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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-17

Miss Grace Adams will be hostess
this evening to the members of the l..
Y. c. of Moorhead, informal games to
be the diversion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-17

Mrs. L. Pilot, of Moorhead, will leave
tonight for LeSueur, Mimi, where she
has been called by the serious illness
of her sister, Mrs. ]. Taylor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-17

The last in the series of Kadona
club dancing parties managed this sea-
son by Messrs Beals Paulsrud and
Bassett, will be- held Wednesday eve
f. B. Carrithers, Dean and Mrs. e. s..
Keene, and Coach and Mrs. Paul Davis
as the chaperons. This is the party
that was postponed from last week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
COUNTY BASEBALL
LEAGUE PROPOSED
Number of Teams Are Avail
able to Form Strong
Organization

In few days the various baseball
teams over the county will begin to
organize and to hold regular prac5
tees, and each year a great deal of
time, money, and extra work is con-
slmed In arranging the weekly games.
At the end Of the baseball season there
is usually dispute as to the best claim
to the championship.
In order to prevent all these diff
culties and to add more interest to the
teams, it is being suggested that IL
would be possible to organize county
baseball league. Among the teams
that could compose the league would
be Monongah, Grant Town, Baxter,
Monongah Glass, Fairmont Mining Ma
chine Co., Annabelle, Everson, or pos
sibly Warrington, Fairview and others.
The teams all being within the county
the expense would be very light.
Both the Monongah and Gram,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
By GENE AHERN.
OH. HUM!

Well, the price of coal has flopped
and that's the surest sign Of spring.
Wise birds say everything has its
drawbacks and every spring its base
ball.
The teams HE south and reports
come back they're all in midseSson
form. Whether they mean in poker,
pinochle, eating or baseball, We gam
BILE on the first trio and especially on
the third. We don't see how they fig
ure this midseason chatter. 1t wouldn't
do for fighter to feel like the tenth
round before the fight started. The
sport writer's ought to lay down their
forks and think that over.
The pitchers all promise this their
rash season. Their arms all healed UP,
ETC., but these baseball promises are
neck and chin ahead Of shoestring
for cracking on the left hand side OF
the middle All the managers predict
their gang will waltz off with the rag,
but there's only one pennant and, as
has been the custom, seven or SO teams
only see it in moving pictures.
It's q great shell game this base
ball junk. Every spring the same rec
ord, only a new needle. The saying
goes, "You can fool some Of the peo-
pie some of the time, but you can't fool
all the people all of the time" But
when Abe said that, baseball wasn't
invented yet.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

was literally converted into tooth.
picks. The force exerted against this
lone oak is almost beyond compre-
rension.
The oak was one OF the largest in
the woods and was probably-oyer two
feet In diameter A popular and other
trees surrounded it but were untouch.
ed by the magic force only as the
fragments OF the .oak blown against
them shattered and drove splinters
into them. The top of the oak was
not torn up but the trunk of the tree
for probably forty feet was splint.
cred and the roots blown cut of the
ground. This log was scattered in
fragments over an area of more than
300 feet. The heart OF the tree was
the largest fragment and this was
blown through a(clean lane for a dis
lance Of $50 feet. It is 35 feet long
and weighs probably a thousand
pounds. Another piece about half as
large Is near by Several pieces the
size of fence posts were shredded like
a hickory broom. The roots were
blown clean Of soil and where one
came out of the earth a trench was
left 10 feet long and over foot deep.
The force of the bolt awakened ev.
erybody in town and windows were
broken in several houses. A water
barrel at the residence Of Geo. Moreau.
whose house was nearest the scene
of violence was demolished and his
telephone blown from the wall. No
shock was felt. There were only
few other feeble bolts and the thund.
er was far away.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
Evening Chat

When ye're offul tired and hongry,
From yer labor O the day,
And ye're diggin' home fer dinner,
Never stoppin' ON the way,
With yer mouth kind o. waterin'
In fond anticipation,
o. dinner cooked to suit a man,
AS hongry as creation,
And ye blow in home and warsh yerself
And settle down to eat,
And yer wife wears an expression,
Angelic, coy and sweet,
AS she hustles round and spreads
The food, yer spirits fade away,
When ye behold the warmed up grub,
Ye had on yesterday
It's then we git right down
And use yer grandest gratitude,
And, thank the good Lord, up above,
Fer sendin' we SIGH food,
But I've never seen a Teller yit,
Git thankful toward his wife,
Fer her share o. the way out
Nav sir! not on yer life!
THE DEACON.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

