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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
BOYS EXCEL IN
COLLEGE TESTS
Question Arises Then - to Whether
Masculine Students Are
Brighter Than Their
eIstsra
POWER OF IMAGINATION
Engineers Are Best in This Test
and Men Show Broader
Range Of In
formation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa. Feb. Mental
tests applied to practically all iresh'
men in the University of Iowa have
produced an interesting lot OF data
that will be used by instructors and
supervising officers in determining
how best TO proceed with the eau
eating of individual students.
General conclusions from the data
secured are that the first year men
are slightly better than the women
in the class and that students in the
engineering college have greater
ability than students in liberal arts.
The tests made have been widely
employed by educators and are gen
orally regarded as having consider
able vaIue for mental diagnosis. The
students were examined on the fol
lowing points:
ID Speed and accuracy In the
fundamentals of arithmetic.
(21 Sense of logical relations as
shown By performance in writing op.
posites Of eighty somewhat hare!
words. ability to write analog1es
quickly, and ability to supply impor'
tant missing words in three para
graphs of simple prose.
(3) Range of information as snc~n
by knowledge of 100 technical ex-
pressions, authorizations and foreign
words.
ca Visual imagination shown by
ability to answer questions about
three-inch cube which everyone was
asked to hold in his minds eye as
he answered the questions.
(5) Logical memory. tested by the
number of ideas the subject could
reproduce in writing after listening
to the reading OF descriptive para
graph from Washington Irving con-
tanning niuety-four different ideas.
Men Show Speed.
In the twenty-six minutes given for
the arithmetic tests the average num-
Der OF problems solved by the fresh
man man was ffty-two. by the fresh.
man woman. fifty. The average speed
of seventy freshman engineers was
ffty-three problems. The record OF
these students. compared with rec.
ords of $3.50 eighth grade children
in fifty-two cities and towns in l)wa,
shows that the university stud Al: 5
are much faster The accuracy of
The freshman men was n percent,
OF the women "a percent, and OF tho
engineers IS percent. The grade chill.
eren's record In accuracy Is 50 per-
cant.
IL took the liberal arts men LIS
seconds to find the needed words in
the opposites test. Women took 1,32S
seconds and engineers did it in 1888
seconds. The time for analogies was
fer the men 213 seconds, women 222
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

today that acts on the new pfin.
ciple, not only Of shriveling up the
SO loose that you can lit it right
OF with your fingers. Put drops Of
Gets-It on that corn or callus to-
night That's all. The corn is
doomed sure as sunrise. No pain,
or trouble, or soreness. You do
away once and for all with toe
bundling bandages, foe-eatinR salves
and irresponsible what-nots. Try
tt-get surprised and lose a corn
"Gets-It' is sold everywhere, csc
a bottle. or sent on receipt of prica
b. laurence g Co. Chicago. III
Sold In Keokuk and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
& Co., Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
5000, 900 Corns
Lifted Right OF !!
Try 3 Drops Of Magic aGets-It."

tween getting rid of corn now and
the way they used to try to get rid
Of II only four or i've years ago.
ets-it has revolutionized corn
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sPietsb.aahi

rffTSBURGH. Nov. 1s.-The record
% the Pittsburgh stock market last
week was one Of the poorest Of the year
60 far. Trading was on greatly re-
duced basis. and included but few mem.
hers Of either the substantial group Of
stocks or the cheap mining PROPOSE.
tons. The action Of the market during
the period Just closed indicated an al.
most: entire lack Of public interest and
but little interest on the part Of brok.
ers, who at all times are willing to
scalp out profits. Transactions for the
weak aggregated 41,S77 shares and
$1,000 bonds, compared with 37,39s
shares and $30.50o bonds the previous
corresponding period.
/. Saturday, as usual, was short day
and q dull one, dealings being very
Hight while there was no decided ten.
dency to values. Three members Of
the gas and oil group were dealt in,
each at small loss. United States
Steel common was strong and advanc.
ed over point on both exchanges. A
little business was done In Independ-
ont Brewing common and preferred at
declines, while Pittsburgh Brewing
preferred made and held small gain.
Several trtsies were made in Pitts
burgh Plate Glass, which was firm.
The market closed the day and week
dull,
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Oil and Gas.

