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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-26

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-26
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Statesman With the True Journalistic Instinct
(By Z. J. Edwlrds.l

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-26

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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
CAUGHT In SNOW
WITHOUT FOOD

The news has Just reached this city
OF the. hardships endured by the mem.
bers of a camp of lsbOrers on the
Green Point road beyond the ranch of
Albert Sutton. The heavy snow caught
the men without food and on account
OF the depth of the flakes aud their
lack of snow shoes and skees, they
were unable to go for provisions. The
unpleasant sensations of hunger were
seIzlng them when deer, stricken by
the storm and seeking shelter, houn.
dered into the clearing around the
cabin. 1t was unable to flee and one
Of the men stabbed it with a butcher
knife.
On Saturday, January 6. the worst
day OF the local storm, Albert Sutton
with j. Cockrell and A. Hollenbury.
who reside on his ranch. left the eity
for Mr.. Sutton's ranch home. They
reached the Oak Grove store at dark
having been about five hours driving
the SIX miles. Mr.. Sutton left the rip
there and the men continued the Jour
ney. Finally in the binding snow the
horses were unable to make headway
and pull the rig. The men unhitcbed
the horses and began walking. Cock
rell became exhausted and was unable
to continue in the heavy srov, and his
partner, huge man who hos seen a
number of years of active service in
the army. tying him Oh his back. seized
the tails of the horses with his hands
and made them drag him to the ranch
house.
Both were almost exhausted on ar
rival.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
HYDRO CO. RECEIVES
MODIFIED ORDER

The Hydro Co., the big power plant
of which at fuckers bridge was fin
lshed the latter part of December but
which by injunctions secured by the
Pacific Power & Light Co. has been
unable to send current through its
wires, modified order having been
received Tuesday from the federal
court, permitting the Hydro Co. to
move its own poles instead of paying
the expense of moving the poles of the
Pacific Co., according to a foimer or
der, will hurry the work to completion
and in short time will furnish the
citizens of the city and valley with
energy at cheap rate The first o.
der of the federal court, the Judge
declaring that he found from the evi-
dence and affidavits that the proximity
of the poles and lines in places, might
be the cause of serious damage to the
systems, was to the effect that the
Pacific Power & Light Go. should move
wherever there was necessity for il.
its poles in order that the poles of the
two systems might at all points stand
seven feet from each other. The
county court granted the Hydro Co.
additional franchises last week, which
enabled it to move its own lines and
thus secure the modified order of the
court.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
TRAMPS COOK FOWLS
BUILDING BURNS

Supposed to have caught from a fire
of tramps, who were cooking chickens
in the basement, the five room cottage
of G. +. Taylor at the end of Lyman
Smith Avenue on the Heights burned
to the ground at an early hour Sunday
morning. The fire bells awoke the
people Of the city at ten minutes after
five The heavy snow on the streets
made it impossible to take any of the
appartus from the fire ball. Members
of the Heights Fire Department ap-
peared quickly on the scene and pre-
vented the flames from Spreading to
adjoining property.
On the night Of the fire, henroosts of
the neighborhood were robbed ard soon
before the blaze was discovered, the
odor of burning feathers was detected
in the neighhorhuod Of the DESTROYED
building. 1t is thought tat the vag-
rants used thebasement TO prepare
feast and that the fire spread from
smouldernig Goals left by them.
The building was recently vacated
and the owner. who moved several ar
ticles OF furniture into il Saturday was
preparing to move there soon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18

