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BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD. i i ME X. JUARDSHES »./ ES R UTE TO THE MEXICAN BO® Both Regiment* Entain, Marching From Fori l-ogun 11. Root* to Little Rock. FIRST REGIMENT IN LEM). Little Rock, Aug. 11.—Both regi menu of the Arkansas national guard left Fort l-ogan H. Roots last night to entrain for Darning, N. M. The re. iment's c pipment was loaded or freight ca Wednesday afternoon, ar.d everything was made ready for th- journey to the border. When the troops got on the cars they found their traveling rations Vt hidden away in some of the many freight cars. So at 5 o'clock in the afternoon the privates, after a hard day's work packing equipment and loading cars, to say nothing of u hot march under heavy equipment from Fort Roots to Argenta, still re membered that the last meal they had enjoyed had bean served early in the morning. Promptly at 8:30 Thursday morn ing the First regiment struck tents. In a -pace of three minutes the long rows collapsed and tents were being rolled and bundled. They then were hau'ed to the freight cars and loaded. After all equipment was loaded, de tails of men had to clean up the camp grounds and leave them in the same condition as they were when the troop* first encamped, ('apt. W. P. Banta, U. S. A., sanitary officer, was on the ground and inspected the camp sites as they were vacated. ADV YNCE IN WHEAT < Al SES ACTIVITY. The marked advance in the price of wheat Thursday has caused no little interest in the local market, and there is considerable scramble among buy ers and producer*. One buyer an nounces that he is paying $1.30 per bushel, the highest known here in years. W \R NEWS SI MM ARY. News from the Isonzo front indi cates that the army of the Duke of Aosta is rapidly following up the notable success won by the Italians in tit capture of the Austrian strong- I :: No Shortage of 1 DYESTUFFS I AT I EDWARDS • A Big and l ine Line of | CLASSY and FLASHY TIES JUST RECEIVED fa — —- >f Gorizia with some 20,000 . Italian troops are report- ed in force over the Isonzo. vigorous | ly pu> suing the retreating Austrians, p uc e big c-'iport of Trieat, 22 miles Ito the southwest, is threatened. j »bly steady progn. in their thrust owaid licupaume and Jeronne. Wed ntsday n.ght French troops pushed forth. r in the Hem wood sector, where the most telling blows have been struck in the recent fighting. The British pressure continues to ( be exetted nortward from Pozieres,, where they are struggling to gain । complete command of the ridge ovei ooking Bapuume. Another important advance forth • Russian • in Galicia is announced. Gen. Letchitz-ky's army has pushed I west of the Stanislau-Kolomea rail- j way line and cut the Stanisiau-Nod-i vorna railway at Kryplin. This pro-; cress brings the Russians to the! I’hwc t of Star, dau, whose -need evacuation by the Austrians is no v J considered probable. T! • !. :. v the Ru ..ins north we-t of Stnnislau ha brought them! t' junction of the Zlota Lip • iciver with the Dneister. This point is J barelv 20 miles from Halicz, on th •, I'm ister, ne of the strongest of th. , cutlying defenses of Lemberg. Northwest of Lemin rg the Russian < ff. i is. ■ i .iin developing actively ■ < UtHU I I M W HF. ISBIST \NT ATTORNEY GENERAL Fort Smith, Aug. 9.— Although of ficial announcement is lacking, it is < -ide red certain that Thomas W | Campbell of Pocahontas will l>e of fered the assistant attorney general ship ■ f Arkansas by John D. Arbuckle of this city, democratic nominee for that office. Mr. Arbuckle has de dined to verify the report. 1 Mr. Campbell was a candidate fori nc- - at the last primary. Mr. Arbuckle has not yet resigned as assistant United States prosecul ing attorney for Wc-tern Arkansa ■ I i MLS WELL WITH THE BREMEN. SAYS WIRELESS . B’emen, via Amsterdam, Aug. 10 " \ I's well with the Deutschland and the Bremen." This is the mes s -a -e g.ven out this afternoon by the ■ d agent of the submarine merch pantmen making their first voyage to • | and from American ports. - | Much significance is attached to the r I announcement of the agents, because 11 heretofore nothing ha- been made i public regarding the movements of 1 these submarines, except to deny I false reports of their having met with capture or accident at sea. — f Harry Jeffery, who has tieen ill f for some time, fs able to be up again, i but cannot resume his duties at the - store of Jeffery Bros, for a few days. I BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 11. 