The Big Sandy News from Louisa, Kentucky • Page 4

Friday. June 16, 1922. PAGE FOUR BIG SANDY NEWS ti a .7 a Ot of. of kll El BIGSANDY news 'KENTUCKY NEEDS NEW INDUSTRIES entered at the PostofTlce at Louisa, a aecond-class matter. Published Evary Friday by (M.

F. CONLEY and E. K. SPENCER Editors and Proprietors MISS STELLA CONLEY, Local Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATESi One Year Eight Months Thro Months 60c Cash In Advanoa fl AJ.iiiiiit RarmnlHW THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Friday, Juns 16, 1922. ANNOUNCEMENTS We are authorized to announce H.

C. DUFFT, of Harrison county, as a candidate for Representative In Con. gress from the Ninth Kentucky District, subject to the action of the Democratic party. We are authorised to announce W. J.

FIELDS of Carter county, as a candidate "for the nomination for Congress in the Ninth District oi subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary election to be held on Saturday, August 1923- State Offers Advantages to Men and Money Seeking Big Opportunity. Early History of Big Sandy Valley By W. R. Jlllson. The first Inhabitants of the Big Sandy Valley we're the Mound Builders iwho were ancestors of the Southern Appalachian Indians.

They came into Eastern. Kentucky about 2000 years Up until 4his time the Big Sandy Valley had been a wilderness for countless millions of years, since the days of emergence from an Interior sea at the close or ine t-aie-rozlc age. The first animals to inhabit the region belonged to the' order of Amphibia and Reptilla which rose to -their height as dominant orders declined and became -essentially extinct at the close of Mesoioic era. During the Cenozoic which followed, trie warm blooded mammals and birds arose and broad leafed forests came to cover the area. The first man to explore Eastern Kentucky was Gabriel Arthur, a young Virginian In the employ Of Colonel Wood of Fort Henry, who crossed the mouth of the Big Sandy and came into what Is now Boyd county in 1674, was taken prisoner by the Shawnees the mouth of Scioto, later returned to the Cherokees on the headwaters of the Tennessee: and finally contrived to get back to Colonel Wood's block house'on the tidewater of the James Oliver.

Other explorers of note were Daniel Boone In 1767. George Washing. iton surveyed the lower Big Sandy In the region of Louisa In the year 1767 to 1770. The Big Sandy Valley was the last natural province to be wrested from the Shawnee and Cherokee Indians who used it as a hunting ground and -field base for their marauding and scalping parties. Notable Indian captives who escaped from the Big San dy Valley and have filled the region with legends were Jenny Wiley and Mrs.

Mary Ingles. The first settlement was established by Matthias Harmon 1 the mouth of Johns creek, midway between Prestoneburg and Palntsvllle on the Levisa Fork. This block house was later abandoned, as was the one established in 1790 by Charles Van couver in the Forks of the Tug and Levisa rivers. Active settlement did not begin until about 1791 and the up per part of the valley was settled long before the lower part. Prestoneburg settled by John Spurlock In 1791, the 'largest town, was made the county eat of Floyd county which took In the valley and some outside areas, in 1799.

Louisa was established with Lawrence county in 1821. Pike county was established In the same year with IPlketon as its first county seat; Plke-wllle not being selected until 1825. Palntsvllle was made the county seat of Johnson in 1843. Boyd county was formed in 1860 with Catlettsburg as the county seat. Ashland had already been established In 'April 1854 by the Kentucky Iron and Coal Manufactur- Ing Company.

In 1870 Martin county was created with Inez as the county seat. During the early days, and up until about 1810, Maysvllle, then known as 'Limestone, was the headquarters of what small amount of traffic came down the Big Sandy, as at this period there was only a house or two on the sites of Catlettsburg and Ashland. The first families to permanently settle in the Big Sandy Valley came In over the headwaters of the Tug and Levisa Forks from 1789 to 1800. They included the Leslies, Damrons, Auxlers, Grahams, Browns, Spurlocka, Osborns, Iarcums, Hammonds, Weddlngtons, Plnsons, Walkers, Marrs, May 08, Lackeys, Hagera, Prestons and Borders. The early settlers of the Big Sandy were -unmindful of the vast mineral resour-i ces -of the region; and coal, the great staple, was little known before 1850.

