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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25
Real Estate
For Sale
Ill., SNYDER 6 co
ShepherdstoWD, w. Va.

The undersigned call attention to the
following desirable parcels OF Real Estate
now in their hands and for sale:
No g. The property known as the Potomac c.
ment Works one mile east OF Shepherdstown on
the Potomac river. Improved large three-story
rick cement MILL with klns, etc, and has upon u
eyeral dwellings. Splendid water-poweT. control
ins the entire flow OF the Potomac river.
No. liz. The old Lutheran Church property IN
ShepheTdStown. This will make an eXceLentWare
residence apartments or still utilized as church or
public hall Large substantial brick building ada
cent TO the new depot OF the n. & w. Railway
Price s., 500.
No. rs. Very desirable farm OF about It's acres
three miles from Shepherdstown. Good brick
house barn and other buildings. Fine young or
chard now in bearing Springs and running water
Good neighborhood. Price reasonable
No. l4o very desirable building LOT in line
location in Shepherdstown. Size oil lot lOSxlGS
Excellent building site.
by PIP feet deep. Viii be sold as whole. or vii
be divided: Good dwelling-house and about 60
feet front. and small dwelling and about 90 feet
front. Well located and desirable property.
No. l49. Splendid Jefferson county iarm OF 200
acres smooth limestone land, unusually beautiful
location. Large brick mansion OF eleven rooms
and tenant-house OF seven rooms. Stables and
terms and stream OF water Price $50 per acre.
No $50 Very desirable little farm OF about 50
acres, on good road, in fine neighborhood Excel
lent orchard. Good frame dwelling house, barr
and other needed buildings.
No. Isl. desirable little farm OF about 60 acres,
near Bakerton Good stone dwelling. large bank
barn, and other needed buildings Fine spring and
running water through the place. Excellent lime
stone land, productive. and par in blue grass.
Persons having property to sell are re-
quested TO place il with the undersigned.
No charges unless sale is made. orpar-
ticulars about property, or any informa-
ton, call upon or address the undersign-
ed, Register Building, Shepherdstown,
w. Va.
n. L. SNYDER 6 Co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25

Mrs. Gnaggs-Before we were married
you used to say you could listen to my
sweet voice all night.
Mr.. Gnaggs-Well, at that time had
no idea I'd ever have TO do it,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25
Minnie And The Ring.

Minnie is an elephant who performed al
a summer resort, and she was called upon
recently to assist at performance not
announced on the bills. She had TO
undergo an X-ray examination, not be-
cause of any physical need OF 1t, but be-
cause she had swallowed diamond ring,
and its whereabouts in her Intervals had
TO be discovered, in order to recover 1t.
According to the Scientific American,
Minnie was eating peanuts out OF the
hand OF man wearing the valuable
ring, when she playfully slipped the saliva
covered end OF her trunk over the fingers
OF the hand in search OF more peanuts,
and. TO the establishment and conSter-
nation OF the man, took the ring along in
Withdrawing it. She quickly tossed it
into her yawning mouth, needless OF the
futile efforts of the owner to make her
drop it. So, TO locate the ring, X-ray
photographs had TO be reSorted to.
Minnie'sSide was marked off into seven
sections and seven X-raY plates were
marked to correspond with numbers
painted on her side. One after another,
the photographs were made Of her inter
ior TO find the exact position o. the ring.
1t disclosed itself in plate No, /. 1t had
become firmly lodged in the throat OF the
elephant. She could not cough it up, nor
would it 90 down. A veterinary surgeon
was summoned, and he probed the ami
mails throat for the ring. The valuable
gem was soon recovered, and Minnie was
none the worse for her novel experience.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25
Hardware Department

Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass Coppd
and Porcelain Kettles, SklIlc's, Wart
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and t.a.id
Chains, Farm Bells, Screen Doom
and Windows, American Fence NH,,
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black H1Si
Corn Shelters, Lawn Mowers f.es
All Sizes Bolts, Loaded Shells, Pow
der and Shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25

"Have you said your prayers" asked
the mother.
"Of course" replied the child.
"And did you ask 10 be made better
little girl ?"
eyes. And put in word for you and
father, too"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25
Health Promotes Happiness.

