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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13
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Governor Glaisc6sE ~ a asttef to
the Clarksburg Telegram says he 7has
written to West ylrglnia's United
states Senators and Congressman ask,
ing them to be present at the Back to
the Farm" meeting which is to be held
at Clarksburg. on May sS. Dean Rus
sell. of the Department of Agriculture
at Wisconsin University, and other
speakers of national reputation will be
present. A large attendance of West
Virginia people interested in the very
important forward movement in agri'
culture in this State is desired and ex-
pected. The Governor Is much inter.
ested in the success Of this rally.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13

All political announcements and;
political advertising must be paid for
n advance,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13

We understand "Cheerman" Powell,
and Committeeman (?) Musgrave are
trying to buy the old Independent
plant to convert into a political smut
machine, provided Senator Scott will
put up the money and We suppose he
will. MISSY" started paper once
in opposition to Powell, Wonder If
he will succeed any better when he
starts one with him. Time will tell.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13
NEwBANK
Is Organized at Romney and viii
Open First Of Month,

4.
h R0MNEY, May 1S.-The First Ma
.ttonal Bank OF Romney, w: Va, was
organized yesterday with $5O,OOO capl.
tai, fully subscribed, and the following
directors were elected for this fear:
DR.. A., N. McKeever,. W. e, Beatty, A,
/. Ppgh. 1. v. Parker, H. g. Cooper, 7,
EoPownall. G. B. Shank, Jno. Bane, .,
e, oRner, ]. 2. Hardy, ]. A. Shaver,
r. s, Powell, NJ. G. Harrison, W, NJ.
Simpson A, N. McKeever, who is
mayor Of Romney was elected presi'
dent; w. E. Beatty vice president; A,
L. Pugh, cashier, and ]. Sloan Kuyken.
dali, attorney. The bank expects to
begin a new building in a few weeks.
II has. three sites under consideration.
The bank starts business June |.
Subscribe for the West Virginian,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13
N|IIRD
ENTERTAINMENT |: vi
INTERFERING PRO eRANME WILL
BEsSivEN BY THIRD AND
sfovRTH GRADES.

The following is the programme
whichswill be rendered this evening at
the Second ward school auditorium by
the Third and Fourth grades Of the
school. An admission fee Of s and 10
cents will be charged.
News Boy Chorus, Boys.
Reading, One Two, Three, Dorothy
White.
tChorusl Swing Song, Girls
Recalling .'Thel Dead Dolly Irene
.stanhaget.
Readingst 4RAth ae sachsF ssta
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13

Cross" Bula Hawkins.
Vocal Duet, Daisies" Thelma
Reed and Laura Lee Raymond.
Reading, ma Cant Vote" CAMEL
Morris.
Chorus, waters Lony," Boys.
Dialogue, Peach Pie" Eva David
son, Brooks Arnett.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13
HAVE cUREp ] AND.

GRAFTON, May 1s The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company has ac
quired $65,OOO worth Of land in this
city, on which It intends ct once start
ing the new terminals and Other I'm;
proyements.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13

Vocal Solo Selected, Mary uoJalt
Westfall, eighth grade.
"Pineyille Baby Show" Girls.
Girls. Ssi@ Il
Vocal Solo Henry MulleN eight
grade. a@' S9p& 4
Two part chorus, when the Chi
dren Fall Asleep" a $7oasl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-13
RATES ~ TO $3.50 PER DAY.
WEEKLY RATES So TO s21.oO,

ROCHESTER COPS THE COPS.
BIRMINGHAM, Alays May bro
chester, N; y, was selected as the next
meeting place Of the international As
ISOLATION OF Chiefs Of Police. Elec-
ton Of officers takes place to-day
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
TROUBLE
BREWING
IN LIBERIA
Negro Soldiers Flog Wives Of
Chiefs in Collecting Taxes
and Tribes Well Armed are
Gathering in Revolt.
RAMA Gzs71l sEaBd 1aIIKnl

