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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Louis Orr Shows
North Carolina
Scenes At Duke

DURHAM. - First showing of
the drawings of more than 40. his
toric and beautiful North Caro-
lima scenes by Louis Orr, noted
Parisisn-American artist, were
opened at noon Wednesday in
the Duke University west cam
pus union.
Orr has completed all but about
10 of the drawings he is making
from Grandfather Mountain No.
2 to the sand dunes of Kill Devil
Hill and Mays Head. Eventually
he will make a copper etching
from each. The artist is the etcher
of the six large etchings of Duke
University's campus that have
been widely acclaimed since their
completion over a year ago.
To make his drawings Orr Wis
tied Bath, Edenton, Hillsboro, Ra-
leigh, Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Halifax, Chapel Hill, Tarboro,
Wake Forest, Davidson, and 9TH
er places in the state, including
Ashe county. Mr.. Orr attended
the Whitetop festival last sum-
mer.
Sponsoring the extensive arts
tic project is Robert Lee Hum
Der Wake Forest alumnus and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Cows Eat More
But Give Less
Milk When Cold
Arey Says They Must Also be
Comfortable To Do "A
Real Good. Job.

You can't produce milk by
leaving a cow out in the Wlntery
winds, or by forcing her to drink
icy water. A cow is remarkable
animal. She transforms grain and
from Is to 80 pounds of milk dali
| ly needs 80 to 80 pounds OF wa
| ter daily. She will not drink this
quantity during cold weather un-
less it is convenient and of me-
dunn temperature.
TOO often a herd is turned out
of the barn after milking in the
morning for water and is allowed
to stay out in the mud and cold
wind until milking time in the
afternoon. Then dairymen won
der why milk production falls off
and feed consumption rises. AS
winter approaches, every effort
necessary should be exerted to
keep the cows comfortable" the
specialist advised.
eff COWS are unduly exposed to
bad weather or housed in cold,
poorly-bedded stalls, too large a
portion of their ration is used in
keeping their bodies warm, leav-
ing a greatly reduced portion for
milk production" the specialist
declared. 'It is poor economy to
substitute feed for shelter and a
comfortable stall, especially this
winter when the market on feed
grains is showing a strong up
ward trend"
Arey also said it is poor econo-
my to require a cow to drink icy
cold water, since she will not
drink enough to support good
milk flow. A cow weighing 800
to 900 pounds and producing
forage into milk, the most COM
plete of all human foods, but she
must be comfortable to do good
and economical job, says John A.
Arey, dairy specialist of the State
College Extension Service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
'Self-Serve' Party
Enjoyed by Guests
On New Years Eve

ENTERTAINING guests on New
IL Years eve? It's being done more
than ever before this year as Amer
lea turns to stay-at-home entertain
ment.
II so, you'll want an informal af-
fair with a buffet style supper late
in the evening, patterned after the
Swedish "smorgasbord." The table
is generally placed in the center Of
the room and covered with any kind
Of linen suitable for the occasion.
Plates are placed in a pile at one
side of the food to be served-you'l
find guests enjoy serving them
selves!
Your menu can be very plain or
very fancy, as you prefer. Here
are a few samples from which you
can choose:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Warming for Bachelors:
Maids Propose in 1910!

Run for cover, you bachelors. It's
leap year!
Twenty-Five days hath February
in 1910. which gives the maidens
free rein to blurt out those marriage
proposals they've been saving since
1886.
Leap year is so-called because it
'leaps forward day as compared
with an ordinary year. It so hap
pens that the leap years coincide
with years Invisible by four without
remainder.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Outdoor Christmas Trees

Outdoor Christmas trees are not
new. When in Alsace the folk there
will tell you of st. Florentine, who
centuries ago went out into the
woods at Christmas time and placed
lights, probably candles, on the
trees.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
BRANDON NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hanks are the
proud parents of baby boy.
Mrs. Martha Carter, of Silas
Creek, had dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuart Carter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Powers are
the proud parents of a baby boy.
Mr.. Banner Powers spent
Thanksgiving with his mother
Mrs. M. E.. Powers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
A Straw for Remembrance

