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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
MAP IS CHANGED
BY ENGINEERING
Accomplishments in This
Science Among Won
ders of the World.

Washington.-The moving of a river
In Pennsylvania TO an artificial cut SO
that its old bed may be filled and used
for a railroad yard is recent Skin
Inish in the long battle of man to
change the face Of the earth.
'The accomplishments of civiiiza-
tion most easily noticed are in large
says a bulletin from the Washington
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society $50 indefatigably has
man busted himself making over his
environment that much of his handi-
work would stand out to an observer
posted on the moon with a telescope
equal to our best The irregular
splotches of our cities with their
straight lines would show up all
around the world Here and there
railroads and their cuts and clearings
would catch the eye as would some
long straight stretches of highway
s"The most ancient of the earth's
great structures. the Pyramid Of
Cheops. should be plainly visible. es-
pecialiy when two sides are in shad
ow !; and the moon observer could prob
ably pick out that other goid engineer
ing triumph. the Great Wall of China.
shaking its $500 miles over mountains
and valleys Few canals. probably.
would appear to such hypothetical
survey from the moon since they
would be indistingnshable. for the
most part. from natural streams
1.-THE terrestrial observer who seeks
evidences of mans reshaping of the
earth will find them on every hand
son our own continent and In Europe.
especially. a yeritable network of rail-
ways and roads lies over the country
side. There are few major streams
but that are spanned by bridges or
made by dams TO stand and deliver
water fer irrigation or power to ne
turned to any use that mans within
may dictate. A goodly number of our
hills and mountains have been honey
combed by the shafts and galleries OF
mines, or pierced by railway tunnels
Man has even burrowed his way under
great rivers to make way for city
transit lines. railways, vehicles and
foot passengers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
ATTEND FUNERAL HERE

Among the out-of-t0wn relatives
and friends who ATTENDED the funeral
of John X Blatchford. Sunday. were
George S. Blatchford. brother. from
Hopewell, Pa. Mrs. John Flanagan
of Hopewell. Mrs. James II. Grove OF
Saxon, Pa. sisters, Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Weimer and son of McKeesport
Pa. a nephew. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Simons of Hopewell. niece. Other rel
atives We're Mr.. and Mrs Lee OFT OF
Charleston. and Mrs. G. S. Kinzer
of Huntington. There were two boy
hood friends of the diseased, who at
tended. Mr.. b. f. Evans Of Hopewell
and Mr.. Fl. b. Painter Of Kingw God
DR. and Mrs. II. X. Owens, and Miss
Grace Horton of Elkins were also
present. Part of the relatives remain
ed here until the middle of the week
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
RESOLUTIONS

Col r. L. Tallman moved that fit
ting resolutions be adopted with re-
sEect to the death OF Brother John K.
Blatchford. Il member of Wesleyan
Adult Bible Glass. thereupon COM
mittee was appointed by the president
Sunday. May l. 1927. and report the
following:
WHEREAS. Our Heavenly Father.
in accordance with His all-wise acts,
has called from our midst beloved
member of Wesleyan Adult Bible
Glass of the NJ. f. Church Sunday
School. of Belington. w. Va. in the
person of Brother John K. Batch
ford
I II Err # TEaFFFORE, be it resolved, that
in the passing of Brother Blatchfortl
this class recognizes the loss of val
liable member, one who was a regular
attendant. one who took a deep inter-
est in the study of the lessons, help
full to his associates. and lived an ex-
emplary life.
And Be 1t Further Resolved. by the
members of this class that as token
of our esteem and respect that we
send a boquet of flowers to the home.
that these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of this class. and that 2
COPY be sent to the bereaved family
of the deceased.
Respectfully submitted.
FRED f. THOMPSON,
CHAS. SIMON,
GEO. f. CAIN,
Committap
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
A BIRDS EYE VIEW
OF BELINGTON

