The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-08
STATE NEWS NOTES
4 handsome hotel Is now under co'''
SIruction at Logan.

4 handsome hotel Is now under con-
slruction at Logan.
According. 20 all reports there - d
dcar,h If lahorcrs. in and around falr
mont and hundreds nj men Cou,t ,eon
;,b0u, the city. Contractors. arc eh-
rrrr .nclnr considerable troublc0n gst-
iir: help and good wages arc III uc
m,.nd. II is stated that the mines arr
rot running full capacity owing " '''e
lack Of men.
All employees Of the Norfolk and West
crn railway now serving win inc NJ
lional Guard, and with families or oen-
,r persons drpcndcnt upon them LOT
SUPPORT, will receive full compensation
from tho road until JanHar! l. ~ a.
while those employees with II" dcpGha
Cnts will receive Il proportion or thelr
full wages as is deemed adFlsaule'
There has recently been concluded
land deal ranking among the most I'M
portant in the recent history OF Soutn-
crn West Virginia. involving the pul-
/ .. O0O acres of Goa and TIMBER !ana,
nv cole K Crane of Cincinnati. THIS
land. lying on the Pond and West FORKS
Of Coal river. was sold 10 Cole - Gran"
hv the Fond Fork Coal " Land conf
pany for u consideration of $592'o p".
The final payment on which Is Sald I"
have hrcn made In Huntington Satur-
Qay--Kal"igh Herald.
The Virginiun Railroad company has
started hauling passengers and freight
over its Stone coal Branch extension.
This extension Of III" NlrElnihn is nine
miles IN length. developing coal Terri
tory in Raleigh county. the COM
RAINY is busliy engaged in building spur
tracks TO new mines and in ShTrI
lille tn" NirCinian'S tunnoee Will De
augmented from several new WORKS.
BENJAMIN Lye,h of East Martin
street. who Is spending a few days
camping IN The mountains has written
Walter W. Trout shut h" recently killed
Il large rattrsnakc. which contaln"a
nine ralrlcs and button; Mr.. Lyctn
concluded his message by saying h"
didn't know where he was. or the day
III the week.
The tallcsr huckwh"a,, stalks VIC eyer
saw were brought :" tho News office
on Thursday by Mr.. f. il. Reynolds, "
Umk., who cut them in his field IN the
Woodsun place. The ,alIcst measured
seven fact and ono inch. Tho other
stalks were somewhat shorter. MI
R"vnnlds SAYS his bucltwheat promises
Il finr yield and he estimates 1t at 81
bushels 10 the acrr.--1t is known AS me
silver skin" variety. - Ronceverte
News.
John i. Dunn. Il merchant OF Blue-
field. who owns fine Nc@% River farm.
,StimalEs that no has REtn'enrirhcd 10
the extent of about $1,000. 'possihl! con :
sldcrably more. by IN" recent llood. al
though his crops for the most part were
swept on, Of existence. Mr.. Dunn mo-
lorcd down To his farm IN investigate
and found The farm covered with ABOUT
tcn-foOt sediment Of black loan.
Assessment values in Eayctte county
for the rrracnt year indicate a de-
crease Of approximately $355,00n. COM
pared with tho 1915 assessment. IN.
! complete figures show dfcl1e OF
100 in realty. Public utilities Will pay
on $io5.7om less property this year
Fayrtte Tribune. y
lust returned indictments against. five
prominent school men of that county
charging them with unlawfully having
in their possession papers that we're
used in the recent uniform examination
for school teachers. The mon accused
arc Geo. Chapman. kcnna Browning. Ed
ward CHAPMAN Allen plnGcss and Day
id Dingess.' David DinEcss already has
been tried on the charge. and Al fine OF
$25 and Jail sentence OF ten days were
IMPOSED upon him.
The oil we'll struck few days ago
on the poor farm. owned by Wctzei
county, on Little Fishing creek is SAID
to have every indication of r. good pro,
duccr. and the prospects for n new oil
field in Wetzel county arc most eN-
cellcnt.
Work on clectriCirntion Of fifteen
miles more of the Norfolk and Western
railway will he started within the next
few weeks. according 20 an announce.
.ment made at Rluefinld. The present
electric zone of the main line Of the
sysiom will be extended from West WV
IAN to Farm. a distance OF ten miles,
while the line from Tug. near WEIGH
u Wilcnc. on the Tug Fork branch.
distance Of five miles, will also be cleo