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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
Commission.
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WEST vIRelNlA;s sEMl.cENrEN.
NAL Is Up fpR Il coNsIDERA.
TloN. MEETING PLACE TO BE
DECIDED. /,
WHEEUNG MEl SECURE II
GOVERNOR eLAsscocK AND JuD
eE: MASON WENT TOGETHER
FROM HERE.

Governor ,WilliamEE Glasscock ar
rived here today oh the morning
train from Morganto$n where he had
attended the Installation exercises of
President Thomas 1s Hodges Of the
West Virginia State U University and
proceeded at eleven o'clock over the
Fairniont and sClarlssburg street rail
way 10 Clarksburg There lie wlllNbe
present at the Conference of the
seml.centennial Commission which is
being held this aftettoon at the Wal
do Hotel y9ss
Governor Glasscocls was met at the
local station by Judse John W. Ma
son in his. oldsmolile and the two
boarded the ele3enHo'clock car for
Clarksburg. judge sMpson is a mem.
ber of the commission as appointed
by the Governor. Hon, E. NJ. Show.
alter will also attendthe meeting he
having been appointed by the State
Board Of Trade together with num-
ber OF other promiEent West. yir-
ginians to confer withifhe Commission
as appointed by the 1sernor.
! Several cities Of tile state are maxi
Ing strenuous feiforts to secure the
celebration. among the number being
Wheeling, Charleston, Huntington and
Parkersburg: Wheeling Is selected
as the most probable ipcatlon and the
committee will in altfprob blllty3sse.
lectsthe4 NatEcit3Tas place Of fssho!d
ing the celebration. This matter is
to come up before the committee to-
day lat the meeting.
The Committee as appointed by
Governor Glasscock Is composed OF
the following: IS
Hon. Henry G. Davis, Virgil l..
Highland, Amos Bright, Judge ]. w.
Mason, Judge Frank T. Meats, Hugh
]. Scott, Judge C. ]. Faulkner, Sena.
tor William E. Chiffon. Judge J. B.
Wilkinson and B. W. Peterson
A committee meeting was called to
be held at Moorefeld at the time Of
the Meeting Of the State Board Of
Trade. however the committee llid
not get together and another meeting
was called Off November fourth at
Clarksburg. To act with the commits
sion as appointed by the. Governor.
the Board Of Trade appointed the fol
1nvinu. .'s #.-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
|NT[RMENTAT
EAR|MlNGT0N
REMAINS OF MRS. MATILDA
FLETCHER WILL BE LAID AT
Z REST ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

Funeral services over. the remains
Of Mrs. Matilda Fletcher. whose death
occurred on Friday, will be held on
Sunday afternoon at 1880 O'clock at
the residence on Eighth street. DR.
H. C. Howard. pastor Of the First NJ.
Il. church. will conduct brief ser.
vice at the residence and at 2 o'clock
the funeral party will leave on an in.
terurban car for Pennington where
interment will be made in the family
cemetery. near Pennington.
Mrs. Vim. Morgan, OF Elwood. Ind,
a daughter. and son. ]. W. Fletcher,
OF Bristoria, Pa, will arrive here this
evening to attend the funeral ser.
vices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
NICK. A|LLGDg
ADMITTED TO MINERS % osPiTAL:
HURT BY..A FALL OF SLATE.

Late last evening there was brought
10 the Miners Hospital In this city q
miner from Pennington, by the name
Of Nick Allco. who works for the Jam
ison Mines at that place; The man5
had been injured by fall Of slate In
the mines, and had to have one Of
the toes amputated, It being SO badly
crushed that 1t was necessary The
man is recovering nicely. and will be-
removed to his home In "a short time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
POWERS |; [: | WILL!
ATTEMPT TO
0P.MASSACRE
CONTINENTAL GOVERNMENTS
MAY TAKE a HAND Z TO PRE-.
VENT FURTHER ATROCITIES
AGAINST THE TRlPoLEANs.

