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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-09-14


| Hickman Courier 81 year.
Sullivan Bros.-the house of bar
gains.
Schmidt. the Tailor. Beware Of
limitations.
All the leading magazines q Teths
& French's.
Dee Henry. is at Craig's Landing
on business.
Hand painted China. - Hickman
Hardware Co.
C. +. Shumate went to Newbern,
Tenn, Tuesday.
We know our business and do our
work right-White Bros.
w. N. Estes. of Martin. is the guest
of Swan Burrus and family.
Miss Crabtree. of Nashville, Is the
guest of Miss Lucille Bondurant.
Dahnke's Cream Bread received
daily at Matheny Bros. q Plant.
Miss Myrtle Walker is home from
a visit with friends at Charlottesville.
Revival services will begin In the
Christian Church, beginning Nov. LIST
A good walnut bed, washstand. ia
BILE, cabinet organ at the Rummage
Sale, in the Davis Block.
Ladies Home Journal New Embroi-
derry Book loo at f.. X. Ellison's. A
transfer pattern free with each copy.
Meeting nights Of Fulton Lodge.
No. SO. l. o. o. F.-Thursday Sept.
1928; Oct. II &c: Nov. s-2S; Dec. Z
81.
Ladies' Home Journal New Embro-
Quarterly Style Book just out at Z.
II. Ellison's. ANY pattern free with
each copy.
The continued rains OF the past
few days have been bad on the cot
ton crop. Rust is reported as attack
ing the plant in parts of the county.
The report here yesterday to the
effect that the Str. Mengel Box Com
pany had sunk during the storm Tues
day at Craig's Landing. was erron-
eous.
The Fulton Leader contemplates
getting out two editions of their daily
each day-morning and eyening-and
their Weekly Commercial.
That's the time, boys; whoop 'er up.
The police departments of Mayfield
and other towns and cities Of this
section have been asked to keep a
a lookout for three white men
from Chicago. who are alleged
to have stolen from Mrs. Earl Brew
er. wife of Governor-elect Brewer, of
family heirlooms and val
liable jewelry to the amount of about
81 500. The valuables are alleged to
have been stolen on an Illinois Cen
trail Pullman car at Fulton the fore
part of this week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-09-14
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Saturday Night-The Lyric.
p c. Ward is here today from the
Lake.
A good rain fell Tuesday southeast
of town.
Pay your taxes now and save fur
Their costs.
Work is progressing at the Metho-
dis Church.
Phone 195-white Bros, Cleaners
and Pressers.
Hickman Courier and Commercial
Appeal S1.25.
The Hickman Steam Laundry has
IA new wagon.
DR.. C. NJ. Blackford is in Louis
vile this week.
For q neat job OF undertaking.
Hickman furniture Co.
Illustrated Songs-Motion Pictures
Lyric Saturday Night.
Pres. Lstta, of the C. NJ. & G..
is in town today on business.
New and cheapest line of China in
the city.-Hickman Hdw. Co.
DIR. J. NJ. Hubbard and family spent
Sunday with Arlington friends.
II. c. Barrett. funeral director and
embaimer. with st. Louis Furnishing
Co.
Hundreds of new bargains at f. r.
Ellison's Dry Goods and Variety Cash
Store.
RIVER: Guaee at Cairo reads 1874
rising. II will be on a stand in a
short time.
Still some cotton leaving this sec
ton. Every effort should be made
to keep Hickman cotton at Hickman.
The Oldest woman in the state, |
Mrs. Abbie Fuller. age III years. died
at her home near Hopkinsville, Tues
day.
Have you tried it-tbat new coal.
wash6 d alu graded TO regular sized |
lumps-especially suited for cooking. |
"A A. Faris.
The "Rummage Sale" for the bens-
fit of the Christian church has been
continued and will be held next Sat
urday at the rear of the Davis block. |
Walter l.. Brown and three gentle |
men are here today from Dyersburg
looking over the Industrial League |
Addition with a view to purchasing |
some of this property.
Mrs. Gardeners embroidery classes
Increase in interest Notwithstanding |
the warm weather. Monday and |
Tuesday afternoons with Mrs. Davis, |
other afternoons with Mrs. Peck |
Among those already at work are
Misses Bondurant. Naylor. Hubbard.
Cowgirl. Mesdames Helm Davis.
Smith, Burgoyne. Siberell and Peck. !
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09

