APRIL REPORT ON
CROPS IS ISSUED
tlo
reduced acreage of wheat
and rye, but acreage
yield is promised
farm LABOR SUFFICIENT
Demand For Labor On Farms Is
Stronger Now Than At Any T.me
During The Past Fifteen
Months, Says Report.
Rock. Ark—The annual re
«ort of the Bureau of Crop Estimates
Just released by the Co-Operative Crop
Reporting Service for Arkansas
through Charles S. Bouton, Agricul
tural Statlttcian for the Bureau, am
Jim G. Ferguson, Commissioner of Ag
riculture, shows the wheat and r>e
rrops of the state, though reduced in
acreage, have promises of average
yields, that the decline in number o
breeding sows has been stopped and
that while the farm labor supply is
more than sufficient for farmers needs
the demand for labor for farms la
stronger than at any time for the past
J5 months.
Wheat: Winter wheat condition is
86. five points below last year at th *
time, but equal to the 10 year average
for the state.
Winter wheat got off to a very poor
.tart in the fall of 1921. owing to
drought and inability to properly pre
pare ground. While the present con
dition is only average, the prospect
for the crop has improved materially
In the past six weeks.
Rye The condition figure of 86 Is
the same as that for wheat, and is
three points below the 10-year aver
MTho forecast for winter wheat it
the United States is for a productioi
ut 627 974,000 bushels. 14,000.000 bush
•la less that the 1921 crop, or practic
Sy the as for the 1920 cro;
but the condition figure of
five points below the 10-year average
The national rye crop is forecast s
69 667,000 bushels, also very close
the crop of 1920 in production, rt
condition figure of 89 is one Poh
below last year, but one point high
than the 10-year average for the con
^Breeding sows: The number
•hrmnAinsc sows compared with a
*Ko is the same I>ast year n
parlaon the previous ye
C.mv nas !>eeii stopped The estimat
ed total number in the state is 123.
000, not much more than one sow to j
every two farm families in the state. |
Farm Labor Supply: As compared!
■with a year ago the supply of labor
available for farm* is greater—prob
ably some 6 points greater. In some
parts of the state the reporters say
"two men for every job.” In other
parts of the state, however, because
weather conditions have held back
planting, the demand for labor will !
he strong as soon as weather condi
tlons are modified and planting and
cultivation begin in full measure.
Success.—The membership content
l»etween the "Reds” and the ‘'Blues” in
the Baptist Sunday school has closed !
and resulted in the “Beds" winning
The losing side entertained the win
ners by giving a church social.
Batesville.—Frank Crowell, who has
served as night marshall here the
past two years, has tendered his res
ignation to the City Council.
Huntsville.—Ruby V Huges of
Whltner has planted live acres of Irish
potatoes, and will set out 10 acres
of sweet potatoes.
Walnut Ridge.—The Rev. H F
Kirkpatrick. Baptist pastor, has just
returned from a week's speaking tour
In Mississippi and Greene counties.
In the Interest of the Baptist seventy
live million campaign
Bates vllle.—Young Bros, contrac- j
tors. have commenced tearing out the
front of the J B. Fitzhugh &■ Bro
clothing store on Main street, and will
remodel the front of tho building by
Installing a new and modern plate
glass front with large show win
doWB.
Bald Knob.—The recital by the pri
nary pupils in music at the high
school auditorium under the direc
tion of Mins Annie Lee Steptoe was
a success. Many patrons of the
school were present.
Arkadelphia —At an organization
meeting of the proposed Farmer Gin
Company recently f.1,000 worth of
stock subscribed in a few' minutes.
The limit of subscription to any in
dividual is |500. The amount of stock
remaining to he sold is approximately
U4oe
Russellville.—Passed Assisant Sur
geon J. L Goodwin of Louisville. Fv„
who has been assigned to the new
trachoma hospital in Russellville, has
arrived hei*..
