THE HUT
IG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 24.
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1914.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
help Demonstration Work.
It is to be hoped that the levying
court which meets the last of this
month will not make the same error
this year that they did last in failing
to make an appropriation to carry
on the farm demonstration work in
this county in connection with the
government. The government wi'l
spend the same amount allowed by
the levying court, and the benefit
to the farmers of the county will
be worth many times the amount.
It is the purpose of Mr. Kapp.
who has charge of this district for
the government, to have a tick
eradication district formed of four
or fivfe counties in this part of the
state and he estimates that in
eighteen months after its estab
lishment the government quaran
tine on cattle will be raised, which
will mean that our farmers can
ship to St. Louis or other northern
markets and get top price* for tneir
cattle where now they get one or
two cents a pound less on account
of being in the quarantine district,
and they could also sell to the
N rthern farmer who has a surplus
o: corn and wanted them to fatten
where he cannot do so now.
If our farmers could only realize
the stock growing possibilities here
and help along this movement, and
in addition, vaccinate their hogs
against cholera, conditions here in
a few years would be great'y im
proved. Despite the fact that
some do not think so, 95 per cent
of the hogs which die in this coun
try do so from cholera, according
to statistics gathered by the gov
ernment, and only two per cent die
where vaccination has been prac- ,
ticed.
Let us wake up and try and in
duce the levying court to do its
duty toward the farmers and then I
the farmers do their duty along I
these other lines and see this com- 1
munity prosper.
Attention farmers.
Dr. R. M. Gow. State Veterina
rian, will speak on the subject of
"Tick Eradication and Prevention
of Hog Cholera" at the following
places in Union county on the dates I
named:
Strong, Wednesday, Oct. 21. S
4:00 p m.
Smackover, Thursday, Oct. 22,1
10:00 a. m.
Wesson, Thursday, Oct. 22, 4:00
p. m.
Junction City, Friday, Oct. 23,
10:00 a. m.
Callion, Friday. Oct. 23, 3 p. m.
El Dorado, Saturday, Oct. 24,
1:30 p. m.
It is to be hoped that a large
number of farmers will be present
at each of these meetings as this
is the preliminary step to put this
county into a tick eradication dis
trict under federal control, as re
ferred to in another article in this
issue.
Must Raise Own Feed Stuffs.
The following letter sent out by
C. H. Murphy, cashier of the Citi
zens National Bank of El Dorado
to their cuttomers shows that the
people who have money to loan are
not going to advance it to the far
mer who does not raise his own
feed stnff, and the timely advice
contained therein should be follow
ed out by all:
“To Our Customers:
“Winter oats sown immediately
will be ready to cut next May.
The crop is adapted to all the cot
ton districts of Arkansas. The
farmer can feed them in the bundle
to his work teams and save the ex
pense of threshing. An acre of
oats sowed with good seed will fur
nishihe grain and feed needed for
a vtprk mule or horse on the farm
for sixty days, It will take 25 to
30 bushels of corn to feed an ani
mal for the same length of time.
Cofn is now 9© cents a bushel in
some of the corn states, and the
crop is generally short throughout
the U. S. It will probably cost the
Arkansas farmer next summer
$1.25 a bushel, or more, so that
each bushel of oats which he raises
to feed his team will save him from
buying from $25.00 to $55.00
worth of corn. Seed for the oats
will cost about $1.50 an acre ar d
the labor to put them in.
"We want all of our customers
to sow oats now or as soon as pos
sible. Those who do net plant oats
will find it difficult to get help next
spring unless they have corn enough
to do them. For seed, use about
one and one-half bushels of Texas
Red Rust Proof oats to one acre
of land
Storing Sweet Potatoes for Nome Use.
(By J. S. Knox, Ass t Horticulturist. Ar
kansas Experiment Station )
Every year there goes to waste
over the state of Arkansas several
thousand bushels of sweet potatoes.
This loss is generally due to the :
lack of proper storage conditions, j
and can be easily prevented pro- 1
vided a little care is exercised in
the storing. Most of the potatoes
that rot in storage do so because of
excessive heat and mosture rather
than because of cold.
One of the first things necessary ;
is to have constructed a shed or
house to keep off the rainfall. If
the shed is used the dirt should be
heaped up beneatn the shed about
a foot higher than the surrounding
soil. This keeps the soil dryer and
increases the chances of the pota
toes keeping. Dig the potatoes,
and if the weather is not too cold,
allow them to remain in the field
for about twenty-four hours so as
to dry off before being placed in
storage. After they have been
thus dried carry them to the shed
and pile. A fiu<=* made of 1 in by j
6 in. lumber through which holes '
have been bored may be used for
ventilating. If used it must, of
course, be Dut in the center of the
bank and the potatoes piled around
it.
After the potatoes are thus piled
they should be covered with a layer 1
of hay or straw about six inches j
deep and allow to remain thus until '
cold weather begins to come on. |
as the weather grows colder the
dirt mukt be gradually heaped over
the bank until it covers the top of
the bank. A layer of corn stalks
or such material is generally placed
over the hay and then the dirt put
on. This is a very simple method
for the storing of the potato, and if
properly done, at least 90 per cent
of the potatoes will pass through
the winter tn good condition.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to all our friends for the
kindness, sympathy and help ex
tended us during the sickness and
death of our little daughter, Telma.
Respectfully.
Mr and Mrs. Joe P. Cummings.
lhe Magic Hashing Stick.
“The Magic Washing Stick is j
just fine. It did just what you said '
it would do and tne clothes were so ;
| nice and white with al1 that hard:
rubbing left off." writes Mrs. Sarah
Goodale. Preston. Texas. The,
, Magic Stick is not a soap noraj
: washing powder. Sold by grocers j
land druggists, three 10c sticks for ;
j 25c. or by mail from A. B. Richards
! Medicine Co . Sherman. Tex.
