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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
l9 TOOK DECREE:
0F KNlCHTHOOD
LAST NIGHT.
Many Visitors n
TolUn for the
Event

Last night was big one In loea
PythiEn circles. The meeting that har
b. en- planned by the members Of Noun
tain City Lodge No. 4s was succcs.
In every particular. Nineteen candi
dates had the degree Of knighthocd
conferred upon them by a special
working team. The gathering was to,
large fer the accommodations afford
ed at the lodge room and was held "a,
the Masonic Temple. Several officers
Of the Grand Lodge were present and
twenty towns were represented by
members OF the order.
After the regular business session
and the Initiation ceremonies social
session was held which every person
present enjoyed immensely. A care.
fully prepared programme had been
arranged and sumptuous banquet
was served. Between four and five
Hundred Knights were around the fes.
tai! board and enjoyed the feast of
r,iEth and song as we'll as the deleeta-
BILE deIieaeies that pleased the gnstn-
tory sense and the astronomical crav.
ings of the assembled Knights. The
oratory was of the character that in
terested the auditor and the splendid
musical numbers that were sung by a
selected octet enchanted the hearers. :
Among the grand ledge officers pres.
ent were J. H. Beans, Grand chanceI-
Ior, Ct Wheeling w. H. Dunbar. Grand
Prelate, Of Parkcrsburs; Frank Stout,
Grand Master at Arms. Of clarksburg:
John p. Arbenz, Grand Outer Guard,
OF Wheelingi L. ". G. Morris, Grand.
Supreme Representative, of Parkerr.
tur9; Gen. c. A. Barlow, commander
Of the Uniform Ranks. of Bcnwocd.
Among the towns represented at the
re-ting las. night we're RowIesburg,
Wheeling, Weston. Glover's Gap, Par:
kcrsburg, Mannington, Farmingt7n,
shinnston, Grafton, Morgantown, Phil
ippi, .Worthington, Everson, Barns.
town, Huntington, EIkins and many
others.
oam II. NHzur1i one OF the most en-
thusiastic Pvttlians in Fairmont, sent
the following telegram to the local
lodge last night from Los Angeles,
Call: ~
"Frat-rnaI greetings and heartiest
wishes for successful meeting. Re.
eret inability to be present.
SAM n. NuZuM."
The following telegram was received
and read during the evening:
". H. Beans,
"care Masonic Temple.
Extend fratemal greetings. Wheel
>ns Pythians invite Marien eou;>>a
Pythians to reunion here on gath Inst.
..JAMEs P. COLLINS, Chairman"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
MAD ENGINEER
RUNS A!MUCK
With TRAIN
Becomes Insane at
Throttle Of his
Engine

NEWARK, O., Feb. 1a-WtiIe run
ming into zenrsville with ihlr ergnc
and a 3. and o. freight train Harry Me.
E'roy. freight engineer suddenly
went insane last night and turned tho
throttle cr the high gear and swe ps
through the city at u rate of over 4
mile nIii:tte. Fireman Thomas, see.
ing that the engineer did nnt stop for
the red block. left his seat, and walked
eyer. 70 the engineers side of the cab
and fcurd MeElroy raving maniac.
With his coat and hat off and his hand
Icr the throttle he was RUNNING the
engine at full speed. Tnomas spoke to
McEiroy andI requested the engineer
to stop. MeElroy. his eyes blazing an,
swearing that he would kill any per-
sen wno attempted to stop him, start
ed throwing coal in the furnace. With
the train running sixty miles an hour.
Fireman Tioams srappled with the
crazy engineer and as the train sped
thraugii the country districts the two
men locked in battle.
mcElroy attempted to throw his
fireman from the cab and it took all
the strength of Thomas to prevent
the crazy engineer from hurting him
through thr cab window. After a des-
rcrate battle the train ran into New.
ar. and Thomas sisnaIIed for help.
BY thi1 time the Coal in the fire box
had died down and the traa, was run.
Eing slowly. Two men in the yards
i1lre jumped on the cab arid grapplcd
with the crazy engineer but were un.
able to subduc him until three other
men boarded the engine; after the
trail, had left the city limits. Afte-
desperate fight the five men finally
we're able to take MeEiroy from the
cab. He was then taken 10 the city
jail where he will he held until an
investigation will be nader =
Weak from his tcrr:solc encounter
Thomas was lifted from tho cab and
taken to hotel where physician
was calico Who rendered medical aid.
McEiroy has been employed by the
B. and o. for over ten years and was
great faverite among the railroad
men. What was the reason for his
insanity is not known. He resides in
this city and has family.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
Socialists
CAUSE TRCuBLE-AT LEAST TWO
(! HUNDRED PEOPLE WOUNDED
IN STREET FIGHTS.
IRN Itnifatl l.rnSs.l

