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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
The BEST INFORMATION.

Mayor Bowen is going to add to the
gayeties Of life by discussing the new
charter from day to day in the Times
as it is published in the West Virgin.
ian. The best way for the Times TO
give its readers information about the
charter is not BY publishing the pre-.
JUDGED conclusions Of the Office Hold.
ers Trust, and the Outraged Salary
Grabbers, but to publish the charter
in full las the West Virginian Is doing.
1t makes its own answer to the sian.
ders that have been heaped upon ii
and the responsible citizens who have
been instrumental In providing a bet.
ter form of government for the city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
WHERE'S THE LAW.

The Mayor says the Legislature
worked on Sunday to pass the charter.
The better the day the better the
deed. Win the Mayor please point
out the constitutional provision or sec.
ton OF law that prevents Congress or
the Legislature from working all day
Sunday il It chooses to do SO? viii
he show any la wpreventing tho Leg
islature from adjourning from Satur.
day or any other day 10 Sunday morn.
Ing and working all day?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
THERE'S a REASON.

The Times wants 10 know why
Clarksburg is forging ahead of Fair.
mont IN development. Did the Times
ever stop to inquire about the great
difference in the price Of gas in these
two cities? Does not the Times know
that cheap fuel is the greatest induce.
ment any city can offer to manufac.
turers? 49, N
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
ISN'T IT AWFUL, MAeEL!

The mayor says that It Is unwise,
lmprudent and un.American To require
the city commissioners to devote all
their time to the business of the city
at a salary OF $1,so0 per year. The
imprudent thing about 1t in the eyes
of the city administration, for whom
Mayor Bowen persists In being made
the goat on all occasions, is that
IL they undertake to hold other jobs
under the new charter they will for
felt their offices. Isn't ills awful,
Mabel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
WHY is II THUS?

The Times never referred to any
winter goods being carried over
through the Summer under Roose.
yelt's or Taft's administrations. Why
is It that under the reduction OF the
high cost OF living promised by the
Democrats that the people cannot buy
the things that have been SO greatly
reduced in price by the wise tariff
policy of Wilson and Company?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

this big fellow to the. door g cufting
him AZ EVERY step. the littel gurl
with the vilet eyes sed Co loud tina,
i cud-teer It, 81 doant think that
they shuld let two men in that condl.
shpn get on the train. Can you geat
that? sed Pa.
No, my noabel hero, Ma ssed. i can't
eeven tie It. Twas numbering WITCH
one of you got the wurst % the argi.
ment,, you ir the one that You sei
you cuifed, Bobble, get sum raw beef.
stalk around the corner at the but.
cheers, Papa's eye is swelling awful
fast. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

to starving men who were out OF en-.
ployment six months before the war
Was ever dreamed of. It may be 4
slight improvement over the soup
house or the bread line. but OF no per
manent value
II is true. as Senator Penrose says.
that the prime cause Of the deficit In
the revenues OF the country ia due to
the prostration In business brought
about by the Democratic tariff law.
and the Wheeling Inte1lig encer truly
says, it Is not wohlly to be blamed
upon the war.@Clarksburg Telegram.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
WHAT'S THE USER

The mayor quotes the constitution.
What Is the constitution to the city
hall crowd? What is the constitution
and the laws to the Office Holders
Trust OF Marion county who's bench.
men have said during the conduct of
elections, and when they were officers
on the election board, ITO hell with
the law, we are holding this election?p
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
ONE POINT SCORED.

The Mayor winds up his TRADE
against the new charter by saying he
approves of the Gection which pre-.
vents city employees from accepting
passes and favors from corporations
and others under more favorable con.
ditions than given the general public.
Glad to note that ono section d least
meets with his hearty endorsement,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
.IHEY KNOW THElR ERlEMps.

1t is to laugh to see the Times COM
ing to the relief OF the preachers and
the Civic League. The preachers and
the Civic League know who their
critic has been and which OF the two
local papers have supported their
every movement for moral and polit-
ical decency in the city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
ADMITS 1T.