AS / am sitting on one of Laurel
Mountains highest SUBMITS, in my
study, which is composed of moss
and fern draped roof and a tall syca-
more tree for shelter and shade,
turn my observation telescope to a
certain angle just opposite the fourth
corner of the earth and see village
that appears to be inhabited by ants
ESQ small are the figures moving in
to the houses). These small specks of
houses decorate three mounds (which
have been told are hills). A tiny
wirelike brooklet winds through
them. / suddenly discover something
is happening; for just north of the
place is bug-like creature which
appears to be pulling five rectangular
shaped boxes from which are peeping
ants just like those found in the viii
lage. Ny gaze is attracted to the
tiny homes. Every door is opening
and antlike creatures are rushing
through the streets to small house
which | shall term the station for
bug hauled boxlike objects carrying
ants. Why are the ants coming onto
the platform of the train and staring
at the population of the village. Now
a cart-like construction is being pull
led over to another tiny building to
the right of the train. But what is
the idea? People rush to the other
building now emerging carrying very
small white objects. Some of the
fairer sex appear to find very gres
attraction in walking down a main
street leading to a small station-like
building. When they reach this build
ing they turn and walk back to the
mail building. Finally the space
clears around the mail building and
all the ants rush to another building
on the corner. From this they emerge
few minutes later carrying small
conelike objects and bits of sweet
goods wrapped in tissue paper.
Now that the population has been
to these important places, they slowly
leave the streets; some going home
ward Others, back to their work
Many step into boxshaped vehicles
and are waited away by the turning
of four doughnut wheels.
But SO interested have been in
II 4 A.. 4
/ aave not noticed that the tall can
Cles along the street are being light
ed. 1t appears also as if two vcrg
large ants are preparing the wind:a;-
streets to be rolled up after the 900
o'clock rush. sone day ! snail visit
this strange habitation Of small ants
and their tiny homes and see just
what it is all about. /. ". SRI
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
Canadian Visitors
Are Rotary Guests

Two natives of Canada were in at
tendance at the United States-Cana-
da Week meeting of the Belington
Kiwanis Club at their weekly lunch
con on Friday. They were /. +. Den
mis- and J. f. SNYDER. Kiwanians OF
Ontario. Canada, who were stopping
at the Tourist Camp Park IN Beling-
ton for a few days.
The publicity committee was in
charge of Fridays meeting. which
was in keeping with the United States
Canada week. The Canadians present
added mach to the interest Of the pro-
e"am By giving first-hand informa-
tion about their country.
The program for next week is In
charge Of The education committee Of
which Hugh Shinn is chairman.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
sMTTH-ROHRB0UGH

Announcements were received We'd
nesday from Burton Rohrbough of the
marriage of his daughter Miss Nora
Mabel, to Mr.. Mailman Black Smith,
of Jane Lew. The marriage took
place at the home of the bride We'd
nesday, May 4th, 1927, in the presence
of a few of their friends.
This comes as surprise to many
of the friends of the bride, but 1t is
an agreeable surprise, and all join in
wishing the happy couple a long and
happy married life.
They will be at home to their many
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
Local State Trooper
is Buried Wednesday

State Trooper Blake A. Alichaels
u years old. stationed at Terra Alta
died in Morgantown hospital Sun.
motorcycle on which he was riding
wrecked near Masontown.
He was coming towards Morgan.
town in company with State Trooper
ID. b. Skidmore. when the parking
stand on his motorcycle dropped
down.
He was thrown into the air and
In alighting his skull was fractured
and other serious injuries inflicted
He was rushed to Morgantown, bul
died a few minutes after being ad.
united to the hospital.
The body was brought to Belington
ut the home Of his parents. Monday.
Blake was very energetic, ambi-
tious honest and sober: an athlete
and known in this part of the state
from his. athletic activities. He was
a member of the X. of p. and ELI
Lodges and few months ago was
taken in as State Trooper.
He is survived by his parents, DR.
and Mrs. NJ. G. Michaels Of Beling.
ton. his wife and one child. He was
born May 9Th, 1900, and lacked sever
days of being ~ years old
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoons in the NJ. f. Church. Bel
ington. where a large crowd of peo-
pie gathered to pay their last respects
large number of people from Dart
moor and Junior. his former home
as well as Elkins and other nearby
points attended the funeral. Rev
Patterson and Rev. r. J.. Greynolds
had charge of the services.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
FORGOT The WAR,
SEEKS PENSION
Memory, Impaired by
Wound in Civil War, Re-
stored to Veteran.

