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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
SLOGANS
GDNING IN TO
.5ECRETARYEVBNS
THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD
WILL HAVE A PART IN MAKING
THE SELECTION OF A BATTLE
CRY FOR FAIRMoNT.
COLO ENB GLORY FOR winner
THE TEN DOLLAR PRIZE is a
GOOD ONE BUT THE. MONEY rs
BEING LOST SIGHT OF IN AN
TlclPATIoN OF THE HONOR THE
WINNER WILL HAVE IN BEAT
ING ALL OF MARION COUNTY.

While the slogan campaign has only
been announced a few hours much In
terest has already been manifested in
the plan as is evidenced by the mum.
ber Of letters that have already been
received by Secretary Evans, and the
amount Of talking that is heard upon
the streets and public places.
Everybody wants to take part in
boosting Fairmont and all want the
honor Of selecting the slogan to be
used in this connection. One man last
night said 81 do not care 50 much for
the ten dollars, but Of course ! could
use 1t all right, but ! would give ten
dollars in gold any day to know that
could be the lucky individual to send
in the slogan" You cannot tell who
1t may be. 1t may be big business
man, scholar, teacher or lawyer or
1t might come from the pen OF pencil
of a bright school girl or boy which is
not all unlikely. And there is still
a fine chance from, the great army of
laborers who are helping every day
to build5up Faifmont and keep 1t go.
ing. These are the kind Of people
from whom practical common sense
thoughts originate and when 1t comes
down to matter OF fact that is all
that Is wanted, a plain, common sense
expression telling Of the merits Of
Fairmont 1t affords wide range for
choice and many thousands Of sug:
.gestions will be made as every mem.
Der Of every family in Fairmolt and
Marion county will be entitled to
three chances, This will make the
honor Of selecting the slogan that
much greater. 1t would be no fun at
all to beat two or three people in q
contest Of this kind but when YOU
have q chance to beat very other citls
zen OF the town Your opportunity is
< Il eoInhHed Oh Page Four
4 II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
NE VIRGINIA FUNERAL
DIRECTORS HOLD NEE ING
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL coNvEN.
ION low M SEsSloN-iNTE En-
EsIlflG PROGRAMME BEING
cAlttfalED OUT - WILL HAVE
RIDE

The sepRnteenth ANNUAL meeting OK
the q West irginla Funeral Directors
Ass6c ati6n 0peued hero this morning
with Il large nnmbef 81 visitors from
the cities ant towns oI ihe slate
eleven o'clock M assembly room
Of the Masonic Temple President w
r. 3cooey OF Wheeling called lho
meeting to order
Agduartette consisti b Misses Ise
Jackson, Katle crime Idon and Mesara
Fleming and Smith sang q beautiful
selection after which pf j: G, Broom.
field, pastor OF the m Temple oh
cred PRAYER.
Following a solo by Miss Katherine
Hough, Mayor As Gs Martin turned
the keys Of the city over 10 the visit
ors. The response 10 the address OF
welcome was mad by W. $. Harner
OF Shinnston. After Which the QUAR-
tette sang anotfeF selection.
Here d feces gas taken for ilo
visiting members tp have social inter
course and to3becpne better ac0uaint'
cd with each other.
The local under FRS are making
every effort to mike tlie ats sllorH stay
IN this city d very plea ~ one Ths
committee on eIter tailiinenl has NJ.
ranged for "a trolle tide about illa
city. Fine places were secured for
the firms that have goods 70 display.
The several dealers = funeral GOODS
here and these have exceilent rooms
for to show their gpei 70 the bePt
advantage,
During the after noon there were p
large number ot ectofs arrived and
this evening and night more WIZ be-
here for tomorrow deliberations
which will be the day of lne
Association meeting
Those that were here - press time
were:
L.. T. Christff, q lslehfnond; Bart
lett and Sadnstone, Of stidgeporl; g.
M. Cokeley an daugllter. Of Harris
vile; G. d. Fish; og catnefpl; WI r
Gooey and wife, of Keeling " Az
Davidson. Of slorgafitnWli w A.
Davis and Son q loiinstown; Frank
3. Foster, Of lisbnfe Henry CAS-
kins Of BoothsyElle Js s. Harmer
Of shinnston; F,ranl Htey Of
Ijogansport: 81 III. endall and wife,
ef IlIkIns; q. ii. Watkins 81 wheeling
81 Peasa. oF iuion s =
Thfotip Of 4 Hendric .lnies liil't
Of Moundsgil1e; Is iaftley ol
Elizabeth: Ell Musgrisse Clarence y
Wusgrayo, Arthur Aiitsgfaye, h'
Cunningham, Chester lliaina pii.
Robert q. Jones, Fred JshliIs q
Fairmont, VI " "a
The meeting promises 70 be q1e 9h
the most helpful ever held bs tue ps
SANITATION. L. T. Chnstth will tye
some very interesting talks 70 tlls
members.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
GlslFIEN|.T.IGlI'
FIGgREBSR0N
ISS.I!ABIBERI.NI'B.
BUREAU or LABOR INVESTIGATES
PRICES OF 257 COMMODITIES
AND REPORTS AMAZING IN.
CREASE.
POTATOES TRIBB[ED TN PRICE
WHOLESALE PRICES 3ts PER
CENT. GREATER THAN AVER
AGE FOR 1890 AND 1899.