The mayor says .'Fairmont today
has the distinction OF being discred.
tied at home and abroad Fact! But
who tdiscredited Il? Who has had
Fairmont by the throat for the past
decade? What species OF politics has
so branded our fair city? Who Is re.
sponsible II not those who have pre-.
tended to guide its destinies?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
MRS. SLOWER DIES.

A message was received yesterday
afternoon by Albert Boggess OF the
East Side, announcing Tie death OF
Mrs. John stroyer at her home at
Pittsburgh, Pa. She Is wei known
in Falrmont, and formally resided
here. She is survived by her husband
and one son, John, ii.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
PRIZE CORN eRoWERs
GREETED BY WILSON

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Presi.
dent Wilson yesterday shook hands
with 80 boys and girls, champion corn
growers from Iowa, Minnesota. ILL.,
nois, Pennsylvania, New York and
Massachusetts. Earle Weller. of Coop
er. Ia, who raised 1879 bushels on ono
acre, was especially commended by
the President.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
THE cHIroLlKe INNOCENCE.

The Times this morning refers to
the Board of Affairs as Christian gem
tlemen,, who have not been mixed up
in political deals. It remained, how.
ever. for the Times and its cohorts
to make the most serious political acs
eusation against one OF these commits.
sioners that has ever been made In
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
YES, HOW MaNYg

The Times makes some reference
70 the ancient Fred light district on
Cherry avenue. How; many red lights
have had their glim doused by the
present city administration in the dis:
charge Of their Christian duty as com.
missioners, about which We are SO
frequently reminded?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
.4LocK me up WITH MY eoY.s'

ALock NE UP WITH MY BOY.
The Independent hears a great deal
about mothers love and a mothers
loyalty TO her boy. And It is all true.
But poor old Dad never gets any OF
this publicity. And there are mil.
lions OF dear old Dads. Somewhere
in a far country, with gulf between,
the hand OF this writer itches to again
grasp the hand OF one Of them, who
is there and who. we know. is lone.
some even In the crowd. Dear old
Dads, their numbers are iegions;
their love as deep as the oceans deep;
their loyalty unsung.
That which suggested this editorial
was the love and loyalty OF a Fair.
mont Dad for his 16.year-old boy lock.
ed up in the county jail there for
blackmatl and larceny. We can see
that heart.wrlng Dad. as he leaned
against the prison cell, when the iron
door clashed. his boy locked up and
he in the corridor, and we know the
depths OF that love and the anguish
OF that heart, when NJ. L. Heron, a
dairyman, pleaded with the sheriff:
Lock meiup with my boy! Let me
sleep in the same cell with him, sher-
iff."-Pocahonta Ind.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

A four years term is not too long
II we had an effective recall but when
the city administration refused to
recognize petitions for recall elections
1t has been found more satisfactory
70 limit the term Of Office to two
years. This is double the time be.
tween elections that was had under
the old councilmanic system by which
the elections were held every year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

West yirginian. why did It not ailude
to its old time friend, the saloon, for
which II has shown In the past 40
much friendly solicitude? The West
Vtrginian was very outspoken against
this iiydraheaded villain.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
WHY, CERTAINLY sol

The mayor says 1.-THE sovereignty
of government rests with the people.
That Is why the government OF Fair.
mont is to be taken out OF the hands
of the Bosses and restored to the
people. :. :.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
USE.

The mayor says he will not become
a candidate under the new charter.
II we mistake not the temper OF the
people of Fairmont all OF the, COM
missioners will save q merlted rebuke
by making the same announcement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
lMEeLecTlNe AN Oh fRIENp..

In reviewing the business situation
and pointing out the numerous busis
nesses which the Times hopes are
out Of harmony with the policy Of the.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

Commenting upon some ripper char.
ter bills introduced in the legislature
and passed by II on the request OF
members from home, members OF the
Democratic press are decrying the de-.
struction Of local self.government.
Their idea Of the right of the people
OF West Virginia cities to govern
themselves is Democratic city hall
notwithstanding News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03
Don't Be a Gutter Ii
Your Business Methods.

