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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
NOTICE
North Carolina
Ashe County

NOTCn OdTOllnd
Ashe County
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk
In the Matter of the Will of Cicero
Powers, Deceased.
To Emma Jones and Dewey Jones:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that a caveat to the will of
Cicero Powers has been filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of AShe County, and that said
caveat has been certified to the SUI
perior Court of Ashe County for
trial, to be held at the Courthouse
in jefferson, North Carolina, on the
9th day of July, 1885, and you are
hereby notified to come in and make
yourselves parties to said proceed
ing or take suck steps as you deem
advisable to protect your interest in
said cause.
This 9th day of June, 1896.
J. D. STANSBERRY,
Clerk Superior Court,
7-30-B Ashe County.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
MRS. GARNET MILLER BURIED

Mrs. Garnet Miller, aged Is, was
buried at the South Fork of New
River, Tuesday.
Mrs. Miller was formerly Miss
Annie Mash, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Mash, of Jefferson. She
is survived by her parents, her hus-
band, and two children.
Reverends r. H. Stone and T. M.
Hayes held the funeral.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
YOUNG PEOPLES UNION
TO MEET AT JEFFERSON

The Young Peoples Union of Ashe
county will meet at Jefferson at the
Methodist church Monday, July IL.
The Grassy Creek young people
will give short program, after
which business session will be
held. The Jefferson league will give
a social for the benefit of the visit
ing leagues.
The union wishes to have large
crowd present at this meeting as
there are to be further plans made
concerning the trip to shady shack.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
Agent in the Odd
Fellows Building

Mr.. Rich, new county agent for
Ashe, has located his Office in the
Odd Fellows building in Jefferson.
Mrs. Rich and son, c.. j. Rich, Jr.,
have also arrived in Jefferson and
are living at the R. r. Griggs house.
Mrs. Mary Grant is acting as Mr..
Rich's secretary.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

pressed the right attitude when he said he woke
up Monday morning as strong for Hoey as he
was for Mcdonald Saturday morning.
Life is too short to hold grudges and hard
feelings even between Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. Certainly they should not be held among
members of the same party.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
! CARD OF THANKS

! wish to express my, sincere
appreciation to all those who, have
made contributions to me in order
that might receive the necessary
medical attention following my UNI
fortunate accident.
-WILDA Lorraine GAULTNEY.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Following is the civil calendar for
Ashe county Superior Court, July
term, Hon. ]. M. Oglesby, judge pre-
siding:
Monday July "a
Hamilton Bacon Hamilton CO. VS..
J. c. Gambill LET al.
A. J. Houck ct al. VS.. w. C. Ray,
ct al.
Alonzo Reeves VS.. Morgan Shat
ley, ct al.
G. R. Eldreth, ct al. VS.. Eli Tay-
lor, ct al.
The Bank of Ashe VS.. Mary Nc
MILAN, ct al.
Mrs. Willie Trammel Walker VS..
Neal Halsey
Tuesday July %
Gladys Pendergrass Galloway VS..
Carl E. Miller, ct al
Webb Barker VS.. Amanda Kilby
w. S. GRAPHICAL VS.. Chas P. Waugh
H. c. Tucker VS.. T. c. Bowie and
E. A. Mcneil
Wednesday July 20
Mrs. w. F. Gambill VS.. R. J. Gam
bill, R. E. L. Plummer, ct al.
U. L. Hafer VS.. J. A. Lippard
B. M. Carter ct al. VS.. A C. Gibbs
Wiley Vannoy VS.. G. w. & H. M.
Brown, ct al
Walter Stringer, Adm. of John
Stringer VS.. John Stringer, Jr., ct al
Thursday July 30
Mrs. Nancy M. Hoyle VS.. D. j..
Carter, ct al.
VIM. H. Stanberry ct al. VS.. Hazel
Stanberry, ct al.
Julia A. Stanberry VS.. j. L. Miller,
Admr.
VIM. H. Stanberry VS.. J. L Miller,
Adm.
Friday July 81
w. H. Mcmillan, Gdn. VS.. James
Haire, ct al.
Ellen Houck VS.. Herby Miller ct al.
w. w. Webb, ct al. VS.. H. c..
Tucker, ct al.
w. R. Calhoun VS.. Garland Dollar
In re: Will of Cicero Powers de-
ceased
Saturday August /
Maudie Ham VS.. Wiley Ham
jamie Grouse VS.. Wade Grouse
Carrie JONES VS.. Delmer JONES
Oren Greer VS.. Flossie Greer
Wayne WEIGH VS.. Beulah Church
WEIGH
Blanch Lambert VS.. Johnnie Lam
bert
Osa Martin VS.. Gilbert Martin
Mabel Watson VS.. Bower Watson
Thomas Combs VS.. Mary Catherine
Combs
Motion Calendar 81
A. c. GRAPHICAL VS.. J. C. Maha1a,
ct al.
w. T. A. Jones VS.. Mrs. w. E. Cen
try
H. C. Tucker ct al. VS.. The Bank
of Ashe ct al.
Matte Perkins VS. Mason Perkins
j. w. Davis VS.. Grace Davis
Ambrose Clark, Adm. of H. E..
Clark VS.. w. D. Clark ct al.
John r. Bowie VS.. Leslie Bowie,
ct al.
A. L. Barker VS.. Clyde Barker
L. o. Bare VS.. Lloyd Kelly
!, Mrs. Jacqueline c. Ralston VS.. C.
A. Rash
B. w. Miller Exr. of w. H. Miller,
VS.. John Miller, John A.Reeves ct al
T. c. Bowie, Admr. of Davis L.
Rash VS.. Elite Rash ct al.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICE

There will be service and preach
ing at ST. Mary's church, Beaver
Creek, on Sunday, July 18th, at II.
Rev. J. B. Sill will have charge, and
will be in Jefferson during the pre-
vious week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
HOW ASHE COUNTY'S
NEIGHBORS VOTED

In the governorship race Saturday,
counties surrounding Ashe voted as
follows:
Alleghany-Hoey, 1881; McDon-
aid, 1,067.
Wilkes-Hoey, 2,978; Mcdonald,
LOB.
Watauga-Hoey, 1,540; Mcdonald,
243.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
Civil Calendar for
Ashe Superior Court

Following is the civil calendar for
Ashe county Superior Court, July
term, Hon. j. M. Oglesby, judge pre-
siding:
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

The nationally known Harvard
man who held the worlds record
in running broad jump, was named
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
in Boston through the Intervention
of Hon. Julian D. Rainey, director
of the Eastern Democratic drive
among Negroes. The job was for
malIy held by Republican leaders
like Bill Lewis and the late MAT
ty" Matthews.
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

National president of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority, president of
the Oakland, California branch of
the National Association of Col
Iege Women, will vote fro Roose-
Welt.
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

Executive secretary of the Col
ored National Democratic Eastern
Division, made the following state
ment Saturday on the expected out
come of the election on November
3rd: "ln Pennsylvania, President
Roosevelt will get 81 per cent of
the Colored VOTE"
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

Resident of the Paul Laurence
Dunbar apartments in Harlem, and
prominent in social and civic cir
cIes, who is leading HarIem's Smart
social set In voting for President
\ Roosevelt.
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

Of Newark, who is the woman
director of New Jerseys Demo-
cratic drive among Negroes under
DR.. w. G. Alexander of Orange, NJ.
J. Headquarters are in Jersey City.
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

Of New York City, who says, ~
am for President Roosevelt with
out any sort of wavering or reser-
Walton. And the more | listen to the
arguments against him the more
convinced ! am that my 100 per
cent acceptance of him is right"
Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1936-10-31

