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Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10

GLASGOW-R. H. Fried, old-time
resident of Glasgow and father of DR..
A. w. Fried of Great Falls, died at
metropolis, Wyo. The elder Fried
recently by the illness of another son,
Richard, who underwent an operation
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
THREE DRIVERS BILLS

There are now Three blILS IN the
house and senate relating to penalties
for drunken drivers, including a cat
o'-nine-tails bill, one which would put
man in Jail for 80 days who was
convicted of drunken driving and the
standard drivers license law which
would revoke license for one year.
All of these bills have been introduced
by members of the Flathead county
delegation
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10

definite part in the DEVELOPMENT of
the state.
On Larger Scale
This years reunion and banquet will
be on larger scale than in 1888, and
arrangements are being made for the
entertainment of the visiting cowhands
all day Saturday. The visitors will be
conducted on a tour of the principal
places of interest in Great Falls and
vicinity and the banquet will open at
about $50 in the evening.
Delegations from Billings, Lewis
town, Geyser, Stanford. Havre and
numerous other cities plan to attend
and have already asked for reserva-
tions.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
Ritch Calls ON Legislature
To Preserve State History

of
ue recently take steps the priceless
Russell painting which hangs the speakers
at
western Montana Sept 1905 Mr. Rch
told the legislators he thought T in
color
The picture incidentally cowboy artist
$1,000 value in the
a o a m ~
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10

bills introduced are referred to COM
mittees dealing with problems perth
nent to the bill. For example, a water
right bill would go to the irrigation
and water rights committee, and so
on: Well, when the cato mine tails
bill was introduced, Hugh Adair, presi-
dent of the senate, snapped: Referred
to the seating committed"
TO SAFEGUARD HERDS
A bit of legislation which may look
odd at first glance is bill to prohibit
aircraft from frightening cattle herds.
The idea is this: When looming pilots
roar over cattle a stampede is usually
begun which ends more or less dis
astrously. The cattle run themselves
thin, their market value is consequent
ly reduced and the farmer is out no
little money. And so, If the bill Is
passed, droning propeller blades will
have to yank planes sufficiently sky
ward to insure peace and quiet for
grazing cattle.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10

tarla artists Of the Russell school
will be invited to attend the re-
union, among them Olaf Sultzer
and Earl Heikka of Great
Falls, Will James and J. K. Raj
ston of Billings and Irwin Shope
of Helena. An invitation has been
extended to Gov. Roy E. Ayers,
who is member of the association, to
take part in the speaking program
Guy Weadick. manager of the Calgary
Stampede, will be present from his
High River, Alberta ranch, and an in
vitation has been extended to William
S. (BilD Hart. old-time cowboy hero
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
Lights for HIGHWAY

The largest sodium safety lighting
system in Montana is being Installed
along more than one mile Of highway
10 at Butte. Money to pay for So Ium-
inaires and other equipment was raised
largely by public subscription handled
BY the Butte Chamber Of Commerce.
Labor Is being supplied by WPA and
current and maintenance will be paid
by the city. = :
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
Second Annual Cowboys Reunion Banquet Will
Honor Memory of c. MI Russell, Cowboy Artist

The second annual and banquet
association to be held the palm Hotel Rainbow
Falls the night of Feb S will be dedicated Charles
RUSSELL noted cowboy artist who lived MANY wears
Montana and who with his brush palette poty
incidents thrilling range riders of pioneer
days In keeping with that dea the committee charge
arranging tor program worthy Of the occasion Numerous
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
TO SAFEGUARD HERDS

If magicians patented their tricks
they would soon be divulged since any
patent is open to the public.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-10
ACHING
COL S
Relieve Their DISTRESS
This Easy, Quick Way!

To bring speedy relief from the discom-
fort Of chest colds, muscular rheumatic
aches and pains due to colds-you need
more than lust a salve"-use a stimu-
lating "eounfer-irrifdnf" like good old
warming. soothing Musterole. 1t pene-
trates the surface skin breaking up local
congestion and pain resulting from colds.
Even better than a mustard plaster
Musterole has been used by millions for
over 80 years. Recommended by many
doctors and nurses. In three strengths:
Regular, Children's (mild) and Extra
Strong, 4Ot. Approved by Good House
keeping Bureau. Ali druggists.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
The Skyland Post
TOPublish School
Edition In April
Pictures For Special Issue Be-
ing Made This Week. Plans
Are Announced.

