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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
To Control the Gas Company.

President Emory L Coblentz, Chief
Engineer Oscar B. Coblentz and Auditor
S. II. Bennett, of the Frederick Rail
road Company, appeared before the
Public Service Commission, Messrs.
James NJ Amber, Philip d. Laird
and Joshua w. Herring, in Baltimore,
few days ago, in the matter of the
application of the railroad company for
authority to issue and sell S72, 600 of
preferred stock and S167, 600 Of first
mortgage, 5 per cent. bonds to provide
means of paying for the extension and
improvement of its facilities, and also
the purchase OF 1875 shares Of pre-
ferred stock and ,263 shares of com
mon stock Of the Frederick Gas and Elec
trio Company at the price of $40, 900
Although no official action was taken
upon the application, the hearing prov
ed most satisfactory and the matter was
considered most favorably 1t is under
stood that the chairman of the com
mission announced, though neither pub
LEGATION nor officially. that an order
would be passed by the commission
upon tho filing by the Railroad Com
pany of the copies of certain franchises
which were recently acquired. The
Public Service Commission is desirious
Of having all the records of the corpo
ration complete before acceding to the
compnny's application.
The commission viewed with much
favor the purchase by the Railroad
Company Of the controlling stock in the
Frederick Gas and Electric Company
after the matter had been gone into
fully and seemed to approve the action
under the Frederick situation
Under the passage of the order giving
approval of the matters asked for in the
application of the Frederick Railroad
Company will acquire the control of the
Gas Company, which for some years
had been in the hands of Philadelphia
parties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
World Growing Better.

Every issue of newspaper which tries
to record the most important events of
the day seems to be on its face an indict-
ment of the human race and modern
civilization. Stories of greed. oppres-
sion, wrongs and crimes often take up
most OF the space in its columns. The
effect upon the reader is sometimes to
make him think, for the moment at least.
that the world is growing more hard and
cruel, and that society, as it is consti-
tuted at present, is a failure. But such
view is all wrong, and the thoughtful
reader soon realizes it. The world is
growing better all of the time, and hu-
manity is steadily advancing from one
plane Of life to another.
The reason that there seems to be
more wickedness is that the people of
the earth are in closer communication
with each other, than they were only
few years ago. Crimes which once re-
manned unknown to all but a compare
lively few. are now revealed to the
entirely civilized world, that it may know
the sort of men that it must suppress.
and the extent of the harm that thew
infftct and the manner in which thev are
dealt with. Wrongs which once flour
ished because they were hidden are now
dragged into the light Of day, and ex-
posed in all of their meanness in the
pages of the newspapers. Modern civil
lization, through its most powerful agency
for progress, the public press, lays bare
the hitherto hidden wounds inflicted
upon society, that they may be cured
and their repetition prevented No, the
world is not growing worse. There is
much less of poverty. crime and suffer
ing than existed only few years ago.
Life is easier, more profitable and more
full OF joy. The man with the shovel
gets more out Of it than did the man
with the two handed sword in his castle.
brief remove back in the life of the
race Cleveland Leader.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
WEST CLAIMS SUPREMACY

