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Putnam patriot., 1913-11-14
Buy Land for Jail.

New Haven.-Additiona real estate has been bought in Hudson street for the county commissioners to complete at the New Haven county jail. in or der to give additional room for pris oners. This is in accord with reeom- mendations made at the meeting of county members of the legislators.
Putnam patriot., 1913-11-14
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Putnam patriot., 1913-11-14
Contract for School House.

Bridgeport contract for the new Nicholas street school was awarded at a meeting of the board of education, the successful bid being nearly SS,500 lower than what it had been estimated the building would cost. The contract was split up into several parts. one firm getting the mason work, another the plumbing, another the heating and yentilating, and so on. The total cost of the new school building will be approximately s76.592.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
WEST POINT LANDS
GREAT INDUSTRY
Chesapeake Pulp and Paper
Company Locate Big Plant
at Port Richmond.
BUILDINGS ERECTED AT ONCE
Pulp to Be Ground and Paper
Made-Many People VIII
Be Employed.

West Point. Va. February AFTER
many weeks of investigation OF west
Points water supply, shipping faciii-
ties. freight rates. etc. and through
the efforts of the Land and Industrial
Department of the Southern Railway.
II Y Nichols. Of Cincinnati. has de-
cided to locate his new pulp and pa
per mills at West Point.
To that end the Chesapeake Pulk
and Paper Company was Incorporated
last week, with a capital OF S5ucVoV'
and work to be commenced at once
upon the first unit OF the plant
Plans call for its completion by No
vember !. of this year. and the COST
will be abount s250.0oo.
The construction viii be cement or
brick. and practically fire proof. and
the buildings equipped with sprink-
Ter system.
other units of equal size and capsc-
itv will be added as the success Of
the first unit is assured.
To Be Near Railway.
The plant will occupy a part Of
twenty -four-acre tract between Four
tenth and Twenty second Streets.
west Of the Southern Railway tracks,
and tin. plans. II carried TO their full
extent. will call for the use of all
this land and the possible extension
for q short distance out over the
Pamunkcy River
\ considerable portion Of the stock
is owned by Eastern capitalists and
the control is in very strong hands.
The copitsl - represented by actual
cash and there will probably BE- no
bonds issued or other funded indebi-
eduess
The capacitv Of tho first unit will
be about zoe tons Of wet pulp per
year Each additional unit will turn
out an equal amount
Omcrr~ of the Company.
Chemicals. coal and raw material
Will come IT, both by rail and water.
and 70 is quite possible that through
th. coming Of the plant to West Point.
there may be seen IN the harbor ere
long tho flag 81 foreign ship.
The officers Of the Chesapeake Pulp
and Paper Compauv. Inc. are ". W.
Nichols. 81 Ciucinnati. president ard
general manager Melville r Nichols.
81 Boston. treasurer. and Robert
woodhead. % Norfolk. superinten-
dent
Superintendent Woodheaa will make
his home here. having already r'sf-
Gence Tor bis family. uutl hc can
build
Melville T Nichols viii also rsot-
ABLY make his permanent home here
and has siRnined his Intention To-
build home on Euclid Heights
when asked how many eml Jos -
there would be. Mr Nichols stated
lhat 30 would be difrruif for him 70
Say just now. bat that Do hope he
plant would uitimafei. D. much larF-
er than the Fox Paper COMPANY.
whose pay roll b. in the reighbo-tooi
81 s1s- Gee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
BUSY LITTLE TOWN
LIVELY VICTORIA
Lunenburg's Largest Village
How 1t Got in Limelight.
Valuable Farm Lands

