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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
On I'M Tnnt EnemhIe

Kubelik' the violinist has his fingers
insured for S235OOO The football play
er may next he expected to take out
d policy on his toes. Memphis News-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
sclnlitar

Nearly 100 American cities have
adopted an ordinance against long hat
pins, but the manufacturers Of long
hat pins probably don't notice the diff
fcrence.-Detroit Free Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
CALEDONIA COUPLE
MARRIED WEDNESDAY

Miss Emma j. Pittman and Alonzo
E. Monnctte. both of Caledonia, were
united in marriage Wednesday after
noon. at o'clock by Rev G.. NJ.
Rourke. at his home on South Main
street The young couple we're unac-
companied and left Immediately after
wards for their now home In Gale
donia The groom is a prominent
young farmer OF near Caledonia, and
is the son OF Thomas Monnette.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
HoBsoN's CHOICE.

Mr. ~ &C. Arnold nj
Hilsdale Michigan
various Of
political situation, nc
Of the tha
the breede o
and then easily handle the
there
Liberal
OF
isuea
%
of
Republican
led Gov Wilson who would
an righten independent
men an
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01

She-"Anyhow. yots must admit ne
IS a well-read man. Did you notice
his knowledge of Aristotle?"
He-'I did. ! don't believe he's ever
heen there Sketch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
Strictly Retired Life.

In the midst of all this stress Wu
a quiet life in New york, and she is
going 10 have her yermiform appendix
removed under an assumed name
Toledo Blade
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
All Clean.

MADAM, can sell you vacuum
cleaner
No. sir; we haven't got any vacu.
ums in this house that need clean
Ing" Chicago Tribune
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
nnys slntc RIght for PIctnres.

w. NJ stansbury, Az South Pros
pect street. has purchased the state
right to exhibit the moving pictures
Of the raising of the battleship Maine.
He hasn't decided whether these pie
lures are to be shown in Marion or
not. fTr E
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
BY A. w. MACY.
THE FIRST RAILROADS.


The first, railroad in the Unit
ed States, in the modern sense
Of the term, was the Raltomore
6 Ohio. One or two little roads
had been built before, hut they
we're nero tramways, operated
by force Of gravity or by
stationary engines. The Bal
timore & Ohio was char
tered In 1927, and it's con-
structlon begun In 1923, tho
first rail being laid en- July
4 Of that year. The work did
not go forward very fast, only
thirteen r1lles being open for
traffic In 1880. After that, how
eevr, better progress was made,
and five years later 1876 mlles
were In operation. The first
railroad built In England was the
Stockton q Darlington, twenty
five miles long, 1t N7s opened
for traffic in 1925; hence rail-
way transportation, In the mod
ern meaning Of the term, began
with this railway. "Tlme's
Telescope" a sort Of year book
published In London at the time,
said:
"The strides which steam is
making in the economy Of tho
country are more gigantic and
surprising than those who are
domestleated at distance from
It's Immediate operation lmag-
Inc. The oapability Of the loco
motive engine to travel with
ease and safety, with a weight
OF ninety tons in Its train, at
the rate Of eight miles an hour,
was exhibited TO thousands at
tho late opening Of the Darling
ton & Stockton Railway, and Is
a striking proof Of the immense
progress Of this new power"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
Current Comment.

The Ultimate Consumer 1T"
It's our upprejudiced prediction that
the candidate who can control the
Ultimate consumer vote next year will
bo elected President.--Toledo Blade.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01
Phone 1Gs.

OF Mrs. Tooley's parents south Of
Agosta one day this week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01

If you are interested in these important questions
please fill out your ballot promptly and mail to
POLITICAL EDITOR DAILY MIRROR,
MARION, OHIO
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01

give al
mig he
the who subsribed he peaaon IndpendencTodo
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01

Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. BOwles.,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Conservation of Sight.

