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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

GBLNE
"when one Is in a pool of trouble.
there is no possible good in splash
Ing other people."--Huxley
THRIFT I'M LITTLE THINGS.

1t is. in the little things and small
wastes that multiplied by hundreds,
make the great wastes in many homes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20
GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAMILY
TABLE.

When a dish is both good and eco
nomical 1t is bound to be popular.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-The State Road Com
mission has received its first shipment
of six fiat, cars of 36-inch gauge from
to be used in road building. Later
dinkey engines are expected to be re-
ceived with which to operate the cars.
They can be operated only on a mar
row gauge road.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-Thc state prohibition
department has announced that it will
make an investigation into the death
of Grover Kinser, who is said to have
been poisoned by taking a drink of
moonshine whiskey near his home in
Charmansville, Logan county. He is
reported to have died about four hours
after taking the drink, in great agony.
q. A. kinser, Of South Side, Charles
ton, father of the dead man, has asked
the prohibition department to make
the investigation.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington.-Wh Lulu Parker,
319 TweniysiUh street, appeared in
court to answer a charge of keeping a
vicious deg she brought the dog with
her. 1t was such dog rs could not
have injured any one if il had wanted
to. When the judge asked If the keep
er of tne canine pleaded guilty, the
dog barked to attract attention. When
the judges attention was called to the
dog wee rat terrier, all he could say
was sDisebarged.'s
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20
News Cuttings
FROM WEST VIRGINIA !

Ciarksburg, Joseph Delapo, rail-
road worker, surrendered himself to
police for trial under a, charge of
shooting Anthony Destito, a glass
worker, to death when they quarreled
in the Glen Elk section of the city and
fought a duel. Delapo has a bad stab
wound in the shoulder
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-Thel large -four mill Of
the c. n. Whiting Milling Co., located
at Shepherdstown, near here, was burn
ed together with the contents consist
ing of $1,000 bushels of wheat owned
by the mill and farmers who had it In
storage. The loss will run to about
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
The tire started in the engine room
and the cause so far is unknown. This
makes the second large fire the town
has had in the past few weeks, a large
garage on the opposite corner burning.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston. John Keenan, was ar
rested by Special Officer Clark Martin
on the warrant sworn TO in magisterial
court by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Maude
keenan,, charging him with malicious
and felonious shooting and assault ON
her brother, Jess Cantrei. The man
wanted was found in Charleston and
was promptly taken before Justice
AGREE. where he gave: s.. 900 bond for
appearance for trial
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Lots Of men remain bachelors
simply because they can afford to.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington.-Ernest Williams, !. of
73S Sixth avenue, was again hailed
into court on charge of building a
frame building within the fire limits.
This makes Mr.: Williams ninth ap-
pearance in.court, but the other eight
were for different charges. The arrest
was made under city warrant, but
Williams gave himself up.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington.-Willi j. Howell, 55
Sixth avenue, Is recovering from bad
ly lacerated face received while dyna-
hitting. Mr.. Howell was blasting out
stumps on his farm near Haverhlll.
o., when he went to investigate a
charge which had not gone off. AS he
was bending over the charge it ex-
ploded. He was taken to his home. At
first it was feared that he would lose
the sight Of one eye, but 1t was stated
later that the sight would be saved.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

! Clarksburg. Returning from an ex-
tended automobile. trip through the
southern part of the state and. vir-
ginia, Ira L. Swiger, Harrison county
assessor, stated that farmers in the
mountains around Durham, this state.
are begging hunters to come there
and help Stay squirrels, which are
SO numerous that they are destroying
all the crops. Other wild game is I'M
usually plentiful there also. Mr.. Swiger
stated.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Sistersville Sistcryilles only CEN
tenariap, who was also the oldest man
in this section of the Ohio valley.
Isaac Leasufe, died suddenly at the
home. of his son on Wafer street. on
July 4, 1919, Mr. Leasure celebrated
his 104rh birthday: He was born in
Eastern Virginia in 1915, resided for
several yeacs in Monroe county, Ohio.
later moving to Wheeling. w. Va. Mr..
I.easure has made his. home here for
The past few years.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-Copies of a compilation
of rulings which have been made by
the commissioner of internal revenue,
relating to the federal tax on child la
Dor, under the revenue act of 1913,
have been received by the state COM
missioner of labor and may be OBJ
tanned from him upon application by
West Virginia employees of labor.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-While travelling along
the hard road on his way from work 10
his home in High Lawn, Aler Barnett,
who works at the chemical plant, was
held up at the point of gun near the
city line at night. Barnett, taken by
surprise, refused to throw up his
hands and used some pretty rough
language, so rough in fact, that the
highwaymen decided he had tackled
the wrong fellow, and quietly disap-
peared from the scene.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington. Mrs. Eva Ewing,
through her attorney, John W. Perry,
entered suit in the Office of the circuit
clerk against Abe Solof, asking ten
thousand dollars damage. She alleges
that she was seriously hurt several
weeks ago when an employee of Solof
started store elevator before she had
alighted from it, resulting in severe
injury to her ankle.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-The county court re-
ceived the report of the appraisement
of the estate of the late Patrick Minor
made by the appraiser appointed some
time ago. Miles ID. Webb, Henry Burk
and Frank Henley. They value his
residence property at $1,000, life insur-
ance policy at s76y.33, promisory notes
at S490.45, horse and wagon ut 500
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

