The Little River news., March 31, 1915, Image 2

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orough audit of the
tremor, secretary of
.eneral, tax commis
mrt, state university,
ir agricultural schools
nitorlum, labor com
Jh normal national
joard of health, state
*y commission, and any
department that han
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t ,is being done with
nd it is probable the
clebrate the Fourth
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EERS CHOSEN
..niissionN^aines En
s for New Road}
i, March 26.—The board
iioners of Miller county
ct No. 1, at a meeting held
acted the engineers who are
ipervision of the construction
xty miles of good road, pro
>r which was made by a recent
ne Arkansas legislature. There
large number of applicants
arious states, but the engineers
a are Howard & Ash, Kansas
Lund & Hill, Little Rock, and
. Christian, Texarkana.
ie road will radiate from Texar
a, one of the most important lines
ag east by way of Mandeville and
man, and terminating at Red River
lr Fulton or Index, twenty miles
jm here, and where it probably will
mnect with a similar r ^ad from Hope
r Ashdown. It is announced that the
engineers will get busy at once, and
It is expected the actual building of
the roads will begin within a short
time.
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ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
Petitions Being Circulated at Fore
man for Road Improvements.
^ Foreman, March 26.—Petitions are
being circulated in Jackson and
Franklin townships to be presented
to County Judge Jones, asking for a
road improvement district to be known
ts Road Improvement District N’o. 2
td be formed in these two townships
for the purposes of issuing bonds and
building good roads. The districts
can be formed under an act passed by
the last legislature, known as the Al
exander bill, and it is necessary that a
majority of the acreage be represented
on the petition.
The petition embraces Franklin and
a part of Jackson township, includ
ing the town of Foreman and five
roads out of this place will be effected
as follows: Five miles on the Black
land road, seyen miles on the Lanes
port road, fdur miles on the Hawkins
road, five1 miles on the Lewis Ferry
road and ten miles on the Anderson
road, as they are now situated.
Petitions are in the hands of S. D.
Matterson, Thos. Dollarhide, L. B. An
derson, Frank Williams and alsc one
. at the Palace Drug Store, and these
\ gentleinent are meeting with much en
couragement so far in the way of se
curing signers.
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A Convalescent
requires a food tonic that will rapidly
build up wasted tissue
OliveOil
F'muSsion
"i which we
. purpose.
i/Io ■ I Drug 3t*re.
White i».. . jrmen ... taking
advantage of favorable river condition
and are bringing down big rafts of
cedar pot, ’ and ties. One raft of 7,
000 cedar posts was brought down the
river to Cotter recently.
D. C. Carter, a farmer, living near
Junction City, is sowing 30 acres to
Johnson grass this season. He says
he can easily control this grass which
was one of the features of a guberna
torial election in Arkansas several
years ago.
J. L. Mattingly, who lives near Mena
is the father of 10 children. His wife
was the baby in the family of 16 and
his mother in law was one of a family
of 19. Mr. Mattingly’s grandfather
21 children.
Archer Hays, a negro girl who lived
near Magnolia, diet^ of fright recently
when she was put on an operating ta
ble in a physician’s office for an ex
amination.
Bentonville is to have one of the
largest vinegar manufacturing plants
in the Southwest.
Business men of Mineral Springs
have bought 46 acres of land and
planted it to strawberries.
At a total expense of $108 more than
$3,000 worth of zinc was taken from
the Morning Star mine in Marion
county one day last week.
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STRAWBERRY CULTURE
S. B. Keagj of AL, I), and G. Gives
Advice on Strawberries.
(By S. B. Keagy of M„ D. & G. Ry.)
The cultivation of strawberries is
not more difficult than many other
field crops, yet I know of no crop that
responds more readily to thorough
cultivation, or yields better returns
for labor performed than strawberries.
The ground should be well broken
and pulverized, harrowing and drag
ging until you have a good firm plant
bed. Then mark off in rows four feet
one way and about two feet, nine in
ches the opposite. Set your plants in
the cross but be careful not to set
plants in a furrow. Set plants with
dibler or any sharp instrument that
will make sufficient opening to allow
plants to be placed without crumping
the roots. Some prefer cropping off
about one-third of the roots before set
ting but I don't think that necessary.
