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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-30

- gossryations taken at 8 a. IA, sevenrv-aFsb r,r
4leLaL lLne- Air pressure reduced 10 sea level
4sobAI.s continuous lnc9 pass through rlSfSf-
OF equal air pressure. IsOrHERlrs dose ff71-7
pa7s t1nIougn points Of equal temperature. drawn
OnLy Ior zero. freezing, e0'. and 100.
y clear; . partly cloudy; 6 cloudyr
" rain; 9 snow; O report missing.
Arrows ny with the wind. First figures tarnrs.-
syoIes second. precipitation Of .Oi inch OF NOR.
it. VIM te409'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-30

ing the master wheel at the Prescott
water works chief engineer Mark
Ferguson had his right hand so badly
crushed that his arm had to be ampu-
tated at the elbow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

ployment to all who want work; we
should be thankful that Il mer'
chants have been prosperous and that
they are doing a bigger business this
year than last; that we have opened
up many new stores during the year,
and that there has not been a bust
ness failure in the city during the
wear; We should be thankful for the
ready money that lies to the credit oil
our people in the strong banks Of the
city; that there is a minimum OF pow
erty and suffering to be found in our
midst; that we have been free from
pestilence and plague and that the
death rate has been very small from
ordinary causes; that our schools AMI
churches are in u Furnishing condi-
ton; and above all things else that
we have been so favored by an all
wise Providence as to be permitted to
be numbered among the living in
s,Icl, a favored community to enjoy
all these great and bountiful bless
ings. The citizen of Fairmont Bho
cannot be thankful today IS indeed
to be pitied. ~ :
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
A NEW SOURCE OF WORRY!

We have often known people to
worry about a deficit in their bust
ness but it is left for the Postmaster
General and his department to worry
over a surplus. A deficit was expect
cd in the postoffice department for
the last quarter and instead a COM
Portable surplus Of something like
s1O,0OO0OO is discovered. The re-
Eport for the quarter has been held
back several weeks to investigate the
accuracy of the report and it was af-
ter some investigation thought that
the s~urBtds would possibly reach S.
O0O, 600, but the ten million mark
was such a summing surprise that it
!. created considerable doubt as to its
accuracy.
The postoffice department is doing
an enormous business Since the par
eel post was estabIishGdEand it may
be that the surplus has come from
! this source. This surplus has3again
caused the agitation for one cent
letter postage to take new life and
II the department. can show a profit
on the regular business under the
present rates it will no doubt follow
that the rate will soon be lowered on
letter mail. This should not be done
at the expense of good service, how
ever, since the letter postage is. a
very slight tax upon the average
| family, being only about fifty cents
: rer year. The reduction in the let
ter postage will be Of far greater
~nenefit 10 the large business mar and
the business firms than to the aver
age citizen. The clamor for a re-
duced letter postage comes in a very
large measure from those who would
be the least benefited.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
Utilizing the
Underground
Utah Waters
MISUNDERSTANDING THE FOE,
NATION UNDER SOIL OF
THE STATE.
RESOURCES OF UNDEvELOPED
AREAS ARE BEL1EVEDy
TO BE LARGE.

With the settlement of the region
around Great Salt Lake came the
adoption of irrigation. The water OF
the mountain streams and springs
was led upon the %parcled but rich
soil and the desert became dotted
with productive cases, each support
ing an agricultural community pro-
portionate in size TO the stream or
spring by which it was sustained. In
many of these communities expansion
practically ceased when all the nor
NAL stream flow had been appropriat-
cd, but in recent years the limits 81
the desert are being persisiently
crowded bac'., GrG lore and m3Tc OF
5thc waste lana IS leiE; cccl%med,
This agr.o@s.%:l, t"G".a ~ ;tSaeing
accomplished by the coastFtctionH"ot
reservoirs to conserve the flood wa.
Sters that formerly u to waste by the
Improvement Of irrigation methods
whereby the sam amount of water is
made to irrigate more land than for
merly. by the application Of dry
farming methods to large tracts tina;
lie near the mountains and are f.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
c0nRrEsY As A BUSINESS ASSET:

The other day a man entered a
r;ew York establishment and APP
preached one of the employees.
WHO are you?" snapped the en-
ploye. apparently indignant that any
body should disturb the calm OF
those precincts. 80.
Whcreip6n the caller took up his
hat, which he had laid down. ana
left the place. Before he left, now
ever, he explained:
81 am q man who is though buy
ing from your house as long as you
are here"
So this. concern lost business
through the, insoienCe Of this en-
Move, that. probably would have paid
her wages manya times over every
year. { eu =,
The Instance is valuable because Il
illustrates so much. h
A surly, disobliging, insolent en-
ploye can undo all the work that the
manufacturing department and the
| selling department have been at So
much pains to do.
Maybe it isn't just 10 form a judg-
ment of u business concern from the
first employee of that concern you
come in contact with, but it is very
human and very natural.
No business can afOfrd to have III
ans price employees whose discour-
Lesies may at any time affront u Gus
toner.
1t is just as cheap TO be pleasant
and agreeable, and Infinitely more
profitable. j..
That's to think of il courtesy isn't
a natural habit with yon.-Dulutn
Herald, a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
Welsh Singers
Are Excellent
MANY MUSIC LOVERS Missed
RARE TREAT BY NOT AI
TENDING.

The music lovers Of the city MISS
cl a rare treat lsst night by filEt
hearing the event Welsh Singers ut
The opera house. We say they miss
cd it because they we're not there.
Only a few people were out to lear
this noted troupe Of vocalists from
the old country. Those who were
present, however, enjoyed the epser-
lainment and so much enthusiasm
was shown by the small audtsncc
that the singers had to respond to
encores repeatedly and apparently
sang with the lest as ifgthe
house had pse IL .illed.
There are ..iteen male voices in
the company and so well trained are
they that nothing can be said in
criticism to their program.
MIR. Deshon has not in a long time
brought a better attraction to the
orera house and naturally he felt
sorely disappointed at the small
house, which means not only a con-
siderable financial loss to the house,
hut the singers as we'll. These sing
ersshave thrice appeared before4the
crowned heads of Europe andSthis
issttfe third tour Of this country
The BeIasco theatre at washington
and the Carnegie Music hall, BITS:
burg, were packed to hear thesesthg-
crs where they appeared with atea-
Wy guarantee.
Some d the audience who appFe-
dated the singers lust night redasst-
cd Mr.. Deshon to hold them overStor
another entertainment this Afternoon
assuring him that a good house
would be present to hear themsbut
such arrangement could not be made
as they were booked for Clarksbdrg
for this afternoon and evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

A United States judge delivered an
opinion recently which will explain
some things to some people. The
question came up over a book which
was held to be lewd and indecent by
parties who wished it excluded from
the mails. The court held that so
far as the mails are concerned, the
intent governs rather than the text:
That is to say, II a person seeks to
send matter through the mails, pre-
pared for an indecent purpose, he
violates the law, but not otherwise.
Under'a other construction, said
the judge, the Arabian Nights, many
of Shakcspearc's plays, Voltaire's
writings, and even the Bible, nigh!
be excluded from the mails.-Galli-
polls Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

Dor: when the boy who is aged less
than two years, upset a bucket OF
scalding water upon himself. Ply
sicians were summoned Immediately
and everything was done to save tn
life Of the child and to relieve his
suffering.
The child's mother is a widow, her
husband having been killed in 4 mine
accident a year ago. Since that time
with her child she had resided with
her grandparents. The remains were
Inferred today under the direction OF
Undertaken Musgrave.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
CAUSE FOR THA{AS.

