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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-09
~ Mrs. e. r. McManaway
y Society Editor
Phone 50 Befors II Noon
FASSIFERN HEARS
LOVELY PROGRAM

Ths Glee Club of the Asheville
School for Boys gave a beautiful
Complimentary program at FASH
fern on Saturday evening which
MAS thoroughly enjoyed by all who
heard it. Mr.. Matthias Cooper IS
HE able director. During the eve.
ming he and Mr.. Butler, one OF
tie masters, played a piano duet
DR. and Mrs. Provine also accom-
paHied the young gentlemen. :,
When the lovely program had
been concluded the young people
enjoyed an informal dance ana
punch and assorted cakes were
served later in the evening.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Bsfdness

The blond or fair-haired are most
susceptible to loss Of hair, as are those
of nervous temperament and those en-
gagged In sedentary occupations. In
quIry has never revealed a bald Amer.
lean Indian, while oddly enough the
fair-haired S~candinavians respond ulost
quickly to treatment for falling hair
Haldneas also is caused by worry.
which would bear out the contention
that nervousness and shiny pates airs
In q rsLIs Eion Of callSe SNf afTact
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
South Wheeler news
By Mrs C. o. Bradstreet

November with the hints that tell
Of coming winters magic spell;
The hazy fog upon the hills,
The south bound swallows note that
thrills,
And in the air a chilling brace
Of biting frost,that soon will trace
It's legend clear in crystals fine,
On boughs of sturdy oak and pine.
Mr&Mrs C.Penley of Nashua were
callers in Wheeler one day this wk,
Mr. & Mrs Aaron Petors & family
of Frazer were dinner guests at the
Nick Peters home Sunday.
Mr. & Mrs Marvin Draining, par
ents of Gorden Draining call
ers at their sons home in Wheeler
Monday.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
FORGET

Forget the faults of other people
Forget your enemies and remember
your friends.
Forget all gossip as soon as you
hear it.
Forget your own failures and re-
member your successes.
Forget to do any one an injury,
but remember to do every one a
kindness.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
England's TIN married King

England has had only one king who
grew to manhood and who never mar
ried- He was William Rufus, or VII.
Ham IL, son and successor Of William
;he Conquoror. Edward V and Ed
ward VI were not married, but they
lied without reaching their majority.
There is no law which requires the
King of Great Britain to be married.
A prince OF Wales would not have to
be married In order to ascend the
throne
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Four Cavernous Tunnels 81 Feet in
Diameter Carry Water Around
Dam Base, Generate Power

forces the charge thru a pipe lead
ing to the top side of the forms
whence it flows down into place.
The pump has no piston. the con-
crete is partly pushed and partly
foated by the compressed air.
When the air has done its work it
is released with sounds mentioned
above.
The cycle of operations is fasci
mating. 1t is much more fun watch
ing it than a steamshovel. How
ever, tickets of admission are not
available so one of most interesting
jobs of work on Project must stay
hidden from the visitor.
1t takes men as we'll as machines
to do the vast amt OF work involved
Oh such a project. Again on Oct. Is
employment exceeded the 1000
mark. Exact number was 1929,
made up of 1896 Govt employees &
4033 for the several contractors.
1t also taxes large quantities of
materials to supply both men and
machines. Last week 2,555 rail.
road carloads rolled in from Wiota
over the aforementioned branch
line and unloaded 143, 178 net tons
of materials & supplies. Switch
ing crews & locomotives were kept
busy with 4,426,985 ton-miles Of
operation.
Addison Miller added another
good weeks work at the spillway
by finishing the training wall foun-
dalton slabs. There are l25 sep
arate slabs in this area, which
measures 1870 TT. wide by $50 feet
long, or 1.6 acres. 1t took approx
imately 10000 GU. yds of concrete
to make these foundations. Erection
of concrete training walls already
has started on top of these slabs.
Two separate units of steel forms
have Leen set up & are being used
to pour parallel walls on west end
of row. Foundations are ready for
10 of the IS walls required for the
fnisht d structure. Pl n is to pour
these l3 walls this season. steam
boiler plant is in operation sup
steam to heat mixing water
for concrete and also to supply live
steam as needed at the forms to
prevent freezing of concrete. Before
a pour is started on a section of
wall a tent-like arrangement of
tarpaulins is provided as a cover
ing. Live steam is released under
bottom edge of tent and prevents
any damage to concrste by freeZ-
while it is hardening.
With addition of a End electric
auger, 5-foot holes for foundation
piles of the gate structure are being
bored in rapid succession. A con-
crete slab II fl thick is to be plac-
ed On top of these piles. First sec
ton of this slab is being made
ready for pour at present time. An
enormous quantity of concrete
will be necessary to fill this slab.
One edge of the slab will be sup
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Recalling GazelIe Steamboat

