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PAGE EIGHT GIVEN $10,000 FOR $30 LORN Grubstake Enabled Prospector to Recover Land Sold by Guardian?He d in Auyium. Olyi v :ir W :?sh.? ' V".! -;! ?* * s ourl r :.?* ? pM tiei.:- :> :I * ;j'iv supreme <;ou tlirti > king . \; ; of lit-nr\ i. . . .. i -.i 4 fi*t sJl\ . >"> i'f i ?: ioB8 loau of >_ts? ? ..? i- a'-:j i?l'!a. a s.tiif: of l > v. -ng the inmale of ? lo tli? o^ i^rsfcw of a half-mi;;i n_ i?wpeery, po-tur.d :.-r I'a; . Nor v.;.* '; tin* ri?b ' : % : * )? > tile *1<m>' i?jyn. :or .be *."0 loaa or M-e? ; it;- : - wanted to put Jit* uioi y, bl.L hi- 'ntstee refu?0*l. S<? Sli. A... -? :i Tuppeia v h C. H. I- - -riiar(iiuu ad litem. Confined in insane Asylum. The eiivuui >;aives \v?-: ? unique. John luppeiu list*! ilnetl t< Alaska gold rush ami after years of jjrvspecttng was adjudged insane and mftiieii In an institution In port land, lie had, however. a?<im:ed valuab a:<hlug claims. released four y. -,rs later he found bis m.iitafe properi had been sold by hi- gua; ; an. In 1P1S, destitute uu * out of wort he met in Astoria Henry i.rr*"???!.?, an old trieini of 30 yeAr?' -;mdliig F.aibola advanced money ^ support and took him to > i* r? i.. was taken in by u rein < K.i.'i.'ia. i "MuIIy ?n\S-i' funds t- 'f ' - a !: were t.ei dnated to bo worth m.< m s \ an ii :i... y male tb?* pr<?p??-*i?#n to ' 'i v'" :jIr *.? !\ V* i h; . i? $270. 1: . \ il - Hi- -? . >- T oan A 1 t. i m.v property back. I wii; pay when I win my pi < pert} Court Rules Loar Was Grubstake. Enibo :u:d i' illiedja oly ad Valued the uiviK > '? peli went to Alaska, tin;;!iy ;>>? ... ' s roperty ami. remera'iei in/ - agreement, reuuestel Mr. ( ;'ii!?. .i s trusts*, to i?j the full amount, ami upcn Ins refusal !' do so this a. i..n was livstitStfjud Suprem. < Mir J 11?'v oufe?j.:ons of a more loan, of us interest and lliadruiiu-j of . ?n 'i It holds, rather, the motun as adVHiiceu ?> an luv">.' lent ; lb i' '' * trans. n was In the nature of a ^rahstiii-.e contract, which hus been upheld In this court, ami the risk ??t using the numey in this otse was n> .iru.u a*, under a grubstake. Judgment for ili*> SUUM? is accordingly alftrmed. M >r. - - are ail- led a pretty theme for d ? latlotib on the dividends of friendship Public Health Service to Study Common Cold Washington .1 detailed study of Common voids ?. t,. n?' laadc hy lite public health ser\:-c in co-operation with a number of the .umtry's leading universities. Pr. Hugh S. ?um uun^, arogyoii general says corns, influenza and similar cone it inns are responsible for a great dea of stiff iim, loss of ; .me. tli^ah': I;? and it nut in considerable numb. i?i deaths. He sax* there are few, ii" :ia\ individuals who do net s'iiY-.t from some acu'e respiratory c.nditiou at ieasl once a year. losing irom a day to a week o more ;> t result, and - >ine attacks develop in:<? more serious conditions, at times even a latent pulmonary tubereulos - being lighted up> Comparatively little is definitely known u> to the real causes, distribution. manner ot' spread and epidemiology of these so-called minor respiratory -ii".oier?t>. Do- : -r Onnnr.mg says, and this detailed s'.ndy being undertaken is expected i- be of value in attempting t>? prevent these affliction* The work wili be actively under taken at Harvard iniversity. Johns Hopkins Medical ? lea.:, Georgetown and Howard universities. Washing ton; Tulaue university. New Orleans; Ohio State ur. : - University ot Chicago and Calver-bcy ?.t* California It is entki; > -;ud-*s will exlend over two or three years. Honest IS'an Pays Board Bill Atter 33 Years Follacsbee. Ariz. n Davis had paid a board bill which he owed Mrs Elizabeth Grimm of this ehy for 3S years. The bill was ?i Davi? was unable to r..;r the bill when he left the Grimm home, ben he returned. Mrs. Orinmt will frame the $4 as a merro?i al to "'roe m -s! hone*5- nrna." * 1 ' Steam From Crater \ Heats Big Building j * Iliio, Island of Hawaii.?Steam i * flowing everlastingly from a fis- ] J wire in the side of the volcano i ' of Kilauea is now being used \ \ to heat the office building of the j * Hawaiian National park coramis- , t sion, J The vapor leaves the ground $ at 120 degrees and is guided J through conduits a distance of * 40 feet to the building. In the J winter time it easily keeps tne $ ofllees at a uniform temperature J of 70 degrees. ^ IHSC* - 'j r _ a** j MF Vr-.T: ihi' fourt'.v: .;- . :" Is tury tlars ft:'i Ix* heii j : . si" . . ."vH-.