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Oil and Gas.

Ordinarily 15.cent advance in the
market would be an incentive for OPP
orators to at once get busy. However,
there is nothing of the kind in evil
dence, So long as operators have so
much trouble to get material and
drillers there will not likely be any
very great increase in operations.
On Dutchmans Run, Murphy dis.
trict, Richie county. the South Penn
Oil ompany has completed No 10 on
the ]. Lemon farm. 1t is showing for
a 35.barrel producer in the salt sand.
This is quite good deal better than
the average late competitions in that
district. The Southern Oil Company
drilled No on the Dawson heirs
farm through the salt sand. 1t is not
good for more than five barrels day.
On Big Isaac Creek, one.half mile
above its mouth, in Greenbrler dis.
trict, Doddridge county, the Hope
Natural<G Gas Company has drilled its
second test on the c C Freeman farm
through all sands A light show of
oil was developed in the Big Injun
sand and it will be given shot and
tested The same company is drilling
a test to the lower sand on the ] L
Greynolds farm.
On Straight Fork, Duval district,
Lincoln county, the South Penn Com.
pany has completed its No 10 on the
A G Grass farm. 1t is showing for
D 10.barrel pumper in the Berea grit.
This Is the first completion made by
70 company since it acquired the
Big Creek Development Company's
holdings in Lincoln county. No is
on the same farm is drilling and the
rig has been completed for No is on
the Octave Gagery farm. The com.
pany will continue operations on this
purchase until 1t has been fully de-
veloped,
In Union district, Wood county, the
South Penn Company is drilling No
8 on the L B and A S Williamson
farm. On Dents Run, Mannigton dis
trict, Marion county, the Blackstone
on and Gas Company's No 2 on the
Ward satterheld farm has declined to
IS barrels day.
The gas companies are getting &C.
tive in Marshall county. Develop.
ment work in this county has for
some months been increasing. The
Manufacturers Light and Heat Com
pany and the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company are the most active. The
frst-lamed has started to drill test
/, 81 theJ and Dorsey farm, is drilling
4 test on the E Turner farm and has
the rig completed for a test on the
] NJ Rhine farm. Its second test is
\ due in the sand on the A Wendt farm.
The Carnegie company is drilling sec
pnd tests on the D A Williams, John
ThielJand John Cole heirs farms.
Charles Riley & Co. are due In tho
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ESTIMATE FOR TAX LEVY FOR
FAlRMoNT INDEPENDENT DIS.
TRICT FOR EDUCATIONAL PUR.
POSES.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
County Of Marion,

SOulllg vi AnEhA AOAi
District Of Fairmont Independent
To-wit:
At a regular session Of the board Of
education Of Fairmont Independent dis
trict of Marion county held at the regu'
lar meeting place thereof, on the sec
ond Tuesday in August, 1917. Present:
George NJ. Alexander, president of said
board of education, and ], Clyde Motifs,
one of the commissioners.
In accordance with Chapter 81, Acts
1915, amending section 81, chapter r.,
Acts 1908, the board Of education pro-
ceeded to make up an estimate OF the
amount necessary to be levied for the
current fiscal year, to cover all district
debts and liabilities payable during the
year, including the probable expendi'
lures for district purposes, and proper
allowances for delinquent taxes ana
contingencies, but deducting the mon
ey in the treasury applicable to said
purposes during the year doth deter
mine and estimate the several amounts
| to be levied as follows:
BUILDING AND ESTIMATE.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
The amount due, and the amount that
will become due and Collectible from
every source, except from the levy OF
taxes to be made for the current fiscal
year.
Amount due from sheriff, IS 4,5241O
Redemptions (estimated),... $4,000
Rent from old school building 10000
Total receipts ......,.....$ 5,474lO
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS.
The debts and demands owed by the
J district as a whole, and payable out OF
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Pittsburgh