Victoria. Va. February 1.-Nictot'''
j. a live. progressive town. FIVE wears
old located in Lunenburg County
nlidwar between Norfolk ana kca b.
noise on the Nirginian Railroad with
. ucnulation OF about $500. u has al
resdv cirht churches. including three
rolorod churches. handsome high
school building. with FIVE teachers q
bank. eighteen stores tw" boiler
shore. q tobacco warehouse two plan
INK mills and number Of 81" minis
near by. The latest addition I" th'
town - ~ up-to-datc ice factory-
The hurting Of coal from the coal
f.1-s Of the West hy the Nircinian
Eailva. has increased greatly ami
~. -aiiroad company has made cor
siderable improvements here 10 th'
last two or three months. having lafr
e.--arsf miles more 90 ward trackius.-
hesidcS trchlinE the size of the round
house and putting ir other improve
vents There - paid ont here month b.
L. nv the different enterprises WAGES
srnou-ftinz 90 about sSn."on.
Tbrr. are three land compari'-
,..r. each having tive sales axe 49,
ana lots are being sold almost c."-N
a-. conc 81 fnr companies sold -ifF-
.-.- the last three months 81 last rs-
..,,.~ rer residential lots. 4 numb-r q
.f these lots save new building 30
ready going up. and urmh"r 90
other lot buyers VIII begin hpilii"<
son
Trior 60 the construction n te
Nirgirian Railroad. the cou1.fry tfl-
rr,diatciy adfacsr' g. Victor wfe
..aratrr ~ valuable timber Of orig
tuai growth.
s..~siouslf there had bees 20 -aii-
road 20 haul the manufacture Inn
t.er 10 market. and this timber Uas
unavailable. since TIE constru ton
~ me railroad. all tins timber has
t,oe, rendered very valuable. aui % is
b.inx cut and sold rapidly a. good
,ri~.s Consequently quantity ~
money ~ turned lose here which
makes business good
Nffer the timber H. cut and re-
,.,orrd from the land. 30 viii 10 near
D. cleared w. and = small amount =
tas.~f Will get % in shape FOR the
es-ontiugsd sn Second P@sey
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
state Advertising

II J. Il stewart. Of Morgau-own. W
Va kept his word. and I presume ~
did ne appeared before the LeSisla-
furc OF West virginia last Friday %
urge an appropriation OF S"f-"'' i"i
the purpose Of advertising tho re
sources q the state. Mr.. stewart :
quoted as saying that y is his .''Hei
mat II Virginia and Mary land s1ouid
ioir with West Virginia in wide All
xe-tiSing campaign. they would .'-
tract many persons from other state
Nh. woiis settle within their .s'fiie. ~-
and great development IN agriculture
fruit growing and other productive
enterprises would follow.
We said that oregon and WasE.n--
ton have been 50 widely advcrti-rr "f
rruif-rrowirr States that this i1i Csc
o., las been greatly developed 20 the
nrorf ~ the Commonw ealthS. and
hat Virginia. IVES Virginia and
Nn~rfard are better states for apple
growing than either ~ the N'f'ffif
states mentioned. and have lI-H us
A. o., ssards 81 acres 81 cheap itu IS
suitable for apple Ero@inc. wh. ao"
produce rracttcalls n"thins
Commenting or Ir. stewart go
MARIE and eTorte. the Norfoi. i.-tig-
cr-Dispatch says.
~. are inclined to believe that Sir.
Sfe-va~fs plan - one whica Nir- ria
vogfd do veil 30 enter upor. the
agricultural possibilities 81 'hIs state
have not been exploited 49, they should
l.. The issuance % an auuufl re-
,.,rf hv the state Commi~stoucr ~
k~ri.ulture. which report alta na 81
circulation Of consequence. 81 not the
eorf Of advertising which H. o. i1ired
n she population and prcdrrtifiis ~
~ state arc 20 b. increased.
What ~ required - advertiser in
-refiums o. wide circulation. and
ftces arc the sort Of mediums We as
anne AR stewart corfempla.cS usir-
m fhc right sort - advertising - lone
there - mo- doubt in OUT mind tnA
.~ct ra,k may BE- done FOR the
II -..,. ,l..s.1h its cmrlos 1acnt 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
INDUSTRIAL BITS
ALL OVER STATE
Observation-Disclosures Highway Is
Coming-The Dear Old
Hills and Mountains.
FROM SEA TO ALLEGHANlES
Doings Of Eastern. Shore Pro-
duce Observation-Disclosures
Gets Tobacco Contract.

