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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09

in the sum of $500, and bearing in
terest at the rate of go per annum,
payable semi-annually, issued for
the purpose of purchasing site
and erecting two school buildings,
and under the laws of Ohio and of
sections 7625-7628 of the General
Code of Ohio and under and in ac-
cordance with certain resolution
of said Board of Education entitled
Resolution to Issue Bonds passed on
the End day of January, 1922.
Said bonds will be sold to the
highest and best bidder for not less
than par~and accrued interest.
All bids must state the number of
bonds bid for and the gross amount
Of bid and accrued interest to date
of delivery. All bids must be sac-
companied by certified check, pay
able to the clerk-treasurer of the
Board of Education for one per
centum of the amount of the bonds
bid for, upon condition that If the
bid is accepted the bidder will re-
ceive and pay for such bonds as
may be issued as above set forth,
within ten days from the time of
award, said check to be retained by
the Board of Education If said con-
dition is not fulfilled.
Said Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Bids should be sealed and en-
dorsed "Bids for Penn Township
Rural School District Bonds"
w. III. PenrOse,
2m3 Clerk-Treasurer.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09

mineral right. There are SO many
ways to file on land and in only one
way can the mineral right be held
with the land, making perfect
trap in which to catch the inexper-
fenced and uniformed. / know
people here that have gone through
with those three awful years of
proving up on land that Morgan
county. o., has nothing to compare
with it for wOrthlessness, and they
failed to get the mineral right and
now the oil companies can test their
land and If they strike oil the state
gets the royalty. OF course the
homesteaders are not all alike and
in some of them the old saying that
"it takes a rogue to catch a rogue"
has been we'll demonstrated and
"Uncle Sam" meets his paddy" in
dealings with them.
know several homesteaders here
whose shacks / can see from our
window that have gotten the best OF
the bargain. Very few of them that
do not own car, which enables
them to make some very successful
foraging expeditions. Many of them
have gathered lumber enough from
the oil fields to build their shacks
and for their fence posts. Those
things are not secret facts, they are
well known and / have never heard
of any of them being arrested or in
terfered with. Presume the oil field
foremen think the companies are
amply able to help the poor home
steader out. do not know wheth-
er the agent at Douglas is supposed
to look those homesteads over or not
but he never does and the straight
forward answers given to the ques-
tions by the homesteader and his
four witnesses "get him by" They
always have the required amount of
fencing which is usually sold and to
be moved away as soon as the land
is proved up and their house like
wise although the testimony proves
that they have Established a resi-
dence there. Yes they have the re-
quired 40 acres plowed and there
really are several, perhaps a dozen
burrows plowed clear around forty
acres. They also have the required
well with water in it, yes they sure
have but tub is in the bottom of
the we'll
A good one half the inhabitants
of the oil camps own homesteads
and many of them do dry farming
and raise very good summer crops,
when the seasons are in their favor
as they have been for the last two
years, and they work in the oil field
in the winter. Without artificial ir-
rigation everything depends upon
the elements. Three years ago the
dry farming here was a complete
failure on account of the drouth
which is likely to be the case again
this year. I understand that about
every third year they have the
drouth
There is a great difference in
homesteader and rancher. II the
homesteader has the proper amount
of perseverance and understands
the game he soon becomes a ranch
er.
A great many OF the ranchers here
are from the east and south. They
came here and bought improved
ranches but many of the immensely
wealthy ranchers started as home
steaders. Such opportunities now
are almost gone because of the in
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
BISHOPVIILE
Community Club is Pleasantly En-
tertained March A

tertained March A
Miss Lena E. Davis very pleasant
ly entertained the Country Club
Saturday, March 4th, from 1880 to
1880 p. m. Twelve members and
five visitors were present. Mem
bers were Mrs. Geo. Martin, Mrs
Alden Wells, Mrs F. p. Clark, Mrs.
S. R. Lowell Mrs. E. L. Smith, Mrs.
D. E. Carr, Mrs. S. Steffy, Mrs. l. l..
Falls, Mrs. T. F. Davis, Mrs. w. H.
Hoon. Visitors were Mrs. W. w.
Wallace, Miss Dortha Carr, Glouster;
Dortha, Donna and Mary Elizabeth
Wells. The hostess entertained the
company with instrumental music
on the piano and at 2:30 assisted by
her mother served dainty and ap-
petizing lunch.
G. H. Falls returned Tuesday
from Shawnee where he has been
visiting Mrs. Falls parents for the
last three days.
George Smith who has been i'll
for the past three months is some
better.
The masquerade given by the
Oak Hill school netted $8. This
was for the purpose of replenishing
the library.
Those from here who attended
"The Dream of Queen Esther"
play given by the Willing Workers,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
Harmony Hill School Report