MonroTia, Liberia, via Sierra
Leone, Aug. -. - Reports from
French officers near Fort Binger, On
the Cavally river, close 20 the bonud-
airy between Liberia and the Ivory
coast region, state that the Kru
tribes are preparing to revolt against
the depredations of the Liberian
militia stationed on the border
Only recently the negro infantry in
collecting taxes arbitrarily levied by
the Liberlan legislature, were guilty
of outrages, the reports state, at
tacking and flogging the wives OF the
chiefs.
Such atrocities brought the feeling
among the intelligent tribesmen TO
white heat, and an outbreak is feared
az any moment. Tribal forces are
centering near Kankan, in the Yukka
mountains They are armed and dis
play great hostility toward the Llber-
ans. Cooler heads among the ma
tives have appealed 10 the French
ni British military forces stationed
al the trading posts for protection
from the public's soldiers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
SEVENTEEN new FIRES ARE
REPORTED IN LAST SO HOURS
Four Townships Along Idaho Montana Line Are Swept Clean
Of Timber and Fire Fighters Have Close CaI-WaIlace in
Path of Flames and Threatened With Immediate Destruc
tion-FamieS Are FIeeng and Town Seems Doomed.

Missoula, Mont, Aug. 12.-"The
forest fire situation looks worse.
The high winds that have been
blowing along the Montana-Idaho
divide are raising the very devil. ="
In these words Associate District
Forester Silcox of the forest ser
vice, summed up the condition of
fires in western Montana today.
Yesterday, as has happened many
times before, the service thought it
had the situation well in hand, but
today's report upset everything and
showed that the fires are more dan
gerous than ever.
At Bear Creek the forest. confia-
grafton today swept away tents,
tools and equipment of the fire fight
ing forces stationed there, men and
pack horses barely escaping with
their lives. Deputy Supervisor
Spaulding of the Lolo forest has left
for the preserve with 75 men.
Fires along Cayuse Creek, trib-
utary to the Loeb branch of the
Clearwater river, are worse than
have been reported this year. The
fire destroyed three or four town
ships. These fires are said to be If
a dangerous sort and great property
Loss is expected. The region Is tim
bered heavily and is three or four
days Journey from any base OF sup
plies for men or horses.
The Lolo forest is cleared Of fires
Just now, but three confagrations
are sweeping from three different
directions upon the reserve and a
large force of men is fighting des-
perately to check the danger. The
fires in the Couer d'alene and Clear
water forests have been keeping all
available men in Lolo forest busy
and report received today is to
the effect that the fires on the Flat
head Indian reservation are beyond
control and will be in Lolo preserve
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. 12.-Before
crowd of fashionably gowned wo-
men who thronged the court room
where the congressional iuvestigat-
ing committee convened today,
George Scott, son-in-law of Chief
Green McCurtain of the Choctaw
Indians, testified that he had not en-
tered into an agreement with ]. F.
McMurray by which he received pay
for his influence in behalf of the In
dian land contracts.
Scott declared when McMurray
telegraphed him to help create SEN
timent in favor of the contracts he
went to Washington at his own ev-
pense.
His telegram saying Sherman
and Curtis know what we want"
meant that both were familiar with
the situation and that they had an
unusual fund of information regard
ing Indian affairs, he testified. He
declared he did not mean that they
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
UNITED PRESS LEAcED w1RE.l

Washington, Aug. 12.-The p
ference between President Taft Or
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich, follow,
ing the publication of the long letter
of explanation regarding his connec-
tion with the Inter-Continental Rub
Der Company and the chareds made
by Senator Bristow of Kansas that
the company is a trust and derives
great profits from the tariff which
bears the Rhode Island senator's S
name, is causing wide comment in
political circles.
From the explanation and the
visit, the political wiseacres here
predict that the coming campaign
as it is to be managed by the admin
istration forces will be an effort to
explain" the whole tariff situation,
and they further predict that the
clash between the regulars and in
surgents which many Republican
leaders ardently hoped would end
with the primaries, will be fought
out even more bitterly as the cam
paign advances.
That reply from Senator Bristow
to Aldrich's explanation will be made
is THE general expectation of the.
politicians here and the insurgents
are freely predicting that such an
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
CHARGED HE PROFITED
BY TARIFF ON RUBBER
Senator BrSoW Charges Senator AdiCh With Being Inter
eSted in Rubber Company and nerS that He Put Tariff
Rubber For His Personal Beneft-AIdrich ConSuItS Taft
and Presumably Asks Him to Stand BY Him.

