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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-21
SPECIAL NOTICES
NoTIcE To coNrR4cToRs,

Sealed proposals for construc-
ton Of an addition to the Grant
Town school building will be re-
ceived at the office Of c. H.
.Snider, Architect, Professional
Building, Fairmont. West Virginia,
until Il o'clock. noon, on the 21s..
day Of July 1920.
Proposals shall! be enclosed in
an envelope addressed to the Arch
ltect and marked proposal Tor
Grant Town school buildiGg.
Drawings and specifications
NAV be obtained at the office o.!
the Architect upon reasonable
notice and in the discretion Of the
Architect. The Board Of Educa-
ton reserves the right to accept or
reject a." or all proposals.
BY order Of Board Of Education
Of Paw faw District, Marion Coun-
ty, West Virginia. July 1910.
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lHEgPRll!I!ll
lP[EbSESHERE
Former General Manager
Of P.&L. E. Railroad I
IS Made Vice Pres.

Estrmcrters were pleased 70
earn q tie promotion Of James B:
Y6i,e. pNsburgh. from The ONCE
! q general manager 70 vice presl-
dent Mr.. Yohe y personally
En6Vn by many Of the people Of
. FSirmont and the business inter
~ have always thought that ne
m been . good friend Of the city
NhaII 4 cane to matters Of trans
portation whether It affected che
y. 3. or the Monongaaeia
SiiEay. Mr. Yohe has frequently
gited Eairmont and was one o.
eliligh officers Of the P. & L. E.
ia attended conference here TO
ceiye suggestions as for the be1e-
OF the service.
;. a Pittsburgh newspaper makes
ke following comment:
y flames Buchanan Yohe, whose
promotion to vice president and
J general manager Of the Pittsburgh
Z & Lake Erie Railroad Company has
been announced. was born June
"a, 1856, near Bentleyyille, Wash
ingto6 county. He received only
c4mmon school education, anu
n; i, IA years old beganA railroad
A as telegraph opelator on the
Pittsburgh division Of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad. Mr.. Yohe
worked for that system as tele-
graph operator, chief clerk to the
strafnmaSter at Connellsvilie, train
dispatcher, and chief train dis
pascher for the Pittsburgh & Yves.
fem from 1870 until 1883.
mi. Yohe began bis career with
the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie IN 1883
when be was appointed trainmast-
Ar OF the Pittsburgh, McKeesport
4 youghlogheny division. In 1885
he became chief train dispatcher
and superintendent Of telegraph,
Pittsburgh G Lake Erie and leased
lines; IN 1890, master Of transpor-
taticn and superintendent tele-
graph; in 1886, superintendent OF
telegraph and superintendent; IN
ltS98, general superintendent, ana
january 1906. general manager.
\ During the war, Mr.. Yohe was
6a6inted Federal manager Of the
3ttsburgh & Lake Erie, the Mon
Longahela railroad, the Pittsburgh
u West Virginia the West Side
Belt and the Lake Erie & Eastern.
Hewas reappointed general man
~ Of the Pittsburgh { Lake Erie
I'm the return OF the roads to
private ownership by the railroad
administration"
S. A. Jordan, Baltimore, engineer
maintenance OF way, B. & o. rail-
road. Is at Grafton today.
A tender o. the engine drawing
the coal train soutl. on the Monon-
gahela railwy jumped the track al
townsville yesterday morning and
trains 80 and 80 were Two hours
late in arriving at their destina-
lions.
Clarence Watson, ticket seller at
The Eairmont station Of the B. &
Q. railroad is recovering from an
stack Of illness. He made his first
appearance on the street yester-
lay.
Gail Flshback, car distributor of
:he Monongah division. came here
rom Grafton to spend the day.
& Commencing on Thursday kae
BE- 0. railroad will place a chair
car on train Sc between Wheeling
and Baltimore /; will be on Sc
yssyery day In the week.
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COMMITTEE
lcontinued from Page one)