Conway.—A demonsration of the
process by which cottonseed is delint
*d. making It superior to undelinted
Seed for planting, was given here Sat
urday. April 15. by E A. Hobson, state
agent In marketing. Mr. Hobson will
15 bushels cf cotton sued for
V n HHl to l>« planted on Mr. Hill's
infill
than $3,000 was paid
Uitrr »» m"rch*“"K?'^~
The poultry Industry In this sec
n is constantly growing.
iussellville Miss Mary Annexe
sent, daughter of Mayor G. C. Nug
I has been informed that she won
rd “u. ot »10 in .. «*«
offered by the State Association
Osteopaths.
I stile Rock.—The Arkanas Electio
sdical Association will hold its an
al convention on May 10-11-1-, in
ttle Rock. Ark. The officers aie.
• j F Hilburn, of Pine Bluff, l’res
Pi.t Dr R O. Norris, of Tuckerman,
Sc. President; Dr. B. D. Hutch, ot
ooneville. Second Vice President,
r C. E. Spann, of Altheimer. Treas^
rcr; and Dr. Samuel G. Boyce, of
ittle Rock Secretary.
Arkadelphia-Jack Robey, 7 year
d son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rob
was knocked down and Injured
hile on his way to school recently
v an automobile driven by a Mr.
food, who lives in the country
Newport.—Work of remodeling the
ssser-Goldman Cotton Company s of
e here is progressing U will bo
ie of the most attractive suites of
flees in he city.
Bald Knob.—An order has been
aeed with a Cordelia <Ga.) concern
r 280,000 tomato plants, which w
. planted by members of the Bald ;
nob Fruit Growers1 Association^The ,
hints are of the Livingston (. obe
ariety. The order is sufficient to
lant 70 acres to tomatoes.
Arkadelphia —Road Dlsrtcts Nos. 7
id 13 have each received a big army
uck. turned over to Judge W. W.
/atson by the government. They
ill be used by the overseers of the
istrlcts In making and repairing of
oads. Road Overseer Hart of Caddo
nd Overseer Markel of Missouri town
hips will use the big carnage® at
,nce. The districts will pay the coun
y $10 a month rental.
Walnut Ridge - Tom Robins, a farm
r living several miles from here went
> his garage to get his new Fon au
nmobile to come to town, and foun
he garage empty.
Russellville.—Wallace Bailey and
oe Armstrong are home from An
apolis, Md„ as the result of the re
action in the army and navy. Arm
trong, who recently graduated from
he Naval Academy, was P*r®l^ef.
■etire from the service, and Bailey,
Aho has had one year in the academy,
was forced to retire by the redo
Lion due to the decreased. -
nil-'
U
n n n
n com-! get. .. his can- l
ar the j ^_ ^ of Faulkner j
county. Two other men, Elis King and ,
John E. Baldwin, are in the race.
Conway.—One hundred sets of boost
er tags, to be placed on automobiles,
have been ordered by the local com
pany of the Arkansas National Guard
The tags will advertise Conway and
will be numbered.
Coal Hill.—All business houses
wore closed on# day last week and
citizens united in cleaning the Old
Town and Srygley cenietaries.
Ozark.—Reports have been received
here that the Thirty-Six mine on the
Tipton lease near Charleston bas
struck a 17-inch vein of coal.
Charleston.—"Always in Trouble." a
comedy presented by an amateur cast
of Eavaca citizens, pleased'a large au
dience here last week.
Camden—A pig and poultry club
has been organized at Stephens by
Miss Helen Hobbs, home demonstra
tion agent for the Camden Chamber of
Commerce.
Arkadelphla Farmers are two
weeks behind in Clark county, ow
ing to continued wet weather and
soggy soil. Very little ground has
been broken for cotton and corn.
Huntsville.—The orchards in the
west part of this country received ex
cellent care last year and a record
breaking crop is expected the coming
season.
