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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
FINE PROSPECT
FOR CITY LEAGUE
OPENED TODAY
Seven Teams in Organiza'
ton Expected to be Close
ly Matched.

Well here It is at last! After many
long and tiresOnle days OF waiting the
local fans are at old South Side park
enjoying the games that mark the
opening Of the 1920 season OF the Fair
mont City baseball league, which was
SO great success last year. Never
before in the history OF baseball in
Fairmont has there been so much in
terest shown as there has been In the
last few weeks. Everywhere one
could hear baseball talk.
South Side park has been repaired
and Is in fine condition for the games
today. The grand stand has been oil.
most rebuilt and now will hold several
hundred more people than 1t did before
the repairs we're made.
There are only seven teams entered
in the race this season, as against eight
last year. A schedule has been work
ed out for the seven teams that seems
satisfactory to all Of the managers.
There Is some indication that there
will be another team taken in the
league, but there is not much real hope
OF this being done.
All OF the teams have been strength.
ened and the race will be much closer
than IN the past. Many star players
are on the list that the managers have
turned in and this alone indicates
that there will be some fast games ut
old South Side this season.
The seven teams that are to start
in the race are:
Watson Building. last years cham
pions. The condition of this team for
Ne present season Is not known, bun
from reports they should have a mucn
better organization than that of last
year.
Monongah Glass has added many
stars and should be in the race from
start to finish.
Fairmont Mining Machinery looms
up as strong contender for the llrst
position in the league.
Haryey's West Virginian with the
additional of several players should
make fair showing.
B. & o. will be in with strong team.
Tho Wholesalers are by far strong
or than they were in the start Of the
1919 season and they should finish
good.
owens is the dark horse of the pres.
ept season there has been nothing said
about how the bottlemakers would
make out. n
with this bunch Of good teams any
league should be a success and every
body hopes this Is the bumper year Tor
the Fairmont City league.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
GETTING READY 70
RELPFARM BUREAUS


M sMORGANTOWN, w. Va, May 10
NJ: D.AZinn, of Phtlippi, president, and
d, B. Mclaughlin, OF Strange Creek,
Secretary, OF the West Virginia Farm
Bureau Federation, have been In Nor
gant1wn recently comforting with Nat
Frame, director of Agricultural Elk
tension, and members OF the extension
division force relative to the farm bu'
work tile state. While here
Mr.. linn and Dean John Lee Coulter,
Of the College of. Agriculture, made an
inspection OF the work being done on
I the university farm.
Mi. linn and Mr.. Mclaughlin are
preparing to assist the county farm
BUREAUS In Gheir membership cam
tafghE, wherever they ask for help, OF
IN other farm bureau, activities. A
number OF the counties are completing
their plans for an early campaign TO,
moro members and have asked for out
side aid.
a meeting Of the executive commit,
tee 81 the State Federation of Farm
Bureaus has been called by Mr. linn
at Nofgantown June IS. Besides Mr..
zinnt and Mr. Mel aughlin, the men,
sbers sare r. II. Orr, Philadelphia: Mrs
u. II sMcC Chung, Rupert. Stephen Nor
ton, Camd len on, Gauley; y. W. Cars
kadof, Headsyille. and WI. Strader,
Bevarley.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
Homes Needed For
Wards Of the State

A letter has been received by. A.
a Hedrick, local representative of the
State Board q >Childrens Guardians
from u. H. Putnam. executive secre-
larry of the State Board. asking him
stos get in touch with a number OF
young women of this section who may
5esireEto take up course of training
IN the nursing profession at WEIGH
HOSPITAL No. /, at WEIGH ". Va.
The position pays $40 per month
three months after starting. s12 the
second year and SIS the third year
with board, lodging and laundry. APP
I biicants must not be under eighteen
nor oyer th;rty-fiYe years of age.
The ietter also contains request
10 find homes for a number of girls
and boys who are now in the Chill.
dfens Home at Elkins. W Va.
Following are extracts from the
AT the present time there are thirty
s5ne children in the Childrens Home
K al eElHhs twenty-three boSs. and ntno
Si5,ls There are twenty-n!ne appli-
sat tons which have been approved,
|tKentyksis requesting girls and three
requesting boys AS you will note,
con lderable number of apDlica-
4 slQuSs WHICH, lIuJS uCSu dpuluNcu dIC
5or girls aud the result is that there
are a. l4rger number of boys than we
have ID proved homes in which to
;lsifG re them. VIII YOU do YOUR utmost
Is develop interest on the part Of
Food homes In your various districts
which might be induced 10 consider
4 seceiv:ng sont OF these little lads.
we know that the hlue-eyed, curly
haired, blond, baby girl is exceeding.
F attractive. but We also know that
he rag-nosed, freckled-face boy
mist receive attention If we are to
10; our fun duty, II hardly seems
decessaty for me 10 emphasize the
necessity OF finding good homes Tor
sfiese little fellows and sincerely
hope that you will be able 10 ret in
,oiich With some people whose hearts
md homes are open to them
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
PLENTY Of BALL
N TIE COUNTY
FOR TOMORROW
Cod Games viii be Played
IL Both Biackshere and
Traction Parks

