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The weekly soliphone., 1915-01-29

About 65 per cent of the Swiss fed eral railways rest on steel ties.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

season has averaged about twenty-five.
paid partly from federal funds and
partly from state funds. These patrol
men were employed only in the season
Of the year during which danger from
fires might be expected. This period
of employment has averaged approx
mately two months in the spring and
the same amount in the fall, and the
patrolmen have been paid during the
time of their appointment 50 per day
for the time actually spent by them in
work. The duties of these patrolmen
were TO suppress and prevent forest
fires, us far as they could, in the coun-
ties In which they were appointed. and
also by personal contact with the peo-
pie In the county TO point out to them
the danger from forest fires in the de-
struction Of timber buildings, fences
and other valuable products, and also
to emphasize the fact that large per
cent OF the forest fires which occur
red were due to causes which could
have been eliminated with care on the
part of the individuals. The work OF
the county wardens has been inspected
once in three weeks, as nearly as pos
sible, by the district wardens. and the
whole work has been inspected by the
United States forest service. The dan
ger season for forest fires ordinarily Is
for a period Of three months In the
spring, Feb 10 to May 10, and for
a period Of three months In the fall,
Sept. 10 to Dec. 10. but the patrolmen
were only under appointment and paid
for the actual time during which fires
might be expected because of the eli
matte conditions existing at the time.
II was soon evident that, while the
county patrolmen were accomplishing
a considerable amount of effective
work. nevertheless even one patrolman
in each county where there was large
amount OF timber would not secure the
necessary amount of forest protection
Consequently the next step was to Sc
cure the cooperation OF the timber
land owners by organizing associations
since II was felt that only In the event
that timberland owners became fnan'
cially interested in the matter of for
est protection of their own lands and
supplemented the funds OF the state by
funds OF their own TO be expended in
forest protective measures could per-
manent good be accomplished in this
direction.
Under this plan the first county in
the state to be organized was Harlan
county, and the success Of the Forest
Protective association in this county
has been so remarkable and its growth
Nd effectiveness so continuous that it
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
MALONE.

The writer returned last week
from the Association held in
johnson county.
Married, on the 9th ult., at
Caney, Willie Haney to Miss Dol
lie Williams.
The camp meeting closed Sun
day night at Camel City.
A new road is being built at
the mouth of White Oak by Jas.
Henry and others.
Elder l.. A. Music attended
church at Wells Union Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Andrew Wells is on the
sick list this week.
We are sorry to note the death
of our beloved sister, Mrs. Franl,
Lewis, of Index, who departed
this life the 10Th ult. in full tri.
umph Of faith in the living God.
SQUARE DEAL.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
Local and Personal.

H. M. Cox is in Frankfort on
business this week.
Miss Aura Maxey is visiting
Miss Hazel Cottle at Whitesburg
this week.
Senator Chas. D. Arnett went
Salyersville Monday to attend
Circuit Court.
Postmaster C. A. Franklin is
attending Circuit Court at Sal
yersville this week.
Mrs. Emma C. Salyer left Tues
day for Louisville where she will
attend the State Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newt Perry and
little son, of LenoX, visited rela-
tives in town last week.
DR.. S. R. Collier left Monday
for Dry Ridge where he will take
a treatment for rheumatism.
DR.. A. P. Gullett will be at
Wrigley September 20-21-22-29
and "a to do dental work. 1882
Master Robert Elan left Mon
day for Morehead where he will
attend school this fall and win
ter.
County School Supervisor j.
M. Lykins passed through town
Monday on his round visiting
schools.
Mrs. S. M. r. Hurt and child
dren are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Tippett, at
Morehead.
Mrs. H. P. Cartmell and little
daughter, Edra, are visiting her
brother, VIM. Walsh, at Blan-
chester, Ohio.
Miss Florress Seitz went to
Morehead Monday to enter upon
her duties as teacher in the
Graded School.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
FOREST UTILIZATION.
Kentucky Forests Big Item In Indus.
trial Life.

