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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-15
Harrison's
Coupon Sale
Huge Success
IN SPITE OF HEAVY RAIN PAT.
R0NS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
MARGAINS.s

Harrisonts Department Store is
giving Fairmont a series Of bargain
surprises of late, and their last
venture in the way Of coupon
sale was met with the hearty sup
port of thousands. a glance through
their store would give one the i'm
preston that a large metropolitan
Dept. store had decended to- this city
over night and the! crowds in at
tendance were of such great number
that the clerks working.at full speed
lad a hard time to ecommodate>all.
Mr.. Harrison, the wei known head
of the establishment. is so well
pleased with results that lie promises
a coupon sale every Wednesday
for the future and although the same
goods will never be placed on sale
twice in succession the bargains to
follow will be, Just as great us they
were today.
Good Thing For City.
This should prove very good
thing for. all the people of Fairmont
as 1t gives them a chance once eve
ry weekito buy their needs at prices
lower than was ever offered by any
store in this section of The country.
lN1.Goods Sold As Advertised. Wy
A close inspection OF the goods oh
sale today showed, as was expected,
Ithat prices were reduced exactly as
advertised and the slogan "The Store
That. Docs as It Adyertises. ,seeats
co. have been; attached TO the right
store - Y lt''-
Must Clip. Coupons.
Costumers wishing TO buy goods
at sale prices must clip the coupons
out Of the paper and present them
to the clerk with their order, or else
pay the regular prices. However, 1t
is understood that very little trou-
Bile was felt from this quarter to-
day, as the conditions of the sale
were SO clearly printed in the adver-
tisements.
Must Wake PIP.
Other merchants,wi have to wake
up and use more modern methods IL
they don't want Harrisons to get
all their trade, AS from the stream
of eagerabpyers surgtng. through the
store, today, it. looks as though Har-
risons have things lall their own
Way 80 ia1iSs;! aii
ssspeakspwell OF Paper.
MIR. &c. ?yysysteyens,3 the new live
wire advertising manager at Harri-
sons, speakshwclk,Iofsithe iSsale re
turns from this papefpand advises
everyone toiwatcli for tie big .cou-
pom sale';iadvertisemert in next
Tuesdays paper,4tasi he insists the
bargains if possible will be greater
than beforea} - ~ (Ady)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

citizens the demand was made that
irrespective of minimum cost the
work should be given 10 the taxpayers.
AT one time this demand, encouraged
by some political leaders, took the
form of public mass meetings at
tended largely by the native people,
" no demanded that their small teams
be given work at the maximum price,
irrespective Of the amount such teams
could haul The road board refused
Ito acccde to this demand, and the
trouble soon quoted down.
After a study Of local conditions, II
was decided to expend the greater
part of the road bond funds on the
construction Of gravel surfaced roads,
and years experience with such
roads has emphasized The wisdom Of
that decision The availability of
gravel was, of course. one important
consideration for gravel deposits
were found at an average distance Of
twq miles from the roads being built.
The type of road was a gravel sur
face nine inches deep, laid, wet and
rolled in two courses, respectively.
five and four inches. the width de-
pending upon the traffic, and varying
from to 16 feet. By far the great
er part of the expense involved was
for the hauling of the gravel. Since
this work was all practically Of a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
CHINk is UNABLE
TO REMEMBER NAME
or HIS HOME TOWN

