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NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS
The Wood Spring correspondent of
the Melbourne Times makes this an
nouncement: "Mad-dogs are touring
our country.”
The 2-year-old daughter of Luther
Burden, a farmer living near Moun
tain Home, fell and broke her hip
Monday as she was running across
the floor at the family residence.
Pleas Oliver, a boy raised by good,
Christian parents, right here in old
Benton township, has deteriorated
into an Oklahoman, and is running
for congress on the socialist ticket.—
Salem Sun.
A Cotter paper says that the rain
which fell in that section last week
did much good and that if other rains
follow soon but little damage will
have been done to crops. It is said
that the loss in early corn in that
section will lie offset by late forage
crops, such as cane and millet.
The Randolph County Musical As
sociation, which has for its object the
development of vocal singing in that
county, will hold its annual meeting
at Brakebill July 11-12. It is de
clared that this association has done
much good in helping the younger
boys and girls in the rural districts
to become interested in the training
of their voices.
The largest big-mouth bass ever
caught in the Mountain Home section
was captured a few days ago by Cleo
Arnett, who was fishing with rod and
reel in a bayou which empties into
the North Fork. The fish weighed
seven pounds, and had a mouth meas
uring more than five inches across. It
took Arnett, who is a young boy.
half an hour to land the fish.
One of the largest family reunions
ever held in this part of the state was
held at the home of T. H. Wells, 18
miles west of Pocahontas, this week.
It was a gathering of the Dalton
family and relatives and 500 were
present from different states. The
reunion lasted two days and the time
was spent in spelling-bees, addresses
and story-telling. A large tent was
erected which gave shelter to all at
night, and all the near-by relatives
had prepared food for the entire
crowd.
A dispatch from Cotter to the Ga
zette says: “Many hogs have come
down out of the woods to the banks
of White river and are getting fat by
following the pearl fishers and eating
the flesh of the mussels that have
been torn from the shells by the hope
ful ones engaged in the industry. In
some places this is reversed. Mussel
shells are bringing a good price this
year, and the low stage of the White
river has uncovered many gravel
bars and the hogs are rooting the
mussels out of these. A few minutes
in the hot sun causes them to open
their shells and the hog soon has a
meal. Pearl fishers and shell gath
erers watch these droves of hogs
when they are working on a gravel
bar, and after they are through they
follow them, picking up the shells,
which they sell.*
If your brain won't work right and
you miss the snap, vim and energy
that was once yours, you should take
Prickly Ash Bitters. It cleanses the
system and invigorates both body and
brain.
AN IM S! AL EXPERIENCE
Wealthy Citizen of State of Washing-
ton, Supposed to Have Drowned.
Shows l'p Alive.
Spokane, Wash.. July B.— Supposed
to have been drowned, identified,
buried and the grave marked by a
tombstone. James McKinnon, the
owner of a 700-acre ranch near Hart
line. Wash., a large ranch near Red
। Deer, Elberta, and a substantial bank
। deposit, appeared in Spokane this
, week, to the surprise of his friends
and acquaintances. Since the report
of his death and funeral got abroad
he has been having a distressing ex
! , perience in establishing his identity.
A man of McKinnon’s size was
taken from the Spokane river on No
। vember 6of last year. The body was
। positively identified as James McKin
, • non by D. J. Leahy, 407 Sinto avenue,
according to the records. H. H. Hut
ton, 20 Main avenue, was not so sure,
although the dimensions of the men
were not unlike. A laundry mark “J.
McK.” found on the underwear of the
■ dead man. seemed to clinch the con
. elusion, and the body was given a re
-1 spectable burial in Fairmount ceme
tery as James McKinnon, ranchman
,! and depositor.
Through the papers James McKm
non learned at his ranch in Alberta
that he had been drowned and buried.
; Distressed by the circumstances, in
• which he foresaw a distribution of his
। estate and his reduction to a condition
, of poverty, he hastened from his
| ranch, which is remotely situated, to
, the nearest telegraph office.
