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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
Snowstorms, Floods and Fire in
Western States Endanger Lives
Colorado and Oregon Scene q
Devastating Forest Fire
and SnowstOrm
LONE STAR STATE FLooDED

AS damages from flooding streams
continued to endanger lives in the
lower part of Texas, death from an
early season snowstorm in Colorado
mounted Tuesday night to is.
Damage to power lines and trees
was counted in the millions of dol
lars.
Clear skies were reported over
eastern Colorado as worlme1 began
gathering tree limbs from the streets
and hundreds of public utilities line
men worked to restore power and
telephone service disrupted by the
heavy wet snow.
Principal storm damage was to
trees and shrubbery in Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and other
eastern Colorado towns. In Denver
alone the tree loss to property own
ers was estimated at $4,000, 900 and
to city park property, 81 100000.
Smoking, crumbled ruins were
all that remained of Bandon, Ore,
in the wake of devastating forest
FIRE that swept through the town,
leaving 1900 residents homeless.
Seven persons persisted as the flames
spread through most of the heavily
timbered region in the southwestern
part of the state.
Heavy rains in Ashe county Tues
day, and Tuesday night, and We'd
nesday caused streams here to cover
many acres of low lands and con-
tinue to rise.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
BARE'S FAIR STORE IS
STAGING FALL EVENT.

Bare's Fair store, of this city, is
gaining a wide reputation for values
through careful buying of its mer-
chandise and it's willingness to trim
profits and build volume sales.
In this issue of The Skyland Post,
the firm lists many values that are
timely with shoppers who must sup
ply their fall needs, and who feel
the necessity for saving wherever
possible. Read the advertisement,
and then give the firm a visit of in
spection. A general line of everyday
needs are carried in a wide range to
suit all requirements.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
MEN FOUND GUILTY IN
BLACK LEGION MURDER

Eleven members of the Black
Legion were convicted late
Tuesday in Detroit of plotting
the lynching which exposed the
existence of the secret terrorist
society with its dreams of a
moral and political dictatorship.
Seven. of the band were con-
victed of first degree murder in
the roadside execution" last
May IL of Charles A. Poole, a
verdict which carries with it a
mandatory sentence of life i'm
prisonment. The other four were
convicted of second degree muir
der. They may be sentenced for
any term Of years up to or in
Guiding life, in the discretion of
the court.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
Fletcher Elected to
National Labor Post
N. C. State Labor Commissioner
Receives international
Recognition

Major A. L. Fletcher received a
signal honor last week when he was
elected president of the Information
al Association of Governmental La
Dor Officials at meeting held in
Topeka, Kansas. Major Fletcher
succeeds in office, A. w. Crawford,
of Ontario, Canada.
Major Fletcher, who is the North
Carolina Commissioner of Labor, is
son of Rev. j. F. Fletcher, beloved
Baptist minister in this section of
the state. Major Fletcher was born
on the farm that is now the site of
West Jefferson, and he is known to
hundreds in the county as just plain
Arthur"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
MethOdists to Hold
Epworth Training
Meetings to Be Held in Various
Churches; Name Board
of Managers

The Methodist young people of
the county will engage in an Ep-
worth Training Conference next
week beginning at 7:30 o'clock on
Monday night, October Sat Lansing,
and closing at Grassy Creek on
Thursday night Mrs. c.. G.. Adams,
of Bessemer City, N. c., will be the
instructor. A continuous course of
study will be followed, during the
conference, on the work of the
young peoples division in the
church.
On Tuesday night the conference
will meet at Warrensville and at
Jefferson on Wednesday night. Miss
A. Green and Miss Maud Patton of
Lansing, Mr.. W. H. Jones and Miss
Eura Weaver of Warrensville, Miss
Irene ElIer of Clifton, Mrs. w. G..
Little, Miss Mary Carolyn Price and
Miss Anne Worth of Jefferson, Mr..
Howard Stanley of Smethport, Miss
Julia Hager and Miss Helen Sexton
of Grassy Creek, Miss Lilis Huck of
BALDWIN and the Methodist preachers
in the county have ben named as a
board of managers for the confer
ence.
A three-day conference was held
at jefferson last November in which
sixty were enrolled. This year a
novel plan of meeting in new place
each night, and, thus, rotating the
session, is being followed.
The conference is being sponsored
by the Ashe county Young Peoples
union and has been approved by the
general board of Christian education
of the Methodist church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
Ashe Post Wins Cup
for Gain i'm Members
Handsome Silver Loving Cup Is
Displayed by Ashe County
World War Veterans

