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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30
Ordinance No.

An Ordinance to change the
grade of Bloom Street from the
east line of 18th street to the
west line of Goth street.
Be it ordained by the Council
of the City of Lexington, Nilsson
ri, as follows:
Sec. l. That the grade Of
Bloom Street from the east line
of 18th street to the west line of
10th street be and the same is
hereby changed and altered from
the original grade as established
by the City Council on the 22nd
day of August, 1870, to the grade
as specified and shown by the
profile made by the City Engi-
neer and filed with the City
Clerk on the 10Th day of August,
1912.
Sec. 2. That said Profile be
inserted in the Book of Grades
of said City.
Sec. 3. This ordinance to take
effect from and after its final
passage and approval.
Read one time this 10Th day
of August, 1912, and tabled I'M
til after publication for 10 days
as required by ordinance.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30

serted in the Book of Grades of
said City.
Sec. 8. This ordinance to take
effect from and after its passage
and approval.
Read one time this 10Th day of
August and tabled until after
publication for 10 days as reQuir-
ed by ordinance.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30
Baptist Picnic.

The Sunday School of the
First Baptist Church will give
a picnic Friday afternoon in
the grove at Mr.. Ferd Bates,
Everyone connected with the
Sunday School is requested to
come and bring a full lunch
basket.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30
BY ROBERT KENNETH MAcLEA.
l~1orneriy consulting expert of the tarin
board

- 'NSGnI TIL MAClEA,
lSormeriy consulting expert of the tartn
board.
new York, August.-The prohibitive
tarin' revised upward by the Payne
Aldrich law, permits and fosters
wholesale frauds upon the American
consumer Of cotton goods.
Less than 2 per cent Of the cotton
raorics consumed in the United States
comes from abroad, because he pro.
tectiye duties have been made so high
mat importation is Improbable.
Yet fully one-third of the cotton
piece goods going over retail counters
Is sold as IMPORTED" or under
names implying a foreign origin.
ms deception Is generally perpe.
'rated upon the consumer for the pur.
pose Of obtaining exorbltant prices for
domestic goods.
Il consumer believing the goods
are imported and knowing that the
'arln adds excessively to their cost.
pays 90 to 100 per cent more than a
Ialr price and does not suspect that
he is being cheated.
Drains the Pocketbook.
Let us go straight to a specific ex.
ample OF the operation of this fraud.
rake the tariff boards cloth sample
NO. 66, described as a printed dim.
n.y. This is a medium priced cotton
laorc known to almost every Ameri.
can housewife. What woman or girl
hasn't possessed a dimity dress within
Inc last few years? And If she went
10 the cotton goods counter and
bought the material by the yard she
no doubt saw such signs as:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30
Lawn Social.

The Y. P. M. S. of the M.
E, Church South will hold their
annual lawn social on the church
lawn, Saturday evening, August
81.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30

