiler III Ina X q ana stnres,
Breaker and enEine. air engine.
rolsts. roll tnrnet tools. sftpoT plates
and 1IFa other mach lnerys tool ana sqaiI,s
ment.
The whole Esof said ma iinersi an
planes and ECU pment toget her
stttuting q 5con,plete plant for naann
featuring and re;rolli ngS steel rali ss
The undersig ned, sFa ii1npnt
Company Special Rec irer.
thorized and directed by Inc saia
cree of sale to sell the said spropersy.
real AMI persona. q free from, mi 4 Hons
and enclmbrances thereon OF
kim and charact er.
ia} Terms OF sE;e.E
Ontrthlrl Tor as much more of the
purchase price as the purch asafs may
eI.ct 10 pay) I'm cash on the
sale.S and the residue IN two equal
stallments on credit OF one and tive
tyenrs from the day sofS sale. ith in
Fisrest thereon from the Ia q sale.
for which deferred ailments tie
undersigned Special Receiver ,silI
take from the purchaser hts oblIEas
! lions with good personal security
I be approved by the nnd erslsnedpa
able in one and two years. respectiya-
Z ~. with interest on each from
!, date thereof, and as d ifurth secuEs
ity for the payment of said deferred
obligations lien win be- retainer
upon the property sold for the defeFre.t
finstallments for which said d obi
!. lions are given. Z.
FAlttMoNT TRUST co PANYs
Special SR eceiv ers
Ar:il 2sth; 1908. I55i; q n ssssl
STATE OF WEST, VIRGINIA.
Marion County. SIS:
I hereby certify that y the abura8
named Fairnlont Trust Company
cia1 Receiver, has executed before
me bond in the penalty OF Ten Thou.
sand Dollars conditioned accordIng
law with good security approved by
me as required by the decree safpre-
said in said above styled cause. S.;
Given under my hand this 1921 It'll day
Of April. sos. EsSs
R. sB.T PARRISH @
Clerk Circuit Court of saiarionS
a County West lrgtnia.
Apr. Is. May ST. 2, 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

50 q, V Z, = So q "
4 Continued y en- Pansa Et1ht.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

81 mes says man signing his
name lass&orker'' writes to TINT
papers that the humber of glasswork-
SersS who went to Clarksburg last Sat.
S S11rrtdl sy5sWas twelve.tItg is now up to
the ft Sstockhoi der who wrote the whs-
key article To- mn Ike good or somebody
VIII get susp lclous OF his truthful.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

A majority OF eleven Is going some
for one game, but the locnl team beat
Connellsville that many yesterday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

The game with Uniontown today Is
arousIng more than unusual interest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

;stss Tie lest " irginfan Is not planning
any backwar1 steps In order to be n
comp titor2 of the lines. Under ord;
inary acIrcll mstance s we might want
tosstay back with 1T lust for the sake
~ COMPANY Ii but we don't "a rink
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

The farmers and gardeners arc
working overtime this week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

1t makes a fellow squirm II you
touch him OIL the sore spot.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

tween Swisher and the governorship
is the Democratic party.-Chnrleston
Gazette. NF
And that amt much. ~.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-13

~
tsseemss now thai the only thing be;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-24
STUPID BLUNDER.

VALLEJO, Cal, Oct. 23-Lieu-
tenant Edwin I'll Dodd, who was in
charge Of the submarine flotilIa al
Mare Island when disastrous gas
oIine FIRE occurred at the station, Sep
tember II, will appear before 4 court
martial next Monday to answer char
gcs Of neglect. II is alleged that Lieu
tenant Dodd should have taken the
submarines into the middle Of the
stream before pumping gasoline In
to the water in order that the inHam-
nable fluid might float away instead
Of collecting about the float and the
vessels anchored there The fire cost
the lives Of 9. +. Nay machinist
and Paul Martin, a local peddler
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-24
ArrER rwo YEARs.



CHICAGO, Oct z3--A dispatch
70 the Tribune from Kenosha, VIII.
says;
The body Of John Giilctt, formerly
probably the best known man ii Ke.
rosha and a son oi the late Judge
Guedin GiIlest, Who disappeared III
January a. 1901, WIS found ii II
Keuosha river yesterday, Ii Is eyi.
dent CilIett walked into tlle river on
the night Of his disappearance and
was caught II the refuse Al the bot
tom q Tic stream and held there. The
river y filed with TAR from the gas
works and with acids from a large
tannery and these served as q pre-
serving fluid To such an extent that
notwithstanding The fact that the body
had been ii the water for nearly two
years, i was still possible to recog.
nize the features.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-24

NEW YORK, Cct z3. IL ii pro.
bable thal ~ once unique N TIE his-
tory 81 American cities viii soon be
created hsre'nothing less indeed than
that Of Superintendent Of Municipal
Automobiles. The cIty government
has outstripped All competitors III
its use Of the auto Until today II ID
the possessor Of an even hundred
sclf-propelled vehicles 70 expcdiate
the administration Of municipal mat
tcrs." The number becomes doubly
remarkable because Of the fact that
the city which now Is the largest mu.
nicipal owner Of autos III the country
had none at all FIVE years ago. While
Father Knickerbocker has thus shown
his progresslyencss the suspicion has
arisen that the all pervading graft is
not entirely absent II this matter The
hundred machines ARE carried on the
city's books al cost valuation ol
$26O.03O.5s. the cars ranging In price
from $500 IN the case Of the smallest
70 the rather surprising inaximum Of
$500 for the largest II II not, how
ever, the Initial cost which u Great.
ing the trouble but the bills for re.
pairs and depreciation" The city'A
garage bill now aggregates 100000
year which mcans that more money
u charged annually 10 the repairs 81
each machine than its original cost.
In addition to this the yearly depre.
chiffon IL estimated at hfty percent
Altogether Father Knickerbocker II
finding his autos d very expensive
luxury and since Il is believed that
much Of the expense is pure graft
New York may shortly have a Su-
perintendent 81 its automobiles I'm.
doubtedly the Office would prove un-
popular as one o. the first duties Of
ils incumbent would be TO stop the
use for private purposes Of the ci.y's
machines,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-24

G. R. KIuger, the jeweier, 1860
Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.
writes: n was 10 weak from kidney
trouble that ! could hardly walk 4
hundred feet Four bottles Of FoIey's
Kidney Remedy cleared my complex
ion, cured my backache and the ir-
regularities disappeared, and can
now attend to business every day,
and recommend FoIey's Kidney Rem
edy to all sufferers as il cured me
after the doctors and other remedies
had failed. 4. T. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-24

While any man that publicly pin
ches a woman in New York Is La
bic 70 arrest and fine, women Of the
city are strong in the belief that
women should be allowed TO pinch
men. They are not however, in "a.
vor Of a caruso act, but are highly
enthusiastic over The appointment 81
female policemen The Wornen's
Democratic Society has just pledged
itself to take up this question At. the