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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-27
GENERAL LiLLY's REpoaT;.

Attorney General "A. A. Lilly ID Ills
report to the legislature required BY
law to be made, gives . good account
Of his stewardship to the state. This
report is made OF more special inter.
estiust now. owing to the connection
his office has made In the litigation
OF the Virginia dept case, General
Lilly has been q faithful servant Of
the state during his term Of office
and his services Ii the debt case have
been especially valuable. II Ia cur.
prising satisfaction that the. cost OF
making the great reduction In the
former tentative Judgement OF the
court, caving the state already some.
thing over three million deIisrs. has
been SO small and that ,tAs. stterney.s
fees have BEEN Of In consequential
amount. General Lilly. may we'll be
proud Of tho record his office. has
made since no became member OF
the states official family, and tax pay.
ers win be glad to take full account
of his services, especially in the Viz.
ginia debt case.
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JUDGE JOHN w. MASON,

Judge John w. Mason, who was
Chairman Of the Virginia debt com.
mission. has again been appointed by
the governor to place on the new
commission. The. new commission
will only contain five members, while
the former one had eleven members.
Governor Hatfield will be chairman
OF the new commission. with two
Democrats and two Republicans max,
ing up the additional membership
Judge 9Mason's well known qualifica
tions for this place and his fund OF
knowledge Of the history OF the state,
together with his later experience as
nsmember Of the commission by whIcl,
he has gained a first hand knowledge
OF the dealings between the two
states, makes his. selection one OF
great value and importance.
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THE EXTRA s.7.IHa SESSION.

IL was unfortunate for the state that
m extra session OF the legislature
had Ito be called at this time, since the
lawmakers up to within the last FIVE
days OF the session. had done SO much
work and established high water
mark in enacting laws and clearing
the calendar Of practically every i'm.
portant measure except the revenue
measures and appropriation bills. 1t
was thought that the five days would
be sufficient time to pass these meas.
ures, and 1t would have been had not
the Democratic members Of the sen.
ate turned to be obstructionists, and
the costs to the. tax payers of the extra
session must be. charged up to the oh.
streperous minority.
The.apnropraition bills were passed,
but without any. provisions for rev.
ende to meet the appropriations,
there was nothing for the governor
to do except veto that part, Of the .ap:
preparations not provided for by rev.
enle. Thee state institutions, which,
need buildings and repairs, owing to
the rapid growth OF the state, are
made to suffer heaviest. The govern.
orseyen struck from the bill his own
Contingent fund. Had the governor
left all these items. amounting to
about 100000. in tho appropriation
bill, the next legislature would have
confronted d much larger deficit than
ithow faces.
The legislature Will surely recon.
slider Its action and not retard the
growth OF the state and strike down
Its institutions by failing to provide
revenue TO support them. This rev.
enue must either be. provided by di,
rect taxation or It must be made by
special taxation in some of the vari.
Gus ways recommended by Governor
Hatfield, such as a land tax on hold.
ings of over 5000 acres d tax on cor.
porations. d production tax on coal,
Oil and gas, an income tax or In some
other manner.
lit the solons agree on some manner
% rnising this revenue the itcma
stricken from the appropriation bill
will be reappropriated, rs they have
all been agreed upon by the finance
committee and approved by both
branches OF tho legislature.
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Last mite Pa brot hoam two (2D
lniun clubs & punching bag &
showed them to Ma. ~
Well. sed Ma, what is the idea.
The idee, sed Pa, is that I am goin TO
Reduce. J am going TO shake off a
littel of this extra waite witch Is fast
getting me TO the point where the
ladies' no longer turn around & look
after me on the street after have
passed them By. In other words, sed
Pa. am going to go into training al
onst.
That Is a first rate idee, scd Ma.
II you viii only keep 1t up.
o. ] will keep It up all right, sed
Pa, bekaus | hav very strong will
& ennythlng I start out TO do, do It.
Four weeks from now. SEQ Pa, yon
will hardly know yurc husband. / will
now do a few stunts with the lAjuli
clubs.
But dinner is reddy, deer, sed Ma,
Let the dinner wait, sed Pa. Surely
you a littel Bobbie wud rather watch
me Reducing than Get yure dinner.
!. So We all went into tn elibary &:
Pa began to swing the clubs. He
did pretty good at first & then one
OF the clubs slipped and hit tho libary
lamp &, broke 1t & the. other club hit
him In the head rite WHARF the hair
begins to get short near the neck.
After a minnit Pa got. up & then
he. sed to Ma, witch was crying. thare,
thare, deer. sdoant cry. lit had been
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political condition rsthsr than for.
Ieigni interest that Is hiding her aioof.
ilsit not The danger % the government
n alisnink the clericals and Social.
lists agAinst the Nationalist, Of the
Sationalists and Socialist agsinst
the Clerieals? The three stand Tor
an Austrian alliance. peace and the
allies; and swhicheser way The gov.
ernment might swing. 81 would face
the possibility OF serious diseord at
home.-Baltinaore Newa. - =
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Current Comment.
,iTAIY,s DILEMMA.

