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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-10-29
Fall Flowing.

There are many advantages
to be derived from blowing land
in the fall. / The farmers has
more time in the fall, as his
farm work is not pushing at
that season, he will take more
pains and viii do better Job.
II. y great many insects aud
weeds are destroyed by expos.
ing them To the winter freezes.
3. The water is brought in con.
tact with a greater number of
soil PARTICLES aud remains in
contact with these particles for
"a longer period of time and
much IN o re plant food is
brought into solution by the
action of the water and the
freezes on the soil particles
4.Deep fall plowing,S to - inch
es enables the soil to store up
more moisture for crop use and
there by presents washing dur
ing moderate rainfall I o o
much of a clay subsoil should
not be brought to the surface
at once, as this may cause the
land to bake during the coming
season. 1t is much better to
edge the land up than to turn
it completely over as this expo
SEES more surface to the action
of winter freezes and water,
and brings more plant food into
solution by virturc OF these
freezes.
The harrow VIII d o better
work if the land is edged than
il it lis turned. For these reas-
sons and others the disk pillow
has many advantages over the
ordinary turning plow. . The
soil can be gotten into better
shape and better pulverizcd
seed bed prepared, and hence n
better stand obtained if the
land is plowed in the fall. q.
Where seasons are compare
lively short, as IN. our country
we can generally get our crops
planted earlier i'll the spring. Z.
The destructive fires that some
times sweep over our old fields
or stubble fields destroying al
the vegetable matter on tile
surface are avoided b y fall
blowing. We would not advis,
shallow blowing 3toG inches bu
plow deep to - inches If the
surface soil is thin say 3 inches
deep, it may be better to pillow
IA little deeper each year with a
turning pillow, but with a dish
pillow the desired depth can b,
reached at one blowing becaus,
the disk edges up tn,
land and does not turn two
much of the subsoil up.
The soil that is to be cropped
next seaso should be covered
during the winter with :
cover crop, as crimson clover
rye or vetch, but AS it is toe
late for these, pillow now ani
raise better crop next yea
than you will by spring pIow
ing.
j. c. STILES,
Farm Demonstration Agent
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-10-29
Nice Exhibit
Ken by the Richmond Dis
|tict Farmers Club in
Town Hall Saturday

4, notwithstanding the contin-
IA, ~ down pour of rain on last
.rrIav the exhibits in the
sn hall by the farmers of the
Edmond District was n very
,sltable affair, and had the
4, been fair one of the finest
,iibtions Of farm products
5sSaliye Stock ever seen in this
's,ton Of the state would have
Ia on display.
SIN the corn contest for the
I'm ten ears of corn on one
sfe the entries were: j. p.
!zsiiham, w. j. Horsley. Il. L..
0usins, 2 G. Garrison, Jno.
81 Chalkley land a. J. Hood,
IL Z. Campbell, II. G. Stewart,
En- Capt. D. f. Bullitt. Mr..
tsaskley and Mr.. Hood won
IN first prize-$25.00; II. c
s.sTart, second prize-8lO 90,
SindJ. P Stidham third prize,
30 The selection of corn
Ser fine specimens, and very
faeh admired by all present.
q Baxter llorsley W n first
srle for the best ten ears of
;op corn
Il Il. N. Horsley won the first
.E;le for the best peck of Irish
sNatoes
flP. Stidham won first prize
aG the best display of hay, and
aest can Of beans.
Mrs r l.. Cousins won first
4;Re for the best assortment of
s'ly
Capt j r. Bullitt won first
tiile for the best display of
Eslery
DE Allen won first prize for
its best cun of canned tomatoes
famed sInw, and finest assort-
nent Of Johnsons Fine Winter
ippes
Mrs. w. 5. Mathews won frs:
Ylize for best canned peppers,
aest canned plums, best canned
seats, best canned catsup, best
aimed beans, aud best assert
nent Of Black Ben Davis APP
Pies.
IS slemp won first prize
.or best Albemarle aud Ben
lavis apples, best cushaw
sweet potatoes and
lnips
+ G Weary won first prize
OF best saddle horse, lraft
orse and team of mules.
L l. Cousins won first prize
Of best four months old Berk
hire pigs, best ten months old
eTsey calf and coop Plymouth
lock chickens.
W. = Mathews won first
iIze for best coop of White
eghorn chickens.
Dr.. @. ID. Lowe, of Morris
lwn, assistant live stock agent
u the Southern Railway, MIR.
A. Miller, of johnson City,
llh Tie Land and Industrial
epartncnt of the same Com
any, MIR. w. S. Moore. of Bed
nd County. State demonstra-
on agent, Prof. Tumble of
e agricultural experiment
atlon at Blacksburg, and MIR.
y. Stiles, farm demonstra-
on agent for Wise County,
ere all present Saturday and
sisted in classifying n d
dying the different products
~ spoke in the highest praise
the exhibits. MIR. Moore es-
clally complimented the corn
mott, saying that it was
nong the finest that he had
en- anywhere this wear. not
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-10-29
Revision OF Laws For Assess
ment And Collection OF
Taxes.

