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The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07

Remember when you buy a
piano from Wetzler Supply Co.
you buy from Factory Selling
Agents and save the heavy ex-
penses of travelling salesman.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07
''HOuSe Warming" Party

The house warming" O +
Clermont Homestead, Snow
fakes suburban villa, last night,
was a decided success. The
cool, refreshing sprinkle only
seemed to bring out a "full
house. ;" Games, refreshments
and dancing were indulged in
and greatly enjoyed by all. 1t
proved a very pleasant, mid
Summer Nights Dream
thanks to Sadie, Wickliff and
John.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07

Dick Greer was in town from
Holbrook Yesterday.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07

Wetzler Supply Co., Holbrook,
carry a complete line of the very
pest makes of saddles & harness.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07

Miss Natalia Smith is at st.
Joseph for an extended stay.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-07-07

A New Jersey penny, coined
by the State in 1776 and belong
ing to the estate of Senator Grif-
fifth W. Lewis of New Jersey,
has been sold for 5000, the rec
ord price for a 1-cent American
coin. The big copper cent has
the seal o f New Jersey on the
face, with the date under the
beam.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
YOUR KIDNEYS
Hickman Residents Must Learn
The Importance of Keeping
Then Well.

Perfect health means that ey-
erv organ Of the body is per-
forming It's functions properly
Perfect health cannot be en-
joyed il the kidneys are weak
and disordercd.
Thousands testify that Dom 5
Kidney Pills have a reyiving ac-
ton on weak kidneys.
What this remedy has done N
SO many eases Of this kind is the
best proof Of It's merit.
Read the following. It's testi-
mony gratefully given by a resi-
dent of this locality:
Mrs. b. p. Benedict, Fulton,
Ky, says, 81 have used several
boxes OF Doan's Kidney Pills and
have found them very effective,
They cured me of pains in my
back and sides. / can recon.
mend D0an s Kidney Pills b any
one afflicted with pains through
the small OF the back. "
Price soc, at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for kidney remedy
get DOans Kidney Pills the
same that cured Mrs. Benedict
Foster Milbun Co, Props, Buffa
10, n. Y. Adyt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27

Council meets next Monday
night.
r. Y. Mcconnell was over from
Union City first Of the week.
Registered Berkshire Bears for
Sale: Several good bears ready
for SERVICES. l.. DOdds.
Dell, Jr., little son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert ChOate, has been
dangerously i'll for several days.
He had pneumonia in both lungs
Miss Ralston, a Nashville nurse,
has been in attendance at his
bedside.
A prudent mother is always on
the watch for symptoms of
worms in her children. PaleneSs
lack of interest in play, and peev-
ishness is the sign for WHITE
CREAM VERMlFUGE. A few
doses of this excellent remedy
puts an end 10 the worms and the
child soon acts naturally. Price
25c per bottle. Sold by Hickman
Drug Co. Advt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
GLoRIEs OF KENTUCKY
AS SEEN BY IRWIN COBB.

The State of Kentucky is shap-
ed like a camel lying down. The
straw that broke the camel y
back was the first time the State
went Republican.
The eastern end OF Ahe State IS
the mountainous or perpendicu-
lar end. Here, from the begun
ming of things until recently, re-
sided the cOngenial feudist and
the incurable mOonShlner. The
latter still exercises his heredta-
~ calling in a cave ON a creek up
a cove; the former is either TAX
mg a postgraduate course IN
chair bottoms at the Frankfort
penitentiary or he has been Tor
Toured and sleeps in the family
burying grounds on the slant of
the Cumberland mountains with
his still-booted toes sticking ont
az the lower end of the mound TO
save the cost of foot stone.
Somewhat nor By nor'-east Of
tho geographical center of the
commonwealth, about where the
camel would wear his fourth stOm'
ach. is the Blue Grass country.
While in the company of Kentuc-
kians you may have heard the
Blue Grass mentioned. They may
refer 10 it as Gods country. I'm
deniaby, it is. Its conformation
IS heayen-sent; its politics come
from the other place.
Moving on further westward,
you come TO the BeargraSs whore
Louisville, the metropolis of the
State, proudly stands with a halo
of soft coal smoke wreathing her
brow and millions OF silently
dropped lowercase IS piled about
her high arched inStep; then, IN
turn, to the Barcns, 10 the Pen
myrtle, and finally 10 the Purchase
having It's toes in the Fathers OF
WatcrS, and once in a while, when
Father gets ampage0us, cl NIB
ing mp on stills 10 avoid having
its adam 5 apple layed, too.
In the western portion of the
State -is Mammoth Cave, the larg'
est natural orifice On the cont
net with one exception. Howey-
cr. the one out at Lincoln moves
about considerably, filling Chau-
tauqua dates whereas Ken
tucky's cavern remains stationary
Politically, Kentucky Of resent
years has Gained down somewhat
although our campaigns are YET
very far from being the milk and
watery affair observed elsewhere
in the Union. OF late Kentucky
has gone in less for pistol totng
and more for better schools for
Tower h0micides and a greater
number of goJd roads.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27
A LUCKY FIND.

