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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

ems, was a clerk in the naval pay
office, but subsequently became a
newspaper reporter. The future nov
eIist went through an arduous boy
hood He received a mere elementary
education, and very early in life was
compelled to fend for himself He
was for a time an attorneys clerk.
then followed in his fathers footsteps
on the press, ultimately becoming d
shorthand expert and parliamentary re-
porter for the Morning Chronicle In
1886 he married Catherine, daughter Of
George Hogarth, the very year in
which "Pickwick' appeared.
Always q Hard Worker.
Dickens was always a glutton for
work-in fact his productivity was
enormous when its constantly high
quality is considered. In the 40 years
OF his literary activitHEhe died in
1S7O-his output will challenge COM
parison even with that of sir Walter
Scott In David Copperfield7-the IA
Vor1te child Of his genius-many of the
incidents in his own early days are
almost biographical. It is stated that
the immortal Micawber was more or
less faithful portraiture OF his own
father. In all his novels appear these
self-revealments. In Nicholas Nick.
leby' we have reproduced the seaport
OF Portsmouth as he knew It: in .Greas
Expectations" we get a vivid picture
OF the Essex marshes where he and
his father often went shooting.
But the reproduced personal cpl
sodes in the nOvelist's career OF great
est interest to Americans are those in
Martin Chuzzlewit." In 1912 Dickens
really came to the United States on q
threefold errand: To give readings
from his works and to see the lustv
growing young republic Of which he
had heard so much and where he had
so many friends and admirers. The
third object had TO do with a species
OF speculative miniature Mississippi
Bubble in which he and some of his
English friends had become financially
involved
A shrewd Yankee promoter had ac-
CURED tract of land lying at the
extreme southwesterly corner of Nil
nois. at the junction Of the Ohio and
the Mississippi rivers This tract he
proposed to develop. regarding the
meeting place Of the two noble streams
as the fitting site for great future
metropolis He took his scheme TO
London. where a firm of bankers ad
vanced money on the security of the
land and on the glowing promises OF
the visionary or perhaps INSCRIPTIONS
American; Charles Dickens and some
Of his friends also took shares In the
enterprise. For two or three wears
nothing was heard of the venture. nor
were there any signs of dividends. AS
a matter OF fact the scheme had gone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
1AYears Ago To-
From The Herald OF daV
This Date 1897

Mrs. J. G. Farnham has returned
from Chicago.
Mrs. R. H. Bishop and little daughter
have gone to California on a months
visit
]. E. Priest OF Albuquerque is en-
route south to take charge of a gang
of graders on the Corralitos railway.
F. J. Godair, a well known cattIeman
from Midland, is in town and reports
stockmen getting SIS per head for cat
tie.
The Aid society of the First Metho-
dist church on Myrtle avenue will give
social tonight at the parsonage ad-
joining
A special party under contractor
George Look went down the Corralitos
line this afternoon on g. special to look
the line over.
Contractor D. D. serIe of Denver
came down on the Santa Fe and says
they are about through the pile driving
at the Selden dam.
F. NJ. Rhomberg, Of Albuquerque, a
musician and matchmaker, has taken a
position with A II. Richards. Get him
in the McGinty band.
The Epworth League Weekly, of Chi
cago. has Illustrations and an account
Hoffman, of this city
The big army ambulance filled with
women was run away with this after
noon on Oregon street, the gentle mules
taking fright at an S. P. locomotive.
No damage.
Ira D. Sankey, the noted revival
singer, will be in Ell Paso Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. Local
ministers are holding a meeting at the
Y. NJ c. A with a view to giving Mr..
Sankey a warm welcome.
The contest over the county judge
ship between L. H. Davis, and J. r.
Harper came to a close this morning,
the jury taking about so ballots and
finally bringing in verdict for Mr..
Harper. The jurors first retired to
consider the case last night, and when
they were brought in this morning
judge Buckler told them he would keep
them together until they had agreed
upon a verdict, and that the price Of
their meals would be taken from their
script. Mr.. Davis will take the case
up to the fourth court Of appeals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