Member of the Ashe County
American Legion Post are delighted
with their having been awarded a
handsome silver loving cup as re-
ward for having reported the largest
increase in membership for any
Class D. posts in the state for 1886.
The cup is on display in the win
dows of the Ray Drug Store. The
name of the post and the date is in
scribed on the cup. Members of the
post are anxious for all veterans in
the county to visit the city and in
spect the cup.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
Doughton Vindicates
/ New Deal at Big Rally
in Lansing Saturday
Hash Declares Himself Against
Increased Taxation; Farmer
Bob Compares '33 to SO
CLYDE HOEY rs LAUDED

2 Representative r.. L. Doughton
opnened his campaign in Ashe coun-
ty at Lansing Saturday night with a
stirring appeal for party harmony
and loyalty and vindication of the
criticisms being hurled at the New
Deal. He spoke to a capacity house
On the platform with Mr.. Dough-
ton were j. B. Hash, candidate for
the legislature; L P. Coward, candi-
date for reelection to the office OF
register of deeds; and w. E. Miller,
candidate for sheriff. All three made
brief remarks.
Mr.. Hash took occasion to answer
the reports that he approved of an
increase in taxation for the county.
He declared that he. did not favor
and would not vote for any increase
of taxes for schools or any other
purposes. Mr.. Hash's announcement
was received with applause.
County Chairman Ira T. Johnston
presided over the meeting which was
opened with prayer by Rev. Ezekiel
BlevinS. Among some of the older
Democrats in the county who spoke
briefly were F. L. Coward, J. j.
Thomas, and ]. M. Morphew.
Speaker Praises HOey
Mr.. Doughton followed his open
ing plea for party harmony and
unity by delivering tribute to
Clyde Hoey, democratic nominee for
Governor of the state. He believed
that all the candidates in the recent
ly hard-fought primary were good
men and would have done honor to
the office to which they aspired, but
he declared that Mr.. Hoey is the
equal of any man who has been
Governor of North Carolina since it
wastmade into state, and he point
ed with pride to the party record in
the state.
Advancement of Agriculture
The speaker divided his speech in
to sections, citing definite figures to
show the progress made during the
Roosevelt administration as compar-
ed to the dark days in 1888 at the
end of the Hoover regime.
He gave figures showing that the
farm income of the nation had in
creased during the past four years
unders Roosevelt from less than
thirty billion dollars to over fifty
billion. He praised the efforts of the
farmer and spoke of the many help
full acts that had been passed with
his welfare in mind.
Decrease of Bank Failures
''From 5000 bank failures under
President Hoover" said Mr.. Dough-
ton, ''the Roosevelt Administration
takes pride in the record of only 30
bank failures and in those thirty,
not a single depositor lost cent OF
money" He considered the Banking
Act one of the greatest boons to the
poor man who has never heretofore
been given a guarantee Of safety for
his money deposited in the bank.
Increase in Employment
Six million more people are en-
ployed in 1886, according to figures
than were employed in 1888, when
Mr.. Roosevelt took office. The wages
are higher and compare favorably
with the fifty and seventy five cents
per day paid then. The working
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-01
Lansing to Play ChiIhOwie

Lansing High School will play the
strong Chilhowie High School foot
ball team Friday at Chilhowie in its
third game of the season. After be-
ing defeated in their first game, the
Lansing boys last week held the
strong Crossnore team to scoreleSs
tie in the conference opener. The
boys are seeking a win Friday, so a
good game can be expected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
NEW EDUCATIONAL
 SECTIONS PROPOSED
 BY ALASKA DELEGATE

On January ', Ec-tgate A. J. Di- m ono introduced H. R. 9868, to amend the first section of the Act reserving lands for educational uses in Alaska.
 The original Act provides that when the public lands of the Terri .ory are surveyed, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each town ship should be reserved from sale or settlement for the support of the common schools in Alaska and sec tions numbered thirty-three in the townships in the Panama Valley should be reserved for the agricultur- al college and school of mines. now known as the University of Alaska.
 This amendment will, if approved, make reservations of sections num- bered thirty three in each township throughout the Territory for the support of the University, instead of limiting the reserved land to that in the Panama Valley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
ANDREW TOSS o1 YEARS OLD
 ON SATURDAY
Founder of Puget Sound Towing Industry Nearly
 Half Century in Seattle

