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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Young Men
Without Dependents Must
Do the Fighting

Washington, Jan. 3 ALI men
for tho war armies still to be
raised by the United States will
come from the Glass One under
the new selective service plan.
That means the nations fight
ing is to be done by young men
without families dependent
upon their labor for support
and unskilled necessary indus
trial or agricultural work.
Prov ost Marshall General
Crowder announces the new
policy in an exhaustive report
upon the operation of the SO
lective draft law submitted to-
day to Secretary Baker and
sent to Congress. He says
Class One should provide men
for the all fighting needs of the
country and to accomplish that
object urges amendments of the
draft law so as to provide all
men who have reached their
twenty-tirst birthdays i inc I
June 5,l9l7,shall be required TO
register for classification. Also
in the interest of fair distribu-
ton of the military burden, he
proposes that the quotas Of
State or districts be determined
hereafter on the basis of the
number of men in Class One
and not upon population.
Available figures Indicate, tile
report says, there are ! .O00, o0C
physically and otherwise quail
fled men under the present reg.
istration who will be found in
class one, when questionnuires
have been returned and the
classification period ends Fed
ruary 10.
To this one extension of reg
istration to men turning 2lsince
June 5 of last year and there
after will add 1000 effective
men a year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Community A.
Meeting

An event of great and vital
interest to all the citizens Of
Big Stone Gap will be the Com
munity Meeting and public de.
bate on the advisability of es-
tablishing public school in
the l.. 81 N. section of town, in
the High School auditorium, at
8p. m. Friday, January IL.
The question ID "Resolved, that
a Public School should DO es
tablished next year in the l.. n.
section of Big Stone Gap"
Two teams, each composed
Of three representative citizens
of Big Stone Gap, will uphold
respectively the affirmative and
negative of this question. After
the set debate the question will
DO thrown open for general
discussion by those present,
and a vote on the sentiments of
the gathering will be taken.
At a community meeting it
sin order to bring mp any
subject of general interest TO
the people of the community.
On Friday night the people of
Big Stone Gap will have the
first opportunity of hearing our
new farm demonstration agent
Mr.. d. ID. Sizer, who will speak
briefly on Big Stone Gaps part
In the governments campaign
for increased food production.
In addition to the discussiors
there will be a pleasing mus
cal program.
Mayor William Nickels will
preside at the community meet
ing. The debaters arc as follows:
Affirmative, Messrs. Geo. L.
Taylor and Hugh Slemp and
Mrs. D. B. Sayers; Negative,
Messrs. G. G. Cochran aud w.
i. Goodloe aud Mrs. R E.
Taggart.
The public is cordially invit.
ed and large gathering of cilr
Gems is expected.
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nance Trust Company of Big
Stone Gap to a representative

nance Trust Company of Big
Stone Gap to a representative
of this paper:
Bank share holders want to
be placed in the came class as
ether intangible property own
ers." Said Mr.. Carter Banks
have always been recognized as
necessary Observation-Disclosures Of
the Government, created and
chartered for the purpose of
aiding the Government, and the
share holders of bank stock
want to be treated just ~ stock
holders in any other corporation
lt is TO be remembered that
many of our shareholders have
no voice in the Government.
You should be surprised to
know the amount of stock in
our bank held by widows aud
orphans, for whom it is our
duty to speak aud to ask JUS.
tice mt the hands of the law
makers"
He said further, uniformity
in the law, aud the taxing Of
shares of bank stock at the
same rate rs other intangible
property is contention that
the bankers of the state vii.
mako at the coming session of
tho General Assembly. Oliver
j. Sands, President of t he
American National Bank, ard
Chairman of the Taxation Com
mittee of the Virginia Bankers
Association, says Owners of
the bank stock simply want to
be placed in the same class
with the owners of other intan-
Rible property.
Discussing the inequality of
the TAX rate, MIR. Sands calls
attention to the fact that bank
stock is taxed at Sl.5O on the
10000, while other intangible
property is taxed at % cents.
Recently the Governor and Au-
ditor of Public Accounts have
suggested n decrease from the
20 cents to 80 cents on the 800
90, MIR. Sands thinks that
holders OF bank stock should be
treated with the same consider
alton.
Il understand said Mr. Sands,
that the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts and the Executive AS
sistant to the Tax Board are
unequivocally i'll favor of II law
placing the shares of bank
stock on the same footing with
other intangible property.
Bankers throughout Virginia
are in accord with the views
Expressed by Mr. Sands and tie
matter will be forcefully placed
before t h Legislature next
month";"
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full war resources will have
been made available.

