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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-10

TIE Bsiatavv-yv0 rshsm GS.. 1885 Eass
Main Headquarters for Vehicles
and Harness,
We Are Offering Great Barga aims In
surries for the next ten days
We Are Offering Great bargains In
top and open buggies for the next
ten days,
We Are Offering Great Bargains In
rubber-tired runabouts for the next
ten days.
We Are Onering Great Bargains In
shop worn vehicles for cash. Look
these over.
We Are Offering Great Bargains In
harness TO reduce stock.
THE BRIsTOw-wORsHA CO.. ISss
East Main Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-10

Upright New Piano, sample inatru-
ment VIII sell for S129 Be sure
TO call at once. stool and scarf free
FERGUSON BROS. ell West Broad
Street Piano Factory. Half square
beyond Jefferson street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-10
ZIP WAN1ED-MALE

Wantcd--A Bright. Intellsgent O6tce
boy. Apply TO Richmond yirginian.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

You've made pretty complete idiot OF yourself once
Don't try TO eclipse your own record
By which he purposcd to convey to the artist the
fact that his presence Boston neither desirable nor
advisable. As he about to attlX his signature,
knock brought him to the door OF his hotel room
Letter for YOU, announced the messenger boy.
Kent signed his book and received broad thin en-
vcop sealed in golden hued wax with the impress OF
star and addressed in typcwriting to his own name
Confolnd all fools who sign their letters on the out
side" said Kent scowling at the seal What has that
planetary lunatic got to say that won't keep,
What Preston JaX had to say was, first, IN the form
Of a very brief note; secondly in the shape OF tormd
able looking document. The note began "Esccmcd
Sir concluded "Yours rcnorscully, and set FORTH IN
somewhat exotic language, that the writer, fearing a
lapse OF courage that might confuse his narrative Wnch
he should come to give It, had taken pen III hanI i"
commit it to writing and would the recipient kindly
pardon haste Herewith twcnty-one typed page,
Haste" cried Chester Kent gricvously. "Why, he's
written me the story Of his life
Indeed, a. a CursOry glance, It appeared So ne mi
tal paragraph opened, 81 born Of poor but honest
parents" Chester Kent groancd. little farther down
the page the phrase "Oh, that those innocent days OF
my happy childhood might return. rose and smoc nm
in the eyes Chester Kent snortcd. y desperate leap
landed him in the midst of page where he encountered
this GEN. with these facful words the kind old MINIS.
ter laid faltcrng hand upon my head. But enough.
"Quitc enough agreed Chester Kent, ana KlcK'd 'Hc
Star Masters auobiOgraphcal effort into corner.
TTfelinacrumplcd heap, with sheet, crvngi up
ward protubcrancc, conspicuous to the eye Oil lHs
sheet there was handwriting. II was identical WlH taj
OF the note which Marjorie Blair had ldcniiicd as beng
in her husbands hand Kent retrieved the paper, Imd
il on his desk selected likely spot tor one more plunge
and divcd into the urbid flood Of words. And behold.
as he turned SO 10 speak the bend OF the narrative, the
current became suddenly clear. The mudded pathoS
fell v and the STYLE crystazci into the tense, quick
testimony OF the prime actor in drama intensely ana
shuddcringy felt.
The reader ran through it with increasing absorption
Thcn pencil in hand he attacked the hrs part {" the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY z, 1912


replied Kent soothinglv But it is what | must know
in detail Find Your foot lever and turn on the light"
The two visitors could hear him grope heavily. As
the light flashed on, they saw with shock th2t ne was
on ali fours 1t was as if Kcnt's word had felled him.
Instantly he was up, however, and faced around upon
Marjorie Blair.
who was She" he demanded. "Your sister,"
Mrs Blair was very pale: but her eyes were steady
and her voice under control she answered g" do not
know"
"Youmust know, Don't torturcmc ma ratin trap
I'm sorry, she said gently, that l can't help you
but DO not know.
you, them. The Star Master turned upon hent
What am | up against, How did YOU find mc'"
ThruSting his hand into his pocket, the scientist
b~ougb, ont the silver embroidered star with the wisps
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
CHAPTER Xxx. The Strange TrySt

MIDNIGHT found Kent in the throcs Of literary ct-
1Nl fort He was striving to compose letter to Hedg
wick which should in compose the recipient per
turbcd feelings 1t concluded, with some accrblty:
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