Santa Fe, July 2l-Chin SheN
alias An Charley is In bad flN.
An because he has forgotten the
name Of the town in when ne mas
lived the past seven years ne " An-
gushing In the county jail IN SANTA
Re. Attorney Frank J. lavan, armed
with a large wall map OF the Initcd
states. spent the day tryink 10 help
All Charley find his last place OF res
idenco.
Charleys troubles began when ne
shipped with three others ~ ~ fhse
in a ear carrying horses over lh' ~
Paso 4 Southwestern. some one m
formed United states Attorney SUN
mers Burkhart lie gave the up 20
United states Marshal lludspeth VINO
sem - denntv 10 take the Cinnamon
from the hay before they reached
Tucumcari. One of them was taken To-
iail 1t Albuquerque. another 70 SILVER
CITY. and the third An Charley, 70
Santa Fc. to he held as witnesses
AGAINST one Thomas Martin VINO a
charged with helping Cinnamon
across the Mexican border 10 escape
federAisas. Carranzistas Iapatislas
and other "istas' who seem 10 nave
II in for Cinnamon as much as Tor
each other.
( All Charley Is 81 years old, lie
says that he came 60 the tniteo
states In 1874. which makes MN an
lold timer. But he visited the home
Of his father in 1884 and STAYED
eight years. Then he settled IN Oro.
vile. Calf so he SAYS, where liovu
seven years ago washed away his
home. his clothes and his papers.
Since then, he says. he has been Nv
ing in the southwest but can't re-
member the name of the town. lie
does not want to return to the pc
loved land of his birth. no not even
If Uncle sam pays the fare. lie there.
fore has retained an attorney ana
viii make the fight OF his lie 10 s'ay
with The "Melican" man 10 the end
IL his DAYS But his chances are slim
unless he recolects the name of me
town in which he has lived the last
seven years.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
GUARDSMEN OFF
FOR HOME RIDING
SPECIAL TRAINS

Deming. y. NJ, July 21.-Traveling
in special trains. the various compa-
MES Of New Mexico National Guard
left Deming at 8 o'clock tonight for
home. after participating In maneu-
vers which lasted ten days and
which We're declared by all who wit
messed them to he the most success
full in the history of the state Camp
was broken at O'Clock this after
noon. several hours being required to
Lord equipment. The regular army
battery broke camp at noon and
started On the march to FL Paso.
The battalion of regular infantry will
break camp early tomorrow morning
and start on the way to Fort Bliss.
The morning was taken up with
company drills, award of honors and
payment of troops. Company + of
Santa Fe, won the Governors cup
for the best figure Of merit for the
whole camp. Company l of Deming,
won the trophy. q silver cup, for the
best score on the target range. Conn
pany b Of Carlsbad, was given a
check for S25 as second prize in this
competition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
| CONVENTION IN FALL
-sss.... s....rsa % aonn.aa .aasu...

Santa re. July Federal Judge
W. ~ Pope. president of the New
Mexico Sunday school convention, to-
day announced that two Of the best
known international sunday school
workers in this country VIII be NJ Al
huquerque tor the state Sunday
school convention. September 80 10
October Thoy are MIS- Mary FoH-
ter Rryuer. of Chicago, head Of the
elementary work OF the international
SUNDAY school work, and W O.
Pearco also of Chicago. head of the
adult work Both are faVorites Of the
readers Of me Sunday School Times
and other religious periodicals OF
course. there win Also he other
speakers from all parts Of tie sta-@
The convention this year promises
to be the greatest IN The history Of
the commonwealth.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
How Dona Ana County Spent Its
Hundred Thousand Dollar Road Fund
ODy Francis 4. Ic~,cr)

After bona Ana county had sold
her 100000 road bonds ass a result
OF the campaign referred TO la for
mer article recently published in the
Morning Journal, she faced the ques-
ton OF how best the money available
could be- expended.
Prior 10 the election the county road
board had been bcsct by numerous re-
quests for promise Co spend GER
tain money IN certain localities. The
hoard declined go make any definite
promises combining itself only to a
statement that the first road To be
built would be the main artery Of thu
cuuntNs road system. and that all
reads surfaced and completed would
be. ms far as possible. part OF a con
meeting system serving the largest ton
mage ana population
The wisdom of declining to mako spe-
cific local promises before election has
been amply justified
After the FUNDS were available the
foad board declared that It's action.
would be governed by these three
policies, !. Husinesslike ana non po'
htical administration Of the funds. 3
To perform the necessary work al
minimum expense, securing at al
times the greatest value for the money
expended but subject 10 such eendi.
ton, preference TO be given TO the tax
payers of the county in employment
ts The fullest publicity Of AN actions
of the board, and announcement oi
as much cooperative work between
the county and Interested citizens a,
+ pc ssilAe. These policies were strictll
a6hered 10 throughout the prosecu.
/ ton of the work.
/ Policy Ne. = involved some diff
/ e1iliios. Among a certain class o
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

