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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
WIRELESS TELEeRApHY land
HERoisM.

One may not scoff at the herolsm
Of the STRIPPING wireless operator who
stuck so manfully at his post while
the sinking Lexington drifted nearer
and nearer the breakers OF the Caro-.
lima coast. Any man who does the
right thing at the right time is more
or less a hero. The more spectacular
his surroundings and the more his &C.
ton may affect the lives or interests
Of others the greater is his herolsm
apt 10 be considered. But wireless
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04

OF the Sun as evidenced by two edi.
torials SO coplously copied in the morn.
Ing paper can certainly. be traced to a
source not friendly to the tax payers
OF this State.
gAsi proof, OF tho fact that the Sun Is
not very particular about the prem;
ises on which It. bases its conclusions
1t will, only be necessary to quote one
paragraph OF the yoluminous opln.
ions OF that newspaper. Among 9th.
er things the Sun says:
"As an evidence that West Virginia
can well afford to pay its alleged
share of the debt Of the State Of Vir-
ginia before It was divided 1t is set
forth by the petitioners that while Vir-
ginia has $500, 100000 of taxable prop
erty, and State debt Of s25. 900,
West Virginia has taxable property
to the value OF 100000 and no
State debit" i,q
Because tho taxable property Of
West Virginia IS over a billion dol.
liars while that@of vIrSihia IL only a
half billion the Sun rreasons that West
Virginia should pay because she Is
able to do SO whether the debt is a
| Just one Or not. II the property valu
ations Of the two States were to be
| taken" at all as basis Of settlement
Iiti would certainly only be fair to as
certain the value at the time Of the
creation of the debt and not at the
present time. because West Virginia
has advanced III commercial rating oil
made her talents or RESOURCES more
4 productive Of gain is no reason why
this State should be punished for It:
thrift. 1t is manifest from the active
interest the Sun is taking in this mat
ter that that paper would collect ever.
! dollar possible and from the mos
sure source Of getting the money, 9th
crwise 1t might not stand In favor
with the holders Of these certificates
The Sun also reasons not only be
cause West Virginia Is able to pay
but because Virginia owes debt o
twenty-five millions. that that is T;
good reason why West Virginia shoull
be forced to lIquidate. In other word
the Sun wants to make Seventeen
Million Dollar Phllanthropst of tn
State of West Virginia. wy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
POLITICAL sUNcoMBE.

Tho West Virginian cannot with all
the charity 1t is able to summon for
tho shortcoming. the mistakes, mac.
curate reasoning or. perversion OF facts
TO suit political exigencics, or what.
ever term YOU want to cali 1t, see
where under the broad heavens the
new tax laws have anything whatever
to do with the Virginia debt question,
whether this State owes nothing or a
billion dollars, but a scare editorial
which t is '. believed to have been pub
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
lIGNIgf I'm lJIiINIrI-aI.IW -INNH7W
DANISH The MQEElclAI EIIRI.,

,lliGNiHf IIJitrH 1LtnifL-sfslib r a-lHHhi'af7
DANISH, The EToFFIcIAL FLIRT.' 4
u The Official city fliFt"is,of Los An.
geles has, lost her job, She dressed
too gaudily, Perhaps. also, she was
making too much Of record. She ar
rested ten men the other night
The Official firtp was an Official
tcmptress." She hardly would be hu'
man II she did not, in her desire to
show her superiors that she was keep.
Ing busy, encourage men. No such en-
couragcment Is needed In most
American cities.
The general public will waste no
tears over the 'masher" caught and
punished. He is a despicable cad who
ought to be put into jail and be
spanked every day he Is, there. But
at the same time he must be caught
fairly. To send a gall. dressed wo
man to the streets. have her .ostenta
tiously parade the main thoroughfares
and then arrest, every; man who &C
costs her Is not square deal. 1t Is
too tricky, too like deliberate provo
cation. .g,f,s aHetI
Very few men. fllrt on the street
with women who show they resent
such attentions, Those who do should
be given the limit OF the law, but to
catch the few who thus force them
selves on women 1t Is not fair to la.
elaborate plots to entanglc the man,
more who will respond to encourage
ment.
| The "masher" II he had horse sense
would ,conflnc his ogling to those wn,
show they desire. 1t His folly
shown In his lack OF discrimination
: For one Of this type, however, Their
: are nine who can be led into flirta
ton by a clever woman. The Los An
geles detective evidently was clever.
Any city that cares for Its reputa
ton will vigorously punish insults o.
fored to women on Its streets. To d
I. this. though, 1t is not necessary t
!, bait hook. The breed of men VIII
: play this sort of game are bound t
; be caught sooner or later. In til
mcshes OF their. own folly. iai
d .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
Ash, 900, 10000 -PHILANiTHRoPi7Isr.

