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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
ADMINISTRATIONS
PROGRAM DELAYED
Little Headway Made by Con-
gress in Enactment of Inn
portant Legislation
Republican Leaders Plan Com
ference to Adjust Chaotic
Conditions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-LittIe head
way has been made in the two months
that congress has been in session
toward the enactment of important leg
islation demanded by President Taft;
yet on every side are predictions Of an
early adjournment.
Thoughtful members arc asking each
other what kind of a reception they
will get if they go to the White House
April Is or May / with plans to quit
work for the summer if the admins
tration program is untitled.
The question is one that congression-
al leaders admit is giving them deep
thought on almost every one of the
presidents measures is such as to make
exceedingly difficult the work mapped
out for those who have the bills in
charge.
BILLS ARE OPPOSED
Bills to create court of commerce
and amend the railroad rate laws, to
establish postal savings banks, to VAL
idate Withdrawals of public lands want
ed for conservation purposes and to le-
galize national charters for corpora
tions doing interstate business, have
met with determined opposition.
From political point of view, re-
publican waters seemingly are becom-
ing muddled by the several investiga-
tions in progress, and the minority mem
bers appear not unwilling to let this
procedure continue indefinitely. In
quiries such as that being made into
the affairs of the interior department
and the forest service naturally are
having some effect upon plans TO amend
land laws and exact legislation for
Alaska, and even bear to some extent
on the Arizona and New Mexico state
hood bill.
Other investigations, such Is those
relating to second class mail matter
and the postoffice deficit, and causes
of increased cost of living, tend to min
imize a complete redemption of re-
publican campaign pledges.
CONFERENCE is PLANNED
A conference of republican leaders
is being considered and probably will
be held soon after Senator Aldrich re-
turns from Florida, as he is expected
to do this week. Vigorous means will
be advocated to restore some semblance
of order to the chaotic conditions
The plan most in favor with such re-
publican leaders as are now in Wash
ington is for d rearran cement of the
Taft policies. placing them in order
of executive preference or in such Sc
quence as it is thought would most
benefit d majority of the party. 1t has
been declared that no progress will be
made so long as leaders are pushing
interstate commerce legislation, others
conservation policies. and others pos
tai savings banks or federal incorpora-
tion laws
At present The house is occupied with
appropriation bills; in the senate two
administration measures the postal
savings bank bill and the Alaskan leg
islative council bill-are being played
against each, other. Opposition has de-
veloped against both, and republican
leaders say the present tactics affect
the chances of both. The statehood bill
is ready for consideration by the senate
and the army appropriation bill will
be reported tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
REVENUE CUTTER
AFTER POACHERS
Reported Slaughter OF Birds for
Plumage by Japanese Be-
ing Investigated
Thetis Left Honolulu January
II and Is Expected to Make
Report Shortly

HONOLULU, T. FL, Jan. S0.-Ths
United states revenue cutter Thetis.
recently stationed in these waters, is
on cruise to Midway and intervening
islands to iVestisate the reports OF
extensive poaching operations by Japa-
nese. who are said to have destroyed
millions of birds for the sake OF tho
plumage. ON Bird island, Neckar
island Gardiner French Frigate
shoals. Lsysand and Lisianski islands
are swarms of quincy birds and other
flyers. and all the islands were in
cIuded in a Hawaiian Islands Bird
Reservation" by the federal govern
ment some months ago.
Since then there have been reports
of continued pOaching, and it is sus-
pected that some of the poachers are
Japanese who have headquarters here
The birds are valued for their skins
and some of them for their feathers
Within about a year nearly all OF the
Japanese sampsns engaged in the fish
ing business off Honolulu have been
fitted with power engines, and many
of them are now capable Of making
extended ocean trips They frequently
remain out of port for days together.
and there have been suspicious that
some of them visit the bird islands,
other reports have come here of Japa-
nese schoOners calling at the islands.
The Thetis left here January 10
and is expected to report 20 Cotec' or
of Customs Stackpole in a few days
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
ANCIENT GREEKS HAD
SYSTEM OF COINAGE
Gold Ingots Marked With Guar
antee of Weight and Purity

