THE HLJTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
\/0L. IX. NO. 11.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 17. 1915.
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A Letter From the Editor.
On Board Canadian Pacific Train
West of Winnipeg. Canada.
July 6th.
Dear Readers:
The editor and wife are today
viewing a phase of the great Eu
ropean war that shows the sad
side of it. We arrived in Winnipeg,
Canada, at 8 o’clock this morning
from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Minn., where we spent six hour?
yesterday and were greeted on all
sides by war activities. Canada
expects to furnish at least 500,
000 men for the front in Europe
and has a number of training camps
established where the recuits are
drilled in military tactics. We
just passed one these camps where
10,000 men are being prepared
and saw trains containing 25,000
men who were enroute to Quebec
to take the boats for England. We
will pass another camp of 10,000
sometime tomorrow about seven
miles from Calgary.
Winnipeg is a beautiful city of
200.000 population and from the
French quarters alone over 7,000
men have joined the
French colors and many more are
enlisting daily. 1 have talked with
men in all walks of life here and
have not met a one yet who does
not think the war will last for two
or three years more.
We have traveled 1.875 miles
frcm Huttig to Winnipeg and it is
1,967 miles from Winnipeg to
Seattle, Wash.
We of the United States who
talk about our troubles with the
war tax do not realize how lucky
we are, as here a war stamp must
be used on everything, even an ex
tra cent on every letter and post
card mailed.
The Canadian country through
which we have traveled so far is
just one wheat field after another
and one would think they raise
enough wheat here alone to feed
the world. There is no corn raised
here and what we saw in Minniso
ta was just out of the ground.
We have a continuous ride of
twenty-eight hours from Winnipeg
to Calgary which is through wheat
fields all the way and from there to
Vancouver, B. C., is through the
Canadian Rocky Mountains, with
three stops at famous resorts.
The Editor.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett Pastor.
Cooperate in the Ownership and Use of Har
vesting Machinery.
A well understood principle in
the operation of machinery of any
kind, or in working horses and
mules, for that matter, is that max
imum profits from the operation of
any implement or machine only
come when the implement or ma
chine in question is kept busy the
maximum possible time. In other
words, there are the fixed expenses
that go on whether the machine is
employed or not, and when it is
unemployed these expenses may
largely be reckoned as dead loss.
Nowhere is this truth more appar
ent than in the use of grain bind
ers and threshers, which at best
can only be employed during com
paratively short periods. The av
erage binder costs probably around
$125, an0 will handle from 60 to
100 acres of grain a season; a
threshing outfit will cost from
$400 to $500 up, and the daily
capacity range from 300 bushels
up.
It is safe to say that in the South
by far the larger part of our oats
and wheat is grown on fields 20
acres or less in size, and this acre
age, in most instances, constitutes
the entire crop of small grain on
the average farm. Now, this small
grower, to handle his crop most
economically and to greatest ad
vantage, needs improved machine
ry; but his small acreage alone sel
dom justifies the heavy outlay.
Here is where cooperation mus!
come to the rescue, and here it
will find one of the greatest field*
for its expansion and usefulness.
One farmer with an acreage of 12
acres of oats each year will hardlj
be justified in Duying a binder; but
five neighboring farmers, each with
an acreage of twelve acres a year,
can certainly purchase and use a
binder to great advantage. More
over, their combined grain acreage
will be sufficient for them serious
ly to consider the cooparative pur
chase of a threshing outfit.—The
Progressive Farmer.
McLemore Case Transferred.
The transfer in the McLemore
case from the Union Circuit court
to the Columbia county court at
Magnolia was made last week, and
the case is set for Wednesday,
August 25, according to a letter
received by C. Howard from
Prosecuting Attorney E. O. Maho
ny. ___
A Chance For the Kids.
Young people grow tired of the
small towns because they lack
amusement. Progressive towns
which desire to hold their young
people are adopting means to in
terest, entertain and keep them
contented. One method is the
play ground. Every town, big and
small, should hare one. It should
be a public park, where everyone
could go at any time. The city
should pay for its upkeep and it
should be well kept. A portion of
the park should be set aside for the
little ones, with swings, slides and
whirligigs in itf a portion set aside
for the older people, and should
have tennis courts, baseball
grounds, croquet courts, etc., and
the grounds should be plentifully
supplied with benches and tables
for picnic parties. Such a play
ground is especially necessary in
factory towns, so the workers will
have some place to spend their
spare time and holidays. Tennis
tournaments could be held at spec
ified times during the summer, to
which a small fee could could be
charged to be applied to the up
keep of the couris. The baseball
grounds could be used as league
field, encouraging friendly rivalry
between the home team and those
of nearby towns. They will receive
the interest on their investment in
increased efficiency among their
employes and a greater ease in se
curing and holding good workers.
