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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
SSGY3RTEFcIAsfpI- N1
TTAEg MANNtrtETQN CASE.

The Times this morning took occa'
sion edttorially to "butt in'' and rep
resent a news item relative to the H.
scenassee question at Warrington as the
policy Of this paper. The West Virgin
ian did not say whether the dry coun,
scilmen pnght or ought not grant H.
Scense. II merely stated what mas been
said number Of people lately that
tie Warrington charter provides that
40 the people vote against saloon IL
IGcenses they cannot be granted by coilr'
jscil; but Il the town votes for license
there siss no instr aetinn, the matter be,
ing left To- council. This fact was
merely stated as news Item, moth.
ling more: Several weeks ago the
West Virginian stated very positively
tsspositlon on the matter OF obeyins
he Will 81 the people and at the same
sstime SWrged that "Ior license' and
sssagainst Hcense'' b. put on the tick
et and let the Isstle rest there. each
candidate for council agreeing to abide
sby theiVote Of t:Ae people. But what
was the Times saying on the question
IN which SO many people were inter
estel? Nothing. What could 1t say
when one II It's principal owners was
I'M position 10 name a ballot commits.
sloner+ who favored letting the people
decide the matter ot license or no H.
Seense, and failed To do so. On this
syeryamportant question the morning
teKnockers was as silent as the grave.
sItisa pretty Tine Of day to come along
Sana pirate about Wilmington now.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

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alachine was busIet. especially after
a city election now and then, but after
the captains Of the lplitico'saloon par
ty, composed Of the two mrties),
would get together, Ieorganlze, put In
new parts and rapatr old parts. the
machine would 90 10 working again,
and by a few short and ugly double
cross signs made in The fingers OF the
big cniefs and captains to the saloon
man, 1t wouldn't be long TIL the po'
l%ltico-saloon graft contribution box
would be passed ,asuuud to us with the
orders from headquarters that the
prosecuting attorney. and mayor WINS
going to tighten up things, and we had
better chip In literally, and freely and
without grnmbling."
"About grand Jury time. we would
have another call and awakening which
made our bank accounts and casa reg
listers look mighty sad. SO this 'po'
litlco,saloon system, like T%ennyson's
brook. went on aai on. all the year
around. year in and year out. Every
turn of the politico.saloon wheel tool;
a little more ~exchequer. until It be-
came somewhat ltkNsthe popular song,
a little more nddei to what you got,
made a little bit ,tnre, excepting the
converse was true to us, "A whole lot
more taken from what we had, made q
hi Of a whole lot less"
THE pass words OF the polItico.sn'
loon gang were money, mot guilty
county or city pay the costs low
nit and the; people be damned. The
saloon man naturally COL the shakes
when q politician came around. and
when an officer stepped in, the 50,
loon man unconsalonsly reached fol
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

IhTJfgH2A ahEl
;torandvonld notlccepts aineahonldit
beSteaderedf me.
Tshage Ro@ anssEered $alls cues;
lions: asked by Citizen. II
But before closing Il would IKE to
ask Citizen" as he seems to be- well
posted, from mis- standpoint, why the
collector charges interest on taxes be
ginning November lst? ! know the
charter says so but the statute names
January LIST, as: the time TO begin the the
collection Of interest. Z
MI. Editor, | will thank you to give
this letter publication.
mo. $. SCOTT.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

and made Inc feel like a new person,
and 1t shall always have my praise:" :
Mrs. W. T. VALENTINE 8O2 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. J.
Gardiner, Mel was a great s,if-
ferer from q female disease. The doc
tor said l would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound CON-
pletely cured me in three months" y
Mrs. S. "A. WILLIAMS RE-. D. No. a.,
Box 50, Gardiner Me.
Because your case Is a, difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compounds trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female Ills, suci, as in
flammatlon, liberation, displacements,,
fb5oid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearingdown
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner.
,rous prostration. 1T costs but a!trifle
to stsy. II, and the result Is worth NIL.
.lions;totm m nySsutteringw women.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
PEOPLES FORUM.
"WET" CHURCH MEMBERS.