Reminding gay celebrants of the
poverty Of the Christ Child. Christ
mas feasts in Poland always have
piece Of straw sticking out from I'm.
der the dining table cloth.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. George Doggett
attended the celebration Of the
opening of the tobacco warehouse
in Boone Saturday and were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ford
King.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
MONDAY. JULY 81. 1889

Astrologers read this as an
unimportant day in planetary di-
rection. The morning is an I'M
favorable time 10 make plans
or decisions Uncertainty may
mark the policies Of national
leaders.
There Is promising sign for
those who have the courage TO
make determined beginnings in
ambitious enterprises. Manufse-
turers will gain through de-
msnds for new machinery neces-
sary in modern business.
The ultraviolet ray will be
useful in many ways outside
hospitals and physicians offices.
Prospectors will gain through
science which will bring them
helpful methods OF discovering
minerals.
Women will be lazy under this
rule of the stars which presages
suffering from the heat Diet
should be mesger and the sun
should be avoided.
Under this CONFORMATION sgi-
tstion concerning psychic phe-
nomens may be widespread.
Communications through occult
means may alarm the supersi-
uous and interest the scientific
mind.
Belief in the supernatural may
be occaaoned by strange nflu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
"Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight

Somehow it comes as q shock to learn that old, old
lady down in San Diego who has just died the author
of "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
whole generation has to regard that phrase
realizing that it the title and punch line of of
the most famous poems written.
wild her eyes and pale her features Bessie realized
that the ringing of the curfew Basil Underwood must
die" whole generation thrilled at the rhythmic descrp
ton Of how Bessie climbed the rckety ladder to the bery
and then. the hour approached Shall she let 1t ring!
No, never flash her with sudden light she springs
and grasps it firmly-Curfew shall not ring tonight
They remember the picture of Bessie hanging firmly
to the capper of the bell it there twixt heaven
and earth suspended And they sighed with relief when
assured that curfew having rung, Cromwell arrived
and pardoned Bessie's Basil Underwood
an his brave strong he casped her. kissed the
face upturned and white,
WHISPERED Darling, you have saved me,-curfew will
not ring tonight"
OF course it Is all incredibly hammy today. definitely
of that it incredible that Rose Hartwick
Thorpe. who wrote it schoolgirl. should have lived
until July, 1899, venerable lady of SO.
Yet long as she lived poem written rs years ago.
has outlved her and lives has become of those
classics like The Face Upon the Barroom Floor, which
keep recurring anhooges and collections with peculiar
power and persistence because in them simplicity and
innocence that is also in and woman gets
covered with glaze of sophstcaton of various thick
nesses in various people, but it is there
Just people laugh today at the simple moraties OF
the McGuey Readers because they crdey expressed
they laugh the meodramas and meodramatc poetry
of yesterday But the melodrama still exists, and the
McGuffey moral principles persist in popping up right into
our faces no matter how try to laugh them off.
We do not much change the old and simple truths
as to dress them in garb and present great
truths things that grandfather knew all the time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
BRIGHT MOMENTS
IN GREAT LIVES

This country had not always
been so fortunate in having peo-
pie in high office who were in
favor of public schools. When
Virginia was first settled there
were, of course. no free schools.
The movement for education
started in the New England
states. and some of the gentle
men who were actively engaged
in governing this country were
afraid of the effect that free
schools might have on the popu-
lace.
In 1871, when Governor Berke-
ley was writing back to the
mother country concerning con-
ditions in Virginia, he said;
Thank God, so far we have
no free schools and no printing;
God keep us from both"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
/. Name the president of the
Philippine Islands.
2. What is the motto of the
U. s. Marine Corps. and what
does IL mean?
8, In law, what 10 party
wall?
4. Which Is larger in area.
Texas or Alaska?
5. Name the founder of the
Smithsonian Institution.
s. What is the correct pronun-
citation Of the word psychologist ,
7. What is bean BALI or
sduster" In BASEBALL
8. What Is the name of the
island in the Niagara river that
separates the Horseshoe and
American fails?
.. Name the parents Of George
Washington.
10. Name the only bachelor
president of the u. $.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
SEES NO BEAUTY IN
WOMEN,S HIGH HEELS

