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The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
WPA EMPLOYEES WILL BE
PLACED ON CIVIL SERVICE

WASHINGTON, D. C. = Amid
the storm of charges of politics in
relief, administrative employees OF
the WPA will be placed on civil SER
vice February l, it has been an
nounced.
In asking congress for a supple
mental appropriation of $3.50, 0O0,-
600 to carry work relief to next
June, the President recommended
strict legislation imposing penalties
for improper practices" in relief.
The President, however, asked
that the present program of admin
istration be continued for the rest
of the fiscal year to prevent dis
ruption of the work under way He
suggested hearings and careful con-
sideration before changing the ad-
ministrative policy.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he is opposed
to turning administration of relief
over to local boards, as suggested in
some quarters, and said anyone pro-
posing such a method is either in
sincere or ignorant of the realities
of local American politics.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
LIQUOR OFFICER OPENS
OFFICE AT KETCHIKAN

KETCHIKAN - Jack Davis. ter
ritorial enforcement officer, has op-
ened an office in the Federal build
ing, room 4O3, where he will make
his headquarters until spring. Mr.
Davis had been here numerous times
in connection with his duties, but
this is the first time he has had an
office here
As territorial enforcement officer,
he said today, he not only issues
stamps for liquor, but is empowered
to enforce all territorial laws. Dur
ing last summer, he was the inter-
Tor working on bounty fraud cases
in connection with the transporting
of wolf and coyote pelts from across
the Canadian boundary.
During his stay here, he said, he
not only will sell stamps for liquor
and investigate to see that all liquor
is stamped. but also will make a
check on general conditions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13

Il understand you are counting
the widow. Has she given you any
encouragement"
I'll say she has Last night she
asked me if | snored."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
MINING SUIT INVOLVES
APPROXIMATELY 100000

FAIRBANKS - Attorneys repre-
senting various interests have made
appearances in the suits in the Tn
tied States district court in Fair
banks against the Walkers Fork
Gold Corporation and the Alaska
Gold Dredging Corporation.
Both corporations which mined IN
the Fortymile district had practical
" the same officers. Both concerns
have not operated since 1887.
Suits Involve 100000
Suits for wages, supplies, trans
portation services and taxes involve
approximately 100000.
Charles E. Taylor, has entered ap-
pearanee as attorney for the Terri
tory of Alaska and Territorial
Treasurer Oscar G. Olson in their
suit to collect the 3 per cent gold
tax.
J. G. Rivers represents the Tn
employment Compensation Commits
sion of Alaska, which seeks to col
leet imposts for the unemployment
compensation fund
Appears for N. C.
J. c. Winter has entered appear
ance for the Northern Commercial
Company, which has heavy claims
for supplies.
Julien A. Hurley and Mr.. Winter
represent the Pollack Flying Service
which seeks to collect for air trans
port seyiees: L H VanHook, who is
trying to recover for mining ground
he turned over to the corporations,
and George Monroe, who is suing for
wages.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
Little Murres On Boring Shores
Come Into Life Of Danger, Hardship

J for a while, this viii go on for some
nights, till he gets courage to at
tempt the jump.
There are always a few INJURIES
swimming around below keeping up
their moufnful. plaintiye call. They
seem to be calling the young and
bidding them goodbye. Usually the
young leave during the evening and
night. Sometimes it is rough when
they leave, the breakers going over
them On this cold sea, the little
INJURIES complete their growth from
the struggling fellow to the self-re-
liant, well-feathered bird of full
growth to come back the following
spring, arriving at the open waters
about the end of April coming to
the cliffs about the end of May
But there are other perils that
also menace them. There is the ra-
ven. a large crow-like bird, that
packs eggs nearly all day till the
end of July. The Big SeagulI also
swipes a few eggs.
Prey Of seagulls
When the young murre is ready
to leave the cliffs the big seagulls
wait along the. shores and there are
often young INJURIES that fail to
reach the water, where there are
beaches. The seaguI makes a rush
for them and it is a scramble who is
the quickest. The seaguIl often is
the quickest, and giving the little
murre two or three picks with his
strong bill he kills and deyours it
hurriedly. before another seagull al
so waiting, takes it from him.
Species Of AUX
The murre CT guillemot is a spe-
eies of the aux The head and upper
surface of this bird with the exeep-
ton of the white tips of the second
aries, are dull black, and the under
surface is pure white. The bill is
black, the legs and toes dark brown.
The egg is very large, shaped like
that of a jarganelle pear and the
general color is blush green, with
spots, splashes and streaks of black
and reddish brown. Some are plain
white but no two look alike in their
There is a rookery of these birds
at Bluff, which extends about three
miles east There are about a quar-
ter of a million birds there. Murres
make up the greater part.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13