KENTUCKY'S DEAD IN GLORY LIVE 'Gone back to God. What tomb could hide The martyr souls, the sacrlfled? For us, that light forever dwell, For home, met Fate mid hideous hell i On land, In. air, on waters wide, -Where rolled the Teutons awful tide; That christian nations might abide In love and peace On duty Gone back to God. Mother mine, thy heart has sighed In memory's shrine thy tear has dried; From starlit-land where anthems t' swell An angel soldier's clear notes tell Of love and peace, thy son who died Gone back to God. James Blythe Anderson.

Lexington, PIE 80CIAL. There will be a pie social at the Masonic hall at 7:80 Friday evening, the proceeds of which will go to the Louisa baseball team. Everybody oome and have a good time and help the Jioms team. By F. PAUL ANDERSON.

The Garden of Eden lacked not single requisite for man happiness and comfort, Kentucky is the Indus. trial paradise of America. yet Ken tuckians are continually looking for other gardens of opportunity. Kentucky has all those material sets that have made other States such industrial centers of achievement and wealth. Certainly no other Stat has produced any better men and woman.

The Kentuckian who casts his lot else where becomes an outstanding element In his new environment. This is espec ially true of the Kentucky boy who has been trained in his own university In engineering and throws his energy and talents into some Industrial or en jlneerlng organization. Kentucky Engineers Good Ones. The evidence of over thirty years has shown beyond any question that there are no better engineers any where than our own sons. They have shown qualities of leadership wherever they have gone, But why should boy; with Industrial tendencies be compell ed to find the mala chance away from home? The reason Is apparent.

Kentucky has not been ready to squander her wealth of resources until her sons were effectively trained for the task of using to the very best ad van age, thus avoiding the squandering of wealth Indulged In by slater States and at the same time Insuring the de veioument of her material an hnnri Pantly provided and thus bring the greatest returns to our, favored Com monwealth. The population of Kentucky is dis Unct and genuine. There Is no section of our. America where the orlgnal characteristics of a people have been so definitely preserved as in Kentuc icy. A race of engineers has been do veiupeu among our own people; we are now ready to evolve Industrially ana suit retain those: essentials of good living that have made our sec tion unparalleled as a habitation.

But mere announcement proves noth lng. What la the basis of ii is oeyona any Question Power. ny is Aiuscle Shoals the vantage ground of the South Just now? It Is a question of power te do the Infinite variety of tanks that Imaginative and inventive men proposes. If It is a question of power. Ken lucky has more energy locked ud In her coal fields for doing the work of man than any other State.

Why should it De our ambition to send all of this potential wealth to other sections of Uhe country? Why not reap some of the real benefits instead of strlpotna our aiaie tor tne Denem or others simply because we do not have the con struction initiative that could better succeed in Kentucky than anywhere else Why succeed here better than else where? First Our climate Is unequalled. Second Our power requirements are unlimited. Third Our new and unspoiled areas present ideal locations for manufac turlng on a large scale. Communities can be created, follow-ng the best methods determined by civic experience, and unhampered by unfavorable practices that have become fixtures in old towns and communities, that "Just grew." ii is a generally accepted system pNn comprehensive. Industries so that a unit method of production will prevail.

The skilled artisans and laborers, while being employed by a great composite organization can still live in small communities thus retaining all the advantages of the small town socially and economically. Ford proposes a city seventy-five miles long supplied by the power of Muscle Shpals. In reality a chain of small centers all contributing to a omposlte and complex system of man ufacturing. Kentucky can do the same thing. Let us retain the town but de velop a great aggregate of produc tlon.

Now In addition to having In Ken tucky the basic element of industry- Power we have practically every thing else. Look at them: I Timbers of broad variety and large quantity. Clays of Infinite variety nd extent. Our fire clay are famous. our pottery tile and brick clays should be put to work to make one of the notable ceramic centers.

