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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

goodbye, old chicken. bony scrub.
The times demand g. better breed
j on eat enough, but there's the rub.
j OF never pay for half your feed.
20 after al these years we part,
but pray remember as YOU 20
II -llls should break your heart
fou broke my purse long, long ago.
4 gaze at you with fearful eyes
tou scalE legged, lousy bird,
nile years Of fruitless labor rise
10 iii my soul with anger stirred.
ana now IN sorrow and disgust.
At tons Of wasted grit and feed:
In loud and injured tones. must
CONFESS you used them in your greed
- ltn Qest O. Aeed your re r0uEh 5nd thins
and I've grown thinf-tn care q you.
Ee empty coop and empty bin
My pocket1ooE is empty. too
" Ell chosen was the denial sign
OF St Peter. long azo,
tor FL these rcupy- cocks OF mine
cnlrk their duty for to crow
But grieTious want shall disappear.
II the signs can really read.
1. Eil my co0ps this very year
I'm hens OF some good laying breed
y nave the kind thar's ciesn ana sleek.
The kind that brings Drosper-f-tse-
Ay purse shall fatten every week
And no more scrubs shall feed on ne.
- T. taclller In Feathered World.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30


TEW YORK, n 7. Dec. 50.-Ihis
M is the story OF an immigrant.
Not OF a real Simon-pure i'm
migrant. but of myself in immigrant
clothes
came to New York with letter
from aIr. Nagal. secretary Of commerce
and labor. to Nr Williams the com
missioner Of Immigration at Ellis ISL
and. The letter requested that be
shown all the processes ana given ali
information as TO nov the foreigner
breaks into this country. Uncle sam
Is adopting into OK national family
more than ], 00e.o00 new brothers ana
sisters each year. BE keeps rus nlns
them in at the rate OF two or three
thousand q dav. or Of more than 100 an
hour from midnight to midnight al
the year through
How DO these people get in2
Who are they
What are they.
Where do they come from2
S Where 40 they go2
can we digest theme or VIII they lie
like a lump Of sour dough on Uncle
sans stomach poisoning our nationai
famllTl
The Experience Of One ImmigrHnt.
shah answer the last question first,
and that by my experience Is an -nlllll-
arinary- You must suppose me peas
ant ln some little town In southeastern
Europe. NY wages are less than q omar
ter q DAY. and the chief part of my diet
is brown bread and water. One morn
sing e smooth, well dressed man comes
and offers ms all sorts Of Inducements
to go across the ocean He paints the
United States as a country where gold
dollars can be picked Up in the streets,
and finally persuades me to pay enough
out Of my savings To buy e steamship
ticket to New york The ticket IS for
the Storage and it costs me S35- Armed
with it go to Fiume. which is mg near
est port and. after being examined and
fumigated. am hurried with 2000 others
into the hold Of a steamer. 1t is the
steamship company that causes my go
ing. Alv passage helps TO pay its divi-
dends. and that is the reason their
agent has called upoH me. They get
the worth Of their money. I pay them
one-third OF One-half as much as a first
cabin passenger. but I sleep in bunk
away down below decks In a room with
hundreds OF others. I eat my meals out
Of tin pots and pans. ana I have a luxu-
ri0us loafing place, between rains. on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
The Leading Families of This City

On The Diseases Of Men, Diseases Of Women,
and ask for our Symptom Blank, as many cas-
fully treated and cured by our Home Treatm
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

Where we find a case that viii not vel
the patient so, as we havt a reputation t
to maintain it. We Aave been located il
stay We number among our patients
well as from other states. Many are Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cl re children Of bed
Eetting. There IS a &C Institutional cause for
this trouble. Mrs NJ Summers. Box ".
Notre Dame Ind. wiz bend free to any mother
her successful home treatment with full
instructions Send no money. but write her
today If your childrs b trouble you in this
way. Don't blame thI 3 child, the chances are
it can't help it. y bis treatment also cures
adults and aged PEI pls troubled With urine
difficulties By day q night,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

Any person can keep poultry. but not
every one can make poultry keep them.
Cedar BOOSTS and Lice.
friend says that he has not been
bothered with lice since putting IN CO.
dar rocsts for his chickens. Tnls is
worth giving q trial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
FRANK g. CARPENTER SHOWS HOW THE FOR
EJGNER BREAKS INTO UNITED STATES