Southwest Virginia is vitality
Interested in the legislation
which will come before the
next General Assembly for EN-.
actment.
For more than five years the
question OF revising the tax
laws has been under con slider
alton aud various legislative
committees and commissions
have investigated aud reported
upon the matter and numerous
changes have been sugge sted
by the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts. IL the plans suggested
to withdraw from local tax
alton the railroads and corpor-
ations taking all this tax for
State purposes is carried out by
Legislative enactment, it will
be blow to the Southwest
which will cripple her schools,
stop road building and innict
injury from which she will
not recover for a great many
years.
The legislation enacted b Y
the next General Assembly,
changing the entire system of
taxation, will probably be the
most important for t. h last
forty years. 1t is therefore of
supreme Importance that the
Southwestern Counties should
every one be potentially repre-
scented in the enactment of these
laws. 1t is we'll known that the
Democratic party will be in a
very large majority in both the
Senate and House Of Delegates.
1t is equally well known that
these laws will be considered
and perfected ready for enact
mcnt in Il caucus of that party
and that when approved thcir
passage as reported will be a
fofegone conclusion.
1t will thus be seen that un-
less the Southweste Counties
send Democratic mentors and
Senators they will not be repre-
scented in the passage OF laws
vitality affecting the interest OF
every man, woman aud child
in their limits.
1t is useless at this day to say
that caucusses are wrong aud
ought not to be permitted to
shape legislation. 1t is now the
universal practice of both the
Republican and Democratic par
ties when in majority in the
State or Nation to settle all i'm
portant legislation in this way
and whether we like it or not
me may considerit a fixed fact
that the tax legislation of the
next session Of the General AS
sembly, will be virtually enact.
ed in Il caucus of the Democrat.
ic party.
With this fact staring tht
voters of the Southwest in tn,
face, why should they vote t.
send Republican Senators OF
Delegates to Richmond?
The questions at issue ris,
far above party interests anC
party amNtions-they afec
vitality the economic prospect
ty and progress of our section
they vitality affect the poke
of every voter. TO vote to sen,
Republican representatives al
this time is to vote against be
ing represented in making law
of far reaching nature, affect
ing all the people.
We are not considering thi
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-10-29
Money To Lend

Tue Standard Home Compa
ny, Incorporated. provides home
purchasing contracts with a
guaranteed invest III emit, an
agreement is made whereby you
can borrow money to buy or
oalld a home or pay off that
mortgage, or improve your
property with interest at per
cent on yearly balances, and
your return will be $3.50 per
month on each 81 900 borrowed.
hent receipts never pay divi-
aends. We have put more than
zen thousand people in their
own homes, and can put you in
yours, if You will take our plan.
Loans over -, 900. 900. Assets
over 81 100000. Call or write at
once to
t. B. Ramsey, Agent
Ofiice-Over Postoffice
Norton, Virginia
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
DIVORCE PETITIONS
MUCH IN EVIDENCE