-t t m?;a:ui. j*j- . Me mit.* of l-aetir.orj' 'tit. ki ' . mtiU.'r:.-.! c.mno; ;*nt ,i;.i b v .> ' bett? - work'. Xht bring ait v ~,h<T lyf nutny (It1tvji> , f < ??! b'fiWinu must be of iruale... ?le value to the road buy r. the eoii' ty . { Sti:" vr ;?oer, the road suticr. isor *.iid tin? Uix\iyr. :>t rhapji the greatest be*n fit I'-m ibi> mutual contact of the fortes vh vh ;r behind the good road ' '!; laying t-fore the country. ' ' najjmitiult c?? the effort involved and ii Mui/:- forth to the world what pro -rrej-s has Keen made in the hard-.- ;vface highway idea. Twenty years-a^o before the auto:nubile was more than a toy the read idea was dead. "We didn't need roads. The roads we had were gc d enough. To spend money for roads . i foolish The railroads gave ail the transportation necessary, {toads iv in. roi> an expense, a tuxur\ r.ot an asset!" Such arguments u ommon. There were no road b? , was i\o road bqilding iti rv T ?;.;. t h< re aic lIiou:a i ervhu r.-. hundreds <>( firms m : han.l road building machinery 1 orod'aets for na.ru road making artd rh? ' i- not a state uninterested t?i it highways, net > - ; ; talk it g y ".1 r< ads. no? a farm* r i." 't roalisi the u&eri of iheui This gi'eat ' o;ui expo-ite?u is a T> /'K.ti <>f the times, and tK : which - behind roads ha*droad>. tl sort ?f roads which i ' :i;izh uQi' nam injur rum aim jfi'. u maximum of speed and intercommuniThe r?>nii exposition at the t oli uni in Chicaj^, i.- more than an *\hihit, it i> a monun>cnt l? 'he modern :< i oi* tran.-portalion. Government Makt-s Statement ReifArdin p. ||w Arkansas roads. President Cooiidgc is backing the Scrotarj of A^riruiturt: to the limit n I;:.' iour.-? towards tho adroinisira* on of Federal Aid for roads in Arkansas where Federal funds are lu iiva ohheld pending the correction ??i . ortain conditions. StcreTaVy Wallace states, m guiding the affair. "It is estimated that road improvement districts in Arkansas have issu. -1 bonds the amount, of about $03000.000. Of this only $11,000,000 or 17 per vent in round timbers l? ii Used in connee* ion with Federa aid. The remainder has been <1 altogether on district projects. with which federal Skid has had nothg to ?i?>"Movt of the Arkansas road disrii-ts in connection with which there have been serious abuses and jrrosf fairness to the land-owning farmwere created before Federal aid amounted to anything. Many of them had practically exhausted local funds bef ore federal aid was called for. "Because of the peculiar road di ' ict system adopted in Arkansas Fed :.? . aid administration has been ex? dincriy difficult. In April 1921, it was discovered that great injustices ere practictd in these road districts, { #f which there were at the time more an bor. but .n only 110 of which ; -der;. a had been &rar.ti?ct? All f - c.cer of the iKpartment Agio lure was <ent into the state tc make a cartful investigation to securi iniortnatiiin needed to administer fed era! aid. "T:e found many cases of bs.h ?oa?: I careless hai dling ftr.d imi i payrmerl >f local fun . tic assessment or. land iwners and u incriminatory asses v. in economic laying out of dis ' vta genela !a>:lty in 4 he or c to maintain the roads ont( ' "-ty w< re built. 