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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-11-18
The Spirit That Is
America

The spirit that is Americana word
written, spoken, or printed can express it,
it is too elemental; force that descended
upon Washington and the Continental
Congress and was the guiding light when
no human precedent could show the way
The spirit that is America produced the
Monroe Doctrine. It brought about the
Louisiana Purchase It prevented the
building of Notifications between the Uni
ted States and Canada and it won the
West.
The spirit that is America enveloped
Lincoln and made him immune to the
barbed shafts of ridicule and criticism and
although the assassin's bullet ended his
physical being it gave him Immortality
It was the spirit of America that carried
this country through the trying days of the
reconstruction period
It was the spirit that is America that
composed the Star Spangled Banner and
the Gettysburg address, It was the spirit
that is America that brought about COM
pulsory education for every citizen. It
sprinkled libraries all over this country
using as it's instrument men of great
wealth.
It was the spirit of tolerance that is
America that made possible the National
Conference of Christians and Jews of
which former vice-president of the Unit
ed States is president
It was the spirit of cooperation that is
America that guided our secretary at the
Havana Conference and is building the
great Pan-American automobile highway;
and is bringing into closer affiliation the
educational facilities of the Americas
1t was the progressive spirit that is
America that produced the greatest inven-
tons and made possible the gratest pur
chasing power of every citizen and gave
to those who create by hand and brain the
greatest returns for their efforts.
May it continue to inspire every artisan
in our factories and the leaders of our mill
itary forces and remove from them jealous
les and vaulting personal ambitions. May
it turn our practical politicians into states
men and weld us all into more united
hemisphere.
By R. o. Vandercook.
(Reprinted from Graphic Arts Monthly
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are Mrs. S. w. Diggs, jefferson;
DR.. J. 0. Tucker and F. B. Tuck
er, of Tuckerdale; Mrs. C. w.
Davis, of Baltimore, Maryland;
Mrs. w. c. Davis, of Marion,
Va; DR.. Carl Tucker, U. S. Navy,
Australia and Mrs. E. A. Tilley,
Mount Airy. One sister, Mrs. T.
J. Bauguess, of Brandon, also sur
wives, as we'll as several grand
children and great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: T. E. Parker,
VIM. Todd, w. w. Terry, Glenn
GRAPHICAL, w. B. Austin, Langdon
L. Scott and Levern Johnson.
Flowerbearers were: Mrs. Art
Frazier, Mrs. Ed Barr, Mrs. Ed
M. Anderson, Miss Frances Tuck
err, Miss Vivian Johnson, Mrs. Le-
vern johnson, Mrs. Guy Badger,
Mrs. w. B. Austin, Miss Ruth
Shepherd, Mrs. Jack Rhodes, Mrs.
C. R. Eller, Mrs. James Story,
and Mrs. T. E. Parker.
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A Soldier On Postwar Plans

In view of the supposedly "far-reach-
ing" postwar plans now coming out of
Washington, it is enlightening to read
letter from a soldier stationed in North At
RIGA and received by an Eastern newspa-
per.
This young man is, as he states, Gin a
position to observe at first hand the reac-
tons of service men to the so-called 'cUsh-
ioning' plan for rehabilitation recently
submitted to the President by the National
Resources Planning Board Conference on
Reimbursement of Civilian and Military
Personnel And, on the basis of this OBJ
servation, he states emphatically that al
though such benefits as government-paid
education, pensions, unemployment 1nsur-
ance, etc. are commemorate, the one ques-
ton in every fighting Americans mind is:
"How quickly will be returned to civilian
life after the cessation of hostilities?'
AS an overseas topic this question over
shadows all discovery bit of news in fact
is interpreted on the basis of the degree to
which it will hasten ed (for discharge)
Day." '~@f r.
The men we sent off to the war are the
same Americans who in peace days had
Jobs and were determined to keep off of
doles. What they want is to come back to
Jobs of their own, and they are more con-
cerned with this than with government-in-
spired relief Naturally there will have to
be certain benefits to our returning fight
ers. But it must be remembered that these
men themselves have definite ideas on the
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subject of the longed-for civilian life.
