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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
LIGHT ON THE OYSTER QUESTION
crhe Hampton Monitor.)

y
governor Swanson, in pursuance te
the resolution which was passed at tn,
Joint caucus of the Fish Commission
and citizens of Norfolk last fall b.,
invoked the aid of DR.. H. F. Moore ~
the U. S. Fish Commission wbo hos
consented to take the matter IN. and
mus the light is turned on. At the
cost OF the Federal government a COM
peCent corps of engineers and ovste,
specla'ists will be sent into the James
river to determine what barren bedy
may be thrown out for seed grounds
and recommend what is best to do as r.
strengthening lines to all police nro-
lection.
While it may be argued that II ;s
next to impossible to bring abont an,
change which will be satisfactory to all
parties, 1t must be agreed that the
oyster business in Virginia will have 70
undergo some radical change or cease
TO exist so far as competing with nro-
gressive states is concerned. Tho ;r,-
portance of the change will be empba-
sized when the loss to the state and her
citizens individually of this year is fulIv
realized.
unquestionably, it appears that the
proper arbfter has been appealed TO. II
is a constitutional question and matter
which tongers and planters could never
agree on as to what tribunal shopld cav
when bed is barren. The legislature
the supreme court or the executive con.
not pass upon the matter. The Cons,i-
tuition does not say who can do it. Com
mon sense prompts one TO think that
the State Fish Commission is the proner
authority, but there has never been a
time when n majority of the people of
1idewater could agree to this, irresnec-
1--WE OF whom the Board was composad
The intervention of the federal corn
mission is the proper step. Certainly
IL should be free from bias and petty
state politics, or at least the peonle
should regard 1t as an impartial referee
Inc State Commission has shown its
fairness and desire to do the right thing
Tor all concerned by asking this inter
'ention. And right now is the time To
start 1910 legislation, if there is tn me
any.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
PROMISES AND LovE-ToKENs.

Attention is called by some ex-
change to the loving words of
Mr.. Taft to the South and his
leaning towards utilization with
us. 1t is as well to remember
that MIR. Roosevelt made a south
ern tour once and overfowed with
sympathy for us and, putting in
a claim to be half southern him
self, played on our affinities a
very sweet tune. Somehow sub
sequentl acts didn't fit the prelude.
and Charleston had to take Crum
although it stuck in the throat
of the people who had hoped
great things for Teddy. The
truth is thatpresidents, like other
people, are subject, when indicted
into office to pressure they hardly
dreamed of, and find that even
"affinities" are wedged away from
their mornings by influence. We
earnestly hope that Mr.. Taft,
who seems made of good stuff
(and a deal of it), will have
anchored so that he cannot drift
from his present attachments.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
ARDOR COOLED

The Blackstone Courier thinks
that the voters of Virginia are
really not so much Kept from
voting by the poll-tax as by the
cold fact that they have lost in
terest in politics. They don't
care for the electorate. This is
hard on the Virginia voter. who
has in time past been supposed
to be patriotic first, last and all
the time. Has it indeed come to
this, that a Virginian cares so
little for the precious privilege of
voting that he does not care who
is elected? Verify we have fallen
on parlous days. The next thing
in order will be compulsory
voting.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
CONNECTICUT OYSTER CONDITIONS