C - Lo eoid Warmly Hc folded and
.i,oi ~ S.J - 1nt,o~ @Tbnr nc understand
"a ~, ~ tbc astroIogrr "von Dut YOUR
sclf eIlf IN ,,,,, hands nnrescrTcdv."
aIVb@af @ o;sc can do2" cried Preston lax.
0Na|t,;nl,. 80 10 NOT trv shall want YOU
20 o,,, MooE III irsr,;nJnIc ~ o % Center on cali Pack
~. ~ ,o.'i' ,.'I =" .,l.,J,. -'l','
up ana De Tc'Gy, ',~ a,;,.oroa ,ro o+bor ayor
DTI , .lr UIllC @ ,,,Idrdcd and IA he ninchcd
$siu s @ lne P"Cc was E''''i ''' ''D u ~ ''''N''>
aNI, WS'iS oH., o~,o1 Ko,,t with smile @That
oI T no have Ic'6l Iccn rc IT and never lie. You
nforrnd mGun, ,at ar and wrongy from INV little ruse
'Il,rD tn ocr o y' from ,l' rn6i3g awav That YOU
,5 ~ ML1P ~ y" arrc.tcd ,l0, rvrnfpaIIv if Won at
to,,rtod ~~,r4 c.rarc was trIc. II StjII is true"
''IaIP'Tl ~ :So,i rcr1;cd preston lax fer
oV.iGiL a;.i, ~, 49, ~, NV. trail
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
New Iron Range is Discovered

Numerous sales of cutover land
hitherto considered practically worth
less by lumber companies, and the ad-
vance guard of new boom, have fol-
lowed the recent discovery of what is
expected to prove rich deposit of iron
ore in the vicinity of Eagle River, says
dispatch to the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The range. which extends from nor
thern Michigan through Villas, Iron.
ONEIDA and Price counties, is declared
by enthusiastic spectators to equal
that OF the Mesaba claims Land
which has not been considered worth
So an acre is selling tor $50 and more.
According TO report more than 1000
acres have been acquired by Chicago
interests
Large sales, aggregating 1900 acres,
have been reported by j. L. Harrigan,
former Iron county resident, now in
the west, the Brooks x Ross company
and the H. L. Staples company. It is
declared Dy prospectors that tie ore at
Tnrtlelake. in the heart OF the new
range. lies but thirty feet below the
surface.
Some time ago The Miner WAS infor-
med that the John ID. Rockefeller in
terests were quietly purchasing all the
available cutover lands offered tor sale
in this county in the vicinity of the
Mercer lake region and even as far
north as Pine lake. and nov have many
Thousand acres under their control. -
Hurley Miner.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

ence TO Mr.. Richards in the message
he did that gentleman great injus-
tice.
Corrigan, Mckinney & Co., whom
the Governor credits with being inter
ested in the Taft candidacy, is de-
mocratic firm 40 lar as the personal
politics OF the main members is con-
cerned. They are more concerned In
the contest within the democratic
party than in any contest between
Roosevelt and Taft. Mr. Richards
candidacy for delegate is tathered
wholly by his friends among the re-
publicans and has no bearing upon his
connection with the mining company
nor has the mining company any con
cern with the republican politics OF
Michigan.
The crux Of this whole matter lies
in an old enmity between Watson ana
the Governor. dating from the time
the two men were III the newspaper
business Mr. Watson is now the at
torney for the Corrigan- Mckinney IN
terests. In wrecking their vengeances
upon oneanothtr the fact OF Mr. Wat
sons corporate connection was seized
upon snd used with effect
So far as the Governor.and Mr. Wat
son are concerned it's battle for fair.
They are both good fighters and
masters OF invective. But, our friend
of the Pioneer Tribune should get 70
the actual conditions in the case and
not let surface indications lead him to
do injustice to so good citizen as
Captain Richards We feel certain
that Mr.. Hobein was misintormed as
10 the facts
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
ATURDAY MARCH i6, 1912

