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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09

kind friend and wise counselor and
in the management and disposition
OF their estates coming Under his
control he was scrupulously faith
full, and honest and capable.
Public regret because of his resig-
nation will be exceeded only by that
arising from the state of his health
which impelled his resignation.
From Atty. Otto w. Arnquist,
Hudson, Wis
1t was with sincere regret that |
learned of the resignation of Judge
Weld as county judge of Pierce
county. Of course his serious ill
ness was we'll known to me as we'll
as to his other friends and the fear
that death would end his long and
useful career has been with us for
many weeks. Nevertheless there
had remained with me a hope
Slight it is true-that he might rally
and his vigorous constitution and
splendid heredity pull him through
and give him few years more of
usefulness in the office he has so
signally honored.
My association with Judge Weld
has for many years been of the
pleasantest kind. He has held
court for me and | for him and
through these relations | have
come to form quite a high opinion
of him as a man and judge. He
came to the office of county Judge
many years ago when the import
ance of that Office was only begin
ming to be recognized and appreci-
ated and he did more than any
other man in his county to
place his office and the con-
duct thereof on a proper footing, Ii
is but recently that people have
come to realize the great import
ance of the county court. The fact
that all property in the county pass
es through that court at least once
in each generation, that all admin
istrations, guardianship and trusts
are under the direct supervision of
that court and that often there is
nothing but the good sense, sound
judgment and frmness of the
county judge to prevent serious
losses to such trusts, have caused
thinking men to realize more than
formerly the Importance of this
court and to insist that the same
shall be filled by men of integrity
and sound Judgment Judge Weld
found the office with indifferently
kept records and slovenly practice
and though the emolumentS were
pitiably small he did not stint his
efforts but gave freely of his time
| Oil LdlCnI lAduJ L1IllCO IAC oAoO W
the salary he received. He restored
the practice, improved the records
and above all, he gave to the work
his whole strength and set an ex-
ample for fidelity which should be
emulated. He loved the work and
has earned from the people of
! Pierce county the regard that be-
longs to high minded, efficient pub
lie service. l sincerely trust that
be will live long to enjoy that re-
gard from his friends and neigh
bors which his high character and
services have so abundantly earned
for him. And now when he leaves
the office which he bias SO long &C.
cupied he should receive the com
mendation, well done good and
faithful servant"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
Corn Crop Short in Freezing
Section.

Freezing, Va, Aug 2sth.
hrom Inquiries made of a mum
Der OF farmers representing diff
leFent sections of the county, it
has been learned that corn
crops viii not be as good as
lhey were last year. The usual
estlmate is that corn crops will
lall short by about 30 per cent
rom last years crop. News
rom the adjoining counties of
ike and Letcher across the
kentucky border is in effect
mat the shortage will be about
the same there.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
NOTICE

The Daughters Of the Confed
eracy will meet Wednesday a,
Scpternber the Sth, at the home
of Mrs III A. NleNandcr, at
lmbodeu Va. An members
having ears viii please invite
those they wish to take on Tucs
day, and leave the Gap promptly
at o'clock.
This being the last meeting
for the year, the members who
have not done so, are requested
30 bring their dues in full.
Roll call viii be answered with
a Current Event.
SECRETARY.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
No. IS

considered oil "a snlutary and
approved - medicine, n standard
remedy for many disorders.
Then what is our duty to the
sick To anoint them with oil
and pray for them should
think not unless this is the best
remedy for broken bones, dis
located joints, Appendicitis.
etc. Certainly there is no
Scrlptural or rational ground
tor the rejection of approved
remedies aud resting IN faith.
expecting cure If we would
follow iho Scriptural example.
we must use the most approved
remedy at our command IN con
necton with prayer. and until
we have applied this remedy.
we have not done our duty L.
tine sick nor can we nationally
expect the sick 10 be heated. \
groundless faith is a supersti-
hon and can bring no result
but disappointment. In case of
"a disease for which science pre-
scrlbes no remedy, we might AS
we'll anoint with oil az To do
something else, or if we are 20.
ing 10 try the power of our
faith in raising tho dend. we
reject, m this case, all remedies.
for science has no remedy for
denth ! 30 not mean to he
hard or unfair, but am sure
that every Intelligent communi-
~ would have more respect for
the faith healer ia his reiec.
ton of remedies, if hn would
test hls miraculous powers ON
che body OF "a dead man instead
of a sick baby Tho reason he
does not do SO may not he OBJ
Nous Go everyone.
by no means let us think thnt
che Scriptural example of
amounting and prayer for tie
healing of the sick teaches the
rejection of approved remedies.
'ut rightly interpreted 10 teach
es Just the reverse.
W. n WAGNER.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
Production of
Coal in 1914

