Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13

OH hand to fight the measure which
has the Endorsement Of the fnterna-
tional Reform Bureau and others.
The chiropractic measure is'set for
hearing before the House Commit
tee on General Laws tomorrow af
tcrnoon at 1 o'clock. The measure
provides for n board of examiners
and fixes the eligibility of. those
seeking To practice. 4,
Extend school Hook Contract.
The House this week also will
; take up bill which empowers the
board of education to extend the
contract for school books one year.
instead of making new contract
for four years. The House also. will
take IN the Sheppard Towner ma
ternity bill. which last week passed
the Senate. Tomorrow afternoon ut
! o'clock the Senate general laws
body Will take up the gasoline in
spcction bill.
The hearing before the joint meet
ing of the Senate aud House com
mittccS last week brought to Rich
mond quite Il number of people from
Bath County. among them John w.
Stephenson. Jr., Commemorative at
,orney; II. n. BYRD. George B. Ven
able. treasurer: Carl Hoover. super
intendent Of schools: Bruce K. Rich =
ardson. county engineer: J. Il. Wood.
of Milihoro. and others.
Clifton Forge had large dele
cation here. trying 10 divert the
State highway road from Stauntou,
down the cowpasturc. thus taking II
away from Hot Springs and Warm
Springs The committee decided in
favor OF the Hot Springs routc.
Hiring Out interesting: Facts.
Al this hearin" some interesting
facts We're brought out. showing the
great industry carried Oh At Hot
Springs. il being stated that the dis
burscmrnts of the great resort hotel
ut that place for wages. supplies. etc.
approached sl.O0ooOo IA year. Prob
ably the most Interesting thing de-
vclopcd was that while the Home
stead catered largely TO such bust
ness as pa,ronizcd it's hotel, yet there
had sprung up In the Warm Springs
Valley n large colony OF people who
had erected handsome homes and
thereby became large taxpayers TO
the county and State. Some OF these
people are paying taxes on dwellings
assessed at $4,000.
The assessed values OF buildings
Immediately OH the road from Wa'm
Springs down through the Valley 10
the NIlcsnHnN lirt HlIloullttu W
nearly sli,2ao.0oo. These figures did
not include the model Industrial
town being built near Warm Springs
by the Tidcwat"r Hardwood Cor
pora,ion. Speaking Of these figures.
Georgia Il. Ncnahl". treasurer of Hath
County. said that perhaps - per
cent OF these values have been added
since II good road had been con-
structcd from Warm springs to the
Healing Springs. and. In his opinion,
these figures showed very conclusive
Is the value Of good roads as tending
to increase taxable values and en-
courage building.
Inequality Of Assessments.
He pointed To the fact that lands
equally as fertile. near the main line
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
were not assessed at anything like
the values OF land In the Warm
Springs valley. the difference being
due TO the fact that ono section had
good road and the other had not.
The Bath people arc looking for
ward with interest to the highway
system to connect UP tho two sides
Of the county. by the route from
Stuunton. through Goshen. 10 Warm
Springs and then TO CovinEton.