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OFFER BY

The United Electrical, Radio & Machine
Workers of America
We hereby make the following offer to our
country, the offer to hold good tor the duration
of the war against Fascism and only for that
period:
/. We will work for straight time instead Of time
and one-half on Saturdays.
2. We will work for straight time instead of double
time on Sundays and holidays
3. In order that it may be the United States Govern
ment rather than the owners of the Companies who
receive the financial benefits resulting from the con-
tribution by us, we require the following:
(a) Inasmuch as the Companies have negotiated their
contracts up to 1916 with the Government on the basis
of paying this time and one-half and double time
that we are giving up, we require that each month
the given Company shall pay to Henry Morgenthau,
Jr, Secretary of the Treasury Of the United States, the
sum of money saved as a result of this offer, such
money to be the contribution by the Union members
to help our Government pay the Companies for whom
we work for war products which we make.
(b) Union management production councils In all
plants shall at any time check this record of savings
to the Company and payments to the United States
Treasury,
(c) Overtime rates shall be paid in accordance with
the recommendations of the Navy Department, the War
Department and other Government agencies, that time
and one-haIf shall be paid for work in excess of eight
hours and for the sixth consecutive day, and double
time for the seventh consecutive day.
4. The foregoing shall take effect Immediately upon
conclusion Of the present negotiations and the renewal
of the existing agreements between the given Company
and this Union.
S. We undertake, upon agreement between the given
Company and the Union that the rate Of production
output per man-hour as it existed prior to Pearl
Harbor shall be deemed the Normal Output, that we
shall put into action a Union campaign to increase
production output by Is per cent-and this increase
shall be by the direct additional expenditure of
energy and effort, over and above such increases rs
will be effected through improved methods or techni-
ques instituted by our war production councils.
6. The given Company ON its part will undertake as
follows:
(a) The Company will discontinue for the duration
, 1942-04-01

