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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08

school. was not touched upon at the recent meeting of the School Board and members of the Board deny thal any committee has been appointed foI ton to the matter.
 Roland P. Axtell of this town was married at noon on Saturday last. ir Danbury. to Miss A: H. Hopson of "A Banforth avenue. The bride once lived in dear old Stratford.
 Miss Ora Lyman of King street is to spend the winter in Stamford.
 Mrs. Samuel Patterson has recently been visiting in Danbury.
 This evening there will be a meeting of the Mems Club at the house of MT. William Lawrence, not far from the Methodist church. when Game Warden Smith will give one of his interesting talks.
 Rev. T. H. Robertson had charge of the services at the Betheny Mission yesterday
 Mir. and Mrs. Roland Axtell will set up housekeeping in town after the usual wedding trip.
 Miss Harriet K Thompson. after a week in town. has returned to Tucka- hoe.
 A very enjoyable collation. was served an evening or two ago at the home of Henry Beardmore. Judson Place. the event being surprise party for MT. Beardmore- and his sister. Mrs. Leon Spaulding.
 F. J. Orton is to build a house on a lot he recently purchased. The house will contain rooms. with hard floors. and be shingled on the outside. A hot water system of heating will be installed.
 The new house which MT. Newton Reed is. building on Blakeman place, will also contain rooms. and be heat ed by a hot air furnace George Con- verse. the contractor. is putting up the frame.
 Wednesday afternoon there will be a meeting of the Christ Church Guild at the rectory.
 With few exceptions regular ser vices were held in all the churches yesterday.
 The boys who disfgured Peter Mar keys house last Monday night, at Hollister Heights. have been paroled in care of Joseph Altaire.
 A MT. Seaman of Long Island is to take a rent on King street.
 Mrs. Lucy Houghton has gone to Florida for the winter.
 A cantata is to be given at the Neighborhood church on Christmas.
 The Farmers supper and dance will come off Thursday evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. Cures backache and irregularities that if neglected might result in Bright's disease or diabetes. F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. local agents Il 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08
The Watch for
 His Wife

Wishing a temporary watch for my wife to keep fairly good time for her until I could afford a better one, I gave you SS for one you recommended and it has been keeping such good time for three years I guess you can cut yourself out of the sale of a cost Her one.
 Well that's all right. We are glad and not surprised at that watch's ser vice. We love to have people happily disappointed. If you have any idea of buying a watch see our great as sortment Christmas Gifts can now be reserved.
 M. J. BUECHLER
 The Reliable Jeweler AS FAIRFIELD AVE, Near Middle St.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

Is the law always just? Nine times
out of ten you will get the re ponse
that it is.
We have in mind the case detailed
in another part of todays paper
where man who it is charged kill
ed fellow being twenty-five years
ago. The report states the man ar
rested had lived an honest life for
many years and stood well in his
community. OF course under the
law life for life is demanded but
what is there to encourage a man
10 live a decent life after he has
once transgressed if he must be
snatched mp and stand trial after all
these years or course it is a seri-
Gus question and should be consider
cd as such. Why though would it
rot be q good idea I'M case of this
H when a man can show he has
lived a decent life. Jay for ten years.
to offer that in the nature of a de-
Tense?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23
HOW,S THTS

We offer one Hundred dollars re-
ward for any case OF catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Oatarrh
uTe. f. J. CHENEY e. CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
We the undersigned have known
e j. Cheney for the last IS years
ms believe hin perfectly honorable
D. ail business transactions and an-
rciaily able to carry Gut any obll-
'ltious made by his firm.
WhLDINg. KlNNAN g. MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
ally acting direC y upon the bloc,
nd mucous surface Of the system.
o..mouials sent free Price 75c
~ bottle SOLD by ain druggists
Take Halls randiy pills for CON
..ai9u.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

North G3 degrees rs minutes East
9.Sj feet to the Northwest corner
of Lot 40. of said Property Of j..
X. Tilson'; thence North G3 degrees
Is minutes East 32.45 feet to a
point; thence South IS degrees Il
minutes East 1885 feet to a street:
thence South Sc degrees West Ga
feet to point the Southwest corner
of said Lot 80. A. thence North 4
degrees West 121.25 feet with the
West line of said Lot No. to the
Northwest corner thereof: thence
South G@ degrees is minutes West
9.S5 feet to the BEGINNING.
Said sale will be made for CASH
IN HAND on the day of sale.
F. 5. EASLEY, Trustee.
Oct. 23-3O-Nov. GLIB.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23
SUD-GRADE WAKING,
Treatment of This Important
Factor In Road Building.
KIND OF MATERIAL TO USE.

