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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Big Day at East Stone Gan

Saturday relatives and friends
cleaned off the old Gilly Gene
terry above East Stone Gap for
the reunion of the Gilly gener-
alton, which was held there all
day Sunday.
hundreds of people came for
miles around, bringing large
baskets of picnic dinners, which
were eaten around the large
old spring.
Sunday morning Rev. w. II.
Wampler, of East Stone Gap,
and Rev. j. b. Craft preached
interesting sermons, followed
by Rev. j. NJ. Smith, in the af-
ternoon. a large crowd from
the Gap attended.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Men
to Have OPP
portunity
Will Be Given Chance of Pro-
motion to the Officer
Positions

Washington, Aug. 2s.-En
listed men of the National
Army, National Guard and
Regular Army will he given ev
cry opportunity to fit them.
selves fur commissioners, it was
learned today. This is in line
with the fixed policy of the gov
ernmentto take no more oili-
Ger candidates from civil life
after the second series of Off.
GERS training camps, now in
progress, has been completed
Thereafter all additional officers
needed will be found in the
ranks of the various branches
of the war army.
To carry out this plan, it has
virtually been decided to estab-
lish an officers school at each
OF the divisional training camps,
men from the ranks who show
special qualifications will be
sent To these schools. With
stalls of French and British of.
iicers of experience on the fir
ing lines on duty at each
camp as advisors an unusual
opportunity for lecture courses
will be presented.
The divisional officers camps
will make the third series of
such camps arranged by the
War Department to provide
men To command the enormous
forces being raised for the war.
No line commissions will be
granted to men from civil life
after they are started except
that n few men who were de-
MED admission to the other
camps through loss of their or.
ders iii mail or some other mis-
chance, may be given an oppor.
tunity i'll the third series.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Wise County
Fair Locals
The Fair Spirit is Beginning
TO Move

These are busy times aud ev.
erybody IS working hard. The
Fair at Wise on September 81,
% and 20 will furnish good
opportunity for rest, recreation
and instruction.
The premiums this year are
up to standard and liat OF
them may be had by calling on
or addressing 9. NJ. Freeman,
Secretary, Wise, Va.
The race track is in fine shape
and almost daily now can be
seen one or another practicing
for the races during the fair.
John Scott, the noted horse
man from Coeburn, Va, already
has his horses i'll the Fair
ground stables and says that
somebody will have to get up
and cluck to beat his horses.
He has both PAGERS and run
ners.-
Over $4,000 will be given
away for horse racing this year.
There will be two classes of
horse races this year. One for
the County horses, that il, hors-
es that have been in Wise coun-
W at least 90 days, and one for
horses from anywhere.
Joe Green, of Hurricane, in a
very unassuming way, makos
one believe that his blazc-faccd
sorrcl will get some of tho mon
ely. Joe's horse is n good one
and the horse that beats his
will have to go some,
And don't you forget il, Jenk
Beverly is not asleep by all
means. Those little trips hc ia
making over the country ara
not for nothing. Just wait aud
see.
About miles north of Wise
is another fellow(musn't tell his
name now who not only has n
horse, but horses. Actions
speak louder than words. YOU
may just guess ut the rest.
The Fair managers this year,
while all Of them are very buay,
from now on expect to wage n
red hot campaign for tho Fair
and you know what that means.
Gregory Thomas, tho motor
cycle king, of Appalachia, fears
that things will not be SO easy
for him in the motorcycle races
this fair. Gregory il some Ri
der, bnt'there are others. The
Fair Association has offered ov-
Ter three hundred dollars for the
motorcycle faces. This ought
to be very attractive for the
riders.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Winds Play Havoc With Corn

Freezing, Va, Sept. 3.-Phe-
nomenal rains have fallen du-
ring the past two or three days
accompanied by violent winds.
which have played havoc with
corn. The damage will amount
TO hundreds of bushels in this
immediate section. The rains
for the most part have followed
Cumberland Mountain, moving
in north-easterly direction,
and covering a width of five or
six miles.
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Died in Hospital

Freezing, Va, August 29.-
Mrs. Alice Evans, nee Swim
dab OF Osborn's Gap, died in a
hospital at jenkins, Ky, after
undergoing an operation about
three weeks prior to her death.
She was about % years of age
and leaves her husband and
two children.
The remains were inferred in
the Swindal cemo:ery near tho
home Of the deceased.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
New Town
Officers