Ut would probably be extravagant
to say that half of the educated
class today have vision so impaired
that it would be impossible for them
to work without glasses, and even
with such artificial aids thousands
are victims of chronic eye strain,
are limited in their hours of work
and are constantly afflicted with re-
sulting disorders such as head
aches, observes an exchange. II one
should say that half of any class in
the country had serious impairment
OF their organs of equal Importance
to the eye the statement would be
staggering. Familiarity with poor
eyesight, however, seems to have
discounted the gravity OF the situa-
ton.
The prime cause is, without doubt,
the general ignorance on the proper
ways in which to use the eyes.
Reading print which Is not clear.
doing intricate writing or hand
work and the use of the eyes in any
way with bad lighting, are familiar
ways IN which the vision is i'm
paired.
Good eyesight is vital to the
highest type of efficiency. The
tendency as time goes on will be to
use the eyes more rather than less.
1t S therefore important to learn
and on the account of the commu-
nifty to teach persons how to use
their eyes in the best possible way
and therefore, to conserve vision as a
national resource.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Recall May he Recalled.

Some of the new-fangled forms Of
government that are being intro
Iduced in parts of the West and
South do not appear to be working
out SO beautifully as some persons
have been led to believe. An ex-
change points out:
Tacoma has been enjoying the re-
call fad for comparatively short
season yet the people out there have
been actually overworking them
selves just to see the political
wheels 90 round. When the fad
was first introduced, about year
ago, the city had five officers. Now
but two of those original officers are
left. The others have been re-
called. And, incidentally, the end
is not yet. Some of these elected at
the recall contests are being pre-
pared for the sliding board and
very naturally the community is in
an uproar. The officers are afraid
to exercise the authority they have
and with the political contests CON
suming all the time of the voters,
Legitimate business has been almost
abandoned"
Another disadvantage and danger
in the recall scheme is the opportu-
nifty 1t offers to INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians and sensational newspapers
of the undertaking type to stir up
unnecessary agitation with the OBJ
ject and the possibility of recalling
a public officer who in fact is do
ing his duty and serving the people
honestly and efficiently. Many diff
ferent schemes OF government have
been tried out and found wanting in
the years that have past and if
some of the present reports are
true, 1t is not unlikely that the re
call craze will have to be recalled in
some places by the time the people
get a rather good dose of it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Letter of the Law.

A "joker" in any act of law
possesses a hidden meaning, which
comes as a surprise to someone al,
ter enactment either defeating OF
distorting the apparent purpose OF
the law. But the Joker" in the
Appalachian Forest Reserve Act,
which has ELECTED some comment.
appears to be quite of different
kind, notes the Washington Herald.
1t will be remembered that the pur-
pose of that law was to preserve the
forest lands. To circumvent posi-.
BILE constitutional objections, the
bill was disguised to appear as a
plan to aid navigable rivers. d..
rector Smith, of the Geological Sur
vey, now proposes to act according
to the letter of the law by withhold
ing his approval of purchases OF
purchases of forest lands until he
has found the actual relation OF
these lands to dependent nav!.
gable river"
Director Smith, as native New
Englander, no doubt has sincere
interest in the preservation of the
White Mountain forest. He is
merely doing his duty as required
by that law, however, even If he ha.
to bar some of the contemplated
purchases. Watersheds of naviga.
bic rivers are essential to proper
execution OF the statute, and they
must be in evidence before pur.
chase can he made.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Which Bill is Better?

IT the Dice+French Democratic
bill passed by the House OF Dele.
gates we're to be enacted by the
legislature and then ratified by tbs
people, it would be six years before
a primary election law in this state
would become operative as to either
the governorshlp or United States
senatorship.
On the other hand the Coffman
bill would become operative ninety
days after its passage. Which
pleases the people better? Do they
prefer to have the primary election
now or walt SIX years for It?
Democratic newspapers are re-
quested to answer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Against Primary Election,

