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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
Grant Town and
Baxter Tomorrow

Baxter and Grant Town clash on the
Baxter athletic field tomorrow after
noon in the first regular game OF tho
Paw Paw Valley league. Both teams
have been practicing hard for several
weeks and especially since they are
old rivals of 10 years standing, it is
expected the game will be hum din.
ger.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
Vary Ill.

William Shaffer of Morgantown av.
.enue, remains alarmingly i'll. His son
]. Sheridan Shaffer of Kentucky has
been called here by his illness.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Mrs. David Rogers is quite i'll at
her home on Morgantown avenue.
Mrs. ]. c. Fletcher returned yester-
day from Little Falls where she spent
a few days with her father, Waitmah
Miller. Mr.. Miller is very i'll.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
M. p. TEMPLE.

]. C. Bloomfield, D. o., Pastor.
To the following services you are
most cordially invited: Sunday school
at $3.50, in charge Of w. w. Conway;
morning worship at 1O:45, with SER
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Mrs. A. w. Hovatter of State street
left yesterday for Moatsville where
she was called by the illness of her
father.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Mrs. Nancy Williamson went to
Morgantown yesterday afternoon to
visit her son, Harry Williams and
other relatives.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Carlow nee
Miss Wiles, who were married last
Sunday are guests Of Mr.. Garlow's
brother, Floyd Carlow on East Park.
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EAST SIDE
= NEWS -
Called to Michigan.

Mrs. o. B. Levelle and daughter,
Martha left Wednesday for Michigan
where they were called by the serious
illness of Mrs. Levelle's father
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
Returned to charIeston,

e, F. Morgan returned to Charles.
ton today after spending few days
In this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
PASTORS AND S. S. SUPERINTENDENT

Sunday afternoon 2:So o'clock there will special meeting
all
discuss with State Secretary
School Association to hold its convention Famon
tendance 8
c. BRooMF1ELD Pres. Min. Assn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
FLEMING CHAPEL

Sunday school at $3.50 4. m; preach.
ing at 1880 p. M. Cordial welcome.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
A. BoutIou, Rector.

JAMES EYdWI FssI' NSNHSI'
Morning: Mass at s and 1880
O'Clock; evening, benediction at 1880
O'Clock. Weekly services - Morning,
Mass at $3.50 and o'clock each morn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
g. A. Thomas and removed 10 his
home on West King street.


The death Of Albert Day, who pass
ed away at his home on Laurel Fork,
top OF Allegheny mountain, Pocahofitas
county. aged IS years. recalss the fact
that Mr., Day was one Of the first men
to go into the KlondIke region OF
AlRska( says the West virginia News.
Leaving home when he was a small
boy. he was little more than a child
when he went to Alaska. This was
long before the country was mapped
by the government. He lived the
life Of the ploneer-hunting. trapping,
exploring, gold mining. He made mon.
ey, invested It and became very well
to do. Some years ago Mr.. Day de.
cided that he would like to spend his
declining years in q climate more mild
than that of Alaska and in looking
around he came to Virginia. He found
what he was looking for. and boguht an
immense boundary of land on Allie
ghany mountain, along the state line.
in Pocahontas and Highland counties.
known as the Hull and Wagner tracts.
embracing some 5000 acres in all. He
was clearing up his land and had en-.
gagged in stockraising on an etensive
seaxle ut the time Of his death.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