Since the recent visit of Presid-
ent. Jeffery and Mr.. Gould, there are
many predictions heard here and in
Gunnison that the coming year will
see the Marshall Pass branch Of the
Dc RIG Railway widened TO stan
dard gauge line. Some claim to have
overheard a conversation betweenthe
president and Mr. Gould in which it
was stated that next summer would
see the work undertaken and comp
leted
The car shortage here during the
last few weeks will not figure below
three hundred and possibly five hun
dred all told, to handle the immense
coal hay and cattle traffic now await
ing transportation This great short
age is working a detriment Of hund-
reds Of thousands of dollars 10 the
otherwise good conditions here exis-
ting besides making a material diff
ference in the earnings Of the rail-
road company, which the officials
havs doubtless taken into considerat
ion during this visit Of investigation.
Whenever the railway line COM
ing into Crested Butte is made STAN
dard gauge 50 that our coke. hard
and superior steam coal may be tran
sported to Pacific Coast states with
out transfer. then will be seen train
loan after train load going direct to
the coast line cities to be used by the
government naval boats and big ship
line steamers.
: The Pacific coast states produce nc
Goals suitable for navy use or fit fol
use in developing steam or heat in
big ocean liners on account Of the
low percentage in carbon and Erea'
bulk.
With u.e widening Of the Marsh
:; al Paes u,ute the -. & Il. q. -wl
have all standard gauge tracks frutr
here to the coast and trnin of oul
coal may start frusn. the mines herr
aud never be touched or handled un-
til il is unloadcd at San Francisco
into the holds OF government vcsscl'
Or ocean liners.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
LINE
B TO TREASURE
MOUNTAIN TUNNEL
Lat Shipment of Machin-
cry Supplies Came
lip This Week
WORK WILL BE
THROUGH THE WINTER

Manager S. II. Ccndgon of the
Treasure Mountain Tunnel Co has
installed a telephone between his
o4icc in this city and the tunnel por
tal Mt Crystal by which means lie is
In, constant communication with the
fajfeman of his works at the tunnel
aid may thus be informed Of the re-
sdlts OF each round OF holes broken
of any new veins Of ore encountered
daring the tunnel driving. The last
shipment of machienrysupplies came
II this week and has been taken over
u the tunnel and it is expected that
the water will be turned into the
water lines in very short time.
when the air drills will be started
Ald the big bore then be Iushel
NTH the greatest speed possible dur
thg the entire winter months, Lewis
NcGruber has accepted the position
Is master mechanic and will have
charge Of the Compressor plant and
superintend the drilling work in the
tunnel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
c. F. & l. Earnings For
Year Are $22, ,934, ,SSS

Denver. Nov. 3-Gross earnings
from operation OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company Tor the year end
ing June 80, 1911. were 22,9Sl.6 .6S5
10, decrease Of 765, ,127 SO, CON-
pared with the previons year, acc
ording to the annual report Of the
company, made public here today.
Operating expenses were l0.+h6
335, decrease Of o4i0. sol, leaving
net earning from operating expenses
Is, ,47S, 800. a decrease from last year
Of 264,2 2e5. Income from sources
other than operation amounted TO
66l, 1855. bringing the net income
to 4.li9.6 sos, a decrease Of 2l9.
SOC. compared with the previous
year. After providing for all fixed
charges, a sinking fund etc, surplus
Of l. .239 600 was left.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
Elk MOUNTAIN TUNNEL COMPANY 6
WILL INSTALL POWER PLANT

ger from forest fires. The heavy veg
citation also eliminates danger from
snow slides and protection in the
winter. After going over various
routes the pipe line was carried aroun
the breast of Elk Mountain direct
into the generating station located
at the portal OF the tunnel. The in
take is at the natural dansitc where
a substantial damwill bc erected from
native timbcrs thus making an addi-
tioual supply of water available. The
order was placed today with the well
known Lyner Engineering Works Co
for compressor, drills, drill sharpen
ing machine, lighting apbartus and
the miscellaeous machinery needed
for immediate use The many recent
records made by the Lcyner drills
.convinccs the management that the
breast of the tunnel may le advanced
with n speed Of from 120 to 200 feet
per month operating but one shift
per day and this at u minimum cost.
Arrangements have been made to
insure an early delivery of both mach
inery and winter supplies and IT Is
expected that work in the mine will
bc in rapid progress in the very
near future. MIR J. A. Goodwin
who is ON the ground and who has
spent some thirty years in mining
work in this section is highly clated
at the prospects and reminds old
friends OF boy with his first pair
of top boots. The tunnel is already
well advanced and avery large amout
of good milling ore reported to be
opened up and several more proven
veins cut at an early date. Such
work as is being done by tho, Elk
Mountain company is,, credit to the
state and is to h hop.-i that more
of the ininn- ~ the vaisssses viii fab
under such Infringement and receise
the proper credit due them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
DEATH CALLS
EX-GOVERNOR T
OF COLORADO
The Father of Lead and
Silver Smelling in
Colorado.
WAS DIRECTOR OF
AMERICAN SMELLING co