GA Saturday, September lst,
the new town officers, who We're
recently elected, took charge of
the town. The officers are as
follows:
Mayor-W. II, Nickels.
Sergeant-C. l.. Kelly.
Treasurer-P. III. Kennedy.
Truslees-J. b. Wnmplor, w.
j. Rogers, l. o. Petit, Ct. l..
Taylor, w. W. Taylor and w.
Il. Goodloe.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Milford Gilly Weds
Gate City Girl

Milford Gilly, son of MIR. and
Mrs. John Gilly, of the Gap,
surprised his many friends and
relatives in the surrounding
counties, when he went over to
Gate City Wednesday morning,
accompanied b. mis- sister, Miss
Bonnie Gilly and Rev. j b.
Craft, of the Gap, and married
Mise Carrie Stanley, one of
Gate City's most attractive
young ladies.
Only u few friends and rela-
tives witnessed the ceremony
which took place ut the home
of the BRIDES parents near Gate
City, which was performed by
Rev. j. b. Craft.
Immediately after the cere.
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Gilly left
on a honeymoon tour to Wash
ington, ID. c., and other cities,
after which they will return to
the Gap to make their future
home.
Mrs. Gilly wore Il handsome
travelling suit of dark blue with
gray shoes, hat and gloves, in
which she was married.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
COAL GOING
FAST
Enormous Increase in Con-
sumption by Railroads
in 1916

Washington, d. c., Ang. Is
1t took l36, 100000 tons of btu
minous coal, or onc-fourth of
the total production of the
mines, to transport freight and
passengers on the railroads of
the United States in 1916. This
was an increase of 1900, 900
tons over the amount consumed
in 1915, or ll.5 per cent. The
combined bituminous and an
thracite used by the railroads
was 142, 735,0O0 tons. These
figures arc contained in re-
port just made public by the
United States geological surv ey
and illustrates the enormous
quantity of coal necessary to
keep the railroads running.
Bituminous coal consumed by
the railroads in the southern
district increased from 22,000,-
900 tons in 1915 to 2s,000,000
tons in 1915, or 81 per cent.
The increase in tho eastern dis
trict was from Sc 100000 to g.
700, 900, or, IL per cent, and in
the western dietrict from 49,
100000 to 50,0o0,000, or 10 per
cent.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Peace Plan
Proposed by Pope Benedict
Rejected by President
Wilson

Washington, Aug. 3O.-There
can be no peace between the
United States and tho present
aulocracy OF Germany. This is
the answer of President Wilson
TO the Peace note of Pope
Benedict XIV.
The Presidents response is II
courteous but firm refusual to
have any dealings with the
Kaiser and his Government.
In Il note made public here,
the President says that while
every heart not blinded and
hardened by the terrible war
must be touched by, the moving
appeal of His Holiness, it would
be folly to take tho path of
peace he points out if it does
not in fact lead to the goal he
proposes.
The text of the Presidents
answer contains scathing, CIV.
en- bitter, indictment against
the Imperial German Govern,
ment for cruelty, injustice, dis
honesty, n bloodthirsty disrc.
gard of human rights.
This power" the President
declares, sis not the German
people. 1t is the ruthless mas
ter of German people"
Until that power has changed +,
until guarantees from Berlin
are explicitly supported by
such conclusive evidence Of the
will and purpose of the German
people themselves rs the other
peoplea of the world would be
justified in accepting" the
Government of the United
States will enter into no nego-
tiations for peace.
Peace Impossible Now.
There is no installing the
Presidents purpose. Peace at
this time il impossible i'll his
view. The President expresses
appreciation of "the dignity
and force of the humane and
generous motives" that prompt
ed Pontif's order, but he views
i! ns suggestion TINT the ma
tions at war return To the status
quo ante bellum with n settle
ment of many perplexing prob
lens left TO be based on the
principal of arbitration and he
feels that no satisfactory basis
for such n settlement can be az
forded while it is dependent on
the promises of an "irrosponsi-
bic government"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
w ar Profits ak
An Agreement is Reached by
the Senate Finance Com
mittee

