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Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
Water PRESSURE for Farms

An electric water system saves
time and work on the farm. Rum
ming water not only is a conven-
ience but also helps to step up and
speed up production Of meat, poul-
try, milk and vegetables. Nearly
every farm activity is done better,
quicker and more economically
with an abundant supply Of running
water under pressure provided by
an automatic electric water sys-
tenn.
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
After Many Had Failed

After many other inventors had
failed, George Selden completed the
first successful internal combustion
engine in 1877. The Duryea broth
ers made the first auto to run on
a public highway in 1893. r. E.
Olds' straight-line assembly, Ford's
mass production and standardized
parts were vital factors that helped
build a four billion dollar industry.
It has created nearly seven million
jobs in 1,375 cities in A states. One
fourth of all U. S. patents relate
to automobiles.
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
This
Weeks
Best
Fiction

day and went out the west door.
Crossing the lawn she took his arm.
That was unexpected. And also a
little uncalled for, he thought, under
the circumstances. Why should she
make game out of splitting up?
Thinking that, he stiffened and she
felt it. But she did not release his
arm. Remember the first time we
came down here together?" she
asked.
Cant say I do"
''You mean you don't want to. It
was after our honeymoon. And you
held MY arm" Her voice was low
and uneven and somehow queer.
"Oh," he said. whats the mat
ter? Getting a cold?"
mo. Not used to fresh air, I sup
pose. It'll be all right SOON"
''In the Nevada climate, you
mean?" She did not answer. Maybe
she hadn't meant that. To speak Of
the advantages of Reno while he
remained East would not fit her
present mood. There had been
times-plenty Of them-when the
important small niceties of CONVEX
sation between them had been for
gotten, giving way to bitterness and
recrimination. But he admitted she
had never been crude. To cover his
own remark he said: ''Has the
cabin been kept clean?"
"Quite. It's always in good order.
No telling when someone might
want to use it. There's some wood
there, I'm sure. And you remember
how that fireplace heats, Will"
That's right. I do remember"
The worst of it was that he remem-
bered too well, all at once. They
had lived there-he and Jan-for
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
ASK Me u
ANOTHER I
A General Quiz

I. Do sharks have to turn over
to bite?
2. Is white a color?
3. How much blood is there in
the human body?
4. Who was the first president
of Texas after it's declaration of in
dependence?
S. What city in the U. S. is one
mile above sea level?
6. The Boston Tea Party took
place in what year?
z. In what battle were Amer
lean troops ordered to withhold
their fire till they could see the
whites of their opponents eyes?
8. A parcel post package is linn
tied in weight to how many
pounds?
g. The first telephone operators
were boys and instead of saying
"hello," said what?
10. Is there a minimum limit to
the weight a horse is made to
carry in a horse race?
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
Edible Educated Thistle

That strengthening vegetable
known as the globe artichoke is
really an unopened flower bud
which grows on a thistle-like plant.
While botanists refer to it as
Cynara Scolymus, a lot of people
call it the educated thistle" The
artichoke is good source OF iron.
calcium and vitamins A and B-1.
It's also good to eat. The French
and Italians have long valued it
very highly for their tables.
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19