Of gravel roads, ana the question Of
water supply soon proved to be q ser
ious one with us Where irrigatiug
Citches were available, water was oas-
lily pumped and hauled therefrom by
tank wagons In other eases driven
wells were use1 in batteries OF three,
and the water pumped thercir0m
e her directly on the road where the
read could be flooded, or into tank
Wagons and then distributed by wat
ering. The cheapest method, where
Il was applicable was 10 bucket the
water BY hand labor from bitches az
the side OF the road onto the road
surface.
As IS usually the case, our roads
we're chiefly in the irrigated section
of our county. the plain Of mesa roads
icing naturally har1 and good Mum
orous irrigation often crossings had al
WAYS been a menace to travel with the
high bitches and unsafe wooden
bridges. These were largely replaced
from our road funds by the nstalla
ton of either straight corrugated cnl-
vcrts. or either straight or inverted
syphons. The fear that these invert-
ed svphons would be clogged mp witt
muddy irrigatiug water has not been
st bsiantiated after eighteen months
of trial.
From the 100000 fund available
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

nona Ana county built 80 miles of
hard surfaced gravel foai az total
cost of about $4,000 IL nlsn Graded
ninety miles ot earth roads through
ont the county u secured rs cons
tfibuuun in labor ur cash from ntpr-
tWed citiknns nearly k6,ooN Ii iu-
stalled 2li eurruWted iron culNerts at
IA cost oft over $500. the diameter
varying from o. To- is inches.
Tho question of raad maintenance
has been constantly before the county
read hoard During lhe building Of
the gravel roads banks of gravel for
maintenance ana repair purposes were
deposited at Intervals OF few miles
alons thc road, and these are used
10 make repairs as needed
I'm thc spring Of 1914 tho road
board undertook the planting of trees
eitng the improved roads. More thar
Two thousand trees We're planted nn
Che one ls-nlle stretch of One Canine
Real almost entirely hN Inc state road
tax which under the law VS. required
from cVcrv citizen The main travel
ga roads af the county are now heini
sign posted by "a system adopted hs
the county road board after extensive
Investigation IN other siotes The
san pos's insialled are metal posts sci
Ia concrete. the arms con signs hein.
OF indestfuctlhle malleable steel. WiI
the destination and mileage mnidc,
and painted against a black back
ground
The proceeds Of our SiO0.00o hon'
issue were expended in less than
year. 4 second bond issue for $50.
600 was approved rs large major
/ iiy OF the voters on Juno iSth of thi
I year The people of the county lr
ending That hy actual figures the eN
fIcnditure If our first issue Is pawn
ia div lend of not leas than - pc
Iecnt per annum
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
COUNTY CONVENTION
IN UNION AUGUST 8

Santa Fe. July 21.-G. q. Granville
county chairman. has called the con-
vention of the Union county democrats
for the afternoon of Wednesday, Au-
gust 8. at the court house at Clayton.
A suggestion that a direct primary be
held throughout the county was
frowned upon and precinct conNen-
lions have been called for July 30
The county convention is to consist
of SO delegates and the cal has peeh
issued by Secretary j. }. Duran. "a r
turino Pinard, one Of the democratic
leaders of the county. is said to be
a candidate for the nomination lof
corporation commissioner
In Roosevelt county, X. g. Bryant
and l.. w. Carleton have announced
themselves candidates for the demo-
cratic nomination for the legislature
The republicans will probably nomh-
nate T. ]. Molinari and the progress
siyes, w. T.. Lindsey.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
PUEBLO INDIANS ARE
HELD TO GRAND Jury

SNnia n. July p Five bottles "
whlskey. one bottle OF sour wine and
one iug of sweet vine today decorat-
ed the desk OF Federal Court clerk
Harry T. Lee. lie was merely house
cleaning after an unusually busy term
af court IN which the greater number
of exhibits happened 10 be intoSicnt-
ing spirits
That this rs also the probability foi
the next term WAS evidenced today
when C. s Commissioner Melvin T.
Dunleayy held TO the federal grand
jury under $500 bond. pameslo cato
and Soltero ORTIZ. both Pueblo In
dians. ON the charge Of intruducinn
liquor on the san Juan Pueblo grant
Tho men were apnrehcnded by Spe-
cinl L. S. officer Robert Conroy and
both pleaded guilty
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

