The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-08
NEWS BRIEFS

Senior Agent Horace Atwood. OF
the P4n Handle Agricultural ciub.
SPOKE 70 a number % Young farmers
last night A. the Mount Leon school
Rouse. on farming In general and lime
and alfalfa In particular.
Charles r. Earhart. attorney OF
the AnthSaloon league Of West NIr-
gina and deputy prohibition commits.
sioner OF the Wheeling district. with
several other local persons. will at
tend the Anti-Saloon league and Good
Templsrs' meeting a. washington. A.
c. next saturday The party on their
return will stop al Atlsntic city 20
attend the "dry's" national conven-
ton. Mr. Esrhart Will also stop al
Martinsbufg TO speak before the Anti.
Saloon neid day there. sunday.
The annual inventory OF the stock
a. the glass houses IN the Wheeling
district IL being taken this week
while the plants are shut down for the
regular two weeks summer vacation
Saturday morning. July II. the
creditors OF +. r. Bartlebaugh. the de-
funct Island grocer. will meet before
Referee OF Bankruptcy Henry A.
Nolte. Schmulbach building. TO act
upon the report OF Trustee John T..
Schellhase. who Is TO ask permission
TO sell the grocery stock.
The UniontoWn. Pa. district OF
the Bell Telephone company has been
merged into the Wheeling district. 10
be under the supervision OF Manager
III. G. Bills. OF this city. and 20 De
known as the Wheeling district.
President Phil Smith. OF the
Wheeling High School Alumni asso-
citation. was presented with a ring by
members OF the society at a recent
meeting. as a token OF appreciation
for the successful manner In which ne
conducted the association during the
past year
Prof p. n Hite. chemist at the
experimental station Of The West VIZ
ginia university. will be the principal
speaker al the regular semimonthly
meeting OF the Pan Handle AgricuI-
tursl club Saturday afternoon at I
o'clock. IN the assembly room OF the
Board OF Trade. Prof Hite will bring
with him a machine to demonstrate
how nitrogen taken from the air may
be used in promotion of the growth
of plants.
An important meeting OF the Ohio
Valley Automobile club will be held
this evening at $ o'clock in the assem-
bly, room Of the Board of Trade.
The potato crop in Ohio county
will be the largest for many years &C
cording o statements made by farmers
in the country districts. The reasons
given for the large crop - the frequent
rains followed bl sunshine for several
days. Thurman Hedges. a prominent
farmer. will get 100 bushels this year
from the same ground which yielded
only 80 vast year.
A meeting of the directors OF the
Anti-Tuberculosis League will be held
Friday evening at their rooms in the
Board OF Trade building II is the
regular monthly meeting and routine
business will come up for considera
ton
The rains which have resulted in
swollen and muddy streams during the
past few days have put a ban on the
fishing. A number OF the travelling
men who had planned to spend their
vacation about this time. fishing. have
been greatly disappointed
Owing to the inclemency Of the
weather 30 far this summer the party
that was contemplating the building
OF a fishing camp on the Caldwell
farm up Big Wheeling creek. have
postponed the erection OF the building
until next season.
A general membership vote OF the
Associated Charities viii be taken next
month TO determine whether or not the
Association will change its name. No
date has as yet been set but the meet
ing will likely be held early in August
|. A meeting OF Local Union No. s,
Amalgamated Association OF Potters
was held last night in tie Trades and
Labor Assembly Hall Matters OF a
routine nature were taken up.
An inspector Of weights and meas.
ures for Ohio county outside OF Wheel
ing Will be named next week by the
county commissioners. Several applica.
lions have been made for the place
but no intimation as TO who the lucky
aspirant will be has been given.
Only two cases were up in pclice
court yesterday morning Eli Oscar
was sent to the hill for thirty DAYS for
being drunk. Albert Truschel another
drunk was suspended under a FIVE and
costs fine
Chief Of the Fire Department Ed
ward T. Rose Is engaged in his annual
report to be presented 10 the CITY
council. The total property loss for
the year will net about 100000. Il l.
understood
East End residents have laid in
complaints TO the health department
concerning the East End dumping
grounds
An inspection Of city property was
made yesterday by the board OF con.
troll
In normal lines London devours
more than million and naif