PITTsBURG, Aug. 1s.-The market
n Pittsburg was generally weak, a.
50. Outside Of coppers the main deal,
iligs were in Ohio Fuel Supply. l.S4o
shares changing hands for a decline
o. X. This stock has been unusually
active the last few days and rumoF
that Ohio Fuel Supply and Columbia
Gas and Electric are to consolidate,
VS. believed responsible for the heavy
ldealings. AT least, no ather excuse
has been advanced and considerable
speculation has been aroused by the
stocks activities lately.
# Yesterdays local dealings comprised
1886 shares. OF these 1920 were
the mining issues. United States
Steel recovered n, United States
Glass dropped point, Airbrake was
fip v and lectric was up H. Window
Glass Machine preferred was OIL
Fireproof preferred was down T.
Harbison.Walker Refractories advan
ced 2 points and Light and Heat waa
off N
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spEorAL NOTICES

under the proyislons and requirements
Of Chapter IS, Acts Of the legislature
Of 1915, amending cotton 8. Chapter u
Acts OF the legislature Of 1908.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
County Of Marion,
District Of Fairmont Independent
To-Wit:
I, Ross A. Watts. secretary OF the
Board Of Education in and for Fairmont
Independent district Of said county and
state do hereby certify that the fore
going is a true copy from the records
Of an order made and entered by said
board on the 14th day Of August, 1917.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
Of August. 1917.
Secretary Board of Education. Fair
mont independent District, Marion
County, West Virginia. S.1s-1t
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

sand at their test on the John Camp
bell farm. The Fry OIL and Gas Com
pany has drilled a test on the Higgs
farm to a depth Of 1000 feet and shut
down. The Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company has the rig completed
Off No on the v C Yoho farm.
In Burning Springs district Writ
county the Liberty Supply Companys
No 8 on the Booth tract are both
light bumpers. Afford & Co.'S test on
the T H Lawson farm Is also light
pumper. The Red River Oil and Gas
Company's No 16 on the Depue-Mc.
Chung tract is a light pumper.
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New York

NEW YORK, August 1S.--Transpor.
tation shares were singled out for at
tack by the bears in the stock mr.
liet yesterday, their depression, par
ticuiarly In the coal divisions, giving
emphasi5 to rumors Of forthcoming
regulation Of that commodity by the
Federal government.
simultaneously, the comparative
strength of steels was accompanied
by unconfirmed reports that a basis
OF prices satisfactory to the manufac'
turers soon would be announced by
the Washington authorities,
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SPECIAL NOTICES
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
County Of Marion,
City or Town of Pennington,

At regular session Of the council
Of the city or town of Pennington, Ma.
rion county, held in the council
chambers thereof, in the city building
on the 26th day of July, 1917, there
were present: L. NJ. Kerns, Mayor;
H. L. Kuhn, Recorder; aTi A. c. Col
Inns, A. C. Fisher, Chas. Z. Morgan,
L. L. Hupp, members OF the council
Of said city or town.
In accordance with section 4, chap.
ter 9, of the Acts of the extraordinary
session of the legislature Of 1908, the
council proceeded to make up an est.
mate of the amounts necessary to be
levied for the current fiscal year, to
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LEGAL NOTICES
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL
ESTATE,

Pursuant to the authority vested In
the undersigned Trustee by certain
trust deed made by N. C. Steel and
Permelia Steele, his wife, bearing
date tn 2Sth day Of June, 1915, and
recorded in the Clerks office OF the
County Court Of Marion County, West
Virginia Trust Deed Book No. 49,
at page SO, to secure U. Grant Bow
man, in the payment Of the sums Of
money in said trust deed mentioned
default having been made in the pay
ment thereof, | will on the 1st day OF
September, 1917, at 1000 o'clock a.
NJ, at the front door of the Court
House of Marion County, West Vir
ginia, sell at public auction, to the
highest and best bidder the property
described in said trust; being those
certain lots located in Section 8. Of
the Monongahela Industrial Com
pany's East Side Addition to the City
of Fairmont, in said County, a plat
Of which is recorded in said Clerks
office in Deed Book No. 1SS, page
376, that is to say:
Lots Numbered CIT, 69S, $780,, $50
631 and 632, fronting on the Boulevard
and extending back to Bungalow
street, and being the same property
conveyed to said N. c. Steele by said
MonOngahela Industrial Company by
deed dated June Z, 1916, and Of re-
cord in said Clerks office In Deed
Book No. 2O3, page 404
Terms Of sale: Cash in hand on day
Of sale.
q. F. DAVIS,
Trustee
JAS. A. MEREDITH,
Sails %
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that letters
Of Administration upon the estate Of
Charles E. Wells, late Of Warrington
District, Marion County, W. Va, have
been granted to the undersigned. All
persons having claims against said
estate will present them for settle.
ment and all persons owing said
estate are requested to make payment
at once. ..---.-
o. s. MCKINNEY Admir-.
Fairmont, w. Va,
S.4.11.25: 9.1-S.
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MANY MEN AND WOMEN OF
OUR HOME STATE

