THE HETTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO. 8
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 24. 1916.
PRIGE, $1 PER YEAR
Late Potatoes.
The early potato crop is about
ready to be dug and marketed, anc
the time to consider the late potatf
crop is here. Nothing is mori
necessary for table us>
than the potato. Even
hotel and restaurant in the lar.c
serves potatoes every meal, 36.
days in the year. This is an inde
to the value of the potato as table
food. It is at the home of the po
tato, on the farm, where this nu
tritious and edible is absent at the
greatest number cf meals. Thie
should not be, and the difficulty
can be overcome. Too many o’
our farmers content themselves
with a small crop of early potatoes
and fail to plant a late crop, witf
the result that the early potatoes
do not keep through the fall ano
winter and the family does without
potatoes through the winter o:
they are bought from the store at
a high price. This should not be.
Splendid varieties of late potatoes
that are good keepers can be
grown where the early potatoes
grew. They will keep well through
the winter with ordinary care, ano
will help to round out many a good
meal. Often an early variety of
potato is planted as a second crop
but seldom with satisfactory re
suits. One trouble is the poor
stand, and another is the poor
keeping qualities of some of the
varieties. To get a good stand for
a second crop of an early variety
always use a potato of last year’s
crop, that has been kept in cellars
or cold storage. Cold storage po
tatoes of last year's crop planted
in two or thrae days after taking
out of storage will giya a good
stand. The Irish Cobbler is a very
satisfactory potato for the second
crop. The seed should be from
last year, however.
A variety of potato known as the
‘‘Lookout Mountain," has obtained
some notoriety as a late potato. It
had its origin on Lookout Mount
ain, Tenn. It has given very sat
isfactory results in this State. The
yield is good, they are a white po
tato and good keepers. They are
grown extensively by the Bonanza
Seed Farms, at Booneville, and has
been selected by them as the best
variety for Arkansas. To grow
these potatoes most successfully,
break your land deep, disc and har
row it well and get in good condi
tion, and plant from July 15 to 20.
Lay off the rows about 30 inches a
part and plant 8 to 10 in the drill.
As soon as your early potatoes are
dug plow up the ground and begin
to get in shape for the late crop.
Break the ground a second time,
double disc and harrow just before
planting time. Always cut the po
tatoes in the afternoon and plant
the next morning. Some try the
wetting process to insure a good
stand, which is to pour the pota
toes in a large tub of water. As
you pick up the potatoes rub off all
sprouts, and then cut and put back
into the sacks. Late the afternoon
open the mouths of the sacks and
pour more water over the potatoes,
two or three times. The next
morning plant rather deep in a
fresh furrow and cover well. The
wetting of potatoes tends to make
them firm and aids in geminating.
This process usually giyes a good
stand, wet or dry. Of course, cul
tivate well, and if your land is not
rich add well rotted manure in
small quantities, commercial ferti
lizer or wood ashes. The Bonanza
Seed Farms claim the Lookout
Mountain yields 100 to 400 bush
els per acre. John H. Page,
Commissioner.
A Remedy for Chigcjers.
If a bath in hot water or in water
containing salt or strong soap, is
taken within a few hours after ex
posure in shrubbery or weeds in-I
fested with “chiggers” or “red
bugs," no ill effects will be experi
enced. After a long exposure,
lowever, a bath has practically no
'ffect, and direct remedies are
lecessary.
After irritation has set in, anc
small red spots appear, the spoli
ation of a moderately strong solu
ion of ammonia to the affectec
,iarts is recommended by the De
partment of Agriculture's entomo!
ogists. A supersaturated solutioi
of bicarbonate of soda, or commoi
cooking soda or salaratus, will af
ford relief. Liberal application-,
should be made until the irritatioi
subsides. If the suffering is se
vere, a dilute tincture of iodine 01
collodion should be lightly applied.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
l.ucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of K. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo. County and State afore
said, and that said hrm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
eac h and every ease of Catarrh that
cannot l>e cured hy the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In tny presence, this 6th day of Decem
ber. A. D. 18S6. A. W. GLEASON,
(Sea1) Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts through the Rlood on the
Mucous Surfaces ol' the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Hail's Family Pills for constipation.
Funny, but the anti-prepared
ness folks are still using iightnigng
rods.