va z
been made available.
The third recommendation of
the mission to which tho coun :
try Is now committed is for en
tension of tho American ship.
ping board program, "systemat-
ic coordination of resources Of
men and materials" to produce
the necessary ships is urged
upon government and people
alike.
Under a resolution adopted
by the inter allied conference,
u unified use of ship tonnage
was agreed upon which would
permit "tho liberating of the
greatest amount of tonnage
possible for the transportation
of American troops" a policy
to govern the use ofncutral ton.
mage was agreed upon. Port
facilities at debarkation points
for American forces were in
spected and steps taken to per.
init the return of vessels to heir
home ports with the least pos
siblc delay.
Even as the nature of this
agreement which hus bound ell
the resources of more than half
the world Into one force to de.
feat Germuuy was being pub.
lished, definite action toward
making it good was in progress
also in Paris. Assistant Sc
cretary Crosby of the Treasury
Department, who remain ed
as President of the inter allied
council, officially described IA a
priority board, met there today
with the financial representa-
tives OF the other powers to dis.
cuss questions of credit and to
which of the allies further
American loans are to go.
The decision to keep Amcri
can troops moving to Europe in
n steady stream makes another
advance in the governments
war plans. Originally it was
proposed to use all available
tonnage for the transportation
of supplies ana munitions and
to send no soldiers over until
they had been given n years
training. This was changed
when Marshal JeTre came to
the United Stats with word that
France wanted at once any
number of Americans who could
come to put the Stars an d
Stripes on the firing line, and
hearten he French soldiers
wearied by their long battle
against the invaders.
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War sa wing stamps makes it
possible for every citizen OF
this country, every man, woman
and child within our borders,
to do SOMETHING to aid their
government in her great need.
Will you do YOUR share!
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George Efurd.
Commended for Bravery in
France

hoi III u Wei III
France
AT l. recent meeting OF the
Town Council the following
resolution regarding George
linrd, of this place, who is now
fighting with General Perish
ing's army in France, and who
was recently commended by
the French Government for
bravery, was unanimously
adopted:
II having come to the know
ledge of the Council that,one of
our fellow townsmen, George
Hurd, has distinguished him
self for bravery on the battle
fields of France and itnpel!ed
by loyalty to cur Country, and
u just pride in the vaior of the
men we have sent forth to rep
resent us on those bloody fields.
1t is unanimously Resolved that
the thanks of the Council, as
representative of the loyal peo-
pie of the town, be extended To
him, with the hope that he and
all others of our brave sons may
return safe to us.
Be it further Resolved that
the Recorder BIO instructed to
forward q copy OF this resoiu,
ton to the said George Hurd,
aud the same be placed upon
the records of the Town.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
FAvoRS EQUALITY IN
TAX LAWS
Prominent Banker Says In
tangible Property Should
Be Taxed at Uniform
Rate

Declaring in favor of uniform
tax rates on intangible proper,
ty, BANKERS of this vicinity are
in hearty accord with the views
recently expressed by Oliver j..
Sands of Richmond. Said Mr..
9. s. Carter, the progressive
President of'the Interstate Ri.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Boy Scout
Notes
Carl knight, Editor