That women will be placed on all
the Jobs possible by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad as soon as the men
leave is the word that comes from Bal,
timore and is substantiated by Wheel,
ing Baltimore and Ohio officials, &C.
cording to the Wheeling newspapers
A general order has gone throughout
the system that women be trained
for work on the lines and in the shops
and terminals at once, so they can step
in as the men go off to war
1t is said that the women will be
paid the same wages as the men
whose jobs they take received. The
exact methods of procuring the woman
had not been outlined, but the local
offices expect orders by the first OF
next week
The Baltimore and Ohio has been at
the first of the list in all the patriotic
moves Of the last year say officials
here.
Down in the lower end of the state
nothing is too good for the soldiers
doing guard duty. Read the following
from the WEIGH correspondence of the
blueIleIu Telegraph: me members
Of Company X, of which w. E. Eu-
banks, is captain, how in camp in
WEIGH. will be made considerably
more comfortable by the erection of
bath house and hot water 'connec-
tons. The plumbing firm of McNary
& Johnson is giving to the camp water
connection, and bath house is being
erected. Mrs. ]. A. Shrields. proprie-
tor of Tug River hotel, has given the
soldiers the privilege of three hours
connection with her range each day, in
this way assuring hot water for baths
three hours each day. Up to this time,
the boys have had no scout around
over town and get baths at any place
they could, and they are all very much
pleased over the prospects of hot baths
during the rest of then encampment
here"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Coal companies doing business in
the southern judicial district of this
state will be asked to assist the gov.
eminent in compiling a registration of
all unnaturali8ed Hungarians, Aus.
trians, Germans and Turks over four
teen years of age who are employed
by them. A letter requesting that the
names of such persons be furnished
will be mailed to the 1872 coal COM
panies in the district the first of the
week by William G. Barnhart, the
United States attorney.
Mr.. Barnhart has cautioned the
coal companies to guard their power
magazines carefully during the war,
and to distribute explosives only in
instances where it is needed by their
employees for legitimate purposes.
The United States attorney also will
write to all chiefs of police in mis-
district to request that they lend their
efforts in the compilation of regis
tration of all unnaturalized natives
of enemy countries who live within
one.half mile of a military reservation
or other government property or a
plant that is used in the manufacture
of munitions of war.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Captain 8. w. Litten, OF the steam.
er Liberty, was fined Sill and costs
in police court in Wheeling the other
day under the calf ordinance He was
arrested by Officer James Babb &c.
cording the Telegraph, on q warrant
sworn out by z. B. Carney, of the
Windsor hotel Hr. Carney alleged
that the Liberty came in last night
at eleven o'clock and tied up until
day light, and that the noise of the
calves annoyed guests in his hotel.
Captain Litten pleaded not guilty
to the warrant, under section three
of the calf ordinance, alleging that
he had put the calves out on the
wharf. The captain testified he had
1O4 calves on the boat, and that he
shut them up on board so as not to
disturb any one.
Judge Honecker fined him $11 and
costs and an appeal was taken to the
criminal court. Captain Litten al.
leges that il he committed any offense
It was not under section three, as the
warrant alleges. Section five of the
ordinance refers to calves kept on
board boats and was not included in
the warrant.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-13

u great tenacity; he suffers without
complaining he holds up his head
through everything lie bears up against
suffering and misfortune without the
outsider being able to see In him any
symptoms Of weakening 1t is because
he is upheld by his hopes. But when
these begin to break down, when the
confidence has gone, there will be a
"caving in" lie will have no tenaci,y
in defeat; When he sees that much l,
lost he will say that /, Is useless 10
resist longer, and he will resign him
self to fate. lie will refuse to SUITE,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-13
always obtains less food rather than
more than his official allowance
Milk for Sick and Children.

always obtains less food rather than
more than his official allowance.
Milk for Sick and Children.
The little children and the sick peo-
pie, the latter on the presentation of a
medical certificate, are able to obtain
a little milk, when there is any,
Before the war. ll,0O0000 cows
furnished the milk, there remains
less than 100000 now. owing to
the great slaughter carried on at
the beginning OF the war, and the
lack of fodder. The lack of cows Is
not the only reason of the diminu-
ton the average prodution of milk
per animal was seven to eight
litres; because of insufficient feed
for the animals. this has come down
to four or five litres.
These figures that am giving come
from the German biological department
OF which am member
II the beginning of the war, Germany
had 100000 head of cattle. In No
vember, 1914, they ordered the sacrifice
Of percent OF the total quantity, and
by the month OF November. 1910, there
was not more than 100000 left
There were 2S0O00O0 hogs and in No
vember, 1914, 30 percent were sacrificed
There still remain 20WO,0OO in Novem-
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MODEST BERLIN MEAL
COSTS So; GERMANS
BELIEVE IN ARMIES
(continusd From Pace ~

