The Newark Journal
O. F. CRAIG, Publisher_
NEWARK, - ARKANSAS j
Gettysburg Memorial.
Pennsylvania, in which Gettysburg is
located, has taken time to arrange for
a state memorial on the famous battle
field. And the result shows that de
liberation has not been in vain. An
nouncement is made of the acceptance
of a design for the memorial, for which
$150,000 has been appropriated. There
was lively competition for the first
prize, which has been awarded, says
the Troy (N. Y.) Times. Illustration
shows the design to be most artistic
and effective. The memorial will be a
ina.s: ive double arch, 80 feet square
and 100 feet high, with granite steps to
a terrace which will give the whole
structure a conspicuous and dignified
appearance. There will be bronze pan
els containkig the names of officers
and men who took part in the battle,
the idea being to record every son of
Pennsylvania so distinguished. Fig
ures of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
G. Curtin, the latter being the great
“war governor” of the state, will flank
one of the arches, bas-reliefs of artil
lery. cavalry, infantry and signal men
will he placed appropriately and the
whole will be surmounted by a bronze
OlUlUt: KJl V ItlUi >.
ii'3 mriiiui mi is iu
lio dedicated in July 1910, and will add
another notable attraction to the in
numerable interesting features of the
historic spot. New York has a hand
some state monument, in addition to
scores of regimental memorials, at Get
tysburg, and sympathizes in the spirit
which moves Pennsylvania to its re
cent action.
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Electricity is the one branch of sci
ence which honors the great names in
its history in its fundamental termin
ology. The other day a tablet was un
veiled at Ampere, N. J., in honor of
Andre Marie Ampere, the French phy
sicist, who first measured the current,
and for whom the unit is named. The
ohm hears the name of Georg S. Ohm,
a German man of science, who discov
ered the law on which the unit of elec
trical resistance is based. The volt is
named for the Italian Volta, the great
est electrical authority of the eigh
teenth century, who was the first, man
to construct a rude electric battery. A
farad, the unit of electrical capacity, is
named in honor of the English physi
cist, Faraday; the coulomb, the unit of
quantity, for the French physicist Cou
lomb, and the watt, the unit of power,
lor James Watt, the Scotch inventor
who improved the steam engine.
The concern felt for the teeth of the
. children by a Brooklyn alderman, who
■proposed to save their grinders by clos
ing the candy shops to all consumers
under 16 years of age, is eminently
praiseworthy, but it will never be ap
preciated in youthful quarters. The
children will take nil risks. What is
toothache when a nickel is burning a
hole in the pocket? Very likely there
will never be an ache Better to roll
a sweet morsel under the tongue with
a yam in me ten mcuspia man to nave
the pain of self-denial eating some
little heart out. Nevertheless, says the
Boston Herald, the Brooklyn alderman
might be made to see his way to re
pairing defective dental works in such
rprklps« Hj'^ndthrifts without closing
the sweet shops. If is an extreme
measure.
The patriotically inclined will prob
ably be horrified to learn that when
the officers and men of the fleet at
tempted in foreign ports to sing their
own national anthem when those of the
ports visited had been sung few could
go beyond three lines of “The Star
spangled Banner.” There is some
cause to suspect that this ignorance of
our national hymns is not confined to
the fleet, and the fact is not creditable.
Every child who goes to school and is
large enough to sing should be taught
the words of “The Star-spangled Ban
ner,” one of the noblest patriotic
poems every written.
The young idea is to be taught liter
ally how to shoot in the project for
rifle practice by schoolboys. It is a
trifle appalling to think of the havoc
to property and animals, to say noth
lng of the human sacrifices, while the
necessary skill is being attained; but,
then, there must always be - ra- to
suffer for every good caust and this
■will have its quota unless th- jtraged
mothers of the nation rise in their
wrath and interfere.
Tin- plan is bow for chattftewni to
wear women's veils One reason is it
spares their blushes when they run
over a victim, and also allows the j
wearer to escape detection.
SAN JOSE SCALE
State Horticultural Society to Ask
Legislature for a Spraying Law.
Next Meeting* at Little Rock.