Nothing but the Best ObtainabIe,
Says Highway commissioner-Sur
facing is Also u Prominent Feature
That Demands Strict Attention.
\ well built roads chief characters.
tic is not unlike well constructed
house, at least I'm one respect. Both
will have n similarity n tight
roof ana dry cellar Such road
must have the ability TO sustain ana
hold mp into position it should occupy
the wearing surface of the road.
whether It be two inches or two feet
In depth. Any yielding Of the sub-grade
will be fatal TO the road. The whole
question OF dust laying and road pre-
sentative requirements of the hour is
simply relegated 10 secondary posi-
ton when compared with this very im-
portant feature Of the construction.
and the remarkable aspect Of this i'm
portant part Of road building is that il
is not so much the expense for the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23
NOTICE or TRUSTEES SALE

by virtue of the authority vested
in me by deed of trust bearing
date on the 18th day of August,
1907, executed by Alexander Pecry
and Alkaline Peery, his wife, to the
undersigned D. Nj. Easlcy, as Trustee
10 secure to j. r.. Tiison, W. S. Beck
er, and ii. II. Raudenbush, the
payment OF certain notes therein
de- -cribed, and recorded in the Clerks
once OF the County Cour, of Mer-
Ger County west Virginia. in Trust
Deed Book No. II, page 8, and de-
fault having been made i'm The pay
ment OF said notes and being requ.r-
ed so TO do by Al. II. Pedigo, the
holder and owner thereof, the under
signed will offer for sale, at public
auction, 10 the highest bidder in
front OF the Office of ID. NJ. Easley,
in the said City Of Blueiield, in said
County, on the Goth day OF Noyem-
Der, 1903, ut 10 O'Clock a. m. the
following described real estate in
said City:
BEGINNING at point on Jhe
South line Of street 1853 feet
South rs degrees II minutes East
from tbc intersection of the North
east corner of the Property of j. r.
Tilson, with the South line of the
Blucficld Water Works and Improve
mcnt COmpanys lands; thence with
the Ea line OF the said property
of j. r. Tilson' south rs degrees
I . minutes East 1875 feet to a
point the Southeast corner Of said
Property; thence South sc degrees
Yves. 5O.7 feet to % point; thence
North q degrees West 100 fee. to-
point ON said street; thence With
said street North sG degrees East
POD rect to The BEGINNING.
said sale viii bc made for CASH
LIS HAND on the day of sale.
d. VI. EASLEY, Trustee.
oct 23-3O-Nov. GLIB.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

1T may not be generally known
that we have courses Of Arithmetic,
Reading, Spelling. Writing, Gram
MGR, and Letter Composition. ar
ranged TO suit ali. in which each
student receives private instruction
Those not prepared to take the Steno
graphic or Bookkeeping courses are
given special attention in these prep
atory branches. The school has both
Day and Night sc-isons We enroll
grown persons regardless Of their
preparation but we do not enroll
children under nftaen years OF age
unless they are prfpafca so take tho
Stenographic or bookkeeping cours-
as. Letters Of inquiry or personal
calls are always welcomed.
BLUEfTFID NORMAL AND
BUSINESS COLITGE.
Corner of Bluedeld Avenue and Tyler
Street, city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

Wnen we nave done this we can COM
mcnce TO properly construct the sub
grade, and not before.
AS a general proposition in accom-
pliShing a well built sub-grade it is al
ways well 10 remove all loan, roots
and vegetable matter from the pro-
posed travel part Of the road: also
everything of springy nature or any
thing found in eXcaVating for said
roadway that Will he liable to heave or
settle and ill all such places with
clean sand or gravel
Where it is necessary to ill TO bring
the Sub-grade up to the height required
! have found in my practice where the
filling exceeds one foot i'm depth that
the filling should be deposited in
courses not to exceed twelve inches i'm
depth, loose measurement, and require
that each course shall be extended
across the entire Oil and completed be-
fore commencing another course. no
matter If the fill he two or twenty
feet And this method should he fol
lowed with each succeeding course un-
ill the established grade is reached
The constant travelling over each of
the courses by the teams employed in
handling the material Wil remove the
possibility of ever having cracked
I'LL or one that will slide after the road
has been cons tructod. This Is very
impOrtau, matter. 1 find. and have
used it,iu my work i'm my own state
! also find that i'm tine cuts it is well
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