neTe III an item Tor the par
ents OF Scouts and the parents
of boys who should be Scouts
but are not. What is the flu
;urc holding in store for your
boy. AS he sows 30 shall he
surely reap. What scouting
does for boys is well set out in
an article in scouting which 10
quoted in part:
About one boy in fifty will
remain after the feast and of
his own accord offer to help
clear things up or to wash the
dishes. a number of others
would help if asked. 4 stone
IS on the pavement where traffic
is passing. Autos may hit it
and skid, or it may be piece
of glass. One boy in fifty will
stop and pick It up and put it
off the road where it will do no
damage where forty nine boys
will pass by and never think or
care about who is damaged by
it.
The fiftieth boy is the one we
want in business, in position of
trust in any occupation where
carefulneBs is necessary. BY
this we do not wish to be un-
derstood as saying that only
one boy in fifty will learn TO be
careful, for majority of the
boys in time do learn by exper-
fence TO be careful and thought
tul; it sometimes takes costly
experience to teach them. And
here is where the trouble lies.
Forty nine boys do not heed
what is told them about being
thoughtful and careful where
one boy does, and the forty nine
learn in the costly school of ex-
perience; said forty-nine, that
Is wrong, for one or two die in
the learning through their own
carelessness.
Scouting makes a fiftieth boy
of more than halt the boys who
engage in it. The observance
of the Scout law makes n boy
careful, thoughtful, reliable
and helpful. In looking for n
chance to do q good turn a
Scout becomes thoughtful of
others. He forgets self and
seeks others good. Doing good
turns becomes habit with him.
This makes friends for him,
friends of the right sort. Good
turns are like good seed sown
in good ground-they bear n
crop and always come back
with inc ease to the one who
does them.
The Scouts now in The troop
need the cooperation Of parents
The troop year begins FEBRUARY
first. There will be new uctivi
lies and a continuation of The.
regular scout work.
Watch the Post for the Boy
Scout Notes during the next
few weeks and fill the ranks OF
the Scouts with manly boys.
The Scouts mid winter hike
took place the week before
Christmas. They went down
Powells River about five miles
where they cooked dinner in
real scout style; the menu was
bacon, potatoes fried and baked
beans and soupe. Nature furn-
ished fruit desert in the form
of delicious persimmons. Some
class.
Following the feast there was
a snow ball fight of an hours
duration at Hay Stack Knob.
Every scout was wounded and
the Scout master was literally
shot to pieces, but all were hap
PLY and speedily resto red by
the first orders.
The President said: 81 h ear
criticism and a claimor of the
noisy, thoughtless and trouble.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09

The President said: 81 h ear
criticism and a claimor of the
noisy, thoughtless and trouble
some" And he could not have
more fittingly described them
if he had searchedthe dictionary
for adjective.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Billion Dollars.
For Proposed National Mill
tary Highways

Charles Henry Davis, presi-
dent of the National Highway
Association, is organizing
drive to get $1,000, 900, 900 for
national military highways to
be expended directly after peace
is declared, to force business
prosperity while the big adjust
ment is taking place.
The original route of the
Roosevelt Highway is up the
three southeastern Kentucky
rivers, Cumberland, Big Sandy
and Kentucky rivers. The
branch up TIL e Cumberland
starts from Louisville and tran
verses the Cumberland through
Harlan county to Big Stone
Gap, Va. This branch has the
backing Of the Louisville Board
Of Trade and the steel corpora.
ton interests located in Harlan
county, as well as every coal
interest in Harlan county.
The branch up the Kentuck
River, known as the Lexington
to Norton Interstate Highway,
has been approved by Governor
Z
Stanley of Kentucky, and has
the backing of the Standard
Oil coal interests in Letcher
county as well as Lexington,
and all The FOWLS from Lexing-
ton to Norton are more or less
organized, ready for the big
drive.
The branch up the Big Sandy
River is to be known as Ports
mouth to Bristol Highway, with
Henry Roberts, president o
the Appalachian Highway As.
sociation, back of it. The cities
of Portsmouth, lronton q n Il
Huntington have pledged their
fullest cooperation.
Mr.. Davis, president of the
National Highway Association,
owns 100000 acres of Harlan's
choicest coal lands and is count
ed on to head the big drive for
the Roosevelt National Military
Highway, Mr.. Henry Roberts
Of Bristol has stated that he
would handle the Big Sandy
River branch from Portsmouth
to Bristol, by way of Coeburn
and down Clinch River. The
hearty approval this Roosevelt
National Military Highway Is
getting from every quarter in
this immense coal and iron field
assures its construction at thu.
very earliest possible moment;
and it is hoped to start the
movement at n meeting now
being arranged to mobilize the
coal interests in Kentucky. The
War Department will send an
expert to southeastern Ken
lucky to mobilize the owners of
10000, 100000 tons of coal to
plan ways and means of IN
creaeing the output easily 100
per cent, and Col Roosevelt
will be invited TO attend this
meeting.
r. G. Rhett of Charleston, S.
O., president of the National
Chamber of Commerce, recog-
nized as one of the biggest
boosters in the United States,
is keenly alive to the possibili-
ties of Charleston as a tide.
water outlet for the immense
Kentucky resources, and his
several letters to the recognized
leaders in this field have gone
a long way toward bringing
some very progressive ideas to
a head. Mr.. Rhett's interest in
this project already manifested
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Great Army
Will be Sent to France as
Rapidly as Possible

