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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01
Panama Canal
Engineers viii Refuse Criticism Of
Dams In Their Report to Presi
dent. f52

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+ PANAMA. Feb. 1.-The engineers
who accompanied president-elect
TAFT To the Istlnnns and VINO have
been examining the canal constrnc.
tlon, spent yesterday Mt Gatun with.
the chief engineer of the Canal, Lieu
tenant Colonel Gotethals. After close:
investigation, they had no fault to fin,
with Tho natural foundations for tho
dam and they regarded the plans for
Safeguarding the dam as being com
plete In every respect. They will
make report to President lsoose.
welt and It is understood 1t will refute
the criticisms that have been made
with regard to the dam and its con.
struction. They will Inspect Culebra
cut to-day.
It Is understood that the present
Canal plans will be approved through.
out by the engineers in their report.
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RACE ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC
J. $. sArTLEsh,ps PLAN TO
REACH HAMPTON ROADS
BY FEBRUARY e.
Union Associated Press.)

u Oh
+ WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.--T:ral or,
ders for the grooming and coallag OF
the shops Of the Atlantic fleet have
been sent to Negro Bay, on he North
coa:st ri Africa. where all the war
ships rendezvous to-day to begin prep
nratlons for the final lap OF the world
tour, wnlch will BIO marked by races
OF ship against ship and squadron
against SQUADRON, "and may the best
boat win" Never before IN TIE his
tory Of the worlds nayies has there
been such free-for.all struggle be-
tween ren.o'-war. And the fame and
glory of II will attach to tie sdmln.
istratioa Of President Roosevelt, Who
devised this spectacular finish Cor the
great Journey. t
According to advIces received here,
nil the ships Of the fleet are gathering
ut Neg'o Bay to-day and vii! Proceed
thence to Gibraltar. where On Feb
,ruary Q the pnsasge OF the Atlantic
will DO commenced with Eampton
Soads the place and February % the
.GSte Of the finish. X, NJ.
Il Among the contestants in this ocean
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01

fre>for.sll will be the Connecticut.
flagship. Kansas. Vermont :!inr ESQ
ia. Georgia, Nebraska. New Jersey,
Rhode Island. Louisiana, Virginia. Nh
souri,. Ohio Wisconsin. lltinol;:, Kear.
sarge .snd Kentucky. y .i :5a3
The. Illinois surprised some people
when sue came out, although she IS
now rated az only a l7.knet shop.
while Tie Connecticut. Georsta. Louis
lana. Minnesota. Nebraska. New Jer.
rated at ls,knot ships. NH .;ts Z.
Never before In the worlds History
will suca an array OF majestic flcat'
ing fort: 3 have been arrayed one
against the other Tor sped supremacy.
Tho cruise has been practice trip
throughout, but II has remained for
the flnnl Imp to Institute the man
oeuyrea and tests planned. Tap In.
tcntion IS to give the vessels the 30
verest trlals at the finish OF theIr long
journey, in order that any defects In
them nlay be demonstrated.
In addition to the sixteen !attle-
= =. r
ships that compose the flee. there
arc the vankton and Panther. two
stowsh:ts. and two GOLFERS. These
will start ahead from Gibraltar. Be-
fcro the, have negotiated mucr OF
the distance westward acres, the At
lantlc- ,ney will be mel by the vel
coming fleet sent out from tha Uni
ted States. This will consist nf the
tattlesh!rs Maine, NEW HamiSlirc.
Idaho AMI the Mississippi. th.. ri NOR
cd cruise.s Montana and %or,l. Caro-
Birmingham and Chester. When they
join tie others It will make u f;=ct OF
twenty battlesnips, Ave in"elrul
cruisers and two smaller Sighting
craft. AZ soon Ms the war. hips are
assembled the real work Of The home.
ward cruise will be undertaken. Ad-
miral Sp'rry Is reported TO have
framed IN elaborate programme in
which Ill the vessels will TAXA part.
While the fleet, or the maiu lo,ly OF
It, will jog along at n pace that will
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01
,rine It into Hampton Rhod e;4 sFebs
SPECIAL Low RATES

