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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26
POkES AT WEST VA. SENATOR'S.

Our West Virginia senators were
octh very prominent in the gridiorn
dinner the other night, and the hits
a, both Ekins and Scott were much
g. joyed both by the audience ami
the esnato-s themselves. Elkins
aad little bit the most attention.
Tor the reason that song composed
in his honor was sung TO the tune
OF Sweet Evel,nl, AID these are the
lines
Down in West Virginia, a mountain
Gus state.
Where The coa1 that they sell IS
mixed up with slate,
Lives Senator Elkins, big rosy and
round,
who talks on the tariff in language
profound.
,, Mister Elkins, smooth Mr.. FL
kins,
My love for you will never, never
die.
), Mister Elnins, smooth Mr.. e..
kins,
My love for you will never, never
die.
Ia wants more protection on lum-
Der and coal,
To make few dollars to add to his
roll;
f he does not get It, alas, we will
see
Mr.. Elkins victim Of sad pow
ertee.
Another part OF the dialogue ran:
Did you see Mr.. Elkins?"
Yes; he is an insurgent."
lhsurgent? ] thought he was a
tide bound Republican"
No, not hidebound-coal bound "
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26

Noting that President "aft is
quoted As being opposed to the IN
Come tax because il would be a di
rect incentive to perjury" the
providence Journal asks: Wei, are
not customs duties a direct inceR-
tive TO smuggling" 1t would appear
that this is about the size of it
Richmond Nows-Leader.
If this is true, then any sort 81
taxation "is an incentive to perjury
but the government would have a
hard time OF it to refrain from levy
ing taxes on account OF its conscl-
eHce.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26
LAWYERS WILL
SUBMIT BRIEFS
IN THIS CITY

IA Huntington Saturday aftec-
loon after the consultation of tn D
regiments in the injunction suits of
lumber Of West Virginia coal opera
ors against the Norfolk and West
'rn, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Ka-
lawha and Michigan Railway Com
)anie5 Judge Benjamin f. Keller. OF
he United states circuit court, We
handed the case Of the Thacker
Soal and Coke Co. VS.. the Norfolk
nd Western Railroad COMPANY To-
he circuit court OF Mingo county.
rom which il was removed by ac-
ION of the defendant, and TOOK the
'Jher cases under advisement. The
oncluding argument was made by
Judge John II. Holt, for the rail-
Dads. The attorneys for the rail-
Dads submitted briefs. The lawyers
Tor the plaintiffs will submit.
DO Bmefeld on Wednesda,
AT the opening of court Saturday
morning Col. u. T. Vinson resumed
AIS argument. He was fol- owed
~ E. b. Hayes, of Charleston and
\. b. Hayes Of Washington, both
or the coal companies. Judge ,Hol.
vas the only one Of the railroad at
''.neys to take active part in The
regiments.
The conclusion of the case marked
ne ending Of the April term of fed
'ial court at Huntington. Judge
seller left for Bramwell, his home.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26
MONDAY APRIL 2O. 1909. d

If Governor Glass,Ccb can stop OF.
fetal grating in Wet Virginia he
will accomplish a great good
We do net lel.ere that the Coz
ernor is full y aware of the huge
task that is before him. Petty graf,
has become so obnoxious at the state
capital that Governor Dawson called
attention TO HI in message to the
extra session Of the legislature in
1907, and frankly admkted that
graft had become n habit in West
Virginia.
The new administration promised
better things. It Is true that Gov
ernor Glasscock was not installed as
Governor of West Virginia until at.
ter the adjournment of the late Sc 3-
sion Of the Legislature, but we ven
ture the assertion that he has a
most difficult road before him if he
eurbs the present set of officials.
Almost every Republican who as',
ed for a sinccure of some kind o.
other at the 'ast session of the le%
islature succeeded in getting his
toes under the pic counter.
Clerks in the State Sen"te and
legislature were too thick to- work
Many were appointed with no other
purpose than to draw thoir salary.
They were paid to do nothing All
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26

o.: ayailing. whereas the present gov
ernor cannot hope TO bring about
any very radical reforms without
agoniziug the office holding ele.
meat or his party, which Ia the party
organization.
Whether he is STRONG enough &c
defy the machine in the interest q
.,,nost public service remains TO be
seen.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26

