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FINANCE. OIL AND GAS

fifth sand. It Is light gasser in the
Gordon sand. The Loudenville Oil and
Gas company has made q location on
the A. Ingraham farm.
In Onion, Clay aud Murphy districts
Richie county and jefferson district,
Peasants county, the Hope Natural
Gas company Is drilling, has rigs up
and locations for % wells. On McKim
creek, Meade district, Tyler county,
Sellers &c Dinsmoor have a creeked
hole at 800 feet on the d. D. King
farm. on Ragans run, Mcclellan dis.
trict, Doddridge county, the Keystone
OIL company is drilling second test
on the John a. Roberts farm. 1t has
been some time since Putnam county
has had drilling we'll. on cIymers
creek Curry district, the wayIand
OIL and Gas company Is down 1900
feet at test on the willetta Dalton
farm. on Cobbs creek, Washington
district. Lincoln county, the same com.
pany lie starting test on the. s, o.
Dunbar farm,
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QUIET DELL

Z Mrs. Wesley Lake met with a very
bad accident one day last week by
falling on her kitchen floor and sprain.
ed her back. She is some better at
this writing.
S. H. Linn who has been poorly for
some time. is slowly improving.
Miss Ollie Linn, of Plum Run, call.
ed on Mrs. Gotha Rudy one day last
week.
Mrs. Rebscca Radcliffe, of Fairmont,
is staying with Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. silas sayers, of Graf,
ton. spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Lake.
Avis Henderson is doing some car.
penter work for Henry Rudy.
S. N. Linn purchased u fine horse
near Boothsville one day last week.
Andrew Henderson was the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Radcliffe at Fair,
mont Friday night.
Those who called at Avis Hender.
sons Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs,
George Rudy and tire children, OF
Walnut Grove; Miss Ollie Linn and
brothers, Thomas and Sanford Linn,
Of Plum Run; Mr.. and Mrs. Rem Rudy,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Rudy, Mrs, El,
len Rudy and Herbert Rudy.
Mt and Mrs. Russell Finch, of Bun.
per's Ridge, spent Sunday, last, with
MI and Mrs, w. IL, Rudy.
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RIVER BEND.

Mrs. Lima TrIppett who has been
sick for some time, spent some days
last week with her daughter, Miss
Goldie, at Morgantowu.
Mrs. Iona Hood and family, OF Fair.
mont, were visiting her mother, Mrs.
Perry Powell, over Sunday.
Mrs. Herschel Lanham, was visit.
ing home folks at opekiska some days
last week.
Mrs. Eva Harris was calling at Lock
No. IS last Thursday afternoon.
William McElfresh, of Hoult, spent
Sunday afternoon with friends in the
Bend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray sapp who have
been In Akron for some months, re.
turned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herchel Coombs were
visiting the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Summers, over Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Summers spent few
days last week with her mother, Mrs.
Boyers, who has been real sick.
Mrs. Lizzie Lanham and son, Brooks,
went to Fairmont Sunday night where
they intend spending few days with
relatives.
Frank coombs spent Sunday with
friends at Lock No. 10.
The families of Milt Coombs, Doll
Guthrie and L. c. Lanham have nearly
all been down with grip and severe
colds.
Mrs. Martha Henry and Mrs. Lydia
Waters, two aged ladies of our com.
munity, have been very sick for some
time.
Mrs. Alice Powell is still very low
aud not expected to live long.
Miss Barbara Summers has been
bothered with something like scrotula
for about month but is some better
now.
Mrs. Nancy Brand still continues
very sick and is not likely to recov.
err
Mrs. Skidmore, of Round Bottom, is
slowly improving but is still very
sick.
George Brooks has grip and is very
sick.
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Oil and Gas.