Editor West VIrginlan:-.
want to arise to 4 point Of order"
Although we might unwilllngly grant
the saloon interests the privilege OF
holding their own. and maintaining an
organization Of ther Ink and kind and
Of "hobnobbing" with one another:
but when they come to invade the
ranks Of the Church Of Jesus Christ,
to make proselytes Of sonic OF our
good9 br: thren, stealing them away
bodily, and shall | say soully too?
think it time to enter n protest. Hands
off! They are nolie OF yours. At least
they ought not to be.
Why, don't YOU know they came ont
here to the Bloody Fifth" by night
and succe; deds in stealing and carry.
Ing Off dear Bro. Riley from among
us. You know our lamented dear Bro.
Riley was at one tine an Elder In the
church. md was gl"en to exhortIng
and making long prayers. But alas.
they came and sto}s, the beloved Bro.
from us. He Is Elder no more: his
prayers ARE DER. Flo is exhorting still.
but how different It sounds from that
Of other days.
what a change Is here my Country
men!"
Now. honest, don't you think 1t real
mean for the saloon men to lure Bro,
Riley away from the teachings Of his
church: and tear such great chunks
from his conscience even II he should
be reimbursed therefor financially by
a coplous shower OF the 1ong greene
\ oh You say he wanted TO be stolen,
Well. In that case, the whole affair
would look different and Bro. Riley
should rise in his place and explain.
"\Noc to him that bnlldeth a towh
with blood and cstabllsheth a city By
~Iniqulty" and "Woc unto him that
giveth his nelghbor irink are Judge.
mcnts from Holy Writ calling In aw.
fm1 thunder TOMS to the voters Of our
beloved city. warning You to ac1uit
yourselves as men at the polls next
Saturday and send that monster OF
monsters, that demon Of licensed sa.
looms back to the lower regions from
whence It came. to steal away your
weakened brethren IN the church
and drag them down to It's own faith
omless depths Of dark despair.
I regret to have to acknowledge the
lnmentable fact that there are wet"
church members In Fairmont. Do not
the Scriptures pronounce a woe upon
the hypocrlte? And In all fairness can
you find . softer pillow sor such q de;
PRAYED characterf =
Toy sWet voting" church ne
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

T9Ei&s&SBSfSSS--- a.
The hotel keepers are constantly
making ii appeal 70 the people to vote
for license saying that they cannot
run their places unless they have a
bars attached. What does that mean?
evidently, It means that the profits
from the bar 60 to keep up the table,
then tie poor whiskey drinker whose
family Is starving is putting up the
money for the stea inning and tooth
some Syiands which the travelling pub
lie enjoys IN the hotel dining rooms.
How many times have we seen the
whisky :drinker when getting over a
sspreeSco ONE around and beg FOR a dime
on asquarter with which to get some
thing to eat. He will tell you that he
isf fan1ished with hunger and that he
hasn't a cent with which to get any
thing to eat. II the hotel keepers
would do the square thing they ought
lsto invlte, these men whom they have
srobbeda t the bar into the dining room
and feed them free Of charge. II they
are mking{it possible Tor the hotels
ID run; How many times nave We seen
these poor fellows come back to work.
gIcl, heart:.sore, nervous, penniless
and Respondent over the loss Of their
money IN the bar room? Then, again
III addition to keeping the splendid
dining room service at the hotels
these poor DRINKS every few days are
hauled before the mayor and II they
have any money are soaked two and
costs amounting to about six dollars.
II they have no money, some friend
must help beat; the burden or they
nastt 81 JAIL and board It out" ut
public exense. In that case the peo'
f6pleS become Sthe burden bearers. win
these plain every day examples b.
fore us what wonder is.it that people
ars, against the licensed saloon? The
greatest wonder Of all Is. however
that the poor, delnded victims Of
drink don't see what desolation the
saloon brings to them and vote It out
II existence In fact they would were
they let alone, but the saloon. keepers
are wise to that situation and a few
days before election they treat" their
customers and haye their agents out
Il Gringsth drinkers up with thirst for
liquor and by election day the desire
fors drink has such q strong hold upon
them that they can't vote against the
saloon. Oh, how the saloon fastens Its
coils about its victims wnen once 1t
n gets them in Its power.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

