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*=5 .■-.!-U-Ui-I--I " -* PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS,THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 191920. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1,472 NEW CASES i “FLU” IN CHICAGO CHICAGO REPORTS 87 DEATHS1 FROM IT AN D77 FROM PNEU MONIA. Chicago, Jan, 28.—Influenza caus ed 87 deaths in Chicago in the last 24 hours, and pneumonia deaths num bered 77, the Health Department an nounced tonight. New cases of in fluenza numbered 1.472 and pneu monia cases 400. i “The number-of influenza cases is gradually lessening,” Deputy Health Commissioner Koehler said tonight. “The crest of the death rate has been passed.” i United States District Attorney! Cline announce dtonight that an ef-; fort will be made tomorrow to have hundreds of cases of liquors seized in recent raids distributed to the hospitals for use in fighting the epi-1 "demie. FORMER PRESCOTT YOUNG LADY WILL GO TO BELGIUM \ The following clipping comes from today’s Gazette. Miss Hayes for merly lived in Prescott and has many friends and relatives here now: Miss Maude Hayes, Miss Margaret Quayle and Miss Mary Tinney of Lit tle Rock have been assigned by the Centennary Board of the Southern Methodist church t orelief work in’ Belgium and will sail from New York February 12 on the axonia. They will be stationed at Brussels and will i organize reconstruction projects in the war areas, directed toward relieving the immediate needs of the civilian population. Plans have been made for a year’s absence. 1 Miss Hayes, who has been connect ed with the Little Rock public schools for 18 years, will be primar ily concerned with hteestablishment of schools and an educational pro gram. Miss Quayle resigns a position here as field secretary of the rAkan sas Public Health Association and will carry on a campaign for sanita- j tion and health in the countryside ; sear Brussels. Miss Tinney, who has been private secretary to the Rev. James Thomas, goes in a clerical ca-j pacity. All are graduates of Galloway College and members of the Winfield Memorial church. - All the latest Magazines at Guthries, Phone 101 OP! MAN WANO' If there is a man in Nevada county who has nerve enough to strictly enforce the stock law in the City of Prescott and who will tak eup and impound all stock running at large, let him appear before the City Council Monday night, February 2,1920, and he can have the job at his own price. Randolph P. Hamby, Mayor. * WOMEN BRAVER THAN MEN Women often do their daily tasks in home, office or factory while suf fering pain and misery that would put a man in bed. However, much of wo men’s suffering can be alleviated. Backache, sore muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic pains, dizziness and like symptoms are caused by disordered kidneys and bladder. Mrs. Thos. Da vis, Montgomery, Ind., writes: “I doc tored several months without relief, when I commenced using Foley Kid ney Pills, and got relief. Eight bot tles cured me.” Safe, harmless; and quick results. Sold everywhere. J8 NOTICE I have employed Jessie Durham to help me in my shoe and harness and general repair shop so if you have anything to repair, give us a chance at it. We will make new check lines, new hame strings, bridles and if you need anything in our line come to see us. J. E. DANIELS, JESIE DURHAM. 27-d:l FOUND—A bunch of keys. Owner may secure same at this office. tf H. S. Price, Washington, county, vice J. L. Harris, resigned. i ■' WJJILJ--L. .- ---- ' INSURANCE Through life insurance a man can create an estate worth thousands of dollars by an initial payment of a hun dred or less, and yearly payments of a like amount. He may die during the first year, but the estate created is immediately available to the benefieiaries. For the man of modest means there is no place offering greater security, satisfaction and greater financial re turns than a policy in a reputable company. And it’s cheap! If you are not ade quately protected, call in an insurance man to-day. OF PRESC01^^| CROP ESTIMfl NG GIGANTIC TASK Government Bureau Collects and Publishes Much Important Information. AGENTS COVER WHOLE COUNTRY --- 4 More Than 4,000,000 Pieces of Mail j Handled by Division of Crop Re ports During Past Year—Re ports Are Issued Monthly. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, the bureau of crop esti mates of the United States department of agriculture issued the regular monthly crop reports, showing esti- ! mated acreages planted, growing con- j ditlons, yields per acre, and total pro- j duction, farm prices of different crops ; for each state and the United States, j estimates of total number of live j stock of different classes on farms and J ranges, their condition, and losses ; from diseases and other causes. Com- i merclal estimates of the apple and ■ peach crops were made, and the j weekly truck-crop news, service which j had previously been in force, was con-! tinued and extended, according to the | annual report of the chief of the bu-1 reau, an extract from which is given | below. 