One of the greatest speeches made
on the tariff question and one that
points a political moral, was tina,
delivered by Senator Elkins, of West
Virginia The Senator spoke in par;
as follows:
''NIr. President, | came from tn
south, was reared and educated
amongst her people. For two hun
dred and fry years my ancestors
were born and lived on the soA OF
that grand old state-Virginia. -
Bluefield Telegraph.
Now, what do you think of that?
AS his ancestors lived in Virginia f3~
two hundred and fifty years, they
were here long before jamestown
was settled. Oh, stove, how couIl
you?-ParKers Sentinel.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26
WANTS

Money to lend OH real estate. l..
J. Holland.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
FOR SALE BY N. GRAF & CO.. CRESC0

The coarse midribs of the leaf are
punched together and made into stiff
brooms, which can be used in the
house or the stable. In the tropics
the broom seems to have supplanted
the garden rake in many of it's uses.
Lawns are never raked, but are swept
by these brooms. Coarse rope and
Irvine are made from the leaf of
the Burr palm and strong paper has
been made of the fiber.
The finer ribs of the leaf are made
into rolls and sold to the maker of
hats and baskets. The Filipinos are
probably as clever at discriminating
as any other race in the world. Some
baskets are so finely woven that they
will hold water. Their hats bring
high prices the world over. Sails
and the "petates," or mattresses, used
by Filipinos, are woven from these
fibers.
Besides the leaf, there is the bud OF
head" of the palm that furnishes al
least three useful products to the Fill
ipinos. These are sugar, strip and
the native drink tuba" A native, by
means of long bamboo pole, climbs
to the top of palm that may be ter
or more meters in height. The but
is tapped when the tree is about tt
flower and the sap is brought dowr
in skillfully constructed baskets mad'
of buri leaves. When the sap ha.
been boiled down to sugar it j.
placed to cool in boxes made of bur
leaves or in cocoanut shell molds, ant
when the sugar is shipped 1t is pu
up in sacks made of the buri lea
fiber. The sap is called tuba,
which by fermentation becomes an in
toxicating native drink. The Filipino
are very moderate in the use of intox
| icants and very rarely is one seel
under the influence of this liquor
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
USES FOR A palm
Burr Tree in the Philippines Pro-
vides Food, Clothing, Shelter.
Fine Hats Made from 1t, Also Brooms,
Baskets, Roofs, Sugar and In.
toxicating Drink Among
the Manufactures.

Manila, P Lone of the most pop
ular kinds of native hats sold in Ma.
Mia is the Lukban hat. 1t is known by
the name of the town, Lukban, in the
province of Tayabas, Luzon, because
originally most of the hats made of
this weave came from there. The hat
is probably the lightest, coolest and
strongest of all the fine Philippine
hats 1t is woven from the fiber of
the leaf or the Burr palm.
While the Lukban hat is probably
the most familiar product of the Burr
palm known to Americans and Euro
peans, the Filipinos have found many
other uses for the different parts Of
this tree that are ingenious and in
teresting. Two distinct classes Of
products are taken from the Burr
palm-those furnished by the leaf and
those furnished by the bud. The leaf
stalk resembles tightly closed fan
and is cut from the tree by the Fill
ipino workman before the leaf opens.
The dried leaves, split into strips, are
available for the mat and bag makers.
A leaf that becomes widowed in the
process of drying can be used as
roofing for house or as drop over
window or for the top of porch
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

