THE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
). F. CRAIG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Ark., as second class mail.
WHAT WE CAN DO
IN ARKANSAS
Arkansas surprises the world
with the magnitude of its pos
sibilities. Not only has the
•% state a great variey of resour
ces, but ithas an economical
method of production and con
venient markets ready to re
ceive the output, whether from
the farm or the factory. Ark
ansas peaches grown on $125
an acre land, sell on a par
with Florida oranges from $ 1 ,
000 an acre orchards; a bush
el of Arkansas sweet potatoes,
which yields 200 bushels an
acre, retails at the price of a
bushel of Northern wheat, the
the average production of
which is 25 bushels op an acre
of land worth $100; and a sec
tion of Arkansas prairie will
prduce as much rice as an or
iental archipelago. It is from
her forests that the world for
the next hundred years will
get a large share of its hard
woood and pine lumber; it is
Arkasas that now produces the
bulk of the world’s supply of
bauxite, the ore from which
aluminum is made; it is from
Arkansas that the generations
yet to come will be supplied
with coal and granite and it
is from the streams and sands
of this resourceful state that
pearls and diamonds are
brought forth to crown the
overflowing cornucopia.
Nobody ever heard of a fa
mine. a plague, a panic, a crop
failure or a revolt originating
in Arkansas. The temperment
of the people is as equable as
the character of the climate.
Tranquility and contentment
eharaeerizes the hisorv of the
state even as far back as the
days of Indian dwellers of the
land among whom there is no
record of strife.
The even distnbuton ol
wealth in Arkansas lessens the
disparity between classes,
brings all men into more neigh
borly relation and creates a
condition that makes life en
joyble under any and all cir
cumstances. This truth is
summed up in the oft-heard
expression. “It is aeasier to
make a living in Arkansas than
anywhere else in the world."
Only a little more than 5,
000,000 acres of the 33,616,
000 acres of land in Arkan
sas are in crops, according to
the most recent reports of the
government census bureau.
Tihs means that 28,610.000
acres of idle land are waiting
for the homesteader to come
and develop the vast agricul
tural wealth that lies under
the forests and praries. in the
valleys and on the hillsides.
If Arkansas had the same pro
portion of her land in cultiva
tion that her sister state, Mis
souri has, there would be half
a million farms instead of 21 1.
000, and there would be a pop
ulation of 3,01*0,000 instead of
1.57 1,000. If Arkansas farm
ed her land as lose as Iowa,
she would have a million farms
and 6,000,000 people. Peo
ple are the state's greatest
need—people t<> develop and
work the land and make ev
ery tillable acre yield as much
as the best farmed acre is
now putting forth.
Arkansas welcomes the new
comer and holds out the hand
of friendship to him, whether
he be farmer, business man or
laborer. , ,
Don’t fail to road the article
on “Home Canning” by the
State Agricultural Commis
sioner on another page of to
day’s paper. There is some
good advice to the farmers of
Newark and -urrounding - -im
munity in the article and if it
were closely observed the
farmers could come pretty
near up to tin. standard of
living at home.
Do right and you will al
ways have a clear conscience.
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THE GREAT VALUE
OF SELF-CONTROL
The following splendid ed
itorial is from Farm and Ranee
It contains a great deal of
truth and is well worthy of
thoughtful reading by old and
young.
“A great man is not the man
who quickly and passionately
resents an unkind word or an
uncharitable deed; he is a
man that is kinder than his
neighbor, more charitable than
his adversary, more sympa
thetic than he is thought to be.
; Self-control is the real force
that makes a great man. a use
ful citizen and a contented
being.
“James in the Scriptures
gives a vivid picture of a great
ship which may be turned
about with a small helm; oil a
small bit that turns the horse;
of the tongue, which is a dead
ly poison when used to injure
one’s fellow-man and how hard
it is for people to control this
member. Many examples
could be given in history liter
ature anti the daily walk of life
where great damage has been
done under passion when the
tongue was an unbridled mem
ber. There are many disrupt
ed communities without roads,
schools, churches, and pleas
ant neighborhood unity, as a
result of some one’s unruly
tongue. The neighborhood
may be kept back and the peo
ple prevented from enjoying
those things that progressive
people require because some
one did not exercise self-con
trol. Some of the worst wars
the world has ever known
were precipitated and con
ducted in salughtering inno
cent people who were them
selves not responsible because
the leaders in whom the peo
ple trusted and to whom they
had given authority had lost
self-control.
“Thro is nothing more esential
than self-control. Let every
young man “bridle himself,’’
govern his habits and choose
his conduct, thus making his
life a pleasure, a help, an ex
ample for his friends and as
sociates. This is his privilege
and his duty, if he would be
come a great man and a useful
citizen."
The earnest desire to be a
help to your neighbor and to
be a factor in the citizenship
of your community are far bet
ter indications of your worth
than a big fortune. You are
fortunate if you have accumu
lated wealth, but citizenship
and neighborliness are more
important.
GROWS 300 ACRES WHEAT
Newport . May 24.— J. K.
Runyan, living near Newport,
has 300 acres of Mediterrane
an, or bearded wheat, which
he says will be ready for har
vest in three weeks, and will
yield over 35 bushels to the
acre. Three hundred acres id'
his farm were seeded to this
wheat last fall and all of it is
in fine condition, this variety
being immune to rust or blight
although not returning so
large a yield as other varities.
