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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

New Jersey. 1t is a rather mixed and
democratic body, ranging as Il does
from Mr.. Tumulty, who never until the
present year held a position that paid
more than 5000 per annum. up 20 Mr.
Dodge, who IS one Of the richest men
In America and one Of the least known.
Aside from Mr.. Tumulty, who is at
the presidents side day by day, the
members OF the unofficial cabinet see
Mr. Wilson irregularly. They are sub.
Ject TO call rs the president needs them.
They never get together as body
Mr.. Tumulty occupies an official posi-.
hal as secretary to President Wilson.
Undoubtedly the unofficial cabinet
has been much consulted regarding
the Mexican imbrogllo. and. indeed.
William Bayard Hale has carefully
overlooked the ground In Mexico. but
the advice given bg members Of this
cabinet upon any important matter is
not given to the public II Is one Of
the silent powers behind the throne.
OF the members Colonel House Is
supposed TO have The most influence.
re Is colonel not because be has
been warrior, but by reason Of one
% the governors OF Texas making him
member Of his staff
Although Colopcl House has beon de
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

IN 1904 ana established q Ferry.
Kenova took is name from
those Of the three atcs-Ken,
tucky, Ohio and Virginia al
whose meeting place it was es.
aLlishel.
keyser owes its name to an of.
fetal OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Lewisburg was named for Sam.
uel Lewis.
Mason was so called in honor
OF George Mason, governor OF
the state.
Mon Dgah has its name an alb.
breviated combination of the
designation of Monongahela river
and Mononglia county.
Moig ntown was named for
Gen Zacqueil Morgan the origi-
nal owner of the land.
Palatine has name transferr-
ed from a division in Germany.
Pawpaw was so named because
of the presence of this tree.
Towns in Illinois and Michigan
are similarly named.
PIEDMONT at the base of the
Alleghenies, has a French name,
from pied, meaning foot" and
mont, mountain"
Point Pleasant was so named
because it was once place OF
great natural beauty.
Ravenswood was named fol-
the Ravensworths, an English
family. the name was mispelled
b the engravers in making the
first maps and never corrected.
Salem has hebrew name
meaning peace. 1t is a com.
mon place.name in the United
States, and was frequently given
by eaily settlers in the hope OF
peaceful security in the new
home.
Shephardstown was named for
Capt. Thomas Shepherd.
Terra Alta has a latin name
meaning high land, "given be.
cause of its elevated situation.
Wellsburg owes its name to
Alexander Wells.
The Ohio river has an Iroquois
Indian lame signifying "beauti-
fu river"
The Guyandotte river has the
+ ench form Of the name of the
WJandotte Indian tribe.
The Monongahela has a name
rupted from the Delaware In
dian word menaunghilla meaning
the river with the sliding banks. "
The Shenandoah is also Indian
named, the word being said to
mean "sprucy stream.
Cheat river was so called be-
cause of the viriableness of the
volume of water.
Mingo run was named for an
encampment of Mingo Indians
IN its banks. Tie word Mingo
IS said to signify spring peo-
pie"
Greenbrier river was given the
anne by Col. John Lewis.
Lost river owes it's name to the
circumstance of its flowing thru
a cavern in a mountain, coming
out on the other side where it is
known as Capon or Cacapon riv.
er.
The Allegheny mountains have
a corruption of the Delaware In.
dian name for the Allegheny and
Ohio rivers, the meaning of the
term being lost. Stuart B. Stone
IN Register.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

over the nets than by their knowledge
of politics and the heartiness of their
interest IN his policies.
Woodrow Wilson has his unofficial
cabinet. like the rest, but IL differs rad
ically from any of the others. TIE
most prominent members of Ii are men
who practically were unbeard Of IN ma
tional politics until this year, ana one
of them never has been mentioned pub.
licly in connection with the present adj
ministration
The unofficial cabinet of President
Wilson is composed OF Edward NJ
House Of Texas. Cleveland II Dodge
OF New York. A. Mitchell Palmer Of
Pennsylvania. William BayNrd Hale OF
New York and Joseph T.. Tumulty Of
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AmalgamatiOn Meeting