A Husband’s Toast to His Wife.
‘‘I will drink this toast to the wo
man I love. To the woman whose
smiles are the light of my life and
whose laughter is sweeter to me
than the melody played by an angel
on a golden harp. To the noble
hearted woman who gave up all
the rest of the world for me and
linked her life with mine amid the
music and flowers, and turning
from the altar faced eternity as
mine and for me. To the woman
who has been my bosom companion
when fortune smiled upon me, and
my tender ministering angel in
sickness and sorrow. To the wo
man whose purity surpasses the
snow on the mountain peaks and
whose love for me has strewn my
life’s path with blossoms of Joy, Te
the woman whom God in His good
ness made for me and gave to me
that I might call her my own dear
wife.”—Exchange.
Cemetery Cleaned Off.
On last Sunday, between the
hours of 4 and 6 o'clock, having
been invited by the trustees of the
Huttig Cemetery association, quite
a large number of the residents of
Huttig visited the cemetery for the
Durpose of inspecting same, and
were muchly surprised to note the
work being done by the association
towards getting the cemetery
cleaned up and in such shape as to
nake it a worthy place to bury the
lead. During the week proir to
Sunday the trustees, under the
lble d:rection of Rev. J. F. John
ston, had all the weeds and grass
scraped off and hauled out and the
pile outside of the cemetery
grounds where it had been hauled
was sufficient evidence of the
quantity of it and the amount of
work done, and Brother Johnston
is due much praise for his direction
of this work.
It is the intention of the associa
tion to have the graveyard platted
off and all the graves and lots
marked, a driveway laid out and
the cemetery kept in good shape
in the future, proyided the people
will interest themselves toward
that end and contribute sufficiently
to enable the work to be carried on.
It is certain that some of the resi
dents of Huttig are interested in
this work and there should be no
reason why everyone should not
join the association or contribute
towards maintaining it, and now,
that the work has been started, it
is to be hoped that it can be con
tinued.
If you did not get out to the cem
etery Sunday it would be worth
your while to see its condition,
how much more sacred it looks as
a burying place now, than before,
whwi it was grown up in grass and
weeds.
Mrs. W. A. Harrist Dead.
Mrs. Alice Harrist, of Bernice.
La., mother of Mrs. E. Raley, died
at the latter's home Wednesday
evening, July 7, 1915. at 6:45
o’clock, of paralysis, from which
she had been a sufferer for about
three years. The remains were
carried to Summerfield, La., a
former home, and interred late
Thursday evening. The deceased
was aged 57 years, 1 1 months and
20 days, and had been a consistent
member of the Baptist church
for thirty-five year
and is survived by her hus
band, W. A. Harrist, two sons, J.
O. and J. P. Harrist of Bernice,
La., and two daughters, Mrs. E.
Raley of this place, and Mrs. G. W.
Veazey, of Summerfield, La.
T. T. Sheppard of El Dorado
died in a sanitarium at Little Rock
Thursday morning of last week,
after undergoing the second opera
tion for gallstones from which he
had suffered for about a year. The
remains were brought back to El
Dorado for burial.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they rannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only erne way to cure d afness,
and that Is by constitutional r medics.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Kusta
chlan Tube. When tlii3 tuVio is inflamed
you have a ru.nhlinfr sound nr Imperfect
ne’rinp', and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result, end unless the In
flammation ran be tahrn out and this
tube l stored to its rrml rendition,
bearin'; will be destroyed forever: nine
cases cut of t n are caused by Catarrh,
which it nothin; hut an inflamed condi
tion ef the mucous surfaces.
S7n vrfll rive One Ttnndred pnllar* foranves^e of
P-1 far 3 ( -.vise 1 hvratnrrto that cannot, tv* re red ty
Hall's Catarrh (’■■re. Send fm c*rrnlarr., f-e*\
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Bold hr Pmuri /s.T c.
Take Hall's lamllv fills for codsUd&Uod.