quantity Of food that one is allowed to
buy is almost prohibited to the modest
purse, For very small rcpast one must
pay out II or IA marks. In a restaurant
the sixty-five grammes Of bread costs
$50 marks, a dish of vegetables go
marks, and soup ~ marks.
Only War Coffee.
Cocoa, chocolate, tea, and coffee are
not in existence any more. give the
word, existence" its literal meaning
There is only war cofiee-roastcd oats,
The fruits are also as scarce as the
vegetables which practically disappeared
this last winter, the government having
requisitioned the production and kept
them for the army,
As for the civil element, TO whatever
social class he belongs, the ration OF
the day consists of $50 prammes OF
bread, IS of meat, $50 of potatoes, 10
of fat, s of sugar, and one egg per
person per month. and one bottle Of
marmalade per person each month. One
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have been deceived. And when that
time comes they will lose confidence in
the iniallibili,y Of their staff Offices
and in the ability Of their government,
The German government has promised
the people that during the campaign of
the coming year, the German military
plans will bear their fruits, one fatal
blow will be given the enemy. They
live on this hope. II they are deceived
no one knows what will happen.
The German Psychology.
The German mind has in fact two as
poets: The German has a strong will
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Der, 1910, thanks to the prolific virtues
OF these animals The sheep, whose
numbers reached S.0O0000, have totally
disappeared OF the goats, there arc
10O0OOO left out OF 100000
Shortage of Fertilizers.
The harvest which is coming will be
but average owing TO the lack of skilled
workers. All the work is done by
women or by French and Russian pris-
oners. There are i'll Germany 400 fac
tories for artificial nitratcS, But they
suffer exceedingly, meanwhile, because
of lack OF manure, the power OF these
nltrateS not comparing III the least with
the natural nitratcs from Chill The
agricultural production has diminished
on an average OF II percent per hectare.
II mus, also he realized that the seeds
have diminished in large proportions,
Because OF all these reasons, the har.
vests must become smaller and smaller,
The German has accented and con
sents to undergo discipline that prob
ably any other race would not bear.
Life or Death.
The German thinks that he ought to
fight to the last breath OF the last man
because he is convinced that this war
is an affair OF life or death for Ger
many,
He believes that il he is beaten Ger
many would be divided between France
Russia. Belgium, Italy and Denmark
and that there will only be restored to
him some parts Of Prussia, with Berlin
as capital. This idea has spread higl
and low through all classes of society
by means OF the press, public meetings
schools, lectures, universities, moving
pictures and in many other ways. Thi.
conviction is now rooted in every Ger.
man citizen and nothing will drive il
out
The German people are not obedien'
and disciplined because OF the spirit oI
scrvitudes but because of confidence anc
a true faith that they have in the capac
| i,y the ability and the superiority o.
their chiefs 1t is the prestige OF tn,
Prussian bureaucracy; he trusts him
SELF to it. The same state of mind pre-
walls everywhere in Germany in tn,
Bavarian and in the Saxon. Thei
mentality is all the same. There is II,
difference.
Woe UNITY the Prussian Staff. =.
! do not say that this mind cannot b
| changed The day when the Germa
people are convinced of the lack o
ability in their directors. when the.
perceive the failure of the imperial or
dcrs, then they will hold It no longer
The German is deeply ndividualistic, h
will not consent to sacrifices when the
appear useless; and believe on the da
OF defeat he will demand recompens
for the sufferings he has so long under
gone and will ask big price But,
repeat it, while war i going on an,
before they meet with any great defeat
you need not expect any movement O
rebellion. no more from the socialiN,
who are devoted to the kaiser and 4
the government than from the Others
All Want Peace.
Pcacc2
The conditions Of peace bother hin
little. He does not speak OF them III
wants peace. He longs for peace a.
IDENTIFY. Soldiers and poor people vii
accept with JOY any peace Offered I,
them, because they are suffering, be
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20S WEST MAIN.

longer, even u Hindenburs demah( "
The German government knows Uy15
and that is why it deceives 10 peootSl
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
wYANDoTTE, RHODE ISLAND RED AND oRPINeToN.

