Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-01
Bolar
Aug. %, 1916

for making hay and our farmers
certainly have taken advantage.
The hay crop is so per cent above
the average.
Potatoes are rottening in the
ground. In many places the pota.
to vines took the blight. The
crop will probably be so per cent
below the average.
In some gardens there will be no
tomatoes, as both vines and toma.
toes have died. Corn will be rs
per cent. above the average-no
unfavorable condition pre- vailing
from now on.
Frost has been reported in the
neighborhood, but being so green
we did not care to risk rising in
time to see the frost.
The oat crop was very much
damaged by the wet weather.
The roads have been in very bad
condition the whole summer be-
cause of the excessive rains. but
just now the dust begins to follow
the vehicles. If our road men
would now go over the roads level
| ing the mudholes with small or
broken rock and sledging off the
rock that are above the surface,
one might get over the roads with
little more comfort.
We notice the Bath county au-
thorities have this year ordered all
water brakes taken off and culverts
put in wherever it is necessary for
the water to cross the road. This
is certainly step in advance and
a wise one.
They also pay the contractor one
fourth the contract price when his
road is reported up in the spring,
after that they pay him one twelfth
the residue each month provided his
road is reported up for that month,
but if the road is reported not up
the contractor loses that one-12th.
This will give US good road the
summer through, the very thing the
taxpayer has been paying for but
never getting. In fact, in a great
many cases it simply amounts to
a pension for the road contractor
as they make US no road but let the
roads go back, quit at the explra-
ton Of their contract and leave the
road in much worse condition than
when they began. No news would
be more interesting than COM
plete report from the monthly
meetings of our board of supervi-
sors.
Mrs. Cornelia F. James, of Davis,
W. Va, accompanied by her daugh-
ter. is visiting her brother, M. F.
Wiley.
Rev. D. M. Stockard, of Bever-
lily, W. Va, filled the pulpit at
Stony Run on Sunday last, our
pastor Rev. B. L. Wood preaching
at Star Chapel at 8 p. m. and at
Bolar at 8 p. m.
Quite nice company has been
in attendance at Bolar Spring--Mrs
Eakle having turned quite a num-
Der away for lack of room to &C
commodate them.
The members of the Bolar
Springs Development Co., consist
ing of Messrs Huyler, Mackey, Glib.
son, Terry and Kyle, met at Bolal
Springs and organized and have in
corporated but while we could not
secure complete report of their
Intentions we were reliably inform
ed that they would proceed at once
to build a large hotel and otherwise
improve the property.
i Especially would they improve
the water by separating the wild
water and warm mineral water and
have the water conducted to bath
room in the hotel. Everybody
is glad to hear of this move and WE
trust they may begin i'm
provements at once.
The members of "Kamp Kilkare
, Klub" of Monterey are enjoying
their two weeks annual outing at
Bolar. The party consist of the
following: Misses Lillian Trimble
Bess Bishop, Lucille Gum, Rather
inc Campbell, and Lucy Gray Bird
Messrs. Dutch Gum, Ralph Trim.
BILE, Abe Gum, Ebert Gum, John
Slaven, Warren Campbell, Jack
Bishop, and Lloyd Bird. The club
entertained as visitors: Misses
Grace Jasper, of Lewisburg, VIVA
Malen Dudley, of craigsville. Va,
Mary Bowen, of Washington, Dc,
and leila Harris, of Charlottesville
also some local visitors.
Mrs. FL. B. Wood, of Monterey
is chaperoing the campers. We
trust the young folks may come
again.
DR.. o. J. campbell is now at the
Eakle House. Rusticus