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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
Some Pointed Questions, and Com
mentS Thereon.

Is it not a fact that the eleven
follower Republican Senators,
who have left the State and re-
fuse to serve as such Senators,
are guilty of perjury?
And is it not fact that the
four newly elected Republican
Senators who have left the state,
thereby refusing to serve as such
Senators, have forfeited their
seats to such office?
Article 16 of the Constitution
sets forth the oath of office and
the time and place, they shall
take such oath.
Members Of the legislature before they
enter upon their duties shall rake ADD sub
scribe tho following 3ath or affirmation:
II do solemnly swear or affirm that I will
support the Constitution Of the United
states, aud the Constitution Of the state Oh
West Virginia, and faithfully discharg,
the duties OF senator or delegate, Accord
ing to the best Of my ability
And they shall also take this
further oath towit,
81 will not accept or receive directly Of
indirectly any money or other valuable
thing from any corporation, company o
person f'r any vote, or influence 7 ma,
DO, or perfor as senator or delegate.
! THESE OATHS SHALL BIZ AID
( MINISTERED1N THE HALL OF TIL
HOUSE TO WHICH THE MEMBEI
+ is ELECTED, by Judge Of the suprom
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
Notice to Tx Payers.

In order to deal with the public
impartially, we hereby notify all de.
linquent tax payers to come in and
take up their tickets by the first of
April, 1911. We will then. in ac-
cordance with our oath, proceed to
collect all that can be collected BY
levy and sale, SO that we may be
able by the first of Juno to return
all tickets that cannot be collected
We expect to treat everybody alike
SO please look after your taxes at
once. G. A. JARVIS,
Sheriff of Calhoun County.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
The Contrast.

The sentiment Of the people of
the state as well as the certainty
of right is with the democratic
senators in the present situation
which presents to the people the
spectacle of a state senate in op-
Grafton without the attendance of
a single republican senator The
attitude of the democrats has
ever been that of dignified readi-
ness for business; that of the re-
publicans Of holding up the
wheels Of government of the
state. to compel compliance with
arbitrary demands made by them
and which the complexion of the
senate gave them no more right
to possess than the democrats
The democrats have ever been
sitting at the legally appointed
place for the pursuance of the
functions of the office to which
they have been elected; the re-
publicans have never yet entered
the halls where they are sup
posed to represent to represent
the people who elected them.
The democrats have been in the
open; every move that they have
made has been in the light of
publicity. The republicans have
hid behind barred doors and in
secret formed the cabal that has
delayed the legislature of the
state in the performance of it's
duty. The contrast has been
that which is Away shown when
a number Of men are working
with their consciences as their
guide, with another body OF men
who are using methods which
require secrecy-it is the con-
trast between the open and the
stealthy, the right and the
wrong.
The people of West Virginia
have been treated to the pitiable
spectacle of the Offices of the
chief executive of their state
turned into a hiding place for
Legislators who are Sinking
their dnty, and of the secretary
Of state using all the power of
his Office to aid the governor in
interfering with the duties of
the legislative branch of the
state government. They have
been compelled to witness the
sight of fifteen senators of their
state in ignominious fight, to
escape legal arrest at the hands
of those of the duly elected sena-
tors who have not refused to
take the oath Of office. They
have been Inundated by the
knowledge that half Of the sup
posed elected members of the
higher house of their legislature,
have by their flight, broken a
truce which was asked for TOR
them by the governor of their
state and which was granted by
the democratic senators upon the
understanding from the cover
nor, that the truce would be re-
spected.
The democratic senators have
acted with patience and with
eqUability throughout the trou-
bic They have done every thing
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
LOCALS AND PERSONALS

