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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06

The United States Office OF Public
Roads has Just inaugurated e project
which should interest every advocate
OF good roads and eventually serve. as
"a tremendous impetus to the move
,ment for better roads in all sections OF
the country. The project, which Is
under the direction of j.. 2. Penny
hacker, .Ir., Chief Of Road Manage
5ment, and NJ. o. Eldridge, his associate,
involves a personal Investigation and
study of the progress of twelve Or tiff
teen Southern counties which nave
voted bonds for road Improvement.
Every step in the authorization lssu-
ance and expenditure Of the bonds VIII
be recorded. careful inspection OF
the roads and materials made, ana q q
large number of photographs taken
showing the condition OF the roads be-
fore, during and after improvements.
Notes will be taken bearing upon the
methods and cost of construction and
system OF maintenanc
IA Probably the most Important eature
OF the work, however, will be that
relating to tho economies of tho SUBJ
tect. 1t Is the purpose OF the nyesti-
cation to ascertain the real value OF
farm land along the roads before the
bonds were voted, after. construct ton
has begun and SIX months after the
roads are completed. this way the
exact value of the good road rs a
factor in raising land values will be
determined,
The Investigation will determine
further the difference in cost of haul
ing, the effect on area Of land under
cultivation, the charac ter and extent
Of production, school attendance and
population. at the end Of about two
years 1T is Intended hat "a 5iprofusely
Illustrated booklet will be issued by
the government filled from cover to
cover With the most helpful facts and
suggestions, covering every phase of
the good roads question and telling
with positive 5eXaetness what the coun-
ties paid for good roads, how they OBJ
tanned them, the kind and quality 81
atheirSroads and what benefits the good
roads brought. Az
II sispotsylvania county has the horror
of8belng the first county. selected Tor
this project 4 and thus far nlnWiddie
is, the only other Virginia county to
he I'M GUIDED In the list, These two
counties should be con sra tulated AZ n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
MINERAL WATERS
AND.PUR:E|....F..0
New Company Formed to Handle
Waters Of the Famous Meek
lenburg Springs.
,n.c,al 10 Tie .rimes.DIsnatch. 3


Chase City, MarEh 5.,---An d article
appeared in several newspapers last
week, among them The Times-Dis-
patch, relative to examinations Of
waters of various springs. Including
the calcium water Of the Neck
.lenburs examinations being
made by an expert from the pure food
department. OF the United States gov.
eminent.
The attention OF Colonel w. T.
Hughes. president of the company, was
called to the item. He said SO far a
the calcium water was concerned it
referred to a case OF water shipped
In / Dos, and the examination was mad
more than q year ago. and he regarded
1T as OF no consequence for;that reason,
and inasmuch as the WATERWAYS cased
and shipped before any mineral water
man in the country understood put
ting up water. according to- the strict
requirements OF the pure food Law. in
fact before there was a Il pure food
law to go By. he thought the report
of the so-called expert was mislead-
Ing. 8. lsi
tAuO tlld Sp' nave
,remodelled their plant in every re-
spect, installing up to date improve-
ments. including the most effective
.sterilizing system that has ever been
invent ed as a result the company has
been getting perfect reports from sew
eral OF the best chemists OF the land.
and the waters are analyzed monthly.
by two of the best chemists #of the
country, Froeling and Robertson. d Of
.Richmond and DR.. G.. a. Shore, al.
rector Of the Medical Board oflIyEiene
AS a result OF these examinations
and Notwithstanding the company Was
partially put out of commission FOR
SIX months by a fire. a new oonlpanv
has been organized with $4,000 OF
capital and composed Of we'll Known.
business men Of Virginia, Cnrol1nn5
and tho North. The new con,pnnW.
has leased the property for a + term
Of years at a handsome annunlgremtai'
Colonel Hughes smiled as he said:
SnSnce / has boen prnyen that these
waters arc as. pure Y as the strennI.
which gushed from the rock In Horeb
after Moses lad tapped II, 1 d lsnoti
think the horseback opinion o ff q gov
eminent agent formed from the 8 en-
animation Of " case two years g old,
that was doubtless carelessl cased'
can hurt to any larmtng AZ tent. ,;--Sss'''A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
Record Breaking Sales ut Blackstone.
.--- a u, 49,.

