THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 49
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 10. 1915.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Plant Legume Crops on fvery Possible Acre.
This is a year when every acre
possible should be planted to a
soil-building crop of some kind
Feeds are high priced and so are
fertilizers, and the man who grows
these instead of buying them will
be laying the firmest kind of
foundation for a future prosperity.
One of the marks of the success
ful farmer is the ability to produce
to the maximum possible extent
the crops that feed the land; the
mark of the mortgage-covered
farm is generally a ruinous adher
ence to a one-crop system that
forgets that fat soils, fat stock and
an ample living for the family
should be the primary considera
tions.
Let's see where we can use the
soil-building crops to advantage:
First, there come the oat and
wheat fields, where the crops will
be harvested in May and June.
The man who fails to have a crop
of peas, beans or clover after his
crops of small grain is simply neg- j
lecting the biggest source of profit. !
for the feed and soil fertility that
come from such crops often mean
jmore per acre than the grain crop.
Then not a single acre of corn
should be laid by without having
peas sown in the middles, or in the
southern part of the cotton belt
velvet beans may be planted about
the time the corn is planted, or
just after. A corn field without
peas, beans or peanuts for soil
building and fall winter feed is sel
dom returning more than one-half
the net profit that it should.
Then this fall, from seed saved
during the next two months, every
cotton middle should be seeded to
clover or vetch.
Plant the legumes everywhere i
this year. If you have the seed, so
much the better; but if necessary,
but them, for you will And few in
vestments more profitable. Then
next fall, whether cotton be low or j
high in price, you will be largely in
dependent, because you will have
materially cut your fertilizer bi'l
for the following year,—The Pro
gressive Farmer.
for Sale.
One mare mule, 10 years old,
about 15 hands high and weight j
about 900 pounds. Call at First
National Bank.
C. T, Thompson.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There la only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies,
lieafm ss is caused by an Inflamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta
chian Tube. When tills tube is inflamed
you have a ru.nbling sound or imperfect
hcring, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the In
flammation can be tahen out and this
tube restored to Its normal condition,
hearing will he destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which i3 nothing but an Inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will sire One Hundred I'nllars for any rny« of
Deafness (eansed byctttnrrhMhatcannot beenred by
Hall's Catarrh Curo, bend for circulars, free.
F. J. cn BNET, * CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by I)rngRls:s,7Se. .
. Take Hall's Family I’llls for constipation.
_ Adv
Betting On Peace.
The growing conviction that the
war may end within six months
seems to be pretty strong in Eng
land. The English are betting on
the duration of the war, as they
bet on pretty nearly everything
that looks like a sporting proposi
tion, and book-making of this sort
has come to be a regular business
in London. According to the Lon
don Mail, here are the “official”
odds:
One to two that the war will end
before June 1, 1915,
Even that the war will end be
fore Sept. 1, 1915;
Three to one that the war wil)
end before Dec. 1. 1915;
Ten to one that the war will end
before March 1, 1916.
Other interesting figures quoted
are 25 to 1 against Germany tak
ing Paris, and even that Germany
will take Warsaw.
The betting, cf course, won’t de
cide the war; b-. the betting is a
good index to the general state of
mind of observers little influenced
by sentiment. It is a fact that an
impression now prevails almost
everywhere that the war will be of
far shorter duration tnan we have
been expecting, and this impression
is now a strong factor in arousing
Ameriran optimism and stimulat
ing business.
Revival Meeting Postponed.
Rev. S. K. Burnett was forced
to bring the revival meetings,
started at the Methodist church
Sunday night to a close Wednes
day night on account of the fact
that Rev. James Thomas who was
to arrive Saturday to assist him
will be unable to do so. Rev.
Thomas is president of the church
exetension board, also engaged in
church educational work, and has
been called to Kansas City to at
tend an important conference.
Rev. Burnett has announced that
he will hold a tent meeting during
the month of June. The following
is the letter from Rev. Thomas
which is self explanatory:
Little Rock, Ark., April 6, T5.
Rev. S. K. Burnett.
Huttig, Ark.
