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Paroquet, May 17.—A. N.
Trent of Batesville spent Sat
urday here inspecting bolts.
G. W. Yaney spent Saturday
at Batesville.
Ernest Williams,Logan Han
cock and Ross Williams spent
Saturday at Newport.
Mrs. Edna Williams of Var
ner is spending a few days here
visiting Mrs. J. P. Williams.
Mrs.Tonk Galloway and son,
Reed, spent Saturday at New
port shopping.
Mrs. J. P. Williams is on the
sick list this week.
P. G. Curtis left Sunday for
Oil Trough to visit relatives.
Alex Keller made a business
trip to Magness Monday.
J. P. Williams went to New
ark Monday on business.
Rev. Storey of Sulphur Rock
filled his regular appointment
here Sunday.
Miss Willie Drennen ofNew
ark spent Tuesday morning
here with her music class.
Henry Marvison of Hutchin
son moved here Tuesday.
Lee Hart left Tuesday for
Joplin, Mo.
BUSINESS IS GOOD ON
WHITE RIVER DIVISION
Traffic on the White River
division of the Iron Mountain
road is heavier than ever be
fore. Reside an increase in
freight, due to mining and im
provement activities at points
along the entire division it is
said that the passenger traffic
shows a marked increase.
RESULT OF A FARMER’S
IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
Secretary Tells of Some Ob
stacles Overcome and Hum
orous Features of the Work
The letter given below was
written in response to a ques
tionaire concerning “Agricul
ture and Commercial Organi
zations,” and is reprinted from
the report of the proceeding of
the First Annual Meeting of
the National Association of
Commercial Organizations Se
cretaries, held in St. Louis, in
September, 1915.
W. E. Holmes,
Secretary Commercial Club,
Sioux City, Iowa.
Dear Bill :
^ our questionaire received.
W hy is it, when an ordinarily
sensible individual prepares
one of these infernal things, he
invariably leaves a lot of space
where none is needed and leav
es none at all where a page is
needed?
1 have discarded the ques
tionaire, and you’ll find all the
tacts in the following as brief
ly as possible:
In the summer of 1912 the
Secretary of this organization
and the president of the First
National Rank, who is a live
one, and wanted to make him
self solid with the soil-tiljers,
toured Scott county in an auto
mobile. distributing literature
calling meetings, ticketing the
bell cows of every township,
and doing other needful things
in connection with the forma
tion of a county agricultural
organization. The Commercial
Club provided an office, fui
niture, stenographic help, and j
other necessaries; the govern
ment contributed $1200 a year, I
the business men of Davenport
dug up an even larger sum,and
the farmers of Scott countv1
yielded $124.19. With a favor
ing wind their moans could b<>
heard for miles.
Cheered by the results, we
induced a kindly millionaire
with a penchant for agriculture
to guarantee the payment of
any deficit that might be in
curred, and launched the Scott
County Farm Improvement
League upon a chilly world.
Then we bought a second-hand
car and a tank of gasoline, hir
ed a solemn young man from
Ames, and we were ready for
business.
Our success was not exactly
immediate.Although the young
man trom Ames can tell from
looking at a rolled oat whether
it was planted with a drill or a
shot-gun, and is equally profi
cient in other directions, he
was at first the object of con
siderable suspicion. Some far
mers met him on the wrong
side of the front gate,with their
hands on their Ingersolls, and
i some of them shooed thier
j stock in the barn when the sec
ond-hand car hove in sight. His
advice was as welcome as a
| case of smallpox and was fol
lowed as literally as the ten
commandments. And when he
j insisted there was better meth
ods oi testing seed corn than
by looking as it wisely through
I a pair of ten-cent specs; that
cholrea serum was notinvented
| by black-hearted confidence
men to separate the farmer
j trom his loose change; that al
talla will grow in Scott county,
and that sprayed trees yield
better fruit—he was locked up
as a hopeless and dangerous
lunatic.
I wo years elapsed.
1 ested corn came up, and
untested corn did not; serum
treated hogs lived,and untreat
ed hogs died jsprayed orchards
bore fruit, and unsprayed or
chards did not; alfalfa grew
and thrived, and returned big
yields. 1 he farmers began to
smile upon the young man from
Ames. Some gave him butter
milk. A few invited him to sup
per. '] he live bank president
began to believe some of his
own agricultural predictions.
The secretary of the organiza
tion began to hope. And the
iarmer began to give up mon
ey.
Another year slipped by.
I he second-hand car and the
young man from Ames are wel
come guests on every farm.
I he live bank president is
known as the farmers friend,
and his rural deposits make
him blush. The secretary of
this organization calls the* far
mers by their first names, and
hopes one of them will some
day join the Commercial Club.
The government still produces
$1200 a year, the business men
still dig up even more, but the
farmers—God bless them—are
parting with about a thousand.
I he sun shines, the birds sings,
the corn grows as thick as clo
ver, t he hogs die of old age,the
all alt a is cut twice a week,the
orchards groan with the weight
ot sanitary, sprayed fruit, and
the Scott County Farm Im
provement League is consider
ed to be the best ding-busted
organization in the whole blam
ed world. Sincerely yours,
IRVING C. NORWOOD,
Secretary.
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WILL NOT INITIATE
REPEAL OF LIQUOR LAW
Little Rock, Mny 15.—It was
learned from reliable sources
today that there would be no
effort to repeal the statewide !
prohibition law passed by the ■
last Legislature this year. Some
time ago it was believed that a
repeal measure would be sub
mitted under the initiative and
referendum amendment to the
state constitution at the election
to be held next November. Up
to the present time nothing has
been done and the matter has
been abandoned altogether, it
is said.