: Charleston.-The Crops of West Vir-
ginia this season compared to 1918
have turned ont approximately as fol-
lows: Corn 27,20O,OOO bushels, COM
pared to 24,S00O0O last year; buck
wheat 100000 bushels, compared to
916,000; potatoes 5,90o000 bushels.
compared to 5.220.COU; sweet potatoes
100000 bushels, compared to 212,000 /;
tobacco 10,5U0u0o pounds, compared
TO 9,792,000 pounds; all apples farm
and commercially 3,577,G0c bushels,
compared to S,174,0O0 bushels; pears
$4,000 bushels, compared to $4,000.
and sorghum sirup 100000 gallons COM
pared to 100000 gallons last year:
st. Albans-PIant Manager r. N.
Sargent, Of the Roessler & lIasslacher
Chemical Company works, located be-
low st Adams, set at rest various ru-
mors which has been going the rounds
regarding. fine close down of the works.
Asked concerning the reported close
down Manager Sergeant said that only
one unit or department of tie plant
is to be closed temporarily. Mr.. Sar-
gent declined to make public the rea-
sons for the close down, but he de-
clared that it was the intention of the
company to resume operations in full
early in the coming spring, the close
down at present being for all indefinite
period.
Parkersburg.-Two more OF the
army service trucks which have been
relinquished by the government to the
State Road Commission, to be used
in the work of construction of perma-
nent roads in the state, have been al
lotted by the State Road Commission
to Wood county for use in the road
work. This county had been allotted,
early In the season. a truck, two trail
ers, several scrapers and other ma
cTiinery of a like character, and with
lie addition of the two new trucks
this county will be in a. position to
make good. progress with all the>Work
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington.-Clare Alien, 81,
white, living at the Third avenue hotel,
was brought back from Charleston by
Lieutenant Watts after he had been
arrested there at the request of the
local authorities. He Is wanted here
for stealing silver spoon and plate
from the Frederick Hotel. When taken
before Squire G. L. Armstrong, Allen
plead guilty of the theft and was SEN
fenced to pay ten dollars and costs and
spend ten days in the county jail
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Keyser. Howard White, aged II, Of
Edgewood, near Oakland, who had
both arms crushed and who sustained
a.fraetsred skull, died at Hoffman
hospital He jumped off an engine and
tripped and fell under the train.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Huntington.-Ga parapherna-
liza seized in the old Farr building
fronting on Court street will not be
surrendered to any claimant unless the
claimant enters suit against the city
and thereby obtains a writ of possess
sion, Chief of Police Coon said, adding
he has the support of Mayor c., w.
Campbell and Prosecuting Attorney
r. l.. Blackwood in taking this stand.
Chief Coon describes the haul as one
of the largest, if not the largest, ever
captured by police officers in this city.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-20

Charleston.-The Kanawha Coal OPP
orators Association passed resolutions
placing themselves and the properties
at the disposal of the constituted state
and federal authorities ''in the hope
that such use may be- made Of our
services and our mines as may seem
best in this crisis
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
WING SHOTS ON BORDER.

The ransom of aviators having prov
I'd to be easy money, the Mexican
bandits seem to be adopting a system
for bringing down birdmen upon the
chance of getting them in negotiable
form. AS the entire border is being
patroled daily on the wing, the bandit
bullets may be shot from a thousand
places remote from camps of guards
on this side of the line. That the VII
{ ans have ammunition for such pur'
poses is due to the method of the adj
ministration at Washington.
For awhile all contending forces
were permitted to buy guns and am.
munition here. Then the Mexican
army alone was permitted to import
but Villa would either buy from the
federal troops or take as opportunit,
offered, or induce the soldiers to &c
over to his combination whenever thu
Mexican army offered less opportunit,
for loot.
+ Not until the ransom game begar
! to include aviators did the Mexican
see the possibility of opening thu
United States treasury. 1t may we
be necessary for flyers to throw au
thorized treasury bills daily all aloni
the route to prevent being fired upon
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
WHY NOT DO SOMETHING.


