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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-06
CONSERVATION IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

in her coal fields, and wcr" We 10 con-
slider only the taxable property thus
made available, and the population at
tracted by their operation. this woald
be true. But viewing it strictly from
the point of political economist, we
must confess that coal lands have no
value unless the means Ul their de-
velOpment are at hand.
Those who consume cNM and are
not familiar with coal mining estimate
the value of coal by what they have to
pay for it and if we consider those
who live in Boston who nay four dol
lars per ton, or those who live in
San Francisco who pay eight dollars
ton for coal We can readily con-
ceive Of their impressions Of c0nser-
walton when they hear. as they re-
Gently have, from prominent author
/ ity in Washington, that We are vast.
ing half our coal. The statement Of
| this authority may be correct but in
Justice to those al whose door This ap.
parent crime is laid there should he
some explanation as to how and why
| this is the aCSe. While the coal min.
ing industry admits its still crude
methods and u lack Of complete com
prehension Of the laws OF nature with
the losses resulting thercfrom, ye. II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-06
BY Frank Haas, Consulting Engineer
The Consolidation Coal Company
Fa.rmont, West Virginia.

Fa.rmont, West Virginia.
We have heard much aud are still
hearing Of Conservation OF our natural
resources. 1t has. been the subject
upon which statemen have discoursed
for hours, multitudes OF articles have
been written, politicians have har'
angued, alarmists have bewailed the
fate OF future generations; in fact,
it has been the favorite subject Of
discussion in quite recent years.
The subject is unique in the fact
that there appears to be but one side
to the argument, no one has been SO
bold as to state that Conservation is
not good thing. and it appears, as
in many other cases Of difficult under
standing, that the argument does not
start from the same premise, in short
there man be more than one defni
ton for Conservation.
Let us look into our own State. and
particularly in the coal mining indus
trytand see If we can find what con
sefyation really is and %hcthcr We
have been guilty of this Underlined and
unpublished crime.
virginia had store Of untold wealtI
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-06

We have in West Virginia com.
parativcly large area OF the carbon.
ferrous series of qualifications which
furnish all the kinds OF bituminous
Goals of the Eastern States. Nature
has seen iii to endow this State with.
in these carboniferous strata. with
Orai seams in extent and quality equal
to any similar area in the world. A!
first glance it would appear that West
can pride itself on much advancement
in this respect in recent years and
West Virginia particularly can com
pare itself favoMbiy with any other
State in the Union or even foreign
countries.
These articles which We SO fire.
Quently read in newspapers and peri.
economists who draw too largely from
the literature Of the past and the
favorite expression OF enormous piles
odcals are mostly penned by book
OF slack at the mines going TO waste
is purely myth, at least so far as
West Virginia is concerned.
Conservation is very broad sub
jeCt, particularly IN the coal industry,
and TO get comprehensive knowledge
OF the subject it must be studied from
the coal in the ground to it's final re.
suit by the consumer In my opinion,
that part Of the lack OF conservation
chargeable to the mining OF coal is a
very small part of the whole.
There is perhaps no area OF equal
size underlaid with coal in which the
natural conditions are so regular ana
uniform as in the coal fields Of West
Virginia. No true fault Of any ma2ni,
tude is known to exist. There are no
folds Or overthrowns SO common ii
most coal fields which make coal sc
difficult and dangerous TO mine. The
seams are comparatively without in
clinatiOn and II is only in a few local.
ties where the grades are excessive
The Pittsburgh seam of coal whicl
we share with Pennsylvania and Ohlt
has no equal in persistence OF thick
ness aud character. nor il the favor
able conditions for mining.
All of these facts wonId tndicat,
that from a purely mining standpoin
there Is decided advantage and al
in favor for the highest degree of con
servation.
We have reason to believe that il
many parts Of West Virginia true con
servatton has been practiced, in fac
We have only to look over our owl
transactions, young as they are, 10
evidence on this question. In thes
tines, coal mihe which does no
even claim 10 recover from 50 to 3
per cent Of the .ocal in the seam /
looked on with a feeling OF, scorn,
not OF sympathy. Ii is hard for
mining man, nowadays, to admit tina
he is not recovering all the coal tina
can possibly be removed. If he doe
not succeed in doing this 1t is unde
many difficulties. When a man al
plies for q position as mine superiu
teldept, the first question asked hin
ks not what per cent Of the coal cal
Eypq recover but rather gliog eheal
can you nitne 81 shoN. aaIets caI
4 Won gst ii out; sts ~ d clear cas-,
S8AsFe puse nom lIlS Rederl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
FACE CIVIL TRIAL IN TEXAS.
-Four Soldiers Held for Killing Next
can Granted Change of Venue.