Bliss McCrum as secretary of the
state committee. and Bonner H.
HiN, city manager Of Charleston.
Is treasurer Of the state organiza-
ion meets the approval Of the rank
and file Of the West Virginia Re-
publicans and these men will have
: suil support and cooperation from
Z The workers in all parts Of tAc
state in the great drive for victory
IN November that is about to be
launched. It is generally conceded,
also. that It was wise move to
lake the state judicial convention
20 Wheeling. Ohio county was
livery ANXIOUS to secure the conven.
Ehon and wishes Of the loyal work.
s5ln that great county have been
satisfied in this respect.
The matter Of selecting head
quarters for the campaign and the
appointment Of a campaign COM
mittee Of nine members was plac-
1 ed in the hands 81 the newly elect
"a state chairman, who will make
u decision in a few days. 1t is
generally understood that Charles
hton will be state headquarters. as
that city for various reasons
seems to be the logical place from
which % direct the state campaign.
The state committee very wise.
II wasted no time in dealing with
matters which had no connection
with the purposes Of the meeting.
and devoted the entire time and
energy Of the members 10 effect
Ing an organization which would
Sc Of material benefit TO the
Ifandard bearers Of the party.
Il The morning session was brief.
VT opened at ii o'clock and recess
lie dat 1880 until 1880 in the
Irfternoon. Wallace Cribhle. Of
SiWest Union, acting as temporary ~
secretary called the roll. and ".
.. Baker, retiring chairman made
4, address OF welcome, outlining
tiis purposes Of the meeting. pre.
dieting certain victory in the fall
md making severe criticism Of
the Democratic administration.
Chairman Baker also took a wal
lou q the primary election law
Z and the sentiment Of The COM
|. nittee was reflected in the out
6prst Of applause that followed
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PERSONAL.

MARRY, THOUSANDS C0NGEN:
IAL PEOPLE, worth from $1,000
to $4,000, seeking early marriage;
descriptions, photos. introductions
free. Sealed. Either sex. Send no
money. Address Standard Cor.
Club. Grayslake. III. 7.12.s6t.S4S5
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-21

FOR SALE-yine Maryland farms.
fertile and well improved; a
state having IN excellent climate,
beautiful scenery and perfect roads.
Catalog on request. Potts y Grit-
lin, Realtors, Frederick. Nd.
6-15-26t-S217
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FOR SALE
FURNISHED ROOMS

FOR RENT-one large front bed.
room. Call 1851. 7.2G3t-S495
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AGENTS WAIVED
AUTO.-ACCESSORIES

FOR slIESlss6 Dodge Roadster,
with extra casing. al condition:
A bargain to'Quick buyer, Call
1908 or write P. 0. Box SIS.
7.1s4t-S4S9
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uNFURNISHED ROOMS
HOUSES sOH S4LE

BEIL s;fIf HONE FSs SALE =
room house, bath and basement.
Large lot l00xls7. Garage l?x20.
Spring house SxS. Barn loxSo.
Grape harbor 81 Il. long. All i'm
p.oyements. New house and gar
age, with lights, gas and waller.
Basement equipped for home laua-
dry. Part cash and terms. Address
C. ". Meredith. 30 Liberty ave-
nue.. !.l4-6t. -S464.
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FOR RENT > Furnished rooms.
Phone 1921 or I'll Chicago
street 7.20.St.S492
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MAZE HEI,p WANTED

W1STE6@cosl leaders. CAN
rooms Is & II Fleming Bldg.
T-2O-3t-S493.
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TWO FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
LIGHT H0USEKEEPlNG-Also
one bedroom suitable for two.
317 Hamilton street. Phone Sl9'R.
7.17.AtS419
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WANTED

WANTED 70 BUY Oh RENT
s to s room house in good loea-
ton. Write box S453. West VII.
ginian. 7-14-6l-S4o5
WANTED-All kinds furniture
Grating. picture framing. turni-
ture repairing. See Gerald J. Davis.
SO4 Castor avenue. 1-l4-6t-S4Ss
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FARMS FOR SALE

