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' cult to utilize the vast deposit at Lisburne, in reality the coal of .hat district could be easily brought tu i the local market and an effort should be made in that direction. The ef- feet of the present high price of coal was to drive people out of the rcu .- try. he declared. but by making use of the local product they would not only remain here but others would come. with resultant increases ot in- dustry in various fields. He then pointed out that inasmuch as under present conditions the comnienity puts up the money for outside coal. he could see no reason why the peo- pie of the district should rot CO., operate in a plan to secure LisbErc~ coal for the local market ins.aad of sending the money away. Tie Lis burne product is the only really good coal available. he said. and if mined and placed on the market. the miners would be able to stay here and develop the country. Cheap fuel" he declared "is the key to development.
 Following MT. Jackson's address, President Lomen spoke to the same effect and called attention to the fact that the whalers and revenue cutters had coaled at Lisburne for years The problem of cheaper fuel. he said. summed down to little wora than question of securing proper trans portation means to bring the coal to market.
 Ira Rank told the gathering that he knew of an instance in which one of the missionary societies repre- sented at Point Hope had shipped in 15 tons of outside coal at a cost of s75 per ton. when it could have hired few natives and obtained all the coal desired from Lisburne, IS or 20 miles away. for a cost of about s10 per ton or less.
 Postmaster John Hegness suggest ed that as the Liebes Company trad er Herman comes here from the North twice year with compara- lively empty hold. that vessel might possibly be secured to transport coal from Lisburue to Nome. He said he was informed the coal could be mined. sacked. and placed on the beach ready for shipment for about s2.5O per ton.
 Fred Deimer of the Nome Lighter age Company spoke on transporta- ton. asserting that the Alaska s. s. Company is figuring on red"tilg rates to Nome next summer and that his company was also contempla ing a reduction in liehterage charges Supt. Chas. Jones of the local branch of the Alaska Road Commis- sion said he was advised that both the federal and territorial road boards had reported favorably on the purchase of the Nome-Kougarok railroad and the only present ob- stacle to the purchase was that the Pioneer Mining Company wants the whole s3O.0O0 appropriated by the legislature for purchase and rehahil- itation. while the commissioners con- slider $2O.OOO a fair price for the system. The speaker said he un7 derstood that the Alaska Road Commission is ready to spend $50,' 900 to rehabilitate the road, convert it into a motor or tram line and construct . road extension from the end of the railroad to Candle. The
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| Commission also intends to push , construction on the Nome-Council , road. opening a route for auto traveI
 between the two points. In cor. clusion MT. Jones said that Col Steese. Major Gotwals and Surveyor General Karl Thiele. after lookins over the various districts last sum- i mer. were convinced of the impera- tive need for more roads and will assist in every way possible to give us what we need in that line. Re- ferring to the fuel problem. the speaker endorsed the views of NJ. . Jackson and said he was informed that the citizens of the Kotzebue section had pledged themselves to purchase 1000 tons of Lisburne coal from Messrs. Stringer and Mcintosh. who are attempting to promote a company to exploit the Lisburne mines owned by Mcintosh, and sug- gested that the Chamber of Com merce would do we'll to communicate with them and aid their efforts if possible.
 Geo. S. Maynard outlined the Stringer-McIntosh project. stating that the two men are attempting to float a company outside and suggest ed that the Chamber of Commerce should communicate with them by telegraph as to the progress they are making.
 R. w. J.. Reed said it is shame that after twenty years of residence. many of us must leave merely be- cause of the lack of cheap fuel when vast quantities of excellent coal are available in the district. He did not believe. however. that any of the local boats were suitable for bring ing coal from Lisburne and also ven- tured the opinion that the coal could not be brought here and sold for less than S20 ton. But even that price, he said, would be satisfactory and enable a great increase in min ing activity. Referring to business and industrial conditions during the past year, MT Reed said it was a very satisfactory year in all lines. Mining operations were more exten- sive and more gold was produced than for several years past. The fishing business had shown consid- erable improvement and the fisher men were unable to secure enough herring to fill their orders. He said he fully expected next years herring pack to total approximately 5000 barrels. More dredges will operate next summer than in several years, and he was also informed that transportation costs would be re- duced. this year, with resultant les sening in the price of fuel and other commodities. Mir. Reed said there should be . boom in oil and inform ed the gathering that 70 oil land claims were staked in the Pt. Barrow district, 30 in the Shismaren section and others near Teller and Nome during the past open season. Sev- eral outfits were coming to drill for oil that he knew of and others could proba ply be expected.
 J. J. Keenan. winter manager of the Alaska Mines Corporation said his company was, planning. on doins big things in this section and if the projects on which General Manager Stines is engaged Outside this winter
 were put through there would be a great increase in local industry and
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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
 !. o. o. F.