Washington, Aug. 29.-To
meet the radical movement for
greater taxation of war profits,
the Senate Finance Committee
today agreed TO amendments
carrying war profits taxes of
more than 30 per cent. in place
of the present provisions for &c
per cent.
The amendments would in
crease the war profits from
1862 900, 900 to 81 $50, 900, 900 in
addition to the taxes under the
present law, and yield Il third
of the bill's tota! taxes.
The pre-war profits rate of
the bill was retained by the
committee, but it added new
maximum war profits tax rate
of go per cent. on profits iii ex-
cess of 300 per cent. The max
imum in the bill was 30 per
cent. on profits over $50 per
cent.
Another substantial change
was made in provisions for ex.
emptions. y minimum of u per
cent. and maximum of &c
per cent. of income on capital
actually invested was approved
These provisions would care
for corporations suffering ab
normal depressions during the
pre-war period. Corporations
making less than 4 per cent. du-
ring that period would be en-
titled to at least that exemption,
and if more than 10 per cent.
deduction.
By these changes the com
mittee estimated that the pro.
posed levy would take 81 ESQ
100000 of the 5000, 600 OF
1000, 100000 war profits esti
mated to be earned this year.
Senators I.aFollette and Gore
prominent in the faction urging
more radical war profits taxa
ton, did not attend today.
committee meeting. Chairman
Simmons and Others of the ma
jority hope the new leyy-al
most doubled will command
sufficient support to cause re-
lection of more drastic propos
ais.
Senator McKellar's secont
class postage provision of n on,
cent rate within 300 miles an,
graduated increases beyond
was accepted, 10 to 80, by tn,
Senate as n substitute for tn,
bills one-fourth cent increas,
clause. 1t is subject To fina
action, however, OH Senate
| Weeks motion to strike ont al
publishers taxes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
Dinner Party

Misses Margaret and Mary
Bum entertained ut their home
Wednesday evening with an
elaborate dinner ut six thirty,
u few of their brothers. friends,
Charles Bum, in honor of his
birthday.
After dinner the boys retired
to the parlor where they spent
Il very delightful evening play
ing setback and smoking.
Those invited were John
Jones, Joe Grill, Byron Rhoads,
Jr., Will Nickels and Reginald
Smith.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05

Mrs. q. B. Sayres will be-
hostess to the Lloyd Guild, of
Christ's Episcopal Church,
Thursday at p. M.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05

The Department of Agricul.
ture advises the saving at home
of plenty of beans ant peas for
next years planting. Many
other garden seeds can also be-
saved, aud it will pay to save
them.-Ex.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bird, of
Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived
here last week and will spend
ten days with Mr.. Birds broth
er, Charles Bird. This is the
Bird brothers first visit to each
other since leaving their old
home in England and coming
to the United States.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-05
How the Money
Is Spent

anu intending subscribers to the
second liberty loan are interest
ed in knowing just how the
money obtained is used. \
large amount of money ia neces.
sary to maintain the Navy,
which has been called upon to
defend our coast and our corn.
merce from attack.
To put the Navy on n war
basis, every ship in reserve had
to be fully manned and coinis.
stoned. Many auxiliary vessels
also had to be added.
On April . there were "a $50
enlisted men; now there are
more than l3G, 900. In addition
we have enlisted more than 35,.
900 reserves and there are 10, 900
National Naval volunteers in
service.
Contracts have been placed
for every destroyer aud subma
rine chaser that the shipyards
of the country can build, aud
new records are expected in
construction. All this is in ad
dition to the 81 ,000-ton buttle.
ships; the five battle cruisers of
$4,000 tons each, the largest and
swiftest war vessels ever built :
the six scout cruisers and many
auxiliary crafts for which we
have made contracts. These
will be built rs early as posi-
BILE, but the right of way in
construction is being given to
destroyers and small craft.
Since the day war was dc
clared the Navy has patrollcd
our own coasts. For coast de-
lenses scores of vessels have
been secured-yachts, fishing
vessels, fast motor boats, and
other minor craft, and others
are being added to this force as
rapidly AS possible.
The navy has sent to France
a corp of aviators, who arrived
on June S, the first contingent
OF the regular armed forces OF
the United States to land on
French soil. The Aeronuutic
Corps has been greatly cnlarg.
ed, aviation bases established
along the coast, and officers and
men trained in the operation OF
seuplanes. dirigible balloons
and other types of aircraft. An
additional appropriation of $45,.
100000 has been asked for avia
ton.
About $50 900, 900 is involved
III the entire builiing program
III our navy yards, training sta.
tons, submarine and aviation
bases, the big storage ware
houses are building for mum
tions and supplies, the new
| shops, foundries, slipways, the
, huge dry docks, and the var
ious structures under way OF
provided for.
: The Marine Corps has more
han doubled in enlisted
, , strength since the war began
On April u there were in the
corps 1926 commissioned officer.
and 1926 enlisted men, II
now has more than $4,000 en-.
listed men, only l,479 recruits
} being required to bring it up tc
its full authorized enlisted
, strength Of 10000. y force OF
marines has been landed in
France for service under Gen
eral Pershing, and the entire
corps is eager for action.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
SKIM M|Lk--ITS VALUE AND FULL USEI
MANY OVERLOOK POSSIBILITIES
 IF R|CH WASTE