ssra WI be plenty Of baseball IN
filn county tomorrow. Falrmou. lans
hi diTffe their attention between
trey fames played at Traction anu
6efSz1ekhere parks, but there is IKE
! ;i3odd lthat the Blackstone contest
n.iilf Set the larger number OF tnem
sSSr fhe Bellaire team will cross Dats
Sb ~ With the Consumer team. Tne
va fher prevented. the mid.week game
~ ifIi6 Consumer team so there Is a
IA AZ curiosity about the condition OF
5Haf organization, which cut such q
VIA, SIidS swaffl last season, that remains
tunsat lsfied. 1t Is expected tna az sn q
game tomorrow VIII giyc inc ia ps.h q
splendid line on what Manager hoLn'
lisberger has prepared for tnelr enter
tafnment this season.
At Traction park the contenolns
teams will be the Midland anu Monon.
RSh Consolidation. There is q greal
Z deal Of Interest in this among the nine
workers and there is certain to be a
large crowd out. IN
e; AL ida May the Grafton team will
see what 1t can do against the IDA
May team. The game will be called al
three o clock. A special car Will leave
HeIen's Run Junction for Ida May al
20. The Ida May team will play the
zParkefsburg team on May 70. TWO
county teams will play away from
home: The Legion team which Is rap
idly rounding into an efficient base
bali machine will play the Legion team
al Parkersburg while Montana Mines
viii try con illusions with the Star City
nine at Star City.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
George NJ. Ford
Candidate for Superintendent Of Schools

On his return from Europe last year
he found 1t necessary to meet the high
cost OF living by resuming the work
Of teaching without delay for either
rest or recuperation. His duty to his
people and scarcity of funds has made
1t difficult to carry on his campaign,
but the fighting spirit inherited from
his forbears and the ability to endure
cultivated through three years OF was
service prevailed and he has now
every confidence Of success.
In 1897 he was married to Miss
Annie l.. Linn, of Keyser, w. Va, a
graduate OF tho Eairmont State Nor
NAL school, and daughter of David NJ
Linn, who was for many years an en-
ginecr on the 3. & o. railroad.
In 1916, at the age Of forty-fiye he
volunteered for the Mexican campaign,
and again in 1917 for the German war.
Armistice Day found him on the fir.
ing line with the sOth division at
Stenay, France, on the Mouse river IN
command of what was left Of com.
pany of Oklahoma men.
In the platform on which Mr.. Ford
bases his candidacy he announces,
among other things, his advocacy OF an
adequate salary for teachers, and a
more equal distribution OF both the
burdens and funds OF taxation for
school purposes. es.s
He pledges himself. II elected as
State Superintendent to exert himself
in the interests Of tho country schools.
and that every effort shall be made to-
improve them along the lines that APP
neal to- the man who lives IN the coun-
Try districts Of West Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

