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I r tPAGE SIX I "sour mil i advoca: I Famous Bacteriologist Passes Away in the City of Paris, France. (BY ? IIOCK'ID *???> I PARIS. July 15?Professor Klin I MetchnllcofT, the famous bacterlolo-j Hi srist is (load. Professor Elle Melchnikotl wan World-famed as an exponent of tbe orles for the prolongation of human life. 11'- was most popularly known ^B as the great advocate of the "sour ^B milk cure" for old age. believing that the principal agent In senile decay ^B was the eontlnuoiis auto Intoxication ' I of the body through the puterefactlon of matter in the large Intestines and that the bacteria which cause the putrefartion could be effectively cotn' hatted by preparations of milk soured by cultures of selected lactir bncllI 11. Eater Prof. Metchikoff went sol fnr as lo declare that the large Intes tine was as useless in the human tiody as is the appendix, and prophe-l sied that the day would come when it would lie a commonplace operation! to remove it. finds .Now Microbe. He was tli" discoverer in 11112 of n new microbe which he called the H "'Glycohaeteria" in the intenstlnes of n d"c and In a paper before the French Academy of Science he announced his belief that the inocula tlon of the large intestine in human Tteings with this germ would go still I further than the sour milk treat ment toward Ihe prevention of senile I decrepitude. The "glycobacterla," it I "was explained, were sugar bacilli of I which the large Intestine Btood in need because the sugar that was ordinarily taken into the body but) already been digested and absorbed by I the blood before it had reached the I large intestinal tract. 01^ this discovery. Prof. Metclinl-1 B koff himself said- "In the course of my recent researches I found that there exists iii lli" lai g" intestine of I tinman beings a certain quantity of i?o..e giiKuiunpoq which an1 pOIMJUU'tn -v.. . , called indols and phenols, and which have been proved responsible for the gradual decay of the system, known as old npc. These can be destroyed only bv sugar, but In the ordinary , "way any sugai or sugary substances taken into the system arc digested long before they can roach that far. This applh s to some < xtent to the lactic acid treatment which 1 have advocated for some time past. The problem lias been, therefore, to dis-l cover some means of producing sugar "within the colon by some means after digestion, and my present claim is that I have found a sugar-producing microbe, which I call 'glycobacteria* and which is only to be found in the intestines of the dog. It may be obobjected that dogs are not especially long-lived. My answer to this Is that the dog in a carnivorous animal and It is proved beyond doubt that animal food pi oduceathe largest quantity nf these poisonous substances which It is our aim to distroy. Should it, bo possible to give the dog a large quantity of vegetables, he would uu-l doubtedly be Immune from a great many diseases which are now caused, by the presence-in his intestines ot prisonous tr.aois ann puuuuis. Kxpei iments on Self. In the course of his study. Prof. I Motcbnlkoff experimented upon himself to some ext 'nt as well as upon j animals, and it is said that he Inocu-' lated himself with the new "glycobacteria." His theory as to the sour milk treatment may be traced in part to the environment of ills youth. He was a Russian, horn at Kharkoff. May la, 1S45. In that region and particularly in neighboring Jlulgarla B surprisingly large portion of the Inhabitants live to be centenarians, and Metchnikoff believed that their I on eevlf v was due largely to the fact I hat their diet included the bacilli of sour milk. Following Ills education at Kharkoff, Metcbnikolf studied at Glessen and Munich, and in 1870 he was appointed piufessor of zoology at Odessa. He held this post until lfcdii when lie resigned to devote himself 10 priiate researches into the anatomy of invertebrates. It was while working at lowly organized forms of life such as sponges that he first made the observations which conit, stituted the basis of all his subsequent work. In 1SSS he had atk. traded the notice of Louis Pasteur, the founder of the famous Pasteur Institute for the treatment of rabies Id Paris, and he was invited to ho come one of Pasteur's associates. In ISOo he succeeded as the director of v the institue. ;t post which Iip hold to the time nf his death. * >ld Ape Possible. ., in his study of longevity. Professor Metchnikoff came to the belief I that it should not be uncommon for people to live to the ago of 150 years. He found every indication that the human mechanism was calculated 10 last far longer than It actually does. His research showed among other things that animals which had no large lute.