answer soon will be forthcoming.
Senator Aldrich's letter written 20
'irman William B. Mckinley or
" pgressional campaign commit
te %. rs the charge by Bristow
that :" is connected with the
Inter-CO. ! Company and also
admits thai rubber schedules
were advanced five percent as Bris-
tow alleges. The advances, Aldrich
contends, were not made for the
benefit of his own company but be-
cause the rubber industry as a whole
demanded it and because the de-
mands seemed fair to the committee
to whom the evidence was submitted.
After this statement, however,
Aldrich, declaring that Bristow has
mis-stated the facts, asserts that his
concern is by no means trust and
goes into considerable detail, telling
of che business done by the company,
the time of its first organization
and the manner of it's re-organiza-
tion.
The company, according to Aldricn,
is engaged solely in the business of
importing raw rubber and selling it
to manufacturing concerns. Senator
Bristow charged that the increase of
the tariff ON manufactured rubber
which, it was implied, the company
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12

were in any way interested in the
McMurray contracts.
Chairman Burke of the commit
tee cross examined Scott.
The witness denied that he had
sent letters signed with McCurtain's IS
name to r. G. Adams, a Washington
attorney, endorsing the contracts.
Scott said that he personally paid
for kilograms sent to Washington
and that he was not afterward re-
imbursed.
Then you were interested in Nc
Murray not only to the extent that
you were willing to pay 10 per cent
commission but you were also will
ing to resign a position paying you
$500 annually and willing to
spend money for him, were your"
Burke asked.
YES" Scott replied.
You had an interest in a general
way-that is--in seeing the Indian
affairs settled?" >
Again the witness answered in the
affirmative.
Scott formerly was treasurer OF
the Choctaws but gave up this posi-
ton as we'll as that of secretary to
Chief McCurtain because he clashed
with the chief over McMurray.
Congressman Campbell asked II he
thought there was any harm in be-
ing interested in the McMurray con-
tracts.
No" the witness replied.
Then why withhold your explain
alton of your connection with Nc
Campbell asked.
II have no contract with McMur-
ray and am not interested with
him." said the witness.
Congressman Miller then examined
Scott and drew from him the admis-
sion that while he was treasurer for
(NOnTiuna5 nn DaOa G
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12

PROBABLY
DROWNED
Auto Found In River Near
Mount Vernon, WASH, Ex-
plains Disappearance of D.
R. Rowland, C. D. Sterling.
UNITED pREss LnAsEp wIan.I

Bellingham, Wash, Aug. 12.-
That Edward l.. Rowland, proprie-
tor of the Anacortes Livery and
Transfer company and one of the
best known men in Skaglt county.
and G.. d. Sterling, travelling sales
man for the Burpee and Letson Ma
chinery company of Bellingham,
drove their automobile into the open
drawbridge near Mount Vernon at
10 O'Clock last night and lost their
lives in the Skagit river seem TO be
an established fact by the finding OF
the automobile under the bridge by
a party OF searchers this morning.
Rowland and Sterling were seen
together in Mount Vernon last Tues
day in an automobile bound for Ana
cortes where Rowland'B family ex.
pected him home aud where Sterling
had room engaged for the night at
the Hotel Taylor.
Rowland has not been heard from
and Sterling did not call for his
room. Their long absence created
The suspicion that they had met
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12

sold, enabled the concern to declare
enormous dividends.
This charge is emphatically de-
MED.
Bristow has charged that the COM
pany recently re-organized is en-
powered by it's charter to engage in
manufacturing and also is empow-
cred to engage in other business,
such as mining. This, Bristow
charges, is intended to help the
Guggenheim syndicate get possession
of the mineral wealth in all parts of
the United States.
Bristow emphatically stated that
his charges were based on the char
ter of the company, a copy Of which
he had seen.
The insurgents are expecting the
Kansas senator to ask Aldrieh to ex-
plain a little more fully the reasons
for the charter changes and the in
crease of powers given the company,
as he charges was done.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
NAM FIREs on cIRARwATER.

