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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
BY J. w. BIxEL

THERE are many lists OF hymns
arranged according to their
popularity. Some of these lists dif-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Coon Club Shows
Steady Growth

The Dickinson County Coon
Club is our county's youngest and
fastest growing sportsman's or
ganization. Membership has
grown already to approximately
$50 persons, although the club
was organized only recently. Ac-
cording to E. E. Wright, presi-
dent of the organization, there
will be at least 100 more mem
bers
To date the club has brought
3 lead coons and held two field
trials ,one at the old Phipps place
at Nickels Gap and the other
at Halls Bottom on Cranes Nest
Both events were well attended,
there being around 100 to $50
people at each one. Prizes were
given to the coon hunters hav-
ing the best coon dogs.
The club has recently ordered
20 young male coons at a cost
of eight dollars each. These coons
are now on their way to Dicken-
son County and will be released
at various points in the county
most suitable for the habitat of
coons. Should this restocking of
coons be successful there will be
many night of joyful coon hunt
ing and a man can tramp through
the woods by lantern light and lis
ten to the onesome-mouthed bay
ing of long-eared coon hounds
once again as our grandfathers
did.
President of the club is E. E.
Wright; Secretary, Arthur Colley,
and Treasurer, Paris Mullins.
Dues are one dollar annually.
The club will have more field
trials as time goes on and there
will be shooting matches where a
man may try his skill at the old
tim sport of rifle shooting.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Cases VIII be Surveyed For
Unemployment Compen-
sation at Clinchco May 81

For the third time within the
past year, machines have taken
mems jobs in Dickinson County.
During last July, coal-loading ma
chimes were installed at Splash
dam, and a considerable group
of men were left without employ
ment About two months ago, the
mine at Wakenva was mechan-
lied, and large group of
employees were released. Now,
comes the announcement that the
Joy loader has taken the place of
a man with a spade at Steinnlan.
T. M. Gibson, in charge of
operations for the Ruth Elkhorn
Coal Corporation at Steinman, has
filed list of former employees of
that corporation who will no
longer be needed in the Stein
man mine. Approximately 125
men have been separated from
employment, according to the re-
port filed with the Unemployment
Compensation of Virginia. 1t is
understood that these men will be
eligible for unemployment insur-
ance. The cases will be surveyed
at Clinchco on May 81.
About half of the men who have
lost their jobs at Steinman are
Negroes, native to the Deep
South, who came here by way of
the Harlan field. OF the others,
approximately thirty men have
lived in Dickinson all of their
lives. It is not likely that any of
the miners, thus displaced, can
fined employment in other opera
lions of this county. It is prob
able that a large number of the
miners will be referred to WPA
for employment when they have
ceased to draw unemployment
compensation. Miss Elizabeth
Fisher, WPA Field Social Worker
for the Norton area, states that
there is small prospect of these
men securing relief work, mas
much as Dickenson's quota is
now in process of reduction.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Mountain Land Being Surveyed
For Government Purchase

ployees of the forest service, will
construct trails and lookout
towers to protect the forest from
fires and to prevent unlawful
hunting.
The national forest will be
under exclusive control of the
federal government and any vio-
lations committed within the area
will be prosecuted in United
States Court.
This addition to the national
forest will mean much to this
section in the way of employment
for the natives and the conse-.
quential increase in value of lands
adjacent. Much of the land in
Cumberland Mountain is worth
less from an agricultural stand
point, but it is unsurpassed in
the way Of natural scenery and
should within a few years rank
with the Great Smoky Mountains
as national playground.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Miner Laws F or
Return Of Property

A case of unusual interest was
heard in Justice Friends court
here Monday. One Bill Bonner,
colored miner of Steinman, had
taken a civil warrant for the
return Of rife and a pistol,
which he charged had been
seized without due process of
law by the state police.
The warrant named police
badge number ITO in particular,
but the man who appeared in
court was not identified by wit
nesses as the one who had made
the search and seizure. Witnesses
stated that the right of search
without warrant was questioned,
but that the police disregarded the
question of due process. Although
the evidence indicated that prop
erty had been taken from the
home of the miner, the police were
apparently unable to give any
information as to the name of
the man who had made the
search
Since indications were that
property had been taken from a
home, the Trial Justice said that
he would see M. S. Battle, Direc-
tor of the state police force in
an effort to have identification
made. He also warned officers
against unusual procedure of this
kind, remarking that no emer-
gency existed to justify action of
this kind.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
ACCIDENT AT SPLASHDAM