Il LANoNAaAAbA NCNAdA A06 ~ w ~
necessary, that the roadway of
Twentieth Street from the South
line of Main Street to the North
Rail of the Main line of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad known as
the Lexington Branch, be
brought to the established grade
and paved,
Be it resolved by the City
Council of the City of Lexington,
as follows;
That it is necessary to pave the
roadway of Twentieth street
from the South line of Main Street
to tn. North Rail of the Main lin
of the Mo. Pacific R'Y known
as the Lexington Branch,
exclusive of all sidewalks and
sidewalk area, and the intersec-
ton Of Twentieth street and
Franklin Ave-, and intersection
of Twentieth street and South
street.
The pavement shall extend from
curb line to curb line on either
side of said portion of Twentieth
Street and at all cross or inter-
sectirg streets to be paved the full
width of said portion of TWEEN
tieth street between the curb
line of the int%ersecting streets
except the intersections Of Twen-
tieth and Franklin Ave-, and
Twentieth and South SITS. Such
roadway being shown on plat and
plan of said portion of said
street made by Hugh G. Rogers,
City Engineer, and filed in the
office of the City Clerk,
The pavement shall consist Of
a concrete base six (6) inches in
thickness, composed as follows:
l part Portland Cement, 3 parts
clean, sharp, coarse sand, and
D parts broken stone, upon which
shall be laid a course of sand tive
~ inches in thickness and on
this shall be placed a wearing sur
face of vitrified paving brick
of the best quality and of the
usual dimensions laid on edge an
grouted.
And that it is necessary to
grade that portion of Twentieth
street to be paved as aforesaid
so as to bring the same to the
established grade thereof, and
that in the judgement and O.
pinion Of the City Council the
General revenue fund of the City
of Lexington is not in a condi-
ton to warrant and expenditure
therefrom for bringing that por-
ton of said street to be paved as
aforesaid to the established grade
it is therefore declared that
such portion of said street be
brought to the established grade
and the cost thereof shall be in
Guided in the special assessment
for paying for the pavement.
All Of said work to be paid
for by special assessments against
the property liable to be charg-
ed Herewith, as provided by law,
and the Council deems and de-
clares such work necessary to be
done.
Adopted by the Council this
10Th day of August, 1912.
A. E. TAUBMAN
President Of the Council.
Approved by the Mayor this
10Th day of August, 1912.
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IRISH DIMITY.

The Worlds tariff editor visited
with me a department store In a New
England city of 100000 inhabitants
and found recently a counter piled
with these goods, p~lacarded:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-30
PRESENT TARIFF
FOSTERS FRAUDS
Domestic Cotton Fabrics SOLD
Americans as Imported"
CHEATING THE CONSUMER

Less Than 2 Per Cent Comes From
Abroad, but Americans Pay Elk.
brilliant PrIoe For Homo Goods Be
cause OF Deception and P~rohlhItlve
Tariff.
The Keota news., 1912-02-16
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has decided to delay
the appointment of successor to the
late Justice Harlan OF the Supreme
Court.
President Taft's meditations on i'll
ing the present vacancy in the SUI
preme Court were momentarily dis
turbed by a communication from the
Woman's Suffrage Association OF the
District Of Columbia, suggesting that
a woman be appointed.
The House public lands committee
authorized a favorable report on the
Mondell bill extending the provisions
of the act permitting agricultural en-
tries on coal lands to entries under
the reclamation act, the Carey desert
land act, lands selected by states un-
DER grants by Congress and lands sold
as isolated tracts.
mild sensation was produced IN
the Senate Lorimer committee hear
ing by Miss Helen Seavers, telegraph
operator in Washington hotel, who
testified that Edward Hines. the mil
lionaire lumberman. had offered her
money to let him see telegram De-
tective Bailey had just sent to II. E.
Kerr, some two weeks ago.
Worldwide Significance attaches to
the visit soon to be made by Secretary
Knox at the direction of President
Taf. to the countries bordering on the
Caribbean sea. European diplomats,
recalling a recent speech Of Mr.. Knox
before the New York State Bar Asso-
citation. looked upon the proposed trip
with interest. That speech is being
Interpreted as the latest notice given
by the United States that the principle
Of America for Americans must be
observed.
The Keota news., 1912-02-16
SPORT.

Iowa State University leads the
Western Intercollegiate Rifle Shoot
ing League and Minnesota and Cali
fornia are tied for second place as the
result of this weeks matches.
Carlton r. Gardner of New York
and San Friscisco won the lawn ten
mis- championship of the Orient at
Manila
George Kirkwood of San Francisco
was awarded the decision over Benny
Kaufman of Philadelphia after ten
rounds OF fast boxing at Oakland. Cal.
Sixteen clubs have been licensed to
hold four.round professional boxing
matches in San Francisco. Each club
will pay license of $3.50 year for
the privilege of staging about three
fights In that period, only one pro
gramme each week being permitted.
A body which plans to assume na-
tional control OF soccer football is be-
ing organized in New York under the
title of the American Amateur Foot
ball Association. H. Agar, New York
expert, who was formerly president
of the New York State Soccer Associa-
ton, will head the new organization
which will have affiliated with it all
the amateur associations and leagues
of importance in the country.
Purses aggregating 100000 will be
given for the fifteen weeks racing
of the Intermountain Racing Associa-
ton at Great Falls. Mont.
The Keota news., 1912-02-16
FOREIGN.

