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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-20
BATTLE BREAKING

LONDON, Sept. 20 - Reports reaching the war office inform the military officials that 6 battle is breaking on the StochOd front
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-20
FATHER TURNELL TO JUNEAU

Father Turnell left for Juneau on the Mariposa this morning. He will be in the capital city for about two weeks returning to his parish here by the first of the month.
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FORESTRY.

N making mention OF the S2,2s0,00o which was paid
into the national treasury in the form Of income from
j the national forests the New York World says it dem.
~onstrates commendable efficiency in the Forestry bureau.
It Is never safe to give a blanket endorsement OF eficien.
cy to any branch OF the huge Interior department but
there can be no denying that the figures are impressive
enough to make the people of the country give a title
real thought to the forestry problem, which Is every year
becoming more important.
In the German empire rrere ~scient1i. fn..stry en- a
large scale has been practised for generations income
from forests forms an important item in the annual rev.
enues of some of the kingdoms and even some Of The
older cities. In this country Pennsylvania with Its mil.
lion acres OF forest reserve has about reached the point
where 1t too can count upon a regular return of impor.
tant proportions from timber cropping. New York with
huge state preserves has mismanaged its heritage so
badly that the state receives no revenue from that source
and would not for years 70 come even II the present uoli.
cy could be changed, which II cannot without an amend.
ment to thu con ,rltu::on. But the timber wealth Of rhe
state receivai a large share Of attention at the hands u
the recen. .:ohs'l: II nal convention in that slate AMI in
time New York also will loom up large as a lumber pro-
Queer. Other sta as where the original stand of timber
was large are also taking the matte: I'D
West Virginia hes done some work along that line, hut
considering our opportunities we have done enough. We
should start next winter on a we'll defined policy Of
promoting the growth of timber on state owned land for
the dual purpose of preserving a supply of pure water
for our streams and providing a source of revenue for
the state.
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II Too Fat Get
More Fresh Air
BE MODERATE IN YOUR DIET AND
REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT. TAKE
OIL OF kOREIN.

Lack Of fresh air It is said weakens
the oxygen carrying power OF the
blood, the liver becomes sluggish, fat
accumulates and the action Of many
Of the vital organs are hindered there.
by. The heart action becomes weak,
work Is an effort and the beauty OF the
figure Is destroyed.
Fat put on by indoor life is un.
healthy and II nature Is not assisted
in throwing 1t of a serious case of
obesity may result.
When you feel that YOU are getting
too stout, take the matter In hand At
once. Don't wait until your figure has
become a joke and your health ruined
through carrying around a burden Of
unsightly and unhealthy fat.
Spend as much time as you possibly
can In the open air, breathe deeply, and
get from Martins Drug Store,
1926 Main street, a box Of korein cap.
sules; take M after each meal and
one before retiring at night.
Weigh yourself every few days and
keep up the treatment until you are
down to normal. OIL Of korein Is alb.
solutely harmless, is pleasant to take,
helps the digestion and even a few
days treatment has been reported to
show a noticeable reduction in weight.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
N WAlrcoMR Riley
From The New York World.

riolu ine New toFh WoTlu.
James Whitcomb Riley was pre.emi.
nently the "old Home" poet of Ameri-
ca. He sang In memory and inpraise
Of homely things-of things under the
hand and eye Of everyday. The &C.
stacies Of sentiment were in his songs,
but not the soaring flight OF fancy nor
the fire OF a far-earching imagination.
He appealed powerfully to the hearts.
not at all to the aspirations Of his
readers.
To tear the Riley poems to tatters
would be for the critic insisting on the
rules OF the critical cult an easy but
an %ungrateful unrewarded task. Gen.
eral consent and content will leave
the Hossier minstrel u%nassailed in
the place his printed verses and his
personal kindline won for him In the
affections of a great public.
The attempt to establish Riley as
a seer Of the land. as a fountain.head
Of venerable wisdom. as q good gray
poet" to stand in line wits Longfel.
low, Bryant or Whitman, has been pre-.
posterous, Of course. The Hoosier
poet, dead at sixty.two, was not old
as men go today. Nor does his pecu.
liar fame require for its maintenance
a tribute in terms OF exaggeration.
Riley was a good neighbor, a good
friend, a loyal township, a tender
player upon old, sweet chords. The
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