somehow we could patch it up. Try
again. But we've done that too
often, haven't WEI"
"Too often, JAM"
The room was hushed, after that,
for many minutes. flushed, except
for the cracking Of the one big
chunk and the rush Of air through
the chimney. And even that slowly
decreased. The fire he had built and
not replenished was burning out.
Just like the fire Jan has spoken Of.
Burning out. It was a simple thing
to throw more wood on a fire. But
was it so simple to rekindle their
own flame? He decided he was get
ting morbid.
There were only deep red embers
between the andirons when she
rose. IT told you last night that
nothing would keep me from Reno" "
she said. 'T meant, it, then, but
Will, I'll stay if you want me. I'll
do my best to make us happy. We
were once. Maybe, in some way, we
could be again." She waited. He did
not move; did not raise his eyes.
The embers glowed.
Twill, I said I'd stay if you want
me to-"
Glowed.
''Must get down on my knees to
you? Is that what you want?"
Glowed duly.
'Too late, then. =. All right,
dear, I'll be packed and on my way
i, in an hour. Would you-do you mind
if I kiss you goodbye? Just for old
times sake. won't bother you any
more"
He permitted it quite nobly, and
when she had leaned and kissed
him full on the lips he turned away
from her and toward the fire once
more. The door closed behind her.
| "A N HOUR, she had said. Well, he
would wait that long before
going back. to the house. No use
having more farewells.
He did not stir for a long while,
frowning at the fireplace. The one
big chunk had only tiny bit of red.
ness along one edge. The rest was
cold gray ash, smoking fitfully ano
not pretty to look at. She had been
right. They had been exactly like
the fire, blazing up for time and
then cooling to drabness.
II won't bother you any more. 81
What had she meant by that? Never
see him again? He realized sud.
denly that he WANTED to see heI
again. It wouldn't be right not to.
You can't live with a person ter
years and simply forget it, like that.
Maybe they could even be good
friends, after the divorce, and have
some Of the fun they missed before.
Without the ties of marriage, or the
| restraints
He knew he was being very fool.
ish, thinking things like that. It was
all over, and she would be strange
and distant whenever-IF ever
they met. Friends? Hardly. Jan was
out of his life for good-that was
settled.
The cabin was getting cold. He
had no idea how long he had beer
sitting alone. Was the hour up? He
rose to stir his aching legs and con.
sidered hunting more wood for the
fire. With the tongs he probed at the
ashy big chunk and at his touch the
wood which had seemed so cold
so lifeless-jumped into flames,
warm, surprising, beautiful.
A single touch had done that. HIS
touch.
He gazed open-eyed. And then ir
quick, bounding leaps he ran up the
hill and into the house. Up the
stairs. Through a door he had moi
opened for so very long. The hour
was not yet gone.
JAM" he said. "Jan. You're as
slim as you ever were. I'll carry
you over, again."
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19

WT ETS talk this thing out"
~ Janice had said. 'For good
and all" And he had agreed. Not
enthusiastically. He thought he
knew what it would be like. She
was going to be very calm, very
noble, very much the long-suffering,
patient wife who will 60 no farther.
AL right, my dear. If you want one
more talk, I'm game. Just SO 1t
doesn't end in another row.
He became slightly noble him
self. Now that it was all over with
them he was suddenly courteous.
He spoke to her in tone he might
have used toward any good-looking
woman not his wife: where would
you like to sit while you pronounce
sentence?"
She knew at once. She must have
been thinking about that. mot
here" she said. would you mind
If we went down to the cabin?"
The cabin. How long had it been
since he had seen the inside of that
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
The AnSuerS

1. No, a shark can bite any side
up.
2. Yes, it is a combination of
all of the colors of the spectrum.
Black is the absence of color.
3. From one to one and a half
gallons, the quantity varying with
the size of the individual.
4. Sam Houston.
5. Denver, Colo.
6. In 1773 December 16).
z. The Battle of Bunker Hill.
8. Seventy pounds.
9. "Ahoy, ahoy."
10. Yes. The rules of racing in
most states specify that no less
than "a pounds shall be carried in
the handicaps.
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19

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Send today for your copy of the Fail
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and dependable guide in planning
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Arizona sun., 1947-09-19

tWO-rOOmed affa1r
beside the river?
And what could
have made her
want to 60 there,
Of all places? mot
in the least" he
said. We'll need
wraps"
They dressed for
the raw December
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19

SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
$50 South Wells st. Chicago Z, Ill.
Enclose IS cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern Size
Arizona sun., 1947-09-19
Piston rings cost less than smoke rings!