James b. Grant the first Demo-
cratic governor of Colorado died at
Excelsior Springs Mo, on Friday
night of last week.
Governor Grant night well be call
el the father of ead-silvcr-smelting
in Colorado rs he erected aud oper-
ated the first successful smelter in
Leadvillc which was completed and
the furnaces blown III during the
fall of 1876. The Grant smclter
handled more ore than any other in
Leadvillc during the years it was
working there aud upon its removal
to Denver was the largest smelling
plant in the state until it was mcrB-
ell with American smelling company
with which Gov. Grant was connect
ed ~ a managing director until death
Gov. Grant was taken when All
orphaned boy by an uncle and given
a scientific schooling which was com
plcted at Frcibur9 Germany. the best
equipped technical institution in the
world ut that time. After returning
home his uncle backed him in build
ing smelter at Lcadviile which
camp had just been discovered and
this was the beginning Of the long
successful and honorable career oi
the deceased smelter ma&nate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09

Col. S. G. Booker Vice President
Of the Elk Mountain Mining and
Tunnel Company arrived from ST.
LouisWednesday evening accompan-
led by G. W. Morrison Mining and
Mechanical Engineer with the
Leyner Engineering works a Denver
Colo.
= During the week surveys and es-
Inmates were made Of the companys
extensive properties, results showing
the greatest natural resources of wat
or power and timber. The tributary
OF Copper creek which originates in
the Copper Queen Basin on the COM
panys property is, according to Mr.
Morrison capable Of developing from
80 to 500 horsepower in itself. For
present requirements $50 horsepower
will be ample. As soon as the necess-
nry develorement work is finished
and additional energy required G C,pr-
or creek may be utilized by means
Oi n series OF well constructed dams.
In this manner any amount Of
energy up to 25O0O Of 10000 horse
pswer may l,e obtained at mini
mum expenditure. After such plants
arc installed the cost 81 maintainencc
will be negligible. Il is estimated by
the use Of three phase alternating
current generators power may be de-
livered At mines and mills Mt frac-
tion Of Une cent per- X w hr.
After going over the property MIR
Morrison believes that there il suff-
icient timber Of = superior quality to
more than one hundred years. Much
Of the pine and spruce is from 70
80 80 inches in diameter and stands
No feet 70 the first lissb. This dis
trict y isolAasd; bsing surrounded
b. hsren peSks aasd = Uadition is
psoteotsd by The T. &. Pusea ran
Ksss and thus eliminations all dam
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
BROAD GAUGE COMING
m nineteen TWELVE

Crested Butte will be placed on the
main line when the road is standard
gauged and all trains will come th--
ough without stop Or transfer Of
freight or passengers. The populate
on Of the town will necessarily dou-
Bile as the business done is doubled,
which will certainly come with the
doubling of the output Of the mines
here as will be done just as soon as
the standard gauge rails are laid into
town. More miners will then be req
uired in digging and handling coal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09

The Gunni-on News-Champion
changed owership last week where
by Chas. H. Rhoeie formerly asso-
ciate eiitcr Of the Denver Press, be-
comes editor and owner Of tho Newt
Champion vice Henry. Lake who rc-
tires on account Of poor hsaath. Ths,
new editor will doubtless maintain
the heretofore hiaE standard Il Nova
Champion as one Of the bsrt and
mosi reliable newr aeentof the county
and this western slope country.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09

W. II. Whalen went Ia GunnisOn
Monday where he will attend the
meeting of the county commissioners
Mrs &. l.. Braswe.l who has been
visiting her mother Mrs Agnes kcir
left for her home in Lake City Mon
day.
Mr.. Emmitt Byrd left Tuesday
for Espanola New Mexico where he
was called to the bed side of his
mother who il very i'll.
The Rev. Stewart was upto Irwin
on business Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Stewart are
the proud and happy parents of an
eight pound baby girl.
Mrs W. II. Whalcn was the charm
ing hostess Monday evening to Mr.
and Mrs Andy Horan, Mise, Anna
Murphy and Mary Clifford, Mcssrs
Maurice Roth and Allen Barrett.
After very pleasant evening ol
music a delicious lun chcon wa
served.
Mr. William johnson. who is at
tending high school at Gunnisor
came up on the extra Friday night
to spend the week end with his par
ents.
Misses Lillian Doig and Gladys
Boyle came up on the extra Friday
night from Gunnison to spend thu
week end with their parents.
Ernest Mazza made a pleasur,
trip to ,Jacks-Cabin Saturday night
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09
Local News =