1nifour counties Of West Virginia new
count yagents took up work on the
hrst day Of July. In Upshur county,
u. .. Romine, formerly Of Harrison
county and . recent graduate Of the
Wost Virginia College Of Agriculture,
assumed his duties as county agent
with headquarters at Buckhannon. F.
W. Tuckwtller, formerly Of Greenbrier
county began work as county agent In
'Moncrgahela county, with headquar.
ters ats Morgantown. !. s. Cook, for.
xper head OF the department Of agron.
,omy Of West Virginia University, az.
nuf1ed ! ssduttes as county agent of
Ohio county. with headquarters at
Wheeling. Mr.. Cook takes the posi.
ton previously held by County Agent
Afuood. GA. Hughes who was pre-.
vtouMy engaged in agricultural extern.
bton wosktn southern Illinois has start.
I'D work as county agent in Monroe
count. The addition Of these four new
county agents places the total num-
bef Of agents employed in the state
at t~htstyone. On July Is, verd Peer
500 Of Lewis county succeeded s. A.
Cody account agent Of Jackson county.
Abe vacancy IN Randolph county caus.
Cd b. tho recent death Of ]. v. Ship.
man has as yet not been filled, but
lroblbly viii be in the near future.
Harriet Hogg. folnertnstructor In do
mestio science ut Pennington High
school. has been made county agent
tors no women in Harrison county. Is.
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GEN. LILLY's CALL TO ARMS.

A HORNEY GENERAL LILLY'S statement Of
"A yesterday in which he comedies the election by the
Republicans Of West Virginia of Judge Ira Robinson
q their candidate for governor and generously promise,
that candidate his support is a busle call for a get-together
movement in the party which is bound to awaken a re-
sponse within the heart Of every man who believes in the
Republican party and the things it stands for in state and
nation.
General Lillys announcement has been expected for
some time. and by none was it more earnestly desired than
by great majority Of the friend. who aided him in making
hs powerful contest for the honor which he now willingly
md frankly agrees was won by Judge Robinson. Friends
of both aspirants were deeply sensible that the Republican
party in the nation expects this state to be safely Repubi-
can when the ballots are counted mex. November, and in
order that there might be no doubt about that result they
were anxious for the removal Of everything that might have
y tendency to disturb party harmony. They firmly believ-
I'd hath unfortunate misunderstanding in some counties
over the result of the primary. due in most. if not all. cases,
to the Emexperience of the election boards. would be hamo-
siou.ly settled. and the result amply justifes their faith.
The action of General Lilly proves that he, and the i'm
mediate friends who share his confidence, are patriots in ev.
'ey sense Of that word. Their example should prove an in
spiradonl for every voter who is anxious to see the govern.
meat % Warrington restored to The control Of a party ca
psbleS Of making the United States respected abroad and
tranquil and prosperous at home. With the Republican
party united aud acting in harmony all along the line from
she smallest district offices to the Governorship and the
limited States Senatorship there can be no doubt about the
pat Wes. Virginia will play in the work of national re-
generation.
General Llly's primary campaign while it did not re.
iSuttlni bus success attained proportions and welded an inAu.
snesN which makes it possible for every man who wa. en-
sssedinitto look back to it with pride. Very early G.ner.
LILLY realized that the new election laws place control Of
ne snhre party machinery in the hands of the voters and he
sarried his cause direct to them with remarkable results.
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MAKE ALL AUTOIsTs BEHAVE