lhe production of coal i'm the
united states m lNll was OK
coeded by that in only two
previou7 years l0l2 aud 1918
lu loli the total production of
anthracite aud hituminous conl
amounted 90 jl3.525.i77 short
toms, valued at S6sl ,loO.Gt3. ac-
cording to e ~ l-esher. of the
DnitM States Geological sur.
Ney La 1918, the year of great
est production, the total was
itl, 9602l1 short tons.
ln lHli the value of both bi-
luminous and anthracitc coal
decreased slightly more than
the tonnage. but the decrease
ga anthracite, the more valna-
bic output, was slight.
Tine production OF anthracite
IN Pennsylvania decreased from
sl,1l0,Hou long toms (0I.52l.g22
short tonsI valued at $l95.lSl-
ia, no 1913, 10 SI.O10.G3l long
tons Ho,62i ,5OT short tonsJ.
valued az Slss,lSl 800, i'm 1911
The total production of bi-
luminous coal aud Ignite de
creased from l7S. 435,207 short
tons I'M 1918, valued 40 s565.-
28t.025, fo ~ ,7O3,07 tons i'm
i9li, valued al fl93. 3Og.2il
The decrease IN the produc-
ton OF anthracite was due i'm
part 20 mild weather during the
winter in the area where il is
used almost exclusively for "a
domestic fuel aud in part to de.
creased exports 10 Canada.
The decrease in the prodnc-
tion OF bituminOus coal was
generally distributed over the
country but there were seven
states IN which the production
IN l9lA was greater than i'm
laiJ. Two OF these States
North Dakota and South pa
kota, produce Ignite only. and
make relatively small output.
New MeXico's increase was due
70 ability to supply markets or
dinarIly furnished by coal from
Colorado, which in 1914 suffer
ed from serious strike. The
other states that showed an in
crease were West virginia
Kentucky, Michigan. and ore,
gon- The greatest decrease
was in Pennsylvania. whose
output fell off almost % 900 900
tons The most notable de-
crease was in Ohio, where, b.
cause of strikes, the decrease
was over 100000 tons or
nearly half, rs compared with
1918.
Henry Ford's breakfast is
sad to be n cup of tea. Now
you may cease to wish that Won
could change places with Hen.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
A Birthday Party.

Miss Margie Witt was the
hostess of very enjoyable
party Thursday afternoon from
four to six O'Clock iu honor of
her ninth birthday at the home
of her parents, Mr and Mrs.
Wiley Wit.
The merry games were played
ON the big lawn untlisiX o. o'clock
when they were served with
refreshments consisting of de-
hcious ice cream and cake and
candy.
Those who were present were
Misses Louise Nickels. Grace
Mahaifey, Evel IN Alsover.
Mildred Wolfe, Frances Daugh.
erty, Anna Barron Collier.
Margaret Baker Lydia Chest
nut, Hazel Fuller, Julia and
Josephine McCorkle, Glessie
and Aletha Witt.
Margie received several pretty
little gifts from her little friends.
all who wish her many more
happy birthdays.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01

Henry Ford's breakfast is
sad to be a cup of tea. Now
you may cease to wish that you
could change places with Hen.
ny.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
AMOUNTING TIE SICK.

