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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-16
The Coming and Going of People
You Know

NlSitOt III hONiuktOu tOO&f.
Mr.. Joseph Steele Campbell was
a visitor over Sunday at Grottoes.
Miss Sadie Mae Weeks is visiting
relatives in Roanoke this week
Mr.. Lewis E. Steele spent last
week visiting his parents near
Greenville.
Rev. Murray D. Mitchell reached
home today from his vacation in
Maryland.
Mr.. ]. H. Fox Of Front Royal, is
in Lexington and is with Mr.. Il. H.
Fox, the barber, his brother.
Mr.. J. Lyons and family have re
turned from a visit to Atlantic City
and other points of interest.
Mr.. NC. Mccoy of st. Louis,
Mo-, is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Ii. Mccoy.
Mrs. L. f. Flint of Clifton Forge
Is visiting her sister. Mrs. G. r.
Kirk on Nelson street.
Mrs. Ohio c.. Jackson has return
ed from a visit to her father, Mr.. J.
Boyd Shannon, in Staunton.
Mr.. Henry o. Dold returned home
last Wednesday night from an ex-
tended visit through the West
Mrs. Louisa G. Hazel wood is in
Roanoke visiting her daughter +.
Mrs. Charles Everett Gutheridge.
Mrs. John d. Williams of New
port News is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
T. s. Winfield on lower Main street.
Mrs. J. Herbert Charlton and
little daughter of Newport News
are visiting relatives in Lexington.
DR.. j. H. Laird is at ckbridge
Alum Springs as resident phYsi-
clan, taking the place of DR.. A. ID.
Estill.
Mrs. f.. b. Bayliss arrived in
Lexington yesterday from Bristol,
Va, to visit her daughter, Mrs. A.
BaSSist.
Mr.. Nj. w. Lady has as his guests
his mother, Mrs. Helen w. Lady,
and sister, Mrs. John j. London of
Roanoke.
Mrs. J. Lloyd Teaiord Of Gaines
vile. Ca, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. ]. V. GTinstead on Randolph
street.
Mr.. w. f. Edwards left this
morning for Charles Town, w. Va.
where he will join Mrs. Edwards
and their little son, Forrest.
Mrs. J. Med. Adair and family
we returned from Fairfield, VIII ere
they spent some weeks at their
country place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Weinberg
have gone to new York, Philadel
phia and Baltimore to purchase
goods for their stores.
Mr.. w. H. Cox of Norfolk ant
Mrs. H. A. Markham of Camden. N
j.. are visiting their mother, Mrs
Nj. ]. Cox on Randolph street.
Rev. DIR. Alfred II. Graham is il
Winchester visiting his father. Rev
DIR. j. r. Grrham, and preached il
the Presby terrain church of that cit!
Sunday.
Mrs. L. p. Wray and little sol
Desmond left S unday for Harris
burg, Pa, Baltimore and Annapolis
Md, TO be absent until late in
September.
Rev. G. w. Moore of Elliston, Va.
preached Sunday morning and eve
ing at Trinity Methodist church, il
the absence of the pastor, Rev
Murray ID. Mitchell.
Miss Annie NJ. Beeton, who i
making her home with her sister
Mrs. M. L. Hildebrand in Prairi
Grove, Ark, reached Lexingto
last week on a visit to relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Boyd Shannon {
Staunton are visiting relatives il
Lexington. They spent a week g
Rockbridge Baths as guests of Nj
and Mrs. ]. Ed. Beaver who ar
spending the summer there.
County Clerk A. Terry Shield
left at noon today for Staunton
attend the second annual conventio
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political duty is so confirmed that
no Indictment whatever can
arouse them into political SEN
tiency. We can readily conceive
it TO be true. though to one of
Mr.. VOTERS robust partisanship
in this contest it is perhaps incon-
ceivable, that there is a large
number of people who in weigh
ing the arguments on both sides
of this question brought the beam
to an exact balance. and prefer
red not to vote rather than TO
cast ballot which could not
clearly satisfy their judgments
and their consciences. We are
quite sure that the number of this
kind of men exceeds the number
of those who timed their summer
vacations to escape the en-
barrassments of the campaign.
Possibly there were 10, 600 quail
fed voters out of the State on
election day; but there is prob
ably an equal number out of the
State on every 22nd Of July. A
great many people do not relish
the climate of Texas in July, and
we, having, as we hope, sense of
civic duty no less austere than
that of Mr.. VOTERS, feel that the
time is distantly hence when it
will be reasonable to expect that
every citizen will accommodate
his vacation plans to the States
call for the expression Of his
sovereign judgment.
1t were time, it seems to US. to
suffer reason 10 reascend its
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The Opportunities Of the Election