Minister to Liberia, who is on
60-day leave visiting in America,
spoke in his home town, ST. Louis,
Mo-, last Wednesday night and told
of the value of the Roosevelt For
eign Policy in-~making friends
abroad and lettering the condition
of such countries as Haiti, Liberia,
and our own Virgin Islands pos
sessions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
COST OF PRODUCTION
(By Mrs. E T Ritenour)

Numerous centuries Of trial
and error have effectively elmin-
ated the profit system as an In
strument in solving our economic
problems. We are not in a posi-
ton to wait thousands Of years
more for it to prove its ability
to save US economically. The first
requisite to a solution Of our
problems, then, is to cast from
our minds the debris of the Adam
: Smith philosophy Of rugged indi'
vidualism.
an answering your question /
am not willing to compromise by
yielding in the least to q system
that has worked with such con-
sistent failures. To rise from the
ashes of the past we must build
up NEW STRUCTURE, unen-
numbered with accumulated debris
of black, dismal, re-occuring fail
ures. We must start from the
FOUNDATION Of a new struc-
ture, and wisely decide that It
would be futile to build upon the
SUNKEN PIERS Of an obsolete
and discredited economic patch
work.
PRODUCTION FOR USE al
embodied in a COOPERATIVE
COMMONWEALTH is the onl!
rational system to which we caI
turn safely. It's noteworthy sue
cess amidst the wreck of tn
time during which cooperation
has valiantly struggled is it
strongest challenge to the con
temporaneous system Of capitalism
Capitalism! With its spasmo
die spurts and cataclysmic break
downs!! And politics, with it
equally futile and pitiful pallis
tives. Based upon actual accom-
plishments, it is indeed restful I
our troubled care to compare th
two. Having suffered so muc
under the planless and objective
less. economic order, the marc
toward a fuller life by the roui
of production for use is profounC
ly impressive!
cit bosoms the promise Of
much happier and freer life
come. It's successes are prove
and lend a very substantial aspe,
to the movement. WE KNOW
WORKS SUCCESSFULLY. w
know it works smoothly; its geal
mesh quietly. It's infiltration I'M
the lifeblood of our econom
structure is accomplished with
minimum Of friction. The tar
sition is almost impreceptible.
cts ways are the ways q
peace. It has a substantial PR
gram with an alluring deflnit'
Continued on page fOurl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
SENIOR LEAVES FOR MEXICO

CHICAGO - (LSP) Clarence
Senior, who recently resigned as
the national executive secretary
Of the Socialist party because Of
Ill health, left last week for Mex
leo. A number Of organizations
have appointed him their Mexi-
can representative to keep them
informed Of developments.
He was given a sendoff at a
farewell banquet attended hv se-
veral hundred people. Tribute was
paid him for his successful eF-
forts to rebuild the Socialist
party. Hundreds Of messages ev.
pressed regret at bis loavine
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
COST OF PRODUCTION
CONTEST AROUSES INTEREST
By CHAs D. EGLEY, Manages,
Farmers Union Live Stock Com
mission. South st. Paul, Minn'
and West Fargo, N D.

Last spring the Farmers Union
Live Stock Commission, South st.
Paul, Mimi, and West Fargo, n u
put on a contest to determine
WHAT is the cost of production!
How high must the price of farm
products be if they are to cover
cost of production? Cost Of pro-
duction to be figured, Of course, as
anv accountant would figure it
for any business institution, in
Guiding all items such as taxes,
depreciation, interet, etc., and
last but not least, wages for the
farmer himself high enough to
give him a decent standard OF
living.
The result was figures that
showed farm prices needed to be
considerable higher to bring such
returns than most people antici-
pated. Following that the Famers
Union Live Stock Commission, So
St Paul, Mimi, and West Fargo,
N D started another contest of
fering three prizes, $500 for the
first, $1,000 for the second, and
$500 for the third, for the best
essay answering the question:
How can farmers get such cost
of production prices? The an
swer to that question seemed es'
peeially hard to the writer wher
we consider the millions on relie1
who cannot pay such prices, ant
! that those people fortunately 81
tuated so that they can pay arr
too small in number to CONSUME
all that farmers now produce.
We are now announcing the win
ners of this last contest: HOY
Can Farmers Get Cost Of PrOduc
tion?:
First prize went to Mrs. E
Ritenour, Conrad, Montana. Sc
cond prize went to Mr. Georg
Ross, Garrison, N D, and thir
prize to Mrs. William Coltol
Havre, Montana, and we al
printing below the prize winnin
article:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04

