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: ', i "' " I 111 ' Pae4 THE WAYNESVUXE MOUNTAINEER. THURSD AYMAY 25. i ) ; j Snite Goes to Lourides Shrine their first train ride'd W which was also their fi.-et - News Items from their home. p jr After the presentation of , , little girls, their father, -t ! tn FROM against Dr. Dafoe, cla lmJnS that ft, nderi him Z famous doctor had slandered fc; 7 the part he played in a sn(fflai b? Mr had played 1 i : State And Nation e piayea tn a enterr.i-Z ' given recently. The amonm T.nt mment f the suit was not disclosed Brief? For Hot Weather ... ...! k rffnn Bulk Fresh Ground, lb. . .10c tOIICe Santo, lb. 15c MATCHES or SALT . . . ... .2 for 5c ri. i M.iiiM'1 pu mt' 1 1 mm " ii. i mil Him i . NOW SELLING AT PUNCII-O-BAG FREE 2 for 17c LARD 4 lb. carton .36c 8 lb. carton Scoco . . . 72c Salad Dressing trt 23c 15c Ing Most Delicious beverage Cjw.tMiiniLlt'ijiati mmm 1-4 lb. 1-2 lb. lib. . .25c 45c 85c 1 Glass FREE With Each 1-4 lb. 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Device For Calculating Forest Fire Hazards Invented By Tar Heel Expert . . a- While rulei's and statesmen are concentrating on more effective ways of destroying human being and prop erty to win wars, the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station at Ashe Jville, and other units of the United States Forest Service, have been ex perimenting with new means of fight ing forest fires that do millions of dollars of damage annually. Only recently one of the most sen sational steps in this direction has been made by Dr. George M. Jemison, assistant forester of the experiment Station, with the introduction of the f'fire danger meter." The little paste board gadget that could be easily hiistaken for the sliding card that aids in keeping bridge scores is being hailed in forestry circles as the answer to a prayer of many years for device to standardize fire hazard prediction so that a more intelli gent approach may be had to preven tive measures. Several Factors Forest experts have long agreed on the imnortant contributing factors m calculating fire hazards and have used intricate ..systems for measuring these. But until development of Dr. Jemison's fire danirer meter, there was no satisfactory method of co ordinating these factors and alloting to each a standardized weight in pre dicting the degree of forest fire dan ger ior a given day. Given the iden tical observations on which to huse their forecasting, a half dozen sea soned forest rangers might come out with half .a dozen diil'erent predic tions because, each had considered the same factors of different importance in reaching his decision. To eliminate this personal element in integrating the fire danger fac tors Dr. Jemison devised his danger meter. By means of its hardboard "slide rule" agreement is assured when several men observing the same conditions endeavor to rate file sep arately. The meter integrates .meas urements of the several variables into five classes Class No. 1 representing no danger and Class No. 5 the most extreme sort of danger. Forest experts generally agree that the degree of fire danger is depend ent upon the following factors: fuel momture content, average wind ve locity, season of the year, condition of the lesser vegetation, and the num ber of days since the latest rain of more than one-half inch. When all of the data connected with these fac tors have been collected, the "slide rule" of Dr. Jemison's fire danger meter can be quickly and easily ad justed to take all of them into con sideration and to show at a glance the degree of fire danger for the dav more accurately than vears of re search and experience. The motor shows, in addition, the probable de gree of danger for the following day an even more important accomplish ment; Widely I'sed Although completed only a few months, ago, the fire danger' meter is already, being used in fifteen nation al parks, eight different states, two national forests and one Indian res ervation in the Appalachian region. Tests are underway to determine the usefulness of th, meter in the coastal belt of the Southeast also. . The meter is most important, of course, for standardizing predictions, enabling forest rangers to prepare fo fire, by shifting fire-fighting crews to areas that the forecasts show are at greatest hazard at that particular time. But there are also other vnl- uable uses to which the gadget is put. ror instance, lorest officials can now gauge the value of educational programs in hre prevention different groups. Should a sharp re duction in the number and intensity of fires follow a concentrated pro gram on the subject, the natural as sumption might be that the effort had been highly fruitful and, indeed, it might be. But, with the aid of the fire meter, it might be determined that the fire hazard for that particular region during the good record period had been very low, or non-existent, and credit could not be rightly placed to the educational proe-ram. Another Use Too, an accurate day-by-day esli- QUINTS TAKE SHOW WHEN PRESENTED TO ROYALTY The Dione quints literally took the show when they were presented to the King and Queen this past week. Houi-s had been spent in coaching the famous five; little girls, who will be 5 years old Sunday, on how to ap proach the English rulers. They did as they had been told, and for good measure hugged and kissed the Queen which was not scheduled. Queen Eliza beth, equal to the occasion, gave each a kiss. They spent 19 miunteg with mate of fire hazards for various re gions of a state would enable Gen eral Assemblies and Congress to more intelligently estimate the needs and proportion for prevention, funds- cutting down on areas that need less protection and devoting more effort towards fire prevention in more haz ardous regions. Then, it follows that data can be built up over a period of years to indicate more accurately which seasons of the year the forests should be closed to the public, or extreme caution taken, and to determ ine whether more stringent legisla tion is needed for special belts. Num erous other avenues of usefulness have been opened to foresters by the device, and forestry experts agree that Dr. Jemison has made an im portant contribution to fire preven tion and fire-fighting. BUNCOMBE TO VOTE () 4Rr LIGUOR STORES OX JULY o5 Climaxing a quiet, but, r)er!i.t campaign over a period of :'cu; months, a group of 22 prominent bn ness and professional and n.!; . ,,. ,,t.luiuns by 8,802 voters, were signed SUCrif,,! getting an election called in Buneor county on July 25 for a vute on establishment: A RP i: ... W tk Jluuiil. S!) , PPASSED TO INCKEup SNGTH OF NAVY BILL STREN( rrv i i i ine senate am away with u . pected debate, and passed a ree $773,420,241 naval appropii;Uk,n This is the largest peace-time bi'U be passed. Funds were St-t aside f ships, including two 45,(100." drea? naughts and 500 combat planes. BELIEVE ROYALTIES VISIT WILL COST U. S. A BOL T Si3,0M Officials in the state department sharpened theirs pencils, and figured that the United States government would have to plank down somewhere near ?io,uuu to pay the bills made by reason of the visit of the King and yueen oi cngiand in this the next few weeks. country i& The pen may still be mightier than the sword, but the problem seems to be putting Hitler in a pen. We Have A Stock Of upplies New Stock - Nationally Known Brands Reasonably Priced Office TYPEWRITER RIBBONS ENVELOPES All Make Machines Large assorted stock, all sizes weights CARBON PAPERS CARDBOARDS Six colors (Underwood new style) THIN PAPERS and SECOND ADDING MACHINE PAPER SHEETS None bctter White and Colors MIMEOGRAPH STENCILS . Genuine Mimeograph MIMEOGRAPH PAPER Several sizes-weights ALL TYPE LEGAL FORMS Mortgages, Warrents, Summons, LEDGER SHEETS Transcripts, Deeds and Notes. Just Name Your Needs TYPEWRITER and LEGAL PAPER BINDERS ... All sizes and weights. 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