Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-25
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towns and cities which have bitumen
treated streets do not allow tractors.
traction engines or cleated machines
to use such streets. Main Street In
Woodstock is frequently punctured
and its surface ridged by this sort OF
traffic. Why not detour tractors and
cleated machines to Church or Muh-
Ienburg streets when passing through
the town? 1t would save the main
thoroughfare and cause little or no
delay to the road wreckers. To tear
up forty dollars worth of street tot
get to some point to saw two dollars
worth of wood does not SAVIOR OF
economy Little use in spending large
sums to have a smooth surfaced street
in the town, If tractors and kindred
machines are allowed to tear it up
and make it like unto waffle iron.
We youngsters who have tipped
over the grade towards the setting
sun remember we'll when the resi-
dence of G. Harry Haun was the only
one west of the railroad in Wood
stock. Like the Star of Empire,
Woodstock has made its way west
ward until the pasture fields Of our
youthful days are filled with substan-
tial homes. Lee Street, unknown in
the days of bustles, what-nots and
whiskers, has just been opened
through the square west Of the de-
pot, having been extended from
Spring Street. Already houses are
planned facing the thoroughfare. And
so Woodstock grows, and grows and
grows And much of the growth will
be westward because of the eleva-
ton.
! Don't doff your 3D. v. Dees" This
cool spell Is just meteorological
fluke. The weather man says it will
get hot again. Shivers shook the
spines of the thinly-garbed folks dur
ing the week because of the sudden
drop in temperature, but most of US
would Just as lief shake as sweat.
Intermittent rains which may have
come from a celestial atomizer have
done little towards relieving the pro-
tracted drought. There will be no
relief until the hose is turned on.
Down in South Carolina prayers were
offered up for rain and they got it.
At some other places. downpours fol-
lowed petitions. We haven't heard
Of any concerted appeals ascending
from this section. 1t ought to help.
Getting back to the little taste of
semi-borelean atmosphere which for
several days has agitated the natives
1t Is just little arctic Whit caused
by unusual weather conditions in the
West and unless something goes
wrong in the weather bureau. Wood
stock will swelter again before the
wild geese join the Florida boomers.
Just reminder. though This is a
fine time to get your coal supply in
the cellar and increase the dimen-
sions of your wood pile.
Certainly will be disappointment
to many martially inclined Virgin
ians that Governor-elect Byrd will
not have thirty-five colonies ON his
STAFF. Only five Napoleons will be al
lowed to strut in the shadow of
gubernatorial glory. and these will be
Invested of the gold braid and accou-
trements which give color to the pic
ture of an executive on parade. Prob
ably the most ludicrous and pathetic
military body outside of Zululand and
Bolivia is governors stan of civil
ian colonies. Most of them could not
keep step with themselves and few
OF them knew a howitzer from q
manure spreader. OF course, the COL
onelship was honorary and carried
with 1t the opportunity to swell up
like poisoned pup on state occa-
sions, and bask in the sunshine of So
cial favor when the governor was
gadding about distributing personal
propaganda. Oh yes, some mighty
good fellows have been ON the staff
OF governors. Some of them, too, ap-
preciated just how foolish they look
ed when panoplied for war in time OF
peace. If Shenandoah County had
any candidates for a colonelship we
feel sorry for them, but we are glad
that our next governor will not be
handicapped with this burden of
buncombe soldiers.
To what extent navigation on the
headwaters of Little Stony Creek will
be impeded by the construction of a
small intake dam for the Woodstock
water system will be determined by
commission just appointed by the
Circuit Court. Naturally 1t is not the
intention to obstruct the free passage
OF warships through the mountain
eous area through which the stream
flows. for it may require the navy
to enforce the prohibition laws in
some parts of that territory. Should
battleship bump against the
proposed dam it would naturally be !
disastrous to both nation and town,
and the commission will doubtless
use extreme caution in its report as
to the advisability OF obstructing the
creek. The law requires that naviga-
ton be considered when dams are