bust" As Dickens was going to
America, the investors requested him
TO look into the matter. and that is
how he came to make the long hike
westward across the Alleghenfes and
down the Mississippi from St Louis to
what is now the site OF Cairo, Illinois
What he found there is wildly told
in the pages OF Martin ChuzzIewlt .
The site was surrounded by miasmatic
swamps and regularly inundated By
the annual overflow. The magnificent
paper city actually consisted Of q fewi
wretched log houses inhabited by al
handful Of fever stricken wretches tool
poor to get away. The promoter had
vanished; there was no present and
apparently no future for the place
This was the Eden" OF the novel,
where poor Martin and Mark Tapley
met their Waterloo. Dispassionate
critics who were familiar with local
conditions at that time along the Mis-
sissippi river town agreed that Dick
ems drew a faithful picture when he
depicted the hopeless horrors OF the
city OF Eden
TomOrroW-Pianos
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
RAILROAD CONTROL IN TEXAS.

From Washington Cd. c. Post.
Texas owes what it is to the railroad
pioneers who took q long chance and
opened up that terra incognita to COM
merce and civilization. Today the ben
eficiaries of this investment Of outside
capital are going as far as the ex-
tremes Of populistic legislation permit
in the direction OF embarrassing and
erippling the forces which opened the
door of opportunity for them. Already
this hostile policy has brought restrict
ed development to one-seventh of the
area of the state; but instead of the
evil results being recognized and avoid
ed the state railroad commission has
supplemented its harsh methods by
putting on the screws to the point of
confiscation.
Does any other word than confisca-
ton apply to the case where a railroad
is fined $4,000 If a train is late at the
end of 500 mile run? BY means of
this strange hold the railroad commits
sion is enabled to extort $4,000 from
the Texas & Pacific road for failure
to observe the schedule between Fort
Worth and FL Paso, covering a period
or "a days. The fine is probably five
times as much as the earnings of the
train amounted to, and yet it is not
out OF proportion to the penalty i'm
posed for attractions Of a long list of
restrictive regulations which are en-
sorced, albeit they are in conflict with
sound policy and common sense.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
UNcIWEA VARS Denatured Poem,

oLD ToIER the tailor is making lots Of ~ he has the trade OF bust
things mighty slack he's busy adding to his
moment soennly OF
liking for idle Your rags will
RELIABLE MAN be ready this
away, to
other Jay
beas fire may sweep the village cyclone around howl
battles will be ready at half 10 o'clock Old TOyer
he in
He's his when the good
the
Copyright 1911, by George Matthew. De.~. InAAs m4-.~-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
HOME mAKER,s FIRsr QUESTION.

From Globe (Ariz) Silver Belt
The first question usually asked by
intending home makers in q strange
city is: What about your schools ?"
remarks The FL Paso Herald
This is a question which Globe must
be able TO answer promptly and salts
factori1y, but that cannot be done IN
til this city boasts q modern high
school, properly equipped with a do
nestle science department
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

HERALD TRAVe-
ELNG AGENTA
Persons solicited
to subscribe for
The Herald should
beware Of impos-
tiers and should
not pay money to
anyone unless he
can show that he
Is legally author
lied by the a
Paso Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
The New Appellate Courts


