THE INDEPENDENT
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w: A. OLDFIELD
for Circuit Judge—
R. E. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
Hor .Representative—
W. M. SHAVER
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W. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff— "'« '!
J. F. McCUISTION
ifor Circuit Clerk— «
C. E. SMITH i
For County Clerk—
G. L. ROBINSON
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J. H. CAMP
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TERRY GUIN
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W. F. HURLEY
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Real Wonders.
We’ve been in many cities
And sailed from many docks,
But never found a bootblack
WTho did not daub our socks.
—Youngstown Telegram.
We’ve been in many cities
And sailed on many ships.
But we’ve never found a waiter
Who would refuse our tips.
Houston Daily Post.
We’ve been in many cities
And sailed to many lands.
But never found a youngster
Who liked to wash his hands, j
Baltimore News.
We’ve been in many cities
Seen sights, believe us kid,
But never saw a girl who liked
To wear a last year’s lid.
Los Angeles Express.
We’ve been in many cities
Seen many signals wave,
But never glimpsed a pretty girl
Who made her eyes behave.
Commercial Appeal.
We’ve been in many cities
From Guam to Guadaloupe.
But never saw a waiter’s thumb
That wasn’t in the soup.
Fort Smith Times-Record-,
Can’t Afford to Miss “White
Way.”
Augusta, Ark., April 26, ’14.
Mr. P. H. Van Dyke, Editor of
Independent,
Newport, Ark.
Dear Sir:
I have just finished reading
an article in your paper of a
proposition having been made
to the city by your lighting com
pany for the installation of a
“White Way” for the business
section of your city, beginning
at the intersection of First (or
Front) with Beech street and
extending west to the intersec
tion of First and Vine streets,
and to also extend from Front
to Second on Hazel and from
Front to Seeond on Walnut, tak
ing in all the business section
of the city.
It is needless to say, that it af
fords me much pleasure to note
that the city of most of my boy
hood days is at last interesting
itself in civic Bride.
There is nothing that the city
government could do that
would advertise the city more
than this proposed “White
Way,” and the city fathers
should see to it that this propo
sition is not “turned down.’
Every citizen should feel an in
terest in this proposition.
From the information before
me, it is not entirely clear to my
mind the class of '(installation
you are to get, but it seems that
the price to be paid for the
service is not high; yet if the
city owned and operated its own
nomically. But in view of the
nomicaly. But in view of the
fact that it is not a municipally
operated plant, there is nothing
else to do but to make the best
deal possible.
It cannot be expected that a
public service plant can be op
erated and maintained without
a profit in return for such serv
ice. The reason I say this is be
cause of having operated the mu
nicipal plant in Argenta for
more than three years. We op
erated from this plant sixty
eight street arc lights, besides
eleven blocks of “white way”
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without a penny of expense to |
the citizens of the city.
You ask. how did we do it? It
is very simple- The revenue com
ing in each month from com
mercial lighting kept up the re
pairs, w'hich (pardon me for tak
ing the credit to myself.) were
very small in the plant, w'hile the
repairs outside on the line were
considerably greater, due to elec
trical storms, and other things
over w'hich humanity had no con
trol. We had a model plant and
it was well kept up and is lying
now' in waiting, like our “Uncle
Samuel’s” gunboats, are waiting
to jump on the Huerta govern
ment in case an emergency
should arise. The plant was
closed down on the 16th day of
last November, when the Mer
*
chants Lighting Company of
Little Rock took the matter of
furnishing current over, agree
ing to furnish said city of Ar
genta with current much cheap
er than w'e could make it.
It is needless to say that a feel
ing of sadness permeated my
very being w'hen I closed the
throttle on those engines for the
last time. Not wholly because
they furnished me lucrative em
ployment, but because they had
been my faithful pals for more
than three long years, ever re
sponding to my demands, no
matter what the emergency.
Many were our hard fought bat
tles, but in every case victory
perched upon our banner. I i
quote you a fe wreasons for the;
change by Argenta’s mayor:
“One of the reasons for award- j
ing the contract for furnishing j
Argenta’s electricity to the Mer-1
chants Lighting Co., is that the
Arkansas Fertilizer Co., which
formerly used steam, will use
electricity in the future. As the
! amount required for oepration is
500 horse power, and the Argen
ta light plant’s capacity is only
1,000 horse power, the strain on
the’ municipal plant would be
too great, and a break-down
would either leave Argenta in
darkness or the fertilizer plant
without power. The city, how
ever, has reserved the right to
operate the muncipal plant at
any time, should it prove more
expensive to purchase power
than to manufacture it.
