The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-07-13

rudely constructed shelters thrown M
here and there on the mountain sides.
Reno, Carson City. New Dead Mans
Gulch and No Mans Land had but little.
If anything. on this burg then. Gun play
and rough house were the order of the
day. One needed TO watch his step when
cavorting around those diggins. We re-
call distinctly that q box car was used
for depot and that un improvised ga
loon tpi,<Dg was constructed. the coun-
ter or vss made out Of goods boxes
turned Tor end Hove~ss, they had
good liquor. We know. We tasted it.
We HAD tor for we siept-wbese We looked
directly out a, the stars and il MAS in
the early November. However, that is
another story Thirteen years hence We
visit the same plare again and what a
wonderful Transformation. Ii il the
marvel of that community. Ii is the one
subject that is being today discussed, not
only there but in the surrounding COM
nrnnity. On the ith of July, just few
days ego, We spoke TO fully 1000 people
IN tins same place. Think Of il. There
was not man on the ground, who was
under the influence of liqnor, nor was
there any signs Of liquor anywhere. 60,
yeS, IL could have been had, il that ans
wers your mental inqniry) There were
three ball games and there was not even
a ~rangle IN either Of them There was
big lance at night and there was not
even a. much a. a dispute What think
you of that? Instead of any of these
things, there was in lien thereof a spirit
OF general friendliness among the whole
people. Men and women together with
children gathered in quiet groups and
watched the exercises of the day and dis
cussed the saving Of their money, the
betterment of their condition, the new
hpnses they were erecting. the homes they
were purchasing, the bettering of IN.
scho~f isrflIties and improvement of the
schools ant the general uplift Of the COM
nunity. This sort OF thing was being -
consistently and systematically done, that
II arrested our attention and naturally
We were constrained to institute very
searching inquiry a. to the cause thereof
There was one answer and but ore. il
substsnce. that fell from every lip, ard
that was. always and ever the same.
Well We have a mighty fine operation
here AMI Mr.. Patterson and Mr.. Craven
give VI every show in the world. They
not only waut N help us in every way
they can, but they simply urge ne to d
better 'fd higher things ior Ourselves
Why Mr.. White, those men simply make
a fellow DO something for himself or no
can't stay ON tins b. Thai Of course
caused me 20 set about 10 give Me--r.
Patterson and Craven some special con-
sideration, which ] hastened 70 do. and
80 We - report the findings. We won't
-loP oyer, We'll simply state the facts and
teli the truth
Two liner gentlemen. u would 10 hard
~ find anywhere Ahable. easy Of sp
proach. extending 90 all and anyone
every courtesy, keeD-eyed and alert.
busine-s like 10 the core. doing thing.
improving All the while, instituting new
methodr always, grsvely concerned about
the welfare Of their men, infu-ing into
every atom and molecue Of their works
the spirit Of progress AMI profitable in
dustry. These are they taken together.
Individually one finds Mr.. r. ID. Pstser-
s,n, who = the nephew Of Mr. Patterson
a Dayton, the Presifent n the National
cash Register Co, and the General
Manager snd large stockholder in the
Weysnoke Coal Co., . man of most
pleasant parts. First he is gentleman
Of the old school. Courteous and kind
TO every one A splended student OF hu-
man nature and practical philanthrop-
1T He heLna nan so h~lr> ss~--.-~l---