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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Similar Instance i'm Missouri.

There is some trouble brewing in
Missouri, too, over city aggression over
the counties, and in several portions of
the State there is fear expressed that it
will not be long before the country will
have practically no voice in the State
Senate. Under the next census St.
Louis city and county will have 9 sena-
tors, jackson county 3 and St. Joseph,
with one county. will probably have
2, making a total of II senators. or 1 less
than a majority. Other large towns in
Missouri will he'll contribute the 4. In
the Missouri case, however, there are
several cities divide pre-eminence,
and that in one House. Still, there is
apprehension. What, then, should the
popular situation be in Maryland, where
one city demands controlof both Houses
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
In a Nutshell.

A correspondent of the Baltimore SIM,
writing from Cumberland reports ex
II G San,tor GanrgaJ WELLINGTON as
strongly opposed to the plan to increase
representation OF Baltimore city. ana Con
gresham Pearre is in accord. He stands by
the resolutions OF the Allegany County Ike
publican Convention. he declared that 1t
would never do to give Baltimore CITY the
power to dominate the counties. He said
Baltimore city is an entity. On all ques-
tons affecting the city Its representation is
united. Not so with the counties they are
aS 1iitIe.it III ''tenls as soLie w alle
Ett,e,n Sommon Connt t;@ are at times as
much opposed to each other as the city IS to
the counties
Maryland is unique in its position We
have the spectacle OF city with about as
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
They Mean IL.

Extract from private letter to the
JOURNAL written by good citizen OF
Cumberland:
commend very warmly your protests
against Baltimore's claim of more repreScn-
tation in the Legislature, but really do not
regard it seriously as you seem to do, In
deed, do not think Baltimore people are IN
dead earnest in the matter, etc.
The JOURNALS friend may be right as
to the people" of the city, but If he
reads Baltimore newspapers he is much
mistaken.
These have said everything in behalf
of the scheme, and done everything cX-
cent quote Scripture.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Too Good to Be True.

A body of citizens in an Indiana town.
wanting public improvements, appeared
before the town authorities recently and
asked for a per cent. raise upon their as
sessments that would realize 2O,OOO adj
ditional every year
Few nobler movements than that!
Men who enlist i'll defence of their
country typify the greatest of heroic eX-
altations for temporal purpose-thls, I'M
der the stress of patriotism crying call.
But, i'll time of peace, for men to
unite and 90 en mdSSc to have their as
sessments raised-what greater act hath
any done:
If a spirit like that prevailed in Frost
burg. there would be no inequitable as
sessments of individual properties for
public purposes and no money lost IN
expensive legal preparations before nor
nagging processes of collection after.
In short, there would be no contiscation
of any sort.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Acknowledgements.

annual Reports of the Department
of Fisheries of the State of Oregon
book of l55 pages, comes from III. G. Nc
Allister, Master Fish-Warden of that
State AS public document the report
seems to be complete, and as reflex of
great industry it tells story of salmon
promotion and development in Oregon
of which few here in the east are aware
Harry" is a Frostburg boy we'll re-
membered as bright and hustling. As a
State officer experimenting one of its
most important and productive depart
ments, he is evidently measuring up
fully to the duties and demands of his
position
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Died.

In Cumberland Sunday evening,
August %, 1909, Mr.. William J. Cooper,
aged IS years. Deceased was native
of Tide Water Virginia. Shortly after
the war he located i'll Fro stburg and
lived here about 36 years, or until few
years ago he removed to Cumberland to
live with his daughter-M William
NJ. Thomas, in whose home he died. By
trade he was a shoemaker. and an in
dustrious, good citizen. He was an ex-
Confederate soldier-one who related
his tough experiences in camp, on the
march, and in battle with great zest.
Three daughters and one son survive
the last being Thorton S. Cooper, one of
Frostburg's estimable young men. Mr.
Cooper was an active member of the
Lutheran church. Funeral in Cumber-
land and interment here Wednesday
afternoon.
An infant of Mr.. and Mrs Daniel
Davis, Hill street, Monday, August %,
1909, aged & months, of spasms.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cunningham, Hill
street, lost an infant Thursday morning
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28

