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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Course In chemlstry-H. F. Rogers,
OF the Normal school faculty, will Of
fer q course in sanitary and applied
chemistry intthe summer session at the
Normal school. This will be a college
credit course for those who are grad
mates 81 standard year high schools
and may be taken by other students
for academic credit. 1t will deal with
important scientific principles involv-
"a "a household and farm economy,
food production and preservation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

cIas Meets-The Amonma class Of
The BarrachYflle Baptist Sunday school
met at the home of Miss Milla Ice
Tuesday evening at o'clock. The
zegnlar business meeting was held
LnIInHed BY 9 social hour.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Eiks,Flag pay-The Elks' lodge will
this year celebrate Thursday, the Ma
tiona Flag Day, at their lodge room
So East Main street. Action to this
eject was decided upon at meeting
Of the lodge yesterday evening. A
committee has been appointed to draw
up aprogram, which will be attended
1y members only. There will be no
PUBLIC demonstration.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13
THE WEATHER.

West Virginia
Showers and thun-
der storms to.
night and Thurs
day; cooler Thurs
day.
Local Readings
F. P. Hall, OBJ.
Temperature at
8 a. m. today t6S.
Yesterdays wea.
Their clear; temp
erature, maximum,
standardization onpn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

o., III an American
supply a Hm1tm2
ct the TACT that the
All you need do is
.lered and present them at
--Sn and the flag is yours. Ten
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Insurance Men Here-Several east
ern insurance men among whom are
]. H. Mearns, an engineer Of the vii.
cox, Peck, Brown & Crosby firm of
New York; E. A. Crosby of the same
firm; Clarence H. Bradford, a Balti-
more insurance broker and F. F. Prinz,
Jr., of Baltimore, also insurance in
spector for the Consolidation CSal
Co. arrived in Fairmont on an early
train yesterday morning to inspect the
property Of the Consolidation Coal Co.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Assessors Office Hours-Assessor
James w. Davis announces that:he will
be- Ia his Office from five until nine
o'clock every evening next week for
The pttrpose Of receiving assessment
blanks Some time ago the assessor
stributed blanks to be filled ont and
returned. Most Of the blanks have
tecn returned, but few have as yet
aned to comply with the law. Those
WHO vim not do so within the next
M days win have their. property as
Sc nom old blanks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Threaten Freight Embargo - The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
has announced that should the mer
chants of FairmolA not get the cars in
the various unloading tracks unloaded
In time 1t will have 10 declare an EN-.
barge on everything not classed as an
absolute necessary commodity. When
the embargo takes place, everything
except coal. vegetables and meats and
munitions of war, will be cut off tbs
shipping lists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

VgilIians-Alas Della W.T.
81 ColfRx. W. Va, wasthe homer
sdsst or Monday at a farewell party
tie Be ofI1Ir. and Mrs. II, D. &c
Dor ~ s46 Tygart street. East side.
r6e cue included Miss Williams,
Waliams, Hazel Bo=sett.
Emerson, Messrs. Allen reg
on AEcDUgal, Henderson San
M sly, Mr.. and Mrs. ssse
VIson ana 1e., ands;Mrs. Lloyd Nc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Labor Day Plans-The committee
appointed by the Trades Council at a
meeting in Willard hall Sunday after
noon to arrange for the big Labor
Day celebration in Fairmont, will meet
at Willard hall this evening. Besides
the regular committee there will be
a representative present from each Of
the various locals. Definite plans will
be drawn up for the Labor Day cele'
bration.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Minsrs Leg Rroken-Homer Brown,
az Enterprise, is patient at Fair.
mont Hospital No. suffering from q
actured leg, the member having been
injured while at work in the mines at
that place.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

Queer Esther clrcIe-A meeting Of
the Queen Esther Circle Of the First
M. e. church will be held tomorrow
evening at the hcme of Misses Nina
and Mona darlington on Coleman ave.
nue.. This is the regular monthly
meeting of the organization and it is
desired that all of the members be
present.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

ITO Auto III Meetlns-The meeting
oE tte Fatmont Automobile associa-
ion Scheduled to be held last evening
vas indefhtitely postponed, not enough
r1omber being present to hold the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