Today and tomorrow, if the
the weather permits, Paul Wes-
ton, owner Of the Boone Photo
Shop, will make pictures of the
Ashe county high school gradu-
ating classes and high school fac
ulty members and of the girls
and boys basketball teams, to
be used in The Skyland Posts
1899 School Commencement
Edition" which will be published
in April.
The edition will carry brief
Write-upS about each graduate, a
news story about the entire fac
ulty Of the central high school
and enrolment, a story cover
ing details of the commencement
programs and a review of the
athletic programs for the year.
All principals have been request
ed cooperate in making the edi-
ton a success.
One of the most outstanding
issues published by The Post last
year was it's school edition.. The
editor and entire staff of the pa
per are keenly interested in all
of the schools of the county and
endeavor at all times to cooper
ate in the promotion of educa-
ton and public school instruc-
ton. The paper realizes that ed
ucation and progress are close
ly related. This annual school
edition is one phase of the pap
er's cooperation toward this end.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Tragic Story Of
Fatal Disease And
Poverty Revealed

A tragic story of disease and
poverty was revealed through
the health department this week.
Alonzo Parsons, a 29-year-old
man of the Obids community, is
now at the county home, gravely
i'll with tuberculosis and waiting
for death.
The case came to light when
the tuberculosis clinic was held
in the county before Christmas.
Examinations were given to him
and it was found that he had the
disease in It's advanced stages.
He and his mother lived in a
small one or tWO-rOom house
and when she died a short time
ago from a cancer, there was no
one to look after him. He was
sent to the county home, where
special arrangements were made
to care for him and when his
time came to enter the Western
North Carolina Tubercular SAM
tarium at Black Mountain last
Sunday, an examination there
disclosed that the disease was too
far advanced to check. Thus he
was brought back here to await
the end.
Physicians pointed out that if
the case had been discovered in
time and with proper treatment,
it could have been cured.
To take treatment and stay in
the state sanitariumS only costs
$500 per month.
Doesn't this tragic story present
a challenge to everyone who
might be suffering with this great
plague of the human race. Tu-
berculosis can be cured if caught
in time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Two Ashe Teams Complete
Season With Perfect Records
Healing Springs Girls, VIC
Boys Have Clean Slate.
Play Cove Creek Fri.

The Basketball season in Ashe
county ended Tuesday night with
two teams, Virginia-Carolins
boys and Cove Creek girls max
ing perfect records.
It is interesting to note that
these two teams meet the Cove
Creek boys and girls, the win
ners in the Watauga-Avery di-
vision, tomorrow night at Cove
Creek for championship games.
Those in close touch with the
teams predict Healing Springs
to win and give Virginia-Carolina
an even chance over the Cove
Creek team which defeated them
last year in the tournament.
A comparison of this season.
records with those made last
year shows that no team ended
the season last year without loss
es. Virginia-Carolina and Ian
sing boys were at the top among
the boys teams while Virginia.
Carolina and Nathan's Creek girls
were readers. Healing Springs
girls finished the season in fourth
place last year.
By winning the Ashe county
high school trophy for two sue
cessive years, the Virginia-Caro-
lima boys will come into perma-
nent possession of the trophy,
while the girls trophy will pass
from Virginia-Carolina to Heal
ing Springs this year.
Bruce Bowling who is coach
at Virgina-Csrolina this year is
a graduate of Elon. Champion
ships are not unusual for him.
Before coming to Ashe county he
won three championships in
Craven county.
Tall Bill McNeill, Healing
Springs coach who is an Ashe
county native, won laurels in ath-
letics while a student at A. S.
T. c. He says without hesita-
ton that he is pleased with the
records his teams have made this
year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
MaximumPay
TOFarmersW Would
Be About $4,000
This Is Total Amount Ashe
Farmers Could Get For
Compliance In '38.
MAY GET $4,000

