Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
Twenty-Five Thousand at the
Clarke County Horse Show.
CLAIMS BALTIMORE LAND
Music Teacher Expects to Get $400,.
100000 Worth Of Property.
STATE IMPOSES HEAVY FINE
American Union Telephone Company
Called Upon to Pay S1s2 900.
Damage by Drought.
Special CORRESPONDENCE OF The star.

Special CORRESPONDENCE OF The star
| WINCHESTER. Va. August -. 1910.
/ Expert horsemen and others who fol-
low the shows OF the Virginia circuit
from the time the exhibitions begin IN
June until early in September declare
that the tenth annual exhibition OF the
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show As
ISOLATION. held Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week. completely out
classed all the shows that have been held
in the state this year.
| The attendance during the three days
almost reached 25.Oo0. the largest number
being present Wednesday, when upword
OF 1900 people passed through the gates
There were about go entries. and these
included many OF the most noted prize
winning horses OF the Old Dominion and
other states and the District OF Column
bia. Seventy-three classes were Judged.
and frequently the expert judges were al
their wits ends TO determine the win
ners. so equally matched were the horses
in competition.
| A large number OF Washington people
had boxes and grandstand reservations
during the show and took a leading part
| in the social festivities, chief OF which
was the german Wednesday night. Capt
| Caspar Conrad, Jr.. Of the United States
| Army, who is i'm charge OF the remount
station at Front Royal, was In attend
ance and encouraged local horsemen 10
breed more horses for cavalry and ar
| tillery purposes. He declared that the
\ horses furnished 10y the Shenandoah
valley We're among the best now in the
\ army service.
Claims Ground in Baltimore.
II will soon be time for the occupants
of some of the most valuable properties
in the heart of the business section OF
| the city OF Baltimore to vacate and
| find quarters elsewhere, according 10
Prof. j. Il. Harry, veteran music
master OF New Castle, Pa, who is here
| looking up old records in order 10 estab-
lish his claim To 800 acres OF land i'm
| the Maryland metropolis, which Is said
| to be valued at not a cent less than
500, UO0.OOo. Prof. Harry states that
his grandfather, a man named Schu-
mann. and several other ancestors. who
lived in Winchester. leased the land for
| ninety-nine years, and that the lease
| expires this fall Prof Harry, who Is
| now eighty-two years old. claims TO be
| the next Of kin now living. and he has
| employed counsel to represent him in
| the litigation which will probably ensue.
| Prof. Harry expresses the utmost con-
fidence in winning the case. and by
| Christmas he expects to be one or tho
| wealthiest men in the country.
| Former Gov. ]. Frank Haniy OF Indi-
ana was the principal speaker this week
at the annual meeting of the Rocking
ham County Anti-Saloon League at
| Harrisonburg, and in addition TO soor-
ing the liquor traffic In general ne rap
ped church members for their alleged
| Inactivity and "fair-weather Christi
| anity.
Guarding Against Typhoid.
| Although there is no epidemic OF ty-
phoid fever In the Shenandoah valley. the
state board of health has sent a special
| agent into this section OF the state Ia
make investigations and take precaution-
ary steps toward preventing a possible
outbreak. Similar plans are being follow
ed in other parts OF the state. Typhoid
| fever statistics show a decrease OF ID
per cent over last year. physicians are
| distributing literature among the people.
giving plain and practical instructions -
| to how to avoid taking the fever
Expert apple packing demonstrations
| have been held during the past week in
number of the Virginia valley towns I'M
der the auspices of the Virginia Horti-
cultural Society, and the meetings were
| largely attended by the owners OF the
big commercial orchards. w. w. Vincent.
an expert packer from the Hood River
valley, was in charge Of the PRACTICAL
work, and officials OF the Blacksburg eX-
perimental station made addresses 10 the
growers.
The American Union Telephone Com
pany, which operates here, has been no
tilted by the commissioner OF the revenue
that 1t will be brought into court Septem-
Der 3 unless IL pays fine Whlch may
aggregate SlS2,g0p on account OF its fan
ure to pay a specific license tax OF Sl,.,Jo
for the privilege of doing business in the
city of Winchester. The tax was que
Nav l. For several months the company.
which has a Pennsylvania charter. has
been in receivers hands.
DR. Walter S. Yount, who has been
president of the Bridgewater College, the
leading institution of the Church of the
Brethren in Virginia, for the past eight
cen years, has resigned on account OF his
health, and will become a member of the
faculty of the college at Union Bridge.
Nd
Christian Conference AdjournA
The sixty-second annual session OF the
virginia Valley Central Christian Confer
ence which has been in session at New
Hope Church, Rockingham county, has
adjourned to meet next year at Leak
ville Page county. Before closing the
conference adopted resolutions declaring
for state wide prohibition. divorce only on
scriptural grounds and more rigid oo-
servance of the Christian Sabbath.
one OF the most remarkable feats -
craftsmanship witnessed in the Virginia
valley in many years took place THURSDAY
afternoon on the BerryYtile morse STOW
grounds when Louis Leigh OF Lo.douh
county took his famous hunter, Roust-
about over a hurdle six feet six inches
high with perfect ease and without i
mishap. winning a prize and $50 as q
side bet.
The long-continued drouth. which has
already extended over a month, has
caused many small streams 10 go dry.
and the Potomac and the Shenandoah
rivers are now lower than at any time
this season. The Potomac is so shallow
in places above Harpers Ferry, that boys
can wade across IL. Large patches or
grass and stones in midstream PROJECT
from the water. and fishermen are often
compelled 10 pull their boats over thu
shallow places. At its normal summer
stage the river is usually from three To
five feet deep. but today there Is no moro
than two feet of water in many places.