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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
MAKING BEST OF
Dirt HIGHWAYS
Many Communities Unable to
Maintain Other Roads.
THE GRADER and DRAG.

The Trouble With the Good Road
Movement Is That In Many Com
nunities II Gets Mixed Up Ia the
Minds of Taxpayers With the Motor
Speedway.
The trouble with the good road move
ment in nine out OF ten neighborhoods
9s that it gets mixed up in the minds
of the taxpayers with the motor speed
way and the trail Of the joy rider, says
a contributor to the Farm Progress.
a good many farmers are getting auto
mobiles and more farmers will get
them in the future, but even this has
failed to do much toward removing
the prejudice against the building of
permanent roads.
There are some communities that are
financially able to build the wide, per-
manent. brick. concrete or macadam
roadways. Most communities are not
able to assume such n burden. The
dirt road Is about the best we can look
forward to, despite the statements of
the radical road builders We do not
care to tax ourselves to death ut the
present time. and we dislike to bend
our backs to the burden of paying off
a series of road bonds maturing at the
end OF twenty or thirty years. and at
the same time keeping up and main
tanning the splendid but costly reads.
Therefore II great many of the plain
people, those who suffer most from
bad roads, are in favor OF setting about
the task of doing the best we can with
the dirt highways. We would like the
sort of Il road that machines could
travel over twelve months in the year,
but feeling that these are out OF our
reach We are going to 90 the best we
can with what we have and hope for
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08

ON AN UNREcoNsrRUCTED DIRT ROAD.
the days when federal and state aid
will really amount to something. This
means that we are taking a great deal
more interest in the building. repair
and dragging of the none too good
highways that we now have.
Certainly great deal can be done
by the community that makes up it's
mind to help keep the roads in good
shape. One man in II district can. by
dragging the trails. make the differ
encc easily seen. was in northwest
Missouri for Il week i'm the fall of 1914,
and saw work being done that should
be copied.
l was visiting man who lived three
and Il half miles from town. and he,
his sons or some one of his hired men
spent part of day dragging the
roads every week They did not wait
for the road boss" to warn" every
body out for road working" but
whenever they found that they had an
hour or two of time that could be
spared they hitched up TO a road drag
Of the d. Ward King pattern and
smoothcd some of the bumps of the
highway. Sunshine or freezing made
but little difference on these roads that
We're being steadily worked down
twelve months in the year. That Is the
kind OF work that viii count particu-
larry where you can get whole neigh
borhood interested.
By the use of the grader I'm summer
md spring and the road drag in fan.
winter. spring and summer we can put
the surfaces Of these dirt roads in such
shape that they will be reasonably
passable all the year round. Then we
ought TO turn our attention to narrow
ing the actual roadway down to a
track Of not more than sixteen feet in
width. What is the use Of working,
grading and dragging q full thirty foot
width Of track? have no idea who Is
responsible for the idea that a country
highway ought to have a sixty foot
right Of way. but whoever he was he
made a sad ana costly mistake We
wil be forced TO pay more attention
also To- bridges and culvert work IL IS
remarkable to see how easily the pub
nc money can be wasted i'm this item.
by making the most OF our present
roads and resources we may possibly
get TO point where we can build
more permanently. At least we should
not give up all hope simply because we
cannot have the very latest thing ia
permanent highways
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
John W. Davis for Senate

The Telegram of Saturday car
ried a two-column story under
Washington date line telling of a
split" between Watson and
Chiffon. This may be true and
is of some significance in Demo-
cratic politics, however, there
was another feature to the story
which means vastly more. Wat
son, it is claimed has no political
aspirations, but will back Hon.
John w. Davis for the United
States Senate. This is another
proof of our statement that Wat
son is generally right. If more
popular man could be named for
this position of honor and trust.
or one whose ability to serve the
nation is greater we fail TO know
of him. Too much cannot be
said of John w. Davis as a states
man, and the time will come, at
no distant day, when this bril-
liant West Virginian will be
sought to fill the highest office
within the gift of the votes of
our country. -Clarksburg Elk.
ponent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08