SuSciHSlt ny the \ ultcu states
to send a great army against
the Germans in time to offset
the detection of Russia was dis
closed today through the publ.
cation by Secresary Lansing OF
n review of the work of the
American mission which re
Gently participated in the inter
allied war conference at Paris.
American fighting men are
to cross the Atlantic as rapidly
as they can be mustered and
trained. France and Grea,
Britain on their part undertake.
not only to join in providing
ships to carry them, but to see
that any deficiencies III arms
and equipment are made up on
the other side.
This was one of the great de.
clsions reached ut the confer
ences through which the cobel.
hgcrents planned TO pool their
iightiug resources and move ms
a unit toward driving the Ger.
mans and their allies out Of
conquered territory and crush
INK the Teutonic world DONNA
ing scheme There is to be
coordinuted effort not only in
lighting on land and sea, but in
production at hone and in the
vast shipbuilding projects upon
which depends the vital prob
lem of maintaining uninterrup.
ted transportation in spite of
submarines.
Even before Colonel House
and his associates of the Amer.
ican mission reached home the
machinery TO again speed up
war preparations here had been
set in motion. In ;oday's an.
nouncement is seen the expla.
nation OF the reorganization of
War Department control EN-.
braccd in the formation of the
new war council of general off
GERS, Of renewed efforts to speed
up the shipping boards mcr-
chant building program, and
possibly of the decision of the
administration to take over all
The nations railroads without
waiting for action by Congress.
Further indications of new
pressure applied since the House
mission returned are manifest
about the Navy and War de-
Fartments, but most Of the
things being done cannot be
discussed publicly for military
reasons. 1t can be stated au-
thoritatively, however, h n I
definite steps to make good the
pledges given to the allied lead
.ers by Colonel House have al
ready been taken.
The first recommendation of
the mission is for "entire mill
tary, naval am economic"
unity of action between the
powers opposed to Germany.
That is regarded as having
been accomplished.
The summary of the military
conferences attended by Gener
al Bliss shows that an agree.
ment to pool resources for the
mutual advantages of all" was
entered into. There follows
this significant statement:
The contribution of t h q
United States to this pooling
arrangement was agreed upon
The contributions likewise OF
the countries associated with
the United States were deter
mined. The pooling arrange.
ment guaranteed that full equip
ment of every kind would be
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09
Armenian
Funds

The following are the amounts
sent to the Armenian and Sy-
rian Relief since that committee
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09

"Lightless nights"are plann-
ed by the Fuel Administration
as an additional measure for
saving coal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-01-09

Total $500. So
Mrs. Fl. a. w. Skecn,
Local Treas.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-21
FINANCES AND MARKETS
IRepublican A. k. Leased Wire1