of the war any downward changes of job values, piece
prices, and existing rates.
(b) Day workers will be paid an increase i'm their
hourly earnings as a result of this increased effort
equal to the percentage received by production
workers. >~M"~s-
(c) Prices and job values ON new jobs shall continue
to be determined on the basis Of normal effort. After
a price is put ON a job, there shall be NO downward
adjustments Of such values and prices for the duration
of this war.
(d) The Normal Production records of employees as
they existed during the quarter prior to Pearl Harbor
shall be available to the Union for the record.
() After the war, the Compan shall make no effort
to- cut prices on job values by reason of this super
normal total war effort by our people.
C) Provisions of the existing agreement between
Company and the Union which govern time studies and
adjustments of rates shall apply after the war.
Cd The above will take effect Immediately upon re-
newal of the existing agreement and ratification of
same by the membership.
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WANTED: Will pay market
price for hams, green and cured.
J. F. Yates, Warrensville, N. c..
2-10-1T
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face indications up there in that
gulch above the pasture. This
map shows promising structure,
that's all" He went over it all
then, marking out lines with a
pencil on the sketch.
What you're getting at is that
this land is the kind of land they
find oil under?" Harvey put in.
'That's what all this scientific
stuff means?"
1T means that this land is the
kind that oil might be found I'M
DER" Gary qualified, definitely.
"I'm not making any statements.
Only a competent geophysicist
could give you reliable advice.
They have the knowledge and
the instruments-Tm just a be-
ginner. I've studied the stuff but
never had an opportunity to
work at il"
Mona Lee could see Harvey
fidgeting in his chair. Then he
jumped up. "What's the reason
we can't 60 up to that place now?
I've got flashlight. And there's
a moon. Want to go, Mother?"
II guess not i. we'll, if you're
all going trailing out there like
crazy, I might as well go along.
But don't get your blood pres
sure up. If there was any oil in
this part of the country, some
body would have found it by this
time, the way they prowl all o.
yer. Allie, get me my galoshes."
They tramped through the pas
ture, strange procession, AIDE
laide skipping ahead and Gary
and Harvey behind her, Gary
limping little and feeling some
how heavily tired. Mona Lee
followed behind and kept stop
ping and imploring them not to
60 so fast. She carried a barn
lantern, and the round blob OF
light beneath it Wobbled over
the rough ground. The beam Of
Harvey's flashlight went search
ingly ahead. He carried a spade
and a cloth sack thrown over his
shoulder. And when they ar
rived at last at the little canyon
he began digging. Immediately,
tossing Jumps of rock and earth
into the sack that Adelaide held
open. The girl groaned as the
weight of the sack increased.
IF you were going to carry the
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the gate and around the drive,
missing the windmill by the
thickness of a coat of paint. Ga
ry, could you draw a sketch of
that map? You could, couldn't
your"
II guess I could. I could get it
down in a rough way"
"You go up and do that right
away, before dinner. And I'll
fix up some way to introduce the
subject"
Later, when she had time to
think about it, Mona Lee Mason
remembered the look on Har-
vey's face when Adelaide said
abruptly, Now, Gary-now let's
tell them!"
For a minute Harvey's face
darkened. Gary was a nice boy,
but they had wide plans for Ade-
laide which did not include a
marriage to any young man out
of a job. That was in Harvey's
face at first. And then, when
Gary spread out the sheet of pa
per with the rough sketch he had
drawn on the table, Harvey's face
changed again.
"What's all this?" he asked
gruffly.
Adelaide drew a deep breath
and was tense and her eyes snap
ped sparks. COLL" she announc-
ed dramatically. "Oil-on our
land! Gary thinks maybe he's
found DILL"
It was then that Harvey became
stranger to Mona Lee.
He said, "What's this picture?"
and his voice was hoarse and
strange. Gary caught the ten
sion, and looked across at Mona
Lee with eyes that were little
sorry.
Its a rough idea of the geo.
logical structure under this
ranch, sir" he said. Il looked it
up today on an old map that
Hughey Fothergill owns-after
I'd found what l though were sur
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NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
The Cox Hat Company
VS..
V. G. Phipps, ct al
To V. C. Phipps, One of the de-
PENDANTS in the above entitled
cause:
Take notice that on the 18th
day of December, 1912, at 10 o.
clock A. NJ, and thereafter, in the
law office of George M. Warren,
212 Reynolds-Arcade Building, in
the City of Bristol, State of Vir-
ginia, before a Notary Public,
the undersigned will take the de-
position of Mrs. B. r. Koontz, J.
M. Sweet, ct al, to be read as evil
dence for the plaintiff in the a
bove entitled action, which is now
pending in the Superior Court of
Ashe County, North Carolina; and
you will further take notice that
if the taking of said deposition is
not begun and completed on said
date, the same will be continued
from day to day until completed.
This the 18th day of November,
1912.
The Cox Hat Company
By: Bowie and Bowie,
I11-19-4T Attorneys
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So DARK LIGHTNING ,lETA
Ann By HELEN TOPPING MILLER nnHk 80

the edge of that-his breath be-
gan to quicken a little.
Thanks, Mr. Fothergill." He
handed the map back. Here
buy yourself some tobacco. YOU
re quite sure there's no oil I'M
der these structures?"
"Shake yourself WE'LL" advised
Adelaide as he went back to the
car. II got the cold shivers when
he grabbed you. was sitting
here wondering if I ought to 60
yell for the police"
Hes got the map-but it's an
old edition. I'll have to write for
new one, I guess"
"But that will take days-let's
telegraph, can't WEI"
eff 1 sent a wire somebody
would start talking" he said.
''You can't hide oil-or even a
suspicion that there might be
OIL"
"Gary Tallman-you did see
something on that map! You're
trying to be mysterious and OBJ
scure, but I can see right through
you. You've got red spots in
both cheeks
Fever" he said. 'I've been
with you for hours. How do you
expect me to keep my tempera-
ture down."
"We're going straight home to
tell Dad"
II wouldn't want to raise any
false hopes"
Dad could hire a geologist."
"A survey costs money, too.
The big oil companies keep their
own crews, but an independent
owner would have to take his
own risks"
"Oliver works for a big oil
company"
ne SELLS ISdSSS. liz UOSSll I
know anything about production.
If there were any indications that
there's oil under your place, Kim
ball would want your father to
sell out to somebody"
and he'd want all the credit,
and grab it, too. And probably
half the money. I wouldn't trust
Oliver an inch. Don't say a word,
Gary, when Oliver is around"
Gary agreed promptly because
he did not like Oliver, either.
Il hope nobody comes in to-
night-then we can tell Dad and
Mcther," Adelaide ran on ex-
citedly. And you can advise
Dad what to do. Oh, Gary-sup-
pose we did get millions of dol
lars" she was breathless and
her eyes were like two hot, burn
ing stars.
"Now don't say a word" he
warned, as they whirled through
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whole ranch home, Dad, why
didn't you bring Slim and the
truck? Are these any good at
all, Gary?"
Gary was confident that this
sampling had no value, but he
could not bear to dash Harvey's
enthusiasm. Can't TELL" he said.
"Whatever we do, Dad, let's
not tell Oliver"
Continued on Page y
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CHESTNUT WOOD