Minneapolis, MINI. --Investigation Is
being made of the case OF Leopold
Newsalt, Owatonna, who forgot about
his services in the Civil war until
just year age, By the claim depart
ment of the federal pensions bureau.
This was the word from the office
of r. A. Walsh, acting adiutant gem
eral for Minnesota, where claim for
Newsalt's back pension accounting to-.
thousands of dollars has been in prep
aratlon.
Newsalt furnishes type of case
which has given the fictionists delight
and the pension bureau comparative
ly little bother since the North and
South fought. ,.1
Wounded afterengaging In many OF
the most important battles Of the war,
Newsalt's story Is that he was dis
charged from Philadelphia hospital.
BY that time he had forgotten the
Union army, the Civil war. and, In fact,
the existence Of Dayton, Ohio, his boy
hood town, which Ne had left to enter
the war as a member Of Il company
Of the Fourteenth United States in
fantry.
Relatives Thought Him Dead.
He engaged In the building trade.
Given up as lost and lead his rela-
tlves at Dayton, Ohio, mourned him.
His favorite brother. Jacob, following
the westward trend OF the time, moved
to Owatonna, Mimi. where he died
several years ago.
Leopold, however, lived on. A year
ago last month he sat In railroad
station when some one mentioned
dayton, Ohio" Just before Il bit OF
shell had been removed from his head.
Perhaps this had coanectlon-but,
anyway, the name Of his home town
caused Leopold to remember many
things.
The Civil war came back to him
with freshness. Although eighty-four
years old now and with many years
separating him from his days as the
midget infantryman, Newsalt Is re-
puted to. remember details of the war
which might have better represented
versions given a half century ago when
the smoke OF battle hadn't blown SO
far away.
Traces Movements Of Brother.
Tracing the movements Of his broth
err, Leopold found him dead, but he
was welcomed by his widow with
whom he is now making his home at
Owatonna. She Is well satisfied that
he has established his identity, as are
other members of the family, who are
assisting him In setting forth his
claims for back pension.
Investigators from the pension bu-
reau will consider his story and com
pare 1t with old war records as well as
take testimony of those who have ac-
cepted him as member of the family.
At the same time, physicians have
become interested in the case, particu-
larly' as 1t represents striking case
Of lost memory with It's recovery COM
ing after much longer period Of
years than most instances have re-
vealed.
Meanwhile, Leopold Newsalt Is iiv-
ing at Owatonna, glorying In the mem
DRY of his war exploits as his com
rades did many years ago.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
NOTICE
General Observation-Disclosures

An outbreak Of Hydrophobi;i
(Rabies) is apparent in the locality
Of Mud Gut School and q general
quarantine is hereby established there
in.
All dogs and other animals ex-
posed or subject to exposure In the H.
mits Of the said territory are prohi-
bited running at large within Glade
and Barker Districts and all animals
liable to infection in said area shall
be closely confined until the DANCE
is under control and carried out a.
Live Stock Sanitation Laws of West
Virginia. Established by DIR. w. Il
Alfred. d. " NJ. Weston. West Viz
ginia. April q 1927
JOHN SMITH
Commissioner of Agriculture
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
CHAUTAUoUA OPENS July 10

Belington will have five days Of
Redpath Chautauqua this year begin
ming on July 10 with a varied pro-
gram which promises to excel the pro-
gram Offered in former years.
THE Patsy" New York comedy
success will be the principal dramatic
attraction of the week and there will
,saiso be light opera company as well
as several musical programs and lee
turpS
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
BANK ASKS FOR NoN-sUIT

