The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-07-27
Awards Contracts.

| S9,481.12, and to w. d. Winchell of
Columbus similar contracts at Buck
eye lake and Newton for 3,450.92 and
$4,99S07. These appointments have
been made: Salaried fish and game
wardens, Herman Nohr, Russell Point;
w. F. Holcomb, Grafton; Frank Wolf,
Fremont; Harry Crossley, Sandusky;
Frank Dagenhart, Springfield; field
agents of junior contest work, Miss
Pearl Helfrich, Bowling Green; unsal-
aried wardens, George H. Hose, Grand
view, and Frank D. Voorhees,, Column
bus.
Bar Synthetic Milk.
The discovery that a consignment
Of synthetic milk was shipped to Camp
Willis, will probably result in putting
up bar against the sale of it in the
state. Il knew for a long time that
this milk was being sold in the state"
said T. L. Calvert, the head of the
state food department, "and believed
that its sale was illegal under our
laws, but to make sure l asked Attor-
ney General Turner for an opinion. 1t
has never been rendered. have taken
the matter into my own hands now
and sent letter to the Hebe Evapor-
ated Milk Co., informing them Of our
action, at the same time advising their
distributors in this state of the mat
ter. The company takes out the but-
ter fat and substitutes vegetable fat.
The vegetable fat is much cheaper
and that is where they company makes
its money"
Reduced Population,
Physical examinations, the muster
ing out of married men and desertions
have reduced the population of Camp
Willis from approximately $4,000 to
1889. Men absent without leave, who
are brought back to camp, are being
fined 81 and given two days at hard
labor. Those caught and brought back
after an absence of ten days or more
will be courtmartialed and possibly
given a term in the federal pen at
Fort Leavenworth.
Escaped Convict Caught.
Alva Luker, a Fairfield county con.
vict serving a term for non-support,
who broke his parole last February
few days before his release, has been
apprehended at East st. Louis. 'I'm
going to break my parole, and these
dubs will never get me-" was Luker's
boast to other penitentiary prisoners
when he escaped from the pen.
Looking for Office Building.
A proposition was considered by the
state board of public buildings to pur-
chase the Southern hotel property and
another to purchase some one of sew
eral other large buildings here to be
used as a state Office building. At
torney General Turner ruled to Sec
retary Herbert Myers of the state
board that the board has authority to
purchase a building suitable for state
offices. The board, if it decides upon
the purchase of a building already
constructed, plans to secure one which
will not decrease in value so that in
case the state and city come to an
agreement regarding a civic center,
the building may be sold without loss
to the state
Want Regulation Shoes.
Gov. Willis received kilograms from
the central department of the army at
Chicago that if Ohio national guards
men are to be provided with addi-
tional shoes, other than those already
at Camp Willis, they will have to be
non-uniform or ordinary shoes, as 1t
will be two weeks before the federal
government consignment of uniform,
or regular army shoes. The governor
promptly wired to Chicago to the eff
feet that Ohio national guard officers
do not desire the civilian shoes. He
said that he does not propose to give
his approval to putting the feet of
our soldiers on the blink at the end
of a 10-mile march," The governor
stated there are only $500 pairs of
regulation shoes at Camp Willis, when
twice that number should be there.
Preparing Pension Bill.
The legislative committee of the
Ohio Old Age Pension league has be-
gun to take steps looking toward the
the old age pension conference which
is to meet in Columbus Aug. 6. The
committee is composed of C. H. Belch-
er, Columbus; Ben Feniger, Cleve-
land; Edward F. Alexander and Her
bert S. Bigelow, Cincinnati. Core
spondence has been had with the state
legislative reference library and
George A. Edge, the assistant director,
is collecting material and looking up
authorities with regard to such legis-
lation.
A Money Raiser.
The state automobile license act
has already produced more than a mil
lion dollars net revenue for the state
this year and nearly half the year is
to run yet.
Better Transportation.
In response to the efforts Of Gov.
Willis in behalf of the Ohio troops,
a wire was received from Senator
Pomerene and several Ohio congress.
men stating that Secretary Of War
Baker had promised better transpor.
tation for Ohio guardsmen than
seemed possible when the demand to
hurry troops to the border was more
urgent. Secretary Baker, congress-
men said, believes he will be able to
furnish tourist sleepers for at least
part of the trip, and informed the
Ohioans that he will do everything
possible to secure Sleepers for them.
Investigating Twenty Homes.
Following the announcement recent
ly that instruments of torture had been
found in use in a children's home in
southeastern Ohio, Charles v. Will
liams, head Of the state charity boards
children's welfare department, stated
that not only one but 20 homes for
children in Ohio are under state probe
by the state board of charities. He
announced that no more children will
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