irregular Consequently the work is
OF doubtful utility. The actual time
such a class spends in school is not
enough to fix the work firmly in mind
and by the end of the summer vacation
the children have forgotten all thew
were supposed to have learned.
Primary teachers will tell YOU that
the average child should be seven
years OF age before starting to school .
that most children who start to school
at SIX years of age have TO be stimu-
lated to great extent in order to get
them over the required work, but that
the seven year olds will grasp the
work with little difficulty. Some chill
dren are better developed at FIVE years
OF age than others are at eight wears
OF age. Slow development is no stigma
upon the child. Usually he does better
IN the end provided he is not forced To
do work before he is ready to do il.
We have children in school now who
should not be here for two years vet.
But the law says that they may 90 and
the parents say they shall 90. SO the
teacher has Co do the best she can
under the circumstances. But il is
too bad to see child in school who is
not developed physically so that she
can hold a pencil or control her fingers.
There should be a medical inspector
as tinal authority who should have the
power to say, This child must not be
in school. "
The meeting of The Heights I'm.
provement c ub last Friday evening at
the Holman hall was interesting. The
topic for discussion was. "pubGc
School Fiction" " The discussions COW
cred the range of the reading done in
the grammer school and the high
school. The particular point under
discussion, though, was whether some
OF the fairy stories that are placed in
the school readers are proper material
for small children to read. The pat
rons and teachers present agreed that
all tragedy should be eliminated from
the second and third grade readers.
Sueh discussions are a good thing for
patrons and for teachers when con-
Quoted as this was in a broad and fair
minded way.
AT the above meeting Mr.. McLaugh-
IN Nhaue three recommendations to the
school patrons that deserves further
publicity. He said, in brief, that the
school patrons could do three things
that would do great deal to improve
school conditions. three things that the
teachers cannot do. First. that they
could keep their children off the street
at night. That they could see that
their children had regular time for
doing home work and that they Kept
regular hours. Second, that they
could prevent the intensified cases of
calf love, y the pest" cases that
lneapitate the victims lor work or
play And third, that the parents
could prevent school boys from seeur-
ing liquor and forming habits of in
temperance. That this last was hav-
ing a most degrading influence upon
some of the boys and was consequently
affecting the girls. That the three
propositions could not be handled bv
the school working alone. That con
ditlons along these lines were of such
nature that the schools were handi-
capped IN their work and the ends of
education were being perverted.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
Delinquent List, Hood River Irrigation District

hereby certify that the following for the 1871
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
School Notes.

The first and7second grades were dis
missed three days last week on account
of the deep slush which made ii almost
impossible for small children to get to
school.
Practically all the children are back
in school this week. Miss Poole and
Miss Howard, who have been suffering
from severe colds, are back at work.
The mid-year promotions were made
Monday. There were very few fail
ures recorded Irregular attendance
accounts for the majority of the fail
ures in the grades.
We have no mid-year beginning
primary class. There are a number of
reasons to account for this action on
the part Of the school authorities. The
mid-year class is always small and
every beginning class separates into
two divisions. This makes the class
unit too small for economy. The bad
weather and the attendant illness from
exposure at this time of the year make
the attendance Of such a class very
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
FROM SHOWS WEIGHT

The snow covering the roofs of
buildings in the valley becoming water
soaked with the rain Of Thursday
night, a number of buildings and
barns, in different parts Of the valley.
their roofs unable to stand the strain.
collapsed and entailed the owner Sc
we're loss. The greatest loss will
result from the cave-in of the roof of
the garage of Capt. c. P. Mel an on
the Tucker road near his residence.
The walls of the structure spread out
and the tons of snow ana ice dropped
upon five automobiles stored in the
building.
Numerous barns are reported to have
gone down. W. II. Edick' s, in the
Upper Valley near the Mount Hood
postoflice was reported to have fallen
Thursday night. The roof of the Mt.
Hood hall eaved in some time Thurs
day.
The cars in the collapsed garage
were the property of Mrs. Marion
MacRae, Ralph Savage, William Syl-
vester and +. H. Plison. At the time
the garage went down, the water sup
ply for the McCan residence was cut
off, the storage tank located in the
building having been demolished.
On Saturday the report was received
of the collapse of the big apple house
of the Apple Land & Orchard Co. in
Central Vale A barn belonging to
Charles Davis, of the Odell district.
was crushed by the weight of the
snow. '. A. Grow, who lives near
fuckers bridge was in the city Satur-
day and reported that a number OF
sheds in that community had collapsed.
A White Salmon dispatch states that
the garage of r. Field in that city col
iapsed. The building fell but few
minutes after two little girls had
passed in front of it. Numerous other
smaller damages were reported.
Although orchardists were alarmed
Friday morning because of conditions
similar to those accompanying the
Silver Thaw at Portland prevailing
here BY midday the temperature
near the earth's surface became
milder and the ice, coating trees
and wires, fell in long strings. The
snow melted away from young trees
slowly and but little damage resulted
in orchards.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
THE big FOUR"
WILL NOT BE
WENATCHEE is DEAF TO PLANS
Local Committee Makes Investigation lut
No Action is Taken Report VIII
Be Made to Stockholders.