The civil authorities of Texas have met
the condition imposed by the War be-
partment and the four soldiers OF the
18th Cavalry who have been held under
arrest at Fort Clark. Tex. since NoNem-
Der last on murder charge viii he
turned over tc the Texas courts for trial.
The men were charged with killing Pedro
Orteso and seriously wounding another
Mexican in a dance hail row at Brack-
ettsyille. kenney county. The post COM
mander refused to honor the demand OF
the civil authorities for the surrender OF
the men. on the ground that they could
not secure a fair trial i'm kennsy county.
The War Department concurred IN that
view.
On being advised however, by Mai
Winship of the judge advocate generals
office. who was sent to Texas tn iuyesti-
gate the case. thai the state authorities
have consented to change of venue to
JEFF Davis county. il was DECIDED to SUR
render the soldiers 10 the civil authorities
for trial at Wendell in that county. The
soldiers will remain at Fort Clark until
their trial begins in August next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Health Rules for Parks.
I'M the New York Sun.

=
The public parks occupy SO prominent a
place in the furtherance of health in the
public mind that even the health authori-
ties rarely deem it necessary to formulate
rules for the conduct of those who resort
to them for health or pleasure The most
prominent signs on the street cars Of the
city tell the wayfarer Splitting is forbid
den under penalty of the law That the
enforcement OF this regulation Of the
board of health would prevent infection
from germs contained in the eXpectora-
ton there can be no doubt.
The frequent cleansing of the cars and
the abseace OF sweeping air currents in
the modem street car, however, preclude
20 a great extent the diffusion of germs
from this source. Unfortunately the law
is difficult of enforcement by reason of
iack of pubic interest. How much more
facilc. in the dissemination of disease
germh the dust of the public parks is APP
pearl to have escaped the park authOri-
ties. This fact has been brought to pub
lie attention in Paris by a petition to its
mutlicipal cOuncil signed by numerous
well known physicians and sanitar1ans
and printed in the Presse Medicale, call
ing attention to the fact thai splitting is
very common along the paths and roads
II the public parks and squares 1t was
pointed out that infection by the hands
and shoes of little children is ,hus facili-
tated. and the council is urged to issue
regulations to forbid splitting under Sc
we're penalty of the law. The infection by
dust from clothing and shoes cleansed in
the home presents another danger no less
than The Inhalation of germs dilfused by
the wind and thus certain to be inhaled
by freauenters of parks. This danger is
,ely real. indeed. far more menaciny than
that from the less asitated air of the
street car. While in the cars Indifference
of the conductor and the absence Of au-
hoi'iZed supervision by a sanitary officer
Illustrate the enforcement of this mpor-
tant health regulation, it's operation
would be facilitated in the parks by the
almost constant presence of the police in
the vicinity of benches and at crossings
where crowds assemble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10

