Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-02-02

Parkersburg-It is expected that
Wood county citizens will vote on a
half million dollar bond issue in the
spring to provide building to relieve
school congestion.
parkersburg gas well said to be
good for $1.500.000 cubic feet OF gas
from Big Injun sand has been drilled
on the Schadden firm, Lafayette dis
trict, Pleasant county.
Parkersburg Lodge No. II, I. 0. O.
IT., elect officers including M. School
craft, noble grand; George Allen, vice.
noble grand Clyde Gooseman, record
/ ing secretary; James Il. Scullen, finan-
cial secretary; Fred Beatty, treas
urer WA. Mink, trustee.
Morgantown.-At a tuberculosis elm
! k held In the court house recently by
~ N'onongalia county medical society,
SS cases were examined. Eight posi-
| tive cases of tuberculosis were 1iscov-
cred while % others were held under
surveillance as suspects, This is the
second clinic to be held in that county.
| Charleston. West virginia's coal
production for the year ending June 30,
1921, was S0,756,6O4 gross tons, show
ing an. increase of 765,2SS gross tons
over the preceding year, according TO
comparative figures complied by r. NJ
Lamble, chief af the state bureau Of
mines, and recently made public. The
increase occurred, Mr. Lambie said, in
spite Of the slump which struck the
industry in February Of 1921, and has
! continued ever since. .
/ Morgantown- there Is the diff
erence between assessed valuation and
+ true and actual value of property is
evidenced by the fact that the first
Morgantown man to be visited by
County Assessor e. p. White, replied,
under oath that his property was valu-
ed at $4,000, just SAT $50 more than it
had been assessed for the year 1920,
the assessor announced recently
arleston--Charlesto is to have q
new industry that will add very much
to the convenience Of the buyers Of
household supplies. 1t is to be known
as the Charleston Sanitary Market and
will be housed in new building to
be erected in Dickinson street, near
| Quarter. The building will contain
stalls for the various retail merchants
the managers Of several successful
markets of like nature throughout
the country.
Charles Richard Stan
ley, son Of Mr.. and Mrs, c. Il. Stanley,
of 1920 CClwes street, has been elect
ed vice president Of tho junior Re-
public, boys organization modelled
after the federal government, having
among its citizenship boys all over the
United States. The election of young
Stanley occurred during December when
the ballots for all national, as well as
state, officials were elected. He won
by vote OF 1900 over Nisse E. Hamil-
ton, of Truman, Mimi, who received
500 votes.
s~k asss-----t sEo "a I'd 4
Charleston = The proposal to estab-
fish In CharlestonSa summer extension
school of Marshall college, was the sub-
| ject Ola conference here between
\ President r. r. tamilton, Of Marshall
college, and ofiicllls Of the state De-
partmeiit of education. The plans arc
In merely teHtakive form and. are sub
ject to the approval of thesstats board
Of educatioS. sbt6 X A3y mat f4aits9,
| It Il expe4ke1 that aabst4n 100 tkachefS
/ md pfOspectixJs headers nof CR&fies1
ON and sfeihifys woal4 ne enr61ledHfor
~ nine,weelks c6afseaof teacher train4
ing here NEXT summer. "
~
Charleston -Ninety-eight boys were
sent from Kanawha county to the
state industrial school for boys az
Pruntytowh during 1921, according To
the annual report Of the superinten-
dent OF that Institution TO the state
auditor. OF the Kanawha contingent
| includes 40 who were classified as
incorrigible; Al were sentenced for
misdmeanors and eight for ielonies.
The number Of boys sent to the insti-
tuition from the larger counties Of the
state and from counties neighboring
Kanawha, follows: Ohio county, 36;
Cabell, 81; Harrison, 40; Mercer, ~;
Marion, 49,; Mcdowell, 30; Monon-
gala, Is; Fayette and Wood, 16 each; ;
Mingo, IA; Logan, IL; Nicholas, q;
Roane, g.; Wyoming, s.; Wayne, A.;