Smoking of the forthcoming
,,.entietb century highways that are
To- aid in making Bristol and an IT.
GINA famous. the Bristol "e'''io
saws.
~Of the Bristol Washington hiGh-
wav the $50 miles from Bristol To
Roanoke is practically all proVius"
for except thirty miles IN MontSoin- =
cry County. and the citizens OF mat
county will see that their part OF me
road IS built in due time The results
accomplished by this organization III
the nfr~n months of its existance are
remarkable. The highway will be To-
lated and surveyed from Roanoke 10
Washington this year. and the indi-
cations are that its construction VIII
nronptly follow In the meantime.
there is a toll pike from Roanoke by
Which Washington may be reached
The plans for the Bristol-M"u nt%i''
CITY highway and the Crest Off Blue
pidpe highway are progressing sat
isfactoriIy. Some Of this road ma
baen constructed 1t - planned 10
make this highway the approach from
Bristol to the Appalachian PARK lee
serve and as soon as possible 10 kel
the Federal government to construct
roads throughout this park along the
crest of the mountains east OF BITS
toll.
The go miles Of the Bristoi-LeN-
inrton Highway. which traNerses the
historic old Wilderness Road. involves
more actual construction than any oi
the other highways. but thos" IN a
positiou to know say this ROAD VIII
b,. completed in \ few years
of the ninety two miles from BIS
col 20 Elueheld. all hut twenty five
rniles have been constructed or let TO
e.ufrast
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02

course the work should he tntruStcd
to the best expert obtatnable az oi"rI
That fb.. money should not b. wasted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02

The Bristol Herald ourier SAYS
Aesiu The 'Icrrcs-rc lcEi-isfurc has
an opportunity co. amend Tho states
marriage Law so 80 fo put stop TO
virginia children coping - Tennessee
rhi- - matter thar should not -
f,trfhcr neglected by he men VINO
NIKE fhe laws o. Tcnnrs~re
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
Hint for Administrative Board.


This hint comes from the Hartford
Times. published in a citl tha1 IS sew
eral thousand behind Richmond IN
population. and mile or two short Of
thiS city in area II the proposition
discussed is good for Hartford. 81
would hc oven better FOR Richmond ~
IS e rather long story. hut 10 - wei
worth reading. Her. 10 is.
Attention has recently been called
20 Z. now method Of disposing Of the
refuse 81 cities so IS - obtain 9ro-
at instead Of loss ia the business.
IT,. article TO which special refer
euc. ls made appeared a. an editorial
in the Boston Medical and surgical
Journal but rests 20 part ~ least
..r "a previous article on th" New York
Times 20 relates specifically TO
what isl known - the Fried ~ stem
and as used iu three Of the larger
German cities is applied only 9" ash
carbaa- and street sweeping Thus
used al Flerth. Bavaria. q town rot
far from the size - Hartford. it is re-
fort.d - Thoroughly sanitary and also
hi..f,lv economical To begin with. the
81, required the use OF particular
form q galvanized iron cans. which
uere supplied 40 moderate ccswt and
.h. ~. al which was obligatory The
,-,~har. is collected by electric wagons
ana fhr~e and the cans are 80 con
ssructed that both are tightly closed
exrepf when the can is inverted ovef
ffe wagon Then bT a single move
.-erf the COVERS of both are removed
and tho contents 81 the can fall into
fte wagon. With the removal - the
ar both covers are closed. Success
Give zanrs take out the wagons as
fasf u.s. she's are needed. ~ the de-
struefiou plant the separate recep-
fa.irs which make no the body 81
e...H ua1ou SIRE lifted hJ crane and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02

chase city IS ever on TIE alert 90
secure al the new enterprises pa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK S. WOODSON,
Industrial Editor.

This column is open who have something 10
saw of suggestive nature and who willing to make hints
and looking the better Development OF the eooo
old States of VIRGINIA Virginia and North Carolina ana
who can hold their down in issue to from
200 words Such communications addressed 10 e
Industrial Editor will receive prompt attention
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
Hear th, Wise County News

These old hills and mountains are
.,..cf.us To US and reppse 81 our Wis
ion As Sweetly - AZ angel on \ mis-
80, Of love But We are not willing
- follow the lead Of the Sandy VAL
L.. News and scale their rugged clinS
"a inward climb until from their
,,,iied SUBMITS We could stand Hst-
footed and tickle the stars
This tWythel is ore ~ the wealthy
mites OF the state % Virginia ana
-. tbe mast Few years has made rapid
s.ri5.s toward the goal TO which All
.r.bftious people should strive a.
~c,,b This state - prosperity and
..r,sress cannot BE- reached single
t,,dcd or bv n few working Tor 81.
or n internal strife and disseni.on ex-
lists among US
= savs the wytheville Enterprise
Tn. National Biscuit Company IS
huildine a fine warehouse ~ stanton
md proposes TO make that ambitious
town one 81 its distributing points.
The sunny south overall and
cIothinq Company. which has been
located In the town of Franklin
,rroueh the good work % the houns
Ncn.s Business Association Or that
tom. j. running its overall factory
sfeadilv. - now employs about
.Uersv-n v Ia nds. and Is iookiue Tor
more.
chase city IS ever on the alert e.
secure al the new enterprises in
.c-ootJnurd On second Pasc)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
ON ROAD FIFTY YEARS.
Joseph Bliss Of Fort Dodge on His Last
Trip Over TERRITORY.