DIR. STOCKDALE wants every person
who suffers from a chronic disease-it makes
no difference how bad the case, how long
they have suffered, to call and consult nm.
He will make a thorough examination of
their case, tell exactly what can be done,
whether they are durable not, how long
it will require and all about it. He treats
only chronic diseases. He has devoted
twenty years of his life to the study and
treatment Of diseases of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels and Kidneys; Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Constipation and Diabetes; Heart and Nerve
Troubles, Rheumatism, Chronic Catarrh in
all its forms-in fact ell Chronic Diseases
DIR. STOCKDALE has a system of treat
ment which he believes is the best known
for chronic diseases. He is able to cure
many cases that have resisted other treat
ments-that are considered incurable. He
wants it distinctly understood that he does
not undertake any case that he thinks is
incurable, and will tell the patient canddly
when he has made the examination.
HE HAS A SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR
NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL WEAKNESS
OF MEN, WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLAIN IN PERSON. CALL AND GET
HIS OPINION AND ADVICE FREE OF
CHARGE.
If for any reason you cannot call or visit
him personally, write him for an examina-
ton blank at his home office.
Address
DIR. B. A.. sTocKDALE,
Utica Building, Des Mones, Iowa.
s5The Doctor can be seen in his office in
Des Moines, on Fridays and Saturdays or by
special appointment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

for the arrest of the son, Frank Deg,
Ter, who had been at home when the
wife and mother left on her visit, but
has not been seen since
Young Desler was OF quarrelsome
disposition and had served one term
in the state penitentiary. The author
tiles all over the country are looking
for him. The coroner thinks father
and son quarreled and the murder fol
lowed.
County Attorney Irwin Pepper Of
Muscatine appeared before Governor
Carroll at Des Moines in an effort te
induce the state to put up a reward
for the arrest of Frank Degler. 1t is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

called Oklahoma City his home, was
the man killed and his relatives are
expected to sue for at least $4,000.
The motorman said he tried to apply
the brakes, which failed. Then he
tried to use the emergency brakes,
which failed, and by that time the car
hit the curve and commenced to topple
over and he jumped for his life. Gen.
eral Manager George Hippee of the
car line says the brakes refused to
work because of the large number of
leaves on the track, but other wit.
nesses swore there were no leaves on
the track.
The result of the wreck has been to
make many people afraid of the worn
out car service and many more are
walking than formerly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
MOTORMAN IS BLAMED
FOR FATAL ACCIDENT
Yet Des Moines Street Car Com
pany viii Be Sued for Heavy
Damages.
Damages.

Motornsn James Persons, in the en-
ploy OF e Des Moines Street Car
company but thirty days, is blamed
for the wreck on the University Place
line OH the Nineteenth street hill,
which cost one life and injured fifty
others.
This is the report of the coroner's
jury, but despite this the victims of
the accident will bring suits for dam.
ages for their injuries against the
company aud it will do well if it es,
capes after paying $4,000.
w. ]. Robb, travelling man with
relatives in Des Moines, but who
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.

"The most merciess enemy had for
20 years, declares Mrs. James Dun
can, of Haynesville, Me-, twas Dys-
pepsia. | suffered intensely after eat
ing or drinking and could scarcely sleep.
After many remedies had failed and
several doctors gave me up, ! triedEec-
trio Bitters, which cured me completely.
Now can eat anything. | am 70 years
old and am overjoyed to get my health
and strength back again." For Indi-
gestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Back Female Com
plants, it is unequalled. Only SOC at
p. A. Clemmer's. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
WAR ON DRAINAGE DITCH
Taxpayers File Suits at Iowa Falls
to Enioin Proposed Three
County project

county PROJECT.
The big proposed drainage ditch OF
the three counties of Hardin, Hamil
ton and Franklin seems destined to
travel rocky road if the last meeting
of the joint board of the three counties
may be taken as a criterion. The
board met at Iowa Falls last week to
establish the ditch after hearing the
report of the appraisement of damages
by committee. But before the ditch
could be established, several who had
sinned away their days of grace in
filing objections, filed suits in the dis
trict court and then the matter was
Cup in the air" The joint board adj
journed and will meet again in Iowa
Falls Nov. 16 to try to smooth out the
wrinkles in the proposition and gel
together on one of the big drainage
undertakings in that part of the state
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12