WIlI Erect Residence A.
s. pfAnutHg on erecting
andscme new residence in the Loop
Park section on property which he
recently purchased, adjoining the
1idenee of Mr.gand Mrs. John H.
1clr j. tf l.,J&.i) sps
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

rsqrss Team on Nsit-The degree
from the Mountain City Lodge
1 S8 made q visit last evening to
Esrio Lodge No. q, *. oER., on
ast S de and conferred degree Of
night IA class Of candidates from
h lodges After the sessiontof the
age, short social hour was delight.
ig spent There was a good turn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-13

wil Reopen Mlne-Tse mine ut
between here and GraftonSVill
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
COAL GAS FOR AUTOMOBILES
Fuel Costs Only Twelve Cents for
Charge Equal in Power TO One
Gallon of Gasoline.

Arthur 81. Jackson, an English me-
chanical engineer, who arrived in New
York from London on his way to Hong
Kong, said that the high price of gaso-
line in England, where it sells at 81. 10
a gallon, has caused motor power ex-
perts TO experiment with compressed
coal gas for motor trucks and automo-
biles. The point in its favor is that
the gas fuel costs only u cents for a
charge equal in power to a gallon of
gasoline.
'The ministry OF munitions" Mr..
Jackson said, "favors the coal gas
fuel, as its manufacture increases the
output of by-products needed for ex-
plosives- The Glasgow corporation
has ben advised by a special commits
sion that coal gas is practicable for
commercial motor vehicles. Any en-
CINE can be fitted for its use in few
hours without interfering with the use
of gasoline, should any change be de-
sired. In closed cars and motor trucks
the gas is carried in containers on the
roofs, and in open cars it may be car
ried on canopies running the length
of the body. Containers now in use
hold only go feet of gas, which is
about equal TO a gallon of gasoline,
and that is one OF the objections to
its use"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
Puts It Up to the Judue.

One of the city judges, who was up
for reelection, made a speech in New
York, and after he had touched on
patriotism and the various questions
of civic virtue and the keeping of
good man on the bench, he said at the
close of his speech that he was ready
to answer any question propounded-
At this point one of the members of
the club arose. Judge" began the
Questoner, there's one thing that has
always bothered me, and hope you
can settle it for me so that the other
members of this club viii see that 1
am right. This is it: Does or does
not straight flush beat four of q
Ind under any and all circum-
stances?"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29

warmers for footrests, then of Mrs.
Hall walking miles to her work 70
save five cents.
Attending Kinsolving concert a re-
cent morning in the crystal ballroom
of the Blackstone hotel, after the con-
cert lettering awhile in the lobby,
later sauntering along Michigan ave
nue. and stopping to look at this win
dow of exotic blooms, at that one
where platinum, diamonds and pearls
showed up with full effect against their
velvet backgrounds, the while seeing
the stream of luxurious vehicles flow
ing on in such volume, the companion
that was with me- had said, "Well, I'M
dOubtedly America is prosperous this
year; l have never been so impressed
with our luxury, with the general we'll
being"
Coming from the Halls that later
day I thought of this remark. of the
forth; and 1 wondered at the why and
the wherefores of the inequalities.
Why the too-much on the one table
the bare subsistence on the other?
The slothful warmth, and the dreary
cold? The over-brilliant rooms, and
the long darkness? OF chiffon bor-
dered with fur, and of shivering jim
ME? OF 'the coloners lady, and of
Julia O'Grady"?
Who are going to solve it, when is
it going to be solved? Nobody, it
seems. Never, it seems. But at least
once in awhile, at this special season
and that momentary lifting of the
cloud may occur-at least for the chill
dren. Say at Thanksgiving and Christ
mas, if each able one would look after
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
German Salmon Sired in Thames.