Underscoring the now chronic
U S crop crisis is the stagnatlon
of cotton exports.
The 1886 crop is 1919 greater
than last years, but exports are
now nearly half a million bales
behind this time last year. So
negligible have u S cotton ex-
ports become that they no longer
affect prices in the world market:
Egyptian, South American and
for the first time European price
quotations influence the interna-
tional flow of cotton more than
U S prices.
Ironically, only the two 1886
drouth waves saved the cotton
belt from new crisis of overprO-
duction. With a crop of normal
yield, the continued sag in ex-
ports beyond even the sickly 1885
figure would have glutted mar
kets and sent cotton prices tail
spinning below the &c danger-line
again.
Thus bankruptcy for the mil
lions of cotton-cultivating fami-
lies is the prospect if ever crop
abundance returns. Barring the
introduction of planned econo-
my" along lines suggested in the
New Republic by John L. Lewis
. to multiply mass purchasing pow
er, poverty for the farmer looms
as the inevitable consequence OF
agricultural abundance.
Chief victims of the droutt
were Texas and Oklahoma-twc
richest cotton producing states II
the country. Texas is the state
said to be ideally adapted to the
: Rust mechanical cotton picker.
Crop failure in the rich south
west has eased the impact of thu
J. export crisis. Preventing the crol
from attaining normal yield, i
4 has precipitated a shortage
price boom.
Rising cotton prices have al
ready forced textile prices up
ward. Rejecting this, clothin
Al manufacturers have announce
4 price increases as a New Year
d gift to the low-income consumes
&c ByproductS Of Gotten are cotton
u seed oil-widely used as q foo
rs ingredient-and cottonseed meal
" used az a livestock feed. Shol
ct supplies Of both are furtherin
w the current skyrocketing Of foo
m livestock and livestock produ'
10 prices. So urban consumers ma
IL expect 70 share fully In the 49,
griets Of the cotton farmer.
Only solution to the cote
~ crisis would seem to be replac
=, ~ ment Of former export demand |
~ increased internal demand. slim
-; ~ lated by increased purchasi1
Az A.U power for u s ware earners. T.
20 current price initiation. tvpic
tii0 running ahead Of insufficie
=. :. wage advances, minimizes ii
-ne possibility. AS forecast by tt
= column last autumn, the priC
~ raising policy Of the steel trU
, ~ has forced all manufacturers
- steel's customers-to follow su
"a Chief victim has been the wa
Garner. Pay envelope purchase
as power has failed to rise with
w recovery movements price inf
MY ton.
uc- A permanent bar to cotton
the port revival is seen in Japa
ion determination to absorb MOI
its China, to tack It on to Manchu
on and to transform both rich ag
ism rian regions into a new imper
mo- cotton belt. Japan, formerly lie,
81 ing U S cotton customer, n
;4c purchases only negligible amou
l;o here. U s acquiescence in
az, face Of Japan's imperial exp
- sion in Asia has certainly
+lo aided the cotton farmers. Wa
,,cb ington's policy might have b,
i've different IL Morgan millions W
arch al SVaAe.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
Overseas Won't Buy us.
Cotton Output, Ameri-
can Workers Can't
Bv ELIOT JANEWAY

Federated Press Financial Writer
Underscoring the now chronic
U S crop crisis is the stagnation
of cotton exports.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
RIOT 5 FEARED
AS zAM0RA
IS0USTED