The invention Of coina ge is due to the
Greeks, most probably to the bankers
OF Halicarnassos and adjacent Asia
Minor Greek colonies, which toward the
end OF the eighth century 3. c. began
stamping the small gold electron in
gots which passed through their hands
as currency with a mark of some sort
intended to guarantee the weight and
purity of the metal; such ingots very
soon assumed round and more regu-
lar shape, which we find already in old
silver coins from Aegina. nearly con-
temporary with Asia Minor beans"
Curious to say, none of the surround
ing peoples with whom the Asiatic and
European Greeks were In constant COM
munication. political or commercial
took up the wonderful invention which
at present. seems to us of such obvious
necessity that we scarcely realize how
the civilized world of old could have
got on without it, says the Saturday
Review.
AS matter of fact. however. neither
the Phoenicians. with their practical
commercial sense, nor the Lydians or
the Persians, who claimed the suprem-
acy over the cities where the new
currency was initiated nor of course
the Egyptians ever had coinage till the
conquests of Alexander disseminated
Greek civilization all through the east
ern world. The Romans came to know
it through the Creek cities in Sicily
and Magma Braecia, and began striking
silver coins toward the beginning of
the third century B. c.
In the meantime with the Greeks die
sinking, like everything else, had fallen
with the domain of art and their coins
remain forever a standard of beauty
for the artist and model of perfection
for the die sinker.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
PRICE OF WIFE NOT
LESS THAN l SHILLING
Odd Custom in Effect after
Continental Wars

When the war between Britain and
France ended. in 1916. many of the
English soldiers found that their wives
had married again in the belief that
they were widows, says the Chica go
News. The formal selling of the wife
was regarded among the ignorant as
legal solution to the problem Thus
presented, agd it is said that the an
thorities OF the day deemed il best to
shut their eyes at the proceeding.
certain amount of formality had to be
observed, however, before the sale was
considered legal even by the most ig-
norant.
A Yorkshire writer mentions two con-
ditions which must be carried ont To
make satisfactory sale. The price of
the wife must not be less than | slilI
ing GA cents), and she must be deliv-
cred to her purchaser with a new halter
around her neck.
The same writer records the case of
the woman who zealously preserved the
receipt for herself as a proof of respect
ability.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
SWALLOWING THE DICE,
PROFESSIONAL CALLING
Men Employed for Emergencies
i'm Case of Raids

Excessive gaming has always been
nrorfbited by law, and in the time OF
Henry VII archery was the only game
of any kind that was not unlawful. says
n P's weekly The gaming laws are,
~ course. far stricter now than they
we're in the early years Of the last cen
turv but even at that time police
raids on gambling houses were fre-
,,,e,,t enough. and il is said that at one
-. tvvo. Of the west end establishments
.,,ersons were retained whose sole duty
isv in being able to swallow the dice
in case Of a raid by the authorities.
- Is curious to learn that about the
md Of the eighteenth century the
bucks OF the day were All smitten by
an extraordinary mania for making eN
tys,-aeanf and eccentric bets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

After corn has been pulled for hours
or days it undergoes slight fermenta-
tion and flavor, il not digestibility, is
injured Pulled and put into large
barrels or bulk it becomes hot and
may be ruined.
Canada's wheat crop is estimated at
1sS, ,SS6,000 bushels. or 4S,s9s,000 bush
els more than Last years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

Because the demand for machinery
is exceeding the product in the domes-
tic market it is likely that this country
will soon be buying foreign machinery
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

Two blind girls from the Royal Nor
NAL College for the Blind have given
some marvellous exhibitions of roller
skating, including waltz on skates.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

According TO the London hospital
some English physicians are ordering
patients TO eat oysters that have been
well soaked in sea water, as a cure for
dyspepsia and tuberculosis.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

Chile supports fifteen industrial
schools, giving instruction to about
3 800 pupils.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31
DANIEL BOONE'S MARK
FOUND ON OLD TREE
Letters Cut by Noted Pioneer
Are Discovered