-tines lived to an advanced ace. particularly birds, which preserve their yi thful agility and spry ness to the end of their long span. a" In the case ot human beings he found that even among those whose sufferings were terrible, theie were few who want'd to be upt out of their cfirir h?- fit.:,'', '!' 1.1* oil wnntori r fi live. "This." .stid Metchnikoff, "shows that death between the apes of 60 ft and SO should be is not natural. It * should not orcur so soon. There Is some cause for it. which should be discovered and remedied." If the normal specific longevity were attained by hitman beings he believed D the old and degenerate individuals n would lose the instinct for life and acquire an instinct lor death and .. that as they had fulfilled the normal cycle of life, they would accept death with the same relieved acquiescence as they now accept sleep. ^ On his seventieth birthday. IfilD, Professor Metchnikoff was presente | with a golden hook forming a unique " record of the latest scientific researches, signed by men of science ?f the day. Although there was much eontrvoversy in the scientific world * regarding his original ideas, he was fully recognized as one of the most eminent bacteriologists. Author of Many Rooks. He was the author of a number or 'jooks. including: "The Nature of Man," "Immunity in Infective Dls . >ases," "Prolongation of Human Jblfe," and "Optimistic Essays." zr - f , KCURE" ' TE IS DEAD In 190S tho JS'oble Prize (or medical research was divided between Ihu late Dr. Paul Krhllch, of Berlin, and Prof MetchnlkofT. The 120,000 which he thus received he devoted entirely to the furtherance of his scientific researches. Person ally he wus not well off, and througnout IiIh long life sacrificed all but the plainest living necessities to the cause of science. Prof. MetchnlkolT had been In poor health for several months. The first news ol hh sjrlous condition reached this cot?^-v In January, when It became knot.u that he huh seriously 111 with heart disease. Ills life was despaired of for a time, but he rallied. ills pbyslcana announced a few weeks later, that the uiTectlon hud not yielded to treatment, and in .May they salil there was no hope of saving the life of the patlont. ORPERT ACQUITTED (Continued from page 1, first sec.) wooded bluffs along the west shore of Ijike Michigan from Chicago to Waukegun, for Prank Lambert, father of Marlon, was superintendent of the Kuppcnhclmer estate, and Kdward 0. Orpet, father of the defendant, superintendent of the estate of Cyrus McCorinlck, both ul l.nke Forest, l/ust summer young Orpet, then a pallid, slender youth of nineteen, of sharply regular features, somewhat vnln of his college opportunities and undisciplined as in character, returned from the University of \Vlaconsln nl Madison for a vac ation at home. He fell madly in love wiih .Marlon, according to his letters. She had completed her junior year at the lleerlleld high school nnd was then seventeen and known for her gaily and laughter? "the life of the party." as one witness put It. (Ilrl In Fear. When Orpet returned to college ill the fall of I91f> frequent letters were exchanged. Orpet destroyed her's; she saved his and they remained after her death to speak of the grout rear of exposure that came upon her. ()rpet. In testifying, said that he was certain that these fears were groundless Once he mailed her a bottle of molasses and water "to ease her mind." and he brought a similar compound with him for the mime purpose when he entered Helm's woods, near kike Forest, with her on the morning of Wednesday, February 9, last. Orpet testified that he made the trip to allay her fears and to explain u Story which had reached Marion that he was engaged to one Celcstia Youker, but the elaborate efforts which lie made to keep the trip secret, and his subsequent conflicting stateemnts of it to officers of the law dnveroped into the most damaging evidence against him. It led to the menacing question of Mr. Joslyn, reiterated again and again?"Why? Why? Why? Why did you come? You brought no relief; you brought no medicine; you brought no tenderness? no words of love! Why did you come?" "Alibi" Utters. On February X Orpct at Madison left three letters, post-dated February !), with bis friend. Otto Peterson, to be mailed on the latter date. One was to his mother, one To Marion, and the third to .Marion's friend. Josephine Davis. They were worded to make it appear that the writer was in Madison on February !?. the day ho kept his tryst In the woods with Marion, and she came to her death. Orpet explained 011 the stand that the alibi letters, as they raine to lie known, were written