. . ~ d. s F. + s
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE high
cost of living is no myth. An inyes-
tlgatlon by the Bureau OF Labor of the
prices of 257 commodities in 1910
shows that wholesale prices in that
year were 4 per cent. higher than in
1909 and 1.6 per cent. above the aver
age Of 1907, which was the year Of
highest prices since 1890.
Some extraordinary variations were
recorded in 1910. Potatoes Increased
300 per cent, eggs, 80 per cent; cof-
fee, 60 per cent; mess beef, 80 per
cent.
In view of the Canadian reciprocity
discussion, an interesting item in the
bureau report shows that the whole
sale prices of farm products were 7.5
per cent. higher in 1910 than in 1903,
Wholesale prices in 1910 were 1871
per cent. higher than in 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 St6 per cent. higher than
the average high prices between 1880
and 1899.
The highest prices in this decade
we're reached in October, 1907, when
a general declien began which con
tinued until August, 1908. A rise then
set in and there were monthly in
creases without break up to March,
1910, when wholesale prices reached
the highest point in twenty years.
They then were 211 per cent. higher
than the average Of 1900, 1872 pet
cent. higher than the yearly average
OF 1897, and 1913 per cont higher than
the average price OF ten years be'
tween 1890 and 1899.
Then followed slight decline, and
from June to December, 1910, prices
remained nearly level, and at the
close of the. calendar year 1910 they
were sti1l 80 per cent. higher than the
ten-year average between 1880 and
1900 and asa per cent. higher than
the record set by the high price year
1907.
or the 257 commodities considered
aTernge q ras aesss, taeh y.siz 9@fi
Bs 5ssrsssa.. sss3ES FEffdl 9lsf ftfsh'ss ifRltP
Prices OF lumber and building ma.
tenals increased 4O.7 per cent, farm
products 7.5.per cent, drugs AL per
cent, foodstuffs 80 per cent, clothing
2.7 per cent, and the miscellaneous
group of commodities 81 per cent.
House furnishings decreased O1 per
cent. and fuel and light peH cent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
baltimore WANTS
NEXT CONVENTION
RoTENATE HINES
GETS HANDSOME CAR, THE
GIFT OF BROTHER sHRlNERs.
(Unite,l Press)

ROCHESTER,, July 11-Spite night
celebration the shrlners convention
here begun at Damascus Temple, the
Shriners gave Imperial Potenate, Fred
A. Hines OF Los Angeles, Cal, a $500
Deputy John F. Preal-
Oh, Fargo, North Dakota was given
a. 40thorse power car, Baltimore
boomers want the next session. There
glllgbe patade tonigH M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
NEW AVIATION
RECORD MADE
ATWOOD COVERS 600 MILES WITH.
PASSENGER IN AREoPLANE
'(By United Press)

I WASHINGTON, July n-Almost
unhefalded except by "a few farmers,
Harry N. Atwood today all but COM
plcted tho final lap Of his record
breaking aerial jump from Boston TO
Washington. ~
He few to College Park, Mdo from
.Stemmers Run with passenger Chas.
K. Hamilton.
This marks a new record for Amer
ican aviation,
He dew over cities, bays, rivers,
6dehnland covered 600 miles. He says
IlSat sho will circle the Washington
h1pluhent. 9G
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
MALTREATED
ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL GRIM.
.iNALLY ASSAULTED AND Her
BROTHER is FATALLY BEATEN.