There are many places i'll which skim milk is not used as completely as il might be. on faImS tnele C iS often more than can be profitably fed to calves or pigs In treameries mucn of it is made into cottage cheese, but even then the whey, which IS really rich in good materIa1S, goes to waste
 Many people ,ao not realize how nutritious skim milk is. They imagine that because il is so generally has little or no commercial value 1t is hardly fit for human Iood As a food, it is not so valuable as whole milk, and can. not take the place of the latter in the diet Of children. Never 2 theless, skim milk Jean be used tu great advantage in combination with other food ma lerials, especially III cooking, and is altogether too valuable to he wasted, according to home economies specialists of the United States department of agriculture.
 A cuart of whole milk weighs A Is ounces, or a little more than two pounds, nearly SG ounces of which is water. The remaining solid matter contains very useful IOod materials. Slightly more than one ounce is pro- tein, q very important muscle builder, and one Of the most expensive of the substances needed by the body About l 1-3 ounces consists of butter fat, and l 2-3 ounces of milk sugar These two materials are used by the body to provide 1t with energy, much the sanfe as fuel is ased tt produce steam and power in the engine. The quart Of milk also contains about quarter of an ounce of mineral matter, small quantities of which are very necessary for the growth and general upkeep ol the body.
 As the fat is separated to form the cream some of the protein, milk but by TO means all.> The protein re- mains; therefore 9 quart of separator skinned milk provides slightly more of this indispensable and costly ma terial than does a quart of whole milk It contains in all about l 1-5 ounces of milk sugar. about one quarted of an ounce of mineral water, and little fat, the last named depending, of course. upon the completeness of the SeIafation. This means that, quart for quart, it would furnish the body with slightly more protein and milk sugar than whole milk does, and practically the same quantity of mineral matter, though far less fat. In other words as a tissue builder, it is equal to whole milk. and as an energy yielder not nearly so good Since, as rule the tissue building materials are con tained in the more expensive foods (meat, eggs, etc.) and the energy yielding materials can be largely pIo Vided by cheaper foods, (hread and
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other cereal foods. fats, potatoes. etc.) it seems doubly. wasteful not to use skim milk.
 Those who buy milk seldom have much skim milk to use unless they follow the custom of skimming their own cream. That there is economy in so doing is shown by the following: A quart or whole milk usually sells for the same price as a half pint Of cream, which contains about one fifth ounce of protein, 1 l-2 ounces of fat. not quite one third ounce of milk sugar, and a yer. little mineral sub stance. If this is compared with a quart of whole milk. which very com mOnly can be purchased for the same sum, it will be seen that the purchases in buying a half pint of cream instead of a quart of milk sacrifices nearly an ounce of protein, 1-3 ounces of sugar, and one-fifth ounce of mineral matter. He gets, of course. trifle more fat-about one-fifth ounce. or q ie.el teaspConful-but this is small iu comparison with what is sacrificed. Some people, therefore. buy whole milk insteld Of cream in order to have for family hse the nourishment con tained in the milk after it has been skinned. Home skinned rnilk is, of course. richer in fat than that which flslS been. SklDn1ne0 pN SepdTat LOT. DuE it can be used in the same way.
 The uses Of skim milk are many and in cooking, it adds to quality as well as to food value. If used in place of water in bread it adds about as much protein to one pound of bread as there is in an egg Skim milk used in place of the usual half milk and half water of course, increases the quantity of protein in loaf by the amount that is contained in half an egg. The saving involved in the use of skim milk in bread, however, is small compared with that involved in it's use in the preparation of cereals, for. while in bread the milk is only about one-third of the flour, in the preparation of cereals the volume e. milk is usually three or four times that of the cereal. To cook cupfuI of cereal in 3 supfuls of skim milk instead of 2 of water adds as much protein as that contained in 2 eggs.
 There are many dishes which may be described as vegetable milk soups. usually made by combining milk and the juice and pulp of vegetables. This mixture is then thickened with flour and starch and enriched with butter or other fat. If a fire is kept all the time and the cost of fuel need not be taken into consideration, the follow ing method is recommended as
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

