Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-10-07
Items of Interest.


Five Bulgarians own truck farm at
Waterloo, Iowa, and it is show place
for all the region round. Using the in
tensive system offarmingthatthey learned
in their native land, they have produced
such crops as their Iowa neighbors never
saw before. Those five Bulgarian farmers
are worth more to the world than any 1--we
Bulgarian generals.
A terrible disaster occurred al Ardmore,
Oklahoma, last Monday Workmen were
repairing 250-barfel tankcar OF gasoline
when a blow from hammer caused
spark which ignited fumes OF the gaso-
line. There was terrific explosion, and
many buildings in thetown were wrecked.
About so persons were killed and 200
others were injured, while the property
loss will amount to 100000.
The comptroller of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad has just issued report
setting forth the official road mileage OF
tracks owned, jointly owned, leased and
over which the road has trackage rights
as of June 30 thisyear. Thisreport shows
a total OF 8, 1862 miles OF all tracks OPP
Grated. The company operates total OF
5,S45 45 miles OF main tracks, including
4,45O62 miles of first track ,l9l.O3 miles
OF second track, 16460 miles of third track
and 49, go miles of fourth track, and in
addition, 2, $40. Al miles OF side tracks.
Thomas Fortune Ryan, Of Virginia and
New York, will have to pay to the State
of Virginia every cent OF. overdue taxes
for several years past. This will aggre-
gate total which he will have to pay OF
more than 100000. Attorney General
Pollard has been informed that COM
promise on the part of Ryan to pay ST ,OOO,-
600 has been made, but he declared that
under no circumstances would he permit
such settlement TO be made. Examiners
are now working on the Ryan report for
back years. He is said to be delinquent
for long time.
Sand from Europe is helping to build
the new subways in New York City. The
war has so reduced the cargoes OF west
bound vessels that many OF them have to
use sand for ballast. When they get to
New York they remove the ballast to
make room for the eaStbound cargo, and
they find that the cheapest way to get rid
OF il is TO give it to anyone who will take
it away. Ten thousand years from now,
when the archaeologists OF the day are
analyzing the remains OF our civilization,
it will puzzle them to determine why,
with Coney Island so near, we brought
the sand for our concrete from English
beaches at Scarborough and Great Var
mouth.
After fight covering many years tor
the publication OF Kanawha and New
rivers, Secretary OF War Garrison has
issued orders forbidding in the future
the dumping or washing OF ores in the
river near Radford, Va, and which for
period of twenty years has polluted the
entire New river and Kanawha valleys.
Congressman Adam Littlepage, who has
fought for this action for years, has re-
ceived a letter from Secretary OF War
Garrison, telling him that July lst the
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
was ordered to cease washing their ore
and letting the refuse drain into the river.
Congressman Littlepage says that all the
waSheries with the possible exception OF
about two have observed the order, bu
that the Department of Justice may have
to take action against the company to en-
orce the letter of the ruling. When the
washing has ceased entirely twill require
year or two to finally purify the streams,
which will be accomplished through fresh
cts, but when this natural publication has
taken place New river and Kanawha will
again be pure and again fish life can exist
This ruling of the War Department came
after fight for many years against the
iron ore companies, who employed the
best OF counsel and whose continual ar
gument was that if meant the confiscation
of practically $40, 100000 worth of prop
erty. But, after long investigation. the
never-quit policy of Congressman Little
,oooa boc ,uop the hattie