A monument COMMUNICATING the
sinking of the GaZelle, early VILLAIN
cite river steamboat. was erected al
Oregon City, Ore, by the Daughters OF
the American Revolution. Many lives
were lost when the boiler Of the
steamer exploded years ago.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

The Bowery begins at Chatham
square, New York, and runs to Copper
square parallel to broadway. 1t was
long notorious for the resorts located
along It's length, but it's character has
undergone Improvement. 1t Is still
characterized by the h~eterogeneity of
its nopu,atl0n and a multitude OF
ehcnn gJInnc srd hnrt;r1oS-
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

If a cage of mountain lions were
to be taken into the 32-foot cir
cular caves which Mason & Walsh
are digging in the shale hills on the
east side of the river they could hard
" produce a more varied asSort-
ment of roars and grOwls than is.
sue from the pneumatic concrete
guns and vibrators when a pour is
being made. The sounds echo down
to the outlet portals in an awesome
tumble.
Four cavernous tunnels will some
day carry the waters of the Mis-
souri, river around the base of the
dam. When they will be cOmplet-
ed few people will realize what a
vast amount of work was necr ssary
to dig them for they will be cove
red by water and earth. Right now
Mason & Walsh have machinery
of great size and many kinds to do
the hardest parts of the work. This
machinery is powered by electricity
and compressed air. The former
is silent; The latter always gene
rates sound as it is released from
q machine. Each has different sound.
When they are all going at the same
time, as on a pour of concrete for
the lining, the combination is fear
full.
The worst of the bunch are the
pneumatic pumps which force con-
crete behind the circular steel
forms. When a "sl1s' of mud"
is being forced out of a machine
tn action is accompanied by a
roaring howl as of an angry lion
Answering whines come from
several vibrators behind the forms
Concrete tunnel lining is placed
in 2 different pours The 1st is the
lnvert, or lower quarter of the whole
circle. One or 200 feet behind
this, the remaining three-fourths of
t ne circle, Che sidewalks and arch)
are made with another pour.
So # of invert are placed at each
set up of the steel forms. Forms
are mounted on wheels running
on temporary railroad rails. After
the concrete has set and hardened
sufficiently, the forms are rolled
ahead for another pour.
Sidewall and arch forms are also
on wheels & roll along like coverad
wagons roll along. Advanced to
position for a new set-up, vertical
screw.jacks raise the forms to pro-
per height. Horizontal jacks push
the sidewalks to the right diameter.
Soon the concrete starts comingi in
on 2 yard buckets hauled on fiat
cars. When spotted alongside the
concrete pumps. an electric hoist
picks up a bucket & empties it into
a hopper above the pumps. Two
pumps are used so that one can be
charged while the other is dischar-
cling. When a pump is filled with
concrete & the door is closed /
tight, a blast of compressed air
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

A skyline horseback trail to the top
Of Mt. Leconte, one of the loftlest
peaks In the range, IL one OF he lea-
lures IN the Great Smoky Mountains
National park. The trail Is Sb miles
long, and It's elevation at the start Is
more than a mile above sea level.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

Napoleon i.onaparte and Marie LOUISE
were hurried by proxy in Vienna In
April. 1910. Later there was a civil
marriage at Comp"riene. and two weeks
later the marriage WIS blessed by the
Catholic church at Paris.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

The transcription Of manuscripts IN
to Braille, basketry. weaving. the copy
Ing OF manuscripts. original writing,
pottery making. the preparation of de
signs for wall papers and textiles are
among the occupations followed by
to places of employment.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
LANGUAGES in the Philippines

The official and principal native Ian
guages OF the Philippine Islands are
English and Spanish, the two official
Languages, and three distinct native
dialects which are widely spoken,
namely; Tagalog, vlsayan and Ilocana.
AL three are to soD1e extent mixed
with Spanish.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