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ADVERTISING VS PRAYER
After praying for forty
years for a baby, a lonely
couple placed a small ad in
the local newspaper and
.that same night a bouncing
■ baby boy was left at their
doorstep.—Appleton Post.
My Father's First
Crop in Arkansas
Sometimes a look through
the hind sight is a.s good as a
look through the fore-sight.
My father lived on the Col.
I Turney farm, about one mile
below the old Kill Merriweth
cr home, on Dota Creek. This
was the year of our Lord I860,
a long, long time ago. 1 was
an eleven-vear-old boy, and
every inch a boy and then
some. My father had six fine
mules, two good horses and
one man. His intention was
to go to Texas in the fall,
where he had started the year
before, as his being in Arkan
sas was caused by a spell of
sickness. His aim being Tex
as he kept all his stock and
there were enough plow boys
to work and we did it . He did
some modern scientific work
that year and got great re
sults. He broke his land with
a double team, at least five or
six inches deep. When plant
ing time come he hd his corn
gound laved off with two
mules nd an old shovel-plow
ten crossed with double team
and followed with bull-tongue
sub-soil and dropped his corn
I two grains to the hill. This
work was done where Elbert
and Buster Jernigan now live.
The public road ran by there
as now. by the farm, anti not
a few neighbors passing by
would say “You are going to
considerable trouble in fixing
your soil,,” My father would
reply “I have never made a
roop in Arkansas and I am get
ting ready for a drouth.
“Perhap it will not come.”
then he would say. “1 am
not hurt by the preparation, if
it contes 1 am ready.” The
drouth came, and vegetation
withered, drooped and died.
But our field of corn remained
green and we had plenty of
fodder to pull. Ben Franklin
jsaid, "Plow deep while slug
gards sleep, you’ll have corn
to sell and corn to keep.
■ Deep plowing then permits
shallow plowing during culti
vation. Most crops are made or
unmade at breaking time.
This was fifty-five years ago,
the land is good yet and well
tilled and fertilized wiil make
forty or fifty bushels of corn
Snow. Two or three years ago
that was demonstrated on El
bert’s farm. Intense faming is
the policy today. Our crop
outlook is one hundred per
cent.
Cordiallv,
.IAS. F. .JERNIGAN. .
Imboden, Arkansas.
ASSESS AT 50 PER CENT
Because of depressed finan
cial conditions and the likei
1 hood of the assessed valuation
this year to fall below that of
last year, the Arkansas Tax
Commission is sending letters
to all county tax assessors rec
ommending that all property
be assessed this year at 50
per cent of its actual value.
The commission declares that
the law gives it the right to
assess certain property at 50
per cent of its actual value,
and not what it would sell lor
at a forc'd sale, and urges
that each assessor in the state
do hi be.-‘. tr accomplish the
result with regard to all the
; property he assesses.
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BUILDING GOOD ROADS
A petition has been filed in
the County Court at Jonesboro
asking for the formation of an
improvement district to build a
ld-mile road from Jonesboro
to Otwell and thence to the
Poinsett county line.
The proposed highway which
will he of concrete or gravel.
; will be built under the provi
sions of the Alexander road
law passed by the hist legisla
ture. The petition is signed
by more than 600 taxpayers,
who i epresent more than thre e
fourths of the property values
in the proposed district.
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KILLED BY TRAIN
Beebe May 21.—'ElmerHow
ard, about 20, was killed by
passenger train No. 3 at Mc
Rae, five miles norh of Beebe,
last night.
Who Has Lived
Here the Longest?
We would like to know who
| has lived longest in Independ
ence county. Write us a let
ter, if you are an old resident,
land tell us some facts about
jyour early days. We will pub
dish the letters from the oldest
residents. We wish t<> secure
as many interesting facts as
(possible. The publication of
one incident will remind other
old timers of other incidents,
so let the letters come
To the person showing the
longest continuous residence
in the county, absence of less
than one year, or service in
the army not counted against
the pioneer, we will send the
Journal free for the remaind
er of his or her life. To the
second oldest pionerr we will
send the paper for five jtears
free, and to the third, one
year free.
INSTITUTE AT NEWPORT
Newport, May 24.—The
summer teacher’s institute of
Jackson county will be held in
the Newport High School Au
ditorium June 7 to 11, inclu
sive under the direction of
County Superintendent of
Schools E. II. Bowman. “The
Rural School," Reynolds’ Mak
ers of Arkansas History’’ and
"Let Arkansas Feed Herself"
will be the basis for theory
and practice.
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For Sale.—Telephone No.
d on the Cooper System, which
gives purchaser right to con
nection and service for 20c
per month. For particulars
apply to rAie Journal office.
FROF. WHEELER RESIGNS
Fayetteville, May 24.—W •
R. Wheeler, professor in the
College of Agicultureofthe l ni
versity of Arkansas, today re
signed, effective July 1. Pro
fessor Wheeler says he hassev
jeral propositions in view. He
has been with the Agricultural
College for two years
having come here from the
Ohio State University at Co
lumbus, Ohio. He has assisted
in many of the farm scools.
fifteen FOR ^
he^ Democratic ' primary for
county Still 10 months f ;
Cities has begun to simmer
..id there are at pre*nt J?
jossible candidates tot ah. ■
Jailing from all parts of the
.‘iiirtv While he has made
,o announcement of h» inten
Kms, it is rumred that hher ^
I F MuCuistion, who hashel
he office for two terms will
igain be a candidate.
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