The weekend Of development work
in the Eastern fields was less fruitful
Of good producers than the early part.
During the early part Of the week all
divisions, Southwest Pennsylya.
mia, West Virginia and Southeastern
Ohio, presented a few good producers.
AL are located in, old territory and do
NOT point the way to any new produc.
ing territory. Summarizing operations
FOR the week show but three wells that
had an initial production Of 100 or
more barrels day. In addition to these
there were q number that started at so
OF more barrels a day. The West Viz
ginis fields furnished the largest list OF
compilations. lWetgel county presented
0 wildcat producer curing the early
part O. the week. and at the close an.
other better than the average in the
old districts. It Is the Kanawha OIL
company's No. 20 on the Hart Bros
farm located on Buffalo run. Grant dis.
trict. It is producing so barrels a
day. natural, from the Gordon sand,
On Aychers fork, Smithheld district,
the Hope Natural Gas company com.
pleted q test on the H. L. Smith farm,
securing gasser In the same forma.
ton.
On Dents run, Warrington district,
Merton county. the Eastern Petroleum
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Fin NANCE, OIL AND Gas
company's No. . on the Alfred Kendail
farm reported gasser in the Camp.
bells run sand has turned TO an oil pro.

ccmpany's No. 8 on the Alfred Kendall
farm reported gasser in the Camp.
bells run sand has turned TO an oil pro.
Queer. When the 30.foot sand was
drilled through a light showing OF oil
was developed, but u did not look like
q paying well and It was drilled to the
lower sand Later the oil that was
found In the 30.foot increased ana
drowned out the gas and 1t Is showing
for q six.barrel well or better. On the
same stream. the Carnegie Natural Gas
company's No. on the J. L. Phillips
lot has settled down to 75.barrel pro-
Queer. No. Q on the same lot is due to
get the sand this week. The Carter OIL
company will be due at the same time
at No. 4 on the W. q. Hays farm. In
the same district, the Prospective Oh
and Gas company has the rig com.
pleted for No. 6 on the Israel Wise
farm and the Hope Natural Gas COM
rany starting No. 3 on the Ella Kinsey
farm.
On Pinch creek, Elk district, Kama.
wha county, the Empire Petroleum
company has completed and shot in
the Weir sand its second test on the
Harriet Morton farm. It is located
800 feet north Of the test on the Telitha
]. Gillespie farm. The first "a hours
after the well was shot II placed % bar.
rels to its credit, which is considerably
better than the average Weir sand
well IN that district. On the same
stream and in the same district, the
Empire company has the rig complet-
ed for test on the w. p. Morris farm.
Joseph Norton & Co. have rig COM
pleted for second test on the John
Baker White farm and the Navajo Gas
company is starting another test on
the W. B. Lewis farm.
On the Kanawha river, Cabin Creek
district, Kanawha county, the Eastern
Carbon company has drilled Nos. 4 and
5. on the w. NJ. Thompkins farm
through the Weir sand. No. 4 is good
Tor 100000 and No. s 100000 cubic
feet day. In the same district, w.
Owens & Co. are making deep test Of
their No. 3 on the Marmot Coal COM
pany's property. On Kelly's creek. the
Cabin Creek Gas company is drilling
six wells.
In number of districts there is still
a little test work starting. 1t is widely
distributed and no great effort making
in any locality. In Freemans Greek
district, Lewis county, the Reserve
Gas company is drilling test on the
Edwin Curry farm. In Ten Mile dis
trict, Harrison county, the Hope Nat.
ural Gas company is starting test on
the Joseph L. Bennett farm. In Green.
brier district, Doddridge county. the
same company is ready to drill at a
test on the N. w. Yates farm. The
South Penn Oil company is still fish
ing at its test on the B. c. Nichols farm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
P'!MHY? NELL,DON'T BEL.
People EoticeIt. Drive Them Off
with Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets Jss.

4 Dfmply face win not embarfass Won
much longer u you get o package OF Dr.
EdwardS Olive Tablets, The s,;in should
beRin 70 clear Sdter you have taken the
tablets q lev rights.
4 Cleansetheb blood theb owSlsandthefiv
~ pE Edwards Olive Tablets, de suc.
q sA@hsdtute foe calomel;there'sneyer
kxEekness Of pain aftef taking item.
{ u. Edward3 Olive TABLETS Do that
yhieA ealnne3 doe, and iuss effectively.
but their ection b gentle and safe Instead
q eeVere aud irritating.
? No one who takes Olive Tshlets n
1se4 Cursed With % dark hroWn taste,"
q BED breath Q dnll listiess mo pood''
9eeHn& constipation. torpid liver. bad
dizpo6iinn OF pimpiy face.
? Oe. Edwaidss Olive fShlets are
y purely vegetable compound mixed
win olive On: you VIII know them
bg the5e olive color.
J n. Edwatds spent yeass amnng %.
6entD a6aieted With liver and bowel
eomplaints and Olige TahletD pre IL
Immensely effective result
TAKE cue o. two nightly Cor o week
See bow much better you del and looIE
Joe and &c pr box An &ueeists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
HOULT