Some good things come from Ger
y. and one of them is the German
mon, which is now being bred on a
scale in the Thames and has the
e being non-migratory. AT
is nOn-nligrutory in its native
it may change its habits
udnn corr poEdent, as
.lh lie English aud AMER
Jl trout which were planted in
SIS Zealand. In English waters the
brook trout is never migratory, but in
New Zealand they rapidly developed
into confirmed sea rovers, and have
now become a fine and healthy race of
sea trout, affording excellent sport
ID attaining unusual size.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29

@NE of the oldest and best beloved
holidays in the whole year
~ comes to us this week-oldest in
our history because the Puritan
fathers celebrated it when they did
not celebrate Christmas, best beloved
because it is a holiday all our own.
typically American through and
through. Nations all over the world
celebrate Christmas. New Years and
Easter. Even our Independence day
has its echo in the French July IA, but
Thanksgiving day is the entire proper
~ of the American people, and per-
haps this adds the extra luster which
makes it day apart In the heart of
every citizen.
Its origin was in the farms, where
the harvest season was closed with a
day set aside for the giving of thanks
for the crops just harvested In real
ity it is national harvest festival, but
its meaning has come to cover more
than just the harvest season alone.
Now this holiday is accorded US for
the rendition of thanks for the bless
ings of the entire year.
We find that during the Revolution
the observance of this day for giving
thanks had become so general that
congress recommended each year
Thanksgiving day. This was an an
nual occurrence until the end of the
war, when a day was set aside in
1884, for rendering thanks for the re-
turn of Deacp Again in 1TSQ Wash
ington appointed a day of thanksgivin,
for the adoption of the Constitution
1t was in this year also that the Epis
copal church formally recognized the
right of the civil government to rec
such a feast day.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
SIMPLE RECORD OF
FIRST THANKSGIVING
When the Devout Pilgrims
Showed Their Gratitude for
Their Blessings.

e.: i :; s E ;s s En-; :5 A
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
CLOSE TO HEARTS
OF ALL AMERICANS
Particular Reason Why Thanks
giving Day Should Be Gen.
orally Celebrated Here.

:::; e !: : : :: =: s:
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
SUNKEN SHIPS BEING RAISED
War Brings Day of Resurrection for
Many Vessels for Years Listed !.
as Discarded Wreck.

Certainly the day of resurrection
has come, for ships. Hulks long since
sunk, all but forgotten, rise in their
very bones, take on renewed bodies
and with the rhythmic heartbeat of
new engines feel the blood coursing In
their veins once more, observes the
Boston Transcript. Abandoned coal
barges, hulls of whale ships, of little
cargo carriers that have lain at dis
mantled wharYes for half a century,
struggle from their graves in the ooze..'
feel again the measured clink of caulk5
ing iron, lift proud topmasts and shslt
with joy from the very diaphragms of
their swelling sails as the forefoot
thrills to the blare of blue water.
Wrecks of the ancient side-wheeIers
rise as well and with a vigor of en-
CINE life such as did not exist in their
day, go down TO the sea.
The sea shore is probed for these.
and the very lakes send their quota.
AT Ashland, Wis, for instance, on Lake
Superior, the side-wheeler Emerald.
sunk at the slip a years ago, is on
her way up. The ore-carrier Sevona,
which broke in two on a shoal six
years since, is TO be raised and put to-
gether again. And so the reports come
from slip and shoal the world over.
If the war, with all its menace and
It's heartache, can give up once more a
mighty merchant marine and revive
the proud traditionSsof American sea-
manship, as it bids fair to, it will have
done one great thing for the country.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
Manchus Have Beans 70 Burn.

Bean-cake is cheaper than coal at
Hardin, Manchuria, and the Chinese
there are now using it as fuel, says the
Japan Chronicle. Coal costs 80 kopeks
a pood and bean-cake only 30 kopeks,
while it is contended the-latter throws
out more heat. As all the bean mills
have large stocks on hand and are in
creasing them daily, there is q ten
dency for its use as fuel TO spread.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29

one unable family, what a lot of "kids
could be made craZyl"
Come on, pile up the basket Tele-
phone to the center that knows the
needs, or take a case whose needs you
yourself know, and do your best to
spoil one group of small ones for one
day. Put in the chicken! Put in vege-
tables enough for week. Don't for
get the potatoes. Remember the fruit.
Add candy. Get some Jimmie wooden
coat, and long thick stockings, and ex-
change his misshapen, run-down-at-
the-heels shoes for brand-new ones,
thick-soled and equal TO keeping out
the cold. Give the sure-to-be-there
baby warm outfit, secondhand or
first-hand, matters not. Cover that lit
tie girls thin red fingers with thick
red mittens. Be sure to give plenty of
candy-it won't hurt 'em. And tie all
the stuff up fancy like and foolish
like. Your friends are bored to ex-
tinction, of course, by the repeated
complexities Of today's Christmas
packing; but folk like the Halls won't
be. They'll like it; luxuries will help
toward that wildness of joy you are
working for. Come on, We unhappy
overfed, We over-warmed, We blinded
by too much light and color, We of the
frivolous fur trimming, and We lady of
the limousine; come all and have
hand in this riot, this mdwinter mad
less this effort to make certain class
Of kids 'crazy."
Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29