Kentucky Forests Big Item In Indus.
trial Life.
Kentucky forests play a big part in
the industrial life Of the state, and not
only for the amount of timber they
produce, which, according to the last
figures of the census available, was
G41 100000 feet, board measure, and
it is of interest to point out the direc-
ton in which the forests Of the state
are OF vital importance to various in
terests. The capital invested in log
ging and milling operations in one year
1910 was S21, 1871 900 and the average
number of wage earners 1902 five
times as many as are employed in the
distilled liquor business, which heads
the list in value Of product. The num-
Der OF active sawmills In Kentucky,
according to the last census Q9l3). was
1861. The railroads are one of the
greatest users of timber in the United
States. The timber demanded by them
Is mostly in the shape of crossties, tel.
ephone and telegraph poles, material
for ear building, etc. II is safe to say,
from the best figures obtainable, that
over 100000 crossties were pur.
chased by the railroads In Kentucky
In 1914. Another great industry which
is in its infancy in Kentucky. which
consumes large quantities Of wood
products, is the mining industry, espe.
cially the coal mining industry, and 1t
is for this reason that in the coal min
ing regions Of the eastern part of the
state the state forester has met with
the heartiest cooperation in an endeav-
or to suppress the forest fires.
The timber used in the mines is In
the form Of tagging, stulls, props, ties
and lumber for the construction of
buildings Of various sorts. IL Is fig-
ured that from three to four feet, board
measure, are used for each ton of coal
mined. Kentucky now ranks ffSl
among the states in the production
coal In 1914 over 200O0.OOO tons were
mined. The telephone, telegraph and
electric light and power companies use
a large amount Of timber in the shape
of poles, posts, etc.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
Forest Protection In Kentucky
Much Progress Made In This
Work In Last Few Years

has been strong argument for the
of like organizations in 9th
er counties in the state. At the pres
ent time there are nearly 100000 acres
embraced in this association, and they
include practically all the cumberland
owners in. Harlan county. Approx
mately $4,000 acres were added to the
acreage Of the association last spring
after one Of the Severest fire seasons
which the state has ever experienced,
which shows that the work has been
effective in measure TO secure the
confidence of the timberland owners
in that region. The most ambitious
effort for the formation Of forest fire
protective association is that put on
foot last spring, which embraces four
counties in Kentucky and two in Viz
ginia. This effort was initiated by the
Consolidation Coal company. The four
counties of Kentucky embraced in this
organization are Pike, Letcher, Floyd
and Knox and the two counties in Vir-
ginia Wise and Dickinson. The last
two counties to undertake such an or
ganizatiop are Leslie and Clay, so that
the southeastern part of the state is in
fair way to be entirely covered with
associations.
1t must be borne in mind that these
associations are purely voluntary, are
composed of tlmberland owners, les
sees, etc, and are administered local.
ly. The severity of the fires which
occurred in Kentucky last spring, on
account Of the drought early in the
season, has been a decided incentive
to the formation Of like associations
in other counties, with two ideas in
mind-first, the protection Of the stand
ing timber, and, second, organized eff
fort to suppress forest fires by the
punishment in court of individuals
who, through carelessness, neglect oil
willfulness, have caused fires on tim
berlands. There is every reason Ia
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
HUSBAND RESCUED y
DESpAIRINC WIFE
After Four Years Of DiscouraginS
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: "a suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere al
all. AT times, ! would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was calledin, and his treat
ment relieved me for while, but was
coon confined TO my bed again. After
That, nothing seemed to do me any good.
| had gotten so weak could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and CON-
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tell it was helping me.
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing my work."
II you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. lthas ks.ped
more than a million women, in It's so
years Of wonderful success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
It will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend 1t. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write 70; Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'.
ADVISORY Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special
distractions on your Case and 64page book. Hone
Treatment for Women" sentIn plain wrapper. E66-B
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
GRASSY CREEK.

