jSDAV,
NOV. 5, 1930
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
PAGE SEVEN
luch New Work Planned in Forest
:tqStend
tOADJVSTEffi
tahala OHiciaU
enounce Plans for
Imprcvements
rials of Nantahala Na-
for«t have set up a heaxj
load for comi)letion by the
CCC camps on this forest
the ei‘>-hth six-month period,
n;,Umced this week.
; present road system, com-
„ a net work of 142 miles of
forest service truck
ivill be extended and im-
lat the grading of 60
ditional miles, the surfacing 47
miles AA7ulpmnfr r\( QiZ
1 iiiiicb, Liic bunacing oi 4/
the widening of 9^/2 miles,
the construction of one vehicle
bridge and maintenance work on
the entire system.
More than 300 miles of telephone
lines must be maintained and an
additional 37 iniles will be con
structed'. This communication sys
tem is of vital importance in the
administratio.n of the forest.
Maintenance and improvement
work will also be done on 95
miles of foot trails which are used
both in fire suppression .and in rec
reation.
New Tower Planned
One steel fire lookout tower will
be erected on Gowee Bald .near
Franklin. Nine enrollees will as
sist the forest service tower men
in watching for forest fires from
lie Big Fun
I Stage Show
Court House Hall
Saturday Night, Nov. 7
the elite minstrels
1 IN
iBlack and White Face Comedies
!y a Regular Traveling Company
Two Hours of Laughter
Special Added Feature
I Major KyWs
Imateiir Contest - Cash Prizes
U to all Dancers, Singers,
khestras—All Entertainers. Apply to Mr. Ky ,
■ Travelers Rest Hotel, rear courthouse
VO Shcws-7:30 and 9:00 P. M. Prices, 15^ and
New Fall line of Men’s
Hats, in all ne
shades and shapes. Also
Men’s Shirts, Ties, Bat
Robes, and many othe
articles in mens wear
See Our Windows
S
E. K. Cunningham & Co
- ■ of Quality
Shop
the lookout towers now on the
Nantahala,
A crew of 33 enrollees will be
engaged in landscaping recreational
areas during the entii'C period and
six more will be used in mainten
ance of public camp grounds that
have been prepared by the forest
service.
This work load may be made to
appear even larger by taking into
consideration the fact that inclem
ent weather during the winter
months slows down construction
work and increases maintenance on
all projects. Work may be further
interferred with during fair weather
by forest fires since fire suppres
sion takes priority over all other
activities.
Work Acoamplished
The work of the CCC camps on
the Nantahala National forest from
the time - the first .camps were
estabhshed here in May, 1933, un
til the beginning of. the eight
period on October 1, 1936, presents
an interesting picture.
Two of the five original camps
on this forest were
abandoned in October, 1933. Two
others were abandoned for a perio
of one year or more but have be
reoccupied. One new camp was
established m October,^ 1934 ana
three more in Jnly, 193a. The fo
lowing work has thus been ^ccom
pushed with approximate y the
equivalent of five camps for the
wo,.
in which rotten, diseased and wee^
trees are removed to ms
healthy, vigorous 8^°^*
valuable timber species
carried on over an area of 35,lbU
""A'iimber survey or inventory of
the fTest stock has been under
taken. Mapping and estimating
are also maintained by th
Construction of 29 vehicle
has been an important part
road building program. ^p^uce
Ro..l»de 'S:
fire hazards and at the sai
enhance the appearance of fore^s^
fZ ov“ 48 of '“i
stumps within W te
SShaXTto'camps and worthless
Lterial burned or hidden.
Raadsldes Planted
More than 14.000 man days have
reduce the ^
“ AaeMe” on inJi.Mual forest tires
£ SSSf.
Jfror"Sro“d by the
“ ””v r°ief
Ttetae To spread far. More
than 5 000 man days have been
mmt n fire JoPPresslon on the
Sahala National forest » the
nast three and one half yea s.
The recreational value of the
Nantahala has been greatly mcreas
ed through the construction by en
iees of four public camp grounds
picnic areas and three obs r- j
vltion points. Every necessary fa-,
cility has been constructed m these
years. Planted
Forest trees have been
„ Oi arres of barren land.
^ Nine fish rearing pools have been
Ifrnrted in which small fish
the hatcheries are kept until
thpv are large enough to take care
ofThemselves when they are placed
fn steams through the forest. Ap
proximately 50,000 have been re-
’'Snstruetion of ® miles of tel.
u T lines 10 miles of power
line" 43 miles of foot trails an
S rods of fences has accounted
considerably more man powen
i These are only a few of the most
important projects that have been j
carried on by the CCC camps on
this forest. Every effort is made
to give ‘enrollees as much varied
and ])ractical experie.nce in conser
vation activities as possible, ihe
regular trunover of men in the
camps keeps the supervisory per-
soiiivel busy moulding and organiz
ing inexperienced but eager groups
into well trained and efficient
crew’s. Small wo.nder that they take
pride in pointing out the work that
has been accomplished.
State To Place Markers
At Historical Sports
RALEIGH, Nov. 4.—A survey of
historical spots in the mountain area
of North Carolina, for the purpose
of erecting highway markers, will
be undertaken during the .next two
weeks by Miss Marybelle Delamar,
acting collector for the North Car
olina hall of history, who will leave
Raleigh for the west today. Miss
Delamar is being sent by the state
historical commission, C. C. Crit
tenden, secretary, which is carry
ing on the historical marker pro
gram in cooperation with the de
partment of conservation and de
velopment and the highway and
public works commission. The leg
islature at its last session appro
priated $5,000 a year for the pres
ent biennium for this purpose.
Miss Delamar on this trip ex
pects to cover the following coun
ties’ Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Swain Macon, Jackson, Haywood,
Transylvania, Madison, Buncombe,
Henderson, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery,
^[cDowell, Rutherford, Cleveland,
Burke, and Caldwell. In each county
she will confer with authorities on
local history, , r i
The markers, double faced ana
made of aluminum, are of the
same size as those of Virginia, but
the lettering is larger and the de
sign distinct. Almost one hundred
legends have now been approved,
and several dozen markers are ac
tually in place.
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A German chemist has patent
ed a method of preserving milk
and other dairy products in a fresh
state over a long period by the
application of oxygen and co.ntrol-
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Select Your Heater Now
We have the largest and most com
plete stock of heaters ever brought
to Franklin. They are well built
will give plenty of heat and lots oi
service at low cost.
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Franklin, N. C.
A Few Timely
Suggestions
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Table Tumblers, 25c
6 for
6-Quart Kettles-with 49c
cover
CottoH and Oil 25c
Mops
Quart Bottle of 25c
Furniture Polish
Clothes Pins, 5c
price per dozen
Children’s Knit Caps or 25c
Gloves —
Scissors that cut, 25c
price
Lamps, large size No. 2 69c
complete —
Window Shades, lOc
price
Ruffled Curtains, 39c
assorted colors
Stamped Pieces for 10c“"^25c
embroidery
Books, new outstandijig fiction, 25c
also popular classics
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