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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
WHEELING DENTISTS
|. ENLARGE SOCIETY
Wheeling Dental Society Is Now Dis
tdct Organization Comprising
SIX Counties.

The Wheeling District Dental society
was formed last evening from the
Wheeling Dental society. The new or.
gani2ation will comprise the counties or
and Wcrzel. and will be probably the
most important component of the state
society.
Preceding the business meeting ban
quot was enjoyed in the Mcclure grill,
The following menu was served:
Craonakc Cocktail
Olives Celery
Chicken Ia Creole
.Filet Mignon, Fresh Mushrooms
Paresine Potatoes Green Peas
Fduit Salad
Coffee Cigars
The following dentists attended the
banquet and business meeting:
y. c.. Plant. Wheeling: John II. Nc
rlurc, Wheeling; Roy E.. Louden.
Moundsvillc: George Bridgeman. New
Vile: o. ". BurdatS. Wheeling: ". 4. H..
Caldwell, Wheeling: J. c. Cow, Bridge
port; +. II. Mozcna, Wheeling: w. ID.
Giescler, Wheeling: ". j. Ncshitt, Bel
lairc; Q. L. Richmond. Wheeling: J. e..
ArbcnZ, Wheeling: W. l.. Rogue. Wheel
ing: J. L. McLain. Wheeling; a. Fl. Hem
ncn. Wheeling: II. ID. Grubb. Rcllaire.
The business meeting was spent IN
revising he bylaws TO suit the scope
of the larger organization. For the pres
ent the officers OF the old Wheeling So
ciety will be officers Of the district or
ganization. They arc: DR.. A. G. Plant
Wheeling. president; DR.. II. D Brubb
Bellairc. vice president; DR.. ". Il. Lopez,
Wheeling, secretary DR.. ]. G.. Cow.
Bridgeport, treasurer. June is the time
scheduled for the election Of officers.
The members of the Wheeling society
Will be transferred to the larger group.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
FARMERS MEETING AT
WEST LIBERTY OPENS
Largest Number of Farmers Ever AS
senbIed Attending Meetfng-Brg
Meetinu TODAY,

The agricultural extension school at
West Liberty Normal school opened
yesterday morning for a four-day SEES
sion. 1t is being conducted by the
Panhandle Agricultural Club. assisted
by the agricultural extension depart
ment OF the West Virginia. University.
The school will close Friday.
Agricultural and home economics
departments are being conducted.
Yesterday morning J. J. Yoke and R. J..
Roudebush addressed the gathering on
management Of Fine Wool Sheep
and Sources of Soil Depletion" re-
Spectively,' and at the afternoon meet
ing J. NJ. Hover spoke of TRANSMITS
sion of the Factors Of Production J:
j. Yoke gave another talk on sheep
In the home economics department,
Miss Anna Mary Marshall discussed
"Fireless Cookery" and Miss Marion
Hepworthl Meat Cooker Cheap
A joint session Of the two denart-
mcntS will be held to-day. with ad-
dresses by Miss Marion Hepworth, /.
S. Cook, Z. S. Bayard. Fl. c., Ramsow-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
OUT-THE-PIkE
It's St. Marks Church Now.

ST. James Lutheran Congregation OF
Elm Grove. which until recently was q
mission church. 1t Il meeting MONDAY
night elected officers and adopted Il
constitution. For Il number OF years
the congregation was dependent upon
St James Lutheran Church, WheetlnE.
1t was also decided to change the name
and hereafter the congregation will he
known rs st. Marks Evangelical buth-
eran Church
Officers were selected as follows:
president: John Dickmann and John A.
Grow, elders: Martin II. Wagner, Law.
renee Fischer. Ernest kricger: Christ
Miller. Dcacons: Louis F.. Halter ana
George Fl. =. Schmidt. trustees; Franz
Stein, recording secretary: Henry Scnae-
fer. financial secretary and II. w. Men
day, treasurer.
The purchase Of Il new altar ana COM
'munion vessels was ordered by the con-
gregation. Rev. Frederick Alpers was
recently installed As pastor OF the con-
cregation. Services will he held regu-
larry both Sunday morning and evening
haranGtnr
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
PARTING Of THE
WAYS REACHED
BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND
THE PLAYERS FRA
TERN1TY.
Resolution Adopted by the Senior Or
ganization Brings
RNnture.

NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Thc National
league and the Baseball Players Fra
tcrnily came to the parting Of the ways
here late today while Manager John .;
McGraw, q the New s; d"rK 1; Nai5o''Li a.
Fultz. OF the Players association. were
in secret conference endeavorinS 10
reach common ground upon whlcn t,ic
compromised. The senior organization
passed unanimously resolution aCro7
eating the agreement made with Inc III IRA,
ternity at Cincinnati on January b. III
and when McCiraw returned 10 Jne meet
ing Il. first appeared rs if hiS Scll-'m- ;
posed mission had been In Taip.
Later. when President Tcner Of tho
National league. >rea& the resolution "
the ncwS'-ier repreScntailfcS. nv ~ N.
planned thai no Discrimination was 10 W.
made against any player who hight nave
been or continued to be member OF tiiG
fraternity. but that the league wouIH
no longer recognize IN" orGahl%nll" non anu
that all dealings In the future Woulu ~"
with the players rs individuals. AS TINS
was the principal request made ny ruiz
in his conference with McGraw. as Il
guarantee before taking steps lHoklnE
toward the lifting of the strike oFacr ny
Sofar as il affected the major leagues, !!
appeared that his request mad rccelFcu
consideration
That the magnates realized the scri-
BUSINESS of the situation tht races naSe
ball both from Internal and internallon"I
combinations was shown by the TACT
that the baseball writer's were. called
into the meeting OF the league for one
Of the very few times in the forty 900
years Of it's. existence. and the following
resolution was read, after which the
mncnatcs stat ed that they we're ready TO
answer any questions which might be
asked
"Whercas. The Ball Players Fratcr.,
nifty has violated tho letter and spirit or
an agreement made between national
agreement leagues, clubs and players
entered into Of date January 8. l?l4'
therefore be il
"Resolvcd. by tho National league or
professional baseball clubs. that insofar
AS that league is concerned. this agree
ment nc and is hereby ahroRated and al
relations between this league and SAID
fraternity are hereby severed and ter
minated"
When the resolution was shown 10
Fultz he refused to state what ACTON
the fraternity would take until nc nao
consulted other officers Of the organiza-
ton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
WOULD LEGALIZE
BOXING in INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb IA bill
TO Iegalize boxing and wrestling. con-
tests and to create q state commlSSloS,
on boxing and wrestling was introduced
In the lower branch OF the state regis,
iature here today. Under the bill the
commission would consist Of three mem
annual salary Of $4,000 each. The bill
would permit the commission to license
athjeic clubs to conduct boxing and
wrestIine exhibitions upon payment OF
certain license fees. The bill also would
nrovide that TN per cent Of the gross
receipts from such exhibits should go
to the state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
HAS NOT SIGNED.

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-Max Flack. out
fielder with the Chicago Nationals, wrote
friends here today from his home in
East St. Louis denying that he had
signed q 1917 contract. Officials Of the
club had previously announced that h"
had signed. Flack said. however. that
terms were satisfactory, but that he WAS
awaiting action by tho baseball players
fraternity before signing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
IMPOSING FLOOR. BILL
FOR THIS week END.
MANY Games Of Interest Have Been
Scheduled ~ Scholastic xtves OF
Whs0linT District.