While running H' 4
mlrsscl shells IN Oh. .l1~
river near Johnson
las "Wednesday. Jou I.l 4
tomerly of Mdropu Dts 4
now 0wner of sE.- -
bo iis up M the Teuu., ID
frhol up a large chunk o., 4
proved 10 be q mss o.. god 4
silver. which hal been -
AMI run together Elrrs q
hsyo examined the Ia. W
thc opinion that % s =
among lt AZ silver =
lus when more than :
On guuboats were .U,' H "a
sonyllc during OBJ, 'N. v
mwo than huy yH- ..t 7
mass ~ metal WIS shipped
Metropolis by lysm... H" /
placed Il ON exhibition u '.s !
tional State Bank 10 =
ten pounds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27

DR. FREDERICK r. HOPKINS il a
brilliant, magnetic and charming
speaker. an orator, an entertainer and
MI educator A. pastor OF the Pilgrim
Congregational Church of Chicago he
was considered one ~ the most nota.
hle examples Of the modern thinker,
and the press OF that great city con
tanned columns OF extracts from his
sermons and lectures.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-27

Call at this office Tor gIe''
or paper.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

Creek township uskingum county.
o., the Blue Rock OIL aud Gas Com
pany drilled its second test on the
John Morgan farm through the Berea
grit and 1t is showing for two or
three barrel pumper. In Lawrence
township. Washington county. the
Stout Oil Company has started to drill
a test on the George Marten farm. To-
Gated on Bear run.
In the northern end OF the deep sand
territory new work Is starting and
much Of 1t OF the experimental kind.
At this time the northern district has
more new work starting than at any
time In the last three years. Now
that the market has advanced there
will be great deal OF work started in
the northern end OF tho field. In Jack
son township. MuskIngum county, A.
H. Heaslcy and Company have started
to drill at a test on the William Riden-
baugh farm. located $500 feet north
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
LABOR LERGUE

can only bring about Its result by
organization. we, the women OF the
world. who are classed as belonging
to the wage earning system, deem
the time oppOrtune for us to place
ourselves in touch with the tidal
wave OF organization. and band our-
selves under ono banner that shall
say to the world at large: This
part Of humanity stands on It's mot.
to. which IL, Elevation and EducA-
ton for the Laborers Of the World. :"
w" are taking the preaching Of
our gospel minister's as our aim The
object Of our league liz to root out
the prostitution that Is going on
around us. 1t can be done II the root
OF tho evil Is started ut first. The
evil that Is destroying homes and
sending poor helpless souls down
into the depths Of sin. when they can
be rescued.
Come out to our meeting. Let us
explain the working OF our league
and We Hfe sure OF your support.
We wish TO see rs many women as
can possibly come. Don't think q
Ron-union mans wife isn't included.
When our invitation calls for evory-
body. that IL what 1t means. Watch
the papers for the announcement II
our meeting night. and let everybody
come. You will go away satisfied 10
help us In our just cause.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

(By Mrs. Anna Emmons, seCrctnry.)
The object of the Woman's Union
Label League is to upllft the work
ing class of people. The conditions
and environments OF human life as
provided by nature are manifested by
more or less concentration Of the
forces of will power, and as tho COM
bining OF the human family under
the banner of freedom results in the
broadening and evolution of human
thought to that degree that the
greatest good to the greatest num-
Der" Is the motto of liberty. and as
the labOrinE classes Of the entire
world are seeking to concentrate
their forces and energies on that
motto, which will result In clevatins
the entire human family that 1t may
finally become educated UP to what
constitutes true manhood and true
wOmInhood, and as man and woman
arc three fold in thGIr natures. viz:
drst, organization: second. education
and third, environments. As organ
iZatlOH is brought about as the result
of natural law. II behoOvCs the hu-
man family 10 educate themselves to
that standard. that they may be able
to control their environments so
they may be able to enjoy their alien
able riEhts-'life. liberty and pur-
suit OF happiness" and as nature
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRESTATE
Lzfeyt Reports Of Operations IN
Nest Virginia, pen1sN-
Ya1fa and Ohio.