Firm the ground around the roots
with the foot otherwise, being care
that the entire root is covered and the
bud out of the ground. Be careful in
hundling your plants while setting, so
that they are not exposed to the sun
or wind. The roots dry out very qui
ckly when thus exposed. If your
ground is a little dry or dusty on top,
a good plan is to loosen the bunches
and dip the roots in water just before
setting. Within a week or ten days
after setting begn cultivation. Shallow
cultivation is generally preferable es
pecially as the season advances. Cul
tivate both ways until new plants be
gin to set after which cultivate only
the wide way. Encourage new plants
to set as early in the season as possi
ble. The early plants are the best
bearers the next season. Allow your
rows to widen until you have a matt
ed row, from eighteen to twenty-four
inches wide. Keep space between
hjwb cmmaifu unui irosi in rail.
Keep the blooms clipped first season.
Newly set plants arp much weakened
by being allowed tc mature fruit. If
you wait until blooms are well ad
vanced, then pinch or clip off entire
stem. It Is not a laborious job and
one time going over the bed is gen
erally sufficient.
Fairly rich soil in which the humas
has not all been leached out should be
selected. Also land that drains well
and does not wash badly. In hoeing
care should be taken not to loosen the
soil around the roots. Scrape the
weeds and grass away with a share
hoe, and do not dig within three or
four inches of the plant. Cultivate
often enough to keep grass and weeds
from getting advantage of you, and tn
dry weather keep dust mulch, espec
ially after rains don’t allow’ ground to
bake or crust.
If the above instructions are intelli
gently observed, I feel certain that you
will be well rewarded for your ex
pense and labor.
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
I ana forced to ask you to write us
no more letters asking for tax state
ments, as we have more letters than
we can answer before April 10th, the
end of tax paying time. Send money
jto cover and we will send change
i back to you. It will be several days
| or weeks in returning receipt very
likely. We are very busy on account
of so many people waiting so late and
are doing the very best we can. If
you get the money here in time your
land' will not go in the delinquent list,
.even though you may be late in getting
yov receipt.—W. D Waldrop, Sheriff
ac.i Collector.
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E BANK BANDITS
ELUDE SIX POSSES
Jtesperadoes Break Through Ring and
Ride for Kiamlchi Mountains
With the Spoils.
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Oklahoma City. Okla.. March 27.—
Members of the band of desperadoes
who escaped frsm Stroud early today,
after robbing two national banks of
$5,000, eluded half a dozen mounted
posses and tonight were riding swift
ly toward the fastnesses of the Kla
michi mountains with their spoils. Last
reports said the men were headed in
the general direction of • Kelleyville,
northwest of Chanlder. wtth, the poss
es 30 minutes behind.
Five men were in the party which
escaped after the ribb*ri«s,‘ It was •!
learned from eyewitnesses tonight
while two of the band, Henry Starr,
notorious Cllerokee desperado, and a
man named Estes, were wounded and
captured. First reports said the band
numbered 11 men. Starr and Estes
are in jail.
Company B. National Guard of Ok;
lahoma, was mustered to arms at
Chandler late today and joined the
posses in search of the bandits.
“Ourselves to Blame”—Starr.
“We went to the banks to get the
money. We got it. We have no one
to blame but ourselves. There are
five good men left in the crowd,” said
Henry Starr, while admitting his iden
tity at Chandler tonight.
It is reported a farmer, Jerry Tur
nor, was fatally wounded because he
refused to throw up his hands at the
command of the robbers when the
Strud National bank was robbed.
Paul Curry, 18 years old, is the hero
of the raid, for it was the town mar
shal's young son who wounded and
helped capture Starr, the leader of the
raiders when the band rushed from
the banks and attempted to mount
their horses and escape from the ga
thering citizens. Less than an hour
after the robbers fled from Stroud un
der a hot fire, they were surrounded
by a determined posse. Telephone
calls brought scores of armed ranch
ers in automobiles, on horseback and
cn foot to the scene.
Star Wanted bv State?
Those guarding the supposed leader
of the band are positive that he Is the
Henrv Starr, for whose capture, dead
or alive, the state of Oklahoma has
offered a reward of *1.000. In his
pockets was found $1,760 of the money
Governor Williams today received a
letter, in Starr’s handwriting, purport
ing to have come from Reno. Nev..
protesting against the charge that he
had been imnlieatd in recent bank
robberies in Oklahoma. Sapulpa dis
patches say Mrs. Cora Starr, the alleg
ed robber’s wife, had obtained a di
vorce today, almost coincidentally
with the raid on the Stroud banks.
His Marriage Romantic.
Starr has served prison sentences
for bank robberies in the Southwest
and has been accused of many others.