I He started in a blizzard, and was
. halted by having his feet frozen. For
many weeks he lay at a ranch house
under the care of strangers before he
j could resume the journey. In the
meantime an inquiry, that suggested
t a doubt of his existence, came from
। a Spokane bank. When he had satis
(| fied the bank he concluded to defer
J his visit. On his arrival in Spokane
। he immediately went to the undertak
. ing rooms to view the record of his
> death and burial.
i.
I | FBO9ATE COUBT WOTICE
: ।
1 ; Notice Is hereby given that aettle
, I merits w. re filed at the May. 1914. Term
lof the Independence County Probate I
; Court for approval and confirmation.
: which were by the Judge examined and
j ordered to Ue over for further action
। th. reon as follows
Final a.tll.m.ntx
> Amanda McSpadden. administratrix
estate of W 11 McSpadden. deceased
: W J Waldrlp. administrator estate I
, |of Clinton Haris (col.), deceased.
Mnnnle Sherrill. guardian Elnora
r j Shr-rrlll et al . miners
| SA Kuddell. guardian Mrs Neill
’ Jenkins < James).
Partial Ssttlsmsnts.
J. W Case executor estate of Mrs
1 Sarah Cast dsceaaed.
। 8. W Wheeler, guardian estate of
1 Satlie and Lena Wheeler, minors.
I I Albert Sims guardian estate of I.eah
and Aima Williams minors
• S. A Ruddell, guardian estate of
। Happel and June James, minora.
Mary E Prince guardian estate of
, Bertha Prince et al., minors.
A A Henderson, guardian estate of
i William Eaves, heirs, minors.
Mrs F M. Walker, guardian estate
of Alfred Sanders et al., minora.
! A. A. Henderson, guardian estate of
J A Magness heirs, minors
W T. Anderson, administrator estate
of A 1.. Anderson, deceased
S M Bone administrator estate of
I Seymore Linley, deceased
Any person or persons interested in
the foregoing settlements, are hereby
notified to file their exceptions thereto
' If any they have on or before the next
term of said Probate Court, which will
convene August 3. 1 »11 or thev will
forever thereafter he barred from mak
ing exceptions "thereto, or any Item
thereof.
Given under my hand this the 20th
day of June. 1914.
T M WALDRIP.
County Clerk and ex-Ofllcfo Clerk of
the Court of Probate
0-24-14 By J A Kennard. D. C.
: BEING A GOOD FELLOW j
J By E. V. COTTMAN. •
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Jerry Deems, pickpocket and seo
ondstory man. paused a moment tn
his delicate work
of removing a
piece of glass
from the dining
room window in
one of the sash
ionable houses on
Riverside drive.
He listened care
fully, but could
not hear a sound.
Reassured by the
favorable condi
tions. Jerry can
tiously continued
hie operations,
and tn a few sec
ends a semicircular piece was lift
ed out of the pane, a cautious hand
slipped through and sprung the catch,
and Jerry's portly form sti uggled
through the open window
It was long after midnight, and he
was tired This was not the first
house Jerry had visited that night.
He had made a few calls in another
part of the city with satisfactory re
sults, and by all means should now
have been safely making for his quar
ters But Jerry possessed a trait that
many of us have— that of not letting
well enough alone This hr soon real
ized. for when he straightened up
to get his bearings the light was sur
denly flashed on. and he found him
self looking Into the steely mouth of
a six-shooter in the hands of a tall,
slender woman.
“Surprised, are you’" asked a cool,
mocking voice. "I think I am the one
to be surprised. My visitors do not
usually enter through the window.”
She was dressed in a loose pink
bath robe, and had a lace scarf twistc
ed about her bead
"Don't move." sbe said "Now put
your hands up on the table " Jerry
did so. and she looked him over scorn
fully with her bright eyes
“Well, start the ball rollin’," said
Jerry, who was getting disgusted with
the whole affair 'Does you want to
know w hat church I goes to. or would
you tike to know If I m married or
single?"
The lady smiled "Neither," she
said, "but I would like to know why
an able-bodied man like you can't
find something better to do than
sneaking Into other people's houses
in the night? Isn't there plenty of
work for a man to do that Is hon
est and respectable?”
