The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-01

Virginia Lumber and Builders Supply
Dealers Association at Charleston
February to 3. Previous meetings
have been held in Wheeling, Parkers-
I burg and Huntington.
! Orders have been placed by the Wiz.
ginia Power Company for additional
machinery for its large plant at Cabin
Creek Junction. The plant supplies
power to a large district in that sec.
ton of the state.
Teachers of the state attending the
annual meeting Of the West Virginia
Educational Association at Hunting.
ton next June will be taken on an ex.
cursion trip by river boat to the new
dam and locks below the city and OH
a tour OF inspection of the large man
| ufacturing plants there, according to
I announcement by President o. L.
WOodley of Marshall College. chair
man of the committee on arrange.
ments.
Horses are more highly valued on
the tax duplicates of Hancock county
than any other county in the state.
The average valuation for the state
is $S9.95 head, while the valuation
in that county is sos a head. The
lowest valuation is in Barbour county
where the average is SILT each.
Hancock has fewer horses than any
other county.
Cabell county members of the house
industry only to Harrison County,
port Legislation requiring selling by
the pound. An amendment to the OK.
listing weight and measures law pro.
viding for the abandonment OF the use
Of dry measures will be introduced at
the coming session Of the legislature.
The bill will be fostered by the State
Sealcrs Association.
Kanawha county householders are
more liberal in making an estimate
for taxation on their household and
kitchen furniture than those of any
other county. The total value of such
property in the county as shown by
the report of the county assessor for
1915 was $1,491,770. Ohio county was
second with total valuation of $1,44S,-
265.
1t is believed that Roane county will
set new, record for cattle raising this
year. In 1915 1t was second In this
industry only to Harrison county,
having grown 1900 head with total
valuation Of $5S9,00O. More time was
devoted to the raising of cattle during
this year than any year within the
last five years, and in 1917 breeders
plan to raise even larger number.
All records for the transportation of
coal from the Kanawha river fields
to Cincinnati by towboat have been
broken during the past few weeks, ac
cording to Huntington rivermen. The
abnormal demand for coal because OF
the needs of the manufacturing con.
Germs that are working over time and
the overburdening of the railroad ia.
cilities for the handling of the coal
are given as reasons for the heavy
river traffic. Rivermen here say the
shipments will continue as heavy the
rest of the winter.
j Supplies Of new standard birth Ger.
tificate blanks as designed by the state
board OF health have been forwarded
to the county clerks throughout West
Virginia. They are to be distributed
by the clerks to physicians.
Sheep grown in Pocahontas county
in 1915 had total valuation of more
than S9S,0O0. The total number rails.
ed was 24,500 at an average value OF
four dollars head. The average
value of sheep in the entire state is
$685. head. The highest valuation is
in Raleigh county, where the average
is $500 a head.
The Gauley News is the name of a
newspaper established here recently
by w. l.. Starbuck who will be the
editor and published. Another new
publication in Fayette county is the
Fayette County School Journal OF
which j. W. Cavandish, county super.
intendent Of schools is editor and
publisher. 1t will be published at
Fayetteville.
The fact that fewer mining fatalities
have occurred this year in West Vir-
ginta is due to the cooperation of the
operators with the state mining de.
partment, is the belief of Earl Henry,
chief of the mine department. While
100000 gross tons of coal were
mined in the last year above the ton.
mage in 1915. the number of deaths due
to mine accidents was less by IS than
last year.
Fayette county proposes to build a
great deal of permanent road next
year, Seventeen miles of this work
will be done between Fayetteville and
the Raleigh county line. along the old
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha turn
pike. This proposed Improvement
will be divided into three sections,
one of which will extend from the
Raleigh line to Glen Jean, another
from Glen Joan to Oak Hill, and the
other from Oak Hill to Fayetteville.
/ When West Virginia gas is no long.
err available in sufficient quantities
for industrial uses in Pittsburgh, West
Virginia coal will be utilized in making
gas for some of the important indus.