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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
OIL AND GAS III a YllyG
OUT IN WEST VIRGINIA

,ural Gas Company The last named Is
a new company. furnishing gas to
some towns in Maryland from Oak
land eastward.
E Down IN this section Of the State Is
the United Fuel Gas Company with
many indications pointing toward It's
being Standard oil concern. 1t is the
biggest thing in the southern part Of
the State and has taken over various
smaller companies.
After listening to the representa-
.tiYes Of the companies and inspecting
their returns one is almost compelled
to look upon the Fairmont company
as the only large one of the independ-
ents left. With its limited territory It
Is only a matter of a few years unless
territory is secured.
The Natural Gas Company Of West
Virginia, which supplies Wheeling, oc.
cupies the unique position of not pro
ducing foot Of gas in this State. It
operates its producing end wholly in
Pennsylvania and Ohio and brings its
product into the State.
A survey. of the situation gives Gov
ernor Glasscock additional intormR-
tion Of value to be used in behalf Of
a production tax on gas.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
LIBERALS GET BUSY IN ENGLA and
e ONE or EIGHT WILL
DRAW LARGE CROWD

months drilling the cast for "one Of
the Eight which appears here Thurs
day night under the aucplces Of the
AntlTuberculosis League. Professor
Neil is not a stranger to Fairmont nor
are his works. He has given readings
here which were much enjoyed; he
also has had under his instruction
among others from Fairmont, Miss
Ruth Arnett and Mr.. Carney Christie,
whose art is well known at home and
abroad. Professor Neil is a hard work
er and insists upon the utmost exact
ness in bringing out every detail of
plot and action. He is as much sue
cess as trainer as a reader, which to.
the informed is saying great deal.
He Is assisted by his talented wife.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
ZOO KNIGHTS
II BANQUET
STATE or q! CONVENTION IN
sEssioN- NIL HAVE BIG
Z. BANQUET foNtehT.

The annual State convention Of the
Knights Of Columbus opened its ses-
slohs in this city last night, A ses,
sion was held iii the Woodmen's hall
last night and large classes we're in
itlated into the different degrees Of
the lodge. The first degree was con.
ferred by the clarksburg council, the
second by the Wheeling council and
the third by State Deputy c. E. Mar.
tin and stan, The ceremonies incident
To- this initiation were interesting and
impressive and were largely attend
ed.
This morning tho real work of tho
convention was taken up. The Knights
assembled at eight o'clock this morn.
ing at the K. Of C. hall and marched
iti a body to ST. Peters Catholic
Church where at nine o'clock a ser.
mon was preached by Rev. ]. D. AIT;
meyer, of Huntington on the subject,
est Louis, King Of France a Model
Knight" This was a most profound
address and a splendid impression was
made on the large audience present.
High mass was celebrated by Father
Boutlou. ~
Following the service at the church
the convention re-assembled at the X.
otCs Hall and was called to order by
State Deputy G. 2. Martin, of Martins.
burg. Several important matters rel
atiye to the past work Of the order as
well as to future plans We're discussed,
The convention reconyened this aft.
efnoon at 1880 and at this session
oficers for the ensuing year will bc
named. Tonight at the Catholic
Church. a reception will be held in
honor OF the visiting Knights, which
+ viii be a brilliant affair, omen's or.
chestra will furnish music for the oc.
casion. A banquet viii be served and
MI ]. L. Gettings Of. the local order,
will preside at toastmaster. Tho ban
auet will be served by the ladies' Of
the church and covers will be laid for
two hundred.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
Any Way
You | look !.
.At &c

- -
( Tie Store to buy yolr Clothes e
LEoPoLp's
First We give quality second style
and ,at, Our stock is large You can
find what you want Ana last but
best
WE SELL FOR LESS.
We have no rent TO nay and give
you the beneft Of cash transactions.
which enables us o % business on
a close margin.
For the best Of everything b wear
come to
TE.OP
for Better Clothes
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
KIN DEATA KILLS wIDow.
Ardent Admlrer ot Edward Reads
News and Falls Dead.