In the last compilations the South
Penn Oil Company secured two very
fair producers. its No. 81 on the Blue
creek tract in Elk district, Kanawha
county, W. Va. was drilled through
the Weir sand last Thursday and pro-
duced seventy barrels tho first twenty
four hours. In Duyal district, Lincoln
county, the same company completed
no. II on the Horse creek tract and II
is good for eight barrels day in the
Rerea grit.
On Spring run. New aIilton district,
Doddridge county. the South Penn
Company drilled test oil the A. G..
Nicholson farm through the Big Iniun
sand and 1t produced forty barrels the
first twenty-four hours. On Beech
Lick run. Greenbrier district, the Hope
Natural Gas Company completed No.
10 on the Stalnaker heirs farm and
Ii Is not good for more than five bar
rsls a day.
In CenterYille district. Tyler county
the Hope Natural Gas Company drilled
test on the Harrison Davis farm
through the fifth sand and found moth
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
HaJ IE9Zlor7o Caofaaz07 e<zaaocx5-
E126Lzm 1Ar12ISI2[THI7c1

magazines OF the enemy after ne had
defeated them. but instead OF finding
subsistence for his army Napoleon
came upon a barren waste. the Rus
SLAMS having burned everything az
they retrcated. The supplies were far
away and before they could be sent
from the magazines, starvation and
diEease had thinncd the ranks OF the
army which finally became mere
rnbble. Thus 1t was that inadequate
provisioning wrecked this great mill
tary enterprise.
In some instances armies have sub
sisted on the invaded territory. as IN
the case of sherman's march during
tho Civil War and of tho inEur.ent
army OF Cuba in 1898. But this Is no
longer possible owing to the splendid
Epy system which puts the enomy IN
touch with the army movements. Dur
Ing tho Franco German war OF 1870
I'll the arrangement for feeding the
German army was the best which hnd
b6en devised up TO that time. The
achedule included not only tho estnb-
ilshment of food reserves magazines
but the provision OF field bakeries and
othor accessories for the Huppiy OF
the troops. Food was purchased from
people In tho invaded territory. added
to tho supply from tho Fatherland
and stored away in magazines as near
"a possible to the battle lines,
What a "slip-up" means
AZ compared to the great European
war OF today the numbers TO be fad
were insignificant and the unpeetie
business of feeding tho hordes OF sol
diorH Of the present conflict II being
carried out with q precision far be.
yond the expectation OF the commits
sGry officers Themselves. on ono or
two OCCASIONS there was sliSht SLIP
up but these wero snoothed out with
out tho men suffering TO any great OK
tent.
| For instance in tho early part OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

diers of tho Gear are stolid creatures
and IL they are given soup and some
sort OF bread they are satisfied.
Russia learned her lesson in feed
ing an army during the Japanese
Russian war when the latter country
was graft ridden especially In the
oommissary department and the sol
oilers many times were on tho verge OF
starvation or disease owing to the
spoiled meats and other bad foods
which were sent to them. During tho
present war this department has been
carefully watched and tho men receive
full ratlons OF fresh food.
French and English.
France, too, has Improved her COM
missary department and has kept her
line OF communication open with lit
tic diftlculty. Unlike the other armies
the French frequently take their cat
tie and pigs to the front ION the hoof''
and have them slaughtered there. The
cattle are driven along In the open
roads behind the troops while the piss
are loaded into motor buses and
driven behind the supply wagons. OF
course canned meats arc used as we'll
The English commissAry depart
ment is In excellent condition and her
soldiers live well. Long before the
war began an organization known a
tho Army Service Corps set about 70
make out q syHtem OF feeding the
troops In the event OF European
war. They inspected the various do
pots, several OF which were. Mt once
enlarged and foEnentod plans, and
when war was declared the food was
ready but tho dlffleuity was with the
cooks, and for a time the men who
went over 10 France suffered from in-
different food preparation. but finally
after no little dlElculty these amatsuI
cooks were given other places and the
soldiers began to enjoy real rations
Then extras began to pour In and the
men were fairly deluEed with luxuries
In the way OF jam and Swssts. OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