LONDON, Nov. 4-Powers will prob
ably act to prevent the Italians from
further massacreing men and women
at -Tripoll and enforce the rules OF
civilized warfare. Some Of the pow.
ers sent notes to various foreign OF.
fees sounding the continental govern.
ments upon the attitude Of making a
formal demand of the Barbaritles to
cease and to force a compliance to
the demand with armed strength.
The Germans started this move.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
FUND DEAD

PARENTS KlrL SON AND THEN
SUICIDE. g e
CHICAGO. Nov. 4-Real Estate
Agent here while collecting rent found
Henry Letsch and his wife and son,
dead with evidences Of poisoning. i
"a The police at first suspected crime
and later believed that mother and
father killed son 3and then suicided,
crazed by religious zeal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
INSPECTING
GAR LINES
OFFICIALS OF FAIRMoNr AND
j cLARKsBURG TRACTION COM
PANY MAKE ANNUAL INSPECT.
ION.,

The $omcial inspection Of the lines
operated by the Fairmont and Clarks.
burg Traction Company was made to.
day. The special car over. the road
left this city this morning ut nine
,thirty.tiye .o'clock;5 going to Clarks.
burg where q: stop Of thirty minutes
was made. The special car returned
to this city at twelve O'clock.
In the inspection party were Sena-
tor c. W. Watson, Van Lear Black.
of Baltimore; Ex-Governor A. B. Elem
ing and the local officials of the com.
pany. -
Last evening an inspection OF the
Fairview line was made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04

Bob Mccoy and Vern Gillette re.
turned TO this city yesterday evening
from a hunting trip, with full bag
of game. thereby fulfilling their ex.
pcctations
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04

II Miss. Florence. Jackson. of Hunting
ton. is the guest OF Miss Daisy Prlch.
ard. They went to Morgantown this
afternoon to spend a few days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04
Notice to Tax Payers

Notice is hereby given that the
taxes for the city o; Fairmont are now
ready Tor collection. a. discount sot
az per cent. will be, allowed for S3oIl
days from October 10. 1911 q g;s,ts "
T.. B. HENDE RS on. ID
Collector City OF Fairmont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04

M NJ NJ E.t2Watson, Jr.. left for Pitts
burg this afternoon. y"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04

Misses ECallle Frey and Mary Metz
went to Morgnntown today to visit
friends. Il 5i Il 4 );
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
MEXICAN KILLED
 IN FREIGHT YARDS Inquest Today Will Determine Cause
 of Death.

\ coroner's inquest will be held in Tucson this morning to determine the cause and the circumstances attending the death of Francisco Gonzales. who was run over by a flat car and killed last Saturday night about S:30 in the Southern Pacific yards. near the freight depot, at Stone avenue
 It was found. when the remains were viewed last Sunday morning that the body was horribly manglcd the right leg being completely severed, and other internal injuries being re- ceiyed. The flat car had been stand ing on a side track near thc freight depot. and it transpired later accord ing to information received by the authorities. that Gonzales and another Mexican whose identity is unknown, were sitting on the track under the car finishing a bottle of wine. The supposition is that they failed to note the approach of the switch engine. which backed from the main line out upon the side track and connected with the car.
 The engine then started backing anu tDHllHutu u!llil SlblfI'-h DN Aii' swtchman. who eXcitedly informed the engineer that the flat car and engine had run over a man and killed him. When the body was picked up, how eyer, Gonzales was found to be still alive The ambulance then took the body to the Parker Undertaking com pany's establishment.
 From all that can be learned, the other Mexican sprang out from under the flat car before the engine started with it. and thus escaped. The train crew. being wholly unaware of the presence of the men under the car. is considered wholly free from blame. officers state. but the crew will be present to testify at the coroner's in quest "wednesday.
 Gonzales was well known through cut the city. having been employed at various times by most of the resi- dence owners to mow their lawns and do other similar yard work. He had no family ard no relatives what ever. so far as the authorities have been able to learn.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28