=. :. Elam of Salyersville, KY,
STONED here on the way to Mon
ticelIo. Professor Elan brought with
aim and loaned to the Lexington pub
lie library a block OF wood which is
considered OF great historical interest
and value, says the Louisville Courier
Journal II is q block cut from beech
tree which stood on high point Of a
bilI near Sslyersville and bears the fol-
lowing lettering cut in the bark Of
the block:
Instead OF curves the has triangies,
the o-s are open al the bottom and the
IS are Of an old style. The letters are
Identical with those cut on the stone
At the Richmond courthouse. The point
on which the tree stood is on the route
which Daniel Boone took when coming
10 this section of Kentucky from Vir-
Einis-
Flaan secured the block from Rev
George Willis. who discovered the cut
ting while hunting in 1890 on his farm
Two miles from Salyersville. The
greater portion of the letters We're
oyerRrown by moss. Mr.. Willis thought
i,uf little Of this tree until he began to
clear the woodland in 1894, when he cut
the block out and kept il until recently,
when he was planning to leave the
state for washington. AS it would not
be of as much historical value there
as in Kentucky Elan prevailed upon
him TO leave it in this state
senator H II. Smith, who is author
ffv on the growth OF timber and is ac-
ousfnted with the slow change of such
lettering. says that there is no doubt
that the letters were really cut by the
pioneer.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

All the Injuries of railroading have
been introduced into China.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-31

Marriage is failure-as any spin
ster VIII tell you.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
JUST A WORD ABOUT
SOMETHING GOOD

We have secured the agency
for Livingston county for the
celebrated NyaI Line of Rene
deies. there are 200 of them and
all are good. In this list there
is a remedy for every i'll and our
personal guarantee goes out
with each and every package
that we sell. We could not af-
ford to risk our reputation and
money on anything that we did
not believe to be the best. Now,
the next time you need a remedy
for any complaint, ask us about
THE NYAL REMEDY for this
particular ailment. You will
like the remedy because it will
do you good. Mail and tele-
phone orders speciality.
Your Druggists,
n. r. FARRIS & Co.
Salem, KY.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
NOTICE FARMERS UNION.

To the Members of the Crit.
tenden County Farmers Union
Greeting:
Our County Union meets al
Marion, July II and 18th. II
will be a full two days meeting
as much business of importance
will come before it.
All Locals should elect dele.
gates, and see that their creden.
tails are properly certified.
The County Executive Com.
mittee is requested to meet me
at 9 O'Clock a. m. on Thursday.
l4th.
The Committee in charge of
the Produce Exchange are re-
quested to attend the State Meet.
ing at Princeton, KY. on July.
18th, at which time and place
there will be organized. a State
Exchange of the F. F.. q C. L.
of A. Go Brethren and come
back to your County Meeting on
July, ID 18th.
The State Union will meet AZ
Central City on July, 6--27--2S.
Crittenden county will be enti-
tied to five or more delegates.
Let the Local Secretaries report
if possible before the 18th.
Brethren the Old Farm Wagon
is out of the mud and on the
pike, going at a two-forty gate.
Get in.
}. w. RAsCoE, Pres.
Marion, KY, June, 22nd 1910.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
A VISIT TO FRANCES

On our visit 10 Frances last
Saturday we found the town
alive with people making due
preparation for the church Dedi.
cation the next day. Hon. NJ.
F. Pogue ownes one of the lang
est country stores in the county
and from the appearance. is do
ing a wonderful business. He
treated us as ne does everyone.
royalty. The surrounding coun-
try is good and the road from
Dycusburg to Frances to com
pare with the best in the county.
Mr.. Pogue has made a nice bust
ness and has a nice home and
surrounding and We hope he may
enjoy them to a ripe old age.
On our way home from by
cusburg last Saturday we were
treated to some fine peaches by
Mr.. James King. a grand old
gentleman living near Crayne.
Many thanks to YOU Mr.. King.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
A VISIT 10 CRAYNE