Without health, genuine Joy is impos-
sible; without good digestion and regu-
lar bowel movement you cannot have
health. Why neglect keeping bowels
open and risk being sick and ailing'
You don't have TO. Take one small Dr..
Kings New Life Pill at night, in the
morning you will have full, free bowel
movement dnd feel much better Helps
your appetite and digestion. Try one
to-nipht.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-25

Itch Itch Itch !-Scratchl Scratch |
Scratch! The more you scratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
For eczema, any skin itching. 5Oca box.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

The professional men of the
smaller towns of the United States
are, or should be, vitality interested
in the subject of Home Town
Building. All of them are quite
likely to see customers pass their
door en- route to the nearest city,
if they are willing to rest content
with conditions which prevail at
the present time.
Il am not interested in the
question of who sells household
supplies or farm implements to the
farmers of this district" says the
Doctor and the Lawyer. Il don't
care a continental whether or not
the town paper goes broke and
quits business" says the Dentist,
the Barber, the Hotel Man and the
Real Estate Agent. Il take one
or two of the big city daily papers,
and am not interested in the local
news of the home paper" is the
usual comment of the average
citizen.
Even the local banker may be
lukewarm on the subject. He,
like the other busy men of the
town, has his eye on the move
ments of the big things of the city
and thinks that local affairs, aside
from his deposits and loans, are
worth only passing notice.
Let US investigate the question to
ascertain whether these gentlemen
are justified in considering them
selves as independent of home
town benefits and Indifferent as to
whether the trade of the farmers of
the neighborhood is secured by the
local merchants, or if it goes to the
mail order house of some big city.
Right here, nine out of ten of the
men in the classihcations named,
will declare that it is rank nonsense
to suppose that any such views are
held by members of their profession
or class. On that score. 1 want to
say, that if there is one class of
individuals on this earth, who en-
JOY what Henry George stigmatizes
as unearned increment, which
means living on benefits created by
others, it is the professional men of
the town in the rural districts.
He is what the manufacturer des-
cribes in his factory expense, as an
overhead charge. That is to say,
he may be necessary part of the
equipment, but he is a non-pro-
ducer.
Now let me repeat that any pro-
fessional man who is not putting
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
''On Trial..

1t is not difficult to understand
the enormous success of Cohan and
Harris latest sensational stage
success "ON TRIAL" which plays
the Lyceum Theatre Duluth, Mimi.
for seven nights and Sunday, We'd
nesday and Saturday matinees
beginning Sept. 10Th. Its mechan-
ical cleverness and structural un-
usualness rivet the attention from
the first to the last scene in what is
beyond question the most original
play the American stage has foster
ed IN quarter of a century.
The main story of the melodrama
deals with murder trial wherein
the jury is put in possession of all
the facts leading to the crime.
The circumstantial evidence is
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

hour to wait for it to dwindle to a
usable size. As a general rule,
the smallest FIRE that will do the
work is the best.
For noon halt, gather couple
of heaping double handfuls of dry
twigs about the size of a lead
pencil. If there are no leaves at
hand for tinder, shave few of the
twigs as finely as possible with a
sharp knife, leaving the shavings
attached to the twig at one end.
AS support for the kettle, set
two fiat stones on edge at an angle
about two sides of the fire with
their rear edges touching so as to
keep the fireplace" from collap-
sing. The bright blaze which this
little fire gives at the start will get
up steam in short order and the
glowing Goals which it leaves will
be just right for frying. If no
stones are handy, the kettle
may be swung from forked stake
driven into the ground at an angle
so that it will be just over the fire.
When more time is available the
fire may be built up by the addition
of larger stuff, but even for the
nights camp the first consideration
is to get the kettle singing and this
can be done quicker over a small
fire than a big one. When the
cooking is over is the time to build
bonfire, not before. The one
exception to this rule obtains
where rejecting baker is used.
This needs high, bright flame to
do good work.
Before leaving the campsite burn
all refuse and then make absolutely
certain that the fire has been put
out. Thus will you retain the
goodwill of your fellows, Outing
Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
HOME TOWN BUILDING
Professional Men Should Enlist as Boosters
for Home Trade
Every Citizen Has Time, Skill or Labor for
Sale