Blackstone, Va, March 5.--The Blackstone
tobacco market has had the largest receipts
the past week OF any week before In tho
Prices werc Well sustained on all grades
where tho order was good. The crop is
moving very fast, and there will not be
over Is per cent. OF the crop left when
this season is over. Tho order is inprov-
ing as this was a fine season TO strike to-
bacco. and no occasion to put water on It.
Heavy sales arc expected next week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
AN INVESTIGATION
OF ROAD CONDITIONS
Government Will Make Exhaustive Study q
What Has Been and Is Being Done, and It's
& u. Yalue in Increased Price Of Lands. 3.

being those selected as object lessons.
for twill near that the story OF their
good roads and progress will go
broadcast throughout the whole United
States. and every good thing said
about them will bear the authoritative
20. X of Uncle Sam. g
Mr.. Pennybacker states that the Sc
lection OF these counties does not
mean that they. are foremost in road
building, but that they afford an on
5portunity Of studying the bond issue
method from start to finish Those
counties which have, practically COM
pleted their road building and those
which are not contemplating large
OUTLAWS do not afford equal examples
for aSprogressiye record. Spotsylvania
and Dinwiddie each have approximate
slys 100000 to spend in road.building
and will begin in the Immediate future.
Mr.. Pennybackers states that COM
plete, preliminary information has s al
ready been obtained for. Spotsylvania
county. lie says they have very poor
roads, but the drainage problem Is
simple and the roads are for the most
part we'll Il located. The agricultural
possibilities OF the county are eXcep.-
tional, and With a system OF GOOD
roads the lands will double in value
and "a tremendous increase In produc-
ton follow.
54 Mr.. Y PennSbacker and Mr. laldridse
made a traffic study aud found that
during the winter months 1900 %. pounds
constituted the usual load for tWo
horses, When .lls, is .compa red ! With
the loads 4 OF 5000 and 5000 pounds
regularly drawn over New Jersey
and Massachusetts roads, some idea
NAV abe had OF the tremendous handi-
cap on farming in Virginia. Several
loads OF cross ties We're met going to
sI7redericksburg, In most Of thesa
cases two horses We're pulling from
sin 10 eight ties, which We're sold for
4ocents EACH The maximum at8this
ate would he $3,20.9s II the team and
driver were worth IS per day the
amount loft. for cutting the ties and
4 for thelrkvalue as timber was 20 cents,
Another Interesting fact brought out
was that the people Of sspotsylvanla
were aotllall w importing farm products
In greater amount than they ~ ere OK
porting them, Go God roads will trans
form the nv ho le 81 tpation and Il bring a
eyelopmen While h3wlll he really aH-
Atonishing. a: n /,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
Largest Sales OF Season.
s Especial to The Times Dispatch.
a ~ ,,S u. Mn rrll. El-T hel

~ ~ Special to The Times- DispatCh.I 719a
Martinsvillc. Va, March 1.-THE re-
ccipts Of tobacco on the Martinsvllle
market have been steadily increasing
during the past week, and the sales on
Thursday We're tho largest Of the
season. Prices are holding up we'll,
the average for the past week being
around 10 cents per pound. Some
wrappers have sold recently as high
as 81 cents. All grades are lin active
demand, and with mild weather and
the condition of the roads Improving
large sales are expected here during
the coming week. The farmers are
well satisfied with returns received on.
this market.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
sales on south Boston market.

TSnec(al Ito 'The7Tlmes- p1spntch. T1I7
South Boston, Va, March OIL Below
is a summary of the total sales OF
leaf tobacco made for the month Of
February on the South Boston market
together with the sales for seven
months from August, 1909, to date:
FEBRUARY sales, 2,30Ts10 pounds,
Average s1l.73. Amount, s27o,S7i,o0.
Previously reported. l2669,l09 pounds,
Amount. s1,s05.2SG.6s. TO date, 1896
.aaS pounds. Average, sl0.b2, Amount,
7S1676160.74. al
The above shows a net gain OF $685.
$40 pounds and S2lS,b26,tf over last
seasons sales Of corresponding date
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
mtg sale. at Chatham.

