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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08

funeral aud go home to do pre-
cisely the same thing the first
time their own dinner is late.
Almost every country home
boasts of large cellar and a
spacious attic-both of them
used as an out.of-way place to
store useless bits of broken
furniture, rag bags. old clothes
and other intlammable articles
When the housewife wants to
explore these rubbish heaps.
she takes a lighted candle or
Kerosene lamp, sometime mere
~ a box of matches. stricking
one after the other, throwing
the dead ones away as they 90
out. Who're do they fall. She
knows not; neither does she
care SO long as she finds the
particular piece OF old carpet
she is hunting for.
As you read this. these things
may seem like trillcs: but they
are large enough when YOU re-
call the fact the most disastrous
fires in years. the ones which
have swept away the greatest
number of Human lives, have
been started by the careless use
of a match The Triangle
Shirt Waist factory fire. which
burned up ono Hundred and
forty-seveu persons, most of
them young girls, was started
by the careless use of match.
The Equitable Life Assurance
building fire, which Quilted
city block and burned up a
million dollars worth of proper
ty, was caused by the careless
use Of a match. DO not argue
that such q fire viii happen but
once in "a lifetime. Surely this
is enough. And remember
that your daughter can burn to
death but once,siust as these
helpless young girls in the
Triangle Shirt Vast building
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
Held Annual Meeting.

Bristol, Va, Jan. 3.-The
Pound River Coal Corporation
which owns a choice tract of
undeycloped coal landsin Wise
county, Va, eight miles from
Glomorgan, held its annual
meeting in Bristol last week
and elected officers as follows
for the ensuing year:
r.. G.. Akers, OF Abingdon
Va, president.
j c. Hart, Of Hiltons, Va.
vice-president
Il. j. Crumley, of Gate City
Va, secretary treasurer.
This company has not yet un.
dertaken TO develop it's proper
ny but now that the Interstate
railway Is reported to be plan
ing TO build an extension that
viii touch this property, activi.
ty IN that district may be ex-
pected at an early date.
Speaking Of the quality OF
the coal owned by this corpo-
ration Mr. CrGmley, the score.
tnry, said that there was not a
finer property in Wise county
and th't number of available
tracts Join that owned by his
organization.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
Bingham School Noted.

Binghad School, Mebane, n
G., Jan. 3.-The first half-ses-
sion was q most successful one
IN that 1t proved to be "a would
erful helpful as well AS inter
estlng and pleasant term to all
concerned. The Cadets showed
remarkable Improvement both
mentally and physically, and
together with the teachers, are
looking forward with the pleas
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
Kentucky's Coal Output in
1912 Estimated at ID
100000 Tons.

The developments in what is
known a + the Eikhorn coal
field, in southeastern Kentucky
which have been actively push
ed during tho last two years,
are expected to be in full run
nlng order in the spring of 1913
aud viii swing the major pro-
duction of the State from the
western to the eastern district.
Up to the present time the lar
ger part of the production has
been derived from the western
counties, and in 1912, out of an
estimated output of 1900, 900
tons, the western counties have
contributed over half, or say
$500, 900 tons, as compared
with 100000 tons from the
eastern counties. The whole
State has suffered from car
shortage in 1912, but it was es-
pecially felt in western Ken
lucky, where in December the
car supply on the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad was only 80
per cent of the needs, and
on the Illinois Central Railroad
barely 40 per cent, From April
| to May 10 an agreed suspen-
sion of mining occurred in the
organized districts of western
Kentucky, which affected about
1000 men.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
Intense Inter
est Tn Road
ToLexing-
ton
Highway Meetings Here in
january to Attract Many

