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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-09

William A. Chittick, Marion county
speed officer, expects to make an ex-
tended trip and visit to include London,
Ontario, leaving Salem September TO-.
He will travel via the Oregon Electric
to Flavel, by steamer to San Francisco
and on to San Diego From that south
ern California city he will include in
his travels st. Louis and Columbus,
Ohio.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-09

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
OFF To TRAIN
FOR OFFICERS
SIX WHEELING YOUNG MEN GO
TO FORT BENJAMIN
HARRISON.
BIa Crowd Gathers at Station to Bid
Them Goodbye and
Godspced.

The platform about the PennsylVa-
MIA Railroad station was crowded last
| evening when several prominent
young men of Wheeling departed for
indianapolis to enter the second OIL
GERS training camp at Fort Benjamin
Harrison. The prospective army ON.
GERS were kept busy bidding fareWell
to their friends, who gathered about
to wish them Godspeed and SUCCESS IN
their training to qualify to command
others in the great war.
The young men who left over the
Pennsylvania are George Row. b. j.
Smith, Sidney Swift. Fred Hall, Ches-
ter Eichelberger and Harry T. Clouse
They were directed to report at Fort
BENJAMIN Harrison on Sunday, August
26, one day before the second tran-
ing camp opens.
Wheeling may we'll be proud to be
represented in the army training camp
by these splendid, young men, as well
as others who have already gone or
will go to-day.
So many people pressed close to the
train to say goodbye to the young
men that there was scarcely time for
more than a hurried farewell to the
closest friends and as the train rolled
out Of the station the future officers
were cheered until out Of hearing
And among the cheering crowd were
parents, wives and sisters. whose
eyes welled with tears, but they were
everyone proud Of those to whom they
had just said goodbye.
Woodward Franzheim and r. E.
Bowie left at noon yesterday IN MI
Franzheims automobile for Fort Ben
| jamin Harrison.
Several young men will leave this
evening for the training camp.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS

The United States civil service com
mission announces the following named
examinations to be held in the near fu-
ture. Necessary information and ap-
plication blanks may be secured from
the secretary Of the civil service board
Of examiners at the local postoffice:
Harnessmaker (male). Aug. rs; su-
perintendent Of forge shop (male). Sept.
4: assistant testing engineer (male).
$1s00-$2500. Sept IL; stattstician
(male). Sept IL; timber inspector
(male), Sept. IL; inspector child labor
division. s1S0o-s24oo. Sept. is: experts
in the prevention Of infant mortality.
$2I0o-SS600. Sept Is; assistants in the
prevention Of infant mortality (female).
$1So0-$240o. Sept IS: assistant director.
child labor division. s24oOs2S20. Sept.
is; experts in child welfare. $500
$1,000, Sept. IS; construction engineer
(rnale), Sept. IS: mechanical and cleo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
COAL MINE DEED IS
MAMMOTH DOCUMENT
Purchase Of Elm drove Mine ana Ex-
tensive Goal Holdings Recorded
In County Court

Two Of the biggest documents nleo
for record In county court recently were
left yesterday by Attorney Joseph
Handlan. attorney for the purchaser Of
the property. At one time he filed
three deeds and deed Of trust, en-
bracing the purchase Of the property
now owned by the Elm Grove Mining
company.
One deed Of 1874 pages conveys the
coal formerly owned by the Elm Grove
| Coal company to the Elm Grove MID
ing company. Two others convey rom
w. r. Chambers and J. B. Chambers TO
the Elm Grove Mining company the
/ land purchased for the new mine. A
deed Of trust Of nearly zoo pages &C.
cures payment for the property.
1t will cost nearly $3.50 to record tho
documents, which bear date Of Feb ..
1917, when the big mining transaction
was completed. The deed for the coal
sets out in separate descriptions more
than a half hundred separate pieces OF
coal which are included In the tract.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
RIVER NEWS