Why did The disciples anoint
with on when cnstug outdeyils
and healing the sick MARK
Dl3l / quote from the Popular
and Critical Bible Encyclopedia.
lie Orieutals are indeed
strongly persuaded of the sana
tive properties of oil. and 10 was
under this impression that the
jews anointed the sick and ap-
piled the oil 30 wounds lPsa.
iOals; lsa l;G; St Mark G:l3;
James 5:lN Amounting was
used in sundry disorders. as
wen as 90 promote the general
health of the body lt was
hence, as "a salutary and APP
proved mcdicant, that the sev
enty disciples were directed TO
anoint sick Mark 6:lS), and
hence also the sick man is di
rccted by 81. James to send for
the elders of the church, who
were to pray for him. amounting
him with oil in the name of the
Lord"
Why then did they anoint the
sick with oilf Because they
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01
Maximum
Force in Field.
Germans Have 100000
Men in Two Battle Fronts
at Present.

London, Aug. q. a state.
ment from au authoritative
British source ON Germanv's
strength in men and her losses
wns made puhlic here. The
statement asserts that about
July 80 the Germans had 500.
600 men on tho western battle.
front and 100000 ON the east
crn front-n total Of 3.2OO.OlO
men on the actual lighting line
while there also were l.l2O.-
900 Austrians opposed to the
Russians There were. besides
large number OF German
troops of various classes iu gur
risons, Qualifications aud un
lines of communication, u ad
dition 90 convulescenis, nvu-
lids aud others.
10 us impossible 10 say. thc
statement declares. chow far
the reserve troops have been
armed and equipped, but the
nrt that the total numbW of
mru ON the two fronts is onl,
-J100o, appears 90 SHOW that
tns is about thc largest NUM-
beer the Germans are able to
put fully equipped into thc
Sighting line.
l'he Germans from % Iaic|
hurtly after the outbreaks oft
Tine war; supplied the LOSSES in|
tnmr first limo and reserve
troops from tlie second and even
llle third line, SD thatitis Safer
ro regard all tine German troops
300 Che lighting lime ns much of
the Same quality as iu thr FIRST
few months of the war.
lis calculated lhnt thc GrstI
iine troops lost about ST. perl
cent boo casualties and the ne
SERVES about 25 per cent, thWrI
places being taken by recruits
from the l4lf class and from
collier catcgories and reformed
uuits, including tine lYl5 class
of recruits
Since linen thry have apniu
lost about 5l per cent in cusunl-
tlrs $40 probably There Remains
only about 70 per cent of theI
orlginal hrst line troops. tol
which must be added Che men
s.lghily wounied who havo re-
tnrned Go Che lighting line
Tine German casualties n
Nilledi wounded and missing
reported DO June 3u totalled
.ai4,iti men, of whom 1ldI33l
we're Killed lj,sus died ol di-
aeAse, aud 5lm723 either arr
missing orprisoners or are So
seriously wounded as toput them
onl of action for the remainder
nI Che war. since Juuc3O There
hls been heavy fighting
Assuming thnthalfumill
men were only slightly wounded
and recovered, the elIcctiveloss
rs assumed to amount to l.01o
Nll, in addition 10 which prob
ply half "a million men are
...IHH..Is.H nt.N ..-..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-09-01

Mrs James f. Roberts, of
lnman, Va, left for that place
yesterday, after attending the
funeral of her father, Mr.. j. b.
Childers, few days ago.
Bristol Herald Courier.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08

of thousands Of acres Of irrigated land
in Idaho, Transforming the desert into
valuable and productive farms His
splendid executive ability helped those
whom he had brought to these western
fields wrest success, contentment and
wealth from their venture.
Fred Reed has always been found
on the firing line and smoothing out
the rough places for others at his own
expense. He is big, broad generous
and often misunderstood He Is Il
mixer with people, wonderful enter
tainer, writer and orator, capable
business man and splendid citizen. He
is typical of the west and his past
works will grow bigger and bigger as
time rolls on and the people of Idaho
of today and those to come later will
appreciate him at his full worth, for
what he has done for this great COM
monwealth. Idaho has been the bat
tlefield of Fred Reed and he loves
every vale and Hill within its borders
He Is a friend worth WHILE either OF
the trail or in the drawing room, and
at all times is the same plain Ameri.
can who does things.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08
SUBSTANTIAL MINING INVEST
MENTS.