ELKINS, w. Va, July 11-Floyd
Helmlck, aged thrty.fve years, was
placed in jail at Parsons today, charg.
ed with crlminally assaulting the II
year old daughter Of his employer,
William Corhin, a painter of7Jennings-
ton Tucker county lumber town,
eHlmick It is claimed, laid in wait,
for the little girl at a spring from
which she carried water for family
use, and beat her into insansibility to
suppress her cries, Her u year old
brother who started to inform his par.
ents was beaten almost to death, 1t
Is stated he Will die. A neighbor wo'
man attracted by the commotion,
frightened Helmick away by her
creams. The little girl is in a pre-.
Carious condition, Feeling ran high
and Helmick would have been lynch
cd had he not escaped to Hendricks,
at which point he was arrested
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11

THE LNIoNToWN FATHER AND
BRoTHER.lN!LAW SLAYER WHO
ESCAPED FROM THE FAYETTE,
tPk.J COUNTY JAIL TEN DAYS
( AGO VISITED HIS WIFE OF THAT
CITY LAST NIGHT, TELLING
HER THAT HE HAD BEEN TO
FARM ONT AND OTHER CITIES
-sH HERlFF ARRIVES TOO LATE
TOO CAPTURE FuGATlvE AF.
TER HE HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF
THAT MURDERER WAS NEAR.
BY
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
SAWS CANNOT BE FOUND
SCREWS IN WINDOW SASH HAD
BEEN REMOVED AND BY SIM.
PLY PULLING BACK BARS EXIT
COULD HAVE BEEN QUICKLY
MApE-BAsTlLE BEING CLOSE.
LY WATCHED.

ti,, 4 s.,. ao.,.
Last syenlns slloEyis psiore .,sas ualh
Jailor Ihomas Iucker ., lhaae q .hgI,
ougn examination ". tle lL'eLivl ,l., ~, =,
the Marion county tenlporafy i,s: Jan alla u.
was surprised to ma tnat two y upper y y
window bars OF the east iWlnaow lsa ,l
been completely sawed IN two ana tnat ma,
the screws holding IN the WINDOW sasa ,
had been removed anu ar was rssus
to pull back the frali pars ana 70
through the opening making tAeir "a
cape. -,
The morning paper says Ilere was
no attempt 10 use tle mes ), 'ust ast
when the bars were seVereu Is no'
known. but 1t is peleVed py Watcl,
man Clayton that the WORK was was uoas le
on last Saturday nignt, as mere ars
n number oil the prisoners VINO ale
permitted to sleep IN the CORRIDOR y!
the prison. 1t may be possiple t,Iat
the bars we're sawed on last suhI"s ~,
night after the third set OF saws naa
been found in the jail, Carrying OUT tne
belief that the prisoners sun hsye y,
saws in their possession, as stateo III
the West Vtrginian yesterday
Captain fuckers susplclon was luIi VI.
ther aroused late YESTERDAY 4, a.tei' .!,t
noon and he Went lnLQ tne jan Wtsn
the intention OF nhalnE more saMs {,
and to make closer esalllllas.Dint ~ =
the place. ne sVoh uise9se.es y. any, ts
severed DATS anu LIlH IhStGuluE5pSO w bAlV
window removed. ne a[teilpseu ~ y
find out who had saWeq tle oass gu. a1a
where the saws we're, Dut. not y pris
oper would speach.
Nails were driven 70 hoi1 lll liIs sasl
in placeaadd al sltt' = W. s5o.'sss ,sttp
locked in their cells at nine O'CLOCK
until late This morning Inc ipars ots
being repaired today ana eloseL
watch is heing kept on the prisoners
with the hope that the saws can DC
found and to prevent delivery. u
There are number OF desperate
prisoners In the Jail who would resort
10 most anything to gain their liberty
which they came, so close to doing
last week. It is believed by the au.
thorities that other attempts will be
made. but which will be unsuccessful
# Captain Tucker and Waterman
Clavton are on the alert, which they
are by day and night. They evidently
would have attempted to make their
gotaway las. night II the severed bars
SoI MT hoon found.
% hno+her important Discovery.
This morning shortly before noon
contoin tucker made another inspect.
I'm NJ tbe Interior of the county jail,
rom .omsonLing " overv mart of the bastile
With tSn determination of finding the
,ows "r wb,cb @ the authorities have every
ra%S raa con m IN beIieye are secreted about
NO nr,sor He was awarded in his
soerch soe y IT nnt Nv ending the saws, but
1iscororinp , W. n saw.brace Jhder the plat
snrm in the corridor of the bastile
Tba ~ brace is one Of the finest pieces
.of ~ or It's ito kind ever found in the pos.
So eession oF nrlsoners in tho state. 1t
10 9S nmnlete in ali parts and is used in
HoIGinr saw in position while. the
- - Loinr caynrnd Ordinarily
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
!. K