The case of. the Wood County Bank
of Parkersburg vs.. Peters Mountain
Lumbes- Co. was MP in Circuit Court
Monday in which Flovd Teter WAS
brought ito the suit. .Afte: part Of
the plaintiffs evidence vas in. it APP
pearM. that the defense objected ana
the court sustained the defense, which
resulted in the plaintiff asking for a
nOn-suit
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

FOR SALE-A number of dwell
ings in the City of Belington. Prices
reasonable. Attractive terms. See NJ.
X. Keyser, Belington. W. Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
NOTICE

Ny wife. Ella Cross. having left my
bed and board Sunday. April "a |
wish to notify the public that / will
not be responsible for any debts or
contracts that she may make
JEAN CROSS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

FOR SALE-One new n. p. Gas
or gasoline engine. and one second
hand II. D.. engine. Bargain and easy
forms. THOMPSON PRINTING CO..
ellington. W. VA.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

A COW hooked its horn through =
lantern and dashed madiy through a
barn at Geneva, New York, setting
fire to the building and strawstdck.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05
STRJNGTOWN

Mr. and Mrs John Finley have en-
closed their front porch with glass
windows.
Some work mas been done on our
roads. hut they are still in bad con-
ditiOn.
Tom Tenney and family are NOV
ing back to our community.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

The lowest spot on the surface of
the earth is where the River Jordan
empties into the Dead Sea. 1900 feet
below the level of the Mediterranean.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

{ Swearing is unknown in the Sioux
iaaguage A flick of the finger, re-
sambling the swapping of an arrow
and denoting scorn, is the ultimate II.
condemnatory gestures.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

A movement is lnder way in Japan
for the passing of law permitting
women to be admitted to the bar.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

New York City has more than one
hundred buildings that could be term
ed skyscrapers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

Try Morning Glory Corn Flakes
fresh and crisp. On sale at all lead
ing grocers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-05-05

George f. Cain was in Grafton
We tuesday evening on business
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28

the year 4S0 B. c. And ten years la
ter another great battle was raging
near the ancient town of Marathon
in Greece, a battle which was des-
tined to give that name immortal
fame. But when we mOderns speak
of marathon (notice that we don't
even capitalize IT'D we're thinking of
a foot race and not the name of ia
nous town.
But to get the thing nearer home
before the Revolution Saratoga in the
province of New York was somewhat
noted as a place where there were
springs which, the Indians told their
white brothers, had health-giying
properties. Then in the year 1777
General Burgoyne, laundering along
through the wilderness on an impos-
sible campaign suffered defeat after
defeat and finally made what was
destined to be his last stand at Sara
toga. When he finally was forced to
surrender to General Gates and his
Continentals, Saratoga entered the Sc
lect list of the "Fifteen Decisive Bat
ties of the World" Incidental to the
Burgoyne campaign might be men
toned the name of the little New
York town of Walloomsac in New
York. Ever hear of it? Probably
not. Ever hear of Bennington, Vt?
"Sure," you say, "That's where Gen.
John Stark said to his men, There are
fhn nfc
tonight Molly Stark sleeps a widow"
AS matter of fact the Battle of
Bennington" was fought at Walloom-
sac, but this particular engagement
goes under the name of Battle of
Bennington" because that Vermont
town was Stark's headquarters.
When Virginia was a colony James
town was much better known than
Yorktown. But when CORVALLIS was
penned up in the latter place by
Washington and Lafayette and vir-
tually ended the Revolution by sur
rendering there, Yorktown became
most important place.
Take the sleepy little Pennsylvania
town of Gettysburg in the year 1863.
No one who lived there then would
have believed that it was destined
to fame. Yet when the Blue and the
Gray became locked in desperate COM
bat there early in July, Gettysburg
was very definitely 'put on the map
And two years later the little town
in Virginia with the Indian name of
ApDamattOx became almost as fan,ous !
Twenty years ago Americans knew
of Chateau Thierry only by reading
the guidebooks. Then, in 1918
bunch of hard-fghting marines made
that place forever famous in Ameri-
can history, even though it . is on
French soil. Up in Belgium there
was little town named Ypres-bare-
ly known outside the borders of its
own country. But French poilu, who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28

