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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
ORDER OF BOARD OF HEALTH.

In furtherance Of the orders Of the
Boards of Health of Marion and Hsr.
rison counties at meeting held ct
Traction Park on August 10, 1917, CT
which meeting, DR.. C. r. Weirick, rep.
resenting the State Board Of Health,
was present and concurrlng, It was
ordered that:
"On account Of the present epidemic
Of infantile paralysis it is deemed cd.
visable that all children under the age
of 16 years be prohibited from attend.
ing moving picture shows, Sunday
scho0ls and all other public gatherings
for period Of 80 days"
OF thisorder parents will take due
notice.
Fortunately there are no cases of'in.
fantile paralysis in the city Of Fair
mont at the present time, but as 1t Is
on all sides Of the city it behooves US
to be extremely careful. Let Us ~ pay
strict heed to these orders.
BOARD OF HEALTH CITY OF FAIR.
MONT.
BY ANTHONY BOWEN, Mayor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
PAID HIGH PRICE
FOR HIS NHISKEY
Sale Was Forced Foreigner
Declared in Swearing
Out Warrants.

Robert Bruce, colored, who was
charged with having stolen pair of
shoes valued at $500 from Robert
Rolls, another negro, was tried before
Justice NJ. R. Musgrove yesterday and
found guilty of the charge. He was
fined $40 and costs by the justice.
A foreigner appeared before Justice
William Conway this morning and
swore out warrants for the arrest Of
three foreigners at No, 9 mine. He
was badly cut about the face and
charges that the men beat him up aft
er forcing him to buy some whiskey
from them. He said that the men took
over a hundred dollars from him. Sher-
If Glover went up to the mine armed
with warrants for the arrest Of the
three men. He is expected to return
with the prisoners this afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
Gets Country's First
Land Bank Loan

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. l5.-
Ellis McCarty, a farmer living at Hills
boro, PoCahontas county, has the dis
tinction Of having had the first loan
from a Joint stock land bank organized
under the government rural credit sys.
tenn In acordance with farm loan act,
It became known today. The loan
was made by the Virginian stock land
bank Of Charleston working under the
second charter issued by Federal farm
loan board,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
Draft Appeal Board
To Meet Tomorrow

The district appeal board for the
northern district of West Virginia will
meet in Clarksburg tomorrow morning
for the first time to consider exemp-
ton appeals that are made in this Sec
tion Of the state, The meeting will be-
gin promptly at eleven o'clock and will
continue throughout the afternoon.
Fairmont is represented on the
board by William M. Rogers, president
of the state Federation of Labor. Mr..
Rogers has been in Charleston recently
where the board met for the purpose Of
deciding several minor matters per-
tanning to the draft.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
City Has Two Houses
It Wants to Sell

Within the next few days the city
will properly advertise for sale two
dwelling houses within the city lin
Its.
One Of the houses is located In the
Locust avenue vicinity on Lowell
street. The property, on which Is
located a residence, was recently pur-
chased from H. Glen Fleming for ex-
tending Lowell street to Locust aV-
enue.
The other house Is located on Co.
lumbia street. The house and prop
erty were purchased by the city for
the erection o fthe East Side fire de-
partment, which is also included in
the city improvements.
Just as soon as the houses are adj
vertised the city clerk will receive
sealed bids on the two houses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-15
Hill interests to
Buy Thompson Claims
(By Associated press)

UNIoNToWN, Pa, Aug, 15.-An'
nouncement was made today by Geo
R. Schrugham, Secretary Of ]. v.
Thompson Creditors Committee that
message had been received from
Ralph ]. Young, of St, Paul, represel.
tative of the Hill interests, accepting
the option on $5,0O0,OOO of the 3d.
100000 unsecured claims Of J. v.
Thompson, former millionaire banker
OF Uniontown The acceptance was
announced is contingent on creditors
committee obtaining from the secured
creditors an extension Of years time
for payment Of interest and taxes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02

