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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
SYNOPSIS.

Count iii Roslni. the Italian ambas-
sador. IN at dinner with diplomats when
messenger summons him TO the en-
oossy. where "a beautiful young woman
ASKS for ticket to the embassy ball.
me ticket Is made out In the name OF
Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell OF
the secret service. and Mr.. Grimm his
ledu detective, are warned that plot Is
-, osSwlh8 IN washington. and Grimm goes
20 tne state ball for Information. His at
tention is called TO Miss Isabel Thorne.
VINO with her companion. disappears. A
snot liz heard aud Senior Alvarez of the
Grimm ~ assured Miss Thorne did IT. he
visits her. demanding knowledge of the
alair. and arrests Pietro Petrozinni. Miss
Ihorne visits an old bomb maker. and they
thousand dollars is stolen from the office
OF senior Rodriguez. the minister from
venezuela. and while detectives are in
vestgating the robbery Miss Thorne ap-
accuses her OF the theft: the money is
Isstored. but new mystery occurs in
me dlsappearance OF Monsieur Boissegur
rne french ambassador. Elusive Miss
Ihorne reappears bearing letter which
suites tbat the ambassador has been kid
mapped and demanding ransom. The am
nassador returns and again strangely dis
appears. Later he is rescued from an old
mouse In the suburbs. 1t is discovered
mat l'ietro Petrozinni shot Senior Alvarez
ahu mat he Is Prince d'Abruzzi. Grimm
nsses IN a mysterious jail delivery. He
ORDERS both Miss Thorne and d'Abr1lzzi
70 ,Save the country; they are conveyed
70 New York and placed on a steamer
Out return Grimm's coffee Ia drugged
hilu upon reBatning consciousness he finds
a sympathetic note from Isabel Thorne
Ine conSpirators against the government
are located and their scheming is over
neard. Grimm orders d'Abruzzi to de-
pels him TO obey and is termed a trait
reSs by the conspirators.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Not All Smoked

l.. White Busbey. secretary to for
mer Speaker Cannon, was explaining
that the speaker did not smoke so
much as people thought he did.
My understanding" suggested one
OF the party, lis that he gets away
with about 20 cigars a day"
"Oh, well" said Busbey. but he
eats half OF 'em."-Sunday Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Cement Talk No.

Newspapers print near
ly every day the story of
some fire disaster involv-
ing the complete destruction
of great property values and
sometimes the loss of human
lives. The annual FIRE losses of the
United States are measured by the
millions; in fact, it is stated that over
two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property was wiped out by fire in
the United States last year. While il is true
that the precautions to prevent FIRE and fire
fighting systems are often inadequate, the
main trouble lies in fling, non-fr<proof
building confirmation. Experience has proved
that hreproof construction is both practicable
and economical. In some industries freproof
building is compelled by law. Reinforced
concrete has come TO the front as the most
important agent in building against FIRE. The
use OF cement in building is becoming more
and more common, due to its freproofness,
durability and economy. When building any
thing from the back porch steps to an Office
building, concrete construction may be safely
adopted. The use of UniTerJai Portland
Cement in the concrete will insure eensenf of the
best quality possible 10 manufacture. UniDer-
raj is handled everywhere by the best dealers.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
cHIcAGO-PITTSBURG
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Pictures That Please.

Every once in while you read about
some picture selling for many thou
sands of dollars, but you can secure a
beautiful reproduction Of some Of the
worlds masterpieces, ready for franz
Ing, absolutely free, by sending the
Hewitt Brothers Soap Company, Day
ton' Ohio, two-cent stamp and
twenty-five wrappers from Hewitt's
Easy Task, the pure, clean, original
white laundry SOAP.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Autos and Horssa-

] notice that the auto has not hurt
the horse business to any extent. says
writer In an exchange. In fact. the
government says there are more
horses In the country now than ever
before and there is no doubt the dual.
ny OF the draft horse is vastly better
than ever.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Il is Ucmcially reported that Ier.
sey COW owned by a member OF tbe
American Jersey club OF New York.
In years test gave 14.452 pounGs OF
milk The average dany was 80 e.fO
pounds Of milk and ponds and II
ounces Of butter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

The Kansas department OF aerlcut
ture wants TO establish bureau 10
inspect grain feed. seed anc hay with
the purpose Of raising the standard
on these commodities. Chicago and
st Louis already have such bureaus
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Swedes. carrots and mangels fur
nish the best root crops for sheen.
feeding. but they are more adapted "a
winter feeding, az their succulence
supplements dry hay and grain.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

It Is a good plan 20 provide summer
shelter for the hogs IN p high SPOT
where the wind will have a raj
sweep.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Mrs Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tte'hing' softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, ailays pain, eures wind collie 2so "a hottie
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