There is no longer any doubt that
the Democratic state machine is op-
posed to primary elections. A
brief review of the stand taken by
the majority of the House OF Dele
gates under the control of the Dem
ocrat'c state machine emphasizes the
determined purpose of the state ma.
chine to defeat primary election leg.
islafion.
The Democratic state machine
hoped to have the legislature ad-
journ as soon as it had convened
but 1t failed in this. Next it in
duced the majority of the members
of the lower branch to pass a reso-
luton raising a large committee to
pass on primary bills and 1T deyel-
ops that there are fourteen mem
'bers on that committee opposed to
primary legislation for two, years at
least and only seven on the com
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

government. It is to be hoped he
viii utilize his opportunities along
THIS line.T This country Is especially
interested in the advancement Of
education and enlightenment in
Mexico, for a country composed
largely of backward and ignorant
people Is Ia bad, II not dangeous,
neighbour.
No man has ever faced situation
that offers better field for the ex-
ercise OF an enlightened ana
progressive craftsmanship than tina.
to which Madero has been called.
Peace, prosperity and the proper
FIND Of progress for Mexico VIII
have meaning beyond measure FOR
the people of that country, and a
very substantial value for this.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Tho Future in Mexico.

The Baltimore Sun discusses the
problems hat come with the end OF
tn Madero revolution in Mexico in
the following;
Peace seems now assured in Mex
leo. The Nadero revolution has
farered"i la1 vii leave the pres
leem1;@ ojf@ general govern
1newal AFFAIRS win lie administered
~ Al"aeFo ANA d. "a Barra. while
fhr fourteen nea mined hy the rev.
",u0.rnJs a. sogavnors Of the yari-
n states aill be given official rec
IGNITION Il is hoped the agree
ment reached BY the factions will
not only bring lasting peace but
that it will bring also improved
conditions in many ways. Diaz,
while strong man and possibly the
man best fitted for control at the
time he assumed Office, has not Of
ate years given the country the
government calculated to bring to
1t the highest and best type of pros
perity. He accomplished a great
deal in the way of building up the
material interests of the republic,
hut he neglected the education and
intellectual development OF the
masses.
Madero is man of education and
enlightenment, and seems deter
mined to give his people the adj
vantage of that schooling. He is
thoroughly !mbued with the spirit
of representative government and
should take his people a long way
on the road of free and progressive
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

COW in the main hall, taking buggies
apart and reassembling them upon
the perllous peak of the highest
barn. in town. painting statues in
grotesque colors, burning wooden
sidewalks-these have been iocu-
larities which have put keen edge
upon the education of our great
men and kept fond Renaissance
alive in minds that long since had
forgotten its youth and its train
ing But the colleges have been
showing that they, too, have alb
sorbed something OF the great So
cal upheaval, felt the stirring and
termenting of the vast change in
tn thought and action as the huge
world losses restlessly in its sleep.
What more welcome sign OF progress
than that the old form OF whim-
sicality should pail and grow stale?
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
The ~ snen.

The prayer gauge has been in
yoked as an auxiliary to the cloud
compelling powers of the weather
man in the states Of Maryland,
Virginia, west Virginia and North
Carolina, where at this early stage
in the crop season the springs and
wells are going dry and vegetation
Is curling up in premature SEM
blance OF the scar and yellow leaf,
records an exchange. Farmers and
truckers face a serious situation,
and the money loss, already heavy,
will reach a calamitous total II re-
lief is delayed. as is now the outlook
according to the government fore
cast. People who send up a petit
ton to higher power have no ex-
PLANTATION to offer for the drought
except that contained in the Hide
fined idea that the visitation is a
sign OF divine wrath, hence the util-
ity of a direct appeal for the lifting
OF the Christening rod.
The scientific theory, of course,
lies entirely outside the spiritual
At various times since the drought
set in early in May the weather bu-
reau has heralded the approach OF
ra.wclouds from the West, only to
disappoint. During the last few
days the weather map has shown
the presence of an extensive area OF
downpour just west of the Mississ-
ippi, which was scheduled to reach
the Atlantic states in a few days.
But its progress has been stayed,
like others before it, by an area OF
high pressure in the western At
lantic, which has baftled the experts
at the bureau.
The persistent high" of the
Florida coast owes It's presence to
persistent low in the Northwest.
And. so long as these abnormal con-
dItions are the controlling factors
in the equation, the confident
prophesying of the weather sharps
and the pious invocations of of the
God-fearing are destined to go I'M
answered. City folk are likely to
experience the effects of the drought
most severely in the almost total
failure of the strawberry crop. The
lateness of the spring. together with
the dry spell which Immediately fol-
lowed, gave the plants no opportunity
to reach normal growth, and the
berries are whitening on the vines
Owing to the dry condition of the
soil, other early vegetation also
promises to yield no better results.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