Advertise and KEEP ON IADYER-
sTISING IL You Desire Permanently
to increase Your Volume Of Trade
You Cannot Make a Noise BY Keep
IND Quiet
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

Poor old Martin is about 10 pass
into the shadow land of inocuous des.
uetude. And Fred o. Blue and his
fierce hussars are quite responsible
for the Sinking away of rum. 1t Il
a God.send TO the future OF mother.
hood, childhood and manhood, and in
stead Of disease, crime and squalid
poverty, may We not hope for physi.
cal, industrial and social betterment.
Anyway, II we continue to enforce the
law, drunkenness can not tvictimizs
the future manhood and tempt to sin
the womanhood OF the community
Charleston Sun;Herald.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

Writing up basketball game the
Mcdowell Recorder says "the high
school girls showed good FORM" and
that the game resembled the good old
days when he went TO see "the Ga.
zelles jump over the heads of the An.
teiopes.' Sure, the game must have
revealed the divine form as she is
Pocahontas Ind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
BAD FIRE AT BATHGATE

Bathgate, one of the towns that
has been on the map of Pembina
county the past thirty-fve years, had
Its business interests crippled by a
fire Saturday afternoon of last week
which piles up financial loss of over
$50, 900. The property DESTROYED
includes two large grain elevators, a
farm machinery warehouse, lumber
YARD and the water tank of the Great
Northern railroad company. All the
buildings had occupied their sites
practically since the town. started
thlrty-three years ago and it was only
with the greatest difficulty that the
Bathgate hotel and other business
properties were enabled to escape the
confiagation as the town is practically
without fire protection.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
BOLD ATTEMPT MADE At
BANK ROBBERY IN ALSEN
Burglars Enter Bank at Alsen With
Tools to Break Into Vault But
Fail to Make Haul

A bold attempt at bank robbery was
made at Alsen during the darkness of
Thursday night or during the early
hours of Friday morning, when a we'll
organized gang were unsuccessful in
their attempt to get at the wealth
stored in the vault of the Farmers
State Bank of Alsen. According to
the story as related by parties who
have been in the city since the event
happened the burglars first broke into
the tool shed of the section house of
the 500 railroad at Alsen and secured
such tools as they required for the
task, afterwards effecting their en-
trance into the bank where they cot
to work on the vault with the crow
bars, picks and short steel bars thev
had found at the section house, and
succeeded in digging away the mason
ary to considerable extent Whether
they were scared away, or whether
daylight caught them before thew
were able to complete their operations
it has not been discovered, but for
some reason they abandoned their
work before being able to gain access
to the vault. There is no clue except
the tools left behind to follow up in
the discovery of the culprits, although
everything points to it being the
handiwork of an organized gang of
professional bank robbers. The
Farmers State Bank of Aslen is
member of the American bankers pro-
tective insurance organization and the
authorities have taken the attempted
robbery up for thorough Investigation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23

in 1897. The surviving members of
the family are two daughters, Mrs.
Mary Wiltsie and Mrs. Alice Hunter,
and two sons, AFRO l. Darling of
Fortuna, N. D. j, and Malcolm M. Dar-
ling, whose farm is a few miles north
of town.
The late Mrs. Darling has shown to
Langdon people in the years that she
has made her home IN our midst that
her whole life was devoted to her
family, friends and the church with
which she had become affiliated early
in life and constantly remained a
faithful and consistent member.
The arrangements for the funeral
have been delayed awaiting the arri-
val OF deceased's eldest son, Mr.. A. I.
Darling, from Fortuna, N. D., and
will not occur until Friday, when fol-
lowing a service conducted by Rev.
f. j. Hibbard at the Presbyterian
church, the remains will be shipped
to Clearwater, Mimi, for interment
by the side of her husband, whose
death here in October, 1905, will be
recalled by many.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
CROPS AROUND wALHALLA

Crop reports from the northeastern
part of Cavalier and the northwestern
corner of Pembina counties are what
might be termed almost abnormal.
The items below are taken from the
last issue of the Walhalla Noun
taineer; "The record for wheat is
held by the Walhalla Seed Potato Co. ,
which from an eight acre field thresh-
ed and marketed l, O47 bushels of
wheat, making an avreage of SO
bushels to the acre. 1t was of the
Marquis variety snd will be reserved
for seed. In oats, Belanus and sons
take the record. They threshed 1880
bushels from twenty-six acre tract
making an average Of lib bushels to
the acre.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
LANGD0N GIRL BECOMES
A BRIDE IN CALIFORNIA
A Daughter of the ALERT Family is
Led to Altar in Quiet Wedding
Saturday Forenoon

Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Alert, in a
night letter telegram which arrived
on Sunday from San Francisco recei-
we'd the announcement Of the wedding
of their daughter, Mrs. Vivian Rid
lington and Mr.. NJ C. Mitchell. The
happy event occurred Saturday fore
noon at Oakland, Cal, and follows an
engagement dating back over the past
year, at which time Mrs. Ridlington
accompanying her parents left Lang
don for their winter home in Califor.
MIA. Instead of returning to this city
with Mr.. and Mrs. ALERT their daugh-
ter, Vivian, decided to remain on the
Coast for year, and had accepted a
position as Instructor in primary work
at Cotton, CAL, intending to take up
her duties with the opening of the fall
term. But the campaign of Cupid
seems to have planned more agree
able and appreciable line of work.
The home of the couple will be in San
Francisco, Mr.. Mitchell for some
time holding the position of manager
OF the Oakland Woolen Mills. The
Mitchell family will be remembered
as among those for years identified
with Langdon and its people in the
early days, the father of Mr.. M. C.
Mitchell being Rev. Peter Mitchell,
who did pioneer work as Baptist
pastor at the Rosa Lake church. For
number of years they have been
located in California and at the time
OF the death of the father, Mrs. Nit
chell and the family located In Oak.
land. which 10 also the home of Mr..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
JOS. sTREM1cH BUYS MORE LAND

Thos. Sheehan sold half section
OF land which he has been farming in
Perry township for a number of years
Tuesday afternoon to Joseph Stremich,
one OF the we'll to do farmers between
Langdon and Easily. The land which
Mr.. Sheehan sold to Stremich is loca-
ted four miles south of Langdon and
about the same distance from Easily.
Crops such as Mr.. Sheehan has har-
vested this fall proves the pro.
perty can easily be considered as a
bargain. The reason for selling ia
the removal of the Sheehan's from
.Langdon TO Bismarck to make their
home, otherwise 1t would not be on
the market at all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
DEATHS ANGEL CAME
WHILE SHE RESTED
Mrs. Darling Entered on Her Long
Last Sleep Without an Awaken
ing Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. A. B. Darling, the mother of
Mrs. G. S. Hunter of this city and
widow of the late A. B. Darling,
whose death occurred in this city
about ten years ago, passed peacefully
from this life at about half past two
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon at her home
on Spruce street near the public
schools. For the past year and half
the condition Of Mrs. Darling's health
has been cause of considerable
anxiety to the family, the deceased
having been subject to frequent at
tacks of heart failure, which more
recently have been aggravated by
symptoms of dropsy. The last few
weeks Mrs. Darling had apparently
been much better and on Tuesday, the
day she died, had been up and around
in her usual health. 1t was shortly
after eating dinner with the family of
her daughter, Mrs. Wiltsie, who have
lived here with her the past year,
that the deceased laid down for a
short rest, falling into sleep from
which she did not awaken when Mrs.
Wiltsie entered the bed room at a
about half past two o'clock to BEE if
she was still resting.
Deceased's maiden name was
Jerusha Ingalls,, being aged seventy
seven years and was born in Eastern
Ontario. Her wedding to AFRO B.
Darling occurred at Clearwater,
Minn., in 1853, the home of the
family being in that immediate neigh
borhood until their coming to Langdon
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT

A new species of wheat, known as
Black Emmett, is being grown with
success in this locality by John
Schmidt, The wheat is very hardy
and will grow in almost any climate.
The yield is very large, but threshing
OF the crop has not yet been done.
The straw is about thirty per cent
better for stock feeding purposes than
that of other species. The kernels.
which are unusually large and hard,
are encased in strong, closely wrap
ped shell which is almost jet black.
The "whiskers' growing out. from
the shell are unusually long and con-
tain little sharp teeth, reminding one
of round wire saw. --Walhalla
Mountaineer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
NUMBER 9