Bentonville.—A large number of
dairymen and poultry breeders of Hen
ton and Washington counties were
here for the annual meeting of the
j Northwest Arkansas Dairymen's Ah- I
: soolation, of which Dr. George Gillen !
| of Bentonville is president, and H. K. '
i Dvorchek, animal husbandryman of the
University of Arkansas, Is secretary, j
Flippin.—Mrs. C. A. Hackler of
Mountain Home will start the con
struction of a hotel here soon. It will
be built on lower Main street. Bob
Tate of (’otter has the contract.
Arkadelphla.—T. E Kauffman, IIv
! ing in the DeOray community, 10
| miles northwest of Arkadelphla. prob
ably has the distinction of having
more living descendants In Caddo
township than any other man. He
has three sons, four daughters. 33
grandchildren and 10 great grandchil
dren in this township.
Earle.—Contract for unloading f00
cars of gravel here and hauling ?»0,
000 yards has been awarded by the
road commissioners of County Dis
trict No. 6 to the Misalsslppi-Arkan
sas Truck Company of Searcy, of which
1 U. V. Thornton is manager
Conway.—Eetes Reynolds of Cor
way won the first prize in the o)d
fiddlers’ contest held here at the
1 courthouse, under the direction of J.
' W. Mabry There were only six con
test antf. second prlz« going to O T«.
1 Bryant, and third to Burl Coknr.
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NEWS REVIEW OF |
CURRENT EVENTS
Russian Delegates Start Rows in j
the Economic Conference
in Genoa.
INSISTING ON DISARMAMENT
.e Plan for Ten-Year
lovd George s Htan
'peace Pact-Germar.s Expect s*,
cussion of Reparations Senate s
Tariff Bill Reported—Progress
of Fight to Save Navy.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
* u'KiNO the spirit that animate!
L' the Washington conference that o
reaching an agreement, the ^ P
economic conference «hkiopene
age tl ■'
it wat
* n o.»i
n prAat man
papers are skeptical. Already it is
evident that if any definite agreement
of wide scope is reached, it must lie
through the yielding of France and
the smaller nations that are members
of the French “bloc.”
Soviet Russia, through its spokes
man, Tchitcherln, though accepting
tiie "civilized nation test” of the
Cannes agreement In order to obtain
a seat in the conference, is still in
sistent and almost obstreperous, being
bolstered by the support of the Ger
mans and certain of the neutral na
tions and by the universally admitted
fact that Kurope cannot he restored
economically until Russia is again one
of the family of nations. At tlie very
outset Tchitcherln, after accepting the
Cannes conditions, precipitated an an
gry debate with the French by insist
ing that it was necessary to discuss
disarmament. Lloyd George soon
quieted the uproar by saying:
"Gentlemen, we have agreed not to
discuss disarmament, and therefore
our French colleague is right, but wo
must not waste our time in argument.
We must get on. Nevertheless, in
my opinion, tlie conference will nat
urally result in disarmament.”
Next <lay the uussinns proiesitu
the presence of the Japanese anti the
Rumanians, because Japan anti Ru
mania ere “unlawfully occupying Rus
sian territories in Siberia ami lles
Barubla. Viscount Ishli replied that
Japan would take part In the confer
ence in spite of the Russian objec
tions, and Bratlano, premier of Ru
mania, asserted that Bessarabia,
which is mainly populated by his
countrymen, had been awarded to
Rumania by the allies. Frontier
Facta of Italy, who had been elected
permanent president of the confer
1 cnee, ruled that In any case the In
I citations were Irrevocable, and the
' Bolshevik delegates hugged them
selves with glee because the ruling
j means that they cannot he ousted
! even If they later repudiate the
i Cannes conditions.
j Organization of the committees
brought more trouble. The fust and
chief one, to deal with Russian af
fairs, Is made np of Great Britain,
France, Italy, Germany, Russia. Bel
gium and Japan, and of Boland, Ru
mania, Sweden and Switzerland, elect
; ed by the little powers. Tebltcherln
j demanded that Russia be given two
members on this committee because
of her special position, but there was
1 such strenuous objection that he sub
sided. Bari bou for Frame and
Theunys for Belgium wanted Russia
and Germany excluded from this com
mittee, to which Uoyd George replied
that In that case the conference might
as well be abandoned immediately.
