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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Traffic vIolator Fined.

A driver of an automobile vas arrrGt-
Cd In this city yr"i'r lay. "u II 'hn; ="
Of violating Tho traffic or,lir7nCra - 'hr
city. II" MAS tried IN Mayor lunkJi'G
court and plead guilty :. N" charge
following wilson ihc nny"T sued II" o:
fender g. and costs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

Most 81 the attorneys Of thH city. md
tins vicinity viii max" III" trip To -.
ClnirsyillC today. to attend III" picnic af
the Belmont County Ear aSSoriali'I
which will lac held at tho lIcimlnin farm
Luncheon VIII bc served during the az
tCrnOUn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Removtnp Gas Line,

4 fore" of wurkmcn In thc employ or
tho raS company, began tho work IF re-
moving tho raS line from tho west end
hridj;" yesterday. Ir' paratory To the
tearing down f tn" strurture. Tn"
workman arc expected To begin diSman-
Ting the bridge carly IL the coming
MCrk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

The local lodge "f nfd Follows WI
meet in regular session this cVCniI X.
and tn" usual larl" and interested Mt
rrndanc" ie expected. as matters of nm
p"rlancc Will l." discussed arN disposed
pr
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Special Services.

The Feast % the Assumption was on-
served at the st. Johns Catholic church,
yesterday. Several special masses were
held during the day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
AIRED Couple Wed,

At Wheeling n marriage license was
issued to a prominent aged couple or
Shadystde. They are William Bennett.
aged II years and Mary E. Dantord.
aged 81 years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Overseas Vet Returns.

Dave Tyler. a local young man has
received his discharge from tho army
and has returned to his home here. He
spent nearly two years in France and
took part in much of the active tight
ing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

Seven persons will be made supremacy
happy In the Inteiligenccr's Automobile
and Diamond Campuign-you can be ono
Of thrrn
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Too onliginG.

will ye please hold on to I'M beast
while I climb the fence and open that
gatco" asked the man politely.
"Certainly." replied the stranger. And
he did SO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

Re sur. Ia hav" representative III
your town in tn" lntclliS"nccr Aulomo-
bile and Diamond Campaign.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

BE sure TO have a representative in
your town IN the lntClliScuCrr Aulomo-
bic and diamond Campaign.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Hospitnl Notes.

Catherine. daughter Of Mr.. and MIS-.
Walter Wilkinson. is improving from an
operation performed at the city hos
pitai.
Miss Geneva Peabody has been rcmoV-
cd to the City hospital for treatment.
Have Competed Work.
The members Of the county election
board have completed TN" work OF can
vassinE Tuesdays primary returns and
other matters in connection with the
primary and have returned TO their
hoI..es. The out Of town members Or
the board arc: Gene wilkes, Barnes
willie; A. J. Wheaton. Scwcllsvllle, and
Robert NJ. Simpson. Barton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16

The deputy supervisors OF elections
FOR Belmont county In session yesterday
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Wonld Like TO Get Game.

doorway now and will b" completed IN
the near future.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
Two moro moAthE Of awning weather.
Wheeling Tent D Awning Co, Tol. ss3.
Rala OF Rarah Rnoia.

hold a sale OF home Baked goods at the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
8uildinr New Tank.

Men arc at work at the Imperial Glass
plant building the tank at the south end
Of the factory. Tho work Is we'll I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23

Or suppose you yourself bite or
about zoo seeds per mo. where you
work and you got fair size family
and your groserys comes to about
$500 and your rent $12S.ee mors
and your cook gets 5000 and the gas
and carfares and fule and cloths and
etc. eats In to the balance why thank
god for the cook that she can always
be sure Of a warm bed and the best
cuts and lay something aside for the
equinox.
Or leave us quote again from Pres.
Wilson's article where he says "our
harvests have been plentiful and of
our abundance we have been able to
render succor to less favored ma
tons" Well that about the harvests
is all the more welcome as. 1t comes
like big surprise and even IL II
don't do you no good why you can
give thanks in behalf Of whoever has
been rendering our abundance to the
succors in the less favored nations.
So as I say If you don't feel like
celebrating on your own acct. why
they's plenty Of people with big accts.
that you can celebrate for them and
personly I am glad they are going to
hold Thanksgiving and specially ON
a Thursday this time which I had a
bunch right along 1t would be then
but didn't bet a nickle. IF had, Pres.
= Wilson would have made it on q
Tuesday. See my past performances.
RING w. LARDNER.
Greenwich, Conn.,, Nov. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
AN AUTUMN VACATION ALONG THE c. & O. CANAL ToWPATH