A birthday partly will be held in Seattle tomorrow, January 25, i'll honor of Andrew Foss, a pioneer of the Pacific Northwest and one of the founders of the huge Puget Sound towing industry, and known in Juneau.
 MT. Foss has made maritime his tory on Puget Sound. In 1895 he built 21-foot tugboat powerec with naptha engine of one and one-half horsepower, which was used to tow sailboats when they were becalmed and sometimes to shift scows up the shallow sloughs where other craft could not go, and nearly forty-four years later he built the pride of the Foss fleet, the Arthur Foss, a sea-going tug l20 feet long, equipped with TOO horse power diesel engine.
 The latter vessel has a cruising radius of 10000 miles. She is not merely a towing machine, but has automatic refrigeration, moisture proof food containers, oil burning ranges, hot and cold showed baths, hot water heat. a galley as modern IS that on a passenger ship, and the latest radio equipment.
 One of the most spectacular feats ever achieved by MT Foss was the launching of the State of Wash ington with steam up and the wheel turning.
 MT Foss was born in Christiana, now Oslo, Norway on January 25, 1855 Beginning his marine career at the age. of IT, he sailed on many ships before he arrived at Quebec from Liverpool in 1879. After sev- eral years in St. Paul and Minne- apolis, he arrived in Tacoma in 1888, a year before the big Seattle fire
 Although lie is hale and hearty as his 81st birthday approaches, the business of the Foss company is now in charge of MT Foss' three sons, c. Arthur Foss and Wedell Foss of Seattle. and Henry Foss of Tacoma. Fred Berg, a nephew, is. in charge of operations in Port An geles.
 The motorship Andrew Foss, with it's tow, the oil barge Foss 100, is regular visitor to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
SUPERVISION WILL WRITE HAND BOOK

Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, noted Arctic explorer, recently called on Delegate A. J. Dimond in Washing ton, D. C., and discussed the con- nection of the work he is now engaged in with his northern ex- perience He explained that he has been commissioned by the War Department to compile handbook of information for Army use on living in the North.
 Dr. Stefansson's experiences as given in his lectures and books have done much to correct many old established falacies S. as to the means of avoiding and meeting emergencies in the extreme cold It is understood that his selection for this work was made on a rlon- competitive basis, because he is the only man capable, of giving direct information on this subject.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
F.PERATR0vICH
 IN HOUSE RAGE
President of Semers Group Seeks Democratic
 Nomination

Frank Peratovich, President of the West Coast Seiners Associa tion and formerly Mayor of Klawock for several years, today filed his can- didacy for Democratic nomination to the Territorial House of Repre- ,entatives with Clerk of Court Rob- ert E. Coughlin.
 MT. Peratovich came to Juneau from Klawock two months ago, and is now connected with the EZRA offices. He is past president Of the Klawock chapter of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and is a mem Der of the advisory board of Wran- gell Institute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
|B. M. BEHRENDS CO.,, Inc. Leading Depmment Store
 

Association to safeguard the trol-- ling industry in Southeast Alaska.
 H R. 9275, to permit the entry of mining claims in Glacier Bay Ma tional Monument, Such entry has heretofore been prohibited by the reservation contained in the procla. nation of the President establish ing the Monument in 1925.
 Elfin Cove Improvement
 House Joint Resolution 40, is t. authorize preliminary eXamina- ton of Elfin Cove, near Port AL thorp, with view to the improve ment of it's harbor facilities.
 House Joint Resolution All, is to authorize a similar examination, and for the same purpose. at Unga
 Private bills were introduced by the Delegate for the relief of the following Alaska residents, each of whom suffered disallowance of com pensation while acting as postmaster during the period following the death Of the postmaster, to the date of the appointment of the succeed ng postmaster, at the offices in which they served:
 Mrs. Anna LeaK, at Gulkana; Mrs Carrie R. Samms, at Kotzebue; Ga 
 len B Fry. at Richardson.
 The necessity for these bills re. suited from legal limitations placed on the General Accounting Office which prevented allowance of tn, accounts when presented by the Pos Office Department.
 A private bill was also introduce, to authorize the reimbursement 0 Sam Romack for the loss of hi gas boat which was sunk by tn Coast Guard Patrol boat Morri: while maneouvering during a storr at Seward last September.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24

SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
CONGRESS GETS ALASKA BILLS
 FROM DIM0ND
Seven Measures, Two House Joint Resolutions
 Introduced