n oW that the police department has 4 motorcycle
IN which Will make It possible to run down the inso-
lent Vioiators OF the speed laws may we expect a
reasonably rigid enforcement of all the laws nrovidod
for the government Of automobile owners?
The public has been extremely patient about the way
In which drivers of automobiles misuse the public high.
ways, but the point where patience ceases to be a virtue
is not far of and when we reach it there will be a demand
upon the city authorities for a change that will admit of
no denial. A good time to bring about a general reform
Is now when the police department at last is In nosition
to take care Of the speed problem.
A clean up all along the line of the speeder, the fellow
VINO ar'Ves with his cut out wide open or who fills the
atmosphere with poison gas from his engine. tba MI uho
invariably neglects to turn corners pronerlv and oil tho
rest, would be much appreciated.
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Against any other candidate than Judge Robinson he
would have Won As it was the Campaign Lily made will
6x political procedure IN wes. Virginia for many years TO
come. The day Of the hand picked candidate; Of selee.
lions made behind closed doors and thrust w~ily.nilly upon
political organizations Is over. Hereafter. thanks largely
to de example General Lilly furnished. men who aspire to
public Office will have to do as General Lilly and Juds.
Robinson did-make their appeal first and last to the in.
diixidual voter. the supreme political power Of the common
wealth.
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for many years, were. found the other
day in the last place the former own
er would have thought OF looking for
them, says the Moundsville Echo.
About thirty-fiye or more years ago
Captain Hanson Criswell, upon return
ing from a trip to Wheeling, missed
his watch and chain. After a lengthy
search he gave them up lost or stol.
en-.
Last week when e pawn shop in
Wheeling vas being moved to anoth-
er building behind a vault was found
a package containing the watch with
Captain Criswell's name engraved in
the case, and the chain. They had been
pawned for the sum Of nine dollars. by
one closely connected with Captain
Criswell In business and otherwise,
and 1t goes without saying that the
captain Never entertained the slightest
suspicion as to who took his watch.
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RUFF STUFF
BY RED.

SPSS Va toS AAptot AShbiahu 2
included, what shall we do with the
Blue list which t. v. Buckley has?
Sick of reading:
Local fans see fast game"
Deutschland sails tomorrow"
Somme.
Brand.
Crowds on the river Sunday"
We are not interested In these sew.
eral headquarters" because we know
that everything that goes on at neigh.
boring villages will have been negoti.
ated here.
Fairmont's S0.miles.an.hour motor.
cycle places it's rider on a plane with
Harry Conner who recently purchased
himself a second hand peace ship"
Looks as II we'll have either subs
or vessels coming up the Monongahela
for passengers and freight sooE.
When 1t comes to playing at any.
thing, even football, 1t takes Sharadin
10 reprodi :e.
Baltimore, right in the face of the
arrival Of the Deutschland and saver.
al allied vessels makes 1t q r1isde.
meanor for anyone in the city not to
stand when rendering "The Star
Spangled Banner" Good dope.
Poor Harry --and is a political or.
phan now.
Boxing bout at Clarksburg was not
allowed" Funny this; it's a violation
of state law and not allowed in Clarks.
burg!
II Brand is with Lilly, as he claims,
he will come out for Robinson as
Honest Abe" has done.
West Virginia In it's preparedness
parades held daily and nightly Is In
danger Of exploding suit cases. Some
whiskey recently captured by Walter
Haggerty blew up without even a
parade nigh.
1t isn't necessary to send him to
Weston now, his political writings will
go into the waste basket and In The
Times.
c. B. Kinney, representing the gov.
eminent In Harrison, anti-narcotic. law
cases claims there are no violations
In Logan county. Truth is stranger
than newspaper talk.
West Virginia National Guard to
wear labels. Life In West Virginia
is one dog gone label after another.
Charley Barthalow has been added
to the b%ootlegger's black list because
made an arrest recently.
A hotel built by local labor ought
to be Of the right sort.
Looks Is II these a%eropIanes will 60
anywhere that a Ford will. One flew
from France to Poland passing over
Whenever a Barrackvilla fight Is not
BLOODY" fight, it's between two ty-
phoid germs.
Germany will eyacuate Belgium for
$1,000, 900, 00
Yes, we'd leave West virginia for
that much Also
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Monongalia Musings

