VOL. X. NO. 7
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 17. 1916.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
M lit TItR tARMING HINTS. M>
MORE ABOUT SILOS.
Arkansas farmers who .want to
get ahead must grow cattle and n<
farmer with ten cows can afford t<
get along without a silo. A horm
made silo 12x24 can be put up
foundation and all, ’or less thai
$40. Put the corn or sorghum in
to the silo and have palatable ant
succulent feed and save it all in
stead of leaving the stalks in thf
field. Then when corn is in the
silo get into the field with plow or
disc harrow and sow crimson clo
ver or red clover or bur clover or
rye or wheat for a winter covei
• crop. Write Director Extensior.
Service, University of Arkansas
and U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Little Rock or Fayetteville,
for bulletin on the home made silo.
BUYING AND GROWING FEED.
It is common talk all over Ar
kansas that it is an uncommon
sight now to see a farmer hauling
feed from town. That means that
last year farmers grew a good sup
ply. It is believed that this is true
this year. Hold up hands, all who
are planning to grow enough feed
this year to carry over until Au
gust, 1917. Don't buy! With
corn and sorghum and Sudan grass
and the clovers and cowpeas and
soy beans and alfalfa and with the
finest winter pastures in America
the Arkansas farmer can have no
excuse for buying anything for
feed. The cotton farmer should
feed more cotten seed meal, one of
the best feeds ever grown. It is
not too late to plant the waste
patches \to sorghum, soy beans or
velvet beans. Get a few hundred
pumpkin seed and stick in the
ground in waste places, in the field,
in the garden, around the stable or
in fence corners. *
BETTER CATTLE MOVEMENT.
This movement for pure bred
cattle in Arkansas is growing fast
and faster. Already purj bred
bulls have been brought into the
fallowing counties Cross, Poin
sett, Woodruff. Craighead, Greene,
Clay, Randolph, Jackson, Carroll,
Benton and Washington in the
north and in Logan. Miller, Ouach
ita, Drew, Arkansas, Lafayette,
Ashley and probably many others.
In all counties where one or more
cars of pure bred stuff have been
brought in the bankers have as
sisted or have financed the whole
purchase. It means that Arkan
sas bankers are big men and see
into the future. In all cases mon
ey is loaned to the farmers where
desired at a low rate of interest.
The county agricultural agent have
in almost every case been the
“guilty instigators” or the “willing
conspirators” of the bankers. The
Extension Service of the Universi
ty and U. S. Department of Agri
culture has three men in this work,
helping to organize the farmers,
going with committees to select
stock and in every possible way as
sisting in the movement. Farmers
and others interested should take
the matter up with the county
agricultural agent for dates with
the specialists or for information
as to where to secure the stock.
SUMMER PLANTING.
Is there an idle square rod in
Arkansas that can grow feed or
food for man or beast? If so. spot
it and plant something. When one
crop is removed get the ground
ready quickly and plant something.
Plant what? Well, here are some
things to plant and you may think
of many others. This will apply to
vacant lots and gardens in towns
and villages as well as the country:
Sweet potatoes for food and mark
et and for pig food; Irish potatoes
f jr winter use and for market; soy
beans and velvet beans, if planted
before June 20; pumpkins, squash
sorghum, tomatoes, cabbage, car
rots, beets, turnips, parsnip, corn
for green feed for milk cows in
September. Plant, brothers, plant.
Send for a garden calendar to Ex
tension Service, Little Rock, or to
Fayetteville.
TIMELY BULLETINS.
Sweet Potatoes, Crimson Clover.
Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, Vetches.
Soy Beans, Bur Clover, Liming
Soils, Home Made Silos, Canning
Peaches. These will be sent free
on application to Director Coopera
tive Extension Service, old state
house, Little Rock, or Fayetteville.
GOATS AND SHEEP.
Arkansas could well afford to in
troduce in the next ninety days a
miilion goats and half as many
sheep. Of couse it would be im
possible to get that many but Dean
J. H. Miller, of the Extension Ser-j
vice, believes that this is a golden
opportunity for Arkansas. Wool is
higher than many, many years. 38
13 42 cents per pound, and sheep;
will be profitable for a long time.
They are worth their keep as
cleaners. Goats are worth buying
for cleaning up the thousands of
acres of hill and timber lands and
getting them ready for sheep and '
for the seeding of grasses and clo-;
vers. The young and the clips
from the goats and the sheep will
return a good profit. It will pay
farmers to look into the sheep and
goat business right now. Write for
information.
NEW INDEPENDENCE DAY.
The cotton farmers of the South
will do well to look forward to a
new independence day, a day when
they# can be independent because
out of debt for the family mainten
ance. Why not name October 1
as the new Independence Day and
look forward to the time when ev
ery cotton farmer will owe no man
anything on that day and be able to
hold his cotton until he gets ready
to sell it instead of being obliged to
deliver it on a certain day because
it really belongs to someone else?
The cotton farmer who has a good
garden and who grows feed for his
stock and has eggs, poultry or pigs
or something to sell all during the
summer and can be out of debt on
October 1 and with a little money
in the bank can rightfully think of
it as a new Independence Day.