Alfalfa seems to do best on sandy
loan soils that have good supply Of
plant food and are well drained,
though it has been known to have
grown in a heavy clay soil. 1t will do
well on any soil that will produce
wheat or corn.
The field designed for alfalfa should
be selected with the view OF leaving
it for several years. The plant seems
to reach it's prime in four years and
can, as a rule. be left in a field profit
ably for seven or eight years, No diff
ticulty is experienced IN getting alfalfa
out Of the field. II it is 80 desired, II a
field OF 1t is plowed In midsummer and
kept we'll cultivated
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Two MurdererS Hanged

MoundsviIle, w. Va, July 81
William Thomas and William
Stewart, both negroes, were
hanged at 5:26 o'clock last even
ing in the penitentiary at this
place. Both had been convicted
of murder and both made full
confessions before being led to
the scaffold. The trap was
sprung at 5:26 o'clock and the
men were pronounced dead ten
minutes later.
Both men bore up well and
took their fate coolly-dying
with a prayer on their lips while
the soft strains of sacred songs
were reverberating through the
the death chamber, from the lips
of the penitentiary colored quar-
tet. Neither man showed any
signs of weakening throughout
the ordeal.
The condemned men stepped
upon the scaffold at Sill o'clock.
Their legs were strapped, their
arms were pinioned behind them,
the moose was adjusted about
their necks. the cap was drawn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Correspondents Wanted

We would like to have a relia-
BILE correspondent in the different
sections'of the county where we
do not now have one. Send US
the news-deaths. births, people
visiting your section from other
localities real estate changes,
new residents, or people moving
out. In fact anything that is
news. Be sure to sign your own
name, that we may know that it
was written in good faith and
that we may know who the
author is. We do not want your
name for publication, but for our
own use.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08

I@@a2lGUPBOARDI
A WELL BALANCED MENU.

EREB the fruit from the rind In the
III usual way, hollow out the half
shells. notch them around the
top with the kitchen scissors and put
them in cold water. to make cock
tails OF grapefruit Add to the fruit
that has been removed a cupful of
white grapes cut in half and stoned,
sprinkle with sugar and the juice OF a
lemon. Just before serving time drain
and I'LL the shells, garnish with a red
cherry In the center of each and serve
on little bed OF cracked ice.
Sour Roast.
Take four pounds Of top or bottom
round beef, run through with a lard.
ing needle a dozen stems Of macaroni
and lay on the grating I'm pot on a slice
of larding pork. Slice one large onion
thin, one carrot, one potato, a bunch
OF parsley and two stalks Of finely cut
celery, six raisins, three cloves, bay
leaf and half a bud of garlic Just
cover with cold water and a cupful Of
vinegar. cover closely and boil slowly
three or four hours; then remove the
meat, strain the gravy; then thicken 1t
TO the consistency Of honey, add three
OF four fresh cloves and a dozen seed
ed raisins, pepper, salt and sugar
EndiVs and RoqUefort Cheese Salad.
In making the salad, after washing
the endlve, loosen the center leaves
and stun with Roquefort cheese which
has been mashed soft with a little
French dressing. Serve sliced down on
dark green lettuce leaves with French
dressing and toasted water crackers.
Homemade Apple Pie.
There are several ways of making
homemade apple pie. This one is
sweetened by a cupful OF molasses,
with a teaspoOnful Of -four and spices
stirred into It. This is turned over
the thinly sliced apples sprinkled with
sugar In the lower crust before plac-
ing on the upper crust This pie IS
apt to run out in the oven. so must be
carefully watched
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Busy Session of County Court

The July term of County Court
is in session here this week, ali
the members Of the Court, G.. w.
Dye. president, and Granville
johnson and S. E. Keith, COM
missioners, being present. The
Court will probably be in session
all week as there are many mat
tiers claiming their attention,
Several important road matters
are before the Court for consid-
Grafton and the annual sattle-
ment with the sheriff will be
made this week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Sheriff'S Settlement

