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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
BOAT EXCURSION
SUNDAY night
FIRST REAL RIVER OUTING OF
THE SEASON ON THE .. C.
WOODWARD.

The first real excursion on the NJ i
ongahela river this season out Of Fclr,
mont will be ram Sunday nigit July
10th. The popular steamer /. C Wcc I,
ward will arrive here tomorrow even
ing at four O'Clock from Plttsburs,
That evening at seven thirty o'clack
tho Woodward Will leave tho local
wharf with large number Of cxcir
sionists that will be. carried down the
magnificent stream as far ms Oreklssa
The boat will return from OpcklskP
and will reach the wharf here at ten
thirty o'clock. The fare for the round
trip will be thirty cents. TIE I. G.
Woodward has recently been over!,aui
ed and everything on the boat pre-.
se1ts au appearance of freshness tEat
wins the admiration of the passengers
The trip to opekiska is a popu,ai
one. Last season the packet company
run many excursions from Fairmont
to opel,iska and return and many
people took advantage of the oppor
tunity to get away from the heat and
cares of the city. The cool and re,
freshing breezes on the river were
found to be restful and invigorating
Tho scenery on the Monongnhella Is
not even surpassed by the Palisades
of the Hudson. The people at home
have what tourists travel thousands
of miles to see in the way Of ritsl
scenery.
Tomorrow might the people from
Fairmont will be given a chance tc
spend three hours on the river in a
most comfortable manner. There Wi
be a large number of city people aid
people near the city to take thi.
popular trip. There will be reireS,
ments on the boat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
.NOUVDSVILLE
NIAN1WINS RACE
in IsT DISTRICT
BIZ ead Can Vote
Not Considered
By Committee

The Congressional Committee of the
First Congressional district met here
Yesterday afternoon and canvasscd the
returns Of the primary elections re.
Gently held in the various counties of
the district. The vote showed ma
jority for Charles E. Carrigan,. Of
Moundsyille. and he was declared the
nominee. This vote stood Carrigan,
6,5Ts; Ogden, 4,764; Moore, 2,GlG.
Those in attendance were A. L. Leh.
man, chairman; Abram McCulloch, OF
Brooke; c. H. Watkins, Ohio; Walter
McGfumphy, Of Marshall; Frank
Clark, Wetzel; P. NJ. Koblegard, of
Harrison.
The .bread can vote" in Marion
county was not counted by The com
mittee; only the authorized Republl-
can primary was considered in making
up! the returns.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
Carrigan IS Declared the
Nominee for Congress
TO SUBMIT DRY AaEN5mENr.
Requisite Number Of Missouri voters
& sigp Petitions.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, July =
More than iye per cent of ID" roio.s
in thirteen of MissouTl's sixteen con.
sress districts have signed petItoEs
for submission of a statewide rrohl.
bliion amendment to the const'tutl N
at the state election tals year 'ls
more than complies Will, the in!tst'tt
and referendum law.
Judge William H. Wallace, OF Van
saf d:p, dcading the submission
movement, brought, petitions wit,
800 more signatures 10 the sccret@ry
of state, making the total r1rcs pf
voters on fllc asking submission. IS,
900, only the three sonrseSs distlit.s
in St. Louis have failed s., far to a:o
enough signatures.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
First Game
Has Already
Been Arranged

Z. u
III It did not take Manager Hunt long
TO arrange / game for the Independent
team that has already been organized
since the league went up into smoke.
Tomorrow afternoon the Fairmcnt In.
dependents will play Mannington at
Warrington. Manager Hunt has a
strong aggregation to pit against prac.
tically the Warrington League team.
A great contest is promised for the
fans at the oil town. Chambers and
Williams will be the battery for Man.
nlngton. Manager Hunt announced
his lineup this morning. 1t is as fol-
lows: Talbot, catcher; Hunt and
Toothman, pitchers; Carmony. first
baseman; Rldgley, second baseman;
Black, third baseman; Darlington,
shortstop; Eddy, right fielder; Taught,
middle fielder; Cole, left fielder.
The chances for good independent
teams at the towns that composed the
league are very encouraging. This
will be glad news for the enthusiastic
fans that hardly knew how TO contain
themselves since the league went out
of existence. There is plenty OF hope
ahead and 1t seems that this hope is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
NIALLOVV
EASY winner IN
FREE For ALL
The HarnessRaces
Were Excellent
Yesterday

