N l Mi IE It 2512.
SYSTEM
Of HIGHWAYS
h^igh* Special Act
District of t ounty
iBg Glaize and
j„ Townships.
, 0f modern, well
and permanent ma
ways f°r Jaclcson
9 be outlined, togeth
Wate of cost, prepar-i
ate engineer and sub
be voters of Jackson
the March primary.
a system of public
e constructed through
Inent district, whose
irill not become or be
pon the land holders ;
nty is the statement !
arter, state highway
R-ho spent Monday
ference with the ad
such a system of
er is now engaged as
r in charge of a num
h improvement pro
the state, where val
much lower than in
inty and where the
tadam road construc
ih greater than here.
Jlerk George L. Rob
f compiling the real
of the county by
i order that the peo
intelligently and ac
formed of what the
; the size of the bond
red and what will be
oh improved and un
ands of the country
proposed district,
i embrace all of Jack
except Glaize and
rasnips.
e supplies the ser
igineers and with the
xpenses of organiza
instruction reduced to
a, and the people of
county directing the
fairs thorugh a board
sioners composed of
er from each town
led, there could be no
favoritism against
ction of the county.
ter has volunteered
s in the coming cam
Iccompany the county
end lay the merits of
I together with all
hich the people would
ted, before the voters
f may intelligently
the issue.
ocates of a reasonable
highways are confident
would endorse the
II and the next mem
legislature from this
told be expected to
the will of the people
to at the polls.
Satisfaction exists in
t of the county over
spenditure of the $20,
tto each year in the 3
and the remedy
improvement district
Sue through which
f system of real
, for hauling and
0r night, 365 days in
71 be constructed and
Batatax that will be
small consider
is that will accrue
^ is not a vision
’ ut a practical anc
»ne th,
S. ot ‘navel anc
e county demand
means a saving
money wil
‘ n"4er a body „
men, to which each township
will contribute one of its best
citizens. Through a system of
roads instead of individual road
improvement districts, there
will be an estimated saving of
15 per cent.
The Iron Mountain railroad
has an assessed valuation of one
and a quarter million dollars in
Jackson county, and yet Mr.
Carter assures the advocates of
the proposed road system that
the railroad companies are not
only willing to stand their share
of the tax but to haul the rock
at about half of the tariff rate.
Why do they do this? Because
they have found that roads de
velop a country, increase its
productive capacity and thus
furnish more outgoing freight
and consume more incoming
freight.
Every farmer, every land
owner, every merchant, business
and professional man ought to
be and is interested for the
same reason. The mud tax is
the biggest tax Jackson County
is paying today and we are all
paying it. The man, who never
travels a mile over the country
roads is paying it, just the same
as the farmer, who lives at the
other end and uses two teams
and two drivers, where only one
should be necessary, who short
ents the life of his stock many
years and reduces the life of his
wagon, buggy and harness the
same way.
If we would only stop to figure
how the earning capacity of ev
ery man in the county is lessen
ed by reason of roads impass
able or almost, a portion of the
iran-r oncl nrinp tnn rrnnrl +hf> VP.
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mainder, then the people would
insist upon a change of methods
and expenditures. Such a plan
will be submitted for their ap
proval. To be made effective, it
must have their endorsement.
Let us all awake to the pres
ent opportunity and lend the
project our active and loyal sup
port. Let us acquire for this
generation and ourselves what
the county can well afford. Let’s
pay a reasonable road tax rath
er than an excessive, grinding
i mud tax.
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Clarke Opens Campaign.
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'Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, Jan. 26.—Most
: all candidates for state offices, as
; well as those for the United
' States Senate, spent Sunday in
' Little Rock, but it is the last Sun
' day they will all be in the city
Tor some weeks. The announce
ment that Senator Clarke will
'begin his speaking dates at Mor
! rilton next Saturday adds a lit
tle to the merriment of that
campaign, for he has heretofore
been silent as to his political
plans.
Once he is started, Senator
Clarke has a list of appoint
! that will keep him decidedly
1 busy on the stump until the close
j of the campaign. He will spend
'next Sunday in Fort Smith,
speaking in Gravette and Siloam
Springs Monday, Bentonville
and Rogers Tuesday, Prairie
Grove and Fayetteville Wednes
day, Springdale and Goshen
Thursday, Lindsville and Hunts
ville, Friday, and Eureka
Springs on Saturday. He will
remain in Eureka Springs, rest
' ing over Sunday, continuing his
l campaign in that section of the
state on Monday.