Send postal for illustrat-
ed, informative new
booklet on 7 ways to save
oil. It's free and may
save you lots of money.
Sealed Power Corp,
Dept. we, Muskegon,
Michigan.
INDIVIDUALLY ENGINEERED
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
T.. e.. Little Dies
In IredeII County

Funeral service for c. c. Little,
we'll known Ashe county man,
was held on Thursday, January
9, at the Friendship Baptist
church. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
Mr.. Little died on January 7 at
his home in Statesville, where he
had lived for the past 16 years.
He was well known here, having
spent most Of his entire life in
this county.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Martha Witherspoon Little,
and the following sons and daugh-
ters: R. L. and ]. A. Little, of
StatesVille, C.. F. Little, of MoOres-
vile; Paul Little and Lola Little,
Of Statesville, Mrs. w. D. How
ell, of Jefferson; Mrs. c.. E. Cold
iron, Of Wagner; Mrs. David
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
Special Appeal
Made To Farmers

Rocco Cutri, president of the
Carolina Briar Corporation said
this week that he wanted to make
a special appeal to the farmers
for ivy burls in order to keep
his company in operation.
For the past six months, we
have made every effort to keep
our factory going. Despite the
keen competition of briarWood ar
irving in larger and larger guam
titles from Europe, we could meet
this competition if the farmers
would utilize their spare time in
digging good, solid ivy buris, and
put us in position to produce a
better and cheaper block" he
said.
In my recent visit to New
York, | succeeded in securing
some orders, but so far we were
unable to get the raw material
to fill the orders. We appeal to
the farmers for their co-opera-
ton so that we may continue the
operation of our factory" he
concluded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
Wildlife Club To
Hold Meeting

Harvey Payne, president of the
Wildlife club of Ashe county, has
announced that there will be a
second annual meeting of the
North Carolina Wildlife Fedora
ton at Raleigh on January 27.
The sessions will open at 10
o'clock in the morning in the Sir
Walter Hotel. New officers of the
Federation will be elected at the
business meeting.
MI. Payne pointed out that he
hoped a good delegation from the
local club could attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23

home of her daughter, Mrs. Lue
Sheets. Mrs. Davis had been in
i'll health for sometime, it was
reported.
The deceased was married to
the late Fields Davis, of Rugby.
Survivors are three children,
Mrs. Lue Sheets, of Rugby; Mrs.
BERTHE Blackburn, of Crumpler,
and Mrs. Tilda Waddell, Of Grassy
Creek.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
TWO MEN TRIED IN
MAYORS COURT, MON.

Two men were tried and fined
before Mayor G. O. Parsons in
Mayors court, here, Monday.
c. R. Eller, of West Jefferson,
charged with public drunkenness,
was fined $40 and cost. Worth
Eldreth, of Lansing, charged with
driving while under the influ-
ence of some intoxicant, was fin
ed $50 and cost. His license was
suspended for a period of IL
months and good behavior for II
months also.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
DOROTHY CLARK
DIES OF LEUKEMIA

Funeral service for Dorothy
Clark, 16, Of Jenkins Jones, w.
Va. was held Thursday morning
near Lansing.
The young girl succumbed in
the Bluefield hospital early Mon
day morning as the result of the
rare disease, leukemia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
LANSING-MT. CITY
TEAMS TO PLAY FRI

The Lansing All-Star boys
team will clash with the Noun
tain City Professional team on the
Lansing court on Friday night, at
1880 p. M, it was announced here
this week.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and witness this game.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
Standings Are
Given For Teams
West Jefferson Boys Leading;
Va.-Carolina Tops Girls
Standings

The West Jefferson boys are
are now leading the county bas-
ketball standing, being undefeat-
ed this season. Virginia-Caro-
lima girls remain at the top of
the girls standings, having won
eight out of nine games.
The standings as given with
this weeks games recorded are:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our thanks
and appreciation to our friends
and neighbors for the kindness
and sympathy shown us during
the illness and death Of our
mother, Mrs. Eveline Howell
Powers.
THE FAINT "
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23
Mrs. Davis, 80,
Passes At Rugby

Last rites for Mrs. Mary Ann
Oavls, 80, were held at the Long
6ranch church and cemetery
Tuesday morning at eleven
O'Clock,
Mrs Davis, lifelong resident
OF Rugby, Va, succumbed at the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23

Hairless, of West Jefferson. He
also leaves one brother and one
sister, John Little and Mrs. John
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-01-23

Baldwin, both of Grayson county,
Va, q grandchildren and 4 great
grandchildren.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
MOTHER OF JUNEAU RESIDENT pASSES
 AWAY Al WRANGELl l