The jobs they will want as civilians will
be jobs of their own choosing in private in
dustry. Industry has accepted the respon-
sibility-in Individual concerns and in in
dustrial associations postwar plans are now
being made to supply the needful jobs.
Governments place in these plans is to
industry can 60 ahead with its production
to make all the things that will be need
ed. They, in turn, will mean jobs
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WAR FUND DRIVE
FAR OVER QUOTA

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our quota. I am very grateful
to the editor of the Skyland Post
and the staff for giving wide pub
licity to our campaign and for
publishing, without cost. the
names of contributors. Our coun-
ty has again shown its willing
ness to support a worthy cause in
a grand way" he declared.
A list of contributors is pub
lished today and others will be
published next week.
Mrs. Kate Pennington, $500;
First National Bank, $500; and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Segraves,
$500.
Gilbert C. Woodie, Mrs. Gil
bert c. Woodie, W. A. Hare, Ben
Shepherd, Vaughn Sheets, Wood
row w. Gentry, Nelia L. Gentry,
Cleve Long, Gilbert Wheeler,
Mrs. J. D. Stansberry, Big Ridge
Presbyterian church, 500 each.
Chestnut Hill Home Demon
stration Club, $500; contributed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Francis, $500;
and Mrs. c. T. Vaught, $1.OO; Id
lewild Home Demonstration club,
$3.50, contributed by the follow
ing: Mrs. R. J. Hartsog, Mrs. j. E.
Cheek, Mrs. C S. Fletcher, Mrs.
R. E. Phillips, B. F. Land, $1.OO
each, and $3.50 miscellaneous.
Warrensville Methodist Sunday
School, $500; Vivian Parsons,
$500; Rev. and Mrs. Robert Short,
$500; Miss Mary Tucker, $1.OO;
w. w. Dickson, $500 and River
view Home Demonstration Club,
$500.
Grassy Creek Home Demonstra-
ton club, $4,000, contributed by
the following: Mrs. J. ]. Pierce,
Mrs. Clyde Cox, Mrs. Irene D.
Cox, Mrs. Clyde Thompson, Mrs.
Lizzie Johnson, Mrs. E. H. Han
dy, Mrs. D. w. Dickson, Mrs. o.
car Osborne, Mrs. Ben Cornwell,
Miss Julia Hager, Mrs. E. R. Du-
vail, $1.OO each; Mr.. and Mrs. W.
P. Coward, $500 and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. c. Pierce, $1,000.
Baldwin Home Demonstration
club: $3.50, contributed by Mr..
and Mrs. Ward Ray; Grant Dol
lar, $500; Pete Redolfi, $500;
and Helton Lodge A. F. and A. M.
$500.
Riverview School District,
$20O.92, contributed by the fol-
lowing: w. r. Rotten, $500; M. H.
Eller, $500; Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Barlow, $1,000; Eugene Snyder,
$500; Mrs. Dora c. Barlow, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Lewis, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Barlow, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Barlow, $500;
Margaret Davis, $500; Effie Far
rington, $500; Trout school chill
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FUNERAL is HELD
FOR MRS. E.. l.. TUCKER
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nearly two years ago.
The deceased, who was a native
of Ashe county, was a member Of
a family long prominent in this
section. She was before her mar
riage, Miss Ida Neal Foster, the
daughter of a pioneer physician,
DR.. Edward and Mrs. Ellen Fos-
ter. It was DR.. Foster who was
among the first to discover and
make use of the famous healing
springs of this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker, who liv-
ed at Tuckerdale for many years
before their deaths, formerly liv-
ed at Jefferson for some time.
They had celebrated their golden
wedding.
At the time of her death, Mrs.
Tucker was making her home
with her daughter, Mrs. P. G..
Wright, of West Jefferson. 9th
er surviving sons and daughters
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November 6, 1943
The Skyland Post
West Jefferson, N C.
Dear Editor:
Will you please renew my sub
scription to the Post for one year
Enclosed you will find $500.
l enjoy my home town paper
so very much and I feel I would
be at great loss without it. And
I don't mind telling you I read
it from cover to cover.
