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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH 1924
TIMES HAVE CHANGED

No one can fool the big railway COM
panies of this country on the part
the motor truck is going to play ir
transportation. Already the New
York Central system has realize
that on short hauls the motor truck
beats freight trains, SO it is install
ing whole fleets of trucks to haul
goods that have heretofore been car
ried on local" freight trains. Older
citizens of Belington can remember
when, railroads would have tried tc
put the motor truck out of business
instead of admitting it's efficiency
But it's different now Today the
men who own the railroads know that
the motor truck can help them tc
make more money-and money Is
what they are after. So they are
going to combine the trucks with
their freight trains and catch trade
both coming and going. Maybe we
won't live to see it, but some of these
days the railroads will recognize the
airplane as competitor and will es-
tablish routes of that kind-so long
as it pays to do so.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
LIKE A co

For the past eighteen months the
Post Office Department has been lay
out a coast-to-coast airplane route,
and trying oct the plan of carrying
mail by fast sky craft. Now comes
announcement that the routes have
been definitely accepted, schedules
have been fixed, planes especially
built for carrying mail have been
turned over to the department, and a
regular service of airplane mail will
be started on July /. The stamps
have also been printed, with a mini
mum fee of about Csc very rea-
sonable rate for those who want to
get a message drought faster than
trains can carry it and yet much
cheaper than it could be telegraphed
Permanent landing fields have been
opened, and skilled men are ready to
pilot the fast planes through the air,
flying both day and night schedule
Pretty soon "airplane maiP' will pro-
badly be coming into Belington.
When it does it would be a good
idea for the recipient of such let
ter to sit down and consider what
long step this old nation has taken
within the past fifteen or twantv
years.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05

members of his own party in the sem
ate not SO friendly to him, johnson
has turned to other fields for com
partnership. The pair were seen arm
in arm at circus recently and they
are often, in close conversation at
the Capitol.
WITH THE CONVENTION only a
mont haway, the Democratic politi-
cal situation, so far as the selection
of a presidential candidate is con-
cerned, does not clear up. Every
one of the 80 odd aspirants has a
chance, and one mans guess is a
good as another's, if not better. Nc
Adoo will go into the convention with
the most votes to start with, but the
big question revolves about his abb
illty to increase that lead In the
Republican convention in 1920, Gen.
Wood had more votes than anyone
else at the start, but he was unable
to increase his total by as much as
ten per cent during all the ballot =
Many MONTHS will elapse before
the last is heard of the great oil
scandal. The senate investigation
has been concluded, but the fight will
90 on indefinitely in the courts The
United States Supreme Court will
have to make final decision in the
cases, both criminal and civil, so as
much as two years may elapse be-
fore the litigation is finally ended.
Both Sinclair and Doheny have
plenty of money and they will fight
to the limit both against losing their
properties and to keep from going to
prison in the event criminal indict-
ments are returned against them.
THE ENDING of the preferential
primaries finds President Coolidge
with approximately thousand votes
to his credit for the COP convention
on June 10. Coolidge headquarters
have been opened in Cleveland, to re-
main in operation until the business
there is woundap. Indications are
that free-for-all fight on the floor
of the convention will be necessary to
name the Republican vice-presiden-
tial nominee This is in accordance
with Coolidge's wishes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
TOBACCO NEXT

At the general conference of the
Methodist church, recently closed at
Baltimore, resolutions deploring the
use of tobacco in all forms were pass
ed. 1t was decided to send commit
ees before Congress and all state
Legislatures to ask for law prohi-
biting the manufacture and sale of
cigars and cigarettes. There are pos
sibly some people around BeIington
who will smile at this, and who will
declare the effort to stamp out to-
bacco can never succeed. But these
same people should remember that
thousands also smiled a few years
back when anyone had the nerve to
declare the U. S. would some day be
voted dry. You never can tell when
a movement starts in this country
just where it is going to end-nor
how q - r~' r. the best thing
the friends of tobacco can do is to
take the matter seriously and get
ady to fight. Within the next few
years we may have still another tyne
OF bootleggers in our midst-the TO
bacco bootiegger"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
FARM CLUB MEETINGS

Monday, June 9th at o'clock =.
Carlin.
Tuesday, June 10th at o'clock -
Peeltree.
Thursday, June 18th at O'Clock -
Mt.View
Friday, June 18th at o'clock
Taylors Drain.
Farm Womens Club Meetings
Wednesday, June IL, volga Farm
Womens Club, meet at 1870 o'clock
Thursday, June IL, Sugar Creek
Farm Women's Club. Meet at 200
o'clock at Sugar Creek School.
Miss Mary Moreland District Home
Dem. Agent, and in charge Of Home
Industries Shop at Clarksburg, will
be in Barbour County June IL, IS.
and IA. Special meetings have been
called by Farm Women's Clubs to
hear Miss Moreland.
Talbot Country Life Conference
We had very good Country Life
conference at TaIbott, taking into
consideration the bad weather we
had.
Rev. Hanifan was on he job, and
all his sermons were good and the
people were glad to have him back
in their community once more l
hope it will be possible to have him
with US for the Sugar Creek and
Stringtown Conferences, at the end
of this month.
Mrs. Goule exercised great care in
rescoreing the community, and the
people seemed to think that they
were given all that was coming to
them in tn, escore, although they did
not raise their score very many
points, but they are planning to raise
their score more points next year.
o. D SANDS, County Agent
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
THANKS