connection between the cost to the
farmer of marketing his crop. and
what he gets for it. One who hauls
his produce ten miles gets nc
more for it than another who has
only five mile haul to make. OBJ
viously the only way to make money
on transportation is to cut down
the expense of. transportation. and
the expense may only be reduced
through the medium of improved
roads. Good roads make heavier
loads and quicker transportation
possible.
Mr.. James also shows how the far
mer reaps the benefit of good roads
through an appreciation in the value
OF his land and in other than
financial ways by the increase of his
educational, religious and social
advantages.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
In the Fernent.

Hats should be taken off to the
students of Wesleyan University a;
Midtown, Ct. declares the Tole,
do Blade. They have invented new
form of disorder. They pe!t mem.
bers OF the faculty with biscuits.
College humor of the form most
beloved and respected runs back
through the dim arches OF the years.
If it hasn't been expressed before II
has been held unworthy. Turning
the chapel bell up and filling it with
water so 1t will freeze the clapper
tight, stabling the presidents mich
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
FIRST NOTICE TO CREDITORS.


!. In the District Court of the 1yn,tad
states, for the Northern District :,
West Virginia. -
In Re. George R. Koon. Bantrnn.
BAiNKRUPncY.
To the creditors of George r. xoon
of clark'nurg. in the County ., Her'
rison and, District aforesaid ! p az
rupt: sank
Notice Is hereby given that on j..
18th day OF May. a. D., 1871 ts On sn ,e
George r. Koon was duly adtnasaa sl'a
bankrupt; and the first meettns 4'e =
the creditors win be held al the Law :.
, office o. W. Frank stout, clarEsbars w
West Virginia. on the 9Th day Of I,,nS
A. d., 1911. at 10 o'clock in tha s sune
noon at which time said erea rtass
may attend, prove their claims az
point a Trustee. examine the h.n,,
rupt. and transact such other y hna,
ness as may. properly come hago s,
said meeting. oeiore
w FRANK STOUT.
Dated May 18th. 1911. "tuptcy.
Bankrupt. "ey for
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
The sewerage main Will be laid but
no 50 hurriedly that it would prove
useless, Order an extra ice cake.
cool off and be patient.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
iirst annual meeting of the stoc,S-
holders of the MoNTEzUMA Oh.
AND GAS COMPANY viii be held at
the office of the Company. room soa
Gon Building, clarksburg. West yIr-
GINA on Wednesday, the 9TH day Of
June 1911, at II o'clock A. M, for
me election Of Directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction o.
any ana all such business as may
come before the meeting.
me stock transfer books viii be
S crosse, at II o'clock A. NJ. on Tues
gay the 9th day of June. 1911.
II. c. BAHTrEN. Secretary.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

From the way the Exponent is
growing these days, the hot
weather must be getting in its work
on it. Its pevishness leads 1t into
halucinatioHs about city improve
ments. Only a few days ago 1t said
editorlally that the water and sew
erage board had contracted for the
laying OF sewerage main down Elk
creek that would do away with the
offensive sewer at the Glen Elk
bridge. Then 1t berates the board.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

Cabell county voted overwhelm-
lngly Saturday for a bond issue OF
100000 for good roads. The re-
markable growth OF Huntington, the
county seat of Cabell county, first
showed the outside world that there
is a great progressive spirit in. that
county but Saturdays election tells
everyone that they certainly do do
things down in that county. Hunt
ingtpn and Cabell county are to the
front already. Clarksburg and
Harrison county can i'll afford to
stay behind. Get away from the
rear.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01
Value of Good Roads.