Ad'
Weekly Weather Forecast.
Weather forecast for the week
beginning Wednesday, July 15,
1915, issued by the United States
Weather Bureau, Washington,D. C.
For the west Gulf States:
Fair and warm weather during the
next several days will probably be
followed by showery conditions af
ter the 17 th. _
In Growing Legumes It Is Well to
Know Whether Proper Bactt;‘‘a Are
Present in the Soil.
The beneficial effects of growing le
(fumes on poor soils have been recog
nised from the earliest days of agri
Cultural history. For this rpason there
has always been a tendency to grow
InEumes especially in older farming
regions.
Investigate Bacteria.
In crowing legumes it is always per
tinent to know whether proper bac
teria are present in the soil so that
the legume can take a part of it ;
supply of nitrogen from the air and
not entirely from the soil. No one can
tell this until the legume is tried. By
digging up the plant by the roots and
washing the soil away with water the
nodules, if present, can easily be
found. If these are not present the
legume plant cannot take nitrogen
from the air.
Methods of Inoculation.
When growing a certain legume on
a soil and especially in a community
where it has never been grown there
is always a chance that artificial In
oculation may he necessary. Two
methods are commonly omploted. One
is known as the soil transfer method.
Here soil at the rate of r'rtO to 500
pounds to the acre is taken from an
old field where the legunip has been
growing, and the bacteria are known)
to he present, and scatter over the
field fo be planted. With the other
method pure cultures of the strain of
bacteria suited to a certain legume
are made. Such cultures are made by
certain commercial concerns, or mav
be secured in limited quantities free
of charge by writing to the Fntted
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. Although soil in
oculation is likely to be the more cer
tain. the pure cultures can be used
♦o good advantage where inoculated
soli cannot be secured.
L. W. Osborn, Asst. Agronomist,
, Arlunws experiment Station.
harvesting the onion.
How shall I store my onions so
that they will keep during the remain
der of the summer and during win
ter?”
The above question Is one that Is
frequently asked by the farmers of
the state. The following suggestions,
If carried out, will greatly help In
solving the problem:
Do not allow the onions to remain
in the ground after they are mature,
but dig them when from SO to 90 per
rent of the tops die and fall over.
Three or four rows may be piled to
gether In a windrow as they are dug
and allowed to remain in this way un
til the tops are dry, which will re
quire several days owing to the de
gree of sunshine. It may be neces
sary to turn the onions over at Inter
vals of two days until they are thor
oughly dry. Do not allow white onions
to remain In the sun until they turn
green.
Place in Bags.
As soon as properly cured in the
field, place the onions in hags and car
ry to the storage house. The stor
age house should be well ventilated
especially until the bulbs are thor
oughly dry. If only a few hushels are
to be stored. It Is a good Idea to
spread them out on the floor of a
building, piling them not more than
six inches deep on the floor. When
placed in this way there is little dan
ger of the bulbs heating or spiTuiting
from moisture. Some of the regular
onion storage houses have a series of
shelves, one aho\e the other in which
the bulbs are spread out to dry. if
you have to store them in bags leave
plenty of air space between the dif
ferent bags and be sure the bulbs are
all cured before placing them in the
bags.
-T. S. Knox, Specialist,
Co operative Extension Work.
Stones For Terrace*.
R. C. Powers of R. F. l>. No. 1,
Paris. Arkansas, told County Agent
C. M. Tnggle of I.ogan countv that
during the last 20 years he ha* hauled
more than 10.000 wagon loads of rook
from his farm at an averse*. cost nf
IB cents a load. The county agent,
says that the once rocky fields are
under good cultivation. In this s*m°
neighborhood. .1 M Darrough. a pros
perous farmer has hauled more than
1B.000 wagon loads from his farm dur
tng the past 10 years. He uses the !
rock to terrace all of his rolling land
to prevent washing.
Shakespeare's Wise Advice.
The friends thou hast, and their
adoption tried, grapple them to thy
soul with hoops of steel.—Shake
speare.
If I Only Had the Money
If I Only Had the Money
How often have you thought this?
How often have you been forced to let a splendid
opportunity pass, simply berause you lacked a few dollars?
You have doubtless had the necessary funds many
times and allowed them to slip through you fingers.
Don't let this happen again.
You can grasp these opportunities in the future if
you will open an account with us.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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