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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-01
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WANTED to borrow fifteen hun.
bred dollars. VIII give first
mortgage on real estate. Box 916A
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The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
BAD FIRE SCARE
AT SCHOOL HOUSE

Tuesday morning q fire scare
caused the town some little alarm.
One Of the trucks from the school
house came at break neck speed for
the fire extinguisher. but by the time
the citizens and extinguisher were
on the ground the blaze had been
put out with very little damage.
The fire was in the laboratory
and caught from gaosline. One of
the boys was using some gasoline
and an alcohol lamp uas burning.
The result was blaze, the gas spill
ed and the whole room a blaze
The children all left the building
in good order, and the teachers and
large boys went after the fire. For
tunately the quantity Of gas was
stall, and they were able to whip the
fire out with pair of old basket
ball pants that were handy Per-
haps 1t was the same pair Of pants
that extinguished the hopes OF cham
pionship basket ball in other teams
Of the league.
Little damage as done and allw Is
well that ends well.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
FINE DEBATE BY
H. S. STUDENTS

Last Friday evening representa-
tives OF Buckingham and Raymer
high school met in Joint debate at the
auditorium In Raymer.
The question was:
Resolved: that there should be a
national board OF arbitration with
compulsory powers to settle all in
dustrial disputes OF national signi-
ficance."
The Buckingham debaters support
ed the Affirmative and the Raymer
students denied the proposition.
Each speaker was allowed twelve
minutes in direct argument, and five
minutes for rebuttal.
The Misses Fox, Campbell, and
Hunsacker, teachers of the Fort Nor
gan Hight School acted as judges.
The Enterprise man presided and
kept time.
The decision Of the judges was two
for the negative and cne for the afiir-
native
On the same evening at Keota,
Grover and Keota debated the same
question and Grover won, receiving
two votes with one for Keota. II we
are not mistaken, Grover had the
affirmative Of the same qestion. AS
a result Grover and Raymer will de-
bate the question at date to be de-
termined later
The visitors may have felt disap-
pointed In the results. We want to
say that in our judgement we could
not have found fault with the decis-
ion had 1t been the other way. Our
own speakers felt that the visitors
had a shade the better Of the argu-
ment on rebuttal.
We are told that Keota's weakness
in rebuttal was the deciding factor
at Keota, which would indicate that
our team will need to get In some
good work on that feature of the
question before they meet the Grover
ties.
We wish to. say that for high
school students the debate was most
creditable t. both sides.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31

OF America were all on the Pacific
side Of the isthmus, for the most part
on the plateaus and mountain slopes
and In the mountain valleys Of that
region. which temper an otherwise
tropical climate. Practically the en-.
tire Atlantic side Of the isthlnus was
low plain, cover ed with dense
jungle.
At the time Of the throwing on Of
the Spanish yoke In 1921. the Central
American settlements were as effec-
tually cut of from the United States
as II they had been many thousands
Of miles away instead Of bdng only
across the Caribbean sea. With the
ettlement Of the Pacific coast Of the
United States, the building Of the
Panama railroad, and later the con.
NructiOn Of trans-Mexican railway,
the Panama canal and railways
across Guatemala and Costa Riea,
Central America has become easily
accessible. ~
Shortly before the construction of
the Panama railroad. coffee was In
troduced into Central America from
the West Indies, and was found to
grow to perfection In the lava soil on
the slopes Of the volcanic mountains
along the Pacific coast of most Of the
region. Coffee soon became an export
of prime Importance and has brought
much money into Central America.
The remainder Of Central America 3
horticultural romance has us It's mo-
tif, the banana. In order that the
great American HUNGER for that slen.
der golden fruit might be appeased,
large fruit growing and distributing
corporations from the United States
acquired extensive tracts Of land In
the Atlantic plnin, reclaimed 1t from
the jungle, and planted great banana
groves which produce millions Of
punches Of bananas yearly.
The by-products Of this development
have been as valuable TO Central
America ~ the money that has flowed
directly to lab0rers and TO the gov
ernment. Important cities have
sprung up along The Atlantic coast,
railroads have been built. and what
Is probably most important Of aIl, lines
Of fast, well-equipped steamers carry
Ing both passengers and freight have
been established between the Atlantic
ports and those Of the United States
In effect the banana has shifted Cen
trail America thousands Of miles clos.
er to the outside world.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
PAWNEE COUNTY !,
COAL FIELDS