ovERNoR cOIoUrr taking unfair El Paso
merely
legislature declines to follow his views and increase the size the state
supreme
The governor should attempt deserving legislation
with Two right
appeals they
regardless
T. IT, ~ $3.50 +s ~ i0h+ +hs should t sisbs5 and h overnoT
attempt delay anybody
thing everything
in Texas the east has taken
could get
Hgants expense travelling
present
promises appears
WINGED only right and just merely because the legislature cannot see other
measures through the same lenses as the chief executive
There doubt that the state docket crowded and that the
membership probably
the viii be patient It the idea of the
70 take HON tne supreme court ~ OF passing On anything except consu
questions
agree proper. of delay carrying
court but from the district
GdOn That generally sufficient
Maybe bird, comes
attraction Oung
who sincerely against proposed
Bryan Sunday going
as school teacher would on circus day
people Arizona
faithful legislators they surely trust themselves slae directly
provision of constitution wholly
feature of this article e the offence
nothing new Jua
fired upon has been subjected to bOnbardme of kOd since the big wind
anarchisc "recn"
passion
minority.
A1Onsns not all that the ecan totally vicious
in
constitution
boosted stability of our institutions would become byOd and
nOcng Arizona the recall" in its should
fundamental
majority
fully
1t IS coated but deadly.
constitution the
prn
epes of the American republic
queed Washington been
proposed
constitution or thoroughly amend it.
corporation constitution
gives majority
that the Arizona constitution provides
Fortunately of republic the people will never
stand for the er of supreme Judges by popular vote within 30 dav after an
Arizona constitution provides
referendum proposed
probably giving
that would the American constitutional
plan percent the voters could
haras judge official the suhing him
every system hOpelesy must eliminated from
the constitution before statehood becomes possibility
disappointed defeated faction can demand the recall of legislator after
political minority may easily elect his
under the influence of local fractional passion
positively president expressed his fixed detsrmu
alton AnzOns radical constitutions
tiuOn in drawn
not progressive they 4free
the Ell P Herald throughout her lone
fight for statehood friend
personal nowledge urging that the pro-
step gaining the benefits of
the enabling
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
RARANTEED


CIRCULATION
me Herald bases
AL advertising
contracts on .
ara n I e Q OF
more than twice
the circulation Of
any other II
RRSo Arizona.
Eow Mexico or
West Texas pa
Der. Daily average
Ncosdtng 10000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

raties constitution
is sugar coated, but deadly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

The Associ4kioa q Azas<3eAA
Atverkssars hiss ezanined snd certified 10
As eisruis6oa q this pubEc.taa. Tie DEAL
supOet Of s,ch sxsminse;on !. o. sle = he
New Yori oGre q he AssoiSioa. Ne
ethx kswa a crcuIsEioa gBarsssss4.
y. 81 TGetts1.:.:...e',S.3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

Arizona to constitution
proposal contrary respects
Of the republic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
American Admirers OF Dickens
Endorse the Centenary Movement

Tribute Planned Memory of Great Author Strikes Respon-
sive Chord in United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

stability byword and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

Arizona queered herself Washington with those
best truest friends The only way statehood
constitution thoroughly amend it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

No corporation socholder Arizona afford
that gives the minority the right to elect majority of the DO
that what the Arizona constitution provides
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

proposed totally vicious
in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

Fortunately future of American republic peop
the "r of judges popular within
decision, the Arizona constitution provides
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

of the recall the initiative referendum
in the Arizona constitution probably unwittngy giving
constitutional system
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

would nothing new Jaurez
fired upon subjected
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

of in
minority
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

Bill Bryan attracted much attention Sunday with the
a would circus day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

provision wholly
paiate against GO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

the people Of Arizona themselves
faithful legislators they surely egisla
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

CoLQUITT appears taking advantage
hold
legislature
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

Under the Arizona e plan less than Is percent Of the
harass judge official the of subecng him
pagn every days system hopesy and must be elm
the constitution before becomes possibility
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
Boosting the Black aills.

The journalists of the State will be
entertained at Hot Springs, "The Ma.
tional Health Resort" a year hence il
the Commercial Club of that city has its
way. Otis Hymer, publicity manager
for that organization is among the early
arrivals to the city to attend the meet
ing of the Press Association, and he is
not overlooking a chance to impress
those he meets with the advantages of
the only health and pleasure resort in
South Dakota. He is a newspaper man
of experience and helped entertain the
newspaper men when they meti in Dead
wood three years ago. At that time he
was with the Pioneer.Times, which is to
the Black Hills what the Argus-Leader
is to the rest of the state, and it is as q
newspaper man that he is employed
by the Hot Springs Commercial organi-
cation.
"We want the newspapermen to come
because they are the most effective
boosters any community ever had.
Those of them who have been in the
Black Hills never quit boosting for our
section. We want them to come and &C.
cept our hospitality as part payment for
their efforts. And we want the rest to
come and get the habit."-Argus.
Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
Forests AbIaze in Ontario.

