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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
STORY FROM THE ALsATIAM
FRONT tlLLusTRATEs WHAT
IT5cAN 20

PARIS. Jan. observation-disclosures
OF The Associated Pressl.-A French
artillery captain tells the following
story Of operations in Alsace:
"We had decided to get rid OF a
machine.gun shelter that had been an.
noying us a great deal and while we
we're about it to knock the front line
OF German trenches to pieces. The
lines were so close that the colonel
ordered all the front trenches to be
evacuated except for my lieutenant
who had volunteered to stay there and
direct the fire.
my battery opened IRE and after
a few rounds my lieutenant telephon-
ed that we were doing we'll but that
II we shorten our range twenty yards,
1t would be still better. AS the range
was over $500 yards, l asked him II
he was sure I could shorten 1t without
danger to him. He answered that It
was quite safe. After a number of
rounds he telephoned me again to
shorten the range, this time by ten
yards. Then he said, your shells
will be falling right on the front line
Of German trenches, I told him that
.I would do 1t, but that he would OF
course retire to the second line.
II gave him time to get away, and
then began again. Then minutes lat
er. to my amazement, the telephone
rang again. My lieutenant had stay
ed at his post although a perfect hail
Of trench shells was bursting on the
German trenches Just seven yards
away from him. We measured the dis.
lance. 1t says something for our gun
ners that only one shell had burst in
the French trench.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
Cold Snap Will
Drive Grip Away

According to local physicians, the
present cold snap will do much to
chack the#spread Of grip and pneu'
mnnias insthisVsection. While people are
ahiyering around and complaining OF
tie Intensity OF the cold wave, they
nay ake#consolation in the fact that
the number of cases OF grip will IN
All pfobabilitySbe materially decreased
On account OF the cold snap. While
tie weather issextremely cold today,
nevertheless the ozone is invigorattnE
and anSbodywh wraps up well VIII
do wei TO get out in the open and
take into his lungs as much OF the
oozones which isShnnded out free for
fhe taking, Eass his will carry.
According to8a statement made by
4 ven knownSloca physician, there is
none finer stoSbe found in the world.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
p.A. R. Meeting.

The regular meeting Of the viii,
lam Raymond chapter Of the Daugh'
tiers OF the American Revolution will
be held on Wednesday afternoon at
three o'clock at the home Of Mrs. H. G.
Stoetzer. on First street. Previous to
the meeting the board will meet at
2.3o o'clock. The following program
will be observed:
Women Of Colonial Days, Margaret
Winthrop, Mrs. J. Edwin Robinson;
Hannah Dustin, Mrs. W. H. Conway;
Mary Draper Dingles, Mrs. ]. A.NMere-
dIth; Music, Miss Virginia Mulvey;
Review OF D. A. R. Magazine, Mrs
Joseph Lehman; Annual Dues.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17

Sleep in the chair and cut out doc
tor bills!
Matt Roeder. of Chicago. says all
that is necessary is to ape the sleep
ing habits of the ape. In other words
sleep sitting up.
The ape, as you can find out for
yourself by taking a run out to the
zoo, sleeps with his body held stiffly
erect, and his head supported between
his clinched fists.
The new apostle of Jungle Sleep
declares he was a physical wreck
from rheumatism and stomach trouble
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
Many at Funeral Of
DR.. ]. E. Ensminger

A large number of relatives and
friends attended the funeral services
over the body of DR.. ]. E. Ensminger
which was held yesterday morning at
the family residence in Pennington,
where his death occurred several
days age. At the conclusion of the
services the body. was taken to Log.
a%nsport, where intcrment was made
in the cemetery there. The funeral
party passed through here on a special
car from Harrington shortly after
eleven o'clock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17

before he got on to the apes habits.
He gave up his bed, tried sleeping
in a chair and found that it left all
his vital organs free. although for
the first couple of nights 1t gave him
an awful kink in the back.
He kept at it and now finds that
three hours sleep a la ape do him as
much good as nine hours in a regular
bed,
Roeder now uses his roo only as
a place to keep his clothes and does
most of his sleeping in al1.night movie
houses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
:: Personals !