has pulled out of southern. California
headed for the east. Susceptible
newspapers unwittingly follow the
trail of this train through the coun-
try and when it passes through this
town or that town, special story Is
written. A trainload Of oranges seems
to be very impressive.
A trainload of oranges may be
worth O,000-providing it is good
big train.
In the meantime hundred train
loads of Iowa live stock might cross
the Mississippi on their way to Chi
cago, and no mention would be made
of it at all. If the newspapers of
Iowa and Illinois endeavored to write
a little feature story about each,
solid trainload of Iowa live stock
that passed its way, there would be
room for very little other news. and
our weekly newspapers would have to
publish daily editions.
A trainload Of live stock is worth
several dollars more than trainload
of oranges. And yet there must be
some psychology that accounts for
the manner in which free publicity 10
given to the production Of oranges.
An orange blossom, you know. is very
much prettier than hog, and gives
off a sweeter perfume.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
CITY NEWS.

IS Dollars saved. Read both OF
Royal Cloak Co.'s advertisements.
The will of Christian Young was
probated this afternoon in the dis
trict court and Fredda Wray was
named executrix.
An action to establish title has
been brought in the district court VS.
c. B. Seldomridge, trustee, VS.. Henry
Cramer, ct al.
1t was reported here that Com
pany L was mustered out at Des
Moines today. Three or four members
Of the company spent New Years IL
Keokuk, coming down on special leave
returning to Des Moines this morn
ing.
S Dollars saved. Read both OF
Royal Cloak Co.'s advertisements.
Charles F. Buss, 903 Fulton
street, was struck by an automobile
at Third and Main street, Saturday
afternoon, but was not seriously in
jured. The machine was driven by
out of town parties and carried a
Missouri license.
Cord wood, stove length. 81 load.
Phone 294.
School convened today after a
ten days vacation for the pupils. The
high school pupils went back to their
studies after a two weeks lay-off,
due to health regulations and quar-
antine laws.
The high price OF paper has evil
IDENTIFY hit the calendar market. There
are fewer Of these being presented
this year with merchants compli-
ments than in former years.
The Christmas number of the K.
H. S. Comment appeared today. AL
though a little late, it was no less
welcome, and appears in a cheerful
garb of green and white. There are
a number of good features in the
volume. A picture of Coach Spring
er appears together with some de-
served commendatory remarks.
Friends here have received word
OF, the marriage of Mrs. Myrtle James
of Wyaconda, Mo-, and Mr.. Clarence
lKerns, which occurred December
26. They are spending their honey
moon in Omaha and will live in De-
troit.
Masonic: Hardin lodge, special,
Wed, Jan. 8, 1880. First degree.
Baby Howard G. Bassett, son of
DR.. and Mrs. Bassett, formerly Of this
city, passed away at his home in Des
December 81. aged two years. eight
months and twenty-five days. The
blow is an exceptionally sad one, the
parents having lost their only other
son q little over a year ago. Mrs. G..
J. Fader Of this city is a sister of
Mrs. Bassett.
The new year was ushered in for
the police department with two
drunks and two sleepers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Daily Stock Letter.

Daily Stock Letter.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The New
York Evening Sun financial review
today says:
Following brisk trading and sharp
upturn of / to points or more in
the early session, the stock market
backed and filed today. The re-
ply of the entente governments to-
the German overtures for peace was
seized upon by the long interests as
a weapon with which to bull the mar
ket, but the movement despite its
yigor in the first hour or so Of bust
ness, did not draw any great degree
of public participation into the mar
ket. The first sessions Of the stock
market and commodities market this
year was strong. And this strength
was based ON the assumption that
peace is further away than it was
a week ago. Prices on the stock
market went up today; grain ad-
vanced with a bound. and cotton was
strong, too. U. S. Steel crossed ITO
for the first time in nearly fort
night. Anaconda copper nearly reach
ed a. All the equipment shares ad-
yanced 2 to 8 points.
The volume of business traded In
the first hour was far heavier than
in most of the sessions Of last week.
In the second hour trading was
ouieter and prices reacted point or
more. After midday, however, an up
ward movement Of moderate prepare
lions developed and prices were
again about where they were at the
beginning.
Prices in the late trading were
irregularly changed with business
light
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
KAHokA, NO.
. q . . Q . . Q . . % 4