The Opportunities Of the Election
Mr.. Wolters, il seems to US.
does not enjoy that ecstatic mood
which usually comes to the cap
tain of victory resting from long
labor. He does not speak in
that tone of cancellation which is
prudent in one whose victory
lacks somewhat of being decisive.
Mr.. Wolters protests that he
speaks in no spirit of resent
ment or Disappointment" never
theless he accounts for the mea-
gerness of his majority by charg-
ing that the business men and
public officers Of this State lacked
the moral courage to express
their convictions. The only evil
dence that we can think of that
might be used TO support this
charge is the fact that something
more than a hundred thousand
qualified voters did not go to the
polls. 1t seems to US that so far
as the public men are concerned
they were pretty much on record.
Some of them obtruded their
views Extensively, and we recall
the name of no one of any CON
sequence who did not fine occa-
sion TO make his attitude known.
AS to the disparity between the
number of qualified and the num-
Der of active voters, that is
always a regrettable, bat none
the less a very common phenome-
non. There seems to be rather a
considerable number Of people IN
this State whose Indifference to
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throne in Texas. Too long have
the people of Texas allowed them
selves to be the puppets of their
passions, and to fight the hobgob-
Inns that have gyrated in their
inebriated imaginations. We
tender this council to the cham
pions on both sides of the late
combat. If Mr.. VOTERS sees
moral towards in those who did
not vote and in many who did
leaders on the other side make
themselves just as uncharitable
and just as untruthful in bring
ing all who conspicuously opposed
them into the classification Of
saloon hireIings" and saloon
defenders. " Both of them are
guilty of grievous injustice as
well as a gross perversion of
facts for the sake of comforting
their prejudice. During the
frenzy of the last days the prohi-
bitionists saw legions Of unquah-
fed and corrupted voters mar
shalled to the polls. An analysis
of the returns, it seems to US,
shows conclusively that at least
their imaginations have greatly
exaggerated the facts.
We know that it is advice that
will not be relished by the radi-
Gals of either faction; neverthe-
less we declare the time has
come to bring this social and POI
litical warfare to an end. There
is no call at the present juncture
for those who are good only in
the arts of elimination and re-
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for existence. This competition
supplies them with an incentive
to evade and violate the law. and
this incentive would be removed,
or at least lessened. by a deduc-
ton in number. The vested in
terest" which a saloon keeper
would then have in his business
would be too great to Justify him
in jeopardizing his business by
evading and violating the law.
Probably this reduction in the
number of saloons could be ac-
complished by means of high H.
cense, though it might be well in
addition to apportion the number
of saloons to a larger unit Of
population. But in any event
the cost of license ought to be
increased. There ogght also to
be a night closing law. There
will. of course. be much differ
ence of opinion as TO what ought
to be the hour of closing. Our
contemporary of f. Worth, the
Record. has suggested that the
State fix the limit and give com
munities which tolerate the sa-
looms the option Of prescribing
an earlier closing. That is rather
an attractive suggestion. as every
suggestion Is that proposes the
exercise Of loca, self-goyernmeEt
But It is easy conceivable that a
law of that kind might result in
making the question of the clos
ing hour an issue in every mum
cipal contest, and the idea Of
fighting a municipal battle over
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the question of what time the sa-
looms shall close does not comport
with our notions OF municipal
dignity, to say nothing of the
distraction which would come 10
preclude a fair consideration of
higher municipal problems.
But this is a question of detail
and we are not now concerned
with questions of that kind. The
essential facts are these: IL is
possible to lessen the evils of the
liquor traffic in those communi.
ties where the saloons exist by
permission Of the majority, and
the opposition to reformative
measures has been relaxed until
il is almost, if not quite, a negI-
gible quantity. These two facts
make the opportunity 10 accom-
plish some good for the State
and sensible men will find more
profit in Selling and cultiyating
that opportunity in changing the
majority with corruption or the
minority with cowardice. Dallas
News.
The best way in the world 20
keep cool during the heated term
is 10 have all your property in
sured II is likened unto pleas
ant draught. Catch the idea.
5. p. Robbins and Company are
the people 10 see. 3 p
Miss Blanche Arm. Of Tulia.
sister Of Mrs. Robert Buchanan.
Of this city who visited here asst
week. returned to TuIia Thursday
afternoon Of last week.
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elimination. The man who is
the most skilled in the hurting of
epithets is the least fit to serve
the exigencies of the present
moment. He cannot cultivate.
but only mar the opportunity
which the election has brought
to us. What is the opportunity?
1t is the opportunity to reduce the
evils of the liquor traffic to per-
haps an irreducible minimum
without hooking the prejudices
and trampling on the sentiments
of those people of South Texas
who have shown, by a vote of
fully two to one, that they are
opposed to prohibition. The anti
prohibitionists have already
manifested a readiness to accept
a more restrictive form of regu-
lation. Perhaps in manifesting
this readiness they are making a
virtue of necessity; but a sen
sible people will concern them
selves only with the essential fact
of their readiness and waste no
time in the consideration of their
motives.
Just now we shall not engage
in any detailed consideration of
the measures which ought to be
enacted for the better regulation
of the saloons. We believe that
a large part of the evil in those
towns and cities where the sa-
looms are tolerated are due to
their multiplicity. There are too
many saloons. With many OF
them il is a verltable struggle
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
FROM FOOL HUNTER
Fires from Close Range and Strikes
Wagon Seat Splintering the Cor
ner.

