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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
RICHMOND BANK
MAKES RECORD
ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF ~ PER
CENT PAID BY UNION BANK
FOR 1919.

The Union Bank of Richmond
made a record for prosperity in the
year 1912. that Is surpassed by few
financial institutions In the country.
The bank has paid handsome divi-
dends ever since its organization, but
the directors capped the climax at the
recent annual meeting by declaring
one of 25 per ceDt---which, so farssls is
known, sets the pace fer Richmond
banks.
The bank now has a capital of
s21a,750 and a surplus of 1899, 1S4.7S,
including the profits on unsold securt-
ties, and it's stock was declared paid
UP after the stockholders had paid In
but SIS per share, though the par
value of the shares of $50.
The Union bank was organized on
May 80. 1866. with Isaac Davenport,
Jr., as its president. and James MIL
Ter as cashier. 1t had quarters in a
small corner of the building occupied
by the First National bank, and last
June purchased this handsome build
ing-No. 1104 East Main strickland
has its permanent home there. The
building is splendidly equipped for all
the modern requirements of mod
ern banking business, with great
vaults and safety boxes and rooms
for women patrons.
In the past six years the bank has
made tremendous strides along the
path of business success as Is evil
denced by the record of dividends,
which climbed from 6 per cent. per
annum in 1906 to "a per cent in
1919.
The president Of the Institution is
r. b. Beasley. and the cashier, George
w Gill. The directors are. r. r. Ar
J. r.. BeasIey, Charles Dav-
export, NJ. j. Strauss George w TIL
Ter. S. w. Tompkins, and Gordon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
THREE YEARS ADVANCEMENT OF
RICF IMOND FROM CIVIC STANDPOINT
Mayor George Ainslie interest
ingly Reviews the Transfer
nation Effected in a Very
Brief Period
BY MAYOR AINsTIE..

Your request that | write an article
telling briefly OF the position that
Richmond holds among the cities of
the country for publication in your
Sundays issue is one that / should
like very much to comply with. but
| am unable to do so because of the
shortness of the time, and the un-
availability Of the latest municipal
statistics from which to make such
comparison.
The greatest growth and improve
ment in Richmond has been within
the past few years, and as published
municipal statistics generally run some
time behind, should in any event, be
forced to use figures that would not
show the Richmond of to-day.
Progress fin Three Years.
1t has occurred to me, however,
that IL might be interesting to tell in
the paper that celebrates the third
anniversary OF its birth Of some of
the things that have happened here
during its short life. / take it that
the last dozen years have Witnessed
the greatest growth, development and
Improvement in the city that have
occurred in any period of its life of
double that length of time, and 1t is
probable that the three years of the
existence of The Virginian have re-
corded the greatest advancement of
any similar period of that dozen.
III an article written in the year
1903 on Richmond. Virginia by my
predecessor in office, occurs this sem
tence; The present population of
Richmond is 1l4.000." To-day, TAX
ing the latest government census and
making the standard, annual addi-
tons thereto authorized by the gov
ernment's figures. we have popula-
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
SALES OF LOOSE. LEAF
. TOBACCO BREAK RECORD
January Just Closed Show Ins
crease of Over MilhonP ounds
Over Record of January
1912

Sales of loose leaf tobacco on the
floors of the Richmond warehouses
for the month ending Friday smashed
ill records both I'm the amount of
the weed sold and the average price.
The remarkable increase over the
sales recorded in January. 1919. La
so great as to furnish indisputahie
evidence of the growing Importance
OF this city as tobacco market. Here
are the figures furnished by Secretary
Winfree. OF the tobacco board Of
trade:
The OfYiciaI Figures.
Loose leaf sold In January, 1873
s,e7a.7s7 pounds; average price, ss,f4.
Loose leaf sold In January, 1879
2.012. 200 pounds; average price, $S.h4,
Secretary Wfnfreess report shows
also that for the four months ending
with January. since the season began,
s,s34.S47 pounds OF dark loose leaf
tobacco were sold on the Richmond
market at an average price OF $50
per pound. as compared with $685.
5sa pounds sold for the first four
months OF last season, and an aver
age price OF sS4s.
The breaks last week kept up the
record for January, averaging about
100000 rounds or dark loose leaf,
with prices stronger toward the close
OF tho week than they have been
this season.
The best price last week was $50.
which followed the top notch OF s2S
of the previous week, and s25. which
had been the previous high record for
the season.
Getting Good Prices.
One Of the best individual breaks
recorded was that OF c. f. Paine, of
GoocirIand, who obtained an average
of sis,7a for hFs entire crop of dark
leaf. Monday sales will again be
held this week to keep up with the
heavy movement OF the weed. and
warehousemen and buyers are ex-
pecting the offerings to keep pace
with the preceding periods III the
present heavy business continues, and
tobacco. men see no reason why TX
shouldn't. the February records this
year will even exceed the record
breaking totals for January.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
PARAMOUNT SCHOOL
HAS A CLASS DAY