his shoulder to the wheel and
boosting the interests of the home
town, is living on benefits created
by others. There are many thous-
ands of them in the towns of the
middle west, where this article will
be read, who must plead guilty.
Most of them, as we'll as a great
many others, seem to entirely over
look the fact that their interests are
identical with those of the manu-
facturer or merchant who has goods
to sell. Every one of them have a
selling proposition. The Doctor
and the Lawyer must find buyers
for their time and skill. The
Banker cannot sell his loans or
securities without a market for
them. Ali of this being true. it is
perfectly clear the Banker, the
Lawyer and the Doctor have a
joint interest with every store
keeper, and business man, in build
ing up and maintaining market
in which the product of each can
be sold.
Now then, can professional men
say that they are not interested in
the question of who sells agricul-
tural implements and household
supplies to the farmers of the
neighborhood?
Is it true that the survival or
failure of the weekly paper is of no
consequence to them?
If they are not boosting the
circulation of that paper, they are
the cheapest and best medium in
the world with which to control
the selling market of the outlying
districts.
Let me repeat, that the small
weekly papers of the towns in the
rural districts of the United States
are positively the cheapest and
best advertising mediums in the
world. Every country town that
has daily or weekly newspaper, is
missing a harvest, if its merchants
do not make it their mail order
catalogue. 1t is an inexpensive
silent salesman. Every inch of it
should be used. 1t can be made
a gold mine for the town. It is
the natural connecting link, the
channel between the people of the
outlying districts and the sales
counters in the town.
(This article will be continued
next week, when the writer will
make some suggestions to the
professional men who should be
the town boosters.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSY
Arranges Details for Minnesota
Newspaper Week."

The Newspaper week" which state
editors have decided on to boost Min
nesota will be the second of it's kind
in the United States, according to
H. c. Hotaling, president of the ex-
ecutiye committee. The dates on
which 500 papers of the state will
unite in telling of the greatness of
Minnesota are Oct. 10 to 16.
Mr.. Hotaling said that California
tried the booster publicity week and
that during the year following more
people were attracted to the state
than in any year before or since.
The executive committee, meeting
at the capitol, completed details of
the work for supplying editors with
material about the state at large.
Two full pages of matter boosting
Minnesota will be prepared for use
by the papers.
The boosting of localities will be
left to the editors themselves Mr..
Hotaling said the success of the
scheme will be realized by hearty
support of the people, who are ex-
pected to mail copies of their papers
to friends outside the state.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
machine given by the firm, the
first having been awarded to Mrs.
Martin Handberg of this city.

The postal authorities at Wash
ington, recognizing the ability of
postmasters to make mistakes in
getting letters in the wrong boxes,
have fixed penalty of $500 on
persons taking mail out of an office
other than their own, and not re-
turning it Immediately. This law
also includes newspapers. The
excuse that it is the postmaster S
fault cuts no ice. If you have been
getting other peoples mail you
had better take warning or you
may get yourself into trouble.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

AN exchange gives the following
good advice: If you meet a man
who is down in the mouth, who
thinks that his town is all wrong,
just take him aside or give him this
quaint little song: There are
fancier towns than our little town
there are towns that are bigger
than this, and the people who live
in the timer towns all city excite
ment will miss. There are things
you can see in the wealthier town
that is small; and yet up and down
there is no other town like our own
little town after all. It may be that
the street through the heart of our
town isn't long isn't wide ism,
straight but the neighbors you
know in our little town with a vel.
come your coming will wait. In
the glittering streets of a glittering
town with its palace of pavement
and thrill; in the midst of the
throng you'll Frequently long for
Our own little town after all. II
you live and work and trade in our
town in spite of the fact that it's
small, you'll find that the town
our own little towns the best
kind of a town after all.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

ACCORDING to a ruling by the
department of labor United States
citizens joining the armies OF
Europe may lose their rights as
citizens of this country. Notice OF
the ruling was carried by the press
In dispatch from Washington,
and if this decision is sustained by
the courts upon appeal many
Americans will learn upon their
return to the United States that
they can no longer enjoy citizen
ship. According to an interpreta-
tion of the bureau of naturaliza-
ton of law passed in March 1907
the act provides specifically that a
person entering the military service
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