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 10. =
Mrs Sarah j. P. Mobley, aged 20 and
rSputed wealthy is dead and Coroner
ssashore pronounced her death due to
heart failure brought on by reading
Of the death of King Edward of Eng
land. sNeighbors found her dead body
on the floor Of her home. In her hand
was a newspaper containing accounts
.otthe king death.
Mrs, Mobley was an admirer Of
King Edward and on the walls Of near
room In her house were hung
portraits Of the dead king, picturng
lis llts from boyaood to manhood
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
STOCKHOLDERS
we'll PLEASED
WITH SHOWING !
Officers Elected BY
The fractions
Companies

. .
The annual stockholders meeing'
of the Fairmont and clarksburg Trac
tion Company and of the Fatrmont
and Northern Traction Company were
iheld in this city yesterday. At these
meetings the directors Of the com
panies we're elected and other bust
ness was transacted. Most of the
business was Of the regular routine
and was speedily transacted. Both
companies reelected the old directors
and officers. The directors Of the
Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction
Company are: Messrs. 81. Watson,
c. W. Watson, A. B. Fleming, ]. E.
Watson, George T. Watson, Walton
Miller, j. o. Watson, Of Falrmont; S.
G. Denham, Of Clarksburg; Van Lear
Black, Jere H. Wheelwright, Of Balti,
more, and A. M. Young, Of New York.
The officers OF this company are:
s. L. Watson, president; G. W. Wat
son, vice president; Walton Miller,
secretary and treasurer; James 0.
Watson, general manager. Smith
Hood, superintendent.
The directors for the Falrmont and
Northern Traction Company are:
Messrs. A. B. Fleming, s. L. Watson,
c. L. Shaver, George T. Watson and
James o. Watson, all of Falrmont.
The officers of this company are: S.
L. Watson, president; "A. B. Fleming.
vice president, and James 0. Watson,
general manager.
The report at the meeting was to the
effect that the work on the extension
from this city to Fairview is being
rapidly pushed along and that the line
will be completed in the shortest time
possible.
[ The portable substatIon thatrhas
been ordered for. some months
will soon be here. This will give
power to the places on the line that
are heavily taxed. 1t will be a great
aid in dispatcling cars between the
city and the fair grounds.
The ,Fairmont and Clarksburg Com
pany is in a prosperous condition as
is shown by the monthly statementlfor
the month of April.
A report of the earnings Of the Fair
mont and Clarksburg Traction Com
pany for April, which was issued yes
terday, shows that the company did
a satisfactory business last month, the
net earnings being s14,5l94S, as COM
pared with S9,942.21 for the CORE
spending period of 1909, the increase
being sS,S76.62. The report follows:
1910: 1909
Gross earnings. .$44,SOs.SO $S4,s95.O6
Operating ex..... 17,1SO9S 12,s43.27
Net earnings. -. 27,l2s.a 22.s51.7a
Fixed charges,
taxes and in
surance ....... 12,6O9.S5 12,8Os.5S
Net surplus 49,. 14,51s.E 9,s42.21
Full bond interest each year.
-Four months, January to April;
Anrll. 1910. estimated:
1910. 1909.
Gross earnings .$l64,42O.5l $1Ss,O4S22
Operating ex... 6S,Ss9.5s 5O,6777S
Net earnings. 1OO,4aO.99 T,47O.4s
Fixed charges,
taxes and in
surance. .... 5OO74G0 49,254SS
Net surplus..... 5O,S46.3O 2s,216I6
Full bond interest each year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
AR6EST CIRCULATION II CITY

The West ylrslnian has the largest
HOME DELIVERED circulation Of any
paper ii Fairmont This Is one Of the
reasons why the wet yirginlan ~
called THE HOME PApER:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
jury Disasrees,

The jury in the case Of the State
VS.. j. L. Booher for unlawful selling
failed to agree and was discharged
this forenoon. The case took up con-
siderable time OF the court and every
detail was given to the Jury.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
cANcELEp GAME,

MoRGANTowN, May1O,-The Var
sity has cancelled the game with Ale
gheny College which was to have been
played here Wednesday. Saturday the
Varsity will pay otterbeih College.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10

"The people who are not up on q
thing are usually down on it, The
people who are up on ndyeriislns are
the ones who do the most Of It; do
III tie most INTELLiGENrLY and
PERSIsTENTIsy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-10
REAL ESTATE
TO EXCHANGE Fos FARM oR

TO EXCHANGE FOR 4 FARM on
LOTS,
Groom House with bath ana e.room
Cottage, on adjoining icIa 70 trade toE
farm close to Fairmont rent Tor go1d
interest on Investment.
A nice 5.room Cottas y trade ios
vacant lots; good ialpfaH paying
proposition.
have several Houls q sell and
will positively give sypa terms that
you can pay out on easys Az my own
property.
Office open Every veHlnn
OPP. Court HOUSE, Maln
Chas. 3. Mccr y i
. . r.. =
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12