The above is the basketball card for
fans Of the Wheeling district for this
weekend. II is one of the most tmpos-
iug~of the entire year and is one that
VIII make the ScolLStic avcs CT the dis
trict exert every effort
Wheeling and Bclaire will perhaps
furnish the most important game on
Friday night. while the contest between
Benwood and Linsly should prove in
terestlnH Beawood defeated Ltnsly a
few weeks ago when the mill town team
scored six points in tho last minute OF
play, ,.testinE III" Cadets by two points.
. Little is known Of the calihrs OF the
sellairn live. That they have good
team il certain. judging from the re-
cord OF the teams they have met this
season. Cathedral will hav" an easy
time in Martins Ferry.
Saturday the girls q: the Wheeling
High school invade Cambridge while the
boys gre playing N SiStersville. Mar.
tins Ferry viii play at Cambridge an"
the girls team journeys to Stcubenrille.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Pred JAMESON WARTS TO
RACE SINGLE G. AGAINST
FIVE BEST PAGERS LIN JULY

WASHINGTON, Pa. Feb. Ia
Fred Jamison. the well known Wash
ington reinsman,, today issued
sweeping challenge. to mater, single
G., 300, the great frce.Ior-aIi pager,
pacers: Ben Earl. 2:o01s. Peter
Stevens. 2:olh. Roam Hal, 2:0Q&,
Judge Ormonde. ::01 Il. and Earl
Jr 2:o1lh. The provisions laid down
by Jamison arc that the race is to
be one Of mile heats. best In g..
over a half-mile track for side bet
Of any amount from $500 to Sl;5on..
Fie also stipulates that TIC ira Track S al
IN The country. be selected for the
race at the time Of the big meeting
there during the week of July ,;
This is the week preceding the grand
circuit meeting at Cleveland. during
the week commencing July 2.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
wnndman Name delegates.

Delegates To the COUNTY convention
Of Modern Wuodmen of%America. which
will he held i'm Elm Grove April were
elected by Henry Clay Camp No. ~"
at the weekly meeting last night. An
alternate WAS selected for each dele
gate. The delegates and altcrnatcs arc
lis follows. tho first named being the
delegate i'm each INSTANCE: Albert wal
tcrs and Earl Mcclure. e.. Is. Springer
and carl Smith, II. l.. Smith and Paul
Moore, Franz Stein and Howard Moore.
II, II. IIcdrick and Alvin Courts. r. L.
Wamslcy and f.. Kuhcn$. r.. II: Walters
and William Wharton. Josiah Baird and
II. Becrroft. K. T.. keyser and fio~ard
Rutter, John Morrison and Charles
Klein, Tlatoff HiEEs and \. f. Crider.
At thu county convention deEelates
will he selected Ia the state convention
to he held In ElkinS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
coach CALVIN MAKING
READY FOR NEXT YEAR
likely Recruits for Basketball Team
1 Next Year Being Scrtrnma6sd
! Against wheOling HiRh.

are being scrimmaged against the
Wheeling High School five during the
closing days OF the floor sport season
by Coach Calvin. Realizing that it will
be almost necessary to drill an entire
new squad for representative five next
year. he has inaugurated n new system
and has picked n number of men who
will be promising recruits for the 1918
team. They are being worked out daily
in practice with the high school five
and are already showing we'll in this
sort OF work
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Now Undertaking Firm.

: The wcll-known undertaking firm OF
Thornburg Brothers 1T. Elm Grove mas
been erorganiZcd and enlarged by the
pinc MS members Mr.. Chessrr is an
experienced funeral director and en-
bnimcr, and has been wgth tho firm sew
eral years. Mr.. Rinc. "A former mayor
Of Elm Grove. formerly conducted Il
Chalmers combination automobile hcarsc
and ambulance.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
RAIL PLAYER HURT

SAN ANTONIO. TEX. Feb: 1S,--Qn
borrc IN Pungc, Ten. today Dave Dav-
IMPORT, Of the st. Loui. Americans
,itrbInr staff, was seriously wounded
rhcn his rifle was accidcniallr, disch:trg.
cd, A bullet passed. through his chest
.rd also inflicted a Sraln wound.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
cAsNo CLUB CHALLENGE.