On last Friday morning we
visited the nice little city of
Crayne ard found il one of the
incest little rail road towns of
our knowledge.
Every home looked as if fresh
ly painted and the spirit Of
thrift was in evidence where
ever you cast your eye. One
thing to please us most of all
was the care of the merchants
and farmers for good roads. The
hill at Crayne on the Marion
road, once so rough as to be al
most impossible, is now a turn
pike, all graveled from top to
bottom and is now the best piece
of road in the county. We un-
derstand that our good friend
Dick Cruce is responsible for
pntting this move on foot and
Judge Blackburn for helping
him carry it out. If only the
roads leading into Marion were
half so good what a trade our
merchants might expect.
J. T. Dorroh is proprietor of a
nice general store and by courte-
Gus treatment and fair dealing
has won for himself a splendid
trade.
N. ]. Bishop is the clever
Postmaster with office in his
nice general store. He has a
nice line of goods for his Gus
toners to select from and tries
to keep what they want.
The little city has but one
church used alternately by the
c. P. and U. S. A. Presbyterians,
Rev. Oakley and Lockwood the
pastors. J. A. Ordway is Supt.
of the Sunday School.
J. E. Brown is the clever |.
c. Agent:
Going from Crayne to FIRE.
donia we found the roads much
rougher than there is any need
of for so nice country. 1t was
our first visit to the town in
80 years, and while people could
never be made better than in
habited the good town in the
olden day, it had grown and i'm
proved until we would not have
known it. The rail road has
brought about the change and
has changed most of the bust
ness now down to the new part
of town. For one to get off the
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
FOR BALD HEADS
A Treatment that costs moth
ing if II Fails


We want you TO try three
large bottle of Rexall "93" Hair
ION &c on our personal guarantee
mat the trial will not cost YOU a
penny II 1t does not give you alb
solute satisfaction. That's proof
OF our faith in this remedy, and
II should indisputably demon
Strate that we know what we
are talking about when we say
that Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will
grow hair on bald heads. ex-
cept where badness has been of
such long duration that the roots
OF the hair are entirely dead, the
iollcles closed and grown over,
and the scalp is glazed.
Remember, we are basing our
statements upon what has al
ready been accomplished by the
use Of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic.
and we have the right to assume
that what it has done for thous.
ands OF others it will do for you.
IN any event you cannot lose
anything by giving it a trial on
our liberal guarantee. Two sizes
ooe' and 81. Remember, you can
OBTAIN Rexall Remedies in this
only at our store
Inc Rexall Store. Haynes &
Taylor.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
The Board of Health have dis.

tributed Clean Up" notice over
town that should be strickly adj
here ! TO.
The only unfavOrable attitude
of / eral lawmakers and state
officials towards the railways
and the spirit which would pre-
vent the companies from moder-
ately advancing their charges to
offset the increased cost of op-
Grafton. When the manufact-
urer is obliged to pay higher
prices for raw material and in
creased wages he does the only
possible thing in the circum-
stances and correspondingly
raises the charge for his pro-
duct. The railways are obliged
to pay increased prices for sup
plies and higher wages, and it is
only reasonable that they should
get more for what they sell,
namely, transportation.
That they are impelled to raise
their charges is plain from cur
rent traffic returns showing in
creased gross takings, while
costs of operation have increased
in still greater ratio, with result
ing decrease in net earnings.
Unless the greatest of all in
dustries is permitted to prosper
the country cannot be prosper
Gus.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
WAGON GIVEN AWAY.

On December p, A. -. Stem
bridge, the wide-a-wake proprie-
tor of the Stembridge Wagon
Works will give away to the one
guessing nearest TO the number
Of seeds IN a gourd. a new 23-4
Stembridge wagon.
Every dollar spent with him
entities YOU to a guess. you get a
ticket with every dollar. Don't
forget to see him you may win
the wagon. and it is a nice one.
Jun 23-tf.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23

On account of the crowded con
dition there are many important
articles and locals left out this
week. Among them several
obituaries. They will appear
next week.
Remember the Record-Press is
all printed at home and at twice
the expense of the patent sheet,
and even then we are crowed
for room. We were compelled
to leave out the announcement
of the vast number of young
ladies entering in our popular
contest. But all will appear
next week ii we are forced
Z, get out an extra edition.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23