anything that was ever before seen in Phoenix. It could not have orig mated in this country. From start to finish it has an European smack that is rot unWelcome American vaudeville managers are always on the lookout for good acts in Europe, and a foreign act has to be good in deed before they will bring it To this country
 A cabinet is used for the opening of the act When the cabinet opens. two tiny figures appear in the back. These figures have heads that are of normal human size. It doesn't take one long to see that the heads are real being stuck through the curtain behind. and the effect is certainly striking First a song is sung and next the heads appear on the bodies Of cats The bodies. understand. are automatons and move about in a most natural manner.
 Next the male member of the duo paints two pictures in oils in four minutes. They are good pictures. and there is no trick about it. Both were given away to persons in the audi ence. Then MederO announced that he would fill a canvas four feet by five in size. with a view of the Lakes of Killarney. in seventy seconds. He did it in fifty seconds. which can properly be said to be going some"
 The other Medo~a next did some clever silhouette work Using only her hands and a few little cardboard figures, she enacted pantomines upon q curtain that convulsed her audience with laughter. Figures of men. wo- mer and all kinds of animals of life like motions.
 Syde IshOo. the Rube Musician, cer- tainly got a big hand. When he played Meet Me Tonight in Dream land" through his hat, the audience went wild. In the capacious pockets of his ~duster were dozen queer articles. all of them musical instru- ments. He made a bass viol talk even grunt. Sounds of various kinds were initiated on his violin. This Ishoo deserved all the applause he got.
 Wittier & Crossman are the other team of this all-star aggregation. Theirs is a high-class musical act. Both have good voices and know how to use them Mir Whittier also has some good jokes to tell Practically none Of their songs have been heard in Phoenix before
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
RECRUITS OH WAY
 ID PHILIPPINES
Three Pullnans. Loaded With Soldier Boys, Enroute for Pacific
 Coast.

That Uncle Sam's advertisements for soldiers and sailors have been pro ducing satisfactory results was prov ed in Tucson last Saturday when three Pullman cars. filled with recruits for various branches of the army passed through over the main line of the Southern Pacific. enroute to the Pre- sidio in san Francisco. where they will embark for the Philippines.
 There were S7 recruits in all, big, husky fellows who seemed in the best of spirits when they reached Tucson They were under the command of Sar- geant Henry Mcclure. and constituted what is known for the time being as the 27th recruit company, coast artil- lery. infantry and engineering corps mcr were represented. The men were started west from Jefferson barracks in Missouri
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
FUNERAL SERVICES
 WILL BE HELD TODAY
lnterment or Mrs. William Pierson Will Be in Evergreen Cemetery

The funeral of Mrs. Bessie Kelley Pierson. who died so suddenly Sunday night. will be held this afternoon at ? o'clock from tine parlors of Mohn X DriScoll The services will be con ducted by Key. F.. N. Phillips. pastor of the Christian church. who but few months ago performed the cere- mony uniting in marriage the deceased and her bereaved husband. William Pierson. MT and Mrs. c. E. Kelley of Los Angeles, father and mother of Mrs Pierson. arrived here yesterday To attend the funeral They are great ly distressed at the death of their daughter and could hardly realize that their information was correct until they gazed on her cold but familiar face. Though they had no reason to doubt the authenticity of the telegraph messages. the news came so suddenly and was in such eart-breaking con trast with her latest letters telling of her happiness and her plans for the future. that the facts could scarcely be realized
 The deceased who was 27 years old. was a native of Northern New York. and had been a sufferer from asthma eyer since childhood. the decease de- vcloping as a result Of an attack of pneumonia When she was : years old the family moved to California, which has been its abiding place most Of the time ever since. The daughter has never enjoyed continued good health in Los Angeles. and found it fA n in the mountain towns away from the coast
 Finally she came to Phoenix a cou- ple of years ago in very poor health. her mother joining her little later for several months. Mrs. Kelley re turned to Los Angeles and her daugh- ter spent the summer with her there last year. returning again early this year. She had lost flesh during her last residence on the coast. but imme- diateIv improved on her return to Phoenix At the time of her death she was in apparently in as good health as eyer in her life. and had re gained her natural rotundity of figure, but through it all she had occasional attacks of asthma and, as has been related, was seized with a severe one on Sunday night ending in the cir cumstance of her death. Though she had iivrd quietly in Phoenix and was not widely acquainted. all who knew her accounted her as their friend. and sincerely mourn her untimely death.
 Interment will be in Evergreen cem- ctery. though the body may later be removed to either California or New York
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28

over the route of the proposed line Mr. Douglas passed through the southern part of the territory last Saturday evening on his way to san ta Barbara. Cal. He was accompan- jed by his family. and was travelling in a standard Pullman. but was fol- lowed Sunday by new private ear. the "Paso del Norte.'
 Mir. Douglas was met at the depot in Tucson by N. E.. Plumer of the Railway Holding company and by several others. Tn reply to their questions he commented briefly on the affairs of the extension. but stat ed positively that. as far as he knew. no developments in the situation had occurred
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28

