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Laurel outlook., 1949-12-14
ORNAMENTS
Census Voted

The Russians weren't doing Sc
well in United Nations activities.
Despite bitter Soviet objections,
the U.N. general assembly voted to
take a worldwide census of ordi-
nary arms and armed forces. Los
ing the protest. the Reds lost, too,
in an effort to have the census in
clude atomic bombs. too.
However, the Soviet action made
it unlikely that any of the western
countries would turn in their fig
ures now.
THE ASSEMBLY voted "a to 5
(Slav bloc dissenting) for the CEN
sus of weapons technically called
conventional ornaments" This
would include anything from such
small arms as pistols to the largest
warships and planes, but would not
include atomic bombs or any other
weapons of mass destruction. The
western group argued such a zen
sus is the first step in setting up a
scheme for arms limitation.
The assembly action confirmed
once more a decision of the U.N.
commission for conventional arma-
ments that it has no business deal
ing with atomic weapons since the
U.N. atomic energy commission
was set up for that purpose.
THE FRENCH, on the other
hand, charged that Russia va
trying to trap the western powers
into disarming while the Soviets
build an army unprecedented in
history.
John D. Hickerson, us. assistant
secretary of state, told the Russian
delegates frankly that western
Europe is rearming and the US. is
helping, because they fear the in
tentions of the Soviet Union"
With this open declaration of
knowledge or belief of where
Americas chief danger lies, there
should be no excuse in the future
for any reenactment Of the Pearl
Harbor debacle in the event the
Reds start a war.
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Garden Club Hears
Old Towns Program,
Memorial Marking

Elliot Paul's "a Ghost Town or
the Yellowstone" was reviewed by
Mrs. Sam Bliss when she was
guest speaker Thursday of the
Laurel Garden club at the home
of Mrs. j. R. Heebner. Mrs. c.
H. Barney was cohostess.
Following a dessert luncheon at
1870, Mrs. Bliss told of the found
ing of Trembles in the Sidney
country by a group of five men
and n woman who were on their
way by stage to Sidney where
an irrigation project was under
way in 1907. Due to a stage
coach accident and the fact that
the woman passenger sustained a
broken leg, the party decided that
they could go no further but would
build a town where they were. The
buildings were established in the
order of their Importance and were
first, a saloon; second, a tent for
the lady; third, a blacksmith shop;
and fourth, a dance hall. The
name for the town was chosen be-
cause of a few aspen trees in the
vicinity.
Mrs. Bliss went on to tell of
other ghost towns in Montana and
highlighted her discussion with
historical items of interest to her
audience by bringing in names
familiar to those present. She
told of Virginia City, the best
known of the ghost towns, which
had at one time a population of
10000, and now has only 1000.
huntley is a town which never
materialized. At the time of its
it was laid out in streets
and boulevards to accommodate
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10000. Its population is 200
Junction City, which was the des
tination of the boats which pliet
the river, has been completely OBJ.
liberated. Pine Ridge Agence il
South Dakota was wiped out by
the last uprising OF the Sioux
Indians.
Mrs. Ralph Steele gave a report
OF her trip to Helena to confer
with state highway Engineer Stahl
regarding the Blue Star memorial
highway. She described the plant
ing designed by the National
Nurserymen of America to form
the background for the markers
of the highway.
The club voted to participate in
the Community Service board
work. They also planned to have
a Christmas party the afternoon
OF Dec. % at the home of Mrs.
C. H. Barney. At the close of
the meeting, a birthday cake was
served in honor of Mrs. Rose
Bailey, a former member of the
club, who was a guest for the
afternoon.
The meeting of Jan. IL at the
hcme of Mrs. Peter Thomson will
have a program of oddities Re
garding Plants and Their Produc-
tion." Each member is expected
to make a contribution to the
program.
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COAL:
OFF & On