Sheriff r. j. Knots is this
week making his annual settle
of the various funds in his hands
with the County Court. In the
work Mr.. Knots is being as
sisted by B. F. Stewart, of Park
ersburg, an accountant of the
Tax Commissioners office. Com
missioners Elliott Chenoweth and
Howard Waldo are representing
the County Court in the settle
ment. All of the funds have
balances left except the Center
district road fund which is $125. :
40 overdrawn and the teachers
fund of Sheridan district which
is overdrawn $205.04. In the
latter fund a mistake in the Au-
ditor's office in sending out the
corporation taxes is responsible
for the ver1raft. The balances
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Grantsville, w. Va, Thursday July 8. 1918.

liams. All kinds of live stock
will now be permitted to be
shipped into or pass through the
state in accordance with the fed
eral relations.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Quarantine Removed

Charleston. W. Va, June 3d.
The foot and mouth disease
quarantine, which has been in
effect since last fall, was raised
yesterday by order of Governor
H. D. Hatfield and Commissioner
OF Agriculture Howard f. Will
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08

Subscribed and sworn to before
me this ! day of July 1915.
GAY STALNAKER Notary Public.
My commission expires 8-17-1922
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
Beat Market for strawherrI.a.

Home markets for strawberries
usually prove more satisfactory than
those at a distance. although a fancy
brand OF berries will often bring more
in large market than In a small one.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
JUST ABOUT THAT.

"What do they mean by platonie
love ?" asked the first half of the
parlor sketch.
at MEANS" replied the other
half, Chat the young man is not
making enough to support a wifi"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
RESOURCES

State Of West Virginia. County Of Calhoun:
l. r. NJ Marshall Cashier OF the above named bank do soil
EMMY that the above to the best Of NV
knowledge and belief r. NJ MARSHALL, Cashier
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-08
The Calhoun County Bank

EPORT OF THE CONDITION of The Calhoun Count, D M
Oocated at Grantsvle in the State of West Virg t
close of business June % 1915. ~ 'iie'"" "C Tie
Bank first BENIN hLLaine-s -Lrn.nn. DO 1nna
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
OBITUARY
FRITA c. PETERsoN.

The obsequies of Fritz c. Peterson. formerly a printer employed with The Farmer Publishing Co..-took place yesterday afternoon. The remains arrived in sBridgepo from the Typo graphical Unions Home in. Colorado Spring Col, on Wednesday evening. and were taken in charge by Albert Johnson, funeral director. Tester day afternoon they were taken to the Swedish Congregational church, Grove street and Laurel avenue, where at 2:3O Services were conducted by Rev. Alfred P. Engstron, who spoke in Swedish, and by Rev. Edgar R. Coop CT, pastor of the English Lutheran church, who spoke in English. The icasket was surrounded by many beau tiful floral remembrances- Among the mourn.Fs were delegations from Court Nathaniel Wheeler, F. of A., Typographical Union, No. 252, and the Swedish One Hundred Men society, two from each acting as pail bearers. During the exercises appropriate hymns were sung. Interment was in Mountain Grove cemetery. Paul bearers representing the Typograpfi- cal Union were George Heisler and John Ca1Ian5 the One Hundred Men society, Emil Berg and Charles Lind SSrom.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
THE FRESH AIR HABIT