1 CENTRAL 'SlSsGGRi FARMS
Send for lists. 100 farms IN Cal,
loway county, Missouri, with full
description and price for each; in
Nlssouri's best grain and b!eu grass
county. Kcontz & Palmer. Fulton.
Mo. 5-3l-52t-79S6
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FOR SALE-A real home at a rea-
sonable price, 1903 Quincy street
5 spacious rooms, elegant interior
decorations. extraordinary bath,
furnace heated, Ruud water heat
ing plant Price $4,000. one-fith
cash. balance in six-years. Greater
Fairmont investment Co. Phone
1884. 1.l9-4t-S490
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MANIFESTED good pick
| miners. Good wages and steady
employment. Have house that will
accommodate Two large families.
Cali Greater Fairmont Investment
Co., Fairmont Hotel Bldg. Phone
1884. 7-l5-6t.-Sisl.
WANTED AT ONCE-,relepnone
man who understands building
and maintenance Of Magnetic
systems. Good steady Job for man
who Is wiling 10 work and make
good. Apply by letter or in person
10 W. S. Swiger Secretary The
Amos Telephone Co., Fairview, W.
Va. 7-l6-5t-S472.
COAL MINERS, LEADERS, AND
COKE DRAWERS WANTED
Good wages, steady work. Com
Portable houses available. Mine
convenient to city. Write SUPER
intendeu., BOX 1S3, MOrgantown.
w. Va. 1.2l-lt-SSS7
WIANTED-Young man for book
keeping work. Steady employ
lnent in old established business.
Make application in own hand
writing. stating salary desired and
experience. Address A9S West
virginian office. 7.!l-3t-Sl9S
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WASHINGTON, July 21.-Mtl'
lions Of eggs are now being Sent
by parcel post. In fact. eggs rank
first among farm products in be-
ing marketed through the postot.
flee.
TO make pin:money now, all q
farm woman needs Is a bunch Of
good laying hens, honest and regG
lar customers and necessary con
tainers for eggs. In other words.
10 complete this cycle an homes
farm woman must get in touch
with honest city folks. then she
sends the eggs regularly and the
city customers send her checks
regularly.
The Department Of Agriculture
has issued the following instruc'
tons for sending eggs by parcel
post.
Eggs for direc. marketing, II
the trade requires It, or II 1t can
be done without any disadvantage,
should be assorted as to size and
color. Eggs irregular in shape,
those which are unusually long Or
thin shelled, or which have shells
otherwise defective should be
kept by the producer for home
use.
Average hens eggs will weigh
about one and one'half pounds t.
the dozen or two ounces apiece.
The weight Of a single dozen Of
eggs In q carton, properly packed
and wrapped for mailing. will run
from two to three pounds, depend
Ing on the nature Of the .particl.
clar container. the size OF the eggs
and the packing and wrapping
used.
A parcel containing two dozen
eggs will add perhaps two cents to
the postage, though sometimes
only one cent. depending on the
nature OF the contalner and the
packing and wrapping.
The larger the parcel within
the size and weight limits, the
cheaper is the postage, as the frs.
pound Of every package costs five
cents within the first and second
zones, while earh additional
pound, up TO 80, costs but one cent.
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WASHINGTON. July 21.-Mtl.
lions Of eggs are now being Sent
by parcel post. In fact. eggs rank
first among farm products in be-
Ing marketed through the postot.
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The Department Of Agriculture
has issued the following instruc'
tons for sending eggs by parcel
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Here IS . furnace that combines
great heating capacity ard small
fuel consumption. It excels il con-
yenience, cleanliness, healthfulaess,
durability and economy: Don't fail
to see It at our Special Demonstra.
ton.
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Gail Fishback, car distributor of
S:he Moncngah division. came here
rom Grafton to spend the day.
& Commencing on Thursday kae
s8.s& 0. railroad will place chair
car on train Sc between Wheeling
and Baltimore !; will be on Sc
yssyery day In the week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-21

Clarence Watson, ticket seller at
he Eairmont station Of the B. &
Q. railroad is recovering from an
stack Of illness. He made his first
appearance on the street yester-
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
 l spent the night al the Arkwa we'll with the farm manager, Mr. Bolin. Little Orena, the pride of the Wall community, is now some three months old, and a beautiful black headed young lady, who for the first time found in the Pea Ridge Pod man, a man she likes better than her father. I suppose she took this method of getting her name in the Pulaskian again.
 Oil well drillers are a close mouthed set of men and are not al- lowed to tell anything. 1 suppose that they are down over 600 feet, for l learned positively that they went through one vein of black slate 500 feet thick They have also noticed gas escaping from the water. This is as much as all the neighbors have learned about the we'll, but I notice that the workmen are very optimistic and think that il is as promising well Tor OH as they nave ever drilled in. l am not certain about the dis tance, but think it is only some six or eight miles from Jacksonville, which Is the point from which they get their supplies. Mir. Burkney, the President of the company, was not at home, or, think they would have had a larger exhibit at the Fair. MT. Thorp, of Thorp Brothers, own CTS of the drilling outfit. had just come down from Des Moines, Iowa, with his wife in car, and kindly drove me into Jacksonville for the Fair. Both he and Mrs. Thorp were enthusiastic about the Fair exhibits, but as they were afraid of being over taken by more bead weather, they missed seeing the best of the Fair.
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11