Jerry squirmed uneasily tn bls
chair. “Cut It out. mum." be said,
raising a wrathful pair of eyes to
hen "Cut it out' I didn't come out
tonight to listen to a sermon on hon
esty If you're goln' to call de cops,
do It. but hold yer Jaw, fer 1 ain't tu no
humor just about now to be guyed."
“But you haven’t answered me,"
persisted the lady "Why don’t you
work —"
"Work!" broke tn Jerry. "You’re a
perty dame to be talkin' about work.
Have you ever worked la yer life?
What do you know bout work and
about being broke?"
“I know more about it than you
think, she returned, letting a little
warmth creep into her dark eyes.
"For that is precisely the position I
find myself In at present"
"You broke"’ exclaimed Jerry In
credulously. throwing bis ayes around
the richly furnished room.
"Nothing but the truth. We are
ruined My husband s fortune inswept
away, this house is mortgaged, my
Jewels - even my very dresses -have
been sold "
“Is what yer givln' me on tbe lev
el. lady? asked Jerry.
"It certainly is," she replied "Can't
you see bow hard It Is for tne? One
can never Judge by appearances
"Come, she said, rousing herself,
"it Is time you were off,"
He opened his eyes in astonishment.
"Yer don t mean ter let me go?” be
asked
"Certainly." she answered, with a
faint smile
Jerry looked at her In a perplexed
manner Say. lady." he said in a
voice shaking with feeling. “I'm sure
sorry yer up sgainst it. and since you
are so white to a fellow. I d like to
give you a souvenir myself Yer see,"
taking a small, carefully wrapped bun
dle from his pocket and opening It,
so if you will kindly accept thia
necklace.” bolding up a beautiful
string of diamonds and emeralds. ' I'd
be mighty proud ter give It ter you.
So long and good luck." he whispered,
as he swung himself softly from the
window and disappeared
Several minutes passed The Isdy
stood holding the necklace in her
band, watching the light flash and
scintillate on tbe gleaming stones.
She purs rd up her lips and gave a
low whistle
What a beauty!" sbs cried "Worth
15.000 at least! Oh. the fool, tne
fool!"
Slowly she unwound tbe lace scarf
from a sleek, black head, closety
cropped, and slipped out of the en
veloping folds of tbe pink bath-robe,
standing revealed a young man. litne
and slender
"Lucky for me 1 came through the
bathroom and heard him first." he
said to himself, bringing up a dark
lantern and a mask from somewhere
under the table With one hand on the
electric button he looked cautiously
about, then turned out the light,
climbed softly through the window,
and was rone Into the night.
i THE HARD-HEADED MAN :
J By DON MARK LEMON. •
O •
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(Copyright )
The water tn this here well la as
hard as rocks, but that ain't to tie won ’
dered at. seeing as how the well was
dug by the hardest headed man tn all
creation and Hampshire county
About ten years ago. and for about !
twenty years before that, old Jtm 1
Clark and his son Bill lived here. They I
were two of a kind, and that kind was
rocks. They were hard-headed from
tbe socks up They had such hard 1
headed notions about most things that :
people around here Just concluded that
they were born "sol"
One day old man Clark thought he'd j
like to have his well over nearer the |
barn, and it was a blessed thing he j
decided to dig a new hole Instead of
moving the old one. or he'd have done
It. He says to Bill "Bill. I'm going
over to Berkshire to took after some
cows, and while I’m gone you hustle
a bit and get the well started ”
"Where’ll I begin the top of It’ - ’ 1
asks Bill, kind of sarcastic like, as the 1
old well his dad had dug slanted a
good bit going down
"Right here,” says old man Clark,
pointing at this particular spot
A hard headed look came Into Bill’s
face "Thia ain't no place for the
well,” he savs, and he walks round
to the other end of the barn and starts '
the well where he thinks it ought to
be.
"What are you doing there?" calls
old man Clark
"Digging a well." says Hill
"Who told you to dig it over there?"
shouts the old man
"Common sense." says Bill
Then a hard headed look came into
old man Clark's face. “You dig the
well where I tell you to." he says, "or
I'll make you "
"Shoo, dad'" says Bill, who was a
great, strapping fellow of twenty.