The Z p class of Fafrmount school
had Its class day exercises in the
school hall Friday night at s.s5 p NJ
instrumental solo by James Sampson
and a vocal solo by little Miss Mamie
Rouse were much enjoyed by all pres
ent. A little operetta. Mother Goose
and company. rendered by about
thirty-five of the school children, was
very successful, and met with hearty
applause. Assistant Superintendent
A. HI. Hill was present. and after an
encouraging talk delivered the ele-
mentary school certificates to Beulah
Tucker. LAURA Schiagel. Richard
Thomas. Cradle Mitchell, Jessie Ed
wards. James Sampson. Inez kelium,
Writ Christian, Margaret Efechier,
Isabelle Afbertscn. Louise Hicks. AL
bert Flournoy, Edgar Rouse, Herbert
Gentry, Earl Davenport, Helen Per-
klns. George Tisdale. Arthur Mahoney
and Violet Sterling,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

any city as an educational center, and
Is excelled by only q few cities in this
country of more than 100000 popu-
lation. az
The Growth Steady. Ct
From the public school standpoint
the growth has been steady. Within
the last five years the city has spenf
on school buildings the sum Of $66esx
079.5S. There are at present und4ks
construction buildings which, wh&ms
completed, win cost the city $3.50. CO.,
The total value of school pr0pef&A
{public) is $1,5S2,905.51. 1t will thu0s
be seen that of the total value 0&
school property in the city OF Rich
mond. nearly two-thirds has been a6xS
CURED within the last five Year,
which shows the advance that xA&s
city has made toward accommodAktlSxe7
Its school children and giving th&1&
proper school equipment. Every n8N
building is modern in conStrl1ctf653x
with q good system Of venttlattq1s
heating and sanitation. II RIchnAmE
continues its efforts for better ach06
for five years longer no city In t&
South win compare With II tn ach0&
houses and equipment.
The John Marshall high school ~
OF the new type Of buildings
opened for the first time in Septem =
1908. The cost for grounds, buil6f%
and equipment was SETS. 600. ~ NET
q good plant its curriculum hnS
greatly broadencd, and to-day II
dent can secure In thu high ackq61
education preparatory To golfers n
meal school, or the trades. n 5sS
The enrolment fcr tlse
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
NORMAL ACTIVITY IN
REAL ESTATE CIRCLES
No Deals of Magnitude to Ruff
file the Surface, But a Period
of Good, Solid Business

The past week In real estate circles
was one of those steady, quiet periods
presenting no ruffied surface in the
way of deals of magnitude---that Isl
none that leaked out--but a week OF
ordinarily good business, in which
some transfers of passing interest
were recorded.
This much must be said--the pro-
phets went little awry: January
has not been the busy month. agents
say. that wiseacres predicted 1t would
be, though that statement doesn't
mean that anybody is complaining OF
hard times. for SO far as Richmond
realty is concerned, as the old song
has it, hard times will come again
no more" 1t is no secret that values
are climbing, climbing-one climb
wouldn't be forcible enough to express
it--and the men who dabble In dirt
are making money. Furthermore, rhN
agent nowadays doesn't have TO turn
over so many deals In order To pull q
fat weeks wages" out of the pot.
Real estate that doubles In value in q
pies are so multitudinous that no jeai-
Gus outsider could point a finger at
isolated cases."
Where Most Activity Is.
To get back to earth. There is no.
ticeable activity in West Cary street
in the way of transfers and that
means improvements, and improve
ments that are salready under way,
and continued activity In railroad
valley" which has been mentioned
frequently of late. Some TOO feet
have been sold In that section in the
past three weeks, and the opening of
Fifteenth street will undoubtedly
work wonders in that section. trans
forming that end of the valley" from
a wilderness into a Paradise in the
shape of big wholesale and manu-
featuring establishments
SCOTS addition took a squirt last
week. too. four blocks In that section
changing hands. The purchaser and
the price are kept under cover for the
time being. The property that
changed hands was near the belt line-
Green 4 Redd are handling the rail-
road valley property. and Gibboney A
Nuckols are pushing the SCOTS adj
dition section. This latter firm con-
tinues to do land office business Iii
unimproved property on the Bouie-
ward. in the neighborhood OF the
lake, which Is selling like hot cakes.ns
Still Westward, Ho!'
Westward. ho," has been the cry
In realty circles for some time, and
the record is jusufying the faith OF
those who got In on the ground floor
For instance, Gibboney a. NuckoIs sold
the past week lots in the Boulevard
section to the extent of $4,000.
fCentinted an Third pa~aN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

