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Noble County’s Oldest And
Greatest Home Newspaper.
The Journal For the News.
Volume 87 Established In 1859
Returning veterans and ex-servicemen will
play a prominent role in the observance of Easter
Sunday throughout Caldwell and Noble county.
Each and every congregation from the small
est to the largest church in the county is planning
an observance of Easter with special music,
services, an4 prayer.
The Noble County Ministerial association has
announced an interesting program for the joint
observance of Good Friday, to be held in the First
Church of Christ, Caldwell. Services will be held,
without interruption, from high noon to 3:00
o’clock on Friday.'
Rev. M. S. Casto will preside for the service,
which is centered around the last seven words of
Christ. The program broken down into seven
parts, is as follows:
Part I (noon to 12:30)—Hymn, “When I Sur
vey the Wondrous Cross’’ invocation the lesson
solo, Mrs, H. J. Startzman prayer meditation,
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what
they do,” Rev. H. A. Guiler silent prayer and
meditation.
Part II (12:30 to 12:55)—Hymn, “There Is A
Fountain,” the lesson duet, Rev. and Mrs. H. A.
Guiler meditation, “Today shalt thou be with me
in Paradise,” Rev. John W. Guffey silent prayer
and meditation.
PART III (12:55 to 1:20)—Hymn, “Just As I
Robert T. Secrest
Wil! Give Address
Robert T. Secrest will be the prin
cipal sneaker, Saturday evening,
April 27. when commencement exer
cises are h°M at the Elk rural school
in Harriettsville.
Baccalaureate services will be held
Sunday evening, April 21, with Rev.
David A. Doan, pastor of the Cald
well First Baptist church, delivering
the sermon.
The program is as follows: Pro
cessional, “Marche Pontificate”,
Donna Morrison invocation, Rev.
Doan, Caldwell Chorale, “Prayer
Perfect”, girls chorus: scripture
reading, Rev. Clyde Willis, Lower
Salem hymn. “Faith of Our
Fathers”, audience offertory add
ress, Rev. Doan anthem, “Send out
Thy Light”, girls chorus.
Graduates are: Russell Luke, vale
dictorian, Carl Baker, salutatorian,
Leonard Robbins, Robert Stephens,
Norma Jean Smithberger, Carolyn
Lallathin and Elsie Wilkinson.
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. Martha Ferguson, wife of
Henry Ferguson, is a patient in the
Memorial hospital, where she is re
ceiving treatment for injuries in a
recent fall. Shv is the mother of
Charles Ferguson, Marietta and Vin
cent Ferguson, Cambridge, formerly
of Caldwell.
HAS NEW POSITION
Miss Lillian Snider, daughter of
Mrs. Emma Snider, Fulda commun
ity, has accepted a position with the
Thompson garage in Caldwell. For
the past four years she has been
employed as a bookkeeper for the
AAA office, Caldwell.
Attorney Leo Carter Installed
As Commander Of VFW Post
Attorney Leo E. Carter was in
stalled as commander of Noble
County Post No. 4721, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, at their regular
meeting Friday evening. R. S. Cos
grave of Zanesville was the install
ing officer by assignment from state
headquarters.
Ira J. Kuntz was installed as ad
jutant and Byron Steen as quarter
master.
Robert Lorenz is the new senior
vice commander and Lamar Dowling,
junior vice commander.
Other officers installed were: post
advocate, Clair Young chaplain,
Rev. Glen M. Warner surgeon, Dr.
E. G. Ditch O. D., Terrence Smith
patriotic instructor, Dr. N. S. Reed
post historian, Dr. D. H. Webster.
Sergeant major, Wayne Wiley
quartermaster sergeant, Henry But­
Comes Another Easter Dawn
FIGURES IN ACCIDENT
William Moore, local distributor
for the Standard Oil Co., escaped
serious injury, Monday at 4:30 p.m.,
when he was struck by a large Inter
national truck, the driver of whom
failed to stop but was later appre
hended at Marietta.
The accident occurred at the north
end of the lams bridge on route 21.
The Moore truck was badly damaged
but it did not have its usual load of
gasoline.
Linicome Farm
Sold Saturday
In the partition case of Nathan
Linicome against William Linicome,
the farm of 193 acres in Jefferson
township, was bid in by the two
parties, Saturday morning, when
Deputy Sheriff Harry Merritt of
fered the farm for sate.