|orman out Oh hetchurchie dat mat
teF get sight With Cod and follow;
hunbly ID stheStootstep o. no loviy
Nazarine. who died on the cross 70
save your poor STARVED and shriyeled
eoul from the awful fase that awaits
thoss who like you are daily cruelty.
Ing the Son o. God afresa BY adyoca.
ting and abeting and encouraging the
return Of those hell holes the lioens-
ed saloon.
And yet I am sorry Tor you, and pity
you. Why do you persist in staying
down there to assist in the beiuddllng
and b~efogging act, having your own
eyes woefully blinded by the mlsts
that continually rise from the troubl
ed waters of the receding stream Of
VETS"
Give up your allegiance to this ne.
farious busin*s and enjoy the reward
that comes from y consciousness of
having done the right thing, and vote
for a dry man next Saturday.
What do you think OF a business
that requires an awful standing army
Of 100000 habitual drunkards in
America with 100000 moderate
drinkers from which to draw recruits
to maintain the army to the million
mark.
"And what shall BE- said Of the pro.
duct Of this hellish business-grant.
ing that 1t has the shadow Of a title
to the term business
An army OF 100, 900 men sinks nope
iessly into drunkari's graves yearly.
"And another and sadder army are
the 100000 widows and drunkards
that file past these 100. 900 graves as
an army OF ghosts to follow the
ghosts departed. But there is no ar.
ithmetic for the computation Of the
tears, shames, heart.hreaKs, iafamy,
despair and damnation. We cannot
tabulate these, but there is one book
in which they are all written down
and the account must one day be set.
tied by those. who are responsible for
1T.
Do not be deceived. No widows
tear or orphans cry passes unheeded
OF the Father. Do you want to hear
the sentence in that day. AS oft as
ye did 1t unto the least OF these my
brethren We did It unto me-"
Do you want TO be a partner in such
a business-"this deso1ater Of the
home, the murderer Of happiness, the
bereaver Of widows, the orphaner Of
children. the poIsener OF health, the
outrager Of virtue, the profaner Of re-
ligion. the blasphemer Of God. and the
destroyer Of both soul and body In
hell"
This Is one page OF the account
that will stand against you, II you
knowingly and wlllfully vote for o
"wet" candidate In the coming elect,
Ion.
Think we'll before you vote wet"
:. :. osovawhlik-wCIGyisR111cshr
BLOODY FIFTH VOTER"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
the money drawer. for II was force
of,habit and the 4nntitS couldn,tbefhelp-

AIInt1Fa-rtI ETas1 AS751f
Of habit and the aatitI couldn't be{help
ed. ii.
1T used to. seem d me and quite
often. too, that It took m unnecessary
lot Of steam or oil to keep the polltco
saloon graft machine a:going, and
many times; T kickel in the pressure
carried or the bribes (theg saloon: many
md the amount Of oil being usedssb
.he engineers dig chiefs and cop
%tains). Recommended Safterta change
q: flremen. captains. or5Sblg chlefssor
anything which would tighten the sa
loon mans burden.
But they would always come back
at me by threatening me that ! has
to stand:the pres sure becauseEI was
yiolator Of the law. and. couldn,tsqu u
the business now, and therefore had
TO keep on violating the Law and pa5
Ing for the privilege to- do 80. Talk
| - 1Ht=ENg
about d squeeze We're you ever III
one like: that? Why; taat bunch up
there in your town could give JohngR
Rockefeller d royal! flush. andsthenssb be
sure. OF stealing tic Jack pot, proyid
ed, however, q few members ts the
town council, one ol two exsherifs,
and representing attorneys Of Your
county. we're present I'd assist sinSsa
fair (g distribution of the spolls.
4 never knew Were stood Some
times I thought 1t 8ouldsbeEto my Az
vantage to be a Democrat then when
tie politlco-saloon graft machine: look
ed spually / would change myseolos
TO q Republican here butt made
no difference how chameleonic be-
came the graft on me was Sas aufe
tconsnued on Page Throe.1
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

this valuable nedi.
cine,LydiaE.Pi
hams V egetable
Compound. l suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weakIcould hardly
ia d. Lydia 4.
Pinkliam's Vegeta.
bic Compound re-.
rfnrad mo n hpn1fh
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