The assembly divorce bill has furn-
ished display of fireworks in the
legislature at Carson this week and
according to last reports the enimies
I the proposed measure had control
If the judiciary committee, Senator
Horsey of this county, and Senator
Bergman of Clark county being the
only members favorable to the as
sembly measure. The majority at
tempted to pigeon hole the bill in
the committee room, but through the
strenuous efforts of Senator Horsey,
this move was defeated.
Apparently the Reno contingent,
favorable to the present divorce law,
sent some indictment to local parties
to circulate a petition here protest
ing a change in the existing law. This
petition was passed around quietly
and the fact that such a document
was in existence did not become gen
orally known until second petition,
favorable to the assembly BILL was
started cut by F. w. Dickle. Mean
while, the first petition reabhed the
hands of Senator Horsey. last Thurs
day. on which day itw as laid before
the senate at the request Of the steer
ing committee working on the prop.
osition. AS Senator Horsey had been
working hard for the assembly meas
ure. the receipt of this petition frC m
'Lincoln county rather embarresse
him for a time until he ascertaine
the the first petition idd not repre-
sent the real sentiment Of the citi
zens of his home county
The petition circulated by Mr.
Dickle in Phoebe and Panaca was
mailed 20 Senator Horsey yesterday
and containe d approximately 20C
signers located in the two towns.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
EIGHT BELLS FOR
THE SCHOOL ship
Newport Is Doomed by Educa-
ti0n Boards Order.
LEGISLATURE MAY SAVE IT.

New York Is Tired of Paying S6o,O00
Year For Benefit of Less Than
Hundred tudents-Tiilman's Strong
Plea For Its Continuance--Was Stare
ed Forty Years Ago.
New York.--If the order of the board
of education disseminating the New
York Nautical school is final it means
that the final chapter has been written
in the history of almost the sole re-
manning link between the present day
and the vanished age of the American
merchant service that has been the
model for similar institutions abroad
and was almost unique in this country
garded as abolished, however, the ac.
ton of the board must be confirmed
by vote of the legislature.
The reasons given by the board for
its action can be summed up in the
statement that the school was not Civ
ing the city a sufficient return for the
money expended 1t is said that the
school has been costing the city up
ward of 100000 year for the benefit
of less than hundred students.
1t has been said that out of several
hundred pupils graduated records can
be found of only hundred or SO who
are following the sea. To this Com
mander e. Fl. Tillman, U. S. n, super
intendent of the school, retorts that
there is no method provided of keeping
track of the students after graduation,
and that therefore the records do not
prove anythi~g. In his annual report
to the board of education the super
intendent made strong plea for the
continuance of the school.
The New York Nautical school was
instituted in 1878, its object being, in
the words of the statute establishing
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
DOUBLE DIXIE MINE
MAY SOON BE ACTIVE

1t is understood that w. S. Ander-
son is in the east at the present time
for the purpose of confering with bus
mess associates on the matter of
early resumption of activities at the
Whisky Barrel. otherwise known as
the Double Dixie.
Recently, while F. L. Steward and
others were engaged in doing the
assessmen work on the property,
some extremely interesting develop
ments were made which has promntee
those interested to "get busy" The
property is in splendid locality, has
some fine showings of ore and bears
every evidence of developing into
mine Of much Importance to this
camp. lisil
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15

Within the next few days Ernest
L. Godbe will leave for the east with
the Ohio-Kentucky Consolidated Min
ing company's proxy to vote at
meeting Of the Amalgamated Phoebe
Mines & Shelters corporation which
wi be held at New York This. it
Is believed, will be the final step in
the affairs of the Nevada Utah Mines
4 Shelters corporation toward start
ing activities at Phoebe.
An agreement has been reached
Iar the merging of the Ohio-Ken-
tucky, the Conso idated Phoebe Mines
company and the Nevada U tab hold
lngs III the town of Pioche This will
bring together under one company all
the disputed holdings of these com
pahlss and afford vast territory of
fich mineral gound to be worked. It
takes in nearly all OF the rich
mines OF the cary days and also the
more recent mines of the Susan
buster, Greenwood and others In
these latter properties 1T is under
stood that there are thousands of
LJns of coed ore ready 10 be mined.
The Amalgated Phoebe is to be
tle operating company, while the Ne
Nada- Utah reorganization will be the
holdlng company. Outside of the
tsock held by the Nevada Utah there
VIII be the stack issued to holders
OF Onlo-hentucky. AS the chief
stockholders of the latter company
are in the west the heaviest individ-
ual holders will be in Utah. OF course
the Nevada Utah will hold the con-
trolling interest.
The Nevada-Utah has collected
nearly all the assessmeent of so cents
Q share levied on its stockholders and
1t should, therefore, have in the treas
Try in excess of S500,000. There is
small floating Indebtedness on the
Neya IA tab which will be liquidated
at once and the plan is that this
Company will also take over a $780,
GOO bond issue of the Amalgamated
7 Phoebe. This will place the latter
company on a good working basis as
owes no debts and it will start with
this large cash account.
The suit brought to prevent the
reorganization of Nevada Utah has
been settled so that it Is said that
here remains but few details in the
way to prevent operations beginning
at once.
When the affairs of the company
are finally cleared up it is under
sstood that the Nevada Utah re-
organized company will own the Pi-
cehe Pacific railroad which runs
from the Day mine to Phoebe, half
interest in the Day-Bristol Consoli-
dated Mining company, controlling
interest in the Amalgamated Pioche
and the stock Of the Nevada Utah
Mining company which owns the Last
Chance claim at Bingham and the I'm
perial property and the Comet claim
IL Beaver county. Besides a number
ef small claims in Phoebe and Utah,
which the company will hold. Aside
from this the company will be in a
position to operate it's properties in
dependent of each other, which will
do away with the cumbersome organ
ization that formerly existed.-Deser
ct News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
Spies BALK u. S.
consul IN PERU
Was Sent to Investigate Rub
Der District Atrocities.
NATIVES DARE NOT TALK.