The contract for building the tipple
at the new shaft Of the Powder com
pany's mine has been let to John NJ.
Kisner and Brothers. a carload OF
lumber is already on the ground and
work will be begun at once.
The Fairmont and Clarksburg Coal
company here is starting the erection
Of new house.
John G. Bowman returned Tuesday
from Monongalia county. where he
was visiting his mother.
A family named Gladis moved yes.
terday from the house OF the Fair.
mont and Clarlsburg Coal company
here to Ida May mine.
7. T. McElfresh and Mrs. Hannah
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They were down 2,1oO feet when the
tools we're stuck in the hole. Bennett
& Co. are due In the Big Injun sand at
test on the Frank Rastle farm. The
Hope Natural Gas company has put
its test on the Thomas Burkhammer
farm to pumping from the Big Injun
sand. 1t is very light. The same com
pany has rig completed for test on
the ]. H. Smith farm. In Grant dis
trjct, Harrison county, the Philadel-
phia company has the rig completed
for two tests on the Porter Maxwell
farm. In Warrington district, Marion
county. the Allen Oil company Is due
In the sand at test on the S. C. Hibbs
farm. In the same district. the East
ern Petroleum company has rig up
on the A. L. Thomas farm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
New York

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Irregularity
and strength marked the stock market
Saturday and It closed at best prices
for many issues. Low records Of i'm.
portance were made by Delawyre &
Hudson at 81 and Canadian Pacific at
1901. Both improved their prices be.
fore the market closed. Marine pre-.
ferred. Baldwin, Crucible and General
Motors were active issues. A good
showing was made by Baldwin owing
to the result Of . statement saying that
II Is turning out one locomotive an
hour. Rails were inclined to be heavy
because Of q statement from labor
leaders that they had not promised not
to'strike.
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McElfresh went to Morgautown on
business yesterday.
At the rate Of progress being made
It will soon be quite questionable
not to wear one Of the little Red Cross
buttons. The place which beats Hoult
for Red Cross honors. size considered,
has got to get up and stir some.
The peopel of Hoult are still won
dering II they are ever to have any
roads. The coal company has about
ruined the road running toward Mon
tana. At least one person here wrote
an inquiry to the county road engin-
Ger about It, but received no reply.
Our county officials seem to assume
a sort Of 1.-THE public be damned" atti-
tude like the elder Vanderbilt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
COMPREHENSIVE NOTICES
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF WIN.
FIELp.cANToN TELEPHONE
COMPANY,

NSttS5 VI SISSS6S ttSN VI UItNs
FlELp.cANToN TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
Notice Is hereby given that at meet.
ing Of the stockholders Of the Winfield.
Canton Telephone Company, a corpora
ton, created, organized and doing
business under the laws Of the state of
West Virginia, held at its principal
office In Fairmont, West Virginia, on
the Sd day Of November, 1917, the fol.
lowing resolutions we're adopted, viz:
First: Resolved that the Winfield.
Canton Telephone Company, corpora
ton, created, organized and doing
business under the laws of the state of
West Virginia, does hereby discontinue
business as corporation, and surren-
ders to said state its charter and cor.
porate franchise, and the Board OF Dl.
rectors are instructed to convert the
property, chose in action. and ali as.
sets Of this corporation into cash, and
pay of and discharge all its debts and
obligations, and after payment OF same,
divide the remainder among the stock
holders in proportion to their raspec-
tive holdings Of stock, but no payment
shall be made to any stakeholder until
after publication Of the notice here
matter provided.
Second: Resolved that the Presl.
don't Of this corporation cause notice
Of the adoption of the foregoing resolu-
tions, to be published in The Fairmont
West Virginian. newspaper OF gen.
eral circulation. published near the
principal office and place of business
Of this corporation once a week for
four successive weeks; and that he GER
tify these resolutions to the Secretary
Of State of the state Of West Virginia,
and deliver to him certificate show:
ing the publication of said notice as
prescribed by law.
Given under my hand this Sd dey of
November, 1917.
WINFiELD.CANToN TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
Attest:
BY W. H. BUNNER.
Its President.
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asleep after debauch in city prison.
Shortly after their release they were
rearrested for making advances to
each others wives. The men claim the
exchange Of glass eyes. later detected
by the color, misled them.
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ECI AISLE ED. ADVERTISING u
ONE CENT a WORD CASH WITH ORDER
LOST AND FOUND

