The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

for the limit allowed under the law.
The applications now in will keep the
state department busy for five or more
years building roads. The roads to be
built first will be those designated
main market roads and the intercounty
main market roads, and these will
give the state improved thoroughfares
east and west and north and south
across the state. The argument is be-
ing made that the cost of the new
roads will more than be met by the in
creased valuation of the property ben.
Gifted by the Improvement.
martyr of His Profession.
"He was a martyr Of his profess
sion," declared DR.. Paul Fischer, state
veterinarian, in speaking of DR.. An.
drew NJ. Jansen, professor in the vet,
erinary department of the Ohio State
university, who died from glanders, a
deadly horse disease, contracted
while making experiments in the labo-
ratory. DR.. Jansen formerly was con.
nected with the state veterinarian de-
partment. Deaths from this disease
among human beings are rare. This
is the first Columbus case on record
There is no cure for glanders. Horses
attacked by the disease are slaugh-
tered by tthe state. When a human
being contracts the malady death en-.
sues in from three to six weeks. Dr.
Jansen died 21 days after he was at
tackled.
Will Offer Cash Prizes.
Cash prizes will be offered to en-
courage indoor rifle practice in the
Ohio National Guard. The money will
be paid out of the federal funds al
lowed for the promotion of efficiency.
The various companies will compete
For each regiment prize of $50 will
be given, divided into a first prize Of
$25, second prize of SIS and third prize
of $40. A prize of SIS will be given
each smaller organization, such as
Battalion of Engineers, Ninth bat.
TALON of infantry and the First squad
ron of cavalry. The matches will be
shot between the first and fifteenth
day of April. The teams will assemble
at convenient places for the matches
Adjt. Gen. Wood will issue the order
for the competition within a short
time.
Grading Applicants Papers.
A score or more of county auditors
and ex-county auditors are at the state
house grading the papers of the hun.
dreds of applicants for assessing jobs,
who took the civil service examination
in county seat towns recently. Ex
Auditor John A. Dodds of Pickaway
county is in charge of the grading
He said it would keep the examiners
busy to get through by the 1st of
February, the time set for the making
the appointment of assessors. The
deputy state tax commissioners will
make these appointments. The state
civil service commission will certify
three names for each job and the ap.
pointment will be made from these.
CoaI-Producing Records Broken.
All coal-producing records Of the
state were smashed in 1918. Advance
reports received by the state industrial
commission from various districts in
dicate that the total output of coal
for the year will reach 37,500,000 tons,
the largest tonnage recorded in the
history of the state. This is a gain
of 100000 tons over 1912, which up
to this time was the banner year.
In twelve years the tonnage has
doubled.
Safety Methods for Mines.
81 believe that the operators and
miners will join with me in devising
safety methods for the mines," said
]. M. Roam of Columbus, new safety
mine commissioner, who started work
Monday. Operators from all over
Ohio, who met in Columbus Monday
afternoon to make arrangements for
holding of wage conferences with
miners at Indianapolis soon, indicated
that they favor the new department
created by the state to reduce the
mining accidents to minimum. That
there is need of such a department is
evidenced by the fatality record of
1918 A total of 10 lives were lost
in the mines of the state.
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Many Candidates Expected.
The lead having been taken by At