The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-12-17

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owing to slowly improving con-
ditions in the foot and mouth disease
Infection. The counties partially re-
lieved are Preble, Putnam, Seneca,
Williams and ,Wyandot. 1t will be-
come possible In these counties now to
move stock from points outside
five-mile radius of actual points Of In
| fectiOn. Heretofore it has been impos-
| sible to move stock within a radius
Of 10 miles from an infection area
within the counties mentioned. Hunt
ing may now be carried on in the five
counties outside fve-mile radius Of
infection points.
Contest for House speakershIp.
The spirited contest for the speaker
ship Of the new house of representa-
tives is rapidly narrowing to w. o.
Jackson of Clark county and c. D.
Conover of Champaign. Jackson has a
big lead, but the Conover people, led
by Republican State Chairman Jones,
are considered to be lining up their
forces behind Conover, and nearly all
the rest of the candidates, seeing the
new battle formations, are getting
ready to pull out of the contest. The
wet and dry lines, so clearly marked
in the senate organization fight, are
less prominent in the lower house en-
broglio, and there is a general jumbling
of forces. A constant switching of
lines to and fro is to be. seen almost
hourly, and the effect is that Of
Kaleidoscope confusion States are
being formed by both the Conover and
the Jackson contingents, according to
the indications.
Settles Up Financial Dealings.
Frank M. Williams, chief engineer
of Dan r. Hanna's Portage County I'm
provement association, was in Colum-
bus Friday settling up the years finan-
cial dealings with the state highway
department. He will sever his connec-
tion with this work on Dec. Is, return
ing to New York state to assume the
office of state engineer and surveyor,
to which he was elected in November
by plurality exceeding by 10000 the
plurality received by Gov-elect Whit
man, the next highest man on the Re-
publican state ticket Mr. Williams ex-
pressed the opinion that the Portage
County Improvement association had
hit upon the proper method of internal
development for a county, including
the construction Of roads, and that in
his judgment other counties of Ohio
would do we'll to adopt similar plan.
The membership in the Portage Coun-
ty association is steadily increasing,
crops are better, stock is being i'm
proved, enthusiasm for good roads is
rising high, and the ultimate purpose
OF the association, to make the people
OF Portage county better, happier and
Weather, bids fair to be realized.
Former State Printer in Capital.
Former State Printer John l.. Sulli-
van, who has just disposed of his in
terests in the East Liverpool Review
and also retired as managing editor
of that paper, was at the state house
on business Wednesday. He called on
Gov. Cox and other state house Off
cials. 1t is the intention of Mr.. Sui
hvan to re-enter the newspaper field,
but it is understood that he has not
yet determined where he will locate.
Mr. Sullivan has the distinction of be-
ing the only Ohioan who received two
nominations for secretary of state the
same year. Two years ago he was
made the Republican nominee for that
office, which nomination he gave up
to become the candidate of the Pro.
gressive party for that office.
Submarine Not New invention.
The general opinion that the sub
marine is new invention is a mis-
taken one," said Frank w. Miller, state
superintendent of public instruction.
History shows that this method of
warfare was used in the Revolutionary
war. In 1777 David Bushnell of Say
brook, CT, invented a submarine boat
called the American Turtle which
held one man and could be kept under
water half hour. This boat attached
a mine to British frigate in Long
Island sound. The crew of the frigate
hauled the mine aboard. 1t exploded
and killed three men and blew one
overheard"
Speaks to Be Grand Marshal.
Gen. John c. Speaks of the Second
brigade, o. N. G., Of Columbus, will
be grand marshal of ~the big parade
which will be held Immediately fol-
lowing the induction of Gov.-elect
Frank B. Willis into office at noon on
Monday, Jan. II. The general offici-
ated in the same capacity when Gov.
Cox was inaugurated two years ago.
Some 500 cadets from Ohio Northern
university, Ada, will march in the pa.
rade. National Guard organizations
located in and near Columbus will be
in line.
State to Supervise Drilling.
All oil and gas wells in Ohio will be |
drilled under the supervision of the |
state industrial commission, accord |
ing to decision which the commits |
sion has reached after extensive study.
The decision was announced after a !
report of an, investigating committee
had been filed representing several
weeks of work. The main purpose of |
the prospective system of supervision
Is the desire of the state officials to
prevent oil or gas wells from being
drilled into coal or other mines and
thus to save miners from a constant
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Will Discuss Proposed Amendment.
Representatives of all commercial
of cities ofxmore than
{, 1000 population will attend confer