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12

= = = q
j. Whitcomb Riley Paralyzed.
+" Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 12.
. Following a mild stroke of
= paralysis, the condition of
= James Whitcomb Riley was bet
= ter today. The attending ply
= sicians say that he suffered a
" nervous shock that is not likely
. to prove fatal.
The hoosier poet is 60 years
. old and it is therefore feared
" that the attack may affect his
vitality.
= - ## a%%# #a* "a -
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within short time. The situation
on the Clearwater is very serious
and is getting worse, for the timber
is heavy and the region difficult to
access.
All western Monta1a is shrouded
in a pail of smoke.
MANY FIRES ON CLEARWATER.
Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 12.-sev-
eraI new fires are reported today in
the Clearwater mountains and for
estry officials state there is little
hope of doing more than retard the
progress of the flames until rain.
which is now threatening. comes to
the relief, A prairie fire started
yesterday afternoon in the heavy
bunch grass region on the middle
fork of the Clearwater miles
above Kooska and the townspeople
have turned out en- masse to assist
the settlers whose homes will he
wiped out unless the fire can be con-
trolled. Thousands of sheep and
cattle are also endangered by the
breaking out OF a forest fire In the
heavily timbered region near Adams
station in the Nez Perce forest re-
serve, 40 miles south Of Grange
IviIle.
The fire conditions in the Clear
water forest reserves are much
worse, according to advices received
by Supervisor F. A. Fem, II new
fires having been reported during
the last 36 hours. A heavy wind
has prevailed the greater part of to-
day and has spread the fire much
more rapidly than at any previous
time. The largest fire reported Is in
the Kelly Creek section toward the
north fork, while another big fire is
burning in the cedars IL the Pete
King trail section. g
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
ALDRICH BECOMES A FEATURE
IN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
stork Abandons Frisco"

San Francisco, Aug. 12.-San
Francisco faces depopulation
within a few years unless the
stork is cajoled into making his
visits more frequent Babies
are not only becoming scarce
but scarcer, according to the re-
port of Health officer McNutt,
1t shows an annual decrease of
more than 1 per cent in the last
three years. the rate in 1910 be-
+ ing but 1920 per cent.
The committee that will be
appointed by the board of
health will have an interesting
problem before it. Baby cloth
ing stores are said to be going
out of business.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
FIRES DRIVEN BY HIGH WINDS
SWEEP THROUGH IDAHO FORESTS
= = Aa
The Earth Is Swallowing IL.

= = g = = .
The Earth Is Swallowing II.
" Staunton, Va, Aug. 12.-
Residents of Staunton are hur-
riedly moving from their homes
today, terrified by the sudden
" appearance in the towns center
of gaping holes in the earth.
= Already two houses have been
engulfed and other cave-ins are
occurring at short intervals,
= slowly destroying Baldwin
street, the main thoroughfare.
Staunton is in the limestone
region and it is believed that
hitherto concealed subterranean
chambers have suddenly set
tied, breaking the surface. No
relief seems possible.
= = -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-12
NC MURRAY
DEFENDED
BY SCOTT
Son-in-LaW of ChoCtaW CHIEF
TeStifieS About Contracts
Was Willing to Pay MCMur-
ray 10 Per Cent and Assist
Him, Too.
NOT CONNECTED WITH HIM

Says His Telegram SHERMAN AMI
Curtis Knows What We Want"
Meant Only that They Were Both
Familiar With the Situation, and
Not that They Were Interested in
the McMurray Contracts - Re-
signed Good Job to Aid McNIurray.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
ADAMS, Hard Proposition.