When 4 few former saloon keepers
ind thattt they are on the blacklist with
certainscandldates for council there
Will be something doing IN the old
town sas sure as YOU live. The ring
stGyslatlng certain fayorites in case i.
Scense IS granted and no others need
apply-unless p%erclance they put up
hegsxtra price, In that event they
mightts get in. 4 u I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
MORE
PINkHANL
CURES
to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, N.J.-"lt is with pleasure
that | add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that 1t may
induce others to avail themselves Of.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
Some Other Statements Wanted.

hH#Haa|.L-Ia aN|HA"HU HHst. .AN aHAH.H#
Editor West Virgin!1D:
Nov, that Nj. Sect has furnished
the people a financial statement, OF the
city for this year under no.iicense
rule. It would be a good thing for him
10 publish a statement OF the business
done in the city this year by the brew
cry and the sixteen saloons. This
would be very timely, and interesting
to the men who are about to vote for
men who are either for saloons or
against them. THIS later statement
(f Mr.. Scott will prepare It for the
Tfmes) Will no doubt show that the
saloon and brewery business has not
been at much profit this year-lt may
show some loss. Then, las Mr.. Scott
oan do It as well as any one) let MIN
show In a separate summary state
ment, where all this profit and money
usually spent In the saloon and brew
cry business mas gone. The saloons
and brewery did not get it-who did?
The saloon and brewery got this mon
ey last year and in former years
from whom did they get It?
After Mr.. Scott HIS well dlgested
his summary statement, he should
then make a financial statement Of the
condition OF those who patronize the
saloons and brewely-comparing this
year with that Of iast year.
II Brother Scott will follow his own
argument and figures to their logical
ends, and will Their allow his judg-
ment, and not his personal, temporal
gain. to control his conclusions, he viii
find Mr.. Scott on the opposite side OF
this question from that on wa!ch he
| started. He will then be working for
iZack Morgan's election as Industrious.
ly as he did when Doc Mckay
thought John was working a little too
hard. SCRlPSUS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

IA y Y ftS!fE ~ AyfStS
The thermometer Isl rising very rap.
Idly and pronAses "a be yeryswarm
aFphees by Saturday. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

While %ionrneyiag by train to an im'
l,ortant city In Pennsylvania some
weeks ago. | fell in with a certain well
known party. who some few years ago
ran n hotel and saloon in our city, but
since those days, has changed his
ways. been converted. baptized, and Is
now 4 member Of chuycn.
This party came up to me, slapped
me on the shoulder and Immediately
inquired how the outlook for the sa-
loon business In Fairmont was now.
I Uniformed him that The outlook in the
saloon business in CUR town looked
pretty dry from q birds eye view
point. Il
He said. "Things are better every
way up there now, aren't they?" |
told him | Thought 20. "Well," he said,
"the stnff's on in this country any
now. and when the good people be.
come fully awakened to their sober
senses the whole liquor business and
Its following would have to co." I
agreed with him by stating that the
liquor mans future livelihood depenY
ed entirely upon inc endurance and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

Secrets Of the Politieo.saloon Business
Of Our City as Revealed by a For.
r,er Hotel and Saloon keeper-Infor.
nation Sufficient 20 Curl the Hair
Of all the Decent Citizens Of Our
Town. rat
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18
Sa}NSS5Si
EgWHtSkEYIpRiNKERS

3s8s BURDEN,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

Delivered BY Carrier.
Dahl. one month; payable month, ~
Daily, one week lW
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-18

,tconuniuied on Page Throe3
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-13
FOR BETTER UTIL
IzATION
Especial to Silver State News.)

