The Newark Journal.
$1 Per Annum
Newark, independence County, Arkansas, Friday, August I, 1913
Vol. 13, No. 17
WHY IT PAYS TO
RAISE LIVE STOCK
Some Convincing Figures That
Should Interest All Arkan
sas Farmers
The number of people in the
United States in the year 1907
was 87,178,958. In 1913 there
are 96,765,573. The number of
cattle in the United States in 1907
was 72,534,000. The number in
1913 is 56,527,000. The popula
tion is constantly increasing while
the number of cattle to supply
that population is constantly de
creasing. The south only can
change these figures.
Arkansas has a land area of 33,
616,000 acres, only 8,076,254 acres
of which are improved farm land.
In other words, there are at least
20,000,000 acres of land in Ark
ansas that can be in part or en
tirely devoted to live stock raising.
Turned out fields, the decrease in
the number of cattle and hogs,
the steady increase in population,
and the wonderful adaptability of
Arkansas to the industry, calls to
our minds very forcibly the im
portance of live stock on a well
regulated southern farm. Arkan
sas steers and Arkansas hogs have
topped the market in St. Louis
and Omaha a great many times
during the season, and yet so few
have specialized on cattle and
hogs. »
In 1910 the average price of
hogs for the United States was
$6.86 and in 1900 it was $3.69.
The price of the steer has been
advancing each year. With ail
these advantages added to the
stock raising industry, yet the op
portunities have not decreased - in
Arkansas. We have plenty of
surplus land, plenty of grass and
range, and land that will grow
any kind of a feed 'crop that is de
sired. Marketable cattle can be
produced in any section of Arkan
sas at three to three and a half
cents per pound. About 45 per
cent of the land in Arkansas is
under fence but not near that
amount is under cultivation. All
of the idle. land should be given to
live stock farming. The cost is
little.
The opportunities for all kinds
of live stock farming that we have
in Arkansas now cannot be found
in another State in the Union. It
is not necessary to slaughter the
calves to make money out of live
stock now. The number of calves
decreased from 1,318,961 in 1900
to 822,170 in 1910. The south in
the future is the center of the live
stock industry; and Arkansas is a
part of the south that is ideally
adapted to its new position.
John H. Page,
Commissioner
! MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Another Swith Board Added to
Local Phone Equipment
A new switchboard has been re
ceived by the White River Tele
phone Company and is being in
stalled this week. They will have
two boards and two operators in
the central office here now. One
board will be used for the out-of
town wires and the other for the
lines in the city. By this arrange
ment they will be able to render
i*uch better service, and there
will be less delay in answering
calls. The business of this pro
gressive company has grown so
fast in the last few months that
two boards are necessary to prop
erly handle the business. The
Journal is glad to note this sub
stantial evidence of their prosperi
ty and their progressiveness, and
hopes their business will continue
to grow and expand.
YOUTH KILLED BY TRAIN
Ureen Hanger of Van Buren, Mo.,
Run Down at Kensett
Kensett, July 26. —Green Hang
er," a young man, was killed here
this evening by being run down
by a train on the Missouri Pacific
railroad. His home is in Van Bur
en, Mo., where his parents reside.
The body was taken to Searcy to
night to be embalmed and held
awaiting word from his people.
BIO PRICE FOR POACHES *
Arkansas peaches topped the
I market in St Louis Monday, No. 1
I fancy Elbertas selling as high as
$2.25 per bushel. No. 1 Arkansas.
Elbertas have sold in St Louis all
this week at $1.60 to $1.75 per
bushel, while the same grade of
Missiouri and Texas peaches have
' sold for $1 to $1.50 per bushel.
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John Barber is reported quite
sick with typhoid fever.
E. W. Magness transacted busi
ness at Batesville yesterday.
A. M. Edgar returned yesterday
from Little Rock where he went
with a Car of cattle.
Mrs. A. J. McSpadden and little
daughter, Etta, are spending sev
eral days at O’Neal visiting rel
atives.
R. T. Herrington returned Wed
nesday from points in Mississippi
and Texas where he visited rel
atives for several days.
John L. Grosser, who recently
took a position as wroods foreman
at Green’s mill, near Driftwood,
spent Sunday here with his family,
returning to the mill Monday.
Robt. Neill, of Batesville recent
ly appointed national bank ex
aminer, was here Tuesday making
an inspection of the affairs of the
First National Bank of Newark.
W. W. Hartsfield, who has the
contract for building W. B.
Knight’s new home at Batesville,
spent Sunday here with his family
returning to Batesville Monday.
Rev. E. A. Horn returned Mon
day from Powhattan where he has
been holding a revival meeting.