George b. Bent was here from
Bent, on business this week.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Good Lecture

A large crowd attended the
lecture delivered in Alameda
Park last Sunday afternoon by
j. Z. Snyder, of Girard, Kansas.
Mr.. Snyder's subject was THE
Constitution" and related to
various features which the speak
er thinks should be incorporated
in the constitution of New Mex
leo, and some other features
which ought to be very carefully
avoided. Many people who heard
the lecture we're favorably i'm
pl essed. They declared thai
much that he had to say was not
in the nature of a political tirad'
but was based upon common
sense and sound judgment. TIL
News did not get full enough
report to make any extract
from the lecture, or to make an!
further comment.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12

Reason for Passing Reduction Ordinance
Explained
Three Trustees are not In the Employ OF the
Saloon Owners
May IL, 1910.


To the Mayor of the Village of Aamogodo, New Mexico:
SIR
In order that the Of the Village of Aamogordo may
not he msed we the undersigned Trustees of the Village
beg to reply to your of May 4h 9O addressed to
the Board of the Village of Aamogordo in which you
state your refusing the ordinance passed by
the Board of May l9lO amending section Of
No. s. which said amendment reduced the amount OF
license to be paid retail liquor dealer from three thousand
dollars by Ordinance 81 to two thousand dollars
Your the 18th of March, last the amount
of the retail liquor fixed at three thousand dollars
unanimous vote If the Board technically cOyy
ONLY.
Permit us to state the actual facts in the matter
Ordinance No. provides the in which licenses shall
issued and payments for license shall be made also
contains schedule which PERSONS firms,
shall pay conducting their various businesses
and also fixes the penalties for violations of the ordinance
On March 18TH the above license ordinance mo- 81
o by unanimous vote Of the Board but not until
the matter of the Saloon eOa O had been and
at an informal meeting held law Offices
evening of March h At such meeting Trustees Scpo
and Hill were Of placing the liquor license $1,000
and 40 voted Trustees Park and Evans voted $1,000
license There being among the trustees the
was finally fixed at 100000 by your deciding vote.
You further appears that the Amogordo
Company has succeeded in getting majority of
Board to change minds and has secured the
and you the public to draw from statement the
and conclusion that majority the Board acting
AZ the tools of the Company and this the
the fact that you full knowledge that Trustees Sp and Hill
have from the beginning favored thousand dollar license
for saloons and believed three thousand dollars high
Won listened to- knowledge of the
| Continued on page four)
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Company "F' First

The officers and men of Com
pany II" are now more than o
little elated over the Adjutant
Generals report to the Governor,
with reference to the annual in
spection Of the New Mexico
National Guard. That is because
Company ~" received the best
report of any company in the
territory. 1t is o remarkable and
a praiseworthy record to have
been made in competition with
companies which have been or
ganized 80 much longer.
This report ought to be the
means Of infusing much more
enthusiasm in the hearts Of the
entire company. 1t is worth
while to belong to Q company
which stands first in the territory
That is the sort Of company which
inspires interest and pride,
Captain Kennedy reports that he
is expecting Q number Of enlist
ments from Tularosa and Cam
City to be made within q shor'
while. A long pull, and q stront
pull, and we will certainly lant
the fret appropriation to be made
by the legislature for an armory
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Miss Cameron Wins Two

Miss Edith Cameron returned
Wednesday morning from FL
Paso. where she went to be pres
ent at the final counting of the
votes in the Herald's big popu-
larity contest. While she was
disappointed in the hope Of win
ming the first grand prize, she
was fortunate enough to secure
the fourth grand prize, which is
a $4,000 piano, and also a trip
to California.
The citizens who so loyalty
supported an Alamogordo girl
with cash in advance subscrip.
tions deserve q good deal Of
credit. The News is very glad
indeed that Miss Comeron hat
been 90 fortunate as to earn sucf
Q handsome and valuable reward
for her faithful and untiring ef
forts.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
ANOTHER NATIONAL
ATHLETIC MEET
At the Institute for the Blind
Saturday
Girls Will Strive for Another National
Trophy for Alamo