Dudley Lutz left last Friday
for Parkersburg on business.
Need a new roof? Buy rub
Der. Get it at Want & Bars.
Roy Grim, of Nobe, was bus.
mess caller in Grantsville one
day last week.
Want & Barr carry at all
times a full line of gas and mill
supplies.
Mrs. John H. Barr, of Russell,
was calling on friends in the city
Friday of last week.
An interesting communication
from Index was crowded out of
this issue. Will appear next wk.
Need a new wagon? Buy the
Weber at Want & Barr's. The
best wagon built today. Come
look it over.
Squire w. H. Jackson of
Chestnut Grove, was a promi.
nent business visitor in town
Friday.
Want & Barr carry more than
% makes of wrenches and pli-
ers. You can get what you want
when you want it.
Congressman elect John M
Hamilton attended a conference
of Democratic members of the
House, held at Baltimore last
Thursday.
You can find no better shoes
for as little money as Want &
Barr can show you.
Frank and Bud" johnson are
breaking up the meadow land
belonging to Withers & Vande-
vender on Philips run, and will
raise a record crop of corn there
this year.
Nat Depue, of Creston, who
carries the mail between that
place and GrantsvilIe. had a
thrilling experience with a huge
wild cat or some other animal of
a like nature one day last week
He had been delayed here until
late IN the afternoon, waiting for
the mail sacks which were on the
Harry W., consequently it was
dark when he crossed the Anna
moriah flats, and he noticed
something following him which
ne took to be a dog, but paid lit
tie attention to it until It darfed
past the horse and ran up a tree
that leaned over the road. From
there the cat sprang, landing on
the horses neck clawinQ and
biting fiercely. 1t hung on for a
considerable distance until Matte
was enabled to kick it off. The
horse became frightened and ran
away, but was soon checked up
and the game little mail carrier
got a light and went back to look
for his hat and the mail sacks
which he had lost. Matte IS
still carrying the mail but it is a
safe bet that he will always try
to get across Annamoriah fats
before dark.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
Established June IL. 1888.
Watson and Chilten.

William E. Chiffon [of
Charleston, and Clarence N.
Watson, of Fairmcr t, we're
chosen in the caucus of Dem
ocratic members Of The legis-
lature last Wednesday night,
to represent West Virginia
in the United States senate
for the short md full terms
respectively.
Mr.. Chiffon has long been
recognized as one of the
leaders of The party in west
Virginia. He is o brilliant
lawyer, and will rank among
the rEost skillful dabaters on
the floor of the senate. His
COLLEAGUE, who will serve
until 1913, is a successful
business man, whose training
and qualifica ions admira-
by fit him to represent the
interests of this great and
growing state. Both are
worthy men in every respect. |
and they will give Vest vir-
glnia a degree of prestige in
the senate which it has not
hitherto enjoyed.
The struggle for the high
honors bestowed upon
Messrs. Chiffon and Watson
has been marked by less
acerbity than might reason
ably have been expected to
develop in a contest so vigor-
ously and aggressively con-
Quoted. That fact is largely
due to the early determine
ton of the leading candi-
dates to fight along friendly
lines, and to avoid person
alities, from which there ;
was little if, any deviation
up to the time of the caucus.
The campaigns of all the j
candidates have been clean;
there have been no charges ,
to the contrary.
There are disappointments
over the caucus choices, as a
matter of course. When
seven or eight men 90 after
places which only two can
fill, such a result is inevita-
BILE. tits hoped that support
ers of and the defeated ones ,
themselves, will accept their
fate philosophically. Dem
ocracy demands of those
who aspire to leadership
that they shall be game fight
ers;it also expects them tobe !
good losers. $
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Grantsville, W. Va. Tuesday Jan "a, 1911.


within their power to make an
amicable settlement of a situl-
ton which was made trying by
the unwarrantcd and unreas- II
able denalds of a b )dy who's
Only weapon was a supposed
abb ity to hold up the business of
the state and to compel compIi-
ance by the same method which
is used by the man who gets
money at the point of a gun.
When the republican senator's,
refusing to even enter the SEN
ate chamber, much less take
their oaths of Office fled the
state, the democratic members
acted, and they have acted wisely
and within their lawful rights.
They proceeded to organize and
then. in the absence Of any ans
wer to the contest which has
been made by Mr.. Caldwell of
the First senatorial district
against Mr.. Hearne, the republi.
can candidate who claimed cleo
ton on the face Of returns, the
senate declared that Mr.. Cald-
vel was entitled TO a seat.
The acton Of the senate in
seating Mr.. Caldwell is certainly
justified on the grounds stated in
the resolution by which he was
seated.
Caldwell served notice of his
contest and Hearne has made no
answer. The seat has therefore
been given to Mr.. Caldwell.
You people of West Virginia,
if you will contrast the attitude
of the two bodies of men, you
will be driven to see the right.
If you will but look into the mo-
tive which inspired the insurrec-
ton you will see that all the argu-
ment that has been advanced by
the truant senators has been
based upon a premise of imagina-
ton and supposition. They have
claimed that they MIGHT receive
injustice at the hands of the
democrats. They have taken the
law into their own hands. and
their argument in defense of this
action is that they have done
this to preserve the power of the
republican party. They have
done all these things, even to
flying from an arrest, which their
very flight proclaimed as legal,
and announcing, as ut least one
of them is credited with doing,
that they would not be arrested
alive, merely because the votes
of the people last fall elected so
many democrats that republican
power is gone. Contrast this
with the attitude of the Demo-
Gratis who have been within the
law and who have ever been
striving to start the wheels of
legislation by bringing into the
proper meeting place the sena-
tors elected bv the people. You
will find the difference between
law, and contempt for law,
patriotism and rampant partisan
ship that does not respect the
rights of the people of West
Virginia. And of these which
do you respect and admire?
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24
ChiltOn'S Statement.

