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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY
VOL. VIII. NO. 50.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 17. 1915.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Organize Cemetery Association.
The mass meeting called for
Monday night at the library for the
purpose of organizing a cemetery
association to look after and keep
up the Huttig cemetery, was not
as largely attended, as had been
hoped enough people were inter
ested to form a temporary organi
zation. G. A. Berry was elected
temporary president and T. B.
Weaver temporary secretary. A
committee composed of Rev. J. F.
Johnson, Rev. S. K. Burnett and
W. H. Wheler was appointed to
draft a constitution and by-laws
for the association and another
committee consisting of Mrs. J. H.
Smith and Miss Murray Pilkilton
on membership.
The meeting adjourned until
next Monday night to meet in the
horary and perfect the organization
and elect permanent officers. It is
hoped that many more will become
interested in this work and be pres
ent Monday night.
For Sale.
One mare mule, 10 years old.
about 15 hands high and weight
about 900 pounds. Call at First
National Bank.
C. T. Thompson.
Arc You Letting Your Lands Loaf?
Let us consider a typical South- j
ern hill farm of 160 acres. Such
an average farm will have from 40
to 50 acres in cultivation, from 3
to 10 acres in a pasture, so-called,
and the remainder, 80 to 100
acres, is lying out, a source of loss,
rather than a source of income.
This waste land represents an in
vestment of $ 1 0 to $30 an acre,
and the interest on this plus taxes
, wtlUuaouoi to from ..$1 to £2 aa
acre each year. How to change
this loss into a gain is a problem we
must solve.
How this can 6e done is nearly
always largely a local problem, but
it is certainly safe to say that in
nearly every case the pasture area
should be enlarged and grasses and
clovers seeded. Particularly is
this the surest means of making
profitable the rougher lands that
should not be put under cultivation.
Then it will often pay well where
only one or two horses and mules
are used, to put the more of the
level or gently rolling lands under
the plow, in order that implements
may be handled to greatest ad
vantage and that human labor may
be made more effective.
You should not hire a man to
work for you and then let him re
main idle all day; how about your
loafing lands that you have paid to
work for you?
He would not be regarded as a
wise business man who kept half
his capital idle, nor is the manu
facturing plant likely to be pros
perous which runs or operates only
up to half its capacity; and yet half
the .ands of the South are produc
ing no crops of value. Those
lands which are bringing in no rev
enue are consuming the fruits of
our labor from the cultivated acres.
It takes too large a part of the
crops of our cultivated acres to
pay the interest and taxes on the
idle acres.
It, therefore follows, that the
lards which are producing nothing
of value should be put in perma
nent pastures as far as conditions
and capital will permit. We men
tion capital advisedly, for it re
quires money to make a pasture.
An area of waste land does not be
come a pasture by merely enclos
ing with a fence. It is true that
such land will produce some graz
ing, and if it will furnish enough
feed to Day for the fence, and no
more money is available than is
necessary to build this fence, then
that should be th» first step taken
towards the makii.j of the pasture,
but a fence alone will not often
produce a good pasture on South
ern soils.
Pasture plants are slow-growinp
plants and in the struggle for ex
istence, if unaided by man, the^
are overpowered by rank or vigor
ous growing non-pasture plants.
The second step, therefore, ii
making a permanent pasture is t<
destroy and keep down the non
pasture plants. To the exten
that this is done, or to the exten
that this is practicable, will depenc
the value of the pasture and th
feed it will supply. The third es
sential to a pasture in the South,
at least in the upland or rolling
sections, is to prevent the soi
washing away until the pasture
plants establish and fix themselvee
thereon, when they will prevent
further washing.
The fourth step towards a pas
ture is the sowing of the seeds of
pasture plants.— The Progressive
Farmer. _
King of Kings No. 4280.
My famous stallion, King of
Kings No. 4280, will make the
season of 1915 at my home in
Huttig. Fee $15.00, foal guaran
teed. A. E. Lucas.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, a3 they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only cno way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional r medics
Deafm ss is caused by an inllamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta
chian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
he'ring, and when it Is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and ur.less the in
flammation can be ta! cn out and tills
tube restored to its r. rmel condition,
bearing will be destroyed f rever; nine
cases cut cf ten are caused by Catarrh,
which 13 nothing but an inflamed condi
tion tf the mucous surfaces.
YTa v ll f-:yo One Hundred 1'ollars for any case of
Deafnc- s (cause i ty catarrh! that cannot tv-cured ty
Hall's Catarrh Cr.ro. Send for circulars, freo.
F. J. CH1SM1Y, & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Bold by Pruirrn -3,7>.
Take Hull's f amily Fills for oonsU nation.
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Tick Eradication Progressing.
The Weekly News Letter, a pub
lication of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, announces
that since the beginning of the
work in 1906, there have been
253.288 square miles freed from
ticks, of which over 28.000 were
released from quarantine March 1.
The onward march of this move
ment is a tribute to the intelligence
of the people of the stock raising
districts, as well as to the efficien
cy of the department workers.