Apropos OF the oft quoted story, tina,
connecticut out-classes Virginia in he,
oyster industry, the annual report q,
the sheil-iish commission of that State
SHOWS net revenue of less than five
thousand dollars per annum. Virginia
averages ten times as much.
The representative of a leading ovs.
ter company is reported on another
theme, by the Fishing Gazette. as fol-
lows:
Il am confident that the Connecticut
growers are taxed all they can bear at
present. Connecticut is only a seed
oed and produces no oysters fit for mar
ket. Competition is growing stronger
every year and other states are endeav-
oring to build up the oyster industry.
Every state on the Gulf of Mexico is
offering encouragement so that the in
dustry may be established there. In
the warmer and shallower waters of
the south oysters grow faster, but they
lack the flavor of the northern product.
Inc north cannot compete in price
with the south and nothing should he
done which will multiply the difficulties
OF the Connecticut grower on whom ma
ture has already imposed most unfayor-
able conditions which have REQUIRED
much study, persistent effort and the
expenditure of immense sums of money
to conquer. No other business in the
state Is required to tie up capital in a
crop for ten years with a speculative
prospect only of receiving a return.
Inc growers of this state have built IN
an industry against great natural OBJ
stacles which is the envy of other states
and 1t will be poor policy on the part of
It's legislators to place any further bur
len upon it. The industry brings large
sums of money into the state which
without it would be entirely lost
irounds in other states, while thew do
lot produce as much seed, produce oys-
ers that are fit to market, without
moving or other attention while the Con-
grower has to fight from the
me the set comes until the oyster is
marketed. Drills, stars and wrinkles
re enemies which do not trouble grow
RS OF other states to the same degree
hat they do here"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
FUNERALS NEEDED

Inc retiring president of the
Norfolk board of trade speaks
rather sarcastically in relation
TO the good people of that an
Gent burg by the gates of the
Atlantic. He thinks that a few
hrst-class funerals would remove
many distractions to the i'm
provement of the city and it's
water approaches, the idea being.
as we gather it, that there are
oDstructionists even in Norfolk
VI course there are no demands
IN Lancaster for the interment
OF citizens other than We anathe.
matted editor) who still walk
the earth, but we have heard a
grumbllng progressive state
as MS private opinion, not to be
repeated, that there were some
who had been been dead for n
lapse of time, but that their
friends had forgotten to attend
to the usual obsequies. 1t is nm
to the ''grumbling progressives
to assist in digging the graves
and we know where there is a
spade when he desires to set in
eXcavating the hole.
1t was Henry Grady who.
speaking of thelimitless resources
OF the State of Georgia, said that |
Georgia had once a funeral: and |
although that State had abun- |
dant materials for making lum- |
Der for collins, the one for the
corpse WAS made in Cincinnati.
and although Georgia had plenty
ofraw material for clothing. those
on the mans body We're made in
Massachusetts; and while Geor-
gla had lots of animals whose
skins might be made into shoes
the shoes for the funeral were
made in Connecticut, and, in a
word, although Georgia had
eferything for mans equipment. !
the only thing the State furnished
towards the funeral was the
corpse and the hole to put it in. I,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

against breaking the BAYLOR s,rvo,,
""u idAsing out the go, 600 acres Of
no tural rock or any productive portion
thereod' The friends of the Bavlor
survey use this not without effect
but there re TWO sides to the ouee-
ZION, which w, may review disnass;on-
atety and in tairness to all concerned
Exc iusive of rhe ocean side, whose seed
uoes not thrive anywhere else. the
limited seed area of Virginia is far in
suiiicient to supply the demands of our
pianters- Denuded annually for wears
1t cannot keep pace with increasing de-
mands- 1t is unreasonable 10 eT,ec.
such thing.
III the entire James were converted
10 puohc seed producing "a thing inn
practicable because of tenures aIrs.d,,
granted), it would not satisfy the wants
OF our numerous and increasing number
OF planters. If leased. it might be made
hteie more productive, but the MANY
would be Disseminated against for the
lew who acquire it, the latter bpild;po
UP close corporation in time. This nlt;-
u
mate end is the hope of some. and thew
are backed by means and ineuen+;o,
papers 1t would end agitation and
give the oyster officials rest, bat we do
not oeileve any Legislature in the near
future is going to do so great wrong so
'he masses OF Tidewater citizens. It
may come in the end, money and inAu-
ence otten deciding the die, and many
planters are resting on their oars. hon
ing for that time. In fact. the en-
croachment on producing rocks and the
nope OF some day getting slice Of rich
water bottom has induced some TO
abandon less profitable ground already
nlolng the time of scramble for ground
that reseeds itself without outlay"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
CRISP NEWS.