"" 5 CT I~FIy.s tf@
In ALASKA mail is CARED from one
settlement 10 another and from the
inland regions toward the coast by
dog sleds. At the other extreme OF
The picture we find that a substantial
part Of the letter mail of the city of
New York Is moved through The ON
gested sections Of the city by a sys-
fem of underground pneumatic tuhe4s
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
The Concrete Mixers Roar Like a Den of Angry Lions

ported on a cutoff wall III feet
wide and 80 fit in depth. The con-
struction of this cutoff wall is pro
ceeding quite rapidly, consider lg
the difficulty involved in cutting
the necessary trench into the solid
shale. Altho 2 electric shale saws
have nc difficulty in slicing down
the vertical sidewalks, the narrow
ness of the trench, the presence OF
necessary steel bracine, & the con.
siderable amt of handWOrk done
to break up blocks of shale. slows
up excavation by clamshell ma
chimes.
During progress of this work gla-
cial boulders have been coming in
for rip-rap above the apron. An
other week will see this 100 feet
strip of rip-rap spread out across
the zoo foot width of the entrance
channel TO the spillway.
Massman Construction Co. has
kept pace with Addison Miller with
dirt-moving activities There has
been no let up 10 steady outpour
of shale by means of 8 power sho-
vels and IS dump trucks from the
middle portion of spillway. In ad-
dition to digging shale, Massman
has found time to prepare concrete
foundations for their new central
mixing plant and slabs for 2 bulk
cement storage silos as well. These
silos will consist of 2 steel tanks
of bolted and riveted construction
each with a capacity of 5000 bbls
They will be 80 # in diameter and
Al feet in overall height.
A total of 2.536.455 Gu. yds. of
toe gravel had been received and
placed at end of last week. Some
Rnception of this quantity of ma
terial may be had when it is stat
ed that it would require $50 train
each train containing 100
cars.
Ia addition to toe gravel, an ap-
probable item consists of the 70
100 car trainloads of glacial bould-
ers brot in from stock piles in Phil
lips county & placed for riprap on
upstream face of dam.
Bids VIII be Opened
Bids will be opened in the local
U. S. Engineer Office for the follow
ing items from
Oct 20 to Nov 2:
Pipe & fittings, Butter, Strip space
heater elements. Lumber, Parts for
1884 Dodge Pickup, Chisels, wrenc
hes, a%cetylene cutting tips, Sedan.
pickup & N ton truck, 10000 gal.
kerosene, Concrete curing compound
Cereal.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

Those who walk In UruInchi, capital
of Sinkiang, are looked down upon.
Everyone of any Importance rides, and
the better the mount the greater the
respect accorded the rider.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Shorthand Writing

Shorthand writing was devised in
ancient times, but the first really
guage was published in Queen Eliza
byth's day.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Diameter of Star Mira

The diameter of the star. Mira. In
the constellation of Cetus, Is nearly
as great as the orbit of Mars md
would take 27,000,C00 of our suns to
fill it.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Mature Persons Learn Better

Mature persons up to fifty years of
age learn most things better than pu-
pills of high school age, says a director
of vocational education at the Univer-
sity Of California.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Taxation Without
Representation

Friends and neiehbors of our
Mushroom towns. Did you ever
stop to consider thas you pract-
ically are like a man without a
country? In the matter of tax
alton, ON your properly, while your
taxable property is located on just
a rented lot, such as is the case
around us at the present time.
The assessor calls on you and
assesses your Improvements and
other personal effects, for the our
pose of the upkeep of our schools,
townships, county and State
institutions. You are paying a rent
al on ground that this property is
on at the rate Of three times its
true and real value each year, and
have no voice in the matter of
how u money shall be spent, or
as to any public Improvements
that should be made, while the
landlord is reaping a grand harvest
without being taxed according to-
the income he is deriving from the
land.
If there should be a call to bond
for any public improvement, what
would you do in the matter? You
have no right to vote on matters
of that kind unless you are a free
holder or in other words own real
estate. This little home you have
built is classed as personal prop
erty. unless you own the land up
on which it is built. What voice
do you have in the matter of fire
protection, maintenance of your
streets, government Of your
schools or town or city affairs?
And Mr.. Farmer aud city dweIIer
that has property in organized
towns Or cities: Are you not pay
a big tax on property that is
a liability, rather than an income
proposition? Dear neighb0rs, let's
wake UP and do somthing to right
these conditions. And you county
commissioners get busy & see that
the people that is deriving these
enormous incomes from the public
pay taxes according to the in
come.
For instance. Jones pays So 90 per
month for the privilege of living
On a 30x12O piece of ground with
no other rights or conveniences:
S36 90 per year,or three times the
reasonable valu and on top of
hat he will be assessed t e full
and true value of your prOptrty
and a tax on third of that
lmont at about SO or 6H% while
,our landlord will probably paw $50
or $50 acres of land while In fact
he should pay, on at least one
bird of the money derived from
he tract or so on $4,000, or 72f
or each $500 tract, so occupied
md on an up according tn the
.mcunt of in:oma from each lot.
This would seem to be nearer
than at the present way of
Ioine. How is it with you, Mr.. Rent
r?. Can you drive your car from
he highway ten teeth? Wake up.
southirg for your good
ard earned money.
What behooves YOU ard | and all
f us to put forth some concerted
.ffort to right these coditions.
would suggest that the comm
Ticial clubs, county ctmissinEers
nd the county attorney get to-
and draft some sort of plan
D bring this about. Now about it
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