We have known birds left in the crate
for four or five weeks to be thinner
after being fed that length of time
than they were at the end of the Sec
ond week, says writer in an ex-
change.
Crate fattening will increase the
weight of a bird by one pound or
trifie more in three weeks, the exact
amount depending on the type of bird,
the kind of feed, and the carefulness
of the feeder. When fed on a mix
ture of finely ground grain, mixed to
a batter in skim milk or buttermilk,
flesh of the highest quality is pro-
duced.
Chickens are not the only kind of
fowl that are fattened in pens or
crates. In most of the poultry-fatten-
ing establishments will be found a
large number of turkeys, and possibly
some water fowl.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15

yond the point where they can be safe
ly suppressed it is better that we know
just what the children feel. Occasion.
al expressions of ill will or of irrever.
ence may be taken as the occasion for
claring up the moral atmosphere
Talking situation over with the child
will often bring to the surface linger-
ing shreds of spite or bitterness. These
gnawing and growing usually only
where the children are fairly free to
give expression to their feelings, re-
strained only by what they learn of
genuine respect and courtesy.
In many cases what appears as dis
respect or worse is merely an indica-
ton of ignorance or crudeness. This
was illustrated by little boy of four,
whose violent jumping on a rickety
stair was interrupted by his cautious
grandmother. When the old lady's back
was turned the child whispered to his
brother, Don't you wish she was
dead?" This was a scandalous thing
to hear, and under other circum-
stances child saying anything like
that would have been mercilessly
chastised. But in this case, as in
many others, there was neither malice
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
FROZEN COMBS AND WATTLES
ton of Fowl and Dampness--
Closed Houses Are Bad.

Frozen or frosted combs and wat
ties are common at this season, wheth-
er you house your birds In closed build
ings or those with open fronts. Usu-
ally the birds in the closed houses get
the worst of it.
Freezing of the headg ~ is largely
a matter of poor condition OK the bird,
and danpness with sudden changes In
temperature. Now and then healthy,
vigorous specimen, in good order, will
get frostblte from undue exposure, es-
pecially to freezing winds, but gener-
ally there will be no severe frostbite
under ordinary circumstances unless
the bird is out of condition from in
digestion, faulty nutrition, too much
handling, etc.
Exposure. to severe cold winds when
headgear Is wet with drinking water
Is common cause of freezing. For
treatment, thaw out the frosted parts
by rubbing with cold petrolatum then
apply mixture Of one ounce of sweet
oil with one teaspoonful of spirits of
turpentine. Apply daily.
Do not take the bird into warm
room. Warmth will cause trouble.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15

In order to make the most economi-
cal gains it is necessary to have the
utility or heavy breeds of fowl. The
lighter breeds, dis Leghorns, Minorcas,
Anconas, ETC., do not, as rule, make
profitable gains in the fattening pen.
Cockerels of the breeds of Rocks, Or
pingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Wyan-
dottes, Came Dorkings, etc, are usu-
ally preferred. When a bird is be-
tween three and four months of age it
makes the greatest gain when put in
fattening pen or crate. If the mar
ket demands heavy bird it would be
necessary to leave them on the range
a little longer, as there is limit to
the time that bird can be protitably
confined in the feeding pen.
The most economical gains are usu-
ally made the first two weeks of feed
ing, and there is seldom much profit
in feeding longer than three weeks.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
GATHER SPRING EGGS OFTEN
Those Intended for Hatching Should
Be Kept as Near Temperature of
SO Degrees as Possible.

During early spring eggs for hatch
ing must be gathered several times a
day until the weather gets mild and
warm. A chilled egg is no better than
an infertile one; in fact, it spoils much
quicker in the machine.
Eggs after gathering should be kept
at a temperature as near so degrees
as possible. Never allow them to re-
main in a temperature below 40 de-
grees for any length of time as then
the vitality of the chick will suffer.
If they are allowed to remain exposed
to too warm temperature, or a great
ly varying temperature, the same
thing happens. They may hatch out
chicks all right, but the chicks will
never be robust. Leaving eggs in the
nest to be set upon and warmed up
several times during the day is anoth-
er way to lower chick vitality.
Attention to these little details pays
well in the long run. Better hatch out
100 chicks with 100 per cent vitality
than 300 and raise only about one
third of them to a maturity of doubt
full vigor.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
Lord Bryce as a Walker.