Es tIilltSu E-lHss.I
FRAME URT-OS-TIIEMAlN. Feb
lS.-Tne police say at least two hnn
lred were seriously wounded late las,
night in the riOtinE accompanying the
suffrage LII. None of the injured will
lie. Further trouble Is feared. There
was lighting last night through muny
streets. the police charging the crowds
Demonstrators threw bags OF pepper In
the yes of the police.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
Coal Orders I
HAVE BEEN HEAVY II His WIN
TER AND COMPANIES WILL III
HAVE BIG PAyST!flS u.
= MONTH, ~ tSs25 s.. Il

To-morroW will be pay. day fora
number Of concerns 10 this elty. The
biggest pay will be that OF the ccnSoil-
datlon Coal Company. The work svan
better last month than the 1precedlnp1
month, consequently there viii be morc;
money distributed. Coal orders are
much heavier for coalsthls WIntef n than
last and the coal companies are doing
much better business than they did
a year ago. r. sI;.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
HOTEL PROPRIETOR
Fran Grafton Operated on at Cook
Hospital Fer Appendicitis.

Mr.. J7hn Heath, proprietor of the
Ben Avon hotel at Grafton wac brought
to Cock Hospital last evening on No.
S5 and operated on for appendicitis.
Drs. Fsch, E. w. Howard and L. @.
Howand performed the operation. The
case was severe ore, though the pa
t'cnt is d7ing nicely to-day. Or. Proud.
foot. of Rowlesburg. accompanied MIR.
Heath te this city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

Elizabeth. the little daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Mayors. is Ill with scar
let. fever. The Mayors home Is quar-.
entined. Master Shirley Mayors !. is
sick Mt the home OF Mr.. Anthony Bow
ycn on Maple avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. a. +. Hoult have been
the guests since yesterday OF Mrs. Del
IL Shinn On Pierpont avenue. They
left today for rarkcrshurg. Mrs. NJ. A.
kcnIall and Mrs. III. o. EIuvencr. who
were the guests OF Mrs. e. r. Hartley.
returned today to Park prsburg,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
Denies Guilt
WILLIAM sEYLER SAYS HE DIDN'T
KILL JANE ADAMS-LEFT FOR
SCENE OF CRlME%TO.DAY.

PETERSBURG. Va. Feb. ts.-The
seylcr brothers, accused Of the rnur-
der Of Jane Adams at Atlantic City.
left for there to-day in charge Of the
aheriff. The elder scyler denied his
guilt. He said he didn't know whether
crvis killed the girl or not put he had
on his nina the night he
went on the pier.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
TNrnun Very III
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR IN
=CAPACITATED FROM FuRTHER
SERVICE THIS TERM.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 1s.-
Senator TilInlan, probably will not be
able to again resume active work II.
the Senate this session. He is at home
here suffering from partial paralysis
as result OF slight leakage of blood
on the brain from arteries weakened
by ealci.icaticn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Hoult. who were
called here from Baltimore by the
death OF Miss Winifred Houit, will re-
main here for a few days as guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell Musgrnve.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (2.05 p. N.Y.
1.-The condition of Senator TsIIman
has become alarming. He has been
unconscious most OF the day. Grave
fears are entertained fer his reeov-
|cry.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18
{ " AOCS is HOES"
4 IN PIlTSBURc
HIGHEST MEAT PRICES SINCE THE
j. CIVIL WAR RECORDED IN THE
MARKET TODAY.
tBy United prass.)