LoST-overeoat, heavy blue. between
/. Morgantown and Fairmont. near
Laurel Point. Finder please advise
West Virginian. Box 3114. 11.1s.1St.S114
LoST-Tuesday near Y. NJ. C. A. pair
OF glasses in box. Return to High
school office. 11-6tl2t.S05s
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SAVE THIS COUPON
NUMBER 18s

Realizing need Of family Fairmout
display patriotic holidays limited
number our at small cost spite Of the ct that
clip the above numbered
Vignn Office
for mailing If called
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MISTAKEN EVIDENTLY.
MoXA, Wy.-Police are hunting the
practical Joker who switched the glass
eye Of LATE Oldham and Gene Gray,
two one.eyed men. while they were
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Summary.
Grain and Produce

CHICAGO, Nov. 1s.-chauces Of en-.
aarged receipts this week eased the
corn market Saturday after . slight
advance. The close was steady. Janu.
airy Sits to $1.17A and May $1.15ss,
with the market as a whole u cent OFF
to Y cent advance compared with Sat.
urday's finish. The outcome in oats
ranged from Nc decline to %@kc
gain. Provisions lost &c to zoe.
Articles. Open. Close.
Corn
January ..........s1.17A s1.17h
Nay .............. 1.15A 1.15H
December Pee. ...;... .ss% .s s..4
Pork
January ........,.. $500 45.o5
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| twenty-five Cent SIn0|
One for you, maybe; 100 for soldier
YOU probably know what that when you have
maybe two for quarter your avorte spend.
But the value Of a smoke isn't only what COSTS it's
partly in who smokes it, and to him.
ing much about you smoke you drop in and get
A quarter is nothing you then
But in France, where they drop in the
corner the soldiers hungry for the quarters worth Of
American smokes that you take and enjoy so lightly
Our tobacco Fund for Soldiers is Supplying khena
The kit Of good smokes that your quarter will buy for the
soldiers is about double what it buys for you We've
ranged with the American Tobacco Company make these
kits with Is cents worth for d cents.
Your will n
Three Three packages OF Bull Durham two packs Lucky Strike
Cigarettes one tin OF Tuxedo papers for
and stamped post
Better make $780, s50Oor $1,000 end4 or 2Oor 4oot
The West Virginian
FUN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-19
RooMS-FURNIsHED

FOR RENT-very reasonable. a wei
furnished room fcf one person. Cal
at 526 CASTOR Ave. 1O-19-tf.299.
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PHYSICIANS WANTED =. Registered
In West Virginia for advertising d.
fees. State remuneration desired.
qualifications and telephone number
IN first letter. Address Physicians,
care the West virginian. 1l.l2-stsos5
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FARMS FOR SALE

esrs->>-r>-srsrs>S-ee
FOR sALE-s11t acre farm. $4,000.
Part cash. Good six.room house
and outbuildings. Six miles to Cum
berland on good road. Near store,
school and church. Box $50. Cunaber.
land, Nd. ii-ls-stsio7
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FOR RENT = Furnished rooms. In.
quire at 6o2 Fairmont avenue or
phone 1851. 11.9.tf.3o73
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. 531
Walnut Ave. 11.16.3t.s106
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HELP wANFED-lINAEE.

wANTED-Rodman. Cali At room
500. Jacobs Bldg. Monrnsanola
Valley Engineering Company.
1l-lo-tf.so5t
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HOUSES FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Four room house. Spen.
Ger street. Geo. H. Brobst, Watson
Bldgs. 11.17.6t-Sl11.
FOR RENT-One three.room cottage.
One four.room cottage. Apply s0i
locust Ave. 11-19.3t-3113
FOR RENT-Six:room house S27 Mt.
Vernon Ave. Geo. H. Brobst, Wat
con Bldg. 11-19.6t3115
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16