so that if by accident he were seen at hake Forest and word of the fact reached Marion's parents, who objected to him, or his own pnrrints, who expected him to remain faithful to college duties at Madison, they would accept the letters as conclusive evidence to the contrary. The letter to Josephine was to corroborate that to Marion. Josephine testilied that she never received it. Sleeps in tluriute. On the afternoon of the eighth, in a dark overcoat which he said he had borrowed to wear with a dress suit to a party which he expected to attend on the twelfth, carrying the bottle of moalssos nntl water in his pocket, and leaving behind him the alibi letters and a bed rumpled to deceive his landlady, the student proceeded by way of Milwaukee, whore he spent a half hour or so between trains, to Iaike Forest. Arriving there he arranged by telc; phone to meet .Marion on her way to 1 school the next morning, walked about for a while to make certain that his parents had retired, and entered the McCortniek garage where he spent the night on a cot. In the morning he and Marion met and walked through the snow into the ' woods- Orpet testified that there was little conversation, and he could recollect only the purport of it. He offered her the "medicine" and she refused It. He started to leave but she called htm hack and asked if he was going to write to her any more. He said there seemed to be no use of it. and started away attain. Tells of Moist Ponder. "Something made me look around? I don't know what?and 1 saw Marlon lying in the snow," related the defendant on the stand. "I returned, kneeled over her for maybe a inlnute. I noticed the moist powder in the lines of her hand. Her eyes were glazed. Then a kind of fog rame on my brain and I don't remember much after that rxeept that on reaching the road 1 threw away the 'medicine' and made my way on foot to Highland Park, caught a train, and that evening arrived hack at Madison." Marion was missed that night and her body found the next morning. Orpet was arrested and told numerous conflicting stories prior to the trial, these helng used against him at the trial Purlnp his cross-examination which lasted three days, he repeatedly took refuse in "I don't remember " He spoke in a low voice, with apparently studied effort, but nevertheless became Involved at times and extricated himself by "correcting my previous tcstl mony." His manner was nervous, and i be rarely looked at his Inquisitor, At: torney Joslyn. Slate's Theory. Early In the case the state developed the theory that Orpet purchased a two-ounce bottle from Charles Has THE SUNDAY TELEGRA> ' r.lngor. a friend employed In a drug store at Madison, obtained cyanide of potassium from an alleged supply In' the greenhouse on the McCormlck estate, and made a solution of It before ' retiring to bed In the garage. It was charged that he cither forced Marlon to take It or deceived her with the ex-j i planatlon that It was medicine. The state was unable to persuade an ywltnesses to come from Wisconsin, [ and repeatedly hinted that a sinister I Influence of the defense was at the bottom of It. HaBSlnger, wanted with, reference to tho bottlo, was among: ; those who declined to testify, and no l bottle or other container for the pnl-1 son was even found. Otto Peterson 1 likewise became a persistent abscii' tee, despite the need for his testimony regarding the ulibl letters and as hav"-: Ing seen Orpet, according to the lat-; ] ter, concoct the molasses and wator. I State Experts Wrong, He W Ufnhctor on/1 fir \l* T.'J -VcNally, chemists, lestllled for the slate that Marlon died of liquid j ryarilde of potassium, aud that the spots on her cont were left by drops of the solution. Three defense chemists ( .testified that the poison whs taken In , powder form and that the Important ( and accusatory cyanide In the green- , house was not cyanide of potassium at all, hut cyanide of sodium, with only a j faint trace of potassium. Dr. Mc.Nelly, . having made further experiments, voluntarily nppeured for the defense and ' | corrected his previous testimony to agree with that of the defense, and , Dr. Webster, reculled by the state, did ( so in reply to a hypothetical question ( j on cross-examination. , H was shown further without eon- ' ' iradlctlon by every chemist who had, a hand In the examination of Marlon's |i stomach contents that cyanide of potns slum caused her death. Only an In- I | consequent trnce of sodium appeared, j When It wus shown In addition that: 1 to have taken In the amount of cyanide |i of potassium found in her stomach, Ma rum wmua iuivi* w uuvv t-muii mw: pounds of the substance in the greenhouse. or to have drunk two quaartR of a solution made