state and the presence Of any one be-
hind them has psychological effect.
And SO there are miles of silent
walking. There is lantern on the bow
of the boat: it casts glow before it
which seems to suggest, rather than IL
Illuminate, an occasional tree or cliff
most of it's rays scatter and are lost in
the darkness. And always we are COM
Ing out Of darkness and proceeding into
darkness. The trees along the towpath
are black. and where there is an open
space the blackness is deeper still. Over
each dark bank Is more darkness, and
beyond each black cliff IL more black
ness The writer looks back along the
towpath and wonders how far AWAY
not in miles. whereby we measure
ground. but in units whereby we might
measure darkness and silence-is Wash
ington with its busy government. Here
there are only ripples in the water.
creaking Of the harness and the crack
Of the whip. which intensifies the quiet
ness and the distance from the every.
day world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
Thanksgiving Comes on Thursday"
Jessica to lick Dempsey. Thankful
wasn't what bet on.

Jessica to lick Dempsey. Thankful
wasn't what l bet on.
{d). May 3l-Picked out a new horse
less carriage and ordered special -
cord tires and special tan brown wire
weels and special upholstcrers to match
the weels and delivery in wks. Aug.
Car got delivered with - tread
tires and black wood weels and black
upholsterers to match the weels Thank
full they didn't send taxi.
(e). First " Of Oct.-Bet on White
Sox to beat the Reds. Thankful they
didn't play twice.
~. Second ~ Of Oct--Opened up the
old ward robe trunk and seen where the
Moth boys had gave their annual get
together dinner on my 1920 going
away suit. Thankful they didn't get
stewed and break up a lot of buttoas.
(g). Third v of Oct-Went to
Princeton and tried to bet on Col
gate but couldn't get mo takers.
Thankful hadn't went to Colgate
and tried to bet on Princeton.
All and all don't remember no other
Thanksgiving when could look for
ward to 1t with such mouthful of
thanks in my heart and I bet If the
door is open when / get up next
Thursday and begin singing my
hymns they will hear me out in the
next room and as say IL the other
fellows was to examine themselfs
and their items In the same light
why everybody would agree with
Pres. Wilson for once and even If
people can't be thankful on their
own acct. why try somebody's elses
like for inst. when I use to wake up
some times about in the morning
and hear the milk man destroying
the back porch I often times was so
overcame with tenderness thinking
about him out in the cold that
couldn't go back to sleep, but this
yr. person can say well thank good
ness for the milk mans sakes that he
is getting $4,000 per wk. and royal
tvs and the best cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
An Observation.

THE late Frank w. Wooiworth,
whose estate recently paid an
Inheritance tax of million dollars.
accumulated his fortune by strictly
honest methods, yet no man knew
better than he that dishonest methods
are often the most profitable.
A reporter. interviewing Mr.. Wool.
worth in his Fifth avenue house. said
to him one day:
"A dishonest man gets his deserts in
the long run"
Yes" said Mr.. Woolworth dryly.
but think of what lot Of other
things he usually manages to get
in the meantime"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
o THE EDITOR: Well. I picked
up the paper the other AN. ana
seen where Pres. Wilson had