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
! aating 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
Old papers at the News office.
tied New S. I. A. Officers.
At the annua! meeting of the
Huttig School Improvement Asso
ciation held at Union church Tues
day evening the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
Mrs. F. W. Scott, president.
Mrs. C. Howard, vice-president.
Mrs. A. J. Dowis, secretary.
C. T. Thompson, treasurer.
C. A. Berry, press correspondent.
In the absence of Mrs. Scott,
who is confined to her home by ill
ness. Mrs. Howard took charge of
the meeting and appointed a finance
and a membership committee,
whose duties will be to finish sell
ing the lvceum course tickets and
secure new members for the Asso- !
ciation.
The treasurer’s report showed 1
that $13?. 14 had been expended
the past y°ar and a balance of
$ 1 2.75 on hand.
The membership fee is 50 cents
per year and every parent in Hut
tig and District No. 78 should be a
member, as the work planned for
the coming year has to do largely
with beautifying the grounds for
the new high school to be erected
next year.
The next meeting of the Associ
ation will be held at Union church
on Tuesday evening. November 3,
and every parent residing in the
consolidated district is earnestly
requested to be present.
A literary and musical program
will be arranged and it is possible
that light refreshments will also be
served. Let everybody get en
thused in this matter and help
make this year of the Association
superior to last year.
Analysis of Election figures.
| -Under the above heading the
Arkansas Progress. Dublished at
Little Rock, gives some very inter
esting figures touching the state
election. From the official figures
it gives the following interesting
facts:
38.904 who voted in the election
passed up the Child Labor Act by I
not voting one way are the other. 1
40.237 did not vo'e on the Pub
licity Act.
41.294 were not interested in
the bond amendment.
44.739 didn’t care whether we
did or did not have a lieutenant
governor.
38.167 were indifferent as to!
whether the legislature receivedI
a salary or a per diem and did not
vote on it.
Those who failed to vote on the
acts and amendments constitute
nearly one-third of the vote cast.
The people demanded the right
to enact such legislation as they
saw fit to enact. Why don't they
vote?
The Magic Washing Stick.
“The Magic Washing Stick is the
finest thing in the world. Cleans
the clothes without rubbing makes
the whitest clothes 1 ever saw. 1
cannot do without it any more. All
you say of it is true it does all you
say it will. I would give it for
nothing 1 have ever used. I hope
every lady will try it." writes Mrs.
W. F. Gammill. Ashdown, Ark
This peculiar article is sold by gro
cers and druggists, three 10c
sticks for 25c. or by mail from A.
B. Richards Medicine Co., Sher
man, Texas.
Cover Crops for Worn Soils.
(By W C. Lassiter, Agronomist. Arkan
sas Experiment Station.)
Rye. oats and wheat are good
cover crops for soils that are not
well adapted to the clovers These
crops are valuable because they
produce a good turf and root
growth to bind the soil particles
and prevent washing. Their growth
during the winter months enables
them to take up the nitrates formed
dnring the warm days and thus
prevent them from leaching out.
When the cover crops are turned
under in the spring, their decay
releases the nitrogen picked up
during the winter and leaves it
j ready for the use of the spring and
summer crop. Turning under a
good cover croo is practically
equivalent to the application of a
dressing of manure.
Rye, oats, or wheat shoulJ be
seeded between th a cotton and
corn rows as early as rossible and
covered with the spring tooth or
“gee whiz” cultivator, the A harrow
or the big sweep. If they make a
growth in the fall that is too rank,
they should be grazed down before
the severe freezes. Why not try
at leact two acres in a cover croft
this fall?
Farm facts.
He who plows can produce any- i
thing, including health and happi
ness.
The magic influence of the plow 1
will make a desert bloom and bios- \
som.
The problems of farming are as
serious as the multiplication table.
Successful farming and ma ket
ing are the basis of all human pro
gress.
Farming is successful only when
the crops have been profitably
marketed.
Good roads broaden our sympa
thy. lessen distance and increase
our usefulness.
It's ihe man who really counts in
farming. Fertile land is necessa
ry. but a master mi d must solve
the problem of production and
marketing.
Mrs M. B. Winbourn Dead.
Addie. the beloved wife of M. B
Winbourn, aged 41 years, died at
3:30 o’clock a. m. Saturday. Octo
ber 10th. of stomach trouble. The
I was hold late Saturday af
| ternoon. interment taking place in
j Harper Springs cemetery. The
I grieved husband has the sympathy
of all in bis loss.
W.itrr liiiiiirs th.tt I low two Ways.
In northern Minnesota there is a ;
great area of land so fUt that its
waters sometimes flow into H ids; n
Buy and sometimes into the Gu f
of Mexico. There are times wh n
certain lakes discharge at both
ends, the northern outlet carrying
water through Red River or Rainy
River to Lake Winn peg and thence
to Hudson Bay. while the southern
outlet carries water to the Missis
sippi.
Skin Disease cured.
Your druggist, guarantees to re
turn your money if Hunt's Cure
fails to cure skin disease, itch, ec
zema. tetter, ringworm and other
forms of skin trouble. Also fine
for piles, old sores. Costs nothing
if it fails to cure. Give it a trial.
IVIt'thodist Church Srrvlcrs
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 7:30 p. m. by
the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to attend these
services.
Rev. J. R. Rushing Pastor.
Field's First Need.
A priest was called upon to p^ny
over the barren field,; of his parishion
ers. He passed from one inclosure to
another, and pronounced his benedic
tion until he came to a most unprom
| ising case. He surveyed the sterile
acri 3 in despair. “Ah!” said he,
i “brethren—no use to pray here—this
needs fertilizing.”—San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
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