So may I, too, adopt the slogan,
Keep it coming.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robert Nye
Dayton, Ohio
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CHAS. w. BROWN is
AWARDED A ID. F. G..

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merry school at Tyndall Field, Fla,
and has been a staff sergeant
since March, 1913 His wife, Mrs.
Nellie Brown, and their one child
live at Belmont.
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dren, $500; Smith Eggers, $500;
George Lafeurns, $1.O5; Mrs. Ma
ry Cole, $500; Mrs. Kate Thomas,
$500, and Lillian Sutherland, S.
90. 49,.
Leslie Jones, $500; Austin
Jones, $500; Mary Elizabeth La
them, $1.20; Janice Lewis, $500;
Mrs. c. K. Latham, $500; Carl
Hartsog, $3.50; Betty 10 Kirby,
$500; Mrs. G. B. Price, $500;
Bruce GRAPHICAL, $500; Joe Rob-
inson, $500; Mrs. Todd Price, S.
90; Herbert GRAPHICAL, $500; Es-
Their Osborne, $1,000; Anne King,
$500; Grady Robinson, $500; E.
L. Stuart, $500; Claude Eastridge,
$500; Anna Mae Oliver, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brown, ST.
90 and miscellaneous, $1437.
Darrell Bumgardner, Edna
Johnson, Joseph Robinson, Jr.,
Sue Norris, Gladys Jones, Ted
Roland, Shirley Osborne, Dewey
Price, Glenn Payne, Irene Gray
beal, Mrs. Nell Huddler, Clyde
Hartsog, Delmer GRAPHICAL, and
Willard Bush, $1.0O each.
DIN Osborne, Albert Rotten,
Wayne Miller, Paul Rotten, c.. w.
Rotten, Mrs. G. D. Rotten, E. W.
Sapp, Hattie Sapp, Irene, Dean
and Paul Sapp, Raleigh Sapp, D.
V. Ham, Mary Lee Lewis, J. Max
Barlow, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton o.
borne, Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Stuart,
Mrs. Belle Roark, Asa Thomas,
Mrs. Rosa Davis, Ella Mae Ell
dreth, Geneva Eldreth, Truitt
Reid, Juanita Lewis, Nora Mae
Holman, Lee Roark, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. M. Donnelly, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
c. Donnelly, Raymond Donnelly,
Glenn May, Rena Alice Robinson,
Mary Lou Lewis, Lin Eastridge,
Mae Rotten, Fred Sutherland,
Mrs. Bill Thomas, Grant Suther-
land, J. T. Sutherland, Bill John
Cole, c. c. Sutherland, Jean Lew
is, Howard Brooks, Betty Elliott,
Emma Sue harrington, Joe Lew
is, J. R. Eller, Clyde Edmondson,
Field Osborne and Stella Osborne,
$1.00 each.
Names of the American Legion
gifts totaled $112.21. Those who
contributed are as follows: w. B.
Todd, Earl A. Ray, C. B. Gray
beal, j. Todd Woodie, E. T. Du-
vail, R. C. Parsons, j. C. Rhodes,
R. L. Austin, w. w. Terry, $500
each.
Dave Hairless, M. C. Absher,
w. M. Little, j. C. Little, Walter
Stringer, Arthur Sturgill, w. E.
Jones, Walter JONES, N. K. Hege,
]. L. Stump, John M. Burkett,
Lenna P. Burkett, Edward Cox,
A. F. Paisley, L. c. Ballou, R. V.
Lemly, P. C. Wright, $500 each.
Erwin Eller, Geo. A. Miller, ].
Art Carson, Jesse Miller, Thorn
as Elliott, D. w. Weaver, H. L.
Miller, Webb Blackburn, Wade
Stansberry, J. B. Pierce, $1.00
each.
Chas. S. Mcneil, $500; Roy
Sturgill, $500; Frank H. Coward,
1921; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Van
Hoy, $500; and J. w. Luke, $10.-
90.
w. jefferson School Dist, $4O0.,
with contributors as follows: DR..