Some Queer Experiences at Ellis Lland-HoW Immi
grants Are Examined Passing the Inspectors "A
Million New Brothers and Sisters and What It
Means Thousands Of Incapables Sent Back
to Europe Where Our Immigrants
Come From and Where They Co
Greatest American Peril
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

lcopyright i9ll. BY prank c. Carpenter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

a little further On I came TO gate
where another dodtor was standing. I
could feel his eyef so through me as
T. approached. ana then felt him go
through my - had a little
wooden sticl than a tooth
pick and M - took
you use in
my right
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

ILNHL. -HEHIL. gil -LFH-N.
to that body, particularly with refer.
,,ence 0 projects now in hand, IS we'll
worth citation.
Under existing law" said General
BiSby, denominations Of existing
projects are made by the board Of
engineers for rivers and harbors by
either the Committee Of Commerce Of
the Senate or the Committee on Riy.
ers and Harbors Of the House or Rep.
resentatiyes; but these %re-examina.
tons are subject to the limitation
that no enlargement Of the scope ri
the project can be considered, SO that
desirable extension Of projects eau
not be recommended
Thus 1t Is seen that SO far from
being ready to take up new projects
the board Of engineers is not yet pre-.
pared under the plain intent OF the
lawmakers to consider even the ex.
tension Of old projects until 1t has
been satisfactorily demonstrated that
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

harbor bill there has been q dispose,
ton to tack on new projects often ten
times such as have failed Of approval
by the House Committee. House
members interested in local projects
have resorted to bringing, the matter
up again through their Senators, with
the result that it has happened that
insistence upon minor local waterway
enterprises has iinperiiIed the entire
measure, with all OF its meritorious
and thoroughly approved and undis.
puted schemes Of Improvement, even
to setting back work under continuing
contracts. The Rivers and Harbors
Congress has earnestly sought to ed,l.
cate the public and impress Congress
upon this point. What General Bixby,
chief Of engineers, said in his recent
annual report and subsequent reitera.
lions at the National Rivers and Hlr,
bors convention when he delivered
his interesting and instructive, address
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

the further Improvement is desirable
from the. standpoint:o of business neces:
slty and the conservation Of the work
already done. ! \
Members Of the National Rivers and
yHarbors Congress, many Of whom are
members Of the Federal Congress, are
very well satisfied with the status Of
the pending bill: They are well aware
that considerable money yet remains
to be expended Of the appropriation
bill passed June IS last. and are con.
fident that Congress- can next time,
pursuing the policy Of an4annual ap-
preparation and harmony with the de.
clared policy; Of the waterway %assocla.
ton, pass a bill which VIII approx.
mate the s5o,ooO,oO0Jagu
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09
!.
COMMITTEE
.MucHsWoRks rs BEING DONE ON.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR AP.
RRoPRlATloN BILL.

IuAr.NH.
WASHINGTON Jan. 9.---The Sen.
ate Commerce Committee has lost no
time Getting to consideration of tho
riger and harbor appropriation bill.
Work was resumed on the bill on
Thursday, the day the SESSION OF Con-
gress resumed. There is every indl-
cation that the bill will be reported
early and there Is no reason to doubt
tliat 1t NJ llssecure an: early passage By
the Senate.
Tie Senate amendments TO the bill.
viii he proportlonately considerably
less than usual. To date the aggre-
ate sum Garfield In the Senate amend
msat Is approximately 81, 900, 900.
Tha Senate amendment p the bill OF
Inst year amounted 10 over $40, 0oo,.
600 for straight appropriations, &c..
3spt567t and for continued contracts,
s$,s27,S75. 4:
ssseems pretty certain that the Sen.
hte Will not depart far beyond the
policy Observed In the bill as 1t came
from the House, which was distin.
gpisheds as q pairing down to well with.
the estimates OF the engineers.
Tile Senate amendments, although In.
efeasing the size of the bill to close
to$26,0Q0,0o0, are MI within the engi,
neers& estimates, with no new legisla:
ticf proposing new projects included.
Other Senate amendments are ex.
pscted$ TO be offeted, but it seems to
e well dnderstoodNt nothing will
done ! Q %endanger the bill by any
amendments calling for large appro.
pfiations or attempting TO provide for
4 projects.
IA this respect both commlttees--
q House and Senate having charge OF
the river nlyharbor bill, have acted
consistently with the cardinal doc.
tfi~nelofsthe National Rivers and Har::
EorsS Congress for q policy and not i
Epsoject. The organizations policy
1fls strictly to- the adoption Of
no waterway enterprise not fully ap:
proved the Board OF Engineers for
Rivers and Halbora and It must also
project 81 obviously beneficial to
amercs @ the bfoadest sense that
VIII have ths unqpestiond approval
. Tue business interests Of the ter;
rtorS concerned. \
very sion n@hieli HE Sen;
ate has fsa ogeoasiaes river and NJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