Chances for success in mining oper-
atoms have increased greatly during
the past decade, principally owing to
Improvements in mining and ore treat
Iment methods, says the Financial Rec
ord This is strikingly evidenced by
the fact that ore dumps, once consid-
erred as annoying excrescenees IN the
landscape, are being handled and
treated at a big profit, In former
times the prospector had to play for
high stakes and needed good hama In
order to win; only a high grade propo-
lsition would bring him wealth This
is far from being the case at present,
except in unusual instances where
mining and haulage costs are much be-
yond the average. Nowadays, If he
1 finds a very low grade body of ore ano
surrounding conditions are favorable,
he may feel fairly confident that ms
discovery can be developed into a long
lived mine, which will continue to pay
dividends many years after he is dead.
The modern prospector also has a
chance to find metals that were un-
known or undervalued by his prede-
cessors. If he discovers some of these
modern metals he may account him
self winner.
While there always will be an ere
ment of speculation in mining, there
are many examples of mining enter
lprises in every way as certain as any
manufacturing business on earth. This
augurs well for much needed in
crease in the worlds production of the
precious metals, besides assuring I,
plentiful supply of base metals to
meet the important demands of com
merce.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08
THE MAN WHO LIVES.

Gunnar Bjornson, in MINI. Mascot)
To live in true sense, is to act tt
think
! The man who sows and reaps, who
builds and buys and sells, who creates
and consumes, who is able to put his
thought into brick and stone and steel
who is able to give to the world a
thought that takes color and form, u
thought that lives and moves and has
its being among the struggling mass OF
onward marching humanity is the man
who lives.
And if you will stop to consider, he
/ is the man you read about.
Books are written about the achieve
ments of men.
History Is the record of deeds.
1t is the men who fought and bled
and died upon the battle fields Of the
nations Of whom the historian writes
and the poet sings.
We could present the case for the
unsung hero the man who struggles
and fights and fails-but that story
does not belong in this chapter. We
are here dealing with the case for ac-
tion-extolling action in the abstract.
Action is life, and life is action.
Read your musty old books if you
will.
Dig, delve and dissect among the
Idecomposing debris of the dead past,
If you like, but do not forget thar
that past was what it was, or is what
1t is, simply because at one time it
existed as an active, living present.
II today would live tomorrow it must
bequeath an act that has life.
Education, culture, refinement are
dollhouse plants that need to be trans
planted out in the open field of life ir
they are to be of service to mankind
If you stop to think you will find
that your own unwritten thoughts are
quite as interesting reading as ere
the thoughts you find in books.
You pay man the extreme of COM
pliment and homage when you spenc
hours or probably days cultivating the
acquaintance of his mind at is ex-
presses itself through the printed
pages of his books.
Did you ever stop to think that II
would pay you to cultivate the at.
quaintance of your own mind?
Try it, as an experiment.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08

With approximately 5000 men em-
ployed In and about the mines of the
Occur dAlene district the present
season has reacted from one Of slug
gishness and lethargy, brought about
by low metal markets, to one Of ex-
IRENE activity in both producers anq
prospects. Probably never before In
the history of the Occur dAlene dis
trict were so many men employed in
prospect work Every section Of the
district has felt the impetus of high
metal prices, occasioned by the war,
and with an $S,000,000 dividend year
looming ahead the incentive is pres
ent to get into the producing class as
quickly as possible.
The influx. OF eastern capital to
develop worthy enterprises is making
itself felt throughout the district
while the strength of Occur dAlene
stocks on the New York and Boston
markets attests the fact that the great
records made by the district In past
years have at last made the impress
sion on the investing public that merit
alone marks the activity Of the Occur
d'Alene mines.
Nowhere in the world is there bet
ter opportunities for the investment
Of capital with a surer guarantee OF
splendid returns than in the Occur
dAlene stocks and prospects. only
few big mines have been opened up
as yet. None of them have reached
deep workings, as deep workings are
compared in other districts. Great
areas have never been prospected and
numbers Of present day prospects
have every earmark of giant produc-
ers, given sufficient capital to uncover
the ore bodies few hundred feet UNI
derground, The extent of the Occur
d'Alene district has not been deter
mined by the present work, as the
discovery of new lodges along the
outer rim of the supposed line of ore
bearing zones are reported.
Million dollar deals, such as con-
summated by H. Il. Samuels last week,
but show the confidence of the men
with money in the future Of the dis
trict and their judgment is backed
not only by the wonderful history of
the past few years of activity here
but by the expert knowledge of the
best mining engineers that men of
such means employ,
The future holds nothing but great
promise for the Occur d'Alene mines |
and prospects.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08
PAUL GLADSTONE AGAIN.
idaho Review.