The fool hunter with his gun is
again in evidence. which is usually
the case on the first few days Of the
hunting season. In the case below
related in the Kalispell Journal, it
Is only the fact that the parties
who came very near being the vic
Tins Of the accident, did not know
until they got home how close they
came to being shot,, that the fool
with-the-gun was not rounded up
and given his due deserts.
"Messrs. A. S. Howard and p. l..
Woods, of Smith Valley, had a very
narrow escape from death, or at
least serious wounds, last Sunday
afternoon. They were returning
from a hunting trip in the vicinity
of Marion, and when near the Jack
Graves place, going along the road
at slow pace in their wagon, an
idiotic hunter took a shot at them
from a dense thicket beside the
road. The bullet, of 30-3O calibre
and steel jacketed, struck the iron
brace at the back corner of the seat
splintering the metal, which deflec-
ted the bullet, and it lodged in a
roll Of blankets, where it was found
later by Mr.. Howard"
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
POULTRY ASSN.
HOLDS MEETING
TO PROMOTE POULTRY RAISING
IN THE FERTILE FLAT.
HEAD VALLEY.

In Kalispell the Flathead Poul-
try and Pet Stock association has
been organized. which has for its
object the promotion of the poultry
business and the raising of blooded
stock in preference to scrubs. We
have a few enthusiastic chicken fan
ciers in this city who might be in
terested.
A meeting of the Flathead poul-
try and Pet Stock association was
held Saturday in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce. A fair num-
ber were present and the constitu-
tion and bylaws as submitted by the
committee were adopted. Applica-
tions for membership in the associ-
alton have been printed and it is
desired that all who are interested
in the poultry industry will avail
themselves of the opportunity to be-
come members and obtain cards
from the secretary or others and dis
tribute them among the fanciers of
the county.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
HOW MANY
HOOS|ERS HERE
HAVE YOU BETTERED YOUR
CONDITION SINCE COMING
TO MONTANA.

Are you Hoosier? If you are
and are pleased with your change
to Montana. write to j. T. McGaug-
hey, the assistant general freight
and passenger agent of the Great
Northern, at Helena, telling him all
about your success since you have
become a citizen of the Treasure
state.
He is desirous OF securing for use
In Indiana newspapers some detailed
information relative to the career
of successful Indianians in this ter
ritory. He wishes to procure from
any we'll known residents who have
succeeded in either agricultural or
business, such information. as they
care to give regarding their success
for use in articles to appear in In
diana papers. He would also like to
procure photographs showing the
prosperity of these people in con-
nection with the stories.
Every public spirited Indianian
who has love for his former home
state, and in addition desires to aid
his present locality should be glad
to submit short letter telling of
his success. He should state from
what town he came, how long he h; 1
farmed and resided in his present
location, and whether he homestead
ed or purchased the land, along
what line his great success has been
achieved and what his opinion is of
his present environment.
Here is splendid opportunity to
get some good advertising for this
community in Indiana newspapers
and it is hoped that if there are
any Indianians in this city they will
give their hearty cooperation.
Anyone wishing to submit stories
and photographs can leave them at
this office if it will be more conven-
lent and We will see that they are
properly taken care of.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
RAISES APPLES
BY CARLOADS
WILL HARVEST NO LESS THAN
$4,000 BOXES OF APPLES
THIS YEAR.