Tho Casino club last night issued =
challenge TO any basketball team IN the
Wheeling district for game Mt any
time. The Casino club. announces they
and r Grunz. guards: Mink, Turner.
Co.'S IL and Cook. forwards. and Akin;
son rcter. Clubs desiring games will
answer through the lntclliCcnccr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
COACH RESIGNS.

WORCESTER. Mass. Feb. l3.--Franl1
W, CavanauEh has sent his resignation
q football coach at Dartmouth to 10
semi W. Cannon. of New York. MEM
her of the Dartmouth Athletic Council.
Cayanaugh said today no reason was
given In the resignation and lie has none
10 mako uubllC.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
NOT IN DANCE HALLS.

COLUMBUS. O.. Feb 13.-Thc playing
OF THE star Spanglcd Banner" in any
dance hall. ;cither as a single number
or in a medley. is prohibited in bill
introduced in the Ohio house today, An
other bill offered today would mako
Lincoln's birthday, February Il. legal
holiday in OHIO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Oyerheated Stove.

Last evening the Fulton fire depart
,ucnt WAS called to rxtinglish a blaze at
the Fclshcm meat packing house mt
Fulton. The roof was blazing. but the
fire was soon cxtinglished ut n loss or
S1nn The fire was started by an over
r'rIshrim, Jr.. discovered the fire.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Hin Rroken by Fall.

Mrs. Mary +. Upton. OF PARK view.
fell yesterday afternoon and broke her
hip when she slipped on the ice. MIS-
Upton was on The WY 10 meet her siS-
ter-In-lnw ut the Elm Grove Il. q -.
station. who was returning from a trip
70 New York. where she was visiting
her brother. {. e. Willard. vice consul
of Haiti
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Automobile Skidded.

An automobile belonging TO l.. r.
HaIlcr, of Elm Grove, skidded Eester-
day morning on tn the tracks OF inc
We Tirrinin Traction line at Leather
wood and held up the car service for
about Il half hour. The machine was
bndlv damaged.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
FAIRMONT NORMAL
DEFEATS FAIRVIEW Hi
n;sn,tcb ~ Tn. Intel,lrence-.

Slecial Dispatch u Ihe IntelTIffheeE'
FAIRMONT. ". Va. Feb. l%-The
Fairmont State Normal school Won TWO
ha skcthall games tonight. In the pre-
linminary contest the Normal reserves
defeated Rivesvi>le High school, % 70 ).
I'm the second event the Normal varsity
won from the strong FalrVlcw frEn
school b va score OF AZ 10 So linz
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Robinson obsequ1es.

Funeral services Tor Mrs. John Kon.
inson, OF I.;ldlcy's Run. near Wcsl
Alexander. will be held Thursday morn
Al = church. Rev. II. y. Riddle Will
officintc. lnterment will be in the West
Alexander cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

Emerson Henderson. who died Mon
day at st. Petersburg. Fla, Will pc
hurled here Thursday afternoon ut 2:30
o'clock from the home Of his sister.
Mrs, Z. r. McCausland. of ELM Grove
The body will arrive this evening on the
5:I5 train Funeral services Will he
held Mt the Stone Presbyterian Church.
Tntern1cnt will be in stone Church GEM
otf
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

Roy Hinkle. Of Overlook. left yestcr-
dry for Albuquerque. New Mexico. TO
spend the rcmain dcr of the winter;
II NJ. Ecrmllion, of Roncy's Point.
js improving rapidly after an Illness.
Mrs. Joseph Mctilonc. Of Bridge street.
is still in q serious condition.
Mrs. Francis Yoke, Of Springdale, is
improving after u five months Illness
Harry Snyder. Of tho Cecil Lumber
company. is confined to his homo at
Glnnwo0d on account Of illness.
The Woodsdalc school basketball team
is without n game this week.
Mrs. c. L. Upton. of Park View. has
returned from New York, where she was
visiting her brother
William Young. Of Bellairc. was 4
business visitor in Elm Grove yester-
carl McCully. Of Pittsburgh. Pa. was
a caller I'm ElEwood yesterday.
Frecmasons' societies were formed
L.. ;,,c 1Ihrt,. IN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
CT MirSiR Church.