the war when the Germans started
on their rapid march to Paris they
left tho conmlssary trains far behind.
1t Is said that this little lack OF pre-
caution had much to do with their
failure TO take the French capital.
While this may BIO mere conjecture on
tho part OF military men. 1t Is we'll
known fact that both the English and
French soldiers who were defending
the city were we'll fed. This little slip
up on the part OF Germany, II true.
hns taught her officers lesson, for
the men at both fronts have plenty to
eat at present. Although Russia has
tried the same tactics against Ger
many that wrecked the hopes Of "the
little Corporal she had not succeeded
perhaps on account OF the increased
facilities OF communication. General
Won Bulow IN recent interview on
this subject Is quoted rs saying. "Tn
days whom a railroad Is being built
a milo behind the advancing forces.
when thousands OF motor-lorrics arc
close behind US. when asphalt roads
spring out OF the earth tho strategy
which worked against Napoleon IS a
failure. We drink German IMMORAL
water, eat fresh meat direct from Ber-
lin, We can build a road fifty miles
long II necessary in two days, It ID
therefore nonsense to speak of the
times and strategy of Napoleon" II
IL we'll known fact that Germany
has baen preparing. for this war for
years and her commissary department
tried out all sorts OF plans OF earryinE
supplies long ago and tested nearly
every kind OF food which could be
used as rhtions.
Handling food supply In Germany.
Like everything else IN tho German
military system. there Is little waste
either OF men or OF supplies and the
a1or!ty of tho supply wagons arc now
driven by men who are unable Il
+, hight. many OF these being Gonzales
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
10 Are Expected to Cross the
Pond to Inspect the Sites
0fFamous Battles.
Correspondence Of Associated PreSs.)

Correspondence OF Associated PreSs.)
PARIS, March ia Committee Of
French Hotel-keepers' that has recent
ly come into existence estimates that
million Americans will come to
France Immediately after the war TO
visit the sites which have become fam
GUS during the hcstilitlcs.
All sorts OF suggestions are being
put forward. One is that broad high
way should be laid down along the
front from Dixmude to Belfort, to be
called THE Holy Road" with plenty
If good hotels at intervals. simply fur
rished but each containing from eighty
10 hundred rooms and an abundant
supply OF baths. Another suggestion
is tho formation OF special tourist
trains running from the Channel to
Relfort in which the tourists should
lie and sleep while they are sight
seeing.
Meantime the committee OF hotel
Keepers Is busy preparing for the ad-
vent Of the visitors by training stats
to replace the German and Austrian
managers and walters OF the pre-war
period, renewing furniture, repqinting
AMI repaperinE. and in particular i'm
proving the sanitary arrangements In
the various hotels.
A writer in La Renaissance, Nom
sIeur Louis Forest. treating Of a sub
iect now occupying good deal of at
tention. thinks France ought to devote
its efforts to attracting tourists in
stead Of organizing with view to in
crens!nE It's export trade. why" he
nsKs. send our products TO the for
eigner when we can bring the foreign
er to our products? Let us then "eX-
tort inland'-let us attract the for
eiEner and put him in the way OF
seekinz and testing our native wares"
This writer, by the way, warns his
fellow countrymen that neutral specu-
ia:nrs are already buying UP French
hotels in large numbers and threaten
70 rob France of valuable asset after
the war.
The renovation Of the French hotel
system in view of post-belIum tourist
traffic will require the employment
Of great deal OF capital. This, says
Monsieur Forest. must be supplied by
America, which has such large fnan-
cial interests in France that 1t is sub
stantIally concerned In French pros
perity.
Since the war began the sanitary
authorities have requisitioned through
out France nearly five hundred hotels.
large and small. while three-quarters
Of the beds existIrg in French hotels
today are at the disposal of the min
lister of war.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
Rs5cz11Ie1 LaraLde
SxzSleA -4r12T mESI5ox