MADRID, April 8. U.NS)'
Amid military precautions to pre-
vent political rioting, q moderate
leftist, Don Diego Martinez-Ba
today became the second president
Of the Spanish republic.
Troops guarded his home, the
presidential palace where Niceto
Alcala Zamora, ouSted president,
remains, and the Cortes (parlia-
ment) which voted Zamora out
Of office yesterday.
AS president of the CorteS, Mar.
tinez-Barrio automatically became
provisional president for the so
days until q successor can be
named,
A number Of electors equal to
the members of the Cortes will be
chosen by popular vote, and they,
with the CorteS, will form the
presidential electoral college.
Charges that Alcala Zamora
was slowing up the republican
revolution" following the second
leftwing victory in the Cortes
elections lay behind his over.
throw. The leftist coalition, of
which he was once q leader, ex-
PEELED him by 238 to 5 votes, on
the specific ground that his dis.
solution Of the previous Cortes
was unconstitutional.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
Rent Rise, Boom
In BuiIdinqS Seen

NEW ORLEANS, La, April 8
G.N.SJ. - Phenomenal rises in
rents, increasing values Of real es-
tate and then a building boom
were predicted for the cities Of
the United States ''in the rela-
lively near future" by Roy Wenz-
lick, consultant to the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards,
and president Of the Real Estate
Analysts, Inc, in an address given
here.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
A GRAND THRIFT SHOP
EASTER BUY!
Printed Chiffon
DRESS S
7.95

You'll start wearing these lovely chif-
fons Easter Sunday-and you'll 60
right on wearing them until the leaves
come tumbling down in the fall. The
prints are stunning flower designs on
the new light backgrounds. And there
is even a group of dotted chiffons on
navy or brown grounds! Every dress
has well-made costume slip to match.
Sizes IA to 20-38 to 4444-16h to 241s.
Third FlOOr-Thrift Shop
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
u. 5. CONTROL
OF COAL ISSUE
INC0NGRESS
International News Service

International News Service
Federal regulation of the BIZ
luminous coal industry loomed as
major issue in the Seventy
fifth Congress today as Senator
Guffey CD of Pennsylvania re-
asserted his intention Of pressing
through his soft coal program.
Despite two failures, Guffey
predicted his present program will
be enacted into law.
He declared:
"The final draft of the new
bill is being studied by the
various Government depart
ments to make sure that it cir
cumvents the objections of the
original law which was invali-
dated by the Supreme Court,
and / expect it to pass the
Senate within so days after its
nLrOuuCLlOn.
IN FORCE EIGHT MONTHS
Guffey's original bill, which
created a little NRA for the soft
coal industry, became law on Au-
gust 80, 1885, but was thrown out
as unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court on May 18, 1886.
Backed by the United Mine
Workers, Guffey soon introduced
revised measure which dropped
the provisions for regulation of
hours and wages of miners in the
soft-coal industry, the principal oh"
lection of the court.
This bill, however, after passing
the House, was defeated in the
Senate by Senator Holt CD of
West Virginia, who lead a fill
buster against it in the closing
hours of the last session.
Holt contended that without the
labor provisions the revised
measure failed to benefit soft-coal
laborerS, and that it would create
Soft-coal, price-fiXing combine
among the operators.
Holt Again Foe
Holt who broke with the mine
workers over the issue, has served
notice that he will again contest
the revised bill unless it contains
hours and wage provisions for the
industry.
To this, Guffey said:
Labor in the coal industry is
Fundamentally supporting this
measure. UnquestiOnably there
is bitter disappointment because
of the denial by the Supreme
Court of that right to protection
which labor regards as inaIien-
able, but believing that the re-
vised bill embOdies all that can
be presently obtained, labor
urges the necessity of immedi-
ate enactment of such a meas.
ure." E.,
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
2, 2. CROSSING
ACCIDENTS DIP