1 Many special Inquiries were made during the year. Including: Quantity of commercial fertilizers used per acre of cotton and propor tion of fields upon which used. Percentage of various crops to which commercial fertilizer and ma nure was applied and quantity used. Binder twine requirements for the grain crops of 1918 for the use of the r Grain corporation. Emergency live stock survey, to de termine the number on farms July 1, 1918. Uses made of wheat crop, for the United States food administration. Quantities of various crops fed to different classes of live stock. Live stock survey of January, 1919. ! Fertilizer inquiry of January, 1919, ! to ascertain quantity of commercial fertilizers and manure used for crops. Wages of farm help. Prices farmers pay for equipment, machinery, and supplies. Percentage of farm labor require ments available. Agents Gather Facts. Field agents prepared estimates of acreage, yield, production, and stocks on farms of wheat and com by coun ties for the United States Grain corpo ration, and they also prepared estl- i mates of the value of agricultural j production by counties In each of the | principal states for the use of the treasury department. Field agents co operated with officials of the depart ment of agriculture, the treasury de partment, and the state extension serv ices in the states where seed-grain loans were made to farmers In the drought-stricken regions of the north west and the southwest In the fall of 1918 and rpring of 1919. The bureau compiled Innumerable statements showing the production, j r. ' I i.i-.'i> VgsSgMBilgF. - i> ifyv * u iWCVliv. V .-.-is . fa’. f'•jr’.-fwi. consumption, surplus and deficiency, exports and Imports, and prices of Im portant agricultural products for all tne principal countries before the war, and of production and requirements • during the war, for the Information of | administrative officials of the depart ment of agriculture, of other federal departments, and various war-emer gency organizations. Many of these statements were for the use of the de partment committee on qrop produc tion and were used ns a basis for the crop-production programs which were recommended. Other compilations were made for the confidential use of the war trade board and for the emu mittees od agriculture in congress. Much information Compiled. Summaries of weekly reports of the state field agents of the bureau were furnished for the confidential ihforma tion of the secretary and chiefs of bureaus of the department of agricul ture, and after the signing of the armistice the mailing list for these summaries was extended to include other government officials and senators and members of the house of represen tatives. Bimonthly foreign crop re ports were issued in the spring of 191S and will be continued. A vast amount of information was compiled and furnished in response to Inquiries received by telephone, tele graph, letter, or personal call of rep resentatives of the food administra tion. the war trade board, the'war in dustries board, the military Intelli gence office of the war department, the tariff commission, the federal trade commission, the council of na tional defense, other departments of the federal and state governments, congress, and private Individuals. More than 4.000,000 pieces of mall were handled by the division of crop reports during the year, as compared with 3,200,000 b.v the same division for the preceding fiscal year, an increase of 25 per cent. About the same rela tive Increase was noted In all other ’branches of the bureau at Washington. In the state offices of field agents DISPUTE NEAR FIGHTING POINT OKLAHOMA DEPUTIES MAY TRY TO OUST TEXAS RANCEDS Oklahoma City, aJn. 28.—Governor Robertson announced today that as many men as are necessary t ocarry out the court order in the Red river land controversy between Oklahoma and Texas will be given special com missions. “These deputies will be authorized to carry out the orders of the Will man ^punty District Court,” the gov ernor said. A. P. Marsh, receiver for the Burk Divide oil properties, and A. M. Stewart, attorney for the receiver, following a conference with the gov ernor today said they would ask that 200 men be deputized. This proper ty consists of 480 acres. Recently a 5,000-barrel well was brought in. Stewart tol dthe governor that while the 27 rangers now on the ground showed a conciliatory attitude they said they would not permit any of this oil to be sent to Oklahoma. Mayor Fred Vernor of Grandfiold, sent a message to the governor in whichh he said the “deputies are at the breaking point.” Dr. W. A. Fu qua, of that-city, in a message to the | governor, said that “blood will flow i like water” unless troops are sent. W. Homer Pigg, demonstration demonstration agent of Hempstead agent and Miss Davis, county home county, accompanied by Miss Carrie Plunkett of Little Rock, district agent, passed through the city htis morning enroute to Bingen and Tokio where they will organize boys’ and girls' agricultural chibs. Like clubs have bene organized at Hopewell .Provi dence, Ozan and Blevins. Our boys and girls in Nevada county are de prived of this splendid privilege thru the lack of demonstration agents. It is reported here that W. M. rGee son and associates of Prescott have just closed a contract with the Shaw Syndicate for th edrilling of two oil wels in Clark County, both in the vici nity of Gurdon. One t othe west and the other to the east o fthe city. Ac cordnig t oinformation at hand the exact locations *0 fthe wells will be decided upon on the report of the ge ologists—Arkadeiphia JDany News. The new Prescott steam laundry which was partially installed in the Scott building on West Elm street has moved to the Gee building next to the Picayune office on West Main street. Ihe work more than <lrv.'. ■! " • • fiscal vear 1919 as compared with preceding year. The issuance by agents of monthly state crop reports hearing their names which are gener ally reproduced In all the state papers lias made them widely known through out their states and has resulted in a heavy volume of correspondence. MUSLIN Every housewife who believes that quality is the best economy will appreciate Daisy Muslin because it is made to give complete satisfaction. Daisy Muslin is woven from yarns that are spun from clean, long staple cotton. It is High Count—free from artificial weighting matter, - bleached pure and white and finished soft. YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND DAISY MUSLIN IN OUR STOCK OZAN MERCANTILE COMPA Y Phone 130 , i --- -