The Fairbanks News-Miner re-
Gently carried the following story
written by Edna NJ Tucker, Of Bluff,
Alaska.
There are few who know the
courage and bravery Of the little
INJURIES, Matched on the bare rocks
of the cliffs on the northern side
of the Boring Sea. The little murre's
first glimpse Of Alaska comes to-
ward the end of July, when he
cracks his shell, TO find himself on
a tiny ledge or projection Of rock,
a hundred or more feet above where
the breakers of the Boring beat up
on the rocky shore. And here he
stays, clinging To his little rocky
home. lest he be blown or knocked
off by the teeming murre life about
him. Murres are continually leaping
off the cliffs to fish. then to come
flying back with great speed to
land at the desired place. Many miss
it by a few inches, Hopping their
wings wildly while trying to find
a footing, only to fall back.
Here the little murre alternately
shivers during the chilly rainy
spells or swelters during the sunny
days but always his mother is there
to feed and protect him as much as
she can: If he can manage to stay
on the cliff till the second or third.
week in August without being
knocked off, he is probably old
enough to leave his home on the.
cliffs and start the big journey TO-
the Outside. So his mother calls
him on to take the big jump to the
waters below. If he is the courageous
one he does not hesitate but leaps,
fluttering his little wings, which
hardly check his fall Landing with
a splash in the chilly water when he
dives and comes up then obediently
and happily follows his mother OUT
to sea, paying little or no heed toi
the bachelor and spinster INJURIES
that gather around at such times
making a fuss.
Courage Needed
But if he is a timid one, of which
there are some, he Will be afraid to
make the jump, though his mother
will call and coax him, till he slow
ly walks to the edge and looks
down. Getting scared he will turn
and run back and if there is any
crack or hole he will crawl in 1T
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
CATHOLIC CHURCH

January Is. Second Sunday after
the Epiphany.
7s30 "a. m. Communion Mass
10 a m. Parish Mass
Z p. m Rosary and Benediction.
Sunday School after Mass
Wednesday. The Choir of st. Peter
at Rome.
Beginning of the Church Unity
Octave.
Daily Mass at 7:3o a. m.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13

ANY WHITE ELEPHANTS? Sci
them with a Sentinel want adj
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
SALVATION ARMY
Brigadier & Mrs. garruthers

Sunday. 1890 a. m. Holiness
meeting.
2s30 p. m. Young Peoples meet
ing.
1880 p. m Salvation meeting.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
PAGE THREE

o'clock, Mr.. Miles viii give an IL
Illustrated study entitled, Which
Day is the sabbath?a Does the Bible
Tell2 Beautiful hand colored pic
lures Come hear this Question
answered from the Bible
M. L. MILES, Evangelist.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
At the Churches
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
RsV. Russell F. Peterson, Pastor

1920 a. NJ Morning Worship.
"A Daily Vision of Hope"
Il noon. Bible School: Peter
Sees Christ's Glory" study Mat
17:1-1S and John ia.
7:30 p m. Evening Worship:
The Heart of Our World.
Wednesday, 7:30 p. NJ, Prayer
meeting in the Church Parlor.
"Chureh-Going Families Are Hap
pier Families. Link.
Come And Let Us Worship To
gether.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Rev. Arnold Krone
Deacon IN Charge

Second Sunday after the Epiphany
1000 a. m. Church School.
Topic: Peter Sees Christ's Glory.
During the Epiphany Season. the
children are bringing gifts to the
manger.
11:00 a. m. Morning Prayer
Sermon: The Star of Peace.
Psalm So: O Sing unto the Lord
a new song.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS

1899 license plates are ready for
distribution. Car owners are warned
not to operate without the 1899
plates attached. A fine will be i'm
posed for so doing. The new plates
may be secured now at the City
Clerks Office
L. B. CHISHOLM,
City Clerk.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13

ell
Return limit rom March 18th.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13

