Good Roads Aid Progress
A prominent business man
of Arkansas recently returned
from an extended trip through
Mii nesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan. He made a special
study of farm conditions in
•those states, where land values
are held so high tl. t a man of
moderate menus i mnot hope
to own a farm home. This man
is familiar with farm quality
and farm values in practically
every part of the state of Ar
kansas, and the comparisons
that he made on his trip were,
therefore, all the more interest
ing. As a rule, he d dares that
the productive power of the
farms in that region is decid
edly below that of the average
farm in Arkansas.
Yet, the farmers enjoy much
greater conveniences and more
luxuries than do the farmers
of Arkansas, whose lands pro
duce greater yields. In search
ing for the cause of this state
of affairs, lie did not have to
look long. Everywhere and in
every direction, he could see
good roads, over which the
farmers traveled in going from
place to place in the neighbor
hood and to town, where their
products were marketed and
their supplies purchased. In go
ing from place to place, over
such roads, he found that far
mers conveyed from two to
four times as much at one wa
gon load as they usually do
over the roads in this state.
Also that they were able to
cover a given distance in one
half to one third of the time
that it takes to get over the
poorer class of roads in Ark
ansas. Result is that visitors in
to that country are captivated
by the good roads over which
they travel while looking the
country over and a desire is
naturally developed to secure
a home amid such pleasant sur
roundings. Hence, the high
price of lands, in response to,
heavy demand.With good roads!
over the rich bottoms and the
fertile hills and valleys of Ark
ansas, for homeseekers and in
vestors to travel while looking
at the country, they would not
be so critical in their examina
tion ot lands, but would readily
buy at prices far above
that at which lands are being
offered in this state. Fact is.
the prices at which the rich
lands of Arkansas are now be
ing offered, are ridiculous and
a tacit confession of the fact
SUES PHYSICIANS
for SON’S DEATH
I-r«'d Dcrlee has filed suit
lor SIP,00 in tlie? Indep ndence
Circuit Court against Drs. R.
C. Dorr, F. A. Gray and (). J.
Johnston who conduct a san
itarium at BalesviJle. Mr. Dur
f‘ <‘ alleges that he placed his
sou, Adolph Durfee in the san
itarium for treatment, and that
his son, while left alone walked
to the porch, from which lie
either fell or walked, sustain
ing injuries which caused his
death a few hours later. The,
occurence took place on the'
night of August 20. The plain
tiff. who is administrator of the'
sou’s estate, is a prominent far-;
Pier of he Saffel neighborhood
in the northeastern part of the'
county.
CASFY \ CANDIDATE
K' < ' asoy .f Batesvilio
who v.ns •..t*feat, f i i the la i
Domocatie primary by Hon. H.
I . \\ illian son for prosecuting
attorney of this judicial dis
trict, has announced that he
will again be a candidate in
the coming election.
Mr. \\ illiamson who has
discharged the duties of the
office in a very commendable
manner, will be a candidate
for a second term.
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Trade with the merchants
who advertise in The Journal."
that there is something wrong i
with conditions here. Such
lands as we have, in the bot
toms and the hills, lying idle,
and begging for buyers, would
be snapped up at five times the
price if located in Minnesota,
Illinois or Indiana.
We have the remedy in our
hands to correct this ailment of
industrial conditions in Arkan
sas. The time has been when
the people were excusable for
poor roads. They no longer
have an excuse for allowing
such conditions to prevail. Un
do- the Alexander law, passed
by the last legislature, the peo
ple of any community, in any
county may organize an im
provement district, sell bonds
and build turnpikes and let a
special tax levy against the
lands thus beliefitted pay the
debt in alter years while the
use of the good roads is being
realized. Here we deem it of in
terest to call attention to the
fact that no less than 30 coun
ties in Arkansas have already
availed themselves of the pro
visions of the Alexander road1
law, pronounced by conserva
tive business men and farmers
to be the most equitable meas
ure ever proposed for the con
struction of public highways
in this state. One county alone
has laid out 100 miles of roads
to be immediately constructed
at acost of $50,000 to be realiz
ed from the sale of bonds,
which will more than double
in selling value, as a result of
the construction of these roads.
The farmers should bear in
mind that good roads mean
more to them than any other
class of industry. They should
also keep their eyes open to
the fact that the most industri
ous opposition to road building
under the provisions of the
Alexander road law, comes
from land speculators and
large holders of unproducing
lands, who produce nothing,
have no interest in common
with those who do produce the
substance of a living, except
to get all they can out of it and
at the same time avoid the pay
ment of taxes for the better- ,
meat of the community, as they
seldom have occasion to leave
their homes in town to pass
over the roads. The farmers of
Arkansas must take the matter
of securing for themselves
good roads, if they want and
expect to get them.
REV. FINLEY GOES TO
MOUNTAIN HOME
Rev. It. L. Finley, formerly
pastor of the Baptist church at
this place, has been called to
the pastorate of the Baptist
church at Mountain Home.