In conformity with the usual cus- tom, the Nome Lodge of Odd Eel lows. on Friday evening held their annual installation of officers. The following is the order of the new presiding officers:
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WEATHER REPORT

Lowest temperature recorded up to a. m. at U. s. Weather Bureau.
 By L. R. Morris ] Date Temp. Barom. Wind
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
Our County Roads
Discussed by Bowman
Gives Some Remedies For Bad Roads Says
He Lives On Worst Dit Road In
Worcester County

know the ROAD refer to. II is the
one from Wesley Station to Cedar
town. There, will that hold you?
And any one who has travelled that
road the past TWO winters will say,
'he knows what he is talking about" ;"
| can prove my assertion by the
countless automobiles that have stuck
in front of my place, and (2) by the
patient mules that have wallowed
through its holes. One Snow
Hill doctor called to another. "Doc,
have you been to Cedartown lately?
"No" was the answer, and ] don't
intend to go over that road"
Another doctor said, "My last trip
there cost me $500 in machine re-
pairs, and hereafter the bay people
will meet me at the stone road" The
people themselves make long detours
through Basket Switch or by Mt.
Wesley to get to Snow Hill rather
than risk the horrors and dangers
of the direct road. And so it goes.
Business is nterfered with, real
estate values sink to dead level, the
sick suffer without attention, the dead
can scarcely be buried and all because
of the roads. Distance is no longer
measured by the length of the road
but by the depth of the mud holes.
This road has not always been in
this condition. In the good, old
days." say 10 years ago, it carried
the country traffic without any undue
trouble the year round. Scraping
and rounding up once year was
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The Fire Department
Makes Record Time

Last Saturday morning, about $50
o'clock the fire whistle screeched out
a fire alarm, and the Snow Hill Vol
unteer Fire Department had its ap-
paratus out of the Municipal Building
and on the way to the fire inside of
ten minutes from the time the alarm
was sounded. When the boys ar
rived at the scene Of the conflagration
at the residence of Sarah Jackson
Victor on Church Street in the rear
of the home of Mrs. Mary Bratten
Vincent, the building was in a blaze.
A ladder was run to the attic window,
and while attempting to mount the
ladder with the hose Julian Vincent
was thrown from it by the great
pressure of water going through the
hose in his hands. Lineman Frank
Davis was at the foot of the ladder
when the hose flew out Of Vincents
hand, and the nozzle struck Mr.. Davis
in the face wounding his right eye
and knocking him unconscious for a
short time. As soon as the doctor
repaired him he went back to the
fire.
When the alarm was sounded the
fire was well under way and all the
fire department could do was TO save
the shell and keep the fire from
spreading, which they did very sue
cessfully.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
For Woodrow Wilson

Quite number of people in Wor-
cester County have sent The Messen-
ger contributions for the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation Fund" There
does not appear to be any organ
ization in this county to made a
drive for the five hundred dollars
expected of our people, so The Mes
senger has offered to receive contri-
buttons and forward them to head
quarters in Baltimore. These con-
tributions will be duly acknowledged
later by the Committee. In the
meantime all who believe in the ideals
of Woodrow Wilson to make peace
in the world, can help TO make possi-
BILE the formulation" by sending a
dollar or more to The Messenger for
that purpose.
Contributions have been received
from
Mrs. John =. Moore
Miss Clara Dilworth
George NJ. Upshur
Oliver ID. Collins
William c. Powell
William ID. Corddry
C.. l.. Vincent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
TO RETRIEVE LOST
OCEAN CITY BEACH.
"HOOked Jettie" Will Recover Much
Land ErOded BY Waves. Ii is
Belieyed-ResOrt Confident.

