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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
Heavy Rains
Caused Trouble.
;RRloGE ON p. 6lfW.!svA.s BECOMES
g54 DANGEROUS MANY LAND. I-}t3
saTs SLIDES REPORrED. X

C'Il4ARlKsBURG. May G.-TheG heavy
rains Tuesday played havoc with. the
B.. & o.srallroad. TheT brflgea Mon
.ticcello, onsthe P. 'i&i W. Sva. division
became SO dangerous that orders were
issued for all trains to cross It at a
rate not more than four; miles. an. hour.
The railroad men noticing its scnndi-
ton procured cables and. It was secure
ly tied. Ii 5F..z,,, 4: "a II. 5s,i
4; On the Parkersburg road all u the
trains encountered much difficulty.
Several bad landslides between Nos o
and 10, tunnels delayed traffic for, sew
eral hours: On account of a landslide
west OF Parkersburg No. "A ran several
hours late last night. ID ~: ";
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
sFAiRMs 8 iL:i; Of 81 sw V

Having mad good progress In the
!. policy claiming the arid lands of
j the west By the construction OF irri-
CATION works sout d: the proceeds OF
pnblic land sales, the government is
i that much nearer the lay when it will
take the Ared emptio OF swamp
lands The areag OF the public domain
atnIally available for. agriculture will
soon DE fully occu pied by settlers.
Only by the 9arti fcial means Of irriga-
Hon and drainag es can 1T be extended
on Ha larg scale says the New York
IN sasrecent5 report to the Senate by
ssecretary Wilson 1T lis estimated that
here are 40, oo5. o2s acres Of swamp
and overfloWed land lin the several
rs tatesS which may be reclaimed for ag.
rtcnlture exclusive OF coast lands
which are overlooked by. tide water.
s. These wet lands In area about equal
the entire territory of New Mexico or
EthetsixS New gland States, New York
and New Jersey taken together. About
one htths Of the whole amount lies In
Florida and One ighth in Louisiana.
I Arkansas Minnesota and mississippi
have each over s, 100000 acres requir.
Ing drainage to be- flt for: farming pur-
Sposesss and alIfornia; Georgia. AIichi-
gar, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima and South Carolina average ap.
xfmatelys 200. 900 each.
The total increase in the market
yalHefof the swamp lands Of the Unit
states EXPERIMENTATION, 1t is estimat.
sfas would he nearly 81 500 1000. with
sap annual Increased production Of
about II, 100000. This would be an
linn ense dition q to the nations
wealth, 81 would m can i co 900 farms
sofsa u average Of SO acres each OF grent
fertility rep ting homes for per-
bars z ,ooQ, 900 people and giving lucra.
tive Hemplo yment to a. vast army OF
farm aborers, 81 who i in turn would
feed and draw on IA large city popula-
Hon ion 81 pplles. q!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

The plan to have e. big celebration
at MorgantownMa Both hasa aprent:
" fallen through. K. In I a letter to the
::M.tfor.rgantowns papers the Adintant of
HOFFMAN Post says that the commit:
tee to raise funds to defruy expenses
OF said demonstration have moi. as yet
been able to secure a stuff cient amount
OF funds 70 procure speakers. bands
and the usual amount or necessary ex.
pense for such an occasion: therefore,
Hoffman Post No 90. G. Y r.. now be
,lieyes sit Isl better not to make any
further effort IN that direction, but
will proceed to decorate In its usual
private way. II ~ III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

81 Cabell county tried the plan of liay-
Ing two conventions, at one time yes.
,terday. II Is said. But 1t seems like
~ that the; regular swisier conven-
ton will have the call with the State
committee; a report received from \,
reliable source states that the Swish.
e er men were considerably in major
ity some placing It as high as two to
one. 80 X VIC 81: 81 y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
I Attending missionary y MEETING M Z