me In my ONCE, as clerk OF the COM.
ty Court OF Marion county, West vir:.
gihia, for the transfer OF a certain.
license heretofore issued to Lellie F.
Smith, to sell at retail. s~plrituous
LIQUORS, wine, porter, ale, beer Or any:
drink Of like nature, at tile Marion or
Antler Hotel at the corner of Wash.
ington and Madison or Bridge street,
and expiring on the soth day q June,
1911, to H. G. Smith, resident Of
5iLittleton, Wetzel county, West VII:
who applies for the privilege OF
carrying on said business at the same
place. h Il 4,
Notice Is further given that said up.
pllcation will be acted upon at the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

shEeEss6
said Hart Coal Company and others.
are defendants to ascertain theSpron.
ertys and assets OF said corporation To-
|ascertain the debts and liabilities OF
said corporation. aadi to wind up ana
settle Its affairs and business, ana III
subject the real estate and other us.
sets Of said corporation TO the pay.
|mentsofS its debts, you are reqaired
present your claims against the said
corporation for adjudication, to- James
a.. Meredith, Commissioner In Chan.
very; q. his office In Fairmont Ts,ist
Buildings In the City5 of Fairmonts Ma.
rlon county, West Virginia. O. o. 81.
fore the FIRST day OF February, 1911.
Witness. ". s.. Black, Clerk of said
Court, this 18th day OF December
1910.
w. IS: BLACK,
Clerk of said Circuit Court.
llDec.S1926 Jan 2s9:1G23.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09
oRDERoF PUBLICATION.

NJ NHatEr# aLEHnMH aEI.Nl
STATE ioFFWEsT VIRGINIA;
AT the January Rules held In the
clerks office Of the Circuit Court, on
the I'd day Of January, 1911,
P. 3. swearlnsen, plaintiff. VS.. bert
Marshall, defendant:-Chancery.
object5of Suit.
The object Of the above suit Is to-
obtain a decree IN favor Of the plain.
tiff against the said Bert Marshall for
the sale Of a certain house and lot
situated III the First ward OF the City
Of Fairmont, Marion county, West Wiz.
ginla, to pay the costs Of. this suit and
TO pay of and discharge five several
promissory| notes In writing calling
for the sum Of 100000 each, dated Jan.
nary LIST, 1909, payable to r. b. Swear.
ingen and signed BY Bert Marshall, to
secure the payment 81 which notes q
vendors lien was ,retalnedin aScertaln2
deed executed by the said TB:SSwear.
'lngen and wife to said Bert Marshall,
bearing date the LIST day Of January.
1909 which said deedsis unrecorled:i In
the Clerks Office ofisaid county.
And Il appearing BY Che affidavit
filed in this cause that the said defehl-
ant Bert Marshall IS al nonresident
Of this State it Is ordered that they
and each of them do ;appear here
within one month after the date Of the
first publication hereof, and to do
what IL necessary to protect their In
tcrests.
And It is .ordered that a copy Of this
order be publishedyand posted accord
Ing TO Law.
w. BLACK, Clerk.
SsHoWA13rERf g FRAME,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
This order published the first time
January p ,1ail:
as ~ .BIsAGK Clerk.
Jan 49, %. #
NOTICE
Ttanstst of Lisuor License.
NetLoe y heteby siven that an APP
Iwpllcatlcn has tlls DAY been lied with
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

10 the veragei man who inspects the: building of a sewer. orsc canal In, this
country a surprise would be In sto:eli II he coudsbnts see the giant iculyerts
being erected along the. Panama canal Colonel GoeHhais was told he was
wasting time md money EwhenIh he hunt culyerts nearly thirty feet high Now
Colonel 9coone GoethalsS only ~ fearisthat PERHAPS the drains winEnot bel eenonshss
Some deagof the size of these culyets canfbcs seen byinspectipg the pictIreof
rs man standing Within The great aaonsa The 1ansis standng5 on asraised
some hreSfe tdgnSt the bottom and stlsthe top towers away aboys
The Chagrestr river best an unknown qunntity ssbenst suddenly
the tNinknngt Cans s6i ssspppOsea stoSbe seonIoled by me sefRsf
-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