Dear Brother Burnett:
It is with deep regret that I write
you that I am compelled to cancel
the engagement which I have with
you from the 1 1 th to the 16th. I
have a call to Kansas City, which 1
cannot postpone. This will enter
fere with my engagement with you.
The call is unexpected and is
connected with our Church Ex
tension work, which soon meets in
St. Louis, Mo.
Your brother,
T —P James Thomas.
The Use ot Water.
The astonishing statement is
sued from the experts of the agri
cultural department at Washington
that growing plants require about a
thousand times their weight in
water to bring them to maturity.
The chemist has apprised us of the
very large percentage of this fluid
which enters into the constitution
of all living things and most inor
ganic substances, but the state
ment just quoted gives a still more
adequate idea of the role which
water plays in sustaining life upon
the globe. The housewife who
takes a loaf of bread out of the
oven, for instance, is lifting a prod
uct which, in case the loaf weighs
a pound, represents the utilization
of about two tons of water. This
is 500 gallons. The 10-pound
roast of beef which the family at
tacks at dinner has been brought
to its maturity only at the expense
of 300 tons of water, which, as a '
little figuring assures us is exactly i
75,000 gallons, or 600,000 pints. 1
;The soup, the fish, the vegetables, j
the dessert and the beverages all
i represent equally surprising
i amounts of the fluid, and as most of
us eat three meals a day. it is not
difficult to realize that, directly and
indirectly, each of us is absorbing
literal rivers. For instance, the
average man uses a ton of water
for drink in the course of a year,
j 400 tons in bread and 4,000 tons
in meat. This of itself figures out
4.000,000 quarts, which would
keep quite a respectable river flow
ing for some time. In addition
there is the water in the fruits
which he eats, in the vegetables,
the desserts and various other ar
ticles of diet, which, in all proba
bility, more than doubles the esti
mate. Two-thirds of the earth's
surface is water, and normally the
air contains a very large percent
age of it, while numberless streams
exist beneath the surface. It is,
jail told, a tremendous volume, but.
j in the light of the facts, none too
great to support the life processes
| which, whether in plant or animal,
I depend absolutely upon it.
IS THERE Any CM
III THE CORN CHOP?
WITH CONSERVATION OF MOIST
URE, DEEP PLOWING AND CARE
FUL CULTIVATION EXPERl
MENTS PROVE THERE IS.
Is there any money in the corn
crop? Hardly, if we take as a basis
the average acre yield in Arkansas of
19 bushels. Hut when we take into
consideration that individual fanners
and members of' boys corn clubs are
securing yields varying from 60 to 130
bushels to the acre, one is tempted to
believe that the trouble lies in our
methods and not with the corn crop.
Last season most of us suffered from
the drouth. Let us make certain this
year, if possible, that this does not
occur again, and that our crop is prof
itable.
Conserve Moisture.
Moisure can never be conserved to
better advantage or can cultivation be
done so quickly or cheaply as before
the crop is planted. Deep plowing
and an occasional u-se of the subsoiler
is desirable in order to provide a suit
able reservoir for absorbing the spring
rains.
On the Experiment Station farm it
has been a custom to break the land
six or seven inches deep some time in
February. A couple of days before
planting the field is run over with a
disc harrow lapping one-half. This Is
especially desirable if the soil has be
come packed. Sometimes a heavy
spring toothed harrow is used to
smooth over the work of the disc. This
brings any remaining weeds out of the
ground and exposes their roots and
destroys any tender stemmed weeds
that may be pushing to the surface.
Prepare Before Planting.
Whore level planting is pratieed the
section harrow with teeth in a slant
may be used about a week or ten day3
later. Recklessness in this practice,
however, tends to thin out the stand.
Cultivation should begin when the
rows can he followed easily, an 1
should be repeated so far as practica
ble once every ten days. Especially it
is desirable to cultivate after a pack
ins rain.
As the crop develops the cultivation
{ should gradually become more shallow
I as not to disturb the roots of the corn
j plants. In a dry season a contiuua
, lion of this practice until the crop is
In the roasting ear stage gives best
results.
Li. W. Osborn, Assistant Agronomist,
Arkansas Experiment Station.