/
Paul GLADSTONE is under discussion
again from end to end of the state.
This because he has become agent for
a tobacco house and is going about
taking orders.
| There is nothing wrong in this last
move. On the contrary, all right
thinking folks will commend the for
mer politician for his determination to
make an honest living.
By some sort of a political juggie
Clagstone was at one time elected
speaker of the Idaho house of repre-
Isentatives. 1t was the worst thing
that could nave happened to him. II
threw him out of proper balance. 1t
created in him the dizzy impression
that he was a statesman
While suffering from this delusion
he ran through a nice fortune, He un-
dertook to be governor of Idaho. He
imagined he was candidate for the
United States senate last year on the
Bull Moose ticket, but he was simply
the dupe of a coterie of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians. In the parlance of the
street "they made a monkey of HIM.
Now the fact that Clagstone has re-
covered his senses, that he has cut
loose from the obsession to hold high
office, and that he has taken up mod
est and honorable line of work is alto
gether to his credit,
There is a lesson hidden somewhere
In this if the aspiring kid politician
will not stop long enough to dig 1t out
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08
MADE WISE.
(Jack Wiley)

NJdCh Wlley1
We've had tough old winter. mates
With bread lines and the like,
With honest men a seekin' work
| Along the dusty pike;
With nothin' dom anywhere;
For labor-not a chance;
And we dead broke, with whiskers on
The small ends of our pants.
We've had tough old season, mates,
With not thing to do;
On uppers, when we used to wear
A swell five-dollar shoe;
With wife and kids a. CROWN pale,
And wearin' ev'ry day
Some rags for clothes, the like of
which
We used to chuck away.
We've had tough old year, my mates
But hungers made us wise;
It's handed us the proper dope
OF where the trouble lies.
We can't have free trade and job
In this good U. s. A.,
1t means no wages for us, mates,
And only hell to pay,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08
GIRL WORKERS ExoNERATED

The city department girl has beer
exonerated of all charges of vice anc
immortality which have been made
against her by morbid "uplfters" dun
ing the past few years. The New York
City committee of fourteen" has jus,
made public report, based upon ar,
exhaustive investigation, which de-
clares that the charge that "it was a
common practice for women employees
to exc out sufficient wages by vice,
and that they were encouraged to DO
so by employers were found to be
baseless"
The findings of the report must have
been source of great satisfaction 10
the maligned Of department stores,
many of whom were Unconscious of the
effort to uplift them by slandering
their characters, but whose moral en-
vironment could not have been great-
ly improved by the widepread adver-
Using Of the uplifters' version of their
When the crusade against vice was
at its height the female workers IN
department stores were selected in
judiciously by those who delight in
sad facts" and revolving conditions
as fit victims of their propaganda. or
course the object of the crusade was
not to injure workers in the stores.
The maligning of their characters
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-08

was an unfortunate but unavoidable
incident to a campaign TO discredit
employers.
We wonder how much publicity will
be given to the truth in comparison
to that given to the false. and whether
the exoneration of the committee Of
fourteen" will dlspel the utterly false
impression of the moral character or
those women WHO work in stores.
which has been spread broadcast in
the name of reform.