Tho 81. James Lutheran church or
Elm Grove has changed its name to ST
Marks Lutheran church. y meeting
was held in the church at Elm Grove
Nonday evening. when the congregation
adopted Il new constitution and changed
The naInE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

ANTHONY !. Slender, OF ! l6 Park Strett,
Edrwood, left yesterday for Pittshursh
He will later leave that place for Il
naval training school.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
parcel Post Sale.
Hoth Tenus to Play.

The ladies OF tho Presbyterian Ghhrct
cn1o last evening at the church.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Norua1-42.
Fatrview-S.

Substitutions, Fairriew. Underwood
for Brookover. Field baskets. Normal
Hamilton 6. Miller 3, Binns ?, Ridg!y II
man 3, weaver 2. Foul baskets, Normal
Hamilton. i out Of S; Fairview, Weaver
Q ont of Is. Referee. Ward. Wesleyon
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

roth the BOYS and girls teams OF
tho Elm Grove school will play tho
Triadclphia district high school reserves
in basketball next Wednesday evening
at the Elm Grove school. y good game
iy nrMncted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
DAVIS AND ELKINS
DEFEATS MUSK|NCUM


ELKrSS. W Va. Feb. l$.-oavis y
Elkins college lacked but one point OF
doubling the score on MuSkinEum col
lege here tonight in Il slow game Of bas,,
ketbal The Ohioans were outclaSseG
from the first and the score ut the END
of the first half was A TO 10 IN FAVOR
of D. & +. Atkinson played the strong
cst for Muskingum. Wcimer led In
number Of baskets for D. & f. with Hoyt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
New Martinsville Trims
Tyler County High Five
Special Dispatch TO The Intellircn- .

Special Dispatch 70 The Intelligent
NEW MARTINSVILLE. w. Va. Feb.
13.-The Magnolia high school basket
ball team walked away from the Tyler
county high school team here tonight,
defeating them 90 TO 8. The guarding
of Litman aid Coombs. who held their
forwards without q field goal. was 4
feature. Morris and kiger also played
p good offensive game. Tustln and
Sweeney for the visitors played we'll.
The score OF the end Of the first half
was "a to 0. The lineup:
Magnolia-62. Tyler-6.
Morris, r. e.. ..!...J. Mayftcld. T. +.
Klger. Tustin, c..
Li,man. r. g..............S Snyder, r. &.
CoombS, |. g........... Sweeney, !. K.
Summary: Substitutions-Keou for
Quinn. Field goalS-Morris IA, Quinn
; kiger l3. Keough l and Sweeney /:
Foul goals-Tustin .. Refcree-Higsen-
botham.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
AuorHER VICTIM.

-FAIRMONT. ". Va. Feb. 13.-The
third death from infaptile paralysis oc-
CURED here today when Elizabeth. the
6-year-old daughter Of r. T. Cunning
ham succumbed to the disease.
4 total Of fifteen cases Of paralysis
has been recorded by the health COM
missioner with three deaths since the
outbreak of the disease.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
CATHEDRAL TEAMS WIN
TWO GAMES LAST NIGHT
Props Defeat Bsusire oly1npics and
Freshmen Defeat Martins Ferry
= High School Team.