Ed. W. L. Gevedon received a
message last Monday to go to
Pikeville to assist in the amputa-
ton of Mrs. j. T. Gevedon's
hand. He will go from there to
Roncevert, W. Va, to attend the
Baptist Valley Association, he
being appointed to bear the cor
responding letter to said Associ-
alton.
ut was decided later that an
amputation was not necessary,
and Mrs. Gevedon is getting well.
-Editor.)
]. H. Roe & Co. have just COM
pleted their wheat and oat
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Audry Ellington,
of Paragon, visited in town Sat
urday and Sunday.
Jesse Blair, Of Wrigley, is re-
ported in a serious condition with
cancer of the bowels.
Ned Jianniniey, of Camel City,
is moving his family to Auty
McClain's farm at Gordon Ford.
Beulah, the 15-month-old baby
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ragland Frisby,
of Camel City, died yesterday of
pneumonia.
l.. B. Reed has rented the T..
B. Sturdivent property in the
lower end of town and will short
ly move his family to it.
G. |. Brown and Newton Do
remus, of Red Bank, N. j., J. w.
Curtis, of Ohio, and j. B. C. Adj
ans, of Alabama, were here last
week comforting with DR.. S. R.
Collier in regard to certain bust
ness interests in this county.
Mrs. w. H. Gevedon and little
daughter, Mildred, returned
from Pikeville Tuesday, where
they have been at the bedside Of
Mrs. j. T. Gevedon, who is suf-
fering from blood poisoning.
They report Mrs. Gevedon out Of
danger.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

DR.. c. c. Wheeler, of Caney,
visited his brother, DR.. w. H.
Wheeler, and transacted business
IN town Friday.
Miss Ina Cottle, of the Courier
Crew, is visiting her sister. Miss
Hazel, who works on the Noun
cain Eagle at Whitesburg.
Maj. w. j. Seitz came home
from the Big Sandy valley, where
he makes headquarters, Thurs
day for a visit with his family.
w. A. Duncan and W. M. Gard
ner were in Mt. Sterling the first
Of the week on business connect
ed with the Roper-Reese Lumber
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sublett,
of Oklahoma, are visiting the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
c. Fugett, and other relatives in
the county.
VIRGIL. little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ezra Henry, has been very
low with pneumonia complicated
with spinal trouble, but is report
ed as slightly improved.
Mrs. H. M. Cox left Monday
for Louisville where she will as.
sist in the management and act
as judge of the culinary exhibits
at the Kentucky State Fair.
T. j. Daniel, who has been in
Florida for two years, came in
Monday Afternoon and left again
Tuesday. Tom is a building con-
tractor and is doing a good bust
ness in the south.
Mrs, C. A. Franklin and child.
rem, Ronnie, Bonnie and Frank,
have returned from a visit with
her sister, Mrs. B. F. Hamilton,
at Van Lear. They also visited
relatives at 0phir while away,
Mr.. and Mrs, R. A. Baldwin
left Monday on a deferred we'd
ding trip. They will visit De
troit, Mich, st. Thomas, Ont
Can, New York, Pittsburg anC
other northern and eastern cities
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T Perry, o.
Winchester, Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Pieratt, Of Mr.. Sterling and Mr.
A. j. Davidson, of Prestonsburg
attended the funeral Of Mrs
Hartha Kendall here last week
T, B. Sturdivent came ovel
from Mccormick Saturday to Wis
it his family. Mrs. Sturdivenr
and children will join him al
Mccormick in u few days ant
the family will camp for seEera
weeks.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
MAYTOWN.

Mrs. ]. B. Murphy is very low
with typhoid.
Mesdames M. W. Pieratt and
Manford Elan visited at Forest
the latter part of last week.
A fine heifer calf of Roy Row.
lands was kicked by a mule and
instantly killed Sunday.
Miss Annabel Ingraham is on
the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. c. Rose, of
West Liberty, passed through
our town Thursday.
Charley Cottle, of Forest, is
visiting his brother, Gordon Cot.
tie, this week.
Mary Frances, the little daugh
ter of Douglas Welsh, is very il
at this writing.
1t seems as if there would be {
sweet potato famine in this sec
ton this fall, as the rats are de,
stroying them all.
Maytown will soon be over
stocked with stores. Childer:
Bros. opened a new one here this
summer and two others are be-
ing put up by L. C. Swango ant
R. A. Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Henry at
tended the camp meeting at Can
mel City last Sunday.
Dew DROP.
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zSASaRyE 81 81 9sY'gIfVSs
S990 llslsHg..4lI
DINGUS.