OGDEN, Utah, April 10.-Forest con
seration means the striving for a bet.
ter utilization of forest products and
the consequent checking of useless
waste as much as it does the protection
of forests from fires and the reforesta-
ton of lands which should grow tim
Der, according to foresters and progress
sive lumbermen of the new school.
Few people have a clear idea of the
Importance of the study Of proper wool
utilization, and one of the effects of
the establishment of the forest service
district offices most beneficial to the
people of the west is the possibility of
a close, helpful relation with a branch
of the service whose workings have
heretofore peer little understood in
this region. This is the branch of
products.
The work of this part of the forest
service has to do with the best and
most economical utilization of the pro-
ducts of the forest, not only lumber
and its products but also the bark,
resin, sap and even leaves of these trees
of which the parts are of value 20
man.
1t is not enough that care should be
given to the growing of a new forest
and to the careful and economical cut
TING of the nresent cron of trees but If
is of equal Importance that care be
taken to bring about as complete a uti-
lization of the tree as possible and to
make the utilized timber serve it's
purpose as long as possible. To bring
about the utilization of what is now
wasted in manufacture or to increase
the disable life of timber is considered
as much forest conservation as to grow
a forest where the original has been cut
off.
Since fully more than so per cent of
the growing tree is not utilized accord
ing to American methods of numbering
it appears that there is a considerable
need of study along the line of more
economical utilization. Although exist
ing conditions are so different as to
make comparison difficult yet the fact
that in Germany practically so per cent
of the tree is used gives some indica-
ton of what may be accomplished
where the price of lumber and the lack
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-13

of a sufficient supply make efficient
and careful methods indispensable.
The branch of products has made a
~special effort to make possible the utl-
lization of the waste incident to manu-
facture after the log has reached the
mill. For some time experiments nave
been carried on studying the possibili-
ties of utilizing slabs and sawdust. In
regions where there is a sufficient de-
mopd q considerable income is derived
from the secondary manufacture by
private parties, of slabs and edglngs
into box shocks, barrel slaves ana iath'
Az vet private and federal efforts 10
%utiIize sawdust have not beer as sue
cessful as NAV be desired. The lines OF
most promise, however, have been It's
use in paper making and in the dis-
tnlation of pine sawdust for the pro
duction of %turpentine. Much remains
TO be accomplished. however, to make
this work an unqualified success.
The forest service, with district
headquarters in Ogden, is ready to give
what information it may have at its
command concerning the value and
properties of any wood or to cooperate
with private individuals to make tests
ON woods concerning which no informa
ton is at hand.
The chief field of activity in the
Ogden office of products will undoubt-
edly be the preservative treatment OF
timber. since the conditions of timber
~sunnlv in relation to demand in this
region are such as to make the increase
of the durability of timber of greater
import to those industries dependent
upon its use, The fact that practical
Iv all of the lumber used in Ogden and
vicinity is shipped at considerable ex-
nense from Oregon and California lends
practical value to the preservative
treatment of such timber as is used in
contact with the soil since such treat
ment will practically double its life.
The most common and successful
treatment of lumber is the impregna
tion with some one Of the solutions OBJ
tanned from the Installations of coal.
These substances prevent decay by
their action as antiseptic against wood
destroying bacteria and fungi and by
preventing the entrance of moisture
into the wood. Zinc chloride is used to
some extent, but being soluble in water
if teaches out after a time and its value
as an a~ntiseptic is lost.
The office of products of this district
is DESTROYS of coming in touch with all
who use timber where preservation
would l%engthen it's use and stands
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-13
HORSES SHIPPED
j. G. HAYDEN,
Official in Charge.

One car of horses was shipped over
the Southern Pacific on April 10, 1909
from Lovelock to San Francisco, BY
Webb & Goelich, in ear numbered L.
W. 1903. Number of horses, %.
One horse branded JHT. connected
right shoulder.
One horse branded TT, connected
left stife.
one hore branded 4, right stihe.
one horse branded Z, left stiae.
One horse branded L over P. left
shoulder.
Two horses branded 80, left stihe.
Two horses branded I, left shoulder
one hore branded bloch brand. left
stide.
Two horses branded C l., left stihe.
one horse not branded.
one horse branded in, connected
left stife.
One horse branded Z over G, left
stifle.
One horse branded reverse v G. right
stife.
one horse branded S bar s, connect
ed, left stihe.
one horse branded v, left stife
One horse branded reverse VI. con.
nected, left stife.
one horse branded T, left shoulder.
One horse branded bar over o, left
stifie.
One horse branded double square.
left stife.
Inspected by
s. g. LAMB.
BY p. H. WOLF.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-13
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