The farmers of this dounty are
to be congratulated that they are
now in an eradication district and
should lend their hearty support to
the officials.
The business of reforming
criminals and putting them on their
honor has had a depression. Hen
ry Starr, the Oklahoma bandit, was
"reformed” and turned out of pris
on by President Roosevelt. To
show his gratitude Starr named his
son Roosevelt Starr. Starr is in
custody after having performed
another bandit deed and it is be
lieved that he will never again have
the opportunity to name a son af
ter a president, as a mark of es
teem, for Starr probably will be
sent to prison this time to serve as
long as he has years to permit.
Mrs. Florence Gimble of Beloit.
Wis., overworked a marriage bu
rea'u racket and is in jail. The
woman inserted an advertisement
in a newspaper announcing that
she desired a husband; that she
was a widow with $8,000, no chil
dren, a kind genile disposition,
brown hair and hazel eyes. She
received many responses to her ad.
According to the federal officials
she would insist that railway fare
and incidental expenses be for
warded to her before she would
consent to making the trip to her
future husband’s home. In this
way, it is alleged, she obtained
about $1,000 in the last few
months. All of which goes to
show that the male suckers are not
all dead.
OLD FASHION WAV
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS IN SELEC
TION OF EGGS, NESTING PLACES,
AND FEEDING CHICKS BY A
POULTRY SPECIALIST.
When hatching eggs with hens, it is
always desirable ta select a quiet place
tnd make a nest ot clean hay or straw
n a shallow box or a barrel laid on its
dde. It is preferable to have this nest
jn the ground if there is no danger of
(oods during rainy weather. llaKo
the nest big enough so the eggs can
not be rolled out easily. In deep nesis
there is danger ol' brealiing eggs when
.he hen leaves or gets on the nest.
Select a quiet hen that lias been
broody for several days and place her
on a nest with a few cull e^;s or
nest eggs in it, and allow her to stay
on these eggs for two or three days
before giving tier the eggs to be
hatched.
It is especially advisablfe to mako
sure that the hen is free^ from lice.
Lousy hens stand on the eggs and pick
instead of keeping the eggs warm. If
the hen has lice dust her freely with
Persian insect powder or take a bit of
blue ointment the size of a pea and
rub it on the skin under the vent
Both remedies can be bought at any
drug store, and are effective. Repeat
the treatment after nine or ten days
to kill the lice that hatch. Provide
feed and water where the lien can
leave the nest and get to them easily.
Cracked corn and wheat make a good
feed.
Selecting Eggs.
Tho eggs tor hatching should he
carefully selected from freshly laid
eggs that have not been chilled. When
hens are not laying many eggs it is
advisable to put the eggs in dry
bran, small end down, leaving the up
per end or air space uncovered. Place
the box In a cool place that will not
drop below SO degrees Fahrenheit. Se.
lect eggs of uniform size, as they will
i not be broken as easily in the nest. Do
I not pick the largest eggs. Select the
t uvAciLgu aim*. <*\ ti.ii., Uuctut
irregular shells. Use nine to 15 eggs,
depending on the size or the hen.
Test the eggs about the tenth or
fourteenth day. This can be done by
holding them before a lamp light in a
dark room. If an egg tester is not avail
able. Remove all dear eggs and sued
dark eggs as show the contents to be
fluid, as these eggs will decay and tf
broken in the nest will prevent other
eggs from hatching.
Remove Bad Eggs.
It Is advisable to remove all un
hatchable eggs, as it allows a better
chance for the fertile ones. When
hatching begins, generally on the
t’.venty-flrst day for hen eggs, if
the hen Is quiet, leave tho chicks until
all are hatched unless the hen has a
tendency to leave the nest with the
first few hatched. It Is decidedly the
best to give the chicks water, but with
hold feed for at least 48 hours.
H. E. Dvorachek, Animal Husbandman,
Arkansas Experiment Station.
OUR CANTALOUPE CULTURE
To Produce High Grade Product Use
Care in Selection of Seed.
Cantaloupes do best on a warm,
well-drained sandy loam soil. They
should be well supplied with humus,
but neither excessively rich nor of
heavy clay. The ground should be
thoroughly prepared and deep fall
plowing is a good practice. Clover,
lespedeza and alfalfa are good crops
to precede melons.
Many costly mistakes are made by
growers using poor seed. I)o not try
to tell good seed from (he looks, but
buy it from a reliable seed grower
even if it is necessary to pay $1.00 to
SI.50 a pound.
Cantaloupes are usually planted m
hills four by six feet, and six by six
feet in size. It has been found a good
practice to place a shovelful of well
rotted stable manure in each hill,
being sure that the manure and soil
are thoroughly mixed. Plant from
eight to 10 seed in each hill, scatter
ing the seed over about one square
foot of space and placing them about
one inch deep. When they come up,
thin to three and four plants per hill.
It Is not difficult to produce canta
loupes, but It is not an easy task to
produce high grade cantaloupes and
then pack and market them success
fully. Those Interested In growing
cantaloupes commercially should write
to the Experiment Station, Fayette
ville, Ark., for further details.