NOTICE To CREDITORS 1 y;
To the Creditors Of Hart Coal Com.
spany, q corporation: il ;;s 4
In pursuance of aSdecreeio 81 the Cir.
cult Court or Marion county, West
Virginia, made in. a chancery cause
therein pending. wberein RobertSTal
bolt and Others, are 3plalntlffs, and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

FIRST meeting Of said County Court
held after the expiration 81 thirty
days from this date, or as soon there.
after as may be.
Given; under my hand this gath day
OF December, 1910.
JOHNfF PHILLIPS,
Clerk Of the County Court OF
Marion county, W. Va.
Dec, 26,Jan 2.9.l6.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17
LEBANON.

Mrs. Charles Woodrow is on the
sick list.
Haying is progressing nicely
this nice weather.
]. Z. Carr and family Sundayed
with Adam Malone
Mrs. Fannie Ray sold a hne
mare last week to VIM. Redmond,
price SI7s'
Working the wheat ground down
is the order OF the day for the men
while their wives and daughters
are canning peaches and grapes,
Mrs. Geo. Winters had the mis-
fortune to lose one Of her mich
COWS. The COW had been tied out
to Craze and got tangled up IN the
rope and broke her neck.
The bright sunshine the past
week came in time to save that
favorite crop, cowpeas, which was
suffering from the green louise
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17
MALTY.

Mr.. Wright returned home from
Colorado this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis spent Sum
day with G. NJ. Mayors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ward spent
Sunday with John Welsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler left last
week for a visit in California
G. NJ Mayors hauled hogs to
Jasper Wednesday morning
Miss Ruth Farnholm returned
to her home in Springfield Tues
day
Hugh Mayors returned to Spring
field Tuesday, after visiting home
folks few days.
Mrs. Mcconnell returned home
after a few weeks visit in Iowa
with her son, Guy.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17
DIXIE.

E. J. Hille is making hay.
Olin Cone is helping Theo. Law
son this week.
Rev. Gurley filled his appoint
ment at Preston Sunday.
Miss Mary Hille came home last
week from Warrensburg.
w. H. Hille spent few days in
Barton County selling fertilizer.
Mrs. !. Smith and Mrs. H. l..
Hille spent last Friday in Carter
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Hille called
on Mr.. Clyde Wagner Sunday
afternoon.
Anna Clark of Carthage is
spending a few weeks in this
neighborhood.
Misses Myrtle and Ruby Teter
of Alba spent last Sunday at their
sisters, Mrs. Clyde Wagner. who
is seriously i'll
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

Some fields we're nearly eaten up
from this little insect.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Scissor are
at home to their friends again.
They have been in Arizona for
some time for Mr.. Scissors health,
which we are glad to note is very
much better.
f. l. Hill, one of our leading
broom corn raisers. left last Thurs
day for a short visit to his old
home in Nebraska. f. ]. has over
100 acres of broom corn planted,
and some are of the opinion that
the man who has broom corn to
sell this year won't have to ride
after horses much longer.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17
Correspondence.
FARMERS UNION.

Ernest Rex is reported on the
sick list.
Mrs. George Winter lost a fine
COW Saturday,
Chas. Moore and wife visited Al
len Miller and wife Sunday.
George File sold a fine load of
melons to Milo Butler last week.
George Swift from Lamar, visit
ed with Frank Thacker Sunday.
Fern Thacker of Jasper has
been visiting with Gladys and
Eugenia Rex.
] H. Scissor and wife have re.
turned home from few months
visit with their relatives in New
Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

The Senatorial and Congressional
districts OF Missouri will stand as
they are for the election in 1912,
but at that election the people will
have opportunity to change them
by voting for acts to be submitted
under the initiative and referen
dun law.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17
ZION.