sS17, 900 ooo. 90 HlLANTHRoPfsT.,
5f According to an editorial copied
from. the Baltimore. Sun and published
I'M the morning local paper the Sun is
exempllfying the proeiiyities Of the
Z goat family by, "buttlngIiEs to the
& settlement fGathe Virginia. debt qucs.
o danlaudjaromn the deductiomiofjit that
8 paper tits notWety difficult to see In
Whose, tEygr the Sun Would settle this
dlsplte II that Journal were asked TO
7 arbitrate the matter: The Sun is usual.
w to be found on the side Of the spe.
4 cial interests and It's article which Is
\ quoted at considerable length very
clearly sustains this assumption The
y Sun would not only have West Vir.
glnia pay the $1,000, 100000 as a com.
promise suggested by the Supreme
5 Court but It very generously reduces
! the interest to something over s1O,.
{ 000,0 100000 bringing down the rate to
3 per cent. Who asked the Baltimore
s Sun for It's opinion and who has con-
stituted this Democratic organ the
arbitrator oil the dispute between this
State and holders OF the Virginia debt
q certificates? Can It DO that the Baltl
more gentleman whom the Sun .ac
knowledges as owning million sol
these certificates and his allies have
delegated to the Sun the oncrous
duty OF settling this question? II this
was In fact tea, dispute between the
4 States OF Virginia and tho State Of
West Virginia there might be some
excuse for Maryland assuming an ad
\: visory position in the matter but wher
that is not the Issue and the State o.
# Virginia is not In reality contendint
gssf for the payment OF these certificate!
h but Is a dispute between this State ant
5as lot OF Wall street, Baltimore ant
9 other spectators, the sudden intercs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
Ielegraphy certainly does offer grand

telegraphy certainly does offer grand
opportunities to earn a halo.
Were man clinging to a capsized
canoe to see a passing sailboat he
would hail her instinctiyely, nor get
exceptional credit for presence OF
mind in doing so. II he had a mega
phone he would use that instinctively
and probably continue to use 1t up to
the moment OF his rescue. 1t Is not
ungenerous to assume that young
scheetz's cver.rcpeated call for help
by wireless was frantic, frightened, des
perate; that it was instructive rather
than borne Of sense Of duy. He
could raise his voice louder than
could his fellows, and he did 1t.
But, however panlc.stricken he
may have been-lf he was panif,
stricken at all-he did the right !thing
'at2 ithe right time. He might have
lost his nerve: He might have col
lapsed entirely. That he did not do
so, that in his tenacious fight forjllfe
he chung to the best means of,saYins
1t and that he lives of others depndet
upon his cndeavors constituted him q
hero. "t.'"1' y 49,! III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
PEOPLES. FORUM Or On !.
Faf.
WARNlNG.
Sept. 4th, s O'Clock A, M.

Sept. 4th, 6 O'clock A. NJ.
Warning TO Automobile owners and
chauffeur (especialy to the chauifeur).
| live on Fairmont avenue, near Sth
street, and claim to be a pretty close
observer on speed Of trains, street
cars, automobiles and motorcycles;o f
the last named machine, / am positive
slysafe in saying that ! have seen! them
several times passing my home and
continuing on out the avenue at q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04

rlon county, at ? O'Clock d. m. On Sat;
urday, seplember-9 the following de.
scribsed personal proptteafftty " tie late
}. p. Ashcraft: ggt.tes y =. .
Two sfii ysss hundred $500 ) tarst, mott
gage 6 per cent gold bonds Of Tic
Fafrimont Wholesale District Improve.
mcnt CqgpRagnyI and pf lhEeea A.: five hundred
ts59ol, g per cent. gold, bonds Of the
Monongahela Industrial Company
F. NJ. AshcrafL, Admir-, J.; T. Ash
craft, deceased. TX S.1s.1m.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04
1 On Augusta alstsa IL minutes |;