H. E. Truax, Assistant Hortlculurist,
Arkansas Experiment Station.
The bark of the Australian man
grove tree, of which there is a limit
less supply, has been found valuable
tor tanning leather.
further Light on Radium.
The outburst of sensational dis
cussion of racium as a cure for
cancer having subsided, this meth
od of treatment is finding its true
place and value as an aid to surge
j ry. Through constant study at
the hands of many expert", a new
and tetter understanding of its ac
tion is being attained. The latest
statement from an authoritive
source is found in the annual re
port of the Harvard Cancer Cnm
mission. At the Collis P. Hunt
ington Hospital in Boston 200
milligrams of radium are in use un
der all the advantage; of new and
ingenious methods of application
devised by the hospital staff. As a
result of another whole year of
observation, the Harvard cimmis
sion repeats its conclusion first
published in 1914, that the cura
tive value of radium is 1'mited to
certain types of skin cancer and
other localized forms of the dis
ease. Its value as a palliative in
relieving pain and discharge in in
operable has been fully confirmed.
It has also been found effective in
leukemia, a disease marked by an
enormous increase in the white
blood cells with enlargement of the
spleen. Large cancerous growths
were sometimes 'ound to disappear!
under the influence of radium, but
the spreading of the cancer to oth
er parts of the body was not pre- |
vented in these cases, and inde d
it appeared that patients might'
even succumb to the poisons re
leased into the system as a di ect
result of breaking up of the tu nor
| under radium treatment. Most
' significant of all is the statement
; that radium treatment has been
refused at the Huntington ho pital
in cases where a surgical cure
seemed reasonably profitable.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will be
1 held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 1 0:00 a. m. Preach
j 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.
HAMMER TAFS
Wb it expect a ton of gratitude for
an ouik i of charity.
The trouble with a good loser is that
ho usual:y gives a continuous perform
ance.
The difference between opportunity
and the rest of us is that old op only
knocks once.
You never hear a married man go
ing around bragging that he never
made a mistake.
Some men like to get out with a
painted woman. Hut they'd hate to
' come home to one.
Love isn't what makes a man and
woman live together for yearj and
raise a family. It is common sense.
The reason a man has to be such a
good listener after marriage is because
he talked too much when he was court
ing.
Anyway, if Eva hadn't fallen for the
apple, tlie snake would have handed
her a mirror and obtained the same
result.
Two women can love one man and
not spend anything. Iiut when one
man loves two women he usually goes
broke.
After a man has been up against the
gafT long enough he quits looking for
boosts and spends more time dodging
knocks.
There are not nearly as many ath
letes in this country as the union suit
and clothing advertisements would
; lead you to imagine.
Another good feature about a corn
fed girl is that she doesn't have to pull
her hips back into shape after she has
chased a street car Cincinnati En
quirer.
Old papers for sale at this office,
©^Price’s
BAKING POWDER
There is no alum in Dr. Price’s
Cream Baking Powder. The names
cf its ingredients, printed on the
label of every can, show it to be
made from Cream of Tartar, which
comes from grapes.
No alum baking powder or food con
taining alum is permitted to be sold in
many countries. To avoid alum read the
label and use only baking powder made
from cream of tartar.
SUDAN VS. JOHNSON GRASS.
Farmers of Conway county this
sprint; will plaht a considerable acre
age in Sudan grass, and are purchas
ing their seed from sources where no
Johnson grass is grown, according to
J. T. Sloan, county agent. Some of
the plantings will run as high a* five
acres. _ __
TELEPHONE BUSINESS COSTLY
Army of Workers Necessary to Manu
facture Supplies Needed
by Company.
St. Louts, Mo.—A fair idea of thb
enormous expense incurred hy tele
phone companies in maintaining serv
ice may be had from file report of the
Western Electric company at Haw
thorne, 111., which mannfaciures the
equipment for the Ren Telephone sys
tem. This report shows that for one
month alone the emergency ship
ments made by the Western Electric
included 150 cars of poles. 16,000
miles of wire, 14.000 cross-arms, 50
miles of cable, 50 miles of strand,
200,000 insulators and 1,000,000
pounds of hardware, tools, tape, etc. i
While the heaviest expense occurs, of
course, during the winter months, the !
work and necessity of repair is con- i
tinuous and the wear and tear on the j
equipment requires the telephone peo
ple to recons!ruot and repair during
•very day of the year.
Women are afflicted by trifles, but
they are also consoled by trifles.—
victor Hugo.
"Something Blue.”
The “something blue” that the bride
wears when oOing to the altar Is gen
erally a pair of garters. A recently
seen pair was a bridesmaid’s gift*
knitted in the palest blue silk, very
evenly done with a pair of fine
needles, and given silver clasps set
1 with turquoises and seed pearls.
Notice.
1 The Union Saw Mill Company
| will p^y S50.QQ as a reward to any
I one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
Derson 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
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on HOW TO OBTAIN and SELL PATENTS,
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