sssMuch activity in the gas indus.
try is yet visible in the Big Indian
creek section of this county. The Fair
mont Gas company is ready to begin
drilling on Isaac Kennedy's farm. The
Randall Gas company has Just drill
ed In a fair gasser on the Simpson
farm and is building q rig for a well
on the Jacob Kennedy farm. The West
| Virginia Traction and Electric com.
pany has made a location on the Mary
Lynch farm, near the Pleasant Val.
ley school house. The Carnegie Gas
company has begun drilling at their
test on the DR.. Joseph Clayton tract
Of land and the Heat and Light com.
pany is drilling on the Joseph B. Sny-
der farm.
'"'Blackberry pickers are going
forth seeking that which they may
devour. 1t Is expected that q few
will look upon the wine when 1t is
red.
*.*Spiders and firts are spinning
their nets for flies and fools. An av.
erage crop Of both will be harvest.
ed.
@""The following is q partial list
Of denominations which q modern hum.
bug smasher asks to be delivered
from: Scented hotel soap and Boy
Shouts; New England cooking and
pianos with mandolin attachments;
from Philadelphia cream cheese and
Boston baked beans; from the Lake
Mohonk conference and the heresies
Of Henry Van Dyke; from antl.vivi.
section and from women who hate
men; from wine openers and from
Holy Rollers; from sacerdotal moving
pictures and from chorus girls; from
bungalows. canned soups and phon9
graphs; from engenics and canary
birds. Do 10Y have any additions to
make to the collection?
"'sAn accurate thinker thinks that
civilizations great error was In per.
hitting kings to be q part Of 1t.
"The stork Is an infant industry
according to the revised definition.
s..About this time, look for a de.
cline in the price OF beans and straw
hats.
s''The liquor control board Of Glas.
gov. Scotland, reaches and announces
the conclusion that prohibition is i'm.
practical In Scotland. Can anyone,
who knows anything Of Scotland, her
history, her manners and customs,
her tastes and traditionsi imagine such
q thing as Scotland without whis.
key? Prohibition may work exceed.
ing well where conditions favor it.
but In Scotland never, or at least not
yet. Its fate was promulgated years
ago In the following Rye Rhymes by
Burns:
There was three kings into the east,
Three kings both great and high,
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John B%arleycorn should die.
They took a plough and ploughed him
down,
Put clods upon his head,
And they have sworn d solemn oath
John Barleycorn was dead.
But the cheerful Spring came kindly
on,
And showers began to fall;
John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surprised them all"
8. G. MUSGRAVE.
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FIRE CHIEFS TO E E

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, July u.s.
It was announced by Fire Chief Tom
Davis that the Tri.State Fire Chiefs
Association will convene here in q
two-day campaign. August Q. Chief
Davis is one Of the Organizers. The
purpose of the meeting is to standard.
lie hose couplings and other equip
ment In order that cities In this vicin.
ity may respond In case OF fires which
get beyond the control Of the local de-
partments.
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Reports brought in about the activities ., s,o.o -,
cultural Agent Nat C. Frame and Comfy Agent snsnh
among the farmers Of Marion county would seem Ia IN.
oieate' that hay is not the only crop that can be made
wh'ie the sun shines. At all events the Marion County
Farm bureau membership list must be beginning 10 Ioot
IKE a complete directory of the intelligent and nrovros.
sive farmers of these parts. p'e'0
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TUESDAY EVENING. JULY Is, 1916.
AMERICA FIRST

Baitimors's municipal ordinance which requires mu.
eiotars and stage people to stand up while they are play.
ing the Star spangled Banner may be new legislation,
and asaniit may not, but there's not the slightest doubt
nat Il IS fool legislation. 1t is Just as impossible to
make people patriotic by police power as It is to leslslats
Them into the Kingdom Of Heaven. This would be a
much better and Infinitely happier country II people en-.
trusted with Legislative power thought more and meddled
less.
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friendships he leaves behind are his
sufficient memorials.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN browns