As a result of forest fires sweeping
through Northern Ontario at least 80
lives are lost, many have been injured,
hundreds are missing and it is feared
scores of these will be included in the
fatalities. Fifteen men were drowned
at South Porcupine, driven into the LAKE
by dense cloud of smoke and q wave
of fires. Two men were burned to death
at the Eldorado mine, and another at
the United Porcupine. Others are miss.
ing at Cocherane, South Porcupine and
Hittsville, Ontario.
A train containing 600 women and
children was rushed out of Cocherane
Tuesday. Golden City is surrounded by
flames, A part of Tisdale has been
wiped out. Two special trains are rush.
ing to bring out 1000 people who are
facing starvation or death by fire in the
Tisdale district. The town of Kelso is
abandoned.
Cobalt, Ont, July l3.-With partial
compilation of returns the lists show
more than 800 dead and property loss
of more than So, 900, 900. The forest fire,
in the Porcupine district are still un
checked. The flames having destroyed
valuable mining equipment are nov
rushing through thousands of acres o.
heavily timbered land north and wes
of Porcupine Lake.
According to latest estimates, 200 are
dead in the Porcupine district alone
Ten mines are reported as completely Of
partially destroyed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
Forest Fires in Michigan.

East Tawas, July l2.-The towns of
Ausabel and Oscoda, lying near each
other in the northeastern part of this
State, were wiped off the map and scores
Of lives are believed to have been lost,
as the result of one of the worst forest
fires which ever visited the wooded SEE !
tions of Michigan.
The fire, which started near Oscoda
was famed by fierce gale and hund-
reds of people were driven from their
homes and compelled to seek refuge on
freight steamer in the Kongo river.
Others boarded passenger trains on rail-
roads. So rapidly did the flames spread
that many of the refugees did not have
time to gather any of their personal be-
longings and are rendered beggars by
the fiery visitation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
A Warning to BOYS.

Since the first of July any boy under
the age of eighteen years who smokes
cigarettes, cigars or pipe on the streets
or in public places is liable to arrest and
punishment by the courts. This law
was passed by the last legislature at the
insistance of the members of the W. c..
I. u, who have pledged themselves to
see that it is enforced.
1t will be interesting to watch the out
come OF this latest effort to stop the pois-
oning of the youths by cigarettes. Here
tofore the difficulty has been to secure
proof of violation of the law. The aver
age boy is of the opinion that a 'snitch"
is about the meanest person conceiv.
able, and that to tell on a man who sup
piled them with tobacco, places one be-
yond the pale of society. The new law
seeks to bring force to bear upon the
boy to tell. 1t makes his use of the
cigarette an offense, and the only way
open to him to secure immunity, under
this law, is to inform on the man who
sold to him. Then the punishment falls
on the seller. Not all the boys will tell,
but certain proportion will do so. This
will have tendency to make dealers
use precaution, and if they do sell they
are open to exposure and punishment.
There are men, because of the profit Of
business, who will sell to boys what is
practically poison to them, but we opine
they will fight shy of the notoriety ar
rest will bring them under the new law.
Mitchell Clarion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
PRINaLE PARAGRAPHS.
BY JERRY.
PRINGtE. S. D. j