The Empress OF Germany has ap-
poInted a commission to look into the
state OF the beggar children of Ger
many.
King George and Queen Mary have
returned to England from the most
memorable journey ever undertaken
together by king and queen Of Great
Britain and Ireland. After an alb
sence of three months. during which
they had been crowned emperor and
empress OF India and had received the
homage OF many OF their princely
yassals in the vast Eastern empire,
they were given hearty welcome
back to London.
The Keota news., 1912-02-16

Boys and girls Of high school In .
Of the dismissal Of . popular principal
and paraded the streets in regulation
striker style. This 10 . mild hint ~
to the effect Of dispensing with dis
cipline and subordination Of tho for
mer kind in the new system Of educa-
ton in which the idea Of self control IL
expanded into latitude. Young Amer
ica needs no incentive for further self
assertion. and many are inclined to
think that some old1ashionsd ideas
about the young idea may b revived
With proft
The Keota news., 1912-02-16

You cannot very we'll define It, but
there 10 . sort Of cheerinsss about .
cold spell that 10 indednable. II 10
not only charity. nor even . desire to
help ono another. that comes along At
such . time It 10 an irrepressible I'M
pulse to like one another. what .
cheery. nns chap that delivery boy 10. :"
Wish l had . little more Of his red
blood" And you say Good morning"
to every responsive face in the street
car. Nobody waits for An Introduction
when the big nature has taken little
old human nature in its arms. When
the wagon wheels creak . Jingle on
the snow . large proportion OF the
American people think Of the wood
pile back yonder." Of the warm sup
per that mother on the farm or In the
small town homo had gotten ready for
tho boys coming In from sawbuck or
the barn. And al such thoughts are
tho wholssomest possible-svsn those
that bring back chilblained feet In
stony boots and blearsd eyes and the
struggles with elemental things. For
the primal. elemental things are the
wholesomest Of all
The Keota news., 1912-02-16
POOLING WITH THE LANGUAGE.

Another Of that class Of educators"
who imagines that he must propose
something "o1ginal" in order to obtain
prominence has announced to the Ut
erary world that he has succeeded In
eliminating nine letters from tho a.
phabst. thereby working in It vast
Improvement So far ~ tho process
Of elimination 10 concerned he 10. pos
sibly. porrect In his statement Tho
matter Of improvement" however.
will have to be left to tho majority
to decide. and there 10 no doubt that
the verdict viii be overwhelmingly
against him While the instance 10
not important Of itself. It 10 illustra-
tive Of another Of the many attempts
that have been made within the past
few years to tinker with the English
language. tho introduction OF lad"
methods Of teaching and tho general
tendency toward the bizarre in i'm
parting instruction. Very few Of the
radical innovations that have been
made within recent years have been
justified. says the Philadelphia In
quirer. Tho majority Of them have
tended to befog the student and ham
per him in after life rather than make
his path easier. This was the case
with vertical handwriting and many
other improved methods" that might
be mentioned.
The Keota news., 1912-02-16

Concsrning . report Of the dean Of .
western university that nine of the
students SHOULD have been engaged in
some simple manual labor" the New
York World wants to know: rs .
boys right to 90 to college to b de-
pendent on his capacity for knowl-
sdgsf" It seems that 1t 10 not in prae-
uce: but does that destroy . deans
right 70 comment a the nituation3
The Keota news., 1912-02-16
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPo RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