“We pride ourselves on our
lighting system; it is undoubted
ly one of the best in the state,
and as good as will be found in
any town of its size anywhere.
The “white way”, which is fur
nished without any expense to
the citizens, is supported by the
income that is derived from the
commercial lights- The income
exceeds the expense so far as
to allow us to install this “white
1 way”, without any drain on the
j people.”
j These are the words of Mayor
Faucette. The writer will state,
however, that the poles and fix
tures f or this “white way” were
paid for by the property owners
of the district served. The poles
for this “white way” are ?>0 feet
in height, constructed of steel
gas pipe, 10 inches in diameter at
the base and for a height of 12
feet, extending in concrete in the
ground 5 feet, the top of poles
! beyond 12 feet are made of 6
1 inch steel pies, and suspended
; from these poles at a distance of
12 feet from the ground are
iron cross arms, carrying four
receptacles for 100 watt lamps,
the outside globes for which are
16 inches in diameter. There are
four p oles on either side of the
street, making a total of eight
poles on a block.
Now, I do not know what your
light company proposes to erect
for you in the matter of orna
mental poles, but take it for
granted that they have figured to
give you an installation that will
prove in every way satisfactory
to the city, and at the same time
could be looked on with pride by
everyone concerned. Of course,
you would not expect to compete
with the system I have just
told you about. A 12 foot pole,
constructed of steel pipe, 3 inch
es at bottom, reduced to 2
! inches or 1 1-4 inches at the top,
properly spaced, would make a
very nice installation, even
with as small outer globes as 10 :
inch.
Trusting that I will be delight
ed by looking on Newport’s
“white way” the first time I
have an opportunity to visit up i
there, I will bring this to a close. (
Yours truly,
Jas. P. Eubanks.
Oldfield Would Fight.
Washington, April 26.—Con
gressman W. A. Oldfield of
Batesville, Ark., yesterday ten
dez'ed his services to President
Wilson in case of war with Mex
ico. Mr. Oldfield’s letter to
President Wilson follows:
April 25, 1914.
“Dear Mr. President:
“It has been my pleasuz*e to
uphold your hand in your Mex
ican policy because I know that
it has been your earnest desire,
as well as my own, that we
should, if possible, avoid war
with the z’epublic of Mexico.
However, in this crisis if war
must come, I hez^eby tender my
sez’vices, through you to our
country and shall be glad to
serve in any capacity which
seems to you best. For your in
formation, I desire to say that I
enlisted in 1898 as a private in
Company M, Second Arkansas ;
Volunteer Infantry, war with
Spain, was elected first sergeant j
oi my company, later promoted
to the rank of first lieutenant
and mustered out of the service
with that rank early in 1899
With great respect, I am sin
cerely,
(Signed) “W. A. Oldfield.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, president
of the United States.”
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at Bowen’s Cash Store. 24d6
Mrs. Bowers of the Rhea ho
tel at Walnut Ridge spent Sun
day in our city, the guest of
Miss Carrie White
All members of the Ben Hur
are requested to meet at the
Board building tonight at 7:30
—eleven candidates to be re
ceived.
Mi*, and Mrs- Sol Salinger of,
Brinkley were the guests of I
Charles Meyer and Miss Meyer
Sunday.—Jonesboro Tribune.
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strawberries at Bowen’s Cash
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demonstrator of this county,
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dowm Front street when his
horse fell, catching one of his
limbs under the animal and frac
turing it very badly.
Messrs. Wirthlin and Franz,
prominent lumber and mill men
of Minturn, spent today in our
city. Mr- Franz, whose family
live in St. ouis, expects to move
them here in a few day and they
will occupy the Dr. F. G. Smith
home on Laurel street, which is
being newly renovated and re
modeled for them.
Roosevelt Expected At Manacs.
By United Press.
Manacs, Brazil, April 27.— Col.
Theodore Roosevelt was expect
ed to reach here today when he
planned to form a junction with
members of the various groups
into which his South American
expedition was broken up. A
great reception has been planned
for the former American presi
dent.
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