Ed Jones, $1,000; DR.. L. L. Long,
$500; Roger Holman, $4,000;
Doris Mcmillan, $500; Mrs. Carl
GRAPHICAL. $1,000; Badgers Flu
neral Home, $500; Dean Nc
MILAN, $1,000; Mable Vannoy
Missionary Society, $1,000; w. c.
Thomas, $1,000; Miscellaneous,
$42.28. .."- >*--~-
Parkway Theater, Russell Barr,
Mrs. May Tomlinson, Paul Hol-
man, Hill Gentry, Mrs Robert
Barr, Mrs. Virginia Thomas, Mrs:
Elizabeth Barlow, DR.. r. c. Ray,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hensley, Clint
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Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
Sturgills, N. G.
November 8, 1943

November 3, 1943
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Mr.. Ed M.
Anderson for the commentator
of the NEA on his fine work in
an advisory capacity to the War
Production Board. ~e
Ashe county has reason to be
proud of the Andersons for their
good work in editing and pub
fishing weekly paper of the
quality of The Skyland Post.
l am happy to see that in this
paper there have been no full
page editorials giving vent to
personal prejudices or airing
childish feuds with individual
citizens. I am sure that many
others join me in commencing
the editors of The Post on the
splendid coverage of news and
sound editorial policy it has fol-
lowed during the past year. May
we see continual enthusiastic pro-
motion of projects of benefit to
the county and an even more
complete coverage of news from
outlying communities as the Post
grows in the months and years
that lie ahead.
c. Pardue Bunch, M. D.
Grassy Creek, N. G.
November 8, 1913
Skyland Post
West Jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sirs:
Enclosed you will find a check
for one dollar and fifty cents
($l50) for which please renew
my subscription to The Skyland
Post.
l think we are lucky indeed to
have such wonderful paper
printed in Ashe County. We look
forward to its coming each week.
Here's wishing you the great
est success in continuing your
paper.
Yours very truly,
Mollie H. Denny
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Goodman, Mrs. B. H. Duncan,
Meredith Duncan, John Weaver
and family, F. B. Jones and E. E.
Jones, $500 each.
Mrs. Edith Barr, Miss De Elite
Crawford, Hazel Vannoy, $500
each. D. H. Campbell, Lorene
Perkins, Bob Barr, Rose Burgess,
Maude Burgess, Mrs. Earl Gray
beal, National Textile Outlet,
and MIR. Rocco Cutri, $500 each.
Winfred Barr, $3.50; Basil Duke
Barr, $3.50; Mrs. Grant Dollar,
$3.50; Mrs. Eula M. Johnson, ST.
so; J. D. Jones, $1.5O; Jimmy
Faw, $3.50; Central Electric and
Telephone Co., SITS.
Dennis Hurley, w. B. Reeves,
]. H. Coward, Wiley Burgess, FL
dell Miller, Heggie Miller, Earl
Parsons, Lawrence Miller, Mrs.
T. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ada Severt,
Mrs. Wiley Burgess, Billy Col
ward, Clara Medley, Joan Brown,
David Hodge, Mary E. Pierce,
Billy Goodman, Lola Porter,
Winnie Mae Goodman, Erma Lee
Goodman, Clara Miller, Clifford
Miller, Tony Gentry, Clara Belle
Edwards, Dale Coward, Jerry
Edwards, Nellie Gentry and
Brine Gentry, $1.OO each.
Harold Wyatt, Newton Good
man, Jessie Goodman, Rev. Tom
Houck, J. c. Crawford, Mrs. J.
!C. Crawford, Anna Ray Bare,
Mrs. Laura Goss, Mrs. Mamie
w. Smith, Viola Cutri, Bill Bur-
chett, Roy Medley, Earl Ray, D.
H. Campbell, Bill Francis, Tun-
ney Stansberry, Bruce Houck,
Forest Mcmillan, Bobby Tribble,
Christine Phillips, Lucy Long,
and Louise Long, $1.0O each.
Mary 10 Blackburn, Lois Ann
Mcmillan, Billie Anderson, Way
ne Walters, A. B. Weaver, Ritz
Ray, Ruth B. Thomas, Blaine
Phillips, Elizabeth Tribble, Har-
old Cooper, Ted Goodman, Mrs.