means of utilizing skim milk: Chop the raw vegetable or cut into small pieces Put 1t with the skim milk into a double boiler and cook until the vegetable is tender. The mixture can then be thickened and enriched as described above By this method no part of tie vegetable Is thrown away and the liquid Of the soup. in stead Of being part milk and part water, is all milk. A soup so made, therefore, usually has about twice as much protein as that made in the other way, and has the additional ad- vantage of particularly good com bination Of mineral substances, for milk is rich in calcium and phos- phorus and the vegetables are ricu in iron.
 In making these soups use is made of many of the parts of the vegetable that are ordinarily thrown away namely, the outer and tougher leaves of lettuce, which has a higher iron content than most other vegetables the tops of celery; and even the tops of young onions. Small quantities Of cooked vegetables left over from other
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
PERFECT HEALTH RESORT

The Salt River valley has every thing that goes to make up d per feet health resort and a home.
 IL has . minimum Of rainfall, about eight inches per annuM.
 It has a minimum of atmospheric moisture, forty per cent humidity
 It has a minimum of air move ment.
 1t has no malaria.
 It has an altitude of about 1.1G0 feet.
 It has d maximum of sunshine.
 Each of these advantages is vital in the selection of q place best suited for health.
 Within easy reach and within the area of the valley are to he found all the delights and charms as crihed to-Italy+ or Egypt. with none of the drawbacks usually associated with those countries.
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meals. may be utilized in these and in other kinds of soup.
 If in the making these soups the vegetable is chopped finely in the meat grinder, they need not be strain ed before being served. If the vege- table is not so chopped. the soup may be put through an ordinary strainer. or such vegetables as carrots or potatoes may be cut into slices and left in the liquid, in which case the dish resembles q vegetable chowder These soups may be thickened with stale bread.
 Soup Recipe
 quart of spinach (4 ouncesD.
 l thin slice of onion.
 slices of stale bread e ounces).
 1 quart of skim milk
 Put the spinach ana onion through the meat chopper following them by the bread, in order that there may be no waste. Put into a double boiler with the milk and cook until the spinach is tender
 There is a class of extremely valu- able dishes which are sometimes called cereal milk puddings," usually made by cooking equal volumes of q cereal tusually rice) and sugar in F times the volume of milk-for ex- ample, one fourth cupful of rice. one fourth cupful of sugar, and cup fuls of milk. When Q fire is kept. constantly and the cost of fuel, need not be considered, such a disn may be made with skim milk. and very nluch more than cupfuls of the milk used. As the water evaporates, the dlsh becomes richer and richer in protein.
 ~ oatmeal may be substituted for rice in the above described pudding and adds somewhat to the protein value though the quantity of cereal used is so small that this is not important. -r-- cero1 l-nillS puddir9s made bs
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

California have raised s505, ,000 to finance their marketing aSsociation. When producers will back their faith with their money as these prune and apricot growers are doing, then it is to be expected that a marketing asso- citation will be formed which will be a
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slowly cooking down antil thick ten or twelve parts of skim milk and one of rice, oatmeal. or similar cereal. may be used in place of cream, with stewed fresh fruits or cooed dried fruits or baked apples.
 The prune and apricot growers of