Wilkes Extract Works, North
Wilkesboro, N. c., are in the
market for Chestnut Wood in any
quantity. Price 5000 for 100 Gu
bic feet delivered at their mill
Can be delivered any day except
Sunday. Wood is needed to make
tannin extract to tan leather for
shoes needed by our men in SER
vice. 12-3-18T
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LOST: One 1OK gold High
School ring of the West jefferson
High School. Ring has ruby set,
date of graduation, 1888, initials,
]. M. P, size 912. Anybody in
possession or knowing the where
abouts of this ring, please write:
Lieut.. John M. Pennington, Co.
CO., 415th Infantry, Camp Adair,
Oregon, APO. No. 1O4, U. S.
Army. $500 Reward. 12-10-4T
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We have just purchased the
Galax Chair Co., and are offering
for sale quantity of machinery,
shafting, pulleys and betting.
This material can be seen at our
plant in West Jefferson around
January LIST. Phenix Chair Co.
12-3-2Tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

WANTED-Good coal leaders
for a small mine, paying union
scale, no examination required,
mine locked at Matewan, West
Virginia. Matewan Fuel Co., by
E. C. Stanley. 11-5-8tpd
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RATES

FOR SALE-Pair good three
year-old filleys, or will trade for
milk COWS or other cattle. EN-
NETT Phillips, Oval, N. c.
11-26-4Tpd
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FREE! If excess acid causes
you pains of Stomach, Ulcers, In
digestion, Heartburn, Belching,
Bloating, Nausea, Gas Pains, get
free sample, Udga, at Ray Drug
Company. 11-12-12Tpd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10

FOR SALE: 1884 Chevrolet in
good condition, with good tires.
Will sell at bargain. See AL
bert Martin at l. M. Cooks Store.
West Jefferson. 12-10-1Tp.
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Instantly, old Hughey extrica-
ted himself from the confusion
of his bedding. His sunken, dead
black eyes began to CLEAN. He
clawed at Gary's arm, jerked him
inside, and slammed the door.
Don't let none of them folks
around hear you,' he warned.
"Set down. Yeh, I got a map.
But I'm keeping it. What you
want with it,"
I'm studying the structures a.
round here. Thought maybe
you'd let me look at your map.
Know this country pretty well,
do you?"
know it?" shrilled the old
man, pulling out drawer from
a lopsided chest and fumbling
feverishly in it. 81 know every
fold and fault and sand in it..
Son, you can look at my map, but
there amt no oil under this
county, not a drop"
He Strengthened, brought out
a packet carefully wrapped in
oil cloth and secured with a
tightly knotted shoestring. Slow
ly, almost reverently, he united
a dozen knots. A roll of slippery
maps slid out, uncurled them
selves, grease-spotted and faded.
Got EN- all here" Old Hugh
ey dropped on a stool and spread
the soiled sheets over his knees.
Here she is. Look a here" He
traced with a long and filthy fin
gernail. There she lays Z.
there's the Sabine uplift-where
they found the big pool-and o.
yer here there amt nothing.
Lime and salt water, l tell you"
With swift, trained vision Ga
ry studied the map. It was an
old print, he noted. twenty years
old. There was the uplift-
to the north of it falkland on
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JUST RECEIVED: 1000 back
numer magazines, including de-
tective stories, westerns, True
Stories, True Romances, Popular
Mechanics, Popular Science, etc.
]. & J. Store, w. Jefferson,
N. G.. 12-1O-2Tpd
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TYPEWRITER and adding ma
chine service. Factory trained
mechanics. Satisfaction guaran.
teed. Deal Typewriter Exchange.
CO The Skyland Post. tt
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FOR SALE: 1O-Pc. Walnut
Dining Room Suite. Good Con-
dition, priced cheap. Rhodes
Furniture Co. 12-10-1T
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CHAPTER iii
Synopsis

