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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.

~n non, SaCh dDOuC tnree teet
long, were displayed in Suffolk, Va.
last week.
A London paper tells of a great fe-
male sturgeon, that vanishing fish.
caught by steam trawler. Its length
was IL feet 4 inches. its girth 8 feet 8
inches and its weight 7S5 pounds.
Fishermen report a medium run of
shad, perch and small herring. Nearly
all nets are in operation and the season
will soon be at its height for these fish.
The few shad being caught are large
and roe shad are in the majority. Buck
shad are selling for twenty-five cents
and roe are bringing seventy-five cents.
With crabs selling at 81 a barrel at
Baltimore and other Northern cities.
the Norfolk and Hampton crabbers are
reaplng harvest. Although the sea-
son is unusually early, large number
of crabbers ars ;aSready at work with
ltrot lines in the vicinity of Willouehby
bay, While the catch of ''Sookies, -
or female crab. is large, there is a
dearth of "Jimmies." or the male va
riety.
Soft crabs, ''as large as a quarter"
to quote the fish dealer who sells them.
and having the semblance of spiders
rather than able-bodied crustaceans
are selling at rs cents a dozen. The
crabs of the small variety are said by
epicures, however, TO be even more
delicious than their more fully devel-
oped brethren. There are also a few.
very few, hard crabs in market
Baltimore Evening News, March 10Th.
The city newspapers, with only a
theoretical knowledge of the oyster
question and with facts distorted as to
actual conditions, are building I'D a
strong public sentiment throughout the
State looking to absolute change
in the method of conducting the oyster
interests of the Commonwealth. We
expect to see vigorous effort put
forth in the next Legislature to make
all natural rock available for lease to
private parties. We warn our readers
now that they may be wide awake in
their own interests. While we are sure
that there are many improvements pos
sible in handling the oyster situation.
we do not feel that a square foot of
natural rock should be made private
planting ground. Gloucester Tribune.
The bluefishing feet which everv
spring comes down from New York
and New England to meet the blue
hsh as they come up from the south
and take such toll of the school as thew !
nay induce to take the hook, is awning.
The schOoners Arthur James, George /
narker and Mary l.. Harry. pioneers.
passed out Cape Henry at o'clock this
afternoon under full sail, iced and pro-
'isloned, and in search of the vanguard
Il the fish, which they expect to meet
the vicinity of Hatteras. The blue
lshermen disburse great deal of mon
y here each spring for ice andcbrovis-
ms, and furnish much fast freight to
ne railways radiating from the port.
hipping their catch to the consumers.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

In THE promotion to the Phil.
adelphia Office of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad system as assist
ant to the General Manager,
Virginia loses one of her best
citizens and biggest" railroad
men in the person of Mr.. j. G.
kodgers, superintendent of the
N. T., 2. 4. N. The PennsyI.
yania system is reaching out in
Virginia, but il, it, will bring to
us, and keep here, such men as
the Cape Charles man we will
have little regret. Mr.. Rodgers
VIII be succeeded by Elisha Lee,
principal assistant engineer of
the Maryland Division of the
pennsylvania Railroad.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
WHY. OH WHYi

Why, oh why, should Mr.. Car
ter Wexford be drawn from his
retirement at luxurious Sabine
Hair to oppose Mr.. Curlett for
the Legislature-will be a burn
ing question, locally, for Rich
mond and Lancaster counties.
Mr.. Wellford--or his friends
since he is no speaker-will be
called upon more than once to
answer what brought him out
what influence ("friends"), and
what parts of John Curlett's
record he and his hackers hold
"agin" our Delegate. When you
rise up and speak, Richmond.
Lancaster will cease her mind"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
OPPOSITION FORCING IT.