bring It into Hampton Rhod BY Fst
9. the Individual ships will! tes Z put
tests. Ships df similar class VIII race
to determine individual exS a,lsness
while ;pa.tksh,ps 81 iaetins desisasS
VIII be pitteda one asainat II
to determine the superiority Of styie.
It is proposed, also, to- hess racess
between sqnadrons and battle man
eouvres in which squaarons and 5dtyt:-s
sions will participate. There also Will
be sunnery practice nnders p:.asti rally
battle conditions, and \ 90 VI ycellent
ahirs heretofore tat some new rec:
ords are confidently expected Sgs|
The chief Interest pf naval snuh ofts
ties, however, Hes inSt ah.em ofs
how "ht" the ships Will be- ntter their
'onE trip and exciting finch when
they steam into Hampton Roadas Tor
inspection. by the Preside Calling
on the vessels for suchE sruelling work
at the md Of thetr glob s.grtnalngs
scarchi!ug 4 test as could wall sbe i,n.i
Iosed. Reports from Admired Sherry
Indicate. however; thai the w'lrshipss
may be expected, 70 come thrrugh. the
ordeal in excellent condition
Great *ollcltlide5 is shown ht wash
The Furnaces will DO checked sSitls fuel
The furnaces will be chicken swltbs.ael;s
supplied .as fast as stoktrs can gorge
with safety the yawnlng nlawsI be-
neat:i itr boilers.
Crews fired with pride and sconfss
dcnce /. their vessels, will bets their
last dollar on the Issue. 5g VI
/ 4 twelve OF thirteen day .,ipsf from
the Struts Of Gibraltar to Hampton
Roads At n clip Of at least be. s16s
and II Knots Is expected. n
Wise cnes look for the 5roall race Stos
be between the sister ships Connect
cut, butt at the New York Navy Yard.
with an official record on " ioar;hours
test'of 1878 knots an hout, and the
Louisiana, built ut the Ncwportt News
Dry Dock and shirbulldfng, Conpanysas
yards with an oillclal record onderIt
t:ae same conditions Of 1872. Ekaote.
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that Of extraordinary forcetulncss and
energy. lie has faculty OF dlsIos-
Ing Of things in the shortest possible
space # time, and an equally strong
one for "nalyzing propositions down
10 the backbone. He talfs quickly.
energe,lcally md very clearly, In the
mornia; t takes him only quarter
OF an hour to go through his mai: and
then he IS ready for interviews and
consultations with department. chiefs
and officials. n talking with is!tor
lie can get at the marrow Of the sub.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01
WHITE SALE

At Hartley's Has Drawn Many Shop
pera To-day. .4
This morning the annual Waite
Sale oaeRed at Hartley'a s,1re end
many choppers have been attracted
there today. Each floor Inns It's spe.
.cial line oribarsains.. though The. first
and second floors have tn" crtaust
part Of The display. The new .pring
white goods is displayed. showing an
unusually fine line OF embroIderles. A
fine line Of ready made underwear Is
displayed at low prices. while special
PRICES on lace and embroide"ies also
prevail,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01

IN 4 stranger WHO was about half sat
n sra,rsatp1 VIII red liquor made complaint
M ts,bser shonrker that he had been
! TSroEbei hst night Of s35. He said that
4 bst3 kH Ia with Il 1eross-eyed woman
L and was LEFT n poorer man.
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Bitss EsEa 5sneel spent Sunday 5 ~
\ 4, i;S II N
M; Hssbers Hurst and daugnter.J
I'M li ~ nave returned from li:, 81, e1-
esrirI s.sts Vim 1elatives u ! Pitt Pitts.
80 n ~ \ g. \! IS
4 i Hi H,na Boring Of West Milford,
Il Il lii sasm Of her sister, Mrs. N. A.,
g1ipteasriss On Maple. avenue. &.
III g. Kefm, Of Elkins. was a husl-;
Il - 1,a:s iii ~ ID the city today 4,
A sanIst, Meredith, O the " ". !. u"
sssat gasstssy; and Sunday u the ]Elt
4 u; .a:5 555
~ IL. and Mrs: anthony Bowen Lave
7ssurass rem a vis!t in connellsvllle.
sEs airs. lseDn Barnes has been in Par
& Rs.rbu!s for; week Waiting her pa
Is , ltrt 1: III: sad Mrs. G. H. odbett.
& Mra Ftari E7oy'1 has resigned her
n "A .lriftsur at rarrley's store and has en-
II i isrr DE SBhii,u Business College.
8s!ssS Erua1sst5 sfnnneF and Ton Barnhart'
n On a!sinuzusror. -,e-i yesterday In the
n .ls !! Il 4, 81:
WA HES Lena Prfctarr returned home
= , LIE HH| p
Il sssaasBIrrS.ars,er Spending several days In
II ia!s rlsr- h i-s
,afss upaf Morgan returned to Man '''
e nj u t7iIs 4 teinoon. .55
sss ,i1a r.. Z. Hefrner and aaushter'
81 ms NspnS spent Saturday evening
Il s;li, W; WsssIgne wner they went TO at
II ana b ma wizard Of o." at tie Vir-
& rizla 5asaser:: &
mrs: Clarence Hall l"aPes tomorrow
A 4 Id I'M Buckhapnon to spend two weeks
I I'd sh6r! bonle. t=a
8SS!s Ms. Homer Young and Miss Eiza'
4 2Ipsa 1lsannder, who had been the
sitvrsests OF their sister. Mrs. W. A. Fish
u a. 4 In Saturday for their home in
81 EdftsBury. Pa,
n NJ ITasca Morris and family WIN
Z riisse ttas week from their present res
n l5asper 10 Their handsome new home on
N -7,shTndft avenue.
81 Messfs. Geo. NJ. and ]. NJ. Jacobs
II nave. rtnrned from a several days
N auEsucss mr. oNorth Carolina.
SsssB Gsaerzr Superintendent 1oree, OF
4 ii HsItimore and Ohio Railroad Com
q ~ ~ Fas here few hours to-day.
I. yasansastes ", K, Riggs, Who has
"A Al s i..s,s nuuscr up with quincy for the
q 1zst iipnrtern days. was able 70 look
n aftcrT Ms work to-day.
4 n M ard Mrs. r. B. Parrish and chill
& men rho spent the last four weeks
n Ia a,a1linlosr. returned home last
aiEht "a; ,45 y
I3itS3 q l4:S Mason. Jr.. who mas been
S5at ms home sick, is able to be out
" aEs,1n. 3i$ I'll. 5.
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Law Finn Dissoises Partnership.

4 Law Finn Dissoises Partnership.
The law partnership Of B. F. Ram
age and Ira L. Smith, under the firm
rlame Of Ramage md Smith. was DIS.
solved to-day. Mr.. Smith has opened
an office in the Trust Company build.
ing where clients may find him. Mr..
Ranrlgc will! occupy the Offices former
Iy occupied by the firm OF leamage and
Smith. :. ~ 2 N. p,ts
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jcct befo:c bis caller can hrlsh out
lining hie proposition.
FIRE
Called To Pvt ont Blaze at Bottle
Factory Late Saturday After

The fire dapa!'tn, Ant was called out
Saturday afternoon 1T $3.50 O'Clock to
put down n fire at the Fairmont Rot
tie factory. One OF the large bricks
used In the construction Of the tank
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01

ssiS SIaf German Beneficial Union.
Y Sfccial meeting called Wednesday
might 1890 O'clock, February 81, 1909,
tgdSy limitations. All newly elected
members will De present to take The
sisIigation," 8 ~.
I! sis::t5 S' ], j, rAE,KGs, Prcas
iiSSIE. I'LL BAL LII, Secretary. Il
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VIC. Brown
CONTINUED from Page One.)

dent. Of tho New York Central in ad.
d!tion. His rise from tina: rc senior
vice president of all the Nav York
Central lines Is u matter Of recent
railroad history.
Mr.. brown is \ short maa. bit wen
put together. The impression imme.
dlatcly made on first meeting him Is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-01

This Is to be the best year for bust
ness in the history Of the world--hnt.
to the non.adyert!scr, and the lneM.
cient advertiser, It will seem about
Xix all other years.
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/. O. T. M. NJ. Notice.

The l.. 0. T. N. NJ. has moved head.
quarters from the old Masonic Tcdlsple
to Willard Hall The lolsge meets to-
night and s1l members are asked to
be present. From now on the meet.
ings will be held on Monday instead
Of Thursday as heretofore. y
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19
TODAY Is YEARS AGO
FROM DAILY SENTINEL
CTucsday, juno 1O.)

Somebody has been stealing a
grave yard near Fruita.
The running team of the fire de-
-partment are in demand for tourna-
ment occasions.
The .'bikers hump is coming into
fashion in this city. Riders should
avoid il like pestilence.
Mrs. Kate S. Harlow is down from
the ranch.
Col C. II. Ketchum is back from
trip TO Denver where he went after
being released from duty at Cripple
Creek
j. S. Swan, proprietor of the Bal
four News and president of the De-
Beque Town Co, is in the city today.
David Roberts of the Grand juno
ton Milling & Elevator Co, has re-
turned from a weeks absence, spent
in Denver
Geo. E. Haskell and the Core Book
Store have had painted handsome
signs beneath their windows.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19


Mrs. w. G. Choate of Purcell,
Okla, has been visiting her aunt,
Mrs, George Kelker. in this city At
present MIR. Choate is general man
ager of the Oklahoma Central rail-
way, but he will be remembered by
many Garfield county people as divis-
ION superintendent of the Rio Grande
Junction road from New Castle to
Grand Junction some years ago. At
that time he made his home in the
peach city.-Glenwood Avalanche.
The large delegation of Baptists
that stopped over for the night in
this city while en- route to the North
west TO attend the great Northern
Baptist convention in Portland. spent
a very pleasant evening. They We're
greeted at the LOCAL Baptist church
by large number of Baptists.
Grand Junction has elected com
mission which will proceed to frame
new charter for that city. The
commission form of government is
still in the experimental stage and
it remains to be seen Just how it will
work out.-Delta Tribune.
Conductor Hickman. who has been
substituting for Conductor Vanden-
berg on the Somerset run. was re-
lieved on Wednesday and left for
Grand junction for a short visit be-
fore returning to Salida.-Delta Tri-
bune.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19
pernetnal Snnsnine.

The time of year is now al hahu
when the continual sunshine in this
valley prevails, this intense light to-
gether with the peculiar reflections
from the ground causes uncomfort'
able and annoying eye troubles
headaches. etc. In a great majority
of cases an error of refraction is the
primary cause and the intense light
serves to aggravate the troubles. II
your eyes annoy you and give you
pain. call upon Chas. Gasho, OPTIC
metrist, in the Reed block, and have
him examine your eyes.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19
CHARTER CONVENTION HAS
EVENING OF DISCUSSIONS

Last night the Charter Convention
again devoted nearly all of it's time
to discussions as to whether or not
there shall be three or five com
missioners.
Before making a final decision it
was decided to have an investigation
made to ascertain the present costs
of operating the city government un-
der the present form of municipality
A report on tins matter will probably
be made at the meeting on Monday
evening. No session will be held this
evening.
committee was appointed to
draft a proposal for a government of
five commissioners and another was
appointed to draft a proposal pro-
viding for three commissioners. Then
after consideration one or the other
of the proposals will be adopted
j. w. Bucklin offered last night
an amendment TO a proposal he pre-
sented a few evenings ago This
amendment provides for five COM
missioners and the city to be divided
into five governmental departments
as follows: Public affairs, water
works and sewerage, highways and
bitches, finance and supplies and
health and civic beauty. The head
of each of these departments shall
uraW salary OF from 5 200 to
$1,000 annually. Each department
VIII have a full corps of employees.
w. p. Ella offered a proposal last
night which provides that the legis-
lative, administrative and executive
business of the city shall be trans
acted by a board of two councilmen
and three directors. one of whom
shall be designated as mayor of the
city. The two councilmen shall not
be required to take personal direc-
ton of any particular department
but shall act as regular councilmen
receiving salary of $500 each per
month. The three directors shall
have charge of the business of the
city. which business shall be divided
INTO three departments. Two of the
directors shall receive $1,000 year
and the third director or mayor shall
receive S1,S00 a year.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19
NO PROMISE MADE
BY KEYS AT BANQUET
Continued f.om First Page.)