Mr.. EDITOR-Please allow space
to say to the Republican voters of
Barbour County; THANK YOU, for
the generous support you gave my
Platform / do not look on this as
a personal tribute to me, but rather
for victory for the principles for
which / stand. As the Belington Pro-
gressive very pertinently remarks
He was shrewd enough to know
what the people were clamoring for. y
/ prepared my goods advertised them
and submitted them for public in
spection. The people have said Uncle
Bill, Your goods look good" / in
tend to Fight it out on that line. if
it takes all summer"
My friend, A. F.. Bennett, said in a
public address that he had a plan to
submit to the Legislature that would
help the taxpayer; and if | was elect
eded he would ask me to submit it:
If Mr.. Bennett, hands me such bill
l will do all in my power to put it
through and let it bear Mr.. Benefits
name. If my friend Mccoy, has any
thing to offer / will treat it the same
way. | am for anything that will
help the people, reduce their taxes
and give them "Home Rule.
l reported at the Office of the Salt
River Navigation Co. but they in
formed me that the boat was loaded
down to the "gunwale" that they
were sorry but they could do nothing
for me. Again my good friends |
thank you, whether you voted for me
or not.
Yours truly,
w. A. STREET
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
WASHINGTON INSIDE OUT
A Weekley Panorma of Events in the
National Capital
d DENTTD KEECA
Yours truly,
w. A. STREET

BY PETER KEEGAN
Special Correspondent of
The Progressive
COOLIDGE MAY go down in history
as the "vetoing President" At this
writing, he already has axed two
soldiers bonus bills, and the tax re-
duction bill, the McNary- Haugen
farm relief bill, and several others
are yet to come. The President in
sists that reduction of federal ex-
penditures is the most important
thing he has to accomplish and he is
determined to fight it out on that
line" whatever the cost, just so it's
rot in cash.
THE POLITICAL guns that have
knocked two Cabinet members into
private life have been turned on John
w. Weeks, Secretary of War, but
with little effect thus far. A power
full countrywide chain of newspapers
is heading the assault, charging
Weeks with improper connections
with large financial organizations,
which have relations with the govern
ment. Secretary Of State Hughes,
likewise has been involved in the
Shipping Board investigation. 1t is
alleged that he Influenced the board
to sell big passenger ship to a
foreign firm for small amount when
American companies offered much
more. Hughes denies it.
THERE ARE A lot of women in
ashinigton who would give almost
anything to know where Mrs. Coo
'lidge buys her hats. The word HIS
gotten around that the first lady of
tie land has turned down the fashion
able stores on F street, the Capitals
Fifth Avenue, and has chosen a little
shop in Mt. Pleasant, formerly a
suburb, and now part of northwest
Washington. 1t is reported that Mrs.
Coolidge bought six spring hats there
But the location Of the shop and the
identity of the owner are secrets
which Ms Coolidge is keeping as
stead lastly as her husband keeps his
counsel on matters of state impor-
t. nee
MISERY LOVES company, says
the old proverb; and the truth of
the adage has been demonstrated
here. Hiram w. Johnson, whose
presidential aspirations fell as flat as
fiat as pancake, and Burton K.
Wheeler, under criminal Indictment
IN his home state of Montana, nave
become fast friends. Finding the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
Health Association Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of
the Barbour County Health Associa-
ton was held last Wednesday in the
Business Mems Club room at Being
ton with good attendance of Phil
ippi and Belington people and sew
eral representatives from other towns
Reports of the last months work
were made and several new projects
lwer discussed The most interesting
and important of these is the posi-
bility of securing a school nurse for
schools of the county to attend to
the health needs of the children OF
school age as the public health nurse
looks after the needs of babies and
pre-school children. The necessity
for such an addition to the health
forces of Barbour County was en-
phasized by the chairman, DR.. c. B.
Williams, and an enthusiastic discus
jsion was held about the matter. The
attention and energy of the members
this summer will be focused on this
consideration and it is possible that
enough interest will be aroused SO
that Barbour may have a school
nurse next fall
The months report of the county
nurse showed IT'S visits to pre-school
children made, six mothers clubs at
tended and two conference and Farm
Bureau meetings attended
The following additional members
of the standing committees were APP
pointed: Medical Advisory Commit
tee, Drs. c. B. Williams, of Philippi
j. c. Irons of Dartmoor and E. NJ
Hamilton of Belington; Finance, Mr..
Lee j. Sandridge and Mr.. H. M.
Crawford of Philippi, Mrs. J. M. Nc
Wicker, Mrs. w. W. Thomas and Mrs.
J. E. Keyser of Belington; Publicity,
Mr.. Carl B. Harvey, Mr.. Sandridge
of Philippi and Mrs. w. w. Brewer
of Belington. Ms Ra'nh Te.er was
made chairman Of the NJ sine Can
nit e to tie 40 placa Of Ms
Shirn who is unable to serve. -Four
Belin ton representative were add
ed to the membership list, Mrs. Lloyd
Gall of the Eastern Star, Mrs. Ralph
Teter of the Young Matrons Club,
Mrs. Dennis Polling Of the NJ. E.
South Aid Society and Mrs. A. r.
Parish of the Presbyterian Aid Soc
iety
The next meeting will be held in
Philippi on June 25th.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY.

