DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 1
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MAY 5. 1917.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
S BETTER FARMING HINTS.
DO YOU NEED FARM SEED?
Farmers who need farm seed ar
cannot secure it from the neigl
bcrs should write to J. F. Nicho
son, Field Agent in Marketing wit
the Extension Division, Fayettvilh
and he can give you the informs
tion you need. Two hundred Ar
kansas growers have already
quantities of soy beans. ve ve
beans, cowpeas, peanuts, c^rn
maize, kafir corn, cane seed, sudar
grass, chufas. sweet potato slips,
cotton seed and alfalfa N..h
olson says: •
"All requests for information
concerniningseed supplies will be
taken care of promptly. We hope
that Arkansas farmers who wish to
buy will avail themselves of Arkan
sas seed first. It is not only a pa
triotic business proposition but
seed grown in the state is undoubt
edly tetter adapted to local con
ditions and will give greater re
turfls. We are making special
effort t° invoice all the seed avail
at,le in Arkansas and farmers who
fj3ve a surplus should send in their
n«/nes and we will help them find a
market. All kinds of information
concerning seed and seed supplies
will be furnished upon request.”
RAISE YOUR OWN MEAT.
Every farmer must make an ef
fort to furnislj his own family with j
meat the coming year. If he does ;
not, he will, undoubtedly, pay two ;
prices for it or go without it.
Those who are not accustomed to
raising hogs should certainly se
r*« -brood sow and endeavor
to raise a strong litter of pigs and
he should not depend upon the|
acorn crop for fattening his hogs.
Last year there was a good crop of
acorns but the acorn crop follow
ing is likely to be short for this
reason.
To be safe on hog feed (and
safety is the only principle on
which to work .in this war time)
begin now to plant forage crops.
For each sow and eight pigs raise
the following amount of feeds:
Sorghum, 2.5 acre, which will be
ready to cut or graze by June 15
or July 1; soy beans, or cowpeas,
2.5 acre acre, which will be ready
to graze July 15 or August 1;
Spanish peanuts. 1 acre, planted
now or later, ready to graze by
early fall. All of these crops are
good and, while they will not put
on a hog the lard finish that corn
will, yet we all know that they can
all be produced cheaply and will
put hogs in much better condition
than the majority of hogs at killing
time.
STOP SELLING BREEDING STOCK.
“Stop selling your breeding
stock and all your immature ani
mals if you are a patriotic business
like Arkansas farmer or the state
will face a serious meat shortage,”
says J. H. McLoed, Livestock
Specialist with the Extension Di
vision, who predicts that if the
bemng of such stock is not stopped
certain counties and communities
in the state are going to suffer for
™eat and lard this next year.
This is not a war scare to be pa
raded before our people but it is an
actual reality which deserves se
rious consideration,” says Mr. Mc
Loed. Right now there seems to
be a widespread tendency through
out the state on the part of the
farmers to sell iheir breeding stock
°La • kmdS’ espec>ally hogs, lr
addition, they are selling their im
mature animals, both hogs and cat
tie, and the buver^ » . •
.. , 4. yers are shipping
them to other states to be fattenec
and sold back to us fattenec
orbitant Prices ^ ^
sell off breeding sto^1™''
* and imma
I ture animals is, undoubtedly, dui
5*jt0 high prices which the buyers ar<
m abje to offer on account of the war
^ but our people must realize what i1
means to them and stop it. II
jtheyd° not, they will pay twc
d I prices for their meat next year and
1- be lucky to get it at all. No farm
-1 er should depend upon his neighbor
hjfji his meat supply because he is,
undoubtedly, selling his animals
too.”
I PLANT BEANS AND PEAS IN CORN.
| Every farmer should plant velvet
| beans, soy beans, cowpeas or pea
! nuts in every acre of corn. They
will help supply feed for the live
stock and in an emergency can be
used in part for food.
The soy bean is a valuable crop
for the Arkansas farmer because it
thrives during the hottest summer
weather. It is well adapted to va
rious types of soils and conditions
and different varieties are success
fully grown under the same climat
ic conditions as corn. The seed
bed should be well prepared for the
soy bean and it can be sown up un
til July 1.