Miss Harriet Peck spent Sunday in
.Morgantown, the guest of her cousins,
the Misses Mabel and Margaret Rich
ards. students at the university.
Mrs. r M. Abott, of Kingwood, is a
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Edgar Davis,
on Seventh street. She is en- route to
Akron, Ohio, to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Jackson.
Mrs. Anna Westfall has been the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Selby, in
Morgantown, for several days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
NORWEGIAN TOWN BURNS

CHRISTIANNIA, Norway, Jan. H.
A third of the city Of Bergen, a thriv-
Ing Norwegian seaport with a popula-
ton Of 10000, was destroyed last night
by fire.
Two lives are reported to have
been lost and 1000 persons are home
less. The property damage is esti-
mated at $15,ooo,ooo.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17

Sunday School AssoetatEon-Sunday
school attendance in Fairmont yester-
day as reported by the Sunday School
Union was as follows: First NJ. e.,
49S; Diamond st. M. E., $50; NJ. =.
South, 1852; Presbyterian, $50; First
M. p, 1872; First Baptist. 2S7; Pala-
tine Baptist. 172; Christian, 157;
Lutheran, 81.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17

Essate Federation OF women,s Clubs
md pointed out how every lhonsehold
ifnStke state would be benetited By the
general use 81 the new wetghts and
Observation-Disclosures by q law recently
Ienastedsby the Legislature.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
ClubWemen TO
Fight Short Weight

CHARLESTON w Va. Jan! rs:
5Women'ssc clubs OF West Virginia have
been asked to- assist the Department
Of Weights and Measures In an effort
to assist in having in%augurated a new.
method of weighing and measuring
goods for household consumption.
J.9H. Nightingale, commissioner OF
this department, has called on the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
HnRsEnIRElEEEpERs no MEEr

LEXiNGTON,tKy, Jan. 1.-THE an
null meeting of the stockholders Of
fhe Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed.
ers association will be held here to-
morrow. This association Is the owner
Of tha historicftrack at Lexington and
staeas Che yearlY0 October trots and Is
d Misunderstanding grand circuit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
Y. N. c. a. RoWLINe
The bowling schedule at the Y. M
C. A. this week Is as follows:
Commercial Leagu

G. A. THIS week IS as IulIuWs'
Commercial League.
Tuesday, Jan. 18-Consol. Coal VS.
Traction Company, 1880.
Thursday, Jan. 20-F. NJ. NJ. com
pany VS.. Hartleys, 7.30.
Professional Mems League.
Monday, Jan. 17-Profs. VS.. Attor
neys. 1880.
Ministers, S.45.
Saturday, Jan. 2s-Bankers vs.. Den
lists, $50.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17

Stricken at the Court House-Mrs.
Mary Vfsconti was stricken with apop'
'lexy Saturday afternoon while on
Main street in front Of the court house,
She was carried into the office Of Jus
tice Fleming and City Physician Ram
age administered treatment, after
which she was taken to her home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
CITY BRIEFS.

is convaIesclns-Miss Mary Brown.
Of the East Side, who fell and fractur-
ed her kneecap about two weeks ago
is very much better and will be out
in a few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
cs,..alsS. Hs.seFts

Chief Harf ia 4EIP
Chief Of Police Fred Harr g con-
fined to his home suffering with tho
grip. The chief has been il sineel
Friday but is improving somewhat.
today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
French Artillery
is Very Accurate