A beach conservation project which
will be started next summer, it is
hoped, will attract outside capital to
build permanent hotels and amuse
ments places at Ocean City. For
years the encroachment of the ocean
upon the beach has given considerable
concern, and has, it is believed, acted
in large measure to discourage out
side capital from investing in the re-
sort. However, property owners have
put into effect an experiment of their
own which in the recent storm proved
its effectiveness in protecting the
beach.
Seawalls Are Built
Seawalls were built by several
property owners intemittently for a
half mile along the beach. Places
protected by this, it was observed,
were scarcely damaged at all by the
storm three weeks ago, while places
not protected were damaged to some
extent. 1t is believed, therefore the
resort is practical and that it will in
sure safety to more expensive build
ings Il they should &c bull: there.
Next summer there will become
available 100000 to be spent by the
State Roads Commission in building
walls to protect the beach. The COM
mission has employed Lewis NJ.
Haupt, of Cynwyd, Pa, an engineer,
to devise means by which the beach
can be protected. Mr.. Haupt's plan
has been made known by Senator
Orlando Harrison, who is an enthus-
iastic believer in the Maryland re-
sort. The recommendations call for
a modification of the seawall plan
now partly tried out at Ocean City.
His plans, indeed call not only for
protecting the beach as il now lies,
but for recovering u large part of
that which has already been eroded
by the ocean.
Proposes "HOOked Jetties."
Mr.. Haupt proposes TO build "hook-
ed jetties" into the ocean. The effect
of these. according to the testimony
of persons who have tried out his
plan elsewhere, is to make the ocean
redeposit the sand that has been car
ried away during the storms and by
the constant beating of the waves.
The beach, if the plan works, would
be extended some distance into the
ocean, and recurrence of the critical
times in the winter, when the ocean
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Reorganization
Passed, 78 to Fl
Bill, Approved By Both Bodies, Now Goes To
Governor Ritchie For His Signature
Which 1t Will Receive

The chief plank of the Democratic
party platform was redeemed Tues
day when the House. by suspending
the rules. passed the Reorganization
Bill by Il vote of rs to 81. Every
Democrat present at the roll-call
voted for it in addition to eight Re-
publicans, the q votes cast against
it being all Republican.
The committee amendments. which
have become part of the bill, as
passed, include the following:
The State Auditor shall be allowed
to employ assistants, "as provided in
the budget" instead of in accordance
with {, stated maximum salary ac-
count of $1,000. This is to permit of
an increase in the personnel of the
Auditors Office so that the annual
audit of all State departments and
offices. prescribed by law, may
actually be made.
Accounts of call county treasurers
and fee officers and the books and
accounts of the several boards Of
county commissioners and of the
several county treasurers and col
lectorS, in so far as they affect the
collection of State taxes or the as
sessable basis upon which State taxes
are levied" shall be annually exam
ined by the State Auditor. The
amendment includes the accounts of
these offices. in addition to those of
clerks of courts, registers of wills,
sheriifs, States attorneys and all col
lectors of State taxes, as provided in
the original bill
The Reorganization Bill-or law,
as it will become upon signature by
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
AUTO WRECKED
NEAR POCOMOKE
Avery Truths Car Skidded On Icy
Road And Took Up Against
Roadside Tree

The automobile of Avery Truitt
was wrecked and the occupants
bruised and scratched, when his
machine skidded into a roadside tree
near P0comoke City last Sunday
afternoon. In the machine with Mr..
Truitt were James Gordy and a man
named Hill. They were hurrying to
catch a traii at Pocomoke City, when
the accident occurred. Mr.. Hill was
thought to nave been injured inter-
nally and was hurried to Salisbury.
1t has been learned since that he was
just badly bruised and will soon be
all right again. He was on the rear
seat when the car struck.
Mr.. Truitt is one of the best and
most careful drivers in the county.
This is the first accident he has had,
and it was unavoidable. The ground
was covered with melting ice and
snow and was very slippery.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
MAYORS OF STATE
VISIT ANNAPOLIS
In Interest of Getting Appropriations
For Building Connecting Links
Are Entertained by Governor.