4 Tl governor caSed a spec:ul ses ,.r ?v.. iftir. ioti .1 f? n.ber 24. The legislature passed a? iCt ki "\v:i as* the Harrdson law. I is better than the old law. Under i i o new improvement district caS b< created except by a majoi y vote c. -he people within the district and thi assessment which may be levied f>n a< jaceut land is limited. "The department has no intentioi of making any further investigatioi In Arkansas except a; it may b necessary to administer Federal ai< funds justly and efficiently." f Subscribe For You * County Paper THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?? U, S, H/.S BIG TUSK ENFORCING FOOD LAWS Greatest Violations Occur in Case of Cil Products: Butter Is Ciose second. TVusbin MN tn Vn-z. <!n!t?Tat-> ii ucO !' I'ix _ the pahf! *i * :t r of i to t . the mi{0 4.i h?- 'urusiry. v! ;- : x . ' ; I'l the en * orcctiienf of th i. " In .> at", a T??Ts*.i of 1 ? $.- ;v i > 1 ' : so'xur. ; were made u i! \ r of The <cv ite^r < a vbd.i'it-c* "crunert in th-* ca-' oil product.s, whip* butter . s ' oi se K' - a: ye;?i? ..l entlon ! s been (riven f ' . n ttV in butter, and ncl'ovi i..?n taken ugfvinid ninny ? w. re high in moisture low in lmttertat. or short of the declared welclit. The dllficulty of enforcing the lav as applied to butter, however, has been greatly lightened by the passage at the last session of coilsr\ - s of an art establishing a standard for butter, which fl\e- so par rent as tho minimum huuerfat content. Tuir, ing the year 04 seizures against atlul' terabd ami misbnmicd butter and 117 friniin.il pv<sw*utions were instituted. | Ar interesting and unusual feature of the work in enforcing the net was the discovery that a concern in Jersey City, N w.'-.v adultemtinr butter with commit o?i :.r other foreign fat an ! shipping it to Pleladelphia. Seizures were promptly made, as a result of which the offending tirui discontinued operations. Earl's Daughter Seeks Adventure in Haiti l,'?n<kiD -Lady Uorutliy Mills, novel1st and exjilonT, who not long ago returned to Loudon from ? hazardous trip to Tlmhuctou, Is now planning to go to ?ho Negro Republic of Hayti. She will undertake this adventure alone armed only with a revolver and with what sho calls the best bargaining material in tlie world?money. Her purpose to study ?!? religion ?>t ;he island natives who re voodooists ??r snake worshipers. These people still make hmuan sacrifices ant! Lady Dorothy -.tetiripRiee seeing this ceremony. Woman Races Snakes to Gather Eggs From Cocp Luck. Wyo.?We have so many rattlesnakes that when J hear a hen cackle 1 have ?c race to hor nest to get the egg before a snake gets there." Thus declared Mrs. Boston Sowers, who runs a farm near here, in appealing to the state for a "snake hunter." Mrs. Sowers declares that 500 rattlesnakes have eeen killed on her farm during the last nine years. The state biological survey has promised to take action. Old Chicago School to Be Sold for $47.50 Cfilcogo, 111.?A school building for $47.50 offered for sale oy the Chicago Board of Education la its >? _-.e room some of the city's pioneer citizens first learned their '*thr?*e It's," and tip to a few months ago it was us.as a branch school. . , Now It so ??2d that It Is crumbling to pieces. The price represents Its value a? klndllnu". Norway Geese Turn Up Brocch of Viking Era ' Pler_ Norw.ty. in the province of 5 ' Rogalnnd a small hoy set to tend a dock of geese liad driven his charges to the edge of a small pond. Here the geese splashed and roofed about f | unearthing a magnificent brooch ol p I gold, dating from Viking era. The I relic was taken to the Stavanger tnn senni where the curator said th( brooch is one of the tinest examples ol Viking goldsmiths' art yet discovered ri . e . . _r _l %i <tp r" o 11 tc noopi nsioiR. [* Tokyo.?The long saber of the Jap anese policeman, an unwieldy weapoi In a "rough and tumble," Is to be re placed by a revolver and short sword The regulations announce. rhat thi revolver shall be used only for pur * poses of self-defense or against prin oners attempting to escape. VERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C C^H EST COLDS Redden the sfctn by the ' use of hoi apyhcaf.onsThen irtatsatte briskly with V.ck.i. spread Vicks on thick. y hi id cover with hot Runnel cloths. e -tf w vaporui Cn r T 7 cyf iU'of Jar* ?bc$ Ycarty v. c~ cr .. :^A ,r# DNi>?ie T-i C G2 ; arc! v.ev hushed0. NV. V-. t" IV.U> v". mow. ami 'i.:. dated Feb. ami 1 '-ocmmG in book 7, '.'2. mid om | ;nortga:;? . xecnted by r 1m * ec E v. ! husl and -I G. N t?