our governor [William Brad
~ fordl sent four men on foul
ing, so that we might after a
! more special manner rejoice together
after we had gathered the fruit of our
labors. They four in one day killed as
much foule as, with little help beside.
served the company almost weeke.
At which time, amongst other recrea-
ton, we exercised our arms, many Of
the Indians coming amongst US, and
among the rest their greatest king.
MaSsaSoit, with some ninety men.
whom for three days we entertained
and Toasted, and they went out and
killed fine deer, which they brouGh-
to the plantation and bestowed on our
governor and upon the captain [Miies
Standish] and Others"
Such is the historic record of IL"
first Thanksgiving in Plymouth colo
291 years ago. Less than a year befof
the Mayflower, bearing its little bani
of 102 Pilgrims, anchored off the rock
bound New England coast. Alone il
the boundless wilderness of the Nc
World the heroic Puritans stru@"i
through the relentless winter, batti
with snow and wind, savage foes, =
ger. sickness, and death itself.
three months their number was ain :,
onehalf of the entire company. J..
with the spring time life looked M
kindly upon the exiles; summer ST
on their corn fields, and an
brought abundant harvest. A fCu
dwellings, had been built. and
rationS had been made for otlge.
ing tiny oasis of homes on tn,
of the New World. Then it Wa
Governor Bradford issued his first
and the Pilgrims an
their Indian guests partook Of -
first and now hiStor'n 49,,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
a HANDY Starry

Daughter-rm ashamed of you, pa.
l saw you kiss the parlor maid as you
went out.
Pa-Don't be ridiculous, dear. I've
missed two or three bottles of Scotch
lately, and, as 1 suspected Nellie, I
took the opportunity of smelling her
breath, that's all.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
Hon. Turkey Earnestly on Hair He Left Me
Quite Brane

BanIess
To Editor Who Keep Cheerful in Spite of Holidays:
Dear Sir While annual yearly date of Thankve
TnngTe H T6Ss with my memory tell you what collapsed
employed Cookery domestic kitchen of Mr. Mrs
Togo Hon Mrs. approaching
There viii be to dinner include Uncle
Immediately buy ukeykn of % lbs
celeyweed and sufficient pnnens to construct s % punches
60 At Gouge Bros Market where
Such delicious chenPness of bird negotiate
$3.50" he report arltnmaic.
Do you not promise fat turkey for 85cT" I rake off.
Il should like C b. please" This
se do sell broken price
No enlarged
fo"e rRs h SFe n Ry f@3p gr 91 h. satisfy
How you know he 1resh2' Suggest
fresher than that" depOse Hon Butch
resp Pecfu to eat such yauaioa Also
wards CARRYING this valuable Ducner
dog name OF Hon Fo snux behind of
stood uugshly saying nothing but looking
Date of Tlarksfu Thursday
arose up and commenced All
About thanksgve scrapng
their footprints Hon Turkey bakery
p aty e"ral an take sctdown
" got much 10 be na.sTine for sharp
t~y when boy report Uncle Seth with grone
smacse of this foods then flop 1t back with sDubbed m
preston ~ : ~ WIN O 60
q have tnstea respectable banably
All enjoy depression by this report.
kitchen bring delicious mulgantawny soup bought
lurn It Hon Turkey becoming
fetch o a thnnksgivers
Canned they yelup together with voice of
thrustng plates
any Seth with dyspepsia Even
turs elapsed remember how we
accustomed Tanksve chopping
fresh he acted EskimQsspending
their old age ice before meeting civilized
this thanksgiving speech Then
like Samurai Turkey Hope
thrilled wrists elbows sublime
kybut OH stand look
bird Such things Empty pan there seeming
entirely vac Ton Fa. .ey had as"ed away!l
OF tail stood Hon FidO abduetng Hon. alley
retreat after that s doggsh annmle
my
reporting failures So drag
together
anksgvers complaining about everything
"Banza ha
this u
"what isl" all exlaim while o j.
You should all be thanksgiving"
aued from considerable
himself Turkey hi OF
You mean we shall have no turkey? snagger all m
ul Turkey, de
approaching
that bird in his
ow turkey 60 you say Dinner la
nned When he come back Dinner spor to
Understand about American br
making bewans So
olish dol Why
be in your direction he
by force Swedish Husu Hon
lido arrive by next kick and Hon. Turkey few of
ir so earnestly he left quite brainless
@opsrlss HasHn-0HA
se
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29

Sympathy is the only charitable gift
of some people.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29
Crushed Possibilities.