c. G.. McWilliams wns in Gunni-
son the first cf the week on business.
William Harris has taken the place
Of Emmett Burk VIII, was called 90
the bedside Of his mother who is sick.
Roy Dunbar brought up herd Of
cattle from Gunnison last Saturday.
o. F. Thomas with the c. +. Il l
spent few days in town this week.
Roadmastcr Monohan was in
town "Wednesday ON business.
Mr. a. Spencer with the lntcrna-
tional Corresponds School is in
this week.
George Adams left for Denver Tue
day after shipping n car of cattle.
Jim and Pate Spann were up from
Jacks-Cabin Wednesday,
Denver (Sipp) Richardson is
back on his old job dciving the
switch engine
Agent Boyle reports that double
hcadcrand flangcr will bc put ON the
Florcsta road and that cars will be
supplied as they are needed through
the winter.
The management of the Star mine
came in over the newCcmcnt Creek
road Tuesday andplaced orders h. re
among several Of ou merchants for
the winter supplies to be used at
the mines and the road house be-
tween the railroad and the mine.
The hauling will begin tomorrow
and it is expected that ore will com
mence loading at the Booker switch
next week as the railroad spur is
now being put in ut that place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-09

Mr.. l.. 4. Counts was up from
Jacks Cabin the first Of the week.
E He sold his milk COWS the first Of
the week to A. Hartman and son of
.(supnisun.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

HE interiors of many homes, al
though beautiful in design and
lastly furnished. sometimes
tEI6lY1 look very shabby a year or
- two after the house is built.
because the varnish and stain
on the woodwork has prematurely reached
its age limit and commenced to show signs
Of wear.
There is no such thing as a permanent
finish for interior woodwork especially
floors, but there is a vast difference in
the quality and life of materials. also
considerable difference in the way they
are applied. No matter how strict the
economy has been in order to save cost on
the house, the interior wood finishing and
the exterior wood painting should be of
the best. The materials at best are not
permanent, and If an interior grade is
used, while 1t may save a little in the
cost at first, it will be more than made up
by the frequency of repairs.
If materials are properly applied it
takes just as long to put on poor paint or
varnish as the best quality Since the
labor is the greatest item of expense, the
using of an interior grade of materials is
very unbusinesslike to say the least.
All wood cannot be treated alike Oak
for example, has a very open grain, which
must be filled up by what is known as a
paste wood filler before varnlsh is applied.
Maple and birch. on the other hand, are
close grained and need no filling
The use of shellac is often abused in
finishing woodwork. Painters like to use
1t because 1t is easily applied and drys
Immediately, so that they can go right on
with the vanishing. For this reason cheap
furniture has often nothing but several
coats of shellac which makes a very pooI
finish. Shelac is a wood preservative, but
1t is not practical as wearing surface.
When applied upon wood 1t becomes as
hard as glass, being very thin, and, having
no pliability whatever, 1t cracks and
scratches very easily. One can take a
piece of furniture that has been finished
with shallac and a hard tap with the end
of the fingernail will leave ring mark on
It, For this reason shelac should never be
used on a floor under any circumstances
No matter how good the quality of the
floor varnish to be put on top of the
shellac. the shellac is so brittle 1t will
break and show every peg in ones Shoes
heel plates or other mars incidental to
the wear and tear on floors. The varnish
being transparent. this marred appearance
will show through. A floor that has
shellac on 1t can never be made to look
as we'll after a little usage as one on
which no shellac has been applied. A thin
coat of shelac over the stain on other in
terror finish is permissible, but never
second coat
In homes costing from $4,000 up, where
a little difference in expense is not a seri-
GUS matter. it is advisable and practical to
use the very best grade of varnish. known
as outside spar or wagon-gear varnish.
No one company has an exclusive right to
manufacture this varnish 1t being man
ufactured by a number of companies. It
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
Mr.. CLAUSEN'S BOOK

"Ths Art, Science and Sentiment OF
BODYBUILDING"
30 chapters, 800 illustrations. 1t
covers a wide range Of subjects, in
GLIDING the planning OF bungalows.
suburban and city homes, costing
from 5000 to $4,000, letting con-
tracts, choosing materials, proper de-
sign of entrance, windows, fire
places, etc. New third edition. Price,
postpaid, sl.OO
Address, Arthur G. Clausen, Archi-
tect, 1136-37-39 Lumber Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

