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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
WANTS REpUcrIoNs

FA1RMoNT. March s-tEditor
The West vlrginiau) The ques.
ton which I wish 10 ask is: Are
the laws Of our country q farce or
Just for q few? This question Is
being discussed by many. We.
have an election this fall for law
makers and now Is the time 10
take stock and see where We are.
To get at what I want to convey,
! noticed few days ago, I think
IN the West vlrglnian, where q
poor fellow had been fined $40.
for fishing. We don't want to up.
hold the fellow for fishing, con
trary to the law but what was he
.ahhing for? Tadpoles? Who has
heard Of game fsh In the Ty.
gartS Valley or West Fork rivers
In years? Yet I want TO say tile
taxpayers Of this state are being
gouged to foster and pay 4 game
warden who | suppose Is under
oath to protect these streams, Has
he done anything7 The govern-
ment Is the people. The streams
belong 10 the people. and II should
be so that q man could step down
TO the river and get a mess OF tish
In about so minutes and today 4
would take an X4ray. to find QUO
fish, yet the law must be upheld
and the poor fellow soaked $40
per.
I also want to cali the tax
payers attention To one other little
item az now Is the time to begin
to think, and IL I make any raw
mistakes please tell me. What
are the taxpayers paying the pub
lie service commission for2 Have
they failed to permit corporations
10 do as they see at. raise rates
and go on record as they are en-:
titled to do because material Is go
high? Now stuff lie being lowered
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
RADIO STATION ssr

d Ado station ssP Is new belonging 70 which
IN Fairmonters can "polnt with PRIDE" This
city has never been without It's enterprising young
men who are always In the van when new tnyen-
tons or investigations offer fascinating employ.
ment that can be managed by ambitious and
Intelligent youths.
Since experimenting with the wireless telephone
has been one Of the most interesting occupations
that a lad could ind. It is only natural that
Faiymont should have her young mon who have
been deeply interested In radio work ever since
amateurs began osenter the field and now the city
has full fiedged organization Of wireless
operators numbering about twenty which is known
as the Mouongahela Valley Radio Association.
To two Of the foremost experimenters comes
the honor Of transmitting message from the
governor ofwest Virginia to the president, this
week. The message will bestransmitted through
Radio Station SsP. which will not only transmit the
message OF our own governor, bus will act as a
relay station for the messages OF other governors
Of the far western states
Fairmont has every reason to be proud Of tie
honor that has fallen to Radio Station ssP, for
this station has been selected out of the whole OF
West Virginia for this honor. Tho entire, city will
hope that conditions win he Just right for
sending and that tho two young men who have
given long hours to work and experiment with
radio apparatus will encounter no difficulty in
handling this responsible bit of work, which mas
been conaded to them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
TUESDAY EVENING. IaiARcH .. lea2
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED

'ouNTY Superintendent I. A. Barnes In his
y report ots the annual educational meeting in
Chicago which he. together with other local
educatorss attended last week, rpeaks OF the
complaintm made by some of the men who addressed
the gathering. about the indifference manifested
by the people Of rural communities toward tho
schools In their districts, and tho lack o,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the value OF. education.
We believe Il Superintendent Barnes had been
speaking for himself and from his own personal
experience he could have told different story Of
Marion County There is great community interest
Ia the schools OF this county, as testified BY the
numerous community meetings which gather to.
consider school questions and tho splendid
attendance at these meetings
n isstrue that there is yet room for improve
mont, and the interest is not so great as it should
be, hut Il an increasing interest, and compared
with the attitude Of people ten years aso toward
educational affairs. 1t shows remarkable growth.
Parents are now working with the teachers and
principally their districts and endeayorng to helm
All they can, and the encouragement thus extended
hassbeen most helpful in solving school problems.
This community interest may not be an interest
that IS manifest all over the state; this newspaper
only speaks for the home county which certainly
seems on tho alert so far as its schools are
concerned No small part of tho awakened interes.
cnthepart.o the public is owing to the industrious
efforts OF the county superintendent himself who
has been unwearicd in his endeavor to interest
parents and the public generally in the district
schools. The hearty response with which his
efforts have been greeted is our brief for the stand
that Marion County is not Indifferent to the value
q education, and not unconcerned over any
question which affects her rural schools.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