"Guy Wells" writing to the H,deDend-
cnt, Massillon, Ohio, tells of 99-mile hike
from Little Washington, Pa, to Cum
berland, starting Friday, 18th inst"
Three days was the scheduled time, but
the fates, in the form of various and
sundry Allegheny mountains interviewed,
and the third night found two more or
less-weary Willies hanging up in Frost
burg" / / miles short. The Hdependent
came in an envelope carded by John E.
Johns, tireinsurance representative of
thirty companies, Massillon O..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
COUNTY.
The Wrong Word.

Aresolution setting forth the Allegany-
republican view of the Baltimore claim
for legislative control of the State,
adopted by the county convention last
week, mistakenly characterizes the de
mand as ''insidious."
"lnsidious," however, is not the word
The requisite adjectives are unsophisti-
Gated, unaffected, unreserved, arrogant,
insolent, high handed, brazen and
munitions
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Frostburg Man Hurt.

The Keyser CIV. Va) Trib""c, of the
Goth inst, says
George tDad) Miers, of Frostburg, was
painfully hurt yesterday afternoon by fall
over the bank along the Western Mary land
railroad under Queen Point. He was down
on a visit to his fathers and was talking to
Fred. Morrison, when he suddenly became
dizzy and fell headforemost over the bank.
His left shoulder was dislocated and he sus-
tanned some bruises. DR.. Bell rendered sur
gical aid and this morning he is reported as
much better. He sustained a lick on his
head some time ago and also had sunstroke,
and has meyer fully recovered, and it Is
thought THIS may have been the cause of his
falling.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Farewell in Advance.

Somebody told the Eckhart PhiIoso-
pher some time ago that the head of
Lincoln will appear on the new silver
halfdOllar, the bust of Grover Cleveland
on the new 10 dollar gold certificate, and
that of U. S. Grant on the 50-dollar GER
titicate. BAY yeminy. ten" said the
Philosopher, "Aye shall see Mester Lin
coin somtems, Mester Cleveland not
often. Bot general Grant-bay yeminy,
Aye veil say bafore Aye see hem good
bay. yeneral!"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28

The John f. Lewis Club reunion and
picnic in Y. M |. Park Thursday was
a grand success. At dinner POP were
served, and at supper 221-in all 423
meals We're enjoyed. 1t was really a
fine affair and the Club, made up of
descendants and co-relatives of the late
John f. Lewis, of this place. will keep
up the annual meeting custom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
The Sick.

Michael Cunningham. of Carlos. has
returned from Chicago, ILL.,, where sew
eral weeks ago he accompanied his wife
who is in frail health. He staid several
weeks, and during that time she i'm
proved
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
FROSTBURG
BENTZTOWN BARD