The New Mexico Institute for
the Blind will hold another ath-
letic field meet on Saturday.
The meet held in February was
for the boys. The meet to be
held Saturday is for the girls.
Like the previous meet, it will
be in competition with the
schools for the blind of the many
different states, and will be un-
der the auspices of the National
Athletic Association. The boys
were fortunate enough to win the
first prize in the former contest,
and the girls very likely will
display athletic class enough to
secure one of the three prizes.
1t would certainly be remark
able record for Superintendent
Pratt and Physical Director Cox
to have both their teams win q
national trophy. The athletic
prowess of these blind students
is all the more wonderful and
creditable when it is taken into
consideration that this IS the
first year that they have ever
been engaged in such work.
Last year Mr.. Prstt's school at.
Pittsburg won first honor in the
contest for boys and second
honor in the contest for girls.
This year his school at Alamo
gordo has already won first hon.
or in the contest for boys, and
has an excellent chance for one
of the honors in the contest for
girls. 1t ought to be q source
of Q vast deal of satisfaction tc
Alamogordo to be able TO turn
the tables on Pittsburg, the
home of many multi-millionaires
The contest will comprise nine
different events which are as fol
! lows: standing broad jump
, standing high jump. 80 yart
} dash, 80 yard dash, 80 yard egI
race, so yard sack race, JUNO
three legged race, 200 yard rela.
: race, baseball throw. Mr.. Cox
. who has SO carefully and intelli
4 gently directed the work Of thes
8 pupils, believes that they are i
: condition to compete successful
. ly with any other school i
v America.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
CIoudcrof Schedule

The new train schedule on the
the Alamogordo and Sacramento
Mountain Railroad will be the
most satisfactory one for Alamo
gordo which has ever been put
into effect. The train will leave
Cloudcroft at 5 90 p. M, which
will give the passengers going
west from 30 TO 45 minutes to
spend in Alamogordo, to eat sup.
per and look around the town,
Ii was first suggested that the
train should leave Cloudcroft ai
8 80, but that would have giver
the passengers no time TO eat in
Alamogordo, and not enough time
to eat before leaving Oloudcroft
After June I, when daily trair
service is resumed, Alamogord'
ought to be quite = lively towr
from about 7 :l5 in the evening
until after No. l leaves for th'
west q little after eight O'Clock
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
ROOSEVELT NAY CONE
70 PUEBLO
Invitation Extended by Eighteenth
Irrigation Congress
Is Intensely Interested in Irrigation, and
may Accept Invitation

Pueblo, Colo, May 3-The Of
ficers of the Eighteenth National
Irrigation Congress are enthus-
iastic over the prospects of hav
ing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
as a guest of the city next Sep.
tember.
Knowing that the ex-President
would be in the West in the
autumn, Chairman Dugan of the
board of control cabled Dir.
Roosevelt q cordial invitation, in
behalf of the Irrigation congress,
to be the guest of the city during
the congress.
There are good reasons for be-
lieving that Mr.. Roosevelt will
be enabled to attend. He is one
of the strongest supporters Of the
Irrigation congress, and is great
ly interested in its aims and well
fare.
The governors of the states of
the union are preparing to ap-
point the official delegates to the
congress. Prompt and satisfac-
tory responses and being receiv-
ed from the officials Of outside
states as we'll as the mayor and
prominent commercial bodies in
the great cities.
4 At the offices Of the board OF
control in the Central block, sew.
eral hundred communication:
are being sent out daily to ell
parts of the United States in
answer to inquiries concerning
the congress and irrigation inter
ests in Colorado.
The various states are taking
an active interest and are ar
ranging to participate in the ir
rigatiOn exhibits IF the congress
for which elaborate preparation
are being made. The counties
are contributing certain moder
ate amounts of money, for which
they will receive special advan
. tages and privileges for advertis
! ing and advancing the interest
, of their respective localities
This is q most attractive featuI'
and the outside counties ar
} awakening sharply to the fac
t that this is the opportunity OF
, lifetime and that they canno
! afford to miss it.
D Every progressive citizen il
D the state is boosting the irriga
: tion congress, thus helping him
self and his own locality as wei
3 as the state at large.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12

w. L. Sullivan, of the Forest
Service ct Fl. Defiance, Arizona,
arrived in Alamogordo Monday
night, and after looking over the
field of possibilities, decided that
Alamogordo was . good enough
place to invest. He bought q
forty acre tract on the La Luz
road, just south Of DIR. Gudger's
place. The consideration was
forty dollars IN acre, cash. The
deal was made through l. N.
Smith. This property was sold II
months ago for eighteen dollars
an acre, and in the meantime,
there has not been . pennyworth
of improvement work done. Mr.,
Smith said that Mr. Sullivan
had already made arrangement
10 put the entire tract into cul'
tiyation, 30 acres in alfalfa, and
ten in fruit. Within ; short
while Mr.. Sullivan expects L
begin the erection Of . two stor,
story residence. He was accom-
panied by his wife, and lefi
| wednesday for California.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
School Entertainment