ject Of having criminal action insti- tuted against the thieves at the earli- est opportunity and in making the charges he will represent practically all the stock men of the Canyon Di- ablo district.
 MT Volz stated that while riding the range on the Anderson mesa. about twenty miles below Canyon Diablo. he ran into a bunch of five men. and a hand of eighty colts, all branded re- centIv with the so-calIed irons of the
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28

combination. The same condition is prevailing in other sections and the loss of young horses has assumed such alarming proportions that immediate action is demanded by the stockmen to stop it
 The methods adopted by the rustlers are curnngly carried out After the colts are found running on the range they are cut out and driven to a secelt- ed point. and branded as desired. The owners are generally unaWare of this
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28

condition until it is too late to identify their property.
 The Navajo Indians are among the heavy losers. while many American stuckmen are also suffering largely.
 Mir VoIz says that since the repeal of the ranger law rustling has pros pered and cattle and horse stealing are being conducted in the most open and fragrant manner in all sections of northern Arizona
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
HORSE THIEVES AT
 CANYON D|ABIO
Cattle Thieves Have Strong Organiza-
 tion-Rsnches Lose Heavily.

Fred w. Volz. an Indian trader at Canyon Diablo. who is reported to be on his way to Phoenix to see the board of supervisors. stated a few days ago in Prescott that one of the most stu penduous and high handed organiza- tions in horse stealing ever known in Arizona. is in existence in his section. His journey to Phoenix. it is under stood, will be taken for the purpose of the matter speciall; to the live stock sanitary beard, with the ob-
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
ADJUSTMENTS
COLISEUM.

There is nothing slow or tiresome about the new bill that opened at the Coliseum last night The three attractions are the b.s. agg"eGat ion of vaudeville talent that Manager Reeves has secured in Q bunch d1r- ;iIg recent weeks.
 The most unique. unusual and en- tertaining of the three acts is that of the Medoras. lately from Europe. This act is entirely different from
Arizona republican., 1911-06-28
DOUGLAS NOT HERE
 ID ROUTE EXTENSION
General Manager of Phelps Dodqe
 Passes Through Tucson.

Disappointment has been felt in Tucson and the adjacent towns that would benefit from the extension of the Fl Paso & Southwestern to that place over the inaccuracy of the re- port that Walter Douglas of Phelps Dodge 6 Co. was on his way west to look
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

which an acre reservoir one foot deep would
hold. In other words, the annual discharge of
the Mimbres River at a point about thirty miles
north Of Deming Is computed by this report to
cover 224,7l0 acres one foot deep. This is a
part of the source of the underfIow at Deming
and of the lower Mimbres valley. The water
sinks into sand and gravel strata each year and
feeds into our underAow, replenishing 1t from
year to year. And when the water comes In
the river bed by Deming for any considerable
length of time, it Is an indication that the under
ground channel or reservoir Is surcharged.
The report further states an item of interest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

This condition makes the field particularly
inviting to the man. who desires to do actual de-
yeIopment work. This explains the fact that
hundred new pumping plants ranging IN size
from fifteen to fifty horsepower are now going
IN IN the Defining country. 1t explains the fact
that substantial farmhouses have sprung up as if
by magic all over the valley. 1t accounts for
there being two tremendous traction engines
with gang blows capable Of breaking from ff-
teen to thirty acres per day each, now at work
turing over the rich new soil of the valley. 1t ac-
counts for the fact that thousands of acres OF mes
quite land IN the Deming country IS now beng
grubbed, and cleared and made ready for the
plow.
The water supply of the Mimbres Is con-
coded to be absolutely the best IN the Southwest,
for the reason that Nature has found means for
conserving IL No costly dams are required to
hold the water. no elaborate system of canals IS
needed to conduct the water to the land; floods
do not damage one year, and drouth dry up the
canals the next. Nature has provided for every
contingency.
Here Is an authoritative statement of the
water-supply of the Mimbres Valley with
Uncle Sam behind every word of it.
In Senate Document No. Al Fify-Second
Congress, First Session, Page IA, we find
report of the Mimbres Valley. After reciting
the fact that the Mimbres River heads in the
Black Range In the northeastern part of Grant
County, that during the flood season It's waters
flow to a point some ten or twelve miles south
easterly Of Deming, but that during the drier
portions of the year, the water disappears into
an underground channel at point about forty
miles from its source, the report proceeds, as fol-
lows:
According to Mr. l. CIapp, IT,, the civil
engineer In charge, the flow of the stream at
King ranch (about 30 miles north of Deming)
was found to be ninety cubic feet per second, BY
measurement taken March 4, 1891; about five
weeks later it was found to be the same; on an
other visit IN May it was estimated to be one
half, and believe that a fair estimate of the
average discharge of the river at this point
would be ninety cubic feet per second, exclusive
of flood waters. This would give an annual
discharge Of nearly three billion cubic feet per
year.
Continuing Its observations, the report states
that the river bottom proper at the point above
designated IS about nine hundred feet wide, and
that this bottom Is covered about one month on
an average each year.
Assuming that this holds good for twenty
days, there will be a discharge of over five
billion cubic feet to be added to the normal total
given, making little In excess of eight billion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