Mayor Fooks, of Snow Hill, with a
number of mayors of other towns of
Maryland was in Annapolis Tuesday
in regard to the division of S645,000
TO be raised for paving streets in
incorporated towns by tax on gas
oline. There was some opposition
to the bill as drawn but the towns
of Snow Hill, Cambridge. Berlin,
Frostburg, Oakland, Ellicott City and
Hampstead favored the bill. Cum
berland, Annapolis and other large
towns wanted to be reimbursed for
the connecting links they had built.
Chief Engineer John n. Mackall, of
the State Roads Commission, said the
$645,000 allocated for that purpose
was just about enough to construct
the connecting links, that if towns
were reimbursed for roads already
built it would involve about $4,000
900. As to the municipalities retain
ing control. he said he felt that IL
was fundamentally incorrect 10 di-
rect that the State Roads Commits
sion should be charged with the
maintenance of streets and not have
control of them. He said the require
ment for a permit before the street
could be cut into would be waived
in cases of emergency, such as a
broken gas or water main.
Chairman Mcintosh said the COM
mittee would be glad to have all sug-
gestions as to amendments prepared
and handed to the committee with
promptness. II was suggested that
the matter of control might be set
tied by exempting towns of 5000
population and over from the juris-
diction of the State Roads Commits
sion.
Previously to the hearing, the
Mayors were entertained at luncheon
by Governor Ritchie at the Executive
Mansion. Col. d. John Markey, of
Frederick, acted as dean of the dele
cation.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
JOHN J. HILL, 81
PASSES AWAY
Oldest Resident oil Snow Hill Called
HOmc.-Lived In Worcester
County All His Life.

Snow Hills oldest citizen, John j.
Hill, died at his residence on Wash
ington Street early Monday morning
after an illness of several weeks.
During his long life he always en-
joyed perfect health. Mr.. Hill was
born January II, 1880. So he was
80 years old last month. He was
born in Worcester County and had
never lived out of the county, except
for about is months, when he was a
boy.
His father, Zacharias Hill, died
when he was quite young. and he was
taken to raise by Mn. William Nc
Allen, who had married his half-sis-
ter, Miss Hannah Aydelotte. Mr..
McAllen was master moulder at the
"Old Furnace" for u number of years
until it closed down. Then Mr.. Nc
Allen went to work in q furnace in
Anne Arundel county, but after few
months there came back to Worces-
ter, bought farm near Snow Hill
and farmed here until short while
before his death. As boy living at
the Old Furnace, Mr.. Hill became
familiar with much that was done
there and in his later life could tell
in an interesting manner how the
ore was taken from the bed of Mas
sawango creek and converted into
iron. Frequently in his boyhood days
he saw deer in the forests nearby and
was a witness to more than one ex-
citing deer hunt. He was friend of
George Alfred Townsend, Gath,
author of "The Entailed Hat" ro-
nance of the Nassawango Furnace.
the life there and in Princess Anne.
Much of the story was suggested by
Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Hill was twice married, his
first wife being Miss Charlotte Dew
ereaux, sister of the late Thomas
Devereaux. by whom he had two
children, Nj. William I. p. Hill ana
Mrs. Bette Dunlap, of Snow Hill.
His second wife was Miss Esther
Taylor, daughter of William NJ.
Taylor, for many years well known
at the Old Furnace. BY his last wife
he has now living one son-Mr. John
S. Hill, of Stockton, and five daugh-
ters, Miss Sarah II. Hill, with whom
he had made his home for the last
90 years; Mrs. Ethel Toms, of Phil
adelphia, Mrs. Ella Coffin and Mrs.
Maggie Birch. of Berlin and Mrs.
Mamie Spurrier. of Snow Hill. He
leaves many grand and great-grand-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
Road
Law Introduced
Senator From Worcester Introduces Law
Under Which State Roads Commission \
Will Superintend County Roads