Nathan Linicome bid in the first
tract of 32.50 acres at $625. It has
been appraised at $500.
The second and third tracts, con
taining 120.50 and 40 acres, was bid
in by William Linicome at $2400 and
$600. It has been appraised at $2500
and $400.
IMPROVING FROM OPERATION
Miss Jessie Groves, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Groves, Keith
town, is improving at the Good Sam
aritan hospital in Zanesville from
an operation for appendicitis.
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. J. E. Elswick Walnut street,
was admitted to Bethesda hospital,
Monday afternoon for observation
and treatment. She is the mother
of Ray Elswick, prominent local busi
ness man.
ter trustees, William Rucker, Glen
B. Taylor, and William M. Shaw
sentinel, Philander Milligan color
bearers, Vance McDonald and Wil
liam M. Shaw color guards, Carlos
Meek and Robert M. Crow.
Bugler, Bliss Racey service offi
cer, Richard Hanes legislation, Ro
bert Caldwell: publicity, John D.
Wheeler poppy sales, Vance Mc
Donald youth movement, Rev. Glen
M. Warner Americanism, R. C.
Moore sports and athletics, Charles
Lorenz.
Commander Carter stated that re
pairs on the new home were pro
gressing as rapidly as could be ex
pected, due to scarcity of materials.
If any member has a surplus of
chairs, tables, or any other furni
ture, it will be greatly appreciated
by the post
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Am Without One Plea” the lesson prayer solo,
Mrs. Charles Kirchner meditation, “Woman be
hold thy son behold thy mother,” Rev. G. M.
Warner silent prayer and meditation.
Part IV (1:20 to 1:45)—Hymn, “My Faith
Looks Up To Thee” the lesson prayer medita
tion, “My God^niy God, why hast thou forsaken
me?” Rev. Walter Brown trio, Mrs. Chester
Hayes, Mrs. John Matheney, and Mrs. Paul Mc
Vay silent prayer and meditation.
Part V (1:45 to 2:10)—Hymn, “Must Jesus
Bear the Cross Alone” the lesson prayer hymn,
“Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross” meditation, “I
thirst,” Rev. David A. Doan silent prayer and
meditation.
Part VI (2:10 to 2:35)—Hymn, “Rock of
Ages” the lesson prayer special selection, Dex
ter City girls’ chorus meditation, “It is finished,”
Rev. John B. McGee silent prayer and meditation.
Part VII (2:35 to 3:00)—Hymn, “Alas and
Did My Savious Bleed” the lesson prayer trio,
Mrs, Chester Hayes, Mrs. John Matheney, and
Mrs. Paul McVay meditation, “Father, into Thy
hands I commend my Spirit,” Rev. O. L. Orr
hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross” prayer and
benediction and postlude.
Special announcements for Easter Sunday
church services will be found on page six of this
issue.
John H. Ijams Returns
To Old Familiar Scenes
John H. Ijams, a familiar name in
Caldwell twenty years ago, has ac
cepted a position as registered phar
macist for the Gillespie Drug store
and assumed his new duties Monday
morning.
Mr. Ijams is a former owner of
this drug store, having sold it in
July, 1920 to the Ralston brothers.
In December of the same year, Mr.
Ijams left Caldwell and has been
located most of the intervening years
in Columbus, He is now rounding out
44 years as a pharmacist.
A native of Sarahsville, he is a
son of the late T. J. and Ella Ijams.
He attended Caldwell schools and
for a period of seven years was as
sociated with the late W. H. Bowron
in the latter’s drug store.
Mr. Ijams stated today that he
would be glad to renew acquaint
ances with all his former friends and
associates.
Bob M. Spriggs Heads
Cancer Committee Here
Bob M. Spriggs, juvenile officer,
heads the Noble county organization
of American Cancer society, during
the month of April, which was pro
claimed by Governor Frank Lausche
as Cancer preventive month. Don H.
Fbright has accepted the state chair
manship for this drive to raise funds.
It has been estimated that twice
as many people died of cancer in
this country during the period from
Pearl Harbor to V-J day than ac
tually lost their li' es in battle dur
ing the same period.
The goal for Ohio is $750,000. It
is the desire of the state executive
committee to see formed in each
county in Ohio a permanent year
round headquarters which will con
duct an educat onal program to en
lighten the people with the known
facts.