John L. Lewis coal miners had
returned to the pits on ar "off
& on" system of the three-day work
week. The %concensus among OPP
orators and federal officials was
that Lewis had done nothing by this
action but save face"
THEY POINTED OUT that Lewis
gradually vas beginning to be
hemmed in by a combination OF
circumstances over which he was
losing control. Among these were
a disposition on the part of the
miners to question his arbitrary &C.
ton in calling them from work and
cutting off their incomes, and what
appeared to be an open admission
Of weakness by his bargaining with
operators on an independent basis.
At the time the three-day work
week went into effect, the southern
coal dealers had announced there
appeared little point in trying to
negotiate a contract with Lewis
until he modified two of his con-
tract demands.
The first was Lewis insistence
on a willing and able" clause
which would give him the right to
call miners out on ''quickie strikes"
or put them on a three-day work
week.
The other was the mine union
chiefs desire for too much con-
troll over the unions multi-million-
dollar welfare and retirement fund.
JOSEPH E. MOODY. president
OF the southern coal operators
group, declared that Lewis stand
imperiled the entire industry.
"Unless Mr.. Lewis stops winning
these demands" he said, "he will
wreck the entire coal industry"
OF the clause permitting quickie
strikes or a three-day work week,
Moody said it would have to be
eliminated because it is a usur-
patton of the basic functions of
management: at the right of en-
ployers to operate their mines in
accordance with sound business
judgment"
Meantime a group of small mine
operators had signified their in
tention to sign separate agreements
with Lewis.
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Thomas C~hippendale

Thomas Chippendale was at the
height Of his fame in 1854, but his
influence on furniture design lasted
until ITO in England and until the
close of the century here. His fur
niture was noted for perfection in
joinery, exquisite carving and rich
ness of finish. Chippendale repro
auctions are important in today's
market, but the trend is away from
the ornate and to the simpler or
modified forms.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-14
Diet for Elderly

MiddIe-aged and elderly people
should have at least a pint Of milk
In their daily diets for best nutri-
ton and health.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-14
Base for Shellac

Lac, the base for shellac, is a
natural resin secreted by insects
which live on the sap Of certain
trees in oriental countries.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-14
POLICY:
Accord Sought

The federal government planned
to launch a campaign aimed to
strengthen its federal antitrust
policies and, at President Tru-
mans request, Charles Sawyer,
commerce secretary, would direct
it.
Sawyer announced that a major
goal would be to foster voluntary
compliance, eliminate unnecessary
confusion from existing laws. and
clarity the rules.
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Attest Chief

Elwood r. Quesada, air
force lieutenant general, will
head up a special project Joint
task force No. g." which will
conduct new atomic weapons
tests at Eniw 10 proving
ground.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-14

as 3-year-olds, and sometimes last to
the age of % When new ones are
needed, Okey Junkins goes horse
trading. He may turn up in the mar
kets in Virginia, Tennessee, Iowa,
Ohio-anywhere, north or south, as
far west as St Louis. He likes Vir-
ginia-bred ponies best because:
"They're the stoutest we have; never
get cold. Northern ponies get sick
on u.s."
The Crellin mine works six days a
week. Ponies and men-all except
Okey-have Sunday off. The stable
boss works Y hours every day. An as
sistant takes over when he goes on a
trading trip.
Okey's merry blue eyes grow cold
at the mention of nistreatment Of his
ponies. Should any of them ever show
welts or whip mark, he says: Better
watch-there's gonna be fit throwed
around here. We don't want these lit
tie fellas all boogered up
To promote easier handling, name
plates above the stalls in the clean,
well-lighted barn show the ponies
names.
"No pony goes to work barefooted,"
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Underground Pony
Express Featured
in Sunday Article