MILK BUCKET GERM’S HOME
Cleanliness in Milking Will Improve
Country Life—Prevents Many Ills.
Milk, as it is drawn from the udder
of the cow, is pure and free from con
tamination providing the cow is in
good health. Hence, the bacterial con
tent is derived from outside sources.
All are familiar with the black
sediment so commonly found in the
bottom of a vessel of milk. The pres
ence of hairs from the body of the
cow is also a common occurrence. The
presence of such material does not
only Indicate the presence of dirt, but
Inexpensive hut sanitary, lessens per
centage of baecilli.
it means something more serious. Ti
I indicates the presence of a large nutn
! her of bacterial germs. These germs
i sometimes become so numerous that
thirty drops of milk will contain as
many as one million germs. Many of
these bacteria are disease producing
organisms and arc dangerous to peo
| pie using the milk, especially small
children.
To prevent this contamination the
{ flanks and udder of the cow should
| he free from dirt and manure. The ud
der should be carefully washed as well |
as the hands of the milker. The old
fashioned wide-topped milk pail is
1 especially bad for catching large
. amounts ot dirt hnd loose hairs. The
covered milk pail should always be
used, as it has a small opening in the
top with a double strainer so that it
is impossible Tor the dirt and filth to
drop in the milk during the process
of milking.
C. I,. McArthur,
Arkansas Experiment Station.
Old papers for sale at this ofTic%
Pioneer Citizen of Marion Dead.
Burl B. Thomas, senior member
of the mercantile firm of Thomas
& Dean of Marion, La., died at his
home there Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock, aged 80 years. He was
one of the pioneer citizens of Union
parish and held in h'gh ert°em by
all. Funeral services were -.on
ducted Monday afternoon by Rev.
A. W. King ot Gurdon and under
the auspices of the Masonic lodge,
interment taking place at the Con
cord Church cemetery. He leaves
a wife and one son, Hon. L. E
Thomas, of Shreveport.
New Town Of fliers.
The town election Tuesday went
off quietly, only 30 votes being
cast. The nominees of the mass
meeting receiving a unanimous
vote. S. T. Williford, Frank Will
iams and J. B. Crockett, jr.. were
the judges and W. P. Rt&sons and
Dr. R. A. Barrow were the clerks
of tho election. T he new officials
elected were
Mayor—C. T. Thompson.
Recorder - W. H. Moore.
Aldermen L. A. Bodine, A. E.
Lucas, J. B. Crockett, sr., T. B.
Weaver and F. W. Scott.
King of Kings No. 4280.
Mv famous stallion. King of
Kings No. 4280, will make the
season of 1905 at my home in
Huttig. Fee $15.00. foal guaran
teed. A. E. L ucas.
1914 a Kecord Cotton Year.
Census bureau statistics show
that the cotton crop o* 1914 was
the biggest ever produced in the
United States, amounting to over
16.1C0.000 500 pound bales o1
hnt cc^ton and over 700.000 500
pound of linter cotton, obtainec
from the seed at the oil mills and
extensively used in the manufac
ture of military explosives. The
value of the lint is estimated at.
S570.000.000, despite the de
moralization of the market as a re
sult of the European war. This,
together with the estimated value
of the seed, makes the total value
of the crop to growers $704,000.
000, compared with $911,000.
000. the value of the preceding
year's crop.
Noteworthy features of the re
port are the increases shown in the
productio i of cotton in California
and Arizona, two states where the
cotton-growing industry is compa
ratively new and in which the pro
duct is of exceptionally good quali
ty.
Commandments for Clean Up Movement.
Thou shalt honor thy neighbor
hood and keep it clean.
Remember thy cleaning day and
keep it wholly.
Thou shalt take care of thy
rubbish heap else thy neighbor will
bear witness against thee.
Thy shalt keep in order thy al
ley. thy back yard, thy hall and thy
stairway.
Thou shalt not let the wicked fly
breed.
Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor
by ignoring fire menaces or by pois
oning the air with rubbish and gar
bage.