Zollie Phillips, Pete Medley,
Betty Ruth Mcneil, Carol Jean
Woodie, Billy Shumate, Johnnie
Mullis, John R. Long, Mrs. BurI
Vannoy, Thomas Walters, Ka-
trina Vannoy, Frank Walters,
Bobby Faw, C. c. Green, Dan
Wyrick, Mrs. Earl Davidson, Ed
Jones, Mrs. Ed Jones, $1.OO each.
Mildred Stewart, Nellie Nc
Neill, Winnifred Johnson, Max
inc Miller, Magdalene Miller,
June Stringer, Max Payne, Mar
shall McNeill, P. T. Mcneil, Jr.,
Paul Bare, Glenn Poe, Alton
Weaver, Gladys Greer, Ruth My
ers, Bobby ]. Campbell, Clara
Yates, Inez Parsons, Pearl Bare,
Bobbie Ray, Frances Todd, john
ME Payne, Dorothy D. Campbell,
J. I. Miller, $1.00 each.
Jessie Dow Houck, Evelyn D.
Vannoy, Mcdaniel Hairless, Mrs.
Helen Blevins, Mrs. Manley Blew
ms, Thomas Severt, Lille Mae
Hall, Ilene Faw, F. C. Nye, Leroy
Tribble, Wynona Cook, Rachel
RAIDER, Ray Taylor, Wilma Trib-
BILE, Peggy Long, Eta Mae Good
man, Effie Lowe Gambill, Anita
Weaver, Juanita Cook, Thomas
Hardin, Carl Wyrick, $1.OO each.
Miscellaneous amount collected,
$42.28.
Sutherland Sunday School,
$5.26, contributed by the follow
ing: Mrs. Mayme Donnelly, $500;
Roger Donnelly, $100; Arlie Will
son, $1.O0; Mrs. Olive Wilson,
$500, and Miscellaneous, 26c.
;Silas Creek Home Demonstra-
ton club, $3.50, contributed by
the following: Mrs. w. w. Dick.
son, $500; Mrs. c. NJ Dickson,
| $500; Mrs. Curtis Dickson, $1.O0:
Mrs. w e. Jones, $1.00; and mis-
cellaneous, soc.
CONTINUED ON Page 81
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HOW WILL WE MAKE THE JOBS?

Many groups, from government through industry, are
turning their thoughts to postwar planning. On the domestic
front this means devising plans to insure quick en-
ployment for the thousands who return from the war or war
industries. Right now, a nationwide movement is on to inven-
tory every community, to see what each Individual business
man and householder plans in the way of improvements, to
determine what school districts, cities and counties have in
mind as needed work that will provide jobs.
One practical problem we haven't heard discussed is this:
Almost every job, whether it is building a new road or an extra
bedroom for the house, will require materials. We will have
ample labor. Some of it will be absorbed in business and service
operations. But we will need all sorts of things, and immedi-
ately, to provide other jobs-siding and bathtubs for new
homes, shingles for roofs, pipes for waterines, tractors for
bodybuilding, just to mention a few examples.
How are we to get these things Immediately the war is
ended? 1t will be an immense task. Perhaps some of the needs
may be found in the immense stores and reserves that must be
piled up for the military in any war. But there will be a
scarcity of many. This is something about which government
and industrial leaders should begin thinking. When peace
comes we will need the tools and materials of peace in just as
much of a hurry as we needed armament and planes the
morning of Pearl Harbor.
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LIKE ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Before we criticize Generals DeGaulle and Giraud, who have
been at swords points over what some would call minor differ
ences in the government of the French, we should take a look a
our own domestic scene. 1t presents, as a democracy quite often
does, a perplexing scene of irrelevances and conflicts.
In Washington, Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones and
Vice President Henry A. Wallace issue multi-paged press
releases telling the public what they think of each other in
very personal terms. Another Gear" Chester Davis, resigns
because the president has adopted certain food policies without
his knowledge. The government takes over soft coal plants be-
cause of striking miners and then announces it has not means
to control these recalcitrants. Congress and the president are
at odds and appear to be near a split on many fundamental
issues. And then an irrtated national executive blames all the
trouble on the press because it prints the news of such dis
agreements!