It is said that in 1902, after Starr’s
band had robbed a train near Pryor
Creek. Okla.. they discovered while
galloping to their camp, at Joplin, Mo.
young womn who had fled from the
train in terror. Starr placed her on
a train for her destination. Their
meeting culminated in marriage and it
is this girl who is believed to have
obtained a divorce today.
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MUST FORCE DARDANELLES
French Now Regard Victory Over
Turks as Matter of Honor
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London, March 28.—A dispatch from
Athens tells of the colossal preparat
ions being made for a final assault on
the Darianelles forts. The French
have declared, says one correspondent,
that one way or another the Darda
nelles will be forced, for it not only a
question of honor, but it is of the ut
most importance to the allies to clear
the straits. After a council of the
admirals, the dispatch says the cap
tains of the warships were summoned
and special instructions were given to
them.
It appears the decisive assault had
been postponed to allow for the arrival
of further warships. There are expect
ed today eight fresh battleships; three
British, four French and one Russian.
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COURT IS ADJOURNED
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l’ike County Court Adjourned at Mur
freeslmro Last Week.
Murfreesboro, March 26.—The Pike
County Circuit Court adjourned yes
terday until the third Monday in June
when an adjourned term will be held
s' o-ild it be necessary. There were ,38
civil cases and 28 criminal cases on
I the docket, nearly all of which were
• disposed of. The grand jury examin
ed 106 witnesses and returned 46 in
dictments. This is fewer bills than
have been returned by a grand jury
m several years. Four persons, all
! white, were given sentences/ to the
i penitentiary , as follows: j Edgar
; Dossey, grand larceny one year;
(’has. Strawn. forgery, two years; 1
Wert Yarbrough, pandering, 2 years;
T. E. Sargent, grand larceny, one year.
Our opening week in the feed business
her, we will have at all times in our ware
stock of assorted feed^ Oh our track fro*
Saturday will have another car, and if tak
fore we unload will'make the follywing price*
100 lbs. best Yellow 01 PA
corn chops per Back....*P I lUU
100 lbs best mixed alfalfa 1 PA
corn and oajt&pe&qack,. I lOU
100 lbs. pare'wheat bran 1 A A
mill run, per sack.I rfU
100 lbs. pure will <| M
shorts per sac! IiWU
Good Rel QA
per buff id.lUU
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Good Yellow corn QA
per bushel.lull
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SANDERSON-EMBRY Grain Co.
PREPARING SEED BEDS
Commissioner Page Issues Letter on
Preparations of Seed Beds.
Little Rock, March 31.—(Special.)—
Commissioner John H. Page in a let
ter to the farmers of the state says:
“One of the most important steps in
the making of a crop is in preparing a
seed bed. No crop can possibly give
the best returns without that precap
tion and we should not expect the ele
ments of plant food in the soil to be
come available when the soil is not
put in good tilth before plaiting. The
soil requires attention to insure the
best results. The elements of plant
food which feed the crop will respond
if the sun, air, rainfall and other ele
ments are permitted to thoroughly
penetrate and act upon the soil.
“We readily admit that all land
snouid oe broken in the fall or early
in the winter; we should therefore be
lieve that much good is to be gotton
by breaking the land in the spring ii
we do not have time to break it in the
fall. Land should be broken' before;
planting and we are neglecting the
first important step toward success if
we do not break the land. All of us
have been familiar with the practice
of burning stalks, grass and weeds on
the field, then streaking off the land,
bedding on the little furrow, and
throwing out the middles, all in order
to save breaking. Sometimes it would
appear that there was not sufficient
time to break land before planting.
“It does not matter how late the sea
son is or may, or now crowded work
may be, or how little time there is left
befort the regular planting time, there
is always time enough to properly
prepare the land for a crop. If the
crop is worth our time and attention
it is worth our best efforts. If not we
had best plant another crop. And
when we do take time to break the
land and properly prepare it, we will
find a way to use the stalks and grass
in the field to supply organic matter
to our hungry soils. Our soils must
have their organic matter. If it is
not put into the soil in the way of
stalks and winter cover crops, we will
in time be compelled to rest the land
entirly for a year or two while we
may grow and turn under cloVer, peas,
etc.
“We should therefore turn all the
vegetable matter under that Is avail
able and we will have to break the
land in order to get the rubbish and
stalks out of the way. At this time of
course it is necessary that the stalks
be cut so they will not tear out the
young plants before they have com
pletely rotted. If you do not own a
stalk-cutter, borrow one.