Report of Harmony Hill school,
Morgan township for the six months
ended February "a, 1922: Total
number enrolled-boys 10; girls 10.
Total 20. Per cent of attendance: !:
Sept boys 95.5; girls 98.3 Total
s6.s. Oct. boys 100.; girls 100, to-
tai 100. Nov. boys 99.38; girls 98.-
80, total 1884. Dec. boys 100; girls
10O., total 100. Jan. boys 99.375;
girls 99.444, total 99.4. Feb. boys
1894; girls 100, total 1852. Total
for period, boys 99.097; girls 1924
Total both 99208. The following
have been present each day Of six
months: Martha Brown, Virginia
Clark, Mary Leake. Blanche Lynn,
Mildred BarkhurSt, Elizabeth
Hopes. Carroll Lynn, Lester Lynn,
Earl Daugherty, John Daugherty.
John Quigley. John Leake.-J. B..
Shell, teacher.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
SOME APPLE VARIETIES
ARE FROST RESISTANT

From the results of the heavy
frosts last spring, horticulturists al
the Ohio Experiment Station find q
difference in the resistance of apples
to frost.
Rome beauty and Jonathan proved
resistant at q number of county ex-
pertinent farms. Rome Beauty is
late blooming, but the Jonathan is
early Towering.
Varieties proving second in resist
ance at various county experiment
farms in southern Ohio were:
Crimes. York Imperial, Hubbard
ston.
Staymen and Delicious were third
in order.
1t was also noticed that orchards
well fertilized over a period Of years
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09

at the Christian church, at Glouster
reported it grand success.
An epidemic of grip seems to be
raging throughout this vicinity.
Harvey Smiths family of eight
are all sick with the flu.
Mrs. Bessie Shepard is visiting
friends at Corning.
G. w. Wilson of Trimble spent
Saturday at the Wilson home here.
Bible school every Lords day at
$3.50 a. m. You are urged to come.
Daniel Clay has moved on the
Tom Biddison farm, and will work
for them this summer.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09

creased number of homesteaders
making a scarcity of the free gov
ernment grazing land. The ranch
er has many ways in which to accu-
mulate wealth but lack of space pre-
vents my naming them. We know
retired wealthy rancher, who is
the president of bank and a very
respected and honored citizen who
about a year ago it cost him over
$4,000 to "get by" one Of his lit
tie business stunts What astonish-
ed me was that it was ever taken up,
that it ever cost him anything be-
cause money rules so completely out
here. Those who have money are
usually allowed to make more mon
ey.
We think of going into the poul-
try business in California. When I
came here I discovered that it was
an accomplishment to gracefully
break an egg at arms length but
with five years practice l have learn
ed the art and now would not hesi-
tate to compete with any native wo-
man of Wyoming but like all"bomb"
business it skaters the nerves and
shall be glad to get out of it. I read
that wonderful letter in the Feb. %,
copy of the Democrat written from
Florida by the little six years old
son of Atty and Mrs. H. M Finley,
and | enjoyed it very much. AS /
am ten times his age it would be
supposed that should write letter
ten times as good as the one he
wrote but l see that / have failed to
do so and without a word of protest
will allow him to Ego up head"
and / hope that he will write anoth-
er letter soon again.
So many changes have taken place
in our old Morgan county o., neigh
borhood since we lived there but
still we feel that we cannot do with
out hearing from that via the Dem
crat. Hope this letter will merit a
corner in it's columns. We send our
regards and best wishes for the hap
piness and prosperity of our friends
and also for We Editor. Mrs. M. E.
WOrden.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the clerk of the
Board of Education of Penn Town
ship Rural School District, Morgan
County, State of Ohio, until IL
o'clock, noon, of March IS, 1922,
for the purchase of bonds of the
said Board of Education, in the ag-
gregate sum of $4,000 dated the
18th day of March. 1922, payable
in 25 years from date, bond No. l.
falling due on Sept. 18th, 1922, and
one bond falling due every six
months thereafter, each bond being
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09

were able to resist cold better than
orchards where the fertility had been
neglected.
Considerable damage, however,
was done to orchards by fungous
diseases because many owners neg
lected to follow with summer sprays
after the destruction of the fruit
by frost.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
Program for Westland Grange