Herbert Knox Smith, Nthe brilliant
deputy Of the bureau of corporations,
said in Washington apropos of certain
illegal acts: Those acts are Illegal,
but tho question is: Can the law get
at the perpetrators? l am afraid 1t
can't For these men arc poor, and
monetary punishment is the only one
The law can take The law, l am
afraid, is ia the position o. a certain
housewife l heard OF Il e other day
This housewife, a strict woman,
said to new maid: 1 forgot to tell
you, Maude, that if you break any
thing. III have to take 1t out of your
wages.
. "But Maude. wIKm Two days had
heartily sickened { { her berth replied
with a merry laugh: Do it, ma'am, do
it. I've just broke the lundred-dollar
vase in the parlor, and if you can take
that out of four dollcrs-for I'm leavin'
at the end of the week-why. you'll
be mighty clever.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following estate trans
fers were recorded at the, office
of the register Of deeds this week:
Chas. w Rogers to Robert E. Sroo
se-nw-33-41-11, W d; $500.
YANKEE Bisself Lbr. Co.. to State OF
Wisconsin, lands in 4l-42-49-5-6-7; "
d; $281777.
G. w. Buck ct al to Nicholas Lob
mann; lands in 1875; " d; $500.
G. F. Sanborn Co. 10 g. f. CQIman,
e-se-36-+0-8; q c; 81.
. Alexander Stewart Lbr CO. TO G. j.
Coon, lot 1-2-40-6; W d &l27.
Hereford White to j. Piarg Brush,
lot 9-2-42-7 int. q c; 81.
Northern Land Co to j. +. Sheldon
govt. lot 3-4-6-40-1l; W d; 1865.
VIM venn to Fred Mercy, part Of
!of6-twp. 4o-10; q c; 81
Fred Morey to VIM. Venn, lots nos.
2-3-sub div govt. lot-6-22-4O-lGi W d
$500.
Fred Norey to VIM. Yenn, lot 1-suu
div govt. lot 6-22-4o-1o; W Il, $500.
A. j. Uphaw to G. w. Gushing ct al
land in ALTO; q e. 81.
II. G. Nicer te R. w Jackman, 40 *
8-41-10-42s9; W d, q Ct 81.
Central Wis. Trust Co. to Estel!a
M. Graham, nwse-lot 2-13-41-10; W d
81.
Inland Lake Land Co. to n A. Col
man, land in Al and 42-9, W d 81.
Alex. Stewart to Alexander Stewart
Lumber Co. land in 1919; q c; 81.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09

YOU have read them, that there
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s The new subscriber receives a
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
GOOD NEWS FROM THE YOUTHS
COMPANION.

We have had to make The
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We would ike to tell you what
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oaper.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
THO Z 10
u 40 z 10

All Unat piece
orparcelofland
described by
meets and
bound ; in sw Of
So, section IS,
Town 40 n. r 10
e. in volume 8
of deeds, page
1865, In the Office
of the register of
deeds Of Villas
County, WiscOL
sir - l 50
Lot Is 81 + A
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
TAX DEED NOTICE.
Notice of the expiration of the time for the
OF lands sold for taxes for the year

Notice of the expiration of the time for the
redemption OF lands sold for taxes for the year
1908.
ONCE of the County Clerk
Villas County, Wisconsin.
TO al whom it may concern:
Notice IL hereby given that the following
lots or tracts of land sold May 18th. in che
year 1908, for the taxes due ana unpaid for
the wear 1907 remaining unredeemed in The
once of the county clerk of Villas county, Wis
consin That opposite the description Of each
tract or lot or part thereof in the following
list is the name of the person. If any, to whom
assessed and the amount OF taxes, interest
and charges. calculated to The last day of re-
demptton due on each.
Now therefore unless the taxes Interest and
charges set opposite the tracts herein des-
cribed shall be paid on or before the / 9th day
of MAY, I91 l. the said TRAITS of land shall be
forfeited and viii be conveyed to the pur-
chaser or purchasers, In pursuance of the stat
-utps in such cases, made and provided.
Dated at Eagle River Villas c county W1Aton
WILLIAM p, BRA DFORD
County Clerk OF Villas coanty
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09
CALIFORNIA
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-09

Bronzed by foreign suns. he entered
the Office of his colleague. But the
cashiers chair was vacant.
rs Mr.. Smith QUIZ" he asked, anx
acus;y. I am al old friend Of his.
NO, sir" returned the clerk. Mr..
Smith is not out he wont be out for
10 years"
Here the clerk smiled grimly.
The firm is out. though he went
on, "one hundred thousand just