FRANCHISE ASKEI)
FOR NATURAL GAS.
Company Proposes to Lay Pipes
From Mansfield to Ft. Smith
—Council Will Prevent
Sell-Out to Electric
I Light Company.
Fort Smith, Dec. 13.—The
Mansfield Natural Gas Company
will Monday week apply for a
franchise for piping the streets
of the city for natural gas to be
'y used for heating and illuminating
purposes.
The company is made up of Ft,
Smith capitalists and has two
wells at Mansfield, a distance of
thirty miles, which are yielding
2,000,000 feet per/lay. The town
of Mansfield, containing about
300 inhabitants, and the mining
camp of Huntington, which has
a population of 3,000, are heated
and lighted with the gas from
these wells at a cost of from 50
to 75 cents per 1,000 feet.
It is estimated that Fort Smith
will consume about 500,000 feet
of gas daily, and that it will take j
about $160,000 to pipe here from j
Mansfield. Should the council j
grant the company the franchise
asked, several test wells will be J
put down between here and
& Mansfield in search of natural
y gas, in order to lessen the ex
pense of piping. The pressure at
present is amply sufficient to
force the gas to the vcity.
It is claimed that by passing
the natural product through an
incandescent burner the illumi
nation is much superior to manu
factured gas, and compares very
favorably with the electric light.
One of the lee.der« of tho coun
cil asserts that if the county will
enter into an agreement not to
sell out to the present electric
light company without the con
sent of the council, there will
not be the slightest difficulty in
securing a charter, but the agree
mens demanded must be of the
most positive nature.
MESSENGERS GRANTED
SLIGHT INCREASE.
Superintendent G. F. Johnson
of the Pacific Express Company
at Little Rock has announced
that an order was issued from
the headquarters of the company
in St. Louis on December 9 in
creasing the pay of the employes
of the company, effective Dec. 1.
This order provides for the in
crease in the pay of forty-four
messengers, the list including all
of the first and second grade
messengers in the Arkansas divi
sion. They are to receive an in
crease of $5 a month, the old
scale being from $55 to $80. This
increase is what the employes de
manded when they went out on
strike, and they, therefore, win
their contentions after the strike
had been settled, with the ex
* 'ception of the recognition of the
union.
BOARD REFUSES
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Little Rock, Dec. 13.—At the
meeting of the board of peniten
tiary commissioners yesterday
morning a petition from the Var
ner, Cummins & Eastern railroat
for right of way through the
state’s convict farm in Lincolr
county was rejected.
It was stated by a member oJ
the board after the meeting thai
the power of the board to gram
the desired right of way was
doubtful, and that another con
sideration which entered into th<
matter was the tact that tin
state has not yet paid for tin
farm, hence it is not the propert;
of the state as yet.
The board transacted otherwise
business of only a routine natui e
Mattsers connected with the con
mally and the reports concerning
the conditions on the plantation
and the crop yield were altogeth
er satisfactory, showing that the
results will be in accord with the
published statements.
The board will have ample
funds on hand to meet the pay
ment of $50,000 due in January
on the purchase price of the con
vict farm.
WOMEN SIGN PROTEST.
Object to Saloon In Residence
District of Pi .e Bluff.
Pine Bluff, Dec. 13.—A con
siderable stir has been created in
the eastern portion of Pine Bluff
by an application recently filed
with the city council that a sa
loon be licensed on East Second
avenue, near- the Cotton Belt
shops. A petition largely signed
by the wo r.en of the neighbor
hood has just been prepared for
the council, protesting against
the establishment of the saloon.
Among other statements set
forth in the petition is the fol
lowing: “In your meeting of
the 7th inst, your honorable body
was petitioned from some men
for a license to be issued a sa
loon in a residence portion of the
town — East Second avenue.
Gentlemen, let us draw your at
tention to the fact that, in a
matter where the welfare of in
nocent children is involved and
the insolence of such an institu
tion in a strictly residence neigh
borhood has to be borne entirely
by the ladies, it is 'only just to
give them the precedence in
granting a request of that kind,
as it is they and the children who
kavo to- .TKtifcttjsvBSU ’ 1 Ti Wl! 1 IT! crl V Vin.
boes deport themselves in all
kinds of unmanly ways, almost
all the respectable men being
away from home during the day,
and consequently being unable to
observe anything.”
Letters Qanta
to ^ Claus
1 PINE BLUFF’S BAD FIRE.
Conflagration In Cotton Belt
Shops—Box Cars and Coal
Burned.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 13.—
i One of the most' disastrous fires
that has occurred in this cit for
years was the burning of the oil
mill and coal chutes of the Cot
ton Beit shops yesterday evening
at 7:30.
The origin of the fire is not
known, but it is supposed to have
originated from the office of the
oil house, where it was first dis
covered by the night watchman.
The high win s made the
i flames furious, and at times
threatened the whole plant, but
the faithful work of the firemen
saved the buildings with the ex
ceptions of the coal chutes,which
were in the rear of the oil house,
and hundreds of tons of coal and a
! number of boxcars were burned.
| The amount of damage cannot be
j learned.
j ISSUE OF WARRANT
NOT A SETTLEMENT.