Friday, May 10, Raymond Pen
land, son of Spurge Penland, of
Bucu, Va, was severely injured
while working in the mines at
Splashdam, Va. Friday was re-
opening day for the Splashdam
mines and Penland, who works
on a loading machine had been
working only a short time when
his hand and arm were caught
in the machine. His hand was
completely cut off above the
wrist and his arm next to his
shoulder was badly crushed. He
was Immediately rushed to the
Richards Hospital where it was
thought that d blood TRANSMISSION
would be necessary. 1t is not
definitely known whether his arm
will have to be taken off.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
(By Claude f. Beverly, Corr

Freling, Va, May 22-Two or
three crews are now busy sur
veying land on the south side of
Cumberland Mountain previously
acquired for addition to the JEFF
ferson National Forest and pla-
cling markers to designate the be-
ginning of the forest. This work
will probably require three
months While only the Clinch-
field Coal Corporation land has
been purchased so far. it is under
stood from official sources that
all lands between Pound River
and Elkhorn Creek will be pur-
chased if the owners wish to sell.
The first work planned after
completion of the survey is to
reforest the land, and later the
area will be stocked with game
animals, like deer and raccoon.
A patrol service, composed of en-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Trouble Forseen
Over In The
CumberIands

The peace-loving people over
in the South O. the Mountain
are uneasy, FOR bad" John
Cox is patrolling that lonely land
again. With pistol and rifle
in hand, bad" John is making
his appointed rounds among the
crags and waterfalls. The simple
folk over there shake their heads
and say, TITS about time for
him to break loose again It is
told that there are certain signs
that the one time swashbuckler
is ready to cut another rusty. He
has come down out of the noun
tains along White Oak and, with
a leer, remarked, Little Johns
come home again!" Meeting his
son and his sons wife along a
mountain road, he clapped his
hand on his pistol and chal-
lenged the couple with a glare.
The Old Regular Baptist Church
has turned him out for straying
from the fold. So the five-year
peace of the mountains may be
broken, a peace that has been
there since John was sent away
for bringing kinsman's mule
from Wise County and hitching
him around the White Rocks.
John may wreak destruction
around the Four Naples and may
cause uncivil strife around the
Dancin' Rock. BY his own ac-
count, he is a rowing dealer in
death and trouble that could have
taught tricks of trade to Jesse
James or Pretty Boy" Floyd.
Hear him:
II had absconded from this
state to avoid some papers they
had for me and was walking down
Tug Fork in West Virginny. All
at once I beheld a great host and
majority of people. On one side
of a bridge was bunch of miners
out on strike. On the other was
the state militia. The capting of
the militia was on a Platform
a-calling for somebody that could
use a machine gun.
II stepped up and says, I beg
your parding, but I'm your man!
IT saw that I needed a little
elevation, so I took the gun on
my back and went climming up
a high pine tree. I set the gun
up in the forks of the tree and
cut loose, turning the crank until
I had fired five belts of catterges.
Then I wen climbing down. It
took the smoke forty-five min
utes to clear away, and not a
living corpse could be seen on
the ground. I didn't take the
trouble to pull the bodies out of
the river.
"A nice portly looking man
came up from the rear of the
militia and said he wanted to
shake the hand of the man that
done that deed.
II says, I beg your parding,
but 1 don't know YOU
He says, My name is Hat
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Loading Machines Replace 125 Steinn1an Workers
DANCE AT
COMMUNITY BUILDING

An old time square dance will
be sponsored by the American
Legion at the Community Build
ing here on Saturday night, May
27, from eight to twelve in the
evening.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25
Local P Official Pot
Begins To Simmer