Good morning. Healer OF Wounds.
The tea Is almost ready: the bacon
done; the bread cut. Will you wash
your face and hands In the snow, and
partake of the bounties set before
you on these beautiful plates of tin ?"
Through sleepy eyes the girl smiled
up at the man who had labored for
her comfort. You are very good to
your passenger, Mr.. Exile. l shall
recommend this line to all who con-
template a night voyage up this
coast"
ave ought to make Elkwan by
noon. wonder what we'll find," he
said; pouring the hot tea.
Whatever we find, Maj Garth
Guthrie. you haze squared your debt
No man could have done more for his
friend"
But I almost lost you"
"That would have been the fortune
Of war;
sand the irony of fate, with Etienne
and poor Galbraith waiting up there
at Elkwan for two who never came."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28

called it "Eep" and Tommy whe
called it "Wipers," made it famous
overnight.
Disaster is high price to pay for
brief fame, but such is often the case.
Johnstown, Pa, can testify to that
fact, as can Lorain, Ohio; Murphys-
boro, Ill.,; Chatsworth, Ill. (Remem-
Der that old ballad with the line "The
bridge was burned at Chatswprth;
One hundred lives were lost'?) and
a host of towns in Arkansas, MiSsis-
sippi and Louisiana where the raging
Mississippi put them in the headlines
of the newspapers but almost wiped
them off Of the map this year.
Jason and the original argonauts
failed to make any particular town
famous but the latter-day argonauts
have done that well enough. Thirty
years ago Nome and Skagway and
Dawson, away up in Alaska, were
very much in the news. Then their
fame faded until two years ago when
the name of Nome was revived again.
But it wasn't another gold strike this
time that did it. Remember Gunnar
Kasson's dog race to Nome with the
antitoXin for the diphtheria-stricken
populace? When the Klondike excite
ment died down, some of the "sour-
coughs" began wandering again in
Ell Dorado. They found it Cor
thought they did in Nevada few
years later and Goldfields and TOno-
pah broke into the headlines. Then
their fame died and Nevada" didn't
appear in the news so much until
one day Weepahr Goldfelds and
Tonopah revived their languishing
fame for a brief time by staging cer-
tain pugilistic enterprises. And once
upon time two heayyweights fought
in Shelby, Mont.
There are strikes and strikes-gold
strikes and labor troubles. The lat
ter made Homestead, Pa, famous in
1892, Pullman, ILL.,, well known in
1894, and in 1914 Ludlow, Colo, was
on newspaper front pages for weeks
on end. Do these names mean any
thing special to you now?-Cave City,
KY, Dayton, Tenn, and Paul Smiths,
N. Y? No? And yet it wasn't so
long ago that you were thrilled over
the attempts to rescue Floyd Collins
from Sand Cave, and you were reading
what Bryan and barrow were saying
in the Scopes trial and wondering how
many fish President Coolidge caught
yesterday.
ver-Sur-Mer is a tiny French vii
lage. Kottbus, Germany, isn't much
larger. Along came some American
aviators. Commander Byrd landed
near Ver-Sur-Mer and Chamberlain
landed near Kottbus. So two more
towns became famous overnight"
And their fame died just about as
quickly. "Sic transit gloria mundi,"
indeed!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28
Small Yankees Show
Skill in Arithmetic

A perfect score in addition was
made in two towns in New England
in a recent arithmetic contest spOn-
sored by Boston university. Returns
were received from approximately
$4,000 children. The greatest ac-
curacy as whole was shown by pu-
pills in small rural schools. The next
highest score was the GIG per cent
made in addition by pupils in both
the fifth and seventh grades. No per-
feet scores were made in subtraction,
multiplication or division. The high
est scores in each>of these subjects
were made by seventh-grade pupils,
who averaged 93.5 in subtraction, ST.
in multiplication and sc per cent In
division.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-28

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