Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-02
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their coats, and the Peter Tumble
down COWS will soon show clean
TANKS for the first time since last
fall.
A bill has been introduced in
Congress providing for an appro-
priation of 81, 900 for a monument to
be erected at jamestown to Poca
hontas.
The city council of Easton, Me-,
voted by large majority to ask the
Legislature to amend the city char
ter SO as to give the municipal suf-
frage to women ow ling $500 worth
of property.
The United States department of
Agriculture has three hundred men
scattered throughout the South en-
gagged in the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration work and their pur-
pose is to tell the farmers how they
can assuredly improve their condi-
ton.
In the Office of the clerk OF the
Circuit Court in Staunton there is
on record a grant for 9, 425 acres of
land to John Spenser in Kanawha
county, made in 1901 and signed by
Governor James Monroe. The land
adjoins the property of George
Washington, being separated by an
old hickory tree. The survey for
the land was made by George Wash
ington.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis declares that there are two
ways OF checking the ravage OF tu-
berculosis among school children.
The first way is to instruct every
school child about the danger of the
disease and to show them how they
themselves may prevent tuberculo-
sis in their homes. The second
method is TO establish open-air
schools for all children who have
tuberculosis or who are suspected
cases, segregating them from the
healthy children.
Alaska, which Secretary Baliing-
er has frequently said is Americas
prize package, may be a greater
prize than man has even yet
dreamed. Recent Investigations in
the Innoko district. the central
Kushkokwim valley and the new
Haiditarod district, now partially
finished by the United States geo.
logical survey, disclose new placer
gold districts which promise very
heavy returns. The little territory
bought from Russia for 81, 900, 900 in
1867 has to the present time paid
$3.50, 900, 900 in gold alone since 1880,
when placer mining there began,
aud what the resources of it's cop
per, coal and other minerals will
be is beyond estimation.
An interesting variety of opin-
ions have found their way into the
press in regard to the nature and
possible influences of Halley's CON-
ct, which is due to approach near
est the earth on May 10th, and on
which the eyes of the whole scien-
tific world are now conferred. Prof.
Edwin B. rost of the Yerkes OBJ
servatory in Wisconsin, says:
"Halley's comet is about 1000. 900
times as large as the earth. but al
though the earth's gravity may
change the orbit of the comet, the
earth's path through the sky will
be unaffected by the approaching
proximity of the two bodies" Its
nearest approach to the earth will
be IA, 600, 600 miles.
R. G. Dyernforth, former COM
missioner for patents of the United
States, writes to the New York
World this interesting letter: II
was a soldier in the war from 81 to
IS and have never voted anything
but the Republican ticket. I do
not think the Democratic party has
any more sense now than it ever
had. but l think the Republican
party has less and is responsible
for the present miseries-high
prices. etc.-So NEXT time I shall