UP the paper the other AN. ana
4 seen where Pres. Wilson had
stopped q lot Of arguments by
comeing out with the bald statement
that Thanksgiving this yr. would be the
last Thursday in November which lights
on the a.. and understand they was
thousands Of dollars bet in N. Y. and
other cftys that It would be on Tuesday
the rs or Friday the 20, and 1 am only
sorry didn't bet on Thursday as had
a kind of a bunch that would be the
day and they tell me the insiders that
picked Thursday cleaned up a Dbl. of
money as they got odds OF 20 to on
acct. of 80 days has November. One fell
low was big looser as he bet they
wouldnt,be no Thanksgiving at all this
time as they wasn't no reason for IL but
be bet before he seen Pres. Wilson'S
article which says verbatim th:t dure-
ing the last year we have had much to
make US grateful
Well even when the fellow read that
he kind OF singled and made the re-
mark that he wished the Pres. or some
body would numerate few Of the Items
so walked away from him az from a
cloud but vile layed in bed that night
as per custom I got to thinking it over
and at LIST. jumped to the conclusion
that maybe the fellow was right after
all but even II he was he should ought
| to give thanks for being right instead
Of president but towards morning had
sumed everything up that happened to
me dureing the ensueing yr and seen
where personly at lease have much
to make us grateful. And / thought
maybe II give out.the facts in my own
case why maybe my sample would make
others look at II the right way as most
people looks on life like the apple of
their eye was sour where II they fol-
lowed my sample they would always try
and see the bright side and look out on
the world with a sickly smile.
So will numerate my own details in
alphabet order and recommend that
others does the same and gets in to tn.
Thanksgiving spirit in time to not In
terlard the lacrimose fluid with their
gravy.
(a). March 11--An edition to the FAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
The Alarm.

CECRETARY OF LABOR WILSON
said to a reporter during the
labor conference in Washington:
"A great many people take too
black a view OF the labor situation.
They have allowed themselves to be-
come jumpy and nervous. They're
like the man on the boat.
ION a coastwise boat. when the sub.
marine campaign was at its height, .
nervous man awoke at dead Of night
with q great start. Something had
struck the boat dreadful blow, she
had shivered violently, and now her
engines had stopped.
"Oh. my goodness!' gasped the man;
and he rushed un on the deck In his
nightshirt.
'"The frst person he saw was the
captain.
Captain he gasped. what's the
matter? Have we been--been tor
pedoed!
1.-The captain was as cool rs an
icicle.
1t is the end" he said.
Then where are the life pre-.
servers? Quick! Where are they?'
screamed the passenger: and he writher
with horror in his long, loose nightshirt.
They'd be no use to You at this
stage of the game. my poor fellow
said the captain. H :
why not" moaned the passenger.
at is too late
Too late: Oh, capt; in don't say
that
81 must say it, said the captain.
for 1t is the truth. Yes, my poor
fellow. we've done all we could for
you, and your must look out for your
self now. This. as l told you before.
is the end. Our voyage is over. and
we've just tied up to the Dock"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
Two Weeks Without Thought of City Pavemets and Clean Collars
Mule-Power Cumberand--The Captain and His Family
Stops Along the Way and the Canals Scenery.

of the forenoon, the intense sunlight
of noon, the filtered sunlight of the
late afternoon. and the scattering sun
light to clouds and mountain rims.
Then there is the silent evening. dark
trees and their dark reflection in the
water, faint sky. ripples at the side OF
the boat And as each star comes out
it seems to complete a picture that
had seemed complete without 1t.
About thirty five miles below Cum
berland is probably the most deserted
part OF the canal Here the river
makes five turns between two noun
tains of unusual size. Other hills are
at each end Of the mountains. % when
one is in the center Of this area he
seems to be in the bottom of q gil
gantic bowl In every direction there
is q barrier between him and the
world SO solid that he wonders how
he came there. One lock. with the
small whitewashed house Of the old
man who tends 1t, II alone in this spot.
- + r.
From ridge to ridge the bowl IL
about seven miles in diameter. but by
leaving the canal at bend near one
side one can climb to the top Of the
mountain in . few hours. There is q
clearing about half way up the side.
appearing from below like light
patch upon the dark mountain. where
an apple orchard had been started and
then neglected and an indistinct path
runs from the lock this far. Beyond
it the underbrush Is thick and the
climbing difficult. but the goal Is
worth it. There one can stand for
hours looking at the great loneliness
on every side Of him. Now nc can see
out over the bowl to the dim blue
ridges far beyond. He may realize
that the world is much larger than he
had supposed. The lock tenders white
house looks like paper model and
the canal like silver strap. About
Ave miles away there is a railroad
bridge. and. perhaps while he watches,
tiny train creeps over it without
sound. disappearing in a moment. A
minute drop out Of the heart Of Chi
cago 1t is. holding it's small share of
white coated walters. silver knives
and forks and business men with
great cigars; passing through this
wilderness to the heart of New York.
The canal trip Is notscomplete with
out turn at driving the mules. To
the writer this is the finishing touch,
for one does not completely leave his
own sphere unless he actively enters
into another. At night ten-year-old
youngsters are afraid to be alone on
the towpath and the offer to drive will
be appreciated. No skill is needed.
Mules pull according to their mental
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
ID ANOTHER AND MADE