ITTTSBIiRG. Pa, Feb. IS.-All the
best grades of hogs in the local live
stock market sold at s9,75 per hundred
weight today. setting another new rec
urL sinco Inc Clvi! War. The poorer
GRADES were quoted at above eight
the past month.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

a. ]. Kern Is UP from the University
Tor few days aud Is tde guest of Mr.
aud Mrs. U. A. Clayton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-18

Z y T. s. u
~ New Seven Room House, East
Park Ave-, strictly modern. .s3,s 10000
t2) Good fifty foot lot, paved street.
South Side ...........-........ $4,000
t3> Good six room house. paved
street, South Side ............ $4,000
~ Four room cottage, Second
ward ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9l,uo.
t5) Business building, centrally 10.
Cato d......-.. -............- $16.5oo.o1
t6> room house, lot 5ox15or Fourth
ward ..........-... S1,250
~ six room house. 3 squares from
Court House ............--. $3,c0n.00
t8) Good SIX room house, Rhea Ter.
race ................... S2,45o
Terms, $3.50 down, $3.50 per year.
tel Good pressed brick house. paved
street .-................ s6,co0.00
Close In. Fl
t10) 3ox121 Walnut Ave. $1,000
" there is any particular piece oil
property you want to buy, 1t is MY
business 20 yet you the bottom prizes.
FOR REST
Six room house. Chicago ST.,
....s.............. $500
Four room. rev house, Chicago
s.. ..,.....,., ..i..5.,.... s12.oo
Five room house, Grant st.
$1,000
Nine room house. Janison ST
.lsF.-... $22.51
-Four rooms. First ward j. s12.cc
Three rooms, First ward. $500
6Ss w. IA. LAWYER, & s5
BALE and Renting, Brokerage, Hall
Block sl IS 80 80
U p
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

years But as late as 1903 the great mass
ously. Many looked upon it as a joke To
day hundreds of thousands of acres. not
alone in the United States but throughout
The spread of this method of cultivation
is largely due to the efforts of organic
alton formed for The purpose and originally
known as the Trans Missouri Dry Farming
Congress- 1t was formed in Denver. Colo
RADIO. Governor Jesse f. Mcdonald of that
state issued the official call for the first
congress that assembled in January of 1907.
The objects of this organization to
bring about better understanding of the
facts regarding dry farming and to prevent
the dishonest exploiting of dry farm lands
in the west, which some spectators were
indulging in at the time to the detriment
both OF the investor and the state An adj
ditiona object was to give publicity to the
success Of dry farming, as an Important fac
tor in the development of the west More
than 300 delegates from the various states
attended the first congress
This organization now has grown to be
an International affair. The headquarters
are in Denver. where a statistical bureau
is maintained and regular publication work
Canada, Russia Australia. South Africa.
Brazil and Mexico represented on the
list of vice presidents of the organization:
City in January. 1908. This time 600 dele
gates were in attendance. They represent
ed practically all the semi-arid states.
There was authorized at this session the
organization Of great educational and ro-
litica propaganda through the dissemina-
ton OF dry farming literature, publication
Of reports and official bulletins and the en-
couragement OF newspaper publishers in
their efforts to acquaint their readers with
the truth about dry farming The officers
of the congress were also authorized to co
operate with all state and government in
vestigators and experimenting farmers.
The third congress met at Cheyenne.
Wyoming in February. 1909 Its member
ship had already grown to 100, and in adj
ditiOn to those foreign countries already
named it had spread to Turkey, Turkestan
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04
LITERARY MAGAZINE

We're the lands of Kansas 80 years ago and
so were those of South Dakota not ten
years past Yet model homes have crowd.
ed west and the farmers are riding in auto
mobiles.
Throughout all the west there are lands
that may be formed We're the lands of
the middle west without irrigation All such
land, wherever it may be, unless cassed as
being mineral or timber land may be filed
upon in lGO-acre plots there being no pay
ment to the government or anybody else
other than the legal fees The settler must
live on the land and farm It, lie receives
his patent in five years and may then do
as he sees fit with it. The government
believes that five years residence makes
the land a home and that with it the set
tier has definitely located
The government has spent $4,000. 600 in
the west in reclamation projects that the
people might irrgate certain desert lands
that were otherwise useless. Much of the
land under these projects is already pri-
vatey owned. but much of it still belongs
to the government and may he filed upon
and title gained through the homestead act.
In some cases under the reclamation pro-
iectS the homesteader is allowed 100 acres.
forty acres. The unit is intended to be the
and irrigated land is very productive.
There are 100000 acres of this rri-
gated land now open to settlement.
The prospects that the reclamation SER
vice will add 100000 acres a year To this
with the ultimate possibility of using mp
3o.0Oo.0W acres. The gift of the land on
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