Fewer persons lost their lives
in accidents at highWay-railroad
grade crossings in September, this
wear, than in any month since
last March, according to the
Safety Section of the Association
of American Railroads.
Fatalities in September totaled
113, a reduction of five compared
with the preceding month and a
reduction of 81 compared with
the same month last year. In
March, this year, there were 102
fatalities.
Persons injured in grade cross
ing accidents in September to-
tailed 383, a reduction of seven
compared with the same month
last year. The number of acci-
dents in September totaled 800
compared with 300 in September,
1885.
Fatalities resulting from high
way-railroad grade crossing acci-
dents in the first 9 months this
wear totaled lao compared with
1.127 in the same period one year
ago, or an increase of 13. Persons
injured in the 9-months period of
1885 totaled 1926 compared with
3,O95 one year ago. The total
number of accidents at such cross
ings in the first 9 months of 1886
was 2,803, an increase of 203 com
pared with the same period one
year ago.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
STOCKS EXTEND
GAINS ST00VER
; POINTS
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, DeC. ZZ N4.N.OJ .
The stock market improved
today, extending earlier gains to
more than 8 points.
CopperS, steelS, rails and motors
were early favorites joined later
by oils and several blue chips.
Expectations of a further in
crease in red metal prices brought
gains of almost 4 points in
American Smelling, more than 2
in Anaconda and Cerro De Pasco,
and better than a point in In
ternational Nickel and Kennecott.
Calumet & Hecla gained nearly
a point in the lower-priced
bracket.
Chrysler snapped back more
than 2 points and General Mo
tors half as much. Bethlehem
jumped 2 and U. S. Steel more
than /, while Atchison, New
Haven preferred, Great North
ern, Southern Pacific and North
ern Pacific in the rails each ad-
Vanced a point or more.
Texas. Corp. led oils upward
with a jump of close to 2 points
into new high ground. Westing-
house gained slightly more on
improved earnings for the IL
months to November 30. Ameri-
can Telephne also jumped 2
points along with Western
Union.
Bonds moved regularly higher
under the lead of second-grade
rail liens.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
COTTON STEADY
AT LOW LEVEL

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.S).
Cotton held steady at around open
ing levels, below the previous close.
In a quiet market featured
by no important outside factors,
traders made minor adjustments
in their positions and awaited de-
velopments on several issues that
may affect the staple.
Operatives, Liverpool, the South
and commission houses sold. On
the buying side, trade demand at
the lower prices now prevailing
took quantities of cotton. Wall
Street, wire houses, and the Far
East also bought. Scattered hedge
selling and liquidation of distant
months revealed only fair support
for these positions.
With the English labor situation
settled, trade interest was focused
on the Government loan cotton
that is to be released in January
on hitherto unannounced terms.
Towards noon prices held near
the opening. March was 1915, off
2; May 1904, off 3; July 11.96,
off 2; October 11.58, off 6.
The Washington times., 1936-12-22
MESTA TO PAY
YULE BONUS

Completing the most success
full year in it's history, Mesta Ma
chine Company of Pittsburgh has
announced that a Christmas bonus
will be paid to all Salaried en-
ployes. 49,,
Those who have been with the
company nine months or longer
will receive a payment Of two
months salary while those en-
ployed since April Of this year
will receive bonuses proport1onate
to their length of service. The
bonus payment will aggregate ap-
proximately $135,00O.
All employees receiving an hourly
wage we're granted a pay increase
November 16, averaging approx
mately 10 per cent.
Approximately $500 employees
the largest number ever employed
at the Mesta Machine plant, will
share in either the bonus diStribu-
ton or the pay increase. At the
start of this year the payroll num-
bered approximately 5000 as COM
pared with 897 on January l, 1888.
Lorenz Iversen, president of the
company, stated that the bonus
paid is compensation for overtime
and extraordinary efforts by sal
aried employees in handling the
large volume of business during
the year. Skilled employees on an
hourly wage have been working on
a bonus system whereby they have
received extra payment in addi-
ton to overtime compensation.