In parts of Portugal the people whit
tie "palitos," or toothpicks, for q liv-
ing. They are cut from willow poles
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
LARGEST Standing ARMY

China has an active army of nearly
2,00O,0 900 men. which Is the largest
standing army in the worA.-Wasb
ington Star.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

The population OF the United King
dom has increased 4 per cent In ten
years, London proper gaining s per cent
and six other large cities 10 per cent
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24
Not Gotham" Then
New York city had 200 citizens Ia
1925.
Volcano Changed Geography

When s volcano on a small Jap
anese island spilled over lava In 1914.
the lava flow Joined the Island to the
mainland.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-24

Mrs. Elizabeth Cannon returned
to Havre last Mon after visiting her
son O. c. Cannon & family here.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
LETTER FAD GROWS.
TO SEND S10' LEVEL.
Postal Inspectors Find Orig.
inat0r Was on Denver
: Relief Rolls.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
a, DENVER, April 27.-The "send-a-
dime" chain letter fad rocketed to
a send $40" level today, as the Post
Once Department at Washington
branded the entire scheme illegal.
Nevertheless, nearly 100000 letters
flooded the mails here today, perplex-
ing post Office officials who had plead
ed that the practice be stopped. Re-
ports came that the chain idea was
appearing at Sioux Falls, S. Oak, and
Omaha, Nebr
A weary postal inspector mobilized
sufficient evidence to make an ex-
ample" of the first arrest in the $40
enterprise. But when an intended
prisoner was revealed as the head Of
a family, on relief, with crippled
daughter, authorities accepted his
pledge to quit the game and released
him
Would Have Collected $40.
Roy E. Nelson. the inspector, dis
closed that the man questioned was
the originator of send $40" letter
which contained the names of mem
bers of his family scattered over the
country. He acknowledged plan,
authorities said, under which he and
his relatives would have collected $40
bills without sending any.
Solicitor Karl Crowley of the Post
Ofhce Department rendered an opin-
ion, which also was forwarded to Iowa
postmaSters, to the effect that 1.-The
scheme is in conflict with both the
postal lottery and fraud statutes"
Enforcement of the opinion was
thorny problem, because Of the neces-
sity of obtaining search warrant to
open suspected pieces of mail-a task
rendered virtually impossible by the
postal volume.
United States Attorney Thomas j.
MorriSSey. his assistants and the in
spector, after a conference, said:
We will be guided by the legal
principle of de minimis non curat lex,
which means that the law does not
take notice of trifles.'
"Send-a Pint" Letter Found.
This decision pointed the full force
of the Federal investigation at the
$40 letters, with the idea that their
stoppage automatically would curb the
dime chain.
Another new chain called "send-a-
pint" was reported circulating in Den
yer. 1t was similar to the dime, 81
and $40 letters, except the receiver
was asked to send a pint of liquor
to the person whose name was at the
top of the list of five names contained
in the letter. Thus. by the time the
letter was carried through its fifth
turnover, the person at the top of
the list would receive, theoretically,
1925 -pints of whisky.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
SCHOOLS IN LOUDOUN
SPONSORING MUSICALE
Event for Benefit of Library Will
: Be Held at Leesburg on
Nav 10.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
q LEESBURG, Va, April 27.-The
schools of Loudoun County are spon-
ssoring a musicale to be given in the
school auditorium here May 10 at 8
O'Clock for the benefit of the county
school library and musical fund.
= Every school in the county will be
represented in the presentation in
some form, either mass chorus or spe-
fcial numbers. There will be rhythm
bands, folk dancing. interpretive dane
ing and minuets. Miss Nancy Lewis,
chairman of the Music Committee, has
announced that 100 children will take
part In the mass chorus.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
a.
ASTRONOMER
: PATIENT IN HOSPITAL
aDr. Edwin Brant Frost Suffers
From Gall Stone Collie
in Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
( CHICAGO, April 27.-Dr. Edwin
,Brant Frost, the blind astronomer OF
5Ck,Sgo University's Yerkes Observa-
tory. who "sees" more of the solar
system than most men with two good
eyes, is a patient at Billings Memorial
Hospital
Frost, retired from the observatory
kt williams Bay, Wis, is suffering
from a gall stone collie, but physicians
believe that rest will bring about his
Arecovery without the necessity of an
sseration.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
CORRIDORS
; IN NEW SCHOOL ASKED
,Allender Will Serve as Secretary
= and Treasurer of West
minister Board.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dspa tch to The Star.
r WESTMINSTER, Md, April 81
After awarding E. E. Stuller, Taney-
town builder, the contract for the
Mount Airy Consolidated School,
whose bid Of $49,720, subject to a de-
.duction of $1,000 for the debris at
the site, was low, the Board of Edu-
cation at she April meeting instructed
Architect B. E. Starr to obtain from
the successful bidder price on the
incorporation of flreproof corridors
lin the contract. Awarding of the
contract for the heating and plumb
ling was deferred until the May board
meeting.
I A resolution empowering J. Herman
eAllender to act as secretary and
treasurer of the education group until
a successor to the late DR.. Unger is
appointed, was adopted at the April
meeting Of the board.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
LECTURE TO BE GIVEN
> ON PASSION PLAY
Page McKendree Etchison of
3 2. M. c. A. Here to Be Heard
by Woodlawn Women.