March 18th, 1922: Song by
grange, selected by chaplain; roll
call, quotations from the ritual; How
can we make our social hour better,
SO as to prove enjoyable to all? o.
w. Abel; recitation, Anna Great
house; music, Alice McElfresh; Are
farm prices high or low? What
should the farmer do under the cir
cumstances? G. X. Strobe; current
events, Paul Wells; Music.-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-09
Keen the Children Well

Don't neglect child's cold. You
can relieve feverish colds, coughs,
"snuffles' and tight wheezy breath
ing with Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t
checks Group, too. John S. Hunni-
cutt, East Orange. N. j., writes: 81
find Foley's Honey and Tar very
good for the children" Contains no
opiates. Sold Everywhere.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
REFERENDUM PROVIDED
IN BRENTWOOD MEASURE
Advocates of Incorporation Deny
Any Intention to Seek Action
Without Local Vote.

BRENTWOOD, Md, January 21
notwithstanding to advocates of
the proposed incorporation of this
community, an effort is being made
by some persons, presumably antago-
nistic to the proposition, to misrepre-
the project by circulating propaganda
to the effect that the committee
named by citizens mass meeting
held under the auspices of the West
Brentwood Citizens Association, to
present the charter adopted at this
meeting, is attempting to railroad
the proposed charter through the
|leeisiature without a reference to
the people.
Last "Wednesday the committee
named to present the charter to the
legislature, headed by William F.
Keys, went to Annapolis, and follow
ing a conference with the Prince
agreed that the bill should be enacted
into law with a referendum attached.
Accompanying Chairman Keys were
George A. easel. Gilbert Sipes, Mr.
Hayden and Judge Isaac D. Arnold
as members OF the committee' % ,s and
Charles Mullet, J. /. Gerhardt. Mr..
Tolson. John Clark and Messrs.
Gwynn and Bell.
The bill will be introduced in the
senate and house Monday evening,
with the referendum clause attached.
In discussing the question of a
referendum with a Star man today,
Chairman Keys stated:
There is not. and never has been
any intention on the part of the ad-
vocates of incorporation to put this
law through without giving the peo-
pie interested a chance to record
their approval of the measure.
This would, in my judgment. be un-
democratic and unwise from many
angles. Speaking for myself and,
believe, for my colleagues on the
Evening star., 1922-01-22
FOREIGN TRADE VALUE
DECLINES so PER CENT
Department of Commerce Shows
Big Drop, But Volume Is
Reported Nearer Equal.

Foreign trade Of the United States
decreased about so per cent in value
during 1921 as compared with the
foreign trade for 1920, the Depart
ment Of Commerce has announced.
1t was indicated by the department
that the volume of trade did not fall
off so greatly as did the value.
Lower values of imports and ex-
ports in 1921" said a statement by
the department., "as compared with
1920. do not represent corresponding
declines in volume Of trade. but are
to great extent due to the fall in
prices"
Imports into the United States dur
ing 1921. totaled s2.509.025.4O3 in
value as compared with $5,27S. S.4S1 .4S0
during 1920. Exports for 1921
totaled $4,4s5.122, ,6ss in value. against
a total Of $s.22S.O16,307 in 1920
Imports for December, 1921, were
valued at $237,373.33S. compared with
s266,O57,443 in December. 1920, while
exports last month totaled $296,305,-
SIT against $720,2S6,774.
Domestic exports during 1921
totaled $4.s79.023.730. against $685.
4S0.S21. while foreign merchandise
exported was valued OF s1O6,09S ,966,
against $147,535,4S6.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
SENATE AGREES TO PAY
OF new BUDGET CHIEF
Amendment Will Permit Appointed
Army officer to Draw Retired
: Pay, Plus Difference.