II man smokes in the house and
his wife is afraid her curtains will be
ruined. he should be obliged to take
them down.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Sunshine is worth more than gold.
when It is real sunshine and not fox
fire
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

It's one kind OF tough luck to strike
oil when boring for water.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Play II or Raise III

A German composer has written an
altisonant piece OF music called
Hell" There Will be any number
OF people in this, country able to play
II at glance Houston Post
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

The Pure Food Law stopped the sale
of hundreds of fraudulant medicines. They
could not stand investigation Hamlins
wizard Oil has stood the test Of inYesti-
cation for nearly sixty years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
CHAPTER ~



Mr Grimm turned from Pennsyt
yania Avenue into cross street
walked along half a block or so.
climbed short flight OF stairs and en-.
tered am office
rs Mr. Howard in?" ne ouerlcd OF q
boy I'm attendance.
Name. please"
Mr. Grimm handed over sealed
envelope which bore the omciaI i'm.
print Of the Department OF War In thu
upper left hand corner. and the boy
disappeared into room beyond. A
moment later he emerged and held
open the door for Mr. Grimm. A ger.
ucman-Mr Howard from hn
seat and stared AZ him a. he entered
This note. Mr. Grimm. Is surpris
ing" be remarked.
CTO BE CONTINuEpa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Important 40 Mothere

nlPOIAdtlt, 10 MOIn9r9
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that il
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

earned for me the privilege of re-
naming in this case until it's con-
ciusion,' said Mr.. Grimm steadily. IF
1t is to be otherwise, OF course / am
at"
The president rose.
Please wait in the anteroom foi
a few minutes" he directed.
Mr.. Grimm bowed himself out. Al
the end of half an hour he was again
summoned into the cabinet chamber.
The president met him with out.
stretched hand.
You VIII proceed with the case 70
the end. Mr. Grimm" he instructed
abruptly. III you need assistance ask
for 1t; If not. proceed alone You Will
rely upon your own judgment entire.
". II there are circumstances which
make It inadvisable to move against
an individual by legal process. even
II that individual is amenable to our
laws. you are not constrained 80 TO do
II your judgment is against Il. There
Is one stipulation You will either
secure the complete rights OF the
wireless percussion cap 10 this gov.
eminent or learn the secret of the IN.
vention so that at no future time can
we be endangered by IT,"
Thank you" said Mr.. Grimm quiet
ly. 81 understand"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

1T 1908 81 THE ASSOCIATED SUNDAY r1AoAZlNHS
IT 1909 H. THE BOBBS r1ERRlLL COMPANY
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

4 new roller skating rink makes things look bright at Wrangell.
 The fishing steamer zapora recently struck Bass Rock in Heeate Strait and carried away 60 feet of her keel.
 This season the Northern COmmer cial company closed down it's Rampant store and moved the stock away,
 The ladies of Valdez still indulge in "bridge parties" but they have noth- ing to do with government roads.
 The power schooner Duxbury, bound from Nome to Seattle, put in at Dutch aarbor, Unalaska, November 24, with her rudder gone.
 It is announced that President Taft will send a special message to Congress some time in January, dealing with the Alaska question.
 Mr. J. T. Anderson, Skagway busi, ness man, has bought the Lindsay Hotel, at Haines, and will take pos, session in January.
 The barge Bangor, from Alaska for Tacoma, went ashore off Fraser river, but was foated at high water, Decem- Der 2, without Tightening cargo.
 
 Started AS a joke on the steamer City of Seattle in 1898, during the rush to Dawson, the Arctic Brotherhood now has mem bership of over ten thous- and.
 E. A. Sutton, of Go. G, 18th Infan- try, stationed at Fort Seward, com mitted suicide Decem Der Is by shoot ing himself through the heart with an army rife.
 At meeting of the stockholders of the White Pass $ Yukon Railroad, held in London, England, on the 2lst, Vice President O, L. Dickeson was elected to the presidency.
 We understand that the charge against Judge P. D. Overfeld is that he went duck hunting with a bartender. He should be fired; no bartender knows anything about ducks.
 The barge Corondelet, in tow of the tug Printer. with cargo of coal and lumber for Prince Rupert, went ashore December 2, on Holland Rock, ten miles south of Prince Rupert and is a total loss.
 Mr. c. G. Coutant, formerly editor of the Juneau Daily Miner, had narrow escape from death on the 18th inst. Mir. Coutant is now editor of the Rogue River Courier, published at Grants Pass, Gre. He was sitting at his desk when a runaway team.of horses dashed into.the front of the building break ing out thirty feet of the plate glass, the broken fragments falling in a shower around him. MT, Coutant was not injured.
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27