~ Those who are attending the Wo.
mems Home and Foreign Missionary
Society meeting Of the Presbytery OF
Grafton at; the Presbyterian Church at
Grafton from this city are: Mrs: III. q.
soetzer, Mrs. J.. Walter Barnes. Mrs.
Nv. 8. Mayors, i Mrs. g T.. Kerr, Mrs,
.sU.4A. Clayton. sAlrs. Joseph Roster,
y; Mrs Mason Mrs: j. McDon.
aid, Mrst z; 81 IA steph an. Mrs. Hugh
Smith Miss Margaret sHowatt; Miss
l Edith Pickett sissS Irene Barnes, shirs
ley Mayors and John stpetzer. Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

There hasn't been much time lost
70. corn planting yet. the ground has
been TOO cold q. It will soon be warm,
however, from The indica lions to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

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motion Sc ~, r.1 :
should be made to the bar, k:
The real estate com % rnrt q,
10 . ction could IA taEar ~ !, 1
IiHHLteFf2 OIL hWluenlnGf "a certain r. streets
that were formerly State 1iiEhwyial;ysss.tf
The matter OF getting a deed for the
crematory property wa tire sfe.t, over =
= but nothing was done IA deed
was rendered by the Fafrmont Real
p ~ f.sr IAN d streets
a - - = F'ls. y arg: So accepts
hhce OF tt,es deed was made. Will
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estimate 81 7the 81 MI - :, - : I =
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that tbe nronsrts sha -, o !, :,
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ne question OF paving Ogden ave
hue "as up again II was va laid on the
, taole until ~ next meeting
u The bonds Of Frank Reed, Ralph
Dooltttle and ]. f. Powell were accept
ed. John s. SCOTS settlement was
Acee E'p7sn.s 4
g; G. Meredith was granted = build.
ing permit
An$order was drawn fon the treas
lrer for $3.50 in favor OF the City
Hospital. IS.
Refundine orders for ~. or 20 Z, 2 4, !,
to several saloon kee,n r,t..7 heca,,se L.
the close OF the snloonls ana go = gM i
George M ia cobs for. / l,a ,iav;a - :, -,
run by electricity IN the II co,s ~, III
ing were granted i3.it & 1 y
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not r,-,nted IL hra,,,,,;. ~. !
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barrels 7 heals we'll, - 80. ~
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-, f-' to' nursing susan $50 Free
80
Ulysses ::,sss" Union was granted license
to operate two pool tables at The ponl
lu,lorS on Jackson * o.. street. y
Mrs RS: ! ates, proprietress Of the New
ra.slaha :Iea Rooms. was granted i
restaurant license to; operate an eat
- iA, :. y oori over Christie's drug store.
!, several \ publications for restaurant
licenses sta' ana a. motel N licenses We're based
on atoo low valuations. These appltca.
t'o 's' were refused to the real estate
: nl q 4; 81
Tt councilman Robinson moved s. thn
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

The Parkersb urg State Journal
axes a slight correction 81 IAN edi.
torial on the West virginian relative
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

It begins to feel a little more
May today. Y; x s 8.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

The MorgantoWn team was. the only
one In the league not represen ted.
S ]. s: German. Of Aberdeen, Mary.
land was the ntatived of the
Dupont Powder Company and N. ii.
Stevens, OF New rochelle, N. y /, rep:
resented the Union M etale Company,
The next shoot will be held f at
shinnston on May &c. The Individual
scrrsss ..5-+iti gN 10 n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
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FARM a; RIM g. o, !, ARMS I:
Fatrn1onr, w Vac hampt Haekney
Stallion. Gentleman SJ Ohm 1928

a StaIlIon5. Gent enranE Ohm 1923
1924 S
Winner of Hackney Champfonshipa
y National Horse Show 4 903 and 1slI. sis.
a. black brown, standss1 81 He sons
Of the few Lord Derby II llinps sleft
His dam is the celebrated mare Bounce
BY Lord OF the Isles. HIS extraordin5
ary finish. action. courage and peri id
temper are transmitted witt swondaf
uniformity to his ifoa ls. Fee twenty.ava
f($25.oo) dollars. Il;
They all say It 1 Is good the Blaek
Princess abt Electric Theater.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

