The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-05

Committee, $5s o."
The chief end Of the Building Conn
mittee gems to have been to pile up ex'
penses. Still there is no roof on the
new building. There was oEce super
intendent Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
who took the roof of that building and
sold 1t; thereafter he did notsupsrintend
When the Board of Regents gets to-
pether there Is likely to bes drain on
the funds. One meetingin 1889 cost
81 ,OlO for expenses Of the Board and the
Executive and Building Committees.
This does not include the expenses OF
the Agricultural Station, which are pro-
yided for out Of the Station Fund. The
expenses Of the Regents were larger In
1850 than in 1889, but We shall have to
wait for the next report to know how
large they were.
The bounty OF the United States, man
Tested through the Agricultural Exper-
mental Station at the instance OF the
Regents, played some freaksS1 The first
annual report Of the Station shows where
the aecd fell. The Station distributed
to the thirteen Regents 70s sacks OF seed
wheat, equivalent to 1856 bushels. Re-
gent Gallaher, of Kanawha, got none.
That was one extreme. Regent Bennett,
Of Cabell, got 1866. That was the other
extreme. There are no Dakota wheat
farnsin Regent Bennett district, though
there are some promising boom towns.
Under the head OF "Trees, vines, etc.,
shipped to farmers" Farmer Bennett
shows great industry with Farmer Re.
gent Peregrin Hays, Of Gilmer, and
Farmer Regent Brown, Of Jefferson, in
sharp competition for the prize. OF
apples Farmer Bennett drew 105 varie'
tier, pears 4S, cherries SO, plums q,
peaches 81, apricots 81, ounces 9, nee.
tarines 0, grapes 4S, blackberries and
currants "a each, figs 3, with miscei-
lansous assortment OF soft shell almonds,
mulberries, walnuts and chestnuIs.
Farmer Benefits young orchard is said
to be the envy OF the farmers OF 0abell
county. Farmer Hays watches with
tender solicitude the growth Of his trees
and iruit-bearing bushes under the
genial Gilmer sun. Doubtless the speci.
mems are all doing well-Farmer Brown
got 7S5-but there is no report on any
Of them as the Agricultural Department
expects. Farmer Brown, OF Jefferson,
did send in names Of farmers to whom
the Station Bulletins were to be for
warded, and the Regents did allow him
500 Tor that exemplary service.
Regent and Official Farmer Dan
johnson is now deep in the seed
experiment business. In each Con-
gressional district he is causing more
or lees ground to be tickled with the
hoe and waiting for the time to come
whom it shall laugh with the harvest.
The earlier seed experiments OF the
Regents attracted great attention-par-
ticularly that OF the Agricultural De-
partment, which sent representative TO
Morgantown 10 soy that the West Viz
GINA way OF sowing the seed must stop
short or there would be trouble about
the appropriations.
In 1888 the Board Of Regents appro-
priated $1,000 out of the National fund
to buy agricultural libraries, for each
district Sl53 IS. Regent Brown, of
Je fferson, being medical man, thought
his people should run more to medicine
than agriculture, 80 he ordered medi-
cal library. The Washington authori-
ii % were again obliged to condemn the
action Of the Regents. In the same year,
1883, 5000 went-to. each Regents dis
trict, $500 in all, ostensibly for expert
ments, really to use up the appropriation
and get ready to handle more. It may
be Inferred that the Regents have not
inspired the Agricultural Department
with robust article OF confidence.
At last years meeting Of the Regents
some of the artists of that body log
rolled into salaried places three Of their
favorites. At least two OF these ap.
pointees were not needed, unless on the
ground that somebody must draw the
money. One Of them was put forward
for no other reason than to get for an
other the vote Of the Regent OF his dis.
trict. This accident draws 81, 100 year.
One Of the men is. without reputation;
the other was very Objectionable to the
people among whom he formerly taught.
The bill to reduce the number Of Re-
gents ought to pass. There are too
many Regents and some who would be
dear at any price. A recasting Of the
board will afford an opportunity to select
the best and to give the minority the
representation which for the welfare Of
the University 1t should have.