Sunday, II a. m. Sunday School.
Evening Service. 7s30. Brother
Buchanan viii be the speaker.
Tuesday. 7.30 p. N. Prayer Meet
ing and Bible Study in Mrs.
Naughn's home.
Thursday 100 p. m. Regular
Mfd-Week Question Service.
Come and bring your question
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
PASSENGER LISTS

The following persons have taken
passage from Wrangell in the past
week
Mckinley, Jan. 9 = Mrs. E. j.
Prescott, John Steele, to juneau.
North Coast, Jan. 80 Peters
burg, E. Zehm, Tony Steele. John
Hadland. Claire Lando, Betty Rogers
Mrs. M. Magnussen, Mrs. Zehm, Mrs
A. K. Stensland, Miss Nellie Birch
Father Monroe.
Baranof, Jan. 10 : Everett Petit
crew, Mrs. C. A. Dygert, to Ketchi-
kan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-01-13
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

Sabbath School at $50 Saturday
afternoon in NJ L. Miles ParIor.
You are invited to attend.
Friday night. January 20. at S
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
HELP YOUR SCHOOL,.

The Skyland Posts Ashe c0ur..
ty central high school circulation
campaign and contest is now un-
der way. The students will ap-
preciate your support. Subscribe
or renew with them this month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Winning Exhibitors Must Pre-.
sent Claims to Secretary
During Fair Week.

Judging of exhibits at the Ashe
County Fair will commence on
Wednesday morning, September
q, at II o'clock, it has been an
nounced.
Expert judges from the Exten-
sion Service of State College in
Raleigh will be in charge of this
department and names of exhi-
bitors will not appear on the en-
try tags attached to each exhibit.
Therefore, the judging will be
done on a fair and entirely i'm
partial basis and every one has
an equal chance to win cash and
merchandising prizes.
In order to compete for pre-
miums, it is necessary for all ex-
hibitors make their entries on
,, Tuesday or Wednesday morning
, before II o'clock, the executive
committee of the fair cautions.
"Of course we want you to win
prizes, but most of all we want
you to enter the fair and attend
the fair in order to make it big
success" one member of the COM
mittee stated.
There is only one way to find
out whether or not your pros
pective exhibit is good enough to
win a prize and that is to bring
it to the fair" it was emphasized.
"Ashe county is a great county,
We can, and do raise almost ev-
erything imaginable here and it
will be a great inspiration to
everybody to see the finest pro-
ducts produced in the county, as
we'll as in neighboring counties,
on display at one place.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Everybody Invited To Enter Exhibits In Ashe County Fair
Judging AT The Fair Will
Start Wednesday, IL A. M.

$50 don't hesitate about enter
ing for fear that you will not win
prize. That is not the main
purpose of the fair. That isn't the
reason why public-spirited men
and women of the county are
giving their time and efforts to
put on this event.
"As stated in the preface of
the fair catalogue, the main pur-
poses are to promote and to en-
courage the advancement of
farm crops, livestock raising,
dairying and home-improvement;
second, to provide clean, whole
some entertainment for both
young and old; third to promote
keener spirit of fellowship, &C.
quaintance and understanding
among the people of our county
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
i. S. Tax Income
For Year Given

Government in the U. S.
during the fiscal year 1888 cost
an estimated total of SIT, 100000
900 and took about 21.8 per cent
of the average of the estimated
national income for the calendar
years 1887 and 1888, the treasury
department reported recently.
Tax collections going to meet
this expenditure amounted to
$14,811, 100000, representing $114,-
09 per capita. Property taxes, the
most important single source of
revenue in the United States.
produced $4,745, 100000, not in
Guiding special assessments. Tax
es on corporate income and cor
porate privilege and taxes on
personal income were the next
largest revenue producers.
The corporation taxes, which
include the net income, the CAPT.
tai stock and other corporate
franchise levies brought in ST.
762,O00,00O. The individual in
come tax yielded S1,562,OOO,OOO,
while automotive taxes, the Ii
quor-tobacco group and payroll
taxes produced close to $780,
100000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Dream for Community Club House Has No Been Realized
Women To Have
Stand AT Fair
Woman's Club and Legion
Aux. To Raise Money To
Carry On Programs.