It is expected that Chairman
Spriggs will comply with this re
quest. Those interested may contact
him for additional details.
VARIETY SHOW
A popular “variety company of
entertainers” will appear on the
Jeffreys lyceum course It the Belle
Valley high school on Thursday
night, April 18. The group is made
up of beautifully dressed young peo
ple who give an evening of “joy and
fun” in music, songs, readings, and
variety.
TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
—I am a cand date in -the .May 7.
1943, primary for the office of Noble
County Commissioner. Your support
on that day in giving me the nomin
ation will be appreciated. Cast your
vote for W. C. TOAD DAVIS, Cald
well. 37 5U
THE JOURNAL
“COVERS NOBLE COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE”
Caldwell. Ohio Thursday, April 18, 1946
STATE DIRECTOR
IS MAIN SPEAKER
AT CONFERERCE
Goal of 350 4-H Club
Members Has Been
Set For This County
H. C. Ramsower, director of ex
tension work in Ohio, was the prin
cipal .speaker Friday evening at a
county-wide meeting and banquet
honoring all 4-H club advisors, held
in the basement of the Methodist
church.
Keynote of the dinner meeting
was the formation of 4-H clubs in
this county and there is every in
dication that at least 34 different
clubs will be organized compared to
22 last year.
Director Ramsower gave a chal
lenging and inspiring talk on the
importance of 4-H club work and
the important rote played by the ad
visors in carrying on this program.
C. C. Lang, assistant state 4-H
club leader, gave a short talk on the
nrono ed club camp to be built at
Piedmont Lake.
Floyd Henderson, Noble county’s
new agricultural agent, made a few
remarks and asked for the coopera
tion of all advisors in helping to at
ta’n the goal of 350 4-H club mem
bers in this county for 1946.
The banquet was served by the
women’s class from the Hiramsburg
Methodist church.
A 4-H club council was nominated
by a committee composed of three
4-H advisors, including Ade’ine
Groves, John Hedge, and Mabel
Hesson.
The new council will be composed
of the following members, elected at
this meeting, Mrs. Mildred Law,
Mrs. Edith Hedge, Mrs. Leia Stiers,
Alfred Brown and Ross Watson. The
first meeting of this group will be
held Friday evening, May 10.
Those attending the banquet were
as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Starr, Mrs. Jane McKee, Mr. and
Mrs. Clay Hedge, Mrs. Jean Shaw,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brown, Dale
Lotb.es, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Watson,
Vernon Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stiers, Miss Irene Marquis, Mr. and
Mrs. Dallas Law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. William Rich,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pickenpaugh,
Mrs. Adeline Groves, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Hesson, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert
Sorg, Miss Betty Sorg, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Rayner, Mr. and Mrs. Nor
ris Bigley, H. C. Ramsower, C. C.
Lang, W. W. Brownfield, Wesley
Green, Floyd Henderson, Miss Elea
nor Everly, Mrs. Margaret T. Don
ohoo, and Miss Vina Hedge.
John Matheny Goes
With Standard Oil
John W. Matheny, Caldwell,
assumed his new duties with the dis
trict office of the Standard Oil Com
pany, Monday morning. He will be
six months in the main office and
then become an outside representa
tive.
Several months ago, Matheny, who
attained the rank of warrant officer
with the 8th Air Force, received his
discharge and has since lived in
Caldwell. Before going into the
army, he was affiliated with the T.
M. Ehlermani service station.
Mrs. Matheny is the former Laura
Alice Croy.
Hospital Repaid
For ‘Kindness’
Attaches at Marietta Memorial
Hospital are firm believers these
days in the old saying that “It pays
to be kind.” The hospital has $813.89
worth of proof of the saying, too,
since that amount was left the hos
pital by the late Henry J. Schneider,
elderly resident of Salem, township.
Atty. Charles D. Fogle, Sr., ex
ecutor of the estate which consisted
of a small farm located near Lower
Salem and a small amount of per
sonal property, made known the
terms of the will Friday. He said
he believed Schneider had left the
money as a token of appreciation
for the kindness and service shown
him while he was in the hospital on
February 24, 1945.
UNDERGOES MAJOR SURGERY
Mrs. Virgil Boyd of Cambridge,
who was the former Miss Mildred
Boyd of Caldwell, underwent a
major operation in Bethesda hospi
tal in Zanesville, last Saturday.