To enumerate all the things for
which Fairmont should be thankful
would be quite a task. We SHOULD
be thankful that we have a new rail
road building into the city with an
extension expense of over a million
dollars: that we are going to begin
the paving OF every road in Fatrmcnt
district early next year thereby put
ting nearly a half a million dollars
more into circulation; we should be
thankful that we have discarded the
old form of councilmanic misrule anG
established upon its ruins "a more
modern form Of government, the
commission piar; We should be
sthankful that we have good men
Nominated to- fiji the offices under
this new plan Of government; we
should be thankful that We haYA
Jumped from eighth place to fifth
place in population, and that we IN
creased our population, over night
on the 18th day of September from
9.711 to 1859, an increase Of las
per cent, by establishing a Greater
Fairmont; we should be thankful
that all the mines, factories and bust
ness enterprises of this region have
been busy all the year affordtng EN-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

delivered as springs and in part
wasted by evaporation from the des-
ert. This water could be recovered
before it reaches the desert by mod
crateIy deep wells sunk on the lower
part of the alluvlal slopes, Although
there have ben no developments It
Is not Improbable that a strip OF land
oneshaH to three: I0uE this mile wide
md 10 miles long lying Just above
.tie line Of springs, cohldf be success
fully irrigated by pumping from
wells. In this strip the depth. to wa
ter is probably less than so feet and
although it is not far above thu. des-
crt 1t appears Ito'be underlatn by
coarse material that would yield wa
ter"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

vored with more rainfall than most
of the desert, and to a small extent
by the development OF underground
waters by means of artcsian wells or
pumping plants.
Geologists Study Underground Struc.
ture.
In order to determine TO what fur
ther e{teat. it may be possible to de.
velop Tie underground water rs
sources Of this region the United
States Geological Survey has Iust
published a report (Water-supplyPa-
per $3.50 as the result Of an investi-
cation by Everett Carpenter and ",
B. Heroy. The area covered by the
report includes Boxelders county ant
part Of Tooele county, Utah, and
some small tracts in southern Idaho.
Some single western counties r as
large as entire eastern states, as may
be inferred by noting the area treat
ed in this report-9,5OO square miles
or more than the combined area OF
Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The report deals with the topo.
graphy, geology, rainfall, vegetation,
soil, and other natural features Of
the country; the SOURCE, and disposal
Of ground water in thc'area, the mr.
tesian conditions, springs, nonflow-
ing wells, and the quality Of ttie'wa,
tiers found in the various valleys.
Some twelve valleys and particulaI
regions are described separately. ThS
Following remarks on Boxelder coln-
ty indicate the character Of the9sfe-
port.
Undeveloped Areas Probably Water
Bearing.
owing to the lack Of irrigation
supplies a large part OF western Box
elder county has remained without
permanent inhgbitantssand fence
there has ~beenFlittle incentive Lc
drill or dig for ground water, devel-
opment having been practically limit
cd to the areas along Etna and Ma
hogany creeks. Nevertheless, in 9th
er places good water could probably
be obtained by moderately deep wells.
"The Pliocene strata whiclHr rest on
the western slope of the Grouse creek
mountains are in part porous and
they appear to- extend beneath the
unconsolidated loke beds that occupy
the central part Of Grouse creek VAL
lev. Some Of the water that falls as
rain sinks into these porous strata
and probably finds its way Sbcneath
the central part of the valleI There
are, therefore, prospects for obtaiA
ing Successful welsl in the area that
lies between the junction OF Etna
and Mahogany creeks and the Twin
Mounds, and perhaps farther south
Owing to the fineness Of the grain
of these beds the yield Of such wells
will probably not be large but9%la
be sufficient for farm suppliesa
"Tho lofty Pilot Mountains re.
ceiyc a large amount Of rain, and
snow, and much of tile resulting
Ter doubtless finds its way into2the
loose gravel at the upper limits of the
alluvial slopes and travels slowly 10
tho lower levels, where Il Is I'M part
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
lake OF THE DISMAL SWAMP.