James s. LakHu, president of tho state board Of
control, in an address before tho Clarksburs
Rotarlaus yesterday, advocated one home for the
poor in each congressional district, instead Of one
for each county. Mr. Lakin thinks that the Third
Congressional District could support one home and
make 1t more suitable aud comfortable for the
number OF people who would>he housed there than
the eleven homes now maintained In tho district.
1t.looks as If It were good argument. 1t would
certainly be less expensive proposition, in that it
would cut out lot Of salaries which tho counties
now have to pay, and tho whole proposition could
be handled much more cheaply than the eleven
separate establishments now maintained
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Fairmont, March 7.-tEditor The
West virglnlan.)-As citizens Of
Union district We are requested by
the county court to express by vote
our sentiments on April IL, 1922, on
the issuance Of bonds TO tho
amount OF $3s1, 900 90 to be used
In tho paving OF certain city streets
and district roads.
In the beginning I desire to say
that heartily stand for street and
road improvement, consistent with
sound economic laws, based upon
the true principle Of Brightness TO
all concerned,
These bonds will tax US TO the
very limit OF the law or s per cent
OF tho total valuation OF the dis.
trict: thus II you own property
valued at $4,000, you will pay $500.
plus 5 1.3 percent interest or, /
to 90 year serial bonds or $406, on
the $4,000 valuation.
We have an established aud Just
city plan for paving our city
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
BERTQN BRAI5EYS POEM
MIAMI
cs,sIisht. 1sfa. Ne Wsst yItElnila,.

Is u T. . RI / !
lr'tke city Of Miami Il Is June;
In the morning and the lazy afternoon
They are bownhese lovely and their suits made 70
~ swim IN; p y ~
They are healthy--you Il at glanee--- -
Yet they show sophistication mild filtration
|And they shake a snaky slipper Ia the dance
In Miami In Miami, life IS soft softest chsmois
(Which Is used OF course. 70 furnish me rhyme)
And the days slip by measure gaTote OF pleasure
In this honeysweet and sunny-tempered cline; ST..
Yet for all its lazy gamor IT'S city full Of camor,
Full OF hustle and OF hustle and OF zest, ~
Where hound they eagerly surround
Aud the oil:men never give you any rest.
Oh the sps,uit breakfasts and
lunches
Apdthe stately palms rustlns in the breeze
And the seaanes climb the sways and the atmospheric hways
Over amethyst and Jade and sapphire seas
Lie neither where yachts ride Ut ancor
seeking worry mad fronetc hurry?
Then Miami Is the place for you to go.
In Miami motor traffic would disturb soul seraphic;
There Is neither rule reason when you drive -
In Miami Bryan's dwelling In beatude excelltng
And his Senate boom is very much alive
It's aud friendly city aud gladly pen this dy
Which will advertise Miami wholly free.
AS the town OF joytn plenty and OF dolce far niente,
AS magic happy city by the sea-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
RUFF STUFF

ii would appear that there
might be q little justice and hui
manity used In the case OF tho
two+yeat old jail pet" instead Of
so much red tape.
Maybe they will send the
yopngster pp for being the child
Of It's parents.
VII Hays IL now started on his
moyte career. Wonder, will It last
as long as the other?>
Maybe he'll put a little more
human treatment" into the
movies.
There's nothing in, them but
'sa
The National Educational Assoc
cialion makes a plea for the old
fashioned teacher. They're right.
Time wasswhen an eighth grade
graduate could figure out the cost
OF two collar buttons when one
cost = nickel.
Now 4 tskes. two eighth grad
cfs and d high school senior to
Tell how much d pound OF cheese
10 worth 4 hal Of Il Is gone.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
THE BEnbv1Ew SCOUTS

he Bellricw boys are lining up in the scout
] movement. aud they will probably maintain
one OF the strongest scout organizations in the city
out in their section.
Many railroaders live in Bellviow and many
miners; numbers OF them are fathers of young
sons. from whom they have to be away the greater
part Of the time because of the occupations by
witch they make their living. There is no better
aeld for good scout work than right here. and
every Bollvew father ought to give hearty support
to Professor White. the scout master, in getting his
organization under way.
The Boy Scout program is one that teaches
nothing but good and useful knowledge to the lads
enrolled and It brings with 1T employment for the
idle hours that might otherwise be spent in
harmful amusements. All the boys will be anxious
to ton: Il Is to be hoped that sufficient leadership
can be secured so that the number Of members will
not have to be limited, and ecvry home which sicl.
tors young son should endcavor to see that he
belongs to the scouts and be willing to make
'saeraees, is necessary to allow him to join.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