will be easy. much of the work is pre-
vented. Some coops. no matter how
much care man gives them, Will
never be clean. In these there are too
many corners where vermin hide and
linger and breed. And the arrange
ment causes a long time to be spent in
the cleaning There is enough ordinary
work about the chicken business with
out increasing our labors twofold. The
fact that the labor about chicken
place is at maximum instead of at a
minimum is the main cause of so many
failures.
Conditions are such that unnecessary
work is brought on to keep place in
a semblance Of cleanliness. The ANA
teur gets tired Of giving up all his
spare time cleaning after chickens
Pretty soon he neglects the work. Dirt
piles up. Disease creeps in. the egg
production becomes less, birds die. and
failure stalks all over the yard.
And who but one with the greatest Ger
severance would continue under those con-
ditions? II the coop were arranged SO
that all the cleaning work could be done
in about three or four hours week there
would be not SO much trouble. Twice
week the droppings could be removed. and
once week the entire coop could be given
good spraying. and once month thor
Ough cleaning. This OF course. is aimed
at the man who goes to business every
day and whose family feeds and waters the
chickens, leaving only the cleaning for
him to do.
The coop needs cleanliness. plenty of
sunshine and a coopeul of fresh air.
Therefore. with these IN view We should
model our coop. Remember. you will make
the work easier and the flock more
healthy If the coop Is clean. To keep
the coop clean with the minimum amount
of work, don't nail fast any OF the fix
ings. the nests, the roosts. the dropping
board. IF you have one. Fasten them so
that you ,an easily take them out of the
coop and scrub them with soap and water,
and then thoroughly disinfect them. Too
many fixtures are nailed to the inside OF
the coop. And behind and under those fix
lures, where it is hard to reach them. is
vermin just laughing at you.
Don't think YOU have to nail nests up.
Make a small apartment house of nests
four in row and four storeis high, with
five-inch ledge in front of each row
of nests, and with the back hinged so that
YOU can open any nest from the rear and
take out the eggs without disturbing
every hen in the place.
Such nests can be made to stand on
the floor of the coop. with the front of
the nests facing wall. and once in "A
while 1t can be taken bodily into the air
and the sunshine and thoroughly cleaned :
a hose turned on it, in fact-and then
doused with a disinfectant. If your fix
lures are loose you can carry them all
out of the coop in ten minutes, go over
the interior of the coop with spray Of
disinfectant, and then you won't have
much trouble. your chickens will have
good health. and your egg supply will IN
crease. everything else being fairly we'll
done-t''Gt is, the feeding and watering
But plan your plans SO that your work
will be lighter after you have your coop
UP and your birds in it. 'Tis more profit
able to build new coop than to keep an
old. filthy one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Harem Photos.
From London Tit-Bits.


This occurred in the city of Algiers.
writes photogra pher. in that wonder
land of North Africa. Not in the beau
tiful new French. quarter, with it's wide
streets and fine buildings, but in the old
Arab town. with narrow alleys and an
Gent. crowded houses, foul with the UNI
removed filth of years. The ladies of the
English mission had long searched for a
house in the native quarter which they
could hire for the purpose of holding
meetings with ma tive women and classes
for girls. They finally secured one where
a blind woman acted as caretaker.
!. was asked to visit it and take some
photographs. This was most extraor-
binary thing-for man to be allowed to
visit the apartments of the women and
take their photographs The privilege
was secured by each of the married wom-
en-. asking the consent OF her husband,
assuring him that there would be no
cause for jealousy. since ! had gray hair.
and so must be an old man.
The street was reached after pass ng
through a maze of bazaars. alleys and
little squares. 1t was a steep flight OF
stone steps between high walls. having
here and there heavy. nail-studded
door and an occasional window high
above the walk.
a knock on the door was answered
after short wait by a tim.d hail from
within of: who is it,? Then another
wait while hurrying feet went to carry
the message. \ second cali from within
to make certain that all was right on
our side, and the door opened cautiously
for me to enter, but not for my guide.
Though he was a Christian kabyie,, he
was man. young man. In no cir
cumstances could he be admitted to the
womens apartments of a native house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Most Important-The Coup.


The question has been asked in one
form or another by several readers,
what is the most essential thing in
starting in the chicken business?" Also
the query has been put: why do SO
many feil?"
In the matter of the. most essential
thing in starting the chicken business.
there is no doubt in the writer's mind
that the answer is The COOP" When
this question is asked, the mind wan
ders first to the chicken and the breed
of chicken. But the chicken. when
one picks from the popular breed.
doesn't matter SO much. All over the
country. you will find men who are get
ting excellent results from this or that
breed. and they would not change
either. They will show you their book
keeping sheets, and indicate the profit
from their particular breed and variety
Of breed. Therefore, other things must
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Air
ny DIR. FRANK CRANE,
Copyright. 1919. by Frank Crane,