In the Berea grit development on
Cabin Greek, Cabin Creek district, Ka.
1awha county, w. Va, production is
increasing as well as operations. The
Columbus Producing company has com
pleted and shot Nos. go and 63 on the
Williams Coal company's tract, locat.
ed on Cabin Creek. No. go is good for
100 barrels and No. 6S so barrels a
day. The Columbus company hsa 10
strings Of tools running on the tract
and rigs completed for Nos. 7S and
70.
On Dents Run, in the older part of
the pool, Warrington district, Marion
county, J, j. Allen drilled No. 3 on the
L. n Higginbothan farm through the
30'foet sand and found 1t barren. 1t Is
now drilling to the lower sands. The
first we'll on this farm was completed
almost twp years ago and came in a
gusher, hut did not hold up for any
considerable time. All Of the one,
time gushers In the Dents run pool
have now fallen below 100 barrels a
day. The last to drop from the 100,
barrel 9 day list is the pelmar Oil
compapy's No. 20 on the John L. Hays
farm.
On Grave run, Liberty district, Mar,
shall county, the Manufacturers Light
and Heat company has now drilled It's
test on the v. G. Yohe farm far below
the Gordon sand and failed to find any
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-28

ST. PAUL, Pribilof Islands, Alaska,
Feb. 23.-The flying mama of the
North Seas.
1t would be an appropriate name
for the auglets that frequent this
Boring island by millions during the
summer.
To the natives they are great boon,
and their succulent flesh has saved
more than one castaway's life.
"Chookskies," the Aleuts call them.
And Chooksky on toast or in a pie
would cause a run on any restaurant
in the land.
The native children catch them In
long'handled nets, as you would cap.
ture a butterfly. They are about the
size Of young quail.
Concealed in the boulders along the
beach, the youngsters wait until the
fat auklets in their ceaseless circling
of the island skim low overhead.
A dett upward sweep OF the net in.
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Naribly lands one or two in the mesh.
es.
The record last year for one small
boy was 500 ChoCkskies shared in less
than six hours. Another native lad
in the same time caught over 800.
Whenever the family gets tired of
seal meat or dried fish, Mother Aleut
sends Paul or Simeon out with his
net to get mess of birds.
uncounted hordes OF these Least
Auks, as science names them, circle
about St Paul island during the lay
ing season, their shrill cries making
a ceaseless din. Their eggs, surpris,
ingly large for SO small a bird, are de.
posted by thousands among the shore
rocks and are esteemed a delicacy by
the islanders.
No amount of netting or taking of
eggs has ever checked the recurrence
of this yearly bounty of flying mama
for the natives of st. Paul
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FARMS FOR SALE

FARM FOR sALE-on the beautiful
blue Muskingum river, three.fourths
mile from Beverly, in Washington Co.,
o. This is 10 acres-20 a, river bot.
tom; u a., plain land suitable for gar.
dening; 20 a, hill land, all good land,
new macadam road from Beverly to
farm; 10-room twostory frame house
with hall and cellar; barn 3Ox4O with
basement and horse stable; two corn
cribs; vehicle shed; chicken house 1Ox
100 feet; coal house and hog pen; well
and clstern at house and cistern at
barn and plenty of springs on hill
land; $50 apple trees and other fruit.
Beverly is clean town of 40 Oinbah.
itantS on railroad. interurban road
and Manageable river. with fine schools
and four churches and good markets.
Call Or write Chas, a. Owen, Beverly,
Ohio. 2.26.6t No. 1947
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drive away HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

A headache remedy without the dan
gers Of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once /
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil OF mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
affect stomach and heart as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con-
gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lImbaSo,
all pains and aches of the back or Joints,
snrains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
-os'ed feet. colds of the chest Git often
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New York

NEW YORK, Apprehension arising
from the further strain OF relations
between Washington and Berlin wss
again tire oyershadowing feature Of
the stock market today. Lowest pIicas
prevailed in the later dealings, when
1t BECAME known that the government
at Washington considered the sinking
OF the Lafonia IS 1.-The overt act"
a Trading was narrow and moderate
III. al periods of the session, except
a temporary rebound of prices in
Iae first hour, when the usual spscu.
tlative fpyorites displayed a fair de.
gree OF animation. With the csssa.
sation Of short covering prices fell
back again, rails locisg ground with
less stable issues.
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hundred votes and the part of a series
appear. Be sure to save this coupon,
and when you have completed series,
VOTE 1T, either for yourself or a
friend.
The managers office is in room 2o9,
Jacobs building. He has both tele-
phones. Bell, 1107; Consolidated, S27.
His office hours are from eight in the
morning until eight at night, and any
other hour by appointment. Come in
and see him and let him explain the
campaign to you thoroughly.
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AGED ENGINEER bias.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Feb. IS
a. Freutel, one of the Oldest engineers
in point of service on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. died here last night.
Fruetel was injured last Friday Wheel
the engine he was running struck a
rock at Sewell, w. Va, and rolled down
an embankment.
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Pittsburgh