Senator Whiteside is in the the
midst of apple harvest, and has a
big force of pickers at work in hia
so acre orchard southwest of town.
The orchard is younger than the one
at his home place, and is Just get
ting nicely into bearing. He says
the yield is proving to be consider
ably better than he expected. and
from the 5000 trees it contains he
will get not less than 10000 boxes.
The apples are principally Mcintosh
Reds, although there are some Wag-
ners and other varieties.
He has something over three car
loads stored away now ready to ship.
but shipments are delayed by the
necessity of attending to the gath
ering first. The apples both from
the orchard mentioned above, and
from his home orchard, have nearly
all been sold, and will be shipped
as soon as possible.
The fruit is carefully sorted. and
the first quality fruit will all go to
Chicago. Seconds" go to Butte.
Helena, Great Falls, and other Mon
tana markets, and to towns in the
Dakotas and Canada.-Kalispel In
ter Lake.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
IS PUSHING
HIS PATENT
EARL BROWN IN CHICAGO WITH
ROTARY SWITCH HAVING
MODEL MADE.

Earl Brown, who is now in Chi
cago negotiating with several rail-
way companies in regards to adopt
ing his new rotary railway switch,
which he recently invented, writes
that he. Is making good progress and
entertains high hopes that some
railroad will soon adopt it.
His letter reads as follows:
Have switch designed for an IS
pound rail and ann finishing a
quarter size model now. Have been
to see the Wharton company of
Philadelphia, and they believe
they can do something with it and
are waiting for the issue of the pat
ent.
"The Northwestern people are
waiting for the finished model and
are interested in the switch for use
in their new hump" switching year
Altogether we are very we'll pleased
with the way the few who have been
to see 1t have encouraged US.
What wish to find out is do
any of you Whitefish boys care to
go in on the foreign patents on the
sander showed some time ago?
Five claims (all we have put in)
have been allowed by the U. S. pat
ent office, which fact almost guar
antees the granting of any foreign
patent we may file. We took out
12 foreign patents on the switch,
and the average cost was s65 each,
which to say the least is a cheap
gamble.
II advise a pool, SO if anything
is sold it benefits all alike. 1t is
small device and does not require
much capital to handle, is practical
and the best sander believe. today
Ann giving you boys the first
chance, 50 kfsadly ret me know what
the prospects are. Parties putting
up the money for patents have an
equal right, or one-half interest
with the inventor"
Continued ON page 81
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12

Conductor J. P. Hall, who has
been running a work train on the
SOmers branch the past two weeks
picking up ties, met tragic death
about 8 O'Clock last evening by be-
ing run over by his train.
The train was backing to Kalispeil
with the caboose on the end of the
string OF cars, and when near Ba-
tavia it struck a number of cattle
that We're lying on the track. Hail
was on the caboose platform next to
the cars, and when it hit the cattle
he was jOlted off and fell between
the cabOose and the car and was
terribly mangled by the wheels Death
was almost instantaneous.
A wife and four children at Essex
are left to mourn
Mr.. Hall was one of the old-timers
On this division, and had many
friends who were shocked to hear
of the accident.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
TWENJY-FOUR BOX
CARS PILED IN HEAP
Much Damage is Done to Rolling
Stock and Merchandise, but ]
No One is Hurt.

What is probably one of the most
expensive wrecks the Great Northern
has had for some time occurred
tuesday afternoon when an axle
broke on one of the cars of a freight
train a mile west of Tobacco, and
breaking away from the train caused
"a box cars loaded with merchandise
to be piled in heap The wrecker
was sent out Immediately, but it
was not until noon yesterday that
the wreckage was cleared away suf-
ficiently to let trains go by. Traf-
Tic was completely tied up ON the
whole division. Trains No. and
No. 4S were held here all night and
the east bound trains ON the other
Continued on page Five.)
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
LEILA GRANT DEAD.