The above commandments were
prepared by the Brooklyn Tene
ment House Committee and are
given here because of their appro
priateness to the clean up move
| merit which should be the order of
I the day at least twice a week with
' every resident of Huttig.
If everyone would kepp their
premises in a clean, sanitary con
dition during the summer flies,
mosquitoes and fevers would be
unknown.
To get the news read The News
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!S VARIATION IN TIME
CAUSES STRANGE EXPERIENCE
ON NEW YORK-FRISCO LINE.
An F.ar|y Morning Call From New
York Will Most Likely Find
Frisco Man in Bed.
New York.—A New York business
man called the manager of his branch
house in San Francisco on the long
distance telephone at nine o'clock
(New York time) the other morning
and found him in bed asleep. It was ;
six a. m. in San Francisco when the I
New Yorker lifted the receiver from
the telephone hook.
This peculiar incident was brought
about by the recent completion of
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company wires from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. This line wipes out three
hours of time and 3,400 miles of dis
tance between the two coasts.
When old Father Time heard the
first conversation over this line he
must have gasped! Many complica
tions may arise from the use of this
line. Suppose a San Francisco cus
tomer should call the sales manager
of a big New York firm at five o'clock
in the afternoon (San Francisco time).
The answer might come back over the
wire that the New* Yorker had gone
to the theater. The Californian sit
ting at his desk at the close of his
[ work day would probably be advised
j that the business man he wanted had
finished his work for the day. closed
[ his office, played a game of billiards.
. gore home and had supper, dressed
j for the evening and was at that min
ute attending the theater,
j Prior to the completion of the San
! Francisco line the longest distance
I over which the voice could travel was
I a little more than two thousand miles
f —between New York and Denver.
| The San Frarjcisco line was planned
* and constructed brv the Experimental
j and Research Department of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company, which is composed of five
hundred and fifty scientists and en
gineers. Although the expense of
maintaining this department is very
great, its wmrk has bpen of tremen
dous benefit to (he public. It is respon
sible for many improvements in tele
phone apparatus by which the scope
of the service of the Bell System has
been broadened until now it covers
(he entire territory of the nation.
The demand for pigs and poultry by I
members of the hoys’ and girls’ ptg
and poultry clubs in Sebastian countv
is greater than the supply. and
business men and farmers are co
operating to make the county one
of the greatest diversified farming sec
tions in Arkansas. |
Uncle Eben.
"Mebbe,” said Uncle Eben, "dar
wonldn’ be so much divorcin' if a
woman took as much interest in a
man's business while dey's married aa
she takes when she’s tryin’ to collect
alimony.”
Pact That Make* City Unique.
At Quito, the only city in the world
on the line of the equator, the sun sets
and rises at six o'clock all the year
round.
Notice Tax Payers.
Ail taxes are due April 10th.
1915. the provisions of the Depos
itory Law compells me to report all
taxes delinquent, not paid to the
Collector by 12 o’clock, p. m.,
April ICth, 1915. which will be
complied with bv me.
J. M. Wallace,
Collector.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 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.
i Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
i will pay &50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
I nish information from which any
oerson shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This let. day of February. 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
I promptly obtained in all •’omitrips OR NO FEE. j
TRADE-MARKS, <’av»‘«U ii'id ( opynsrhtnieuiH
isi “red. Send Meet eh. Model or Photo. for
FREE REPORT on patentability. Valent pract
I ic* excluaively. BANK REFERENCES.
Rend S rents in stamps for InmlusW* hook
on MOW TO OBTAIN and SELL PATENTS,
Which ones will pay. Ilov* to ifet a partner,
patent law and other yalnablo »ntf rma.ion.
D. SWIFT & CO.
PATENT LAWYERS,
L303 Seventh St., Washington, D. C.
Bank Your Surplus
with the
First National Bank
Which combines capital, confidence, con
sistency and courtesy. The big man with
the big roll and the little man with the
little roll are alike welcomed. Our doors
are open to borrowers and depositors alike.
<3 Our purpose is to make our bank a mu
tual benefit to the community in general
and its patrons in particular. We invite
you to start a checking account with us.
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HUTTIG. ARKANSAS
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