OF COLONIAL EXPRESS ON NEW
HAVEN ROAD KILLS MORE THAN
a. DOZEN INSTANTLY WHEN.
TRAIN PLuNGEs OVER HIGH
VIApucT-NEARLY SCORE PAS.
sENeERs INJURED, MANY OF.
WHOM ARE DYlNG-sT. LOUIS
NATIONAL BALL TEAM MEM
RERS uNHuRT = BRIDGEPORT,
y CONN, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
CALLED OUT TO ExTlNGulsH
RAPIDLY BURNING WREcKAGE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
AN united Press.l

-
=, p,'s1.i,,C oast,sar, a. tortv miIes an
saIs ,sm. 4I5o TaSa,.aI oynrass ~ the New
tEul, II" s''e 800 aTu.i ,,,,,reeG over thirty.
.sse taas -. tna s,,ot ~ t5e o,,tsEirts of the
ySs oIt" oarlo toJavs Ei,iing dozen or
tIttoon Sy S'1.s nsrsons snd ininTing fifty.ftye.
aNen pst ,,.,,a,,, syns @ ~ dnfng Tho wreck.
.@eliss ss.1st ~ S4g Tgn and 4 wa wae necessary
ase sts ~ lausns sit., H'e u - '
lor Tue CITY
Fire Department
TO be called TO prevent the PASSENGERS
pinned underneath tne cars lrom
roasting TO death. Inc traln WIN
engine, baggage car TWO day coacnes
and 1ve sleepers was an hour iate anu
was running at high speed. Ine en-
gine struck the coping OF the Vlauuce
and left the rails crashing INTO the
street, all but two rear Pullmans leav-
Ing the track. Most OF the dead were
intthe two day coaches, which are
torn pieces of twisted wood ana IRON.
1t was necessary to chop holes
through the roof OF inc cars, 10 set
to the dead and wounded Inc ST.
Louis National
League Baseball Team En- houte
Louis National League basepah team
en- route to Boston was IN the luse t"o
coaches ana escapeu injury
Partial List OF me Deao'
c. w. Christie, philadelphla, Mrs'
George Rogers and infant son. WASH
ington, d. c., unidentified young Wo'
man; unidentified boy, . years ola. Ia
unidentified. woman, aged a3out 90
engineer and ire man ot epiohla att.a! ,eA.
press; negro passenger aseI spOus
thirty; train man ana TWO cnlluFen
!. The Dying.
m Mrs. aFahE ealapre' Fnttaeeiplla' .s.i ,p,,
and her three childreh' ChrlStle' iiS d0ny
and Ida; MRS Bertha Monroe, VII U
tondalc, Mass; MRS. Mary walker
Washington, D. U; MIS- MARY NC
Cam, Philadelphia; Mary Mcsweeney'
address unknown; mrs. James D.
Boyce. washington u. -; mrs, MARY mar
Note, Washington. j. u; DAVID MSS
ner New York; Frank van Ptelller'
Philadelphia; Jonn Won Hielller, nean' 'h.l
We'll, Mass; Eleanor Wils9n' eleven elevoll'
Philadelphia; Mr.. Muraock, s1mer-
vile, Mass; Mrs. McCohhor, fhlla'
deIphla, and Carl fraster' coloreu'
Havcrdegrace, Nd.
Partial List OF injured
Mary Sweeney, PhilllpsDurg' "a
Edward M. Green Huntlngdon' "a,
Mrs.IMary Zooloi, Philadelphla; MISS
Carrie Hilmes, Phllaaeiphla; Mrs; b'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
RESUMES WoRk.

