DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO* 33
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1916.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
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COSY QUARTERS FOR THE HENS.
With every prospect of good
price for eggs throughout the win
ter, it would pay to give more at
tention to the farm flock than ever
before, because it is a well estab
lished fact that comfortable hens
lay the most eggs. Hens are not
comfortable when exposed to ths
wind and rain during the wjnter
months. The farmer who expects
the chickens to lay must provide j
good shelter and dry nests wher* !
the hens will be undisturbed. Cosy
quarters will pay because the hens
will lay more eggs and lay them
where they can be found. With!
fresh eggs at a premium price it is :
a great mistake to think that any
place will do for the chickens to
roost and the hens make their own
nests.
PROFITABLE FARMINC CAMPAIGN.
Plans for a second profitable
farming campaign whi;h were
launched at the Hotel Marion, Lit
tle Rock, on Dec. 5. are being
pushed forward raoidly. The cam
paign which will be conducted
along similar lines to the famous
campaign of 1 91 4, will be carried
on from Jan. 8 to 50. All agricul
tural interests in the state will take
an active part.
The University of Arkansas will
furnish a large constingency to
help carry on this work. Martin
Nelson, of the College of Agricul
ture with the faculty of agricultur
al AH ports who undoretand ovary
phase of scientific farming, will be
actively engaged, while members
of the Extension Division, under
W. C. Lassetter, acting director,
and C. W. Watson, state agent,
will throw their force of about 125
men into the field. This number
includes the specialists connected
with the Extension Division and
the county agricultural agents.
In speaking of the work Mr. Las
setter said: “We intend to help
the business men as far as possible j
in this second profitable farming}
campaign. The agricultural forces 1
of the state have been urging the
farmers to plant enough food and
feed for the family and for the
livestock for the last two years and
they will continue to do so. We
will push the profitable farming
idea just as strongly as we can but
we need the help of the business
men to make this campaign suc
cessful and make the work of the
agriculture specialists most effec
tive. We need the business men
to arrange for meetings, help get
the farmers out and give the work
a boost in general. The business
men can also help by showirg the
farmers that the only way to insure
continued prosperity in the state
will be to continue to live at home
and to raise at least all the feed
and food stuffs that will be needed
on the farms and plantations next
year." "Do not gamble in future,
cotton prices," is advice given the;
farmers of the state by Mr.
Lassetter, who says that profitable 1
farming can be carried only by ap
plying business principles and that'
good tusiness demands that every j
farmer should be independent of j
the high price of food and feed
products.
New Demurrage Charges.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is doing all in their power
to relieve the car shortage but it
appears that there is too much
business in the country for the
number of box cars owned by the
railroads.
The commission issued new de
murrage rates to be effective Dec.
1 1, as follows: A shipper has 48
hours free time in which to load a
car and the demurrage staris with
$ 1 for the first day. $2 for the sec
ond. $3 for the third, $4 for the
fourth and $5 per day thereafter.
In addition to this all the North
ern roads have been ordered to re
turn 20 per cent more cars to the
Southern roads than they receive
from them. Unless the car short
age gets better before long it is
probable that the Louisiana & Pine
31uff railway will be extended to
connect with the Rock Island s<"
that cars can be had off that sys
tem also. 1
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Com pan:,
will pay S50.00 as a reward to an\
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which am
oerson shall be convicted of depre
-lating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
So^". and Treas
\’rs. C. P. Maroney Deal
Mattie, the beloved wife of C. P.
Maroney, died at their home on B
street at 2:05 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, December 13, 191G,
from tuberculosis from which she
suffered for the past year, aged 60
years. 3 months and 1 3 days.
The deceased was born in Union
parish, Louisiana, on August 30.
1853, and was united in marriage
-April 8, 1875. She was the
mother of eleven Children, eight
boys and three girls, eight of them
surviving her as follows: Mrs. H.
t P. Heard. Ernest, Murphy, Carl,
: Raymond, Jewel. William and Gor
'don. She was a loving wife and a
' devoted mother and a kind neigh
bor who will be greatly missed by
the husband and children and many
friends.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, interment
Taking place in Spring Hill ceme
tery near Oakland, La . from which
place they moved to Huttig about
four months ago.