II the mayors of our cities would
emulate the efforts of Potato Pin
gree" some eighteen years ago, when
as mayor OF Detroit he Communicated
the vacant lots and stirred up the boys
to cultivate them, hunger strikes will
not bother our city officials very much
next winter. Conditions OF today
point to a continuance of very high
prices in common food stuffs for
year to come at least, but this situa-
ton can be greatly relieved by the CO.
operative effort OF the city and town
garden committees which are now at
work in all parts OF the country. 1t
will pay to put every back yard that
gets good sunshine into service, for
the raising of the staple vegetables OF
the home.
The first thing that is necessary for
a prospective garden is to mellow and
sweeten the soil. This is accomplished
by two things, labor and lime. Start
to work now with spade. If you find
the ground too hard to push in and
turn, borrow pick and go over 1t with
that, then turn it with the spade and
brake the clods. Now apply lime to
the freshly broken ground. You ncel
the most soluble form for quick action.
Go to the nearest building material
dealer OF fertilizer store ard get flf-
ty pound bag of hydrated lime which
is all Stacked and ready for use. This
amount will be enough for plot 80 by
so feet, IL the ground was sandy and
easy to dig.
Having spread the lime, wait for the
April rains TO dissolve and wash 1t iuto
the soil. In week or ten days, get a
load of stable manure and have 1t
forked evenly over the same space. If
the soil was very sandy, you should
get two loads. But, If you feel you can
not afford the manure. you cal still be
sure of getting results without it Re-
member that the main reqIpis!tes are
labor and lime. Professor Agee Of
the New Jersey Agricultural College
says, that while most Of our soils need
decaying vegetable matter for better
productivity, he would place the need
for lime first.
When you have laid out your rows
and planted the seeds, purchase TWEEN
ty five pounds of high grade fertili-
ger, consisting mainly Of. acid phos-
phate and nitrate of soda. This
amount will be sufficient for all the
rows on space of $500 square feet.
Sprinkle the fertilizer lightly on the
tops of all the rows. 1t will enable the
young plants to make vigorous start
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

OF all the many crashing bolts OF
lightning that have descended upon
Fayetteville flash that came unex-
pcctedly at four o'clock last Teusday
morning left the most astounding evi.
dence of its force ever seen in this sec.
ton says the Tribune. The Huse
farm, which is the favorite play ground
of lightning, was again the center
of attraction and a giant oak in the
woodland not far from the new road
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
Pure AIr.

Pure air is blue. because, as New
ton tells us, the molecules Of the air
have the thickness necessary 70 reflect
blue rays. When the sky Is not per
fectly blue the atmosphere Is blended
with rerceptble vapors. aud the diff
fused light is mixed with large pro
portion of white.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

Town teams have already expressed
their interest in the league and would
be glad TO join. Last year all OF the
above mentioned teams were organ
ized and will probably reorganiEe this
year. The new league would add
much interest to the county champion,
ship and would certainly be worth con-
sideration. 1t would be well for the
managers Of the various teams to con-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
BirthrIsht Of Happiness.

If man is unhappy, remember that
his unhappiness is his own fault for
God made all men TO be happy
Epictetus.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

French Hyre, the champion corn
boy of Upshur county for the past
two years, was in town Saturday, says
the Buckhannon Delta, which con.
tinues. French is member of C. B.
Wilson's famous class of corn boys,
and in 1915 raised 214 bushels of ears
of corn on one acre, and in 1916 rails.
ed 242 bushels Of ears on an acre. For
the past two years, French has had
the honor of spending a week at Nor
gantown as the guest OF the state, an
honor enough to turn the head of a
less sensible boy than French, but
we can see no difference in him along
that line. This is truly an honor that
comes to but few boys. and is one
we hope French may live to tell to
his children and grandchildren, as
it will not lose interest by the lapse
of few years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

slider the proposition and get in touch
with the West yirginian sporting edi-
tor for the purpose Of organizing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