GETTING THE GRADE READY FOR STONE.
From Good Roads Magazine New York. !
same principle can bc adopted i'm the
simple turnpiking of Il road as that
which will have to be employed I'm the
most expensive construction that we
are called upon to build today.
The first principle To follow i'm every
case is TO properly drain the section of
road 20 be improved, after which YOU
then take up the question of sub-grade.
or foundation upon which to build
your road. have found the best ma.
ierial with which 10 construct a sub
grade is sand or gravel. DIsintcgrated
rock, with an admiXture of light loan.
makes capital Sub-grade.
Spriukling the sand before rolling.
vsing light roller before using the
steam roller or tightening the roller
by relieving the boiler of ouc-half lis
"atcr capacity is a great assistance in
hrmluS the road, rs the sand will not
thea creep before the roller. thus max
ing the sub-grade firm. \ little sub.
soil placed on top of the sand is a
very good practice. This will prevent
the material from being pushed ahead
IF the roller, ana II will make good
sustainment for the stone or gravel.
If something is not done TO make
sandy foundation firm it will shift.
Sighting the sub-grade is sometimes
procticed 10y contractors. with the result
that they do not gain anything. for the
contractor has TO pay I'm the end an iu-
creased EXPENSE OWING tO tl. furf that
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

Every Democrat in Virginia should
pun of his coat and get busy in be-
half of Col. James for Secretary of
the Commonwealth The voters o.
every precinct should be thoroughly
instructed about making their ballot.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

The death OF McCarren will GER
tainly complicate the election for
Mayor III New York. Tammany and
the Hearsite Independents will now
make a scramble for Brooklyn. The
odds still favor Tammany.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

The Leader hopes TO see someth-
ing done to meet the demands of the
citizens in regard 10 a city marHet.
The housekeepers claim it would
tighten their burdens and the bread
winners claim they would get better
prices.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23

The Daily Telegraph thinks Slemp
has more than "hopefulness. -
Their explanation the day after will
read well-to their friends
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-23
BLUEFIELD
EVENING LEADER

Published every evening except
Sunday.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
will Locate
in Tanana

1t is with more than ordinary
pleasure that The Leader learns
that S. E. Heeter, the old time
freighter and general hustler of
Rampant, will become a resident
of Tanana. He will arrive about
the first of October.
Mr.. Heeter's energy and bust.
ness sagacity cannot fail to be of
benefit to any community in
which they may be employed.
The history of Rampant camp
from the opening paragraph of
the first chapter has been punctu-
ated by his numerous activities.
His daughter, Miss Nellie, an &C
complished and estimaole young
woman, will preside over his
household.
At present Mr.. Heeter is hay.
ing in the Yukon flats. When he
comes down he will bring with
him 60 tons of baled hay and 5O,-
900 feet of lumber of his own
manufacture.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
Case Dismissed

Robert Conklin was hailed into
court last Monday morning for
assaulting Fisherman John"
DEUS the night previous. After
hearing considerable testimony,
the commissioner dismissed the
complaint against Conky, but not
until he had delivered whole.
some little speil' regretting his
inability to fine both the defend
ant and complainant for the mis-
cellaneous use of fearfully foul
language.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
Erroneous
Impression

An erroneous impression has
been caused by a story which
came from the Innolzo regarding
Lewis Shequin, a well-known
mining man, not long ago.
Mr.. Shequin passed by Tanana
in a small boat headed for Innoko
in June. Going up the Innoko
he became lost in the jungle, and
his friends got a version of the
affair that led them to fear his
experience had left him perma-
nently demented. His many ac-
quaintances will be glad to know
such is not the case.
A distance below Mud river
Mr.. Shequin went into the brush
to look for a pole for his boat.
He discovered a patch of berries,
and having returned for a pail,
he proceeded to pick the fruit
and failed to mind we'll his bear
ings. He became lost and wan
dered for eight days, finally
reaching Mud river and following
it to safety. He had but two
matches when he became lost,
and the mosquitoes were relent-
less. AS an evidence of the mans
perfect sanity, he made a smudge
and kept it going in the berry
pail the entire time, and also re-
tanned the ak. His experience
was very trying, but it will prob
ably not permanently affect him
in any way.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
FEEDING PRISONERS
UNDER new SYSTEM

