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PAGE FOUR Around The Mt. Mitchell Forest Service District By George Vitas, U. S. Forest Ranger Last Friday we drove up to the top of Roan Moun tain with Forest Supervis or, D. J. Morriss, Engineers Rudy Fairfax and J. W. Higdon and Alabama Nat ional Forest Supervisor, C. F. Burnham, for a final j examination and approval of the new location of the proposed road which the U. S, Forest Service wil 1 build from Carvers Gap to the old hotel site on the Roan. All the road stakes are now in and as soon as the speci fications are drawn up, the contract for the con struction of this road will be opened for bids. - To the many attractions of Roan Mountain—hay fever-free, unequalled view, beauty of its purple rhodo-j dendron, bald grass, moss spruce and fir, we’d like to] add another. Did you know' that you can take your hand and run it up and down those black-berry] bushes on the Roan with-, out getting a single brier in your skin? There just aren’t any spines on those blackberry bushes atop the' Roan! | The new highway con struction job from Bakers-' ville to the Carvers Gap on 1 the Roan is progressing' rapidly. Down at the lower reaches it is a beehive of activity with men and ma-j chinery moving amazing < amounts of earth and rock i every day. Great bulldoz-]( ers, huge earth movers, < diesel shovels and draglin-| es have shattered the calm'] which you normally find , in Little Rock Creek Val-j --ley. But one of these days, ' perhaps this winter, it will | be serene in Little Rock ( Creek Valley once more \ and you’ll be able to drive < to the top of the mountain ; on a two-lane hard surfac-' ed highway. In this day, when we are used to so much talk of billions of dollars it is hard to be impressed when hear ing someone speak in terms of millions. Howev er, Lee M. James of the Southern Forest jExperi ment Station has just com pleted an analysis which] shows the importance of, the forests to the economy of the Southern states. He found that the South’s an-! ******** ************************************ ****>♦ | LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! I 5 * WHY WALK WHEN TRANSPORTATION . $ $ IS SO CHEAP? YOUR CHOICE $95.00 5 2 * * 1935 Chevrolet 2 Dr. ' * * 1937 Chrysler 2 Dr. ? 2 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LATE MODELS ? WE HAVE THEM TOO * J LOW DOWN PAYMENT, WE FINANCE * BALANCE 5 2 * 2 1950 Studebaker 4 Dr., Overdrive, White Sidewalls 5 2 1950 Ford Custom 4 Dr., A Black Beauty, Low Mil- 5 2 eage. « ■*;> - !>"' 2 1949 Chevrolet 2 Dr. All the Extras, runs like new * 2 1940 Chevrolet 4 Dr. Rebuilt Motor, Radio and { 2 Heater J 1936 Chevrolet 2 Dr. Standard (No Knees to Wor- $ 2 ry About) * GOOD SELECTION OF TRUCKS J 1947 Chevrolet lVal Ton Long Wheelbase, Rebuilt 5 J Motor J 2 1942 G. M. C. 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But to North Caro llinians, here is the most im portant part of Mr. James’ findings: He reports that North Carolina leads all the 12 southern states in l [annual money-income from 1 forest products with $289,-! ] 000,000.00. Next comes] Georgia with $276 million l and Virginia is thiid with! $231 million. If the old say-! ing that ‘‘money talks” is ' ]true, the forests of North 1 ] Carolina are without ques tion one of the solid foun dations in the prosperity of the State. While we are still using ( big figures, we’d like to mention a safety record of I i the U. S. Forest Service. Thus far, the employees of the Forest Service have driven 120,000,000 miles in the performance of their work during the past three years without a single fatal accident. The U. S. Govern ment, as a whole, rates 12.5 fatalities per 100 million miles, so that on this basis the intensive Forest Ser vice safety program has saved at least 12 lives in the past three years. When you consider the fact that ]much of this driving is over rough mountain roads Jin the West, East and Sou ,th, it is double proof tnat, with an honest sincere ef fort, driving can be made ! safe! S. S. officer, reveals for the first time the exploits of American women in the intelligence field. He quot as his chief as saying that, “lii the face of extreme! danger, O. S. S. women 1 showed courage and ability on a par with any man’s.” Mrs. Emmy Rado, says the article, achieved one of the biggest intelligence ' scoops of the war by ex . tracting from a refugee ; detailed harbor informa-j ition when our Army was j planning the landings in North Africa. “Artemis,” whose real name is still a secret, is the '37-year-old American wom an who was landed in Nor mandy by submarine, walk ed across France, person- 1 ally led guerrilla sabotage I bands, and blew up a 1 brid ge all by herself while a German truck convoy was crossing it. A hundred Na zi troops was killed. Mrs. Dorothy Huston, called “the best American' undercover agent of them' all,” cracked one of the 1 "most dangerous espionage l rings in this country. It i was made up of Polish re fugees who had rented an apartment in New York.'