pioneer character. 10 became ncccs-
sally 10 determine O. reasonable rate OF
pay, which Was done hN contracting
for the hauling OF gravel rs AN cN-
p0ricreed contractor having ample
equipment The rate finally fixed for
the hauling of gravel was i cents q
yard-miie. and this became after The
preliminary experiment. the fiXea rate
of pay for the hauling at ail the
gravel used. and was adhered to prac-
lu,ailN without variation For The
screening and loading the amount paid
varied from % To 20 cents yard. de-
pending upon the character OF the
gravel
one OF the NEST satisfactory ana
economical methods for the handling
and hauling of the gravel was bog the
adoption of what We Oall the "rarcu'
system Under this plan the county
WAS relieved Of expensive overhead
charges and the lab0rers were more
satisfied by this plan an agreement
Z s made with a leader of boss cover
II ing the screening. leading and haul.
1 ing Of the gravel required. Che coun.
/ e. furnishing only HE screens hut nc
.cther equipment This boss seeks oui
aud employs his own gang, and is paid
under our fixed rate OF DIV TN,
county's sole expense for overhead oi
lperintendence Is one foreman 81
the road who receives the gravel "a
I hauled. ana checks n for measure
ment and quality
The average team hauled Que var,
OF gravel to the load. ln many casoi
two teams We're hhvhed 10 wagon
end trailer. ana hauled without at
ficulty three Yards 10 the load.
The water is one Of the most I'M
rcrtant requirements iu the building
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
steam Roller Projected.

Santa Fe. July 21-As an evil
dcnce Of the thrift Of the board OF
county commissioners. a commodlous
steel building has just been erected
IN The rear ~ the court house. Ia
which the steam road roller and all
thor good roads machinery will be
kept when not In use The steam roll
Ter was rolled today, to the Nsl-
bic JOY Of Janltor henito Amtd, who
WAS BEGINNING 90 turn gray because
et the rust spots that were Appearing
on the exterior of the fnllcr which
hnd been exposed % the elements an
WfuteV
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
Aztec Coun,le Wed.

Aztec. \. NJ, July 2i.--At the homo
81 The rrooms parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. u. Williams on saturday, July Is,
at iH O'Clock noon. occurred the mar
rasc uf neunoi N. Williams and Miss
FNclyn Hoke. Both are popular young
people of this city whtre IN groom
hHs been raised and counts his friends
nN the hundreds Miss lloke Is a ma
tive OF kentuckN. where she was "a
succesffni school teacher. She taught
% tho Aztec public schools last year.
rho runple LETT Tor southern calIfof-
mia ON their wedding tour, whore they
.Nnlll ID IunAIn.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
HORSE THIEVES HEAD
TOWARD ALBUQUERQUE


ESPECIAL eoRRtspoEousos TO MORNING JOURNAL
Aztec, n. NJ. July 2l-Three men
supposed to have been Paul Rowe,
Jesse Mccoy and Lewis Collier, stole
a horse from Walter Anderson at FL
co, one from a Mexican near La Pos
Ia and one from Ed Mcdonald at RiV-
erside. The thieves Travelled south into
this county, and were followed by a
posse consisting of Ed Mcdaniel, Wall
ter and Lloyd Anderson, Bob Frazier,
Pete Finch and Perle Bond The trail
led over from Cedar Hill to the San
Juan river, thence up Gobernador
canyon, whore it was lost. The horse
of Mcdaniel was red roam, 4-year-
old, branded II en- left shoulder II Is
supposed the thieves are headed south
toward Albuquerque
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

Santa Fe, July 21.-The state cor
poration commission made another
cut in the price of living today py
securing reduction from 30 to 81
cents a hundred on the meat express
rate from Bernalilo to Santa re, Inc
rate from Santa Fe to Befnaiillo. 70
Santa Ise had been down TO mat ils-
ure and now Bernalillo can feclpror
cate by sending fresh mutton ana peei
10 the caDital
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

Santa fe July 2i.--r Cooperation
Commissioner HUGH II. Williams. ac-
tumoanicd Commissioners of Public
Lands Robert p Eryicn on an overland
trip 10 Union county. and everywhere
along the way he Is receiving assnr-
ancoa of active support tor his ftnomi-
nation as corporation commissioner on
the straight republican ticket
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

Santa lie. July 21.-1hat Rio Ar
riha is The most Spanish among the
Spanish counties of the
state. WAS brought ont hy the animal
report Of County school Superinten-
dent David J. Martinez, Jr. of We
larde. flied today only 30 Of the
persons between the ages " five aud
twenty-onc in the county are English.
American. the remainder are afl
Spanish American However. the de
sire To have modern schools IT. Just a.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
streams swollen.