81 71I- lSnec1al 10 Tile. -TInlea- DIsTa tch. z
@ Chatham, Va. March 5.--'rhis has
been record week for sales OF tobacco
on the local market, the total number
the neighborhood OF 10000. Prices
have ruled very satisfactory. and the
total sales for the week will exceed
y 10000 pounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
retcrsbnrg ,rohacso Market

Petershlrg. Va, March b.---1'rhe to-s
sbarco market was onsa boom this week.
Win the largest sales on Friday OF
5any day this Year. Prices were strong
on every grade. March came In like
o lamb, with several days % warm
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
Heavy receipts at DanvIlle.

3 Danville. Va, March SCATTER a long SMELL
OF softEweatherl receipts this twecK have bee
Very heavy. and but for the wretched con-
dition OF the country roads tho sales would
no uohot laha ne oraer
ering the wet weather the condition is
better than might have been expected.
4 The quality has been as good as has
been offered any week this season. with
very few common tobaccos Offering and a
larger proportion OF good. medium to tine
filters and cutters and good wrappers.
Prices have been we'll sustained, and are
firm. at sas- high quotations as have OBJ
tanned this season.
With favorable weather conditions for
the9next few weeks 1t is predicted that
practically tho entire bright crop will be
days.
Redred tobaecos continue active with,
good sales being made almost daily OF
fairly large round lots,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06

Their artificial ordering to get their
crops to market. The receipts there
fore have been heavy all the week.
and the coming week they are expect
ed to be heavier still. Though 1t is
late in the season. scarcely one-half
OF the crop In this section has been
sold. Planters express themselves as
Well satisfied with the prices they
are getting. and 1t Is not expected
that prices will be any lower during
the season.
The American Tobbaco Company
has a careful: watchful buyer here.
embraces nearly all grades Quotas
tions: Common. sand leaves. S5.50MsT;E
smooth lugs,, s7.5O@$9; short leaf.
$500 $3.50; fine shipping, S11.5O9
S14.50; fine wrappers, S20@s3s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
Heayy Rcceipts at Lynchburg.

IOOSe
tobacco on tho Lynchburs market for the
two weeks ending March =, as reported by
John l.. OgleshS. M
Sold week ending February IS. i703oo
pounds; sold week ending March 4, $1,000
pounds; increase for week ending March a.
to March 4.Slalo li,l5o.soo pounds; sold from
August II. 1905. to March A, 1909, 1920 500
pounds; decrease for 1910 6,o56,7oo pounds.
Tho receipts this week We're much heavier
than last. as tho result OF quito a good
season for handling tobacco,
The otferngs,&in quality, color and size
OF leaf, were about as heretofore but much
of It was OF in condition. being high iln
order, which was the result OF the weather
being very warm and wet Cor several days
The trade was quito active aud prices
on all grades We're well sustained. except
somo@of the tobacco was much too high in
order, which will effect tho general average
price some,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

THE biannual howl by some pol
iticians who have aspirations to
serve the dear peepul" is being
made against Sheriff Bates on the
ground that he has been there long
enough. The same is being said
of County Auditor Halden who is
recognized as the best auditor in
the state and a man who is all bus.
ness from daylight to dark. Tc
turn a good man out to make room
for some untried fellow that needs
the money, is poor billiards and
liable to prove an expensive prop
osition especially in such positions
as that of county auditor and
sheriff where so much is at stake.
Show us where these two officers
fail to perform their duties and we
will change Our mind. Otherwise
we go on record as endorsing these
two popular and capable officials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

Payroll of team labor, 1916. Is: A. j.
Thomas, legal services, $50. 90; j. p.
Seraphine, killing dogs, $31.00; VIM.
Kevern and Nels Nyhus quarantine
officers $40 so; John Loushin, Scaven-
ger work for May and June, $3.50. 90;
Geo. Holmes material aud labor, IS 90.
Moved by Alderman James, support
ed by Alderman White that the re-
port be accepted, the payroll and
bills be approved and the clerk in
structed to draw orders on the city
treasurer in payment. Carried.
Bond Of liver Visited. Jr., as city
clerk, with the National Surety Co.
as surety thereon was read.
Moved by Alderman White. sup
ported by Alderman Maxi that the
same be approved. Carried
Moved by Alderman White sup
ported by Alderman James that the
council adjourn. Carried.
I. Visited, Jr.,
City Clerk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
APPEALED TO HIS VANITY
Waiter Extracted Tip from BaId.Head.
ed Man by Finding a Hair
In His Soup.