Siloam Springs.—A resolution ask
ing the legislature now in session to
pass a compulsory spraying bill was
passed by the Arkansas State Horti
cultural Society at its concluding ses
sion. It has been found by investi
gation that all of the orchards with
but few exceptions throughout the
entire state are badly infested with
the San Jose scale and from the ex
perience of growers who have been
troubled with it, it has been decided
that unless some steps are taken to
check its ravages it will be only a
few years until every orchard in Ar
kansas—both apples and peach—will
be destroyed. Secretary Logan gives
out the following statement in regard
to fruit conditions in Arkansas, bar
ring the ravages of the scale.
“From the present indications, as
gathered from fruit growers from
every section of the state, it seems
that the Elberta peach crop in north
ern Arkansas, including tue northern
tier of counties, as well as southwest
Missouri, has been entirely wiped out
by the recent cold weather, but no
damage is reported to the apple crop,
so far, the app e buds being in splen
did condition with a fair prospect for
a good crop. Some little damage to
me cuueria peacn crop is repurieu
from Van Buren, Clarkes ville and oth
er points in that section, but the
damage is only slight, and will not
materially affect the crop. The re
ports from Mena, Grannis, De Queen
and Horatio show that no damage so
far resulted to the peach crop in that
section.’’
Little Rock has been chosen as the
next meeting place of the society, to
be held on the third Tuesday in Janu
ary.
Secretary Logan, who for several
years has been secretary of the asso
ciation, has resigned from that office.
The following officers were e ected:
W. H. II. Shibley of Van Buren, pres
ident; A1 C. Ford of Siloam Springs,
vice president; Prof. E. Walker of
Fayetteville, secretary; J. W. Vestal
of Little Rock, treasurer.
A featuie of the session was an ad
dress by John X. Tillman, president
of the Arkansas State University. Ad
dresses were made by George T. Tip
pen of Springfield, Mo., and Prof.
Ernest Walker of Fayetteville.
New Light and Water Plant.
Pine Bluff.—The big new water anrl
light plant of the Pine Bluff cor
poration has been completed and was
tested by the city officials and mem
bers of the City Council. The test
was most satisfactory, the capacity
of the plant far exceeding expectations
and even the claims made by its
builders. The new plant is the most
modern in this state, it is said, and
cost several hundred thousands of
dollars. The old water and light plant
has been abandoned. It covers half
a block of ground and the reservoir,
with a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons
of water, occupies another half block
adjoining. Te contract with the city
is to furnish 4,000,000 gallons of water
umj auu me i ue&uaj utfiuuu
strated that the new plant can exceed
that amount at least 20 per cent.
Moro Gets Telegraph.
Cotton Plant.—The M. and N. A. rail
way has installed a te'egranh station
at Moro, and now Cotton Plant has
wire connection clear through to Hel
ena. R. W. Andrews, division freight
and passenger agent, with headquar
ters at Helena, was here this week,
and says that the line will be con
nected in White river bottom, and
then a train is expected to be put on
for through connection for Kansas
City, making close connection at Jop
tin for that place. This line is rapidly
assuming railroad appearances in and
around this place.
Favor Prohibition Law.
England.—A meeting was held at
the First Baptist church of the citi
zens of England for an expression of I
opinion in reference to requesting the i
present, legislature to enact a state- I
wide prohibition measure. The meet- t
ing was unanimously in favor of it t
and adopted a resolution providing i
for a petition to be circulated asking e
the legislature to pass the act. p
Threw Stones at Train.
P:ne Bluff—Conductor John Thomp
son Of the Cotton Melt service, who
brought t!ie northbound Texas-St.
Louis passenger train into union sta- j
lion, reports that the train was stoned
at Finn’s switch, a few miles south
of Camden, Ark. A negro was seen
to throw several large rocks at the
coaches, and one of them crashed
through a w ndow and barely missed
striking a woman passenger on the
head. The officers of the railroad
company were notified and are work
ing od the case.
TO TALK ON GOOD ROADS
Sovernor Scheduled to Discuss Road
Building With Convict Labor at
State Convention.