PRINGLE, s. D., July IL, 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Lotion have returned
to Pringle.
Berrying is the chief occupation of the
day near here.
Mrs. Mills is spending few days with
friends at Argyle.
Ranger Poe and wife attended the cir
Gus at Hot Springs Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Young were Hot
Springs visitors a few days last week.
Merle Davidson and Will Rice attend
ed the circus at Hot Springs Saturday.
The Point of Rocks Telephone officers
held their regular meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. John Erpelding and Miss Lizzie
Zeimet went down to Robison's fruit
farm Wednesday.
Mrs. Smith and children and mother,
of Minnekahta, are spending week at
the ]. w. McClaren home.
Miss Fannie McAdams, who had been
visiting her parents since the Fourth,
returned to Custer Monday.
Miss Mary Rice is spending a week at
home and her sister, Miss Bessie, ia
keeping restaurant In her place.
Mrs. Dell Carmichael and three chill.
rem of Omaha, Neb., came in Saturday
morning and is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Stratton.
Don Carroll and Harry Richardson left
Friday night for Hot Springs where they
attended the circus Saturday and later
they went to Gillette, Wyo., where they
intend to work.
Albert Richardson spent the Fourth
in Edgemont. He returned home Thurs
day and Mrs. Richardson and daughters
who had been visiting there for some
time, returned Friday morning.
Mrs. Charles Dippert and son of For
Robinson, Neb., were up to see he
grandmother, Mrs. AXES, Tuesday ant
Wednesday, who is very i'll at the home
of her son VIM. She was accompanied
by her father, q. Y. Axes of Custer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
Cost Of Farm Products and Wholesale
~ Prices Have Climbed Some.

Washington, July S.-The high cos
of flivins is no myth. Investigation by
the bureau of labor prices of 257 com
tnodities during 1910 shows wholesale
prices were then four per cent higher
than in 1909; and l.6 per cent above av-
erage of 1907, which was the year of the
highest prices since 1890. In view OF
the Canadian reciprocity discussion an
interesting item in the bureau report
shows that wholesale prices of farm pro-
ducts was rs per cent higher in 1910
than In 1909. Wholesale prices in 1910
were 1911 per cent higher than 1900 ;
46.7 per cent higher than 1897 (Which
was the year of lowest prices between
1890 and 1910; 1876 per cent higher
than 1890 and 3l.6 per cent higher than
the average high price between 1890 and
1899.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15
WORLDS TIN PRODUCTION,

According to U. s. Consul Winslow,
figures just given out at Valparaiso show
a reduction of about 25 per cent. in the
worlds production of tin during 1910 as
compared with 1900. There was quite a
heavy loss for the Straits settlements
and gain for all other tin-producing
sections save Australia and Cornwall.
The United States consumes more tin
than any other country, having used IS
per cent of the consumption for 1908,
81 per cent for 1909, and approximately
40 per cent for 1910
The following table gives the output
of tin-produciDg districts, in tons, for
The uenrs IO04 and 1Qln.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15

1t was a glorious rain which fell in
South Dakota on Sunday morning. COW
ering the entire State from Yankton to
Aberdeen and from Sioux Falls to the
Black Hills. The precipitation was all
the way from half an inch to two inches,
and uncounted benefit was done. The
corn crop which was needing rain is put
in glorious condition, potatoes will be
greatly helped, fax will be much i'm
proved and pastures will be benefited.
1t was a general rain not only through
South Dakota but through Iowa and Ne
braska and further south into Oklahoma.
This rain undoubtedly marks the official
end of the drouth of 1911 which was
broken in time to save the corn crop for
this neutrality-suspicious..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-07-15

On the theory that all the autos regis
tered are now in commission in South
Dakota, there is one auto in the State
for each IS people. On the theory that
each machine represents an average
original investment of 81, 200 the amount
of South Dakota money invested in
these machines on the first of July was
$12,O00,O00. One town in the State
claims the record with one machine for
each IL people, and if this isn't record,
it should be. South Dakota has had
many years of unbroksn prosperity and
there can be no just criticism of invest
ment in these items of luxury, on the
part of those who can afford them. Ger
tainly there is nothing which provides
more entertainment and pure enjoyment
than an auto which Is acquired and used
without the straining of ones resources.
All others should "keep off the grass
Argus Leader.