“Breaking the land will be of ad
vantage to you because of the fertili
zing value of the material turned un
der; because you will put the lanct
in good tilth and give a good seed bed;
because you will have begun to fight
the drouth next summer by holding
water now; because you will make
more plant food in the soil available
for the use of your plants; and be-;
cause human experience has proven
that thorough preparation of the seed
bed is one of the most important stops
in successful agriculture.
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RAISING SUBMARINE
Faint Hope Fn to rained That Some of
Crew Still Live.
Honolulu, March 27.—The submar
ine (F-4 is being slowly raised th ;
afternoon. The prospects are t! it
she will reach the surface in a few
| bouts. Some officers at the raising
assert there is still a faint hope that
somt\ of her crew of twenty-ore are
still ddive.
Captaiji Duffv of the naval yards here,
inafchai'jte of the raising operations,
sail he /believed there is a fighting
chance tij save the men’s lives. It Is
reported] ho is using the pontoon sys
tem of /aising. This cons! *s of sink
ing an L closed dredger box which is
to be (M7ined to the submarine and
then pulkiplng the water out ‘ of the
(l •edffiM'r Tiling it with ;:ti. which I uti
an f!cally itats the dredger.
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TD EG1NNINQ with next Saturday, we will
££ sell all proprietary Toilet and Patent'
preparations at 10 per cent discount, for
Cash Only. That is all $1.05 preparations
for 90c and 50c preparations 45c, and so on.
These prices are for Saturday only, so re
member the place and the date.
75he MODEL DRUG STORE
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On Saturdays.
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VELVET BR-AND
The Creamlof all Creams
R. CORO ’ AM
420 W. Broad St.
We ship An auu never1.i
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Free Consnltatlon for Spinal and
Nervous Disorders
DR. R. E. MATHIS,
Chiropractor.
Schematic Chart mailed free.
Office: 321 Walnut St. Texarkana
W. H. H. GRAY, Opt. D.
REFBACTIG AND MANUFAC
TURING OPTICIAN
312 State Line, Texarkana, U.S.A.
Old Phone 462.
Correspondence Solicited.
DR. EUGENE A. HAWLEY
Practice Limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat.
Texarkana National Bank Building
rooms 408-9-10. Office phone, old
264. Texarkana.
Preserving Time Will Soon Be Here
Save HALF your SUGAR—Get Bet
ter Results.
Write Home Dept.
WILLIAMS-HUBBARD PEANUT
COMPANY.
Texarkana, Ark.-Tex.
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BEST IX TEXARKANA, A
POSTOFFICE Ca
214 State Line Ann
DR. J. FALKNEI
OSTEOPATHIC PHTSIC1
Graduate American Schoo
Osteopathy.
404-405-406 State National
Building. Texarkana.
^^^^orre^iondence^Bolicited.
OLD HATS MADE NEW
$1.25
We pay Pereel Post Charges
TEXARKANA HAT CO.
Hatters Exclusively
416 State Line Ave.
Texarkana, Ark..Tex.
GEO. R. STEEL
Attorney at Law
Notary in Office
Phone 179. Sanderson Building.
Ashdown, Ark.
Tea Tears’ Misery Ended.
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J. T. Chambers, merchant,' Jones
boro, Ark., writles: “Foley Kidney
l> iis cured me of a te’ -year standing
< ase of rheumatism. I suffered miser
ably. A friend told me of being cured;
so I used them, und they cured me, too.
Most middle aged men and women are
glad to learn that Foley kidney pills
afford a way to escape sleep disturb
ing bladder weakness, backache, rheu
matism. pufTness under eyes, stiff and
swollen joi'its and other ills attribut
ed to kldc" ;* ‘roubles. Sold by all
dealers.—advertisement.
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Warning Order.
State Saving and Trust Co., and C.
11. blocker, trustee, plaintiff, vs. B. V.
Parks, et al, defendant. The
dant. B. V. Parks, C. M. Parks
Magfie Jennlce Miles Parks,
Park t and Leroy Parks are
app‘ r In this court within
and iswer the err pt >
tiff t* ■’
c. :4 sic
Clio, i Park cl":Circuit Cou#
Warning Order.
In the Chancery court of Little Rlv
er county.
Samuel D. Spurr, plaintiff vs. Julius
Garst, et al, defendants, and Foremr.*
Hardware Co., a corporation ***** f
D. Bailey, cross-cornu1'-' *
ins C— Rt. let y
MKn. Echo|
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lainant is. I
Hardware!
Goods Co.j
•The dej
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and L. H.Jj
are here*
court wlfl
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and seal®
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