course the Engllshman must have his
tea and big tea wagons very like the
German field Kitchens open up behind
tho trenches every day at tea time.
During the early part OF the war bread
was baked for the army at the held
bases In ovens. with a capacity OF
ninety leavcs per day. These were
gradually supplemented by steam
travelling ovens, each capable OF hak-
ing 1000 lonves day. Meat is kept
on board what Is known as frozen
meat" vessels until needed. and then
sent out in commissary trains 70 the
front. Motor lorries have carried sup
plies oil along the baltic front during
severe engagements and on some 90
caslons men ruHhod directly into the
firing line with food for tho soldiers
In tho trenches.
Whore troops are standing in moro
or less fixed positions. the Army serv-
ice Corps feeds tho BFitlshers we'll. as
the menu for tho day shows: bacon
for breakfast, bread and cheese for
lunch. hot meat, vegetables. and
bread with jam and tea for dinner.
WQl4b on the A1ltkE0a Aob 3RASAAe ~
served from time to time from aeld
kitchens. Each British soldier car
rios what Is known NJ an ''lron ration"
which no uses only In case OF smer-
gency.
Water supply.
A word might be written about the
supply Of water. This 10 usually OBJ
tanned from local sources and empty
petrol tins have made excellent ro-
ceptacles for carrying Il to the troops.
Tho utmost caro- has to be taken With
regard to the selection Of tho streams
from which the water ID drawn TO en-
sure the purity OF the supply. In
nearly every instance the water used
by the German army has been sent
from Germany. This 10 due 70 the
fact that some OF the wells Of belgium
were found TO DO poisoned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

ing in that or any Of the upper fOrnn-
tons. On Cabin run. Central district.
DoddrIdge county, the Hope Natural
Gas Company'B second Test on the r..
B. Williams farm Is through the Big
Iniun sand and dry. II is located 1000
feet southwest OF No. ! and will be
drilled through the lower sands. In
the same district the same company'a
test on the Grant DuCkwOrth farm.
located one mile south Of the same
company's test an the II. 4. Porter
farm Is through all sands and dry.
Fifth Sanl GasSCr.
In Union district. Harrison county.
the South Penn Oil Company has n
fifth sand gasscr at It's second test on
the SehHstin Hudkins farm. In Union
district. Wood county. the same conf
pany's No. 20 on the Archie Elliott
farm is good for eight barrels a day
in the salt sand.
In Washington district. Peasants
county. j. T. Locke and Company
drilled second test on tho Job Smith
farm through the Cow run sand and 1t
is showing for very light pumper.
In Troy district. sGilmer= county, r. G..
Gillespie completed second test OIL
the w. d. Hersman farm and=It is a
six-barrel pumper In the Berea grit.
In the Keener sand development in
Turning Springs district. Writ county,
thu Walnut Greek Oil Company ia
drilling two more wells on the II. Say
or farm. located on Rock run.
In the Cabin creek development in
Kannwha county tho Columbus Pro-
ducinE Company is drilling near the
top OF the sand at two more wells on
the William Coal Company's tract.
To the northeast OF the development
the United Fuel Gas Company is still
cleaning nut At It's test on the Imperial
CnllIery Company's tract. So far there
Is nothing TO indicate that Il will make
better producer than first reported
twenty-five or thirty barrels a dav.
In the Roseyille district. Brush
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18

cent wounded. meat IL packed in Ber-
lin and Cologne and sent to the front
by trains. 1t is then put in tho mag
.azines and taken out as needed. -four.
beans and other articles arc forwarded
the same way and every day fresh
bread Is baked ut the fold bakeries.
Potatoes arc cooked with skins on.
in order to prevent tho waste which
comes IN pairing them. Every scrap
OF meat IS utilized in soup or hash.
in fact nothing Is allowed to go to
waste In Germany today. When the
food reaches headquarters there are
hundreds OF cooks on hand to prepare
Il for the men and the commissary
department has seen TO II that the
cooks know how to avoid the least
waste. Tho travelling field kitchens
ore dragged about by horses and the
men receive their rations without
wasting much strength to secure
them. Germany wants her men to
reserve their strength 70 combat
against tho dnmpness of the trenches
and to fight against the enemy. Soup
seems 20 be tho real staff of life to
the armies OF tho present war. Apart
AEO4u 4GG9LHB LA6L ia lily G6AAAhl5 AAa
over q million prisoners and these
must be fed as well.
Russia.
Russia can feed her army Il she can
reach them. but the roads of that
country are far from good and while
she has railroads and motor lorries
she depends upon the Siberian ponies
for hauling the greater part OF the
food supplies.
One OF the largest bases OF the
commlssRry department Is located In
Moscow and from this most Of the
supplies nre sent TO the front. The
Russian soldier was nsyer we'll fed
even in the days OF peace. as tho
coarse black bread he was forced 10
cat ut the barracks was tho mort un-
| palntable stun Imaginable, bat tho sol-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-18
TO RECOMPENsE.

Correspondence Of Associated Press.l
PARIS, March 18.-The minister OF
war has announced that French sol
diers taken prisoner by the enemy and
who have subsequently escaped shall
be recompensed in the largest measure
possible for their courage and attach
ment to their country.