Special Dispatch to The Star
WOODLAWN, Va, April 27.-The
Woodlawn Circle of Kings Daughters
is sponsoring an illustrated lecture,
THE Passion Play of Oberammergau."
to be given by Page McKendree Etchi-
son, religious work director of the
Washington Y. M C. A., at the COM
munity house Thursday, May 2, at 8
o'clock.
The proceeds from the affair are to
be applied 20 the fund which members
of the Washington alexandria, Fairfax
Circles of Kings Daughters are raising
lin order to establish memorial room
at the Alexandria Hospital in honor
of the late district president, Mrs.
Mary Ballenger of Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-03-03
The Lure Of Paris and the Brig
Heart Of Cordvood c9lcGash
Start Something in 10ckrabbt Greek
TIE Second Au'taHment efa Nev
Satire ON 1Ame,Icaus 1Ab,uad
BY
SINCLAIR LEWIS

there from five to thirty years, but they we're
merely foreigners, and didn't count as people
who could 60 over and understand Europe
The real Americans, the people who had some
right to travel and investigate. began to
ponder gravely on Cordwood's offer, and after
week he held mass-meeting to which every
inhabitant of Jackrabbit was invited
Cordwood ruggedly gave the invitation to
his proprietary crusade, but it was Percy
Willoughby who, with elegance anecdotes, a
dinner jacket, and tasteful references to the
American Eagle, the Pilgrim Fathers, and
Lafayette, really outlined the plan. Special
trains. Chartered steamer. Sightseeing in
New York. Respectable hotels in Paris - lie.
those in which all servants spoke American
To go in summer. when the children would
be out of school - the children, God bless
them, whose little prattling voices were the
sweetest music this side O. Paradise cit is
probable that Percy forgot that, as far as
was known, neither he nor Cordwood had any
children to prattle.) Experts to be brought
from the Twin Cities to care for the town and
all necessary business while the citizenry were
away. The noble MIR. McGash to pay all ex-
penses including tips - no one need spend a
cent except for such presents as he might care
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to bring home. Office now established down
stairs, under the expert guidance of Miss
Minnie Berklund. and all who wished to take
the trip please hurry and register with her,
first come to get best accommodations on
trains and steamer. and he wished to thank
them one and all and to express
He was interrupted by Ben Pishaw of the
feed store, who wanted them to give three
cheers for good ole Cordwood McGash. They
did, even the Reverend MIR. Mitch
Some were sick, some could not leave their
posts, as doctors or powerhouse engineers or
post office employees or railroaders, some
were afraid, some plain did not want to go.
but out of the 1921 permanent inhabitants of
Jackrabbit Creek. 1877 persons did actually
register for this gaudy chance of lifetime.