Letters from Scott and Lee
counties to the Board of Trade
show that the livelicst interest
is manifest in those sections in
the Bristol proposition to or
ganize an association for pro-
noting great trunk line high
way to connect Bristol and Lex
lngton, KY. In Bell county.
Kentucky, an election to vote
100000 good roads bonds will
be held soon, and several of
the most prominent men i'm that
county have written to tho
Board of Trade that sentiment
on the question is practically
united in favor of the issue.
Bell county will connect with
Lee county in Virginia, and the
highway is practicable from
the western boundary of Bell
county TO Lexington.
Ia Scott county during the
coming week some good roads
clubs will toe organized for the
double purpose of having oil
cial representatives at the Bris-
toll meeting January 23 and to
form the working bodies i'm
favor of road bonds, which it
is hoped will be voted i'm the
spring Scott is the only county
IN Southwest Virginia that has
not joined the band of progress
and many property owners
who fought the proposal two
years ago are now known TO be
enthusiastic in support of a
comprehensive plan OF road
building.
On January "a there will be
held meeting in Bristol To or.
game the Bristol-to- Bluetield
Highway Association. The
Biueiield Chamber of Commerce
has caught the spirit OF the
program and has appointed a
strong committee 70 he I'm Bris
toll and represent that terminal
of the proposed north and south
highway, connecting the best
town IN Virginia aud Tennes
see with the best town i'm West
Virginia.
me conventions will meet at
the Virginia city hall at hours
TO be appointed, and will draw
to Bristol for the occasions
some of the livest wires of the
three States most concerned by
the construction of these roads
Bristol Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
New Bank Organized
Nickelsville, Va.


Nickolsville. Va, Jan. q
On Saturday, Dec. %, the pro-
gressive citizens of this section
met and organized bank at
Nickelsville. The stockhold
ers decided to start the bank
with capital stock of $4,000.
90.
The following officers were
elected: j f. Sutton, president;
G w. Bond and j. A. Ollie,
vice president; j. a Bond
cashier. Directors. r. l.. Nc
Connell, II L Addington, C. C.
Broadwater, w b. Addington,
j. Nj. Barter, DR.. j NJ. Dough.
erty and j f. Sutton.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08

Wise County last year spent
over $l22, 900 on her Schools. as
shows IN the statement publish
ed last week by Superintendent
hlllman In not a great while,
Wise county will have the best
schools and roads of any coun-
ty in the STATE. Some of us are
wondering where all the money
is to come from. No county
has ever bankrupted itself
building good roads and school
houses.-Coeburn Journal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08
Loss By Fire
Every Ten Minutes A $4,000
House Burns Down.

lhSJ year TN TIE United States
says the Pictorial Review, were
set up side by side, on both
sides of the road, they would
line an unbroken avenue of
desolation which would reach
from New York to Chicago.
Set mp on one side of the road
only, these burned wrecks,
most of them silent monuments
of carelessness, would build a
wall two thousand miles long.
Every year, mind you,
And since 800 lives are lost
and over 5000 people injured
every year, you would find a
dead and charred body of a
man, woman OF little child.
every three-quartcrs of mile
as you walk along that stretch
of wanton waste. Get the pic
ture well into your mind,
When you begin your fight
against fire in your home, tell
these things to your husband
and then add these figures
which affect his p0cketbooll.
That's the way to make the
men help you. If he is a bust
ness man or a farmer tell him
this
The loss by fire in our forty
eight States every year repre-
sents about forty per cent. of
the total unused United States
Government receipts or total
expenditures for a year. 1t
represents eighty per cent, of
the United States Internal Rev
enue yearly receipts. In the
last ten years the fire waste in
the United States exceeds the
amodnt of gold held in the
United Kingdom, Austria. Hun
gary, Italy and SPAN. 1t ex
ceeds the annual value of wheat
hay, rye aAd oats. 1t is twice
the annual value of our entire
national corn crop
The fire loss in America rep.
resents three dollars per capita
as against thirty cents in Nu-
ropel Nothing to be very proud
ma nbovo is ouoted from, o,
article entitled Hire Prevnn'
ton In the Ilomo - hv Fire
Commissioners Joseph johnson
or New York City, which APP
pears in January Pictorial Re
view he further evnIains
rorticulnrlv warning yyowan
Portable gos stoves ,nnst of
necessity Gavo rnbbar nnhinn,
attached 10 them. inn H. shouli
he renewed every law months
Rpbher il very scarcn i'm this
age and the nnolitv none tno
GOOD The rnbber nbin0 If
pas stoves detoriorafes win
ACE. often LEAKING ar breaLing
Outright. allowinp the 0as M
escape This cnnses tba worst
kind of fire boconsn !, moons
an explosior as well Gosstovrs
should be connected with iron
tubing. not rubber wher.nyar
possible. even if the initial cost
is n little bit more
How often do Won clean the
grease ont of your pns oven.
They are Frequently used for
broiling purposes and women
have been burned to death by
tt.;r ,t..1..... ..,..t.; e
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08