Russia. It was stated in Genoa, was
ready to give all the financial guaran
tees demanded In the program which
the exiM-rts of the allies prepared rust
month In London hut would not «c
cept the clause providing for mixed
tribunals to fix responsibility, rntedd
erlng the Inttew an Infrlngeinei i »►''
Russian sovereignty. The so% iei »leb*
.-lu.ott buu «u. -i.iit.Jv • ‘“a JJ*
T LOYD GEORGE has ready for
L presentation to the conference a
mutual yuarunty »»«• • '“J'*N„lns
Article X of the League of NaUo™»
covenant, by which wars in Europe
would be prohibited for ten year*.
He thinks that if this were adopted,
with a penalty clause that » " *
nations should unite against a i V™
er invading or wantonly attacking
■ ..other the soviet Red army could
he disbanded, and the little ®
and eventually France could reduce
the size of their land forces Me
and Poland claim they must mah
tain large armies to meet the threat
of Russia against the Poles, thong
it i« generally understood the French
rdf,/Have la mind a«,„n «a>n»
Germany in case the reparation*
not paid. The delegates from the U
tie entente, though not entirely satis
fled with the form of this plan, i
said will support it on two conditions
That their right under existing >•
i to invade Hungary in case of an
l tempted Hnpsburg restoration be »
1 tegrallv maintained, and that
signatory nations ag.oe to bell. «
another by force of arm. “
one who breaks the pact. It was
pected that both France and -re
* . - thoni 1H 11
II trtni,t
America and because tlie British are
not willing to engage to send troops
to the continent.
Up to this time the Germans haven't
hud much to suy in the conference,
but in the first meeting of the com
mittee on finance Herr Hernias, Ger- j
man minister of finance, started some
thing of a row by alluding to the j
reparations. Picard of France angrily j
objected to even the mention of the
word. Of course, however, the Ger
mans expect the subject will have to
be handled by the conference ulti
mately, and in this they are supported
by Premier Braiding of Sweden, who
really is spokesman for the neutral
nations. He declares flatly that the
treaties of the entente with its former '
enemies must he revised; and lie also
approves of Tchitcherln's disarma
ment proposals, asserting that this is
the biggest tiling before the confer
ence. ltussia says her budget is cov
ered by tHe revenues and that her
army will soon he reduced from
5,000,000 fo 1,000,000. Her representa
tive on the finance committee Insisted
on talking disarmament.
E NATO II FRANCE of Maryland
O has informed the statesmen In
Genoa that he Is pressing in the sen- i
ate a resolution for representation of
the Uulted States in the conference,
and asks them to renew their invita
tion to Washington. It is stated in
the capital that the attitude of the
administration on his matter lias not
changed. Among tin* unofficial Amer
ican observers in Genoa Is Frank Vnn
derlip, and It is likely his advice will
he sought by the committee on
finance. Me said in an interview:
"The question of tlie revision of the
German reparations is extremely vital
to European reconstruction and there
fore it is regrettable that the confer
ence refuses to discuss It. In fact.
It is doubtful whether the conference
will result in muc h unless the repara
tions are discussed, it is necessary to
reconstruct Germany as well as the
other nations on an economic basis,
and surely Germany will remain in a
had state unless her reparations mat
ters are definitely settled here.”
JAPAN, while negotiating an agree
ment with tMo Chita government
of the Far East—an agreement which
is reported to have been already
signed—Is ruthlessly supporting tlie
Vladivostok government, to the ex
tent of fighting the Chita forces con
tinually. The latter have been driven
out of the neutral zone between them
and the Vladivostok territory and the
Japanese and Vladivostok troops have
moved far to the north. Tlte Japanese
press Is Insistent on evacuation of
Siberia, hut the military party refuses.