Charleston, Jan. 10 Senator-to
be Chiffon made the following
statement: In accepting the great
honor that has been given me, am
80 impressed with its weigh,y res
possibilities. and 50 filed with graf
itude that tongue and pen alike fail
me. / can never know how to thank
the Democratic party for this 81 gnal
expression of confidence, and it
would be a waste of time to attempt
it. IT it is possible for me to give
mole of my limited powers to the
spread and acceptance of IFS gospel
and government than 1 have done
IN TIE past, it will be done.
"To the high aud digni6ed Office
to which this nomination prac ically
gives me title, / will devote my en-
TIRE time and abilities. In dong so
1t will be II labor of love, for / love
my party and its principles. 1t will
be my purpose to attempt 20 supple
ment in the National Senate the
work which this Legislature is about
to begin the work Of bringing this
government nearer 10 Tie people and
reestablisbing Democratic ideas. If
/ shall Ice senator / will try 10 rep
resent all he people Of this State
and cast their yo'e upon every ques
ton fearlessly and honesty lie,
me add something did net iako the
trouble to mention during the con-
test am not millionaire and
never was, as my friends AT home
can all testify. ] say tiis not TO rec
ognize as neco sary any discumina-
ton against any one more fortunate,
bu' only that the truth may he
known by those who have evidently
been misinformed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-01-24

In depicting real rampant he
roism, this gallant fifteen" as
they have been called, have the
Charge Of the Light Brigade
looking like a pillow fight. The
Charge of the Light Brigade af-
fected only six hundred. while
every taxpayer in the State is
wounded by the work Of the ff-
teen. Gazette.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
QUARTZ BOOMERS
 WILL MEET TONIGHT

This evening the Nome quartz Doc second meeting and it is expected that the charter and by-law- win he ready |" be presented Co he pe0pl, who have subscribed for the stock in the com pauy tn act upon. George D. Schohcld and w. \. Gilmore have drafted the articles and they will be ready to be adopted if satisfactory Uni. evening
 According to the draft af the charter and bylaws as outlined. the name the concern will be the Nome Quartz Development Company II will have a capital stock of slO0o0 divided. or made up of 200 shares per value at $50
 The purpose of the company Is to acquire. lease and secure options on quartz mines on Seward Peninsula TO install quartz pr custom min. couceu. irators or cyanide plants or other rr. duetion plants to reduce the ore in the rocks to a commercial value To op- crate electric lighting and power plants wagon roads. mul sites and mills. ditchrs, etc.
 IL Is the intention of those attend ing the meeting tonight tn elect five men from the number of those who have subscribed for thr stock in the Nome Quartz Development Company, each share representing one vote. to elect a board of five. who will cousti- tute the board of directors for the term of one year. The elected board of di- rcctors will in turn choose the officers for the company from among their members consisting of a president. vice president, secretary and treasurer
 one provision of the bylaws will h" that no officer shall receive any salary or compensation for his or their work without the consent of twa-thlrds or the issued capital stock
 IL is expected that alI who are in-
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11