This newspaper must first of all
be clean, and without malice in its
opinions and expressions and it must,
at all times, devote itself unfiinching-
ly and fearlessly to the public service
in the interests of the masses of the
people.
1t must always combat evil and in
justice.
It must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate corruptioHs
1t must be in sympathy with the
poor and unfortunate.
For Belington it mast always
stand with the unseifish devotion, for
the achievement of the finest ideals,
of every high purpose, of every en-
terprise, of every step in the march
of progress.
1t must stand for good govern
ment, freedom, equality, the public
welfare, civic and true patriotism
and undying love of country.
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
Farm Bureau Notes
The Real Farm Problems

Every farmer knows that the
greatest problem facing him today,
is that of securing efficient distribu-
ton and marketing of their crops.
Without a doubt the American farm
er is more advanced, more progress
sive and more modern than the farm
er of any other country of the world
But his efficiency as a producer and
the results of his modern farming
methods, are largely in vain if he
is unable to enjoy the benefits of
proper marketing and distribution
after his crop is produced.
Before the development of cooper
alive marketing methods among
farmers, their only method of dis
posing of their crop, was to consign
the products to the different cities;
or to sell them to spectators or cash
buyers, who might be established in
the various producing centers. Such
methods have prowven wETAOINS
feetive. They have not given the
| farmer in most casses compensa-
ton for their products great enough
| to measure up to efforts put forth.
This has ofacourse been particularly
due 70 a neglect of standardizing,
grading and putting our farm pro-
ducts on to the market with guar
antee behind it, and in an orderly
way.
The answer to the old, ineffective
methods of disposing of the farm
er's crops has been found in coop
erative marketing; by which means
a large group of farmers in given
communities bound together in one
association for the purpose of doing
collectively that which it is mani
testify and impossible for them to do
separately and as individuals.
Farmers of Barbour County we
are just completing our Live Stock
Shippers Association, and it is for
!, you and your interest to use it.
We also have underway a Potato
Growers Marketing organization. We
hope every farmer in Barbour coun-
ty, growing from half acre or more
of potatoes join in this marketing as
ISOLATION, so that we may grade and
market them orderly, and work to-
the best cash crop that we can grow
ward Standardization. Potatoes are
in Barbour County. Don't beafraid
of over supplying the demand. Do
you know that there were five hun
dred and seventeen car loads shipp-
ed into Charleston last year, and
only seventeen of them West Vir-
ginia grown. Three hundred car
loads shipped into Clarksburg, and
only a few of those were West Vir-
ginia grown. The same thing APP
plies at Wheeling, Fairmont, Hunt
ington and other towns in w. Va.
Therefore farmers we should Join the
Potatoe Marketing Association, that
is being organized in our county.
and all pull together.
Farmers you all know what we
have done by pooling our orders, and
buying fertilizer, thru the Farm
Bureau. would like to say right
here that we occasionally heard that
the fertilizer bought thru the Farm
Bureau wasn't any good. In other
words it did not test up near as high
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to thank our many
friends and neighbors who contribut-
ed in any way in helping US through
the illness and death of our Beloved
Husband and Father May Gods
Blessings be with you all is our
prayer.
Hrs. G. B., Harvey and Family
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05

Mrs. 6. B.. Harvey and Family
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05
TO LET

Pasture for any number up to %
head yearlings or 2-year olds on
Laurel Mountain. Fine pasture,
plenty of pure water.
L. L. BENNETT
Belington, W, Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05

Entered as second-class matter,
June 13, 1912, at the post office at
Belington, W. Va, under the act Of
March 8, 1879.
The Nome nugget., 1924-03-29
INDIAN CITIZENSHIP TESTED
Status Finally Establisheti-Righ' IO Vot1, Now Untlisputch
tE,1,n The Alaska FYsl,cfman)