underground Pony Express" was
the title of another feature article in
the magazine section Of the Baltimore
Sunday Sun concerning the Crellin
mine of the Stanley Coal company.
The article appeared on April TO-,
written by Ray O'Rourke, accom-
panied by a number of photos by Au-
brey Bodine.
The magazine cover was picture
of Okey Junkins, stable boss, who has
charge of the twenty or more ponies
used in the mine to haul the coal cars.
The article is reprinted below:
Twenty-odd ponies that haul coal
from under some 1000 acres of Mary
land territory are never seen in this
State, and never breathe the air over
it.
The mine they work in, and the
town of Crellin that has risen about
it, lie just inside Maryland's western
border, but engineers found that the
best place for an opening to the coal
seam lay about mile over in West
Virginia. And so they made it there.
Miners travel over the surface of
the ground from Maryland to that
mine entrance. then backtrack under
ground with the ponies to do their
digging in Maryland.
For a time, this odd situation
caused considerable friction between
the State governments of Maryland
and West Virginia. As things were
finally settled, the mining company
pays unemployment insurance to
Maryland and the miners pay Mary
land income taxes, but the mine comes
under West Virginia inspection.
The ponies, of course, are stabbed
near the entrance in West Virginia,
and their closest friend is their stable
boss. He is Okey Junkins, who weighs
305 pounds-and is thin" now; he
used to weigh 325
Okey, who is 63, is really consider
ably more than just stable boss. He
is also harness maker, veterinarian,
pony trader and pony trainer.
His "office" is two-by -four build
ing next to the stable Its only piece
Of furniture is swivel chair Its
walls are lined with harness and
trappings, tools and surgical instru-
ments.
His home is on hillside overlook
ing the mine. In his front yard,
brightly painted merry-go-round pony
is fixed atop pole. His porches are
lighted by fixtures made from wagon
wheels. Beside his front door hang
strings of pony bells.
At 4 A. NJ. Okey descends the hill,
his riding boots slogging through the
black mud of the mine installation.
An excellent horseman in spite of his
great size, he has worn the same type
boots almost constantly for 40 years.
"Only take EN- off to go to funerals"
he says.
By 5 O'Clock he is feeding his
ponies. At GAO these husky animals
are harnessed and setting off to
work with their drivers. Their work
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Joe rock" by the miners.
The number of ponies in use varies
with the mines output. Last year
that was 10000 tons. Most of it came
to hospitals and State institutions in
Baltimore.
Some ponies work "single" some
in tandem teams. In the tandems, the
lead pony is the experienced one.
Only the best are chosen for this job;
high-spirited, intelligent, alert ponies.
They're like high-strung men,"
Okey says. "They feel their response
bility, and they show it.
A young, unframed pony, working
behind good leader, soon learns his
signals with little human help. The
response of his harness hate to "gid-
dap" gee" "haw" and whoa
teaches him to go, turn right or left,
and stop ON command.
Although the average mine pony
sells for $780, the stable boss esti-
mates the value of the best lead
ponies to the mining company at
81, 1000.
Ponies start to work in the mines
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I day is from Z until 2:30.
Unlike ponies that are kept under
ground all their lives in deep-pit
mines, the Crellin ponies never con-
| tract the blindness that constant
darkness brings.
! They go as deep as 410 feet, haul
/ ing empty cars to miners working in
rooms on the main tunnel or "head-
ing" and taking loads back to the
heading to be pulled to the surface by
squat electric motors.
Wider passageways would b e
necessary in the mine if motors did
all of the hauling Switching would
be awkward and inefficient, too.
The ponies on the other hand, can
enter low, narrow places where mi
ners work stopped or kneelng down
to load the cars. They are never re-
quired to rough their way through
tunnels so narrow that their heads or
lflanks might scrape.
A 550-pound pony can pull 2,200-
pound car loaded with two tons of
coal. The stable boss is partial to
Welsh ponies because of their great
strength and stamina. He says two
good ponies can pull more than two
l 400 pound horses because they're
lower to the load and can stretch out
against it better"
Under ideal conditions, good
pony can handle so loaded cars a day.
But conditions are seldom ideal.
There may not be enough cars to
keep the leaders busy, or enough
leaders to fill the cars at hand. And
since the coal seam follows the con-
tours of the earth, there are steep
hills underground just as there are
on the surface.
The peculiar seam at Crellin -
known as the "Split SiX"-at times
requires small ponies and at times
larger ones, depending upon the way
the coal is mined.
Actually there are two seams, one
four feet, and one two feet high,
separated by a 1O-inch strip of rock.
At present, both seams and rock are
being removed and the ponies aver
age 81 inches in height.
But at times it is more desirable
to mine only the upper, four-foot
seam Then Joe ponies" are used
animals only So to 40 inches high
They get their name from the rock
strip upon which they work, dubbed
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is an Okey Junkins slogan. He has
placed blackboard at the stable door.
On this, drivers write the names of
ponies that have lost shoe during
the day. Blacksmith Chauncey L. Mil
Ter watches the board and replaces
footwear as needed.
The ponies are Okey's life. He has
worked with horses since he once ran
a riding academy at Deer Park.
"This is the last job III ever have"
he says. "I'll stay here as long as I'm
able to work" He appreciated it that
Harold E. Ream, general manager of
the mine, gives him a free hand with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-14