Field Almost Untouched. The building stones here are all but untouched. The cement making elements are without limit. The road making components are unsurpassed. Nature has even deposited a bitumen surface already mixed.

A highly developed agricultural com ponent exists. Agriculture will re ceive its greatest stimulus by creating home' markets of consumption. The highest agricultural progress has been made in those communities having the most industry, Just think! Old Massachusetts has Just said through Gov. Charles H. Cox "Young man (meaning the farmer.

come East." In an editor's note recently this Comment was made: Massachusetts years ago dropped apparently from the race for farm pro auction and its young men left the soli held to be worn out for the rich nd cheap lands of the West. The lands in the West are no longer cheap and modern farm science has discovered that the Eastern soil is not use less, while economic experts have pointed the advantages of a neighbor ing market to production. That Is why. the Governor, Charles H. Cox, is anxious to tell the world that the farm lurids of the old State are once More to come Into their own and eviry aero worked means one more unit of productiveness." Nsed of New Industries.

The situation is the reverse in Ken tucky. We must create new industries to use the material wealth so abun dant and simultaneously stimulats our agricultural Interests to supply pew and varied food products to a prosperous market at the farmers' door. Another very important consideration lji discussing industrial K.turky is the favorable geographical V.on of this State s. a center of distribution. We ar close to the --inter of Let us really be the venter of distribution.

i Now how can this all be accomplished? Provide ample fund for the Cnivwr-lty of Kentucky. Her college ot engineering la ne (f America. A policy of sound practice has been well proved by the success of graduates for over thirty years. There should be two departments a Jded to this engineering college for the sole purpose of putting Ken.ucky where the rightfully belongs 'mltis-trially. First A department of Industrial research to Investigate available materials and plan centers of produc tijn Second A department of Industr'al arts for the purpose of training artisans and mechanics.

It would be well if the Legislature woujd create an industrial board i such State financial aid as la necessary to present the Industrial ages of Kentucky to local and Cor The progress made In the programme la all Important. No State can develop industrially without memia uf 10 make the university tangibly valjWe In this Industrial development there should be provided great experltn engineering laboratories. There eniui'l be courses provided for the ip.v:lal purpose of teaching the processes In volved In the establishment of Coats Beginning Thursday of This Week The Summer Sale of Suits and Silk Dresses KENTUCKY CROP RE- 1 PORT FOR JUNE, 1922 General crop conditions In Kentucky are shown to be 11.6 percent above the 10-year average, in the June crop re-1 port for this state issued today by the United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates in co-operation, with State Commissioner of Agriculture V. C. Hanna.

The condition ot crops In! Kentucky June 1 indicated the produc- tion ot approximately 8,644 000 bus. of i wheat; 6.650,000 bus. of oats; 176,000 i bus. of barley; 238,000 bus. of rye; 22,000 tons of hay; 1943,000 bus.

of! apples, and 1,102,000 bus. of peaches. Compared with 1921 this would be an increase of 2,304,000 bus. ot wheat; 983,000 bus. of oats; 12 000 bus.

of barley: 69.UOO bus. of rye; 95.000 tons of hay; 3.307,000 bus. of apples, and 022 000 bus. ot peaches. Actual yields may turn out less or more than these depending on whether con Jitlons are particularly favorable or unfavorable between now and the time hese crops are harvested or gathered, Reports on acreage and condition of tobacco and corn will be issued July The Kentucky wheat crop this son In practically every part of the tate gave promise ot being one of the best in recent years, but as It -began filling considerable red rust developed and there was some complaint of poor lllng and of lodging.

Condition June was 93 per bent compared to the 10 year average of 82 per cent. Acreag of oats is 8 per cent less than 1921 ith condition June 1 90 per cent com pared to the 10-year average of 84 per cent. Barley acreage In Kentucky bout 1 per cent more than in 1921 and the condition June 1 96 per cent com pared to the 10-year average of 90 per cent. Hay, of all kinds, was 90 per cent compared to the 10-year average of 82 per cent. Clover hay acreage is per cent greater than in 1921 and the condition 94 per cent compared to the 10-year average of 85 per cent.