Last week the Chicago Tribune pub
lished an enormous issue, which was
devoted to setting forth the supremacy
Of Chicago and the West in nearly
every thing that pertains 10 culture and
prosperity. 1t almost made an Eastern
man blush to think that he lived this
side Of the Allegheny Mountains, since
everything that seems worth while seems
to be going on in the Mississippi Valley.
Now, unfortunately for Eastern pride,
after making due allowance for the
tendency Of Chicago and the Western
people to brag a great deal. it must be
confessed that official statistics make a
good showing for the supremacy which
is claimed. The center of population
is in Indiana, the center of manufact-
ing in Ohio. and the center of wealth
is somewhere near Chicago, if the
figures adduced are correct. 1t may be
admitted that these figures are open to a
large amount of error, that it is impos-
sible to state these items in precise
terms, but the errors are as likely to be
on one side as on the other, and the
tables probably average very we'll so far
as sections are concerned.
The Tribune figures its own partic-
ular section to be that portion of the
Mississippi Valley bounded by North
Dakota and Kansas and Ohio and Ne
braska, thirteen States which are fed by
the waters north of the Mason and
Dixons Line. but excluding some i'm
portant lands at the foot of the Rockies
which drain eastward, and also exclud
ing Oklahoma, which is placed in the
Southern section. 1t seems that all OF
the Eastern States north of Maryland
contain property valued at only $685.
600, 900, 900, while the Western group
is valued at over $40, 600, 600, 600.
These are the figures of six years ago
and must be appreciably augmented to
give present values.
We admit the validity of the figures
without question. We are also willing
to admit the claim of the Tribune, that
in short time Chicago is to be the
financial center of the country as it is
now the commercial and distributing
center. We are willing to admit almost
anything, but still insist that there are
still some people on this side of the
mountains who fear God, tell the truth
and are trying to make an honest living.
But the growth Of the West is undeni-
able. 1t is more emphatic because it is
attended with a smaller increase of pop
ulation than is normal. The older
States of the Valley are not increasing
much in population, but a system of
financial energies are getting richer and,
it is to be hoped, better in every way :.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Municipal Advertising.

That it pays to advertise has become
truism. And not only private indus
try finds that dividends follow the pub
licity agents. but communities are awak-
ening to the same truth. 1t pays to
boom city.
The recently announced census report
on Los Angeles may be quoted in sup
port. Two hundred and eleven per
cent. increase in population in decade
tells an eloquent story of ambitions real
lied, of boasts made good. The city
and the entire Pacific Coast country has
reason to feel elated.
Southern California is one of the gar
den spots of America. Good soil and a
balmy climate combine to make Los
Angeles a mecca for the continent. The
city, natural advantages are important,
but more important still is the fact that
the city advertises,
Los Angeles is possibly the most per-
sistently doomed city in the United
States. She has for years cried her
wares along every highway; her charms
have been described for the admiration
of the world. No man could be so ig-
norant as not to know what this Califor
mia city thought of herself.
And the result of this campaign of
persistent publicity is told in the census
figures, 1t is an object lesson in the
advantages of advertising.
Why should such cities as Los Ange-
les and Denver be permitted to monopo-
lie this method of selfdevelopment2
The lesson is too good to be ignored.
The only city in the United States which
does not need advertising is New York.
Cleveland needs more than it is getting.
Let us boom Cleveland as Los angeles
has been doomed. = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

time when food stufs can be held in
cold storage, 50 that the trusts cannot
control the markets and compel the peo-
pie to pay exorbitrnt prices for the nee
essaries of life. All of these things
Congress may, and we believe, can do,
at its next session, and if it does Con-
gress will take long step in the right
direction. and will earn and receive the
thanks and gratitude Of the American
people
So far as Mr.. Taft is concerned, he
can do but very little, and the people
would have very little confidence in any
thing that he tries to do, because Of
his weakness and failures up to this time.
The hope of the people is in Congress,
and We believe that that hope is not in
vain.
The people have spoken in no uncer.
tain tones and the power of the people
will prevail
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Editorial Notes.

If Senators were elected by popular
vote, some of the men now mentioned"
for that honor in New York would keep
carefully in the background.-Me York
W0rld
Three billion bushels of corn seem to
be enough 10 provide hoe cakes or mush
for the whole country this winter-PAiIa-
deLbhia Times.
Dr. Lyman Abbott, of the OUTPUT, gives
nine reasons for the debacle. and omits
the real one WASHINGTON Post
Now that the election is over. people
are beginning again to call DR.. Cook
liar Washington Herald.
Having experienced the landslide at
home, President Taft has gone to investi-
gate the lesser landslide of the Panama
Canal PhiAadeLbhia Record.
They say Justice Hughes wears "a
smile of satisfaction The supreme
bench rides easier than the hobbyhorse
of politics.
So long as the people think politics are
implicated in the high cost of living,
politics will have to do most of the ex-
planning.
Fashion hint: When any particular style
of wearing apparel becomes too much in
vogue it suddenly goes out of vogue.
Defeated candidates and newspaper
men get the short end of the election
sport.
Mount Mckinley and truth telling can't
seem to agree.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
independence in Politics.