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THREE CASES
OF SMALLPOX
At Batesville Prevent Church
Services and Other Public
Gatherings.
Batesville, Jan. 25.—Dr. J. H.
Kennerly, county health officer,
and Dr. Stark Craig, city health
officer, report a total of three
cases of smallpox, two of the
patients being on the road to
recovery, and child just strick
en.
The first case was that of a
woman employed in a boarding
house. She was immediately is
olated, and the boarding house
closed and quarantined. One of
those who had been directly ex
posed to the first case, also took
the disease, and Thursday a
child living in the neighborhood
of the two cases was declared to
have smallpox.
A mass meeting attended by a
number of citizens and officers
of the city for the purpose of
investigating the conditions,
and providing for the expense of
conducting a strict quarantine
of those afflicted, was held this
morning. It was decided an ap
propriation of $500 will be made
by the city council, and a simi
lar sum will be raised among
business men of the city, if it
becomes necessary to Have more
funds to handle the situation.
This action is taken as a pre
caution only to prevent the
spread of the disease, and that
there shall be no lack of funds
; to provide comfortably for those
who might be stricken, or those
quarantined in need of help,
i There will be no services at
any of the churches on account
of the order issued by the board
of health in regard to the situ
ation, not that there are so many
cases of the disease, but this pre
caution is taken solely in the in
terest of the people, and the
community, and it is generally
meeting the approval of the
people.
The health officers have been
dilligent in keeping those cases
strictly quarantined, and in or
der to afford the best protection
possible to the people, all pub
lic gatherings have been forbid
den for the present.
This order will not affect the
public schools, as every child at
tending must be vaccinated, and
all of them were given this at
tention last summer when we
had a few cases here.
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Chautauqua Meeting Called.
All the business and profes
sional men, who signed the
guarantee for the Vawter sum
!mer chautauqua course, are re
quested to meet with Mr. Rohde
j at the city hall at 8:30 o’clock
| tomorrow morning and all other
citizens interested are invited to
| be present. Please be present at
8:30 sharp and the business of
the meeting can be transacted
in one hour.
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Notice.
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The public is hereby given no
tice that the Southwest Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of Sec
tion 11, Township 11 N- Range
3 West, East of C., R. I. Vi Pac
Ry., is posted and trespassers
will be prosecuted.
Newport Land & Improve
ment Co.
•48d6. By C. R- Hite, Agent
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Men’s Forward Movement.
Notwithstanding the inclem
ency of the weather quite a large
audience greeted the Dr. John
H. Booth, of Kansas City. Mo.,
who delivered a very powerful
and helpful address on the “Lay
men’s Movement." He is a log
ical thinker, a ready and force
ful speaker and held the closest
attention of his audience. We
wish him God speed as he jour
neys over the United States call
ing the attention of men to the
dignity and the responsibility
that theirs in evangelizing the i
world.
Yesterday afternoon the meet-1
mg was quite out of the ordin- j
ary and all interested in a great I
man and a great man’s work
were invited to attend the ser
vice. The members of the Com
mittee wished the good ladies of
the town to see just what the
men are doing in their efforts to
win the battles of the day, and
to move on into a still loftier at
mosphere. when a fraternal
spirit will reign supreme in the
hearts of men, and there will be
unity in the Church of God.
This is the aim of the Men’s j
Forward Movement in Newport,!
Arkansas.
REAPING BENEFIT
From The Experience of New
port People.
We are fortunate indeed to be
able to profit by the exprience of
our neighbors. The public ut
terances of Newport residents on
the following subject will in
terest and benefit many of our
readers. Read this statement.
ao peuer prooi can oe Pact.
W. R. Jurney, Newport, Ark., kj
|says: ‘‘J was in bad shape with
jmy kidneys. Sharp, cutting |
| pains often darted across the s
■small of my back and I had 5
trouble from my kidney seere- a
tion. I lost my strength and vi- =
tality and 1 knew that some- b
’thing had to be done. As soon b
as I began taking Doan’s Kid- |
ney Pills, procured at Dutton’s |
Drug Store (Now Walker’s |
Pharmacy), I improved. A few |
boxes practically cured me.” g
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t ^
simply ask for a kidney remedy |
—get Doan’s Pills—the same (E
that Mr. Jurney had. Foster- |E
Milburn Co., Props-, Buffalo, I
New York. (Adv.) E
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To Secure Power From River, g
; C. A. Barton of Chicago, elec- g
trical expert, is at the hotel jj
I Rhea this week. Mr. Barton rep- g
resents a system that is destined g
! to revolutionize the power ques- g
'tion and is exploring Black Riv
;er for a location. The govern
! ment permits him to use navi
1 gable streams. The scheme is
to harness the power of the
; stream without building a dam,
however concrete arms are per
! missible in rivers to concentrate
j the current at one point. The
great trouble with electrical
plants is the cost of fuel to pro
duct the power. Power thus
produced in Black Rock can be
imade and delivered to Walnut
Rige at a cost below tht- actual
cost of making it with fuel. The
river is constant, like Tennyson’s
brook, it flows on forever. Mr.
