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Page Two BE SURE TO SEND IN YOUR SOCIAL EVENTS |WOOD! WOOD! WOOD!: | HEATER BLOCKS —FIREPLACE | ” KINDLING | I C. S. BETTS ■ 1 Phone 2681 Black Mountain, N. C. H I 1 aaMiuMiiiaimaivai.aiiiiaiaiai.aLiaiiiiaiiiiaiiiiwiiiaiiMiiiiaaaiiiaiiiiaiiiiaiiia^a Idependable SERVICE I Let us Lubricate your car for summer driving. I COMPLETE TUNE-UP I STEPP’S GULF SERVICE I STEPP BROS. I Black Mountain, N. C. I Your Friendly Gulf Servant stemming ash ? I ■amahiii iiYritir Tr iflYiri 11 Mill KEY CITY LAUNDRY AND FRENCH BROAD CLEANERS Phone 2021 Laundry Phone 4881 Cleaners Black Mountain, N. C. ■HP; ~* p, ~ W&ifM. msmmm *T~rr* i i \\ i ~ TiTwn n iiio r if‘lr ' * A ,w\ ‘if" Ip j SOLD BY BLACK MIT]. GROCERY CO. Village Will Hold Centennial Fete Rounds Out 100 Years as a Part of United States. MONTEREY, CALIF.—This pic turesque fishing village on the shores of Monterey bay is preparing to cel ebrate its centennial as a part of the United States. It was 100 years ago this sum mer, on July 7, that Com. John D. Sloat, commanding a fleet of the U. S. navy, sailed into Monterey bay to take possession of the sunny little seaport which was then under Mex ican rule. Commodore Sloat antici pated a battle before the town fell to his small fleet. However, the inhabitants of the fishing village were of another mind. They welcomed the commo dore and the dashing members of his command with festivities that lasted for two days. In the 100 years that have elapsed since the flag of the United States was first flown above Monterey, the fishing village has become the sar dine capital of the world. However, citizens still observe many of the picturesque customs handed down from their ancestors, those first hardy fishermen who left homes in Spain as far back as 1770 to cast their nets in the uncharted waters of a new land. With the ending of the sardine fishing season, an activity that has become a 20 million dollar indus try for the village, fetes and fiestas are held. During the sardine sea son, from August 1 until February 15, the village bustles with activity for 24 hours of the day. As the schools of sardines are spotted by the phosphorescent glow they cre ate, all fishing is done at night and in the dark of the moon. One of the picturesque sights of the Pacific coast which visitors make journeys here to see is the 75 to 80 purse seine vessel sardine fleet heading out to sea on a sunny afternoon for the night’s fishing. These boats and their sea-wise 12- man crews range north along the coast of the Farallon Islands of San Francisco or south as far as San Simeon in quest of their silver har vest. In the sardine nets, each hand made and valued at SIO,OOO, catches that range from 140 to 250 tons a boat are hauled aboard. During the season just ended sardine fishermen rang up a record catch of 24,100 tons in a six-day period, accord ing to E. H. Bell, vice president of the American Can company, which operates a factory here to produce cans for the industry. To take care of the catch the can company’s production lines ran throughout the week on a 24-hour schedule, turning out 2M million cans. Another rec ord was established when the fish ermen netted 18 million pounds of sardines in a single hour. While the fishing season is under way mothers, wives and daughters of the fishermen work in the com munity’s 13 canneries, sometimes from early morning until late into the night when the catch is heavy. With the ending of the season, the community resumes a leisurely pace reminiscent in many ways of an old world fishing village. Here’s Good Poultry Tip: Put That Turkey in Hay NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. For a plumper and more tender turkey the state department of agriculture at Rutgers university advises feed ing the bird with—hay. However, Prof. Paul Margolf ad vises using baled hay in preference to the loose stuff. He found the birds had difficulty picking leaves off the loose stalks and sometimes swal lowed the whole stalk. Son of Headhunter Talks At Religious Conference MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. - Sara Rore, a Solomon islands chief tain and son of a headhunter, was one of the speakers at a conference of a religious organization. Black, with pierced ears, he was dressed in white shirt and dark tie, a civilian suit coat, cloth skirt, stockings and polished shoes. He was ordained a minister in 1937 and has mastered typewriters, duplicators, printing and five lan guages, including English. Reveals Japanese Got American Weather Data LOS ANGELES. - The Japs intercepted and broke U S. weather codes, but failed to take full ad vantage of the information, Col. The odore R. Gillenwaters, — General MacArthur’s top weatherman, said recently. Gillenwaters, home on terminal leave, said the Japs got all the meteorological data they wanted, despite censorship rules against mentioning weather. Red’s Atom Bomb to Be Ready in 3 Years SAN FRANCISCO.