Gov. George W. Donaghey will ad
iress the sixth annual convention of
he Arkansas Good Roads Associa
:ion, which will convene in Little
Rock January 26 and 27. on “Convicts
md Good Roads.” About 200 dele
gates from all parts of Arkansas are
jxpeeted to attend the convention. A
arge number of county judges and
mayors have signified their intention
>f attending, and have sent to Seere
ary E. L. Carter the names of dele
;ates whom they expect to be pres
?nt at the convention.
The annual election of officers of
the association will be held during
the convention. The members of the
association probably will take an ac
tive interest in the passage of sev
eral new laws. A new bond amend
ment, against which the same objec
tions urged against No. 10 cannot be
made, probably will be suggested by
the association.
The first meeting each day will be
held in the auditorium of the Hotel
Marion, and the second and third
meetings in the hall of the House of
Representatives. An automobile ride
over Pulaski county macadam roads
will be a feature of the meeting on
the afternoon of January 26. An ef
fort is being made to induce local
automobile owners to extend the use
of tlocxir* mnohinoe ♦ G t llP TT1 Pinbfil'S of
'he association. A number of Little
Reck automobilists have already
granted the use of their cars for the
proposed ride.
An address by Mayor W. R. Duley
on “Municipal Need of Power to Issue
Bonds for the Making of Public Im
provements” will be a feature of the
night session, January 27.
TWO KILLED IN DUEL.
Hot Springs Saloon Keepers Shoot
Up Billiard Parlor.
Hot Springs.—Burt Waycasey and
Bud Robbins were shot and instantly
killed in a bi Hard and pool parlor,
at 222 Third street, following an al
tercation in which Rufe and Nick
Wheatley, well known saloonkeepers
of this city, were the other partici
pants. The Wheatleys had just step
ped in the door aud exchanged but a
few words when the shooting began.
Rufe Wheatley surrendered a 45-cali
ber pistol, from which three shots
had been fired. Nick Wheatley was
not arrested. Waycasey died under
a billiard table, and Robbins stagger
ed to the walk, where he fell. A 41
caliber pisiol dropped from his hand
is he was shot. Rufe Wheatley re
ceived a blow over the head, appar
ently with a pistol, wnich will not
3rove serious, Nick Wheatley receiv
ed a cut on the arm. At. the jail
Wheatley refused a statement. All
men have families and are widely
related in this city.
TRUCK GROWERS MEET.
Speakers Dwelt Largely on Methods
of Renewing Worn-Out Lands.
Texarkana.—The Texarkana Truck
Growers’ Association held an impor
tant and highly interesting meeting
at the west side cky hall. There was
a large attendance of farmers from
l ho Riirrnnnditifr country.
Addresses were made by A. D. Mc
Nair of the United States Agricul
tural Department, Prof. Walker from
the government experimental farm at
Fayetteville, and Professor Nelson of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Fayetteville.
The speakers dealt for the most
part with methods of fertilizing poor
and worn-out lands, and also with the
best methods for growing fruits and
vegetables.
Two Wives Claimed Him.
Hot Springs.—With Mrs. Jennie
Haub and Catherine Hoy, both of St.
Louis, claiming the body of Henry
Haub, a saloon keeper of St. Louis,
.'.ho died suddenly here, Coroner Uol
lolph made the award to the former,
a ho held a cert ificate of marriage
lated St .Louis, Sept. 5, 1905. Each
voman had s.atcd that the man was
ter husband and insisted that she be
tiven the body to take back to St.
amis for interment. Haub died sud
lenly and an inquest was held for
norphine poisoning, but on state
ments of physicians the theory was
bandoned after the examination be
an.
Cows Remain Unsold.
Little Rock.— No action has yet
teen taken in the matter of the dis
>osal of the herd of cows at the State
lospital for Nervous Diseases. The
tows are said to be afflicted with tu
lerculosis, and it was suggested that
hey be sold. This plan, however,
■net with considerable opposition on
he part of some of the members of
he St at Beoard, from the fact that
tuch a disposal of the herd would be
Impracticable because no ->ne would
buy the cows.
PRIZES ARE REAI3V
Show in Little Rock February 2 Will
Be Made Worth While for the
Chicks That Draw the Ribbons.
Under the auspices of the Little
Rock Poultry Association, a poultry
show will.be held in Little Rock on
February 2. It is expected that about
600 birds will be on exhibition.