Mrs L. B. Chisholm, pioneer Wrangell resident, and mother of Mrs. William Johnson of Juneau, died yesterday afternoon in the Bishop Rowe Hospital, Wrangell, according to advices received here.
 Mrs Chisholm, wife of L. B. Chisholm, for IT years City Clerk of Wrangell, had been in ill- health for some time.
 When you pay for QUALITY why not get the FINEST-Buy FLOR SHEIM SHOES at Graves.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
THE LABOR BILL

It is beginning to look as if both houses of Con- gress will get together on sort of labor bill with enough power to override presidential veto and that the measure will go long way toward eliminating many of the practices of labor unions from which the public has been taking a beating for a long time.
 The closed shop probably will be outlawed, since beth House and Senate included this in their separate bills Employers would be free to hire anyone they wished regardless of whether not the worker be- longed to a union with which the company had contract.
 Jurisdictonal strikes and secondary boycotts also would be eliminated Each year some form of juris- dictfona battle between unions delays the opening Of the fishing industry And in the past, strike by cannery union against the canned salmon industry has been the signal for the longshoremen and seamen to call shipping strike because the ships carry can nery supplies This form of strike would be outlawed
 Unions would be made liable for unfair union practices, the employer, and should union
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
VETERANS OF
 FOREIGN WARS Thku Post No. 555g

Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew ard St. Visiting Com raGes Welcome.
 H. s. GRUENING, Con- mander; F. H. FORBES, Adjutant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
Hawaii and Public Lands
St Innis Star-Timesl

(St. Louis Star-Tmes) bill that would enable Hawaii to become the 18th State has come out of the House Public Lands Committee and is expected to be labeled major leg isation" by the Republican leadership.
 It is significant that the most serious controversy in the committee concerned disposition of 100000 acres public land to which the United States has title. The Interior Department insisted that this should remain part the Federal public domain but several committee members argued it's control should go to the new State. Under a compromise the issue will be left to joint Congressional committee to settle within five years.
 There the question of precedent in admitting contiguous Territory to the family of States precedent which could be cited in behalf of Alaska and Puerto Rico There the question, too of an additional weghting of power in the Senate on the side of thinly populated areas; Hawaii with about haf-mion population, would have voice equal to that of New York, with about IA million. There were these questions, yet public lands disposition the stickler.
 A statement by member of the committee, Rep A. L. Miller of Nebraska is revealing T think Hawaii should have her public landsf he said. But that would give her advantage over IT Western States that had to give up theirs In fact, think the other IT should get theirs back"
 Thus the question of Hawaiian statehood brings out an issue has been steadily but all too quietly building. Involved millions of acres of public forest and grazing lands federally controlled Western Congressmen backed by livestock numbering and other interests campaigning for transfer of these lands to State control Various arguments are put forth but the underlying aim is to loosen regua tions and permit greater exploitation of the involved. That much is clear.
 Whether or not the American people consider it worth while to debate any further the question of Hawaiian statehood they had better start thinking of the implications in loss of Federal control over the public domain Mostly mountainous areas. his constitutes last major of prmeval scenery It includes about all we life in sizable tracts of virgin timber It belongs to all the people, and it is time for their representatives in Congress speak out against any move which might subject it to de- spolation for private gain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
UNDER THE DOME

Democrats dissatisfaction over the Republican veto on U. s. for
 eign policy caused ex-OPA chief Paul Porter to remark to Demo- cratic director Gael Sullivan: T hear you've been accused of inter
 fering with Sen. Vandenberg's pri-
 vate bipartisan foreign policy. President Truman warned all White House 1amily-circle newcom- CTS to put on big smile while be-
 ing lampooneo at the annual Grid iron Club political roasting clam bake. Poetic justice department the fancy offices of Maj. Gen Leslie R. Groves, once headquarters for the Ariny's atomic project, have been handed over to Assistant Sec retary of State Bill Benton, the man who directs the psychological
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE

MAY 1927
 Longer waists the fashion tip Many of the latest sweeping to a frequently inchs from the floor 1t 
 with stock for the new drug which
 haibu caught fire this morning at minutes after explosion Ole Peterson on board but without
 Mrs F V. SgoMney arrived the the latest permanent machines opened Shop Third Avenue Inlet Heber of Seattle and Joe Meher1n city the Gastneau Hotel. A the home o Mrs C. Guild Holy Trinity Wednesday afternoon.
 Weather Highest sprinkling
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16

violate contract the union would be liable financially in court.
 In general, the proposed legislation reflects g strong public sentiment against the mass of strikes work stoppages which have kept the United States in a mess since the ended.
 We hope that if such bill becomes law it will help Aaska's shipping back to normal We believe it will help great deal.
 This years tourist season in Alaska will be flop the American lines will not book tourists and have been unable to have any scheduled sailings be- cause the companeS do not know from one day to the next when a boat will be held up by labor stoppage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16
Daily Lessons in English v L. GORDON

MISUSED Do My father fobds me from seeing Say My seeing My father SEE himp ] 4 Er 48
 OFTEN NdIsPRoNoUNCED: Syrup sirupI in SIT not
 OFTEN MssPELED tpresenaon) Presentimen Ga pemoniton).
 SYNONYMS Fault finding, critical, captous, cefsorous
 times it yours Let us vocabulary mastering word each odays word the mind who possibly visualize then'-Lubbcck
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16

special emergency appropriation Truman simply took S1,178000 out of his own fund to pay for operat- ing the mines.
 He also used his secret fund to pay the $12,000 salary of his Spec ial Ambassador to the Vatican, My ron Taylor, and another S7O,0O0 to pay the expenses of his special committee to promote universal military training.
 Here are other secret items made from the fund regarding which no questions are asked:
 Executive office of the President --s72.000; study of civil rights and merchant marine-S80 900; commits sion CT higher education-S10 ,000; expenses of committee observing Bikini tests-S10 GOO; personal ser vices and expenses of executive of fice-s75 GOO Presidents advisory committee on universal training S70000; Presidents amnesty board -S40000; sclentific research (Of- flee Of War Mobilization and Re- conversion -S100,000.
 President Truman also allotted s80000 for the economic mission to Greece headed by Paul Porter and S40000 Tor other unnamed purposes.
 Other items included S6,500 to the War Department for aviation ia cilities in Ecuador; S4s.O0O to the Labor Department for wage fact finding boards; s25,0oO for the Food Famine Committee Of the Depart ment of Agriculture; S50.000 to the Justice Department for a study of excess transportation costs of the War Department; and S120,000 to the Veterans administration for decentralization expenses"
 Note-Ihe S50,000 to the Justice Department to investigate it's fellow Department of War is especially in- teresting The War Department had paid excessive freight rates to the railroads; so the President paid out some of his own money to the tightly budgeted Justice Depart n-ent to study these excessive rates Apparently the study paid divi- dends For Attorney General Tom Clark has now announced that a refund action against the railroads will be undertaken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16

behind the scenes when the Repub- licans went on their OPA binge and dumped price control in the Potomac. .. Congressman Jack Kennedy of Boston, son of the for mer U. s. Ambassador to Great Britain, is developing into one of the live-wire veterans on Capitol Hill Herbert Hoover tells friends that U. s. minerals, once the richest in the world, are now seriously depleted. Zinc and lead are nearly gone, together with the best iron ore from Minnesota s Mesabi Range. Depletion O. minerals is one thing that's begged down Britain. Look for an exodus of top officials from Inter nal Revenue. including John Wen chel, ace veteran counsel, and Com missioner Joe Nunan. After June, those who resign from Internal Revenue cannot practice law against the Government for two years. This fact, plus demoralization caused by Congressional budget cuts, will mean the, exit of some of the Trea- sury's best men.
 (coPYRIGHT, 1947 BELL SYNDICATE. INc'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-16

battle for peace. It took a d. rect order from General Marshall to force Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy to give up his plush private office in the new State Department building. Leahy rarely used this of flee since he spends most of his time in the White House. President Truman now has fancy bowler's shirt for his private bowl ing alley. His initials are on the front and a hand-painted picture of bowler throwing "ten-strike" on the back. The Truman fam ily's new alarm clock is steam shovel parked on the White House lawn which goes into action every morning digging out space for a new White House storeroom. It doesn't affect the President who is up every morning before am.