“You think 1 can't?" says old man
Clark
“1 do." says Bill
"You’ll dig the well here" says the
old man, and about a month later he
fills up the new well that Bill dug In
the wrong spot, and goes off with the
remark that he’ll be back in about five
or ten years
Bill watches him go over the hill
and then he goes back and digs out (
the well that his dad had filled up
Well, about six years after that, old
man Clark comes Jiome.
"Hello, dad'" says Bill
"Hello. Bill'" says old man Clark
Then he sees that the well hasn't
been dug where he wants it. and he
says "Are you going to dig that well
where I told you to’"
“No." says Rill. "1 ain't "
"You’ll dig that well where I want
you to.” says old man Clark, and he
goes Into the bouse and says not an
other word about It for ten years,
when, as he was dying he calls Bill (
In ants asks
"Have you changed your mind about
digging that welt?”
"No. dad." says Bill. "I ain't."
"Youll dig that well *where I told
you to." Bays the dying man. and then i
he turtle over and dies
Rut first he gives Hill a letter, and
after the funeral Bill opens It and
rends that. elnce he wouldn’t dig the
well where his dad wanted him to. old
man Clark had drawn out tbe ten
thousand dollars that used to be tn
the bank, and he would now have to
hunt around and find where It was
hidden, according to directions The
first direction was to dig under a big
stone tn the pasture, which Bill did
and found a piece of paper tn a lead
box telling him to go to a place In
South America, up In the Andes, and
dig In a certain spot near a river, and (
he would find further directions
Bill left the farm In the care of a
neighbor, and after months of travel
and adventure and danger of all kinds ;
he reached the Andes and dug where
he had been told to. and unearthed an- '
other little lead box Inside it was a
strip of paper which told him to go
to Alaska and dig at a certain place
near Dawson City and he would learn
more.
Bill tucked the directions away very
carefully and whw he reached Alas
ka. he found the spot mentioned by
old man Clark and dug for further in
formation
He unearthed another of those lit- j
tie lead boxes. and inside, in the hand
writing of his dad was the cheerful
information that, since he had been 1
so hard-headed about digsirg that (
well, he would now need to go So
Africa and dig in a certain spot— |
which he found on the map was about I
the middle of that country—and he'd
find where the ten thousand dollars !
were buried
"ell. Bill tucked th's Information
away careful like, and about three
years later he found the box. and *n '
side was a slip of paper tailing him I
that if he would go home to New Eng
land and dig the well Where he had
been told to dig it. he would unearth
a box containing ten thousand dollars 1
In hundred-dollar notes
it took him seven years to reach ।
New England but finally he got bark
home, and after going out to see th- '
old man's grave, he got a shovel and
started-to dig the well where his da.l
had told him to dig It. After a apell '
he came on the box and ten thousand
dollars (
Ho. you see he dug the well after
all. and he’s not the only man In cre
ation that has chased over the earth
to come home in the end and dig a
welt
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You will enjoy the boating, bath
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Ideal eamp sites for parties wish
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Round trip rates from Batesville as
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To Eureka Springs. $10.55; to He
ber Springs. $4. Tickets good for
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Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
JAY KERR,
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Harrison Arkansas
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ORDINANCE NO. 3.16.
An Ordinance Granting to the St.
Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company Right to Con
struct a Spur Track Across Ixjwer
! South Street.
, Be It Enacted by the City Council of
the City of Batesville, Ark.:
I Sec. 1. That the St. Louis. Iron
j Mountain and Southern Railway
Company be and it is hereby granted
' a right of way along Locust street
! and across South street, beginning!
1 at a point on Locust street about one
i hundred feet south of point of junc- I
’ tion of South and Locust street and
1 running thence along Locust street
and across South streets to lots six )
' and seven, of block ten, of the Old
I Town of Batesville. Ark., for the pur
! pose of constructing a spur track to
I lots six and seven of block ten. of
1 the Old Town of Batesville, Ark., sub
! ject, however, to the ordinance now
! in force in said City of Batesville
relative to maintaining suitable cross
ings. signs, and so on.
। Sec. 2. This Ordinance living neces-
I sary for the public health, peace and j
! safety, shall take effect and be in
' force from and after its passage and
I publication.
Adopted July 6, 1914.
" . E. Fugett, Mayor Pro Tern.