The political pot, which is ex-
pected to boil in Dickinson
County before many moons, is
simmering faster as the weeks
roll by. The largest number OF
poll tax payments in history is
recorded. Candidates for county
officers, now that voters are
qualified, take a short rest and
lay plans.
Chief interest just now CEN
tiers about the coming fight for
Democratic nominee for the
House of Delegates from Wise
and Dickinson. Noah j. Buchanan
of Darwin, D. M. Crabtree of
Clintwood, and Virgil Skeen, of
Clintwood have announced. The
name of Granville Colley, Deputy
Commissioner of the Revenue, is
mentioned, but no positive an
nouncement has come from Mr..
Colley as yet.
A conference was held at Wise
on Friday, May 10 in regard to
the legislative candidate. The
meeting was attended by Noah
Powers and Virgil Skeen, of
Dickinson; r. M. Bates and
Luther TIillman of Wise, and N.
Clarence Smith, Chairman of the
State Conservation Commission,
described by the Clinch Valley
News as Governor Prices "politi-
cal evangelist" During the
course of the meeting, Mr.. Skeen
announced that he was in the
race until the finish.
Candidates for major county
offices are:
Sheriff: A. A. (Fox) Fleming,
Frank Kiser, T. j. Mullins.
Commonwealth Attorney: j. c..
Smith, Hansel Fleming.
Commissioner of the Revenue:
John Nicewonder, A. r. Single
ton.
Treasurer: Bill McFall, c. P.
Mullins.
The various candidates for
Supervisor are:
Clintwood District: Ted Bise,
D. w. Hawkins.
Ervinton District: Simpson
Dyer, Carter Phillips.
Kennady District: Hobart Ken
nedy.
Sand Lick District: Grady
Counts, Morgan Owens.
Willis District: Fitzhugh Colley,
Alex Mullins (rumored.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-05-25

field. I'm the guvnor of West
Vuginny.'
my name is Little John Cox,
/ says, From the Doubles of old
Cumbling.'
"Not that bad John Cox I've
heard so much about?' says he.
Tim sorry to tell you, but
that's the man you're a-talking
to-
"And I felt his hand give an
extra culver as he looked at all
the dead people on the ground"
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17
Tuberculosis Cure Will
 Be Shown At Fair

SAN FRANCISCO -Tubercul- osis not only can be prevented, it can be CUREDl This outstand- ing medical achievement will be demonstrated 10 millions of Cal ifornia Worlds Fair goers dur ing 1889 by the California Tuber culosis Association, Dr. Milton Silverman, Exposition Hall of Science Chief, reveals.
 The exhibit will show the strides of science, stress the need of public education and coopera- ton. Microbes which cause the disease will be exposed and the simple, quick and accurate meth ods of diagnosis will be shown. The X-ray, the skin and sputum
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17

tion of a book telling of life in the Klondike and the characters that made it the center of world interest.
 Russel A. Bankson was the au thor of the book, which made Allen it's foremost character. Ii was called "Klondike Nugget" at ter the paper.
 Allen was secretary of the Washington Press Club, at Seat tie, when he died. Hickman died several years ago in Inglewood. His widow lives in West Los An geles.
 Earle Allen is a member of the Sourdough Club of Los An geles, which is taking notice of the Klondike Nuggets anniver- sary. Members of the club are former residents of the Klon- dike and Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17

known for years as a front rank worker in the Crescent Bay Coun cil of Boy Scouts, on June 20 ob- served the 40th anniversary of the first issue of the Klondike Nugget, a semi-weekly newspa- per started by his father, Eugene C. Allen; an uncle, George M Allen, and z. F. Hickman. The paper later became a daily and won quick fame throughout the world.
 In the initial issue, the editor ial page recognized the wide spread excitement about the Klondike region, with this com ment:
 ''The eyes of the civilized world are turned toward this gold-bottomed region and thou sands are waiting for even a line of news from the Klondike. To satisfy this thirst for informa- tion the Metropolitan Printing and Binding Company of Seattle will reproduce each issue by photographic process and print Nuggets by tens of thousands" The Nugget was started at Dawson and met with a response in keeping with the boom spirit born of the rich strikes that had been made. The only known com plete file of the Nugget from June Is, 1898, to July 1, 1899, is in the possession of Earle Allen.
 All three men who founded it now are dead. Eugene Allen died in 1885, soon after the publica-
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17
FOUNDING OF THE
 NUGGET" IS RECALLED