NEW YORK, June 20.-All recent records for dulness and contracted operations were broken by today's stock market until the final hour when the general list developed pronounced strength on an urgent demand for United States Steel at 106 %, a net gain of 3A points.
 United States Steel's belated ad- vance was accompanied by one to three point gains in allied shares, especially Bethlehem, Crucible and Lackawanna steels, Republic iron. pressed steel car and Baldwin locomotive.
 Investment rails were included in the upswing with shippings, metals, not ably the active coppers, and numerous miscellaneous issues, the market clos ing active and mostly at maximums. Sales 435, ,000 shares. Further ease was shown by the money market, call loans falling to 3 per cent with increased of ferings of short time funds. Bond dealings were again irregular. Liberty issues holding steady Tn the main. Total sales pa rvalue aggregated s6.- S75.000 old United States bonds were unchanged on call.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-21
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS ON
 LIGHT FORD TRUCK

Sealed proposals. addressed to Com mission of State Institutions of Ari- zona, at State House, Phoenix, Ari- zona, and endorsed Proposals for furnishing Light Ford Truck will be received by the said Commission un- til 10 a. m. Saturday. June p, 1918 and will be opened in the presence ot the bidders at the above time and place. and thereafter considered. .,
 Bids Must be ltemized
 Certified check for five per cent of the amount of the bid should be en- closed with same, to be retained as liquidated damages if successful bid der fails to sign contract. Bids not marked on envelope, as required, will not be considered. Specifications may be obtained upon application to the Commission of State Institutions, Prices must be f. o. b. shipping point with freight rate. without war tax, shown to Phoenix.
 The Commission reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any bid, or to waive any informalities in any bid.
 THE COMMISSION. OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-21
MINING NEWS
JEROME DIc c-.RICT

During the past two weeks there has been no excitement in the district, most of the development companies having inaugurated a campaign of deeper prospecting. and to that end are speeding up all efforts in the sinking of their shafts.
 One property, the West United Verde. was closed down last week, and no information can be obtained as to the future plans of the company. This property, commonly known as the old Haynes" was recently taken over from the Jerome Victor Extension in a reorganization of the latter company. and was being kept unwatered pending a deal in the east whereby funds were expected to be available for an exten- sive development campaign. Evidently there was a hitch in the deal for the mine is being allowed to fill and it is estimated that it will cost in the
Arizona republican., 1918-06-21
LOS ANGELES MARKET

LOS ANGELES, June 19-Butter, creamery extras. produce exchange closing price, 43c per pound; price to retail merchants in 1-pound squares. 441h 6451a; per pound; price to retail merchants in 1-pound cortons, 45@46c per pound.
 Eggs-Frash extras. produce ex- change. closing price S7c; price to re- tail merchants, 39@40c; case count closing price 36c; price to retail mer- chants, 3Sc@39c; bullets. closing, 36c; price to retail merchants, ScQ39c.
 Receipts: Eggs, 599 cases; butter 13.200 pounds.
 Sonora Wheat-$2s: bright feed bar ley, s3.5o.
 Local alfalfa hay-s2S.
 Cattle-Good steers. $1o: medium steers. s950: grass fed steers. ss; good heifers, s75O@8; fair ileifers, $7975o: good to fair cows, sS.50@7.50; bulls and stags. $696.5O: calves, ss: light calves sS.5O.
 sheep-Ewes. $1O, sucking lambs. s14.50.
 Hogs-125 to 15o pounds, $13.5o0 14.50: 15O to 175 pounds. $15. 17b te 225 pounds, $15.75.
 Poultry = Broilers, 3SQ3sc; fryers. 32c; roasters, soc; old cocks, 1sc; hens, 22Q24c; turkey hens, 26c; ducklings, 22Q2Sc: young geese. 2oc.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-21
of s30,Oo0 to again un- water the entire workings.
Verde Combination

The shaft at Verde Combination has attained a depth of over 300 feet below the 700 level, and is bottomed in a very favorable looking schist containing much pyrites and some chalcopyrites. It is the intention to continue sinking to the 1,100-foot level, from which point a crosscut will be run northward to intersect the quartz ledge which was exposed on the TOO level. This ledge was somewhat leached and it is anticipated to show a concentration and richer naturalization at the great CT depth