The promoters have been informed
that poultry will be on exhibition
from places in Texas and Louisiana,
as well as Arkansas. ('. A. Entry ot
Carthage, Mo., a poultry man who has
judged many shows throughout the
United States, will be the judge.
Prizes in the way of silver cups
and money will be offered both for in
dividual birds, birds in groups, birds
owned by members of the association,
etc. Among those offering prizes are:
The National White Leghorn C:ub,
National W’hite Wyandotte t lub,
Southern Poultryman, American Buff
Plymouth Rock Club, Little Rock
Poultry Association, C. C. Watkins,
Siloam Springs, William E. Over
street Grain Company and e. S. Stifft.
This will be the first show ever
held by the association, and the asso
ciation does not expect to make money
out of it, although it does expect to
“break even." It is said that chick
ens that are valued at $100 each wi.l
be on exhibition.
All of the birds will be “aristocrat
ic” and will have to come up to cer
tain standards of "chicken nobility"
iiJsta
to get ill tne prize-winning
That is, a Bluff Plymouth Rock
chick will have to come up <o i-eriaiu
standards iu the way of carriage,
plumage, etc. Each chicken of a class
will have to be what lie cairns to
be and have some “class” about him.
BIG INTEURBAN PLANS.
Proposed to Extend Joplin Bentonvibe
Line to Kansas City.
Bentonville.—A committee from
Minneapolis representing the inter
ests of the proposed interurban line
from Joplin, Mo., to Bentonville, were
here in conference with the citizens
committee which has charge of the
Bentonville interests. It is the inten
tion of the two committees to goover \
the entire contract and go ahead with J
the work at once. Should a plan of 1
J. .1 Heim, owner of the Joplin and
Pittsburg interurban line, become ef
fective, and the proposed Joplin and ;
Bentonville line be constructed, elet
trict service will be secured from this
place to Kansas City.
New $25,000 Church.
Conway.— Accompanied by Archi
tect C. L. Thompson of Little Rock,
Rev. J. J. Hurt, pastor of the Conway
Baptist church, is making a tour ot
the state inspecting several new
church build,ngs for the purpose of
deciding upon plans for the $25,000
house of won hip to be erected by the
Baptists of this city during the com
ing spring and summer. Rev. Mr. ;
Hurt's congregation have sod their
present church to the Presbyterians,
possession to be given September 1,
and as soon as the plans are drawn
the contract lor their new church will
be let.
Rebuilding Telephone Line.
Conway.—Several carloads of ma
terial have recently been stored here j
to be used m rebuilding the South- j
western Telegraph and Telephone |
Company’s lines from Little Rock to
Fort Smith. Th ■ line 'will be moved |
several miles in this county, so as to
follow the Fort Smith railroad right
of way.
Hot Springs.—Col. William F. Tuck
er, C S. A., chief paymaster, of the
Department of the Lakes, who came
here about two months ago and en
tered the Army and Navy hospital,
is still in this city, but it is thought
he will leave shortly. He knows
the order for him to appear before
a Retiring Board has been issued,
but he has not yet received it.
Blue .Mountain.—The two-story
frame building occupied and partly
owned by J. A. Hood, a merchant ot
this place, was destroyed by fire, with
the stock it contained. The upper
story of the building was used by the
1. O. O. F. as a lodge room. Mr.
Hood’s loss is about $4,500, on which
he carried about $1,800 of insurance.
The lodge’s loss is about $700.
Russellville.—At Augsburg, a Her
man village, about 12 miles from here,
in the northern part or Pope county,
grape growing is attracting a great
deal of attention. All the grapes
raised In the community are of fine
Quality, and it is said this is due to
the manner in which they are cared
for. One grower, who had only 12
vines, made a net profit of $54 last
season, an avegrae of $4.50 to the
vine. It is thought here the grape
industry will become a leader In Pope
county.
EVERYTHING WHS FAVORABLF
—
SORRY HE DIDN’T MOVE TO WEST
ERN CANADA BEFORE.
Mr. Austin was a man who had
never had any previous experience iu
farming, but Western Canada had al
lurements, and he profited. He got a
low-rate certificate from a Canadian
Government agent, and then moved.