The maximum payments which
Ashe county farmers could re-
ceive this spring for complete
compliance with the provisions
of the 1888 agricultural conser-
walton program is approximately
100000, it was learned from
the county farm agents Office
this week.
Of the 1000 farms in the coun-
ty for which work sheets were
signed last spring, it is estimated
that between $500 and 5000 of
them carried out a good many of
practices for which payments are
made by the government, in
Guiding diversion of land from
the production Of cash crops to
soil improving and soil conserv-
ing crops.
Final tabulations are not avail
able as to the exact extent of
this compliance and therefore as
to the amount of money which
these farmers will receive, since
all applications for payments
have not been made, but it is
estimated the average check will
run $50 and that the total will
be somewhere around $60,0O0.0O.
Nearly $4,000 were received in
Ashe for compliance with the
1887 program.
Approximately 1900 farmers
have signed their applications for
payments and the others are re-
quested to call at the farm
agents office as soon as possible
and sign theirs. It is important
that this be done Immediately
as no payments will be made in
any county until at least 20 per-
cent of the applications have
been sent to Washington, it is
stated.
Mr.. Rich is now making plans
to hold community meetings to
explain the 1889 program.
Here are some interesting facts
about 1888 program allotments
in the county: total soil-deplet-
ing acreage allotment was 49,
7O5 acres; soil-conserving acre
age was 76,102 acres; non-crop
open pasture acreage for pay
ments was 1886 acres; soil
building goal, 48,843 acres; 1888
acreage allotments, 32,960 acres;
commercial orchards, 1893; pasture
land, 5000; cropland, 77,0O3; ard
special allotments were set up
for wheat, potatoes and tobac-
co, with wheat being 143 acres,
potatoes, 1856 acres and tobacco
about 500 acres.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
10 Demonstration
Farms In County
Selected So Far
Calcium Meta-PhOsphate Will
Be Used. Others Asked To
Make Application.
IMPROVEMENT PLAN

The Ashe county farm demon
stration committee, together with
County Agent c. ]. Rich and his
assistant Horatio Quessenberry
have been busy selecting demon
stration farms.
A total of 10 of these farms
have been signed up and any
other farmer who wishes to get
in on this program is requested
to make application at the farm
agents office. Final approval is
made at Raleigh and by IVA au-
thorities.
The purpose of this program is
to show the improvement in pas
ture and croplands that can be
made by the application of cal
cium meta-phosphate, lime and
other soil enriching substances
and by practicing more or less
scientific farming methods with
budget records and so on. The
government furnishes a quantity
of calcium meta-phosphate.
Farms selected thus far are;
C. T. Vaught, Crumpler; Eugene
Shepherd, Laurel Springs; Mrs.
G. c. Green, West Jefferson; ]. G,
WEIGH, Lansing; J. E. Oliver, Fig;
J. c. Pierce, Grassy Creek; J. S.
Brown, Todd; R. E. L. Plummer,
Crumpler; DR.. r. c. Ray; West
Jefferson; w. B. Austin, R. B.
Brown, c. B. Baldwin, B. c. Don
nelly, A. D. Goodman, R. w. Har-
din, w. T. Miller, B. c. Penning-
ton, ]. c. Little and Vergil Greer.
There were 10 demonstration
farms selected under the triple
super-phosphate program of last
year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
New Photo Shop
Is Opened Here
West Jefferson Now Has A
Modern And Up-TO-Date
Photo Shop.

This new establishment, which
will be known as the Parkway
Photo Shop, is located at the
Central Radio Company, with
Miller Ingram in charge and Ed
Barr general manager.
The Blue Ridge Photo Shop has
been consolidated with this new
firm. Last week Messrs. Barr
and Ingram purchased a large
stock of new equipment and sup
plies.
The Parkway Photo Shop is
now open for business and will
specialize in development of films
and commercial photography.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
W. J. Gym Will Be
Remodeued Soon
NYA To Be Secured. School
District To Raise The
Needed $500.

Plans are now underway to
modernize the West Jefferson
high school gymnasium, which is
not only inadequate but in need
Of repair.
The decision to enlarge and
repair the building was reached
Monday night at a joint meeting
of the West Jefferson district
school committee, c. M. Payne,
c. o. Parsons, Q. R. Camp
bell, the school principal and
the coach and some teachers.
The present gymnasium which
is the oldest in the county, has
been in use for nearly 10 years
and is 10 feet short of the stan
dard length. School authorities
first considered the idea of con
structing a new gymsasium, but
due to the high cost this has been
abandoned. Is
Prof. B. H. Duncan, principal
Of the school, said according
to the present plan, that an NYA
project would be secured and that
the district would make an effort
to raise the sponsors part which
in this case will be around $500
Those appointed as a commit
tee to raise this fund are Cole
man Payne and Paul Perkins.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Basketball Tourney
At Boone To Start
Wed. And End Sat
Practically All Teams Enter
ed. VIC Boys And HIS
Girls FavOriteS.
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