The monthly average for the FIVE
closing months of the year was $i,-
726,043, and the estimated total real
ty transactions. based on these fig-
ures. was s$20,712,516.
Here are some figures for previous
years for comparison, In order to
show how Richmond--and incident
ally the real estate business-is grow
ing:
Total sales of real estate in 1905,
$6,i72.540.
Total sales of real estate in 1903,
$I3,4s5,292.
Total sales of real estate In 1910,
$13,426.95s.
Total sales Of real estate in 1911,
9155l0 016
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
DOCTORS TO HAVE
ONE DAY OF REST

BERLIN. Feb. THE Physicians
union. Of Greater Berlin. has crgan-
lied TO establish Sunday rest for
the doctors The city IS 20 be divided
into districts in which a rev persons
will take care of the practice cf hose
who are resting. The following sun
day the other physicians Will work,
etc The bylaw provides that no
physician shall attend to the patients
sof another. except when the latter is
resting The scheme will begin on
March LIST
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
YOUTHFUL DEMELTCTs
SENT TO GRAND JURY

Clarence Pegram and Kirk John
son. each nineteen years old. were
held for the grand jury by Justice
Crutchfield yesterday on the charge Of
housebreaking. The boys admit that
they had been robbing various houses
within the past week or SO. They
admitted breaking into the Times
Dispatch office building. and the
Tower Einford Electric manufac-
turing plant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
HlCHWA YMAN GOES
TO THE GRAND JURY

Upon being identified by Harry
Cirich, In Police court yesterday, Will
liam Anthony, colored. was sent to
the grand jury by Justice CrutchfieId
ON the charge of highway robbery.
He is alleged to have held up Ulrich,
assaulted and robbed him. The in
jured man was confined to his room
for nearly two weeks
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
B Y N O.RMlA.N.

to compete with any set of merchants
on the globe. Augmenting this they
have systemized into economic ef-
ficiency. and waste elimination: have
extended their trade zones and de-
yeioped new fields for outputs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

that square and fair deal that. IL for
no higher reason, policy has proven to
be the modern plane Or Successful en-
sdeavoT. q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

aftei the completion of the pubIi- cation of this notice, to-Wit: with in ninety days after the 9th day of July, 1913, you contribute your prupurtipn of such expenditure incurred n performing said an-. nual labor and improvements. which is the sum of one hundred and th!riy-ti:rce dollars and thir- ly-iiIIrr ctut>, your interest ln in. claims will become the prop erty uf the subscriber of this mo- tlcc. your CO., -oWncr. who has made the required expenditure, by the terms of said section.
 Da!cd al Valdez. Alaska. this 3tfi day rf April, 1913.
 $. X. TEMPLE.
 Date "f first pub. April G. 1913
 Date of last pub. July 6, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
SUPPLIES: ! :: FOR
 SOLOMON. 1: ! BASIN

The Yukon brought two cars of wooden slave piping and one car of cement for the Alaska Water. Light & Telephone Go. The ce- ment will be used to raise the dam and the piping for the water pow CT to be generated in the new power house now built in the ba- sin. The balance of the piping is expected to arrive on the Samp- son and part of the machinery may also be on the same boat.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.
(By George Fitch.)