from it. It was admit- I tod generally that this substance as the 1 Instrument of death had disappeared 11 I from the case. ( irl Fumiliar lVltli 1'oInoii. The fact that young Orpet might; have obtained the greenhouse cyanide : j had its parallel in the laboratory of the Deerfiold high school attended by: Marlon- The Instrument of murder! and the instrument of suicide wore' j equally available. The laboratory sub-' ! stance was ninety-seven per cent pure j cyanide of potassium. Marion, on the j day before her death, was alone in the laboratory out of hours in violation ( of a school rule. j, Tlw parallel or Knowledge 01 cyaiuuu i (lid not run ho straight. Orpet, ac-1 cording to his testimony, had not look-' ed at a chemistry text hook for two' years, while Marion's next lesson 1 1 which Bhe was preparing included the' subject of cyanide of potassium. Or-; pet, however, knew of its use in the] greenhouse as fumigator, and had read ' an article on its use in horticulture. SECOND ; J (Continued from page 1. first sec ) I been in the temporary recruiting ser1 vice. This selection will not be made until the department of the Knst has < 'disposed of the complications fol-j .lowing the release of Captain Jack-11 son. i The best field inspection passed by , the regiment since camp was formed | urns that o' today. All tne units nad i thy required equipment. with tho ox- i roptlon of tho Third battalion, which :, ; has not vocolvod a few articles noc- | j ossary before it is "reasonably" , | oiiulppetl. Those will be issued to- ( morrow. , | Because of the few United States j army orders, actual information con-! cerning operation.* of tho West Vlr- ] glnla troops is not forthcoming for , | oven the otllcors. It is said unof! flciall.v that the organization con-!( tains more ollicers of tho rank of: cnptnfn than can bo used in com pi I- ( anco with the regulations. The sit- j, nation will bo corrected in time, hut. Just now tho means of correction are'! problematical. Investigation In several instances , have shown that some of the men, t. whoso relatives are making the most insistent efforts to have them (lis-;, charged, are bettor off in every par-1 ticular in tho military set vice than if; they were at homo. In many in- , .stances actual destitution has followed the enlistment of men with families. Tt was estimated today that1, one out of every five men in the j regiment is married, and the majority of these left nothing at homo with which to support their families. Those are the ones who are to bo given organized assistance so long as the soldiers are in service. Tho program for camp tomorrow is short. Chaplain W. T. Willis will conduct services, and there will De a regimental parade, without hand, in the afternoon. PUT ?11 Is a Former Socialist Member of the Austrian Parliament for Treason. i?y *?roci>Tro BERLIN. July If, (via London 7:1!'. n m. t Word was received 'here today from Innsbruck, Austria,: that Dr. Cesare Hattistl, former So-1 ciallst member of the Austrian parliament from Trent, has been put to i death for treason. Dr. Ilattisti was captured while serving as an officer in the Italian army, during the offensive in the Tyrol, and sentenced to death by a court martial. Dr. Hattistl was a leader in the ; movement of the union of Trent and 1(Tricst with Italy. He lied to Italy 'before the outbreak of the war and; joined the Italian army. i: \lti.V MOItXIXG FIRF. I The central fire department was called to the Fordyce building on West Pike street at 1 2:110 o'clock this morning to put out a small blaze which had started In some old rags and waste papers in the rear of the building. The department had little trouble in getting the fire out. There ' was no damage done to the building, [i r, CLARKSBURG, W. VA., Ill III GAS DEVELOPMENT j OF MOTE j I Latest Reports of Operations In West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Important nela developments in :he eastern fields were almost a j minus quantity at tbe close of the j week. Interesting discoveries had no f place In the week's work in the var ous sections under development or Ihe wells completed with a view to i securing new producing territory. Dpcratorg are still at a loss to know 1 where to drill to secure new productions. The exlrcinu lower southwest c WeBt Virginia counties furnished the o greatest number of good producers f' ind It is in that section that opera- > lors are most hopeful of discovering b t new pool. The old districts can k supply some new production but it * must come from defined territory and b the average size of the wells very small. For the number of wells r tompleted the year promises to break n ill former rocords and tbe result will'd bp but a little Increase In new pro- o ductlon So far the Increase In production Is far below what It should be e when the amount of work completed f 1b taken into account. Just a very I c few of the larger companies have a n higher production now than at the 11 lir.Ht of the year. , h Kat.sou Well a (iood Producer. On Dent's run. Mannington district, n Marlon county, W. Va., the W. F. 1 rtrirflnft ? *?!! nn t h*? 