As an enthusiastic advocate OF
better hoads, the Telegram is i'm
PEELED to reproduce the following
editorial regarding their value from
the Wheeling Register:
Everybody understands in a gen
eral way the advantages of good
roads over poor roads. but few
people realize the enormous imam
cial benefits which would result
from an Improvement OF the high
ways of the country. E. w. James,
government engineer, has made
investigation and Calculations upon
which he bases the assertion that
good roads would yield profit an
nually OF $500, 100000 to the far
mers. He estimates the reduction
of transportation at one-half, and
since it now costs the farmers $780,
100000 annually to market the
products of their farms, they would
save fifty per cent of that sum in
the expense OF hauling il the. roads
were improved. 49,"
Mr.. James mentions the simple
truth that there is little traceable
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

hhiAISe IN FAVOR oil primary elecIlOnS
at once. However, fearing that that
plan OF opposition would collapse at
the critical moment, the Democratic
state machine persuaded its subsid-
ICED legislative tools in the House
to pass what was known as the Gil
keson resolution raising commit
tee OF FIVE to prepare primary bin
and submit It to the legislature in
1913, and while all this was being
done to stay the progress of a Re
publican governor and to cheat the
people out of their rights, the sub
sidized press OF the Democratic
state machine was loudly proclaim
ing that there could be no fair and
honest primary election Bill offered
without the work of the proposed
committee of five. No sooner, how
ever, had the Republican senators
with the aid of some democrat c
Senator's killed the JGilkeson reso-
luton than the Democratic House
got busy, in introducing primary
election bill.
Without going into an examination
of that bill, it certainly is safe to
say that 1t is unfair and dishonest,
II the Democratic machine press was
honest in its assertion that no fair
and honest bill could be offered at
this time.
That the Democratic bill contains
a strong conviction Of the Demo
cratic machines opposition to pr
mary elections is shown plainly on
Its face and the action Of the House
controlled by the machine in re-
fuslng to eliminate clauses that
make tho bill imperative for a
couple Of years further eonvicts the
democratic state machine as a bit
ter enemy of primary elections.
The referendum clause, which may
be Unconstitutional, is still retained
in the Democratic machine bill, the
House having refused to strike 1t
out by vote of forty-Ave to thirty,
all Republican members voting to
strike 1t out, and by the same vote
the House defeated the Ice amend
ment to have the proposed law
voted on at a special election in
November. And then the HOUSE
passed the bill by vote OF fifty
two to twenty-three.
The Democratic state machine
and Its ,hireling press set up the
hypocritical claim that the ques-
ton is of such vast Importance that
the people should be given a
chance to express themselves on It.
This is the reason they give for in
cooperating the referendum clause
in their bill. So far they have
given no reason why they do not
want the people to vote on 1t as
early as possible. The truth of the
matter is.1he Democratic state ma
chine knows we'll enough that the
people doiawant a primary election
law and it also knows that prt
mary election law in operation in
1912 would mark the COM
plete downfall of the ma
chine, and that accounts for its
present hard struggle against a pri-
mary election law. IN short, 1t is
lighting the people in an effort to
obtain a longer lease of life.
In order to obtain the desired
lease 1t likely violates the consti.
tuition with its referendum clause
and. throws aside the will OF the
people by depriv.ng them of thei,
rightful franchise privileges. II
has been hypocritical ever since II
assumed the dictatorship of the
party and it is still just as hypo-
critical, Notwithstanding the fact
that it clearly reads the signs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

If the ocean to ocean boulevard
should strike Elk creek at the new
fair grounds, 1T would probably end
there as the county court would re-
fuse to build it a proper bridge TO
cross the creek on.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

The best paving ever done in
clarksburg" is what many are say
ing about the street paving just
completed here, 1t pays to have
things done right,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

Marion county will doubtless agree
to build its part of the big boule-
ward and Harrison county should
get busy at once.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-01

Talk boulevard between clarks.
burg and Fairmont. 1t is sure tc
come.