The harness racing prosrcn given
bt the Fairmont Fair Association was
cor cluded last evening. Never, has
the speed followers had a better
chance 10 see good racing thai. a; III
local meeting. Thn horses were iil sood
condition :or this early in the season
and went around the oval wit. a
snap that brought forth cneers isnn
the grard stand. The track yes.er ;ry
came out II the heavy storms n E1e
co2dition and was fast,
1t was Princess Hal that came unde-
the wire first in three heats out cf
four. Kenneth NJ. drew second mo.eT
Margaret N. was third aud Loh;ngr!r
finished fourth.
III the frec.for.all pacing race Major
Mallow had an asy time in defeat.
ing the field in three straight hcats
Major was fayorIte with the crowd
and wien - took the lead in three
heats maintaining IL througiuu The
entire circuits there, w"s a tremendous
cheer from those that wtncr.cd sc
performance. Bolivcr who was cxA
pectcd by many to defeat Maior nnisa
ed third Green Pilot was second in
the race and Mimic was. fc'. u
The 2:14 trot wel.t to Hailwr':hv u
three heats. Tellus was secord. Rlpe
Ridge was third and Baron Arnold
brought mp the rear
Fem !Selson won the 2:s1 tfot. Iis
had no trouble in passing the %ir'
frs. in three heats the duration OF the
race. Allie Jordan followed the u:Fa.
and Rosalic girl was the thira.
pcnsonhurst won the s.4 ~. rum.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
VIRGINIA. ORATOR COMING.

cLARKsBuRG, W. Va. July a.
Hon. c. C. catlin, representing the
Eighth Congressional district, OF yir-
ginia, has accepted the invitation Of
the Harrison county Democratic COM
mlttee to address the senatorial con-
yentlon Of the Twelfth district, which
conyenes in clarksburg on Friday of
next week, July Il.
Mr.. carlin, though young man, is
one of the leading Democrats Of the
Old Dominion. He was first elected
to congress in 1907, to fill an unex.
pIred term.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
HOUSES ARE NEEDED IN THE INDUSTRIAL. VALLEY THIS
ss YEAR. WE GOT TO HAVE THEM,

Citizens Of Fairmont founatc this
this time 1t is the of opinion judges that City
is NOW at the beginning of velopmen
TRlNslC and MElToRIUS The growth of FMoNT will
pasmodic but CONTINUOUS you
to be FULL the SPIRIT of
Optimism will PAY than before. GET IN RIGHT
FACE YOUR DUTIES opportunities
hold real estate investments FEATHER
of those GOOD lots in the INDUS VALLEY FIGHT for Fair
mont FILL mind with FTER
of wonderful expansion FINISH intentions building
HOUSES take FACTORY FIT yourself for
by getting lots
relief OF yonr City by helping house the incoming population FOOL
with foreign investments CITY Infinitely better
pounies, FORGET that great
manufacturing district and that MORE RAILROADS.
FAME FORTUNE and INDUSTRI EXPANSION
Knocking DOOR, DE ALIVE your future
VEST at HOME and MULTIPLY BUY
NOW the Industrial Valley prices
THEY WILL DO YOU GOOD. THEY MAKE MONEY
CONSIDER future want to START BUY
4 BUY NOW Improve what buy.
There is such word believes.
INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, BY ANTHONY BOWEN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
Band Concert
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOYS WILL GIVE
PROGRAMME TO NIGHT AT
COURTHOUSE.

1t is probable that Fairmont will be
favored with Saturday night band con.
certs from tonight through the sum.
mer. Tonight the Public School Band
will give the concert on the steps OF
the Court house and on next Saturday
night arrangements are being made
to have the First Regiment Band give
the concert.
The following is the programme
which will be given tonight:
March-Ridcnour's Latest. Ride.
nour.
overturc-valmont. Rockwell.
Intermezzo-Culrey. Powell.
Selection = Three Merry Knights.
Strauss.
Waltz : If All the Moons Were
Honcymoons. Howard.
Neutrality-suspicious., Miller.
W. II. OMEN. Bandmaster.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-09
Neu Officers
WERE NAMED AT MEETING OF
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COM.
MITTEE YESTERDAY.

The eRpublican. county execulivn
committee met yesterday IN this citY
and organized. This committee w,r
elected at the primary election he'll
in this county on juno 11th. James a.
Meredith was elected chairmsn ID
J. Z Powell was elected setrc;ary.
Tho committee consists of the follow.
Ing men: james Z. Morgan, Fairmort
District: L. NJ. Kuhn Giant distric.:
C. II. Musgrave. Lincoln district. C
N. M"ckler, Warrington disir:ct; O.
E, Morris, Pawpaw dist:lct; g.. "
Nc. gan. Union district; Andrew Ber {
Winfield district.