Crossley, United States district at
torney.
| Aside from the prisoners feed
proposition, the full import of the
complaints lodged is not accessible.
Considering the profit made in
feeding the prisoners perquisite Of
the Office, it appears Love did moi
hesitate to mention it when called
upon, in writing to his deputies
officially.
When Love came into Office he
reappointed Bowers deputy at Ko.
diak. The arrangement made be.
! tween Love and Bowers in dividing
the profit ON feeding prisoners at
Kodiak was a halt and half agree.
ment.
Bowers got behind in his account
and, M. Love says, owed the gov
eminent $3.50, and still owes it.
Love wrote Bowers one letter re.
lating to the half and half agree
melt. He got do satisfaction and
held up Bowers account. Love
then wrote second letter and
asked Bowers for $1oo in full set
Element of what Love calls per-
sonal account, and which, under
the represented agreement, was
about one-third what was due Mr..
Love.
Subsequently, Mr.. Love says he
was asked by District Attorney
Crossley, at the instance of the
grand jury. to remove Bowers from
his deputysllip, for reasons that
have not been revealed. Bowers
later resigned. Then, after be was
out of the service, Mr.. Love says
Bowers forwarded his letters to
Bowers to Washington as basis of
a complaint against Love; and, ill
so far as Mr.. Love knows, this is
the foundation of the investigation.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16

Some three weeks ago it became
definitely known at Fairbanks that
there would be change i'll the sys-
tenn of providing for the substance
of prisoners at the federal Jail in
that city. At that time it had not
been made public whether or not
the change will be effective in the
less important district. From the
following telegram it appears that
it will:
"Cordova, Sept. g Inspector
Brewster, who is examining the
condition of. the management Of the
federal jails i'll Alaska, makes the
announcement in Cordova that the
new ruling, by which the govern
ment will take charge of the feed
ing of prisoners, will 60 into effect
on October L."
Details of the new system to be
inaugurated are lacking. In Fair
banks it was said necessaries for
the Jail would be sent in from Out
side by the government, and that
the system would be put OH cost
basis.
The change appears to be the
outcome of a recent investigation
into the official affairs of Marshal
H. K. Love, of this division, by the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton. The investigation was pre-
cipitated by certain letters furnished
the department by L. L. Bowers, a
former deputy United States mar
shall under Mr.. Love at Kodiak,
who now resides at Eugene, Ore.
These letters, written by Mr.. Love
and with side complaints from Bow
ers, were forwarded to Delegate
Wickersliam at Washington some
months ago, were delivered to the
proper authorities. The allega-
tons of Bowers, among other
things, are said to represent that
Marshal Love has made an illegiti-
mate profit in feeding federal pris-
oners. A few weeks ago R. ]. w.
Brewster, United States inspector
of prisons, paid Fairbanks visit
and the change was inaugurated.
Although it was not known at
first that Brewster was sent there
in the main because of the COM
plants against Marshal Love, it is
now known that he left prepared to
make report OIL the management
of affairs under tue marshal's juris
diction. 1t is understood, further.
that locally, at least, the matter
was placed in the hands of Mr..
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16


of Rampant district, came i'll from
Fair banks last Saturday, and pro
ceeded ON the Hannah Sunday
| morning, intending to inspect his
property on Hunter creek. Besides
being all artist and lecturer of con-
siderable note. Mr.. Davis OCCASION
ally contributes Alaska articles to
Outside mining journals. The fol
lowing regarding the man and his
accomplishments, taken from the
Fairbanks Times, will be read with
interest:
Some II years ago combination
of circumstance started Mr.. Davis
from Brooklyn, N. Y, to Alaska,
and i'll company with eight other
pilgrims from the East he came
North via. St. Michael and. was
landed unceremoniously in the fall
at Anvik, on the lower Yukon. AS
soon as the walking was good, he
struck out tor the then mucl.-heard-
of Rampant diggings, 600 miles
away, which lie negotiated entirely
OH foot. Arriving at that district,
he established himself there, and
has made Hunter creek his head
quarters ever since. The artist re-
manned there for SIX years, before
leaving at all, the wondrous colo. :
ings Of Alaska appealing to him
and holding him fascinated. In
1903, Mr.. Davis returned to New
York and organized a company to
operating hydraulicking OH large
scale, choosing Ingersoll the dol
lar. watch man" as the PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Davis proudly sports a dollar
watch" which was presented to
him by that magnate.
During all these years of mining,
the artist has never lost sight of the
artistic side of Our wonderful coun-
try, and operates a large new-style
Reflex camera on all occasions.
The new camera has button on
one side, which when pressed causes
the camera to fly open i'll all its
parts, ready to catch the most fleet
ing picture permanently. The shut
ter works with a rapidly calculated
to 12oooth past of a second, and
practically annil,ilates time. With
this camera Mr.. Davis has procured
over thousand perfect views OF
this northern country, and when
outside he is mucl, in demand as a
lecturer. He makes lantern slides
from these views and uses no slides
that are not absolutely all his Hn
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
LEONARD M. DAVIS
VISITS OLD SCENES