10 some extent and wages pens
reduced. but hays you seen or
heard Or the public service com
mission eaiiins III che so-ealied
corporations ana telling them they
NINA Il a1ce comm dities and ser
vieeS Noi Can you ten m9 Q
slngle time where these eorpq =.
lions have ever ask for Q 81 ~
IN rates from street ear fitse ta
ras where they have not been
GIVEN what they aslr fort ] know
81 none slnee thelhlgh priced COM
mission was hrst placed Ia power
over our rates 81 this state N
they can raise rates why cannot
they lower them as wei? We are
asking for an kinds OF red uctions.
i an q republican. as most every
BODY knows, and I am aslins my
party 10 look into these matte
beea use they are IN pow and ne
i,eople are eSpecti Ing II OF thcisSs
We went In on plea for rlernaal-
cy but Il corporal oiils rat Were
raised during the! war Why 90 not
our servants In office return these
rates to a normal basis2
/ understand they are eryarits
OF the people. The question ~
who are tho people? Think tax
payers, who are the people I one
thing we do know and we VIII M
clude the board OF control. they
always show up at q foot ball game
but We should not complain Il the
tax payers pay their railroad faye
because they can always md some
institution to inspect while they
inspect the football players. They
can look over the we'll kept lawns
and SEQ II the grass has been
properly nanicured and render
the state a great service and set a
little pleasure out OF life IS they
70 along. It Is about time to
begin to think. 70 you don't |
want to call your attention TO that
great meeting In Chicago q few
days ago. One other thing.
want 70 call your attention 70 Is
the fact that too many LAWYERS
are Ia our senate and house Of
representatives. Ny advice rs TO
d. u Hsttnsr
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

Citizens livins out in tho Maple Avenue end OF
town will, appreciate the endcavor Of certain
residents in that district to secure the paving Of
strip Of highway extending from Chicago Street
down to Quincy. This bit Of unpayed street which
enters Quincy at the residence of l. N. Tough has
always been nasty, muddy intersection for
pedestrians. Tho mud at this time. is two inches
deep on the bricks at the foot of the street. and
this condition during winter hasprcvacd for years
at this place. where hundreds of people pass every
day. The street in question is very steep at this
point and especial care will have to be exercised IN
the paving IL is to be rendered safe for teams and
automobiles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
Sidelights

West viFglnia sends greetings

west virginia SENDS greetings
by radio to President Harding.
Governor E. F. Morgan"
This was the message that p.
G. Jones, Jr, clicked off last
night about 1875 to Washington
as a part OF the Radio Relay league
program for the week, when the
governors Of the, various states
sent a. message to Harding over
the wireless.
While we were in radio station
sSP last night, waiting for the
message to. Harding to be put on
the "air." a stranger to us came
in aud after friendly greetings sat
down and became intensely inter-
osted In watching tho operator at
work.
Now and again he would say q
few words Indicative his great
interest In the radio game. He
said that he had a receiving set,
but that he desired to secure q
broadcasting outfit.
He was cognizant Of the fact
that one must have license to send
messages, but was OF the opinion
that since he wanted to use the
sending apparatus for sbroad castlng
in evangelical work It would not,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