The coal fields OF Pawnee county
are attracting the attention Of the
railway companies. the Sterling
Chamber Of Commerce and the Su-
gar companies.
At the request Of these people,
Rev. Ingraham drove to the different
mines west OF here Monday to inves-
tigate and report.
He found that the Hill mines due
west Of Raymer Is miles, had mined
about 400 tons Of coal this season.
This coal has been taken from vein
about IS feet below the surface, and
while 1t is a rather inferior grade of
Ignite, 1t answers the purpose very
well, and all that has been mined Is
readily disposed of.
The mine has one shaft and about
600 feet OF tunnels. Two veins are
known to exist below the vein being
worked and the indications are that
the quality Is better. ~
What is known as the Peters mine
is due west of Buckingham miles,
and south of Keota the same distance.
AT this place the first vein was
worthless, but second vein has
been found at IS feet and 1t is believ-
ed that this will prove to be a better
grade OF Ignite.
The latter mine is quite accessible
to the railroad track, being only about
three miles from the Burlington and
natural swale leads to the mine
with very little grade.
In the Peters mine water has been
encountered, but sump (pit) will
be dug and the water pumped
These coal deposits are attracting
attention from outside and we look
for development
In fact. there seems to be good
reason to believe that the clays,
minerals and possibly oils may be
found here that will make this sec
tion valuable In the near future,
not only for its agricultural worth.
but for these other things.
Should the Pawnee bill be killed
at this session Of the legislature,
the western boundary may be squar-
ed up to advantage so as to include
the Hill coal mines.
There is little question that few
interested parties got busy with de-
ceptive propaganda in the Osgood
country early In the game and could
easily have been counteracted with
the facts and an entirely different
result made.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31

a gigantic watch fob shaped like a
founder. It is attached by the mar
row ribbon Of the Isthmus Of Pere-
kop, strip Of land only three-quar.
tiers Of mile wide and only few
feet above sea level. On one side ID
the Black sea and on the other the
stagnant, shallow. malodorous waters
Of the Swatch, or Putrid sea, la
COON Of the Sea Of Axov. This Is the
only unbroken natural land connec-
ton between the mainland and the
Crimea, but a few miles to the east
a narrow part Of the Putrid sea has
been bridged by the railroad which
enters the peninsula.
The greatest width Of the Crlmeai
north and south Is 116 miles, and its
greatest length from head" to tail"
is 225 miles. It contains about 9,7OO
square miles, and Is thus approximate
ly the size Of the state Of Vermont or
the island Of Sicily. Before the World
war Its population was 100000.
The Crimea was conquered by Cath.
arine the Great Of Russia In It'll, and
remained part Of the Russian en-
pire until that political entity's col
lapse In 1917. The bulk Of the popu-
lation remains Tatar, though there ID
an admixture Of both Greek and Ital-
Ian blood In the nominally Tatar
people.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
sPURGM NEWS NOTES

The card party Saturday night
was held at L. Goolsbys. Those there
report such good time they did
not leave until very late hour.
Miss Wilda Ewing, teacher at
Rockaway school gave big dance
and pie supper, Saturday night 10
inst A big crowd and general good
tife reported by those attending, but
all wished for more floor space.
Albin johnson brought load OF
furniture to hts homestead Friday
Miss Beryl Rhodes Of Kimball is
spending the week with her aunt,
Mrs. NJ. II. Peake. and her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellington.
d. d. Lawt0n and wife were trad
ing with, Kimball merchants Mon
day.
r, Goolsby and Carl Kline were
callers at j. r. Spurgins Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Knnersley and
younger children were visiting rel
atives near Dalton. Nebrasga. Thurs
day and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Chase and chill.
dren have returned home from q two
weeks visit with relatives near Flem-
ing.
Carl Kline is building a barn on
his homestead.
d. d. Lawton has been trading
some of his milk cows. he now has
all Holsteins. 'Succes be HIS
Wilbur vandever was a business
visitor at J. R Spurgins Friday
FARM LAND FOR RENT.--InQuire
at The Enterprise.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS

Charles o. Plumb, boys ana girls
club leader or Weld county was IN
Raymer Monday arc Tuesday or
ganizing the clubs at this point.
There are six clubs, Corn, Pig.
Poultry and three sewing clubs, al
so two cooking clubs.
Mr.. Plumb is Just starting In and
devotes his entire time to club work
in the county working In connection
with the county agent, M. E. Knapp.
AS we understand the matter, the
club leader is given In lieu OF the
deputy county agent asked for early
In the winter.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
A ROMANCE OF BANANAS
AND COFFEE