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Lions Club Members
Plan Ladies' Night

Members Of the Oakland-Mt. Lake
Lions club are planning dinner
dance for Monday evening, April %
it was announced by Robert Stanton
president.
The affair win be held at the Will
liam-James hotel A siN-piece or
chestra has been obtained for the
semi-formal dance which will follow
the banquet. There will be favors for
the ladies and president Stanton
promised several additional features.
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his charges.
The mascot of his stable is Buster,
a pet pony that Okey has taught the
proverbial "bag full of tricks" Buster
adds, subtracts and tells his age, and
when he is asked "What do you do
when you go to bed?" he kisses his
master.
Not all of the ponies are so demon
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strative. But all have the same de-
votion to Okey Junkins, and their
biggest reward is pat from hand
as big as a Garrett county home
cured ham
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-14

A church in South Dakota blew up,
killing six and injuring at least so
persons.
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Not all of the ponies are so demon
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Ponies start to work in the mines
Evening star., 1949-10-28

Arcade Pontiac VS.. Airmen and
Capt. Toms Bar VS.. Phillips Radio
complete the slate.
Joe Rodock of the leading
coIumbians sports a season record
234sgame after beating out Clar-
ence Gephardt of Morrell's. who
posted 232. .#.
John Gedeon of Joe's Bar team
literally scorched University Park
drives with five strikes in d row
to mark up a season record game
of 181 in a 426 set for the We'd
nesday Mite Commercial loop.
At least one team called Mats
is doing all right by leading Ma
tional Capital Ladies League at
Lucky Strike. With Betty Dulin
rolling 122 and 3i6, Mats blasted
Echoes to increase their lead to
two games. Led by Margaret
Miltner's 125 and. 319, Pepper
mints whipped champion ABCD
Corp. to gain second place. Mrs.
Miltner won the women's national
singles title at Richmond in 1929
and shared the an-events cham
pionship the same year with
Marge Smith.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Worn Cage Caps Back
From Losing Trip

Washington's game-weary Caps
report here late today to COM
plete preparation for the National
Basket Ball Association season
after having bowed to the Amer
lean Basket Ball League Miners
in Scranton, Pa, last night, $3.50.
It was the fifth exhibition in
seven days for the local pros and
made something of a prophet of
Player-Coach Bob Feerick who
announced prior to the tour that
he would settle for two victories
in the five training games.
The Caps played last night
without the services of Bones
Mckinney, who is resting a lame
left knee in Georgetown Hospital.
DR.. Milton Cobey today expressed
the belief that Mckinney had suf-
fered nothing worse than a severe
sprain in the Caps exhibition at
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and hopes to
have the player ready for his
teams NBA debut against Balti-
more next Wednesday,.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Flash! No Buyers for Redskins
Reported in Last 20 Minutes