Miss May Wheeler visited at
Crockett Saturday night, guest of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. D. Fannin.
Miss Mabel Ferguson, of Nehe-
miah, is making her home with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. c. Ferguson.
j. H. Wheeler is buying wal
nut timber on North Fork this
week.
The writer attended the Enter
prise Association, held with Point
Pleasant church, in Johnson
county the fourth Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday in August, and
believing it will interest a num-
Der of your readers, | will give a
brief account of its proceedings:
Introductory was preached by
Elder c. F. FISHERMAN at the
stand. Delegates repaired to the
house and the Association was
called to order by the Moderator,
Elder w. F. Lykins. The roll of
churches was called and nearly
all of the 43 churches in the AS
ISOLATION was represented either
by letter or delegate. Three new
churches and over two hundred
additions in the past year are
of the fruits of their labor. Ell.
der w. A. Hay was elected Mod.
orator and Elder T. H. Tester
man Clerk for the ensuing year
The next Association will be helC
with Fairview church, BoyC
county, and R. W. Wallen is bill
ed as the first speaker. The
meetings were largely attended
and everybody, regardless o.
their religious affiliations, enjoy
ed themselves in one of the bes
Associations that has been con
Quoted since the day of Pente
cost. SLAB.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
A LTHOUGH bill was passed
"a by the General Assembly in
HW March. 1912, and approved

n THOUGH a bill was passed I
"a by the General Assembly in
IA March, 1912, and approved |
by the governor providing for
a state board of forestry and the
appointment of state forester, it
was not until the LIST Of September
1912, that the work was actually put
on foot, since at this time state for.
ester was appointed and took up the
duties of his Office. 1t was very clear
in the beginning of the work that for
est protection was the feature which
should receive the greatest emphasis.
especially protection from forest fires
which have been and are the greatest
agency for the destruction Of the TIM
Der in the entire state; consequently n
fire plan was outlined by the state
board of forestry and has since been
followed out. The fire plan was made
more feasible by the cooperation pos
sible with the federal government I'M
der the Weeks law, whereby $4,000
was made available to the state for
1.-THE protection of watersheds at the
heads of navigable streams" contingent
upon the expenditure of a like sum by
the state. The manner in which this
fire protection could be secured cen
tered itself around county fire patrol
system under which county forest
wardens were appointed in vaItous
counties in the state where there was
a large amount Of timber and also
where the demands of the community
itself justified the placing of such an
officer In view of the fact that large
bulk of the timber of Kentucky at the
present time Especially the most val
liable stands is in the eastern and
southeastern part of the state the coun
ty patrolmen so far appointed have
been largely confined to this region.
Up to the present time the number
of patrolmen employed during any fire
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

believe that like associations will be
formed in several other counties before
the danger season for fires in the fall.
A strong sentiment of this character
in Lewis county recently accomplished
the organization of an association, and
there is every probability that more is
sociations in the immediate future will
he formed, due to the same sentiment.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
A Correction.

In the account of the death Of
Mrs. Martha Kendall, whifS
in last weeks Coul
the date of her birth was Civ,
as July 26, 1887. This is an err.
ror. She was born July Is, 1S4l,
in Floyd county.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
From Gardner Jones.

Clinton, Mo-, Sept. A, 1915.
Mr.. Henry Gardner Cottle,
Editor L. V. Courier,
West Liberty, Ky.
Ny Dear Boy:
Please pardon me for this in
trusion upon your time. | have
often thought | would write to
you, and after receiving a few
copies of your splendid paper
will send you a small slip from
the west. Now my dear boy, if
your very dear father and moth
err are living tell them | still love
them as in days Of yore. My
mind often calls to memory those
happy days. Now my dear boy,
may you never know one hour of
anguish, may your life be bright
and happy.
B. G. JONES.
Thanks, Cousin Gardner, for
your very kind letter, | was
named for you but only remcm-
Der of having seen you once.
Charley Franklin and ! talk of
you frequently, and / heard from
you through your sister-in-laI
Mrs. Frank Cecil, last winter.
Editor.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
w. NJ. Kendall at Home.