Let us keep on forking for greater
prosperity among all farmers until
we have everybody able to cele
brate October 1 as a new Inde
pendence Day. When all Arkan
sas cotton farmers can hold their
cotton and market it when they
please, better prices will be main
tained. Let the buyers sit on the
“anxious wagon.” The Farmers’
Union has hammered for years for
a slower marketing. The Exten
sion force are working to the end
that all farmers may be able in a
few years to celebrate October 1
as Independence Day, or Emanci
pation Day.
BUSHELS OF CORN PER ACRE.
From five to six inches of water
should be sufficient to mature a
forty bushel crop of corn. Ar
kansas has from forty-five to fifty
inches of rainfall each year, enough
if conserved to make eight <Jr nine
crops of corn. In spite of this
over-abundance of water we every
year find corn suffering for lack of
moisture and hear the complaint
on every hand that the corn is light
and chaffy because of the
drought. The soil is our store
house for moisture. If the water
from the recent hard rains is to be
held for the benefit of the corn
crop, cultivation must be done just
as soon as the soil will dn to work.
In ten days cultivate again and in
dry weather don't fail to cultivate
every ten days until the crop is al
most mature. For cultivating Con
or cotton after the grass and
weeds are under control, two tripe
for each row is too expensive
Shallow cultivation, one trip to the
row, can be made just as effective
for saving moisture. The one
horse or seven shovel cultivator
with small sweeps instead of the
outside shovels do splendid work
on all types of soil. The sprint
tooth harrow, sometime called the
“Gee Whiz,” is good. Even the A
harrow, adjusted to fit the middle,
is used to good advantage. One
trip to the row, cheap but effective,
usually leayes the land in much
better condition. Level, sha'low
cultivation is cheapest and safest
in the opinion of the Extension
forces of Arkansas.
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 3:00 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett, Pastor.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of Decem
ber. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acta through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Conferred LID. Degree.
At the closing exercises of the
University of Arkansas recently an
unusual event occurred, the full
significance of which apparently
escaped the keen witted corre
spondents who reported the exer
cises. The degree of LLD, was
conferred upon Geo. B. Cook, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion, and Dean R. H. Miller, head
of the department of education of
the University of Missouri. The
bestowal of this degree is an honor
highly coveted by public men and
is a mark of distinguished ability.
The ceremony, which was very im
pressive, took place in the Univer
sity chapel. This is the first time
the degree has been conferred at
Fayetteville since Geo. B. Rose of
Little Rock was similarly honored
some years ago.
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 fronft which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
Telephone Efficiency.
In a few hours during the past
week a cyclone, sweeping over a
large section of Arkansas, wiped
out the profits of many months for
the Southwestern Telephone Go.,
to say nothing of the demoraliza
tion of the company's business in
these sections. Yet, within a few
hours the company had most of
the lines open for communication
and the residents of Hot Springs.
Heber Springs, Judsonia and the
other cities in the storms path
were able to tell friends on the
outside the extent of the damage.
In the past year the Southwest
ern has been hit exceptionally hard
; by sleet storms in the winter and
| high waters and cyclone in the
summer. The company does not
stop to cry over spilled milk, how
ever, but rushes men to the scene
of devastation and is the first to
have a line open to the suffering
cities.
The activity of the Southwestern
in this connection is one of the
principal causes for the change of
sentiment toward the telephone
companies in Arkansas.
The Southern School of Social I
Science and Public Service at New
Orleans has named the University
of Arkansas as one of the ten
Southern institutions to which they
offer a scholarship entitling the |
holder to free tuition for two years.
The purpose of the scnool is to
train workers to meet the distinc
tive social problems of the South.
A poor man never knows how
many relatives he has until he be
comes rich —and dies.
Amendment No. 12 is a meas
ure which people of every political
faith and interest can consistently
support. Democrats. Republicans.
Socialists and Single-taxers will!
alike benefit by its adoption. It
will insure ample educational fa
cilities for children whose parents
are unable to send them away to
school, and the stimulation of prop
erty values will more than offset
the nominal increase in the tax
rate.
SWEET POTATO PLANTS
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same day received. Your orders will I
have our careful attention.
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I have put in a regular
Auto Service at lluttig
Huttig to White and Crossett $3|
Other drives reasonable
T. F. ASHCROFT,
LIVERYMAN
Huttig, Arkansas
DR. FOSTER JARRELL
Physician and Surgeon
| Office first door west of barber shop
Office Hours: 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m.
Telephone No. 43
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DRS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physicians and Surgeons
At Company Hospital
Office Hours—8 to 12 a. m., I to 6
Sundays--9 to 11 a. m.* 3 to 5 p.
Residence Phone 12; office 18.
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ARKANSAS
NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
| Practice in All Courts. Ror*ns 15 and
16. Postoffice Building
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TRY IT JUST ONCE
You are always glad to follow the example of
wise and prudent men in all things but bank
ing. You have not got a prosperous neighbor
who does not carry a bank book. Why don't
you? Call today and make a small deposit as
a starter. Try it just once and see if you don't
step a little higher when you go home to your
family. It is much easier to forge to the front
with one of our neat little bank books in your
pocket. Don't take our word for this—try it.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
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 particulars
F. H. MOORE,
AGENT,
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
DRESS IP THE MOIJSE^
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