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SPECIAL NOTICES

To Whom 1t May Concern:
The undersigned, Harry G. Conner,
who resides in Fairmont, Marion coun'
ty, West Virginia, and who is Special
Police OFFICER for the MOnongahela
Railway Company, will apply to the
Circuit Court Of Marion county. West
Virginia, at the Court House OF said
county, on Monday, the Goth day OF
August, 1917, for license to carry a
revolver during the ensuing year.
Given under my hand this 9th day
OF August, 1917,
S.9.KS1 HARRY C. CONNoR.
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DR.. Herce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, cloth-hound, sent free to you
on receipt of three dimes ( or stsmps) },
to pay expense of mailing only. Address
DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, 66S Main
Street, Buffalo, NY. re
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SPECIAL NOTICES

cover all municipal debts and liabili-
ties payable during the said year, In
GLIDING probable expenditures for
municipal purposes. and proper allow
ances for delinquent taxes, expense
Of collections and contingencies; but
deducting therefro mthe money in the
city treasury applible to the service
OF the year and municipal claims and
doth determine and estimate the sew"
eraI amounts to be levied as follows:
ESTIMATES.
Maximum levy S5 cents on the hun
dred dollars valuation.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
The amount due the said municipal
itv and the amount that will become
due and collectible from every source.
except from the levy Of taxes to be
made for the current fiscal year.
Balance 10 hands Of the city,
treasury ..........,......$ 76.0O
Hotel licenses .....,,,'..... NV
Tobacco and cigarette licenses 1890
Other licenses .....,..... lV.OO
Total estimated receipts..S 2ll.2O
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS.
Debts and demands owed by said
municipality which will become due
and payable during the current fiscal
year, including interest on bonded In
debtednesS OF every kind and charac'
ter
Outstanding orders including
interest ..........',..... loo'UV
Election EXPENSES ,.,.... 1900
Salaries ,.,................ $1,000
police department ,.,,,.. 6700
Health department ,,,... ALSO
Streets an dalleyeys .,..... 999.20
TONS ......,...... 1900
Commissions immune. 1850
Electric lighting ........... $4,000
Total estimated disburse.
ments ...................d, 9G9.2O
Amount to be provided by
levy ..,.........''''.' !'IoV,UV
1t appearing to the council that the
total valuation Of all taxable property
in this municipality according to the
last assessment hereof Is 0,079; be.
ing real esate to the value of 1852 200;
personal property to the value OF
$4,000; and railroad and other prop
erty assessed by the board OF public
works to the value of $5S,679, as GER
tilted to the council by the object
whose duty it is to make such report,
and If apDearing from the foregoing
estimates that it is necessary to raise
by levy, after deducting all credits,
Si,75O.OO for municipal purposes;
therefore 1t is determined that levy
on each One Hundred Dollars valua'
ton of thirty-fve cents (05c) for rnu'
nicipal purposes will be necessary 10
produce the estimated amount as
aforesaid TO rthe ensuing fiscal year
State OF West Virginia,
County OF Marion,
City or Town Of Pennington
to.wit;
III. L. Kuhn, recorder, in and for
the municipality of Pennington, coun'
ty of Marion and State Of West Vir'
ginia, do hereby certify that the fore
going is true copy from the records
Of an order made by the council Oh
said municipality on the 26th day OF
July, 1917, ,...
Given under my hand this 14th day
of August, 1917.
H. L. KUHN,
Recorder Of the Municipality Of
Pennington, W. Va.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ALABAMA ALFALFA LAND-Demo'
polls Section. Come down right
away, crop, fine pasture grazing 2