Mrs. Jesse Rust of Fairbanks is the daughter of Zach F. Hickman pioneer publisher and printer of Alaska, Yukon and also prior to that of the State of Washington. At one time he was head of the Sunset Printing Company of Seat tie and was the state printer for the State of Washington.
 MT. Hickman came North in the early Klondike rush, and was one of the founders of the Klon- dike Nugget, one of the first newspapers published at Daw- son. Later he pioneered in the publishing business in Fairbanks as a member of the staff of the Fairbanks Times, founded by Wilbur Ward, now managing ed- itor of the Los Angeles Financial News. Mrs. Hickman and their daughter, the former Miss Clara Hickman, now Mrs. Rust, joined MT. Hickman in Fairbanks in 1907.
 Mrs. Hickman now lives in West Los Angeles, California. She recently sent to Mrs. Rust the following from a Santa Mon lea paper, telling of the observ- ance of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Klondike Nugget by MT. Hickman and the Allen brothers Gene and George.
 Earle w. Allen, compositor for the Evening Outlook and
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17
tests will be demonstrated.

tests will be demonstrated.
 Part of the display will be de- voted to exhibits on tuberculosis treatment by rest, sunshine and surgery. Complete rest, long Known as one of the best meth ods of treatment, still ranks high, and surgery, newly davel- oped, will be shown as an addi- : tional method of affecting com plete cure. The exhibitors will show how a lung may be collaps- ed, bringing about complete rest to the infected section.
 Uses to which the Christmas Seal money has been applied
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17
Two Kinds of Claims

It is very important to distin- puish between a lode and a pia- ger deposit. If deposit is lode' if should be staked as a lode claim: If it is placer, it should be stalxed as a placer claim. If both lode and a placer deposit arc round in the same area, it should he located as both a placer and q lode .laim.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17

Are you reading your own pa- per-The Nome Nugget. Sub- scribe Now.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.

How Mining Claims can ot ,taked in Alaska, length, Bread h. how many, and the Assocla Ion Claim, described in detail II pamphlet form, for sale at The Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17

You can save 200 by paying SIX months in advance for your sub ,cription to The Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-17

will be shown, and the vast elm ical program carried on In Cal- ifornia will be recounted.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23
Xt1xtttt.t
KNNN~EN~NN%-NN*
FISHER RIVER

Last Wednesday evening Mrs.
Vera Pearman went by bus to Bel
ton where she has employment.
On account of the deep snow the
mail man has not been able to go
up the Silver Butte road the last
two or three trips.
Kyle Beebe and Mrs. Hubert L.
Beebe were visitors at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Gilbertson the
first of last week.
We now have % inches of snow at
the meadows on the level. This
with the deep snow in the hills
above us will make plenty of water
in the spring
Mrs. Ernest Davis was in Libby
last Wednesday.
Miss Jean Fowler is visiting at
her home ON the Silver Butte. She
came in on the bus Tuesday from
Kalispell where she had been Wis
ting for a few days.
Miss Evelyn Morrell spent the
week end with her folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Davis were
visitors at the c. E, Gilbertson
home last Tuesday afternoon.
Bud Farrell spent the weekend
at the James Orr home.
3. A. Bealey was business caller
at the meadows Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Rice of Thomp-
son river spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Gilbertson.
Last Saturday evening MIR. and
Mrs. c. E. Gilbertson entertained
few friends with party at their
home The evening was spent visit
ing, playing cards and Chinese
checkers, after which delicious
lunch was served by the hostess.
Those who attended the party were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Rice, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Walker, Mrs. Dorothy
Morrell and children, Evelyn Joyce
and Beverly, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Bealey, Kyle Beebe, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Beebe, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
B. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs Morris Davis
and children, Edward Kastelitz and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Orr and
daughter Ellen returned home Sat
urday morning from Rochester,
Mimi. where they have been the
past four months while Ellen was a
patient at the Mayo hospital. Ellen
can not walk without her crutches
yet, but the doctors say her hip is
all right and as soon as she has re-
gained her strength she will be able
to walk.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23