'.'t " E' r-.r ~. 30 r
They made her a grave, too cold
and damp
For a soul so warm and true,
And she's gone to the Lake of the
Dismal Swamp,
Where all night long by a FREELY
lamp
She paddles her white canoe.
and her FREELY lamp soon shall sec
And her paddle l soon shall hear.
Long and loving our life shall be,
And IN hide the maid in II cypress
tree
When the fOotstep of Death is
near"
Away to the Dismal Swamp he
speeds.
His path was rugged and sore,
Through tangled juniper, beds OF
reeds,
Through many a fen where the ser
pent feeds
And man never trod before.
And when on the earth he sunk to
sleep,
II slumber his eyelids knew,
He lay where the deadly vine doth
weep
Its venomous tear and nightly stcep
The flesh with blistering dew.
And near him the she wolf stirred the
brake,
And the coppersnake brcathcd in
his ear
Till he, starting, cried, from his
dream awake,
"Oh, when shall | see the dusky Ia.=-
And tile white canoe of my dear?'
He saw the lake, and a meteor bright
Quick over its surface played.
Welcome" he said, my dear ones
light"
And the dim shore echoed for many j."
night,
The name Of the death cold maid.
Till he FOLLOWED 4 boat Of the birci'
en- bark, T'
Far, far he followed the meteor
spark.
The wind was high, and the cloud:
were dark,
And the boat returned no more.
But oft from the Indian hunter:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

I az Y q nj 4 hnman evan /
s, {. u
en- 5.I,.h.. n ob,igirg si;s
$500 X t-a1sr.nca 4er :
y ss,nrsma
pS,t bor hours no long. The DAYS
.h,s da, "a Gbr,stmas vii
si,od ,Eiths sdio,,s routine
IIanv an syenfng she will %
hon,a With aching limbs and brow.
horried hy eySctine duties. and, per-
hans tried nv a petulant and unsym4
naihetic nnbItc,
This suggessts a line OF human
duty for yon
You can. IN, your attitude toward
these young %omen, and without in
tending il. loo, impose wauton, cruel
Ity,
You can help the salesgirl IN the
following ways:
Do your buying at the earliest
convenient day,
Tlo n earIy in the week, and early
=
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

We should be thankful that the
slender structure, called a bridge,
across Coal run has stood up under
an increased traffic and that no dis
aster has followed and that there is
a prospect of having a wider AMI
stronger bridge to take its place in
the near future.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
THE RIGHTS OF THE sAIEsGlRL

Yesterday properly marked the be
ginning Of that period which VIC have
come. to recognize as the Christmas
shopping season.
This season, rich in IFS privileges,
is also irsught with obligations.
One oisthese obligations relates to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

We should he thankful that our
turkeys did not come from cold stor-
age with the cold storage price at
tached thereto, and that while the
price is high enough it is no higher.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
BAXTER CHILD D1ES'AS raa I
THE RESULT OF BURNS,

y Ellsworth, the little son Of Mrs:
william Rogers, died yesterdaya&:
tie home OF his grandparents, MA,
and Mrs. Richard Morris at BaxteS
from the effect of burns received tho
day previous. The child and his
mother we're at the homc Of a neigh
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

We should be thankful that the
people have awakened TO the neccs-
sity of having another bridge across
the Monongahela river to reach the
p. & n. railroad when It is complet-
cd.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27
Canp

.l camp
THIS lover and maid sortTue
Are seen at the hour Of the midnight
damp
TO cross the lake by a fircfly lamp
And paddle their own canoe.
Thomas Moore.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

We should be thankful that the i.
& o. has told us that the night trains
will soon be restored to the local
schedule.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

We should be thankful that there
is still some hope of a new b. & Q.
passenger station and freight depot.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-27

Be thankful that while you do not
have everything your own way, that
the other fellow does not either.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par.
ish of st. Mary.
Emile Gajan vs. Geo. c. Kenaga
No. 1903.

BY virtue of an order of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable 23rd
Judicial District Court in and for the
Parish of st. Mary, State of Louisiana,
and to me directed, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, have seized
and will offer for sale, for cash, without
appraisement, to the last and highest
bidder, at the front door Of the Court
House in the Town of Franklin, Parish
of St. Mary, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A. D., 1918,
between the hours of IL o'clock a. M,
and o'clock p. M, the following de-
scribed property, to~wit:
All and singular the following de-
scribed property, situated in the Par
ish of St. Mary, Louisiana, to-wit:
Lots or tracts numbered one () and
one and one-half ID containing
eighty-nine and O8-100 acres, more or
less, of Mathilda Plantation, accord
ing to the recorded plat thereof, to-
gether with all the buildings and i'm
provements on said property situated,
rights, ways, privileges and servi-
tudes thereunto belonging.
W. T. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Parish of St. Mary,
La, October l3, 1913.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
Surprising Cure of Stomach
Trouble.