A North Carolina negress, whose
authenticated age is 10l, and the mother
of Is children, is to marry for the fourth
time. The prospective groom is 45.
1t is being recalled that Gen. Miles
IN 1903, at age of GA, rode 90 miles on
horseback in nine hours and ten min
utes. Mr.. Roosevelt on the occasion
OF his 9O-mile ride last week was in his
hfty-hrst year. Gen. Miles seems to be
the champion.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

newport News has an ideal climate
lake 1t by and large. it is the most
charming place of residence in all V;r.
gina Newport News Times-Herald
Now we see. Newport News is
by the iordly James, that noble
stream, and Newport News is
large: by and large" is Just the
descriptive term. We had saved
itupfor future use, but the Times
Herald is ahead of us.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
INFECTED ATMOSPHERE.
The Farmville Herald saws:

There seems to be something de-
moralizing in the very atmosphere of
Washington. The people will begin to
believe that the officials there who are
thought to be innocent just haven't
been caught"
"Parson" Brownlow, a noted
politician of Tennessee in the
COS, used to tell of his first trip
to Washington. He came by
way of the Richmond and Fred
ericksburg railroad as far as
Aqua Creek, which was then the
terminus of that line, taking the
steamer from there to the Capt.
tai. AS the "Parson" tells it.
the boat drew near Washington
and the passengers went out on
deck to see the dome of the cap
itol. He was standing near a
fellow passenger and felt a
strange and new sensation creep
over him-he was strongly
tempted, he said, to abstract the
pocket-boOk from the mans
clothing. Resisting this tempta-
ton, one so new and so humil-
lating to him, as the boat drew
nearer the wharf he still felt al
most lmpelled tosteal something,
and the feeling grew on him as
ne took a bus and drove to a
hotel. Finding there the men,
Der OF Congress from his district.
ms sore dismay at this new temp
tation led him to confess to his
TREND, who laughed heartily:
My dear 'Parson", don't let
this worry you in the least.
stealing is so common in this
clty-everybody does it, and the
hand OF every man is in the u. s.
Ireasury-the air is tainted with
1T, and in fact it spreads out into
the contiguous territory. You
felt 1T as far down the river as
Alexandria. We all have it. or
catch it SO soon as we land. and
nobody thinks any harm as con-
nected with either the tempta-
ton or the act. It's a disease
and lnfects all who come here"
But, joke about it, condemn it |
as we may, the sober truth seems
to be that multitudes of men
VINO would scom to take from q |
nelghbor, seem to think it little |
harm to plumber from Uncle Sam.
Il am one of the so millions and
own a share of the common
STOCK. Ii L take a little, at the
worst | am only taking part of |
what is mine" Different from
TINS was the answer of q member
OF Congress, who, in reply toI
MS wlie's request that he frank q |
private letter for her, answered:
w oman, do you take me for q |
thlef? Senator Tillman is rated |
Tor sending a typewriting ma
chime by mail under his frank
but hundreds of tons of mail |
matter are annually franked by
members, and one Congressman
is recorded as having ranked a |
piano and another a COW. AL
member from was noted
Tor being Strong" in his dis.
trlct, he making it a rule to send |
soine.I;hlng to every man, woman
or chlld-he had a list it is said oil
them all-and each one received |
an old Congressional Record. a
copy OF a Patent Office Report,
a package OF seed or some re.
When it came toi
counting votes this member was |
as a matter of course gratefully
by his constituents.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

lT SEEMS evident that one by
one our liberties are disappear
ing. The mayor of Roanoke the
other day fined Miss Mamie
Crook, a handsome young lady
OF that city, for flirting out of a
window at a young man stand
ing on the corner near by. Does
this man realize the peril he is
running? Surely he does not
want to be reelected. If he does
he might as well give up such
hopes in advance, and if we mis-
take not he may be called on to
resign before his term is m
Fined for flirting, indeed! Eyi.
IDENTIFY another case ofemotional
insanity manifested bv the
mayor, A jury ofinquestshou
SIT on him, and a jury composed
oihandsome younggirls at that
They'd fix his hash.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