still practically a gift and offers great
possibilities to the individual operator or
small association. study of operations in
Wyoming and many other western states
where most of the coal operators are large
companies representing the railroads and
working lands granted to them. will show
that even these companies maintain many
small mines such as an individual might
work on Il single quarter section and that
these small holdings are great revenue pro
ducers. The government hopes to place THE
remaining coal lands in the hands of these
small operators.
OF course, all the undiscovered mines nf
the west belong to the individuals who find
them, who stake them out and who do their
assessment work. There is as much IN
claimed land in Alaska as in all of CONT
mental United States, probably as much
coal possibly as much gold. The great
mass of these are still among the things
that the government has to give away. Tho
land hungry are reaching out for them Ion.
before they have finished their meal in
the states. There promises, with economy
to he something left for n coming genera
tion for there is limit to the digestive
possibilities of an individual people in Il:
given limited time.
One of the purposes for which the gov
eminent land Office is maintained is to te.
the people where these lands are located
and how they may be gotten. The reclaim
alton service takes particular care of in
quries with relation to irrigated lands and
how they may be obtained. Every citizen
has perfect right to ask this detailed in
formation.
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An Old Scheme in New Form

and Algeria. More than 10000 official bull
letins had been circulated, thousands of per-
sonal letters written to farmers in reply
to quests OF information about dry farming
hundreds of statistical reports were re-
ceived and investigated. numerous special
articles prepared for publication and the
newspapers and magazines urged to give
publicity to the truth about dry farming
The report Of the third congress was pull
lished in the form OF handbook on dry
farming.
The last congress met at Billings, Mon
tana, In October of 1909. Some of Its OH
jects were to discuss and compare methods
by which the great area of arid land might
be profitably utilized under thorough tillagc
by which the natural rainfall can be con
served: the encouragement In the use of
methods by which in districts where the
rainfall is slight irrigation water limit
ed, the actual productive acreage can be
increased the closer cooperation between
government and state experts and the farm
ers of the arid district in dry farm work;
an educational propaganda and the foster
ing OF legislation, state and national, for
more experimental stations, more field eN
perts aid the actual cooperation of all
these stations in fixing and maintaining
certain recognized standard Of methods for
obtaining results.
For more than forty years the arid and
semi-arid lands have been devoted to the
pasture of sheep and cattle. 1t requires
from twenty to forty acres to support an
animal, the average being thirty-fve. The
object of dry farming is not to do away
with this, hut rather make stock raising
part Of the farm.
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Out Of R US $ i a

that gold up from the bottom Of the gulf
to surrender part of it to the Wilkinses.
"oh: No. I'm only discussing the legal
rights of the matter and Tom wilkins part
he didmhe had right to take amy partners
in he liked. OH Yes. The Wilkinses were
within legal rights all the time. though that
isn't exactly recommendation for going
in with them on gold mine. There are too
many legal robberies connected with that
class of property to suit me-"
I'm afraid there is too much law in this
country chimed in Marie Just as there
is too little in Russia. But what have You
heard of the progress of the suit of the
Princess NapraNine against Count Strogoti.
Mr.. Bristow?''
Brstow glanced quickly at his wife. The
princess really seems about to win he de
clared. Though the is still in the
courts. Our there writes me that he
understands the is convinced that the
claim is valid, and has received the "Prin-
cess officially at his court That means
that everything's over except the shouting.
don't know sometimes | wonder if ! did
right in letting Olga give up everything.
But Olga smiled. Not for me-. she de-
clared. she had declared i'm Baron Demi-
droff's office six months before. Not for
me. | told Baron Demidrom the truth. My
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