The plan of combining the sales
agencies Of the big Four" fruit dis
tricts of the Northwest. as planned NV
X. 5. Miller. manager of the Rooue
RIVER Association, will undoubtedly.
according to the sentiment recently
expressed by the different northwest.
ern growers, meet with failure. At
meeting held in Wenatchee last week
when about 25 of the prominent grow
ers Of the district We're present. Mr..
Miller put before them the same prop-
osltlon that was presented 10 the local
Union. However, the fruit men de.
clared that the plan would not meet
their needs and refused il To the
request that tie Wenachee Valley nut
up the sum of $1,000 as its share in
the purchase price of the controlling
interest IN the Northwestern Fruit Ex-
change. the growers turned deaf ear.
Reports in the daily papers of Port
land, while stating nothing definitely.
might lead 10 the belief that the Com
mittee OF representatives from the
local Union, who investigated the
selling agency Friday, had taken some
action, definite or tentative, in their
conference with the management of
the Northwestern Fruit Exchange.
However. the embers of the com
mittee, G. II. Sproat, 2. S. Davidson.
A. |. Mason, j, f. Ferguson and o. L.
Walter, did nothing more than make
an inquiry into the methods of the Ex-
change IN its sales of fruit.
"Our conference with the managers
OF the Northwestern Fruit Exchange
has resulted in no change in the situa-
tion AS to the combination of the four
important fruit districts of the North
west, says G. H. Sproat, manager of
the local Union and member of the
committee. 1--WE have no move what
ever toward atiiliaton, amalgamation
with or purchase of stock in the North
western Exchange" he continued.
and the whole matter rests with the
members of the stockholders of the
Union, who will meet on the afternoon
of Saturday, January q, at the assem-
bly, hall of the Commercial club. We
shall make full report at that time
and give whatever recommendation
we may have. ="
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
Editor Likes Local ADDIeS

The editor Of the Times received a
very much appreciated present in the
shape of box of apples from the fam
Gus hood River Valley. They consist
ed of Northern Spies, Yellow New
towns and Spitzenbergs and were sent
by h. H. jerks, former Brownsville
who resided south of the city, going to
Hood River about year ago -
Brownsville Times.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-18
Notice

The Underwood Ferry resumed the
operation of its line yesterday, Janu-
ary II. at the usual landing north of
the o. W. K. & N. station.
Otis Treiber, Captain.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
Rural Life Centers.

Geddes.-Since the time President
Roosevelt appointed the country Life
commission there has been much in
terest in the rural problem. Here at
Geddes this discussion is taking the
form of something definite, under the
leadership Of Rev. Isaac Cassell. pas
tor of the Congregational church. Two
community centers have been opened
up, one at the Blue
school house, south Of town-another
at the Swedish church, about six or
seven miles northeast of town. The
plan as arranged, covers the idea OF
holding community socials, debates
and lectures on different phases Of
country life and work, and some form
of religious instruction. So far sew
eral socials have been held that were
a marked success, and series of de-
bates is being arranged. The same
question will be debated at each COM
munity center and afterwards the vic
torious teams will meet in Geddes in
joint debate to decide which is cham
pion. So far only two such centers
have been opened up, but it is hoped
that two more, one east and one west
of town, can soon be started. Presi-
dent Warren of Yankton college re-
Gently visited these centers and ex.
pressed himself as enthusiastic over
the work that was being done.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22