—Dr. Irving Langmuir, one of 16 American scientists who visited the Soviet Union last year, says this conn try and Russia probably will have enough atomic bombs in 6 to 10 years to wipe each other out. He estimated the Russians would have their first atomic bombs in three or four years. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS Production of H’sns Can Be Controlled All Factors Must Be Operated Efficiently The hen has long shared honors with the cow as being the world’s most efficient machine. This mod el of the mechanics of the hen will give some idea of tl»e egg factory. When eggs are laid on consecu tive days, the yolk of one egg is discharged from the ovary about 30 minutes after the laying of the previous eggs. Hens must be bred with the inter nal capacity to produce eggs if they are to be profitable. But the best bred hen in the world will not be profitable unless well housed, well fed and well treated. No other farm animal will respond as rapidly to proper—or unproper—management. In order that eggs complete the cycle every 24 hours, all working parts of the hen must be properly functioning. This takes a well-bal anced ration along with ideal condi tions. Protect Farm Trees There are several methods that have proven satisfactory in protect- ing young trees against rabbits and other animals. Tar paper may be wrapped around the tree, or chicken wire may be stretched to circle the tree. An effective guard may be made from discard ed garden hose, which may then be wrapped around the young trees. This guard may be used year after year, re quires no fastening as the hose will al ways retain its cy lindrical shape. The use of paper is not generally recommended as it will not last long and some animals will find little difficulty In chewing through the tar paper. Improved Safer Hitch For Power Machines /S . /'O"'! NOW I CAN USE xgiggSy MY TRACTOR // jj\ jA STANDARDIZED / MACHINE MASTER SHIELD AND PTO CONVERSION PACKAGE If a farmer purchases a new trac tor or standardizes the power take off of his old tractor with conver sion packages, furnished by all manufacturers of farm imple ments, greater convenience, econ omy and safety will result. These A.S.A.E. hook-ups are available at all dealers for any make of tractor. Rabbits Prove Big Forage Consumers Young jack habbits consume some dry feed as early as five days after birth, according to . Arizona station studies. Following weaning, at three weeks of age a rab bit consumes an average daily ra tion equal to 2 to 4 per cent of its body weight. From 5 to 14 weeks of age, the food consump- tion averages 6 per cent of the light weight of the animal. They reach their maximum food consumption between 14 and 26 weeks of age On this basis, it would not take many rabbits to clean up an acre of growing crops. j Harvesting Asparagus By Improved Method In the past asparagus spears were cut by using specially designed knives. The spear was cut from % to 1% inches below the surface. Spe cialists at Michigan State college say that this is all wrong. By hold ing the n«w growth of asparagus just below the tips between the thumb and finger it can be broken off down to the tough part. Grow er will get a premium for aspara gus so harvested. RED HP CROSS » must carry on! llllll—W.-*—■" WE FILL YOUR 1 Prescription ■ ■ Correctly ■ b Nothing is spared— j £ in giving your * Prescription the at | tention it deserves. ■ 1 Our graduated re- j 2 gistered Pharmacists i i on duty have had ■ J years experience to ■ » assure you of its cor- ■ J rect Compounding . . ■ g with an up-to-date J ■ stock of the finest ■ ■ drugs and b ■ . . 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I Sossamon-Tyson Furniture Co. | “EVERYTHING FOR YOUR HOME” I I PHONE 4381 I 3 BLACK MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA fnrreflßfrwy !■ r, TKOTT*T j mi* 3 ____ ♦- - , <v I .-\JL * Conservation News By L. B. HAIRR Tom Hallard of Marion, Rt.. Rob Johnson of Marion Rt. 2, and other McDowell farmers have recently had their sericea lespedeza cut for hay. These farmers say that their stock like cericea lespedeza hay very much. Farmers who mow sericea when the plants are about 12 inches high, Subscribe now for The Black Mountain News We Urge You To Patronize Our Advertisers NEW RECORDS IN STOCK Cant help lovin’ dat man l ... 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Plemmons, Ho well Buchaman, G. D. Walker, C.Y. Ban ning, E. G. Dyport, V. Foster, Ji m Hogan and Frank Turner. Land is what counts. Everything comes from the soil, and goes back to the soil.
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