pa ION Anguish Slst%atNtent minutes ior
speed of 4O3milCs an hour. iiW 4
seven o'clock in the: evening, IT was
waiting to take the Getty car over to
Locust avenue; just ;atthat time there
whizzed an automobile by at the rate
Of 80 miles an, hour nndItIgwil go on,
the witness stand and testify to, 1T
too; ! was unable to get his number,
councilmanGA..D. Simon was ION the
street car when got aboard, he told
me the automobile did not miss his
car more than a foot and was running
at So to 40 miles an hour.
On September the End at Jefferson
street got on the ten o'clock CA. M
car to go to Monongah; Just as we
were passing over the first switch,
north OF Eighth street, an auto pass
ed rapidly by, at the rate OF rs miles
an hour. was smart enough that
time. to get his number 554, after re.
turned in3the afternoon / reported the.
number to Chief Buckley; and ], prb..
sumo he VIII BE arrested this morning,
and i will.'gct u salt him on the VII.
ness stand: 1o2. +: y !; ';ss llapH
Explanation following the above.
After the drivers reach the SUNNI OF
Fairmont avenue in front OF Walton;
Millers residence, those hurry up fel-
lows open the throttle and let her &C
some; because It is a nice level
stretch from there to Clom Shavers,
and they are away from the police
danger.
Why am ] SO Interested? Because
| have an only boy. eleven years old
who loves to play ball and skip around
generally, and quite good deal on
the avenue about Eighth street; Is
that all? No. for John Cook, the E
c. Jones, boys Hugh and Paul are up
there often playing with my Albert
and Master Bert Watson and some
times Sylvanus Watson. They all are
imore or less, out on Fairmont avenue
Let me tell YOU II you kill my boy
one hundred thousand dollars won'I
pay tho damages. don't want your
money that way, but ] do want you to
slow down il you don't, then abide
the consequences, for mean what. ,
say, always have n pencil in m,
pocket and a good time keeper, ant
moreover ! like to see the laws ant
ordinances obeyed; and for one ]
have backbone enough to report ant
testify to the best ofamy judgmen
against all such recklessness.5 I have
served on the grand jury, and | nigh
get on again. 1T must be stopped.
!, Invariably the fast running is don,
by the chauffeur when he is alone Ii
the car; how many OF them could pa.
damages, other than Imprisonment?
w. HOWARD KELLEY
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04

Administrators Sale! Stock Certificates
Notice Is hereby given that q will
offersfor sale at public auction at the,
front door Of the court house of Ma
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04

II Z SIl57I.I 'tiJsiI ~ II
DOOR %ofsTHESco URT tio USE OF
MARION COUNTY, AT 2 o,c lock
P. NJ oMnsAIuRDAY,i. sEPTEMBER
% The FOLLOWING DESC RlBEDS
PERSONAL oP RoPERTY OF THE
Asrc RRP'F,r llsihtt
sbhzo ! sHaR ESQ lllTHEupe ARiIAti
STOCK OF THE POINT MOUNTAIN
Par aalVsGGE st6SS' fpEaAs sRE.s ls
.t3F. M. AsHcRAEr, AbM Il! 3! sP.i
.AsHc RAFT, DECEASED n ~
Aug. 2S.End Sept 22,i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-04

yencerlng IS not a modern sinsen.
ton. but was Introduced in the time
Of Pllny about5 Q "A. D., to reduce the
cost Of the enormously expensive Ia
bles Of rare woods that were much
sought after by wealthy; Romans.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09

NWYHEE LODGE NO ., 10. o. F., Silver
~ City, Idaho, meets every second and fourth
FTldsI night sojourning Brethren always vel.
come.
CARL JOHNSON, N. G.
ROBERT H. LEONARD, JR, Secretary.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
Notice of Proof of Completion of
Works and Application of
Water to Beneficial Use.

| Notice is hereby given that at 10 m. on the
Sth day of March, 1911, at Boise, Comfy of Ada,
State Of Idaho, before State Engineer, proof
will be submitted Of the completion Of
works for the diversion of 82 cubic feet
per second of the waters of Beaver Creek.
and of the application to beneficial use of
said water in accordance with the terms and
conditions Of Permit No. 1920 heretofore issued
by the State Engineer of the State Of Idaho.
l. The names and postofice address of the per-
sons holding said permit, are william NJ Lam
bert and Henry c. Lambert, of Lowry, Idaho.
2 Said works of diversion will be fully com
pleted on the date set for such completion. and
the amount Of water which said works are can
able OF conducting to the place of use in accord.
ance with the plans accompanying the applica-
ton for such permit, is S2 cubic feet per second
3. The use to which said water has been an
piled is irrigation and domestic purposes, and
the amount applied to beneficial use is 40
cubic feet per second.
4. The place where said water is used is on
unsurveyed land situated on both sides of Beay
er creek from point about 80 miles above the
mouth of said creek down to within a mile
from the mouth of said creek
s. The date OF priority which said user is pre-
pared to establish is May g. 1909
D. G. MARTIN,
State Engineer
First publication January 90 1911.
Last publication February 16 1911.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09