An appeal to farmers and sugar
mills TO increase the production OF
sugar this and next year. has been
sent out 10 best sugar manufacturers
and growers. by Secretary David +.
Houston. T. g. department Of agT1cui-
ture. Copies Of the circular were re-
ceiVed in this weeks mail and read
IN part as follows:
In view OF the sugar situation, both
domestic and foreign, It Is advisable
TO increase the sect sugar output In
the United States this year as far as
the seed supply and the farm and fac
tory conditions win permit. The indi-
cations are that In many portions OF
the area devoted ~ sugar beets In
this country the acreage this year and
this country the acreage this year Will
exceed that of any previous year and
will be in many cases limited only
by the amount of seed now available.
in other localities, Il Is understood
that there 10 considerable beet seed
which 10 being held in reserve for next
years planting in accordance wtth the
usual practise. Under the existing
conditions in this country and Europe,
n may be advisable to utilize at least
o portion Of this reserve seed In those
localities IN which the farming and
factory conditions will permit the
handling Of q larger acreage Of beets
than has at present been contracted
for.
Sugar, an important food in time
OF peace, is do1bly so in time Of war.
both because Of the energy contained
n q pound Of sugar as compared with
q pound Of other foods, and because
the conduct Of modern war has deyel-
oped many additional uses for sugar.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
GRIND INCREASES
OFFSETDECREASE

With the grinding season approx
inately three-quarters over, several
revised estimates for the 1917 output
were announced this week. As the
Number Of reductions practically
equal the increases 1t Is believed that
the total estimate for the season will
be only slightly changed.
Five Of the Brewer plantations have
announced increases as follows: Hilo
Sugar, $4,000 to 1880; Paauhau, TO-
600 to 10000; Olowalu, 1850 to 1000;
Waimanalo, 1900 to AGO, and Kilauea,
$50 to 5000.
Among the Davies companies Multi
Is reduced from 1000 to 260e, Halawa
from 5000 to $3.50, and Kaeleku $500
to 6400.
Estimates among the Brewer planta-
lions which have been decreased are
onomean, q, 900 to 10000; Hutchinson
5000 to 1000, and Pepeekeo, 1850
to 10000. =, wailuku's January esti-
mate Of $4,000 later reduced to 1880
has dropped again to $500. This
plantation expect; 10 finish grinding
before the first of August.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
REALTY SALES
FEW BUTLARGE

The sale Friday OF the property
owned by the Mott-Smith estate at
the corner Of Fort and Hotel streets
TO Alfred W. Eames, through the
Guardian Trust Company for $1,000,
headed the real estate transactions OF
the week The sale came as a sur
prise as the property has been in the
Mott-Smith family for 62 years and
is one Of the finest business sites in
Honolulu.
Other deals of the week was the
sale of lot 81 in the Royal Grove
tract, Waikiki, by Percy NJ. Pond and
wife to July Paka for $500; land In
Kamoiliih. comprising 20,410 square
feet to the Honolulu Construction &
Draying Company by J. J. Belser,
manager Of the company, for $5S19.47;
and a lot in the Dowsett tract, Nuu-
anu Valley, to H. E. Hoffman, com
mission merchant for $3001.52 by the
Bishop Trust Company.
Hoffman plans to build a beautiful
bungalow Immediately on his new
property which has an excellent view
of the Pah
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EEDOFPRODUCING MORE SUGARS
.EMPHASIzEDBY SECRETARY HOUSTON

Therefore, the sugar companies and
farmers would be performing a patri-
otIc duty by increasing the sugar out
put this season
Need More Beet Acreage
Undoubtedly considerable increase
in sugar beet acreage could be
brought about in some localities with
out interfering with the production Of
other crops. In the sugar beet grow
ing states, except California where
the crop is already planted and grow
fng), many farmers who have con-
tracted to grow beets can undoubtedly
increase their acreage somewhat.
Many farmers In the sugar beet areas
who have not yet contracted to grow
sugar beets could undoubtedly plant
a small acreage, thereby still further
increasing the sugar production.
Owing to the fact that sugar beets
can be produced to advantage for ST.
gar making purposes only in those
areas where sugar mills are located,
the areas in which they can be grown
for sugar production are limited as
compared with the larger areas that
are or may be devoted to the produc-
ton Of other foods.
The sugar beet byproducts, tops
and pulp, are Of high value for stock
feeding purposes Arrangements
should be made, therefore, to utilize
the sugar beet by-products as an aid
IN producing an extra supply Of meat
and dairy products. Every pound OF
beet tops or pulp. utilized for stock
feed will save a certain amount Of
grain and other feed required for
meat and dairy animals, or will in
crease the meat and meat products
output if properly used"