Provision for the appointment OF
an Army officer to succeed Brig. Gen
Charles G. Dawes as director of the
budget in July, contained in a Senate
amendment to the Treasury appro-
priation bill. was agreed to yesterday
afternoon by the Senate during the
consideration of the bill in committee
of the whole.
The amendment excludes from the
provision of laws now in force re-
tired officers of the Army. Navy, Ma
rine Corps and coast guard who may
be appointed to offices created by the
budget act, so as to permit them to
receive the difference between their
retired pay and the pay of the civil
position.
Senator King asked Senator Warren.
chairman of the coEfmittee, if it was
the intention of this amendment to
provide for the appointment of Army
'the budget. The committee chairman
said that the present incumbent was
going out in short time, and that
the President had in mind an Army
officer who had shown his value in
such matters in handling Army
finances. and this provision was to
permit the President to retire him
and give him the job. The director of
the budget receives $4,000, and he
would be permitted to accept the diff
ference between his retired pay and
the pay of the director of the budget,
which could not be done under pres
ent law.
1t is known that Gen. Dawes will
leave the budget bureau on June 80
next, and that he has recommended
Gen. Herbert NJ Lord. chief of finance,
for the position. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the President will ap-
point the latter officer. Neither officer
was mentioned by name in the debate
on the Senate floor.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
The House.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

- This is to be an important week
for District legislation.
Tomorrow is District day and
House Leader Mondell and Chair
man Focht of the House District
committee have both announced
that the marine insurance bill will
be the special business. This pro-
poses to establish model law for
this District with view to its
being copied by other states. The
House bill has been amended to
correspond with the bill which has
House Leader Mondell has here
tofore opposed letting this bill
come up in the House on the
grounds that 1t is really general
legislation in disguise and that
purely District legislation should
be given right OF way on District
day.
The District appropriation bill.
carrying items for the support OF
District business for the fiscal year
1928, totaling $20.391,679.80, will
day and has been made the spe-
cial order of business for consid-
Grafton on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Tuesday House Leader Mondell
expects to have general debate
concluded on the Dyer anti-lynch-
ing bill and consideration under
the five-minute rule started.
Wednesday the program calls
for dispensing with calendar
Wednesday and carrying the Dyer
anti-lynching bill to final action.
Speaker Gillett set new prece-
dent on Friday, when he gave the
House his reasons for giving the
committee on interstate and for
eign commerce jurisdiction over
the report Of the international
Joint commission on development
Of the st. Lawrence river, to pro-
vide a great lakes to the sea
waterway. He had previously sat
as a Judge while three committees
argued their rights to jurisdic-
tion.
The House District committee on
Wednesday next is to receive from
Representative Fitzgerald OF Ohio
his rewritten bill for compulsory
workmen's compensation law Tor
the District. The committee this
week decided in favor Of the Fttz.
gerald bill over the principle OF
the Underhill bill.
The House during the week con-
sidered the new appropriation bill
for support Of Independent estab-
lishments. carrying approximately
S425OO0,O00.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
STEEL INDUSTRY
| ASKS CUT IN RATE
Wants 40 Per Cent Increase
in Rail Charges Granted
t in. 1920 Set Aside.