WESTERN.
A man walked into a jewelry store
in Chicago, picked up two sample
cases full OF jewelry. worth $4,000.
walked out and has not been found.
Three children were burned to
death one man fatally and one WON
an seriously injured in a mysterious
explosion which destroyed the home
Maxwell, la.
The sixty-two miners entombed In
the Bunker Hill mine at Sutter Greek.
Cal, by q cavein in the mouth OF the
shaft were rescued after a night Of
desperate work by miners from near
by mines.
Police OF California cities and all
coast towns are searching for Earl
Standard. twenty-four. accused OF the
emb"zzlement OF $4,000 from the
American National Bank OF Pomona,
where he was a bookkeeper.
Two persons were killed, and six
others injured. one seriously at lola.
Kan. in collision between a Nilsson
ri Pacific passenger train and a street
car. The dead are Mrs. William
Short and Mrs. Anna Coblantz.
Citizens OF Olathe. Colo. have
planned monster celebration over
completion OF the municipal water
plant Mayors OF western slope towns
and newspaper men have been invited
to the celebration and banquet and 1t
In expected more than 200 will attend.
Shunted about from place to place
as the result of the long government
Investigation to determine whether he
was q leper or not. John r. Earle for
merly Of Washington. D. c., has been
located at Summit. near Tacoma.
Wash. and will be fenced in on an
acre of land.
Discussion as to how much money
a young man should be earning be-
fore he marries led to q remarkable
discovery in frugality in Chicago. Mrs.
Hannah Kruger, wife OF a day labor
er, has raised three children on an In
CT me Of $40 q week and deposited 81
each week for six years.
Just as the chaplain was about to
pronounce the benediction at the close
Of the morning chapel service at the
state penitentiary at Lincoln, Neb..
Albert Prince, negro, under SEN
tence for assault with intent to kill,
attacked and fatally stabbed Deputy
Warden E. d. Davis. The warden re-
ceived six wounds. He died some
hours later.
A bill granting q second home.
stead right has been introduced in the
House. Under its provisions anyone
who has forfeited or abandoned for
mer entry will be permitted to make
another upon showing to the secre-
| tary of the interior that the former
entry was made in good faith. that it
was abandoned because Of matters
beyond his control, and that he has
not speculated in his homestead right
or otherwise attempted fraud in con-
nection with the prior entry. It is
understood this bill has the approval
Of the Interior Department.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
DICK" DAVIS
SMASHES FOOT
WITH iron BAR
FORCED TO USE CRUTCHES TO
AID LOCOMOTION AS RESULT
OF PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

r. b. ("Dick") Davis, the pio-
neer merchant of Tonopah and a
member of the mercantile firm of
Lothrop-Davis. dropped heavy iron
bar on his foot yesterday afternoon
and as a consequence was hobbling
about today with the aid of a pair
Of crutehes.
Davis was engaged in loading an
iron bar, Weighing 143 pounds. into
wagon at the store house, when
he absentmindedly dropped the
heavy weight, allowing II to fan on
his right foot Fortunately he es-
capped with no fractured bones. but
the injury caused sufficient pain to
prevent HIS being about without the
assistance OF the erutehes.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
RESOLUTIONS OF
SORROW ADOPTED
BY MOOSE LODGE
SENATOR NIXON COMMENDED
FOR INTEREST DISPLAYED
IN UPBUmDING NEVADA.

Resolutions expressing sorrow and
extending sympathy to the family of
the late Senator George S. Nixon.
were adopted at the meeting of the
Tonopah lodge Of Moose Saturday
night. of which mention was made
in yesterdays issue Of this paper
The resolutions commend the work
of the deceased senator and praise
him for the large part he played in
the upbuilding Of this state
The resolutions in fun read as
follows
Whereas. The late Senator George
IS. Nixon was a politician of excep-
tional integrity and signal ability,
earning the high esteem 81 both
parties by his wise judgment and
conscientious discharge Of public
duty; and
Whereas. he worthily represented
the bold initiative and conservative
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11

methods associated with the highest
financial life of the State of Ne
vada; and,
Whereas. his private and domestic
life was exemplary and of a charac-
ter which endeared him to all who
knew him; be it
Resolved, that this Order Of Low
al Moose. Lodge No. 974, desires to
express it's sorrow and sympathy
with the family of the deceased
senator and does herewith adjourn
out of respect to his memory
KEY PITTMAN.
MARK AVERILL,
GEORGE GALLUP,
Committee.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
. . . . . y y y . . = . = .
, DOCUMENTS FILED WITH .
, THE COUNTY RECORDER .