The increasing independence of the
voters in the United States puzzles the
party managers. 1t is, moreover, the
cause of an almost comic despair on the
part of the political mathematicians;
they have to admit that there is nova
days no telling in such an election con-
test as the present how the votes are
going. There was always, of course,
some doubt, but results are now ten
times as dubious.
In the good old days of hard-and fast
party lines men were either Republicans
or Democrats; changes from one side to
the other were few, and speculation and
conjecture were confined to considering
how the new voters, the young men
just coming of age, would cast their bal
lots. The nomination of Blaine for
president in 1884 provoked an indepen-
dent political movement, or bolt, tens of
thousands of Republicans leaving the
party; and IL years later a great many
Democrats bolted from Bryan on account
of his free silver views.
There have been, it is true, the minor
parties of protest and revolt, but the
bulk of the voters have usually stuck
very closely to the two big parties, so
that the growth of independence may
rightly be said to be a comparatively
modern phenomenon.
Elections in the northern republic
have grown more interesting by reason
of the new tendency of the voter to
think for himself. Merican Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
State-W Wide Protest.

Complaints from all over the State are
heard against the State Roads Commits.
sion, of which Johh NJ. Tucker, of Cecil
county. is chairman, and which is under
the indirect control of Governor Crothers.
To the commission has been entrusted
the spending of S., DOC, 600 of the peoples
money. and, although the law requires it,
no report of the financial end of the work
has been made to the public.
Governor CrotherS has received some
written reports'of the work of the commits
sion, but these reports indicate nothing as
TO the cost per mile for road building, nor
have they ever been made public. The
commission has been in existence nearly
two and half years, and during that time
nearly 81, 100, 600 has been spent or is
contracted for.
The Carroll Record, of Taneytown,
says: The road commission has had a
remarkably comfortable time of it. so far
The public has been patiently waiting and
hoping for desired results, realizing that
the immensely of the good roads question
required much time in order to be sure Of
being right before going ahead. But the
time has been given abundantly and the
commission is not delivering the kind Of
results reasonably looked for.
The Westminster 4Ad00cafe says:
why does the Governor of our State
insist on investigating individuals Would
it not be wiser and better to take real
enemy of good government, the Road
Commission, and have it at least officially
report what it has attempted to do with
S. 900, 600? To make it do something
wise is, of course, too herculean task
for our versatile Chief Executive to at
tempt"
The Cecil Whig, which is edited by
Frank Z. Williams, candidate for comp
troller last year, contains the following
editorial upon the subject
I'm the Whis of last week will be found
the account of great indignation meet
ing at Cumberland wherein the State
Road Commission IS excoriated unmerci-
fully Chairman John M. Tucker and
Governor Crothers, his SPONSOR were not
spared in the scathing criticisms. Some
thing of the same sort has been cropping
out in other sections of the State. until it
is becoming evident that the people are
at last realizing what an extravagant, in
competent. ignorant affair this State Road
Commission is. 1t has been an expensive
lesson to the State already but it is better
to learn the lesson now than later. That
it would be learned we have never
doubted"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
State Purchaser of Road