A telegraph operator is a man with little flexible wrist, and an enormous capacity for going without sleep.
 Most telegraph operators are employed by railroads. Their du- ties are to send and receive mes sages, sell tickets. make out re- ports in car load lots, set out semaphOrc lights, hustle baggage, deliver express, and keep the rail road property in neat and or derly condition. After a telegraph operator has done these things a few years, he knows more about the railroad than the president, and has to be promoted in order that tn" company may make use of his knowledge. Most railroad officials were once telegraph op- orators.
 There are two kinds of nperat- ors--day OheratOrS and night op- orators. The latter work all night and play haII all day. A night operator can get along without sleep at all, except what little he is able to snatch in the depot while the train dispatcher, a hun 1 drcd miles away. is trying tu wake him up.
 The telegraph operator in a small stat ion leads a carefrcr and romantic life. cummuning over the wires with the whole railroad system. and calling for help, when bound and gagged by train rob bers. by pounding his telegraph key with his ear. The small town telegraph operator is the biggest ! hero in town to the small boy, except the man who plays the cor net in be band, and can always gel most of the work around the station done free nf charge Dy boys who hope tu be able some day to rrceiN" long messages with an important ar, while lI pas srngrrS are pounding frantically at Inc ticket window.
 If the operator becomes very ; skillful h" gets good wages. and goes to the big telegraph offices, where he leads a life of toil. If he remains plug in small sIa- tion, he gradually learns the oth- CT branches of railroading, and becomes station agent or super intendent. It is the ambition of rvrry telegraph operator to so rise that he may some day be able [" look down upon train dispatcher and tell him to go to and have ride in his new auto mobile.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913. To II. Muir, your heirs and ad-
 minlStratuTs, and to- all whom
 it may concern:
 lou are hereby notified and will take notice that l. Inc sub 'Scriber. T. E. Dougherty, have expended during the year A. D., 1912, one hundred dollars (Sl00J in. labor and improvements upon the Minnie" lOde mining claim. Said claim is situated and lies in 'he Valdez Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, about six miles from Shoup bay. The mo- lice of location thereof is of rec ord in Book $ of Records, at page 370. in the office of the United States Commissioners for the Nal- deg Recordin@ Precinct at Val deg, Alaska, to which book and page reference ia hereby made for a more particular description of said claim. Said expenditure was made for the purpose of holding nossessnry riehtsand tile to said mining claim under the provis- ions of section tWentN-lhree hun dred and iwenty-four of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments there to, providing for the annual la Dor upon mining claims, :, said am4unt being the sum required lo hold said mining claim during inc period ending the thirty-irst day of December, 1912.
 If you fail or refuse within ninety days from the personal service of this notice, if person. al service be had, or within ninety days after the publication of this notice to contribute your propor- lion of such expenditure as a CO., nWner, your proportion, being in the sum of eighteen dollars and sgyenly-tiye acents (St8.7b), your. interest ilLsAid claim will become the prop6fty of tho subscriber, who is YGsF ,Ge- -6Wner, and who has made sflle etpenditure and improvements, as above mention- ed pursuant to the provisions sDf '',f Daied sI'i Valdez 5aldez, Alaska, AprHss.' 1913.
 T. F. DOUGERTY. ; Date first pub. April 2i. t913.'
 Date last pub. July 2G, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

star No. ," claim; the "Mother Hllf' claim; the "Beacfl"s claim, and the Last ChanceY claim the location notices ofssaid claims be- ingSof record in the offioe of the Commissioner ana Recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning annual labor on min. ing claims, being the amount re- quired, to hold said lode claims for the period ending on tpAst day of December. 1912.
 And unless within ninety days
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
PRAISES
 .GlO:|v||ERN|0jRF.sj7RQ , R B l ]
Says Public Service Has Been Greatly Improved in Alaska the
 Past Few Years.

Seattle. May 21.--EX-Governur Clark reached this city last night, and in an interview he stated that the public service in Alaska had greatly improved during his ad- 'ministration, the recommenda- tions made by him had been gen. .crally followed and had made for better service in the territory.
 He praisM Governor Strong and predicted an administration of progHeSs with the constant de- .vclopment of the territory in the next four years.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
Vanished Things.