Tularosa, May lot ulaross
school will close Friday, Nay 20.
The day will be given to speak
ing by visitors, recitations and
songs by the children, appro-
pirate exercises for the class
finishing the 9Th grade, basket
ball, baseball, etc,
On the evening of the 10Th,
the Literary Club will give an
entertainment, the proceeds from
which will be given to the school
library and the church park.
This entertainment will consist
of two plays, "A widower's
Trials" and "Josiah's Court
ships" The new Sanchez hall
has been secured for THE pur-
pose, and will be provided with
comfortable seats. This enter
tainment means two hours Of real.
jolly, good natured fun, and you
will miss . treat IL you miss il.
Tickets are on sale at the furni-
ture store in Tularosa. No tickets
will be sold after seats are ell
taken.
Come to the play and stay for
the school entertainment.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Telephone Rate Reduction

One of the policies Of the Tri-
State Telephone and Telegraph
Go. is to furnish the very best
service at the lowest rate consist
ent. In pursuance Of this policy,
the company has already issued
a circular reducing the toll rate
between Alamogordo and Tdla'
rosa, from 25 cents 10 lb cents
for the regulation three minute
talk.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Change in Lecture

As announced in TIE News
last week, Robert Ogden Smith,
humorist and impersonator, will
be here on Wednesday, May IS.
He will give the entertainment
in the assembly room Of the high
school building, instead Of in the
Methodist Church, South. The
scale Of prices Of admission hal
been reduced 10 Is, 25 and IS cts
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
PECOS NATIONAL FOREST
IS ENLARGED
-
President Signs Proclamation
Setting Apart Land
Nearly One Hundred Thirty thousand
Acres in Addition

The President has slgned q
proclamation adding 129,S19
acres and at the same time eli
minating 81 ,561 acres from the
Pecos National Forest, New
Mexico.
The eliminations made by this
proclamation lie along the west
side of the Forest, and embrace
q strip from two to three miles
IN width fron the northwest
corner south to the Juan de Ga
baldon Grant. While these lands
contain some juniper and pinon
timber, there is not enough of it
to warrant keeping the area with
in the Forest. No portion of the
watershed of the Santa Fe Creek
is affectsd by this change.
The additions lie entirely south
of the former boundaries of the
PecOs, and embrace the top of the
Glorieta Mesa south to within .
few miles of Canyon Blanco, and
| also include two tracts near Las
Colonias. The line has been SO
drawn as to exclude the entire
Pecos Valley and confine the
Forest to the best timbered areas
in this region. In the case Of the
addition south and west Of the
Pecos River the boundaries fol-
low the rim Of the Mesa as close
ly as possible.
Some yellow pine timber
estimated at 100000 B. NJ.
is found on the Glorieta Mesa
but Q great deal of the formeI
stand has been cut off. Unde
careful management it is hopet
that both the quantity and tn
quality of the pine can be mark
edly improved. In addition +
the yellow pine there is . larg
quantity of cordwOod and ceda
post which are readily accessible
to the various shipping point
along the Santa Fe Railroad.
No grazing fees will be chare
ed upon this addition for tn
first year, and the grazing right
, of ell those who have been j
the habit Of regularly using thi
area will be very carefully pr
tected. All the valid claim
initiated prior to the Temporal
withdrawal of this land will /
allowed to proceed to patent pr
: cisely as il the Forest had NJ
3 been created, and any lane
: found to be chiefly valuable (,
8 agriculture and not needed (,
: administrative purposes will
e listed to settlers under the A
e of June ii, 1908.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-05-12
Rose Day

Next Sunday will be Rose
Day" at the Presbyterian
church. All who have roses, or
can procure them, are requested
to bring them to the church
Sunday morning. The pastor
will preach > sermon appropriate
to the occasion.