George NJ. Ford, now Superintend-
emit of Schools at Dunbar, ". Va, for
merly a citizen of Mercer county, is
candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for State Superintendent of
Free Schools and is now completing an
aggressive canvass of the state.
He is the son of Rev. F. G. w. Ford,
Of Grafton, who served in the Civil
war, 1876, as an officer Of the 18th
West Virginia Infantry, and later as
an itinerant minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the northern coun.
ties OF the state.
He was born on Barbour county
farm. At the age Of fifteen he entered
the Fairmont Normal school but trans
ferred, to the West Virginia Univer-
sity year later, graduating from the
College Of Arts and Sciences in 1892
He re.entered the university in 1895
and graduated from the college of Law
in 1896.
He entered the profession of teach
ing at once upon graduation and has
held positions as common school
teacher, graded school principal, high
school principal, district superintend-
ant and city superintendent.
He was for three years principal OF
the Concord State Normal school
which position he resigned on account
of q nervous breakdown induced by
oyerwork. He held position as Head
of the Department OF History and Eco.
Monies In Marshall college for four
wears. As.city superintendent OF Blue
field. w. Va, he entered upon ana
completed building program which
included the expenditure OF nearly
lalf a million. dollars in 2 period Of
tour years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Washington, 8; Detroit, S.
All other games postponed.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.
Chicago at Boston.
ST. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
How Seeds Are Distributed.

Among the most curious methods OF
seed distribution are those seeds
which are carried through the air on
wings, such rs the maple, which has
two wings, and the catalpa. the elm,
the ash and the pine. These seeds do
not Zap their wings like birds, but
depend altogether upon the force OF
the wind TO carry them along. Other
floating seeds are the milkweed. this
tie and daudelion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
Series Of Sermons
On AUGMENTATION

DR.. Fl. G. stoetzer, pastor of the
First PRESBYTERIAN church, will preach
the first OF aseries of thrae sermons
on the theme characterization" to-
morrow. evening at the regular SER
vic OF the Presbyterian church. inns
is in line with the New Era movement
of the denomination. In the near III
ture Judge W. w. Sibray. CHIEF IN.
spector OF the immigration Bureau at
Pittsburgh, will address the local con-
sregation on the subject OF "Ameri'
canization."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
ATTENDED, EuNERAi.

A number of relatives and friends
attended the funeral yesterday OF
Elisha Mckinney whose death took
place on Tuesday at his home at Ma
sontown. Pa. Mr.. Mckinney was 4
cousin of Hon. o. s. Mckinney and J
c. Mckinney, of this city, and had
other relatives residing here also.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
ERRORSCOSTLYFOR
FA|RMONT HIGH
Game With Grafton High
Yesterday Was Interest
ing Contest.

An error column which totals up
nine explains why the Fairmont High
school failed to bring a victory back
from Grafton last evening. The Fair.
mont lads outhit Grafton having man
aged to annex IA bingles as against
their nine, but there was a notable
lack of effectiveness upon the deten.
siye side. The final score was 10 TO
Q in favor OF the Grafton school and
the game was nip and tuck through
nIt The full score:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
UNIVERSITY wins
FROnR.& ]. TEAM
Game Was Interesting in
Spite of One Sided
ness of the Score.

West Virginia University had a
rather one sided victory over the W.
& ]. ban team yesterday on, the uni
versity's ground on the basis or the
score nevertheless the game was de-
cidedly interesting one for the wash
!ngton county lads were all the time
threatening to do things that might
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

Brown J. Morris. Pierpont, Troxell,
Criss 4. Small, Hill 2, Bee 3. Barlow,
Clark 4. two base hits, Criss. Hill
VanHorn. Clark. three base hit. Bar
low. home run. VanHorn. struck out
by Criss, 10: by Aiken, IL. Passed
ball, Dean. Time of game, two hours
Umpire, Smith.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
Senator Rosenbloom
Has Plan for Raising Soldier
Relief Funds

81 have reason 10 feel optimistic the interest shown IN
INV campag leads me to believe people carefully
considering my announcement One thing hat pauculafs
peases me u.s. that question but what will DO as
say will opinion being held of course by those Who
do not approve of my stand as well as those who do
lone the questions that called upon TO answer mas
,eca how plopse 10 raise the nEney pay the bonuses OF
the wodwa which pledge myself to advocate
support particularly present Congress seems unable
IN solve This proposition This OF course gets back to my
announcements in which light wine and beer as
1cc is one method would be gladly paid BY
those desiring these beverages yer! seht TAX on
each bottle of wine would produce one billion
dollars year. which years could the amount re-
cred for the bonuses succeeding continue &c
reduce the present taxes of everyone.
rhe economic situation thrust us by the
enactment prohibition deprived millions OF aliens
of an opportunity to contribute rpkeep of Govern
men as there millions of such aliens living in our cies
in particular who pay whatever and only
tribute upkeep the Government in the tax they paid
when drinking light wines feel in saying that
Soc of the amount would be collected from the
sale light from those who do not intend to make
this home, but who here for Few
until they accumulate sufficient money 10 return 10 the
country. 1850
Columbia University would seek the Republican nom
President platform favoring light VINE ana
beer has senced those critics who nave always sad
permit the sale Of Light wine and beer was penS
carried on in exquor dealer and saloon
keeper AS Dr. Butler of such high standard among
thinking people attach this influence TO MIN
would be ridiculous and be recognized
one originating among thinking for the purpose OF estaD
Fishing true temperance, afford the people oppor-
tuniy travelling middle path between attempted pronf
biton on one the consumption OF alcohol
On the other"
BENJAMIN L. RosENBLooM.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

