The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-05
WASHINGTON
West Virginia News - Notes
and Gossip at the Nations
Capital.

addition to their committee work en-
tailed by their regular assignments 10
the most important committees OF the
Senate. which work as unprcCcdcntly
heavy. Senators Sutherland and Elkins
have been given more work to do. Tho
! former has been named on a sub-com-
mitteC 10 man out Il plan for tho pcrma-
ncnt military policy for tho government.
and the latter Is on r Senate committee
which Is investigating the high cost OF
| LIVING. its causes. what can best be dono
/ to lessen its burdcnsomc effects. His
! particular assignment is on n suh-cOm-
mittee that is holding daily hearings on
the high cost Of living in the District
Of Columbia. Since tho beginning OF the
present Congress these two senator's
have had comparatively little time to
| spend on the floor Of the Senate. They
/ haV" been too buslly engaged in commit
! L." work for that. West Virginia Is for
tunatc in having two such young and ag
| grcssivc men. physically strong and ca
paCiuuS for work. in tho Senate rs Suth-
| crland and Elkins. For membership in
| tho Senate in these unusual times en-
tails long hours Of mar dwurk every day.
| always in call OF the ''Notc buzz"r." and
, never n chance to get away from tho
| Capitol for over an hour while tho Sen
| ate is in session. And think hut of 4
minut" Of tho great mass Of routine Of.
| icc work that thcs" two AT" called on 10
! look 10 each and every day. and il you
! think that membership in tho Senate is
| all PLEASURE and case and honor and
all that sor" Of thing. thor" Will prob
! ably h' no hop" Of convincing YOU that
lyon w"r" never farther wrong IN nm opin-
| ION in your lifc. II is work. work. work.
! riph In off in 90
, rooms, on floor of Senat--and there is
no escaping or sinking il. 1t can't be
done.
! Tho House Of Representatives has
! passed tn" following pension bills. in
! trnduccd by representative woodward.
which marks n substantial addition to
| tho many hills Of this kind that Mr..
! woodward has succeeded in getting ny
! the House already his session: To Peter
IcnninGS Of GalllnnliS Ferry. $40 a
! month: to RCbc"Ca Slrolhcr. Of larkcrs-
burg. so a month. TO Charity M.'Smlth.
of Point Pleasant. So Il month; To lanes
! Hamilton Rose. of parkcrShurE. $40 a
! month: I, John A. Burns. Of Huntington.
| $40 a month. and /" William Thornton.
of Flmwo"d. $40 a month. Mr.. Wood
! ward has also received notice from the
!
SIGN To Mrs Margaret Dunn. of Willow.
at tho rate Of $2j a month from May
| IA last.
Ono or the largest deals consummatcd
in the fruit belt Of West NirEinia--tho
Eastern Tanhandlc---is announced hy
F., Repro sentative George NJ. Bowers. II"
| and T.. &. licnshaw. ais. banker and
| orchardis'. Of MartinshurE. Joined forces
| 70 purchase tho property Of IN" SunShn"
! Orchard company. which is located IN
| Hampshire" county. It consists Of %Sn
acres and contains l@.%5n peach trees.
1869 apple trees and l.260 Ch"rry tr"oS.
! II is three miles from the town of Rom
ncy. Tho rric" paid rs not announced.
! hut il is rumnrcd among nrchardists and
! MartinShurL hnnkors that it was approy-
imatrly a quarter Of a million dollars.
s. L. LING. secretary or state for
| MassaChus' also president Of tn" As
sociation Of American Secretaries Of
! state. has been in Washington for soy
oral days III" guest Of Representative
! stuart T. Rcd. II" cam" her" to fuIt
| Mr.. Reed about III" fort Incoming meeting
| Of tho organization. which Will h" held
! IN this city September 80. 80 and -
/ Mr. Reed is the founder and organizer
| Of this n s0CiatI"n. which is now u -four
/ IShIng and permanent body and was It's
| frs, president. succeeding himself for \
! second term. He founded 1t when h" was
serving as secretary Of stat" for West
! Virginia. II" ls .or1 proud Of j.. and
has norcr one" fallcd Ia attend irS an
| nual meeting II" has helped /" map ont
! th, program for This years meeting. NJ
| all meetings he is a prominent infiu"n-
| ii