Since his return from the
State Sanitorium at Booneville
some time ago, Rev. Finley
has been making his home at
Sulphur Rock. He left there
with his family a few days ago
for Mountain Home where they
will make their home.
Rev. Finley is a good preach
er and an earnest and con
scientious man and has many
friends here who wish him suc
cess in his new field of labor.
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WHAI MODERN GUNS DO
The Scientific American
makes an interesting calcula
tion on the force of explosives
in the largest German guns.
Their 16-inch gun represents
on firing a force of .300,000,000
foot pounds, equal to the im
pact that would result from
the fall of a block of granite
30 feet wide and 20 feet thick,
dropped from a heigth of 110
feet.
The 12-inch Krupp gun fires
a projective weighing 981
pounds which leaves a barrel
with a velocity of 2,690 feet a
eeond. Their maximum range
is about 121/2 miles, and the
shot covers this distance in 95
seconds. If one of these guns is
Tiivd in a due north and south
direction the projectile will de
viate a distance of 525 feet,
from its true direction, owing
To the revolution of the earth.
Malaria or Clila & Fever
Prescription No. 666 i pi;pared especially
for MALARIA or CHIU S 4. FEVER.
Five c" ~ix doses will I ’•call any case, and
if taken then at a tonic thFever will not
return. It acts on the liver better t an
C&laiael fcod_does nut gripe or sicken. „5c
Encourage The Schools
'JPti l*r. vJ
Another season of instruction
for the. youth of the commun
ity is before us.
Let us meet it as becomes an
enlightened people who seek to
give their offspring an educa
tion which will enable them to
successively cope with the
many obstacles that will beset
their pathway through life.
“Hut that is up to the teach
ers—what can we do?” you
say.
We may perform our own
duty in the premises by ex
tending to the instructors our
loyal support and encourage
ment, both by act and word.
We impress upon our child
ren the necessity and impor
tance of absolute obedience to
the will of the teacher.
We may instill into their
young minds the knowledge
that unless they improve their
educational advantages and op
portunities of today, the com
mercial advatages of tomorrow
will pass them by.
This is the day of education,
and the man whose mind has
received proper training will
be found invariably in the as
cendant, filling the important
positons of life, accumulating
APPOINTMENT OF
DAVIS COMMENDED
Gov. Geo. W. Hays has ap
pointed Wallace Davis, son of
the late Jeff Davis, attorney
general of Arkansas to succeed
Wm. L. Moose, whose death
occurred in Wisconsin Sept. 7.
The people of Arkansas will
not question the wisdom of
young Davis’ appointment. Ii
was the friends of Jeff Davis
who put Mays in the governor’s
office, and those who know
Wallace Davis best say he is
a “chip off the old block.’’
Jeff Davis was the greatest
man Arkansas has produced in
a generation; a great lawyer, a
great governor and a great
United States Senator. We
think it in the highest degree
creditable to Gov. Hays that
he should thus openly honor
the memory of Jeff Davis by
appointing his son to this high
office.—Bald Knob Eagle.
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ASHLEY COUNTY MAM
FOR STATE AUDITOR
Hagan Oliver, sheriff of
Ashley county, has announced
that he will be a candidate for
State Auditor. He has served
two terms as county and pro
bate clerk and is now serving
his second term as sheriff of
Ashley county.
the financial competence which
their uneducated brothers seek
in vain to the end of their days
It is vitally •necessary that
our children of today receive
e v e ry e d.: c a t i o n a 1 ad v a n ta ge
possible to best©'.,- upon them,
and this may only be accom
plished to the fullest extent
by working in harmony with
both teacher and pupil.
Be not hasty in condemning
the teacher for trival things,
but rather hear in mindthatthe
child who comes home with
complaints often voices condi
tions which ( dst mainly in its
too vivid imagination.
Remember that the teacher
has reache i t!m age of discre
tion; the child has not. The
•reasoning capacity of the one
has been extended and broad
ened to a i - . hih with
the oth r it is ju beginning
to bud.
The 1'utun* life <o llm child
ren of our community will be
smoothed and sweetened by
your loyal\ to th teacher of
today, and in >our own decline
of life you ’ hi view with pride
the results of wisdom properly
applied. —
No, brother; we never ques
tioned your intelligence. You
read this paper, even if you
have to borrow it, and that
speaks in terms of its own.
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Newark, Arkansas
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We have for sale a tract of 450 acres
of the finest land in Big Bottom, lying be
tween White and Black Rivers near Jack
sonport and convenient of access to that
place. Sixty acres of land in cultivation, is
the most fertile, and produces more stuff
than any land in Big Bottom. Fine cane
pasture of 350 acres under good woven
wire fence and will support several hun
dred head of stock the year round. More
than 1,000 bearing pecan trees on the place
About 400 acres of this place is su ceptible
of cultivation and when cleared and put in
cultivation, which can be done at an ex
pense of $10 per acre the land is easily
worth $60 an acre. Can be bought now for
$18 per acre.
HENDERSON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
11. E. Hawthorne, Maiiagt i
Newark, Arkansas
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Newark, Arkansas