Mason City. July 1l.-Col. Joe
Bliss. of Fort Dodge. was In
city this week for the millionth
time in his history so 1t is thought for
he has been travelling salesman for
the Howe Scale Company for ATTY
years and has had this same territory.
most of that time. Years ago when the
Park hotel, Main and Sixth streets.
was the leading caravansary Of north
Iowa, Joe was selling scales. Then
most of the hotel owners OF Mason
City were in knickerbockers. Sam
Foster was a bell hop at the Park and
Joe was considered one of the oldest
timers then and Mr.. Foster Is not old
but he was not born yesterday. This
present trip Is the last one Mr.. Bliss
expects to make. He expects to re-
tire and be good the rest of his days.
He and his wife have saved a COM
potency in the interval Of time and are
on easy avenue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
whit.d Library Trustee Nineteen Year.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora. July 11.-Stephcn Whited.
who for nineteen consecutive years has
served as trustee of the Eldora public
library, has rendered his resignation to
Mayor Newcomer as such trustee. For
many years Mr.. Whited was president
of the board and was holding such
position at the time Of his resignation.
Mr.. Whited has other claims to dis
tinction on account Of faithful service
rendered. For three terms he served
Hardin county as auditor and he was a
member of the first convention in the
state Of Michigan which endorsed John
c. Fremont as president on the whig
ticket In 1856. For many years Mr..
Whited has served as justice Of the
peace of Eldora township and is such
official today. Attic past the eightieth
milestone on lifes journey he is men,
tally alert to- the questions Of the day
and is possessed of wonderful fund OF
interesting political data of the early
days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
FORMER STUDENT DROWNED.
Giles w. Clark Loses Lite in Pacific at
Ocean Park, Cal.

Cedar Rapids. July lit will be
sad news to the many friends Of Giles
w. Clark to learn that he was drowned
Thursday morning while bathing at
Ocean Park. Cal. No definite news
could be obtained other than he had
been drowned. and that as yet his body
had not been recovered
Mr.. Clark was for several years the
foreman Of the mailing department OF
the Republican. He was very eff
ficient man in this position. He saved
his money and went to the state col
lege at Ames from which institution he
was graduated with honors.
Just prior to his going to California
last May, he was employed as assist
ant superintendent of the U. S. Gyp-
sum works at Fort Dodge. He was
thorough official and rose rapidly
AT Ocean Park, California, he started
in the Gypsum business for himself,
and he had very bright prospects for
success.
His parents, who reside at 1926
Fourth avenue. are grief stricken, and
anxiously await more definite news.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
CALL SPECIAL ELECTION.
Maxwell Citizens TO Vote on Electric
lisht and Power. franchise.

Maxwell Citizens 70 Vote on Electric
Light and Power, Franchise.
Special TO Times Republican.
Nevada. July 1.-THE electric light
and power question is again up be-
fore the people OF Maxwell and at a
special meeting Of the council held
last evening that body passed an or
dinance granting to the Maxwell Elec-
trio Light and Power Company, con-
sisting of G.. E. ,Lookingbillg and w. C..
Enfield. "a franchise FOR. the erection.
maintenance and operation OF such
plant. J, fi5 a e.;
A special election has been called for
Aug. 3. at which time the electors Of
the Incorporation will vote upon the
question. It Is understood that the
newly organized company has con-
.tracted with the Iowa Railway and
Light Company for a continuous cur
rent to be secured over q service line
from Nevada In the event Of the
election resulting favorably 1t Is prob
able that the new company will be
later absorbed by the Dows syndi-
cate. s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
registration here shows i.i52 mem.

rsgistration here shows 1852 mem.
bers In attendance. #
OF the two thousand druggists In
Iowa 1900 are members Of the assoc
citation. Burlington was chosen for
thirty ffth annual convention in 1914.
George Miller Of Marion, Iowa, was
elected president.
Other officers elected were:
First vice PRESIDENT. H. Snyder,
Tama.
Second vice PRESIDENT. G. Becker.
Dubuque.
Third vice PRESIDENT. G. Brolsma.
Woodward.
Treasurer. NJ. Lindley, Winfield.
Secretary-Al Falkenhainer. Algona.
Executive committee-H. S. keables,
Pella; j. D. Roger. Coon Rapids; w. w.
Haire, Fort Dodge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
-
News Of GIadbrook.
IN Times-Rep,,blic,n