Aztec, n, NJ, July 21.-kain for the
past forty eight hours has swollen the
arroyos and streams of this county.
The Estes arroyo bridge, just across
the river bridge at this place, was
washed away about o'clock Friday
evening. Ii is said cloudburst in the
hills north of here caused the heaVN
rise in the arroyo. The big steel flume
Of the Farmers ditch over the Estes
arroyo was also taken out completely.
DAMAGE to the ditch systems OF the
county viii total several thousand
dollars.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

strong IN that county ms elsewhere
and only today the Espanola district
applied for plans for a modern school
house. to have four rooms, With mod
etn heating apparatus and manual
training aud domestic science faclli,
fies " Is To cost $4,000 and is to
replace the old school which n being
bed IN a IoImer snloon building.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22
ANNUAL REPORT
Of COMMISSION
IS PUBLISHED
Volume of More Than 500
Pages Shows Amount of
Business Conducted by Cor
poratIons Of State,

santa Fe. July 2l.-The second an
nual report OF the state corporation
commission which came from press
today. more than justifies by the re-
sults enumerated, the creation of that
commission by the constitutional con-
vention. The amount OF business
transacted. the revenues secured Tor
the state and the advantages proeuf-
ed for The people. are In part appa-
rent by CHANGING through the volume
of more than 500 printed pages
The commission during the p9Al
fiscal year paid S22 10 INTO me
state treasury of which VIZ WV, .
was from corporation fees. $a,3a3
from insurance fees and S3.40 from
miscellaneous fees. That the commits
sion was economical. is shown by the
fact TINT Of its contingent expense
appropriation II had balance oi
st S7Ob7. Tho income fluctuated
from SS53.20 I'm November. to So
eh4.20 in February. when the insur-
ance companies whack uD.
Record Railway Mileage.
The report states that there are
90O2.4O miles of railroad IN the
aiate besides 64160 miles of yard
track and sidings. This il the iirst
lime in the history OF the state thal
he railroad mileage has exceeded
inc s.Ou0 marx. 24.01 miles having
been built the past fiscal year
Insurance business Growth.
The growth OF the insurance bust
ness in New Mexico in the past
tweNe years Is shown by the Iaci
mat i'm 1891 only laos life Insurance
unlcies were I'm force in New Mex
leo amounting to St2.f0l, fO4.s2, win
Sf22.bg2.0S in claims paid ana S2Sb,-
49120 in premiums paid as against
$4,000 policies last year amountlhs
to S2S,l3t.701.0 claims paid OF
S307,G33.10 and premiums collected
Of $S79,535.S0. In addition $50 NE
assessment policies amounting 10
sG2G, 600, claims paid $1,000 ana
premiums received Ss,lO3'59i ~, $50
maternal policies amounting to $lS,-
1sS.2gG. claims paid 1927, 5G4.SS and
premiums collected ot Sl6i, b94.oo
are reported
In 1852, there were Si,O21.799
written in fire insurance risks, SSs r
573 i'm premiums paid, S21,066 IN
losses paid. the average rate OF
premium being sea. while last year
S3gb73197 were written, $5l6,lO5 IN
nremmms was collected although the
average tate was only $l.50, whlle
the LOSSES paid amounted TO Sal2,S5o.
In fidetityz ana casualty insurance
s92b.549sf in premiums was receiN-
ed and S7G.792.5S IN losses was pald,
indicating that the insurance busl-
ness is quite profitable.
The report is chuck fun OF inter
esting corporation and insurance sta
tistics and could be studied with pro-
fit by every taxpayer
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-22

rnnking houses and lots are valued
at si71.gtg.Gl against tlg6.s4l1S. elk
10 sa29, 90S.b0 A division of the to-
tai resources nf the state hanks ami
trust companies of the state would
give each man, woman aud child al
most $50, "a higher average than u
similar division would Yield in most
other states.