One of our, citizens who oc-
casionally wipes the dishes for his
wife. became tired of the job and
refused. saying that it is not a
mans work" Not feeling dis
posed to lose his help she brought
the Bible out to convince him of
his error and read as follows from
II Kings, 21:13: And will wipe
Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it and turning it upside
down." 1t is needless to say that
he is still doing his occasional
stunt.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

marshaled before the jury and at
the same time before the audience.
The witnesses are called one after
another, and in the midst of evi-
dence one by one the scenes change
from courtroom to the enactment
of those crucial moments that lead
to the actual crime.
The appeal of "ON TRIAL" is
found in its realistic INSTALLATION
of story from real life that CON-
bines the tense interest that at
taches to the fight for acquittal by
an accused murderer and the battle
of wits by the district attorney and
the lawyers for the defense, the
whole forming an altogether power
full and intensely dramatic exposi-
ton.
The Court Room is the one stage
setting that dominates the three
acts and ten scenes of this usual
play. The gentlemen of the jury,
the learned counsel, the intellectual,
emotionless judge are continually
in evidence, and yet this scene
fades away continually, and gives
place to scenes elsewhere in the
unfolding of the plot and illustrat-
ing the story of the witnesses. 1t
is uncanny at times by the weird
Tightening changes of persons and
places.
Seats are now being reserved by
many in this city. Seats range
from 81 90 in the boxes to 25c in
the gallery and can be had by ad-
dressing ]. L. Morrissey. Manager.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

THE New Republic, supposed to
be a Christian sheet published at
Westerville, Ohio, was quite gen
orally circulated in the range towns
and Duluth last week. The cause
of all the publicity of this obscure
product of the spleen of one
Pussyfoot" Johnson, erstwhile
Indian Bureau deck" was a
writeup of Hibbing in which every
man, woman and child in the city
was insulted in language that
would further pollute the foul air
of the lowest brothel. From
parties who have investigated the
financial and social standing of the
outfit who control the rag. it is
learned that they are absolutely
"on the bum" notwithstanding
the fact that they received a
contribution" of a bag full of
kopecs from John D. Rockefeller.
Why a cheap, no-account organ in
another state is selected to spouse
a cause at issue in this state is now
the question of those who read the
last issue of the New Republic.
Perhaps there was not an editor in
this state who had sunk low enough
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

THE prospects are pointing
strongly to the refusal of Chas. P.
Craig of Duluth to be a candidate
for governor next year on the
Republican ticket. While Mr..
Craig is recognized as a strong
man, the general opinion seems to
prevail that Governor Hammond is
entitled to another term and that it
would be be political suicide for
his opposition. 1t is also figured
that with those old standbys,
Peterson, Lee and Iverson, in the
field, the present governor will
have almost clear sailing.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

THERE are said to be 1900, ,00C
aliens in this country. They al
had reasons for coming here. We
all know what they were. They
wanted a chance to draw higher
wages, to live better, to enjoy more
freedom than they had at home, to
embrace opportunities they could
never see in their class-ridder
countries, and to escape certain
things that are part of the govern
ment of their fatherland.
What is more, the vast majority
of these 100000 aliens intend to
stay here. No matter where their
sentiments may be, their bread and
meat and their chance in life is in
the United States. Among them
are, of course, a few men of educa-
tion and position and business con-
nections who could do as well at
home as in this country. But that
is emphatically not the case with
most of the u 100000.
Under these patent circumstances
II behooveS all of these 1900, zoo
aliens 10 consider exactly who Is
their best friend, after all. 1t
particularly behooves certain racial
EouH among these Il 900, 900 to
-Se- I r Is wise TO pursue 6
rouss which may cause them to bs
nencefo-1h Disseminated against in
ns matter Of employment.
Certainly there is a possibility
thE millions of hard-working alien:
my feel exactly these unpleasant
consequences, if some zealot:
among them waste any time OF
thorght on the Vaccinations oi
representatives. of their native
countries who would use them a:
instruments of disorganization and
destruction. An employer might
be caught with that sort of material
about the premises once. But he
would assuredly do his best in
future to avoid like danger.
After the war is over and the
tumult and the plotting have died
away nearly all these II, 2,000,00
aliens will still be in the United
States. 1t is to their interest to
find their position here as agree.
able and profitable as it can be
made. And each group of them
will find that position pleasant OF
profitable if it acts so as to make il
so-not otherwise. This is case
where no foreign government can
help them-even if the foreign
government is inclined to pay any
attention to the matter.-Chicagc
Herald.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
RUNNING THE PAPER