P1TTspURGtI, Feb. 20. la Belle
Iron common was the active feature
Of the Pittsburgh market. Ths recent
strength Of the stock was Explained
yesterday when the directors, ir addi.
ton, 70 declaring the usual quarterly
dividend OF 81 q share, also declared
an extra dividend OF 81. The stock
rallied from SO to So and crossed at
so9s, a net gain Of 27s for the day.
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MRS. TERESA pEAMoNr Dies.

Mrs. Teresa Deamont. aged 80 years,
a resident of Washington street. died
yesterday at Cook hospital. Funeral
services were held this morning from
st. Josephs Catholic church at 10
O'Clock and interment was made i'll
Holy Cross cemetery by Undertaken
Williamson.
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10000 EXTRA VOTES FOR EACH
$1,000 WORTH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
TURNED IN THROUGHOUT THE
CAMPAIGN. THE $1,000 DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE TURNED IN ALL AT
ONE TIME.
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MEETINGS
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 70
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE UNI.
NERSAL PRODUCTS COMPANY.

You are hereby notified that there
was not a quorum present at the an.
nual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Universal Products Company,
which was scheduled to be held at the
company's office at 1880 Wednesday
evening, February u. 1917. in compli.
ance with Section I, OF Article 3, Of the
bylaws Of said company. On account
of the absence OF the majority OF the
stockholders, the meeting was adjourn.
ed until Saturday evening, at 1880,
March,3. 1917.
(siguedl H, L. HE1NTzELMAN.
President.
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VOTE SCHEDULE.

The price of The West vIrsinian and
The Farmers Free Press follows, to.
eether with the number of votes issued
on each subscription payment.
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Grain and Produce.

Chicago Trade Board Closed r
CHICAGO. Feb. 2S.-No grain mar
ket yesterday. Board of Trade clos
ed, city election.
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WANTED

WANTED - Stenographer and book.
keeper. Apply by letter only. State
experience II any, also salary required
Address Bank, P. o. Bcx 423.
2.16.tf No. 1924
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FARM FOR sALE-The Givin farm
OF 1856 acres, eight miles west of
Oadiz on the Cadiz and Laceyville
pike. Inquire OF Webb Giviu, Scio, O.,
or S. c. Forsythe, Freeport.
2.26.6t No. 1858.
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FINE 300 acre Ohio grain and dairy
farm. Very level. 2 houses, 5
barns and small buildings. / mile to
village and creamery, mile to fine
High school, $4,000 down, balauce
as long as desired at 51s per cent.
Write Franklin PEBBLES, $50 North
High Street, Columbus, Ohio.
2.26.6t No. 1856. e. o. %.
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POULTRY AND sUppLIEs


FOR SALE-Aneela eggs. 75c per
setting. J. ]. Thorn, townsville,
Y. Va. 2.2s-2st No. 1854
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CLASSIC led ADVERT RISING
ONE CENT AwoRn Cash NTH ORDER
BUSINESS oPpoRTuNITrEs

FOR sALE-confect store. But.
ter-Ktst Pop Corn machine, splendid
location. Terms reasonable Ray ~.
Lyons. P o. Box No. 90, Manning
ton, w. Va. 2'2S-6t No 1876
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HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED-Young men between the
ages OF II and 20 to sell flour, good
wages to workers. Call at Room 81,
Roush House. 2-2S.tf No 1915
statesmen - Do you want 70 sell
something that everybody needs
Something that everybody is familiar
with? Something that everybody
wears? Then write to the Finehrand
Raincoat Company. Hippodrome Bids,
Cleveland. o., and receive full particu-
lars. We pay commissions in advance.
2-24.6t No. 1868
WANTED-Young man as collector
Peoples Clothing Co, 325 Madison
street city 2.s7'St No 1862
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-09

dt s M f & aM p"0
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14

German people as one very effective
way of Fastening the end of the war. ,
Certainly, unless the Germans
have entirely lost the power to think
for themselves, a little study of these
figures ought to impress them with
the hopelessness of their situation. 2
And it ought to impress them with
the criminal stupidity Of their rulers,
whose policies have forced the great
er part of the civilized world to make
war against them.
In the whole history of the world
there has been no tragedy more ter.
Tible than the betrayal Of the German
people by the rulers to whom they
have given their blind devotion.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-14