Little Rock, Dec. 13. In Greene j
County vs. Light the supreme
court rendered a decision which j
will be of interest to county I
clerks throughout the state. Geo.
0. Light, the county clerk of
Greene county, sued that county
i for $866, alleged to be due him as j
i fees for issuance of 8,600 war
I rants upon the county treasurer.
1 The contention urged by Light
i was that the issuance of each
| warrant and the taking of a re
iceipt therefor, as required by
law, constituted a “settlement,”
| VVJXTilii Llic; nincurring vj£ viiv ovwtr j
| ute allowing county clerks fees i
; at the rate of 10 cents for each!
settlement. The supreme court
held that the issuance of the
warrant, after same had been
ordered by the court, was no'' a
settlement within the terms of
the statute, and dismissed the
claim.
REFUSES SALOON LICENSE.
Dear Santa: I am not going
to be in Newport Christmas; am ,
going to spend Chistmas with
grandma and grandpa at Des
Arc, so you will find my stocking
down there. Will be glad if you
will bring me boots, tool chest,
sword and soldiers’ suit, pearl
handle knife, some story books,
nuts, raisins, candies, fire works
and anything else you can spare
me. Your little friend,
Linville Browm.
My Dear Santa: I love you
; and me be a good girl. Please
I bring me a big doll house with
I furniture in it and a baby with
; long clothes on. I mean a long
! blue dress, and I want a little
toilet table for to put the things
on my papa brought me from
Europe. I am thinking and
thinking what else me want.
Don’t bring me candy, because
the dentist won’t let me eati
candy. Dear Santa, don’t forget |
to fill my stockings. That’s all I;
want. Me only want a little j
bed for my dolly. We live here I
in a big green house and me name
is Hortense Schott. Nov/ don’t
forget me. Me send you a kiss,
! too. Hortense Schott.
Dear Santa Claus: Bring me
whole big doll and lot of oranges
; and big rubber ball and some
j raisins, wax and cates and tandy
; | and some marshmallows and ba
•jnanas. Bring me little Christ
“' mas tree with lot toys on it, fire
- works and Roman candles.
1 Helen Braey.
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FOR SALE CHEAP.
One good full - pop, double
- seated carriage. IiViuire at the
Ashdown, Dec. 12.—County
Judge B. F. Arnold has refused
:o grant any liquor for Little
River county for 1904. There
will not be a saloon in this coun
ty next year. Ashdown, Wilton,
Foreman, Rocky Comfort and
Arkinda are all in this county
and the no license order affects
them.
FOR RENT
44 H otel
Creighton”
On Walnut street Newport,
Ark. This is the best hotel town
in the state and is centrally
located, being one full block
from St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Depot and opposite the
Jackson county court house.
Will be Finished About
January 15th, 1904
And will contain twenty-eight
sleeping rooms, office 25x30 feet,
dining room 20x45 feet, one par
lor on first Floor and one on
second floor, three bath rooms,
large kitchen, pantry and store
room, will be equipped with
electric return annunciator to
each room, long distance and
ocal telephone.
Electric and Gas Lights
| Laundry and servants’ apart
! ments in yard adjoining. When
I completed will be very conven
| ent for the commercial trade.
: Apply to,
CHRISTMAS.
An impressive assortment of entire store affords special offer
men’s and boys’ apparel to be ings that are such as to interest
found here. Ideal presents for careful shoppers,
father, brother, friend or sweet- This store is your-store. Its
heart, useful, serviceable and policy is dictated and directed by -
good for all occasions the year your demands. It will grow and
round. Our stock is now com- greaten only by pleasing you.
plete and it is to your advantage We invite your inspection. We
to come early and get choice se- want to show you goods as often
lections. We cannot quote all the as you ask for them. This is
good things; suffice to say, the . our greatest pleasure.
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coats, $6.50 value for 4.10 $2.00 value *P 1 »t>D
Qj Men’s all wool Scotch suits Z AF Men’s patent colt shoes, 'J QC
m $10.00 value for U*VO $3.75 value for L»yO
Q2 Men’s heavy cap toe lace | Ar Men’s buck mittens, $1.00 cC/t
C(3 shoes, $1.50 value for I .UO value for
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^ Men’s buck gloves, $1.25 value for 9o cents.
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TRY THE
Weems Laundry
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
M them show you how well
' they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted&Co.
i Local Agents.
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I FIRST TiATIONAL
Newport, Arkansas«
1 Under the sop< 1 of the United States CVveyn
| PAID IN CAPITAL $50,000.
Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards will bej
l ceived—the same careful attention is extended both
I and large depositors.
[OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
T. J. Graham • W. A. Joyce T. J. WatJ
Sigmond Woltf, J. 0. Taylor
President.
W. A. Billingsley, F. A. Jones,
Cashier. Ass’t Cashic
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