OF all the war questions that have
arisen during the last seven months
that OF Itaiy's probable course has
been chief in shattering prophecies.
For nearly seven months her entrance
into the conflict has been matter Of
the next week. The English press
has been steadily hopeful OF II; the
news sent ont has been Of q character
to presage Il. Popular passion Is de-
pleted 90 running High. There are
Riots Whenever an aiitiwaf meeting
- held. pon Bualov ii Iebutfed. This
national interests arc Imperlled BY
peace! sos - Soy ~
And yet Italy holds alooi! Pre-,
pared for eyentaalities she undoubt:
edly 10 making herself. And YET there
Is not. today clearer Indication that
she Will soon depart from ter. .atti
tude OF neutrality than has been given
us every few days for ashalf year.
One explanation Is that she is hold.
ing off until matters have 80 far PRO.
gressed that ,she viii he ,intpositIou 10
claim her reward for aiding the allies
without incnrring the heavy cost Of, 4
lonE-drawn.out war. another. that she
isrwaitins to see fwhich Eways the Dat
will. Jump. Neither is. very cfeditabls
TO Italy; nor II Is to be believed that
either reason ycould suffice to stay
such publiea clanor for war as the
English press hoars. (. X = y,sss!, !
A lecturer In Baltimore last night
expressed his. belist that Italy would
not. erter, At alleunlsSs some new
ideyelnpr,entLcotl the conflict should
ssriously endanger sher interests. As
q mattsr ofifact, she Il more or slsss
on the horns OF O dilemma. galiist
the popular. easily nndefstood stake
inAths Trentino, which would tend to
align her against Austria, her states.
men can well place the ysubtie danger
20 the Eastern Adftssie literal q sIay
empire In the Balkans would present,
and between the two they must be
having d pretty time Of IL % keep an
.syen keel! =
But It Is not difficult Internal
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THg NORMAL suEEERs.

Fairmont Normal School was ono
OF the institutions to be hit hardest
by failure of the legislature to pro
vide sufficient revenue to cover thu
approximations. The $4,000 neces'
sary to build the; new building will not
be forthcoming unless the revenue Is
placed behind the appropriation, and
In the event the special session does
not provide this revenue, this work
will have to go over for two years or
be done .on the subscription OF the
public spirited men of Fairmont, who
have pledged themselves to raise this
money pending the appropriations ex'
pected by the legislature.
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State Editors.
z SALARY FLAW RIGHT.

Newspapers take different views Of
The new county salary law Some
Democratic newspapers with partisan.
ship uppermost express dissatisfac.
tion. There, may be q Republican
newspaper Of two with axes to grind
displeased, too. But when IL comes
10 consideration OF the subject from
the exclusive viewpoint Of public well
fare, the press ;is united In ex.
preston that ~ IL q good thing 3sfor
the state. The Huntington /. Adyer.
tisef. 10 Democratic newspaper, neatly
commends the action OF : the legts.
lature In passing the bill. II says:
The county salaries ill5whith has
been enacted at the session OF the
legislature now drawing to a close,
is one good piece of:legislation. -. :
Tho measure. as adopted. may have
defects but III Is o step in the right
direction at any, rate. :, 3.
Tho fee system for county officers
has been disgrace to West Virginia:
II requires no extraordinary degree
OF ability to be- clerk of the county
court. nor to. all, the. office Of sheriff,
for instance. The responsibilities Of
the office are not so tremendous. Yet
in many West Virginia counties the
sheriff receives Q remuneration two.
three, four, or even Ave times as
great % the governor OF West Wiz.
ginia, or of a state supreme court
Judge, double that Of senator OF the
United States or cabinet member,
sfester than that Of chief Justice
Of the supreme court OF the United
States. Of the yiea president Of the
United Statos. Of an ambassador OF
the United States 10 Paris, London.
Berlin or st. Petersburg. The, re.
muneration Of the county clerk In
many counties has not been much
less.
The salaries that have been fixed
for the various offices are ample in
most instances. and the provision that
the law is not elective until the end
of the terms Of the officials now in
office disposes Of the plea that a
salary Law would work an injustice
Upon man who was elected 10 an
office with the expectation that pres.
emit conditions would continue through
his term OF office. ~
There may. not hereafter be such
a Wild scramble for some Of the big
county offices. but that, in itself, will
prove by no means an unhealthy con.
Misunderstanding Telegram.
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Besst.storiiees
,urse prjsS