The State Road Commission
advised on Monday last, that the ,to" vas
holders of the Baltimore and Fredsr IyN'
town Turnpike Company had acea ,'As,
its offer of 500, 600 for its rd p'1u
which extends from Baltimora o"4 !.
Boonsboro, a distance of 60 miles %
The pike will be taken over Nv d.
commission and the toll gates renov r,,1
in a few days. There are some m;o
details over the tranfers of the pronor, l
yet to be arranged, which will 10 -:
tied within few days
The commission was also ineo,,.
that the stockholders of turnpike Go,
Boonsboro to Hagerstown and frou
Hagerstown to point Just below Con
ococheague Greek. total distance e
q miles, has accepted its offer.
The total sum involved in the fran.
action is about s134, 600. Included
the acquisition are all the bridges, cnI
verts, rights of way, and other annnr
tenances. Several days will elapsqr ba
fore the legal features of the trans,s
ton are completed.
By the recent acquisition the Stat.
has direct road from Baltimore to H.
Pennsylvania line in Garrett conntv
The newly acquired road extends fro%
Baltimore to Frederick, to Boonsborn
to Hagerstown, and then ON to the q,
ococheague. From the Conocoebeogne
TO Cumberland where the old Nation.
pike is Joined the road was abapdoDed
some time ago as a toll road and hEon
over by the county. The National ril1
through Cumberland through AllegaDy
and Garrett counties to the State line
is already under the control Of the Good
Roads Commission and work is beiDg
done on it.
The total roadway Of 172 miles will
be graded and smooth surfaced. Chair
man Tucker is opposed to tearing III
the pixies and replacing them with new
foundation. He favors repairing I'D
present roadways so as to bring them
up to high state Of efficiency without
removing the foundation. 1t is estil
mated that the repairs can be made fc
less than $4,000 a mile, which woul
make the entire cost of the road bu
very little in excess of IS, 600 mile
as compared with from $4,000
S12, 900 for the new roads which al
commission is building in other section
of the State.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
STATE NEWS.

Baltimore and Ohio stockholders re-
elected the present board of directors.
While the fire horses were out work
ing. Ernest Moore home in Salisbury
burned.
The court house bell and weights in
Salisbury fell at 8 a M, awakening lots
of people.
Promoters of the monorail system
hope to extend the route from New York
to Baltimore.
Eustace Cochran, Caroline county
boy, was sentenced to 10 years for rob:
berry at Sacramento, Cal.
Several Democrats are mentioned for
county chairman in Carroll to succeed
the late B. T. Grouse.
Rev. William Nicholl retired Bap.
fist minister, has accepted call to
Pylesville, Baltimore county.
Capt. w. L. Fisher, who retires from
Co. B, First Maryland Regiment, was
given banquet in Hagerstown.
Otto Lineweaver, who cot married
under another name in Rockville, is now
in Jail to answer perjury charge.
Elopers, refused a Rockville license
on Sunday, telephoned the girl 5 mother,
waited over and wed Monday.
Governor Crothers, in an interview,
praised the new State banking law. He
says building and loan associations ought
to be included in its provisions.
Hume West, the clever check forger,
is in nervous state in the Baltimore
City Jail. He will be indicted and will
not be turned over to the Washington
police.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Children Give Gifts.

The pupils Of the Free Kindergaf
School, of this city, on Wednesday "a
beautiful and practical example
charity to the unfortunate, by supplyl
some of the necessities of life to seya
homes that were in need of substanti
help.
In order to teach the child, in pn|
teal way, the spirit of giving each pub
is asked to contribute some article
food or clothing, and on ThanksgiiI
evening the things contributed by \
children are given to one Or more wort
families in need of assistance This
only impresses upon them in pracdI
way, to dispense charity but at
same time helps those who are less faI
innate in this worlds goods.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Association of Maryland Work
ers For The Blind.

About seventy people assembled Mon
day night, in the auditorium Of the Y. M.
c. A.. in the interests of the adult blind.
The meeting which was called to order
by Rev Alonzo d. Winters, pastor of
the First Baptist church, was held under
the auspices of the Maryland Association
of Workers for the Blind, Baltimore.
Rev. Winters made a few appropriate
remarks calling attention to the fact that
this Association was not asking for
charity; but what was more unusual-th
sympathy and support of the community
in its chief object, providing an oppor-
tunity, an opening in life, for the adult
blind, whereby they might become self
supporting.
MIR. w. c. Sherlock. president of the
Association, and himself blind, then made
an able and interesting address. He said
in part:
The object of the local Chapters which
are now in propagation, is to seek out the
home blind, and see that they receive the
benefit of the State aid, ETC.. and to help
and patronze the work which they learn
to do. So far the most enterprisng chap
ter is in Hyattsville, Miss Latimer's home.
1t was organized last June, and has now
40 active members The officers are:
President, Rev. Alonzo D. Winters; vice
president, Prof. Chas. w. Ely; secretary
treasurer, ex-senator Jacob Rohrback.
The president will later appoint COM
mittees.
Rev. Hooff has the distinction of being
the first one to pay his dues for the year.
The musical program was well render
ed by pupils from the Conservatory of
Music of the Woman's College, Miss
Edmunds singing beautiful solo. There
were on exhibition many articles made
by the pupils of the Maryland School
which gave no evidence of any lack of
sight on the part of the makers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