Ingersoll park it was an experiment
but has proved Des Moines' greatest
summer attraction, and hardly Wis
itor from an Iowa town to the capital
city during the summer but has visited
this famous show place.
The Yankee Robinson circus has a
name as old as P. T. Barnum, for the
original Yankee Robinson was one OF
the old timers. Buchanan revived this
show and for a few years it travelled
through Iowa and surrounding states
in wagons. Of late 1t has blossomed
out into railroad show and last year
toured the central west and south
Next year he promises to have show
the rival of the Ringlings and Bar.
mum & Bailey. All going to show
what an Iowa man with the talent and
brains can do.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

]. G. OLMSTED, Y. M. c. A. Leader
amount added to what can be secured
from the sale of the old building will
made tidy sum for the new structure
which will cost about quarter of a
million.
The working force has been divided
into sections and systematic can
vas of the business men is being made
Already over one-third of the amount
has been subscribed and by the 10th
it is expected the entire $150,OOO will
be raised.
Creston is also making a similar
canvas and is meeting with success.
and Fort Dodge has just completed
raising 100000 with which to erect a
new building.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF ToLEDo.l .,
T,l,CAS CoIrN,ry I 80.


Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of +. j. Cheney Il co.. doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and
State aforesaid. aud that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence. this 9Th day of December. A. ID. 1886.
a, w. GLEASON.
[SEAL.] NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. send for testimonials free.
F.J.CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
SON CHARGED With
Staying HIS FATHER
John Deg|er Of Muscatine Found
Dead With Two Bullet Holes
in His Head.

Did Frank Degler, aged twenty-six
of Muscatine Stay his aged father with
two bullet holes in the head and then
disappear?
The coroners jury thinks so and has
issued a warrant for his arrest.
Mrs. Degler left her husband an'
son at home after cooking supper fol-
them, and went on visit of a week al
Iowa City with relatives. When she
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
NOTED THEATER MAN
Will MANAGE CIRCUS
Colonel Fred Buchanan Sells the
! Majestic Vaudeville Theater
at DeS M0ineS.
aoLoNEL FRED BUCHANAN OF

@OLONEL FRED BUCHANAN OF
II. Des Moines, noted all over the
" state as the originator of Inger
soil park, a summer resort, anG
the promoter and manager of the Ma
jestic theater, has sold his interest il
this, the best vaudeville house in the
state, to eastern capitalists, and will
in the future devote his time to the
management of his circus, the Yankee
Robinson shows.
Colonel Buchanan has had expert
ence in the past in the circus business
in fact, it is his first love, and the
smell of the sawdust ring is the sweet
est aroma to him. When he started
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
BUSY BUILDING Y. M. c. AS.
pes Moines and creston Both Have

Des Moines and Creston Both Have q
Hot Campaign in Progress.
This is the season of the year when
the promoters of societies are hard al
work and none are working harder in
Iowa than the Young Mems Christian
associations.
Des Moines has outgrown its present
building, which has been landmark
for fifteen years, and is in the midst
of campaign to raise within the next
week $4,000 for a building fund. This
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
Rural Carrier Uses Auto.

Rural Carrier T. H. REIN, who has
one of the heaviest routes out of Gar.
ner, is using an automobile instead
of team. The good weather and the
good roads makes the trip one OF
pleasure and is done in about one
fourth the time.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

returned home she found the house
locked. Forcing an entrance through
a window, she found her husbands
dead and badly decomposed body lying
on the floor
The authorities were notified and
made an examination. They found the
supper cooked by Mrs. Degler before
she left week previous, untouched or
the table. There were two bullet
holes in Degler's head, both made b.
bullets from 9S-caliber revolver.
This spelled murder to the author
tiles and the coroner issued a Warrant
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
WELL KNOWN IOWA ACTOR DEAD

Raymond Chase, Who Won Fame in
AIDES Play, Suddenly Stricken.
Raymond Chase, son of DR.. F. W.
Chase, is dead at Des Moines.
He was young in years, but had won
fame on the stage in his portrayal of
Bud Hicks in George AIDES college
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
Little Time to Spare.