work. He claims that the scenes
he has depicted are so incredible to
Eastern. eyes that unless he can
certify that they were taken by
him, he is discredited.
Mr.. Davis has just returned to
the North from the East and the
exposition, and for the first time
has brought i'll a stock OF oils. With
the natural colors, unmixed, and a
simple palette knife, he has made
81 oil sketches OH library board of
views which he encountered on the
trip into the interior this time.
These are confined to size about
Sx-12, and are primarily for larger
canvases, or for copying the lantern
slides. Notable among them are
the picturesque entrance to the
Tarana valley, comprising the
mouth of the Tanana river; view
at bend i'll The Tanana showing
the magnificent mountains to be
seen III the south; sunset that is
unparalleled, and copy of the glo-
rious moon of last Sunday evening.
with its reflection in the waters of
the Tanana Mr.. Davis, as above
said, uses the natural coIors, un-
mixed, and feels that even they are
inadequate to express Alaska S nat.
ural coloring, and his pictures are
such that one feels the nature of
the day by atmospheric vibration,
rather than senses it through the
eyes. Mr.. Davis claims that by
working with the natural colors
and the knife he is able to copy,
sometimes within 20 minutes,
sight that, were he to stop to mix
colors and prepare brushes, would
be lost to him forever.
One of the lectures prepared by
him has Tor its subject the Home
Life of Alaska" and for this the
artist has made photographs of all
degrees of local life from the Indian
Gimp i'll the virgin woods, up to
and including the exterior and in
terror of Government house at Daw-
son, the home Of its highest officer.
1t is intention to photograph some
Of the interior of Fairbanks homes,
if opportunity offers.
Another lecture is entitled
Alaska, the Beautiful" and this,
which is comprised of actual views
of many scenes, colored from life,
made a great hit wherever it was
shown in the East.
The marvellous camera with
which Mr.. Davis has provided him
self can be adjusted to reclaim the
impression of any distance that the
eye can see, or will copy all object
two feet from the lens just as faith
fully. using firms or plates.
His lecturing tours, which have been
merely incidental to his other inter-
ests, were brought about by reason of
his possession of so many interesting
pictures, and the desire of the Eastern
ers to be better informed about a coun-
try which they have learned of only by
the geographical pictures of polar
bears climbing up on icebergs from
waters. Mr.. Davis claims
that it is wellnigh impossible task to
annihilate these old-time and youthful
These lectures have beea
the means, however, of placing Mr..
Davis in the membership of the lecture
corps Of the Department of Education
Of New York city.
Haircutting, shaving, shampooing-
Matt Stewards barber shop.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16
For Selling Liquor to Indians

James McGregor, MichaeleH
vey and Charles O. E lgar were re-
Gently bound over to the grand
jury by Commissioner Odell of
Haines for selling liquor to natives
i'll that vicinity. Harvey is pro-
fessional hobo wei. known to the
authorities along Lynn canal.
Edgar is a private soldier at Fort
Seward; he did not seem at all
eager to make any defense, there
fore it is thought lie had broken
the law in order to secure his dis
charge from the army.
Job Printing-Leader Office.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16

Special Sunday Dinner at the Ken
lucky restaurant from to PM
Mrs. NJ. E. Cooper, proprietor.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16

Haircutting, shaving, shampooing =
Matt Stewards barber shop.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-16

Job Printing-Leader office.