The meeting closed Sunday night,
resulting in 20 additions to the
church.
A party of railroad officials in
cluding Master Mechanic J. L
Butter, Claim Agent D. Hanibal,
and H. H. Harrelston, chief clerk
in the division superintendent’s
office at Aurora, Mo., were here
Tuesday on a tour of inspection.
Dr. and Mrs. V. L. Pascoe and
little son, Byrum, arrived home
Tuesday from Woodson, where
they spent a few days on their
Pulaski county plantation. Dr.
Pascos reports the crop outlook
very fine in that part of the state.
Mrs. G. W. Coe, of Muskogee,
Okla., accompanied by her son and
daughter, Tom and Miss Oma, ar
rived in the city Monday to spend
some time visiting relatives and
friends, and are the guests this
week of Mr. and Mrs. F. M
Barnes.
Hardin Saffold and daughter,
Miss Leone, of Paris, Tex., arrived
Saturday to spend a few days vis
iting relatives. Mr. Saffold left
here in 1872 and this is his first
trip back in 41 years. They went
over to Oil Trough Sunday to
visit Mr. Saffold’s sister, Mrs. R.C.
Adams.
The spring just west of Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Sturdivant’s residence
has been cleaned out and curbed
with concrete. It furnishes a fine
flow of good water and will be a
great convenience for the big pic
nic to be held in the grove nearby
on the 14th, 15th and 16'h of
August.
The finest apples we have seen
this season were grown by Bennet
Miachel on his place just north of
town. Some of them measure 131
inches in circumference. He will
have a few specimens of these
apples and some fine peaches pre
served in alcohol and sent to the
, S-tato Fair at Hot Sprinrrg this JfeiL
Tax Assessor S. D. Lindsey ar
rived in Newark yesterday and
will be here today and tomorrow
for the purpose of assessing taxes.
He can be found at the city hall
and as the time for assessing ex
pires soon it would be well for all
taxpayers of this section to see
him while here and assess, so as to
be sure of evading the penalty.
Miss Hattie Rogers attended
the School Convention at Bethesda
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Baker arriv
ed Tuesday night from Sulphur
Springs, Tex., to attend the funer
al of the lady’s mother, Mrs. G.
W. Lenehan. —
Pastor M. B. Umsted is conduct
ing a revival meeting at the.Meth
odist church this week. Rev.
Tatum, who is to assist in th£
meeting, has not arrived, but is
expected to arrive today.
Dr. A. A. Evans left yesterday
morning for Eureka Springs to
spend a few days with his wife
and little son, Willis, who are
spending the summer there for
the benefit of the boy’s health.
It is reported that the residence
•of Tax Collector Burt Arnold of
Batesville was struck by lightning
during a local electrical storm
Tuesday afternoon. No serious
damage was done however, and
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold were only
slightly shocked.
W. A. Hawthorne, who lived
here a short time several years
ago, but moved to Enfield, 111.,
where he engagod in business for
a number of years, arrived in New
ark with his family this week, and
may decide to locate here perman
ently. He is a brother of our fellow
townsman, H. E. Hawthorne, and
is a mighty good man, and The
Journal hopes he will decide to be
come a permanent citizen of New
ark.
The White River Telephone
Company is rebuilding the line be
tween Newark and Magness, and
parties who are unable to g€t im
mediate connection on that line
are requested to be as patient as
possible and try again in a short
time. Sometimes it is necessary to
take the line entirely down but it
is not kept down long at a time.
The lines of this entire system are
being put in fine condition and the
company is using its best efforts
to give its patrons first class ser
vice.
COMMENDS OUR SCHOOLS
Hr. Bond Reports Independence
County in Good Condition
J. L. Bond, state superintendent
of rural schools, returned Monday
from Independence county, where
for several dap he was the guest
of Sidney Pickens, county exami
ner, who, with Mr. Bond, made a
complete inspection of the 18 rur
al schools in the county. Mr. Bond
said upon his return to Little Rock
that the rural schools of Indepen
dence county are in excellent con
dition and that the summer terms
are well under way.
“Unusual interest in the work
of the summer schools, the propos
ed rural high school plan and the
consolidated movement for the
schools of the county was shown
throughout the districts we in
spected,” he said.—Arkansas Ga
zette.
FARM FOR SALE
Good upland farm of 69 acres,
55 acres in cultivation, 2i miles
north of Newark, in good neigh
i borhood. near church, school, R.
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F. D. and on rural phone line.