As for Shantung, the chances that
(Idea will ever recover that province
front Japan are fading. The Chinese
are distracted with tlie'r civil war.
and those who know conditions can
see no war in which China can raise
the price whi< h Japtu exacts for th<
nmm of the Shantung i’ev dopnientz
; ..ini il-v K.au t hay lease t ten ,I >r,<.
000. General iui. * W1U
taiy cc„mn.Kl« le(lge
remain until China fulfills eseu
made in Washington.
t EADKUS of the Free
\-j republican factions <j jn.
together with several^neutml b^
flueutial personag , * uhich it was
on« l» Dublin Tlmr«l»J ^
hoped would result in 1 on
of the hostilities and an agr.e
pnitep jt Is out of dflto.
parliament the opposition bUt-rly . -
tacked the government l**<uum
Irish situation and the dang. f
coup d'etat by l)e ' ft,era * * ,B
Faster recess. Winston Churchill
a r,rHU»nt .peuch Mato* ,hr
eminent.
T-snE senate finance committee
T version of the revised tariff «u
reported on Tuesday, bearing «»•
signatures of all of the ten HepubllcM
except Scmitor -a It*
of Wisconsin. In ,uei ,
compared with the house bill, m e
of dutv have been shifted and th
Ud valorem duties has beei
-t from that of the America.
proposed by the house, bat
.foreign. valuatio
Dll 8 IS, 1 IUS UlUKfS UIW UU vuufjrui
rates higher, but the specific duties In
many cases have been lowered. Agri
cultural products and some classes of
manufactured goods are given in
creased rates. Senator McCumber,
chairman of the committee, says the
bill has been written on the basis of
both protection and revenue, no rate
being so high as to cut oft reasonable
foreign competition or so low that
American manufacturers cannot hold
tiieir full share of the American mar
ket. He gives assurance that there
will be final enactment of tariff leg
islation before congress adjourns.
'T'HERH is not much to tie said
1 concerning the coal miners’strike.
President Lewis of the mine workers
estimates that during tlie week 25,000
nonunion men joined the strikers,
making a total of 75,000 recruits of
that class. In some Ohio fields strik
ers in large bodies made demons!ra
tions at mines still operating, uml the
owners appealed for protection.
Congressman Huddleston of Ala
bama introduced a bill giving author
ity to judges of federal courts on tlie
application of tlie attorney general
to appoint receivers to operate closed
| mines.
GROWIVG fiercer daily, the fight
between the “little navy” men In
! tint house and those who support the
administration’s ideas on this matter
! developed some fireworks last week,
j Party lines are broken, and Mr.
Padgett of Tennessee, former chair
man of the naval committee, led
many of Ids fellow Democrats to the
support of the administration. The
most effective arguments of the latter
were in a letter from Secretary
Hughes, read by Representative Rog
ers. He urged that the standard of
the naval treaty of Washington lie
maintained unless die prestige of the
United States was to lie Impaired and
its security put in Jeopardy. “Jimmy"
Gallivan of Massachusetts suggested
that tHe navy be turned over to die
prohibition commissioners.
np WO Republican
Woodruff
cot
oSl
ex-*er\ Ice men,
of Michlgnn ami Jolm
«on of South Dakota, united in threat
ening Attorney (ieneral Daugherty
with Impeachment and in demanding
wholesale courts martial In the War
department. They asked that ^se
lect committee of the bouse InwQ^I
t-'i te the liquidation of war-time (
tracts, charging fraud and corrupt
in the sale of property at rhliculou
l.v low prices to favored Individuals.