The steamer Milton left yesterday
morning at 1870 for New Matamoras
The Liberty came in late last night
and will depart this morning at 1870
also for New Matamoras.
The Reuben Dunbar will come up
the river some time tomorrow morn
ing, and will leave at 10 o'clock for
Pittsburgh.
After rising to nearly 10 feet since
Thursday, the river has again dropped
to 9 feet inches. Indications are
that 1t will remain stationary for a
short time. At the McMechen dam
the stage above the dam was IA feet
8 inches, and below the dam feet
inches. Stages below the McMechen
dam are somewhat improved in the
last few days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
LARGEST CROPS IN HISTORY Of
OHIO COUNTY BEING GATHERED

last year in this county" said he,
while this summer more than 100
acres were put in beans by farmers.
to say nothing of the hundreds Of
bushels that were planted In back
gardens. There will be beans galore
and then some,"' said Mr.. Cook. Now
II it is possible to keep the beans out
OF spectators hands the people Of
this community may purchase them
at the old price this winter at about
FIVE cents the pound. The wheat crop
will be twice as large as any previous
year. Ohio county's will produce this
year thousands OF bushels Of potatoes;
good sound tubers. The crop Of pota.
toes in this section will be twice as
large as that Of last year. The corn
crop will be fully IS per cent over that
Of 1916. The season has been one Of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
COUNTY COURT
Deeds.

Security Trust company. trustee. TO
Lena Kirchner. property in Elm Court,
$40 and other consideration,
w Radcliffe and wife to Mary
Crouch. property in Warwood. SO and
other consideration.
D. G. Davidson and wife to e. F..
Lash. property on Wheeling Island. $40
and other consideration.
Elwood Eckhardt and wife to Earl H.
Eckhardt 1.-TWO decds), property in
Ritchie district $40 and other consid-
Grafton.
Judiciary.
'Adolph Martin appointed and quail
fed as administrator of the estate Of
Herman Martin. deceased. Bond $500;
Max Martin. surety.
John T. Carter appointed and quail
fed. as administrator Of the estate Of
A. W. Mickey, deceased. Bond $1,000,
National Surety company Of New York,
surety George Z. McCausland. JOSEF
]. Wagner, Ellie Bowman and Frank
Higgs appraisers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25

trical engineer (male). Sept. 10: civil
engineer (male), Sept. Is: fireman
(male), Sept. 10: assistant inspectors.
child labor division. s12Oo-s16so. Sept.
10; assistant in crop physiology (male).
s1200-S150N. Sept. 49, laboratory aid In
foreign seed and plant Introduction
(male). Sept. 10; bookkeeper (fenale),
Sept. 10; printer. Sept 1920; law clerk.
stenographer and typewriter. Sept. 10
20: special agents and research assist
ants. s12Oo-s16SO Sept. 1920: assistant
In marketing dairy products tmale).
S1S00-s2400. Sept 25 clerk-carrlcr ex-
animation. Sept. /: rural carrier exani-
ination. Sept. s: stenographer and type
writer, departmental service. every
Tuesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
The Weather-Falr.
Saturday Toilet
Offerings

TOLL T Articles tor
i Saturday shoppers
some priced less than the
regular quotations:
Creme Elcaye, 4Oc>:@
DeMiracle Hair Remover, CSC
Marvis Talcum Powder, 25c
Sempre Giovine, SOC
Perin's Dentrifce, nc
squibbs' Talcum Powder, 17f
Deluxe Dye Tablets, fast COL
ors, 1Oc
Perin's Vanishing Cream, 3Sf
Miss Paul's Hair Tonic, $1.OO
Miss Paul's Shampoo, SOC
Main floor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
BIG AUTO PARTY

a big automobile caravan stopped in
Wheeling yesterday enroute from Iowa
and other points in the west to Vir-
ginia- Among them were Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer P. Branch. Of Iowa: Mr.. and
Mrs Thos. Runion. Of Tifton. O.; Mr..
and Mrs. James Barton, and daughters.
Of Sycamore. O.: Mr.. and Mrs. David
Estep and Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Estep,
Of Attica O.; Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Frank
houser Of THIN. 0. They are going
to Mt. Jackson. Va. Mr.. Branch. better
known as Uncle Ho." and wife are
going to stay in Virginia and Will live
with their son. Julian Branch. a Mar
tinsvillc. Va, newspapcrman. The eld-
er Mr.. Branch, who published Tho
Summer Gazette" Is well known for his
writings
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25

the best for many years for crops.
The farmers planted heavily. worked
hard and nature did the rest, giving
Ohio county the largest crops in her
history. We have more than enough
to supply all the people of this county
and are ready to help out other sec
tions. The crop production this year
in Ohio county will be fully 60 per
cent larger than last year"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
TWO APPEALS FILED.

