The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-20

q WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. Co.
The seed quota of each Senator and
Representative for next year has been
cut 5000 packages. Whereas this year
he had $4,000 packages of vegetable
seeds OF distribute to his constitu.
ents to encourage the gardening
movement and promote favorable ell.
lection returns, he will have 10000
packages to mail out next year. Oh
flower seeds, he will be limited to
$1,000 packages, and to lawn grass seed
only 80 packages. AS to requesting
the latter, It IL a waste OF postage
The nations wealth from gardens was,
ut is estimated, increased S3O0,00O,0C0
this year and, one may poke all the
fun that one vents to at the congress,
sional seed distribution, but it wa
Q big help undoubtedly in helping to
set this high record. :.
On the fourteenth day of last Jui'-,
Senator Sutherland sent & letter q
the Secretary of the Navy as King 10
be informed as to the number OF V
Virginians enlisted in the Nay. o.
z Nov. 8 he received an answe: to III
4OtbQ4. .COk tuS llESl year tIll4l.
June 30, the number Of West virginia
boys in regular Navy service was, 90.
cording to Secretary Daniels, So.
This did not take into consideration
naval reserves, national naval volun.
teers and marines. This total of 379
was apportioned by Secretary Daniels
among the five old congressional dis.
: tricts (the Secretary. evidently was
( unaware that the State has been re.
apportioned for congressional pur.
poses) Us follows: First, 1855: Sec.
s ond, 81; Third, 2o5; Fourth, 2O4; and
Fifth, 234.
Another son of Col. Thomas C.
Brady, who is widely and fayorably
known In West Virginia where for
years he was active and prominent
in business and Democratic politics,
has Joined the colors. This adds q
second star to the service flag dis.
played at the Brady homestead. The
b second boy to go is Thomas McGraw
4 Brady. He is now member of COM
Spany 3, 23rd regiments of engineers
fencamped at Camp Meade. The eld-
est son, Johnson Camden Brady is
first lieutenant of engineers. There
I is third Brady boy who would like
!; to go, but he's Just in the Boy Scout
age and will have to wait few more
years before he can go soldering for
his country.
The recent pension legislation
which gave to soldiers widows SIS
month brought about disparity be.
tween aged veteran pensioners and
widow pensioners which is hardly
fair to the former. Congressman
I woodward has made this discovery
and 10 at work upon bill to rectify
this by amending the age law. AS
Il stands now a widow OF seventy
draws down s25 a month, hut under
the age laws operation q veteran
himself does not receive that sum
until he reaches tho age Of 7S years.
Mr.. woodward would put the veterans
ION the same pension scale with the
widows at least. But he hopes to dc
even better by them. Besides this
matter, he has two general pension
bills pending. which he introduced at
the last session. both Of them well
t3tY8ntpHS Wa0o " E&fd AuCLtlEr I6-1
1Aef and Q more equitable distribution
pof the pension funds. He will press
these measures with all his energy
and resources at the forthcoming ses
sion, hoping to see them enacted into
law before the end Of the session.
4 Clifford Pinchot, E. c. Lasater, Of
Texas, and several others who have
bean occupying positions under Her.
bert Hoover have had their resigna.
ton cheerfully accepted by that Off.
cial. It is said that few more OF
the same frame Of mind as these two
latest victims of the "can" are soon
TO have the same container AFFIXED |
70 their official tails. 1t is explained
b the round Of gossip about it. that
Y SO men were entirely too radical