The men folks are busy getting
their wheat ground in order.
Miss Inez Little has taken po-
sition in the phone Office at Jasper.
Miss Helen Gould came up from
Carthage last week to visit with
the Hubbard's,
Mrs. Clint Lemasters visited
with her sister Mrs. Grant Le-
masters Monday.
Alden Shell is threatened With
fever. We hope to hear better re-
ports in a few days.
Mr.. Ed Fenner accompanied by
Mr.. Fenner's mother drove down
near Carthage Tuesday for grapes.
Mrs. Thomas Etter has been
sick for three weeks with stomach
trouble, but is better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Steve Douglas and little
son Of Dade County is visiting the
( Drmer's mother, Mrs. Ike Thomp-
son this week
Miss Stella, Chas. Lemmie and
Floyd Thomas returned home
from attending a big picnic up
near Liberal last Wednesday.
Judge Hubbard and wife enter
tanned large company OF young
folks at their home 9 miles east OF
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

Jasper last Thursday night. Ice
cream and cake was served. All
report a good time.
VIM. Mccoy has completed his
carpenter work on H. o. Earls
residence. Mr.. Earl has remodel
ed his house and built on 4 new
rooms with bathroom. making a
lovely country home.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

While contemplating the many
instances of graft in public works
in the past in this State and Others
let US hope that when the Missou-
ri State capitol is finished the peo-
pie of Missouri will have nothing
Of that kind to regret in connec-
ton Herewith.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

The Post Office Department is
designating post offices as postal
savings banks with regular fire.
quency. Another group of so will
be open for receipt of deposits
September S, including such towns
as Abilene, Brownwood, Laredo.
Sweetheart, and Weatherford.
Texas, all towns Of from 1900 to
about 1000 inhabitants. II will
probably be some time before the
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

1t is said Admiral Togo of Jap
an was deeply impressed by what
he saw of the new battleships OF
this Government under construct
ion in New York the other day
Perhaps he will advise his country
accordingly if the question of war
between Japan and the United
States comes up.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

bN 'aA thAShb SSbo NiSAhN W
of Jasper's size.
An Oklahoma exchange says the
theory of the recall of judges is
that the grand stand has the right
to fire an umpire every time he
decides against the opinion OF the
crowd. OF course that would put
base ball out of business, and why
would it not have much the same
effect on the courtsl Suppose a
Judge had a question of popular
interest to decide-the law on the
one side and a large faction with
the recall on the other-would he
not then have a reasonable human
excuse for saving his own bacon
regardless of a proper construction
of the lawl
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

A New York Central fast mail
train ran ; miles in minute and
81 seconds the other day, covering
the third mile in so seconds.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

DR.. Wiley, the great chemist
and pure-food champion of Wash
ington. D. c., is coming in for
some criticism in connection with
the employment of expert assist
anee OF course man as active
and progressive as the Doctor is
bound to be criticised by a lot Of
little fellows who couldn't fill his
shoes il they had the chance DR..
Wiley goes right on in the even
tenor Of his way and says that he
viii do his work as he thinks It
should be done, and if the Govern
ment wants 10 put somebody else
on the job its all the same to him.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

The Lamar Democrat says
"most every man has a hobby,
and usually it is silly one Not
so sure sure about that. Brother
A man to whom most everything
in life looks alike, and one who has
not some one thing that absorbs
most of his thought. his time, and
his endeavor, will be Of little ac
count in this world though he live
thousand years.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

The Marion County farmer who
put coal oil on his hogs to kill the
Virmin and then threw a lighted
match on a hogs back to prove
that coal oil and hog bristles
would not burn is now mourning
the loss of "a hogs. Serves him
right and a man with SO little
sense has no business with hogs.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1911-08-17

department gets around to towns
of Jasper's size.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-03-23

At this time Of year good poultry
men are preparing for the winter, and
the supply Of eggs marketed In the
cold weather largely depends on the
preparations that are made now for
several reasons:
First, because the cocks and hens
are now molting and require extra
care In the way OF feed. water and
grit. Boil corn and oats together and
feed once day. Wheat and corn are
good foods. not cooked for the bal.
ance Of the day.
At this time Of year good, cold drinv
ing water kept In vessels Is all right,
but when the weather Is cold heat the
water. II viii help to retain the body
heat Of the hens.
Keep sand at all times In your poul.
try yard. II Is the cheapest and best
Of grit
See that the broken panes Of glass
are replaced and the cracks oil closed
before the winter storms begin.
Fresh nests should be made at least
once a month. The hens do not like
TO leave their offerings In soiled nests
and often refuse TO lay where lice are
In the nests. Whitewash the henhouse
and roosts twice year and scatter
dry lime over II balance Of time or
sprinkle with coal oil.
If cleanliness Is closely watched
there win be less danger OF sick fowls