two bits were being sharpened and
 the walking beam was at rest. hile
 the hammer was working on one bit
 another was in the forge taking on
 heat. Though the we'll was not be-
 ing dug any at the time, the fireman had his hands full keeping up steam. One of the bits was soon sharpened and put in water to cool, after which l saw it lowered into the we'll while the work of sharpening went on on the other bit. They are in very hard sandstone which wears out bits fast. but they had just gone through a harder sandstone, which cut away the bits faster than an emery wheel. In twenty minutes that stone would cut three quarters of an inch off the sharpened side of the bit where the hammering had spread it out. Each time when they finish a bit, they measure it with a round twelve-inch gauge and usually they have to ham, mer it in considerably to make it small enough. This bit weighs HOO pounds and had to be handled by machinery altogether. After it is attached to the cable, there is special machinery to tighten it. A jack with a circle of cogs being used at the windup to be sure that it is on tight enough not to come off in the we'll. One, however, did come off in the Arch street we'll and resulted in its closing. The eighteen-inch bit weighs l,600 pounds. While cutting through the hardest rock, the bit would only stand twenty minutes work, when it would have to be sharpened over, which took two to four hours time. Prospects for oil are as fine as can be.
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11

Cato may have excelled them in her school exhibit. 1 think she did, and I know she excelled all of the other exhibits of fruit and in kind of heartfelt hospitality which caused everybody to feel at home and like he was visiting his kinfolks.
 In the fiddlers' contest, Friday night. Frank Dedrick took first prize and Blanche Phillips, second prize. A pair of overalls presented by the Henry Estate store. The first was an overall suit.
 Thursday night spent at the home of some of my best friends, the J. R. McNair's, and Saturday night 1 spent with some of my most faithful friends, the c. A. McCain's, one of the places 1 stopped on my first trip to the Jacksonville country, and where I have continued to receive a warm welcome every time l come around.
 Mildred Parker gave me an Indian arrowhead at the Fair. Raymond Haynie brought me box full of relics, as did Elton Gwin and Mrs. J. R. McNair gave me very fine Indian arrowhead, while Casey Jones brought me an Indian Mill, which l failed to connect up with, but l hope he carried it home and is saving it for me.
 Jesse Jonson had very fine ex- hibit of Indian arroWheads, and his sister, Miss Annabelle, ad a perfect sweet potato man on exhibition. It was a wonderful freak of nature, with a separate head, body and legs, and she accidentally broke the arms off of it before she discovered 1t was man, but I bet she will be more careful with the next man she gets after this sad experience.
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11
THE EXHIBITS

