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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
7
F. W. Baumer & Co advertises a strictly high grade piano at 25 dollars delivered to homes. Includes stool and scarf and, if purchased this month or next, a matching music cabinet is offered as a bonus.
An advertisement asserts Conservatory Pianos offer honest pricing and genuine value with no masquerading. It emphasizes the piano is built exclusively for the trade and sold on merit, claiming pride in the product and straightforward pricing.
The bill introduces a sliding scale for salaries of sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and clerks based on collected fees. It creates strict book-keeping, annual reports to county courts and the state tax commissioner, and prescribes compensation tiers by county and office with specified percentages of fees retained or paid out. The measure, drafted after Republican conferences, aims to take effect January 1, 1909, with salaries and duties detailed for each office.
Promoter urges Southwest settlement by farmers, arguing land values rise with population growth. He compares past Illinois Nebraska prices to present, touts five year timeline for parity, and promotes Rock Island Frisco Lines travel to view cheap lands with free literature and photos.
The text outlines how prosecutors in classes a and b receive seventy five percent of all fees and costs, added to base salary to total five thousand dollars. It also notes fifty percent of fees and perquisites above that sum and directs that all other fees and perquisites go to the sheriff, with no further compensation for services.
The Republican committee of Taylor county met at the office of Dr A R Warden Grat ton district with W E Tamblyn secretary Floyd Waller Job Springer George Smedley present. They fixed May 26 for primary election and announced district conventions to appoint delegates to the Elkins congressional convention on April 11 at 1 30 p.m. Further proceedings to be given in another edition.
One of West Virginia’s largest business transactions, the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company sold its tannery interests to the United States Leather Company after weeks of appraisal and a final report at the Yew Pine Inn in Richwood. The deal aims to double capacity, boosting employment from about 600 to 1,000 as operations expand. The sale includes all tannery pr oducts and assets.
The Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company plans a major transaction exceeding 1,000,000 dollars as part of a record business deal. On March 1 the firm orders full operation across departments, promising employment to about 500 men and construction of extra buildings at the paper mill increasing the workforce by a quarter. Weather-related suspensions earlier this winter give way to optimism with spring near and the tannery expected to run full time.
Washington reports President Roosevelts plan to retire from public life after leaving the White House on March 4 1909. He shelved ambitions for a New York senate seat and rejects a world tour. Possible post presidency ideas include Alaska bear hunting and a big game hunt in Central Africa, though the Africa option remains speculative.
Salt Lake City reports vast Great Utah Salt Beds near the Grand Desert west of the city. Engineers say the deposit, eight miles wide and forty miles long, may be the world’s largest. depth unknown beyond six to eight feet in test holes. Salt is said to be 98 percent pure and commercially priceless.
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