49, W JOhVS' uedll vi lue law depart
ment of the West Virginia university,
has completed arrangements for the
shipment of two large and valuable
collections of law books from Wheel.
ing to Morgantown. One collection.
given to the university by the estate
of M. Russell, ST., contains 500 vol.
umes, including number of rare old
English works, and the other collec.
ton formerly was owned by Colonel
Robert White.
School book concerns of the coun.
try have submitted a number of pri.
mers to the department and these
are being carefully gone over by H. r.
Bonner, chief clerk in that depart.
ment' VINO Is carefully testing the me.
chemical CONSTRUCTION of the books
In this test some interesting facts
have developed. Inasmuch as 30 per
cent of all the pupils in school are
in the first grade, the department is
giving careful consideration to the
BOOKS. Some books. says the Charles.
ton Leader, have too many pictures
and some not enough, ranging from
l6 to IA, some of the pictures are
all colored and some books have the
plain half-tones. Some books have
TOO many new words in the first half
as compared with the last half. Care.
ful attention is being given to the
binding and the toughness of the pa.
per on which the primers are printed
and to make this test a machine reg.
istering the pounds of pressure re-
CURED to tear the paper is used and
tests so far have indicated a range OF
from 1Oh to 25 pounds. Seventeen
books have been tested and there
will be about IS more to test
The papers these days are full of
spy stories. The following one was
printed in the Princeton correspond
ence of the Bluefield Telegraph:
IAN American and Welshman who
a week ago closed an evangelistic
meeting at Giatto and suddenly dis.
appeared from this community are
now believed by railroad officers to
be German spies.
Detectives Harrison and Thompson.
Balwin.Felts officers, are reported to
have caught the men making inspec.
tion OF Norfolk and Western and Vir.
ginian bridges and tunnels and when
the officers brought them to account
for their suspicious actions they re-
turned that night and closed their
meeting, without taking up a collec-
ton or imparting information to any
of their auditors as to where they
were going.
in the meantime the citizens of the
Giatto neighborhood are reported to
have grown wary of the evangelists.
observing that instead of visiting
among the church people they spent
the daytime walking the railroad
tracks for miles at stretch, taking
kodaks with them and seemingly tax
ing close scrutiny of all their sur
roundings. Their customary tramp
was between the Clark's Gap and Ma.
toaka tunnels. Although the Ameri-
can was said to have been no dis
creditable exhorter, the Giatto congre-
cation was obviously impressed with
the idea that the Welshman spoke in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

Mason l.. vanDevender is shipping
TO market, says last weeks Spencer
Times-Record, twenty head of fat
cattle, weighing I41O pounds each
on the average. Most of them are
Herford. l.. w Cummins, of Curtis
district, wintered and fattened the
cattle for Mr.. VanDevender and they
looked about the best of any lot that
was ever seen in Spencer. With the
market plugging around 1919 cents
these steers ought to bring to Roane
county more than $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-10

such broken English that he was alb.
solutely unintelligible.
When the evangelists abruptly
brought their revival to close they
departed from the community that
night and were seen the last time
the next day walking the Virginian
railroad in the direction of Prince.
ton"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-22

team decisively defeated the Worth ington school aggregation yesterday by the score of to 0. The game was played in Kensngton and was wit messed by pupils from both schools and a number of teachers Elliott Ritchie of the Kensington Grammar school played a brilliant game Be- sides playing a fine defensive game he succeeded in scoring two goals. MH chael Renall scored two points and the other goal was made by Earle Or sic.
 kensington team will play a return game next Thursday afternoon. The battle will be staged at the Worthing- ton school grounds.
 Berlin Briefs.
 Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw has received a check for $205.O5. This is the towns share for damage done by dogs to crops and animals.
 The funeral of Mrs. Oliver Kent will be held from her late home in Kensington tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Carlton Hagen will off, ciate and burial will be in the ceme- tery at Stockings Corner.
 Jason M. Taylor and Charles A. Warren have been summoned to re- port for jury duty in the superior criminal court, Hartford, Tuesday.
 Rev. E. F. Lounsbury has returned home after a weeks vacation at New Haven and Cheshire.
 Dr. Theng Pen Hwang of Ewaton China, who has been the guest of Mrs. A. A. Barnes of East Berlin has re- turned to Boston where he is to re- sume his studies at the Gordon Bible college.
 Chester Bunce has left for Manilus N Y where he is to resume his stu dies at the Manilus Military Academy. Miss Elsie McCrum of East Berlin is spending few days in Springfield. Miss Ella Bailey, who has been the guest of Mrs. William Palmer of East Berlin, has returned to her home n Westfeld, Mass.
 FOR SALE-Alberta peaches for canning Delivered to Berlin, Ken ;ington and East Berlin. Albert Norton, Phone 657-14. O-22-3d
New Britain herald., 1917-09-22