Editor, The Times: Regard
ing high heels. Prof. Osborne is
absolutely right notwithstanding
your editorial to the contrary.
Have you ever observed the
antics of woman in high heels
as she tries TO navigate herself
over rough, uneven ground ?
Cooked up on her tiptoes, her
legs appear to be about half par
alyzed or made Of rubber as
she struggles TO maintain an
upright position. Her contor-
tons are something painful TO
behold.
II you can see anything beau
tiful in her movements, then l
suggest you consult an ooculist.
FRED FRICkER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
Spsnawsy
so. PACIFIC AVE.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS

Editor. The Times: Since the
Golden Jubilee has been such a
grand success II is hats off TO
Harry Cain, the man who took
the coma out OF Tacoma. Why
not keep him on the job! Ia
coma needs a man like Cain on
the job all the time and the first
thing that should be done is the
improvement of Pacific ave. out
TO. the city limits.
Pacific ave. the main street
in Tacoma, is a disgrace TO the
city. From So. saith st 10 the
city limits there Is need Of side
walks. the pavement has no
curling and the tsTo lines Of cleo
trio power and light wires is ex-
tremely unsightly.
These wires should ne under
ground. There is no reason why
these things should not be done.
II. z. BARBER
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
CRACK SHOT
SUNDAY, JULY 80. 1899

Adverse planetary aspects rule
today, according TO astrology.
II is a time for forgetting anxi-
cites and seeking recreation out
of-doors. Mars appears in ON
nous aspect.
Women are subject to exceed
ingly disturbing planetary influ-
ences which may cause great
encouragement. The churches
should be Ravens for the dis
tressed.
Under this sway there may be
a strong inclination to quarrel
with fate and to indulge in
despair. Suicides are probable
" cities where summer heat
undermines courage.
British shipping is to be I'M
satisfactory next month. The
government may meet severe
problems in economics as well
as in international policies.
Next month there is con-
figuration that is of evil portent
to. Belgium and Holland. seri-
Gus internal crises as well as
foreign mensces are prognos-
ticated.
Many important public careers
will close before the autumn
ends, IL Is prophesied. American
statesmen, as well as foreign
ministers. will pass.
In the United States an editor
formerly powerful will retire
from active life. Changes in the
management of many news
papers are forecast, but Journal
ism will benefit.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury OF a year Of
propititious events that assure
improvement in business and
financial conditions. Women will
profit.
Children born on this day
probably will be exceedingly
energetic and ambitious. These
subjects Of Leo are often in
clined TO concentrate upon self
ish interests. but they make
many friends.
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LIGHT
CONTINUED from Page One

as the spearhead and the national
chairman as political organizer.
While FDR strives to obtain I'M
instructed delegations which he
may control in convention
showdown, his opponents will
rely on the old favorite son
trick. They will back Byrd in
Virginia, Clark in Missouri.
Wheeler in Montana. etc. They
will also scheme for control Of
the platform and credentials
committees, hoping TO out
maneuver Roosevelt at the con-
vention as the Penrose crowd
whipped Teddy's men at Chi
cago in 1912.
The Garner-Farley forces will
make no agreement on can
didate in the earlier stages of
such a conflict. for that would
antagonize prospective allies
throughout the country. But
in such a melee they figure they
can snatch an intra-party VIC
tory that, as Mr.. Garner says,
will preserve the Democratic
party rs an instrument for ma
tionsl good" What happens in
the election itself will then be
comparatively unimportant.
The house attack on the
"sp-lending" program will center
on key provision which pro-
voked hardly any discussion on
the senate side-possibly be-
cause kill the bill strategists
wanted to leave some ammuni-
ton for use in the closing stages
of the conflict.
The measure provides that
maximum interest on money
needed for the work financing
projects - that's the new pub
Lefty name - shall not exceed
the amount the treasury pays in
borrowing the cash. The govern
ment will not even make any
charge for administrative ex-
penses. Since Henry Morgenthau
is now getting long-term funds
for about 2.60 per cent. it is
obvious that he can underbid
private lending institutions for
this business. Without such
low rate none of these proposed
projects would he "self-liquidat-
ing" That's the catch in the
thing.
In short. the "sp- lending"
schemes underlying purpose is
10 promote a radical and revolu-
tionsry lowering of all interest
rates. Morgenthau so testified
before committee. Already such
agencies as Hole. USHA and
FLA are yelling for reductions
in their charges 50 that they
can corner more business for
themselves. Pessi mistic pro-
phets insist that enactment OF
the measure VIII mean the de-
struetion Of the system OF pri-
waite credit in the United states,
for no bank or insurance COM
pany can compete with the gen.
erous Morgenthau He almost
gives away Uncle Sans money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
PULSE OF THE
PUBLIC
DISAPPROVES ARREST
OF AIR HORN BLOWERS