The Mammoth yellow variety
y;elds a large quantity of both
grain and forage. The Habelandt
produces much grain but not as
much hay as the Mammoth. The
Birginia. Alington, Wilson and
Peking are other varieties which
are suitable for grain and forage
but not commonly known.
There is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre
scribed local remedies, and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it Incurable. Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly influenced by con
stitutional conditions and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a consti
tutional remedy, is taken internally
and ads thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohlr
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constlpatlOSs
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
cating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Go.
By F. W. Scott,
Serv. and Treas
RUB-MY-TISM
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Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
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B. Y. P. 1. Program.
Topic- Not Self-Seeking; Hav
ing the Mind of Christ.
Leader, Anna Sims.
Song. No. 70.
Scripture reading, by Emmitt
Johnson.
Notice the Great Difference Be
tween Self-Seeking and the Mind
of Christ, by Ora Voss.
Self-Seeking Has Been the
Source of Ml the World’s Sorrow
and Troubles, by Mrs. E. H.
Thompson.
The Christ-Mind Has Been the
Inspiration of the Highest and
Noblest Achievement, by Vereline
Heard.
The Need of Christ-Mind in
Present Day Christianity, by Mrs.
Gillett.
The Secret of Possessing the
Christ-Mind, by Clara Perritt.
Seed Thoughts for a Talk on
Service, by Albert Voss
Poem (.memorized), by Pierce
Heard.
Song, No. 61.
dismissed with prayer. ___
■ i Railroad Give tse ol Land.
The following wire from B. F.
I Bush, receiver for the St. Louis
Iron Mountain railroad, is self
j explanatory:
“St. Louis, Mo., 4-24-17.
To Agents and Section Foremen:
“You are hereby authorized to
receive applications and allot free
space on railroad land for home
garden purposes. Employes of
the company should be given pref
erence. Gare should be exercised
not to allot more land to one indi
vidual than he can properly culti
vate. No part of the station
grounds needed for use by the rail
road company or portions that have
been improved in the way of parks,
etc., should be allotted.
“You may start allotting space, j
so that planting will not be delayed
and, as soon as possible, agents
will be furnished with the necessa
ry blanks which should be signed
by the applicants and approved by
agent or section foreman, and im
mediately sent to the office of the
division superintendent..
"We will gladly lease unused
parcels of land and our right of
way to farmers for general agricul
tural purposes, under our regular
contract, which is very reasonable.
Superintendents will furnish the
necessary forms.
"It is a patriotic duty to use
spare time and our idle land for
production of food which will be
needed.”
B. F. Bush.”
Estrayed Notice.
I have at my place two miles
west of Huttig spotted cow with
red neck and head, marked with
swallow fork and underbit in right
and croD off left ear. She brought
a calf April 24. Owner can havej
same by paying costs and for this
advertisement.
D. F. Wills.
Arkansas Has Careful Smokers.
Recent compilation of figures on
causes of fires shows that Arkan
sas has the most careful tobacco
smokers of any state in the Union.
Only 7.10 of 1 per cent of the fires
of known origin start from this
cause in Arkansas, it is shown by
figures in possion of the Arkansas
Actuarial bureau. In the United
States in one year, however, smok
ers were responsible for the burn
ing up of $4,505,973 worth of!
property. In some other states
the loss^atio from this cause runs
as high as 18 per cent, which is
Nevada’s figures. The benighted
inhabitants of that Western state
would seem to be 20 times as
“keerless” in that respect as those
of Arkansas, according to these
figures. _
Southern Pine tor Aeroplanes.
Southern pine is flying over the
gory fields of slaughter in Northern
France where the greatest battle
of the world’s history is now being
fought.
Aviation experts of both our al
lies and teutonic enemies, after
months of experimentation, have
decided on Southern pine as the
best adapted lumber, from stand
point of strength and durability, to
serve as a brace for aeroplanes.
The terrific currents of the upDer
air offer a severe strain to ma
chines, and only lumber of the
staunchest character can be safely
used in such hazardous work.