ROSE l. FORBES, of Brooks.
Name, is doing a good business
shipping cats to the west and
northwest. On one day. it is
stated, recently she sent away
=. Here's a chance for an in
uustrious person. Cats seem to
multiply in spite of bad boys and
spiteiui dogs. Cannot some en-
IerPrising citizen ship off a boat
load of felines to the wild and
woody west? Will Miss Forbes
quote us prices on cats?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

1t takes lifetime to build a good
reputation, but the damage of a
thoughtless word is instantaneous and
irrevocable in its effects. This lesson
should be needed by those who are pIb
OF tongue to handy around SANDER and
scandal about some neighbor. Eastern
Shore Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

The VIRGINIA CITIZEN doesn't know
wnen swearing is necessary. Evident
lys Mcdonald Lee never drove a balk
ing horse. There is no other remedy
as any circuit riding preacher will tell
you.-Petersburg Index-Appeal.
We have, in the county. what
the old darkey called a motor.
Gus Republican" who swears
according to Hoyle", and he
own a horse of any kind.
swearing-is necessary
probably, in his mode of living
AS to baking horses, they dis
appeared from Lancaster with
the aforesaid ''circus rider, prob
ably decamping for Petersburg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

HE matters have gone on
strike, 1000 or more SO we read
wen, we've looked over our lot
and find at least four in various
Stages OF dilapidation, but useful
lori headgear yet awhile. The
ola gray will hold our head for
some time, the black with one or
more holes is good for fair
weather, the knock-a-bout hat.
costing fifty cents, will do for
working in the garden and the
new hat-well, that's our Sunday
ana a pet as yet. Yes, thehatters
may strike for all we care
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29

The railways of this country
employ no less than two million
men and pay annually wages to
the amount of a billion-and-a-
hall dollars.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
The Seed Problem

with 100000 acres denominated
planting ground by the Baylor Survey.
and less than fourth of that taken up
by rentals, there is much argument
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-29
OYSTER CON EMISSION REPORT
Commission of Fisheries of vir-
Sinia Make Report 70 the Gov
ernOr of Past Years Conditions

Excerpts by Ricbmopd Timrs-DispatchI
In the beginning, the report states
that the past year has been the most
unsatisfactory one in the oyster trade
Tor many years. condition which was
general throughout the United States:
SO Virginia suffered her proportionate
share Hard times are put down as
one OF the contributing causes, the
oyster being regarded more in the ma
ture OF a luxury than a necessity of
life.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

One member of Pres.Taft's cabinet appears to be to
tally at variance with the progressive tendencies of
the republican party enunciated in regard to the
forestry and reclamation services, so strenuously
advocated by President Roosevelt. This man is
Ballinger, secretary of the interior Immediately
npon assuming charge of the interior department he
began undoing what his predecessor had don Elm
the creation of forest and the conservation
OF water powers in these and was apparent
ly endeavoring to enable corporations to secure as
many of these power sites possible, when the
scheme nipped in the bud by Mr.. Taft. More
recently he has been trying to hamper the chief of
the reclamation service as much as possible Why
Mr.. Taft keeps this in the cabinet is mystery.
Ballinger should go.-Shedon Progress.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

The Valley City normal is about to pat in school
garden course for the instruction of teachers in the
rudments of agriculture. This is all foolishness.
Our schools as usual thing try to teach too many
objects anyway, and it seems that long as we
have state agricultural college, this is carrying the
thing little too far. We believe in better farming
but the average teacher will get but smatter
ing of the knowledge of this important study, from
the garden course. Our rural schools have already
attempted to teach agriculture small SCALE but
Johnny's dad did not take to it very we'll. The dea,
he thought, of school maam who didn't know
how hill up potatoes trying to teach his boy the
art of rotating crops, the science Of growing clover
and alfalfa and the most salubrious manner Of
spreading fertilizer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26
H'a' ..'"E!*i~>.