Air. just air. is all we want, thank
you: but we want a lot Of 1t.
For it's worse to be smothering than
hungry or thirsty.
That Black Hole of Calcutta story
scares US more than the Shipwrecked
Sailor Dying for Drink or the North
Pole Hunters Eating Their Boot-Tops
stories.
l went to show the other night. All
the seats we could get were upstairs
in the first balcony. We watched the
performance so long as consciousness
remained. Two thousand breaths.
more or less. gradually filled the room
with suicidal gas. Between the acts
men went out to get drinks. fol-
lowed them into the street and stood
there gaping up whole delicious lung
fuls of sweet cool air. Then I went
back 20 suffocate with the ladies. 1t
was drama of asphyxiation with
three lifc-saving interludes.
Air. Air! Great Scott! don't peo-
pie realize that the primal luxury Of
existence is to breathe:
My mind goes back to the village
church ! attended when a boy to the
long night sessions where the gas
jets WED with the human animals in
polluting the atmosphere. SO that l
slept by and By as If I had taken
ether; it was what you might call a
DELICIOUS surgica. operation where at
least we children were mercifully
anesthetized.
got one religious belief. at all
events, from my experiences In asOhyX-
iation.s 1t is belief in the wisdom
and goodness of God founded on the
fact that He made so much more out
doors than indoors
The house is form of race suicide.
The house. shut up tight. Overheated.
is the friend and brother of all vicious
microbes.
Henry Ward Beecher said that yell
low lever was God Almighty's opinion
of dirt. II might be said with equal
truth that tuberculosis. or consump-
ton. or the white plague. is the Al
mightys opinion of a house. More
people die of this than any other
disease.
Come out. come out. and greet the
MORN" Come out among the bar
ley" Come out anywhere-so it's out!
Emerge, humanity. from your gas
laden, cell-bedrooms and take a few
gulps with me OF the rarest liquor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
knows how to brew-to

Omniscience Knows how to brew-to
wit, air!
T. 1t flows over the wide ocean. it de-
scends from the mountains. 1t breathes
from the woods 1t streams across the
plains; it doesn't cost cent and is
worth million dollars a swallow
priceless both ways.
If anything is the matter with you,
go outdoors and stay there six months.
Whatever it is YOU will get over it.
Air is the greatest medicine in the
pharmacopoeia of nature.
Most of the immoralities were born
in closed chambers. The cruel creads
were drawn up by men sitting in rooms
full OF carbonic acid gas. Arithmetic
and other instruments of child torture
were invented in airless studies. Ghosts
love to haunt stuffy castles. lnsanities.
trust plots. perversions. tariff schedules.
murders and all crimes are best manu-
featured in foul atmospheres.
Come out and let the air. which is
rained from the stars is waited from
the seven seas and is the blown
breath of God himself. run through
YOU body mind and soul. You have
no idea what deal of morbidity. in
sanity and meanness it will sweep out
of YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Not the Same Thing.
From rit.Bits.


Happy lovers were they. both devoted
to dancing. both partakers OF the joys of
the annual village Cinderella. She was
a beautiful, graceful, skfllful dancer; he
far less adept, with no control OF his
tootsies and little idea of rhythm. In
point of fact, he was rot SO good at
dancing as he led the lady to believe by
hi. fervent description of his prowess.
Half way through the Cinderella the
lady's beautiful gown was sadly torn. her
dainty slippers bore marks Of a heavier
tread. hertt toes, ached from, tic tramping
like unto those of Nasmyth hammer.
.;ventually she decided to give up in de-
SPAR.
I'm SO tired she whimpered. DO let's
st out the rest of the dances.
But the swain was reluctant.
Il thought" he remarked. you said
YOU could die dancing
so L did" came the reply. But l
didn't say l wanted to be trampled to
death. did -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
s POULTRY
BY Cockspur.


be looked to as the most essential. Is it
the food? Well. proper food builds up
the egg-laying figures and also builds
UP the bird for table But with coop
lily ventilated. draughty. unclean,
chicken will not get the proper amount
Of rest. will become i'll and won't care
about your food, or will not assimilate
1t properly; hence, down will go your
egg figures and the weight OF your
bird.
So we return to the coop as the first
essential And right here it might be
told why many fail in the chicken bust
ness. If many Of them had sat down
and given the coop more thought than
they did the unmatched chicks and
dreamed-of profits they would not
f have been failures.
ANY old kind Of a coop" won't DO.
A coop must be planned so that the
health of the fowls will be protected.
Little necessity will arise for curing
chicken diseases IL the coop is well
planned Ii three sides of it are tight
and the fourth entirely or partially
open. If it is located with southern
or southeasterly exposure. and IL the
inside is so arranged that the cleaning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Ysaye-Godowsky Tomorrow.