| . .ft to ,f. W McGnc? ami W. Brov a. dated Sept. lb 1^21' and recorded in book Z pag* 1 .">6 in the office of the Register of Deeds foi Watauga Cotuii\. North Carolina to ! secure the payment ot certain notes j mentioned and described in said aiort ' gage.-. the said notes aV.d mortgage:for value having been assigned and tra fe :? ?i to the undersigned and . default having been made in the payment t said notes or either of them j or the interest thereon the undersignvd as assignee by virtue of the power of -al< contained iri said mortgages will sell for cash at public auction at the door of the court house ',r. thv toon of Boone, county of \Vaj cauga. on Monday the fourth day of j February 102 '. it being the f?r?t ; Monday in the month, all the right, | title and interest of the said Florence i K. \ i- aiid hi >bai <1 J. (I. Morris,' , Jr. h: the following' described iamb to sa<<-fy the said indebtedness and costs and . xper of -ale. to wit: A tract of land lying and being in the ? uii'.y of Watauga and Boone I Township and described as follows: and known and designated as a tract of land c.iyiveyo dto *. G. Xorris, .Jr. ; by \V Hardin Brown and wife, boun: ded a- follows: Beginning on a stone in tin- iii of .1 H. Hardin and running a northwest course with the pub lie road 1 - poles ">L to a stone at tin1 fo?k.- " :ie road, then south S degrees west ten poles to a stake on the bn! of the Sampson road, where "lie lull : forks to go to the Nov Riv r 1Vm-i Plant; thence south east ith old Hartley-Council' (now l)ou-J jghertyV line with the fer.ee and road hi a chestnut, the Hartley and M'ounoll coiner, thence IS ptdcs and 101. with H. J. Hardin's line to thi beginning. containing two and one | fourths acres more or less, i Reference being had to the recoi i : of both of said mortgages in the of ; t'ice of the Register of Deeds of Watauga county to the books and pages above referred to fo?- more perfect description. Th*is being a resale ol said property as provided by law anc ordered by the Clerk of the Superioi !' MA .... *? .4,'wJSB v *1., I V V?l nvuu^o \ villi. . , ... V, Vi.< said property after due advertise merit according :o law. having beei j heretofore sold at the court housi j under the power i?f sale containet j in said mortgages, whejj and when W. O. Robertson becomes the las and best bidder and for the sum o $1,500.00. and having reported thi said bid to the clerk of said cour in the manner provided by law am within 10 days after filing said re port an advanced bid having beei made of five per cent (5 per cent and the money having been depositee in the office of the said clerk am a resale ordered, the biddings at sai< sale will begin at the sum of th advanced bid, being $1575.00. lusted this the first day of Jant ary 1021. Z. A. ROBERTSON, Assignee WEAR THE SCARF OF YOUR OW! CATCH EIGHT DAYS FROM TH TIME OF THE KILL. KILL IN TH ' LA I E WINTER C. K. ROSSER, FURRIER . STAUNTON. V; 12-20-1 Ot Vnn Vocrl EJectiical Service on Farm 1 HOME LIGHT & SUPPLY- CO. Sole Dealers for Ashe, Alleghany ai Watauga B . Service at all times. Full line Electrical Fixtures and Bulbs WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. ! WOULD LIMIT SUMTER OF WHALES IN ATLANTIC U. S. Expert Warns Extinction of Mammals Is Near. Washington.?The wholesale slaughter of whale.-? through the use of modern weapons off the Atlantic coast threatens the extinction of these Important mammals, warns E. YY. Nelson of the t" ted States bureau of !