Pierre.-The slogan put Delano
county back on the map" which was
pushed by Faith in the present cam
paign, evidently did not meet the ap-
prevail of majority of the voters of
Meade county, which would have been
divided if Delano was re-established.
This means that for at least another
two years the residents of Faith will
have their county seat Is miles away
across country as the crow flies, about
600 miles by rail. The big counties Of
the western part of the state are un-
wieldly, but the residents do not ap-
pear to be anxious to cut them up,
or do not appear to agree upon the
method in which the carving is to be
done. Two years ago, Stanley and
Lyman tried it and failed, and this
year it is Meade and Corson which
have gone on record against the carv-
ing process.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
HEAVY Loss Follows.

Armour.-M. H. Surplus, living four
miles northeast of Armour, lost seven
head of cattle recently with what is
thought to be the corn stalk disease.
This is not the only loss in this re-
gion, other farmers having lost one
or two head, but it is the heaviest that
any one person has suffered. In the
eastern part of the county it is report
ed that some of the farmers are SELL
ing off their cattle before they are
ready for market, rather than run the
risk of turning them into the corn
stalks. Other farmers are turning
thenr stock into the stalks gradually,
an hour the first day, an hour and a
half the second. thus gradually in
creasing the time. Those who have
followed this method have had no
trouble thus far.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
STONE THAT HAS NO COLOR
Peculiarly Of the Opal is Shared BY
Few Other Things In Scheme
Of Nature.

The opal has no color in the sense
of augmentation. To break open an
opal in order to observe its hues would
be the equivalent to killing the goose
that laid the golden eggs. Neither
golden eggs no rainbow hues would
be found.
Opal consists of hydrated silica. 1t
is not uniform in texture. II the word
surface may be used for interior con-
ditions, 1t might be said that the opal
inc silica is in the form of surfaces
and layers that lie compactly against
one another. These layers refract the
light at various angles, giving forth
the colored flashes in the same way
that a pure crystal prism refracts the
colors of the spectrum. Technically
speaking, these layers Of silica are
said to possess different index Of
refraction from that of the matrix.
AS the opal is moved the various lay.
ers break the light into co1ors. which
change. of course, according to the po-
sition of the stone.
The iridescence Of nacre, or mother.
of-pearl, is also a matter OF form and
not actual color In fact, all change
able colors are more or less the re-
suit Of form even where there is pig
mentation beneath, such as in certain
ribbed silks. When sunlight bears di.
rectly upon finely ribbed metal as
file, there is the same play of colors.
In the case of mother-of-pearl an in
teresting experiment has been made.
An impression of the pearl was taken
upon pure white wax. 1t was found
that the apparently smooth surface Of
the pearl had still sufficient irregular
tiles to impress upon the wax sur.
face that resulted in similar color
estations.-Harper's Weekly.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22

Lap19ad. In Siberia and in China.
where q few black diamonds have
been found. Europe has produced
very few Of the brilliant stones.
In North America small stones have
been found In alluvial deposits, most
ly auriferous. in Georgia. North and
South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Wisconsin. California. Oregon. In
diana and Arkansas.
Small Ones Found In Arkansas.
Localities have been determined in
Arkansas which in 1911 yielded ~
carats per 100 loads of 16 cubic feet
output. This production, according to
the form adopted in the African re-
ports (0.2S carat per load. is the
same as that of the Kimberley mine.
but the diamonds are small. One.
however, was found which weighed
eight and one-eighth carats. a hne
stone, and others have been report
ed found which weighed two carats.
In Jefferson county. Illinois. near
Ashley, several stones have been
found, the. largest of which weighed
four carats.
Particular interest has been evinced
by American experts in the diamonds
found in Wisconsin, Michigan and
Ohio near the Great Lakes, for In
each case they were found In the gla-
cial drift along the line Of the ter
minal moraine supposed to have
spread southwark from the region of
Hudson bay.
Genesally speaking. however. out
side of the mines In South Africa. Bra
I'll, India and Borneo. diamonds may
be said SO far to merely occasionally
occur in the rest OF the world. Hence
the interest in the recent discoveries
in the Belgian Congo.
OF the great diamonds, the Cullinen.
picked up in the Transvaal IN 1905.
was the wonder Of the world. It
weighed 3,025h carats, was bought by
the Transvaal government for $1,000
900, and presented to King Edward
VII. It was cut in 1908 into nine
stones and 96 smaller brilliants. The
two largest stones thus created are
the largest in, existence. They weigh
respectively in carats 616h and
300 3-16.
Others are the Nizam Of Hyderabad,
279 carats, owned by the rajah OF
Wattam and valued at $1.500.000.
The Orloff. 1914 carats. valued at
81, 100000. and serving rs an orna-
ment in the scepter of the Russian en-
peror.
The Dorya-i-nur and Taj-e-mah. 1856
and 146 carats. respectively. are the
property of the shah of Persia.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
Dewey County Seat Change.