THE ODDS.-COnsidering wealth,
population and territory, more than
80 per cent of the world is at war.
Roughly speaking so per cent rep
Tesents the allies and 10 per cent the
central powers.
The remaining 10 per cent repre-
sents the neUtrals.
The total wealth Of the world is es-
timated at $7OO,OOO,OOO,OOO. Quite a
snug sum!
About S5OO,OOO,OOO,OOO belong to
the allies, S11OOOO,OOO,OOO' to the
central powers, S40,0O0,OO0,O 900 to
the neUtTals.
The wealth of the United States is
about S25O,OOO, 100000, nearly one
half of the total wealth of the allies,
more than One-third of the total
wealth of the whole world
The total population of the world
in round numbers is 1,750,OOO,OOO.
The allied nations have about
1,41O,OOO,O0O people, the central
powers 164,OOO,OOO, the neutrals
176,OOO,OOO.
The allies control upward of 4O,-I
100000 square miles of territory, the
central powers a little less than
100000 square miles, the neutrals
a little less than 100000 square
miles.
An eastern financial publication
suggests that allied airplanes drop
pamphlets containing these figures
among the German soldiers and the
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SHORT ONES.

One of our cOuntrys military
hopes is Gen. Economy.
Women are wars worst victims
even those who marry slackers.
Man is neither the vile nor the ex.
cellent thing which he sometimes
imagines himself to be.-DisFaeH
The man who orders more than he
can eat, the woman who cooks more
than she can use, are not exactly pa
triOts.
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ate five and one half more pounds of concentrates per day in the summer season. The Little Rock cows pro duced 3,S25 pounds of milk per year while the Hagen COWS produced 3.340 pounds The cost of feed per quart of milk was about two cents higher at Little Rock than at Hazen."
 This difference was undoubtedly due to the fact that the ,dairymen at Hagen live on prairie and have plenty of pasture while the Little Rock dairymen live on farms not ex- ceeding 10 acres and buy practically all their feed. According to the com mittee, Arkansas need for the econ omical production of milk is better cows and more permanent pastures made up of Bermuda grass. lespe- deza, burr and white clover for the central and southern part of the state and orchard grass for the northern part of the state.
 sA&*
 AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
 great deal of free agricultural in formation is available for everyone in Arkansas through the Extension Division and College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas at Fay etteville. This information is sup piled in two ways: By bulletins published frequently and by expert advice given by agents and special ists. If you desire the information
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BETTER FARMING HINTS
PLANT A HOME ORCHARD


 : Every land owner in Arkansas shouln have home orchard and now is the time to order the trees. In placing your order remember that one year old trees are preferable to the two year olds because the head of the trees will be more easily form ed than one year old trees. Take care in making your selection so you will have succession of fruits ripening at different times. While the trees are on the way put the soil in the best condition for planting Dig the holes large enough to admit the roots of young trees without cramping or doubling over each other.
 *x*A
 WHAT TO DO WITH THE GARDEN Clean the brush out of the home garden and keep the soil stirred about growing vegetables. Lettuce and radishes should be sown in the hot bed now and carried well into the winter. If you can get stable manure, broadcast it over the soil and spade or blow it under now It will have time to rot before spring md will be in excellent condition for plant food. Do not forget that Arkansas is to feed herself again next year
 TERRACING STOPS WASHING Every man knows the top soil is the best soil on the farm; yet the farmers of our great state every year
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TO THE PUBLIC