Alfalfa onditlon Is 98 per cent and the acre age 6 per cent more than in 1921. Paa- ure Is excellent In practically ail lions of the state; and a heavy blue grass seed crop has been stripped. bout 650,000 bus. Hemp acreage Is ex ceedlngly small this year. Condition of apples is 70 per cent; peaches 81 er cent; pears 64 per cent; field peas and beans 90 per cent: cabbage 91 per cent; onions 92 per cent; blackberries per cent; watermelons 86 per cent nd muskmelons and cantaloupes 87 per cent.

ISONVILLE There la considerable Interest among the people in regard to the outlook of oil field here, James Potter has completed two wells so far this year. One a gasser on the John M. Ison lease the other an oil well on the S. J. Pet ers lease.

They are now preparing to Jrill another well on the Ison lease. Frederick H. Coggsbell lias completed a good oil well on the Vess Peters W. A. Batten and others wilt sion be drilling on the Geo, W.

Kazce tease near Albert "post office, according to reports. There are a few favorable looking tracts of land that can be leased for oil at nominal prices on fair terms. Uncle Jesse K. Gillum Is very sick at this time. He was a member of the old 6th Ky.

Reg. of Confederate soldiers in the Civil war. KNOTTY HEAD NOTICE Stop and get your Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables at C. C. Skaggs.

We have a line of Shoes and softie Boys Suits at a bargain. When in town give us a call SKAGGS Next door to Poatoffio LOUISA, KENTUCKY Phone 60 just tomorrow and Saturday in which to take advantage of the season's most generous reductions If you've been casting covetous glances towards some' particular garment in our Ready-to-wear Section- and have been wishing tor a chance to buy it at an extremely low prices, your opportunity is here! And. again, if yuo're one of the many who are preparing their wardrobes for the Summer vacation, you'll find, this sale most timely, for the very garments you'll need are included without restriction. "Sales" are distasteful to us, and when we feel that it is necessary to have one, we "have it over with" in the shortest possible time. Rather than begin with a slight reduction and follow up with gradual repricings as the stocks grow less complete, we strike the lowest level at the very beginning, and in a few days accomplish the same result that the old-fashioned method would be weeks in doing.

This gives you the double advantage of variety and extremely low price. Naturally, the variety will grow less desirable as the sale, progresses, so it is hardly necessary to remind you of the adrantagc.4 of being "first served." The Ariderson-Newcomb Co. On Third Avtnui Huntington, W. Va. BIG FAIR PLANNED FOR HUNTINGTON bon awards which will offered by the Pair Association.

A large building wlii be devoted to exhibits per-! mining to mining, In whlrh It la ex-j pected to have on display complete 1 hlhlta nf thtt vui-v lBtf. nt Mln. lug machinery and equipment. The Enormous Educational And tn-stat territory win have a irge ouiiding or the exhibition or their products and wares. The fruit grow ers will have a roomy horticultural Entertainment Project Under Way at the Cabell County Metropolis.

i I Huntington. Cabell county's bustling metropolis, has come forward, with an- V. B. Dawson Dies After Long Illness Mr. V.

Dawson. years old, died on Wednesday afternoon af tr an Illness of two months at his home In Ashland. He Is survived by Ills wife and three daughters. He had ben a resident nf Ashland for thirty years. Before moving to that place building for the dlsolav of their ln Louisa.

fruit. A large coliseum will be erect-1 1 're held at Ilia cd which, when not lit use during fairs "mP on, Mny afternoon sn were and expositions will be available for' the Rev. C. A. Ilaugh-conventtons chautauquaa, etc.