The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon from the home, where an
Impressive service was conducted by
Rev. f. j. Hibbard of this city, fol-
lowed by interment in the Harvey
cemetery with Masonic honors, up
wards OF hundred and fifty members
OF lodges of that order in the county
beng in attendance. The pail bearers
were Bert Welsh, Robert Work, Jr.,
James Mcintosh, Jr., John Ryan, Fred
Ry!ance and James Mirehouse. The
funeral ls stated as being one of the
most largely attended of any ever held
in the county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23
GREAT SORROW ENTERS
NEKOMA FAMILY HOME
Deaths Shadow After hovering Over Home of
Dorothy 0rpe Brings Peaceful Sleep

Undertaken H. E. Price had charge
of the funeral at Nekoma on Tuesday
afternoon of Miss Dorothy Orpe, the
seventeen year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Orpe, highly respected
pioneers among the families who first
settled in the vicinity of Nekoma.
The deceased has been almost con-
stantly under the care of doctor and
careful nursing since the middle of
the summer, when while attending a
base ball game she was struck on the
knee with a ball. Owing to the seri-
Gus character of the injury not being
realized at the time it was later
found that the patient would have to
undergo an operation resulting in the
amputation of the limb. She never
fully recovered the shock of the opera
tion and with other complications that
set in, her condition steadily grew
worse, resulting in her death, which
occurred Sunday afternoon. The cir
custances since the accident, and fol-
lowing up to the death of their daugh
ter, have drawn forth from the people
of the community where the Orpe
family so long resided a sympathy for
the bereaved. which has done much to
lessen the loss the death of their
daughter brings to the home. The
funeral held Tuesday afternoon was
one of the largest ever known to have
been held in that section of the
county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23

Mimic townships 8 consolidated school
10 TO have a residence: for the teacher
built upon the school ground this fall.
The school is located six miles west
of Wales.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-23

Alex. Mitchell and wife, the latter
being a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Finerty of this city. Congratu-
jations to the bride and groom of last
Saturdays event are extended them
by their many friends among the peo-
pie of Langdon.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-01

Alexandria, Va. The Misses Bennett
live i'm Kansas city Mo.
Among the well known guests werc
.Col. George Nj. Harvey the magazine
publisher, and Mrs. Harvey; Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Nattorson; CONGRESSMAN
Mann, Republican house leader and
Mrs Mann.
The wedding presents were many
and costly In addition to the gift of
President Wilson two silver com
potes-the members of the house Of
representatives of the siXty-third and
.siXty-fourth congresses gave a neck
lace Of 250 diamonds, Secretary and
Mrs McAdoo sent silver pitcher;
Justice and Mrs. Lamar sent a silver
.salycr Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph
Hearst. two silver dishes; Mrs sam
ucl B. sheath. vice president of the
general federation Of women clubs, a
set of cut glass; Colonel Watterson, a
silver pitcher
The town of Fremont, Ohio, In
recognition Of Miss Clark's position
as chairman of the executive board OF
the women's made-in-America league
sent her collective gift chest con-
tanning specimens Of manufactured
products of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomson went north
on their honeymoon.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-01

ports aggregated s143,402, ,160, mn in
crease Of $79,470,695 over like
period a year ago"
The nearest approach to the billion
dollar record was in 1908, when a
favorable balance Of $666, 100000 was
shown for the United States. In
1914 the balance dropped to S4IO,.
coo, 900. The last time it showed
against the United States was in 1898
Is Not Net Balance.
This billion dollar balance for the
fiscal year IS distinct from the billion
dollar net balance which government
officials have predicted for the pres
ent calendar year. To arrive at net
balance there must be subtracted
from the gross balance interest on the
United States debt held In Europe,
tourists expenses. ocean frelghts,
money transmitted homo by alien
residents ana numerous other items.
The big export business done by
the United states during May has led
to reiteration of predictions Of the
billion dollar net balance. The sud
den decrease in exports for the last
week Of June was believed to have
been due to exceptional circum-
stances, such as the absence of sail
ings during that period.
Unofficial estimates on the in
creased balance credit more than
$500, 100000 to breadstuffs. A gain
Of $50, 100000 is anticipated in ami
mails: s25,000,000 in automobiles and
S45, 100000 in meat and dairy
products.
The prediction is made that exports