COW bell tinkles idly. Two women
wearing long blue dresses and sun
bonnets are working around q large
kettle in one of the yards. A girl of
fifteen or sixteen stands near.
Are these people as free from friils
as is the landscape? What concern is
there here for the buxz of the COM
mercial world. the great voice Of the
statesman. the great footsteps of the
military man? What meaning would
attach here to the expressions: Keep
to the right" Move up front. please"
"Six reels of thrills" "A room and
BATH" Number. please" and "A dol
lar and ninety-eight"7
At certain points the canal makes
contact with the outer world. For q
few miles 1t runs parallel with the
Maryland state road. and here the
passenger on the canal boat. having
grown harmonious with his surround
ings, perhaps dressed ~ the writer
was, in blue shirt. old trousers and
fiourishing whiskers. win be part Of
the rustic scenery for the mildly Curl
Perhaps you will stop on Satur-
day night at a small town, such as
Williamsport. Md. BY many this
would be called typical country
town. but 1t is the borderland between
the canal and the city. Here you and
the captain OF the boat will be wei.
come, despite q slightly unkempt APP
pearance, to step into the ice cream
parlor for refreshment; although two
or three youths. with brightly striped
shirts ana cellars. each: eating .
quart of Ice cream, will wink at each
other when you pass by and murmur.
..Hicks!'
But the town soon vanishes behind
q bend In the canal. leaving again the
long outdoor hours.
He whose art has always been
served to him daintily but formally
upon the canvas will find here the
original substance from which 1t was
made, and with a flavor which cannot
be transplanted. He win see cold
morning, white with mist, and the
sun rising out OF the canal behind
the same hot. round ingot II was when
II set the night before, and a moment
later will see 1t turn it's rays. like Il
great yellow searchlight. upon the
mist. The elongated reflection of the
sun turns the canal to gold from one
bank to the other, and, as though the
golden water were quietly boiling, II
gives off a golden vapor--drops OF
gold so tiny and light that they foa'
in the air!
Then there Is the growing sunlight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
BY HAROLD e. VAN pETrEN

BY HAROLD e. VAN PETTEN.
TO him whose heels are weary of
their 5000 daily bows against
hard pavements; whose life.
we'll ordered as a straight.
square-cornered city street, ia, never
theless, as complex as the pavement
of cement, stone, sand, brick and
asphalt; whose every day from Janu-
airy to December Is dominated by the
twentieth century. with its six-cylin-
der routine; whose vacations at the
seashore but intensity his work-day
diversions; who in his automobile fol-
lows the concrete trails, and mourns
the passing of the cowbeil. the mosss
covered bucket and the milkmaid-the
writer would introduce another world.
For he was one OF these until he
met the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
only step away. and yet as strange
as though he had stepped to another
planet.
the National Capital doffs it's erudi-
ton to meet the slow stream. board
ed boat starting to Cumberland,
and as We rounded the first bend
said good bye for two weeks to pave
ments. street cars, collars, movies.
etc.
*x So
So follow and see the stun that
true vacation 10 made Of. Here the
progression of the age has not
touched. Canal boats wear out, yet
these boats differ in no way from
those used in 1850. when the canal
was first completed. Leaves fall, but
those at present on trees along the
shore are just like those Of that year.
Mules die, but those placid. stubborn,
companionable creatures that pulled
1 this particular boat must be much
like the hrst mules that ever walked
the towpath. People come and go.
but those the writer met DO not differ
materially from those on the first
canal boats. 1t In a. though. in this
spot. the world has stood still for
generations. And this is vacation
to lay aside ones motive power for
two weeks and stand still, contem-
plating the world.
The captain Of the boat. father OF
the family and monarch Of all he sur
veys, will be grateful to you for O
remuneration Of else day and will
respect you IL you tell him you usu-
ally shave .oftener than twice q week.
His wife will respect you II she finds
you know how to use camera. Two
small boys and ten-year-old girl
might respect you IL you can crack q
whip or II YOU could steer = loaded
boat--or II you happened to have
some chewing gum for them. A small
baby will not respect you under any
circumstances. but all are aniiable
all become acquainted quickly. Tel
them your first name and straightway
you are part of the family circle. You
will eat with the father and his sons
from a clean plate. while mother
daughter and baby wait. You will
sleep alone in the hay house. At other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
FOURS."