The West jefferson Woman's
Club and the American Legion
Auxiliary, two of the finest or
CARNATIONS in this section,
will have stand at the
Ashe County Fair here next
week.
Members of both organizations
will be in charge of operations
day and night and will appre-
ciate patronage.
They will have sandwiches, hot
dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks
and other good eats for sale.
Profits made during fair week
will be used in carrying forward
their various civic projects.
The Woman's Club, of which
Mrs. A. B. Hurt is president
sponsors the Ashe county public
library and co-operates in a num-
Der of other activities.
The Legion Auxiliary, headed
by Mrs. P. C Wright, president
helps the active Legion post ir
all of its undertakings, co-ope'
rates with other organizations fol
civic betterment, sends food
clothing and money to disabled
soldiers and their families.
Patronize the Woman's Club
Legion Auxiliary stand!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Belk's Keeps
Faith With
The Public

It has been the policy OF the
Belk organization at all times 10
carry large stocks OF merchan-
disc.
The same policy prevails at the
present time, and our buyers
have combed the markets LOT
four months preparing for the
Fall season, which is right on us.
This merchandise has not been
purchased at advanced prices,
but was selected carefully as to
style and quality in very calm
manner during this period. To-
day we have all of our stores
teeming with merchandise.
Goods have been too cheap. The
manufacturers have not been
able to make any money for sew
eral years and have been forced
to sell their goods at prices that
have not netted them a profit.
This whole picture, however, is
changed today. There has been
wild speculation in merchandise.
In some instances prices may
have been advanced all out of
proportion.
However, we wish to state that
it shall be the policy of the Belk
organization not to advance one
item in one of our stores penny
unless we are forced to 60 on the
market to replenish stocks, and
then we will price same in pro-
portion to the purchase price.
w. H. BELK, President,
Advt. Belk's Dept. Store
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
School Field Day
Events Planned
Many Prizes Offered. Will
Take Place 'Du>ing the
Fair Next Friday.

One of the highlights of the
Ashe County Fair will be the
field day for Ashe county
schools.
This athletic program will take
place here on the West Jefferson
ball ground, on Friday morning,
starting at 1890 o'clock, with
Coach Paul Perkins in charge and
assisted by Coach R. w. Morphis,
Prof. George VanHoy, Miss Thel-
ma Shepherd, Mrs. H. D. Cues
senberry and coaches of other
schools.
Individual and group prizes
will be awarded to winners and
all school boys and girls are eli
gible to enter.
Track events for high school
boys include so yard dash, 100
yard dash, high jump, pole vault
ing, and broad jump. For high
school girls, so yard dash, high
jump, three-legged race 1.-TWO
girls from each schooD, basket
ball throw and baseball throw
The school winning tie highest
number of points will receive a
new basketball and second high,
a volley ball.
For the elementary grades and
one and two teacher schools,
prizes are offered boys for so
yard run, sack race, Is yard po-
tato race, three-legged race 1.-TWO
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Be Sure The Ahe
ASHE COUNTY

is the air-conditioned section of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
OF the PARKWAY run through
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Pony Races Here
Friday, Sept. %

One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Ashe County Fair
will be the pony races, staged at
the ball ground here on Friday
at noon, September 20.
All boys and girls IL years old
and under, living in Ashe coun-
ty, are eligible to enter and the
ponies must not be over IA hands
high.
To the winners 60 $500 each;
second, So and third prize, 81.
Gwyn Gambill, Ashe county's
most enthused horse show sports
man, will be in charge and will
be assisted by Earl GRAPHICAL and
Captain George Doggett.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Over $1,000 Is
Offered AS Prizes
In departments
Two New Washing Machines
To Be Given As Grand
Sweepstakes Prizes.
ENTER THURSDAY

Everybody in Ashe County in
particular and those in adjoining
counties who desire to do so are
urged to enter the Ashe Coun-
ty Fair, which will be held here
in the West Jefferson High
School gymnasium, the communi-
ty club house and in tents to be
erected on the adjacent lot be-
longing to Amos GRAPHICAL, next
week, Sept $3.50.
A grand total of over $1,000 in
cash and merchandise are being
offered by merchants, business
and professional men and women
in the Jeffersons and Ashe coun-
ty, as first and second prizes.
Third prize winners will receive
ribbons.
In addition to the individual
entry prizes, grand prizes are be-
ing offered and two grand sweep
stakes prizes for the exhibitors
winning the highest number OF
points in various departments.
The Central Radio Company
here is offering new Easy
Washing machine as a grand
sweepstakes prize for the exhl-
bitor getting the highest number
of points in the following depart
ments-canned goods, culinary,
needlecraft, flowers, art and pho
Biography.
The Ashe Hardware, Inc, will
give a new washing machine to
the exhibitor winning the highest
number of points in these de-
partments: beef cattle, dairy cat
tie. sheep. swine, poultry, draft
horses, mules, farm crops, sheats,
grains and grasses, vegetables
and fruits.
The point system used will be:
first prize winners get three
points: second prize winners two
points and third prize winners,
one point.
These are valuable prizes and
in addition 70 the individual prlz-
es won on each entry, they are
well worth working for and en-
tering several different depart
ments, H. D. Quessenberry, sec
retarv points out.
He also pointed out this week
that it was not necessary for an
exhibitor to send in entry blanks.
"Just bring what you have next
Tuesday and we'll enter 1t for
YOU in the right department. ne
said
He stated that flowers could be
entered on Wednesday morning
before 1920, as we'll as livestock
and few other items that 1t
wasn't possible to be here on
Tuesday.
"All entries must be made by
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
REMODELLING SERVICE STA