The local rate is applicable to
parcels intended for delivery at
the Office of mailing or on a
rural route starting ihcrefrom.
II Will bee observed that the
rates of postage are largely re-
duced and that The limit OF
weight us increased from four
TO eleven pounds. Parcels will
be delivered at all free delivery
Offices and to patrons residing
on rural and star routes; they
may be registered and may be
accorded special-delivery ser
vice on payment of the usual
fees, and may be insured
against loss in an amount
equivalent TO their actual value.
but not to exceed $40, upon pay
ment of fee of five cents. Dis
tinctive stamps must be used on
all parcels, but they may be
mailed in quantities of not less
than 1000 identical pieces with
out stamps affixed, the postage
be 'Hg paid in money.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08

The United Daughters of the
Confederacy will hold their
regular monthly meeting with
Mrs. j NJ. Goodloe this after
noon.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-01-08

After the conference of Presi.
dent elect Wilson aud Speaker
Clark at Trenton last week, il
was announced that the extra
session of Congress would be
convened, perhaps on March
18th. 1t was stated that Cabi-
net appointments were discuss
ed, but each refused to divulge
names of persons considered.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
CROPS FOR WESTERN PLAINS
Orouth-Resistant Plants Must Be Bred
In Regions Where They Are
intended to Grow.

tBy A. NJ. TEN EYCK. Kansas Agriculture
CcueSe.)
Up to the present time very little
has been done In the way of breed
ing drouth-resistant crops. The ma
tive grasses of the west thrive there
by natures breeding and selection
and not by the hand Of man. Nearly
all Of the other crops, and even the
varieties OF each which are grown sue
cessfully In the west, have been In
troduced from other lands which have
a climate similar to that of the west
ern plains. These crops are either
native to the country from which
they came or they are varieties OF
crops which have been developed In
the older civilizations of the world,
where man by persistently growing
crop and planting seed year after
year for decades and even centuries
has at last through natural selec-
ton produced varieties better adapted
to resist the adverse conditions than
the original variety from which the
strain sprang. Such are the durum
wheat, kherson oat, broom-corn mil
let, and the different kinds OF sor-
shum. By this same natural selec-
ion certain varieties of crops grown
IN the west today are becoming grad
Tally better adapted to the climatic
md soil conditions in which they
must grow. There is no doubt that
~ careful breeding and selection OF
leed natural selection may be hast
ned. by which plants and crops may
>ecome more hardy and productive,
The farmer may make some improve
)rovement in crops by seed grading
md selection, but crop breeding real
belongs to the experiment station
nd the specialist, since great i'm
,rovement In crops can only be Sc
ured by practicing careful, systemat'
: breeding methods for a number OF
ears.
Drouth-resistant crops must be
red in the regions where they are
Intended to grow. They cannot be
red at the experiment stations To-
ated in humid climates. This is one
eason why so little has been done
long this line. We have had expert.
tent stations In the mountain states
ocated in arid and semi-arid regions,
ut until recently these stations have
My experimental with crops under
-rigation
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
70 CONSERVE THE MOISTURE
Cultivation to Depth Of Two or Thres
Inches VIII Accomplish Job to
Great Extent.