Young fighter named oldstein liked
himself so he prefixed ABE Attelr
to the monicker. He fought five times
in one week. He ought 10. make it
"Abe Attell Goldstein Levinsky."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
Totals ........3? 6 ~ z
tWidmer hatted for Armstrong

PATE. Sacrifice Il - ~lyfie!d: Mad
eria. Two base hirs, Martin. woods
Home run Dawson. Double plays.
Woods, Turkovich to Madeira. steele
Dunkle 10 Henry. Struck out, by
Woods, ~: by Steels, 5: Bases on
balls, eff Woods. L: off Steele. ). Hit
by pitcher by Woods, 2, Dunkle. Gul,
yer; by Stcsle 1. Armstrong. Wild
pitches Steele. Passed balls. Martin
/. Umpire johnson. Time. l:45.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
BASEBALL

industrial baseball league season
iickete on sale. Acme Book Co.
Isl Main; Han Drug Co.. $40 Mer-
chant Y. NJ. G. A., ist and Fair
Mons; Homer Robinson, Watson.
III Va: South Side Park at time
81 games Also by team managers.
Tickets $500 11O5 Games
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
"a HOW THEY
STAND
.ATIONAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Pittsburgh-New York, cold.
Cincinnati, u; Philadelphia, 3.
Chicago.7; Boston, 4:
Brooklyn, a; st. Louis, l. Thrice
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

New York is congested city. They
have no room for gardens and or
chards, but they raise fine raspberry
crops. They're making life miserable
for poor George Kelly who first sacks
for McGraw.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

Then he wouldn't need a punch to
knock 'em cold.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

His best is none too COED. but his
worst--and that's what they'll have
by riding hfln--isn't going TO help.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

The Giants have signed another
collegion. Looks like McGraw was
trying for team Of higher thought.
Higher thought Is better than low
in the percentage column. And he's
added John Evers to the faculty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

The golfer had his troubles
Before reformers came;
He didn't need reformers
To pick flaws in his gang
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
Hl,f OF The tips disappeared with the
kick.

They're trying to stop gambling in
golf. Some one will want EN- to stop
cussing pretty soon. Then they can
use the ground for potatoes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15

Golfers also speak OF discorlinuing
the tips TO caddies. which proves be-
yond all doubt that the nineteenth
hole is no more.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-15
Three andT wo|

Golf writer says the nineteenth hole
still remains. So does beer. But
there's no kick.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-29
County of Roosevelt. e.
State of Montana,

County of Roosevelt.
State of Montana,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, ac-
cording to law, that /, the undersign-
ed, JOHN C. DWYER, County Clerk
and Recorder, and as such ex-officio
County Registrar in and for Roose-
welt County, Montana, will close the
registration books for the registra-
ton of electors residing in the City
of Wolf Point, Roosevelt County,
Montana, on Friday, the goth day
of February, 1920, at the hour of 5
o'clock, p. m.
The said registration books will be
closed as aforesaid on account of the
Annual Election of officers to be
held in the City of Wolf Point, in
said County, on Monday, the 9Th day
of April, 1920, between the hours of
8 o'clock a. M, and 6 o'clock p. m.
All electors desiring to vote at said
election must register by appearing
before a Deputy Registrar, a Notary
Public or Justice of the Peace, but
preferably before the County Clerk
and Recorder at his office in Mondak,
Montana, as and in the manner re-
quired by law, prior to the day, date
and hour for the closing of the regis
tration books aforesaid. Electors
who failed to vote at the last general
election must register to vote at this
election; electors who have moved
from the precinct last voted in to this
precinct, must have the change noted
on the registration books. IF this is
your case, go to a Notary Public or
Justice and fill. out a transfer card.
IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED
YOU CANNOT VOTE. REGISTER
NOW.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my official signature, at my
office in Mondak, Montana, this 18th
day of January, 1920.
JOHN C.. DWYER,
County Clerk and Recorder,
and as such ex-officio Regis
[SEALl trar within and for Roose-
welt County, Montana.
47-6t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-29
THE VALUE OF IRRIGATION DURING
SEASONS OF NORMAL RAINFALL