When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don't
imagine that your case in beyond help
just because your doctor fails to give
YOU relief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plain
field, N. j., writes, "For over q month
past I have been troubled with my
stomach. Everything I ate upset it
terribly. One of Chamberlain's ad-
vertising booklets come to me. After
reading a few of the letters from peo-
pie who had been cured by Cham
berlain's Tablets, I decided to try
them. I have taken nearly three
fourths of q package of them and can
now eat almost everything that /
want.h. For sale by all dealers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
G.. w. ABEL
PHONE 159 FRANKLIN, LA.
For Sale.

Residence, containing eight
large rooms and two halls,
and lot measuring 83 feet on
West side of Second Street,
800 feet on North side of
Adams Street and 83 feet on
East side of Third Street,
with large barn and all out:
buildings.
For price and terms apply
r. EMMET O'N1ELL,
Franklin, La.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
FOR SALE

WE SELL 1T FOR LESS.
Sash, doors, blinds, man
tells, columns, brackets. glass,
paints, galvanized iron roof
ing, cypress cisterns, etc.
Send your inquiries to us.
BUILDERS SUPPLY Co.,
New Orleans, La.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
Special Notice.

I wish to notify
the public th a t
there is no truth in
the report that he
Specially Store is
going out Of busi-
ness onJanuary1 1st.
We have received
a large stock OF
new Fall Goods
and solicit your pa
tronage.
LOUIS LEVY,
Franklin, La.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-25
For Sale.

One top wagon, one dump cart.
six loads of hay, thirty five bar.
rels of corn, ten acres Of land with
building, onion seeds and button
onions. Apply to this ONCE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-31

imagined, the committee has met with
many obstacles and discouragements.
Threats have been made against us,
both political and personal. We have
even been threatened with indictments
ourselves We have been misrepre-
scented and criticised in the press. Elk
IRENE efforts are being made in our
respective towns to defeat those of us
up for reelection. And for what? And
think you by whom Simply because
We have tried to do our duty to the
people Of this county. We have done
all the Jaw permits US to do. We have
candidly reported our actions to the
board. with the expression OF our dis
appointment al not being able to do
more, and with the result of the in
vestigation thus far. And with the
recommendation that the incoming
board pursue the investigation to the
end. Our action met with the unani-
nous approval of the board. And if
the present board is returned, II may
be confidently expected by the people
that the investigation will be contin-
ued 10 the extent of our ability.
If the manifest attempt to divert the
investigation into a political issue sue
ceeds, the people ought to be able to
guess at the outcome. How far Mr.
Trevor is Influenced by political and
personal considerations, we are un
3 able 10 tell. The fact that he is a can
didate for the Moline postoff1ce should
not influence him to lend his position
and influence to oppose those merely
, trying TO cooperate with him in the ad
ministration Of justice
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE II. RICHMOND
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-31
COMPANY Is NAMED
TO FURNISH LODGE

The purchasing committee Of the
local Masonic bodies has decided TO
buy the lodge furairure for the new
temple from the f. H Stafford com
pany Of Chicago, he goods to be han
died through the firm Of Clemann d
Salzmann of this city. No decision
las been made get as TO which Of :
dozen competing firms shall be given
the CONTRACT for the general furnish.
ings Of the temp e-the parlor and
lounge room fittings and fixtures.
The lodge furniture viii cost il the
neighborhood OF 81, POO TO $1,000. The
specifications have not been made yet
and no contract has been drawn. but
the general samples and prices Of
the Stafford company backed by tins
guarantee of the local furniture firm
caused 1t to be chosen for supply
ing the goods.
The remainder OF the temples fur
Eishings VIII COS. in the Aeigh5or
/. hood of $1,000 or 5000.