There are no birds in last year s nests. they're gone. with all their young: there are no laughs in last years jrstS, however we'll they're sprung. There is no news in last years sheet: the things tha; happened then and made us pranre on anxious feet, are ches = nuts now ln men: There is no wheat in last years sheaf: it's ground and gone to dough-: there are no tears in last years grief, no walls in last years woe. Some folks are always looking back to things that are no more: they wiring their hands and cry alsck for pleasures gone before. They don't admire the birds that sing with ardor in he wood; they say the birds that sung last spring were fifty times as good. They don't enjoy the gentle breeze that ruSiles 'iu and fro: i've had no jim crow winds like these" they mutter, long ago. They don't appreciate the flowers that scent our modern June; 'alas." they sigh, "for bygonc hours. when ev- eryone raised prunes.' And # these people dwell in bliss. when gone to Kingdom Come, they'll sigh: "Confound harp like this .--I wish I had a drum.' The world is brighter now, today. than err it was before, and foolish is that fretfM jay who sighs for ,things of yore.
 WALT MASON. /
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To William Hogan.
 You are hereby notSABaEtllat l have expended duringl year 1912. one hundred Airiy- 'hree dollars and&s tKiT three cents, lawful money Df se Emit 9d States, in labor and lf1 ove- lnents, upon your tworni 32esin- lerest in those certaiH34 lJns lying and being on Kff6 Is- land, in the recording nY4Eifl0t of Valdez, Alaska, which are KnDwn as and called the Shamrock" cIailnj the Tramp claim: the
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
Clean Up.

Clean up day, Thursday, May
 go, everybody do their share and we will have a clean town. Clean up your back yard and the street will be cleaned by the city au- thorities.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Tom Parker, Tom Dnnohue. Ed. Dickcy and w. Scott will be pas Scngrrs un ihe launch ridalgo to- morrow for down sound points.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
LOCAL. ITEMS ,

The Valdez Bank & Trust Co. and the bank of S. Blum X Co. have arranged tu close their hanks on Friday. May 30, which is Decoration Day.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Mcdowell. one of the principle owners of the Cash Creek mines, near Seward. arrived in Valdez on the Yukon to attend to some bus mess for the company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Talk about your bargains at Adler's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Mr. Rice, of the AnlHl2aniairI Copper Co.,. left for Ilianma bay to inspect some copper prospects in that region for his company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Captain Whitley, inspectors of hulIs and boilers, is in town on he business of inspecting hulls and hui"rS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

\ little huy whose father had happened to Im Philadelphia lawyer as very much puzzled ov- er the theory of evolution and so questioned his mother thus:
 Mamma am l descended from a monkcy?'
 ''.I don't know." the mother re- piled. 1T never knew any of your fathers people.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer and jeweler. is at the Valdez Drug company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
TIDE TABLES
Tuesday, May S7.

Tuesday, May 27. High tide, l:4i a. sm., 6:ii p. m. Low tide. l1:37 a. m.
 "Wednesday. May 2s. High tide. 5:5 a. m., 1:23 ?. m. Low tide. l2:36 a. m., :3Hp. m.
 Thursday, May 2a High tide, 7:I6 a. m., S:0Bsp, m.
 Friday, May 30. High tide, s:3i a. .ln. .-S1io ?. m. Low tide. 2:l6 a. m., :06 p. m.
 Saturday, May 31. High tide, 9:3i a. m., 9:i2 D. m. Low tide, 3:3i a. m., 2:A7 p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

The new cement safe for the bank of S. Blum X Co.,. is now started and will Ire completed in a few weeks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27
A young negro walked into the

A young negro walked into the office of a prominent lawyer in Louisiana and said:
 Boss. 1 kum to so see you 'buul ecttin' me a 'vorcrmcnt."
 "What'S the matter, Jum?' said he attorney "can,t you get along with Mary. or have you found some other girl you like hrltcr?'
 The negro. with d grin. ad- mittrh that he had found such a girl, and asked:
 "M'hat you goin'er charg" me, Mr. Charlie?"
 Fifty dollars. John," said the attorney.
 The negro moved uneaslly about tn" office. scratched his head, buf dti not speak. After a few minutes the layer asked:
 "What's the trouble, John?'
 II just tell you. Mr. Charlie, ' said he. "th"re aint no fifty dol- lars difference in them gals
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-27

WANTED-A cook: inquire of Col. O'Neil at Fort I.iscum.