Unless the Chicago and Northwest
ern road builds the gap between Eagle
Grove and Alden the coming year. the
chances are the Improvement will
never be made. 1t is stated that the
time limit expires the coming year
and that unless the road utiliZes the
right-of-way northwest from Alder
within that time, the property will re
vert to the original and AUDITING prop
erty owners.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12
NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING
Farmers From All Over Nation Meet
Noe Moipec

FARMERS from nj UVer NdtIon Weet
in Des Moines.
Members of the National Grange are
in session at Des Moines this week
and the meeting is attracting much at.
tenuon.
Hon. N. j. Bachelor of New Hamp,
shire is president and is in charge OF
the meetings. He was formerly gov
ernor Of his state.
The meetings are being held at the
Auditorium, and Senators Cummins
and Dolliver have been invited tc
speak.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-12

understood the county attorney was
successful in his effort and that Gov.
ernor Carroll will place reward upon
the head of Degler.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-03
SUGAR MAKERS AND
 THEIR ACTIVITIES
Mir. Davie Planning to Flow Up a Little Patch of Land This Sum mer.

R. l.. McKinnie, a son of J. R. McKinnie. president of the South western Sugar and Land company. arrived here Sunday morning from Colorado Springs and will be located here permanently He has served in the capacity of chemist at the Grand Junction factory of the McKinnie and Davie interests and has come here to fill q like position in the Glendale factory. He visited the Glendale fac yesterday and is very much pleased with tue surroundings.
 MI. P Daviey general manager of the~~company,/re returned home yester- day morning from a business trip of two weeks in Colorado Springs. There is no longer any opportunity for doubt that Mir Davie is now to be quite permanently located in Phoenix, for this time he severed the last tie of sentiment and brought his golf sticks with him. He says the cold in the north country is severe and unusual and for once he looked forward to his return with pleasure for the reason of personal comfort as well as business engagements. On the way back he stopped a day in Santa Fe and almost froze to death.
 MT Davie was out to Glendale yesterday and finds things at the sugar factory moving along in a very satisfactory way. During his last trip he found time to buy a big steam blow, the first machine of that kind ever secured for this valley. and which will be shipped here at once As if tIrDs Over forty acres Of pro1nd in a day it will not take this ma chine long to stir up quite a garden patch. MT. Davie says 1t is the purpose of the company to break up about 5000 acres of it's holdings this season and get the ground ready for beets next year.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-03
PLENTY 0F GOOD WATER
 / Natures Great Remedy Also a Prescription
Mix This Recipe Yourself and Try It For Kidney Trouble or Rheumatism.

The people here do not drink enough water to keep healthy" ex- claimed a well-known authority "The numerous cases of kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism are mainly due to the fact that the drink ing of water, natures greatest medi- cine. has been neglected.
 Stop loading your system with medicines and cure alls; but get on the water wagon. If you are really sick, why. of course, take the proper medicines-plain common vegetable treatment, which will not shatter the nerves or ruin the stomach"
 To cure Rheumatism you must make the kidneys do their work; they are the filters of the blood. They must be made to strain out of the blood the waste matter and acids that cause rheumatism; the urine must be neutraliZed so it will no longer be a source of irritation to the bladder, and, most of all, you must keep these acids from forming in the stomach This is the cause of stom- ach trouble and poor digestion. For these conditions you can do no bet ter than take the following prescrip- tion: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half ounce; Compound KargOn, one ounce: Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime, but don't forget the water. Drink plenty and often.
 This valuable information and sim pie prescription should be posted up in each household and used at the first sign of an attack of rheuma- tism, backache or urinary trouble, no matter how slight.