The case Of state Of Missouri ex
rel Attorney General John T. Barker
vs.. County Clerk James P. Scott has
been reversed and remanded by the
supreme court Of the state. The de-
cision was written by Stephen s.
Brown, commissioner, and was con-
CURED in by the entire court. This
was case brought for political pur-
poses during the campaign of two
years ago and grew out Of the failure
of the clerk to extend the taxes on
the assessment book, practice which
his predecessors in Office had made.
The case should never have been in
stituted and will probably never be
revived-in the Clark county circuit
court Mr.. Scott is receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS of his many friends. He
is well pleased with the verdict of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
LITTLE RED HEN
on JOB FOR IOWA
While Southern States Are Growing
About Big Orange Crop, Iowa
Pays Homage to Egg
Producers.
THE VALUE rs $4,000, 900
TralnIoads Of Live Stock Worth
More Than Many Trainioads
Of Oranges, Cross State
Every Day.

A great hullabaloo is being raised
by the states il the extreme south
west and southeast corners Of the
United States because of an increase
of about two million boxes in the
orange crop or 1915, as compared
with 1915. Little news stories have
crept into the newspapers all over
the country calling attention to the
fact that the total orange crop OF
the United States will reach an ag-
gregate value this year of about
100000.
But the Greater Iowa association
has sent out a little story to the
newspapers all over the country that
the Iowa hen was on the job during
1916, too, and that she laid $22,OOO.-
900 worth Of eggs. According to the
Greater Iowa associations news bull
letin. Iowa has not been advertising
her products sufficiently. Every now
and then we read special stories de-
scribing the remarkable fact that
whole trainload of oranges made up
of twenty-five or thirty freight cars,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02

the higher court and the many con-
gratulations extended him by his hun-
dreds OF friends of both political pac-
ties.
Pete Seyb has accepted position
with the Woodruff-Seyb Co. His tCh
at the Seyb restaurant will be taken
by Willis Galland.
Mrs. Margaret L. Burke, for many
years a resident Of Keokuk, is quite
i'll at her home in sKahoka.
A baby son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Creger of this city, We'd
nesday, Dec. Is. On the same date
a daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
c. G. Lang.
Chas. Border died at the county
farm December %, aged 10.
Mrs. w. s. White died at her HON g
at Medill, Wednesday, Dec. %, aged
IS years.
Doc Sewers, Bert Hardy and Lee
Reese killed large grey wolf in the
Prairie church neighborhood last Sun
day. It was a she wolf and weighed
thirty pounds. Two other wolves
made their escape.
The third quarterly meeting of the
Clark county A. H. T. A. will be held
in Kahoka, Wednesday, Jan. 10.
VIM. R. Toben, formerly of Clark
county, was married at Ralston. iowa,
on Christmas day to Miss Kious Of
Scranton, Iowa.
The Kahoka Eagle lodge will in
stall the newly elected officers on
next Monday night.
There will be degree work at the
M. W. of A. hall in Kahoka lext
Tuesday evening.
- w. C. Slaughter left this week for
visit with his daughter Mrs. James
Shackelford Of Texas.
The band concert at the opera
house Friday evening was fine sue
cess. The regular band and the nd
band have been consolidated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Where They Came From.