! Mrs. Huston rented an ad joining apartment, casu-j l ally made their acquaint-] pince, and, within ten days/ I “had them spilling secrets' jail over the place.” j “That women excel as in telligence agents is nothing mew,” says the article. “For ! f ive thousand years, every'; | espionage service on earth has turned over to women the missions too delicate for its men to handle.” MRDtobZl Mu THRIFTY OIL HEAT The Amazing CONCO M-l WINTER AIR CONDITIONER Cut Liu JUI Wiyif For thrifty, efficient, luxurious warmth nothing else compares with the CONCO M-l WINTER | AIR CONDITIONER. Costs less § to buy, costs less to install, costs less to operate. i ' It's clean heat, too! h o dirt, ||| dust or grime to spoil rugs, cur- IS tains, draperies and furniture . , , M A housecleening is a snap. Auto- Jf : mafic, effortless, humidified oil heat—clean as sunlight—is yours f? today with the new CONCO M-l WINTER AIR CONDITIONER. W |j See your CONCO dealer. M. E. RIDDLE & SON Plumbing & Heating Stanley Riddle, Mgr. VBB rarCET RSOOgtt) ANPfAL CIRCUS The Don Robinson Am eri-Congo Animal Circus coming to Burnsville Wed nesday, May 23, will this I year present the greatest ! collection of strange, odd and rare animals ever car ried with any circus. > The Big Circus presents , such outstanding acts as the Debelles, America’s greatest teeter board act, 'outstanding acrobatic ar- Jtists; tumblers, etc.; aerial acts with their death defy-, ling stunts; the smallest' ' performing elephant in this county, Baby Tasco, 3 years old. The bouncing trampoline aits with the funny j clowns who really keep you; •in a roar of laughter. The Circus "this year fea tures a show to keep you laughing. i The riding contest where local boys and girls are 1 taught to be bareback rid-] ,ers. This you don’t want ,to miss. I Educated ponies, dogs, ( goats, cats, elephants, Dy namite, the educated mule, j Mary, the world’s largest ! performing chimp, riding , scooters, roller skating, ac tually rides a two-wheel jbike. It’s a scream, j The beautiful girls on j the swinging ladders. You i will see a goat ride a horse bareback and many, many other acts. Among the side show features you will find the] ,Big Gorilla, caged in a spec-^ * (HT fMtgAU POWERED Wlu4au(Yott cotix A^^o'i^L aßtte Can.? I When yon look at all a Roadmasteii has to offer, it’s only natural to conclude that it’s priced with the rest of the fine-car field. Sweeping proudly past you, it has a distinction that few cars can equal. Stepping nimbly away from a stop light, it has the willing surge of power that the very exchi sive combination of a 152-horsepower Fireball engine and Dynafiow Drive* delivers. ft rides the road with majestic smoothness, and « omes to a smooth and gentle halt, in response to the finest brakes Hoick ever developed. Inside, it has spacious room, from side to side and front to hack and scat to roof—plus a soft* Hess of cushions and a richness of fabrics which bespeak the custom standards to which it is painstakingly built. »! . ovrfi at no *. r(ro coat ui 4'MMAr v/. o. _ |— I I ■jl , -* ' T"_-.. »> MKN t»lifT«W <W<j BJ lI.T ItnCK TWM ■— ' . v .Jr-rr —-- _ «*».■ ■—■ ,--_cr^= TAYLOR BUICK COMPANY MAIN STREET SPRUCE PINE, N. C. ially built cage. - Don Robinson also pre sents a special "concert sea ! ture. The greatest laughing show of all times, The Doc ' tor’s Shop. Special scenery is carried . for this feature. I Clowns will keep you lau , ghing from the time you ] enter the Big Tent until ] you leave. And all ages have been considered in ! this year’s presentation. Truly a great show.! Don’t miss it! I Matinee starts 2:30 p. m. Night show starts 8 p. m. i Doors open one hour ear lier. So everyone will have time to see the side show .and the children can ride ; the ponies. DANCE V EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT ffr'' 50 cents Per Person <y ' w_ Round and Square Dances CATTAIL “ ,TY 11 UIJ PENSACOLA YOUNG FOLKS—LITTTLE FOLKS—OLD FOLKS—ALL HAVE FUNb Hydrogan Bomb To Be Tested In Marshalls "iKWAjAiiiisj ° IOSA \ . Hawaiian I HONG * * WAKE • JOHNSTON I. % KONG/9 * i MARIANAS Wf # PHILIPPINES * MARSHALL' * • »■ -I. "1 Cleveland, Ohio—The atomic Energy Commission will conduct an experiment on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands soon, according to reports. Washing ton sources say it may be the first test of a hydrogen bomb. All you could want in a fine car is here in abundance. But don’t let that fool into deciding “it’s too rich for me.” 11 you ve looked into 1951 car prices generally, you'll discover this: You can own a Roadmaster for just a shade more than an ordinary car will cost—and for several hundred dollars less than the price tags usually found in “the fine-car field.” Why not look into this today? Equipment, accessories, trim and models art subset to clann w'tLcuf notwa. ■ S/ttovT SiUf ut FUuz, Cana (Itstom Hu mby Hui<o y £ #P ; ;v. M '■ THURSDAY, MAY 10,1051
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