Everybody thinks he can run a
newspaper better than the benight-
ed souls who have been placed by
Providence in that unenviable posi-
ton. Maybe its because the
EDITORS faults are glaring ones
out in the open in black and white
or, possibly, it is just a queer
quirk of human nature and the job S
so easy, anyway. Running the
paper is a sort of side line with
lots of people. They offer advice
in their spare moments with the
same spirit as they play golf OF
pinochle. One would have the
editor a militant suffragist. another
demands that he rail against women
voting. The prohibitionists can't
see how any decent person can be
for the regulated saloons and ac-
cuse him of selling out to the
liquor interests if he takes that
side. while the vets" say he is
being intimidated by the churches
and ruled by the "drys" if he is
opposed to the saloon. The Dem
ocrats say the paper is dirty
rag" if the editor is Republican in
his sympathies, and the Republi-
cans stop their subscriptions if he
comes out for a Democrat. If the
editor is for anything the ants
condemn him, and vice versa. If
he takes stand he is trying to
dictate to the community. If he
doesn't take a stand, he is a molli-
coddle and a jellyfsh. He is a
crank, reformer, a fanatic. four
f1usher, crook, a disturber of the
peace or just a plain idiot, accord
ing as he meets with the desires of
subscribers or goes against them.
And there you are. The average
man never thinks of the hours of
toil-down-right, soul-sweating
toll, it takes to get out a paper.
He never thinks of the worries.
the trials, the tribulations every
editor must undergo. Some of
them are so unappreciative of his
efforts to boost their town and
make money for them, that they
won't even contribute the price of
a subscription. Just remember
this. The editor, apart from the
perfectly laudable desire to make a
decent living for himself and his
family, has only the good of the
community at heart. If he dis
agrees with you on any subject
political, moral or educational, you
and not he may be wrong.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

Preus, state auditor The tax rates
on property for state purposes must
be certified to the county auditors by
Mr.. Preus by Oct. 10.
The tax rate for state revenue pur-
poses is lower for the coming year
than any year since 1910, when an ex-
ceptionally low rate of g of mill
was used
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
FIRE LOSSES CUT IN TWO

August Figures for Minnesota $685..
44s, Against $320,762 in 1914.
Fire losses in Minnesota in August
were so low that the total of 161 fires
would not equal the loss in one big
city outbreak. The total loss was
$685. ,448, only about one-half as much
as the total of $32O,762 for August,
1914
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

of foreign government and tax
ing the oath of allegiance automati-
cally expatriates himself. Recent
ly there returned from the front an
easterner who joined the Canadian
expedition, was wounded and
discharged from the service. An
order refusing him admission to
this country upon his return has
been confirmed by the department
of labor.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

SAMUEL G. IvERSoN has come
out with the old tale, (aged 80
years. of being urged by friends to
make the run for governor. An
exchange aptly questions, what
makes him think they are friends?"
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24
TO BUILD A CAMP FIRE

By nothing so much as his skill
in firemaking is the true woodsman
to be known. This skill is COM
pounded of two elements; knowing
what sort of fire you want and
knowing how to get it. Many a
tenderfoot will pride himself on the
dispatch with which he has created
an enormous blaze only to have to
sit down in chagrin for half an
The Ely miner., 1915-09-24

Mrs. R. Sanger of Winton was
awarded the Free sewing machine
at the contest held by Berglund
Bros. Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Chas. Trezona and Mrs. w. D.
Gallagher acted as judges of the
award. A large concourse of
shareholders had assembled to wit
ness the drawing and the larger
part were we'll satisfied with the
result. This was the second