A textbook on physiology used some years ago in many public schools stated that sufficient ventilation for a sleeping room was provided by a single window opened one inch for each person Mos people, would choke in such a room now. Children today are taught, even in cold climates, to sleep with windows wide open. Of flee and Factory Aworkers find the night the once chance when they can have access to invigorating air.
 An illustration of the modern feel ing about the fresh air was given the past week in Chicago. Fresh. air coaches were run on the elevated trains, with windows wide open, to meet protests against stuffy cars. The freshiair cars were reported xerp pop ular.
 Still there were a lot of people left who are fussy about fresh air Even with temperature up to TO, they fear the least stirringaof air and live in ter TOT of drafts They begin to shiver the monent the thermometerA gets down around 72- They look around grossly to see if some one has left a window open by a small crack. This is often the. case with women work CTS in offices. They wear fi1rny sum ner waists: through tue cool weather, and expect the rooms to be heated. to be heated to fit their flimsy raiment
 The people who are most fearful of catching cold from fresh air are the very ones who suffers most from this cause. Arctic explorers never have this aflnent. Outdoor workers in cold climates are commonly free from it. It is the hot house life of unventiIated stores and shops that in flames sensitive nasal passa ages. A room where a number of people work together usually has to heatedsto suit the chilIfest and thtnnest blooded per son of the whole lot.
 If school children are. sluggish, let the teacher throw the windows open, and declare recess Then see how the youngster brightens upi It would pay business people to air but every other I0t1r fo wake their clerks m
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
RELATED ROMEO IS
 PURSUED BY POLICE HUNTING BURGLARS
East Bridgeport Awakened by VOlley of Pistol Shots In
 Early Morning.

A burglar chase shortly before 2 o'clock this morning in the vicinity of washington park caused residents of that section great alarm when echoes of a shot from Doormans John Major zsMcPadden's truSty Colt rev erberated through the stiA night air.
 The Second precinct was as lone some an out-of-the-way hut. in Alaska, and &Lieutenant william O'Leary, in command, had all he could do to keep Doorman McPadden interested in the doings of the day when Policeman William Halpins walked in to make his hourly report. He had not been in half a minute when in came a wiId-eYed scared-to- death. man who resided at 354 Kos suth street,
 Have you detective here2" he said to Lieutenant O'Leary.
 'FY ess the finest set of detectives in the world said the ever-accornmo- dating officer and with that he order ed Doorman "Najor'' sMcPadden, Po- 1icenan William Ha1pin and re- porter to accom- pany the complainant who had already informed the com handing officer that a burglar was trying to gain entrance at his home.
 TI1es fbHrglar-searching party then split in two. Policeman Ealpin and the complainant kept to the south of the railroad viaduct while the Major and the newspaper man went towards Kossuth- street on the north side of the railroad track. Both par ties met at the home of the much scared resident of Kossuth street. and. after a diligent search of upwards of an hour, they decided to giveN it up as a lost job and return to the Second precinct
 As the two policemen and the news
 
 the north side of the New Haven road trestIe a shriI1 whistle was heard in the direction of Kossuth street and East Washington avenue. The party of three then ran in that direction as if their lives depended upon reach ing there.
 The whistle had came from the lips of the complainant. Suddenly head was seen peering around the edge of the railroad stone sviaduet on the Cres- cent avenue side and with cry of There Ee is, ;. the searching party of three set out in. hot pursuit of the man, who was now running as fast as a. resident of SqueedunE who is trying to catch the only daily train from that place, and the fleeing burglar was overhauled in front of Engine Go. No. 2 fire house, on Cres- Acent place, but not until a vo1ley of -32,s from the Ma jor's'' Colt had caused hinn}to stop. When the police captured the young man it was found to their utmost surprise that he was well known East Bridgeport man who was on his way home after pay ing visit to his swain. He said that on hearing one of the party say, There he goes ,'' he decided that he would t'go'' and that was his reason for fleeing upon the approach. of the police who were dressed in citizens
 
 lieved to be a gang bent on robbing him.
 Lieutenant terBi1l' O'Leary is still chuckling over the outcome of the chase Ma jor' McPadden, doorman of that station. is also taking the joke in good form but every time the com manding lieutenant looks at the Major the latter bushes like a June rose and endeavors to start, talk on another subject.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know Dr. Ed
 wards Olive Tablets.