7 K Ilntann f rarin fs holding up at 325 barrels a r liny. It has not us yet been <1 rilled liny deeper into the pay, consequently there Is some doubt as to what it will do when drilled deeper. The i way it has been holding up would Indicate that its produlclon should in- f crttase. Southeast of this well one mile, the Higglnhotham farm well, which came In a gusher last month. Is producing (lfty-llve barrels a day. Between the two producers there is | room for active development work nnd, holders of leases will not he n backward about starting new work. On Dents run, the Hope Natural (las Compnny is building the rig for a test | on the Ella Klnsey farm. Ira G. Haver has drilled a test on the J. C. Mace farm, located on i Names run. a branch of Steer Creek,1 Itirch district. Braxton county, through the salt snnd and to n depth of 1,965 feet and found nothing. At the depth named the hole was ahan-1 UV,..V?. ; p Good Producer In Knimwliji. I On l-ong Bottom Hun, Cabin crook j, district, Kanawha county, tho Columbus Producing Company claims to , have a 200-harrel producer at Its No. 29 on tho WilllnniH Coal Company's tract. Tho same company has coni-j* plotod and shot No. 40 on tho same | tract and It Is not showing for bet- j lor than a ten-barrel pumper. This, Is below the average size of the pre-' p vlous completions on this tract. ^ In Buffalo district, IJrooke coun-1 ] ly, south of th<' Beech Bottom pool,,), Ihe Miller Oil Company drilled No. 5 ; v an the Robert Miller farm through j the Berea grit and found It barren. t On Bull river, Sherman district, Cal-, , lioun county. G. L. Cabot has now , f drilled his test on the Charles Yoak [ farm through the Berea grit anil It is j a :lry. On Rowells run, Lee district,, C. L. Cabot's test on the Isaac Archer r farm Is dry In the same formation. On the Little Kanawha river, Sherman district, Calhoun county, the j lope Natural Gas Company drilled Its test on the \V. F. Plant farm Into the i Berea grit ami It shows a little gas. I On Long Drain run, Church district. tVetzel county, the Carnecie Natural Gas Company has a light gasser at a lost on the Grant Thomas farm. The * same company got a light gasser In i Iho Gordon sand at Its tost on tho ' W. E. Higglnbotham farm, located on 'J the same stream and In the same dls- I ,i Irlct. . , t On Dry run. Freeman's creek dls-1 Irlct, Lewis county, the Columbia [. Carbon Company drilled a test on the .1 Thomas Lovett farm into tho Gordon 1 sand and developed a fnir gasser. On ( Fink creek, Fink district, the Clarksburg Light & Heat Company has tho 1 rig material on the ground for a test, J on the Ilerget-Rlnehart farm. On Walnut Fork, Troy district, the same r company has made a location on the :' Lewis McCuster farm. 1 Drilling and Starting Tests. 1 West Virginia operators are very1 busy looking for new producing lorri- T tory. At tho present time there nre J more test wells drilling than at any 1 time since the iirsl of the year. On I ' Scaffold run. Spencer district, Itoane ] county, G. L. Cabot is drilling on the J. H. Burgess farm and has iho rig * completed for a test on the H. D. I T 1 1 vjivvijo lid lit, r'UU' II Uil LiCUiimiK run, Center district, Calhoun county. On Leading creek in the same district the Hope Natural Cias Company has a rig up on the E. J, Snyder farm. " On Spring creek in the same district, -j the United Fuel Gas Company has started to drill on the T. D. Tiurdett farm. In Washington and Curtis , districts, the same company has made > locations on the C. II. Parrish, M. t ' Hunt and David Ice farms. On Stock ' creelc. Sherman district, Calhoun county, the Hope Natural Gas Company has made a location on the L.! ^ W. Robinson farm. t Wetifl county is not slow in start-' ing experimental work. On Fishing J creek, Grant district, the Hope Nat-in ural Gas Company is drilling on the'! Rachel L. Lowe farm. On Long Drain run. Church district, the saine;;i company is starting tests on the A. 1'. J " and J. P. Morgan. Mary A. Teagarden ? and H. D. Garner farms. On Dent's * run, Mannlngton district, .Marlon 1 county, the Clayton Oil Company Is ? building the rig for a test on the s W. Z. Hays farm. On Kinehloe creek, J Union district, Harrison county, the ? Vesper Gas Company has Its rig com- >1 pleted on the George Lowther farm. J1 On Hall's run, Ten Mile district, D. J. Carter and Company have a rig p up on the Eliza Young farm. Southeastern Ohio. , On the Ohio side in the Payne dls- ir trict, Lawrence township, Washing- A ton county, W. M. Hune and Company SUNDAY, JULY 9,1916. lomploted No. 8 on the J. Lee Hal! arm and have a light pumper In the Keener sand. In the same district, >. 