The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

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Clarksburg.-The need of a public
park here is being urged upon the
citizens by City Manager Harrison G.
Otis.
Huntington.-The 415 employees OF
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, who
were recalled into service here includ-
ed 269 carmen.
Princeton-It is reported that in ad-
dition to a hosiery factory to be es-
tablished here in the spring, a silk
factory is also to be built.
Parkersburg-Wal Larue has
been sentenced by the federal court
to one year in prison on charge of
stealing cigarettes from freight car.
Wheeling.-Three mills of the York
vile, Ohio, plant of the Wheeling
Steel corporation resumed operations
under the "Open shop" plan with more
men available than are needed, accord
ing to company officials
Parkersburg.-The city is being urg-
ed to purchase new fire fighting APP
partus by Major j. ii. Rowland, of the
national board of fire underwriters,
who recommends the investment of at
least $125,OO0 for this purpose.
Fayetteville.-The mill property at
Mount Lookout has been sold to the
Mount Lookout milling company, which
will soon be Incorporated The COM
pany is composed of l.. E. Moses, ]. L.
Evans H. B. McClung and others.
Williamson.-BOdies Of nine men
killed in dust explosion, in coal
mine on Pond Creek, Ky, were brought
here. OF the - men working in the
small mine of the Marietta Coal COM
pany, the other three were injured,
one of them perhaps fatally.
Clarksburg.-F nationalities are
represented in the English class of
the Red Cross cooperative night school
being held in the Washington Irving
high school. Miss Emma X. Davis. the
teacher, has as students under her an
Italian, a Greek, an Austrian, a Slav
and Il Lithuanian.
Keyser.-POtomac State School will
be host for two big track meets the
coming spring. On May 13 all the
high schools of the eastern Panhandle
will be invited to participate in the
preliminary to the state meet In this
high school meet of May 13 Potomac
State School will not compete because
1t is not member of the West Vir-
gtnia High School Association.
Martinsburg.-W S. Hallanan.
state tax commissioner, held a confer
ence here with a delegation of fruit
growers regarding valuation of orchard
properties. The Orchardists told the
commissioner that Il schedule of valua-
TONS taking into consideration the
varying degrees Of development, was
acceptable to the organization. II was
understood that $500 per acre for the
best orchards was taken as a mini
mum base.
morgantOwn.-''We have an active
inquiry for road bonds Of your state "
Chicago bond firm wrote to county
authorities i'm Offering TO take an entire
issue Of road bonds here. The issue
amounted to $1jOOOO and was mt
out by Union district Of this county for
improvement of tie Great River road
between EastOn and the river. The
bonds, however, had been taken up bv
Morgantown banks, which divided The
issue among them
Charleston.-The Wilson line refrig
orator cars is the only line that bo.
refused TO pay corporation taxes to
counties of West Virginia, it was an
nOunced by state Auditor Bond Tbo
company is willing to pay state tax
but claims that it would be unconstrtu.
uonaI for an interstate line 10 be fore
Cd to pay tax TO a county, in spite of
the fact that railroads, including the
Chesapeake & Ohio, pay county and
municipal taxes though that railroad
Is in Interstate carrier.
Internationally West virginia Uni
verlty's athletic board fin session
here adopted the freshman rule bar
ring al. first year student from rora-
petition iI any sport effective Soptcm
Der j, 1923. The one year migration
rule affecting students from other coli
leges as well as other recognized rules
has been in effect for several vears
and the adoption Df the freshman rue
d HI