streets. The property owner each
Ply olethlrd ana the city one
t !. 81 he paving expenses thus
he perscn whose property has
been enhance "a value pays most
whila the city az i. whole coitfl.
bntes only one thirf 81 the expense
or Q mere fraction Per hundred val
uation 70 the individual. common.
surate for value received. But II
the case Of bonding the whole dis.
.tTtct to improve some pattienlGr
street. the poor man who must
live on our back streets Is. thus
compelled to bear as great. a bur
den per dollar OF valuation as the
more fortunate man wAo. receives
the greatest value from the I'M
proyement.
Fellow citizens, do you. intend 70
be a party 10 any such unjust treat.
|ment Of your neighhor? You can
see at a glance the injustice
wrought to IS percent OF the Sitl-
Gems Of the district.
II these citizens who will profit
most by this bond issue can in.
duce you into voting tayorably for
them. they will most assurediy do
so; as they have already shown the
proper selfish spirit necessary 10
lay this unequal burden upon you:
right In the face OF nation wide
depression in business and impend.
ing local coal strike Of indefinite
duration. Il is quite needless 10
say that our prosperity In this re-
.gion is mainly based upon our coal
industry.
After You bear this injustice, II
you want your own street paved
they will ! am positive be so kind
as TO permit you to do it yourself.
BY the regular established plan. /
heartily approve OF this method.
for all, not particular few, as In
this manner the improvement Is
paid In about thirty days and the,
original expense Is not doubled by
Interest on bonds.
1tis much better II you are com.
PEELED to borrow the money at six
percent interest for a few months,
than to pay 5 ~ percent interest
on tax.exempt bonds for the next
20 years.
How about II you old faithful tax
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

Trouble is they used to teach
things that could be used In the
chifd's life. Now they teach
things that you read about in
books.
II they teach them anything.
Better send some of the Pitts.
hurgh police detectives out to Los
Angeles. Those htck cops out
there will never learn who really
killed Taylor.
Isn't this a wonderful day for
the tapping young flapper IN the
Hopping galoshes?
Greed Bolyard must be q wo-
man: No man could change his
mind as often as he docs. ~,
Yesterday was some fne day.
Like what we want And now
look at what Greed wished QUITO
We ought to give him a taste OF
that Normally Stew" down 1t
the city hooye-gow.
y
1t is reported that rubber is
being used as fuel In Java. Amt
nature grand?
Anyhow. were glad they are
using y for fuel ~ ! ! Java.
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single automobile chased after It,
There was a dog fight on Con-
gress avenue and no crowd gath
cred to see how It came out
"A pretty girl got on the street
car, exposing a dtmpled knee, but
nobody saw It.
"Tho man who had always stood
on that corner was painting bis
front gate.
everywhere was heard the
swish Of the paint brush and the
cheerful music Of the hammer and
%Atter a bit a stranger came TO
town.
"He found the most cheerful.
self-respecting people he had ever
seen, and Austin became the
cleanest, most orderly and beautt-
full city in. the world"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

would cause loss for which there could be no
Compensation. Needless 70 state thcs are jeslonsly
guarded
Ine people should interest Themselves to TIE.
extent that Invests matters
~ u RI own public buildings aud assure them
records ase kept and ASCERTAIN ezsetiy what steps
have been taken to protect them in case Of Gre.
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pm trs ~ Inc East 10 after years.
ci paying taxes into tlie city treas@
my and RECEIVING little N street.
no you row intend to relieve the,
remainder OF the city % any! n,
spenstbinty as II pertains 10 our
street Improvement
I MODERATOR.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07

The South seems to be in for lot of tourist
trade which is has not solicited. The arrival Of
three hundred side door sleeper tourists in New
Orleans will probably not be featured in the
Chamber Of Commerce literature, along with the
Mardi Gras stuff There are evidently tourists and
tourists. and tramp tourist likes tho sunshine as
well as millionaire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
perhaps, be 50 difficult 10 obtain :

FeI httbot W ~ V1Ak4Su1e w ooL14o q
license.
Say, brother, when the broad
casting OF religion has become an
exact science Sunday morning will
be some pumpkins. to use "a trite
expression. Placing a anagnayox
machine by the bed. Saturday eve
ming, one may sleep sweetly until
the strains Of the prelude from the
organ in your favorite church call
you from slumbers. Then one
may listen to all the preliminary
services, dropping. off to sleep
again when the sermon starts. as
many do in church, and being
awakened iut In time TO dress for
dinner by the organ postlude.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-07
Some Dream.