= In two games at the Cathedral Ar
mory last night teams representing the
Cathedral high school were victorious
over the Martins Ferry freshman bas-
ketball team and the Bellaire OlympicS.
The scores were: c. II. S. preps, As: Bel
laire Olympics. so: and Cathedral fresh
men. 80; Martins Ferry. IL.
Both games were Interesting despite
the one-sided scores. Lee and Shcchan
in the freshmen gains featured for
CATHEDRAL. while Sanders played best
for Martins Ferry. In the second game
McGannon and Russell were the best
performers:
The lineup:
c. II. S. Preps-45. Bellaire--SO.
McGannon. r. T.. ............ MACK r l.
Griffin. c.. .-.......... .Russeil. c.
\. kurtz. r. g.. .bunlee' l.
Dickmann. !. g:.....-. Lopcrmann |. g.
Summary: Field goals-hcGannon 5.
Clark 5. Griffin |. Dickmann 4. Mack :.
Knox 4. Russell 6, Dunfee .. Foul goals
-McGannon 9. Mack !. Lopcrmann l.
c. II. S. Freshmen-s2. NJ. F.-12.
Lees. +. I. Evans r I
Shnehan. l. f............ Sanders. l. t.
'Shalvey. c...- Alchemy. c.
Rohrl. T. g.............S hcehan. I. s.
McEay. |. g....... Paaen. l. &.
Summary: Substitutions-Scho for
Shalvey. Miles for McEny. Field goals
Leo :, Sheehan 1, Rohrl 4. Schoa /,
Evans l. Sanders 1. McHenry. l. Foul
goals-Sauders 1. Referce-Gorsuch.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14
Mustingum-S3.

Substitution-D. & F., Barry for Cut
right, Wilson for Whetzell. Brohy for
Barry. Goals. D. & T.: Weimcr ~.
Hoyt IL, Dawson 3, Outright 3, Borhy ::
from fouls. Whctzcll 0. Weimer ! ont OF
2 Goals, Muskingum. Hcidger 3. John
son 3. Atkinson 5, Moorehead l: Clelland
/: from fouls. Atkinson. I out of Q. Ref
cree Madden.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

Wise Old Dad-What takes place when
water freezes?
Wiser Little SOMA change IN price,
7 guesS.-AwSwan.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-14

Frecmasons' societies were formed
Hmm. IL
Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-17
C0MSTOCK MINERS
 PLAN CELEBRATION
 ON FOURTH OF JULY

Next Fourth of July the miners un- ion of Virginia City will hold jubilee in honor of the golden anniversary of the organization of that body of men. This union has been unlike every other union in the country and the men who went down the holes made famous in Comstock history represent the best blood and brains of the west ern American people. The union, which has been identified with the rise and decline of Virginia City, is relatively insignificant body of men compared to the day when thousands of the fest physical specimens of American manhood reported at each shift in faultless raiment fashioned by the mould of fashion. The Virgin ia City miners were as unique body of men as ever drew the breath of life, and to their energy and initiative rests the glorious fact that the Com stock added nearly a billion dollars to the wealth of the nation before it's sun passed the zenith of its orbit. The handful of miners still engaged on the old lode announce they are going to hold a celebration of such magnitude that should draw back to the historical camp many of those who owe their fortunes to the hammer wielders of that district.
 The honor of naming the Comstock has been ascribed to "Old Pancake" Comstock, says the Tonopah Bonanza, who. from the accounts of veracious chroniclers. appears to have been nothing more than an interloper. Men of the contemporaneous period insist that the original discoverers of the Comstock were two sons or Erin named Mclaughlin and O'Riley, who found the Ophir vein and made the proper location to protect their rights ! It is held by friends of this pair that while the two young Irishmen were engaged making their first cleanup they were accosted by Comstock, who | insisted that he had some time before
 filed on a ranch of 160 acres taking in ] theground located. He also claimed i the water right that was essential to the banning process which was the only means of saving the values at ! that particular time. To avoid trouble ! Comstock was counted in. Then. not satisfied with the apportionment. Com
 stock insisted on taking in a friend named PenrOd. with 8 segregation Of : 100 feet of ground to pay separately | for the water. Comstock was the big noise and got credit for the discovery,
 while Mclaughlin and O'Riley. the
 real finders of the lode, were little | heard of. Mclaughlin sold his sixth
 interest in 1859 for SS.500 while ! ORfey held his longer and got S4O,-
 900.