WASHINGTON, Jan. il.-tSpec- ial Correspondence) - Seven bills and two House Joint Resolutions affecting Alaska and residents of the Territory were introduced by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond when the second session of the Seventy fourth Congress convened on Jan uary 3. Among these, the follow ing bills are of general interest:
 H. R. 9274, authorizing the Ter- ritorial Legislature to alter, amen or repeal certain laws of Alaska im- posing taxes for carrying on busi- ness and trade. The introduction of this measure is in harmony with the recommendation of Senate Joint Resolution No. g, passed by the Ter ritorial Legislature.
 Herring Measure
 H. R. 9474, bill to provide thai after July l, 1886, not more thar thirty per centum of the herring taken from Alaska waters south c! 59 degrees north latitude and cas- of l37 degrees west longitude shal be used for other purposes thar food or for bait to be used in th' taking of food fish. This bill wa; requested by the Alaska Troiier
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
KETCHINAN MASONS
 HOLD INSTALLATION

The annual installation of officers of the Ketchikan Masons was held recently with the following taking their positions: w. B. King, worship ful master; w. K. Wikstrom, senior warden; pr. w. E. Peterson, junior warden; M. s. Dobbs, treasurer; R.. G. Hall, secretary; Dr. G. E. Dickin- son, chaplain; Axel Osberg, marshal; i; Clifford Johnson, senior deacon; E. B. Houghtaing, junior deacon; B. A. Wig, senior steward; Kenneth Carl son, junior steward; Dr. R. V. Ellis, organist and vagn A. H. Rydeng, tyler.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
COMPENSATION FOR MOTHER
 IS ADVOCATED
Juneau Man Pens Book Urging Nat. Healthy
 Babies Plan

A plan to provide monetary con-
 pensation to every American citi-
 zen living within the Continental
 United States or Alaska at the time
 of conception and birth of a child,
 has been formulated and published
 n pamphlet form by H. E. L. Pell-
 green, author, of this city. P
 Copies of this pamphlet have been Iserlt to Dr. Morris Fishbein, head of the American Medical Association
 Arthur Brisbane, and various other persons of authority, all of whom
 have replied promising further re- bort on their reactions, it is reported
 Briefly told, the plan offers a method to take care of mothers from
 the time of conception to the time Eof childbirth and for a reasonable period thereafter, enabling them to Iget proper foods, medicine and a doctors advice and assistance" this to be accomplished by funds gath tered through National Lottery and, Tor by, Sweepstakes Tickets on horse
 traces" Na-aa
 | According to information contain
 ed in the pamphlet, the total pay
 ment- S500-will be distributed in | the following fashion.
 The first cost, s2O, for "a physical land medical examination, including a blood test, which must be made be- fore the event of pregnancy | $100 for care of both mother and baby" by the doctor.
 1 $50 allowance to pay nurse for 10 days service
 $50 to be paid to the family i'm mediately after the baby is born. The remaining sum to be paid semi-annually, $50 every six months. Administration of Compensation would be handled says MT. Pell- green, by the United States Gov fernrnent through it's postoffices. An administrator" he suggests, could be installed in each office, who would do nothing except check each case as reported to him, and pay all bills directly upon the first of the month"
 It is advocated by MT. Pellgreen that both the National Lottery and the Sweepstakes Tickets be owned operated, and controlled by the Unit ed States Government, and held as often as deemed necessary by the head of the Department"
 The pamphlet ends with the fol- lowing appeal:
 Everybody wno would rather see three or four billions of dollars used annually, for this plan, than see it go to- Foreign countries for lottery and sweepstakes tickets, and lost to the various rackets here at home; every woman who has had. or who wants to have a baby to love and care for, a baby of her own, and also wants all those things that will help her when help is really needed; every man who loves his wife and realizes what she suffers that he may see his image in baby; every man who has sym pathy for the mother who suffered 1 that he might have life; every phy- sician and nurse who would like to be paid guaranteed for their scien- tific assistance witt h the Blessed Event, all (every one) should de- tach, fill-in, and mail to their Con- gressman, the petition which is in- [ cluded in this pamphlet"
 The book is copyrighted by Harry E. Lauder, well-known in Juneau. |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT A. M.