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PUSH CULTIVATION
Much of the success of the
corn or cotton crop depends on
the cultivation.Persistent early
cultivation not only makes it
possible to control the grass
and weeds but also helps warm
the soil, provides air for the
roots and hastens the growth
of the young plants.Good early
cultivation helps put the cotton
into thrifty condition which re
sists sore shin or damping off,
anthracnose, and plant lice.But
by no means neglect early cul
tivation of the coon. Don’t let
the corn become stunted in
growth. The mistake of that
plan was discovered several
years ago. Push the .cultivation
of both corn and cotton. Make
it thorough. Cultivate after
each rain as soon as the soil
will do to work.In dry weather
cultivate once every ten days
or two weeks. Let the early
cultivation be about three in
ches deep, later cultivation
about two inches deep.
CAN THE STUFF
With our wonderful seasons,
Arkansas farmers can grow
worlds of stuff to eat.The three
thousand girls in the “Canning
Clubs” are learning great les
sons and teaching great lessons
to their mothers about canning
the surplus. Why not strawber
ries every week? Most farmers
grow this delicious berry and
all should grow enough for ev
ery week in the year.Can! Can!
Can strawberries and other
berries and make “spread” for
the youngsters’ school lunches.
GOOD AND BAD DEBTS
The usual Arkansas farm
debts are bad debts because
they mortgage the future and
are debts for feed and food. A
farmer was once asked by a
neighbor what he had realized
from the sale of a bale of cot
ton, and the reply was, “Oh,
some feed and some fertilizer
1 got last spring.” Let us abol
ish that kind of debt by grow
ing our peas and beans and
clovers as fertilizers, and then
never go in debt for the family
diving or farm maintenance.
Debts for feed and food and
clothes are bad debts. Debtsfor
better farm implements may
be good debts, and a debt for
a silo is a good debt if a man
has some seven to ten, or more
cows. Debts for expense are
bad debts while debts for an
investment may be good.
CLEAN AND COOL MILK
Clean and pure milk is the
best food for young children
and is a great food for all. Dir
ty milk is a poison. Let every
body learn to have clean milk.
It means clean udders of cows,
clean hands of milkers,sanitary
milk pails, and pails scalded
after every use, and clean cool
places for keeping. Why not
set the cans of strained milk
in bigger can or tubs of water
in a shady place or in an ice
less refrigerator?
USE WASTE PATCHES
There are too many waste
patches on Arkansas farms.
The general farmingoperations
in the state, seedbed, plowing
and cultivation are better this
year than ever before.More and
better gardens are seen every
where and we will have more
corn and peas and other feed
stuffs than ever before and,the
Lord be praised, the number
of farmers who will go up to
October out of debt to mer-‘
chant or banker will be greater
than ever before. Those men
will not have to sell cotton if
the price does not suit them.
But now for the waste patches.
Plant Sudan grass, peas, pota
toes, turnips, mangel wurzels,
sorghums, Lespedez, pump
ins, anything that will be bet
ter than weeds; something for
the table or for the stock. Let
every foot of farming land be
utilized all the time. It will
make the place look better too.
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Mt. Carmel, May 17.—W. A.
Troy and Tom Gibson went to
Batesville Monday on business.
Rev. Sherril of Newark
preached to a large and atten
tive crowd here Monday night.
Grandma Crawford is on the
sick list this week.
Quite a number attended
preaching at MagnessSaturday
night.
Mrs. Geo. Jennings and child
ren visited her sister, Mrs.Dave
Arnold Tuesday.
Albret Crawford and Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Fitch went to
Newark Saturday.
John Marshall and Willie
Troy took a drove of cattle to
the dipping vat at Dtoa Tues
day.
Miss Lucy Slayden and bro
ther, Edgar, passed through
here Sunday en route to their
[ home after a two week’s stay
at Judsonia.
Forty-two of our citizens en
joyed the day last Wednesday
fishing. Lots of fish were
caught and all reported a nice
time.
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YOUNG LADY ATTEMPTS
TO DROWN HERSELF
Fort Smith, May 1G.—Ethel
Coleman, 14-year-old daughter
of John Coleman of Fort Smith
was rescued from drowning in
Poteau river Sunday by em
ployes of the city pumping sta
tion. She told them she tried
to drown herself because she
had been mistreated and was
sorry they had rescued her.
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NOTICE OF CONTEST
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Little Rock, Ark., Apr. 19,1916
To Jesse Haynes of (unknown)
Contestee:
You are hereby notified that
Oscar A. Spears who gives
Magness, Arkansas,as his post
office address, did on March
28, 1916, file in this office his
duly corroborated application
to contest and secure the can
cellation of your Homestead
Entry No. 07844, Serial No.
07844 made October 21, 1911,
for S. W. Vi Section 32, Town
ship 12 N., Range 5 W, 5th
principal, Meridian, and as
grounds for his contest he al
leges that there has been no
one on this land to improve it
in any way and if it was ever
entered or homesteaded the
person has never made any
improvements on said lands.
You are, therefore, further
notified that the said allega
tions will be taken as confessed
and your said entry will be
canceled without further right
to be heard, either before this
office or on appeal, if you fail
to file in this office within
twenty days after the FOURTH
publication of this notice, as
shown below, your answer, un
der oath, specifically respond
ed to these allegations of con
test, together with due proof
that you have served a copy of
your answer on the said con
testant either in person or by
registered mail.
You should state in your
answer the name of the post
office to which you desire fu
ture notices to be sent to you.
Jno. W. Allen, Register,
A. M. Ward, Receiver.
Date first publication, Apr. 27.
Date second publication,May4.
Date third publication,May 11.
Date fourth publication,May 18.
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have your land title abstracted against
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Abstract Company
S. A. Moore, Manager Batesville, Arkansas $