II had a DREAM" writes Walter
Bremond. president Of the State
National bank, Austin, Tex. q
thought there was soma psycholo-
gic wave. and every MAN, woman
aud child woke up one morning
with. the desire and will 10 devote
every leisure hour to some form
Of work.
1.-THE Elks put aside thier DOM
inoes, and, meeting with the Lions,
the Kiwanians and Rotarians In
their neighborhood streets, clear-
ed the drains and gathered up the
loose stones; the swarm OF loaferS
at the Littleteld corner melted
away, taking the best Job that of
fered, cheerfully accepting one dol
lar II none offered five; the
League Of Women Voters ad.
journed its meetings and the
members found plenty TO do in
their own households; the moving
picture censor closed his desk
and went home to whitewash a
chicken coop; the children pulled
up the weeds IN the schoolyard
the preacher talked about the dig
nifty Of labor. and made 1t clear
that ono could pray just as effect
ualIy In oYeralls as In paiamas;
the ladies' found the garden trowl
Just. as restGul to tired nerves as
bridge, and the men that moro can
be accomplished, with the hoe than
With the golf club. Even the I'm.
iversity professor quit his Job OF
experimenting the earth to NOW
tho campus lawns The great army
Of uplifters disbanded.
Everybody was busy and there
was nobody to reform.
zone afternoon the fire truck
swung down the street, and not a
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-05
Mum Bros. very ActiUe
in Burbank Field

The Westland Oil corporation and
associates (Munn Bros) No. l well,
In the southeast OF the northwest OF
6-22-9. just east of the town OF HON.
my, are just touching tho top of the
pay I'm the Wilcox sand. The well
filled up with oil and Is flowing by
heads out OF the eight-inch casing.
II is. estimated that this will be a
800 TO 500 barrel we'll after II Is
drilled in. Cosden & co. are laying
pipeline to the well and connections
Will be made in the next day or so,
and then the we'll will he drilled in.
The Westland Oil corporation and
associates (Munp Bros.) have just
completed a shallow-sand we'll at
S97 feet in the southwest of the
northeast OF 36-22-S. This is on top
of n dome on which Campbell Is
drilling a deep test to the Wilcox
sand in the northeast Of the south
west OF 36-22-s. This shallow we'll
has been put on the pump and is
making 90 barrels. The oil is around
39.5 gravity.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-05
More Oil Tests Across the
Red RiUer in Montague
County, Terds

Montague county, Texas, after
nearly a year devoid OF any drill
Ing, Will have at least four tests put
down within the next II weeks.
The Texas company Is making ar
rangements to drill well about two
miles north OF the Lemons well
which was drilled by Nocona.
Texas company last year. and which
had some good showiuRs OF both oil
and gas at various depths Material
IL on the location now FOR the rig.
IL Ia also reported that John
O'Donohue and associates will drill
n deep test just north OF the Texas
company's location,
Another important test IS to he
drilled on the Boedecker tract west
OF Bowie, By the Basin OH company.
The Heartwell OIL SyndivCate has
material on the ground TO drill eight
miles south OF Bowie.
The Texas company well Is par
ticularly interesting because It Is 30
miles in southwesterly direction
from the Healdton field. and just
across the Red river boundary be-
tween Oklahoma and Texas.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-05
Three Big Producers
in Lyons Pool
Special 70 The world

Special 70 The World
OK ULG Il T., April f.--Three
new wells In the Lyons pool today
brought the total number OF pro-
ducers in that pool to lO5 with n
daily production OF about 47,O0O
barrels.
Independent OIL and Gas com
pany and McMahon have a 1900
barrel well In No. II I'm the Routh-
east OF 13-ll-1i making the tenth
producer on this S0-acre lease
which has produced more than
Sl,2eq,eeG worth og oil since the
first well was completed on No
vember II.
The kingwood oil co. has a 900
barrel well in the northeast OF the
northwsst OF the southeast OF "a
l1-11 ih the 2,7OO-foot sand.
The Carter OIL co. has an 500
barrel well In the same sand in the
west half OF the northeast OF 25.1i-
II. The Gladys Belle OIL CO., GYPSY
oil Co. and Wiser oil co. are drill
ing in new wells today. production
figures for which are not yet avail
able.