the easiesly side Of Sinker Greek, and
running TO Oreana thence from Oreana,
by way Of the Joyce ranch, to Murphy !;
then commencing at Oreana and rum
ming to the Castle Creek post office !;
then commencing at the sign board, two
miles west Of Castle Greek post office,
and running in westerly direction to
A. 4. Evans ranch on Castle Greek !;
thence on the east side of Castle creek
to the ranch Of William Toy, formerly
known as the G. w. Paul ranch includ-
ing also the road commencing at the
lower end Of Penrose's field on Pickett
creek and running into the Castle creek
road, by way of Reads ranch; then
commencing at Castle creek and running
to the Grand View hotel, by way of the
upper road; then commencing at Oreana
and running by way Of the Kelly cross
ing on Castle creek, and along the south
bank of the Snake river, on what is
known as the river road, to the quarter
section corner between Sections 81 and
%, T4S, R2E; thence south to the
SW corner of said Section 81; thence
east on section line to where it inter-
sects the present county road near Birch
creek also beginning at a point where
the county road intersects the section
line between sections 35 and 80, 7 4 S,
RI E, running south on said section line
to the SW corner OF said Section SO
thence east along the range line to
whore said line intersects the present
county road; thence east to Snake river
thence to the Grand View hotel thence
running from the Grand View hotel to
where the Garnet Ferry road intersects
the Grand View-Bruneau road; thence
running up the Snake river to the Gar
net Ferry; also beginning at the first
bridge east Of Grand View on the canal
Of the Grand View Land & Irrigation
Co and running south to the intersec-
ton with the Bruneau-Poison creek
road, near the Wenzel Turmes ranch
thence up Poison creek, through Summit
Flat, to the crossing Of the Silver CITY
Big Springs and Bruneau Long Tom
roads.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
ROAD DISTRICT NO. \:

Commencing at the intersection OF the
Garnet Ferry road with the Bruneau
Grand View road, and running on the
south side of the Bruneau river to the
Bruneau bridge; and commencing at
the Loveridge Ferry on Snake river, and
running on the road via Wickahoney to
the north line of the Duck Valley Indian
Reservation; then commencing at the
town of Bruneau and running on the
east side of the Bruneau river to Hot
Spring; thence to Glover Flat; thence
on the west side of the east fork of the
Bruneau river to the Three creek post
office; thence in an easterly direction to
Devil creek; also including the road
running from Little Valley to Shoo-hy
creek; and the road leading from the
town of Bruneau down the east side of
the Bruneau river to j. H. Black ranch
in Bruneau valley; and commencing at
the west end of the Bruneau Lane, and
running on the west side of the Bruneau
river to Hot Spring; thence on the
Blackstone road to the junction thereof
with the Wickahoney road at Nit creek !;
then commencing at point about three
miles in southerly direction from
Blackstone's and running in a general
southerly direction, crossing Mary's
creek and Sheep creek, to Cat creek
at what is generally known as the -.
P. Ranch"
Each of said Road Districts are to he
contracted separately.
That the period to be covered by
such bids will begin on March LIST,
1911, and end on September LIST,
1913; the contracts to be entered into
between the several successful bidders
and the County to cover the same per
iod.
That each proposal or bid shall be ac-
companied by bond in double the
amount thereof, conditioned for the
faithful performance OF the contract to
be entered into between the party max
ing the bid and owyhee County, acting
through its Board Of County Commits
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
Bids wanted

Notice is hereby given that bids win
be received at the Office Of she Clerk Of
the Board Of County Commissioners Of
Owyhee County, Idaho, in Silver City,
for keeping in repair and improving the
public roads and highways in Road
Districts Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Of
said Owyhee County, the roads and
highways in said road districts being par
ticu,arly defined and described as fol-
lows
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09

sioners, which bond shall run to the
County Of Owyhee.
That all bidders must be residents OF
the respective Road Districts for which
they contract.
That such proposals or bids will be
opened on Thursday, the 2sd day Of Feb
ruary, 1911, at ten o'clock a. M.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids offered.
BY order Of the Board,
J. S. ST CLAIR,
(sEALl Clerk.
First pub. Jan. 26.
Last pub. Feb. Is.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
ROAD DISTRICT NO. s.:

Commencing at the mouth OF Gun
ningham Gulc!, on Jordan creek and
running to Murphy, by way of the Rey-
nolds post office; then commencing at
the school house on Reynolds creek and
running to Walters Ferry; and com
mencing at the forks of the road at what
is known as "sign Board HILL" and
running to Enterprise by way of Ber-
nard's Ferry and commencing at the
forks of the road near the Wilson school
house and running up the Snake river
to Guffey.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2:

Commencing at Cottonwood on the
road leading from Wagontown to Trout
creek, and running thence to the Oregon
line at McGovern's ranch; then COM
mencing OF Shea's ranch on Trout creek,
and running to the forks of the road be-
tween the Stone House ranch and Dris-
coils ranch; and thence running up
Lone Tree creek to where said road in
tersects the Oregon line near Maher's
ranch on Lone Tree creek; then com
mencing at the forks Of the road be-
tween the Stone House ranch and Dris-
coils ranch, and running up Williams
creek to South Mountain then common
cling at Albert Jordi's ranch on Williams
creek and running to The ranch Of Ken
meth Mackenzie.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
SOCIETY CARDS

GYRRUS CHAPTER NO. 2, R A. M-Meets
- every fourth Wednesday of each month. So
Journing companions cordially invited to attend.
}. s ST CLAIR, Elk. Il. r.
ROBERT H. LEONARD, Jr Secretary.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09

silver CITY LODGE NO. 10. AFT A. M
Meets the second Wednesday Of each month.
solourning brethren cordially invited to attend.
e. CRETE. VIM
ROBERT H. LEONARD, JR Secretary.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs, SILVER CITY
AALODGE NO %. Meets every second and
fourth Tuesday OF each month Visiting broth
ers always welcome.
j. R. GANow, C. C.
JOHN CRETE, X. of R. and 5
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
ROAD DISTRICT NO. i:

Commencing at the race track on Jor
dan creek above Silver City and running
to Wagontown; and commencing at the
intersection Of Washington Street with
Long Gulco, in Silver City, and running
thence to the top Of Long Gulch summit;
including. also, all streets in Silver
City; thence commencing at Wagon
town and running to Cottonwood, on
the road leading from Wagontown to
Trout creek thence to the ranch of JOS
eph Negrini on Jordan creek thence to
Flint; thence from Flint to Jordan creek,
via what is known as Cottonwood creek,
Louise creek, and the Lawson grade.
Commencing at the forks OF the road,
about one and one-half miles in west
erly direction from Wagontown, and
running in westerly direction down
Cow creek to where the road intersects
the Oregon line near Knights ranch.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-02-09
ROAD DISTRICT NO. a:

Commencing at point where the
road leading from Rockville to Cow
creek intersects the Oregon line and
running thence to Rockville; thence to
Sands Basin; thence to the Poison creek
station; thence to Froman's Ferry on
Snake river; thence up Snake river to
the Given's Warm Springs; thence run
ming from Froman's Ferry to the town
Of Homedale; thence from the town Of
Homedale to the northwest corner of
Sec. 9,TSN, R w; thence down
Snake river to the Oregon State line;
then commencing at the Poison creek
station and running north on section
line to the northwest corner of Sec. 8,
TSN, RS w; and commencing at the
Nampa Ferry on Snake river and run
ming to the intersection or forks of the
road near the Poison creek station.
ROAD DISTRICT NO. 5:
Commencing at the forks of the road
at the old New York mill, and running
down the main travelled road, by way
of sinker creek to Murphy; thence
down the east side of Rabbit creek to
Gufey and commencing at the foot of
sinker grade, on sinker creek, and run
ming on the road to Oreana to the top
of the hill on the easterly side of sinker
creek.
ROAD DISTRICT NO. 8:
Commencing at the top of the hill on
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-09
LOCAL hoy"
To Be Shown in One of the.
Several Fine Pictures
at the Bijou.

The Bijou theater opened the new
week with an unusually hne selection
Of pictuyes. Ths program for Monday
includes a vitagraph comedy. an ex-
ira ane Essany comedy western Gem
edy drama, an unusually fine seliG
drama and beautiful and most in
teresting scenic, the last being &;
sight seeing trip through Boston. The
Tuesday bill will include the Vita
graph monthly. This picture shows
Bobby Leach going over NagarP
Fails in barrel It7will be Of spec
ial interest to number Of local
citizens, as they Witnessed the AFFAIR.
ana as they were close up to the scene
when Leach was released, it will
show them in the picture. Ed Basel
was one of the boys. SO drop in and
see how Ed looks In moving pic
=ture. Tuesdays program viii also
include hne Pathe comedy and an
Essanay comedy. You viii me more
pleased with the performance. The
pictures at the Biiou are clear, dis
tinct, and OF the highest class. You
do not need to worry about them
rhey are always good.