>ioh?irical survey. Nelson urges legislation similar to that now in force m Canada, to conserve the existing whales in those w er "It is obvious," Mr Nelson* cont'nu*-. "that tlo- ;m sent uncontrolled, wholesale sla xhter of sea mamma)* over uiottt ?>' their range and practical- ! lv throughout the year can result only in their rapid extermination. During the lust century the pursuit of sea mammals was carried on on a great sea la and yield* l an enormous return In oil. whalebone, hides and furs of ; fur seals nd sea otter*. Several *peIcies have been almost exterminated by this pursuit, and others will follow without concerted action. Proper conj trol of the hunting of these mammal* will perpetuate indefinitely tue return? . from this valuable natural asset. 'The success of the fur seal treaty, ; whereby through international action Japan, Russia. England and the United States safeguard the breeding ground? of the fur seals on the fur seal island? In Alaska, has been a practical demonstration of the effectiveness of ?uch action. It I? to be hoped that a similar treaty between the maritime power? Interested may be equally effective la ' saving the other sea mammals fro? j threatened extinction." \ I i HEMLOCK i an) in position to furnish I on 'Short Notice. Can Deliver to E Also have a lot of Chestnut S See or ^rilo F. M. M.' Oe4-9Jnu 3HON i g? 1 NEW YEARS crJ L | ^ A* the old year is gone An ^ things as they are whether 1923 to us i Bui here we stop to say th " d'U year for every one in Watauga Cc : 5s out exception to make 1924 the 1 3Tu roe nf^k ever had. 1 am ^ W k With the progress our coun I D-Tc? 1 poultry raising, cattle raising, d; n are in cabbage, potatoes, fruits, i )! .1 1 QJc? products of this county excel pel 1 country, Watauga County is gj 5^ more folks looking her way than [lS State of North Carolina. And eve1 nrJ daries should feel proud that th< ? j~5 gross. ^ Let's not be satisfied with 1 c=LTl to continue to grow. What does v- lif. ^ The answer rs "Co-operation"? _ i We thank each and every or in our business, and will say we a 3P ?o serve you in 1924 than in ar am Be am vour continued support and patro P L ^ ' I Boone I n=> Com of ip Mnn-..n-.?coOTic?a?an... win >~m*m JANUARY 10. 1924. Vicious Elephant Face* 1 Firing Squad at Dawn I.OS Angeles. CM-?"CfcarUe," lt>e prize elephant of the Universal studio? here, faced a "firing squad" of one at dawn and paid with bis life for his vicious temper. He was 1S9 j ears old. More than a month ago the great pachv derm was condemned to dt? aft* r a public career in ttie teak wood swamps of India and the circuses and movies of fi r New World that has been marked by a mean disposition and ht in Sliced forms of various trainers. AU four legs \ ere chained and Harpy L'-nsdale. 5 oeper of the arsenal at the studios, tired one shot from a powerful elephant gun into Charlie's body ju?t under the shoulder He dropped without a sound. FOURS AND SIXES F. M. RICHARDS W. H. C-RAGG Banner Elk. N. Carolina Boone. - North Caro. LUMBER I "Icmlock Framing and Sheeting toonc or Blowing Rock, ihceting at a good price. ILTBA I IE, N. C. sismsss !US GREETiNO | id we are compelled to accept ^Tll was profitable or unprofitable ^ at we hope it was a prosperous pjp tunty.) Let us resolve now with- c=Jl best year Watauga County has ^ i ty is making in agriculture, in ^ airying, and specializing as we etc., and from the fact that the prT rhaps those of any other in the 1^ ctining prestige faster and has almost any county in this great bfj ry person living within her boun ^ ey have had a part in her prowelt doing, but be on the alert it take to do so? Did you say? ^ IS -all striving for the same end. le of you for your loyal support STL ire going to be in better position 5^ >y previous year, and we solicit n3l^e Hdw= | party j
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