This years estimates for Fishery regulation are s4,OOO in excess of last year; for education of natives, S4S,oO0 larger; and for aid to navigation, S55,- 900 larger. On the other hand, it was estimated that the improvements of the telegraph system would cost S24, COO than last year, and the work of marking the Alaska boundary s5o,0oo less. Also, no seperate estimate was made for land surveys this year (al though an appropriation of s5o.ooowas made for this purpose last yearl, but general appropriation of S45o,o0o will be applicable, in part, to the work of surveying lands in Alaska.
 It is highly probable that Che appro- priations actually made by Congress at
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27

A Cordova special announces that Louis P. Shackleford is again candi- date for the position of National Re- publican Committeeman for Alaska, and has emmisaries at work in all parts of the Territory.
 Because they didn't want to go any further to the westward, seven sailors on board the steamer Santa Ana struck when the boat reached CordoVa last week and were arrested and fined five dollars apiece because they would neither work nor get off the vessel when ordered to do so.-EX.
 i That Delegate Wickersham has ex- perienced change of heart may readily be believed after reading the fol- lowing statements made by him dur ing the course of an address delivered at Cordova: "For more than three years the development of Alaska has been threatened. In the last three years we do know it has been going back wards. We want coal in Alaska and opportunities given to every man to go into mining, fishing, logging, railroads. Into any line of pursuit to make sue cess. How many men have been suc- cessful? How many men have grown rich out of the development of Alaska? You can count them on the fingers of one hand. This is the reason why people have not built cities. The req son now barring us from success. l am not on the platform to abuse the big interests. as the big interest are suffering alike. think the time has come when we have been driven to that point where all must stand to- gether as unit. Mr. Fisher propose to go little further. He proposes in good faith to build railroad from Seward to the Matanuska coal fields and extend it to the great navigable rivers of the interior. l will support it. The time has come to lay aside principle aud build railroads to de. velop the country. In principle l am opposed to the government owning and operating mines and railroads. It is socialistic in idea and this kind of pa ternalism should not be inaugurated in Alaska. But if it is the desire to have such bill will not oppose it. Let's let the Guggenheims come in with us if they will be good. We are getting pretty we'll in the same boat. They have s2o,oOo,o0o invested in the railroad. It is certainly fine railroad. It reaches way up into the mining country. want to see it extended to Fairbanks. I want the railroad deyel- oped. From what I saw am ready to quit fighting if they will quit and do right and all get together and counsel one with the other and do all we can to get the coal situation settled and the territory developed They ought. They have S2O,oO0oOo invested in the railroad, the Alaska Steamship com pany and immense investments. But not enough revenues to pay for oil used in running the road. The Alaska Syndicate has spent an immense amount of money and ought to want the people to stand by them. They ought tc so conduct their business that whenever a boat gets to the wharf the people would meet them with brass band instead of cursing them. They are an awful good railroad, but awful poor politicians. I hope we can all stand together for the common good Sf the territory"
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27

The Alaska Blue Fox Propagation company has asked the courts to help it let loose of a bad business, or. at least an unprofitable one.
 Ed. Grothjan was in receipt Of two sea parrots from Forester island this week. The birds would never take a Irize in beauty show, but they are quite curiosity, being found only in the more inaccessible places. Ed. will cure the skins and later will try hls hand at mounting them. He is consid- erable of taxidermist, and with good luck will have mount worth the keep ing.-Ketchikan Miner.
 United States District Attorney Rustgard, of Juneau, Alaska, filed suis in the district court at Skagway Mou- day of this week against the White Pass Railway, the charge set forth in the papers filed being that the defend ant company did, on or about the 18th of October last, import from foreign country, to-wit, Canada, alien labor to the number of six men for the purpose of performing manual labor on the wharf at Skagway, Alaska, there being at the same time between thirty and forty unemployed stevedores in Skag- way, ready and anxious to perform the labor to do which, it is alleged, the foreigners were imported ,-Whitehorse Star.
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27
What Alaska Cost

The annual estimates transmitted to Congress this month by the Secretary of the Treasury of appropriations needed for public objects in Alaska are larger by about S45,00U than those of last year, and probably larger than any year in the history of the Territory except when the estimates were submitted for the construction of the Alaskan telegraphic cable. These estimitates call for eleven direct ap- propriations for this Territory, aggre- gating S949,43O, as against S903,530 last year, These appropriations, however. by no means include all those which will be applicable, in whole or in part, to Alaska, since many of the objects of expenditure in this Territory are de- frayed from large general appropria- tions of Congress which are intended to include federal projects all over the United States. Neither does the ag- gregate given above include the salar ies of any public officers except those employed under the Fisheries service and the appropriations for game pro- lection and suppression of the liquor traffic. If all those parts of general appropriations applicable to Alaska were added to the directappropriations for this Territory, the total would be in the neighborhood of two million dol lars.
 The total revenues collected in Alas ka, contrary to general belief, are not more than one fifth or one-fourth of the amount of public money which the government spends every year in the Territory. The total revenues in Alaska during the last fiscal year, ex- elusive of only the local property taxes collected in the incorporated towns, and the customs and internal revenue receipts, were only S398, ,135.
 This years estimates of direct, speci- fic appropriations for Alaska, not in cluding the salaries of any officers, the whole cost of the administration of justice which alone is about S50o,000 a year), or any of the large, general ap- propriations. which are applicable, in part, to this Territory, are as follows:
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27