When the American small boy eats
his daily quota Of bananas, and when
his father and mother sip their break.
fast, luncheon, or dinner coffee. they
are making important contributions to
the prosperity Of fellow Americans
Of whom they know very little-the
residents Of the five Central American
republics which have lately reached q
preliminary decision for the forma-
tion Of sort Of united States OF
Central America
Central America illustrates striking
~ the effects Of geographic factors on
a regions development. ALI the five
republics lie on the relatively narrow
isthmus between the narrow ribbon
Of Panama on the south and Mexico
On the north. The Spanish settle
ments made soon after the discovery
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
PAWNEE BILL HAS
CHANCE, WILSON SAYS

The Pawnee county or county di-
vision bill still has fighting chance
for life. Senator T. r. Wilson told
Greeley people wins have been attend
ing the tax commission conference in
Denver that he has definite promise
from the calendar committee that
the Pawnee bill shall he placed on the
calendar early next week Members
OF the board of commissioners dis
cussed the matter with several SEN
ators.
II seemed to DE the general i'm
preston that the bill will be killed on
second reading altho because OF the
present uncertain state of affairs In
the senate its passage is very possi-
ble.-Greeley Tribune.
Yes our county commissioners have
probably been telling the senators
about the pauperization and aban-
doned farms over here We wonder
why It Is they never talk that way
when they are over here looking for
votes?
FOR SALE:-Minnesota No. 10 seed
corn. Tested. C. b. Dannatt. 46-as
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31

from the low bed Of the ocean, which
has depths near the islands Of 1,5OO
to 1900 feet, while the highest peak.
In the center Of the island Of Tahiti,
reaches an altitude Of 1900 feet!
Near Papeete the beautiful Fa.
tauua valley may be visited in an
afternoon. For good part Of the
way carriage road leads up the val
ley, offering changing yistas.
"Why, indeed, should the Tahitian
tolll There are great leaves Of the
wild 'taro' growing by the roadside !;
the young leaves are delicious boiled,
and the curious stranger will and
many other new delicacies Of
the table-the alligator pear, the
baked papya, the Mantis crab, the raw
fish, as good as the best'oyster.
In Tahiti, as well as In most Of
the South Sea Islands, great numbers
of coconuts are grown. The meat, af-
ter being dried into copra, ls shipped
In large quantities to Europe. We
were much interested In the different
methods Of gathering the nuts In va,
rious islands. In Tahiti the natives
climb the trees with the help Of a
strip Of green, fibrOus bark torn off
the stem Of hibiscus tree. After
knotting the two ends together, the
climber slips his feet half through the
circle, and standing with his legs
apart. so as to stretch the thong tight,
ascends the tree In series Of leaps,
with foot on each side of the trunk.
"In Its fresh, green state the coco
nut provides most refreshing drink,
hut as 1t grows older the milk hard
ems and forms the white inner rind
with which we are all familiar. When
dried this is the celebrated copra and
Is commercially put to many different
uses. In Tahiti It Is used for sauces
and for coconut oil. One sauce, which
was served with fish. at very enjoy.
able picnic, although compounded Of
scraped nut and sea-water, was pal.
atable."
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
BATTLE-GROUND AND
PLAYGROUND

Inc OrlmeA was tne scene OF one
Of the latest anti -Bolshevik military
efforts from outside Russia to win
back a part Of that old empire. This
expedition, under General Wrangel
met disaster as had similar forces
launched against the soviets farther
north, and the Crimea was 0yerrun
by the Bolsheviki.
The Crimean peninsula In which
this encounter took place is a land
which has aspects known to every
school child. It Is the land Of the Gin
merians about whom Homer sang In the
odyssey" and from whom the penin-
sula takes Its name; the land Of the
Crimean war. the siege Of Seyastopol,
and the Charge Of the Light Bri.
gade'; the land In which Florence
Nightingale first caused efficient, or.
dered mercy to have part in war.
The Crimea is known as '.The Little
Paradise" to the Tatars, last >of the
many races to overrun the peninsula
before the land fell under the sway
Of the Musc0yite. A traveller Jour
neying from the North is likely to
accept this appellation, II at all, with
strong mental reservation as he
crosses the almost desert-llke plains
Of northern Crimea; but once over the
mountains that rim the southern shore
he will approve the description with
enthusiasm. There, nature has made
a wonderful garden spot the Riviera
Of Russia, combination Of sea, noun
tains and riotous verdure that really
We'd with Ito famed Italian counter.
part In the days when Czarhood was
In flower.
Though part Of what has come to
be looked upon as cold Russia the
southern shore Of the Crimea brought
to the old empire touch Of the
tropics. On the mountain slopes and
In the sheltered valleys grow grapes,
uB6, Oilveu, 0uu uH luc tcAuoi Nubtnt 4
magnollas, bays, and myrtles; and q
profusi0n Of wild flowers and grasses.
That the delights Of it, mild climate
were discovered early 10 testified by
the ruins Of Greek. Byzantine, and
Italian architecture which are to be
found among the mosques Of the later
Tatars, the palaces Of the Russian I'm.
perial family and nobility, and the
magnificent modern hotels Of the
pleasure towns to which the prosper
GUS classes of Russia Aocked before
the World war. Yalta, In those care
free days, was Russla's Nice, New.
port, and Miami rolled into one; its
cafe and casino life was as hectic,
gay, and expensive as that to be found
In any Of the worlds pre-war play
grounds.
The Crimea 10 peninsula that
barely escaped being an island. II
hangs from the mainland Of South
Russia down. into the Black sea- like
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
PACIFIC ISLAND GARDEN
SPOT

