The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-01
LETCHER COUNTY
AND WHITESBURG,
What is Happening in this
Rich Coal Territory
of Kentucky.

In an interesting meeting held at
jenkins. in this county last Saturday.
the Big Sandy Sunday School League
was organized. Or. George A. Joplin.
of Louisville. secretary Of the State or
ganization. presided in the meeting a
Go to- Sunday school dag was dis
cussed, This will DO Sunday. May 8,
1917. when record breaking attend
ance will be urged.
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A rare specimen OF petrification. an
oak stump, found in one of the mines
OF the Marrowbone Mining company
some time ago, was shipped day or
two ago to Washington. where 1t will
be placed in the Museum of Natural
Science. The stump, Weighing about
a ton. appears 10 have been Of oak.
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The Letcher County Teachers As
ISOLATION will hold an interesting meet
ing here December and 9. when a
long program will be carried out. Large
delegations from all sections of the
county will attend.
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Whitesburg, KY, Nov 23.-Much de-
foresting and forest conservation. will
be engaged in by the Consolidation
Coal company in large part of its
100 000-acre holdings in Letcher coun.
ty during the next few months. accord
ing to an announcement from the com
pany's headquarters at Jenkins
Among the varieties Of trees to be
planted for reforesting are locusts.
mulberry, oak, poplar and chestnut, the
company having lost made application
to the State Forestry Department thru
Forester j. e. Barton for number OF
these trees, including 10000 black To-
Gusts The company has also made
application for big supply of red and
chestnut oak acorns. These will he dis
tributed throughout their extensive
holdings.
Operators thruout the whole Of the
Elkhorn coal fields in this fLetcherJ
county report continued Improvement
by the railroad in furnishing cars and
more coal is now going out over both
railroads than at any other time in the
history of developments i'm this section.
Operators are adding new miners by
the hundreds, and expect continued i'm :
provement.
With the continued high prices OPP
orators expect the most successful sea :
son in the history of Eastern Kentucky.
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The Kenewa Lumber and Coal com
pany, West Virginia corporation, will
make developments Of an extensive tim
Der land tract lying along the middle
fork Of the Kentucky river in Leslie-co.,
as announced
United States Marshal @. A. Size
more, of the Perry Leslie district. ar
rived here from Hazard, Perry CO., hav-
ing a number of men charged with
Bookkeeping and peddling whisky in the
coal fields around Hazard. The men
will be given hearings before United
States Commissioner Samuel Collins.
Eastern coal operators are in the
headwaters Of the Kentucky river and
Rockhouse creek headwaters coal fields
OF Letcher county looking over avail
able property for lease.
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The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
company has compromised the dam
age action of Floyd Vance. is. insti-
tuted following the loss of a leg IN an
accident at Neon several months ago
paying Vance $1,000, Vance was EN-
ployed as car repairer for the railroad
company when the accident occurred
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During the absence OF the family the
country home OF John w. Stone burn
ed near the Dickinson county line. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. This. is the.
second time within the past two years
that Mr.. Stones home has burned.
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A serious forest fire was IN prospect
In the mountain forests near seco. this