Good four room box house, good
log barn, fine well water, small
orchard and plenty of timber for
home uses All under good fence,
and will be sold at a bargain. For
price inquire at The Journal office
; or see owner, A. R. Watts.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF COUNTY
j The election commissioners met
at Batesville Monday and canvass
ed the returns of the recent spec
ial election for governor. The
total vote cast was 1,578, which
is only about 100 more than
was cast in the primary. Follow
ing is the vote received by each
candidate:
Hays_ 917
Myers_ 314
Murphy_:_209
Webber_85
IJrundidge_19
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DOING GOOD WORK
Government Expert Commends
Work of County Agent Allen
R. C. Davidson, of Little Rock,
assistant general superintendent
of the government farm demon
stration work in Arkansas, has
spent the week in this county, in
specting the work being done by
County Agent Allen. Mr. David
son speaks very complimentary of
the work being done by Mr. Allen
an^says he finds nearly all the
farmers in this county who are
following the government instruc
tions are getting good results.
Mr. Davidson, Mr. Allen and
Miss Mary Case, county agenLfor
the Girls Canning Clubs, and Na
than Adler were here Wednesday
making a tour of this end of the
county in Mr. Adler’s car.
Miss Case promised to come
and deliver a lecture on the Girls
Culb Work at the big picnic to be
held here soon, and Mr. Davidson
promised to see'that the Agricul
tural department sends a good
man to make a practical agricul
tural talk to the farmers.
BARN AND STOCK BURN
E. L. Oriffin Loses Barn, Two
Mules and Lot of Feed
Cushman, July 26.—A large
barn belonging to E. L. Griffin of
this place was destroyed Ijy fire at
a late hour last night, and with it
were burned two valuable mules
and a large lot of feed. Mr. Grif
fin’s loss is between $1,500 and
$2,000, and he had no insurance.
It is not known how the fire
originated. The family had retir
ed for the night, and the flames
were not discoved until it was too
late to save the stock or the feed.
Some of the implements and farm
machinery were saved, but most
all of that was also burned.
Mr. Griffin is a good citizen and
one of the best farmers in this
county. His loss is a very severe
one.
PLANNING ALREADY
FOR NEXT ELECTION
Donaghey vs. Clark and Crockett
vs. Hays May Be Line-up
In March Primary
With Arkansas' special election
for governor over, politicians al
ready are beginning to consider the
probable line up for the Democrat
ic primary to be held next March.
Within the next three months, the
overworked political pot will be
gin to boil once more.
The election of a LTnited States
senator will be the big feature of
the next state primary. In this
race, Senator James P. Clarke,
present incumbent, will be a can
didate for re election. He will be
opposed for the office by former
Governor Geo. W. Donaghey, who
announced his candidacy last
March. Smeed Powell of Camden
also may be a candidate.
Judge George W. Hays, gover
nor elect of Arkansas, announced
whenjie entered the race in cam
paign just closed that he would be
a candidate for re-election. It is
not known now what opposition,
if any, he will have at the polls.
Friends of State Treasurer John
W. Crockett are grooming him to
make the race for governor next
year. Mr. Crockett has been sec
retary of state, state treasurer,
member of the Arkansas Railroad
Commission, member of the Gen
eral Assembly and has held coun
ty offices in his home county. He
is a grandson of the famous Davy
Crockett.
It has been rumored that Secre
tary of State Eearle W. Hodges
also would be a candidate for gov
ernor, but Mr. Hodges has an
nounced that h e will be a candi
date for re-election as secretary of
state.
Col. John P. Paul of Newport
will be a candidate for secretary
of state in opposition to Mr.
Hodges.
Judge William L. Moose of
Morrilton will be a candidate for
re-election as attorney general and
probably will have no opposition.
L. L. Coffman, who was appoint
ed auditor to 1T11 the unexpired
term of the late John W. Oathout
has announced he will be a candi
date for election as auditor.
R. G. McDaniel, a deputy in the
Treasury Department, probably
will be a candidate to succeed Mr.
Crockett as treasurer. He is a
newphew of A. H. Garland, at
torney general of the United
States during the administration
of President Clevland.
Senator T. J. Raney of this place
will be a candidate for railroad
commissioner for this district
REMEMBER!
The old reliable when you are go
ing to buy furnishing for the home
or farm. We have everything you
need and at the right price too.
Look over this list and see what
you want then come in and let us
figure with you:
FURNITURE, SEWING HACHINES
BUCK STOVES, CARTS, BUGGIES
SURRIES, WAGONS and AUTOS
TENTS and AWNINGS, WAGON
.*f*d BUGGY HARNESS.
C. W. MAXFIELD CO.
Batesville, Ark.
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