Her condition was reported as favor
able.
Misses Inez and Louise Clark of
Caldwell visited their sister in the
hospital, Sunday
INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT
Two cars figured in an auto acci
dent, Saturday evening, when ve
hicles driven by Bernard Crum and
Samuel Swain collided at the inter
section of North and Walnut streets.
The cars were damaged but the
occupants, un-injured.
MIXED DANCE
Another in a series of mixed
dances will be held at the American
Legion hall, Caldwell, Saturday even
ing, April 20. Burns orchestra will
furnish the music.
Commander Jack Berry of the Le
gion post said that another dance
would be held on Saturday evening,
April 27 and every one is urged to
remember the date.
Republican Voters Nominate
Carr Davis For Commissioner.
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JOHN W. KUNTZ
John W. Kuntz and Harley Wheel
er grew up together in Sharon tnwn
shin, went to school together, even
worked together for a white but the
picture changes now that both are
seeking the offee of auditor of
Noble county.
Kvntz, pictured above, is running
on ths Democratic ticket and Wheel
er on the Republican, neither has
any Opposition in the primary and
both are preparing for the friendly
battle v hich looms for the Novem
ber election.
Both are veterans of World War
II but Kuntz holds the edge here
since he served 38 months overseas
ard Wheeler rema ned in the states.
Kuntz is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Kuntz of Sharon townshin, grad
uate of the Forest Grove high school
and was inducted into the army in,
November, 1941. He served in the
Southwest Pacifi" and was dis
charged in June, 1945.
He was not wounded but contacted
malaria while in the service. Kuntz
said today that he was looking for
ward to a “clean and friendlv politi
cal ficht with Wheeler” and when
the ballots were counted, regardless
of who won, they would still be
friends and neighbors.
Sgt. Ruben Mi’ler Has
Been Listed As Dead
S 'Sgt Ruben O. Milter, 20, miss
ing in action s nce July 15, 1944. over
Yap Island in the Pacific, has been
listed as dead by the War Depart
ment.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Miller, formerly of Caldwell, now
reside at 2037 2nd. st., N. E. Canton.
Sgt. Miller was an assistant engi
neer on a B-24 bomber and had been
in the service since October 26, 1942.
He was sent to the Pacific in Jan
uary, 1944, following graduation
from gunnery school at Harlingen,
Texas.
He was a graduate of Elk rural
high school at Harriettsville. Sur
viving in addition to his parents, are
two sisters, Ruth and Betty Jane and
one brother, Ellis, all of the home
and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose Noll and Mrs. Kate Milter
of Fulda.
A requiem memorial mass was
sung by Rev. Fr. Gregory McAtee,
Monday, at _St. Benedict’s Catholic
church, where he was a member.
Relief In County
Cost $388.64 In March
Total cost of relief in Noble coun
ty for the month of March was
$388.64, according to the figures re
leased today by Alden Titon, relief
director.
Six resident families received re
lief, amounting to $179.14. One fam
ily non-resident received rel ef in the
amount of $35.00 and there were
nine additional “single" cases which
cost $174.50.
PLEDGED FRATERNITY
James L. Carter, South Olive, is
one of the 90 Marietta College men
who have pledged fraternities on
Monday, April 8, the official pledg
ing date of the second semester. This
was the largest pledge class in the
historv of the college.
Carter, a sophomore, pledged
I «mbda Chi Alpha national frater
nity.
SORORITY PLEDGE
Co-eds at Ohio Wesleyan Univers
ity, Delaware, who have been initia
ted into sororities include: Amy
Bowen. 522 Fairground street, Gam
ma Phi Beta,
IMPROVING FROM ILLNESS
E. E. Morgareidge, Mr, and Mrs.
Elvin Hutch'ns, Caldwell, spent Sun
day in Huntington, W. Va., where
they visited the former’s wife, who
has been ill for the past three
weeks. Mrs. Morgareidge is now at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. L.
J. Ross, 111 Belford Ave. She is also
very appreciative of the many cards
and letters which she has received
during her illness.
FROST NOT SEVERE
Although the mercury dropped to
28 degrees, Saturday morning, the
frost was not a severe one, at least
in Noble county, according to Frank
Burlingame of Sharon.
Most of the surrounding count:es
reported fruit trees damaged by the
frost.