Historically speaking, we seem to have had such goings-on
in every conflict. Students of our government during the Civil
war may well wonder how the north every won.
Sometimes we speak rather patronizingly of the British
habit of "~mudding through" We regard the French generals
as over-emotional. The revolutions in South American coun-
tries are beyond our understanding. But before we look to
other countries or continents to express criticism, we might
scan the home horizon for the many happenings which, to say
the least must appear peculiar to the British, the French and
the Russians. 1t is certain that the Axis nations can and do
utilize these isolated events to make us appear in their home
propaganda as a sort of Alice in Wonderland country. Perhaps
it is, but we are certain that most of us would rather be where
we are than in any other spot on earth.
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children Gerald and Shirley o.
Plentywood visited from Tuesday
until Thursday at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. liver Martin.
Ed Dahl is helping Ole Enkeruo
put up his hay crop.
Jimmie Nelson of Glasgow spent
several days visiting his grand
mother, Mrs. N. c. Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Christensen
and son of Glasgow visited at the
E. Stensland home Sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Stensland, Mr.
and Mrs. F.. E. Nelson and children
Lloyd Flesjer and Miss Phyllis
Sjordal visited at the Chris Molvig
home Thursday evening.
Seaman First Glass John Kirwan
writes his parents that he is 10
Gated at Dutch Harbor.
Miss Louise Ekola left Sunday
to spend some time with her aunt,
Mrs. Earl O'Brien, at Hinsdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Qualey and
daughter, Mrs. Magnus Swanson,
called at the John McColly home
north of Hinsdale Monday evening.
The Tom Nelson and liver Mar
tin families spent Wednesday af-
ternoon at the Legion plunge near
Saco.
Miss Marjorie Downing spent
Sunday with friends at Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-15
KEEP EN- ROLLING

To ~paraphrase the song of the field artillery, it will be the
purpose of farm service officials, in the next 60 days, to "keer
'em rolling on our highways. In this case, instead of caissons
it is the hope to mobilize many combines from throughout the
wheat belt, as well as those locally.
Carl Hansen, Valley county Triple-A committeeman, at
tended a regional meeting in Omaha, Nebr last month, at which
many government officials said they would do everything
possible to see that combine operators from Oklahoma, Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska and other wheat states would come to the
northwest to aid in the harvest. These itinerant combiners will
be given priorihes on tires and have also been assured an
ample gasoline supply. The Montana highway patrol has offered
its cooperation.
A survey is now being conducted to determine about how
many acres of wheat will be available for outside combiners
to harvest, if they come. County Agent James K. McGibney
says it is important that farmers make estimates Immediately
and turn the figures into his office. Such estimates are not
contracts or agreements, but it is only fair that %combiners,
before they travel thousands of miles, have some assurance
of steady work.
This plan, it seems to us, is one of the most sensible and
practical that could be worked out in the wheat belt. Many
armers now face the prospect of handling without help what
las all the appearances of a bumper crop. Nc local help is
valuable. Outside help can be attracted here. But the cooper
ton of all concerned is necessary. /
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Taken from the files of The
Courier for JuIy. 1918.

Peter Peterson, president of the
county Farm Bureau, represented
the county at a regional meeting in
Havre designed to aid drouth
! stricken farmers. The meeting also
favored a cooperative stock market
ing association.
Schedule of a Glacier Park au-
tomob.le tour shows it will be here
overnight, leaving at 10 the follow
ing morning and arriving at Malta
at 5 p. m. (Seven hours as COM
pared with a two-hour trip now at
35 miles per hour.
County Attorney C. D. Borton
has filed for reelection.
Bert Langen, Sid Rumble, Har-
vey Booth and George Alsop drove
to Bowdoin to have a look at the
oil wells. They report drilling is now
more than 200 feet deep.
H. o. Morgan has been elected
cashier of the Farmers State bank
of Glentana succeeding Fred F.
Smith, who has been made vice
president.