Secretary of War Weeks issued a
general denial and Invited Investiga
tion.
rjKNBHAL SKMKNOFF. who .-alls
VJ himself nturnun of all the (’os
sa.kR is having his troubles In the
Iidlcd S' a tea Coming to raise funds
to renew warfare on soviets, he was
arreste<] in a civil suit resulting from
a theft of goods by hi* fortes; ni„|
then the government was asked to do
:><>rt ! ro and American of"rers told s
| *t>,**t*i ol tu
committed by Lta men lu Siberia.
States
MANY INJUI
SERIES OF!
tornadoes take to ® ^
LIVES in ILLINOIS
DIANA
ONE TOWN STRUC]
Downpour 0< Rain And
Floods In Streams|
Considerable
ticipatiorl
Chicago.—Twelve
nown to have been killed- “‘j
30 injured, and thousand!
omeless by tornadoes
,-hich swept over the <’enl
ecently. 1
Tornadoes were report
,f Illinois, Indiana and Aj
owns. Homes were demoi-.sM
service crippled, and live stocl
Throughout the area from
he east to Kansas and Nebr
Lhe west, heavy downpours
flood waters of streams alreaq
their banks, and inundated t I
of acres of rich farm land inj
to the vast tracts already uni
While snow and sleet l ' ^
rado, Kansas, Nebraska. V'm
Iowa were pelted with Kt
storms which smashed wtl
caused much damage to cj
eral inches of snow was
from Denver. (
The storm is believed to
the same which lashed sevel
in northeastern Kansas, kw
ral persons, then Jumped/
iourl, only to reappear ii
llinoie In the vicinity ofj
he twister swept a path
long and 150 yards wide, kl
eral persons. More than 1-1
home# in the town wei"
Plainfield, 111., is reported
Uterated. .
After visiting many I»n«S
the tornado Jumped intol
strikiug Hedrick, a small#
the western part of the sj
hours later, before the resj
time to recover, it retu- I
several deaths and heai>l
laroage ]
At Alexandria, Ind., si* Pi
believed tt> have been kill#
storm swept the norths#
Madison county. Two arf
be dead. The stovm strnj
ria, Orestes and Summj
was n narj
wide path across Indiana.
Five are known to have
and many are reported a
jured in the tornadoes j
12 miles west of William
ports from Hedrick Indies(9
death toll may he raised
that at least 100 are seriou
in Hedrick and Sloan, a t
north of Hedrick. Several
reported dead and many inju
farm houses within a five-mile
of Hedrick.
Two Aviators Killed,
t alias. Tex — Oapt 0. : !
Serg. James L. Johnson, army
from Kelly Field. San Antonio^
killed here when the airpln
which they were riding wend
nose dive at a height of .bij
feet and crashed.
Six Hurt In Wreck.
Sai^’raneisco —Six passengo
r.lighny injured when a
caused a day coach ami
mans of a Western Pacific
train to leave the track two
west of Wlnnemueca, Nev
Army Will Economize.
Washington—Orders direct
army department corps area
mantling officers at posts,
stations to “put into effec
drastic regulations
economy" have been is!
tary Weeks.
Race Driver Is K
Cushing, i'kla—J. C. M
2fi, of Wichita, Kans., was
week while making his
for the automobile rates
here. The car was
slow rate of speed,
wheel was thrown off.
turned over three
Montgomery beneath.
Famous Hotel Bi
Tokio.—Fire recently <1
older portion of tlie famo
hotel, and damaged the to
nex to the hotel. One
known to have been killed.
V Bonds Oversubscribe
'ashington—A heavy
scription of the new Trensu
of 3 1-2 per cent six month*1
hates—bearing the lowest
ment interest rate since
> been announced by Secretary
Three Children Droe*
Findlay, O.—Three chit
drowned in the Blanchard*
here when a canoe In which
paddling struck a Bubrnor*®"
and capsized.
, New Revolt
San Salvador.—U
from Honduras are to
a revolution of serious
in progress at various
1 Uv.VUU U.Um^
* frontier