IIOW they began it cannot say,
RI But they started path and it
Till it climbed the hill at the mountains feet,
And it grew from path to Il little street
Where and so long
In the dawn's and the twilights gentle glow
The miners crept-with their head-lamps burning
To the mine-mouths far in the mountains turning
Looking for all the world like
Moving along twiyt the and fields skies.
I1OW YOU get up to it, on my word,
RI It's likely you fly, like mounting bird
For the trolley winds up the hill
Through gap all grand and gorge all STILL
BY a farm all golden with garnered grain,
And blue ridge yonder, birds refrain,
A crystal torrent mud-staned funnel
Where the water pours out of the great mine tunnel,
Emptying its saffron and sulphur-stained stream
In the cups of the valleys of mist and dream.
CTIII on the trolley and still we rise
Till it's Just reach out and you'll touch the skies:
~ Then all of sudden it's right straight up
And we've climbed clear the rim of the cup
And thereby the Great Taskmasters will
We have come to a city upon hill
And the broad live streets of clean, fine
Where the blue skies bend so gently down.
And there in his mighty and masterful way
Great Savage stands guard at the gates of day,
n IF you listen perhaps you'll hear
", The voice of the valleys of rest ring clear
With magic music of green hillside
And the drift of the ripping rivers tide
Where far like river of silver
Potomacs flood to the and suns
Of Old-Nrginan plains and meadows
Where gray ghosts dance in the 2re shadows,
And rose-red lips of youth and CLEAN
Bring back old days of fes lost dream
ANYWAY, here is a town to love-
II SO near to the dear, green peaks above
SO dear to the hearts of the twilight GLOW
That dream and dream of the ong-ago,
When here Il cabin and there l cot
And the teemng Town of To-Day was not
But the miners marched in Il ngle file
Over the paths of a mountain mile,
Their lis hts like shimnering tre-hies glancing
And the fairy folk on the hill-sides dancing,
Baltimore
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Is This Il Dilemma?

If Baltimore votes for disfranchise-
ment of the negro and disfranchlsement
wins. Baltimore will have at least 10000
less votes to overcome In l9ll-when the
State will be asked to confer the last
remnant of its sovereignty upon the city.
If Baltimore votes against dlstran-
chisement and defeats that proposition,
Baltimore, having alienated the negro
vote, will probably fail in 1911 of OBJ
tanning legislative control of the State.
Read and weigh carefully these alter
natives, reader, and then decide which
Baltimore will adopt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Not a Word.

Nothing i'll Baltimore newspapers CON
corning Allegany county's great sum
mer school, and nothing in the Cumber-
land newspapers edjtoriaIIy elate or de-
pressed on same topic.
From the Baltimore outlook it was
evidently a mistake for an innovation
OF any scholarly character to begin in
Allegany county, and from the Cumber-
land viewpoint it was erroneous to
locate it outside the county seat.
Are we provinces in a two-fold sense !?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
This PaDPF.

a gentleman going away from town
writes to tn" kindly state in
your ne pins Hltrr that, etc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Special Notices.
Special Midnight Excursion

TNO BALTIMORE and RETURN, ria C.
L and =. X. and w. NJ. r.. account
GERMAN AKRON BAND, Frostburg.
~" Train will leave Frostburg 11::s7 p.
NJ, August %. arriving Baltimore : A.
NJ, August % Returning leave Baltimore
10 p. NJ, August %. Fare, round-trip,
$3.50. Aug 14-3t
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-28
Political Announcements
For Sheriff

A T the coming Democratic Primaries |
~ ask the support of Allegany County
Voters, being a Candidate for Sheriff.
June 1919 GERRIT SMITH.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18
COST OF EDUCATION
Plea for Larger Expenditure on the
 Common Schools

From an address by Charles w. Eliot The expenditure per pupil in the com mon schools of the United States is altogether insufficient. The average ex. penditure per pupil for the whole school years in the United States in 1900 was S21.14, but this expenditure varies very much in the different divisions of the country.
 The cost of urban public school sys. tens has been materially increased dur. ing the last twenty years by the insti tuition of four new kinds of school the manual training school, the mechan- ic arts high school, the evening school and the vacation school. All these branches of the public school organiza ton were introduced into our country by private benefcence, and have only gradually been adopted into public school systems The manual training school, the mechanic arts high school and the vacation school are undoubtedly permanent institutions of public educa- 1 tion.
 Evening schools may or may moi prove permanent. At present they rem edy deficiencies of education in young people who are of foreign birth, or who have too early gone to work to sup port themselves or their parents. If public education were universal and thoroughly effective, the evening school would not be so much needed. Its dura- tion as an institution will therefore de pend on the rate at which public school systems improve in efficiency.
 All these new branches of public in. struction are somewhat expensive ad ditions to the ordinary day schools, the mechanic arts high school being partic ularly expensive, as well as very useful The utility of manual training for city children has been thoroughly demon strated, and there can be no doubt that this somewhat costly form of instruc ton will be maintained and developed The acceptance of these four new kinds of schools as schools properly to be sup ported by taxation illustrates striking " the readiness of the American popula tion to undertake new burdens for the education of its youth.
 Every educational improvement of the past thirty years has been costly, but every one has justified itself in the eyes of tho taxpayers, Or of those who volun tarily pay for it, not one would now Dc recalled, and the total result encourages the expectation that large new expendi. lures would commend themselves to the people at the start, and in the end would prove to be both profitable in the mater. ial sense and civilizing in the humane sense.
 The expenditure in those parts oi our country where 1t is now smallest ought to be raised as rapidly as pos sible to the level of those regions where it is now greatest, and in those regions where the expenditure is now most lib eral it ought to be doubled as soon as possible.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18