EVERYBODY IS going to see Blacl
Princess at Electric 4 eater. M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

s. The Black Princess is certainly fine
at Electric Theater. 81 5!s ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
E|R ] [ ] WON
IN TEAM SHOOT
GOT MOST BIRDS I'M INTEREST
w Gs;iscoNTEsTs All cEARK ss Isl
& XIX BURG SxEsTERDAY.s ~

g2fIas
Il csIl14A!ARl7KsBuRti May he shoot
q the sionons ahela Valley spoortst::
me mems league here yesterday was q Big
sue success = .ssas Notwithstanding the bal
weather.and generally unfarorable
The The, team race n for 100 s birds was
captured by Fairmont the score being
as follows: "; IA
Fairmont i. I. !. q. !. !. {. 4. +
Manning ton s, ". So
s1 sra on q. Ga
Jacksonburg :. :. !. !. 4. 4.
LiItleton y! SO
Clarksburg z /. !. 8. !. I.
Shinnston !. |. !. !. /. ). /; /,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06
Mrs. B. Reed spent yesterday
With relatives and friends In Manning.

ton. Xxx 5t z 4 4 III Z 81 st5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-06

S4i = 4 sy,y
Whereas, BY vote OF the people
OF the City Of Fairmont at the last
municipal election. after the matter
had been very generally discussed In
the newspapers of the city and among
the people. the question or the licensed
sale Of spirituous liquors was settled
against license; and A i
Whereas, The retail liquor dealers
OF the city who had applied for IL.
cense withdrew their application ate.
said vote was declared and A at the
time this council was about TO act up.
on them: and Sls57 .sSs n.
Whereas. II has since been predict
ed throughout the city that witho,t
the the liquor license fund for the currert
year. It would become necessary; to
lay a special levy. which must first be
authorized by the affirmative vote of
a majority OF those voting on the sui.
tect; and 1t Is suggested by many FER err
sons son that under the circumstances, it
is Isl not probable such authority would
be voted and the special levy source.
OF revenue would fall, and the Z city:
face face q deficit, unless license to sell IL:
quors should then be granted, and the
voice t i Of the majority OF the people bci
disregarded ana 81 l!lsIs
Whereas, AS numb er ~ persons ~ 80 " 6 II;
tsg said who have been engaged hereI
intha a. IN, "A = ~ 8,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
oaa AerilIentn of the stake.

The quest of plays which occupies the attention of stars during leisure hours Is often provocative of incidents which furnish entertaining ateFies for an inquisitive outer world. WhSe play ing "The Struggle Everlasting" Flor ence Roberts recalled the circumstan- ces of the manner in which La Gio- conda" was first brought to her at- tention. Miss Roberts was in San Francisco in repertoire at the time. She had exhausted the best plays at her command. and was anxious for something new. She knew nothing of La Gioconda" beyond the fact that Duse had played 1t.
 One day the actress received let ter from a stranger. who advised her to read "Gioconda" without delay. since in his opinion the role was perfectly suited to her talent. The penmanshtn was that of a person of culture. and the expression stamped the composer as a student. Besides. the writer seemed thoroughly acquainted with the drama in different countries. Miss Roberts immediately secured trans Iation of La Gioconda" and set to work at once to produce it. since 1t appeared that her unknown correspon- dent was man of excellent Judgment regarding her own acting ability.
 La Giocondaf soon became one of her favorite roles. and naturally she was curious about the person who had suggested it's use. She felt grateful. and wished to offer her thanks fin per- son. No address had been given in the letter. so the actress inserted few lines in all the papers asking that her unknown friend in the hours of dramatic need call at her hotel. No reply was received. In the meantime Miss Roberts had formed a perfect
 0F hA nnAra--hA man of position. distinguished in ap- pearance. with gray hair and thought ful brow.
 A year later. in San Francisco, she found a second letter from the un- known. It begged the favor of an in- terview. Needless to say. the actress was delighted. and attired herself in her most attractive dress for the meet ing.
 Her astonishment was great when a shabby ill-kempt man was ushered in At first she thought there must be some mistake, but short conver- sa ton proved the man to be the writer of the letter. He was a man of fine mind who somehow had gone down hill Miss Roberts thought the object of his call was to propose a new play for her. Finally she asked If he knew of another as powerful as "Gioconda.' The visitor said that he did not at that time.
 "Is there any way by which I can express my gratitude?" asked the ac- tress.
 The man hesitated a moment, and said: "T would be glad to have a place as a super in your company"
 Needless to say he secured the posi- tion, but the actress admits that she sustained one of the greatest disap- pointments of her career.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
ANorHrR POLITICAL rRAcr.