(Fron The Alaska F4shcrman)
 The case of the United States yer sus Charlie Jones grew out of the voting which Jones did at the gen. eral election of November 7th.. 1922 when Jones swore in his vote after challenge by l.. M. Churchill, cleo ton judge at Wrangell, Alaska.
 Certain leaders of the Natives have felt for a long time that these peo- pie are free born citizens of the United States under the 14th amend ment and also under the act of. Con sress passed February s. 1887. And because the subject of fisheries is so important to them and because 1t is . subject on which they are the best informed, the natives have been urg- cd to vote for particular men who had shown by their records that they were fairminded.
 Charlie Jones was selected by the Wranseli City Council as being their strongest case to prove that the said Jones was legal Indian and not a
The Nome nugget., 1924-03-29
FAIRBANKS PUBLISHER LEAVE FOR STATES ON | RISINE>S
 TRIP
Takes Out Alaska Exhibit in !-nn
 Territory Gan Raise Produce

W. F. Thompson, veteran ueEsn per publisher of Fairbanks let' y cuntiy for the States enruutr to ii teen principal cities where h. W. give interviews of Alaska and , hibit pictures of the railroad dis;"i, including mines, camps and farm Mr. Thompson plans to visit R.
 Porte. in Salt Lake. the Denver Pos Edgar Allen White, at Emporl; Kansas; Omaha, Kansas City. Louis. Washington, Baltimore, Bo ton, New York. going as far East Maine before returning by way Roche ster, Minnesota, where he wi spend a short time in Mayo Bros.
 MT. Thompson took with him famous Harding exhibit, includin the golden makeup rule used by tn President on the forms of the New Miner, and the type set by the Pre-! ident on the occasion of his memo able trip north. Some thirty article have been written by Mr. Thompso which will be submitted to varior papers. An exhibit of pictures, le ters and curios of the Harding wis VIII be made in leading store vii dows.
 In this way much information ca be disseminated about Alaska as home-builder, and much erroneou i Information dispelled. w. F. Thoml son is perhaps one of the olde. ,rcwspaper men in Alaska havin spent his youth on several large pt 1 pers of the East and West. He wei Ito Dawson in the boom days, late going to Fairbanks where he estal 1 lished the News Miner which he hs managed since. He is known to a cry prominent publisher and polit elan in the States. and has exerte
 every effort to bring Alaska into tn limelight He will be gone abo1 three months.
The Nome nugget., 1924-03-29
NOTICE OF FORFEiTTRE.

T" P. A. kornell. V. \. Julien. c. E.
 Ryberg. ]. Godin. L. Williams. c.
 Pelletier and J. Dubois, your and
 each of your heirs. executors, ad-
 ministrators and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended during each of the years of 1914. 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921 1922 and 1923. the sum of Ono hundred Dollars, t$l00 00). in Labor and Improve ments, upon that certain pla- cer mining claim known as and being OSBORNE NO. 1 ASSOCTA- TON. situated on Osborne Creek a tributary of the Nome River, in the Cape Nome Mining District and Precinct, Territory of Alaska: the location certificate or notice of which said claim is of record in the office of the recorder of said mining district and precinct, in Vol. 190, at Page 173, of the records of loca- tions of said mining district and precinct.
 That said work was performed as provided by Sec. 2324, of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and supplemental legislation, for the purpose of holding said claim. And you are severally required to contribute your proportion of such expenditure according to your sev- eral interests in said claim. to the undersigned, co-owner with you therein. within ninety days after the service of this notice on you by pub hcation thereof, or your interest in said claim win become forfeited and vest in the undersigned, as pro- vided by said statutes.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska. this
 2nd- day of February, 1924.
 JOE BOURGET ..-. Oo-Owner
 By A. \. chesnon. Agent Publish Feb. 2. g, 1s, 9. MsHcs l. <.
The Nome nugget., 1924-03-29
CITIZENSHIP OF INDIAN TESTED
 AT WRANGElL

citizen. In many respects they were right, for Jones is an old Indian. un- educated, he could not read or write. and he lived on the lands which have been surveyed by the Government as Indian Possessions"
 The star witness for the Govern ment was Billy Thomas, who at one time was related to Charlie Jones by marriage. He learned to read and write late in life and finally became United States Commissioner at Wrangell.
 The other star witness was l.. M. Churchill. who was married to an Indian woman and raised a fine fam lily of boys and girls, children that would be a credit 10 any father and mother
 The other star witness was Mayor John Grant who is also married to an Indian woman and who raised one 'or the finest families known 10 this writer.
 We have wondered, though. why such men who have cast in their lots generally with the native Alaskans should continue the persecution Of the race into which they married. A great deal of unnecessary and