The Great Northern has installed a new scheme
Tor advertising the country along it's lines that will
prove to be good one The company has establish
ed an information bureau and exhibit room in st.
Paul. at 2SS Sibley st., which is devoted to the dis
play of all kinds of grain, grasses fruits and vege-
tables raised i'm the territory tributary to the Great
Northern line. In addition, the company distributes
advertising matter to the 1000 visitors who
come to this room every week. 1t would be hard
to find more effective way of distributing litera-
ture Mino has never gone to the trouble to adyer-
tise the resources Of this part of tho state that
might have been done. Here is good opportunity
for US to get into the advertising game do some
thing for the city and surrounding country. The
Great Northern informs the Independent that this
department will take of 5000 or more booklets
If gotten out in reliable, substantial way. The Com
mercal club might take this matter up, and if any,
thing is to be done, it should be done Immediately.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

Nobody would have known the good Samaritan's
kind act it not for Saviors parable. Be
the home folks Good Samaritan, Mr.. Merchant make
this paper your commercial bible; write your own
parable and put it in our advertising columns.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

professor has discovered among some ancient
ruins what is supposed to be the eleventh command
ment. The text is follows: Emas rof yltpmorp
tseyap uoht sselnu repapswen daer ton tslahs
uoht" The commandment is easily translated by be-
ginning at the end and reading backwards-Ex.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

J. J. Hill, railway magnate, says that to
have another of prosperous times. And it looks
If he right. Good crops and high prices
ually bring prosperous times and we have very good
prospects of both.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

The county paper is the school teacher in the fam
lily, and only charges dollar for years tuition
This generous little teacher misses weak on
account of sickness; never keeps the children in"
never uses hickory nor makes them eat cold din
ners.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

According to r. G. Dunn & Co., business failures
for the first half OF 1909 about 1000 less than
for the same period Of 1908 Another good evidence
of increasing prosperity.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

Complaint is made that the Lincoln cents are too
thick to go into the slot machines But you can slip
them into savings banks, which is great deal bet
ter. e@s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

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and veterinary author in the country.
You can pet his book practical Home Veterinarian cloth
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

An advance Of ten per cent in the price Of wagons
and carriages does not indicate that the automobile
industry has injured the vehicle business.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

Referring to the retirement from business Of :
member OF the catalog house concern known as
Sears, Robuck & Co., Chicago, the Bird Island
Mimi, Union says: "The head Of tne largest mail
order house in Chicago retired last Thursday worth
the paltry sum Of $25Ooo,Oo0 and is only As years
old at that. Seventeen years ago he was railway
telegraph operator in Redwood Falls, when he con-
ceived the idea Of selling $40 watches by mail for
$780, He first went into businesses in Minneapolis
and then started in business In Chicago and in four
years had cleared 100000 on watches alone In
1894 he founded the large caaog house Of which he
recently was the head and built its business up to
$5o,oOp.ooo year, and that money being paid cash
in advance before goods are shipped The gentle
man did strictly cash in advance business and md
cared not whether his goods satisfactory to the
purchaser not, and as result he retfres with
enough Of his customers coin to keep his family
from starvation for sometime to come"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-26

"@1x:~ b. ...A. No.
The hunting season in North Dakota opens on
Sept and in accordance permits are On sale at the
county auditors Office Under the lawa applications
br permits must be made before the license is 81,
sued The section Of the law is not generally UNDER
stood but must be complied with before permits
can be made at any bank in the county with the ex-
ception Of the Minot city banks and here applicants
are expected to in person to the auditors ONCE