"
The world reproaches US nouyeau1
riches With being purse.proud,ss said
onesoflthem the other day. rygeil, my
reply isthat nobody ID 30 purse-proud
as your old aristocracy. There's q
story, too, that bears.me out 4
ITS .. story about sone Of the stuy,
yesants. or Liyinsstons, or Rhineiand,
ders-t.m not quite sure OF the name
but II was q real New York first fam.
Ivy Miss Rhinelandef, II that vas the
lady, had q back yard abutting on 4
skysefaperA hotel Well, the hotel sos
very prosperous; and one day the
proprietor wrote TO Fer: )
Madam, how much do you wan,
Tor your back yard, as Iswish to en-,
large my hotel 2" ~ X
The naughty lady wrote back: \
Sir, how mnch: do you want for
your hotel as ] wish to enlarge my
back yard !"-kashlngton Star. )
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THE CHARLESTON, POST.

Charleston has a new newspaper. It
is reported. although We have not re.
ceived copy of It. 1t Ia the Charles.
ton Post. They say It is good re;
publican paper and believe this 70,
port is true since the Hon. Floyd Chap.
han. mayor OF Huntington and vet.
eran newspaper man Is at, the head OF
the enterprise. Charleston needs q
good Republican newspaper. and In
the Post, Chapman will ind the long
felt want. s' az E 8,
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YES. MANI

1t is the general impression through.
out this section that business Is going
to be better during the nextitew weeks
than Il has been In the past six
months. There seems to be consider.
able grounds for this optimistic view.
-Clarksburg Exponent.
Yes, and there. Is likewise consider.
able room for the Improvement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-27

q tradition that the original bequest
provided that half sheep be given
to each colleger, but this apparently
has no foundation. In the days when
the gift was instituted. however. half
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-27
LITTLE Boobies PA
BY William II. Kirk.