Walters No. 1 and 2 peeped out at
the bald-headed man, then ducked
behind the screen.
None of him for me-" said
waiter No. 1. "He don't tip"
"Same here" said waiter No. 2.
CPL fix him." said waiter No. 3.
He took an order for soup. Be-
fore serving it he showed the two
mutineers a hair floating on the sur
face of the soup. They marveled
then, and they marveled still more
when at the end of the bald-headed
mans dinner the waiter returned
with a dollar bill.
"Ninety-nine bah-headed men in
a hundred can be worked that way"
he said. eff the customer doesn't
see the hair himself I call his atten-
ton to it and make him think it fell
out of his own head. The fact that
he had a hair to lose so appeals to
his vanity that he loves me for find
ing it and gives me a tip big enough
to cover the cost of a-dozen. plates OF
SOUP"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
CONCEAL SPIRIT OF TRIUMPH
Japanese Not valnglorious Because OF
Their Great Victory Over
Mighty Russia.

One Of the most frequent charges
brought against Japan since the
close of it's successful war has been
that of the "cockiness" impaired to
its disposition by the consciousness
Of its great triumph. Aside from
the fact that the reports Of such a
tendency have emanated mainly
from tourists, who have come into
contact only with the d~emoralized
coolies of the treaty ports, the sole
habitat of the genus hoodlum, there
exists, as is we'll known to every old
resident here, a salient and pervad-
ing characteristic of japanese ma.
ture, the direct result of age-long in,
fuences, which negatives even the
possibility of fixing such a charge
upon the nation. 1t is wholly natu-
raj for the average westerner to in
dulge in the spirit of vainglory over
the successes of his nation in the
field of war, whereas the entire train
ing of the japanese mind has for
centuries been in the direction of
self-depreciation. So ~ingrained has
that habit gecome that to commend
ones self or aught which one has
done is the grossest violation of the
social code. The very structure of
the language itself is a rebuke to the
spirit of vainglory, with the result
that in all conversation the dea Of
merit being involved in ones person.
atty or in ones deeds is kept COM
pletely in the background.-Atlantic
Monthly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will receive sealed
proposals up till 2 o'clock p. m. on
July goth, 1910 for delivering coal
from the cars to the different school
Buildings in the District.
The cars for the Savoy School
will be spotted near the building
and those for the other schools near
the depot.
Proposals should state amount
per ton for said delivery and should
be marked" Bids for Hauling Coal
The party to whom this contrac'
is awarded will be required to fur
nish a satisfactory bond for the
faith full performance of the work
The Board reserves the right Il
reject any or all bids.
Thos, E. Miller, Sec'y
Independent School Dist. No. IL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
On Show Day

A Big Balloon ascension will be
given at 100 p. m. Cole & Rogers
Rail Road Shows will exhibit here
Tuesday, June 18th. We had the
pleasure of meeting MI. H. J.
Williams, the courteous agent of
the show, and he has assured us
that everything promised will be
given. We are therefore confident
that the coming show will be one
of the best that has ever visited our
city, and all that take advantage of
the r opportunity that will be
afforded them on show day will be
we'll satisfied.
Cole & Rogers positively per-
nit no gambling or games of
chance in or around their shows.
Everything strictly moral and re-
fined. The show will give two
performances, afternoon and night,
also a free street parade at 100
o'clock,
Remember the date, June 18th
Everyone Come.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
WHERE EVERY DROP COUNTS.
Yakima Valley Fruit Grower Couldn't
Afford to Have Rain Fall on
His Hired Man.

In the Yakima valley, Washing
ton, where the big apples r grown,
and bearing orchards sell at $1,000
an acre, rain is scarce. Irrigation
is practiced everywhere. But now
and then during the growing season
a light rain will fall for a few min
utes. These rains are highly priced,
for irrigating water is measured
closely, and served to each user in
proportion to his acreage.
Last summer a fruit grower who
owns 40 acres of orchard was re-
joicing in M of these precipitations
OF moisture, when n of his hired
men entered the house.
"Why don't you stay in out of the
rain" inquired the gruit grower.
ooh, that's all right" replied the
man. ga little dew like that doesn't
bother me a bit; I can work right
along just the same"
"That isn't the point!" exclaimed
the rancher. "Next time it rains,
you come into the house. I want
that water on the land! !"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
TARGET PRACTICE IN ORIENT.