The Anti-Saloon League made an eff
Tort to postpone the Statewide contest.
but the other side. drawn to the candle
like the candle-fiy, cannot let the sub
Ject alone, but insists on forcing it to
the front, and it would now be miracle
II the question does not enter fully into
The gubernatorial and legislative cam
paign. Stanton Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

BLESS your soul, they are
kicking up in Richmond about
reformatory boys having to eat
salt fish, Maybe the fish amt
mstruck" right, or maybeit amt
virginia roe herring, or shad, or
trout; but down this way we
think we are living high up, in
winter and spring, when we fall
back on our salt kits-put up to
the Queens TASTE. Don't LET
the boys get too ''high set up.
else they can never come among
us plain Tidewater folks to carve
names.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
CONTEST THREATENED,
Issue Hsyz be Forced By UnwIse
lrsas

ISSUE asyV be Forced BY UnwIse
Nress.
ftchmoad Coz Washington star,
Unless there is steady hand at the
wheel IN Virginia politics for the next
SIX months the chances are that the
state will be face to face with STRAIGHT
out prohibition contest. The reasons
Tor this belief are not hard to find. In
the hrst place. the local option elections
winch have been held are being resisted
In the courts. In the next place the
opponents of the anti-saloon element
are engae ed in an agitation of the oues-
ton OF bringing the issue into noI;tics
and are doing all they can to discredit
the candidate of the Anti-SaIoon League.
Inc country districts of the State have
peen made dry as acts of the general
assembly and by an expression on the
part of the voters, Some of the cities
have voted the same way. The voters
IN those portions of the state do not
relish the way in which Judge Mann
Is being attacked by the cities which
still have the liquor privileges and are
beginning to say that unless these fights
and attacks are discontinued thew will
force the issue and have the matter OF
state prohibition decided by the people
OF the state,
The fact that more than 85 per cent
OF the State is dry at this time. with
several of the smaller cities in the same
class, and if there is injected into the
campaign the question of prohibition
there is no doubt where the state will
go. Judge Mann is understood to be
opposed to prohibition, favoring local
option, but if the issues are made and
the lines drawn there is no reason to
doubt that he will become the candidate
of the prohibitionists.
Democrats of the state do not want
prohibition fight. They are in line
with the policies expressed and outlined
by Judge Mann, believing that the
question is one for the decision Of the
people in each city or county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

The Button Dress of the season
is to have 500 ofthese ornaments.
but we repel with Indignation the
suggestion of a ribald friend that
the buttons are simply to be
strung on threads. We are as
sured by our wife's dressmaker
that they will really be sewed ON
an underground stuff, that is if
underground" is the right term.
"Basicsmateriar' will perhaps be
better. Possibly this may lower
the cost OF dresses after all, as
the buttons may be so thickly put
on as to make the "understudy''
a matter of indifference.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
A T0UGH NEGRO

"A darkey the other day in Richmond
got into an alteration with a fellow
laborer and the latter applied an areu-
mentative knife to the mans skull
driving the blade into the brain three
inches 1t took the strength of three
men TO pull the weapon out. Instead
OF being killed he washed of the blood
and resumed his work as though moth
ing unusual had happened.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

About nine Of every ten newspapers
spell or misspell the word '.kidnaped,,
putting two p's instead of one therein
-Danville Register.
With great reluctance and gen
uine timidity we venture to fur
nish some spellings from the Cen
tury Dictionary, which, while it
may not be authoritative in
Danville, still islooked up to with
respect this side the James. kid
nap, kidnapped, kidnapper, kid
mapping.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
WILL BUY sTRAYPORp

The Patriotic Sons of America have
obtained an option on Stratford, the
birthplace of Robert E. Lee. and pro-
pose to purchase it and present it to the
State OF Virginia. The price is fixed
at 100000. Gov. Swanson. Senator
Daniel, and Capt. Robert E. Lee. jr.
of Fairfax. have been made members
OF the advisory committee of the order.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
We Rave always been advo-

We HAVE always been adyo-
Gates OF Stateparty conventions.
and it is rather "amoosing" to
us to see the rank primary advo-
Gates whooping for one now
when they want to tie Judge
Mann's hands (they thus tacitly
admit he's n WINERY with in
structions. No kick four years
ago when they were stalking all
on Wizards winning. eco il
Boots ~
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