of the city Chairman Montgomery further reported the condition of East Front street and recommended that the same be graveIed al cost not to ex- cccd five hundred dollars Bids were ordered called for and the letting of the work will be given out next Monday night The real bad spots or places to he taken care of by the superintendent of streets in the meantime
 Frank Mielke of the finance commit tee then made long talk for de- tax collector to see if he could get SIG knocked on from his bill. but the council would not stand for it, as 1t would he setting bad example
 George Apple addressed the council as to his delinquent taxes. stating he was about to leave the city and would pay up in full provided the city paid what they owed him for repairs of the May building This was agreed to and the matter will be settled George stating he was to leave town and wanted to get squared up.
 Before adjourning the mayor called the attention of City Attorney Grigsby to the ordinance ordered prepared for Atif BI'l'fI NlIlilS tI tltN bulldlfkS Tor electric lighting, stating there were two electricians present who were anxious tu see what would be the nature of the requirements for wiring buildings so they could work accordingly.
 Mir. Grigsby stated he had been ap- pointed to work in conjunction with Chairman Reillev of the law, ordinance and printing committee and did not feel as if he was empowered to draft it alone. Also that Councilman Reil- ley had some data he wanted 10 give him about ordinances for electric wlr- ing and he was waiting to look it over. Theerupon Councilman Sykes pr Tor key. informed the city attorney he may as well throw all such data in the waste basket for il was nothing but "bull con
 There being no further business ta come before the meeting council ad journed until next Monday evening at eight o'clock
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
CITY WILL GRAVEL
 EAST FRONT STREET

At the regular meeting of the com mon council last evening all members were present except Councilman Retl- lev. After the reading uf thr journal there being mo petitions or communica- tious the president t.ok up the reports of the various general and special com mittees
 City Attorney Gtig~by reported he had looked into he authorities per talning tu the priority uf right be- tween mortgages and taN,~ and finds that iu the majority uf cases the mort gage is superior to rhat nf taxes as a lien against thc property
 That the law Is defective m that re- spcct SO far as collecting delinquent taxes and hy would rather take cases to bring ac. ion where that point of law would not Iy involved The matter was allowed 10 rest with The instructions that should The congressional ypmmit- lee visit Nome this summer their at tention should be called tn th, defect hy the city attorney.
 City health officer reported a pa tirut had been taken tp the hospital Aftt' fNtltllIE Iff.I.fff+ LfA 'IIIffE lFttlii- h"ldt suffering from tuberculosis The patient could uut recover in this cli- mate and may finger ou until next spring then pass away. provided an attack of hemorrhagc did not take him sooner. He recommended that the health and relief committee be iu- struCtcd c. purchase a ticket for him To san Francisco. where he has a son eighteen years uf age. and be sent out on th, next steamer I'll, rc,umm,ndu- tion was adopted
 The health officer further reported that the druggist Butler. Mauro co. would purchase thirty. and F. F. Hill twenty bottles of the autj-toNiue for diphtheria. the tubes Co be certain size or dose That the city should pay for the same if used by such patients who Were without means
 The street committee reported prog r-Ss in washing down streets. rcplank- ing and repairing in different section,
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
SEEN AND HEARD

Bids will be called for to gravel the east end of Front street right away. The road being almost iTrassabln in that end of the city.
 Fuss Downing. the champion mpl,y rcTort something "diddi1," ;his even irg at the stockholders rna t'Ng
 Nomeites returning from Kougaro< Was report there Is m >u"' m :hlt section of the country tni wa er get tin very low
 A~ross the divide th.- hay hli a lntg contracted dry spell ana ,l.hf,,ll k in great demand
 There win be quite little wnTa going on in the Kougarok this sum mer but not to the extent of last sea son unless there is ample water.
 one operator who arrived from Shel- ton two days ago states he met four men en route to the Kougarok looking for work. a very poor showing for this season of the year.
 H Greenberg is sending number of men up to the Squirrel river coun- try to work the mines he has ready for operation. They are summer prop
 