WANTED An Opportunity to
Fight For Improvement of Roads
and Restoration of Strip-mined
Lands in Noble County.
ARCPIE R. MORRISON
Republicar Candidate For
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Tuesday. May 7. 1946.
Ten Pages This Week!
Seventy Ton of Coal
Being Loaded Daily
In Brookfield Twp.
Twenty cars each loaded with 70
tons of coal are daily being loaded
from strip-mining operations in the
Cumberland vicinity or more parti?
ularly in Brookfield township, Noble
county, in what is the beginning of a
gigantic coal boom.
The strip mining has affected the
entire northeastern section of Noble
county and is now driving a wedge
into the eastern and northeastern
side of Morgan county. In Noble, the
land being stripped of its coal, is
the most valuable in the entire coun
ty—from an agricultural standpoint
—and includes Ncble’s number one
farm, the Herbert R. Blackburn farm
of several hundred acres in Brook
field township.
The operations are under the direc
tion of the Conrrrfss Coal company of
Cleveland, which formerly operated
Amos Wells. 48,
Accident Victim
Amos Wells, 48. exnress messen
ger of Columbus, native of Caldwell,
was killed instantlv Saturdav morn
ing, when the work car in which he
was riding crashed into a Pennsyl
vania nacsenger train near Newcas
tle, Ind. He was well known in Cald
well and attended the local high
school.
Surviving are h:s wife, Mrs. Min
nie Wells and daughter. Mabel An
nette, of the home: four sisters,
Mrs. Ida Maxwell and Mrs. Flossie
Henderson of Zanesvi’le, Mrs. Hulda
Williams of Middleburg, and Mrs.
Dewev Collins of Caldwell also two
brothers, Elmer Wells of Cam
bridge and Samuel Wells of Colum
bus.
Funeral services and burial were
held in Columbus.
More Rural Families
Receiving Electricity
Several additional fanvlies in the
Sharon, Belle Valley, Dudley, and
Olive communities are receiving the
benefits of rural electrification this
month through the efforts of the
Guernsey-Muskingum Cooperative.
A representative of the Lane Con
struction company said that new
lines were not being installed but
“F” amendments to the main lines
were making it possible for other
families to benefit.
The project covers eight counties,
including Noble, and when com
pleted, Noble county will be one of
the best electrified in the entire
state.
Hubert Smith of New Concord is
president, and L, E. Hedge, Cald
well, secretary of the Guernsey-Mus
kingum Cooperative.
MILLER HOME
Cpl. Gene F. Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Milter, who has been
in the South Pacific with the Engin
eers for the past two years, is spend
ing a furlough with his parents. Cpl.
Milter has re-enlisted in the army
and returns to Camp Atterbury, Ind.,
for new orders.
MOVES TO FARM
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Boyd moved
last Thursday to the home of her
father, Wiliam Perry, east of Cald
well, where they will reside.
The Boyds sold their, property on
North Cumberland street to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Lockmiller of Cleveland,
who will retire in Caldwell.
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Archer, Mrs.
Ivan Ziler and Jum McKee removed
Chester Treadway to Gallipolis to a
state hospital, Friday. His mother,
Mrs. Alonzo Moore, remains in ill
health.
DRILLING IN WELL
E. E. Walters, Edgar Love and
their associates are drilling a Berea
grit well on the George and Eliza
Graham farm, north of Caldwell.
Hopes *are running h’gh that this
will be a* good producer. The above
company has over 500 a res of land
under tease and should they hit pay
dirt, several other veins will be
drilled.
Possibility of Swimming Pool
For Caldwell and Noble County
Caldwell and Noble county will
have- a new’ swimming pocl, thanks
to the civic interest of Chester E.
Huprieh, Gerald Hayes, and R. D.
Buckey, who Monday purchased the
nine ard one-half acre tract of land
from Frank Gibson for this purpose.
The land is jvst outs’de the cor
noratten limit, at the end of Rail
road street. The sate, consummated
Monday, did not include the large
brick property.
A public swimming pool has long
’^een needed in this community and
the announcement that it will soon
he under construction will please all
lovers of this sport.
Dependent upon the availability of
materials, the pool will be rushed to
completion as soon as possible and
the sooner the better, according to
each and every one of the three
owners.
Largest Paid Circulation Ever
Attained By Anv Newspaper
Printed In Noble County.