Bauxite and Aluminum
The bauxite and aluminum in
dustries in the United States had a
banner year in 1915. The pro
duction of bauxite was 297,041
long tons, valued at $1,514,834
an increase of 77,723 Jong tons, or
35 per cent in quantity, and of
$445,640. or 41 percent in value
compared with 1914, according to
a statement issued by the United
States geological survey. This
abnormally large increase in baux
ite production is due to the greatly
increased activity in the aluminum
industry. The quantity of foreign
bauxite used during the year was
exceedingly small, for obvious
reasons, and out of a total corn
sumption of more than 100.000
tons only slightly more than 1 per
cent was imported. Arkansas pro
duced more than 90 per cent of
the domestic production and Geor
gia, Alabama and Tennessee con
tributed tne remainder.
In spite of the fact that the me
tallic aluminum consumed in the
United States in 1915 amounted
to 99,806,000 pounds, there was
a great scarcity of the metal in
this country, especially during the
latter part of the year, according to
information gathered by W. C.
Phalen, of the geological purvey.
A greatly increased demand, to
gether with the curtailment of im
ports, were the chief causes of this
scarcity.
The applications of the metal
have been many in the war in Eu
rope. Light aluminum alloys have
been largely employed, and the
metal itself has found favor in
camp equipment and especially in
tl^ manufacture of automobile
bodies and air craft of all kinds,
Aluminum powder has been ex
tensively used in making ammonal,
a high explosive, by mixing it with
ammonium nitrate. The explosive
is reported to be insensitive, very
stable and destructive.
. 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
oerson shall be convicted of depre
uatmg or trespassing upon the tim
ber of safd Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
The Boll Weevil.
See him first. If you don't you
are certain to see him later, ac
cording to G. G. Becker, entomolo
gist at the U. of A. experiment
station. One pair of boll weevil
now will by August 15 be the pro
genitors of an army of weevils suf
| ficient to destroy all square:
| formed on a 75 acre field. This
loss can be largely avoided by find
ing the first spot in the field that
shows weevil infestation and stop
ping it before it has spread widely
It is much easier to catch a few ir
the beginning than to catch mill
ions later. Watch for the verv
first appearance of the weevil (tne
flared squares tell the story ) anc
then pick up and destroy the flared
Squares. It won't take much time
if begun with the first appearance,
but if delayed until the weevils are
numorous the loss will be great and
the expense will be heavier. Get
the first weevils and save thous
ands of bolls.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 8 00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett, Pastor.
Artificial Silk. N
Making artificial silk from saw
dust and other lumber waste is the
latest experiment of the United
States forest products laboratory
at-Madison, Wig., according to th<
Boston Transcript; The use o:
artificial silk made recently fronr
wood is increasing by leaps and
bounds. Originally its principal
use was in the manufacture of
braids and trimmings, but recently
the manufacture of hose from arti
ficial silks has become an industry
of vast importance.
Other uses for artificial silk are
woven goods of all kinds, lining,
tapestries, neckties, sweater coats,
ribbons, etc. About 5.5000,000
pounds of artificial silk are used
annually in the United States.
Use Arkansas Goods
Why not put our patriotism to a
plain, practical test and always ask
for Arkansas goods. Two thous
and girls will soon begin to can to
matoes. Thousands of farmers’
wives will soon begin to can va
rious vegetables for their use and
will have some to sell. There are
several excellent canning factories
in Arkansas. Let Arkansas cities
buy Arkansas canned goods. Then
let us all buy goods in Arkansas,
furniture, wagons, and everything
made in Arkansas in preference to
things made elsewhere. In many
towns there are small shops that
make useful articles that are not
bought readily by the townspeople
and farmers. A man in Arkansas
a few weeks ago went to a store
to buy a garden fork handle
and was sold a handle made in In
diana when there was a factory in
that very town making handles just
as good and probably the handle he
had to buy was made of Arkansas
wood. Ask for Arkansas label.
Coal in Arkansas in 1915.
A large part of the coal produced
in Arkansas is used for locomotive
fuel, so that retrenchments in op
erating expenses by the railroad
companies and competition with
fuel oil from near by fields have se
riously interfered with the output
of coal in Arkansas.