ZsIE m
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-09

is safe to say that the work of the experimental stations will develop grains and fodder that will be suited to the severer climate of in- terior Alaska. That this is alto gether likely is seen ill the already marvellous progress that Professor Georgeson has made. Few people realize how scientific men can in- crease the area of wheat production by maturing and developing and evolving seed suitable to more and more northerly attitudes. Yet it is only necessary to point out that the wheat grown in Saskatchewan today is the product of seed developed in the agricultural laboratories of the Canadian government, and that that government has completely extended the borders of wheat land to the far north by reason of artificial selec- ton of seeding for that purpose. No mention has been made as to the mining resources of these sec i ton either as to coal or the valu- able minerals, but surely these are extensive enough to warrant the be- lief that the date of their final or highest exploitation is indeed far of
 The rest of Alaska owes practi- cally everything it is today to Nome and the interior: to the Second and Fourth Divisions. The men who re invested in other sections of Alaska and developed it with money iron these sections are innumerable. Nay even among those who retarded th' development here, and acted tn part of teaches in litigation tool with them their parasitic gains ant . are now to be found urging the di vision of the territory into tw
 parts because thereby larger con
 cerns, fish trusts and the like. hop
 to decrease their taxation and t
 have less to pay in the up-keep o
 the government, and the schools an
 the roads of the present territor
 of Alaska.
 If it was not for this eagernes
 to escape taxation we would no
 hear a word of this proposition.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-09

game can still be pulled off in Al aska, and any old politician can be palmed off upon the people wearing the decoration of the Cross of the Friend of Labor.
 It certainly was very nice of Grigsby to pin this decoration upon the breast of Sulzer for his gallantry in political action. But if all deco ratfons are so vainly earned and as baseless and undeserved, then there is little trust to be placed in such baubles.
 That the idea should be circulated that Sulzer received the unanimous labor vote is slur upon Alaska labor that one cannot take to kind ly. It at once makes the intelligence of the Alaska worker about equal to a block of wood or a chunk of coal That is may be deserved by some, no one will deny; that some will en- ! ioy the assertion because of what the future may bring may also be true. But it is not true of labor as a whole in Alaska. They took Sul- ser's measure quite efficiently, and they showed it clearly enough thai they did not see any particular req son for supporting him. If he had received the unanimous labor vote Sulzer would not be sitting in back office with his agents, counting the rows of figures that show his hold on the job so slim there is nc fun in it. And Grigsby knows tha well enough.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-09
NOT CORRECT.

Geo. B. Grigsby has arrived at that stage when the views he enter tains find publicity in the papers, and the reporters find material for dispatches in the pearls of wisdom that fall from his lips.
 All things come round to him who will but wait, said the prophet, and sure enough Grigsby is now pleas antly ensconced high and comfort able by the pie counter.
 So it happens when wearing his blushing honors thick upon him, and he encounters the reporters he tells them on his way 10 Juneau that Sulzer will be elected by about hundred plurality and that his election is due to the labor, the un- animous labor, vote.
 Now. to say that Sulzer will be elected is matter concerning which it is dangerous to prophecy. And the lead he holds just now is too narrow to publicly assert his cleo tion as beyond any doubt. But that is quito immaterial. The most in teresting statement is that Sulzer owes his election to the unanimous labor vote.
 Positively that errs in the i'm portant regard of not being true in the smallest degree. If Sulzer de- pended upon the labor vote for cleo tion he would net now be fiattering himself or others peddling to him that he is nearly elected.
 Tn this Division, for example, or ganized labor took no stand in the election one way or another And here it happened that the labor vote was scattered over all the candi- dates for delegate, including Wick. Sulzer and Mrs. Lewis. The votes that the latter received were practi- caly all of them labor votes, and the majority of the votes which Wickersham received here were, 1t is regrettable perhaps to have to ad- nit, also labor votes.
 The Industrial Worker as the organ of the Miners Union would undoubtedly have supported Sulzer
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-09