Special to Times Republican.
Gladbrook, july I.-Mr. and Mrs. F..
W. Johannsen returned from their
honeymoon trip on the lakes of Min
nesota. They were married recently at
Alden, the home of the bride.
The city fathers are thinking of Dor
ing another we'll. The water we are
now using is too hard on the boiler Of
the pump station.
Horace Houghton tried to run an
auto the other day for the first time.
He speeded her to the limit and turned
the car upside down. He was pinioned
under the car, but was rot seriously
hurt.
Farmers are starting 20 cut grain.
Haymaking is in order and the crop OF
both is good. Corn never looked better,
The Jones chautauqua started here
Tuesday under the auspices of the COM
mercial club. The attendance is good.
A building boom has struck our city.
Eleven modern residences have gone
up and one brick building on Main
street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11
srArlsrlcs COMPILED ~ STATE
SHOW INCREASE WITH GROW.
ING POPULATIONS.
BUT ONE OF LARGER CITIES
MAKES PER CAPITA REDUCTION
Gradual Variation Indicated in Figures
So Far TabuIatsd-Food and Dairy
Department. Finding Much Ice Cream
Of Poor Quality Being soId-:county
Examiner at Work.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 1.-THE leading
cities Of Iowa do. not differ greatly as
to the amount Of the taxes which they
collect for various forms of municipal
activity and support of the local gov
eminent. Reports from number Of
the cities Of the state have been re-
ceived at the office Of the state auditor
and are being tabulated by George
Gallarno, chief of the bureau of munici-
pal accounting. They show some
changes in the percapita of money to
be raised under the levies, but in gen.
eral great similarity, with taxes higher
as cities grow larger. Some of the
cities that have reported show the fol-
lowing as the per capita o. taxes levied
this wear and last:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-11

Dubuque.
James Cridder, aged 81, wealthy
farmer living near Peosta, Dubuque
county, committed suicide by hanging.
He was overcome by heat July 1 and
has since been acting strangely.
Clinton.
The Clinton city council ordered the
erection Of two new fire stations, one
at Lyons and the other to take the
place of the building on South Fourth
street.
Clinton.
With the requirement Of the Lamb
Boat enginee works, Delaware cor
poration, another Clinton industry is
secured. The plant which has been
employing small force will now give
work to fifty men.
Sioux City.
The strike Of Milwaukee railroad
freight handlers here has failed. Some
of the strikers have sought their jobs
again. and the remainder of the places
are filed with laborers. The office men
who were brought in as strikebreakers
are being sent back to their posts.
EIkador.
A tornado visited the eastern por-
ton of Clayton county Tuesday night
unroofing buildings. The roof of can
ming factory was deposited in front OF
a passenger train. disabling the engine
All telegraph and telephone wires are
down.
Monticello.
Richard Cartano has sold his farm
located two miles west of town, to John
A. Beischer, of Castle Grove for $16(
an acre. This farm was bought by MI
Cartano less than ten years ago FOL
one-half the sum which he received
for It.
Cedar Falls.
The Simonsen Bros. were awarded
the contract Monday evening by the
city council Of New Hartford to furn-
ish that city with an electric lighting
system. The work will be commenced
at once and soon the little city will
enjoy an up to- date lighting plant.
Charles City.
An automobile burned here, when
Willard Smith. owner. a rural carrier
was delivering mail. He had travelled
three miles from town when the fire
started from some unaccountable reas-
on. The mail was thrown tossafety. He
carried $1,000 insurance on the. ma
Fort Dodge.
Closed down for repairs and I'M
provements for a period Of four
months, the wheels in the oatmeal de-
partment Of the local Quaker Oats
plant are moving once more. The first
work was started when a force OF
men were put at work cleaning and
driving eats and the process OF roll
ing oats will be commenced. Oatmeal
will be the only product Of the plant
here for a short time and the work
will all be done for the present In the
old buildings. Some OF the new. Inn
|provements are nearly completed
Among them IL the large four story
warehouse located on Csktral avenue