Strip Mining Operations Assume
Gigantic Proportions In Noble
County For Present Coal Boom
Number 40
about Ellis Dam in Muskingum coun
ty and are large strip-mine opera
tors.
The coal is being removed on land
about 2 miles east of Cumberland
from a four-foot vein which lies at a
depth of from 30 to 70 feet. A sec
ond vein underlies the first, it is re
ported and plans are being made to
work it by means of a shaft.
Already there are some 20,000
acres under option for stripping in
the Cumberland neighboihood, the
prices ranging from $50 to $100 per
acre for the option. With few excep
tions, the farms in the entire neigh
borhood are now under option, prac
tically all land between Zeno and
Brookfield Baptist church being in
cluded with the takers moving this
way. On a number of the farms the
option to purchase the land has been
exercised. Notable among the excep
tions is the Beckett farm, which
once brought a price of $32,500 and
another farm adjoining. The fine
farm formerly owned by Herbert
Oglevee and devised by will to his
brother, E. R. Oglevee, is among
those under option.
In Manchester
Out in Manchester, Morgan count
ty, Felix Angelo of Zanesville has
purchased a 5-6 acre tract from the
William Brothers farm near Otho
and has cleared a square, prepara
tory to removing coal.
Southeast of Reinersville, the Ross
Marshall farm has been leased by
Lawrence King of Noble county who
i now conducting strip-mining opera
tions and trucking coal from the lo
cation. It is reliably reported .that
Mr. King has options on the Binion,
Gannon and Dale Gilliland farms.
Taking Options
Concerning strip-mining and coal
options on the west side of the county
the following is taken from the
letter of the Rolling Correspondent:
Morgan County Herald.
With Clyde Kincaid at the wheel,
we rolled over a vast acreage in Un
ion, Malta and Deerfield, last week,
notarizing coal options. In most cases
land owners are signing up. White
the option is for coal—and not min
eral rights and under surface opera
tion—we are not advising folks what
to do. It seems they are well pleased
with the work of Mr. Kincaid. We
are informed the block when com
pleted will be a grand total of 75,000
acres. Unlike oil and gas leases, they
don’t have to have every farm to
operate.
Some Geological Notes
Meigs creek coal, which is the
principal deposit in the area now
coming under the spotlight, accord
ing to the state geological survey,
lies in a field extending from Seneca
township in Noble county, south as
far as Fearing and Muskingum town
ships in Washington county. In Mor
gan, it lies east of the Muskingum
and, according to geological reports
is found from 24 to 4* feet in depth
in Bloom, Bristol, Manchester, Cen
ter, Morgan and Meigsville. Under
lying it at a depth of from 80 to
100 feet, is the Pittsburgh No. 8,
which is not heavy in this county,
being estimated to vary from two
feet to a very few inches in thick
ness. In Meigsville, there is a small
seam of the Pomeroy or 8-a coal
about 12 to 20 inches thick, lying 25
feet above the Pittsburgh.
The Meigs creek strata is fairly
consistent and a large number of
farms are heavily underlaid with the
seam. The value of such land for
purposes of strip-mining can be seen
by computing the amount of coal
under an acre of land. On a basis of
a four foot thickness, an acre of
land would produce 174,240 bushels
or 6,969 tons of coal and at prices
now being offered of 10c per ton to
the landowner, an acre would net
nearly $1,000 even if the vein were
less than four feet thick.
Lovers of the soil and persons with
an eye to the future, point out, how
ever, that such a price is all too
small when it is considered that land
once strip-mined becomes a barren
waste. A ride through the country
where strip-mining has been prac
ticed is not a pleasant experience
the land scarred and torn and ren
dered absolutely non-productive for
a century or more to come, is a sad
sight, indeed.
The land is so situated that it has
a natural slope for drainage and is
ideal for this project. It is con
veniently located to all parts of the
county and will of course be modern
in every detail.
Mr. Huprieh is the owner and
manager of the Roxy and Noble
theatres in Caldwell.
Gerald Hayes is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hayes and just recently
returned from the army. He has
since been associated with his father
in the management of the meat mar
ket on Cumberland street.
R. D. Buckey is the owner and
manager of Buckey’s Feed Store and
a member of the Caldwell village
board of public affairs.
The new swimming pool is the
latest project to materialize in mak
ing Caldwell and Noble county an
active center of trading, buying, and
selling.