ROGRESSINBISM AND PROGRESS
So many years have passed since the
lunders of the America republic
Iught and bled aud died for political
berty that the prize they won has be-
ONE cheap and obscure. So many
ears have passed since secession shook
ne American repUblic TO is foundation
aat the great Iolitical truths OF
opular self lf-government re-established
y the civil war are by way OF being
eviewed and criticised and learned
nee more. We are in the process pow.
q the life Of the present generation
constitutional torms have not been as
reyalent subject OF conversation as
he weather, ncI as frequent subject
Il public utterance as the flag. Where.
ore II IL not surprising that the pre-
lent generation should think seriously
II attempting innovations that are not
promising. more especially since they
IRE encouraged 80 TO do by men in high
,laces, who speak Tor votes
All innovations thus far offered, OF
whatsoever purpose or parentage. are
o be found enrolled under the gener-
rus banner Of "Progressiveism.
'Progressiveism Is slogan of uncer-
ain origin, of mixed family. and OF
,onfased destiny Mr.. Taft, with his
inlucky fashion cf being calm when he
,ould cant, says progressiveisn is
Improvement ~ reasonable methods
not once ia while. but all OF the
time. DR. Wilson who is more apt
IN phrase making agrees, saying that
progressIv eism Il conservatism on the
move. Col Roosevelt offers no cut
,inct definition of the word, content
that IL is a good word 70 use, aud that
ne gets unlimited space In the news
papers 60 use IL ia.
We hegin 10 suspect, after all, that
''progressiyeisnl merely means pro.
gress and that IL has been appropriate
cd by certain perspicacious and eager
statesmen 20 hurry progress along q
little more rapidly than the standpat'
ters nad been doing it, but most of AL
to denote their own perspicacity and
eagerness Saturday Night
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

That Theodore Roosevelt IL the
greatest politician in the land today
all must concede Many claim him ~
be the greatest politician that Ameri-
can politics have ever seen. His re-
scoucefullness is wonderful and his ad-
vertising capacity simply beyond con-
ception. The common people do mol
know Roosevelt as he really is poll
tician. II they did they would soon
leave him. An evidence OF his politi-
cal sagacity il the turn that his cam
paign has taken. He realizes that he
pat his foot in IL when he proclaimed
himself in favor OF the recall of judges
and judicial decisions. SO general
was the criticism heaped upon him
that he had to attempted 70 explain ;
he hedged AS tar as he could by ex-
planning away the recall OF deciaions
but yet he failed 10 satisfy the think
ing people So he Immediately took a
new tack. Recall Of decisions must
be smothered by some other issue that
would get the people SO nation
wide primary was taken up and the
Roosevelt campaign has turned or the
managers are striving to turn it to a
question OF direct primary choice 90
that the other things will be over
looked Direct vote gets the people
why shouldn't it. but Roosevelt is tar
from the originator of the direct vote
plan In fact, he Stunned it as long
rs the other method served his purpose
best. II the people really want to show
their appreciation to the prime mover
in the direct vote line they must turn
10 LaFollette.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

Governor Osborns messages ot last
Monday has renewed the interest in
the special Legislative session which
Jagged considerably since the failure OF
the primary measure To get immediate
effect The Governor has brought up
some mighty meritorious measures and
the legislature that lodges them will
have to answer 10 the people for it's
cts. The movement to prohibit
breweries owning or controlling saloons
is one that will have the sanction OF
every law abiding citizen and the
hearty support of the independent and
PROPERTY owning saloon keepers as
well. Already we have heard tne Gov
ernor highly commended by many
Crystal Falls saloon Keepers for his
stand. The Bunting law, giving the
Michigan Bonding a. Surety Co. a
monopoly on the bonding business in
Michigan, is disgrace TO the statute
books and ought 10 be repealed This
company has been exacting $50 from
each saloon keeper in the state tor
whom u goes surety and, as no other
bonding company is allowed by law TO
90 as surety on such bonds, the saloon
keepers had simply to walk mp and pay
the pound OF flesh There is no good
reason why all state officers should not
be nominated by direct primary IL
any one is So chosen and corrupt
practice act Is one of the crying needs
Of present day politics. Upon the
question OF initiative, referendum AMI
recall there is the greatest difference
OF opinion. Speaking for ourselves we
have no serious objections TO the initia.
tive and referendum but the recall we
look upon as dangerous weapon u
monkey with. The political atmos.
phere is in sufficient turmoil under the
present short terms Of our officers
without adding to the pandemonium.
However. the Governor asks that the
question be submitted TO the people
and If the people OF the state want
those measures they will get them, II
not ftom this legislature they will trou
some subsequent Legislature. The
matter OF woman suffrage Is simply .
} question OF time. Women are going q
get the ballot and that within com
/. paratively short period. The request
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

We wish TO endorse unreservidly the
following from the Mining Journal
The Mining Journal has. ON num-
erous occasions heard ii stated that
certain land companies operating IN
the upper peninsula are selling lands to
settlers that are not what they are re.
presented to be and on which il will be
almost impossible tor the newcomers
TO earn a living. The Mining Journal
has been urged TO attack these com
panies, and to expose their misrepre
sentations. This is thing il obvious
" cannot do, tor the reason that il has
not the facilities for securing accurate
information in regard to various lands
now being vended to the public
To the Mining Journal il appears
that one of the duties of the Upper
Peninsula Development bureau should
be to keep general track Of the opera
tions Of the companies selling lands in
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