It must be at least unpleasant to
shoot at a target while snakes are
crawling around ones legs, yet that
is what the bluejackets in the Philip
pines have been doing, according to
an official report to. the-nayy depart
ment.
Ensign Morrison, who conducted
the target practice of the men on the
Callao at the naval range at Dion
gapo, says that it is the most difficult
range that can be imagined, and
when the men were not running
through water ankle deep or lying
down in two inches Of soft red mud,
they were beset with insects and rep
tiles, and when the grounds were dry
the timekeepers of the skirmish runs
were busy killing the snakes that
were crawling around the men lying
on the ground firing at the targets.
Three typhoons also added an ele-
ment of excitement and uncertainty
while,the practice was going On.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
THE EMPIRE, BANKER.

One of the great banks of the old
world is the State Bank of Russia,
but this institution differs very
greatly from the banks of England,
Ireland, Germany and France and
many other of the great banks of the
world, from the fact that it is owned
entirely by the Russian government
This bank receives and distributes
the entire revenue of the Russian en-
pire. It was founded in 1860. The
capital is fixed at 100000 rubles.
(Ruble equals 51.5 cents.) The
banks head is at st. Petersburg,
though it has about 100 branches.
The limit of its currency issue is
300, 000, 900 rubles in excess of the
gold on hand.-Indianapolis News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08
Mills Van BlarcOm

Wednesday morningat 10 O'Clock
at the home of the brides mother
Mrs, Elizabeth Van Blarcom on
Harvey street, Rev. w. 7. Hughes
of the Presbyterian church united
in marriage, Miss Josephine Van
Blarcom of this city, to Oscar A.
Mills of Hibbing. Only members
of the family were present.
The young couple left on the
afternoon train amid a shower of
rice aud the ringing of bells for a
brief wedding trip after which they
will be at home in Hibbing where
the groom is one of the trusted
employees of the American Bridge
company having charge of the
erection of steel work on the
ranges.
The bride or 10" as she was
familiary known by a host of
friends has grown to womanhood
in this city having come here with
her parents among the first settlers.
She is a popular young lady and
a host of friends wish Mr.. Mills and
his bride everything that is good.
The MINER joins in these wishes
and congratulates Mr. Mills on
having selected one of Ely's best
pirls as his partner for life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

THE Duluth News Tribune of a
week ago yesterday was certainly a
dandy" and a boost for the north
ern end of the state. The edition
was known as an Industrial Edition
and depicted the conditions as they
exist in a fair and modest manner.
1t showed that St. Louis county
was not only a manufacturing and
mining center but that in agricul-
ture it excelled many of the social
ed farming counties. The Duluth
daily papers are doing more than
their share in keeping Our country
before the people
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION.

In the hearing to obtain IN in.
junction restraining the striking
shirtwaist operators from picketing
one of the witnesses drew a laugh
when she corrected the pronuncia-
ton Of the name of Miss Martha
Gruening, the Bryn Mawr graduate,
who is among the strike smypathi-
zers.
"Did you know Miss Gruening? p
said the counsel, pronouncing the
name as though it were spelled
"Grooning."
NO." replied the witness, with a
smile, "but Pm quite well acquaint-
ed with Miss Gruening," pronounc-
ing the name as though it were
spelled "Greening." = Philadelphia
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-08

JAS. P. Boyle has resigned his
position as assistant county attorn-
ey and will try for the senate
against Senator P. R. Vail in the
10th district. The county CON-
missioners will now be under the
necessity of appointing another as
sistant and while they are about it,
might appoint two, one for the
Vermilion range. We need such
an officer here. All criminal hear
ings in the municipal court are
hampered by the absence of the
county attorney or his assistant
and sometimes it is a hardship to
do business. Usually the county
attorney is too busy to come here
on short notice and the Mesaba
range assistant has about all he
can do to attend to the business of
that range. We respectfully refer
this matter to the board of commits
sioners.
Just as we go to press we learn
that Mr.. Boyle has reconsidered
his determination to become a SEN
ator and will remain as assistant
county attorney a fact that will be
pleasing news to his host of friends
on the ranges. If the county
board will now give us a man on
the Vermilon all will be we'll.
Think it over.