3. P.cckard and Company are due n the sand at a second test on the . Moflatt farm. E. P. McCuteheon ind Company arc starting a second est on the John Hennlng farm. In ^enn township, Morgan county, the Iluster Oil Company's No. 11 on the M. B. Daugherty farm Is a light lumper In the Cow Run sand. elfsl IS INSTITUTED ? . j 'or Check Collections ana Clearings in Federal Reserve Bank. ' * ASfoeiMio rani' WASHINGTON, July 15.?A check ollectlon and clearing system became perattre today in the banks of the ederal reserve system. Although no pports had been received by the oard tonight niOBt of the banks are nown to be confident Ibat the system rould meet with favor at once by ankers and business houses. Banks have been asked to make a eport early next week of the busless transacted during the first few ays and as to the general reception f the new scheme by the public. The system provides that every fedral reserve bank shall receive at pnr rom Its members or from other fedrul reserve banks checks drawn on lumbers of any district and check pon non-member banks, which can e collected at par. Some objection to the system was tade by small banks, which feared hat collection at par would take rom them a considerable source of erenue from the collection of checks. MURDER trson and Burglary Charged against a Marlinton Restaurant Keeper. CHARLESTON. July IB?Murder, rson anil burglary are the charges uade In five Indictments returned by hM Horahontas grand jury against L. I. Haroff. who operates a restaurant n Marlinton. It Is alleged that liar, iff resorted to Incendiarism to work onecance on his personnl enemies, le is charged in one instance with laving fired the home of George )oyle. at Cass, while it was occupied ly the sleeping family. Two chllIren of the family were burned to leath. A number of specific Intances of flrinK residences, business louses anil barns is pointed out in he indictments. ANOTHER "FIRST" 'nsr of Infantile Paralysis in State is That from Header. mv associated furir WHEELING. July 15?The first aso of infantile paralysis in West Virginia since the outbreak of the lisense has been received at a local lospital. The victim is the oneear-old child of A. A. Anderson, of leader. The public health authoriles are preparing to enforce special egulations hero to ward against an luthreak here and the state authorties are preparing to take similar ction at Header. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealeil bids will In* received by the Board ?f Education of Union District, Harrison 'oiintv. at the West Mllford School House, Vest Virginia, until Two O'clock Monday, illy 24. 1010. for the com plot ion of abortions and additions to the Public School hiildlug at West Milford in said District, icrording to plans nnd specifications and indor tlu? supervision of S. W. Ford & Co., Lrcliitects. Plans nnd specifications are on file at lie offices of the Architects. S. W. Ford & 'o.. No. 7Oil Prunty Bldg., and also nt the *uIdle School Building at West. Milford. vhere they may be examined nil dfigured luring working hours by persons desiring o submit bids. Kncb bid must bp accompanied by n ertltied or i nsider's check for three per cut of the amount of the bid, made payMo in the Board of Education of Union Mstrl' t. as a guarantee Mint the successii 1 bidder will enter contract and give the equlred bond. Itids to l?c sealed and addressed to S. W. "ord Jk Co.. Architects. Clarksburg. W. Vn., nd must lie in tlieir bands not Inter than wo o'clock Monday. July 24. Iftlfl. The successful bidder will be required to Ornish a satisfactory bond according to aw. At the same time and place bids .will lie ocelved for heating nnu ventilating me ibove building. Each eontrnctor figuring on this work nil tsaerompniiy his bid with n certified ?r cashier's cheek for throe per rent of the i in on nt of the bid made payable to t he tonrd of Education of T'nlon District. HnrIson County. \V. Yn.. as a guarantee that he successful bidder will enter Into ronract nnd give the required bond. A satisfactory bond, according to law. J ill be exacted of the successful bidder. The Hoard reserves the right to reject iny or all bids. Ttv order of the Hoard. PIERCE SIDKHtiTTOM. Pre*. I.. It. M< MILLAN. See'y. R. W. FORD & CO.. Architects. 