Parkersburg. March Is. The
meeting of the Republican state
executive committee, which is
being held in the assembly room
of the Chancellor Hotel this after
noon, is well attended by the
members of the committee and
the officers of the state admins
tration.
The meeting was called follow
ing the reunion of the Republi-
cans at Charleston some weeks
ago, when it was ascartained
that without the assistance of
the Progressives the Standpat
machine organization was doom
ed to oblivion. AS a last desper-
ate resort. it was decided to call
the meeting here and b. invite
the Progressives to particip tie
in order that coalition and an
amalgamation could be effected.
While many of the Republican
leaders and the majority of the
state committee arrived last
night the committee being COM
posed of two members from each
senatorial district and three
members at large, there are not
many of the Progressives here.
Their committee is composed of
sixty members, one from each
county and tive at large. 1t was
said that about two of these were
present, but they were here prob
ably through curiosity, as Chair
man Handlan and the other of
ticers Of the Moose COMM tee
were conspicuous by their alb
sence.
Referring to the Pro2rt ssives.
a Stand-patter remarked" Let
them go, they will kill them
selves" The other Stand-patter
replied: HE'LL They will Kill
US. too. unless we get them in. "
That was the whole object OF
the meeting here of the Republi-
can state committee. They fool
ed and bamboozled some of the
Progressives, but only few.
Following is the resolution a.
dopted late in the afternoon, aft
er stiff fight:
Resolved, that we as ind.vid.
ual members of the Progressive
state committee are in favor of
cooperation in all honorable
ways for the purpose of carry ing
out the promises and pledges of
our Huntington and Charleston
platforms, adopted May 16 and
July 30, 1912.
A resolution was also adopted
for calling a delegaee convention
to be held at Charleston on May
Goth, to ratify the action of the
Republican national committee
on the new rule fixing the repre-
sentation and to transact other
business. The basis of repres IN
tation to the Charleston conven-
ton was fixed as follows: One
delegate for each $50 votes cast
by the Republican and Progrt S.
ives at the last geneeal election.
-Seninel.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

Since the enactment of the en-
larged homestead law 211, 900, 600
acres have been classified by the
United States Geological Survey
as nonirrigable and designated
By the Interior Department as
enterable under this law in 320-
acre tracts, the limit being twice
that allowed under the original
homestead law. During the
month of February 1912. 2O6
acres We're thus classified by the
Survey and thrown open to entry
by Secretary Lane. The States
most affected were Colorado.
where 1,129, 900 acres were so
designated; Montana. with l 500, =
600 acres; and Oregon, with a
bout 300, 900 acres.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

The sun bath IS said to be 80 popu-
lar at present In Germany that in
several cities one can buy a ticket for
a sun bath just as In America one
buys a ticket for a bath in the surf.
The sun bath ticket entities the hold
er to room for disrobing. a bathing
suit and a place I'm the sun"
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ident has absolute control, and
our Presidents have always held
that neither congress nor tho
public have anything to do with
it. Pathfinder,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26

hennery and pulls up the blinds.
The chickens all come off the
perch and jeff feeds them again.
The old rooster crows Tor day
light ond the hens thinking an
other das has arrived, go ON the
nests again and lay another egg.
In this way Jeff gets two eggs q
day right along from his hens
and has the record for Tucker
county. If any one can beat this
plan as an egg producer we want
to hear from them with the egg
sact particulars. S. L. Brown
in Kingwood Journal.
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SV0V*~%%$*VV$~%%eN%~%.saN- ~
KITCHEN CABINET.
PRESIDENT
Unofficial Body Is an
Old and influential
Institution.

H. ACH OF the presidents OF the
~ United States has had a sort
- of unofficial cabinet. Some
persons call it n kitchen cabi
net. Washington had his personal ad
viseis, whose influence In some III
stances was as great as, II not greater
than. the secretaries of the various de
partments. Jackson had a rebellion IN
his official household owing to his
kitchen counselors.
Roosevelt had what was popularity
termed the tennis cabinet, a strenuous.
buoyant lot of men who won the presi
c3nt's admiration no less by the ardor
with which they battled with him
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26
How Yves! Virginia Towr5 a.i
Streams We're Named