any other man than me. 1t wud killed
him. sed Pa. -
But ] was crying about the lamp
setl Ma. n b
So you think more Of the lamp than
you do about this bump on my he'd /,
sed Pa. Then Pa got mad and threw
the ln1un clubs out III the yard, &
] went out and got them & sold them
to the nabors kid for a quarter!
Wen clam back Ma was talkingitnl
Pa. Why doant, you try punching stis
bag, now, sed Ma. II wont hurt like
them clubs & IL wont brings humps on
yure he'd or hraik lamps. Go ahed &
Civ US exhiblshun with the bag, sed
Ma and Bobbie will watch you reedu:
cling. Then Ma went out to the stabel.
e. began to :eet. Izdidenta want To-
miss my dinner SO went out and sne!8
gan TO ect too. Then Pa CAIN TO the
label.
WHARF is. the punching bag sed Ma.
have threw II away, sed Pa. It
hit me on the noas & swelled sup my
noas very bad as you see. y
1t seems to me, Ma 'sed !, that with
that great big lump on, the back 81
yure he'd & that thare big swelling on
the front you are taking on waite 81
not talking II of. - ssF' Il
Pa dident anser. Ma 80 He ate hia.
dinner in silence. This morning 4
went but in thehyard and found thu
punching bag and now us Kids lis TO-
ingto have gymnasium Ii, the yard.
~
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succeed in their plan TO strengthen
the monarchy and abolish parliamen:
tary government, but this. will not
last long. Then will follow the
overthrow Of tie Hohenzoilefn
dynasty, the abolition Of the feldal
aristocracy and the establishment Of
democratic government In Germany
mot necessarily a socialist republic.
but, In any event democracy mitch
more liberal than Tie United st.tes.s
This. Mr. Berger, thinks. may bring
on another war within Russia. I'm
such war" says Mr. Berger, .'the
German people would naturally have
the support OF France and England"
As to his native land Mr.. Berger says:
Austria will 90 10 piseai, whether
oerusny loses or wins There is no
such thing as an Austrian nation, and
Il has no excuse for existence" L,
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The girls OF whom we are about Il
speak was engaged to marry young
man who for many years has been
busy earning q reputation as what ii
'yariously described as "a rounder,t
"a man about town" and "a promi
nent clubman." That is to say, this
lady was going TO take chance on 4
very sporty bachelor for better Of
worse. 80 :
rpesr,r she said 10 him chummily
Il know you like your nights out. i
know you drink a little--you much
teach me to mix cocktails! i know
you smoke-I can learn to roll cigar
etes. And ! know you play cards a
lot-but you can teach me to play
What darling you arc.. exc
laimed the man. Il will teach you
q game of cards now, and then you'll
know all about It after We are mar,
ried.r E
Fine. What game are you going to
teach me?r
misunderstanding Plain Dealer
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a, sheep was notqworth mucll il any
more than the amount OF money now
given to the Etonians.
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There q great deal of backyard
gardening being done now In the front
rooms ms
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NEW YORK Feb 27More than many them
Win babes In their call daily workshops which
turned over to Mrs James committee by the Chdrens
eety for the Mayors relief
william Fellows Morgan, who Fully 100000 IS
the destitute whose When willing
of so cents day deserving three provided
these women and the they make distributed
poor They only day
employment elsewhere"
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remedy Ii adopted IN California II viii
be patched with d good deal OF inter
est for its results Pittsbufsh Dis
patch.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
REBEKAH LODGE MEETING
Mrs. Maud Morgareidge. District Dep
uty, Made Official Visit to Star
Lodge

Last Tuesday evening at the reg
ular meeting of Star Rebekah lodge
No. Is, Mrs. Maud Morgareidge, dis
trict deputy, made her official visit
Addresses were delivered by Mrs.
Morgareidge, Mrs. Alwilda Smith, first
past president; John Naylor, past
grand patriarch; and Mrs. Carrie
Costello, past noble grand.
The secret work was exemplified by
Mrs. Retta Holman, past president,
who has received several certificates
for the best rendition of the work at
the state assembly. The membe $
showered Mrs. Morgareidge and Mrs.
Smith with flowers in appreciation Of
their good work. After adjourn ment
about 40 participated in refreshments
at a downtown parlor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
TOTAL VALUATION
BEEN COMPLETED
SLIGHT INCREASE SHOWN IN RE-
PORT BY COUNTIES TO STATE
BOARD
Exclusive of Public UtiIitieS-ApprOx-
imately $300,OOO,OOO of Property
i'm Idaho

The total assessed valuation of ali
property in the state of Idaho ext :.
sive of common carriers, public ritil
tiles, telephone and telegraph linec
and private car companies for 1915
as reported on abstracts of the 81
counties in the state to the auditor (,
is shown to be $299,615,914 as against
a total valuation of 1926, 6,705,015 re-
ported last year This figure will
probably be scaled down on equaliza-
tion by the board of equalization now
in session at the state house. Tire
three missing counties when the
board opened it's annual session -
terday were reported to the state an
ditor at once. They are Gem, Bcrnd
ary and Boise counties. The Gen,
county abstract carried a total Of
S2,795,135 Boundary county 81 146,-
2SS and Boise county $7,034,606.
The following table shows the as
sessed valuations reported by co'ln
ties on their abstracts for 1914 as
compared with 1915, showing there
are this year four new counties re-
porting.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14