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Huttig Defeated farmerville.
The Huttig High school basket
ball team on last Saturday defeat
ed the Farmerville High school
team on their home grounds in an
1 exciting game by a score of 1 8 to
17. Heard, Ellis and G bson each
| made two scores, Ashcroft four
and Woolley eight for the Huttig
■ team. The following was the line
jup:
Farmerville Huttig.
i Hollis- . C Ashcroft
; Allbritton .G . Heard
; Love . G . Ellis
Terrell . F .... Gibson
Simmons . F . Woolley
To Santa Clans.
Dear Santa Claus—
I will write you to tell you what I
want. I. am a widow woman's
little girl and 1 want a pair of
shoes. 1 wear size Ones, and I
want some new stockings to and a
doll. I am 10 years old the 22nd
of this month. And dear Santa
Claus remember my mother. She
needs a pair of shoes to. 1 live
right at end of A street in a little
old house. Good by.
Eula Lee Phillips.
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Tell us the news for the News]
A Story 30 Years Oil!- Still True.
A friend of ours told us the other
day about hearing Gol. L. L. Polk,
the founder of The Progressive
Farmer, make a speech thirty years
ago. "And he told one story I
have never forgotten,” our friend
said: "He told about seeing a
farmer with a wagonload of meat,
hay and hour about this time of the
year.
"Gol. Polk said to the farmer:
Why a>-e you buying all this meat,
hay and flour?’
So I can make* cotton,” was
.he reply.
" ‘And why do you want to make
cotton?’
'So 1 can pay for this mSat,
lay and flour,’ the farmer an
swered.”
And the pity of it is that after
thirty years of agitation and educa
tion, there are still so many of our
farmers guilty of the self-evident
.folly which the story illustrates
binding themselves to a sort of in
dustrial bondage in order to pay :
freights, middlemen's profit;?, etc.,
on products grown a thousand
miies from home but which should
be grown at their own doors. Nor
does the evil stop here, because
this excess acreage in cotton -(the j
part grown on land that should be
devoted to food and feed crops )
beats down the price of cotton on
all the normal acreage as well.
Whatever others may or may
not do, Mr. Farmer, you may see
that folly is not perpetual on your
farm. Let’s look to that. The
Progressive Farmer.
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New I, 0. 0. Officers.
The following officers were elec
ted recently by Huttig Lodge No.
348. 1. O. O. F., for the ensuing
year and will be installed along
with the appointive officers at the
first regular meeting in January:
N. G.—H. C. Bedford.
V. G.— A. V. Frost.
Treas.—L. M. Depain.
Secy.—J. H. Sehon. jr.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 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. A. Turrentine Pastor.
Mud May Be Used to Provide
Cheap Houses for England
The possibility of using mud ns n
building material and so solving the
urgent problem of providing clienp
country cottages in the rural districts
of England and housing accommoda
tion In the arcus where there lias been
a sudden influx of war workers is be- j
ing made the subject of an interesting
experiment at King’s college for worn- j
en, University of London.
Six mysterious looking walls have j
just been erected in the grounds-at
Camden Hills, each wall being com
posed of a different mixture of mud,
with a view to testing which proves
most suitable to the English climate.
In each case the earth has been sub
jected to a different process of prep
aration. In one case water glass has
been added, in another soft soap, and
to the earth and soft soap in another
case lime has been added. A “grout
ing” of cement has been poured over
the mud wall in yet another case, and
there Is one wall made of earth alone.
Bridge Over Fives Miles Long,
Sun Francisco Is planning .to build
the greatest bridge In the wq^ Id. It
is to connect Oakland and its contigu
ous districts with Sun Francisco, and
is to relieve live ferry systems of pas
senger and vehicular traffic. The pro
posed bridge will cost $22,000,000 and
will be live and. one-half miles long.
It will he ont of the heaviest bridges
ever built, carrying three roadways
and four railroad trucks, lis jnaln
portion Is to he made tip of 16 spans,
each 250 feet long. Near the San
Francisco shore there will he two long
and high spans under which the ships
will puss.—1’opulur Science Monthly.
Thousands of Acres Almost Past Re
demotion—Trees Must Be Pruned
in Winter.