Practical Slavery Exists. According to
Stuart j. Fuller, Acting For Govern
ment Ia Isolated Region--No Organ
lied III Treatment, but Agents Are
Worst Type of Adventurers.
Washington. That a system of es-
3ionage upon the part of agents of the
Peruvian rubber companies rendered
practically futile the Investigations
made by Stuart j. Fuller, United
States consul, in the putumayo rubber
districts of Peru last summer will be
disclosed when his report to the state
department is transmitted to congress.
Before he even entered the Putu-
mayo region Mr.. Fuller found himself
burdened with the company of repre-
sentatiyes of the rubber-, companies
which hold the concessions for gath
ering the rubber of that region bat as
he was travelling on one Of the com
pany's steamships he could make no
objections to their presence
Moreover. when the rubber fields
were reached Mr.. Fuller discovered
that every conversation he attempted
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15

groes left in the Putumayo and were
consequently obliged to depend on the
natives for information. This course
of information was effectually shut of
by the espionage maintained by the
men. Whenever the consuls spoke to
the lndians through an interpreter, of
course. they found that a company
man was always at their elbow to
listen. The men were all well known
to the Indians, who, overawed by their
taskmastcrs. were afraid to speak
frankly to the consuls.
The conclusion was reached that,
while there very probably was not at
the moment any serious organized Ill
treatment of the Indians. the compa-
MES had made it impossible for inves-
tigators to learn whether atrocities
were being practieed or not. Upon
their return to Iquitos both men drew
up and signed joint statement set
ting forth how the company's ageDts
had made practically fruitless their in
yestigations.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
Half Million Dollars For
Development Of PiOChc Mines

#The cruise lasts from May until
nearly October The boys are divided
into watches. and under the superyi-
sion of the officers and the crew of old
experienced seamen they do the bulk
of the actual work of the ship. AS soon
as The Newport reaches the open sea
the engines are dispensed with. ana
from then until the end of the cruise
The young mariners handle, reef and
steer, learn to tack, wear and box haul.
send up and cross light yards. make
and take in sail, heaye the lead and
perform every part OF seaman's du-
Ties, not forgetting the holystouing
Of the decks in the morning.
The cruise usually takes in Stock
holm, Chrisiiania, Copenhagen ANA the
other famous seaports of northern Eu-
rope ana sometimes also Madeira, the
Azores and nearly every other port on
the Atlantic that has bred stout sea-
men in the past. On their return home
In the autumn the boys undergo in
spection by the board of education, and
those deserving of il who have COM
peted their two years course with
credit receive the diplomas setting
forth that they are genuine sailormen,
every hair Il rope yarn and blood
Stockholm tar"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15