'HE PIIILIC SERVICE COMMISSION or WEST VIRGINIA. CAPITOL BUILDINC, CHARLESTON. Regular aessiou of The Public Service 'nmmi^inn of West Virginia for the month f Julv. held Oil Tuesday, July 11. i. V.'lfl. 'a*e No. 415. Clarksburg Light & Mont (ompany. ippllcatlon for Authority to change llntes. Whereas, application to change rules was led by the above named Clarksburg Light Heat Company with this Commission on he 1 !th day of October1W and. Whereas, on April 20. 11*16. the said 'lnrkaburg Light fc Heat Company lodged n the office of the Secretary of this Comilsslon an amended and supplementary peition asking for an additional Increase In ts rate.-, and counsel for said petitioner ow appears and asks that snld amended nd supplementary petition bo formally led and proceedings had thereon. It I? hereny orurreu umi nicrfi mueiiu'-ii ml supplementary petition be and the nine Is filed, and it Is further ordered hut leave he granted to any person Intersted to lilt* objection to said amended and Mpplementnry petition before the Public ervlce Commission at any time before uly I'd. Ibid. It Is further directed that n copy of this rdcr be published by the applicant for ten h.vs In two newspapers of opposite* nobles, If such there be, and of general clrcuition In the county of Harrison, and that a opy of said proposed rates be filed for ublic inspection in the ofllce of the Mayor f the City of Clarksburg and at the office f tho Clarksburg Light & Heat Company, nd that due return be made to this Coruilssion. Copy, Teste: R. D. BRRXriEIM. ? SecrcUrj. It,NOTES FRO :i\ AGENT ZE i-, ? ! John Patton, of Mt. Clare, 1b growing toy beana and la well pleuaea with the crop, JeaaUo Kennedy, of Loat Creek. | will sow crimson clover and hair)" I vetch fa his corn. J. T. .SlcKinley, of Bridgeport. Is growlngf toy besot for the first [ time. A. N. Xawton, of Bridgeport, will tow crimson elover and hairy vetch for a cower crop. E. E. t.awson, of Bridgeport, hat a tmall piece of alfalfa that wat sown lo August, 1915. It hat been cut and will soon be ready to cut again. I.ong Brothers, of Bridgeport, are pushing their hay harvest. Most farmers now believe timothy should be cut as soon at the bloom falls If the sod It to le maintained and the best hay made. F. B. Davlsnon's meadow was not pastured latt winter and the crop I was never better. It pays to take care of the meadow. Porter Maxwell, of Lost Creek, has a fine stand of clover and alfalfa in 1 * ' '11 tv_ MS 1 l.|~ IIin rve slllliDie. ne win Been "in | com ground to hairy vetch nnd crlm. non clover. Ira Post, of Lost Creek, has a good piece of alfalfa sown In the rye lnflt ' spring. Jamof Davis and Brother, of Lout Creek, are growing soy beans for j the first time. Samuel Lewis, of Lost Creek, Is ! building a new barn and has puri chased a silo. W. A. Davis and Son, of Lost Creek, arc growing their second crop of soy beans. They believe bean hay makes the best feed they have ever fed. Tnr Mnrfln nf T.nqt Prork. 1r II : corn demonstrator and his corn looks vers" well. 0. M. Shuttlewnrth. of Mt. Clare, lias a fin" field of soy beans. C. A. Hinkle, of Mt. Clare, is planning to tile drain his wet land. Howard Marttn, of Lost Creek, Is building a new bam and has purchased a tile silo. Charles Lynch and Brothers have a fine field of alfalfa, which Is nearly ready fo rthe second cutting. It made two tons of hay per acre at the first: | cutting. B. F. Mills, of Mt. Clare. Is growing a large acreage of soy beans. II. It. SommerviHe, of Lost Creek, j Is growing soy beans and will build j j a silo. Waller Elb, of Lost Creek, Is I building a new bam and Is putting ! up a silo. Jackson Arnold, of Lost Creek, had been taught from boyhood that It was wrong to rlow a meadow. Two years ago he broke away from his training and plowed a meadow, growing com that year and wheat las season. This season he says he cut five times as much hay off It as he had cut in one year before. He will turn out a part of his meadows for pasture and cut much more feed off the other half than he has been grow1 ing. He Is enthusiastic over the newmethods of farming. E. H. Tlond, of Lost Creek, has a , very promising held of soy beans. D. C. McWhorter, of McWhorter, liao cnvon'f<an nerou r?f cnu Kno n c Up . built a now barn last year which he thought would be hi? enough to hold I all the feed he could ever grow on the , farm. This season the barn will be filled to overflowing. He will build 1 a alio. S. 0. Kennedy, of Lost Creek, has been unanle to work all summer, but he says he has the best neigh, bors on earth, and they have done , MR. PIANO Read This Here are a few reasons wl Milton Piano or Player before b Because the Important pa are made In the Milton factory. Take the hardwood back?' ?these are all made In the M that make