cubic feet as total annual discharge of the sur
face flow
The report is further, as follows:
The indications for a large under-Aow are
exceptionally good The lower Mimbres is be-
lieved to be an underground river; In that case
the surface water Is only the surplus appearing
after the underground channel IS surcharged -
The report then goes on to calculate the
amount of water which passes King S ranch I'M
derground and adds this to the amount of the
Aood-water and the normal discharge of the
stream, giving a total from all sources OF over
nine billion cubic feet, or to be exact of 2247l0
acre-feet. An acre-foot is the amount of water
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

and mnh
7 u 75paan h dH h
fyd spent m
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

with regard to the drainage Of the Mimbres
River:
The drainage area of the Mimbres River
from It's sources to King Ranch Is at least five
hundred square miles, and the average annual
rainfall at Fl. Bayard IS q inches But the
rainfall In the mountains at the source of the
river Is considerably more than this. Mr.. Clark
therefore assumes twenty inches as fair average
for that portion Of the valley tributary to the
system.
1t will be noted that this report deals exclu-
sively with the watershed of the MImbres, and
takes no account of the watershed of the Silver
City Draw which, comes into the Mimbres at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

a point several miles below King
Silver City Draw has drainage
as large as that of the Mimbres Ri
may be seen by reference to the off
this region. Assuming that this
Gates the amount furnished by Mim6f
there is four hundred and forty-nine
acre-feet fed into the underAow Of IT
Mimbres by these two streams alone.l
takes no account of the food-waters !
by the Cooks range. or the lower Burr
tains, nor of the mountain ranges at the
end of the basin which drain northward
A. 0. Bailey says, into the underho7
lower Mimbres.
Of course, there are years when
charge into the underhow does not +
half the amount above named. There a
years when 1t Is far IN excess of the fgur
IN this report, and this brings US to the
why the supply IS constant at Deming an
Lower Mimbres valley There are
subterranean, strata Of sand and gravel
meath this entire valley which consh
natural reservoir to draw from. Notc
meath the Pumping-area which Is com
limited, but stretching beneath a
water lies too deep for pumping,
extends. Thus, if there were no
ever fed into the underAow for ID
years, the effect upon the storage resei
scarcely be Perceptible.
Again, the water that Is pumped o.
underhow for irrigation purposes is not
lost. Some of 1t, perhaps thirty per Gel
valley, passes off through evapora
plant life, while the major portion q
finds It's way into the subtenanean stra
pumped out again, and so on indehnii
In buying land IN the Mimbres Val
water under that land goes to the purcha
sinks well and instals a pumping plant,
has a perpetual and indefeasible right
water for use upon his land from the at
and constantly replenished supply bene
Every dollar spent IN intelligent d
ment on Mimbres Valley land double
Immediately.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-11-03

CHICAGO's WATER SUPPLY.-A big
pumping station for Chicago will
soon be ready for operation. The
new Roslapd plant to drive water
into the city main from Southwest
land and Lake tunnel just completed,
will have q tube ten miles long cut
through solid rock, IA feet in diam
eter, 100 to $50 feet below the surface,
with a capacity of twice what is
needed. This is one of the greatest
engineering attempts ever planned.
and it is still in its infancy Of de-
velopment..