Editor, The Times: It's pretty
good when they Jail two of the
cleanest boys i know for disor-
derby conduct just for using an
airhorn that didn't sound any
more like a siren than / do.
Honestly, there were horns Of
every description; you couldn't
even hear yourself think. Then
picking out some kids that
hadn't even had one little
drink and putting them in jail
for disorderly conduct. II that's
the case they should have put
the whole town in the Mcneil
penitentiary.
MRS. MARTHA HANSEN.
Ri. 8, Box 295.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31

uzan iettfIH must give name ana
address Of sFIter Oniv Initials
viii be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: Whom would I
contact to obtain a position in
Yellowstone park a. n waitress
or cabin caretaker: v. A. r.
Employment Of all help for
the restaurants and hotels in
that park is handled by the
Yellowstone Park Co. address
Yellowstone Park. Wyoming.
You might write To the COM
pany next winter about an OPEN
ing the following summer.
Mr.. Fixit: I wonder II you
could tell me where In Tacoma
I can obtain the song book.
"songs for Service. by Homer
A. Rodeheayer. Some call them
The Billy Sunday Songbook,"
as he used them In his services.
I have tried every place I can
think Of but 40 far have been
unable TO find any. NJ. A. b.
II doesn't appear to be carried
In stock any more. but you
might ask one of the Tacoma
bookstores TO order IL for you
from the Rodeheaver Co, 2s
East Jackson st. Chicago. or
72i Arch st. Philadelphia.
There must be hundreds Of
those songbooks around which
you could unearth with a Times
want ad.
Mr.. Ffxlf: Please tell me
what wage N paid q wPA house,
keeper: N. r. o.
In first class counties like
Pierce, King and Spokane, they
get s55 per month. Where the
scale Is lower in smaller coun-
ties they would continue to be
rated at the lowest wage.
Mr.. Fixit: In yon answers
. day or 10 ago YOU told .
writer that you did not know
that fir cones had any sale
price anywhere. II YOU win get
In communication with the Man
ming Seed Co. mt Roy, you will
find that they have been buying
seed cones Of every variety for
years. G. T. d., Roy.
Thank you for coming TO our
readers assistance and adding TO
Mr.. Fixit's knowledge.
MIR. Fixit: Could You please
tell me when the Nebraska pic
mic viii be and where:
MRS. g.. II. r.
Nebraskans in this area will
gather at PIT. Defiance park the
second Sunday In August, the
18th.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me
what is In Lake Stellacoom that
Is making the people that swim
In II break out In sort Of
rash. They look like mosquito
bites At first hut they get verse
and make sort Of welt. II
takes about two weeks 10 get rid
OF them. Il. j. q.
That's a good description of a
mosquito bit e's performance
The Pierce county health officer
has examined that lake fire.
quently and recently. and says
that is the lake he would choose
for his own swimming. There
have been no other complaints
so the evidence points 10 mos
quitoes. They often raise large
welts. particularly If scratched.
Mr.. Fixit: Could YOU please
give me the address Of Jay
Clarke' He is the man that
used 10 be ut the Roxy theater
In Tacoma but has moved so
would like your help very much.
EVELYN &.
He Is playing the Orpheum
theater In Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31

ences presaging coming events
of amazing character, the seers
declare.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of year of
activity and profitable industry.
Weddings in the family are fore
told.
Children born on this day
probably will be high-strung and
very talented. Many subjects of
Leo are quick-tempered but pop
ular. Leaders in politics and
philanthropy belong to this sign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
reach Puget sound.