1T is a common notion that it
is only OF late years that Presi-
dents absented themselves from
the White House, but records
seem to show that absenteeism
is old. John Adams was away
for 1856 days during his term of
office; Jefferson 796 days, or one
fourth of the terms Che served
two terlns); James Monroe 7OS
days, and so on, down to Buch-
anan, who was absent only 81
days OF his term. Jefferson seems
to have done a good deal of his
work at Monticello.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
TUCKER AGAINST pRoHIBITioN

The daily press that has lived
IN trembles because of the prohi.
bition wave, and which has done
more to agitate the subject than
the Anti-Saloon people or any
other organization or people, is
about to succeed in forcing the
lssue-willingly or unwillingly-
INTO the presentcampaign for the
governorship. One or more of
the Democratic dailies has also
been coquetting withSthe Repub-
means to bring out liquor can
dldate-one that will meet their
views on the whisky question
without regard to party interests.
They have so far succeeded as
to flush Mr.. Tucker, one of the
gu6ernatorial candidates, into a
declaration against prohibition
and a qualified one in behalf of
local option. In his second big
speech in the campaign, a. Man
chester Saturday night, the
Tlmes-Dispatch reports him in
part as follows:
''Mr. Tucker audience was not large
In fact the house was not more than
half filed The audience, however.
made up IN enthusiasm what it lacked
In size, and the ex-Congressman was
roundly applauded throughout his
speech.
I'm regard to one of the questions
asked by an afternoon paper. Mr..
Tucker said: Should an election for
Statewide prohibition occur in the near
future, / would vote wet This an
nouncement was met with prolonged an
plause and cheering. and it was several,
minutes before the speaker was able to
proceed In regard to local option, the
candidate said that he would be governed
entirely by conditions"
Ii this fearless declaration
means anything it means a bid
Tor the liquor vote with a tiny
sop to local optionists. We have
never taken the view that the
political adherents of Mr.. Thicker
have in their zeal to gather
strength from all sides, to the
point of Mr.. Tucker's being on the
same footing as. Judge Mann in
behalf of local option. MIR.
Tucker made it plain. to our
minds, that he meant local self
government (Which all good Dem.
ocrats must advocate) when he
said he was in favor of local
option. He did not say that he
would vote for local option or aid
IN bringing on a local option
election. Says the I'D report
further:
his statement was as frank and as
open on this question local option) as
was the previous one on Statewide pro-
hisition- ION this great question. {" he
said, II stand for local self-goyern-
ment. Should an election arise in NV
home town. Lexington, which is a col
lege town, and where there are natur-
ally many young men. i will vote dry.
Should Lexington grow to be a great
CITY,, he continued, with large. mr.
gress've and varied interests, and a
local option election were called. would
have to be governed by conditions.''
We are left to infer that if he
were a resident of Richmond or
Norfolk or other commercial city
In our State Mr.. Tucker would |
not vote to drive out the saloon
Nor is it clear what he would dol
II q country resident.
Mr.. Tucker has pretty well now
drawn the line, and takes his side
with the liquor sentiment. This
clearing of the waters will un-
doubtedly help Judge Mann, but
we regret Mr.. fuckers pro-
nounced stand as we had hoped |
In any event to have a TEMPER
ance governor.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

OTHER mills than those of the
gods grind slowly, as Miss Nc
Farland of Seaport, Me-, can
testify. She has just been awarded
by Congress a sum of about
5000 on some French spoliation
claim of169S.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02
The caprices of fashionl From

The caprices of fashionl From
one extreme-the worldwide tan
gent merry widow-ladies' head
gear this season goes to the
other-inverted dish-pan shape;
or, in fashions parlance, the
fruit-basket or waste-basket.
Let us hope the stoop will be
backward, and not forward, on
the pretty things smothered be-
meath.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