Leila, the fifteen-year-old and
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest A. Grant, of Kalispell, who was
taken suddenly i'll on Saturday with
spinal meningitis, passed away Mon
day morning at the family residence.
Her mother was in Deer Lodge
when the little girl first complained
CT feeling badly and she was sent
for at once. Physicians and friends
were in constant attendance Mrs.
Grant arrived home at five O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The funeral
took place yesterday at 2:3O O'Clock
from the Presbyterian church.
The father and mother have the
sympathy of large circle of friends
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12
VAN SLYCK RAISES
PRIZE POTATOES
S-s 1HH
EERAGE6 TWO POUNDS EACH
: AND ALL PERFECT AND
SOUND TUBERS.

Ray Van .Slyck brought to this
office last week a sack of Early
Ohio potatoes that for average size
and appearance are about the fin
est the Pilot Man has yet seen.
They averaged from one and one
half to two pounds each; each one
perfect potatoe, as sound as a
dollar and the prettiest pink color
you ever saw. These were not the
largest potatoes he had, but were
the average size. Some that were
deformed would weigh close to
three pounds. These were all per-
feet potatoes. Mr.. Van Slyck has
his garden next to his house on
O'Brien avenue. 1t is 100 feet
wide and about 1875 feet long, and
is planted to fruit trees, which are
all doing fine, but the potatoes
were planted in between. He had
two varieties, the Early Rose and
the Early Ohio. Besides having
enough for his own use all summer
he sold 500 pounds of the Early
Rose potatoes when they were
cents per pound, and at another
time little later on he got 2 cents
per pound for 200 pounds. These
We're all of this variety he had to
dispose of. 1t goes to show what
can be done in raising early po-
tatoes, and if he had had a large
patch of ground he could have made
a very neat little profit out of his
garden.
He just dug his late potatoes
last week and got 1os bushels of
the kind that he brought to this Of
foe. He will dispose Of these, ex-
cent what he will need fer himself.
at one cent per pound. Taken as
a whole he considers that his gar
des was very profitable invest
meDt. Remember that while his
orchard is growing and becoming
more valuable each year, it sn,isht
be sadd that the potatoes are a to-
tai profit. oatside of the work ex-
pended, but be would have to do a
certain amount Of that anyway in
caring for his orchard.
Potatoes are a valuable crop in
this valley and II enough ground va
put under cultivation would bring aa
large in income az fruit. This soil
seems to be especially adapted for
potatoes.
In addition to potatoes Mr.. Van
Slyck also raised . few rutabasas
which also did Exceptionally we'll.
Ono single row 80 feet long produce
go pounds. which hs sold for 1
cent per pound.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12

The Flathead county fair this
year promises to break all former
records. The exhibits are the fin
est and largest ever shown and the
special attractions that have been
secured are among the best. All it
lacks is an areoplane to put it in
line with the large fairs.
The fair opened Tuesday and the
day was busily spent putting exhi-
bits in place. The races did not start
until yesterday afternoon, and this
Is proving to be a great DRAWN
card. Horses are there from Great
Falls. Helena. Butte and Spokane.
There are quite a number of them
and they will take a part in enter
taaaing the big crowd.
Two cars Of runners arrived from
from Spokane. where they partici-
pated In the Interstate fair: Mr..
Powell Of Browning is there with
three horses. one Of them being
Cyclone. . favorite in the Flathead.
Billy" Spian and Bob" Loss Of
Great Falls have five nags that look
pretty good. two Of whom are old
timers on the track. The Tingley
bunch Of runners from Big Sandy
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-10-12

are there, as also are two outfits
from the reservation. Two horses
have arrived from St. Ignatins and
eight more belonging to the Charles
Allard string are housed at the fair
grounds. as we'll as several from
Hamilton.
George e. Mathews, that old
time and well-known starter from
Lewistown will preside at the start
ing post for the management of the
fair.
No fair would be complete with
out merry-go-round, and it is prov
ing to be great sport for the young
folks, and some of the old folks. too
Happy" Harrison and his mule
Dynamite and Madam Wanda with
twelve Damatian coach dogs are on
the grounds and will give daily per-
formances that promise to interest
old and young. A Boston terrier
with small baby dog are prominen
and Mr.. Happy is desirous that
someone should find suitable name
for the tiny terrier whose michiev-
GUS pranks are worthy of attention.
There will be plenty Of music at
('s s3Sd no psnuy9uoo)