Gary Tallman, a young petro-
leum engineer on his way to a
job in Mexico, gets as far as Tex
as, where he is given a ride by
Mona Lee Mason. They have an
accident, and Gary is seriously
injured. Mona Lee takes him to
her home, and Gary RECEIVERS.
Meanwhile he has discovered two
reasons to keep him from going
on to Mexico-Mona Lees daugh-
ter, Adelaide, and the possibility
that there is oil on the Mason
ranch. He and Adelaide have
gone to see old Hughey Fother-
gill, a prospector, to look at a
map.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
TO ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS

We are again asked to make life
away from home a little more en-
joyable for soldiers stationed at the
Ephrata air base, by having the
soldiers in our various homes for
Sunday dinners.
Someone is no doubt making the
same effort somewhere for your
husband. your son and your relativ-
es, so it will make you feel better
if you have this satisfaction of help
ing to brighten a soldiers life. by
giving him the pleasure Of your
home Vie. ., -s.ys---,s-.lz.s.
The air base would like to send
twenty soldiers each Sunday hegin-
ming November to Is. Anyone
wishing to entertain is asked to con-
tact Mrs. Oscar Singert, phone 252
so arrangements can be made.
Don't fuss too much with an ella
horate dinner, the soldiers are Just
like the boys from our little town,
they want, and need the comfort
and friendliness we can give. Let
give them royal welcome every
Sunday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
All Should Vote
In Gen. Election

Tuesday is general election day,
and leaders in both the Democratic
and Republican parties are hoping
for much larger turnout of voters
than the disgracefully small num-
Der who cast their ballots in the
September primaries.
Voting this year is a patriotic
duty The new legislature is to be
elected and the Congressman to be
chosen Will vote on war emergen-
cies. Six legislative questions are
to be voted upon.
In the PRIMARIES only 80 per cent
of registered voters participated.
Voters should go to the polls Nov
ember as punctually as they per-
form other war duties.
Voters should carefully study the
six legislative measures to be decid-
ed upon before casting their ballots,
as all of the questions involved are
of real Importance.
You owe it to yourself and your
country not only to vote but to
mark your ballot intellieently, so
study the candidates and the, meas
ures before going to the election
booth and you will be performing
one of the privileges for which
America is today fighting.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
Mold Activities


Mrs. Ida Oliver Of Spokane was q
guest at the home of her nephew,
Earl Lemley and family.
Mrs. Marvin Awkward and Diane
came home Wednesday from Walla
Walla where she visited for ten
days
Chas Wagner has fractured ank-
lie as the result of a runaway team
last Thursday Monday he went to
Spokane for medical attention.
A fire was started by some care
less individuals at lake in Kay
Leander's pasture. 1t also burned
into the Jones pasture. number
of men were out fighting it Sunday
afternoon.
Among those attending the carni-
val at st. Andrews Friday night
wede Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Burton,
and Melvin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Thompson, Jean and Dean, Mr.. and
Mrs. Del Mclean. Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Lemley and Betty, Mrs. Ida
Oliver, VIM. Lelnley, Billie Jeanne
Hiles, Mrs. Lee Pitts, Opal, 1mo
Jean and Jimmie.
Grange met in regular session
Saturday night Owing to National
Grange at Wenatchee there will be
no meeting November ID. November
18th will be an election of officers.
meeting to clean the hall, put down
linoleum in kitchen and cut wood.
A pot-luck dinner will be served at
noon.
The Ladies Auxiliary are giving
a hard time dance Saturday night,
October 31st
Wayne Gander and Howard Pitts
were among the High School stu
dents helping in the apples last
week
Mr.. and Mrs Chas Wilburn and
daughter Sharon spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. l.. j. Leander
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Henry are
visiting her mother. Mrs. Jennie
Smith at Aeneas.
Rain fell Monday evening and
night. The first in many weeks. Last
Saturday was the .caldest day this
,season- with the tenlpspature report
ed at 10 degrees above zero.
Mrs. Nathan Gander and Virginia
Dodge were Sunday dinner guests
of Mrs Cecil Crookshank and CATH
crime at Park Lake.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Hayes and
sons of Soap Lake attended Grange
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29