SebasMan county, which pro
duces about 70 per cent of the to
tal for the state, decreased more
than a quarter of a million tons,
whereas all other counties record
ed increases. Tlje output of coal
in 1915 in Sebastian county, 1
I
153.494 tons, was the lowest
since 1900 and is 320.000 tons:
less than in 1907, the record year
'or the field. The advance in the
>rice of fuc-1 oil late in 1215. if
continued, will probably have the
ffect of increasing the use of Ar
ansas cPal and assist the state to
ecover to some extent the mark
ts that have been lost within late
years.
There were 3,751 men employed
in and about the coal mines of Ar
kansas in 1915, who worked for an
average of 149 days, as compared
with 4,359 men for 143 days in!
1914. __
Eradicate the licks.
According to government re
ports. the average value of cattle
in tick-infested states, of which
Arkansas is one. was only $25 80
on the first day of last January, as
compared with an average of $48.
47 for the rest of the country.
This is the condition which the
tick-eradication campaign now in
progress over the greater part of
the state is endeavoring to over
come. Ticky cattle weigh less and
are worth less per pound, and can
not be sold on the open market, but
must be disposed of in quarantine
pens for immediate slaughter only.
Experience has shown that almost
invariably the disapsearance of the j
tick is accompanied by an improve !
ment in the quality, and an in-!
crease in the country’s live stock.!
The opposition that has been
shown in some sections of Arkan
sas is rapidly disappearing, and in a
short time the whole state will be
included in the eradicatimndfstrict.
Arkansas Rice Beit.
An extensive area in Arkansas !
lying-north of Arkansas river, east!
of the Ozark hills and w :st of;
Crowleys Ridge, has in the last
twelve years undergone an im
portant tranformation through the
introduction of the growing of rice,
irrigated with water pumped from
wells.
Prior to ] 904 the principal oc
cupation of the rather thinly
scattered population was lumber
ing and stock raising, the soil and
subsoil being poorly drained and in
general imperfectly adapted to the
cultivation of the common Ameri- |
can crops. In that year an enter- j
prising citizen of Lonoke county,
who had seen rice growing on sim
ilar soils in Louisiana, conducted
I successful experiments with this j
i cereal in his home county and I
j
started an industry which in fen i
years has grown so that it covers I
an area of over 100,000 acres and \
| yields a crop of 3.700,000 bushels
annually. As only a small per
centage of the land adapted to rice
growing has been put under culti- 1
vation, the industry may be said to
be still in its infancy.
The area is a nearly level, most
ly timber-covered lowland but con
tains a considerable proportion of
open grassy prairies forming irreg
ular patches of large and sma'l size
in the interstream areas.
By a combination of natural
processes operating on a vast
scale there was thus produced a
set of conditions almost ideal for'
the culture of the world's staple;
foods. By pumping the water!
from its comparatively shallow un- j
derground storehouse and spread
ing it upon a soil previously regard
ed as of little agricultural value,
nourishment is provided for great
numbers of the earth's inhabitants.
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Wishing and Doing
Sur.cess in any undertaking cannot be had by merely
wishing for it. Success is an illusive thing, and it takes
real work and perseverance to accomplish it.
Perhaps it has been your ambition for years to have a
nice bank account or perhaps there is some good invest
ment that you would like to make if you could get enough
money together at one time to make it.
It is a worthv ambition to wish to get ahead, and the
thing to do is to put in the real work and self-denial that
will make this come true and be a reality. Nothing can te
accomplished without some sacrifice.
The first thing to do is to get in the saving habit.
Make the start. Then by hard work and persistence add
to your account at every opportunity and soon your fond
est wishes will come true. Make the start now.
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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Another New Train For
The Southwest
On December 5th a new. all steel, fast, daily,
through train, to be known as
The Sunshine Special
was be placed in service between—
St. Louis Fort Worth Galveston
Dallas Houston San Antonio
or intermediate points by the
Iron Mountain Route
Texas and Pacific
International & Great Northern
This train will be a duplicate of the famous Scenic
Limited and will leave St. Louis at 6:15 p. m.
Fastest Time—Shortest Route
Between St. Louis and Texas
Call or write for partlclars
F. H. MOORE,
AGENT,
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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mands new things in furniture as in
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tainly save money by ordering it from
us. A purchase of two solid cars
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which you could possibly secure the
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ery Refrigerator we sell: Could any
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Write us for cuts and pi ices. Lawn
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$2.70 complete. Easy payments if
you prefer to buy that way.
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Ltd.
n2-138 North Second St.
MONROE, - LOUISIANA
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