the present session will be largely in excess of the aggregate amount esti- mated above. For example, no esti- mate is included for special appro- priation for work on roads and trails in addition to the moneys derived from the Alaska Fund, although it is quite probable that Congress will eppro. priate supplemental amount, ss has been done every year since the Road Commission was established, and for which the average yearly appropria- tions for this period have b9en Sl9l ,666- It is to be understood that this is entire ly additional to the moneys applicable to the road work which cons from the Alaska Fund. The Alaska Fund, which virtually is an additional appro- priation for this Territory, amounted this year to S221,S8
 In commenting on this years esti- mates today, Governor Clark said:
 "Ever since 1 have known anything about conditions in Alaska have found as much reason as anybody else to com plain of the general neglec: of this Territory by past Congresses, but it is only fair to say that while many things have been neglected few others have been generously dealt with, and on the whole the legislative branch of the government cannot be accused of any lack of liberality towards this Terri tory. It is surprisingly common sub iect of remark that Alaska contributes much more to the federal tresucy in the way of taxes than is expended by the government in the Territory. No impression could be farther from the truth. The fact is that Congress has every year since the territory was acquired expended more public money in Alaska than has been derived from Alaska; and for the last several years the expenditure res have been from four to six times as much as the receipts from all sources in Alaska"
 Junean, December 2l, 19lL
Douglas Island news., 1911-12-27

Fisbery Regulation. ....... .S145, ,43O Cable and Telegraph Impro'ts.. 50,OOO Investigation of Coal ... 50,000 Care of Insane. ne........... 50,0O0 Game Protection. ......... 15,OO0 Education of Natives. ....,. 248,0o0 Sitka National Monument. 1000 Marking Alaska Boundary .... 150,000 Suppression of Liquor Traffic. 12,000 Reindeer .......... 12O00 Aids to Navigation ......... 115,000
 Total. .................. .s84S, ,43o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-10
Burdette as a Publisher

called it the Peoria Review, and 1t was
started to fill a long-felt want"
Did you have any partners?"
asked
Yes, Jerry Cochrane was my part
ner. There were several very conf
forting things on that paper For ir-
stance, Jerry and l always knew Oh
Monday that We would not have mon
ey enough TO pay the hands off on Sal
urday, and we never had. The hands
knew it, too, so their nerves were new
er shocked by a disappointment. We
ran away for a while, getting more
deeply in debt all the time. At last,
one morning. l entered the Office and
found Jerry looking rather solemn.
Jerry said I. you want another
partner
Yes, we need a new one he re-
joined
"A business man. said l.
lone with executive ability said
he
"A financier," / observed.
"A man who can take hold of
things and turn them into money he
concluded.
Then have got the man you
want said /, and 1 introduced Frank
Hitchcock. the sheriff. Jerry said
Frank was the man he had been think
ing of. so we installed him at once"
Was Hitchcock a good business
man?" l asked.
"Oh, yes. everything he touched
turned into money. He proved TO
be all We anticipated. and he ran the
paper with the greatest success until
he had turned that toot into money
What was the final RESULT"
Well, when we wound up the con
Germ. there was nothing but two
passes-one TO Cincinnati and one u
Burlington We divided them aHi
went in different directions"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-10
On Reading Exchanges

Every newspaper man IS asked
many million times whether he reads
all the papers he gets. Undoubtedly
nobody reads all OF his exchanges, but
We try TO read most of ours, or we
cut them OF. We do not care for an
exchange merely TO help litter up our
Office, so we drop them when there Is
nothing of interest on the editorial
page.
OF course, nobody pretends 10 read
all of every paper or even all Of any
paper, but a newspaper man who
works and enjoys his work likes TO
glance over every editorial page lie
gets 10 see what Is going on IN the
world. and we can get q better idea
OF what is going on over the state by
reading our exchanges editorial
pages than in any other way. The
editorial page of live editor reflects
not only what he thinks. but what tee
people are thinking, because the
editor who reflects only what ha
thinks is not an editor at all. but
he Is an Egyptian mummy, that is TO
say. he is dead and has beer dead tor
over three thousand years. So, when