A large L'r Tnl hlh In which Mr. grai.d stanil and race track Is to rMm hrld manifested la built and will add greatly to the In-1 lh rl offerings, the Urg uuuiut-r ui inrnas ana- relatives who i v. terest and "pep- of the exhibitions. ,1 Nowhere within 150 miles of Hunt- Mrrm.ni io pay last respect and Virginia ss well as to inhabitants of h. 1V the touching words ot the minut.r.

that portion of Ohio and Kentucky whle Trl. He Mvaa a member of the M.K.Church 11! LSTJ P'-nned. iinnni uvoriie oymn wera It Is really a big one this time that the hustling Huntlngtonlans have landed. A group of the most progressive men of the tri-alnte region have or ganixed a Fair Association and Will build and operate what will be known the Huntington Trl-State Fair. which will be located on the main highway between Huntington and Charleston and on the Chesapeake tk Ohio Railway, at a point about six and one halt miles from the Huntington city limits, and near the town of Barbnursvllle.

The Fair Grounds will occupy an enormous tract of land containing 137M acres beautifully level and rolling, and in every way Ideal for the establishment of a State Fair. En gineers have already laid off the levels and contours of the grounds. Plans for the Trl-State Fair are stu pendous In their scope. Numerous buildings are to be built and all permanent buildings will be of fireproof construction, steel, reinforced concrete and brick. The field to be covered by the ac tivities of this big fair will be readily comprehended after a perusal of the list of buildings and operations which are Included In present plans' of the rair- Association.

An Immense agricultural building will be one of the first erected. It will be of adequate proportions lo care for the exhibits which will come pouring In from all over the trl-state territory' In compe tition for the big cash prizes and rib- of th Trl-Ktiftta fair r. nlnnnln. in hold a small fair during the fall mal quartette. nephewg 1S22.

Th Firt dr.mi -n i i "cud pall bearers. They wera Civile. be held during 12 and preparations pank "url Dawson, Frank and are being made already, in Hunting-1 Tnr James. Engelniao. tonlans looking to the, entertainment Bur'al 'n the Ashland com-.

of the thousands of visitors which "T- oinnnir tnose rrom out of to atledd the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs, W. Mason of Pittsburg, 1-on being a sister of Mr. Dawson: Mr.1 and H. Hcbroeder and du.1- fir Mrs.

Finders of Huntington: Mr. and Mm. W. t. Whltl and Mrs.

Jo of Runne'l, Mrs. H. Lovns of may reasonably be expected to attend the fair from the States ot West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky. SUES N.A FOR $50,000 DAMAGES Possibly the largest damage suit that'wus ever filed la. a court in Wayne i Huntington; Mr.

and Mrs; Orant Lw. county was made a matter of record mis weeg wnen Sara Kelly of Wayne entered proceedings against the Nor-folk Western Railway Company claiming 150,000.00 for injuries received while he was In the company's employment. Kelly had been an N. XV conductor for many years until he was Injured a year ago near Neal station an the Big division. He was pinned between a railroad car and a.

neavy scoop attached to a crane and known as "clam shell." It Is alleged In the suit that the accident came about as a result of the crane car being without proper brakes. Kelly was sur-lously Injured anil for a time his recovery was doubtful. The Injuries Sluing and eyesight and made It neces-talned permanently Imparled his hear-ary that he surrender his position with the company. Wayne News. ot catlettsburg; Mr.

and M-s. Clyde Dawson of Catlettsburg: Mr, and Mrs. Ftank Dawson of Kenov. and Mr. and See or Ke-nova.

and Mrs. James Englemen of Htanford, a sister of Mrs. Dawson. He It-aves his wife and three dnugn. lers.

Ellxabeth, at home Mrs. Hurry Ulrch and Mrs. J. M. Birch, one or )th-er, Grant Dawson of Catlettsburg, ire sisters Mrs.

W. E. Hee or Kenova. Mrs. Mason and Mrs.

George Bet ut Seattle. Washington. SPECIALIST. Dr. Ru-lolph Ruedemann, formerly of the Mayo Clinic, announces the opening of offices In the Lewis Ar-cade Building.

Huntington. West Va. Dr, Ruedemann is a specialist ln diseases of the skin and allied condition. Ji-Kay and Radium treatment. --8t Let's Have a June Wedding Such a LOVCLY at cm!.