Barton says Arkansas has the
best water power facilities to be
found in the United States, and
there is no reason wrhy it should
'not be a Newr England in manu
j factories.—Walnut Ridge Blade.
State Sues Cotton Oil Mills.
Little Rock, Jan. 25.—Penal
ties aggregating $25,290,000 are
asked by the state from six Ar
kansas cotton oil companies in
suits filed late Friday afternoon
in Circuit Court by Attorney
General W. L. Moose. The com
plaints charge that the six com
panies, together with other com
panies unknown to the attorney
general, formed a pool in Sep
tember, 1911, to regulate the
price of cotton seed.
The complaints, six in number,
charge that the Arkansas Cot
ton Oil Company, the Little Rock
Cotton Oil Company, the South
ern Cotton Oil Company, the
Rose City Cotton Oil Company,
and the Puck eye Cotton Oil Co.
have forfeited their right to
transact business in Arkansas
and that the state is entitled to
recover penalties of $4,215,000
from each company for the vio
lation of a statute prohibiting
an understanding to regulate
the price of a commodity.
The American Cotton Oil Co.,
a foreign corporation, is the only
corporation aside from the Ar
kansas firms named as a member
of the alleged .pool. No action
is asked against this company.
Is The Work Worth While.
The question has been asked
me if the work of the Corn, Cot
ton and Canning Clubs is really
worth while, and what there is
to it. A few figures will, I think,
show the merits of the work.
Approximately there are 2,475,
000 acres of corn in Arkansas
in 1913. The average yield per
acre of the state is about 20
bushels. The Corn Club boys
have made an average of 45
bushels per acre, a gain there
fore of 25 bushel1' per acre.
2,175,000 at re* al a gain o '
25 bushels per acre give a l< -
tal gain of 61,875,000 bushels <
corn, which at 70 cents per bush -
el, and this is reasonably low.
would give an increase in dollars
and cents in the corn production
in Arkansas for 1918, of $48,
812,500.00, had every acre of
corn in Arkansas been worked
There have been approximate
ly 2,400,000 acres of cotton
grown in Arkansas, in 1915.
The average yield per acre in
the state is about 570 pounds of
seed cotton. The boys have av
( raged 1 os 1 pounds of seed co' -
ton per acre. There has there
fore been a gain in round lum -
bers of 500 pounds per acre.
2,100,000 acres with a gain of
500 pounds per acre, would give
a total gain of lint cotton of
of400,000,000 pounds, which at
10 cents per pound, and this is
reasonably low, would give a
gain in dollars and cents of $40,
000,000, had every acre in cot
ton in Arkansas been grown un
demonstration club methods.
Arkansas therefore would have
been over $80,000,000 to the
good had every acre of com and
cotton been grown under demon
stration club methods. I leave
it for the reader to say whether
the demonstration club work is
worth while.
N. J. Jcmignn,
Assistants State Agent, in
Charge of Demonstration
i Club Work.
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Miss Eva Graham spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. Ira
Pickens, at Walnut Ridge, re
turning this morning on No. 7.
I These Trouser Values I
Are Extraordinary 1
It is near the end of the win- jg
ter, and we have more trousers®
I than we want. jg
Our spring stock will soon be jg
in and to clear out winter goods jg
and make room for new arrivals, jg
§ we have made these prices. 1
j Celebrated Crown Trousers jg
i 4.00 and 4.50 Values |j
I now.$2.85 11
15.00 and 6.00 Values \\
now.$3.85 11
7.00 and 8.00 Values I i
j now.$4.85 g]
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j EVERY PAIR IS A BIG BARGAIN |
I ALTERATIONS AT COST TO ^CUSTOMER jg
Berger'S i
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE_