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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-08-10

sa1it has Been entered. the ladies assert
nE that force was used by the manager.
Many ladies' who object to being ordered
to- remove their hats at the theaters are
interested In knowing how the case will
be decided. UT
Miss Mitvale turned from this item
to the advertisements to see what an
nouncements her competitors were
making. She came upon conspicuous
advertisement OF her own. announcing
hats Of the latest fashion. just received
from Paris. A note was appended
which read:
The ladies elected last night from tho
" theater wore hats made on this model
which was copied from a hat worn. by her
majesty the queen OF England on the oc-
sor castle and Immediately came into
fashion.
When Miss Mitvale went to her shop
that morning he found several Gus
toners waiting for her. They had
come early that they might get i'm or
ders ahead Of others for decorated
cart wheels. such as they had seen
at the theater the evening before. BY
IL O'Clock the shop was crowded. every
woman insisting that her order should
be executed at once.
While attempting to pacify them she
looked at her window. and there stood
Mr.. Ferguson peering In with broad
grin on his face. He had sent bnck
the two hats he had used I'm his thea
ter game. They had been worn by
women he had hired. They were al.
ready sold.
Mr.. Ferguson's dummy hat exhibitors
entered complaint against the man.
ager OF the - theater for assault.
The case was tried, but the charge
was not proved. Nevertheless the ac-
ton attracted much attention, all of
which conduced to the increase OF Miss
Mitvale's business.
Miss Mitvale's fortune was made.
From time to time she called on Tom
Ferguson for his bill for advertising.
but was always put of. he saying that
when she saw the amount she would
decline to pay. Finally upon her An
sistance he sent II I'm. Ii read:
Miss Adelia Metvaie to Thomas Ferguson
debtor. frt
TO advertising OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 800 900
Or Miss Metvale herself
Miss Mltvale decided to pay by self
instead Of I'm current funds.
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The Genius of
Advertising
By THERESA c. HOLT
copyright. lsio. by American Press
Association.
By THERESA c. HOLT

Miss Adelia Mitvaieis father bavipc
iaiied' died and left his family PENN,
less, she decided 10 be milliner. She
served an apprenticeship; then. getting
some money after the settlement of
her fathers debts, she set ND n sl,op OF
her own. Having no trade. she was
making failure Of Il.
: one day Tom Ferguson. who had
known Miss Mitvale in her haicyon
days. passed her shop and. seeing her
sign. went inside. He found her I'm
tears. She told him the cause.
Now, Ferguson was In the adyertis.
ing business and knew the difference
between goods brought before the pub.
lie and goods never heard OF.
why don't you advertise" he asked.
haven't enough money to make n
success of advertising. have been
toio that one must not only have plen-
" or means with which TO advertise.
but must know how to advertise"
How much money can you raise?"
Il might furnish 5000, but IL I spend
IL Tor advertising shall have nothing
left for other necessities"
You are right in saying that one
should know how TO advertise. but YOU
must make your goods known or 20
out or business. You can't pay rent
ana other expenses without selling
hats, and you can't sell hats without
people knowing that you've got hats
TO sell. I'll think over n scheme that
Will cost little money and produce con-
siderable results. Cheer up I'll see
you again soon"
n few days later Adelia received a
note from Mr.. Ferguson suggesting
that She prepare a couple OF the most
beautiful hats she could make and let
the style be something new. She went
to work at once. The fashion for hats
had been rather small Miss Mitvale's
artistic instincts told her that a large
hat Is the most impressive. She made
couple OF hats a trifle larger In the
bi.m than any that had ever been pro-
duced, adding trimmings and feath-
ers I'm proportion. When they were
finished, though they were very differ
ent, each was dream of beauty. She
wrote Mr.. Ferguson note announcing
that they were ready. He Immediate
ly sent her an address to which he
asked her to send them.
The hats were delivered. and Miss
Mitvale waited for Mr.. Ferguson to an
nounce his advertising scheme. The
next morning on taking up the paper
her eye was attracted by heading In
large capitals as follows
TURNED OUT OF A THEATER.
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Whv He waited.

The man who is anxiously watching
the steeple jack at work 300 feet from
the ground is approached by pass
ing acquaintance.
Hello. Brown" says the latter. "Are
you still here? It's fully an hour ago
that saw you standing In the very
same spot"
THAT fellow up there gives me the
cold shivers," says Brown. He makes
me feel weak I'm tho knees" -
"Going back to your Officer? inquiries
the friend. =.
II guess So" Brown reluctantly re-
plies. There doesn't seem to DO much
use In waiting any longer. don't be.
lfeve he Is going to fall"
And he turned away with lingering
glance AT the intrepid jack.--Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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MASTER SHEET
METAL WORKERS

Philadelphia, Aug. 1O.--With an ad
dress Of welcome by Mayor Reyburn
and responses by officers of the asso-
citation, the convention OF the Nation
al Association OF Master Sheet Metal
Workers was formally opened today
in Lulu Temple. Additional sessions
will be held tomorrow and Friday iIt
Us likely that New Orleans will be
awarded the next convention.
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TURNED OUT OF A THEArER.
Ladies When Requested to Remove Their
Hats Refuse TO Do So.

Last evening at the theater two Ia
dies were sitting In proscenium box
when gentleman behind them called out
gruffiy:
'Will you ladies please put down your
umbrellas?"
What do you mean, sir?" asked one OF
the ladies angriy.
II mean that / can't see through n dec
GRATED cart wheel"
IF you refer to my hat. SIR" replied
the lady, rT would have you know that
1t deserves no such appellation. Had you
asked us politely to remove our hats we
would have done so. AS 1t Is we will keep
them on"
The man who couldn't see through n
decorated cart wheel complained TO the
manager, who. going to the box occupied
by the ladies. demonstrated. BY this time
they had become incensed and stubbornly
refused TO remove their hats. The man
ager then requested them to come Into
the foyer and when there elected them
from the theater. complaint for as
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JOHN D. FINED
FOR SPEEDING

Cleveland. Aug. 10--"John d. Rock
eieller, charged with speeding his au-
tomobile, pleaded guilty and was fined
s. and costs amounting to &c."
Thus reads the records Of Squird
Deans court OF South Euclid Village.
The oil kings superintendent appear.
ed in court this morning and paid the
fine.
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CONGRESS OF ARcHIVIsTs

Brussels Aug. 10.-Creation OF an
international photographed and docu
mentation union is tho principal mat
ter before the convention Of the IN.
ternational Congress OF Archiyists
and Librarians,
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OF Mone-Tal-Nak will hold high revel
in this city this evening as the fea-
ture Of the annual carnival and state
convention of Montana Elks.
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FOR sALE-Cheap-House and lot
close in. Six rooms. halls and por-
ches. Good storage basement. Bath,
hot and cold water. Bargain for In
weston or homeseeker. Address Box
81 Bluefield, w. Va.
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sALEsMEN-Making small towns can
earn a nice income monthly carry
Ing our pocket side line. Write for
Order Book Today. Goth Century
Mfg. Co.. 1908 Wells st. Chicago.
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Bread In Syvadsn


In Sweden the bread OF the people Is
FOR the most part hard. thin as din
ner plate and about the size of one. II
Is baked without yeast, and the water
Is practically all extracted in the proc
ess OF baking; hence. relatively per
pound Of bread. its cost is much high
or than In the common forms Of bread
as we know them. containing one-half
their weight in water that has cost
nothing. Loaf bread and rolls I'm Swe
den are luxury.
A Proud Prerogativs.
when can boy be said to have ar
rived at mans estate?"
when he begins giving his old
clothes to his father."-St. Louis Re
public. tFft
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BRING RESULTS

FOR SALE:-10 shares Superior Poca
hontas Coal company, Davy. w. Va.
stock at par 10000 per share. Ad
dress 49, care this office.
6-.5-10H
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MUTUAL BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION

Ottowa, Ont, Aug. 10.--A national
convention OF the Catholic Mutual
Benefit Association Of Canada was
opened here today. The last report
OF the auditors showed that the so
ciety had balance over all Habili.
ties in the reserve fund or over
$500 900.
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26

truth.
In closing We wish to say that we
believe the time win come very soon
when oil shares will be at a premium
and that the boom now started will
sweep the whole country. While not
In the predicting business. Il is easy
enough for US to speak what is an
undoubted fact.
The California National Crude
OH company owns several thousand
acres Of oil lands In the wonderful
coalinga district. which they win de-
velop and are selling stock at 80
cents per share TO carry on the de-
veloping work.
This company is Organized on
sound basis. with so per cent OF the
stock in the treasury. You have
seen the stock advance from 40
cents to SO cents. why walt until Il
advances again. buy this stock now
and save money. Don't wait until
tomorrow. DO 1T NOW. You can
easily see the reason Why you should
invest in an oil company. Now the
question arises: which COMPANY?
Well. the company that should In
terest you is the California National
Crude OIL Company.
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26

news OF the oil world today that the
most phenomenal boom in oil in the
history of California is in progress
now.
A sight of the million dollar re-
pipe lines which discharge oil
drawn from the fields at tidewater.
and knowledge of the engineering
feats performed for this Transports
ton: a few views of great storage
tanks and pumps would probably
revise a few notions OF the unin-
formed on the oil situation In Cali
fornia-
II is most probable. however. that
a glance at the dividend sheets which
appear with solar regularity every
month. showing that nearly a mill
lion dollars Is paid out. while some
companies do not make public their
uisiocuus 10 hWeu tue dInuuut, Wouiu
doubtless quicken the appreciation
of the uninterested man and would
tend to show him what the oil bust
ness of California means to those
financially interested.
II means. II interested in a good
company whose stock is handled by
reliable financial agents. a steady
income; often times a thousand per
cent on the original investment.
This amount OF money has been
realized by no small number OF men
in this state. and outside OF this
state, men interested In Caiifornia's
oil fields have done as well. The
trouble is, generally, that It Is al
most too good to be believed, and
skeptical persons lose the chance of
a lifetime merely because they will
not take the trouble to Investigate.
Merely another California tale. is
the way they put it And they are
right-it is another California tale.
with millions OF dollars TO prove It's
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26

about to remove the duty imposed
over year ago on our oil and by
that means to revive a very fair
sized foreign market. In China. our
oil. in a refined state. is very largely
used, indeed. An official of the
Standard oil company recently in
formed the writer that high-grade
light oils of Sumatra were cutting
into our Mongolian trade very con-
siderably on account of their mar
sumed by China is an enormous
quantity.
Our own provinces consume a
great deal of the product. and with
oiling stations for the navy, we may
expect an unprecedented activity
among producers to supply our dis
tant oiling stations, as they can bare
ly keep up with the demand now.
For four thousand miles and more
up and down the Pacific coast line
California oil is transported and
burnedFrom Nome to Valparaiso and
from as far east as the Rockies,
west TO ultimate Siberia, perennially
clad In snow and ice. as well as from
the southern runs OF the Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe railroad COM
Orient, more California oil is car
ried for consumption. To be finan-
cially interested in the oil business
is to have an added prestige given
you by business men the world over.
and is just cause for pride in ones
common sense
In the matter OF intelligence used
by those interested in the oil busi-
ness II was recently said by a writer
in the Petroleum World QIondon)
that the greatest aggregation of
brains ever got together was behind
the oil industry. The constructive
genius of the officials OF the great
Standard oil company was held up
and lauded, and the busines methods
OF a great British enterprise suffered
severely by comparison.
The richness OF the industry IN
California is rarely appreciated by
the outsider. who carelessly reads
an article like the present one.
There are several reasons for this,
among them being the magnitude of
the Industry. the millions upon mil
lions OF dollars invested and the
general inability TO grasp what has
not been seen with the eyes. He has
not viewed the oil fields; he has not
seen the remarkable forest of der
ricks at steady old Kern river, nor
driven down the country road In
Wonderful Coalinga: knows little or
nothing Of Midway, with its gushers,
and has probably evinced little inter-
est in the other fields of the state,
although people are so clamorous for
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26

In other words, the same amount of
heat can be obtained from 25z bar
rels of oil as can be obtained from
one ton of coal. But the difference
in price is very great Coal, produc-
ing the same amount of heat per ton
as 211 barrels of oil, costs anywhere
from $500 to $500 per ton wholesale.
figured at the market delivery price
of s1.0O per barrel, costs s2.50-a
saving from $3.50 to $3.50 on every
ton of coal displaced by oil. Under
the circumstances it would be impos-
sible that any other fuel could be OBJ
tanned which could displace oil, and.
such being the case. We have a guar
anteed consumption from every rail-
road ON the coast as long as the oil
fields hold out. From government
reports we may not expect exhaus-
tion until some future generation.
Here is the finest kind OF foundation
upon which an industry could be
laid; an absolutely assured consump-
ton.
The wheels of industry must turn
and at the lowest possible cost,
with the cheapest utilization of labor.
This point, economy is the utiliza-
ton OF labor. leads us to the next
consideration, namely: Money saved
commercial companies in wages.
would be necessary with the use of
any other fuel.
Experiments have demonstrated
the fact that it costs four times as
much TO load a car with coal as It
does to fill a tank car with oil.
Probably rs tons would be very
high average car load of coal; so
tons would be nearer the general
average. 1t requires two tons of col
to do the same as one ton OF OIL At
this rate it has been figured out that
1t would take six car loads of coal to
do the work of one car load OF oill
So much for space.
The advantages of the uses OF oil
haye been so largely appreciated
that within the last very few years,
in Los Angeles county alone. over
5000 factories have adopted 1t. AS
coal consumers they could not pos
sibly have existed.
In northern California the use OF
oil is becoming more and more gen.
eral. Flats, apartment houses,
homes, business blocks. hotels, fac
tories, mills and power houses use
oil for fuel. Its cleanliness. its econ
omy in the matter of space. its act
ual dollar-saving capacity, combined
to make 1t the iedal fuel OF fuels.
general demand is being felt in
all Of the fields for enough oil to sup
ply the foreign as well as the home
markets. Russia is large consumer
Of oils. Japan is reported to be
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26

We call your attention to fact
of signal Importance to yourself.
There are two propositions in life
for you.
You must follow your own die
tation and be independent, or you
must follow the path laid before you
by some member of the old school
and follow the old rut, and mayhap
still drive delivery wagon.
Knowing as we do, that you are TO
be independent is our reason for ad-
dressing you. Listen and we will
tell you how to gain that indepen-
dence.
First, make your money work for
you.
Second. save from the money that
you earn from the money that works
for you, and make that work too.
Third. save from the savings from
the money that you earn form the
money of that money that works for
you and make that work also.
Everybody knows that very little
can be done from the interest that
one receives from the banks. There
fore better means of investment.
Something that is safe yet earning
large dividends.
And it is OF this that we are about
to talk.
Surely you wouldn't care for
better investment than California
Oil.
Investors in the east derive the
paltry sum of three and one-half
cents on their hard earned dollar
for its use for one year, while the
stockholders in the same bank pay
ing 3k per cent to the depositors
receive no less than 14O per cent on
their dollar invested in the stock of
the bank, during the same year.
These figures are taken from the
actual report of the directors of one
of the wealthiest banks in New York
City. and any one who wishes to
know the truth Of it can easily
enough determine it on the CONNER
cial sheets when the dividends are
declared. And the dividends so de-
clared are largely derived from mon
ey invested in California; more Of
ten than not in the oil
industries so-called Golden State"
Being interested almost solely
in oil, from which vast for
tunes are realized yearly, we would
like to make a statement of the rea-
sons why we believe that oil affords
today greater chances for gigantic,
legitimate returns on investments
than any other industry.
In the first place. oil is the great
fuel of the Pacific coast. Two and
one-half barrels OF oil are the equal
OF one ton OF coal in thermal units
Cañon City record., 1910-05-26
Day has damned! Everything is bo0n1int
The day has been set for a nelD age

Of
him Arabian
will make nakt he mark the world
makes slave make le,y make
the wIes plan
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-10
Minister Guilty of
Abducting Girl
Rev. w. M. Stuokey Convicted on Two
Charges, Following ElOpement
Last Summer.