times you will be left to your own
devices-which will be a simple mat
ter, for you will have no devices and
need none.
Like one who, after months Of re-
duced diet. would delight In sitting
before feast and throwing an re-
straint to the winds. SO the writer
Toasted upon lasiness. Through hour
after hour of mild October sunshine
he lay stretched on the deck. at the
bow, taking his temperamentai cue
from the complacent water. AS the
hand of a watch fingers meditatingly
over each minute. this lazy boat lin
gers over each bend, scarcely seeming
to move. yet gradually changing the
minutiae of each scene. Lazy mules
calmly contemplate each foot of tow
path AZ they pass over 1t. White
clouds are proverbially laxy; one or
two drift above, enjoying their birth
right. Tree-tops wave laztly. stirred
by q laxy bree3e. A leaf fails iasaiy
to the surface of the water. A crow
flaps lastly across the sky. This IL the
exaltation OF laxiness. Can Washing-
ton and New York and Chicago anu
Pittsburgh exist in this same world!
Nearly all Of the country along tho
canal is either wild or simply rural
Close to washington are many sum
mer camps and cottages, also at oc-
casional other places convenient to
towns or railroads, but there are
great stretches Of country whore, II
man ever comes. he leaves no indica-
ton Of 1t. Here the luxuriant growths
OF trees, bushes and vines almost form
jungies I'LL.
= = -
But at casual open places in the
woods or at locks. sometimes nesting
at the foot of q mountain. are simple
villages, little clusters of ten or
twelve houses whose bright white
wash CLEANS in the sun in sharp con-
trast to the green pastures and trees
They are made Of rails or logs or
stones. plastered between. with
single roofs and sometimes few
pieces Of weatherboarding at the top
In such locality, speculate again
, whether, somewhere. street cars are
still changing. crowds hurrying. po-
licemen whistling. typewriters rat
Ting. In the dust Of these roads are
no automobile tracks, for 1t is far
from the travel routes. but there are
tracks of small feet, turned toward 9
schoolhouse some distance away
Shocks of corn. with heavy ears. stand
in small fields on each side OF the
canal; great pumpkins scattered
about make one feel as though he hao
stepped into colonial Thanksgiving
story. In . bit Of woods nearby .
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-05-08

prescribing the form of ballot to
he used In voting at said election.
aud naming the election officers To
serve thcrcnt. declaring an cmcr-
gene, whereby this ordinance shalt
take cifcct from aud after its pass
aye. approval aud due publication
and repeating all ordinances on
parts thereof in conflict herewith.
WHEREAS. Il appears To the may
or aud council OF the city OF Jc-
rome. In the county Of Jerome. IN the
atato of Idaho, that Il would aud II ia
hereby dcomcd advisable to issue the
municipal coupon houds OF said city
60 an amount aHRrcgating the prW
cipal sum W Fourteen THOUSAND Dol
lars. (Slt.OOOl. Tor the purpose Of
constructing sidewalks. CROSSINGS aud
Vross walks. and otherwise twprVN
tnK streets and alleys aud particu
LARRY street and alley Intersections IN
aH,i city:
Now. rherctorc In Consideration
W the rrcmiscs
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SoSt,oo THAT \ special election
Nc tnN tNc stg1c Is hereby called AUN
Nv1evtd 90 ce held Ia aud TOR tNe
VitN Nt lSrNW,S, ia the county " lV-
r'Nc ,N tNc state ~ Idaho, On Tues
taN tr.Wu the lotN DAY " June.
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