holds one end of a leash which mus1 be five feet long can a canine appear in public.
 The first capture under the new ruling was made this morning when a beagle hound belonging to A. G. Smith was taken into custody. Campaign to Start Tuesday.
 The Plainville council of the war service committee of the American Library association held a meeting at the home of the director, Rev. R. II. Burton, at which time plans were formulated for the coming campaign. Rev. R. H. Burton who was recently appointed will act as director Miss Bunnell, the librarian will act in tho capacity of secretary with A. A. Mo Cloud serving as treasurer.
 Plans were made to work through all the secret societies, social clubs, shops, stores and public school At each of the following places money can be left to help fill PIainvilles quota towards raising "a million dol lars for a> million books for a million soldiers:" Public Library, Plainville saving, Ryders store, post office. Those in care of the collections nt the aforementioned places will report each day to MT. McCloud as to the amount that they have received in subscriptions.
 June Issue of Eiberty Bonds.
 It has been announced at the Plainville Savings bank that the June issue of the 8 1-2 per cent. Liberty Loan Bonds are ready for delivery through the Federal reserve banks. T through the local bank and wishing to make an exchange may leave their interim certificates at the institution.
 At the Churches.
 A. M. E. Zion Church-Morning service will be held at 10:45 fol lowed by a Sunday school at 12:30. At 6: 80 p. In, there will be a V. c. E. meeting. At 7:45 there will be special meeting by the women in the inter- est of Foreign missions. A lecture will be held at the church by Rev. P. B. Harris, subject, to be ''The three best things on earth to man."
 Plainville Baptist Church-At 1O:45 the pastor will speak of the state con- vention and at 12:O5 Sunday school will be held. Young Peoples ser vice will take place at 6 D. m. and at
 
 the pasors theme at the evening ser vices.
 Plainville Episcopal Church-There will be a celebration or the Holy Com munion at o'clock tomorrow morn ing The regular morning service will be held at 1O:45 and at noon the de- partments of the Sunday school will convene.
 Advent Christian church-Morning service will be held at the usual time, 10:45, preasching by the pastor. sub ject to be 'Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead? 2" Sunday school will be held at 12:05 with a social service at 6:15 p. m. The evening preaching service will be held at o'clock the subject of sermon to be '"The Saloon and the Home"
 Making Voters.
 The Town hall was the scene of un- usual activity today as in the neigh borhood of 1sO men presented them
New Britain herald., 1917-09-22
WILLIAMS MARKET
 IS BURGLAR|ZED
Four Suspicious Characters Held S-
 by New Britain Police
PRY BOLT FROM DOOR
School Teacher Under Knifc-PIans For Library Fund Campaign Com >plcte--Town Still Without Dog Warden-kingo Ordered to Colors.

