The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-04
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THE STATE PRESS

FaJette Tribune:-McDowell county
Is credited with more good roads en-
thusiasm than any other county in the
ssde. while the mileage is not great
tue roads are the envy of an fne
osneI counties and the neighborinR
~ oI wyoming Is waking up TO
tue advantages OF better roads No
DoWells good road system is due
largely 10 the efforts OF two men -
WOOD Jones, a wealthy coal man ano
Coi. W. J. McClaren, an experience6
.9ad engineer. The services OF f,oI
hcOlaren could not be secured for
the salary provided by law N wse
then that Mr.. Jones came 10 Inc
rescue with an offer Of an extra tbons-
ana dollars, II Col McClaren ,To,,ic
accept the appointment. With me
understanding that he was 10 have n
tree hand and not be bossed by the
county court, Col McCIareD ma.
took the task Of remaking tbo rnn.i',
OF Mcdowell. He bought a steam
shovel and all modern road macbtn.
cry and he has done wonders in tbst
rough country. mat
Morsantown PostcbronieI..- Co...
.oT Root showed that. under our pra-
Nailng constitutional limitations of
oitlcial leadership. the actual leader.
snip IN party Affairs and tins an
governmental affairs-rests win the
Doss, with an individual who is neId
70 no public accountability and in foo
seleclon or whom the voters have ex.
efcised no power or choice ne afeo
showed that the first step toward y
sointlon OF the problem OF the lin.
visible government" is the conoep
Tauon Of official power and inc "a.
relative fixing Of responsibility wbtcb
sIe the essential features Of the snort
Dallot movement. n Is 10 be honcc
that Senator Roots eIoouenf ME- ~
behalf Of leadership as opposed fo
posslsm may win the contest for the
snort ballot reform at Albany.
Parsons Advocate: Our towpsman
). W Hartman. In bis political canvas
has just returned from various nsrts
Of the district lie has been meefins
Nllh success everywhere and a. w
nov see it victory for Mr. Harman a.
the next congressman from the roor
old Second district is just ahead.
Brsxton centrsl:-whne Okiabous
Pc rapidly increasing its PRODUCTION
and consumption OF natural rae
West virginia remains the leader fr
production and indications are fhaf ID
VIII Do some years N ever. before tbe
western state can Dust the "Nounfafn
State from &C. place.
Monroe Waterman: The VOTING 81
f+'W,uVN OF bonds Tor free hridaoa ana
permanent road Improvement hi
4reenbrier and Talcotf disfricta sum.
mers county. last Saturday. hv enc
nous majorItics is a victory Tor mo.
Eress and the public welfare. An me
stock arguments we're used 10 defeaf
the bonds We are glad that these an.
Rumcnts tailed May the broad and
sane spirit Of public befiermenf
which carried the road bonds In
those two districts prove 10 b. the
lcavon that viii itavcn the wRoie
lump. The events show that inc
people resent persistent Indifference
20 road Improvement that they anpro.
Ciato The value of good roafr nrn
once aroused on this subject u-u
overwholm an opposition And BE- car.
ries message Of cheer 90 Monroe
ana HreonhrIcr counties where Der
manont rad Improvement la needed
even more Than ln Summers county.
Forest Industries supply ~ nor
cent % The Dominion foreien trade
and l6 per cent OF Canada's railroad
traffic. and equal in value her I'M
nual wheat crop. To make the best OF
native woods tho Dominion pepart.
mcnt oi thc Interior has established
in connection with the Forest prsnrb
p forest products laboratory Thts
institution ie constantly no uork tesi
mc wood Tor papcrmakInr. furuifuro