1 16. I 1 • I I I - - - - - - ~ _ — - - Stop! Look! Listen! j ; — — ■ ■ ■■■ 1- ■ ■ ■ ■ '■ — It is said that the lawyer who prepared the above v anting to b. placed at fill railroad crossings of a great railway system received $25,000 for his services. However true as to amount received for the service, the railrtad has been repaid no doubt many times by the numl - r of liv s -aved and injuries prevented to travelers who have read this /oof, ci isp but forceful n aming. j The above Siigge-ls to us that it might very aptly apph l iti ■ ’• in •' man . mi.’: ilea. ! man who is lending ri- entire earnings in his present living and t iking no account I’ tl ■ “rainy day’’ that, as the old song ays, (<im th When Man Can Work no Mo e.” YOUNG MAN AND OTHER MEN: Take Warning! And lay by something each week or month in the bank and prepare tor the waves of adver sity and the 1 time when your earning power will be lost — a time you know is sure to come. This Bank will gladly welcome your deposits, how ever small, and assist you in every way consistent with sound and safe banking. We pay I per cent interest on time deposits com pounded semi-annually. Union Bank & Trust Co. "The Rank That Helps" HAKES APPEAL EOS LOCATION OF NITRATE PLANT ON WHITE RIVER The following article, written by Tom Shira of Mountain Home, ap peared in eastern publications this month: Charles H. Brough, candidate for governor of the state, who was re cently nominated in the democratic primaries, has written a letter to President Wilson, urging him not to overlook the vast undeveloped water powers of the state, in the selection of a ite for the proposed nitrate plant which will be constructed some i where in the south by the govern ment. In reply to this letter Presi dent Wilson stated, that the resources of Arkansa would not be overlooked. This letter has put the White river country in Arkansas on its mettle, and through the White River Devel opment Association, a big commercial club that takes in all the upper val ley north of Batesville, a determined effort is going to be made to have the plant located somewhere in the upper White river country. They are basing their claims for the big plant on the stupendous amount of undeveloped water power that can be developed at a minimum cost. That within a scope of terri tory along and adjacent to the river for a hundred miles are enormous commercial bodies of zinc. lead. iron, manganese, phosphate, high grade limestone for fertilizer purposes, and uninvestigated saltpetre deposits that have once yielded values and will do it again upon operation. Most of these commodities are be ing sold and shipped now from differ ent points along the White river di vision of the Iron Mountain and Southern, and their development ha.- oniy started There arc two propositions that offer an unlimited power upon devel opment, or both can be combined and more power generated at a minimum cost, than has been developed yet. not excepting Keokuk, at any place in the middle western states. One proposition is the development of water power from Buffalo, Ark., to the state line. The other, the com pletion of the lock and dam system on White river, between Buffalo and i Batesville, which was started over a decade ago, and was never completed. Ten dams were included in this pro ject and but three have ever been built. These dams could be used for ; both navigation and power The undeveloped power from Buf falo, Ark., to the state line ha* been thoroughly determined by a water power survey, made by the state in ' conjunction with the U. S. geological survey. The field work was in charg of Prof. G. N Glad-on >f the Univet ity of Arkansas. The water power investigation cov-l ered by this report was authorized by ! the state legislature of 1909. YA ork was begun June 28. 1909, on upper । White river. The portion of the river within the state from a point near the postoffice at Habberton, to Buffalo, and the part of the North Fork of White river between Smith's Ferry, near Henderson, and the mouth, were svrveyed and mapped. Gaging stations for determining fluctuation o' the water surface were established by the United State geological survey, at Beaver. Brad ley’s Ferry, Cotter and Henderson. Ark., and at Branson. Mo. Gage readers were employed to make daily observations of the river’s height Cross sections were made and flow measurements taken at several stages of the river. The intention of the survey was to locate by section, township and range. | with as much accuracy as was prac ticable. the principal water power sites. For the purpose of determining ( the fall, and of mapping the stream ; and immediate banks, a plane table 1 survey was made. The mapping was done on a scale of 1.000 feet to the! inch, with contour intervals oflll0 1 feet on land, and five feet on the 1 water surface. The meander line of I the stream was frequently checked | on section corners, while elevation were checked again’t United States geological survey bench marks. Th. party spent 63 working days in the | field, and covered about 250 miles of| river in 1909. In 1910, the field work was re sumed, beginning on the Buffalo Fork of the White river. The stream was mapped from Boxley to the mouth of the river, using the methods j of the summer before. One gaging station wa* located on this river at Gilbert, at which daily observations of river heights were made. The party spent 26 working days in the field and mapped about 130 miles of river. There are 11 sheets of White river, two of North Fork and nine of Buf falo Fork. TYie maps are made on the scale of one inch to 1,000 feet, and are reduced about one-half. The total horsepower available upon development as reported by Uli* survey is as follows: Minimum, 10,- 283; maximum, 1,178,530. Average, 534.694. On that reach of White river be- twe 1 iiey’* Ferry and the state line in Boone county, there is a total fall of about 28 feet in 21 miles. The banks of the c hannel are from 20 to , 30 feet high. As there are only very ;mall tributaries emptying into the! river in this distance, the flow in second feet will be approximately < unst .nt at every point for any ». iven 1 date. Assuming the flow recorded nt the gate at Bradley's Ferry, to be I the flow fur all points between that!, . tation and the state line, two or three dams suitably located to util ize thi- fail would be capable of de vel iping a minimum of 1,583 horse power. Maximum of 138,887 and an average of 7,025. In that portion of the river be tween Cotter, Ark., and Bradley’s Ferry, there is a fall of about 124 feet in a distance of 54 miles. If a num ber of power sites were distributed over the distance, the entire fall made available for the average flow as shown by the records of the Cotter ■ station, would be capable of develop ing a minimum of 3,381 horsepower, 143,615 maximum and an average of 223,498. At a point a few hundred yards I above the ’ron Mountain bridge at Cotter, the valley narrow- down to a quarter of a mile wide, with high 1 lutT- on both ides of the river. A hi-, h dam could be constructed at this place that would utilize all of the fall in the 75 miles of river above, as set forth in the two above paragraphs, bringing the entire de velopment into one big unit Between Cotter and Buffalo, a dis tance of 12 miles, there is a fall of about 36 feet. Assuming the -ame flow here as has been found at Cotter, and that all the fall would be real ized at suitable sites, it would pro duce 981 minimum horsepower, 123,- ! maximum horsepower and an average of 64,886. I If all the 75 foot fall in the 18 1 miles of the North Fork were util ized at suitable sites between Smith's Ferry and the mouth of the river, it would produce 2,304 minimum horse power, 5<:.018 maximum horsepower and an average of 29,161. I On the Buffalo river, between the I mouth of the Little Buffalo and Gil- ! liert, a distance of 46 miles, there i.-1 । a fall of 199 feet. Using flow meiu , ' urements, obtained at Gilbert, as a l>asis for calculations, on the as.-ump j tion that the above fall would be | made available, a m.nimum of 1,121 | horsepower could be obtained, 229,- i 448 maximum horsepower, and an average of 115.284. From Gilbert to the mouth of the । river, a di-tance of 52 miles, there is ; a fall of 162 feet. Basing calcula tions on this fall, a minimum of 913 horsepower could lie developed, a J maximum of 1-6,771 and an average of 93.842. !• The Buffalo river comes in from the we-t and empties into the White river at Buffalo, Ark The North Fork come- in from the east and (Continued on Page Two.) ’ SEE OUR NEW LINE OF Buck’StaOilStoves NOl SALISI H D WH II HAV ING THE BEST LINE OF WOOD and COAL BURNING STOVES KNOWN. WE H AVE A LINE OF OIL STOVES SECOND TO NONE- BUCK'S BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES COME AND SEE THEM. C. W. Maxfield Co. “Quality Goes In Before The Name Goes On” Nt MBER 209. PRESIDENT HAY HAKE APPEAL TO BOTH SIDES That Railroad Strike Will Be Averted Not a Certaintj and NY ilson Maj Take a Hand. DEMANDS ARE NOT MODIFIED. New Y’ork. Aug. 10. —The United S'ate- board of mediation and con ciliation held its first conference to day with the repre-entatives of the four railroad brotherhoods of em ployes in its effort* to prevent a coun try-wide strike. Nothin, officially was disclosed as tv the success the mediators met, but it was learned on good authority that the brotherhoods had shown no dis position to modify their demands. "The status is unchanged," was the only comment which A. B. Garretson, head of the conductor’s brotherhood, was willing to make after the con ference. "We have only scratched the sur face,” said G. W. W. Hanger, one of the mediators. "The situation may be cleared up within 24 hours and then negotiations may continue for a week.” It was predicted that if the board should be unable to compose the dif ferences President Wilson would a-k representatives of the contending fac tions to meet him in Washington and that he would ask them to arbitrate their differences. The mediators an nounced that no statement would be forthcoming until they either have succeeded or failed. It is understood I that the labor leaders pin their hopes ! of settling the dispute upon media ! tion arther than arbitration. PROHIBITION I’l. WK DEFEATED IN TEXAS Houston. Tex.. Aug. 9.—That the i members of the Texas legislature, which convenes in January, will not be bound by any party platform to i pass a joint resolution for a const itu ■ tional amendment for state wide pro- I hibition. was the feature in the decis i ions of the -tate convention today. The defeat of the efforts of prohi bition democrats to have the submis i sion of the prohibition amendment made a party declaration came after l a spirited fight, led by Gov. Fergu- I son. The final vote was 524 to 299 in favor of tabling the minority re port of the platform committee.