/ the community for Mr.. Balinger's in
terest in the project, to express their
appreciation for what he has done
and to assure him that the people of
this valley are Loyalty and unitedly
backing government construction of
the project Senator belongs re-
very interesting.
Mr.. Aupperle was then called upon
and outlined the work accomplished
by Senator DeLong and himself
down at Washington
Mr.. Sands. project engineer of the
high line canal, then told of the en-
gineering features of the canal and
dealt with numerous other phases of
the canal and its construction.
Secretary Mahoney, of the Cham
ber of Commerce. briefly told how
Overwhelmingly unanimous is the
sentiment here for government CON
struction of the high line canal. re-
lating how the people rallied to the
support of the efforts made by the
Chamber of Commerce two weeks ago
to convince the secretary of the in
terror that the people here want the
government, and not private capital
to build the canal.
Senator DeLong then in a talk in
which he paid many deserved and
sincere tributes to the man. outlining
what effect his influence in behalf of
the high line canal project had had
down at Washington. and detailing
many other acts showing the loyalty
of the venerable statesman to west
ern Colorado, introduced former Sen
ator Teller. The latter spoke for
some thirty minutes and during
which time he discussed many of the
features of the reclamation law.
which law he helped to frame, and of
many of the policies, actions, prof.
ects, etc, of the reclamation service
He told of the trouble experienced
in keeping sufficient funds in the
reclamation service to keep the work
on various projects under way and
gave the reasons for this. A great
many most interesting and important
statements We're made by Senator
Teller. He declared that owing to
the increase in costs of construction,
labor, etc, nearly every project und-
ertaken has cost far more than esti-
mated. Senator Teller does not be-
lieve that 1t will be wise for the local
Chamber of Commerce or the Trans
Mississippi congress to make an eff
fort to get congress to appropriate
from S25, 100000 TO S250.000.0 1000
for the purpose of carrying on the
reclamation projects. He believes
the effort would be futile and might
hurt our standing at Washington
Senator Teller made II plain that
he. is for government construction of
the canal.
Many other phases of the high line
canal project and the reclamation
work were touched upon Senator
Teller.
The last speaker of the evening
was the guest of honor Mr. Keys
He only talked for a few minutes and
did not commit himself or indicate
the nature of the report he would
make to Secretary Ballinger. He
stated that he had been most fav-
orably impressed with the city. the
valley and its people and declared
that we have a high type of citizen
ship in the valley He thanked the
organizations represented by the
gentlemen present for their courteous
and considerate treatment.
A general discussion followed Mr..
Keys talk and then the guests de-
parted.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19
BALLINGER's VISIT HERE.

Within a few weeks Secretary Bal
linger of the department of the IN
terror will start upon a tour of the
West, and while it is reported that
he may go to the coast by the north
ern route and return East by the
southern. it is not improbable that
he will visit Colorado.
In any event an effort should be
made to induce him TO come to this
state, for there are several matters
of importance and interest connected
with his department to which our
people would like to direct his atten-
tion. While he may by that time
have disposed of the Grand valley
high line project. the interests of the
San Luis valley irrigators will remain
for consideration.
Since he was here two years ago.
the situation in the San Luis VALLEY
has become more urgent, because OF
the greater demand for an extension
of the irrigation system in that val
lay. while the attitude of the recla-
nation service has become less ten
able. because of the accumulated evi-
dence showing that construction of
the Engle reservoir in New Mexico
is a matter of the uncertain future.
That irrigation development in a
Colorado valley should be checked
because of a remote possibility that
the water thus might be wanted for
"A reclamation service scheme some
800 miles further south is prop |
osition which it would be difficult to |
defend under existing conditions.
The whole subject should be laid |
before Secretary Ballinger, for he |
would then recognize that to deprive
Colorado farmers of the use of water
near the source of the Rio Grande
because of the possibility that use for
it might be found years hence in the
southern part of New Mexico would
he as unjust as it would be unreason-
able.-Denver Republican.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-19

About half of the strawberry crop
of the valley has been marketed, the
greater part being shipped from
Fruita About $4,000 crates have
been sent out to date. Fruita Mail
Leon J. Chapman. w. II. Bannis-
ter, Or. \. G. Taylor. and one or two
other gentlemen returned last night
from very successful trout fishing
trip of three days duration along
the Gunnison.
Last night good-sized crowd en-
ioyed the program at the summer
park and tonight the usual big Sat
urday night crowd will be In attend
ance. The pictures last night were
very fine.
Dean c. w. &. Lyon spent a few
hours in the city yesterday en- route
home from Salt Lake City.