The maiden speech of Senator
Walsh of Massachusetts attracted at
tention because it was away from
most of the beaten paths of senatorial
oratory. Its theme was congress itself,
and the moral put forth was surely
worth the thought of the members,
as we'll as Of the people at large. Here
arc scme vitality pertinent sentences:
During my public career, if / have
found one thing more than another
that has tended to direct the people in
opposition to our institutions and our
government and to arouse discomfort
and doubt as to whether we have the
right kind of government or not, 1t Is
the fact that they feel in emergencies
that our public officials do not respond
to their demands.
During the war the government
showed to the world and to its own
people that 1t could respond when 1t
set about doing It. When We stood
for patriotism and for America and
forgot party lines and divisions we
accomplished things, Bill after bill OF
great importance was passed here
after two or three days of elaboration
and consideration speedily.
Now we are not fighting the Ger
mans, but we are fighting discomfort
in our own country. and we are face
to face with serious unrest and the
people want us to do something.
! suggest that there is one way that
| have seen since | have been here by
which things can be accomplished
/ and that is for the leaders of both
political parties to agree upon pohcy
| There is hardly a bill that cannot DC
passed through both branches of con.
| gress in "a hours If the leaders OF
both parties meet and agree to 1t.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
POTATO HILL PHILOSOPHY.


Consider what man does: he will
say anything.
I'm going to quit saying I'll do bet
ter tomorrow I can't do better, and
I lie for nothing.
lately met a woman who progressed
to know all about Cleveland, Ohio. be-
cause of residence there. One of her
stories was that John ID. Rockefeller
goes riding with girls, and holds their
hands; that on one occasion MIR.
Rockefeller went riding with a wom-
an who had d wooden hand, and that
he held this, not knowing her misfor-
tune. 1t is. of course. a funny story.
never intended to be true; and here is
woman seriously repeating it as a
TRAGEDY.
In our neighborhood a man killed
another with whom he had quarreled.
1t was an unprovoked. cruel murder.
The man was sent to the penitentiary
for life. as we do not hang in Kansas.
After the murderer had been in prison
six months, his wife circulated a petit
ton asking for his parole, ] was the
only man in the neighborhood who
did not sign It; and every man and
woman who signed the petition were
opposed to paroling the man, But
when his wife, an unfortunate and UNI
happy woman, appeared with the petit
ton. they didn't know what to say,
We are great signers and
winners.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
On the Days News,

Admed Mira. sultan of Persia. who
is soon to pay visit to America, IS
the second son of the Shah Moham-
med Ali Mira, and came to the throne
when the latter was deposed in 1909.
He was but eleven years old at the
time of his accession and the country
was ruled by a regency until he at
tanned his majority. The young sultan
was educated by European teachers
and is known to be favorable to west
orn progress. Among the highsound-
ing titles which he bears are shah
in-Shah, meaning king OF kings
which is an Inheritance from an anti
Guilty older than the Old Testament;
III Allah, Shadow of God; Kibleh
Alum, Center Of the World, the
Exalted as the Planet Saturn, the Well
Of the knowledge. the King Whose
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
T0DAY's EVENTS

General Cadorna. the victorious
Italian commas nder in the late war
enters upon his SEVENTEEN year to-
day.
The centennial of the laying If tie
cornerstone for st. Paufs church, the
cathedral church of Boston, Will be
celebrated today by the Episcopalians
of that city.
II. r. H. the Prince of Wales his
party will journey today into western
Ontario, where several days are to be
spent in fishing before the journey
westward is resumed.
A special election Is to be held IN
Tennessee today on a proposal to mold
a constitutional convention to alter OF
revise the constitution of the state.
Every Christian association and So
ciety doing work for the negroes north
or south, has been asked to- send dele
gates to a conference to meet in New
York today to consider the negro out
LOOK in view of the recent riots In
washington ana Chicago. and the pos
sibility of similar outbreaks in Other
cities
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
WHY FooDsTUFFs ARE HIGH.

The farmer. like the rest of us,
gets the highest possible price for the
things he has to sell, The advance Of
land prices in that part of the north
west known as the bread basket"
tells an eloquent story.
The state of Iowa is the center of
the bread basket and here are some
facts regarding the advance of land
prices in that state:
Since corn was planted land prices
in Iowa have advanced an average of
about thirty dollars an acre per
month Hundreds of quarter sections
have changed hands at one hundred
thousand dollars. and it is freely pre-
dicted that the average by the first of
the year will be five hundred dollars
an acre. 1t is nearly that now 1t is
said that farmers will average this
year close to one hundred dollars an
acre net profit on their corn.
The corn fed steer that sold five years
ago for seventy dollars now sells for
two hundred and ten dollars! Some
times such steers bring two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Wheat growers who formerly made
money when they could average fif-
teen dollars an acre now get fifty
dollars. And so the story runs
throughout. 1t Is because of these
things farm prices have gone up hun
dreds of per cent during the past four
years.
We want the farmer to get all he
can out of his acres. He is the founda-
ton of our whole system of pros
perity. But so long as he gets such
prices for his wheat, his corn, his cat
tie. his potatoes. we cannot greatly
reduce the high cost of living.
/ Also, as long as the farmer can sell
his products abroad at a high price
there is no way we can get them at a
low price at home. If the farmer
can get $3.50 a bushel by selling his
wheat for export he is not going to
take the government price of $2.26.
We may blame the middle men al
We like--some of them doubtless have
been engaged in shameless profiteer'
ing-but the enormous advance in the
price of farm lands tells the grea
story of where our high prices o.
foodstuffs come in.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
THE PLUMB PLAN.