An editorial which appeared in the
Manistique Pioaser- Tribune last Sat
urday. commenting upon the alleged
attempt to coercs Senator Moriarty in
TO opposing the administration primary
election bill does great injustice 70
Supt. w J. Richards We feel certain
that Editor Holbein, who is acknow
iedged TO be fair in his dealings be-
tween man and man, mas very distor-
ted idea uf the affair and that when
he learns the true inwardness Of il all,
no will hssten TO do justice TO Mr..
Richards:whom he has.deerly wronged
Mr.. Watson trip TO Lansing was
not at the instigation OF MIR. Richards
but was wholly OF Watson = own Volt
tion. Mr. Richards was away from
home At the time Mr. Watson lett here
and knew nothing of his trip until hii
return. We can easily see how Cover
nor Osborn jumped at the conclusion
that Watson was sent by MIR. Richardi
hut In that conclusion and In HE refer
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

Congressman Phillip ii. Campbell OF
Kansas has had the stage this week in
national political news because of the
letter he wrote TO Theodore Roosevelt
In this letter Mr.. Campbell calls at
tenton to the fact that the crucifixion
OF the Savior WAS the result of "a recall.
Pontias PLATE decreed that Jesus had
done no wrong but his decision was not
what the people wanted. They recall
ed the decision of PLATE. tried Jesus
by the mob and decreed that he should
be cruciiied No more succinct illus.
tration could have been made of the
injustice of the recall of JudiciaI decis-
ions than was made by Congressman
Campbell. In fact. 80 pat was the
comparison that Colonel Roosevelt, al
ways resourceful in reply, was unable
To make any adequate answer. In fact
his answer was the poorest excuse OF
an argument that we have ever seen
from the pen Of SC trenchant writer
as the Colonel In his reply Colonel
Roosevelt says:
Congressman Campbells position is
in effect tnat the American people is as
unfit for self government and as prone
to guilty excesses as the mob which de-
mauded the crucilixion of the Savior.
! do not think Congressman Canlpbell' s
comparison is in good taste and in any
event il needs no discussion by me
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

The statement that Colonel Roosevelt
is about to take the stump in his own
behalf is a.confessioD OF "A weakening
of his campaign. The ex-president
would never smother his dignity TO
such extent if IL WAS not necessary to
bolster up his slipping underpinnipgs
His managers depend upon the magne-
tism OF his personality to poll him
through. Observing ones have noted
for the past two or three weeks the
shifting OF position on the part of the
papers of the country. There is a
gradual migration to the Taft column
that ppeseges evil for the Roosevelt
cause
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
POLITICAL NEW S
NATIONAL POLITICS

Items From an C~nps Dished
For Oar Readers

Senator LaFollette made "A direct at.
tack upon Roosevelt last Wednesday
when he issued statement showing
that when Roosevelt took hold OF the
country the value OF all trusts in the
United States was SO, 7s4. 900. 600 and
that when Roosevelt turned the coun-
try over to Taft the value of trust So
curities had increased to s3i. 672. OC0. :
600. Sen. LaFollette. claims that 10
per cent of the value OF THESE trust se-
curities is water.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
.,rr tr;o,d Frank w Kpox ba,

Our friend Frank w Knox has start
ed his claim bureau. He says that
Roosevelt is going to get the major
portion of the southern delegates. We
believe that, as usual. Mr.. Knox zeal
is PLAYING pranks on his better iudg-
ment. He might, with equally as
much certainty, claim that the solid
south will be spit in twain. half of its
support going to the republican candi-
dates for president.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

this part OF the state. with the idea OF
calling to account any company that is
nisrspresenting what IL has TO sell.
Nothing will more effectuallv nuilify
the work OF the bureau than the bring
ing IN OF people under false pretenses
Their failure to make good and their
realization that they have been misled
will do more mischief than the bureau
will be able to repair with thousands
of dollars
''lr there are any doubtful! lands be-
ing worked of on the unsuspecting
public it is the Upper Peninsula bur
eaus fault. One of itsfduties should
be to prevent this kind of fraud
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
CITY POLITICS

Nesrs Ibo.f fhe Iocaf Candidates.
aud their doinas

This department will be maintain
cd during the campaign, Any candi-
date or any party is free to use this
department tor news only without any
signature. the only restrictions upon
items contributed being that they con-
sist of purely news matter aoi that no
reflection is cast through them upon
any other candidate. Ii isn't necessary
to write; just tell the reporter what
you wish.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