Two appeals from Squire W. P.
Wickham's court were filed in the
office OF Court Clerk John l.. King
horn. In the case of John Ashman.
the jrstice fined the defendant $11
and costs for being disorderly on a
street car. In the case of Dan Rose
VS.. H. f. Hillman & Son, judgment
was rendered for $50.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
COUNTY AGENT COOK OF p. n. A.
CLUB MAKES HIS REPORT
AFTER WIDE SURVEY.
Declares Production Of Beans, Wheat,
Corn and Other Products Will
Be the Biggest Ever.

Farmers of Ohio county have done
their bit. This county will have the
largest crops this fall In Its history.
In fact, the production Of foodstuffs
win be almost twice as large as last
year, which was normal year.
County Agent Isaac S. Cook OF the
Pan Handle Agricultural club has just
completed a survey Of the entire crop
production in Ohio county. he stated
last evening that there will be a
bumper harvest
only FIVE acres Of beans were sown
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
Our Optical Department

WE CARRY
w all tho
!; !: /: !: &: !; r.
latest things in
Eye Glasses ,bh
and Spectacles
priced from
S2.oo to $1,000. Ha
We have all. ~
modern instru- ~
ments to aid
US In the N0
proper A@A
TIRE eat t. III N
ment OF
eyes. Our
rices
are within the reach OF all. We du-
plicate any lens. Registered w
tometrist in charge. MAIN noof
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
River TeleHramg

River ut Davis Island Dam s;feet 4
inches stationary. Clear.
STEUBENVILLE-R fact
inches stationary. Clear.
PARKERSBURG-R 10 feet. sta-
tionary. Clear.
HORAANrrOWN-Ri Z feet 5
inches, stationary. Cloudy.
OIL CITY-Rivcr l foot. inches.
stationary. Clear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
BETTER ROADS HERE
Than AT MT. CLEMENS
But Sheriff Hastings is Convinced
ohio County People Don't
Know How Ia Sneed

TALK about speeding!" We don't
know what speeding is here" said
Sheriff Howard Hastings. speaking OF
the scenes he saw about Mt. Clemens
and Detroit, where he spent his vaca-
ton. why, In the Is miles from the
city limits Of Detroit to Mt. Clemens
we saw four automobiles overturned
In the ditch. They told US the wrecks
resulted from speeding.
I'VE have better roads here, though.
I think They are trying to build good
roads, but the enormous amount Of
travel and the speed at which cars are
driven over those highways makes
the good roads proposition an almost
impossible problem"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25

One small assortment of
large size Dresses Of Lawn
and Bingham, values up to
$3.50, at
1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

much of Polly for year or two, but we
used to be fairly good friends. She is out
there in the ballroom now, chattin' with
that old sport Craig Warner, but think
| could edge in if tried. And maybe l
might patch up this awful state of affairs
between you and her. That is, if you got
nerve enough to sort of drift up casual
after I've ditched Craig. Have your"
Eyes, says he, settin' his jaw firm.
"I'll not give her up without another try.
Course, it all listens mighty simple to
me. Why, the last l knew, this little
Polly Malone was just kid with thick
braid of copper-tinted hair hangin' down
her back and an impish twinkle in her big
eyes. I'd known her dad ever since he
started in the contractin business out here
in Rockhurst. 1t was me got him to join
the club. Not that either him or Mrs.
Malone was the sort who'd have much use
for such joints; for they're plain stay-at-
home folks. But we needed the money,
and jim Malone was comm on, so he
could easy spare it.
All I'd heard recent about Polly was
that she'd developed into something of a
singer, and had been Twin with an aunt
III tlc Guy GIlcSS JdSU GWO WluIcTS, udNlu
her voice cultivated.
RUT say, when scouts around the ball
room for her, and finally recognizes
who it is that's sittin' rollin' her eyes at
Craig Warner, hanged if l don't let out
a gasp. Blamed if Bradley amt right.
Wisp of girl!
Why, say, this party in the snappy
evenin dress with the rhinestone shoulder
straps is as much grown up as lot of
grandmothers l could name And talk
about your bold faces! Honest, if hadn' t
had any clue, should have placed her as
some Sioux City Divorce just on from
gettin her decree.
Still, I'd contracted to arbitrate be-
tween her and Bradley, so | remembers
how | used to.rough-house with her when
I'd drop in of an evenin' to see Jim, and
| proceeds to do the goat act the best l
knew how.
well, Polly" says 1, walkin' up and
pinchin her by the ear, "who gave you
license to grow up SO sudden?"
"Why, Uncle Shortly" says she grab
bin my arm and pullin me down beside
her. "I've been wondering how long be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