A newspaper correspondent recently
returned from somewhere in France"
tells me story of q visit paid by Lord
Bryce.t to tie trenches. An officer was
sketching out a little trip along the
front which he proposed to make with
the distinguished visitor the next day,
but, suddenly remembering that Lord
Bryce is seventy-eight, suggested that
perhaps the program involved too long
a walk. Lord Bryce at once answered
that as an old Alpinist he would I'M
dertake to walk against his much
younger officer friend, himself, by the
way, an Alpinist of some distinction.
And when next day the two returned
to camp, after trudging through
trenches for many miles, the younger
man had to confess that he was very
much more done up than his compan-
on.-Westminster Gazette.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15

in the child's feelings nor understand
ing his mind. In all good faith he
wished the disturbing grandmother be-
You'd good and evil. A child needs in
a case of this kind not reproof or pun
ishment, but enlightenment. He must
learn the remoter meanings and inn
plications of the words he uses, and
he must learn to speak Discriminatory.
Whether the undesirable modes of
expression that we commonly call i'm
pudence are the results of initiating
bad models, or the results of unre-
strained freedom of expression, our
remedies are not to be sought in en-
forced silence. 1t is well for us to
know first of all what the sources of
the impudence are, and then deal with
these. We cannot always regulate in
advance the language and manners of
the associates of our children, but we
can do great deal to make the home
impressions what they ought to be.
And it is better for us to know just
what the children think and feel and
improve their thoughts and feelings
than to foster hatred and hypocrisy
under the cloak of decorum.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
METHODS OF PICKING
Suggestions Given as to Success
full Poultry Practices.
Much Depends on Whether Fowls Are
for Future Consumption or for
Immediate Use-Fowls Keep
Better If Not Drawn.

Dry picking and wet picking are
the two general methods used in dress.
ing poultry, depending upon whether
the birds are for future consumption
or immediate use.
Successful dry picking depends on
the proper sticking of the fowl" said
+. e. Fox of the poultry department
in the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege, "as the longer the bird is left
after sticking, the harder the feathers
set. Dry picking takes trifie longer,
but if the sale Of the fowl is to be de-
layed for any reason, as by shipment
or storing, it should be dry-picked.
"When the fowls are dry-picked
they are bled by thrusting sharp
knife through the mouth until the jul
gular vein is pierced. Blood will i'm
mediately begin to flow from the
mouth. The brain is then pierced
through the eye. This loosens the
nerves that have control over the
feathers. After this portion Of the
brain has been paralyzed the feathers
readily yield themselves to the hands
of the picker.
There are two general methods of
dry-picking poultry, the bench method
and the string method. Commercial
ly, the bench method is generally pre-
ferred.
Poultry keeps better if it is not
drawn. The head should be neatly
wrapped il paper, and the feet left
intact.
IF the fowl is for immediate use, it
is trifie quicker to scald it and use
the wet method of picking. In this
method the bloom is spoiled and the
bird will not keep SO well. All scalded
fowls are Immediately drawn. In cold
weather one can send the birds almost
any distance by parcel post"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-15
TROUGHS USED FOR FEEDING
Domineering Fowls Keep Timid Ones
Back-Best to Scatter Grains In
Deep, Clean Litter.

There are domineering hens in ev-
cry flock which keep the timid ones in
a constant state of fear and subjec-
ton. When food is given in trough
where the hens can eat their fill, the
domineering hens keep some of the
others back and often eat twice as
much as their share, while the less for
tunate ones do not get enough. The
result is both fat and skinny fowls in
the same f1ock-which is always IN
desirable.
The way to avoid it is not to feed
in troughs entirely, but to feed pretty
largely of dry grains, cracked grains
and seeds, and scatter them in deep,
clean litter that compels every hen to
hunt and scratch for her share, thus
giving each one an equal opportunity.