The Homewood pottery at Manning
ton has resumed operations after q
short shut down for repairs Several
OF the employees spent their vacation
camping on the Tygarts Valley river,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11

Miss Virginia Fleming daughter Of
Prof U. S. Fleming who has been III
Hor several days with appendicitis Is
some better ut this time and 1t Is
thought an operation may not be nee
essary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
BARS lIRRISl|I
ARE SAWED
I'm TWO

CAPTAIN THOMAS f. TUCKER
MAKES DISCOVERY WHILE Ex.II
AMINING COUNTY JAIL LATE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FIND
ING THAT ALL WAS READY FOR
a GETAWAY LAST NIGHT.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11

Dir. Clyde Neill and =. b. Moore
have returned from Locf Lynn Height
where they spent Sunday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
E[IlzZIZI,ESd ! =

Tshnnderstofms tonight OF 'o'Ho'
row; slightIy cooler -.
Newark post., 1911-10-04
Hats and Shoes

Regular and Conservative
Styles for Men in every size,
"a up to so inch chest, So to
$50. Regulars, Stouts, Sims
and Extra Sizes.
Newark post., 1911-10-04
Farm Values Are
Up Fifteen Billion

Census Director Durand has
given out an important advance
statement from the Bureau of the
Census containing additional fig
ures and details of the agricul-
tural statistics of continental
United States, collected at the
Thirteenth Decennial Census, Apr.
IS, 1910.
During the ten years which fol-
lowed the census OF 1900, lae pop
ulation OF the United States in
creased Fl per cent, but the num-
Der of farms did not keep pace
with the increase in population.
From 5,737,372 i'll 1900 the num-
Der grew to o,34o,357, an increase
OF Doe, ,2S5, or 1o.5 per cent. For
the whole United States this is the
lowest rate Of increase which has
been noted since the number OF
farms was first recorded in 1850.
Measured by number OF ialn S,
agriculture exhibits a diminished
rate of increase, and in large areas
of the country is practically sta
tlOnary.
Newark post., 1911-10-04

exalted position that he occupies,
look down upon his traducers and
maligners and with 7xuItant pride
eXclaitn: Il care mot for the
venomous gossip of clubs and
drawing rooms and cliques and
cabals, nor for the poisoned shafts
OF envy and malice, | await under
the guidance Of Divine Providence
the verdict OF posterity." The
Baltimore Sun adds: There is a
sense OF fair play and exact justice
in the minds of the American peo-
pie, and they rendered the verdict
at once and they never hesitated
nor delayed to pronounce Schley
the hero of Santia iago, a true pat
riot, just and generous man and
a great naval commander.
Newark post., 1911-10-04
To Save Farmers Friends

Fighting for the farmers OF this
country who last year lost over 4
billion dollars worth Of crops from
insect pests, according to govern
ment reports, the Audubon work
ers are making final efforts to
protect by law the insect-eating
birds that the millinery interests
are claiming the right to slaugh-
ter. While California, Massachu-
setts, Oregon, Ohio, Missouri,
Louisiana, Wisconsin and Wash
ington have already been induced
to properly preserve these bird
crop guards, the leather dealers OF
New York and many other states
are still able to plunder the farm
ers' fields for their plumage, IN
sufficient laws allow them to sell
without fear of prosecution. 10
show the American people that
Newark post., 1911-10-04
Dea(h Of Admiral SChley

Rear Admiral winfield ocUtt
Schley, the hero of Santiago, drof
ped dead on Fortv-fourth street,
New York, on Monday afternoon.
Death was due to heart disease,
to which he had been long sub
ject. The rival claims made for
Sampson for the glory OF the vic
tory in Havana Harbor in '9S led
ultimately to a Court OF Inquiry
as to Schley's conduct Of the bat
lie.
In his great closing speech be-
fore that Court Senator Rayner
said:
The thunders of the Brooklyn
as she trembled on the waves have
been discordant music to the ears
of enviorrs foes, but they have
pierced with ringing melody the
ears of his countrymen and struck
responsive chord at the fireslde
OF every American home. And
what is more than all, which has
been revealed in this case, as mat
chless as his courage and as un-
sullied as his honor, is his beautiful
character and the generous spirit
that animates his soul and the for
giving heart that beats within hrs
bosom. s. f With composure
with resignation, with supreme ane
unfaltering i;ortitude, he awaits
the Judgment OF this illustriou
tribunal. and if that dellveranc'
comes he can, from the high ane
Newark post., 1911-10-04