New York Sun: A little, frail,
white-haired old Irish-woman, her bent
shoulders covered with a small shawl
came dow an east side street toward
the corner grocery store. In front OF
the store she stopped and glanced
hastily aound. Her trembling old
hands came out from under the shawl,
seized two or three potatoes on the
top Of basket and were drawn back
under the shawl again. For second
she stood there, her thin old lips NOV
ing as if in appeal Or prayer, then she
went on. The Woman Who Saw look
ed around. Not ten feet away stood a
big patrolman with his back turned
resolutely toward the store and his
gaze fixed across the street. The fat
Jewish storekeper was singularly I'M
observing. AS soon as the little old
woman had gone the big patrolman
turned to the storekeeper and re
marked, shes fixed for the day, Ell,
Ikey?"
"Yeh. all right for today!" laughed
back the storekeepeE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Iowa's Business Relations With the
South American state, Boosted
by Live Stock
Show.
BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE
Greater Iowa Association Thinks the
Linking Of Relations, viii
Help tho
state.

Iowa's business relations with Ar
gentine, with especial reference to
live stock. were made closer last week
when party Of Argentine cattle men
who had been In attendance at the
international Live Stock show at Chi
cago, spent a day in Iowa inspecting
some, of the principal live stock herds.
They were the guests Of the faculty
at Iowa State college and were SO inn
pressed with the predominance Of
1owa's agricultural school that one OF
the members of the party, Senior At
fredo Bullrefch, announced definitely
that he would make at
once to send his son to school at Ames.
Two of the Argentine cattle men
were judges at the international show
and the officers of the Greater Iowa
association, who were in attendance at
the show, also, made special effort
to impress these visitors with Iowa.
position in the livestock world. How
ever. inasmuch as two of them were
judges, they had ample opportunity to
inspect for themselves, the quality Of
Icwa's products.
One Of these Argentinos gave Escher
& Ryan, Of Iowa, the first prize for the
yearling cross-bred class; Iowa State
college first prize In two-year-old cross
bred bullock, and also the herd grand
championship to fischer G Ryan. In
many other classes these Argentine
experts gave prizes to Iowa and
where in two or three classes the
grand prizes went to cattle from other
states, it was shown in at least two in
stances that the individual animals
which won the prizes were actually
bred in Iowa but sold to other parties
in other states who exhibited them.
The Greater Iowa association be-
lieves the friendships thus established
will be of great benefit to Iowa in the
future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
No Vote Being Taken.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. mo
strike vote is being taken and so far
as l know no such vote will be taken.
pending action Of the United States
supreme court of the Adamson law"
said w. G. Lee head Of the brotherhood
of railway trainmen today.
Other railway brotherhoods refused
to add anything to their New York
statements. Since their return to
Cleveland they have kept very quiet.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
PERSONALS.

Miss Florence Gray OF Chicago, re-
turned to her home yesterday after
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Cath
crime Spring, for few days.
Mrs. T. F. Lee of Colorado, and
daughter, Mrs. Ebersole and little
granddaughter. Lois, of Elkhart,
Kan, are here visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
E. r.. Oiler and friends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
France is likely to come out of the

France is likely to come out Of the
war with a new map whether her ex-
terror boundaries are changed of not.
organization Of her sc de-
paTtmsnts, dating from 1883, has been
condemned by nearly all French
statesmen as Inadequate for modern
France A strong movement that
has, since the war, developed into an
effective experiment in the organiza-
ton of regional economic consulta.
tive committees may bring about a
political redivision of the country In
to something like Is administrative
and legislative regions"
The coming year will mark the
Of the first discovery
Of diamonds in South Africa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02

Mrs. J. K. P. DeBord who has been
Ill. left Monday, accompanied by he,
husband. for Des Moines, Iowa, where
she will be cared for at the home OF
her daughter Mrs. F. G. Brooks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
A Wise Resolution

WHEREAS, The high cost of living that
we heard. so much about year ago Cor more)
has resolved itself into the high cost of existing;
and,
WHEREAS, The needs of the people OF
this nation are greater than ever before and
the means with which to satisfy them are less;
and,
WHEREAS, The situation cannot be
avoided or suddenly changed and must be met
sauarely face to face and the problem solved by
all as individuals; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That The best way to meet
the situation IS by careful preparation and rigid
economy, and that the best way to make that
preparation and practice that economy is
through patronizing the persons and concerns
\ whose advertisements appear in this paper,
and this we agree to do for the coming year.
Mr.. AND MRS REALLY R. WISE.
January I, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Tho Gifts THIS Year.