The story OF the raining of the
cites, rive and other p vs. cal
features of West V;rgi ID " g
of romatic int,res,. TIE first
Americans, the indians, have
given ssome Of the most lie s
ing and expressive plac~-names
in thu sat .. Ties terms usu-
ally rela e t. some feature If The
landscape or to some event tat
took place in the vic nj V. Many
towns bear the names of their
founder. or prominent early resi-
dents. Others honor the mem
ocy o. sod ers r tesme1 who
6qure IN tie Ii tory o. b. U / q
cd Stat $.
The or'g gin ofthe e place.names
has been traced by the United
States Geographical survey, with
assistance of he historical soci-
uee within the safe
West Virpiiid was the name
given to The northwe. tern uor-
.ioh Of the old state af,,rits sep
AZ ton, Virginia Was nam, d 10.
Eizabe II. "Vrpio Ouae..D e
England.
Wheel s "a III 7 dian roiae
from vcal-ink meaning place f
a human head" from the rircum
stance Of ;hc Indians "a .u.. Is
played the head Of & viii ma
on a pole at this point. A h~r
authority gives whiIihk, a -
head Of q river"
Charleston was a.m. 70
Charles Clcndnsn, athrr O..
George Clendman, the founder.
Huntington is rc,.r phi.al
name. axe Of Coli P. H nti o.
ton, one of tie sromoters Of be-
Chesapeake and Ohio RAILWAY.
Parkersturg owes its name to
Alexander Parker, Of Prnnsyl-
vsnia.
Fa'rmont took its name from
It's situation on a hill,
G>'af on was So named By the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad be
cause ,hey grated bra eli m
tris point {, oiiae.
Martic sbu g 4 rived is name
from Col T,m Martin, a ne hew
>! Lord Foirf x. a ealth iand
owner.
Mouna>vll c was 50 called ne
eau g the arge.t mo.nd Of t.
mound builders is situated there.
Benwood tool, it, name from
Pc jamir Latroho an engineer on
the Baitimo & OH silroed
Biuefi Id vas named from the
blue grass valley in which it IS
situated.
Cla ksburg is claimed b some
to have been named for Capt
William Clark, OF the Lows and
Clark exploring expeait n.
will Others mairtpin tn i as
nam, d fro'a = pioneer
Hinton owes irs nm to he
former owner of he owa SIC.
Ansted was named 10 + o es-
sor Ansted h. English geologist,
who reported on a ract of coal
land there and had an in crest in
it.
Berkeley Springs W ; so called
in honor Of WI IN B-dee :.
governor of Virgin j. 1912.
Buckhannon " AIMED from
Buckhannon rive. 1t is an L.
dian word said to mean brick
river"
Cameron owes its name to ST
mon Cameron. for whom 10 ms
and counties in Louisiana ard
Pennsylv MIA were also cal d
Ceredo was named by its
found r because Of the bounliful
harvest of corn upon it. site.
Tn are is derived fr n Ceres.
III g id IS If cor ard rye rs
Charleston, in jefferson c4un-
C., was amel Tor thv orother IF
George Washinstou, c aries
Washington, who owned tn land
upon which the town was built.
Davis derived it's name from
former Senator Henry Gassaway
Davis.
Eagle is one of eighty-one
towns in the country having his
name. along or with sufi S. i'm
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Spring Island