The Shell Service Station here,
owned by R. woodward and ope-
rated by Carl Miller, is now be-
ing remodelled. Mr.. Coward is
thinking seriously of moving his
offices into parts of the building
formerly occupied by the Shell
Cnfn
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

Wednesday r4orning, at 1870
o'clock, though, because the judg-
ing will start at II O'clock" he
cautioned.
Mr.. Quessenberry further an
nounced that the large tents in
Continued on Page Eight
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boys from each schooD. For the
girls-5O yard dash, sack race, Is
yard potato race and three-leg-
ged race.
The schools getting the highest
number of points will get: first,
soft ball and bat; second, play
ground ball and third, a ribbon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

A new three-in-one feed mill,
powered by either a one-ploW
tractor or horsepower electric
motor, is especially designed for
use on small farms.
Evening star., 1939-01-18
-Mustufu KemuI

war, 1t probably would not have
lasted so long. As 1t was, Mustafa
played an important part in the
war. When it seemed Great Brit
ain might capture Constantinople,
he took charge of the Turkish
troops defending the Dardanelles.
Largely because of his skill, the
British were beaten back.
At that time, a watch changed
the course of history. A splinter
of shell struck Mustafa and would
have gone through his chest to his
heart if a watch had not been in
the way. If he had been killed,
the history of Turkey, at least,
would have been different.
When the World War ended, Tur-
key was in danger of being broken
into pieces. Mustafa Kemal was
ordered to make an army of Turks
give up their weapons. Instead of
doing that, he started series of
daring acts, which we shall take
up in our next story.
(For Travel section of your scrapbook). .
If you wish a copy of "True
Adventure St0ries," you may Sc
cure 1t by addressing a request
to me in care of The Evening
Star. Incl0se a self-addressed,
Scent stamped, return envelope.
9I..p. tSau
Tomorrow: More About Must1td.
Evening star., 1939-01-18
UNCLE RAYS CORNER
LIFE'S LIKE THAT

The story of Turkey since the
close Of the World War is largely
tho story of man. His name may
be given as Mustafa, but he added
to 1t or changed it more than once
1during his life, which ended late
the past year.
What man he was, and what
. youth he was! During his youth,
while he was learning to be SOL
dier he spoke shocking words.
THE sultan he said, has a
first duty. and the duty is to be
. Turk. He should think of the
Turks as more important than the
Nohammedan religion
Those words were spoken in 1898.
when Mustafa was an 18-year-old
student at q Turkish military school
He might have suffered for speaking
them, but the men in charge of the
school were proud of him as a STU
dent, and did not report him to
the government. One of the instruc-
tors called him "Kemal," meaning
perfect" and in later years he was
known as "Mustafa Kemal"
In 1904, after being graduated
with high honors, he became a
lieutenant in the Turkish Army.
On that very day, however, he was
21aced under arrest and sent to
DAMASCUS, a city in the Syrian
part OF the old Turkish empire.
The disgrace of the young officer
did not last and he kept rising in
rank. Yet he worked to build up
. secret society in the hope of
Evening star., 1939-01-18

making Turkey a better country.
His hopes came true. to some ex-
tent, in 1908 when a revolution
gave Turkey parliament, and took
away some of the powers of the
sultan.
In 1911 Mustafa Kemal became
a major in the army. and two
years latter was made colonel. He
was not in favor of having Turkey
take the side Of Germany In the
World War, since he believed the
Germans were doomed to lose.
If Turkey had stayed out of the