The secret of keeping young-is to feel young-to do this you must watch your liver and bowelS-there's no need of having a salIow cousp1eSion dark rings under your eycs@pirra- pIes-a bilious look in your face dull eyes with no sparkle
 Your doctor will tell you ninety Der cent of all sickness comes fro.1I in active bowels and liver.
 Dr. Edwards, well-known iphysi- clan in Ohio, perfected vegetable compound mixed with. olive oil to act on the liver and bowels, which he gave to his patients for years.
 DF. Edwards Olive Tablets. the substitute for calomel, are gentle in their action,>yet always effective.
 They bring about that exuberance of spirit, that natural buoyaney which should be enjoyed by everyone, by toning up the liver and clearing the system of impurities.
 You will know Dr. $dwards'~ Olive Tablets by their olive color. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio:- Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
Do Not " ant Censor
 In Austria Hungary

Budapest. Hungary, Nov 5--A sys- tsma41c campaign of opposition to the censor is being waged by the news papers of Austria and Hungary. A
 memorandum to the Prime Minister, signed by publishers and editors, points out that the newspapers existed during The first year of the war under a miIder Censorship and. succeeded in serving the country Worthily and patriotically. -'Is it not then unjust, ' they ask, sstthat an inrreasing number of restrictions should be applied daily :? The newspapers are tired of being all lowed to speak only of city eauthori- ties and fraudulent army contractors, and seek the restoration of the small freedom which they enjoyed in pre- war times. .ss
 Since tie war, it is stated, thirty seven Hungarian newspapers publish ed by Czechs, Slovacks. Slavs, ana Rumania have been suppressed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
ATTEMPT TO ROB
 POSTOFFICE FOILED

East Hampton, Conn. Nov. 5-An attempt to rob the safe in the local postoff1ce during the night was un- successful, the bbefs apparently be- ing frightened away in the midst of their work. They had succeeded in getting the outer door open and were working on the inner. A part Of their eau liprae41t was left behind, indicating
 in the opinion of the authorities. a hurried departure. 3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
Make Alcohol From Moss

Stockholm. Nov. 5-In order to avoid the consumption of grain and potatoes. the manufacture of alcohol and fodder from reindeer moss is be- ing tried on an extensive scale in northern Germany. Reindeer moss is very plentiful in the arctic sections of Sea ndinavia, being the principal food of the reindeer during the winter. yeveraI large shipments of the moss. nave been sent to Germany during he past two months
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
MARRIED.

FARWEIL-BISTO Danbury Oct. 2s, Allan Lester. FarweII of Fitchburk, Mass. and Miss Sara Ruth Bristol. ILLIABfS-DEING GS-In Shelton, Oct. 20, Miss Marion Emile Deings and Milton Sanborn Williams of New York.
 HEACOCK-DENNE NEY. Y.-Ine New Mill ford. Oct. 30. Granville Ieacock and Miss Frances E-Denney.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
s. s. CONVENTION ENDED.

Stamford, Nov. 5-The closing ses- sion of the annual state Sunday School convention was held today, the ad- dresses and discussions dealing with specific problems of Sunday school work and the cfi1d's interests.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

Lieut.. LA. F'urer U. S. N, is spend ing a furIough from his duties in the Hawaiian islands with MT. and Mrs. Lyman s. Catlins 243 Mill Hill avenue Lieut. F'urer is the. officer ., through whose ingenuity the sunken submar- inc F-4 was recently raised at Homo lulu.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Notwithstanding the continued warm weather tn eb9siness on sweat CTS and underwear has been very heavy at Radferd B. Smiths. Some of these goods will be sold atfspeciaI prices atsthis weeks Saturday SaIe.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-05

srhe first show of the season fell at LA1toona, Pa
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Diccionario Manual.
~Enciclopedico.

Este diccionario de Ia lengus
castellana es el mas complete y
moderno. Esta ilustrado con mas
de seis mil grabados en- negro y
en- dolores, mas de $50 mapas.
clentos de retratos de hombres cs.
lebres, edifcios y monumentos
historlcos de todas parties del nun
do, etc. Els ell mejor de los enci.
clopedicos manuaIes y solo vale
$500 el e%je1npIar.
Haganse los pedidos acompafa.
dos de 81 importe a
lGNACIO E. LOZANO.
6O7 Dolorosa St. San Antonio.
Texas.
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