With the shifting Of ownership that
has taken place among the Islands OF
the Pacific and the growing impor'
tance Of that great body Of water In
International affairs, the holdings OF
the various nations In the Pacific are
taking on new value. One Of the most
important Of the French Pacific pos
sessions is Tahiti, or the Society Is
lands, with steamship connection to
San Francisco and New Zealand
They are described In the following
communication to the National Geo
graphic society from II. W. Smith;
Like the Sam0ans, the Society Is
lands are Of yolcan.e origin, rising
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
IN TURKEY REFORM
SPRINGS ETERNAL


IN limited sense ut least, us q re-
suit Of the proposed revision Of the
Sevres treaty that dianembered the
Ottoman empire after the World war.
1t Will be changed Turkey, to be
sure. but change Is not new In the
country that inherited Mohamned's
religious empire. Parud0xically, Tur.
key, though 1t has tradition Of'na-
tlOnal inertia, also is land VI kalel.
doscoplc reform, and may be said to
react to reforms more dIscriminat-
ingly than any other country In Or out
Of Christendom. The Turks have
adopted some reforms bodily and some
partially, aud have rejected others
tlatly even when the prestige Of the
Callph and Allahs ministers was be-
hind them.
Turkey began Its existence on .
foundation Of reform, the empire In.
heriting the eseonprehenslye reshaping
Of the religious aud social world In
stituted by Mohammed. 1t went
dry" just go years before the United
States, for Its eighteenth amend.
ment" was not an amendment at all,
but part, 80 to speak, Of the 0rgaplc
act when the empire came into exist.
ence In 1893.
Even In the matter Of polygamy,
looked at askance by the western
world, Mohammed and the government
which took up his mantel were re-
formers. The legal maximum number
Of wives was placed at four.
Even the jokes Of coffee and tobac-
co prohibition that have gone the
rounds Of the American vaudeville
stage came near being a reality In
Turkey. Mohammedan scholars ful.
minated against the steaming cup;
and one sultan went SO far as to pro
hiblt the use Of tobacco, fearing that
II was taking too frm hold on his
people. But the .populace refused to
have the prophets convenant changed
and tlse ban was raised.
Though the reported passing Of the
fez Is looked upon as reform which
10 western eyes would remove some.
thing as dlstlnctively Turkish us the
star and crescent, the Introduction OF
the gaudy skull cap was itself re-
form effected less than hundred
years ago; and staunch old Moslems
Of that time wagged their heads In
warning as the reckless reformers cast
aside their dignified turbans for, the
new bauble. To the Turkish Tories
Of those days the fez travelled In com.
pany sufficiently disreputable to damn
1t utterly. 1t was introduced forcibly
into the army by the Sultan Mahmoud
II In the early part Of the nineteenth
century along with tight European
'rousers and frock coats.
The fez and turban types Of head
0verings have u definite reason for
existence In Turkey, and It Is to be
loubted that they will be discarded
entirely, especially for the brimmed
,ats and yisored caps Of Europeans.
MoIlamInedan rules and customs call
or covered heads at prayer; and they
also require that at one stage Of pray
+ the yotary shall touch his nose and
forehead to the ground, feat that ID
Impossible II he wears hat with
protrnding brIm.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31
BATES SH0RTHORNs