and 8 head to acre and grass getting
ahead. Lime lands, the kind that
puts on the scales. Plenty for sale
$40 to 65 an acres or 4 automobiles,
but notify US ahead. Write for full
Information and photographs. Read
It and then come down. Your r. h.
fare refunded both ways IL you find
anything misrepresented. Ticket free.
Healthy country, elevated. c. c.
Clay Alfalfa Land Co., Demopolis,
Ala, SlS'Ot. Z6i4
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FOR RENTING rooms furnished for
light housekeeping. Use Of upper
porch and bath. Call S27 Coleman
Ave-, or Bell phone Sill. S-16-26t-271O
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Total QlSDuTS6uoltS' 'SOVNS1'NC
Amount to be raised by levy S3l 4l9.95
TEACHERS FUND ESTIMATE.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
The amount due, and the amount
that will become due and collectible
from every source, except from the
levy OF taxes to be made for the cur
rent fiscal year.
Balance due fund from sher'
if Observation-Disclosures 3,29l.OS
Redemptions (estimated)" $4,000
Due from general school fund
(enumeration) .......... 0'O3z'6Z
Tuition ...........,,....' o,LVV'VV
Total receipts ............SlO,SLS.fO
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES.
The debts and demands owed by the
district as a whole, and payable out OF
the teachers fund.
Outstanding orders on June
30, 1917 ........,,.,.'.''' GG4'OO
Current accounts due and I'M
paid on June 80, 1O17... none
Delinquent taxes (estimated) 2,5OO.OO
Exonerations (estimated). 5000
Discount to taxpayers. .... $4,000
For 70 teachers holding No.
one certificates for nine
months ......9.......... 52SO2.57
Total expenditures .......$56424.O7
Amount to be raised by levy S46,lbO.37
1t appearing to the board of educa'
ton that the total valuation of all tax
able property in this district, accord
ing to the last assessment thereof, is
S16,576,OO5; being real estate to the
value Of s., $3.50, 500; personal property
to the value of $4,197435, and railroad
and other property assessed by the
board Of public works to the value OF
S2,49S, $40, as certified to this board by
the officer whose duty 1t is to make
such report, and 1t appearing from the
foregoing estimates that 1t Is necessary
to raise by levy, after deducting all
credits, SS1, 419.95 for building purposes
and $4615O.37 for teachers purposes;
therefore it is determined that a levy
on each One Hundred Dollars Valua-
ton Of nineteen cents (19c) for build
ing and twenty-eight cents (28C) for
teachers purposes will be necessary to
produce the estimated amount as afore'
said for the ensuing fiscal year.
And itfurther appearing to the board
Of education that it will be necessary
to raise by levy the sum of $16,5769O to
assist in the payment of teachers in
and for the High school, 1t is therefore
determined that a levy on each 10000
Of the total valuation Of all taxable
property in said district, according to
the last assessment thereof, Of ten
cents qOc) for High school purposes
will be necessary to produce the esti.
mated amount as aforesaid for the en-
suing fiscal year.
And it further appearing to the board
of education that on the first day OF
July, 1917, there were outstanding un.
paid orders on the Building fund is
sued prior to July list, 1915, owing by
the board Of education, amounting in
the principal sum Of 81, 433.71 as list
ed with the secretary Of said board OF
education, and as shown by the state
ment OF Ross A. Watts, secretary Of
said board, and the board Of education
desiring to liquidate the same, it is de-
termined that a special debt levy Of
seven cents (7c) on each $4,000 Of the
total valuation OF all taxable property
in said district should be levied and
will he nnrnssaru to linmidata the said
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GEsASSIElED ADNERT ISRNG1
oNE,cENrA WORD CASH WITH oaDLs
HOUSES FoR SALE
ROOMS TO RENT
RooMS-FURNISHED