■ Attest: T. Albert, Recorder.
Daily Guard. July 7, 1914.
I I
(07410.)
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior. I
U. S. Land Office at Little Rock. Ark. j
June 8, 1914. |
Notice is hereby given that Lar
kin T. Newman of Hutchinson. Ar I
kansas. who on May 6, 1911, made ।
Homestead Entry No. 07410, for the!'
north half of the southeast quarter,]
section 24, township 12 north, range
7 west, fith principal meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Joseph W. Parse. U. S. Commission
er. at Batesville. Ark., on the 28rd
day of July, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses J. 8.
Reeves of Jamestown, Ark.; A. L. 1
Fowler of Hutchinson. Ark.; L. G.
Reeves of Hutchinson. Ark.; and ,
Philip Manuel of Jamestown, Ark.
Jno. W Allen, Register, i
Guard. June 12. 1914. If
(070071
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
V. S. Ijtnd Office at Little Rock. Ark ' '
June 8. 1914.
Notice is hereby given that Claud ।
Eden of Foral, Ark . who on Janu
ary 29, 1911. made Homestead Entry ,'
No. 07007, for the southwest quarter ।
of the southeast quarter, section 5.
township 11 north, range 7 west, sth '
principal meridian, has filed notice ,
of intention to make three- year proof .
to establish claim to the land above
described, before County Clerk of In- j
dependence county, at Batesville. ।
Ark., on the 23nd day of July. 1914. '
Claimant names as witnesses J
John Baker. Mote Brannon, Mack i
Brannon and Tobe Brannon, all of •
Floral. Ark.
John W. Allen. Register. j
Guard, Batesville. June 12, 1914.
9 I
Up the MiMimippi
St. Louis to St. Paul
Beautiful scenery ecolriverbteexea.
scores of interssrmg stopping points,
including the *28,000,0«) Keokuk
dem.—largeet ia the world. Mum
denemg. gemee oa deck and jaunts
ashore. Every mile end minute of
your trip te tiled with pleeeursr and
Kent! new to you.
Tbe Upper Mieeiaeippi eteemere are
large, feet and eate, with comfort
able, electric lighted,ventilated etate
rooma, aad meala that you will enjoy-
Get up a party
from your town and plan a vocation
trip from 2 to lOdaveononoof these
floating hotek. Ths Mieeouri Paciflc-
Iron hiountain oflere the beet eemce
to St Louie where direct connections
are made with the Upper Mieeteeippt
River Steamera. Get dluetreted
vacation folder from your local rail
road agent or writs for ons to
J. a HoUsaheck. Goel Paes. Agt-
St Louis, M*.
W. L BARRON, Agen
TROI'BLE AT STRAWBERRY.
(Continued from Page One.)
war. and several minor fights ensut
as a result.
The J. P. court at that place will I
kept grinding for some time if al ti
trouble which occurred there Sata
day is investigated, it is said.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ea
Casey was at the mouth of Str*
berry yesterday and conducted tl
prosecution of Starts.
COMICHIOSII3 BALK
Noth-, i* glxrn that tbe uni
Mvnad. Comt»!«»b‘Der
Chancery in a certain action ©rndti^
r , f
County. * heraln I. Ern«et Moore **
are plaintiff* and Ella S* Hanlip
are* >l*f**n«lant«, will espoaa for itaX
public outcry to the hl«h<a: bl’Mef
a < r*^lt of three montba. at the M
Mre^t nf the Court House. In *
City of Hatcevlße. Independence CM
ty. Ark. on
•ktwrAa,. July as 1»1«.
the foßowfna described land*
The aoutbeast quarter of the
east quarter and the northeaa!
of the iHrutheast quarter of prvfloa <
11 h township thirteen ill* north ml
a ent the southw
the northwest quarter of section J
’ •>. township thirteen <ll * north- nM
nvo di west and all of that part
the northwest quarter of the a»uthw
quarter of ae^tion six <<>. tnwlf
thirteen < 11) north, ran*? live *l*M
lyin< northwret nt the HateevßUj
Kl<in road as located It*
in the arerrgate lit acres.
Stw J T EVANS. Commit*'^