fore you We're going to be decent enough
to come and speak to me. Aren't you
ashamed of yourself? Let's see if have
the next number taken. Yes; but I'll
scratch out the name and you may sit it
out with me.
And, as Craig couldn't very well con-
verse with her left shoulder-blade, he MUIR
murs something polite and strolls off. A
second later Bradley slips into his place
without Polly's noticin' the shift.
SOME pert little prattler, Polly is. take
it from me. couldn't tell whether she
thought she was firth with me or just
bein' chummy, but it sure was a zippy
line of chat she unreels. Had me almost
dizzy tryin' to follow her, and it's only
by bracin' myself solid that | makes
quick shift to the subject I'd come to
discuss.
Eyes, that's all right, Polly says I.
"You got me kidded to a standstill But
say, what about this break between you
and Bradley Ward?'
"Oh!" says Polly, shruggin' her white
shoulders. Bradley! That's so.
wonder what has become of the dear
boy?"
"You little sinner!" says L. "Just as if
you hadn't let him through the trap-door
on purpose. Now, own up: what's the
grand trouble between you two?"
"Why, how absurd, Uncle Shortly"
says Polly, givin' me playful pat "As
if l am accountable for every young
ster who-wants to scribble his name
all over my dance order"
"Youngster!' says |. "Polly, you're
nineteen yourself, aren't your
"I'm twenty SO there!" she pouts.
$50 is Bradley" says |.
"But these college boys are SO amaz-
ingly young at that" says Polly. "And
all they can talk about is their silly little
campus pranks, and what the head coach
told them the day of the big game, and
the awfully unfunny jokes in the last
college monthly. And they never think
of offering you cigarette or letting you
have sip of cocktail.
"Why, Polly Malone!" says /.
paula, please says she. II despise
being called Polly
at used to be Pauline" says l.
"My professional name will be Paula,
says she. "Im going on next season,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

you knowju just chorus part, but
you wait
you're not going to forget all the nice
young chaps you've grown up with, are
your" asks.
you've said it," says she. "They arc
so hopelessly young. Really, they've
bored me almost to distraction tonight.
Do you know what | call 'em? Trundle-
bed trash.
"Not-not Bradley" l asks.
"Oh, no." laughs Paula Miscellaneous
Hes the leading Juvenile.
thought | heard kind of hissin-:
sound like some one was breathin' violen.
through their front teeth, and | glancog
past Paula's copper-colored hair just il
time to see the back of Bradley's head as
he sneaks off. His ears was CLOWN like c,
fresh painted fire hydrant.
"There goes another dance, suggests,
as the orchestra strikes up you'll be
wanting to-"
"No,' says Paula I'D much rathe:
talk to you, Uncle Shorty. Besides, |
want a claret lemonade
WELL, had to take her into the grill
room ana get her what she wanted.
1t was nervy of her, though, to hold UP
Craig for a cigarette.
polly says l, "l'm chairman of the
house committee, and if you light up that
dope stick in here I'll be court-martialed
maybe lose my job forever"
"Pooh!' says Paula. "I'll only take q
few puffs behind my fam"
AS soon as | could, too, started he
towards home in a taxi. Then hunted
up Bradley He had his mink-lined over
coat on and was just orderin' the limou-
sine for himself and mother.
though luck, son." says /. "But I
hadn't figured on your havin' the COM
plant so bad. Bein' young, though, is q
thing you may outgrow; but l doubt if
you ever catch up with Polly"
"Bah!' says he. "Who wants to-"
@Glad you feel different about it, says
|, "seein how my little helpin' hand
scheme got wrecked"
"Yes, it didl' says he peevish. "Thinl,
you're some comedian, don't you, framing
up roast like that for me? Say, Nc
Cabe, what did ever do to your
"I'll never tell, says I. "But whatever
it was, Bradley, we break even.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
MAGAZINE SECTION for January %, 1917
10