Eugene Ysaye. the famous vioinist. aud
Leopold Godowsky. the celebrated pianist,
will appear here in joint recital tomorrow
at the Columbia Theater. This will be
the farewell appearance OF these great
artists, and a superb program is prom
ised. Ysaye was recently caught i'm the
floods i'm Ohio. His violins were fortu-
nately saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Scheme to Develop Iceland.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
COPENH ScEN Aorch IN ia

CoPENHAGEN. March 10, 1919.
Schemes are on foot for ECONOMICALLY
developing Iceland by means of port I'M
provements at Reykpavii and the build
ing of railway. The port works are
calculated to cost 100000 kroner (about
sJ',Lup and will take three or four
. cars TO complete. The Icelandic parlia-
ment has already voted credit for sur
yeys for line of railway from Reyk;a-
vik to Thingvalla. which can now only be
reached on horseback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Cat. Shuts OF Power.
ign Correspondence of The star.

CARDIFF. Wales. March 2S, 1913
At meeting of the electric lighting
committee of the Cardiff council the en-
gineer reported that the reason for the
city being plunged into darkness re-
Gently was that the works cat found
It's way to the high-tension gear and
walked across the cables The cat was
killed copper wires were burned and the
connections cut. On a previous occasion
a similar accident occurred because Of a
mouse getting In the gear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Knit Underwear.

LADIES AND MISSES vESTS-1-1 Rib. llgh
weight. variety OF lace trimmings with ethe
the popular ~ neck or straight neck; arm
and neck fully teped: regular and
EXTRA SIZES: 29c value. NEGRO I'M
RVS PRICE. Observation-Disclosures. NWA
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with long sleeves: lace-trimmed neck and
front: in four sizes: genuine CSC Inn,
value. at McCRORYS FOR. $500. HWA
CHILDREN'S KNIT PANTEE WAISTS
Bleached. tapped shoulders seams under
arms: neck, shell crochet: armhOes.
plain crochet all sizes: 25c value: \ M
ATHLETIC SHIRTS-For men and boys: knit
IL rib: sleeveless: strongly made for long
wear: value. 29c: McCRORY'S. nfNo
EACH FOR. Observation-Disclosures. wv
Main floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Franking Privilege for Guardsmen

A bill to give to National Guard Off
.ers the right to use the United States
nail free of charge for National Guard
,ficial purposes has been introduced in
the House by Representative Austin Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
To Be Figured In.

From the Boston Transcript.
so your auto's been smashed up in an
accident. What did the machine cost
you?"
.'Fn tell you better when the SURGEON
bill for the chauffeur comes in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Kills Leopard in His Garden.
n Correspondence of The Star.

F0rei.n CoFfespohdthc' u n" sian
PARIS. March %. 1913.
Louis Co4uern. wbo lives at Coroeii,
vss taking a stroll in his garden when
nc saw two yellow shining eyes gtaring
II him from a hush. He took an old gun.
from his dining room and fired two shots
at the eyes 70 his amazement q leopard.
which had escaped from menagerie. fell
lead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
McCrory's Fine Candies.

ASSORTED CHOCOLATES-Italian Creams
and fruit favOrs. covered with delicious pure
chocolate: better than the Kind sold In some
places for 40c per pound: Nc I'M
'CRORY'S PRICE. HALF POUND. QWN
SPECIAL. FOR SATURDAY
PRAILNES-Assorted. chocolate favored: de-
licous and tempting; McCRORY'S I'M
PRICE. PER LIB. Observation-Disclosures. HUI
ALSO SALTTD PEANUTS. AFTER-DINNER
MINIS. CARAMELS. CREAMS. TWISTS
WATERS. BoNBONS, JELLY DROPS.
KISSES. ETC.
FRESH POUND CAkE-Pure and delicious
worth !9c. McCRORY'S PRICE. n NJ
PER LB....... Observation-Disclosures. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-10
Toilet Articles.

TALCUM AND RICE PowDERS-very fine
lsorated. in great variety of odois. including
Violet. Corylopsis, Lily Of the Valley, etc.
eisew here up to 25c. Me- ga m,
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G s1sei s1sri ls5Es size bottle Me- 1Oc
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TOILET SOAPS-Excellent quality sweet
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