What he says is interesting:
“Ranfurly, Alberta, May 10-'08.
“J, N. Grieve, Esqr., Spokane, Wash
ington.—Dear Sir: After a dozen oi
more years of unsuccessful effort in
the mercantile business in Western
Washington, in August, 1903, decided j
to come to Alberta with a gentleman
who was shipping two cars live stock ^
to Edmonton. I assisted this man
with the stock over one hundred
miles out in the Birch Lake Country,
East of Edmonton. Indeed, how sur
prised. how favorably everything com
pared with my dream of what 1 want
ed to see in a new country.
“Had never had any experience in
farming, but I was immediately con
verted into a farmer. And from that
moment I have prospered. Selecting
a homestead near Birch Lake, 1 re
turned for wife and three small chil
dren and freighted out from Edmonton
iu March following year we shoveled
a spot clear of snow and pitched our
tent and commenced operations, at
that time we had no neighbors. Four
years have passed, the locality is well
settled, two miles from railway sta
tion, with churches and schools, tele
phone and good road accommodations.
"We are enjoying the privileges
granted to any rural district in
Washington. The Birch Lake Coun
try is no exception, this great trans
formation is rapidly going on in every
district in Western Canada.
"I estimate that every quarter sec
tion in every direction is capable of
producing a comfortable ltvin • for a
family of ten forever. After paying
for two- horses and a cow, had just
$10.00 to go on. Did my first plough
ing in my life. I was very awkward in
my work, but nature was glad and I was
abundantly paid for my efforts. Our
cattle has increased to about fifty
head, which was very profitable on ac
count of the abundance of forage. To
farm was compelled to buy about four
hundred dollars’ worth of farm ma
chinery on time, and the payments fell
due last fall, and you may wonder how
I expected to pay for them when we
had such a bad year. ’Twas a little
bad for Western Canada or for a Mis
sourian. But is not 35 or 40 bu. hels
oats a pretty good yield per acre la
many States? Then the price
grain wont out of sight, so W&eaJJ
sold my crop I found I was able to
make my payments nicely, besides we
had lots of feed. N'o one "has any busi
ness raising cattle without growing
grain, or vice versa. As to the winters,
did not feed my cattle, excepting the
calves, a fork of hay until in March.
Have found the winters much more
pleasant than we did in Western Wash
ington. This is strange and hard to
explain, but 'tis true, nevertheless, at
40 degrees below zero we have more
comfort than you would at 20 degree*
above, so still and dry—with bright,
sunny days. My wife says that the
only regret she has is that we did not
come here ten years ago, as we would
now certainly have been in a position
to retire from hard work. Most worn
en soon become satisfied as neign
bors begin to come round them.
Have 98 acres in crop this year,
besides two acres potatoes, which
have always brought me a fair
price. We find a ready market for
everything we produce. To the Poor
Man Here is a chance to establish
yourself. To the Rich Man—Here is a
chance to buy land fo.* $10.00 to $15.00
per acre which will produce more crops
than a half dozen acres of your $>000
to $75.00 per acre land. And if not
very much mistaken, this year will
prove an eye opener to those who are
a little sceptical. The trouble with
me is that I have so much to say so
favorable to Alberta ’tis hard to be
brief. Respectfully,
(Signed) “P. S. AUSTIN.”
Editorial Verdict.
From a serious-minded jester the
editor received this note, together
with a consignment of humor that was
heavy enough to go by freight:
“Dear Sir: I read all these jokes to
my wife, and she laughed heartily
Now, I have it on good authority that
when a man's wife will laugh at his
jokes they are bound to be very good
—or she is. Yours, etc."
The editor slipped them into the re
turn envelope with the letter, after
writing on the margin: “She is.”
This Is No Joke.
Hunt’s Cure has saved more people
from the “Old Scratch" than any other
known agent, simply because it makes
scratching entirely unnecessary. One
application relieves any form of itch
ing skin disease that ever afllicted man
kind. One box guaranteed to cure any
one case.
Man gives every reason for his con
duct save one; every excuse for h s
crime rave one; every plea for bis
safety save one, and that is cowardice