BY F. L. KENNARD, Idaho Experiment
Station)
What concerns the farmer now Is
he holding of the moisture for the
Sc of the growing crops. Frequent
Utilization to depth of two or three
inches will accomplish this to great
xtent. On all cultivated crops, such
corn, potatoes, beans and vegeta'
lies, the ground should be stirred
very eight to ten days. AS soon as
he soil becomes firm or baked. mois
ure is conducted by capillarity di
ectly to the extreme surface and
asses off into the air. If on the
,ther hand the surface two or three
inches is loose and pulverized, soil
moisture rises only to the lower edge
If the mulch and cannot be taken of
nto the air
A very simple experiment will Illus
rate. Take a cube of loaf sugar and
place in a saucer In which has beer
previously poured about one-fourth
nch of water Note how quickly the
water rises to the top Of the cube
Vow take a second cube, sprinkle on
The top about one-fourth inch of gran
ulated sugar. Then place the whole
In the saucer with the first Note the
same rapid rise of water in the lower
edge of the graduated top and how
much more slowly it travels than the
mulch of fine sugar.
The same process takes place in
the soil. although not so exagger
ated. Soil moisture does not move
SO rapidly, but move it surely will
unless checked by the soil mulch. In
sections where there are few weeds
the farmer is very apt to neglect the
cultivation. Don't make this mistake
Remember that cultivation is moi
done merely for the determination OF
weeds. In many sections no cultiva
ton would be necessary if this were
the only object.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07

tors from whom l received only tempo
rary relief. decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
If these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455
James Street, Elkaart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs.
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
We know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
TO Lydia T.. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, M ass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
CARE OF DUCKS IN WINTEF
pens to Be Handy Makes Excel
lent Feed for Fowls.

During winter feed my ducks any
green stun that l happen to have
handy. Turnip, parsnip and CARO-
tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, on
onion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender
crab grass, lettuce, radish, mustard
cut fine, all make good bulky feed.
These are dried in the shade durinf
the summer and stored like hay
When l want to feed them a quantit,
is boiled for twelve hours and mixet
with finely cut roots, such as potato
turnip, parsnip. carrot, onion and
beet. Apples are also used, says a
writer in the Orange Judd Farmer
These are all cooked.
Not much of one kind OF plant is
given at time. Four measures of
any one with four of corn chop to
each of wheat bran, red wheat shorts
and boiled fresh meat are fed as a
mash-all the ducks will eat it I'D
clean in few minutes If any of the
mash is left, it is at once removed to
avoid it's getting sour. This feed is
given twice daily during the winter
and three times in spring. 1t has al
ways proved satisfactory.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
WAS NO PLACE FOR LUCINDY
Nanny Would Not Allow Daughter
to Stay Where Cooking Was Done
Without Human Agency.

Nanny Lou was visiting Lucindy.
The latter lifted boiling pot off the
stove, set 1t in the fireless cooker, COW
cred 1t closely and pushed it under
the table.
What's yuh agoin' t do wild dat
pot?"
Use a-goin' to cook dem beans in
de fireless cooker"
Nanny rose, q scared, hunted look
on her wrinkled face. Does yuh
mean t. tell me yuh a-goin t bile
dem beans without fiah?"
Lucindy nodded. Nanny backed
to the door and looked at the girl
as at an apparition, then with def
ance mingled with fear commanded
Put on your bonnet! You sure is
hoodooed! You amt goin' t. live in
no house where the devil does de
cookin' Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
TREES STOP SOIL DRIFTING
One Of PerpIexing Problems Of North.
western Farming Solved by Can
adian Experiment Station.

Drifting of the soil is one of the
big problems in northwestern farm.
ing. The trouble increases as the
rainfall decreases. At the Canadian
experiment station at Indian Head.
Sask. this problem OF drifting has
oeen solved by planting trees. When
the station was started twenty-five
years ago 1t was part of a bonanza
wheat farm on a level prairie Now
It has the appearance from a distance
Of being a woods A belt OF trees two
Or three rods wide has been planted
around the farm, and between the
ields-which are forty to sixty acres
"a double row of trees has been
planted,
This breaks the force of the wind SC
that the soil does not drift. This
makes it possible to work the land
to the best advantage. The rainfall
here averages eleven and half inches
so that summer fallow has to be intro
duced frequently, and In order to
make this the most effective it needs
to be cultivated so as to keep down
weeds. This can now be done on this
farm without any trouble of drifting
Before the trees were planted thi,
could not be done
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
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Clean soiled eggs.