FOR RENT - Furnished rooms, Gen
tlemen preferred. Apply Bell 1877
or 1145. S-l5'St'27O5
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AGENTS WANTED

I'VE A NEW LINE OF soap, extracts,
toilet goods. perfumes, etc., for
agents. 100 per cent. profit. Sample
free. Write quick. Lacassian Co,
Dept. 81, st. Louis, Mo. S-1S.1t2720
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HOUSES FOR RENT

WANTED-To rent, 5-room cottage
and bath. Bell phone STOW.
S.17-3t-2714
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HOUSES WANTED

WANTED - A 5-room cottage with
bath. Address P. o. Box 81, Fair
mont, w. Va. S'17'3t'21lS
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BOARD WANTED
FARMS For sArE

A WEST VA. FARM. 179 acres, sttuat
ed in heart of fruit belt, III miles
from R. r. station; 1000 fruit trees,
half in timber. C. II. Schano, 6167
Stanton Ave-, Pittsburgh, Pa.
S.15.6t.270A
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We OWN 10000 acres in Duval, Mas.
sau and Palm Beach counties; price
Sc to $40 an acre; all good cultivating
lands for cotton, corn, cane, Irish po-
tatoes, all kinds Of vegetables, citrus
fruits; terms can be arranged to suit
purchaser; land in Duval and Nassau
counties will grow $50 bushels Irish
potatoes from February until May, and
$50 bushels Of sweet potatoes from
June until November. This product
will sell at an average Of 81 a busheL
S. ]. Nelson Co., 435 West Adams ST.,
Jacksonville, Fla. s.1S.26t.27lS
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE
WANTED-Girl for general house
work, Bell phone 5S4.J.
S.15.St. 27O7
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Total estimated receipts 21l.2O
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS.
Debts and demands owed by said
which will become due
and payable during the current fiscal
year, including interest on bonded in
debtednesS Of every kind and charac-
tar
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-virtually CON-
nlete stoppage Of buying Of immediate
Delivery corn had a bearish effect on
that commodity yesterday and also
en- corn futures. The close was ner-
vous with cash corn down Is cents a
bushel and futures at 11Bc to 1870
net decline, December 1123s to
1.12R, and May S1.O99s. Wheat gain.
cd cent. closing firm at $2.O1 Sep
tsmber; oats lost &c to 1Ac, and pro-
iisions finished mostly 1Oc to 45c
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NOTICE.

B. E. BARNES,
]. E. BARNES,
Administrators Of the estate Of Samuel
W. Barnes, decd.
7 21.2S; 8 4-11.1S.25.
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E-I TEACHERS FUND ESTIMATE.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
The amount due, and the amount
that will become due and collectible
from every source, except from the
levy OF taxes to be made for the cur
rent fiscal year.
T1.I.oo az P,pd frnr1 sher.
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NEXT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Plans to Be Completed at a
Meeting of Committee
Sunday

Final arrangem ents for the recep-
ton of Steelton members of the Gov
ernor's Troop will be made at a meet
ing of a committee of six firemen
made up of Representatives from each
company in the PaXtang Hook and
Ladder fire hall Sunday afternoon.
A meeting of representatives of each
company was held at the Paxtang
Hook and Ladder fire hall last night.
Burgess Wigfield, who was elected
chairman of the meeting, was author
lied to appoint a committee to make
final arrangements for the affair. On
the committee are Joseph Gerdes, j.
w. Bricker. Charles Boughter, J. L.
Shupp, Jacob Eshelman and Clyde
Heckert.
Premature plans have it that the
affair will be held next Wednesday
evening. Inclement weather is the
only impediment to holding a parade.
If walking is good. a walk-around over
the principal streets will be held, fol-
lowed by a banquet. The place for
holding the banquet is not definitely
decided upon, but it is probable it will
be held in the Bessemer House, Main
street.
Committee members stated this
morning that invitations would be eX-
tended to borough officials and efforts
would be made to have Captain Jack
and other troopers from Harrisburg
attend the reception.