The meat market of F. B. Williams and ransacked last night and a quan- titv of canned goods a basket of peaches, a half gross of lead pencils, E,gold watch, some turnips and some change in the cash register were taken. Entrance to the store was gained by prying off bolt on the door.
 Early this ID orning a quartet of sus- picious looking characters carrying provisions were rounded up by Off, rers Woods, Dolan and Carlson of New BTitain, and it is possible that they may be able to throw light on the burglarv. The prisoners held by the New Britain police gave their names as Mike Murray, Frank Cook, Zig mund Zucl1lineWiecZ and Herbert Schultz Their ages range from If to IS years.
 k Officer William J. Ritchie is investi- gaAing the case. It has been learned that Paul Benson, night watchman at 1 the railroad station, ordered five men who were lettering about the waiting room off the premises last night. It Is said that the men on leaving the station headed toward Kensington. The burglars had little difficulty in : gaining entrance to the Williams mar k ket. MT. Williams this morning stated that in his haste to leave his place of business last evening he did not se- kcurely fasten the bolt. Upon enter Ing the store the burglars evidently made no haste to leave. The place was thoroughly inspected by them After taking an inventory of the stock to determine what they desired, the ice box was also entered. From here sone choice meats, including a minced eham, was taken.
 Ready for Campaign.
 Final plans for the campaign to b. l launched here next week to raise g 1 fund for libraries for the soldiers and 1 sailors were made last evening at a l meeting of the trustees of the Ber1ir Ii6rary association and the Peck Me morial library of Kensington. The meeting was held in the parlors of the Berlin Congregational church. Mrs T. B. Wickwire Mrs. ,Hollister, Mis-;
 Emily Brandegee, Miss Helen Rohm
 Rev. Samuel A. F'iske and Mrs. Franl L. Wilcox represented the Berlin in
 stitute Those present from Kensing
 ton were Miss Marjorie Moore, Rev
 CarletCn Hagen, Claude w. Stevens
 James J Fitzsimmons and Thomas
 Emerson.
 MT. Emerson, who was appointed
 director of the local campaign, acted as chairman. Mrs. WickWire wa
 elected secretary and MT. F'itzsim
 mons assistant treasurer of the Der
 lin Savings Bank, was chosen tt
New Britain herald., 1917-09-22

] selves to be made voters. In the il fifteen minutes that the selectman q, town clerk were in session four m appeared and were made, all havt the necessary qualifications A,no those presented with a vote at t coming election was Rev. R. Goodell, pastor of the PlainvIl church who has been in the town c 8 year and three months.
 Last years lis. showed s03 nam bu. during the past twelve mont} o5 naCiss have been crossed of s( various reasons. Officials are of e opinion that o,.lS nour one-thirt } those who handed in their names VI be given h voice at the coming e1e( ! ton. Also 1t is doubted if this yoad list will con4aiH mora y,nr0ss xha11 predecessors,
 Birthday Party Given.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles were givsu house warming party last evening \ their home by a party of friends. Th event was !n honor of MT. Cocw.n1 birthday. He was presented with smoking rack and in return gave ai interesting speech. Guests were prod ent from New Haven, Bridgeport Gn| New Britain, arriving by autos. Dur ing the evening William Benjami] by Mrs. Benjamin. Refreshment were served.
 Plainville Briefs.
 About a dozen of the residents O the town will go by auto to Aver Mass, where they will visit the loca boys who are stationed at the canton, ment
 Leo Prior has received card from Herbert Ewald who IS stationed at Camp Devens, thanking him for thu cigarettes which were sent him. He also mentioned that he took a three mile hike in the rain recently.
 Miss Margaret R. Gloriant will leave for Gordon college, Boston, October i
 Daniel Tedesco lief today for Old Forge, Pa, where he will make hi. future home. N
 The Hall Room Boys had a lare, attendance at their dance in the Towr hall last evening. Hagist's orchestra furnished music.
 Cards have been received from ; number of the drafted men at Ave, stating that most of them have beer assigned to the 3O1st D. Machine Cur company.
 Mrs James J. Murphy of Whiting street is visiting her sister, Mrs Catherine Cameron of New Haven.
 The Machine Gun company of the Rockwell Drake plant held inspection last evening at the Town hall before Major Lyman of Hartford.
 The following letters are advertised at the local post office: Fred Martin, Kenneth Lewis, John Fitzpatrick, H. T. Clemans, Mrs. H. Stel1e.
 Mrs. George B. Spencer was in at tendance at the Past Department Sec- and Treasurers' association of the Woman's Relief corps held at Laurel Beach last Thursday.
 James H. Woertendyke of Califor- mia will speak in the Congregational church Sunday at 7:90 D. m.