the S2S,ooo,ooo industry of the
country's bonnet builders should
no longer be allowed the right to
menace the prosperity Of its $780,
Ooo,ooo,ooo worth of agricultural
investments, the National Asso-
citation OF Audubon Soclelles ms
today begun to extend to the
whole country the campaign OF
economic education that it is car
rying on throughout this state.
That bird in the fields is worth
hundreds on hats is being now de-
monstrated to the New York leg
islature, which has already passed
in it's lower house the Audubon
bill for the protection of wild, non
game birds, irrespective of whe-
ther they were taken with or with
out the State. Dead birds tell no
tales, ornithologist are showing,
and through the unpossibility o,
| proving that the plumage sold by
milliners did not come from out
side the state line, no legal steps
can now be taken against the fea-
ther dealers. By stopping up this
legal loophole as the farming in
terests are trying to do in this
state, the comnonwealths of the
rest OF the country can speedily
check the serious harm which it
is now possible ior a few feather
dealers to do the agricultural in
terests of the whole country, it is
pointed out.
| Although the monied millinery
interests ar2 fercely fighting leg
islation for the protection OF the
farmers feathered friends, officers
Of the National Associations oi
| Audubon Societies declared today
| that sooner or later the agricul-
49, interests lof THIS country
would force every state to check
by adequate laws, the slaughter
OF the birds that are known to be
SO valuable to American agricul,
ture and forestry. Government
investigation has shown conc-l
sively that the insect and weed
seed eating birds consume ano
hold in check the crop pests tha
already destroy $1,000, o,ooo,o ,oo1
worth of Americas agriculture
, wealth each year.
The formers of New York ar,
t revolving against the present Ii
| cense OF the milliners to kill ant
sell the birds that form Nature
: greatest protection against GRO
' pests" said William butcher
president of the National Associa
ton O: Audubon Societies, at 1t
= headquarters. I4I Broadway, tc
day. "We believe we can win thi
= battle for the farmers here an
= shall not stop our efforts unit
i every state has safeguarded tn
Il existence of these birds who's
: threatened extinction must mea
# Jlin to the agriculture of on
t country"
Newark post., 1911-10-04
LAND IN FARMS.

The small growth in the number
of farms has not been compen,'
stated by any growth in the size Of
farms, the average number OF
acres in farms having decreased
from I46 in 1900 to 1873 in 1910.
Thei Increase in the total acreage
devoted to agriculture was only
35,I37,ooo acres, or AZ per cent.
The actual area in farms was $685.
$4,000 acres in 1900 and S73,729,-
900 acres in 1910.
Improved land, however, in
creased more rapidly than the to-
tai farm acreage or number OF
farms, the advance being from
4I4,4oo,ooo acres in 1900 to 477,-
I44S,ooo acres in 1910, a gain OF
62,494, 600 acres, or 1872 per cent
in ten years. Yet this percentage
OF increase wss only about two
thirds the growth of population
showing that at the best the nlln1.
bcr of acres under cultivation and
Used for the production ot crops
i'sd not kept pace with the i'll
crease in the number OF people.
INCREASE IN FARM VAIs
UES.
In striking contrast with the
slow growth in the number ard
acreage OF farms and the area oi
| improved land during the ten years
| is the enormous rise which has
| occurred in the value OF farm pro-
perty. Farm land, exclusive 0
buildings which was valued at
SI3,o5S ,oo8,oOo in 1900, had more
than doubled before 1911, being
then returned as having value O.
S2s,3so,77o,ooo. The enormous in
crease here recorded o. $685.
762 900 represents an advance o
II7.4 per cent. in the value OF al
! land in farms.-
It is Immediately evident tha
the relatively small increase il
the total acreage Of farm land, A.:
per cent. was one of the least i'm
, portant OF the factors causing tn
r great increase in aggregate value
The average value of farm LAM
per acre increased from $I5.57 II
: 1000 to S32.4o in 1910, a gain Q
$1,000 per acre, or 1857 per cent
Newark post., 1911-10-04
Tailoring

Special Patterns, Special
Cuts, Extreme and College
Styles; Long Coats and the
New Semi-English Short
Coats, with Short Rolls, $Io
to $50. With the big lines at
SIS, $50 and SIS.
Newark post., 1911-10-04
SPECIAL. OFFERS
FOR SALE AND RENT

Fifteen acres-o room modern
dwelling, barn.-all new-at cost.