HUNTINGTON, ". W, July 25.-
Word has been received here from
Luray. w. Va. Of the tragic death Of
DR.. w. r. Hudson. aged 80, OF this city,
who was drowned Sunday while at.
tempting to rescue his brother4nlaw.
Another brother was drowned in Mt.
tempting to save the two laundering
men. DR.. Hudson was a prominent
member OF tho West Virginia State
Medical Society and was a specialist
in blood and heart disease.
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II the Chamber Of Commerce docs not take some action
soon the river navigation problem will be solved without
the valuable assistance Of that august body. 1t really
ought to get a look in IL for no other reason than to es.
tablish the right to include the movement. in that list OF
things the Chamber has done which is brought mt and
busted off at each annual meeting.
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The movement looking to a general observance Of
Labor Day in this city is assuming important proportions
and 1t is to be hoped that the invitations to next SUNDAYS
open meeting which the Trades Council is going to send
out will be generally accepted and that discussion of the
project will be frank and helpful.
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Second Infantry Almost Mustered In" says a headline
In q newspaper printed in another city. The Second is an
almost regiment In practically every particular. That
ia. except in the affections Of Adjutant General Bond it
does not seem ever to be quite all there.
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Indications are that the Fai-mont fair this vear 10 ,o,ru
to be a more interesting and more important ernos,t,on
than ever before. People who have things they want 10
exhibit at the fair will do well to take counsel with the
management early or they may not be able to get the
space and locations they would wish.
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o river. H. g. Ward, Of Rig Isaac
sends the story OF the catch To the
HARRISBURG Exponent and vouches for
the authenticity Of It.
Genuine chihuahua greenback mon.
ey,has been received BY E. n. Stem.
mons OF Ninth street Moundsyille. II
IS a little smaller than Uncle Sans
money and not nearly SO we'll made.
and is Of zone peso" value In that
country but practically nothing here.
On the bill several places appears "un
Peso." Eel estado de Chihuahua" In
another conspicuous group Of words,
"A peso is equivalent to a dollar In
United States money when at mar. n
In silver 1t Is rated at about ffty cents.
In paper at present 1t is a very uucer.
tain scrap of paper"
Col. Robert Sheppard, Of Walton. the
champion hay grower of Roane county,
was In town Monday on business, says
thu Spencer Times-Record. MI. shep.
pard reports that this has been al,
exceptionally fine season for bav
growing and that his crop, which has
all been cut and pct up, was the best
In his experience. Mr.. Sheppard rails.
es hay according to the best rules he
can learn and hsa long been known as
o pure-timothy-hay expert. He grows,
BY s%cientiflc methods, from 8 to s tons
to the acre, while other Roane county
farmers are satisfied with v to / ton
an acre Of timothy and ragweeds mix.
ed. II all farmers followed methods
employed by Mr.. Sheppard, Roane
county would produce enough hay 10
supply the world.
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A catfish weighing % pounds. meas.
urtns Il inches in length, and dress.
ing II pounds was caught by fisherman
at Camp Bendemeer, on the Buckhan.
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A valuable gold watch and chain,
believed to have been lost or stolen
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abelle Wilson has been appointed to
a similar position In Logan county.

During a storm lightning struck the
nome OF J. W. Mccoy, at Ravenswood,
put did not set fire to It. Mrs. Nc.
COY was sitting by the kitchen table
feeding the baby, which was sitting
on the table, when the lightning en-.
tered. apparently through the wall,
passed through the kitchen safe,
breaking fifty or seventy.fve dishes,
melting spots out Of the spoons and
forks. thence to an electric iron and
blowing out the fuse, left the house in
darkness. The safe was blown omen,
but neither Mrs. Mccoy nor the baby
were injured in the least.
The gas from the Spring Creek on
and Gas company's well on the q. NJ.
Sergent farm. four miles north OF
Spencer. was turned into Godfrey L.
Cabot's main line last week. The well
made more than 100000 cubic feet
the first day and has been holding IN
above 100000 each day since. In the
tirst seven days, the meter licked of
S1.1oo 10 rthe owner o. the well.
A proposed pay.up week campaign
In Charleston was discussed at q gem
eral meeting Of the Butness Mems As.
ISOLATION held at the rooms Of the
Chamber Of Commerce last week. The
plan eplained by Thomas G. Patter.
son, the secretary Of the association.
and those present at the meeting were
favorably impressed with II,
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non river. H. G. Ward. of Big Isaac
sends the story OF the catch to the
harrisburg Exponent and vouches for
the authenticity of It.