if he were the man whom labor un- animously supported, and the Miners Union would have taken the neces- sary steps to see that 1t did. But Sulzer was no such thing and is no such thing. He would need some stronger recommendation than the printed circular of the Sulzer Min ers' Union before the Nome local unions would have taken hand po- litically to elect him.
 The Miners Union here received copy of that circular letter urging union men to support Sulzer because he was a "good' employer of labor. The Miners Union saw no good ar gument in this, even if the conten- tion was wholly admitted, besides, almost all employers could get certi- ficates of their fitness from their em- ployees for almost anything if they went about it right.
 There is no good reason to doubt that Sulzer is mighty popular in Sulzer. There is no good reason to doubt that Sulzer has been a good" employer. But that is such relative term, that there is no req son for getting excited over the fact, and trying to foist that good enl- blower upon everyone as a political candidate.
 It is the easiest thing in the world i for any employer to get such re- commendation, and we doubt not that all of the men who seek office could if they lined up those working for them, get certificates of merit just as Sulzer has done.
 Sulzer was heard attentively il Nome. He had large audience They came to Near the man if ht had a message which might be O political value. But he had none He had no policy. He praised him self little and he denounced Wick | erSham much. lie tOlu now great friend of labor he had been but h' was silent as to his record in Junea1
 He did not ask votes because Il
 was the father of the compensatlol act, or at least the step father G
 the measure which originated wit
 the attorneys of the big companie
 in Juneau. He did not tell what
 leading part he took in that enact
 ment and ask votes on that account Rather he sought support becaus
 he was a good" fellow in Sulze where owning everything or leasin
 everything, he controlled the mean whereby they all lived at Sulzer. It is hard to find out why Sulzer supporters should claim that h
 stands in so well with labor, if on , did not understand that lot l these politicians believe that bunc
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-09
NOTICE.

Pursuant to an order of Court entered on the 29th day of Novem- Der, 1916, notice is hereby given that a Genral Term of the District Court, Second Division, Territory of Alaska, will be held in the Court House, in Nome, in said Division and Territory of Alaska, commencing at the hour of II o'clock A. M. on Saturday, January 13, 1917, and to continue thereafter according to further orders of the Court.
 Given under my hand and with the Courts seal affixed this 29th day of Novmber, 1916. (SEAL)
 G. A. ADAMS. Clerk. District Court, Second Diyi-
 sion, Territory of Alaska. os
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
IDAHO TROOPS TO REMAIN
ON BORDER ALL WINTER

Further indications seem to de
velop almost daily that tho Second
Idaho Infantry, in spite Of all hopes
and efforts to the contrary, and ot
the obvious injustice of the case,
faces the proposition of montbs-au
winter probably-more service on
the Mexican border.
The latest and most discourag ne
information in this connection is a
dispatch from Washington stating
that Senator Borah, after confer
ence with officials of the war d
partment, Saturday expressed the
belief that the national guardsmen
now on the Mexican border will be
kept there for the remainder of the
winter and possibly longer, and, he
added, in his opinion that before
they get home they likely will see
more than mere border
patrol duty. 5lsI&
Senator Borah called at the de-
partment to file requests from moth
ers of members of the First Idaho
guard that their sons be
to their homes as speedily
as possible. He could get no assur-
lnce whatever, but rather gather
ed the impression indicated.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS.

The Christian Church of Payette
has recently erected one of the
best buildings of that church in the
whole state of Idaho. They have
called a minister of wide experience
from Modesto, Calf, who will dedi
cate the church soon after his ar
rival which will be about the 18th
pf Nov. and the first meeting of the
church with the new pastor, the
Rev. John Kendrick Ballow, win be
Nov. 18th and plans will be immed-
lately matured for dedication which
was originally set for Dec. 3rd,
but the church will not decide on
the date until the whole matter is
oanvassed with the new minister
who will conduct the dedication and
the raising Of funds.
Rev. Ballow has been more than
15 years a minister tho he is only
38 years of age; he has been very
sx~aassful in langer towns and cities
a has been stationed at Swa
City and Sioux City, Iowa, and Stock
ton. Calf, and comes from Modesto,
Calf, to Payette. A new church was
erected and dedicated at Sioux City,
Iowa, and the membership increased
ever 300 per cent while he was pas.
toI during period of years.
Mr.. Ballow has a University edu-
cation and training of about seven
years, having been student at
Drake University at Des Moines, Ia,
and spent 5 years in the State Uni
versity of Iowa, where he WAS both
a student and teacher. He fs said
to be one of the leading ministers
OF California, of the Christian church,
and attracts men who sense the
problems of the church, and of So
ciety today. He will Immediately for
mulate plans for leading the local
church to a successful dedication
of their handsome new building, up
on his arrival from California this
week.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
OPERATING in NEW FIELD.

