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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1930
Page
4
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Citizens in Upshur County file protest with the State Game and Forestry Commission over the abandonment of the Buckhannon game propagation farm. They claim misstatements and plead for competent management to restore the farm’s usefulness, noting it once produced many birds for restocking the woods. Senator W Merle Watkins announces candidacy for state senate presidency, praised for integrity, public service, and fairness.
The speaker notes a Collier's magazine piece lauding Milwaukee's crime-free image amid Prohibition era scrutiny. They contrast the city’s beer boom and later prohibition era ironies with the claim, then shift to a different point.
A Grafton Sentinel editorial argues for acquiring multiple land parcels across the town to create well equipped open air parks for children and adults, citing Milwaukee as a model for healthier, moral citizenship. It urges church leaders to back policies and warns against Sunday movie opposition.
A public service writer in Grafton and Taylor County raises direct questions to local leaders about the morality and legality of Sunday activities. He asks whether the mayor’s clean up campaign extends to Sunday pool and commerce and if civic law yields to greed. He questions the prosecutor’s stance on law enforcement and whether he must await protests before speaking.
In Flemington West Virginia 1980s discussions stress the WU S geological survey finding 1 051 000 horsepower could be developed from larger streams. The piece argues harnessing power would lower highway lighting costs and warns against state migration of industry while noting cross state interest from Pennsylvania and Canadian power comparisons.
A letter from Leslie A. Allen condemns a West Penn Public Service Co proposal to develop the Cheat and Blackwater tributaries. He argues the plan risks billions of dollars in state giveaways to stockholders, predicting long-term tax burdens for Charleston residents and urging opposition to the 5 percent concession.
A Grafton Sentinel reader letter urges strict control of insects threatening crops. Dr L C Howard warns humans must outrun pests as many species long adapted to earth outpace human efforts and cites examples from fruit flies to the Gypsy moth. The piece advocates partridge protection and even proposes fines to curb killing birds crucial to pest control.
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