OTTAWA, Kan, Jan. 9.-W. NJ. Stuckey,
the ex-minister Of Williamsburg. who had
been on trial here charged on two counts
with abducting Lorena Sutherland. his 16-
year-old parishioner, was found guilty by a
jury today. The case probably will be APP
peeled. Stuckey was found guilty on both
charges, those Of abducing the girl for his
own immoral purposes and for abducting
her for white slave purposes. The PEN
atty is from one to five years on each
count.
The jury considered the case but thirty
minutes. When the verdict was read
Stuckey appeared very nervous. The min
ister's wife, who had stood by her hus-
band throughout the ordeal, sobbed audibly
today when the verdict was read and later
when Stuckey was taken pack TO, jail.
Their two children also were present.
Sentence was deferred, pending consider
alton of the matter of appeal.
Rev. Mr.. Stuckey. besides being pastor
Of a church at Williamsburg, was also edi
tor of a newspaper. Lorena Sutherland
was a member OF his congregation. and as
well worked on his newspaper. They were
arrested at Waukegan, ILL.,. where they
were found living together last summer.
They had also lived in Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-10

A GROWERS
Company PrOspers and Distributes
Money to Stakeholder.

Company PrOspers and Distributes
Money to Stockholders.
The reports of Secretary ]. j. Hess and
General Manager G.. w. Reye at the an
nual meeting yesterday of the Council
Bluffs Grape Growers association shows
that the fruit growers of this city and vi
cinity enjoyed a remarkably prosperous
season in 1909. Owing to the good prices
obtained for their produce the members
will receive a dividend of 6 per cent on
their stock and in addition will get a re-
bate Of IS per cent on all charges made
against them during the year for icing
and drayage and a rebate of 8 per cent on
all commission charged against them.
Thu report Of Manager Reye shows that
the association did a business of 500, S55. 81
during the year. This included the sale of
fruit from the Omaha Fruit Growers as
ISOLATION to the amount of $33, 731.55. During
the season the association handled for its
members 16o.5S5 baskets of grapes for which
$S7, 496.1S was received, in addition to other
kinds of small fruits.
During the year the association lost two
members by death, Alexander Wood and
L. Haller.
The following officers were reelected
President, ]. A. Aulabaugh; vice president,
W.. S, -Keeline; secretary, ]. J.. Hess;
treasurer, c.. Konigmacher. .,f.,
The articles of Incorporation were
amended so as to elect three members OF
the board of directors by personal vote
and three by stock vote. The election of
the board of directors was postponed until
February s, to which time the meeting
adjourned.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-10
LOGAN WANTS NEW COURT HOUSE
Harrison County WEn Vote on $780,
o Bonds

LOGAN, Ia, Jan. s.-(Special)-Monday
the voters OF Harrison county will pass
upon the question OF erecting a new $780,
900 court house.
The vaults OF the present court house
have been pronounced by an experienced
architect as not affording proper protection
for books Of record against fire. In addition
to the vaults not being fireproof they are
also wanting in capacity.
The entire records of the treasurer's Of
flee from the organization OF the county
TO 1888, are outside the valut both day and
night. The recorders office is another ex-
ample OF want OF vault capacity. In this
office los books Cf record are, for want
OF room, left outside the vaults both day
and night. The auditors office Is so over
crowded that a wooden structure has been
erected near the court house. In which
the larger portion of the records Of the
office are now stored.
The clerks office is another striking
example OF exhausted vault capacity. Many
books OF record. papers relating to mort
cages, realty and papers used In connection
with past CASES. for want OF room, are left
outside the vaults in filing cases both day
and night.
In the west half OF the state OF Iowa
Harrison county ranks third in point OF
wealth and population, but in all OF this
territory IL has tie most inadequate court
house, one that neither affords proper Of
flee accommodation nor proper protection
for valuable books OF record.