After the floor has been rubbed down. il
1t is to be vanished, It should then re-
ceive two additional coats of the very best
grade of floor varnish obtainable
A good way to- test floor varnish is to
put thin coat of 1t on thin piece of tbs
sue paper. Let 1t dry for about three days
and then crumple it up in the hand. After
crumpling it, smooth it out, and observe
whether the varnish broke, showing white
streaks all through it, under this test. If
1t did, 1t is not suitable for floor varnish,
being too brittle. II the varnish is not
brittle, but elastic, this test will not af-
feet it in the least.
1t Is best to give the last coat of var
nish a light rub. 1t will then not show
every little scratch, and the dust which
settles upon 1t, in spite Of all the pains of
a neat housekeeper, is not evident.
When the floor is to be waxed, 1t should be
first filled when oak, or given a coat of
bleached linseed oil, If maple or birch and
then given one coat of the best grade of
floor varnish, then two coat of floor wax
put on with a wooden cloth, and then
rubbed in with a weighted brush finishing
with a coarse piece of carpet under the
brush. wax floor to look good should
be rewaxed at least once every six months,
and touched up in we'll Travelled places as
often the appearance of wear makes
necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

derives the name spar from the fact
that it is used on the spars of sailing
vessels, also on other woodwork of ships,
and today considerable of 1t is used on
the wooden parts of automobiles. 1t is
merely a fine grade of varnlsh. Some
manufacturers put out what they call an
inside spar" but this name is deceivlng,
It merely being the regular inside varnish
with the word spar" attached to It for
selling purposes
Varnish should never under any circum-
stances be thinned out with turpentine. a
painter who will do this is not doing a
square and workmanlike job. The turpen-
tine evaporates, and what is left is very
thin coat of varnlsh. An INSCRIPTIONS
painter will sometimes thin out with tur.
pentine both to make the varnish flow
easily, thereby taking less time to do the
work, and to save little on the cost of
materials. This adulteration is always cas-
lily detected by it's odor while the varnish
is being applied. Shellac also has a strong
odor. of rather acid nature to the smell
that makes 1t easily distinguishable from
the odor of varnish, and by this one can
tell even IL they can not distinguish be-
tween the nature OF materials by observa-
ton, whether shellac is being substituted
where varnish is required.
On the interior woodwork, such as cas-
ings, base boards, picture mouldngs doors
and wainscotings, two coats of varnish
should be used ia addition to a light coat
Of shellac. On real fine work three coats
of varnish should be used, especially wood
work which is to be rubbed down to a dull
or egg shell finish. The first coat of var
nish should always be rubbed in order to
smooth out any imperGections which were
not noticed in the raw material, but which
always becomes evident after the first
coat of varnlsh is dry. All nail heads
should be set into the wood work about
one-eighth inch and filled with putty of
exactly the same color as the finished
wood work. Never use acid stains, they
fade in strong sunlight.
1t Is always a good plan to give maple
and birch floors a coat of bleached linseed
oil to start with, which. after drying forty
eight hours should be lightly rubbed down.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-07-11
THE PASTIME.
Matinee and Night.
y y y - - y y y y y y x )

The Society Girl and the Gypsy"
Here We have wonderful drama re-
leased by the Pathe Freres Ameri-
can studio Tis an old saying that
Truth is stronger than fiction, -
which is very true, and which was
never better illustrated than in this
picture Everyone knows about the
beautiful Baltimore society girl that
disappeared for years, and when she
was found was queen of a band of
gypsies. This strange but true story
is the theme of this picture, and while
it, of course. must have a few devil
atoms, il nevertheless ends happily
which is really the most enjoyable
part of a superb drama
'tle Had Money in the Bank"
A very charming and refreshing
comedy and while it is possible that
other men have had this same thought
still il has never before been shown
In motion pictures. Chevy goes to the
city TO make his fortune, which by the
way, is not very large when he ar
rives. Though very good to look upon,
the girls at the boarding house do
not take TO him, as he is not able to
take them to any form of amusement.
Walking along the street one day he
found a bank deposit book showing a
very large balance. and Clevy mme-
diately put his BRAIN to work, with the
result that he very neatly erased the
name on the book, substituted his,
and that night at supper managed to
drop The book under the table where
it was found the next morning by the
landlady, and then tile fun begins. as
each girl endeayors to Guido the other
IN their attentions TO Clevy, and you
win thoroughly enjoy the many com
ical situations.
The two greatest events Of recent
date, namely, Speedway Races at IN
diahapolis' and the Coronation of
King George V have both been
booked by the pastime, and we viii
advise You in few days when these
viii be shown