forward His education and profession al life have dealt chiefly in precedents. His criterion is act what is right? but what is estabhshed2
 While all other departments of life have made enormous progress, the ad- niristration of the law lags far behind. Contrast the advances in chemistry, en- glneering, surgery and the practice of medicine and dentistry, the methods of news gathering. printing and publish ing, transportation by land and water with the laws delays and the conse- quent expense and injustice visited upon every community.
 If in his chosen field the lawyer has made such miserable botch of it, is it wise to turn over to him the whole business of government? Let the law yers first put their own house in order. Let them show that justice and not pre- cedent are the chief concern.
 When this has been done, then law yers may fairly ask for larger fields of usefulness.
 The failure of government in this country to be progressive, its failure to meet the reasonable expectations of the common people, and the undesirable fact that it has been the handmaid of vested wrong, are due to the undue influence of lawyers in government.
 And President Taft has been unfor- tunate in that he has ignored leaders in the other learned professions, in busi- ness and labor and has given such undue prominence to the law-the least pro gressive of the professions.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18
INAUGURATION DATES
Change in Constitution Only Remedy
 for the Situation

From the New York Tribune.
 The national committee organized in 1901 to facilitate the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution reform ing the political calendar, has been call ed into life again, and will do what it can to secure the passage of joint resolution somewhat similar to that re- gently introduced by Senator Depew. It is assured os the cooperation of many governors, among them Gov. Hughes. The committee at it's meeting in Washington, wisely reversed the action which it took in 1902, when conducting the agitation for an abandonment of March 4 as Inauguration day. It had originally advocated the Hoar plan, now revived by MT. Depew, of lengthening the terus Of one president and one vice president and of the members of one congress so as to push forward the date Of tho installation of their successors from March { to April 30, or to some other date in the last week of April Brt when an unreasonable opposition developed in congress the committee dropped the idea of changing the date for the commencement and expiration of tho terms of the president and vice president and of senators and represen- tatives, and tried to compromise on a simple postponenent of the day for holding the outdoor inauguration cere- monies.
 That compromise robbed the move
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18
LIaHT-HEATPowER FROM A HOLE

LIGHT HEAT POWER FROM A HOLE
 For long time one Of the favorite things to worry aboat h England has been "What shall We do when nature' s supply of coal gives oat?''
 Whenever new solution is proposed it gets great deal of discussion. Just now the proposal of Sir William Ramsay has the center of the earth.
 Sir William proposes to secure prac- tlcally hmitless supply of light, heat, and power by tapping the molten or semi -mclten interior of the earth.
 The discussion has brought out some interesting things on the general sub ject. Among other things it appears that the governments have already made great and costly experiments along this line.
 The deepest hole bored into the earth's crust is said to be the one driv- en several years ago by the German government at place called Paruscho- wttz of Silesia, when depth of 9,572 feet was reached. The bore is feet G inches in diameter at the top, de- creasing gradually to feet inches at the depth of one mile, at which it remains for the rest of the distance.
 It was the original intention to carry the bore much lower, but the expense was found to be prohibit.ve when con- trasted with the prospective results.
 Charles Parsons, of turbine fame, who made special study of the qeustion, estimates that to drill hole ten miles deep into the earth's crust would cost at least s25,ooo,oOO and would require 80 years.
 The estimate as to money may be cor rect, but-stupendous as the task is-it is doubtful if American ingenuity could not cut down the time limit.
 It is altogether probable that before many years some gigantic plan to tap tho great reservoir Of C. orgy stored up in the earth will actually be under way.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18
Shifting Slugs