There are 1861 1897 acres of agricul-
tural lands in the state of Idaho this
year as compared to 3,283,730 acres in
1914, an increase in the agricultural
from the abstracts reported by the 81
counties in the state to the state au-
ditor for use of the state board CT
equalization during its present ses-
sion The increase in valuation Of
these agricultural lands reported in
1915 as compared to the reported
value last year is in keeping with the
increase in acreage, or $2,349,398. The
increase in value comparing the re-
ported total this year with the equal
lied value last year is $5,293,592. Last
year the state board of equalization
on equalization total of $2,944,194,
and it is expected similar scaling
process will take place at the present
of the board for these figures
are ready to be laid before that body.
Bannock county leads all other
in total acreage in agricul
tural lands reported to the auditor
this year, or 269,549 acres. Canyon
county was next with 249,136 acres.
Canyon county, however, leads in to-
tal reported valuation, having a value
for its agricultural lands of $685.
1856. Ada county is next with $8,857,-
273 with half the acreage. Latah
shows value of $8,111,561.
Most of the counties show an increas :.
n several counties it was necessary
o add in the irrigated lands which
lad been classed separately as agri-
cultural and this resulted in a mater
al increase in total area.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
MODERN PLAYHOUSE
BE CONSTRUCTED
DAVID URQUHART CONTEMPLATES
BUILDING ON HIS THIRD
STREET PROPERTY
Plans Include Fire Proof Structure
For Film House and to Take Care
of Travelling Companies

Plans are in contemplation for a
first class fireproof playhouse in Mos
COW. It was learned today that David
Urquhart was considering the erection
of a one-story and basement brick
structure with complete interior plans
for housing a moving picture plant
and travelling shows, should the oc-
casion arise.
When seen today Mr.. Urquhart
stated that he had been considering
the matter for some time but that he
had not as yet fully determined on the
plans The house will be built on his
Third street property in the lot now
occupied by a frame building between
the Urquhart building and Oberg
Bros. store.
The plans include the building of a
stage of ample size for any company
appearing here and beside main
floor and foyer balcony will be
erected 1t is expected the seating
capacity will be between 400 and 500.
The building will be freproof with
full cement basement and roof. The
building will be 30-foot frontage by
so feet in depth. Mr. Urquhart stat
ed he expected to reach a decision in
the matter within a few days.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
FEATURE EDITION
OF MIRROR
LATAH COUNTY, ITS MANY
TOWNS AND INDUSTRIES. WILL
BE SPECIALLY EXPLOITED
Comprehensive Resume of COmmun-
Written i'm Special Edition

The Star-Mirror is planning to is
sue big special edition of this pa
per about September first which will
carry a complete write-up of both the
city and country, and be a COM
prehensive resume of all matters go
ing to make up it's community affairs,
its development, schools, churches,
societies, clubs, business industries
and the University. The matter rel
ative to the country will be very
largely made up from interviews with
farmers, setting forth what they are
doing and accomplishing, it being
felt that nothing will better show its
The issue will be illustrated with
many views of interest throughout
both the city and country, most Of its
public buildings, some of its business
blocks, residences and people, and
many farm scenes of Improvements,
stock, crops, etc.
1t will be made with the co-epera-
tion of the publicity committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, and the pre-
paration of the matter will be in the
hands of Mr.. F. M. Harvey of Madi-
son, Wis, an experienced newspaper
man and specialist in this line, whose
work in the Palouse country in the
past few weeks is a guarantee that
the Star Mirror edition will be
credit to Moscow and the paper. We
bespeak for Mr.. Harvey every as
sistance on the part of Latah coun-
ty citizens. We hope largely to meet
the cost of the edition through the
sale of copies Of the paper which
will be sold at 10 cents each, and or
ders should be placed with Mr.. Har-
very or this office early.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
STATE CHAIRMAN
TO VISIT MOSCOW
Evan Evans VIII Arrive in Moscow
Tomorrow Morning For Brief Con
ference With Republican Party
Leaders-GOes North in Afternoon

Evan Evans of Grangeville, chair
man of the republican state central
committee will arrive in Moscow to
morrow morning from Lewiston fo
brief conference with republican
party leaders and will leave at 3:45
for the northern part of the state
He is on his way to Coeur d'Aleno
and Wallace for conferences after
which he will go TO the coast to visit
relatives for a month.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-14
STATE LABORATORY FACILITIES
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The state board of health lahorn-
tory makes free examinations of any
matter having bearing on the pub
lie health. Water is examined for
sewage contamination; milk for hut
ter fat; water dilution and general
cleanliness.
Examinations are also made for
tuberculosis, diphtheria, typhoid, Of
pus, etc. Mailing containers may be
obtained from the local health Of
ficers or from the state board of
health at Boise.
1t is a violation of the postal laws
to send matter of this kind through
the mails except in the specially con-
structed containers supplied by the
board of health.