Altdu 5Olleu eggs.
Get reputation for selling fresh
eggs.
Do not keep eggs In a cellar or
damp place.
Let the old ROSTERS go before they
eat their heads off.
About ten ducks are required to
make pound of feathers.
IL chicken keeping doesn't pay don't
be in too big a hurry to blame the
chickens
Goose feathers being more oily are
apt to sooner turn rancid than chick
en- feathers.
Crude carbolic acid and coal oil
make fine disinfectant. Use a con.
tinuous sprayer.
A sovereign remedy for limberneck
Is four drops of turpentine in tea
spoonful of water.
Charcoal is wonderful tonic at
this time. See that the fowls get all
they want OF 1t to eat.
Poultry breeders need to know as
much of the breeding worth of a fowl
as cattle breeders of a bull.
The man with a fine lot OF young
chickens to SELL now is the one who
has a smile that won't come off.
One sick chicken soon - infects a
whole flock. 1t is always safest to re-
move bird at first signs of illness.
The essentials OF poultry raising
are cleanliness and close attention,
coupled with hard work and com
mon sense.
Supply hens with plenty of crushed
oyster shell. The shells costs little and
means much II it's winter eggs you
are working for.
The hens relish green food of some
sort and will amply repay you for the
trouble of chopping up cabbage, pota-
to peelingB, turnips, etc.
Any egg eaters in the flock? Make
the nests as dark as possible; that
will help. If that doesn't discourage
The culprit. sharpen up the ak.
In the long continuous poultry build
ing it is desirable that an alley way
be provided for the sake of convent
snse in passing through the building.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
Are You Subject
to Constipation
Here IS a Simple Way of Cor
recfing it Instantly Before
II Becomes Chronic.

Very few people go through life
without some time or other being
troubled with constipation. Thousands
in1ure themselves by the use of
strong cathartics, salt mineral wa
ters, pills and similar things. They
have temporary value in some cases,
1t Is true, but the good effect Is soon
lost, and the more one takes OF them
the less effective they become.
A physic or purgative il seldom
necessary, and much better and more
permanent results can be obtained
by using scientific remedy like DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t does not
hide behind high sounding name,
but is what 1t is represented to be,
mild laxative medicine. 1t Is so
mild that thousands of mothers give
1t to tiny infants, and yet 1t Is so COM
pounded, and contains such definite
ingredients that 1t will have equally
good effect when used by person
suffering from the worst chronic con-
stipation. In fact, among the great
est endorsers OF Syrup Pepsin are
elderly people who have suffered for
years and found nothing to benefit
them until they took Syrup Pepsin.
1t is a fact that millions OF families
have Syrup Pepsin constantly In the
house, homes like those OF Mrs. G. B.
Pruitt, Berea, KY, who used DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin as a laxative
tonic. Mrs. Pruitt writes that it so
strengthened and cleansed her system
that she was quickly relieved of a Sc
we're cough which had troubled her
for months. The special value Of this
grand laxative tonic is that 1t Is suit
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
Exterior of Hen House.

want the open front style as we want
ed it tight for fumigating and also te
keep out beating storms. The upper
sash are lowered most of the time
and during cold weather we have 6
muslin curtain to lower over the open
ing. Roosts are hinged to the nortl
side and may be raised and fastened
to the ceiling where they are out o
the way for cleaning, etc. A goot
dropping board below keeps the foo
in good condition. Nests are PLACED
along the east and west sides. Thi
house has good cement floor which
keeps out rats.
This house admits plenty Of sun
light and we have not had frozer
comb or sick chicken all winter.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-03-07
POULTRY HOUSE ABOUT RIGHT
Building Described and illustrated
That Ia Well Arranged to Admit
Plenty Sunlight

/ have n poultry house l think Is
about right. 1t is IL by 16 feet, and
VIII house rs birds with ease, writes
Mrs. r. B. Hammerli in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze. II is four feet high
on the north and six feet on the south.
The roof has a nine-foot slope on the
north and a five-foot slope on the
south. Studding were set every two
feet and drop siding was used to board
up the walls. The roof is shingled.
There are four windows on the south
each with a double sash % by 2S
inches in size and arranged so the top
ones may be lowered. We did not