up the musical qual long life. These are the things you ur to see them, they would look all The difference of a pound brass strings cannot be seen by ; The difference of a dollar which the hammers are mnde would you experience It. perhaf ?but thla difference Is In the J And so on and so on, th olid brass hardware?not plate ?not mere shavings?ana tne of its kind, that go to make up But It in because theso thli have thin unlimited guarantee President of the Milton factory. If you purchase a Milton measure up to what a good plan we will either repair it without instrument. Come In at your earliest o derful Instruments?now on sp Davis, Bu Tylei Masonic Temple iTBST SECTION MCOUNTY 1 NN'S DIARY \ his work fur him. He will bow balrA | vetch and crimson clover In hts corn.\ W. E. Davis, of Lost Creek. Is \ planning to build another barn and I put up the second silo. \ G. W. Stout trill bow hairy vetch ^ and crimson clover In hlB corn. He J has faith !n the new agriculture. 1 W. M. Talbott, of Lost Creek. Is \ growing soy beane for the first time. I D. V. Dawson and Sons, of Loet ! Creek, have a fine field of soy | beans. Burgett Swisher, of Lost Creek, 1 will build his third silo this season and enlarge his barn. He will bow , hairy vetch and crimson clover at a cover crop In his corn. 0. F. Allen, of Lost Creek, will build a silo. He is sowing soy beans. French Young, of Lost Creek, has a fine yield of soy beans. He fed 1 bean hay vast year to his cows and declares it to be the best feed he ever gave them. ; J. E VanHorn, of Lost Creek, plowed a field of oats down and planted it to corn last week. He will harvest the fodder corn for his cows, j What a pity he did not sow the corn , ground to hairy vetch and crimson clover last year, then he could have turned down a better crop and I planted the corn early. Edward Smith, of Lost Creek, is growing soy beans and is very much j Interested in better farming. Luther ISond. of Lost Creek, says age Is the only thing that prevents him from adopting the new methods | of farming. He has faith In the new ; agriculture and would like to do up r to-date farming. C. A. Cookman has two fine field." of soy beans. He will tulld a silo. C. M, Right, of Lost Creek, has a . held ol Boy hr.ans. ' A H. Davisson 1b a corn demonstrator and the corn looks well. He Is greatly pleased with his first rye . ; hay. ' Howard McDonald, of Bridgeport. Is building a residence. He Is growing soy beans for the second J time. I John D. McReynolds, of Clarksj burg, reports that he cut twenty acres of meadow last year with the cutaway harrow, and applied lime and phosphoric acid and he pot nearly three times as much hay as he had been cutting on the same land. He Is greatly pleased with rye hay. Other farmers visited were Mrs. i| Maude Randolph, W. A. Randolph, I. I' M. Swisher. l,ee Swlsber. S. K. ' Sheets, Wesley Bird, 0. H. Bond, of Lost Creek; Judge Hayinond Maxwell. Claude Maxwell Clarksburg; and Enoch Gaston. Los^ Creek. Of the forty-seven fauna visited this week, soy beans are growing on twenty-six, and only four of these farmers had ever grown them hefore. Sixteen farms had silos and seven others will be built. Farmers, it Is to the interest of ev| ery one to have good roads. Let us all turn out on July IS and 19 and pick ofT a few stones and level up the ruts. On Friday, August 4. we want to have the biggest farmers' meeting ever held in Harrison county at the fair grounds. It la to be a regular j uiu-iusruonea oasaei picnic, everybody is invited. Through the courtesy of the fair association the gates are to be thrown wide open and everyone can go in without money and without price. Begin now to get ready. Good speakers will be pres- t/ ent, both to instruct and to entertain. Don't forget the date. TO OPEN STl'DIO. Miss Burns, formerly of Miss Kennedy's school, announces the opening of her studio in Clarksburg for piano students on September fifteenth.?Advertisement. ? ! BUYER Carefully ( iy you should see and hear the 1 uying: (J rts that make a piano musical the sounding board?the strings J i llton factory and arc the parts Ity of a piano and make for Its | ually do not see and If you were ke In all pianos. or so In a set of Copper wound rou?but It Is in the Milton. or so In the price of the felt of f JM cannot be seen by you, neither ? is, until after several years' use > lllton. roughout the whole piano?its id?its thick and costly Veneers J many other parts, each the best the complete instrument, lgs AHK in the Milton that you from John H. Parnham, the and for any reason it fails to o should be. return it to us, and charge or replace It with a new pportunlty and hear these wonecial sale. rkham & I r Co. I Clarksburg. I il