SOME one advertises in a Vir-
glnla newspaper for u tract of
tlmbered land from 500 to ] 900
acres, gently rolling, otswampy
or river bottom, Tor which he
offers $3 an acrel Must think
Virginia is hard up.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

UNDER a provision of a Baby
lonian code of $50, B. c., a death
penalty was fixed for stealing a
minor son. Even in those remote
days we see that elopement of
girls was winked at by the au-
thorities.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

TO CALL a man a liar in Geor-
gia is breach of the peace and
means a fight" according to the
Georgia Court of Appeals. Re-
suits in that, any way, anywhere
in the South.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

If YoUkicked that briekases-
terday, or picked up the empty
purse, void. OF good grace, you
are either. sour or ayariciousA
not only on one day of the yenr
but all through. 80 g.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

ROANOKE has forty-two sa-
looms, six mail order houses,
four clubs, fifty-two retail licen-
ses, and 100 United States licen-
SEES. And the Roanoke Judge has
decreed that they shall continue
In business-that thelocal option
election there, won by the "drys,"
was illegal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

"In its last analysis the tariff ia
graft" says Ex-Governor Folk of Mis-
souri,. Yes, first, last and all the way
through. -Virginian-Pilot.
That's hard on the self-sacrific-
ing patriots in Congress. One
spoke for the tariff for nine hours.
and wae replied to by another
for five hours.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

And yet so affable a person as the
successful saloon-keeper ought to ex-
Perience no difficulty in finding re-
mu lerative occupation in some other
field. indianapolis News.
Seems to know them pretty
well.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-02

VINO pushed that prohibition
SNOWFALL off the Anti-Saloon
Leagues side-track? The same
will have to do the stopping.
while welook on. Weare against
a Statewide prohibition fight.
butlf the wet sheets will bring it
on you can count on us to root
for prohibition as against the
Saloon
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02
MondA,.

G. r Schwab left this afternoon for
Salt Lake City with a view of locating
there and engaging in some kind Of
business. 10 he finds conditions salts
factory In the west he will be Joined
there by his wife and family in the
course OF three or four weeks.
Mrs. W. II. La Grange OF Orchard
avenue. East Canon. has returned
home from a pleasant visit of several
weeks duration with her son, Guy.
in Oklahoma. Mr.. La Grange Joined
her in Oklahoma and a few days be-
fore the end OF her stay there and ac-
con.panied her back to Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. C. Adams and FAM
lily have returned 10 Canon City from
Steamboat Springs and will again
Former residents of this place they
moved to Routt county several years
ago. They are established at No. 10
Greenwood avenue.
Miss NJ F. Churchill of All Harrison
avenue, returned home this afternoon
from four months visit In the EAST,
the greater part OF which was spent
in Maine, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts. She says that the weather
In New England has been warm thus
far this winter and that she had seen
no snow until her arrival In Colorado
The temperature in Chicago last Sat
urday. according to Miss Churchill
was uncomfortably warm. and up to
the time OF her leaving Boston there
had been very little cold weather In
that portion of the country
James A. warford, who was on tria
last week in the district court at Can
on City for the murder of Isaac Lieb'
at Goldfield five years ago, was at on,
time resident of Colorado City
While living in the Pixies Peak regior
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02

Mrs. Eichhorn gave the party a fine
exhibition of equestrianism while
crossing Grape Creek and while rid
ing up the trail leading to the top OF
the canon.
Miss Anna NJ. Shipp died at 20
Rudd avenue at 5 o'clock yesterday
morning from pulmonary tuberculo-
sis after a lingering Illness. aged
thirty-nine years, two omnths and
twenty-one days. The remains will
be taken back to the old home at
Paris, Kentucky, tomorrow for burial
They will be accompanied by a
brother from Oklahoma City. who
arrived here a short time before the
death of his sister occurred. Miss
Shipp died at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. U. Hutchinson, the latter of
whom is a sister of the deceased.
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02

marvellous success they have made in
the practice of surgery has attracted
the attention of the profession all over
the civilized world. Last year 1900
people were attracted to Rochester
from the various parts of the United
States and Europe to be operated on
in consequence of disease. Mrs
Graves. who accompanied her husband
10 Chicago. will visit two or three
weeks longer in Northern Illinois be-
fore returning to Colorado. She Will
stop at Lincoln. Nebraska. for a short
time while en- route home to Canon
CITY.
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02