saturday night and spent Sunda
with Mrs Mary Hayes and Terry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Burton am
Melvin went to Waterville Saturday
to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. s.
H. Burton. Their daughter Norma.
and hor frssad Velma Crisp, ac-
compahled them home. Sunday they
visited the dam and returned to
Waterville in the evening.
Willard Quinn of Tonasket was
a guest at the Dale Leander home.
He was unable to get into the Navy
at present.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
St. Andrews News

Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Jolly and fam
lily of Cornell spent the week end
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Tame
berg and Pat and Mrs. Ras Tame
berg were shoppers in Wenatchee
Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jenkins and
Gene and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ar
rand and children were Sunday yaf-
ternoon visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
K Jolly.
Harold Jensen and Clarence Ed
gemon were in Cornell Tuesday,
Sandra Jolly, who stayed over at
Jensens returned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs Dan Jolly and fam
lily, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mickelsen
and children and Bob VIM were
dinner guests Sunday at the Jen-
sen home.
Hans Wogensen, Edwin Nickel
sen, Slim Jolly and Ras Tanneberg,
attended the sale Wednesday at Go
van.
The carnival and bazaar was
well attended by a very nice crowd
Friday night.
Carl Christinson. Coulee City is
visiting at the Kjersgaard home.
Mrs Dave Harris and Warren
visited at the Tanneberg home last
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Tanneberg
and son visited at the Howard Jor-
gensen home Sunday evening.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
Publisher Finds One "Scrap"
Weighing 23,41O Pounds

While every community in the
state, every school and each indivi-
dual joined in the collection of the
millions of pounds of scrap metal
during the past two weeks our can
didate for the scrap metal is pub
Usher Larry Nation of the Union
town Journal who assisted in the
task of conveying an old time steam
engine to the salvage pile at the
railroad siding in his town This
one article weighed 23,4l0 pounds
and we believe is perhaps the lar
gest single item to be delivered in
one piece. 1t was brought in by two
tractors. much smaller but very
powerful. The publisher says he was
water boy on the Job.
From Here and There and About
the State -. Rubber boots are now
being rationed to farmers like tires
and tires are much easier to
secure than formerly -. while farm
machinery we are told is to be
handled on ration basis soon 80.
And plan of LEND lease of farm
machinery among neighbors is being
seriously discussed - Salvage ma
teriels were in most cases donated
to the cause - Some communities
sold it and gave proceeds to the
Red Cross -. State Treasurer Otto
Case announces an all time high
balance of funds 80 Just under the
$40, 100000 mark 49, Most of this is
in special funds already allocated by
previous legislatures 49, However
the grand total is very impressive
80 And a lure for many groups who
have plans for getting some of It
-. Many plans are now being for
mulated for special laws at the
coming legislature -. Looks like
year for "raids" on the treasurer
-. AS the time goes on we will dis
cuss some of these people and their
plans quite frankly -. Perhaps
little publicity may stop some
these schemes - We feel in the
mood to turn on some light anyhow
and see what happens then -. It
can surely do no harm, for after all
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-29
Ten Typical Sales Last Week
1876 Head of Mixers

A better idea of the seriousness
of the dairy situation is gained by
a partial review of sales held during
the past ten days on farms in a
cross section of the country. We
find from the advertising columns
of few of the weekly papers this
information; three sales in Clark
County, according to the Vancouv
Sun, the total of cattle offered be-
ing % head, the Chehalis Advocate
reveals two sales offering Is head,
while the following papers mention
one sale each, Ellensburg Capital
"a head. Whideby Record 80 head.
Ritzville. Joarnat-Times 81 head,
Prosser Record-Bulletin 10 head and
the Davenport Times-Tribune IS
head. One encouraging note is struck
by the Grandview Herald which tells
of dairyman buying third regis
tered bull for his herd. In addition
to the above private sales no doubt
disposed of an 8 equal number of
cows or possibly many more.