The steel industry asked. the In
terstate Commerce Commission yes
terday in its investigation into trans
portation rate levels to remove en-
freight rates granted throughout
eastern territory In August. 1920. This
is the greatest reduction SO far re-
quested by shippers since the COM
mission reopened the general rate
question. Spokesman. both for the
independent producers, Joined in sug-
gesting the 40 per cent decrease.
L. c. Billy. traffic manager Of the
Carnegie Steel Company. a steel cor
steel products have long borne and
are still bearing more than their
proper pro rata share of transporta-
tion charges" +. A. Ogden, for Jones
& Laughlin. Independent producers,
and H. c. Crawford, for the Cambria
him in asking the removal OF the 40
per cent. Mr.. Ogden declaring the
step would result in "stimulation of
business. greater operation of iron
ard steel mills, and increased traffic
for the railroads"
Halts Normal Conditions.
John A. Topping. chairman of the
board of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company, speaking for independent
producers. declared that normal con-
ditions cannot be restored in The iron
and steel industry unless substan-
tial reduction in transportation
charge is effected" He added that
producers had cut costs to the limit.
but that the consumers IN 'the long
run controlled the price level. and
the selling prices had to be fixed to
meet the ability of consumers to pay.
The commission heard also conclud-
ing statements by coal represent
atives. and a plea for lower rates on
metallic ores in the west.
An order was issued by the COM
mission yesterday admitting repre-
sentatives of labor organizations to
the investigation, setting February
10 and II as the dates for hearing the
workers. BY other changes in the
advance schedule, live stock and
packing house product rates will be
considered February 81 and %. and
petroleum products on February %
ald "a.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
MINIATURE ASSEMBLY
INTERESTS MARYLAND
School Legislature to Take Up Real
Bills as They Appear
at Annapolis.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md, January 21-
Maryland educators are interested In
the maryland legislature in minia-
ture," the boys high school assembly,
organized according to strict parlia-
nnentary procedure, under the direc-
tion of Miss Mary c. Ott instructor
Of English and government at the
institution The Legislature was
"born" after the usual trading. swap
ping and Caucusing of politicians"
To the students it's creation meant
just as much as the real Maryland
assembly, in session now at Annapolis
The school legislature will take up
all bills Of consequence as they are
presented at the Maryland assembly.
The measures will go through the
usual routine. will be introduced and
referred to the various committees,
will be reported to the various
houses and will eventually either be-
come laws or will be killed or lost
in the shuttle.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
SAYS REPUBLICANS
HOSTILE ET0FARME:R
Harrison Attacks Admins.
tration and Party Leaders
in Senate Speech,

President Harding, Secretary Weeks
and other republican leaders were
yesterday declared by Senator Harri-
son, democrat, Mississippi, to be hos
tile to agricultural interests and to
pc aiming to destroy the agricultural
bloc In the Senate.
; The administrations main fight
j noW, said Senator Harrison, who is
member of the agricultural bloc "is
against the agricultural group, for
rear 1t might put through some be-
nencent legislation for farmers"
The Mississippi senator also attack
ed the emergency tariff law, declaring
,, that 1t was an. absolute failure. and
; oontending that prices of farm prod
! ucts had decreased after its enact
ment. This statement was challenged
republican senator's
PRESIDENT Harding's recent address
to Congress, in which he deplored
group legislation, Senator Harrison
SAID, was aimed from gtart to. finish
against the agricultural bloc OF the
Senate. A reaction" to this speech
was was Immediately registered by farm.
ers, ne added. and Ito get from under"
President Harding called the agri-
cultural conference which will con-
vene here tomorrow. This conference,
| the senator said. was "camouflage"
"Born of Resentment
Senator Harrison suggested that the
deposition to the agricultural bloc was
born OF resentment against success of
the bloc,s activity in forcing re-
Vision' of the recent revenue bill
Declaring that what the American
people want is less comforting and
more action" he declared that the
Presidents unemployment conference
had accomplished little.
They discovered that six or seven
nj ~
said the Mississippi member, but got
nothing done"
When Mr.. Harrison attacked the
emergency tariff law, Senator Bursum,
republican. New Mexico. declared that
sheep prices had increased about 100
per cent and wool prices SO per cent
with the assistance Of that law.
consin. also took exception to
Senator Harrison's suggestion that re-
publican senator's were not interested
in the farmers welfare. and Mr.. Mar
rison agreed that in. the joint con-
gressional inquiry there had been no
partisanship,. and that republican
members had manifested as much in-
terest as democrats in behalf Of the
farmers.
/ Farmer Aid Demanded.
Action by Congress to aid the farmer
was demanded by Senator Harrison,
who declared, turning to the republic
cans, that "the country is thoroughly
disgusted with your do-nothfng policy
and no-program policy" Senator Bur-
sum interjected that right now is the
time for less talking and more action, :,
bloc, Mr.. Harrison declared. was
"evidently as the spokesman and
mouthpiece of President Harding and
the administration"
Evening star., 1922-01-22

committee, I want to make 1t plain
that there has not been, and will not
be any attempt to put anything over
on the citizens Of Brentwood with
regard to this or any other legisla-
ton.
1--WE believe incorporation would
result in the development of the COM
munity from many standpoints, and
the proposed charter. However, if
there are any persons to be affected
who believe otherwise they will GER
tainly be given the opportunity to
express their opposition"