| a
 Going up the right hand flight of stairs I came first, to the farm and home exhibits of Martin Lawson, grown on farm rented from MT. Clapham, of the Doyle-Kidd Dry Goods Co. This farm was a failure last year, though Mir. Clapham had paid out a large sum of money, that he quit 1t in disgust and rented it to Mir. Lawson, telling him to do as he pleased with it. Though the land was run down, Mir. Lawson won first prize. On the landing at the head of the other stairs was the exhibit of Mir. W. D. Beall, which took sec ond prize To the left of the door as you entered, was the Jacksonville school exhibit. Next to 1t was the Jacksonville exhibit, occupying the whole of that side, and the east end of the building. On the other side of the room, was the Concord exhibit, which took second prize Many of the Jacksonville people tried to get the judges to award first community prize to Concord, and they persist ently talked that Concord's exhibit was the best and should have first prize, but the judges said that they were going by the catalog, and Jack sonville had won. Ebenezer had an exhibit just about as oood
 There were many articles of ladies handiwork, enough to have stocked a dry goods store and many things exhibited by them were of rare beauty. The most beautiful thing I saw was a hanging basket, made of sweet gum balls and pine cones, neatly vanished and lined inside with red silk. It was splendid and was made by Mrs. F. C. Blodgett. There were also all kinds of canned goods and pastries. A showcase full of cakes by the Concord people, wede of cakes by the Concord people, were they looked like they alone had won the. community prize.
 Coops for the chickens and pens for the hogs and stock were built and arranged in such manner that they made the grounds look like a perma- nent Fair grounds. D. s. Galloway had his splendid Red Duroc boar there, which took first prize at the Memphis Tri-State Fair and sevneth prize at the Des Moines National Fair, where 1t was the best animal ex- hibited. He also had a bunch of his white face cattle and other stock. Much other stock was exhibited, and the coops were filled and additional poultry had to be exhibited in the GOODS they were brought to the Fair in.
 The only place this Fair was beat, en in, was in dairy cattle at Sweet Home and their new community hut building cots, and school exhibits at Mabelvale and Halstead. At Pima cle Mountain Fair 1t was excelled by the hospitality of the people, who made free dinner of the cakes and pastry exhibited after feeding us on the finest of country ham, beefsteak and fried chicken.
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11
. THE OIL WELL. DRHLFRS

What a pity the oil well and silver and copper mine could have been exhibited at the Fair. If they had been there the people would sure enough have opened their eyes at the Jacksonville Fair.
 We'll, from what saw at the we'll, it takes better blaeksmiths to drill an oil we'll than anything else. Having received an invitation from MT. Bo- lin to stay and spend the night with him had plenty of time to watch the blacksmith work and l found it very interesting. There Is not much to the drilling except when they fin ish sharpening a bit, they attach it to the cable and let 1t down to the bottom of the we'll and start the big walking beam to going up and down which runs the big crane and the steam hammer, and the steam blower on the forge operates the walking beam, 1 suppose as a kind of exercise or side line.
 They first used an eighteen-inch bit, and, of course, an eighteen-inch casing, for the we'll. They are now using a twelye-inch bit or drill and that is the one l saw them sharpen. This Is the only well in the county that uses a steam hammer There are a couple of cylinders to the ham, mer which they have set at an angle of AS degrees, which makes them look very much likeconons of the present type of trench guns. They have a very large forge with a steam blower. The top of the forge is GOV cred with loose fire brick and when the bit is placed in it, loose brick are used to build up around it. Of course, only the end of the bit is heated It takes from three quarters 10 an hour to heat ii the first time, and after that, about one-haIf an hour This time they had to cut out with a cold chisel a piece of steel on each side of the bit about two by four inches. There is a groove of that size running up and down the side of the bit, and the hammeripg and hard rock had battered t until 1t had been mashed in al the end, filling the open space That was cut out then ii was heated again for about half an hour, then hammered on for a quarter of an hour to a half hour and put back in and heated again. The steam hammer does its work very rapidly, but the best work is finished with two heavy sledge hammers, one four teen and the other sixteen pounds. Mir. Simonds, who is large, strong man, using the latter. All together the bit was heated five times The last time 1t was stood up in a trough of water and a stream of water out of hose played on it for about two hours, to cool it off, after which, 1t was ready for drilling. Two crews keep the blacksmith shop running right and day, when they can spare a bit out of the shop 1t is kept in the well at work drilling. But, as I said before, the blacksmith shop is the main thing at this oil well. The next morning when l got to the we'll
The Pulaskian., 1920-11-11
BUSINESS INCREASES
 EVERY DAY

This frm-Arkansas' Mail Ordo. n
 Store-has outgrown all exnect.i. eCt m There was time when their rTC.dlo' nsrcoi Q business would be attended to sa in 20 20 minutes. Now they have a man ~ oa ! le ed especially for this departmsr'V Vnlp0 he's kept busy getting out drugs sa.l sH perfumes, hospital supplies, face ra,,ulls eroas toilet articles, rubber goods of Siedal quality, etc. This store has esrn.d Ds a reputation, namely. "Yon can aa. a0u l1 Snodgrass & Bracys. g. Send i1 e'' T your mail order. Arkansas Mail n.1I lsd3 Drug Store. 4 'f0' Snodgrass & Bracy's Mail o,dl
 Drug Store.