Besides the money given and ex-
pended many peOpie,v8ave toys anu
clothing and for all OF which was CIV
en- public acknowledgement at the
time Through the efforts OF Mrs.
John C. Scott and her committee $50
children had toys and useful gifts at
Christmas. Mrs. D.. g. Singleton and
her committee secured many cans of
fruit and jelly which was given to the
old people in particular although
some little folks had Jelly and jam on
their bread on Christmas day. The
baskets were provided as follows:
From Community headquarters 200
Salvation Army -. .!............ 40
Ladies' of Charity ................ 40
First Westminster Presbyterian >. IL
First Baptist II
Trinity M. r. IL
st. Johns Episcopal ............. 8
First Congregational ............. 8
First Christian lO
r. ID. y. cnapter
Lady Maccabees ................. l
knights and Ladies' of Security :.
Miss Buck reported that the pro-
ceeds Of the Christmas party was
ninty-nve dollars.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02

Miss Mary Belle Jones, 806 North
Thirteenth street, entertained par
ty OF relatives from Montrose, Iowa
and Gregory and Canton, Mo-, at her
home yesterday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02

Nurse association will be held on next
Tuesday morning, January at half
past nine o'clock in the Y. w. G. A..
Directors will be elected and annual
reports made. The meeting is open to
the public.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Red Cross Seals.

Miss Younker reported that the
amount which is Keokuk's share from
the sale Of Red Cross seals Is $282.29.
This is TO be used for prevention anr
cure of tuberculosis here. There are
still one hundred letters out which
have not been returned and the COM
mittee asks that these be returned TO
Miss Younker at the earliest date
possible as the local association must
account to the state association for
all seals sent them. Keokuk has the
honor to be at the head Of the list Of
cities of its class In Iowa in the sale
of Red Cross seals. The standard set
is a sale of 3 cents per capita and
Keokuk went fraction beyond that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
COMMUNITY GIFT
REPORT IS MADE
Visiting Nurse BOARD This Morning
Hears Summary Of Community Is
Christmas Work In
keokuk.
USE SURPLUS IN YEAR
Balance Left Over From Last Season
Was Used to Good Advantage
Nurses Report 10
Made.

The board OF directors Of the Visit
ing Nurse association at its meeting
this morning heard reports of the
various committees in charge of the
Community Christmas. The giving
this year was on larger scale than
ever before, due to the increased need
Of aid and the generosity OF the Keo-
kuk people was commenSurate with
the need. Those who were able to
give did so with an open hand and
with cheerfulness and cordially
which is characteristic Of this city.
The total receipts including the gift
OF one. hundred dollars with which
the list was started, was $56s.25.
The disbursements were:
For market baskets ...........$ 1000
fotat0es .................. 12.Ou
Meat $3.50
,Bhoes and rubbers ........... 1885
Underwear, caps. stockings saad
mlttens ............ Z4U.Zo
Necessary work On the building
nsea ss headquarters ....... ii.oo
Coal and delivery .......... 1910
Help $50
!ncidentals 1893
Total .$s73.11
Balance on hand $196.14
This balance will be used for relief
work in the community all during the
year. Last year there was balance
of $104 and this carried throughout
the year the cheer and comfort of
Christmas to many people. Keokuk's
Community Christmas in this was not
gpasmodic emotional giving, but is
really an all year process.
Report Of Last Year.
The following report shows what
the money left from Community fund
after Christmas 1915 was spent for.
Monthly reports OF particulars have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Nurses Report.

Miss Alexander made the nurses re
port for the month of December as fol
lows:
Nursing service in the district
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Tailored Suit

We offer a limited number Of
women's tailored suits, mostly
small sizes that were not bought
last season, but have good ma
teriaI and lining, for the unheard
Of price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-02
Report Of Last Year.

The following report shows what
the money left from Community fund
after Christmas 1915 was spent for.
Monthly reports OF particulars have