IT HE old saying that there is nothing new
under the sun applies to dry farming
Centuries back it was in vogue in Palestine
and northern Africa. The earliest dry farm
ers in this country We're the Tarahumari
Indians of Northern Chlcuahua. They We're
said to have been remnant of the origin
al band of prehistoric people. from whom
we have the first evidence of farming with
out irrigation Down in northern Mexico
without any evidence of canals. For miles
and miles in many directions from these
ruins there are no evidences of water. eth
er present past, and even to this day
teqnila and mescal are the only liquids that
play very prominent part in many of the
communities that exist by following the
thriving of the aboriginal tribes of north
crn Mexico. They till their soil by what
call scientific cultivation" The In
cans. dry farming" China has been do
ing 1t for the last three thousand years.
The method of the Chinese has been to
rough so as to conserve the little moisture
that might down. They surface The
soil in the spring. During the latter part
with a wooden plough. sometimes drawn by
couple of mules by an old woman or
donkey, turns the moist soil to the top,
with moist soil. Afterwards it is rolled
with small roller. Later the crust is
broken. Every farmer in the very dry
parts OF Ch1na where the rainfall Is only
fifteen inches, soaks the wheat barley,
sorghum or beans in water sometimes TWEEN
ty- four and sometimes forty eight hours be-
fore sewing it, BY doing so, the seed does
not have to draw much moisture ont of
the soil around 1t and by being sewed in
loose soil, is able to root at once 1t slllm-
bers there in the ground until rain comes,
which is sometimes six weeks after the
grain has been sewed. California was one
of our earliest western states to try drv
farming. 1t began forty years ago.
Eastern Oregon and eastern Washington
have been doing it for the last twenty five
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course. carry with 1t the rights of water,
the part of the government does not. of
with which to irrigate it free of charge.
hut this is to be had through the payment
of certain annual fees for the privilege
The government geological survey has
recently been making special study of coal
lands in the west with the idea of classify
ing them that their disposal may be guard
ed against with relation to monopolistic
acquisition. The survey reports that there
are sOOoo,OOO acres of land containing coal.
There are 100000 acres more but these
have been appropriated, in most cases. to
the disadvantage of the people as a whole.
1t is proposed that in the future these
lands be placed in the hands of individuals
and unlawful combinations prevented. To
that end the lands have been classified a
sufficient force is now maintained in the
field to prevent such abuses as those long
practiced by dummy entrymen and some
others.
Formerly coal lands within Is miles of a
railroad were held by the government as
being worth $50 acre and those more
than fifteen miles from such tranSporta-
tion were valued at $40. The recently in
rrodnced method of disposal. however. slip
nlates that the lands shall be appraised
10y government experts and sold at prices
they set upon valuation of half Il cent
per ton for the coal contained. In that
the ordinary royalties on coal land leased
and worked is 10 cents IL ton. this land is
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tastes are simple and ! am quite content
without the millions and the rank.
And in any event YOU are right 1t
was Marie who spoke 81 have tested that
mode of life and / know. There is nothing
in lis glitter and pomp to balance home
home such as ! never had and never could
have in ltuSsias splendid barbarism. No..
No! Mr.. Bristow. II Olga had hesitatel it
would have been your duty to tear her
away from it by force. The world has
nothing To offer that is better than .Ameri-
ca and American husbands.
Yes You are quite right The profeS
Sor smiled benignantly on his Two daugh
tiers. Won are 4nite right, both of YOU.
Money and rank! What are they: Moth
Ing. Nothing. TO freedom and the chance
for a man to be man. Besides" he add
ed, shrewdly, II suspect those estates will
not be very large after all. If SlrogoT
has net plnndered them, he is not the man
he is reputed to he
The bell ut the door of the apartment
rang. and a moment later a servant brought
an evening paper 10 Caruth.
The ianitor brought this up. sir he
explained. He says as how there's some
thing in it he thinks you'll like To see. sir. :
Caruth took the paper and glanced down
its columns. Then he uttered an eNclama-
tiou
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Good Lord" he cried. Listen to This
dispatch from ST. Petersburg: a tragir
sequel to the suit of the Princess Yves Ma
praNine against Count Strogoff for the pos
session of her ancestral estates took place
here today. Both the princess and her huS-
band. Baron Demdron, for fifteen years
chief of the dreaded third section of the
Russian police, We're instantly killed this
morning by. bomb thrown by man who
was mortally wounded by the guard as he
tried TO flee. Before he died he confessed
that he had acted at the instigaton of
Count Strogotf. Officers were at once sent
to arrest the count, but he had learned
somehow that his completely known
and blew out his brains as they came in
the door The estates of the princess. whose
romantic story has become we'll known 10
the world in the past year. will now revert
to the crown Ii is rumored that they have
been shamelessly plundered and instead of
being of colossal value are really almost
worthless.
Clrn1h dropped the paper. There's nor.
of it," he finished, but that's the sub
stance.
Olga clasped her hands. "Oh. Joe. joe
she cried 1T might have been YOU and
me! 1t might have been you and met