E. E. Garbee, president OF the
Appalachian high school athletic
association, announced this week
that the pairings had been work
ed out for the annual basketball
tournament to be held at Boone
March IA, inclusive.
Both boys and girls teams
have been grouped in upper and
lower brackets for the initial
games Wednesday and the sub
sequent winners will meet Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday when
the semi-finalists meet to deter
mine the winners of the tourna-
ment.
Many teams in the association
have made unusual records and
the tournament promises to be
interesting from the beginning.
Judging from the percentage
made in the season which just
ended, Virginia-Carolina, Cove
Creek, Riverview, Cranberry and
Healing Springs have the top
ranking boys teams. None OF
these should have trouble win
ming their opening games on
Wednesday. However, Thursday
and Friday some of the better
teams will fall behind. Virginia
Carolina boys have a percentage
for the season of 1000 and Cove
Creek ranks next with GIG, but
the outcome of a tournament
cannot be estimated on season
performances.
Among the girls teams Heal
ing Springs has perfect rec
ord with Is conference games
and five out-of-conference games
in the winning column this sea-
son. Cove Creek iIas a Eercent-
age of 888 with only one loss
while Cransberry and Virginia
Carolina are among the best
ranking teams. From past rec
ords it looks safe to predict that
these four teams will still be in
the tournament on Friday, but
there are many possible upsets.
Fleetwood, Nathan's Creek and
Jefferson girls have shown peri
DDS of unusually skillful playing
even if it has not held out all
season.
If there should be no upsets it
appears that the teams meet to-
morrow night for championship
neutrality-suspicious. n d
Cove Creek boys, Healing Springs
and Cove Creek girls-might al
so be the semi finalists in the
tournament.
The tournament groupings of
the teams are shown in tabula-
ton published elsewhere in to-
days paper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Pa. Couple Hurt
When Car Wrecks
Mrs. O'Brien Seriously In
jured Tuesday Near
ScOttville.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. O'Brien
of Altoona, Pa, were seriously
injured Tuesday morning near
Scottville on the Sparta West
jefferson highway when Mrs
O'Brien lost control of the car
which was badly wrecked when
it struck a culvert after leaving
the highway.
MFR. and Mrs. O'Brien were
brought into West Jefferson by
a party who was not far behind
when the accident occurred. AT
ter being examined by DR.. r. c,
Ray who found that Mr.. O'Brien
suffered a broken leg and other
injuries and that Mrs. O'Brien
had possibly sustained internal
injuries, an ambulance was called
and the victims were sent to the
Wilkes hospital.
! Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien were or
their way to visit relatives ir
Tennessee when the accident oc.
Cured. Observers pointed out
that Mrs. O'Brien who was driv.
ing possibly lost control of the
car due to her unfamiliarity with
mountain roads.
A local automobile dealer sale
that the car, a new Plymouth
which she was driving was dam
aged several hundred dollars
The accident occurred shortly
after 800 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Approval OF Club
House Is Sought

The building plans for the pro-
posed American Legion Com
munity Club House or Hut, to be
erected here under the sponsor
ship of the county school board
and the Ashe post of the Legion,
were carried to Raleigh yester-
day by Ed Barr and L. P. Col
ward, former commanders of the
post, and presented to the state
fire insurance commissioner and
WPA officials for approval.
The Legion proposes to raise
the sponsors part, which will run
around 1880.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
Third Book By
David Allison
Now Off Press
and Thou Philip" Is Title OF
Fascinating Novel By Not
ed Boone Writer.
BORN IN ALLEGHANY

And Thou Philip" is the title
of an interesting and inspiring
novel written by David P. ALI
son, of Boone and published re-
Gently by the VIM. B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company, of Grand
Rapids, Mich.
This is the third book which
Mr.. Allison, who was born and
reared in Allegheny county, has
had published other two
were Greater We Hath No
Man" and 'The Testing Time.
He also wrote a volume of verse,
entitled "Homespun Verse, in
1924. At the present time his
publishers have three more books
which will probably be published
this year.
And Thou Philip" is fas-
cinating story of Peter Morgan
and his son, Philip, of the small
town in which they lived and of
some of the most exciting years
in American history.
Into the first pages rolls the
little wood burning train which
carried Peter, a native of Vir-
ginia, on his great adventure. The
last pages are filled with his sons
discovery of the most important
thing in the world and with the
fulfllment of his boyhood dream.
Between these points come the
depression of the ninetieS, Peters
battle against corruption and the
World War.
The book is exceptionally we'll
written and is filled with TO
nance, adventure, experiences of
newspaper man and spiritual
adjustment in a modern world.
It contains nearly 200 pages and
sells for $1.00.
Mr.. Allison states that his great
great grandfather David Allison
and his wife, Nancy MacNeill
Allison, settled on Prather's
Creek in what is now Allegheny
county in 1895. He was a gradu-
ate of the University of Glasgow,
Scotland, and was the first school
teacher in that county, which
was then a part Of Wilkes. There
he taught for forty years.
Mr.. Allison has spent most of
mis- life in newspaper work, do
ing reporting, special feature
writing and editorial work. He
has been living in Boone for the
past three years.
He has been voted an honorary
membership in "The Guild Of
American Authors and Journal
lists" and also ''The Eugene Fields
Literary Society of st. Louis"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
CAR STOLEN HERE
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT

A 1888 Chevrolet coach, be-
longing to j. M. Cracraft, who
travels for the Spool Cotton
Thread Company, was stolen
from in front of the West !effer-
son Hotel here last Friday.night,
and yesterday it had not been
found, Patrolman Thomas stat
ed. In the car were large num-
Der of samples.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
MISS TUGMAN TO
SPEAK TO ROTARY

Miss Ruth Tugman, superin-
tendent of the Ashe county well
fare department, will be guest
speaker at the Rotary club meet
ing tonight. Langdon Scott has
announced. She will discuss her
work among the crippled chill
dren of the county and some of
the many other activities of her
department.
Last Thursday night an en-
joyable embarrassing moment
program was given.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23

A number of Ashe county stu
dtnts at A. S. T. c., spent the
weekend at their homes, this be-
ing the end of the second term
work. Among these were: Misses
Sally Miller, Madge Gambill,
Josephine Robinson, Evelyn
Brown, Demia Reeves, Mary
Caroline Price; Mrs. William
Francis; Messrs. Colonel Fran
els, Bill Garvey, Kyle Dickson,
Thomas Pennington, Joseph Rob-
inson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-23
What The State
Legislature Is
Doing This Week
(By Staff Correspondent

Raleigh, Feb. 22.-One-half of
North Carolina'S recocd-maklng
budget for 1894, a $154,374, 332
spending program was approved
Tuesday by the joint appropria-
tons committee and will be re-
ported favorably to the floor of
the general assembly Thursday.
The committeeman have been
considering the appropriations
now for nearly seven weeks and
its favorable report marked the
passage of a major milestone.
The other half of the budget,
tax measures designed to yield
sufficient revenue to finance the
expenditures still remains with
the committee proposals as the
increase of the tax on liquor, ap-
plication of the sales tax to build
ing materials, or some other
means of raising the desired
amount. AS the measure now
stands it is a million dollars be-
low the spending program.
Reductions in appropriations,
recommended by the sub-com-
mittee and adopted by the COM
mittee, were:
Supreme court expenses, cut
from $4,000 to $4,000 for the
biennium; governors Office, $685.
266 to $61, 266; division of pur-
chase and contract, $62,930 to
$61,23O; secretary of state, $780,,
697 to $49,297; state auditor,
$112,250 to $1O7, 100; state treas
urer, $1O1, 22O to sos, 14O; attor-
ney general, $73,536 to $65,611;
commercial fisheries, $43,800 to
$780,; state advertising pro-
gram, 100000 to $4,000; local
government commission, $66,47
to $62,478; rural electrification
authority, $26,48O to $4,000; vo-
cational education, $753,O0O to
S630,0O0; adult education, 100000
to $4,000.
The two most important meas
ures which will receive consid-
Grafton this week are the wage
and hour hearing which will be
continued Friday; and the cleo
ton proposal which would re-
quire a new registration and
would limit voting, which will
be considered Thursday.
So far the furniture manufac-
turers, hotel men and restaurant
operators have raised the loudest
protest against the Wage and
Hour bill which they claim if
would drive many of
them out of business.
The proposed wage and hour
measure which is backed by the
would place the
state in line with the federal
of a 44-hour week, and
a minimum of Csc per hour.
Today the legislators journeyed
to Charlotte for a one-day meet
ing which opened shortly before
noon. The city of Charlotte long
of the value of adver-
Using will entertain the group
in a queenly manner, typical of
the Queen City and send it back
to Raleigh again, paying all of
the expenses of course.
Rockingham county also show
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