The horse of Hiram g. Thomas, of
near this city, slipped and fell on North
Market street in front of Williamson
drug store. The shafts of the buggy
were broken
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

TIL omas 7. Eckert, Jr., son of the
late General Eckert, once president of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, and Minnie Egan, housekeeper
for the general and his son, were mar.
ried.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

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Amador ledger., 1910-07-29
500 PRIZES GIVEN AWAY
Including 10 Grand Prizes

PeTakng Machine Records and Purchase Check SO
PzeTang Machine Records and Purchasd Check Sls
Sd PzeSewing Machine and Purchase Check $3.50
GrandP Prze-Violn Purchase Check, $40
5th Prze-Guitar and Purchase Check, $3.50
Mandolin and Purchase Check, S55
7th Prze--Piano Harp and Purchase Check, $50
Prize-Piano Harp and Purchase Check Sl7
and Purchase Check, $46
Prze-Pano Harp and Purchase Check, $l45
Amador ledger., 1910-07-29
$4, 10000 GIVEN AWAY
In Great Rebus Contest Inaugurated by Mcneil
Co., In Conjuring With Eastern Piano Factories
No Charge of any
Kind to Enter
All Have an Equal Show

This set of Rebus pictures will inter
est the growu-nps as we'll as the chill
dren, and has great deal more to it
than the mere fun of getting the cor
rect answer.
The most artistic correct answer will
receive the first prize, and the balance
of the prizes will be distributed in the
order of correctness and in what our
opinion would be the most artistic So
luton received. Everyone has an equal
opportunity. You know Mcneil x Co. s
way of doing things-just as adver-
tised. We are making this offer at the
request of several factocies whose cep-
resentatives we are in California, and
by giving this amount away directly to
piano purchasers, direct results can be
secured at once instead of spending
their entire advertising appropriation
in expensive magazine advertising.
We want everyone interested in Piano
or Player Pianos to enter this contest.
You, of course, know that we want
these prizes and every one of these
purchase checks to go where they will
be properly appreciated. Be sure and
enter; yours may be the answer that
will secure one of the big prizes. 1t
certainly will if yours is the most ar
tistic correct answer.
Amador ledger., 1910-07-29
Each Contestant will Receive an

Purchase checks will be awarded to
each contestant according to merit IN
value from $l37 down to SIT, also a
book of old favorite songs will be
awarded to each contestant.
These purchase checks are as good as
ash, and will be accepted as part pay
Amador ledger., 1910-07-29
Napoleon's Grit

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when you have a bad cold, cough or
lung disease. Suppose troches, cough
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failed, don't lose heart or hope. Take
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faction is guaranteed when used for
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saved thousands of hopeless sufferers.
y masters stubborn colds, obstinate
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and is the most safe and certain re-
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drug store.
Amador ledger., 1910-07-29
ALBERT LEHN
]. E. WALTON

J. E. WALTON :
Of Plymouth, hereby announces him
self cand icate for the office of
CORONER and PUBLIC ADMINS
TRAITOR
CT Amador county. subject to the de-
cision of the Republican Primary cleo
tion to be held August 16, 1909.
Amador ledger., 1910-07-29

JOHN l.. CHILDS,
Judge of the Superior Court of Del
NOrte County, California. respectfully
sollcits your support at the Republican
primaries to he held August 16, 1910.
He is asking for the Repu blican nom
alton in the First Congressional DISTRICT
of California.