reach Puget Sound.
They found the land they
wanted near Eddyville, Iowa. IL
was too late 10 do any farming
that fall. After he had built
comfortable cabin. Ezra OBJ
tanned a job with a railroad
survey crew. That was an un-
usually cold winter for Iowa.
On the way from the railroad
camp 70 spend Christmas at
home. Ezra narrowly escaped
freezing To death.
He and Eliza decided then that
they would seek a milder cli-
mate. They had been hearing
about the Oregon country with
its unlimited fertile land and
mild winters. The occasional pas
pers theye were able to get told
about the return of DR.. Marcus
Whitman and printed columns
of his reports concerning the
Northwest territory. News that
came back by way Of the 18TH
must of Panama from the first
settlers who had gone over the
Oregon Trail told of the wonder
full opportunities, and climate so
mild that the cattle were pas
tured all year.
Early the next spring they
were on their way. They had
one wagon, two yoke Of oxen
and three cows, two of which
were yoked with the oxen. The
wagon was loaded only with
necessities. principally food.
The thrifty Eliza had baked
bread and cake. dried and
canned fruit and vegetables.
There were a couple Of barrels
Of flour and several sacks OF
corn meal, butter and eggs
and dried meat.
As they Travelled westward
they were joined by others GO
ing in the same direction. At
the Missouri river crossing they
found a congestion of several
hundred wagons with thousands
Of head of loose livestock crowd
ed around the landing of the
inadequate ferry.
Meeker and those who had
joined him were at the back
of the crowd of wagons. At
best it would be several days
before their turn came and they
were not any too sure of get
ting over then. Twice the flimsy
ferry had capsized, throwing the
wagons and their loads into the
river. Several had been drowned.
Monday: Over the Missouri
and racing for the promised
land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
Somebody. Got EN-

We generally think Of 1929 the period when every
body owned stocks"
But once again wrong II a samping survey by
the New York Stock Exchange is accurate.
The number of of common stock in so corpora
tions studied the exchange late 1888 almost double
the number in the first quarter of 1929 In 1888 there
100000 holders of the stock of those so
panies, against $50 900 in 1922
In those days, decade ago, there WAS widespread
bayhoo about distribution of stocks until everybody would
have stake in America Yet today without balyhoo the
thing has gone twice far had in the pamy days At
least this would to be if the sample of the 90
companies is Z cross-secton
Despite depression and disappointment people than
would willing to take chance on the future of
America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-31
HE55755F55yRzz2z22zZ,',

Eliza Helps Ezra Ask
Her 70 Marry Him
Then Continues 10 Help
Him fifty-eieh. Years
Start in Search OF
Their Own Home
To Puget Sound Over
Oregon Trail
Using present stanards Of liv-
- ing as a measuring stick,
some readers of this column
might think that the generation
which wore the ruts in the Ore
gon Trail had no time for any,
thing but work. That would be
entirely wrong. In spite of using
the daylight hours for produc-
ton, they managed TO find time
for the diversions popular IS and
100 years ago. In fact. they led
much more normal lives than
many Of the present generation.
They had their parties square
dances. taffy pulling and sugar
ing off" parties: quilting bees
and apple parings. There was ro-
nance and courtships and mar
riages that lasted as long as the
twain shall live"
Ezra Meeker, just turned 20
and Eliza Jane Sumner, Is. liv-
ing on adjoining farms in In
diana, were typical of the young
people of that generation. They
had been going together" a
couple of years. Several times
Ezra had been on the point of
popping the question" but he
couldn't quite get up the cour-
age. Then one day, without any
preliminary conversation, he told
the girl he was going TO be a
farmer after he was married.
Eliza evidently knew what
was In his mind. She helped
him out as she did many times
In later years, and said, THAT
would be nice; want to he a
farmer, too, but I want to
farm our own land"
1t was as simple as that.
The pact was followed in a
few weeks by n marriage that
lasted So years.
Next there were preparations
to "emigrate" to the new coun-
try of Iowa, where good land
could be had for the taking, al
most. There were protestations
from both families. Couldn't
they settle down in Indiana as
their fathers and mothers had
done? Ezra was doing well on
his mothers farm and making
enough to support a wife who
was young and strong and knew
how to do everything that a
well-trained housewife of that
generation did.
But Ezra had made up his
mind to have a farm of his own.
Eliza was determined not to
live in any cabin that was not
their own. There was no use
trying TO argue with that sort
of independence.
After couple Of weeks
preparation > covered wagon,
drawn by an OK team and
loaded with bedding. a few
pieces Of furniture, q Dutch
oven, extra clothing and food.
About the first OF October,
1881. Ezra Meeker and his
young wife started on the
trail that ultimately was to