Claude Crandall has a lame knee
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo. Heidwinkle were
guests of the Dornberg family Thurs:
day.
Miss Bernice Williams Is spend.
ing a few weeks with Mrs. Z. l..
Dornberg.
Granpa Crandall is walking with
two canes as result Of a dheu-
matte attack. So
The clerk Of the weather should
be spoken to" for sending this
untimely rain. ......
The strawberry crop Is short, and
the delicious berries will soon be
out Of market. .-
Mrs. John Holden Is mourning the
death OF her cousin. Miss Gunda
Gustafson of Minneapolis.
Miss Ruth Daniels Is home from
the normal and Is getting nicely
over an unfortunate illness.
Miss Alice Councilman is enjoy.
ing the summer vacation at the
home of her son. W.. l.. Council
man.
Nels Strand. Jr.. narrowly escaped
death while telling a tree. Luck
lily he escaped with a few bad
bruises and lameness. -
Come one. come air and forget
ting our troubles, enjoy the chau-
tauqua- Take advantage Of the good
things offered so cheaply and right
at our doors.
Thomas Maine who spent last
winter on the Pacific coast. Is Wis
iting his friends here. Mr.. Maine
likes the climate Of Minnesota far
better than the coast
II Is hard TO keep things going
on the farm at this time of the
year. and attend Chautauqua. but
II can be done with pleasure and
profit to those who try hard
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new river, nearly as large and deep.
although the building itself escaped
any damage
Railroad 10 Sufferer.
The water swep. through the stock
yards at the railway station. but
there were only few cattle in the
stalls at the time, so the damage was
not heavy.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail.
was reports $50 feet OF track washed
out at Minnesota City and another
serious washout ut Plainield.
Farmers throughout this part Of the
state report considerable loss to stock
by the storm yesterday. but II is not
believed to. be very heavy. however.
Two inches Of rain fell in this city
yesterday, but no serious damage re-
ported.
Minnesota City officials. it Is said.
claim their village has become on the
verge OF bankruptcy because of seri.
Gus floods in the past. and II was In
timated yesterday that assistance
would be asked from the county 10
repair the present damage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
From Mondays Daily.

AS was announced some days ago
by The Free Press. the Dan Patch
line win begin operating trains from
Mankato to Minneapolis, July /, the
company having made a fifteen-year
lease OF the sixty-seyen miles OF the
Chicago, Great Western road between
Randolph and Mankato.
Through Mortified. which the Dan
Patch line now reaches, three daily
Minneapolis trains will operate to
Mankato. From Mankato through
Mortified and over to Randolph the
Dan Patch viii run two trains daily
The lease agreement is that the Dan
Patch company shall take over the
entire operation of the Chicago, Great
Western passenger service on this
part Of the system. Freight service
Of the Chicago, Great Western will
operate without change.
Wallace and Waterford are stations
between Mortified and Randolph
that will be on the Dan Patch operat
ing schedule. West from Nothfield are
Dundas, Bridgewater, Faribault, War
saw, Morristown, Waterville, Elysian
Greenland, Madison Lake Walters
Benning and Mankato. Faribault and
Waterville are important passenger
originating points.
w. NJ. Barr, local agent, has re
ceived notice that the Dan Patch viii
commence to operate It's electric
trains over the Great Western line
into Mankato on July 1, or as neal
that time as possible. At the pres
ent time Contractor Brogan has 6
crew of men building a "Y" here
the turn table being too small to &C
commodate the long electric line cars
Mr.. Barr believes that the cominl
OF the Dan Patch line will not take
any OF the Great Western line em
ployes from Mankato, with the pos
sible exception OF some OF the pas
senger crews. The freight crews vii
be run as usual, and the new coming
families in the employ of the Oar
Patch line will outnumber those whC
will b. thrown out OF work here.
or the five trains each way a da,
which will be run. three will run di
rectly to the city and the other tw,
will run TO Randolph, where they
will connect with the Great Western
trains as has been customary In tn,
past. Fare will be two cents a mile
the same as the regular passengeI
service has been.
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the hall the accident had occurred.
The man and girl mad traversed but
few blcks. They drove south about
four blocks from the dance hall,
turned east block and then again
turned moth on their way back TO
town.
II is impossible TO determine just
how the tragedy occurred. At the
point where II happened the street
is smooth and hard and nothing
about the roadbed that would cause
car to turn turtle. Doubtless the
girl lost control OF the car while
II was going at a high rate of
speed and II swerved around. There
are indications that Il rolled over
twice.
Hite's right leg was thrust through
the glass windshield and the glass
inflicted deep cuts which caused
death by bleeding. He was pinned
down by the wreckage. The girl,
though badly injured, was able to
scream for help before becoming un-
conscious.
Cries Awakened Several People.
The Mortified girl gave the alarm,
awakening several people In the
neighborhood with her cries. Men
FASTENED to the scene and Hite was
released from the wreckage. He and
the girl were taken to the home
of DIR. NJ. J. Parrish, only a block
away.
DIR. NJ. J. Parrish was not at home
but II happened that his brother.
DR.. r. c. Parrish OF Ceylon was
at the home. having been called pro-
fessionally to attend one OF the Far
IRISH children.
The injured man was beyond med
ical aid. The leg was nearly sew
cred In the thick part of the calf
and a deep cash in the groin had
cut the femoral artery so high up
that II could not be tied. Other
medical aid was summoned but the
best that could be done was to pro-
long life for an hour. Blood gushed
In great streams from the wound,
the injured man became weaker and
weaker. and at ten minutes Of three
he died. He was conscious until
the end and spoke affectionately OF
his wife and child.
Miss Tenhoff was taken to her
home and her injuries given atten-
ton. She was not in a condition
to be seen Saturday afternoon and
could not give her account Of how
the accident occurred.
Hite had not been drinking.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
From Mondays Daily.