H.1 a s
 Some trusts are good and some trusts are bad. but all labor unions are good: give the power to the President to de- termine between them and the country will be safe. seems to be the key to the message sent yesterday to Congress by President Roosevslt--a message so plainly appealing to the country for votes for Taft that 1t Is startling in it's demasosy.
 Every possible vote-cateher Is touch ed upon. and touched upon in such a way as to satisfy the minimizing voter on either side of a controvery. The message is artfully worded. but it Is transparent and 1t win not fool any one.
 Declaring that the anti-trust laws should be strengthened. the President in the next breath would have us be- iieve that some trusts are good and some are evil but that all labor unions should be exempted because, forsooth, they are producers. A more honest thought would have been: "All trusts are producers, but we should spare the labor unions because they deliver more votes than the other trusts"
 Numerous suggestions are made that Congress should take steps" to relieve certain conditions. notably the tariff, but nothing permanent should be done untii-after the election.
 The amazing statement Is made by the President that No judicial tribunal has the Knowledge or the experience" which would warrant it in relieving the oppression of trusts by process of law. And so he asks Congress to con nde in the executive department the power that now rests with the courts of the land.
 Concluding this remarkable message. which Is little more than political tract. the President indulges in his usual paternalistic discussion of ele- mental principles that pertain to morals and gives the shameful exhibition of specifically pointing to one wealthy man of the country to demonstrate the truths of his argument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
Americnn Nerrnnanern.

The development of the newspaper press in this country has been one of the most remarkable evidences of gen erai progress. General Charles Fl. Taylor. editor of The Boston Globe, in an article in Appleton's Magazine gives some interesting figures relating to newspaper growth. The first compila- tion of newspaper statistics was made In 1910, which showed that at that lime there were only 366 papers in the en- tire country. Of those only twenty five were dailies, thirty-slX were serni- weeklies. fifteen were tri-weeklies and 200 were weeklies. Of the twenty y-fSe e dailies six were published in New York. only one of which. The Evening Post. survives under it's original name.
 Tn 1907 there was a total of 23.S1D newspapers and reviews and other magazines publish ed in the United States of which 2,53S were dailies and l2.132 weeklies.
 Tn 1900 the total newspaper circuls- ton in this country was S.16s. s.14s,749. General Taylor estimates that the to- tai circulation of the newspapers in 1907 was not less than 10000. 900 900 copies. As an illustration of the ad- vance the newspaper has made in the discrimination of news. General Fay Tor mentions the fact that In 1881 one telegraph operator sent out all the press matter from the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for Presi- dent while at present a single news collecting agency will employ over one hundred operators at a National Con- yention,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28

men from Oklahoma. and among other things he told them they must give the Indians a fair show. Give them a chance" he told them in what we are told was his most impressive manner. All very we'll, but is 1t the business men alone who are responsible for the failure of the Indians to have q fair show? Not by a large majority. It Is the Government itself and the agents of the Government against whom the red men have most cause of complaint. It is true that the white race have seldom given the Indians a fair show. From the beginning of white occupancy of the country the Indian has been treated as though he were an alien. with no human rights which the white man was bound to respect. In fact, they have been regarded more as usurpers than as people who held prior claim to the soil.
 Such treatment of the aborigines may have been natural on the part of the whites. with their superior knowledge and attainments. but the mistreatment has not been confined to the individual white people. either in the past or the present. The Government itself has treated them with little more fairness and justice than did the pioneers. The Government has oppressed them, dis possessed them and robbed them al- most as long as we have had Gov ernment. It has entered into solemn treaties with them and then violated them on the fiimsiest pretexts. or on no pretext at all. It has acquired vast areas of land from various tribes under pretext of purchase. paying them probably one mill on the dollar of the value of the land, and sometimes not paying them at all.
 It is we'll enough. perhaps. for the President to tell the white business men of Oklahoma that they should give the Indians a chance, but he would much better try 10 instil some of that sentiment into the agents of the Government He knows very well that the swindling and mistreatment of the Indians has been going on under his nose all the white. and that the latter have no redress. If he wants them to have square deal. let those who are employed by the Government set the example. It is all bosh to talk about the red mans mistreatment from the whites and allow them to be im- posed on by those in official place. Let the example of fair and just treatment begin at the head of Government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
TUESDAY. APRIL 2s. 1908.
SOME GREATEST MEN.