1t is perhaps generally recognized
that irrigation is, more or less, sup
Elementary to rainfall, but there is
likely to exist in the minds of those
whose relation to irrigation is not
born of long experience Or close APP
plication, that when the season of
normal rainfall arrives irrigation can
be dispensed with. This may be to a
small degree true, if that rainfall
came at just exactly the proper time
and was of sufficient amount to sup
ply plant life with the moisture nee
essary to produce maximum yields.
However, the fact remains that the
falling of rain upon soils has always
been intermittent in character, and
that during fair weather a part of the
water supplied by rainfall to the soil
becomes lost by drainage, and that
plant life, in order to develop its high
est efficiency necessitates moisture
applied at such times as it is needed.
1t is indeed a rare country and a rare
season when a crop can be matured
with the soil containing at all times
the optimum amount of moisture.
There is no doubt but that there are
periods when any soil ven in the hui
mid regions would produce larger
yields if irrigation was available.
We, as M~ontanans, will find much
difficulty in placing our state in the
humid class, and in view of the fore
going, if irrigation can occupy a use
full position in humid states, it GER
tainly can claim to be a paramount
factor in this state.
There have been conducted in Wis
consin a number of experiments with
different kinds of crops to determine
the relative yields with and without
irrigation. Wisconsin is considered a
state wherein a sufficient amount of
rainfall occurs to raise crops and GER
tainly no one hears about any extern
sive irrigation projects being con-
structed in that state, yet it has been
conclusively proved that the irriga-
ton of crops in Wisconsin does pro-
duce a very marked increase in the
yield. Experiments made over a four
year period resulted in determining
the fact that although many sections
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-29
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES

Constitutional prohibition and the
enforcement legislation enacted by
congress, made the following provis-
ions:
Declare unlawful the manufacture
or sale of any beverage containing
one-half of one per cent or more of
alcohol.
Declare places where liquor is sold
in violation of law to be common
~nuisances, abatable as such.
Search and seizure powers given
prohibition enforcement Officers, ex-
cept for the search of private dwell
lings unless used for the unlawful
sale of intoxicants or in part as
places of business.
Liquor seized to be destroyed, We
hicles and other property to be sold
and proceeds paid into the United
states treasury.
Advertising Of liquor by any meth
cd prohibited.
Permit manufacture at home for
personal use of Misunderstanding cid
ers and fruit juices. While non-in-
toxicating is not defined specifically,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-29
THRIFT ITEM

Speaking of the prosperity of the
town in which it is published, one of
our enterprising journals states:
"Our savings in six months amounted
to 100000"
Piffel A mere nothing. Why, our
own savings in the same period a.
mounted to $4,000, OO0.-The Tele-
phone Bulletin.
Bagatelle! A dapper young fell
low in our town who is getting a sal
airy twice as much as he is worth, has
laid up two nice mortgages on his
home, 317 broken promises, one black
eye and $0O,000,0 900, in four months
and a half.-Mountain States Mon
itor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-29
NOLICt IS NtTtUy RIFtII tIIdL
MARY C. BELCHER
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
January %, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that
ELMER R. CHRISTENSEN
of Wolf Point, Montana, who, on
November Goth, 1917, made Add1
Homestead Entry, No. 052705, for
We NEA, SEA NEA, Sec. 80;
SWA NWA, Section 20, Township
BON, Range 48E, Montana Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
Three Year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
J. B. Randall, u. S. Commissioner,
at Wolf Point, Montana, on the 18th
day of March, 1920.
Claimant names as witnesses:
l.. Smith, C. Smith, j. L. Davey, M.
Davey, all of Wolf Point, Montana.
Thos. r. Jones, Register.