The papers say that Chicago woman is suing for divorce because her hus- band won't talk to her, and makes her do all the conversation for the family. Most men won't ever believe this. First Traveler-One thing I like about the Englishmen is that they re frank They call spade spade. Second one-Huh, most of them call it spide.
 The first recorded land transfer was made when one Ephron sold to Abra ham a burial field for 400 shekcls, the equivalent of $250.
 Editor Roosevelt handles his con temps without gloves. Now is tho time to subscribe.
 Hydrogen gas is fifteen times as light as air, hence the best filler for balloons there is.
 A Pennsylvania squire rules that it is crime to steal an umbrella. He wants it to rain only on the unjust.
 ***
 A word from Josh Wise: ''The roll of thunder does net make louder noise than roll of mo..cy."
 %ms
 Calendar srr;ng comes on March 21. The real article comes when it is good and ready
 Visitor How thin the walls are in your apartment.
 Flat Dwener--Yep, when the people ia the next flat have dry toast, or soup. cr celery at meals, we can hear 'e:a just as plain.
 A Pennsylvania burglar, just released from the pen, walked twelve miles to hear Hryan talk, only to be kept out because he didn't have ticket. Oh freedom, where are thy blessings.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18

''cAS YOU TELL ME TIE TIME BY YOUR
 NosE?"
 mind the London newsboy was with out an equal. He Is always ready with retort, don't you know. that is as good as the latest in Punch. The London newsboys are keen students of human nature-not detail in a mans appearance is unnoted by them" said the Englishman warmly.
 Champ turned his quid to the other side. You just try one of these New York kids" he said.
 A lad approached to sell q paper, and the Londoner promptly opened fire, while the boy took an inventory of his customer.
 Now. my boy said the English man. "can you tell me the time by your nose this lnorningY
 The boy glanced up at the English mans aristocratic features and. smil- ing serenely. replied. Ask your own nose, sir: mine ain't runnin'."
 The Londoner, somewhat confused, took out his handkerchief, and noth- Ing more on the subject of newsboys was mentioned. Champ retired with the gleam of victory in his eye.-Na- tional Magazine.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-18
LAWYERS WHO THINK BACK.
 WARD

President Taft Is lawyer. Of hia cabinet, seven out of nine the lawyers The legal profession numbers about lSo,o00, or only, .oO015 per cent of the total population.
 In no other country of the world do courts possess and exercise the powers which the courts do in the United States. They set aside statutes enacted by congress and the state legislatures. They enjoin executive action. The writ of injunction and proceedings for con- tempt have been. so enlarged that few, if any, phases of government arc ex- empt from their enormous reach.
 The courts may not only take away the property but also the liberty of the citizen if his acts, although in strict accord with statutes duly enacted, are in conflict with the decree of court. And in practice the opinion of one judge may be more effective than the combined wisdom Of congress and the president or of the legislature and gov ernor. Witness the federal income tax law, the Pennsylvania 2-cent fare law ard labor laws irnumerable.
 And in congress and state legislatures tho proportion of lawyers is very great. TaEo any legislative body with which you are familiar and count for yourself
 Thrs we ind the le >ers possessing tho rcirs Of government in every direc- tion. Does this situation make for prog ress7 Is the lawyer better fitted than all others in the community to make laws and administer them7
 The lawyers visicn is backward, rot