w. M. Kendall, who has been
in Florida for several months,
came home last week for a brief
visit. He is looking a great deal
better than when he went away
and says his health is greatly i'm
proved. He will go back south
for the winter, probably to Flor
ida where he has made a host of
friends.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

threshing in this neighborhood.
E. J. Lykins and family have
returned from a two.months stay
in Montgomery county where he
had a job of wheat threshing.
The telephone line from E. W.
Days to Panama is just COM
pleted and the line has been kept
so busy since that we can't hear
it thunder. 1t may result in E.
W. Day giving up the switch
board unless some of the long
winded fellows tire out.
L. P. Haney is on the sick list.
W. M. Gevedon, who was re-
Gently taken to the hospital at
Lexington where he had an op-
GRAFTON performed for rupture,
has returned home and is practi-
cally well.
T. j. Day has sold his farm to
Joe c. Stamper at a price not
made public, but supposed to be
from $4,000 to SIS, 1000. Jeff is
figuring on going to the Blue
Grass.
| see that the overseers Of the
roads are brushing out their roads
a little in their respective pre-
cincts, but | have not found any
place where they have overdone
the thing. | believe that Judge
; Dennis and our Justices would
make better roads if our citizens
who have been crying out bad
! roads" would help them. Every
body says that they want good
roads, but it is not a fact. Men
who want good roads will help
build them. The citizens of Nor
gan county have asked, and are
urging our Judge and Magistrates
: to give them good roads, but
: they have handicapped them, OF
! tied their hands, so they can't dc
t what the people are asking them
: to do Men want good roads
t just in proportion to their liberal.
: ity in giving ground to build then
: on. Some men make a great ado
about bad roads. but just let the
Judge send viewers to locate &
road on their lands and they viii
v offer the creek-bed, a steep bluff
or cliff and theviewers can TAXI
d what they offer or pay for till
It able land at the enormous rate o
$500 per acre; thus showing tina
: they don't want good roads
d What can a county judge do will
men who have such a greed TO
n money? They either have to pa!
the price, ford the creek endwis,
# or plunge through mud knee
h deep.
We could have better roads i
is it were not for the tight-fsted
t. ness of our land owners. Per
haps they haven't thought tina
4; their land is only loaned to ther
III for a few short days and tina
they will have to step down an
a out and surrender it up to tn
c. other fellow?
E. Let's all do a liberal part an
help the Courts make good road
r while they are in the notion.
rs EAIP pI.AY
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

Jas. Buskirk, of Alice, and
Mrs. d. B, Wells, of near town,
were taken to a Lexington hos
pital last week by DR.. H. V.
Nickel. Mr.. Buskirk mashed
his foot several weeks ago and
had TO undergo an operation.
Mrs. Wells was operated on for
stomach trouble.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09
Dark Hens Nests.

Hens greatly appreciate dark
places for nests. The like to
hide out" and always select Sc
cluded spots. Take a hint from
from this and provide darkened
nests in retired places. Eek.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-09-09

Esq. 7. ii. FISHERMAN, of
Grassy Creek, was in town Mon
day on business. He was select
ed as Clerk of the Enterprise AS
ISOLATION Of Regular Baptists at
Barn Rock last month. He gave
the Courier an order for 1000
copies of the minutes of the AS
ISOLATION.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

bring the political term into prominence;
there would be something decidedly Prussian
in imputng a seni-offoial dignity derived from
the great world markets 20 what we arc in the
habit OF regarding as grocer
However this may be- there can be no doubt
that the new naval and colonial adventure OF
the Germans has been largely due to their
taking the British Empire much more ser-
ously than the British do 1t is typical that
the German Emperor is said to be great
admirer Of Mr.. Kipling 1t is typical, because
it exactly marks certain Prussian power OF
knowing what is good, but not what is best.
The Emperor, especially, believe to be quite
unlike the mus;achoed Mephistopheles OF the
pictures. and quite undeserving OF the dignity
OF diabolcal Richelieu or Napoleon. | guess
from all the accounts that he is simply man
who has a taste, yes, and talent for the sec
ond rate the kind of man who makes weak
Jokes and says Hey Now British imperialism
Of the grea, Kiplng period was second rate
thing, and it was a thing the Emperor could
understand The notion of having, not gal
liant or adventurous feet Ike the Spaniards or
Elizabethans but an inyncible feet, like the
British Empire, became more and more the