We are always finding something about the greatest or best people or things ever known. One will furnish list of the best things to eat. an- ,>pther hands out list of the greatest books. and so on. Of course. no two agree. but that is natural. and to be expected inasmuch as no two persons lake precisely the same view of things. The latest we have seen is from a cor respondent of The New York Sun. who sends in a list of the twenty-five greatest men in history. Here is his list:
 Moses. Homer. PericIes. Plato. Aris- 7 totle, Julius Caesar. Archimedes. Au- gustus Caesar. CharIemagne. Dante. Milton. Gallileo. Leonardo da Vinci. Shakespeare. Bacon. Cromwell. New ton, Beethoven. Goethe. Franklin. Napo- leon, Lincoln. Emerson. John Fiske Herbert Spencer.
 Th's is ~~s mans selection. but 1t NA generally agreed to. In c Columbia State looks at
 "a more absurd list than
 ult to conceive. Alexan-
 rates; Jesus. Gautama
 Ses, Mohammad, Zoroas-
 Frederick the Great. Peter the Great; Aischulos. Cervantes, Moliere. Darwin. Descartes. Columbus. Kant; Washington. Jefferson and R. E. Lee would have to get in somewhere; and Augustus Caesar, John Fiske. Charlemagne. Emerson, and Herbert Spencer might be dropped. as in too fast company. But any list would be unsatisfactory. and a list of twenty five is ridiculous
 And the careful reader of history. sacred and profane, ancient and mod ern, would find many names that should be added. and which would swell the list into a volume. for all do not accept the same standard of great ness. If 1t is necessary to confne the list to twenty-five each, one who un- dertakes to furnish names for it would drop some of those printed above and substitute others. It would be a high ly interesting waste of time. no doubt. to take fifty or one hundred lists thus made up and compare them. We pre- dict that no two would be the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
The Railway Rate Advance.


 Much ridicule is bestowed upon the policy of advancing railway rates at a time of business depression. It would be absurd were not an advance justif- able upon the merits. and were 1t not according to precedent to advance rates at lime like this by way of remedy ing the harm done by bad Legislation.
 That the advance is justified on the merits Is shown by the fact that raii- way rates are disprop oportionately low. owing to the fact. that they were not advanced with other services for which a price Is taken. Throughout all this anti-railway campaign nothing has heen more remarkable than the neglect of the fact that railway rates were the prices. If there Is anything which has been more consistently cheapened to the consumer during a term of years 1t has escaped atttntion.
 There is nothing in the proposed ad- vance to make an outrage of from the buyers point of view. and the shipper would be only too glad to find a mar ket for his goods If the advanced rate Doubtless the lower rates would be preferred. But even shippers are not entitled to have their goods carried be- low cost. and 1t is demonstrable that recently freight rates have been below the cost of the service. American transportation rates are less than ona- railways of Germany. They arc a trihe more than one-third the French rates. where ownership Is government private and mixed. They are slightly In excess of one-fourth of the English rates, which. 1t must be admitted give a better service. somewhat in propor- tion tn the larger cost. It Is true that these larger costs of freight service abroad do not prove that our rates are below cost here-that proof Is unnec- essary with a half billion of railway investment in r"ceiversh ips-but the comparison is made to show that there is room for considerable advance be- fore an unrsasonSbls level is reach cd.