Buffalo do not descend from cross
es between buffalo and black cattle.
Likewise Milking Shorthorns rarely
descend from Shorthorns Of strictly
beef families. The true Milking
SAorthorn descends from distinct
branch OF the Shorthorn breed
known as the Bates Shorthorn. .
This Is the foundation blood.
The Bates Shorthorns were orig
inally developed by Thomas Bates
Of Kirklevington England, during
the fcrepart Of the 10Th Century.
This master breeder devoted his life's
work to the development of Short
horns having excellent conformation
and pronounced milking qualities.
Cattle Of his breeding have com
manded the highest prices ever paid
for Shorthorns CT any family. Fol-
lowing the famous New York Mills
sale, and subsequently the panic OF
the 9O's, the breeders of beef Short
horns absorbed, in large part, the
Bates Shorthorns of America for the
improvement Of the milking quail
ties Of their beef animals, with the
result that so few straight Bates
Shorthorns remain in America that
they are as rare as buffalo
The Kirklevington, Darlington,
Wildeyes, Roguish Eyes, Duchess,
Oxford and other sub-familles Of the
Bates Shorthorn breed are familiar
to all Shorthorn breeders and ap-
pear on a great many Of the most
aristocratic pedigrees. Breeders of
Shorthorn cattle universally point
to the strains of Bates occasionally y
appearing in their pedigrees when
satisfying inquiries for Shorthorns
Of milking qualities. .r
The Bates Shorthorn is the basic
blood Of all true Milking Shorthorns
OF both England and America.
In England the breeders of Short
horns have continued the breeding
OF cattle Of Bates Shorthorn founda-
tion with the result that more than
rs per cent Of the milk Of London
and English cities is obtained from
cows Of this breeding. After life
study Of the country penetrated by
his railroads, the late James J.. Hill
of st. Paul, concluded that the dual
purpose animal, descending from the
breeding OF Thomas Bates, was best
adapted to western farm conditions
He accordingly sent experts to Eng
land who purchased the finest OF the
English dual-purpose Shorthorns.
These he brought to st. Paul for
the breeding of bulls for distribu-
tion along his lines of railroad.
From the offspring CT this impor-
tation came the bull Coles Coming
.tar," one Of the herd bulls of the
Carpenter herd. His sire was one
OF the greatest bulls of England and
his dam a COW OF rare excellence.
Generations of milk producing
Shorthorns are back OF this bull and
his breeding should satisfy the most
critical requirements for animals
with records Of milk production in
their breeding.
continued on page 81
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-31

FOR sALE:-Minnesota No. 13 seed
corn. Tested. C. b. Dannatt. 46-3s
The New York herald., 1921-02-04
Maryland Road Issue.

An issue of s2.5O0.ooo OF Az per cent.
State. Of Maryland road bonds, awarded
Yesterday, is being offered by syndi-
cate composed of the Mercantile Trust
Company, the Union Trust Company
Frank Rosenberg & Co.. Nelson, Cook
< Co.. westheimer Co., Townsend
Scott & Son. Colston & Co, Hambleton
& Co. and Baker. Watts g. Co., all OF
Baltimore, and the w. II. Compton Com
pany. the Guaranty Company. and Gra-
ham. Parsons & Co.. all OF New YORK
and Field. Richards & Co, of Cincinnati.
They are sold on the following basis, ac-
cordlng to maturity: 19e4-1s26, $40
per cent; 1s27-1929. $50 per cent;
1e3o-1s3I, per cent, and lso2-is3o,
4.9O per cent. The syndicate's bid for
the bonds was s5.0S69. There were seven
other bids, the entire eight ranging from
a low of s3.Sils to 9o.0S69. The new
high basis Of 4.90 per cent. FOR the iong
n,aturities is 90 points above the gen.
eral basis of $40 per cent, issues, M
dlcating the strength of Mayland's credit
The New York herald., 1921-02-04
Paris-Orleans Offering.

Formal announcement Of The offering
of so 900 600 francs OF the Paris-Orleans
Railroad Company's bonds was mace
Yesterday by the syndicate which is com
nosed Of A. Iselin & Co.. Halsey, stuart
& Co. and Hemphill. Noyes & Co They
are offered at 92 per cent. OF par. Whicn'
AT the present rate OF exchange IL
equivalent to $3.50 1000 franc pond'
viii bear interest at per cent. and be
retired by drawings not later than 1876.
The proceeds OF the issue are to be ex-
pended in this country, principally for
locomotives and equipment. The com
pany's capital stock is 30O'ooo,oVO frames,
500 francs par value. Of which PA soy
shares have been retired under the
amortization plan. They have been re-
placed by beneficiary shares. The stock
il listed ON the Paris Bourse, and is
quoted at about 300 francs share Inc
company's bonded debt on December 81,
1920, exclusive of the present issue, as-
Gregates S.730,S65 ESQ francs.