"A straw vote was taken on train
loaded with school men enroute to st.
Louis to attend the convention OF
school superintendents. Prot. Hill of
Crystal Falls was aboard the train and
participated in the vote and the count
Woodrow Wilson led by good sized
majority with Pres. Taft second. Out
of the 100 votes cast Roosevelt got but
.. Those school men were gathered
from all over the United States and the
vote serves TO show the small proper
tion of the school men OF the country
that are in favor of Roosevelt.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

The fellow who started That story
about Carnegie having donated $50, 600
to the Roosevelt African expedition
ought to soak mis- head. What il Car
negie did contribute to Roosevelt's ex-
peditiong Where does that have any
thing to do with the initiative, refer
endum and recall or the control of COR
porations Such attacks act as boom
srangs
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
STATE POLITICS

The proposition 20 nominate all state
officers at a primary will materially
change the complex on OF things should
the bill pass, The ballot will in that
case, be very long one
The district convention for the i2th
district has been called for March 25th
at Marquette. o. G. Davidson is
chairman and NJ VI. Duncan secretary
OF the district committee.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

that state banks should DO given su-
thority to pledge their assets for postal
savings Is eminently just and ought
TO bs granted. Taken as whole the
Governor has certainly put mp man =
lob up TO the Legislature.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16
COUNTY POLITICS :

The Socialists expect to have full
ticket in the field for the offices on the
county ticket. II is claimed that in
Iron River alone there are over 1870
members OF the Socialist party and
that their ticket ought TO stand fair
show of election.
Victor Benson. who was Bates town
ship candidate for the sheriffs Office,
was in Crystal Fails last Saturday.
Mr. Benson says that the race got too
extended for him TO continue in IL and
that he made MP his mind TO retire
from the contest. Mr. Benson is a
candidate for supervisor in Bates town.
ship.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

You can saw goodbye TO constipation
with clear conscience IL you use
Chamberlain Tablets. Many have
been permanently cured by their use
For sale by Sam Bridges.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

Ii is reported with seemingly great
deal of authority, that Sen. LaFollette
will soon return to the stump. The
Senator's health failed him some time
ago, necessitating his retirement. His
return to the stump will have consid
cradle bearing on the Roosevelt cam
paign
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

Chairman Hollow OF the Peoples
Party informs us that he has the calls
made out for the convention and that
the ward chairmen will call the prim.
aries on the same date as the conyen-
tion. The date fixed upor is March
Goth. The calls will be tackled up on
the 18th, one week prior to the conven-
tion.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

Pres Taft addressed the Swedish
American Republican League club of
Chicago last Saturday and in vigor.
ous manner defended the acts OF his
administrator and denounced the pro-
posed scheme tor the recall OF Judges
and Of judicial decisions
lt is given out that Colonel Roosevelt
has about consented To take the stump
IL was the Colone's first determination
to remain simply receptive candidate
but the claim is that so many have
been urging him 10 take the stump that
it is probable that he will do so.
Senator Beveridge says in defense of
Roosevelt The powers of piIlage do
not intend to let Republican voters
nominate Theodore Roosevelt. These
forces are non-partisian. They are for
any man OF any party as against Roose.
velt. I"
Governor Stubhs OF Kansas wired
Pres. Taft that Taft appointees are us
in" thoroughly disreputable methods
to defeat presidential primary in
Kansas
Press dispatches credit the Stanley
investigation with being the canse of
the granting to the miners OF the Lake
Superior district an eight hour day.
Massachusetts ~ TO have a preferen-
tial primary. The state legislature
passed the law during the week.
Virginia and Tennessee elected and
instructed delegates TO the national
convention FOR Taft during the week.
Senator LsFollette has proclaimed
his creed IL INCLUDED the initiative.
referendum and recall and tariff
board
K K
Two lower peninsula counties. Mont.
calm and st Clair have chosen TAFT
delegates to the state convention.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

lyon can say in your city political
notes this week, said prominent So
cond warder"that this contest is going
to he bigger one than is it credited
with being at the present time. Billy
Nesbitt is going TO have big follow
ing; now, you just watcn and see If
am not correct.
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

nr Mucs Anu ea,n rlns reIicve pain
The diamond drill., 1912-03-16

well, we're going to have some fun
with the fellows anyway. said Hugo
koepeke the other day. "The Social
lists may not win but / think that they
will make a good showing. We're
going to have platform and every
voter will have a-copy of it.