 ready during the winter and spring.
 J D. Campbell a mining engineer. is stopping at the Golden Gate hotel. He will operate in the country back of Teller this summer
 Two eminent Minnesota men depart cd on the Senator after spending few days in Nome. One was a state sen ator and the other banker, C. p. Swanson and C. NJ. F. Carlson respect fully
 Pritchard and Leonhurst purchased the Candle creek ditch yesterday and will place the water way in condition to furnish water to the benches and creek claims in the vicinity of Candle.
 The days of the Iditarod camp for the individual miner are over. The Guggenheims have taken an option on all the Flat creek country and now have several gangs of men prospecting to see if they will take over the prop erty.
 Several former Nomeites who are in business there write the Nugget that there is some gold there. but they would not advise any person stamped ing over there. They expected to pull | hD SAdhtS AHiH ldil iliNt t' 'AH'i and more prosperous camps. Although there k no snow across the divide in the kougarok country there is many feet of it on the Grand Centra divide. In fact the snow Is too decl for the large ditch companies doinf any work on their water ways at tn, present time.
 | The high surf which has been roll ing in for the past twenty-four hour' has put the fishermen out of bushes: and it seems strange to walk past th' IO. K. store and not see several car loads of fish there waiting for people on come and purchase
 The district court was settled dowI to it's daily grind and for the next weel or two that will be a busy place. Sev eral large cases are set for trial an, the usual summer law calendar is nov lon
 Frank Waskey Is a busy fellow at thu lpresent time taking care of his Nom, lproperty and getting things straight ened out so he can return to the GooC News bay country to see what hal taken place in the way of development since he left there few weeks ago
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
 CITY OF NOME
CALL FOR BIDS.

Bids for gravel for East Front Street are hereby called for. to be opened at the regular meeting Cf the council, Monday, July l1th. The specifications being as follows:
 First-500 cubic yards of grav"i lc be hauled from gravel bed on Dry creek and dumped at the lower end of Front street between the Fire Plai [ and Standard oil Warehouse a'ung East Front street, at places to he desig- mated by the Street Committee. The bidder to furnish teams, men to load and dump.
 Second-Bids for 750 cubic yards of gravel. same conditions.
 Third-Bids for 1000 cubic yards of gravel, same conditions.
 The council to reserve the right to reject any and all bids
 w NJ EDDY.
 City Clerk
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
MANAGER MATHEWS IN TOWN.

Mfr. Jack Mathews, the manager for the Stone ditch in the Kougarok coun- tr is in town. having come down from that section with a saddle horse to take his wife back. Mrs. Mathews came in on the Senator. and will spend the summer with her husband in the Kou- garok district.
 The Stone ditches have plenty of water. although the country is getting very dry up there. Mir. Ferren is ex- pected in any time to assume charge of the ditches in the Kougar'k bu. uh- til he arrives Mir Mathews 'gill ioo k atfer the interest of the companr.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
STR. CORWIN
 EXPECTED SOON

The steamer Corwin. under charter tc the Western Alaska Steamship Com pany, or the Schubach- Hamilton Com pany, is expected daily from St Mich acl where she was towed two weeks ago to have her crank shaft repaired which was broken by the ice
 The Corwn officers experienced con siderable troubel in repairing the break owing to the limited amount of mater ial and tools for doing the work over in St. Michael
 sunday word Was received that the work was completed and the vessel would be fioated and expected to start for Nome at once. so she Is due here most any time.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
DID You SAY ICE CREAM

Toby sells ice cream by the dish, quart or gallon. Should you need a little ice cream for your Sunday din- ner, or the party ring up Toby he makes a speciality of filling orders. Then remember he makes fresh home made candies daily. All kinds and col ors from after dinner nints, to the chocolates so popular with lovers of good candy.
 Ring up Main 6t and ask Toby all about it.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
CITY DOG POUND.

Following is a list of the dogs i'm pounded under provisions of Ordi- nance No. PIP during the 24 hours ending at o'clock last night: one white bitch. black spotted back.
 JOHN BORNBOLDT,
 Poundmaster.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11

We handle Select" beer made from specially selected 6oheman hops. The best beer brewed on the Pacific coast. Price reasonable. Delivered at your door free of charge. Try this beer and you will be convinced. The Eagle.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-11
DARLING and DEAN
 COMPANY
H A R D w A R E
QUOTES FOLLOWING PRICES
TAR PAPER.

r. X B, Asphalt Felt, ply. 500
 ''''' '''. 's.......,...., 5t l-2 Asphalt Felt. rolls, 250 feet. .. 5s Asphalt Felt. ply. heavy. 500 feet 500