]. D. Biggs Monday afternoon, De-
cember 6. at 3 o'clock
On account of the expected arrival
of sister of the deceased from the
East tonight the funeral service of the
late Mrs. Don Whipple OF Steamboat
Springs, who died in Denver last Sat
urday. was postponed from 2 o'clock
this afternoon until 1:30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. The service will
be held al the First Baptist church.
followed by interment in Lakeside
cemetery. Former Warden C. P. Hoyt
of the penitentiary, who is a warm
friend of the family of the deceased.
came down from Golden TO attend the
obsequies.
The regular meeting OF the Canon
City Woman's club was held at Shaef-
fer hall Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Andrew Shore. president Of the organ
ization. In the chair. The lesson re-
lated TO England under the Norman
rule and the discussion was led by
Mrs. Shore. An interesting paper on
the poet. Chaucer. written by Mrs.
Bert McCandless, was read by Mrs. H.
L. Plummer. The members of the club
accepted an invitation from Friends
in Council to meet with them at the
hall on next Friday afternoon
Dr. c. II. Graves returned home on
Monday night from an extended trip
to the East, part OF which was spent
in Chicago, and the remainder at Ro-
chester. Minnesota, where he attend
ed postgraduate clinics for several
weeks at Mayo Brothers hospital. The
Mayo brothers are personal friends OF
DR.. Graves and were members of the
same class in medical college. The
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02
TuesdaY.
men,.

Dali DeWeese returned home last
night from a several days visit to
Pueblo and Denver. In company with
Sam Brown. Jr., he left this morning
for a brief business trip TO Pueblo and
Colorado Springs.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Mccartney of
Logan street, Lincoln Park. are the
parents of a handsome baby boy of
the usual weight, born to them on
Monday. The felicitations of friends
are in order.
A H. Hitchcock of Denver. one of
mercial men having headquarters in
the capital city. stopped of here on
Monday to look after some business
matters and incidentally to visit his
cousin, Mrs. ]. W. Emmerson, and
other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Frey of Fair
field. Pennsylvania. parents of John
H. Frey of the Eureka Bargain Store,
who have been visiting in Canon City
for ten days or two weeks. left this
morning for Abilene. Kansas. where
they will halt for a short time while
en- route back TO the Keystone state.
The Fremont County Medical Soci-
ETY. held it's regular bi-monthly meet
ing at the office of DR.. w T. Little last
night. The regular program was cur
tailed on account of the absence of the
Florence doctors. DR.. E. A. Clarke
read an interesting paper on "Cata-
ract"
II will be gratifying to the many
friends OF Mrs. Fred P. Hubert to
learn that she is recovering nicely
from the effects OF the surgical oper-
alton she recently underwent at DR..
Graves hospital. The operation was
an unusually delicate and difficult one
and her rapid convalescence is due to
her natural vitality and disposition.
An unusually Interesting meeting of
Canon City Lodge No. Z. I. o. o. F..
will be held at Fraternal hall this
evening and all members of the or
ganization are urged to be present
Among other matters three candidates
will be Initiated into the mysteries of
the order A large attendance is con-
fdently expected.
Frank McClintock has returned
from Carmi. Illinois. where he was
called a few weeks ago by the sud-
den death of his father. Mr.. McClin-
took. Sr.. had just dressed himself af-
ter taking a bath when he was strick-
en- with an affection OF the heart and
died almost instantly.
Cañon City record., 1909-12-02
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