The British aerial’ service has
for some time been utilizing South
ern pine beams as the main ele
ment of wood in the construction
of aeroplanes, according to private
| advices received here from a prom
inent London lumber firm. Ma
chines captured from the Germans
show, also, according to this authr
ity, that the enemy, despite the
rigid blockade maintained by the
British fleet, has managed some
how to secure at least a small sup-’
ply of Southern pine.
Salesmen Visit St. Louis.
The Ritchie Grocer Co., Whole
sale Grocers of El Dorado, gave
their salesmen a trip to St. Louis
last week. Led by the manager..
R. N. Benson, the salesmen, C. H.j
Marchesselli of El Dorado. H. M.
Braswell of Strong, and R. H
Keeton of Fordyce. left El Doradol
Wednesday morning and returned!
Sunday night.
In addition to having a good time
in St. Louis and taking in the
sights, they visited some of the
large manufacturing plants with'
whom the Ritchie Grocer Co. are|
doing business. The most inter-’
esting pLnt was that of Anhouser
Busch, where Bevo is made. This:
plant covers 27'2 acres of floor
space. The day they were there
75 cars of Bevo were shipped.
The Anhouser-Busch people are
now building a new Bevo plant to
cost $3,000,000 and when com-1
pleted will have a capacity of turn
ing out 150 cars a day. It will
take ten minutes to load a car.
The most improved machinery
used. One machine can fill, cap
and label 110 bottles per minute.
They saw one stack of Bevo bc'
tles that contained 7.000.000 and j
one stack of 6,000.000 cased
fcSevo. I hey employ b.OUO people. I
The management told us that they
are now selling in only five states
as the demand is so great that they
can not make it fast enough. The
Ritchie Grocer Co. received nine
cars already this year,
They also visited the plant that
manufacturers Gertainteed roofing.
Whilst there this plant received an
order for 2.200 squares of roofing
to be used for the new buildings at
Fort Logan H. Root at Little Rock. '
The Loose-Wiles Bisquit plant
was very interesting. The cleanli
ness was remarkable. This facto
ry does not keep a surplus stock. j
but the goods are made up as or
dered which insures freshness.
The Leggett and Meyers Tobac
co Co. was another interesting j
place. They employ 4.000 people, !
and has the largest shipping facili
ties of any company in the world. |
A number of other plants were!
visited, and altogether it was a de
lightful trip.
_
Another Old Settler Dead.
Mary A., the beloved wife of H.
Howell, and one of the old settlers j
of this section, died at her home in
the Rowland addition at 1 o'clock j
Friday afternoon, April 27th, after!
an illness of several weeks, aged
about 63 years.
She leaves a husband and one|
son, John Henry, and a host of I
friends to mourn her death. The)
funeral was held Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, interment being in the
Huttig c.emetery.
Patchouli Moth Preventive.
For tho many who dislike the smell
of moth Imlls ami nil the brands of
camphor and tar products used to
keep away moths the fragment dried
roots of the patchouli appeal as a de
sirable substitute. In Porto It loo the
natives bring the patchouli to town
In small bundles, retailing them at
from two to five cents each. Great
quantities of it grow wild in that coun
try and a demand for it from the
States would afford employment to
many poor persons in the country. Ai
one time patchouli was in greut favoi
as a perfume, coming chiefly from In
din and the far Hast in the shape of
the essential oil extracted from tin
roots of the Pogostemon patchouli.
The Lester Evil.
“Don’t you get awfully tired of tak
ing part In all those theatrical per
formances?” tile friend of the amateur
actor one asked. "Yes. painfully
tired,” he replied, “for I don’t like to
act n hit. Hut I- know that if I'm not
on the stage I’ll have to sit in the
audience!”
El
Renter or Owner r=
Do you own a farm or does about half you produce
go to pay rent to someone else? Will it be the same way
next year and the next? Why not resolve today to own a
nice little farm and use your money for yourself and family
instead of paying it for rent?
The way to do it is to begin NOW and deposit all you
can to your account as a farm fund. Add to it at every op-^
portunity. even though the deposits have to be small. You
will be surprised how much you can save. When you hav&*^
saved half of the purchase price of the farm you want.; '
then instead of paying rent pay the same amount in on the
farm each year and you will be surprised how soon you can
be the owner of your own home.
Be independent. Start today to buy you a farm by
opening up an account for that purpose at the
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