 Having installed machinery and hired good workman about month ago l am now prepared to solicit a share of your business in the way of Half Soleing. Rebuilding Heels, furnishing rubber heels complete, either whole or half heels. flat, Gu ban or French styles. Also furnish complete on your heels tips. plates or anything in the shoe repairing line at moderate prices, workmanship considered. This shop is in connec- tion with my paint and wall paper shop in Room No. 4, Sutton & Lesser Block, rear of new Sutton & Lesser building now being erected. l will esteem your favors so highly in this line that I will guarantee satisfaction in every way or no charge will be made.
 Very respectfully. *3f A A. ROBERTS
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Look and Feel
 Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day
Drink glass of real hot water
 before breakfast to wash out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to e well. eat well. digest well, work
 ll, sleep we'll. look well. What a pnous condition to attain, and yet IVY very easy it is if one will only opt the morning inside bath.
 roiks who are accustomed to feel VI and heavy when they arise, split e headache, stuffy from cold, foul ngue. nasty breath, acid stomach, Instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
 opening the sluices of the system cl morning and flushing out the pole of the internal poisonous stag mt matter.
 everyone, whether ailing, sick or fl, should, each morning, before eaKfast, drink glass of real hot
 ter with teaspoonful of limestone posphate in it to wash from the pmach, liver, kidneys and bowels the eVlous days indigestible waste. ur bile and poisonous toxins; thus eansing, sweetening and purifying
 entire alimentary canal before 'ung more food into the stomach. pe action of hot water and limestone rosphate on an empty stomach IS unoerfully invigorating. It cleans all the sour fermentatlons, gases, Sste and acidity and gives one a
 endid appetite for breakfast. While ,a are enjoying your breakfast the saser and phosphate is quietly ex- Sacting a large volume of water from Re blood and getting ready for a fgans.
 me millions of people who are nuered with constipation, bilious sens' stomach trouble, rheumatism Euers who have sallow skins, blood ,soraers and sickly complexions are Eseu to get a quarter pound of lime &SSas Phosphate from the drug store sMcn Will cost very little, but IS tsn'clent to make anyone a pro
 crank on the subject ol F'ernal sanitation.
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made for taking care of the $750,000 in Brough notes, and that it may be kept SC by saie ard sane methods of conducting the states business. Ii excessive expenditures car be kept down in the various departments, there is no reason why the balance n the treasury should not always be on the credit side of the ledger, which will be a most admirable rec omendation for the Brough admins tration.
 The records show that there is only total of $22, 2,19996 in warrants outstanding. and the only reason they are not paid is that they have not been presented
 There is a net balance of appro- priations available for expenditure of $2,515, ,S54.77
 The governor has issued deficiency proclamations for $21641 of which $13,59193 remains unexpended It is estimated that further proclamations amounting to $50,000 will be neces. sary for the publication of the new constitution and the acts and amend ments. The estimate of receipts from October 1, 1917 to June 30, lJI5, IS as 1OllOWS.
 State taxes $1 ,09S ,024.64 Franchise taxes PTS 1000. .00 Insurance taxes and fees 380,000.00 Inheritance tax------ 140, 100000 Sec of State fees 10000. % Miscellaneous receipts--- 189 100000
 Total ------$3 $3 GAS 7S5. 70
 Qncluding) cash -$S96, ,761. 06
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put out in bulletin form, write and have your name put on the mailing list. If you have any special prob lens confronting you, consult the county agent or write a letter to the Extension Division or College of Az riculture explaining your difficulty; your case will be taken care of immediately.
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are permitting thousands and thous- ands of acres of our best top soil to wash away when this loss could be prevented by proper terracing. Thous- ands of men are losing a good in- come by letting thor best land be washed into the creeks, rivers and ocean where they cannot farm it.. The county agents over the state have stopped much Of this loss in their counties by helping many good farmers to terrace their fields. It is simple matter to terrace land and any farmer can scon learn to do his own terracing. Consult your county agent or write the College of Agricul- ture, Fayetteville. Then put in the terraces and put them in right. Properly located and well construct ed terraces will save the farm.
 MORE PASTURES NEEDED
 A committee of experts with the Agricultural Extension Division in their survey to find the cost of milk production around Little Rock and Hagen found the following to be true.
 "The cost of feed and pasture per COW per year was $114 at Little Rock and $65 at Hazen, or a difference of $49 Each Little Rock COW ate 8 pounds more ruffage per day and half a pound more concentrates per day in the winter season than did their Hagen competitors. They also
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An analysis of the states finances has been made by Van Simms, asslst ant state comptroller, which snows a most interesting state of aifairs' Tt shcws rrimai,ly, that the state IS on a sound cash basis, with provision