. Ketchikan cloudy 
 30 Juneau Airport foggy 29 Skagway clear partly cloudy 36 Fairbanks Nllato Kaltag cloudy cloudy 34; Mccarthy, cloudy, 30
 WEATHER SYNOPSIS
 prevailed this morning the north Pac fife while high Valley the being 3070 distribution precipitation field observation cloudy to cloudy weather generally reported
  reported of 2 above and Washington above.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
II. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU
 . THE WEATHER s
tBy the U. s. Weather Bureau

vicinity beginning pm,
 tonight coudiness possibly winds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
MRS. HELEN MODER
 GIVES TEA TODAY

Members of the Ladies' Altar So- ciety were the guests this afternoon of Mrs. Helen Moder, proprietor of the Juneau Coffee Shoppe, who en- tertained them at charming tea at 3:30 o'clock in her establish ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
Storey Is to Put
 His Hat in Ring

CORDOVA, Alaska, Jan 24-Roy J. Storey, Assistant Construction of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, has an-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24

Still standing near Pensacola, Fla, is a forest of liveoaks planted 100 years ago by the administration of President John Adams to produce timber for naval ships.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24

nounced he will file as a Republi- can candidate for Territorial High way Engineer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-20
Cavalry Team
In Action

The heavily favored Third Cav
airy Fellows. of Fort Myer, get
back into action today in the
Southeastern Circuit polo tourna-
ment now in progress at West
Potomac field. The Fellows, who
trounced the Maryland Polo Club
so handily last week, meet the
10th Field Artillery Four, of
Baltimore, at 4 p. m. at West
Potomac.
Fauquier-Loudoun, Of Middle
burg, Va, went down to defeat
before the Sixteenth Field Artil-
lery team, Of Fort Myer, in yes
terday'S attraction, 8 to Z.
The Virginians gave their op-
ponents a five-goal handicap, and
before it was over, found it too
difficult an item to overcome. A
crowd of about 1000 lined the
field.
The nearest the Virginians
came to overcoming this margin
was in the fifth chukker when
Howard Fair scored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-20

Since the Fordham Flash took
command of the Cards, the st.
LouiSanS have won an overwhelm-
ing majority of these Sunday bar
gain. bills. especially. those
played in SportSman's Park in
st. Louis.
BY taking both ends Of yester-
days twin bill with the Boston
Bees in st. Louis the Cards cut
the Chicago Cubs National
League lead to a single game.
While the Cards were licking the
Bees twice. the Cubs were gain
ing no better than an even split
with the Phillies. Charley
Grimm's men haven't been nearly
as successful as the FriSch
charges in getting by these
ble-haZard affairs.
The Cards won by scores Of 8
to / and to q. Jesse HaineS,
43-year-old vet, allowed one hit
in six and two-third innings Of
relief hurting to give the Cards
the nightcap. Jim Winford
hurled them to an easy win in
the opener. Joe Medwick, ST..
Louis leftfielder, had q perfect
afternoon at bat with Z straight
hits.
In Chicago, the Cubs took the
opener-an IL inning affair-by
a 2-to-1 score. Bucky Walter
walked Pinch Hitter Ken O'Dea
with the bases loaded to force in
the winning run. The PhillieS
took the nightcap, 4 to l, with
Claude Passeau limiting tn e
champs to four hits as his mates
were collecting nine off Larry
French and Tex Carleton.
The third National League
doubleheader saw the New York
Giants splitting with the Cincin.
natl Reds. The Giants took the
first game 4 to 3, and the Reds
the second. 3 to 2. Both con
tests were decided by ninth in
ming rallies.
In the senior loops one single
game the Brooklyn Dodgers
downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4
to 2, thanks to a wild toss by
Pitcher Cy Blanton in the sixth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-20

inning which enabled two Brook
Ign players to score.
Doubleheaders also predimin-
ated along the American League
front.
The league-leading New York
Yankees wound up their third
home stand Of the season by
dividing with the st. Louis
Browns. The Yanks took the
opener, 1913. behind Red Ruff
fling. but dropped the finale,
81, behind Lefty Gomez. Lou
Gehrig hit his twenty-Seventh
and twenty-eighth home runs
one in each game.
Fine pitching by Kennedy and
Cain enabled the Chicago White
Sox to take two games from the
Philadelphia Athletics, lis. and
80, and extended their winning
streak to eight game. The Ath-
letics have now lost seven
straight.
The Boston Red Sox beat De-
troit II to 3, driving Lynwood
(Schoolboy Rowe from tn e
mound with q 16-hit assault.