to hold with the Indians was listened
to by men III the pay of the rubber
companies. Seeing the company men
present. the Indians refused to talk.
Consequently MIR. Fuller was unable
to obtain the evidence he sought.
Furthermore, not only Mr.. Fuller s
report. but also other documents being
held at the state department for trans
mission to congress. will show that the
Indians, regardless of any atrocities,
are being worked by the agents under
Il system differing very little from
slavery. Mr.. Fuler's report will show
that the rubber of the Putumayo is be-
ing gathered in regions where few
white men can survive and where
none but Indians can successfully gath
er the rubber; that the risks to life in
the jungle are so great that the worst
kind Of adventlirers have become prac-
tically the only kind of men the COM
panieS can get to act rs supervisors;
that impclled by the great risks they
are taking, together with the remote
ness from the restraining influences of
civilization, these agents have been
accustomed to 20 TO almost any lengths
to gain greater sums in commissions
On the yalte of the rubber gathered
Mr.. Fuller was last year appointed
consul at Iquitos, Peru. for the special
purpose Of investigating the conditions
II the Putumayo Iquitos is the great
inland port of Peru, 200 miles up the
AmaZon river, and it Is one of the chief
outlets for rubber from the upper
Amazon. Though only few hundred
miles from Lima, the capital of Peru
it is in effect. by virtue of the Andes
ranges, thousands of miles from the
seat of the Peruvian government.
On Aug. 6 Consul Fuller left Iquitos
for the Putumayo, accompanied by G
b. Mitchell, British consul at Iqutos.
The investigators got practically nc
information. as company men followed
them throughout their entire Journey
They found only two Darbadian ne
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
Nevada's e:
Divorce and Gambling Bills
Cause Some Excitement

work which has been carried on by
the Bureau of Animal Industry in
cooperation with the state authori-
ties f2r the eradication of this dis
ease.
About fifteen years ago sheep scab
was prevalent throughout most of
the territory west OF the Mississippi
river. 1t was becoming serious
handicap to the shsep industry ana
was constantly spreading. The gov
srnmcnt with the assistance of the
state authorizes undertook first to con-
troll the disease and later to stamp
It ouG. This work mas been SO sue
cessful that most Of the infected ter
litory has been freed OF the disease
tnd released from quarantine. The
territory still emaining in quarantine
consists of the states OF Texas and
New Mexico and parts of California,
Nevada, Utah Colorado, Arizona ana
-Aentticky The work OF eradication
IS being continued in these areas.
The areas released by Secretary
Wilson's recent order are as follows:
In california the counties of Del Norte
Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou,
-lodoc. Lassen, Piumas, sierra, NE
ada. Placer, Ii Dorado, Amador,A l.
pine, Mono, Inyo, Tuolumne and San
.sernardino. In Nevada the coun-
is Of Washoe, Storey, Lyon, Orms
", Douglas, Esmeralda. Mineral,
4areka, Lander and Churchill The
,emainder of California and the coun-
les CT Humboldt, ko, and White
.line in Nevada remain in quarantine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
ODD FELLOWS ENTERTAIN
GRAND MASTER McLAIN

The member of Phoebe Lodge No.
%. l. o. U. T.. and visiting members
Gf the order had tbs pleasure of en-
pertaining David McLain of Ely,
rand master of Odd tei.ows in Ne
vada, last Monday night
A special meeting was called for
the purpose of greeting the grand Of
ficer and during which session mem
bers Of the organization received
mlch wholesome instruction.
Mr.. McLain was formerly a resi-
lent of Lincoln county, having been
at one time employed by the Della
mar God Mining company, at Della
mar. He first visited Phoebe as early
is 1872 and has been here a number
CT times since
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-02-15
KAISERl'S EUSTAGHE
TO POINT EARTHWARD
Army Aroused at Report That
Ends viii Come Down.

Berlin. There is great uneasiness in
rarmy circles over the kaiseror, to. be
exact, over the kaiser's mustaehe
The heaven kissing ends OF the war
lords moustache have been fetch TO
his fighting men, and the happiness of
the officers. especially the young otfi
GERS, has been in direct proportion to
his success in duplicating the kaiser's
tilt Now comes the disquieting re-
port that the emperor is contemplating
a change in the style of his hrsute
adornment.
The kaiser has consented TO have a
new likeness of himself made for the
Prussian silver coinage, Ever since he
mounted the throne, twenty five years
ago, he has been represented with the
familiar sharply upturned mustache.
The new design will be kept secret
until the appearance of the coin on the
occasion Of his majesty's silver jubilee
next June.
The kaiser's youngest son, Prince
Joachim, who is a student at Hpidel-
berg university. where his professors
have been unable to report fayorably
upon his progress, received chaSten-
ing telegram from his father and was
forbidden 20 join in his majesty's birth
day celebration.