Article, said new sections to be known
as Sections SOFA, sob, SOC, sod,
SO-E, 80-F and S0-G and to follow
Immediately after Section so of said
Article. all of said Sections to read
as follows;-
so. Nothing in this subtitle shall
be taken to alter, abridge, or in any
WY effect the present method Of road
construction or repair by the respect
i've counties, at their own expense or
otherwise, as now authorized by law.)
In addition to the powers and duties
now vested in or imposed upon il by
existing laws, the State Roads Com
mission Of Maryland is hereby author
lied and directed to take full charge
and assume entire control over the
construction, reconstruction. improve
ments and maintenance OF all public
roads and bridges in the several
Counties of the State. The said State
Roads Commission shall have the
powers. and il shall be its duty, to
lay out new or to alter. widen or
close existing roads, when in its judg-
ment the best interests Of the State
will be promoted thereby; provided.
however. that the said Commission
shall have no jurisdiction over the
roads, streets. or highways within
the limits of any Incorporated city or
town. unless the proper authorities
of such cities or towns request II
in writing to assume such jurisdiction,
in which case the Commission may n
sumo such jurisdiction and authorit.
S0-A. For the purpose Of carryin.
out the provisions of Section so o.
this Article, it shall be the duty OF
the Boards of County Commissioners
of the several Counties to submit to
the State Roads Commission, on or
before the first day of October each
year their recommendation as to
proposed changes or Improvements in,
or alterations or maintenance of, or
additions to. existing highways for
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"a ARMY MEN
BURNED TO DEATH

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 2l.-
Thirty-four men we're killed,
eight were injured seriously
and three were uninjured or
only slightly bruised when the
giant army airship Roma, with
her crew and a number of civil
ians totaling IS in all aboard,
plunged today from 1000 feet
or more in the air to the ground
at the Hampton Roads naval
base.
The accident presumably was
caused by a broken rudder. and
as the huge dirigible plunged
to earth it capsized across a
high-tension electric line, burst
ing into a roaring furnace of
blazing hydrogen gas.
Long after dark tonight,
many hours after her fall, the
ship was still a mass of flames
from end to end of her ll0-foot
mass. The fire fed on the L.
100000 cubic feet of gas which
distended the great bag for the
flight and made all attempts at
rescue work futile.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
February l6. 1922.

Ttblu udiH ~, l'--.
Editors Democratic Messenger
The discussion at the farmers meet
ing yesterday on the proposed law
to put our mud roads in charge of
the State Roads Commission showed
that while the farmers admit the
excellent work of the Commission in
connection with the State roads, some
feel that applied to our dirt roads. it
would be at a much greater expense
than our taxpayers would stand for.
and hence that the expenditure should
be held in local hands close to the
source from which il was derived. the
people, and directly responsible to
them, for we can corner up. over
haul and "cusS out" our County Com
mssioners and district road men,
and overturn the whole management
by our votes if we wish, while the
far away road commission and en-
gineers would be inaccessible. The
people of Worcester County can have
just as good roads as they are willing
to pay for, provided they follow the
work up and see that it is well done
and not abused afterward and in this
connection, want to get few
thoughts off my mind that will not
only relieve me, but may start dis
cussion that will result in better dirt
roads.
live on the worst dirt road in
Worcester County. Now don't a
dozen of you fellows jump to your
feet and call me liar, for you don't
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-25
SOMERSET COURT
ORDERS RECOUNT
OF Ballots In Nine Voting Precincts
Of Somerset County. Contest
For Sheriffalty.

The Circuit Court for Somerset
County passed an order Tuesday for
a recount of the ballots in nine of
the voting places of Somerset County,
in the election contest case of Charles
p. Barnes against Charles S. Dry
den.
Mr.. Dryden was returned elected
by a majority of three and Mr..
Barnes instituted contest. The
case involves the election of sheriff
of Somerset County at the election
last November. The recount of the
ballots began Thursday morning be-
fore Justice of the Peace Edgar A.
Jones at Princess Anne.