but claimed the Rebels prom
ised to release him If he could
find q major league berth.
Marshall gave the judge a
note, known in legal circles as
an affidavit, stating he had sent
Joel back to old Virginny and
promised not to sign him any
more. The judge accepted
Marshall's word, but as the
stolen Joel" had no mouth
piece to speak up for him a
temporary restraining order
against him was continued.
This was akin to warning
handcuffed gent not to scratch
his back at the risk of being
slapped in the pokey.
Team Drills as Usual.
Meanwhile, Billick Whelchel,
still insisting on his prerogative
as head coach of the Redskins.
put the Tribe through its PAGES
once more at Griffith Stadium
in preparation for Sundays
game with the Bulldogs at
New York.
At the same time, it was be-
coming more apparent by the
hour that a winning football
team may earn more money at
the box Office, but a loser makes
more news. An unemployed sta
tistician figured out that by 6
pm. yesterday the Redskins
had received 4,769,223 more
lines Of publicity in the first
five weeks of the current Ma
tional League campaign, than
the 1942 World Championship
Redskin eleven received in a
similar period. Seems that
everybody was too happy. too
satisfied with everything in
that fast-fading era to realize
the value Of gossip, court ac-
tions or q paper change In
owners.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Young Riders TO Close
Season Sunday With
Bride Trails Show
By Angelina J. CorobeIIi

Washington's juvenile riders
will close their show season Sun
day with the Washington Bride
Trails Association sponsoring the
final outdoor event at Equitation
Field in Rock Creek Park.
An eight-class card starting at
10:30 am. has been arranged.
Only one open jumping class is
listed, the remainder being divided
into hack and hunter classes. The
horse or pony scoring most points
will receive for one year the Little
John Challenge Trophy. which
must be won three times by the
same owner for permanent pos
session.
First placed in competition in
1947, the trophy has been in the
possession of Claire Taylor the
last two years. She will bid to
retire it this time.
She will take Baby, her pony,
to New York next week to COM
pete in the National Horse Show.
Participation in the Sunday
show is limited to association
members and all horses and ponies
must be owned by members. A
trophy and four ribbons will be
awarded in each event.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Catholic u. 10 Face
Heavy but Fast Line
Of Mount ST. Marys

Although he was a watch
charm" guard for Knute Rockne
at Notre Dame, Coach Johnny
Law of Mount st. Mary's evi-
IDENTIFY believes in putting big men
at that position. Don Waterman
and George Nicola, who are eX-
pected to start at guard against
Catholic University tomorrow at
2::30 pm. at Brookland, weigh 1875
and 208 pounds, respectively.
The Mountaineers will field a
line averaging between 191 and
1875 pounds and reports from En-
mitsburg indicate it is fast in the
bargain. A heavily favored West
ern Maryland eleven had trouble
running against the Mount last
week until the last period. when
st. Mary's ran out of reserves.
The team has been handicapped
by injuries this season. although
Law is not using that as an alibi
for poor record.
Catholic U. Ready.
The visiting linemen may meet
their match tomorrow, however,
for Coach Jan Jankowski believes
his forwards are tuned to a high
pitch for the game.
In Tony Scoppotuelo, Jankowski
thinks he has a man who could
play on any varsity college eleven
if at his peak physical condition.
The work of Willie Poms and Lou
Mccarthy has been one OF the
highlights of the Cardinals play,
but it is difficult to single out any
one or any pair of men for honors.
Long runs beat Catholic in last
weeks Johns Hopkins game after
the line a week before had held
Randolph Macon to 33 yards from
scrimmage.
To Shoot the Works.
Catholic U. will shoot the ofen-
sive works in an effort to win the
twelfth revival in a series dating
back to 1911.
Jankowski has proved he'll
gamble to win and tomorrow he
may pin his hopes on Rookie Jim
my Bosilevas who showed some
passing ability against Hopkins.
But he intends to make the most
of Joe Dunn's quarterbacking tai
ent as well as the ball-carrying
ability of Bill Holl and Bucky
Ennis.
Catholic U. students have
scheduled a huge pep rally to-
night at the gym at 8 O'Clock.