Thrre arc thousands* of a or os plant
ed io orchards in Arkansas that are
almost past redemption, and, if the
'rein are allowed to go through this
winter without better care than they
have lii^l in Hie past, few of them will
' ver bear another crop of truit. The
time Ins come wli -n we must either
care for our orchards or go out of the
orchard business, and. Hie sooner the
time conies, the better it will be for
the more prosperous prehardists over
the state, says J. S. Knox, horti
culturist with Hie Kxtension Division
of the University of Arkansas and U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Tiiere are several things which
should lie done during the winter,
such as removing the borers from the
trunks of trees, cultivating, pruning
and spraying for Hie control of the
San Jose scale. The borers should lie
gotten out as early as possible, since
the longer tney are left in the tree
the more damage they do. The best
arid surest method of doing this is te
throw the dirt from around the base
of tlie tree, then scrape the bored
portion until all soil is removed ana I
cut out and kill all worms found. A ■
soon as the worms are removed, or ai
least a week or ten days thereafter,
the soil should again bo put back and
slightly killed about the base of the
tree.
The orchard should be given a good
plowing during the dormant period.
This not only covers up the grasses
and weeds, but it destroys millions of
the spores of brown rot and scale.
Deep plowing should not be attempted
closer than four feet ot good-sized
trees. Harrows, however, can be run
much closer.
in tne orchards rtsited recently I
have noticed that the branches broken
down by last summer’s crop of fruit
are rMll hanging on the trees. These
should he cut out and burned at once
since they are full of the larvae of
hark beetles. All dead or badly dis
eased branches should, if possible, he
remo ed, then the branches which are
thick or rubbing on each other should
be thinned out. Pruning is especially
desirable in young orchards because
it is at this time that we give our
trees the proper shape. In making the
cuts do not leave a stub from one-half
to six inches long, but cut them real
close to the body of tho tree. Where
the stubs are left the wounds, made
in pruning Very seldom heal over pro
perly or readily and they may be the
means of causing decay to set in on
the tree at that point.
GARDEN WORK FOR JANUARY
High Prices Make the Plans Very
Popular. l
The high cost of food products at
the present time makes it necessary
for many men to make plans to supply
his family table with fresh vegetables
from bis own garden, says .1. S. Knot
of the Kxtension Division of the tTn!
versity of Arkansas and U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. There is very
little that can be done In January so
far as real gardening is concerned,
hut the fence corners should be clean
ed out thoroughly and all of the rub
bish removed from the garden spot
in preparation for the lost planting.
This will bo the means of exposing
many of the insect eggs and spores of
different diseases which the cold
weather will help destroy. The ground
should bo plowed well in order to im
prove the physical condition and’to
help in I lie control of insects. If ma
nure is available it should be broad
east over the soil and turned under at
this time, unless tho manure is al
ready well rotted, in which ease it
may be best to wait until early spring
to apply.
Order the year’s supply of seed im
mediately and, if possible, test them
for germination before planting. Get
out the old hotbed sashes and repair
them for use later on. The latter part
of this month such seed as onion, cab
bage and lettuce nmy be sown in the
hotbed. This will enable us to have
them for use earlier in tho season.
Don’t forget to top-dress your aspara
gus and rhubarb beds with a heavy
coating of stable manure. There is
little danger of over-fertilising Ihese
plants. The old asparagus tops
should be taken from the garden and
burned.
See tnsu ino gurtten imptempnlB are
in good repair and ready for the sea
son h work, (let busy with the Incom
ing of the New Year and let's make
1917 the most prosperous year of our
lives by growing our living at homo.
When the winter days of life come and old age takes
away your earning power, what protection will you have?
Your wants then will be as great as they are now, and per
haps greater, for old age is usually accompanied by sickness
If you live up all your earnings now, what will you
do when your pay day comes no more? It would not be a
p'easant thing to live off the charity of strajigers or even
the help of friends, so the best plan would be to provide
now for a comfortable old age by saving and banking some
part of everything you earn.
Get into the banking habit. Your bank account will
not only provide protection for your old age, but will prove
a great help to you now by enabling you to take advantage
of your good oDportunities as they come. Provide protec
tion for yourself and family by starting an account at this
bank and determining to add to it regularly. We will help
you save.
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