COME OF bradley Waru!
mot guilty" says L. II amt touched
a hair of his fair young head
"Now, don't try to be funny says She
3This is serious. He's missing. He hasn't
been seen on the floor for nearly two
hours. Mrs. Ward can't find him any
where and she's dreadfully worried about
him."
II know says l. "Some of them
dashin' brunettes has kidnapped him.
"NonsenseH says Sadie. ale danced
two or three times with that Polly Malone
early in the evening. She's his latest,
you know. But Polly's over there sitting
out one-step with Craig Warner, and
we can't imagine what has become of
Bradley. See if you can't find him"
Suppose l could?" says l. "What
them"
"You might find out what's the matter,
if anything says Sadie. "At least you
could tell his mother that he was all
right
"Oh, very we'll, says l, strollin off.
7 MUST say, couldn't get much worked
up over this disappearance, and my en-
thusiasm for discoverin' Bradley was
about minus nothing. Still, l poked
around the verandas, peeked into the
cloak-room, and finally wandered into
the cafe. And there, way round in
corner alone at table, sits the missing
one. He's gain moody at slender
stemmed glass he's holdin' up to the
light, a little glass with four or five differ
ent colored kinds of booze in it.
"Huh!" says l, driftin up close and in
spectin' the drink. "What kind of dope is
that? A BARRIERS delight or liquid layer
cake?"
Bradley, he eyes me cold and distant.
"Pousse cafe," says he, sippin off the
top section. Then, droppin his frappe
manner, he sort of leers at me and adds:
"My fourth
"Wha-a-at!" gasps. "Four doses like
that? Tryin' to make a giddy rainbow
of yourself? Say, what do you think will
happen to you if you keep on?"
81 don't care what happens to me-"
says Bradley, tossin' off the rest of the
stuff.
GAS bad as that, eh?" says l. you'll
feel different about 9 A. NJ. tomorrow
mornin', when you have to jump train
back to college.
he faVors me with weary, cOnde-
scendin' smile.
"I'm off the college stuff forever says
he give decided to quit"
"Well, well!' says l. "What you found
as substituted"
am going to cut loose from-from all
this, says he, wavin' his hand vague at
stack of chairs and tables. "I'm either
going to the demnition dachshunds or else
be man. Maybe I'll run over and join
the Foreign Legion.
"Oh, l see!' says l. Desperate Des-
mond eh?"
am desperate, all right" says he
"If could have one guess, says l, "I'll
bet | could name the girl
"Oh, no, you couldn't" says he. at
it's woman this time
"But the last bulletin had, insists,
at was little Polly Malone"
How was l to know that was goin to
set him off SO tragic? He jumps up, glares
menacin' at me across the table, and NUT
tiers hoarse:
Course you! What right have you but
ting into my affairs this way?"
9Eacv now con cave 7 0Tbora'c no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-26
IN UNITED STATES
Flying Schools Will Be
Established for Ital.
ian AviatOrs

With the American Army In Franc.
Monday, Dec. 24-(By the Associate
Press. training quarters viii
be established in England and Franc,
for a corps of several thousand mecha,.
les to repair and care for the machine, =,
American airmen. Washington has hs.,
asked to send to England 1900 bricklave,.
and carpenters and also j large numb.
of laborers for construction work at -.
training quarters. When the work Il,
England is completed the constitution
men will come to France to build quar-.
tiers here.
Flying schools for Italian ayiators ~.
to be established in the United States fo,
two purposes. First, the conditions In cer.
tain sections of the United States ar.
better than in Italy, and second, the nil.
ization of training airplanes and enun.
ment in the United States will save us
tonnage involved in transportation TIN,
side. Expeditionary Headquarters has ~
Gently recommended that the Americar
government provide for the instruction a.
schools, the manufactures of airpIanes and
engines on Italian models and the feeding
ana housing of skilled pilots and students
The expense is to be met by Italy a, a
prlca to be determined later. Il is il.pgej
to have the program become effective in
the middle of 1918.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-26
NATIONAL HOME

SIMON Douglass Of Dayton. Ohio. late
90, u. 35th Mass Inf. has been trans
ferrrd here from the Central Branch
John McDonough has returns from
a furlouSh passed with relatives in Ros.
ton.
Inc funeral Of The late Cha:lce b
eastman Will he held from the Home
chapel ~ \. NJ. Wednesday. Rev. G.
ii. Temple officiating.
Christmas was quietly passed AZ thf
Branch. The brass quartet plavcd
Christmas carols from the library Gu
pola 1t y. NJ. The veterans were civ.
en- q turkey dinner with AL the tixing>
ana q handsome lHenu card to send IL
their relatives. LIN the evening ;hev
We're treated to u special motion bic
ture production.
The various messes were decorated
with American flags evergreen roping
Wrcaths, ctc., and handsome pottcd
plants were distributed III the messes
end as" through the hospital wards
adding cheer 10 the places
Cadet Royal Machle of West Point
and Edward Machle-o of Conwali-on- the
Hudson are passing the holidays with
their parents. capt and Mrs. Jerry j.
Machle.