The following legal documents
we're filed with the county recorder
yesterday
c. X. Jarvis-Special power of
attorney, Forman to Jarvis.
W. o. Dresser Deed. Cunning
ham 10 Dresser. lots 1i-i2. block IA
in the Tonopah townsite.
Il. b. Sorensen-One mining loca-
tion from an unknown mining dis
trict.
George a. wright-Three mining
locations from the Washington min
Ing district
a. J. Klamt Land patent. town
ship rs
A. KANT .rced. klamt 20 Ash
Meadows Waite, company. land Ia
township u.s.
j. A. Vincent Deed. Coldaeid
Roanoke Mining company 70 Kath-
crime Goldheid Consolidated mining
company
} A. Vincent Deed Katherine
Goldlrld minleg company 60 Ksth
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
IMPROVEMENT IS
NOTED IN CASE OF
TEX" WATSON
INJURED MINING MAN WILL
SOON BE ABLE TO TRAVEL
WITH AID OF CRUTCHES.

Tke condition OF TEX" Watson,
who had his leg broken while sink
ing a we'll at Clendennings Wells
Sunday. and was taken to the Min
ers' hospital In this city the same
evening. was reported this morning
as well as could be expected under
the circumstances.
Dr. cowden set the injured mem
Der and placed II in a plaster cast.
II will be several weeks before
''Tex" will be able TO start out on
the "cruteh" route.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
REPAIR GANG
REMOVES RUTS ON
BROUGHER AVE.
DEPRESSIONS WILL BE FILLED
AND STREET AGAIN PLACED
IN SERVICEABLE SHAPE.

Chief of Police Smith has been
instrumental in starting work on the
streets of Tonopah Today a force
of men were placed on Brougher
avenue digging up the stones that
are very much in evidence on that
thoroughfare and filling in the
chuckholes that are also quite nu-
merous.
The work will not be confined to
the Brougher avenue district but
will be general and the repairing of
Main street and Flornce avenue will
be taken up next Let the good
work continue.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
VAUDEVILLE TEAM
At BUTLER THEATRE
MAKES BIG HIT
FIRST APPEARANCES OF STEW
ART AND IRWIN GREETED
BY PACKED HOUSES.

Tonight will be seen the most
stupendous and gorgeous motion
picture production ever projected
upon screen entitled, Wars Hav-
oc, The Kalem company reached
the acme of skill in production
when it attempted this picture. At
first the cast seemed too great, but
later the end seemed to justify the
means and two old-time Civil war
wcod-burning locomotives were Sc
cured and at full speed they are
seen to collide on bridge which
spans a creek and the soldiers can
be seen as they drop madly into
the water below to save their lives.
This is beyond question the most
exciting and stirring picture ever
shown and yet there is nothing
grewsome about 1t.
The Jocular Winds of Fate. "
Vitagraph, and Under Mexican
Skies" and "Abraham's Mistake
will also be shown and all in all
one of the best programmes ever
pulled off in Goldfield will be
shown.
Stewart e. Irwin, who are with
out doubt the best singing team
that has ever been heard in Tono-
pah, made their first appearance al
the Butler last night. They made
a big hit and will be heard again
tonight in new songs.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-11
nine BODIES ARE
FOUND IN HOME OF
IOWA MERCHANT
UNKNOWN MURDERERS CRUSH
HEADS OF VICTIMS INTO
JELLY WITH AN AXE.

DES MONIES. Iowa, June H.
Telephone advices from villisca.
state that the bodies of nine peo-
pie We're found dead in the home
OF B. Moore, prominent hardware
merchant The heads of the nine
victims had been crushed with an
axe. The dead:
j. B. Moore.
Mrs ] b. Moore
Five children of the Moore's.
Two unknown women.
The discovery of the bodies was
made when neighbors forced an
entrance to the house, having be
come alarmed at the non-appear-
ance of the family.
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it authentic. You get that news in
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