Jones, the cub reporter, was fat, but
he looked as melancholy as fat man
can when he entered the city editors
Office.
why Eas my story killed. - -
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-29

SS3 LENA HALL"
That was the letter she dictated to
me, the woman from way over there
where rents are relatively cheap,
where coal is bought by the single bas-
ket and where a can of timed milk
can be made to last a family of four
whole week. l put the words down
just as she said them, for 1 thought
the ''ladies" would find it heart-warm-
ing to learn thas their gift had such
an effect on the dull gray household
that "the kids wuz crazy"
She told me d was a S. basket.
There was a chicken, vegetables
enough for a week, even potatoes
the first in their house this winter
fruit, everything to make a real feast.
Who sent it? Well, she didn't know
their names, but she knew 1T was
through the Bureau of Charities her
family had got all that. So she had
called up the bureau and thanked them
and they said a club of ladies were
the ones that sent the things. The
club had Ntelephoned in and asked for
the address of some family that would
not be likely to have big dinner, and
then they had filled the basket and
sent it TO the address given. Now she
Would like to thank the club. She
could read English but she couldn't
spell the words. Would write the let
ter for her? And that was the way
the ladies found out that the 'fkids
wuz~ crazy"
went over to Mrs. Halls home, and
the setting and situation seemed to
my inexpefience exaggerated beyond
Actuality. The place looked like a
Fhge representation of poverty. The
husband had deserted; there were
three children, a fodder, Sickly girl
of nine, sickly boy of ten; and the
mother had pains in the chest" could
work only internationally. There was
plenty of work to be had this year,
she said, but first. one child fell sick,
then another, and she herself, after
being so hot in the steamy Easements
where she did washings and then 60
ing out into the cold, would get those
pains in the chest and would have to
give up for awhile. At present about
all she was doing was working at
home putting strings on express tags.
Going home in the street car fell
into such an abstraction 1 went nearly
to the limits before woke up enough
to consider the matter of alighting. l
got to thinking of contrasts-of
world of :, TX fussing about the over
amount of protein they had in their
systems, and that other world with the
family milk ration one tin a week; Of
people suffering from superheated
apartments and of those that watched
anxiously the dwindling nuggets in the .
basket; of people blinking under the
glare of too-many-and-too-hig i
bulbs, of the Hall family that went to
bed right after supper to save light;
of dancing-dresses trimmed with fur,
of the thin cottony coat Jimmie Hall
was wearing; of limousine with orch
ids showing at the glass and foot
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-30

floors, making mud Of the affairs dust,
rottng the canvas Of the fallen Pic
lures. rendering all things squalid.
Theatcf IL In Ruins.
Close by is the theater. with its
brocaded galleries brimming over
with wreckage. fiauting rags, and re-
vealing through the u~ncurtained stage
all the shabby mysteries of its mech
anism, all in wild confusion.
Visitors are rare in verdun, but the
town holds out to them emphatically
the freedom of the city, every door
and window open and nc human eye
to watch. Along the river bank are
tho little restaurants and cafes. the
floors strewn with cups and saucers.
glasses ranged on the counters. the
open ledgers on the cashiers desks
inviting the inspection of the curious.
1t has been many months since the
customers sat around these upturned
tables or out on the terrace, watch
ed the green Mouse slide below the
bridges on sunny afternoons.
Shops are Pathetic.
The little humble shops along the
the big clubhouse or the pitted ware
houses with their shattered windows
The shops are wide open, with their
scales still on the counter, their
knives and sugar scoops all ready for
business. The tailor shops displayed
pictures Of the modes for summe
1914, hopelessly out Of date.
verdun is only a little town. just