try. came down on Monday Mr.
Pearson says the outlook for his
section of the country is very prom
ising for 1914, and that if the Lib
by cutoff is built they will have
the greatest and richest section in
the state.
County Treasurer John c. Friend
was a guest of his father at Gate
way last Sunday.
Victor A. Sather, the popular
young telegraph operator of Troy,
took a run up to this city last Fri
day to attend the basketball games
and the Masonic lodge.
Leo Welsh, Rexford's prominent
tonsorial artist, was Saturday Wis
itor in Libby.
Margaret Christie, Cecile Abbott,
Marie Bockman, Lillian Burns,
Clarice Abbott, and Amy Gibson
were members of the girls basket
ball team that beat Standpoint Fri
day evening.
Superintendent Geo. b. Neff Of
the Libby schools has received word
from the state superintendent of
public instruction, H. H. Davee, that
the state board of education recent
ly accredited the local high school.
Professor A. j. Smith, who is in
charge of the Troy school, was a
business and social visitor in Libby
last Saturday. Whites principal of
the Libby school, Mr.. Smith made
great many friends, who are al
ways glad to see him when he comes
here.
A number of young folks gathered
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mills
in South Libby Saturday evening
and spent several hours in dancing,
after which refreshments were
served. Present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Burgoyne, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Pol
lette, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Bowen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mills, Misses Geneva
Bowen, Ella Hannigan, Messrs,
Lynn Polette, George Bryant and
La Gore.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Is YEARS AGO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Mart Davidson, armed with his
new lightning speed moving picture
camera, hiked out to vi. H. Baker
ranch home early this week to pho
tograph a mountain lion which 3ak-
ker recently captured. The cat Is
young, probably measures six or
seven feet from tip tO tail. It Is the
second beast which Mr. Baker has
captured alive this week.
Eight carloads of machinery have
arrived in Libby for the new saw
mill which the Libby Lumber com
pany. is now building at this place.
True ]. Foster, Warland's we'll
known logging contractor, came
down to Libby last Friday III order
to take part in the Masonic meeting.
County Assessor J. d. Weir has
completed a ready reference map
showing all the decided land in Lin
coin county.
Frank Kertis, formerly Of the
Occur d'Alene hotel barber shop,
Spokane, has accepted a position
at the Welsh tonsorial parlors.
Clayton and Claire Roach, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. John Roach of this
city, left last week to attend bust
ness college in Spokane.
A. E. Pearson, prominent ranch
err of the Silver Butte-Fisher coun-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23
improvements Made
i'm Two Libby Stores

This week finds a great deal of
remodeling and housekeeping IN
two business houses in this city.
Curtis Hardware has moved all of
the tables and counters in the store,
thus making it more convenient tor
the customers to inspect merehan-
disc on the shelves. The counter
that was on the south side Of the
store is now in the back. Tables.
used to display merchandise, form
an oblong in the center of the
building. Mrs. Curtis says next fail
she will have large Heatrola put
up in the store and do away with
the old stove.
Employees Of the Kootenai Mer-
camille have torn out the partition
between the mems wear department
and the dry goods. The remaining
portion is approximately the same
height as that between the hardware
and grocery departments. The one
remaining partition will be left
standing according to Mrs. 5. N.
Plummer, owner of the establish
ment In event that the need comes
to make two stores out of the one
building it will be an easy matter
to elongate the one remaining par
tition,n Mrs. Plummer said. She
stated that the advantages derived
from the abolition of the partitions
were great. I'VE can now view prac
tically every portion of the store
from the main office, light is much
better and a more modern arrange
ment of merchandise can now be
made, she said.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23

The Progress Laundry has insti-
tuted a new system in laundrying
called Damp Wash Service. This
service will enable customers to
have their laundry washed at a min
imum cost and returned to them
damp. The ironing will be done at
home.
This system has been successfully
in operation in larger cities for quite
some time and Don Hargreaves, pro-
prietor of the local laundry, believes
the system will help Libby house
wives great deal in their routine
work. The prices which will be
charged are on a par with those
used in Seattle Mr. Hargreaves
claims that the prices to be charged
are cheaper than the laundry can
be done at home.