Pierre.-The location of the county
seat of Dewey county at Eagle Butte,
means that after little less than two
years on the north line of the county
at Timber Lake, it will be on the
south line at least four years at the
new location. After a county seat is
Temporarily located the question Of
permanent location can come up at
the next general election, but after
that the constitution says that coun.
ty seat ructions can come but once in
four years, and while Eagle Butte
barely misses being in Ziebach county
it will hold the seat of government
of Dewey county for four years al
least.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
Dairy Stock in Ready Demand.

Philip.-Robinson Bros. sold q head
of mich cows at public auction at the
stock yards here. The average price
paid for the cows was slightly over
SAT. The cheapest cow went for $50.
They have about $50 cows stiU on
hand. This herd OF dairy stock was
recently shipped from the South St.
Paul stock yards and it is believed
by those cognizant OF west-ofthe-river
conditions. that the dairy industry
will receive substantial boost by the
introduction of these cattle.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
Almost Too Enthusiastic.

Il know Bill came in for a lot Of
praise because he hunts with cam
era instead of gum" said friend
to me. 1T never seems to strike peo
pie that there may be more than one
kind of brutality"
Whats the matter with Bill?"
asked.
"Out in Canada last autumn" he re
sumed, x went of by myself one day
when Bill was fiddling over his cam
era, and l stumbled full on blacl
bear. Because l was the only thing
in sight. very likely, became the i'm
mediate object Of her attentions.
had only a slight lead, but l was 60
ing very well when Bill poked through
the brush and took in the situation.
Hold on there, old chap h
yelled. You're too far ahead. cam
get both Of you int"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
DIES UNDER AUTO
c. RAMSDELL, POSTMASTER At
sEREsFoRD, HAS BODY
BURNED TO A CRISP.
HAPPENINGS OVER THEsTAT
What 10 Going On Here and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South -Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Beresford.-C. Ramsdell, postmas-
Ter of Beresford, and a pioneer bust
ness man, was burned to death under
his wrecked automobile while return
ing from Sioux Falls. The accident
occurred seven miles south Of Sioux
Falls. The Car turned turtle of .
grade and pinned him under it. The
car caught fire from the gasoline and
Ramsdell was cremated. He was con-
scious before the explosion and cried
for help.
The charred remains were taken to
Canton and his mother at Flandreau
was notified. Ramsdell was single
man about As years Of age. C. N.
WILDER of Beresford was with him,
but escaped with slight injuries.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-11-22
Fast Corn Huskinq.

Armour.-Kelly Clablaugh, young
man from near here, while huskine
corn on the Harry Sparks farm, six
miles from Armour, is believed to
have broken all previous husking rec
ords for this (Douglas) county. On
November 6, going to work at $3.50
O'Clock a. M and quitting at 4:30 p
M, he husked and cribbed 120 bushels
making three trips to and from the
field and eating two meals. This was
not done on a wager of ary kind. but
was merely common day-s-work.