train at Fredonia and look mp
the Main Street, it would i'm
press him as a city of many
times the size. The business
houses are all new and of brick
and there exists the spirit of
thrift in every merchant. For
as far as you can see on both
sides of the street, the walks
are concreted and about the
incest we have seen. We ven
ture there is more concrete
pavements in Fredonia than
many towns FIVE times the size.
One of the best signs of a pros
porous town is the preparation
the merchants make for their
customers. Such a store as is
owned by Sam Howerton would
grace the Main street of any
city and is a guarantee that it
pays him well to keep such a
store with such an immense and
varied line of everything nice
and serviceable to wear, for men
women and children. And this
is not the only one by any means.
Every store shows the spirit of
thrift and progress.
w. f. Cox is proprietor of a
general store that at once at
tracts the visitor or customer.
The clean way in which his
store is kept is characteristic of
his goods.
Then there is Moores Drug
Store, as nice as can be found
anywhere. Hughes & Son city.
Grocery, BENEFITS Dry Goods,
Loyds Dry Goods, and many
others that for the short time
we were there we are unable to
name.
For sure it is a live busting
busy town, populated with a.
people as thrifty as can be found
any where and the many courte-
sizes shown us while there is
sure to cause us to visit the good
town as often as is possible for
us to do so.
Those subscribing for the
Record-Press the few hours we
were there were:
j. T. Hughes, DR.. l.. G. Tay-
lor, w. E. Cox, J. w. hughes, !
j. 7. Brashier, Sam Brinkley, |
DR.. H. B. Wolf, j. L. Ray, H.
c. Rice, S. r. Grimes. J. L.
Jeffords, l.. f. Travis. James
King, o. r. Baker, J. f. Turley,
E. N. Duncan.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
TO MAMMOTH CAVE.

July 18th, $4.75 round trip
from all stations on Morganield
branch, going on morning train.
Board at hotel and admission to
the two routes in the cave for
only So. 30.
A grand three days outing to
the great subterranean wonder.
See l. a. NlAgent
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
MISS LEAFFA WlLB0RN
TO NASHVILLE

Miss LeatFa Wilborn. the Lopu-
lar deputy county clerk. has
been given a short vacation that
she is enjoying in Nahsyille.
having gone by way of boat
over the Cumberland SO if the
news columns are not as full Of
locals this week. it is because of
her absence. She renders valua-
BILE assistant to us in this line
and we miss her.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
CHILDRENS' DAY

Next Sunday will be Chill
dren's Day at the Main street
Presbyterian church.
There will be a good program
and every body is cordially in.
vited.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23
SrRAYED.

From my home in Crayne,
three weeks ago, one black
shoat, unmarked, weight about
80 pounds. Information of same
will be paid for.
w. b. BINKLEY.
Caryne, Ky
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-06-23

tributed Clean Up" notice over
town that should be strickly adj
here | to.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-05-12
Mrs. H. r. Geary.

Mrs. H. r. Geary died in Hood River
May 4, 1910, aged 65 years. The fun.
eral services were held Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the undertaken q
parlors in Hood River, conducted by
Rev. j. G. Tate, assisted by DR.. T. B.
Ford. Appropriate solos were rendered
by Mrs. Fred Tate, accompanied by
Miss Nellie Tate at the organ. The
remains were inferred in IdisWilde
cemetery. The floral offerings from
relatives and friends were many and
beautiful.
Achsah Brown was born January rs,
l845, in Pompey, New York, and was
married to r. II. Geary, July 3, 1864.
In the year 1867 she, with her husband
and one child, moved to Plainview,
Minn., in which place they lived until
1894. In that year the family moved
to st. Paul, where they resided until
1907, when they game to Hood River,
where her husband died September %,
1909. The surviving members of the
family are George II. and Arthur b.
of st. Paul, James f.. of Pine River.
Mimi, and Susan A. of Hood River.
On Wednesday evening, May 4, at
seven o'clock the silent messenger
came and summoned her gentle, loving
spirit home. For more than three years
the fatal disease had slowly but surely
been sapping the life of this patient
sufferer. Her friends all knew and she
also realized the fact that it was only a
question Of brief time when she must
succumb to its direful ravages. But
during those long years of anxiety and
suffering, not word of complaint did
she utter. Not sign Of fear did she
manifest, but silently, uncomplainingly
she bore the cross which Providence
had given her to bear and with true
Christian grace and fortitude, perform
ed as best she could, the duties OF each
passing hour. Always loving wife,
kind and atfectionate mother, a gem
erous neighbor, she was more solicitous
about the welfare of others than of
herself.
She is at rest now, her troubles are
over, she has gone to brighter and
better world than this and we cannot
nor would we do otherwise than say
''The Lords viii be Done"
A Friend.