A. j. Adams and Thomas Carey.
representing land owners along coun-
~ ditch No. 90. appeared before the
board Of county commissioners this
morning. and were represented by At
torney Ivan Bowen, in protesting TO
the board against the allowing OF a
bill Of $500 which had been paid by
the county to Charles VIII for clean
ing out the ditch and building n COW
path. The bill was endorsed by w.
F. Brooks, who was then county sur
veyor, and was paid, but these men
who appeared claim that the work
was never done.
After due consideration the board
passed a motion to have the county
auditor notify Mr.. VIII to pay back
that money. An objection to an as
sessment of $3.50 on the ditch against
Mr.. VIII, which the assessment
blanks do not show to have been
paid. was made. The board will view
the ditch and investigate this assess
ment and take what action seems
justl
City Commissioner J. G. Gerlich
and Citq Engineer Blomquist appear
ed before the county board this morn
ing In regard to the conditions OF the
Blue Earth river bridge. District En-
gineer Gallagher was instructed to
prepare an estimate Of the probable
cost of making the necessary repairs.
A letter was read from District
Engineer, Gallagher stating that the
bridge at Station No. 745 on County
Road No. Z in Shelby township over
the Blue Earth river was in a dan
gerous condition. No action was
taken at the morning session on this
matter.
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erom monusv's uaiIs.

erorr monusv's paIis.
Toledo. Ohio, June 22.-Repeal OF
the Chicago insurance rate system
and the substitution OF the Indianapo
lis rates, together with futile efforts
OF insurgents TO lower the salaries
of head officers. were the main fea-
lures OF Saturdays session Of the
head camps Of the Modern woodmen
OF America.
The Wisconsin plan Of reducing the
salaries or head officers was defeated
by a vote Of 3001s and 1904. Head
officers will receive the following
salaries: Head consul. $4,000: head
clerk, $500: head banker. $4,000;
directors. $4,000 each; board OF au-
ditors, $500 each: members Of the
law committee. $50 day for actual
service. r.f 90.
Wisconsin delegates proposed that
the pay of head CONSUL be cut to S..
900; head clerk $1,000: head bank.
er $4,000; directors, $4,000; oudiaors.
$1,000 and members OF the law COM
mittee $12 a day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
From Mondays Daily.

The small grain production of
Southern Minnesota, judging from
present indication, should rank
high in the records OF the entire
northwest this season, according to
observations OF II. J. Wagon, geneal
agent for the Northwestern road, who
spent the last week in company with
sixty-fve wholesale merchants and
manufacturers of ST. Paul. going over
the entire southern portion and into
South Dakota.
I'VE were greeted with optimism
at all points visited and the Twin
City men have returned inspired by
the prospects for the harvest OF
1914" Mr.. Wagon said yesterday.
Mr.. Wagon said that there has
been more rain throughout this ter.
ritory than necessary but that in
no place did they have a word OF
complaint or report OF damage from
that source. There has been no rust
as the weather has been very cool
following each successive rain and
the grain Is not headed out corn Is
somewhat retarded In growth by the
prevailing GOODNESS and In many
places farmers have bee nunabie TO
successfully cultivate their fields ow-
ing to excessive moisture. But farm
ers are optimistic, he says. as II Is
still early and good corn weather Is
anticipated for the near future.
There Is every Indication for the
best yield of general farm crops on
southern Minnesota farms for many
years.