Mr.. and Mr.. c. l.. Dagg and son
Lisle. took tneir departure last
Thursday evening for EcMinnyiIle.
Ore. where they have taken charge
of a moving picture theatre that en-
joys much popularity and commanda
a large patronage. 3 1t is safe to pre-
dict that under the management Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daeg, who rendered
such splendid service for SO long
while managing the Emma in this
city, the McMinyille theatre WIN
furnish the amusement-lovllg public
Of that community the very bert
entertainment that is to ~ asa.
in moving pictures and the nne of
specialties that usually find 4
profitable to book engagements wtfh
those establishments that are kntNn
to be under popular and efstcfenk
The best wishes -
this community viii follow the IL
IMnfH 70 tAeir nav Aone.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
L|NES-HUGG|NS
MEETINGS BEGIN
EXPECTATIONS POINT TO GREAT
EST UNION REVIVAL SER
VICES INPAYETTE' 'SHIsTORY.
Have you seen the Big laberna-

Have you seen the Big Eaberna
ole?
Whe92
AT 9TH and Center Avenue.
The Lines-Huggins evangelistic ser
vices have begun. Very seldom does
building go up as rapidly as this
one has. Early Wednesday morning
men and teams were busy en- the
ground; members of the various
churches connected with the meet
Ing rallied back of the pastors, and
pastor and pew, with hammer and
saw, soon worked wonders. At noon
the men, evidently not used to
work, had to quit, and the ladies re-
stored their exhausted vitality by a
good old-fashioned dinner at the Y.
N. c. A. across the corner. By eve
ming the building was practically fin
iahed.
To-night-Thursday at 1880 the
dedication service is to be held in
the tabernacle. The feature of the
evening will be the music, part of
the evening being spent in real
old-time singing, and in learning the
new Tabernacle songs. A special
chorus practice will be held at the |
close of the evening.
The program as announced thus
far is as follows: From 10 to 10:3O
every morning, cottage prayer NEST
ings. Mrs. Norven in her very inter
esting Bible Lectures, 2:30 to $3.50,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at
the Methodist Church
Friday evening, at 1880, Young
Peoples Night. High School pupils
especially invited to attend and sing
h the Chorus. Saturday evening,
Farmers Night. Motto: Everybody
In town at the Tabernacle Saturday
night" Practice for the Sunday mus.
cal features.
Three big union services Sunday
In the Tabernacle, IL a. m, p. m,
1880 p. m. Further announcement
from the platform.
With MIR. Higgins leading and Mr..
Garth at the piano, the music Sun
day evening win be worth going
miles to hear. t
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
PRE-NUPTlAL SHOWER.

A delightful evening was spent by
1.-the members of the Mile le-a-Minute
Club Monday, when Miss Zoe Dunn
was honored at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Dunn,
with a pre-nuptial shower, her mar
riage with DR.. Donald s. Numbers
OF Parma, Idaho, having been an
nounced to take place November
29th. Miss Dunn is popular in the
younger society circles of the city
as well as with the members of her
club and was the recipient ON this
occasion of many valued tokens Of
the high esteem in which she is
held.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
n'cIuRE-sTRouP WEDDING

b'cLURE-sTRoUP WEDDING.
On Saturday morning, November
II, occurred the marriage OF Miss
Maud Mcclure of Notus, Idaho, to
Mr.. 6treeter C. Stroup of Ontario,
Ore, at the Baptist parsonage in
PayettR, Rev. Clayton, the pastor,
officiating.
The bride Is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Mcclure Of Notus,
Idaho, Who arepAighlV respected
otd-time residents of that place Mr..
.Stroup is the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Stroup of Washoe,
pioneers who settled there in 1873.
since which time they have been
closely identified with the growth
and development OF the Payette VAL
ley.
The worthy young couple, who
have many friends in Payette and
Ontario, will be at home after Nov
ember 10th, Smith and Wyoming
streets, Ontario, Oregon.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-16
THE COMMITTEE
WITH REGRETS.

An interesting account of the en-
tertaining OF the Outlook Club of
Weiser by the Portia Club of this
city last Monday, was not received
in time for publication in today's
Enterprise, we regret to say. 1t is
of too much interest to be Lost and
will be given space next week.
With this admonition, as a remind
er that such items should be CIV
en- to the printer earlier than We'd
nesday evening, If possible.