The Plumb plan conemplates hav-
ing valuation of the railroads made
by the courts and then give each
security holder government four-per>
cent bonds in exchange for his hold
ings. That would be partial confisca-
ton. But the advocates of the Plumb
plan expect the present capitalization
of twenty billion dollars to be heroi-
cally reduced to twelve or thirteen bill
lions. One of the speakers on labor
day stated the capitalization as twenty
millions and said 1t could be easily cut
10 twelve or thirteen millions. Billions
and millions are all the same to him
and similar experts who know just
how to deal with the most intricate
problems of finance. In the same airy
way he would construct hen coor
in the backyard.
The best expert judgment is thai
there is no longer any watered stock
in railroad valuations. Certainly the
commission that spent years under
government authority assessing the
physical valuation of roads failed tc
find the water. IL it exists Under its
findings railroad assessments for taxa.
ton in this state might have been re.
duced twelve million dollars. The tax.
payers. said the valuation was far toe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04

low But this is merely another in
stance of where the roads are more
valuable for taxation and less valuable
if We are to have them taken over
by the government.
But let us suppose the railroads
could be bought for twelve to fifteen
billion dollars by the government in
exchange for four per cent bonds. who
would buy the bonds?
Would the fact that the government
purposed to turn the roads over to
the employees to run them inspire such
confidence as TO bring the money out
of the bank to pay for them? When
it was known that q body Of fifteen
men, dominated by the Four Brother
hoods would fix all wages, esta plish
all rates, and constantly seek sur
pluses to divide among the workers,
would the proffered government fours
find ready sale among people
already overburdened with Liberty
bonds?
Also what would this state and the
counties thereof do for taxes? Gov
eminent property is not subject to tax
alton for state or county or city pur-
poses, and the railroads pay about
one-third of the taxes of New Mexico.
Let us forget the Plumb plan. 1t
would inevitable cause disaster to the
nation and the greatest disaster of all
would fall upon the people who now
expect to benefit by it.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04

| to the other, they mention not these
little matters.
Two white butterflies drift past in,
the sunlight. Their wings caress each
other and flutter gayly apart.
Two white clouds like powder puffs,
kiss each other a light goodby and
float merily away. each to his own
sky.
The waves come dancing IN. to kiss
the sands. and depart with gurgling
laughter.
The little boats sail jauntily out of
| the harbor, waving their trailing
scarfs of white seafoam behind them
at the smiling shores.
| Two young things sit upon the sand
together for the last time,
/ wander more near. and harken
unto their words, saying in my heart:
Here, at last, | shall find sadness
and sincerity and sentiment, For all
summer have / watched these two,
| and they were more chummy than a
pair of gloves and more inseparable
than postage stamp and a letter."
Yet the damsel is saying:
Nay | cannot see thee again. For
/ am to be married in October"
And the youth answereth cheer
|
at is well, 1t is we'll For my fiancee
| awaiteth my return. and hath mapped
(, out all mine evenings for mel
Then do | fly from them, crying out
in my heart:
Let me haste away from this land
of make-believe, where all the worlds
fake and all the men and women
merely takers!
Where they dance while the music
plays, make love while the moon
shines, and forget without regret!
For. the masks are off, the mas
! querade is over, the curtain hath
fallen, the lights are out. and am as
Cinderella, at the striking of midnight
bereft of all mine illusions!
Verify verify, the summer resor'
is no place for a sentimentalist!
i "And !. too, shall go happily from
this place CT banality-back to the
world OF reality! Farewell, summer
! SGlah. t-fs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-04
HE IMPROVED STEADILY.
Pittsburgh ChronlCIe

student had barrel of ale depos-
tied in his room, contrary, of course,
to rule and usage. lie received sum-
mons to appear before the president.
"Sir, l am informed that you have
barrel of ale in your room," said the
latter.
Yes, sir"
What explanation can you make p
What, the fact is sir, my physician
advises me to try a little each day as
tonic, and not wishing to go to the
various places weber the beverage Is
retailed l arranged to have barrel
in my ROOM
Indeed! And have you derived any
benefit from the use of it?"
"Oh, yes. sir. When the barrel was
first taken to my room could scarce
ly lift it. Now l can carry It easily