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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent has been au
thorized to make the following
announcements of candidates,
subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
For Congress—
GEORGE T. HUMPHRIES
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
For County Judge—
W- D. McLAIN
JAMES H. JOHNSTON
JOHN A. MELVILLE
O. W. SCARBOROUGH
For Sheriff—
J. F. McCUISTION
ABE BALLEW
For Representative—
J. M. MARDIS
W. M. SHAVER
J. U. ARD
For Treasurer—
mxivr u PAMD
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J. M. IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH
For Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT
W. H- NOLEN
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Constable—
, W. T. GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
Subject to the Action of City
Primary, February 26.
For Mayor—
JOHN P. PAUL
For Recorder
B. G. GRAHAM
For Marshal—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
Locking The Stable Door First.
Secretary of the Interior
Lane, on yesterday, asked for a
j joint resolution that would per
mit of the withdrawal from pub
Ec entry all such lands as may
•■HHiHiMannRmninamiaina
be deemed probable sources of
the immensely valuable mineral
called radium, which is believ
ed to have the power to cure can
cer and to have, besides, chemic
al powers that open up almost
unimaginable vistas in physics.
Although America has furnish
■ ed, almost exclusively, the ores
from which the world’s supply
of radium has been obtained,
there exists in the United States
but two grammes weight of the
precious substance, valued at
$120,000 the gramme. Secretary
Lane argues that, as this rare j
mineral seems destined to be of j
such great public benefit, the
source of supply should not be
permitted to become a matter of
private exploitation. This
sounds perfectly reasonable,
does it not?
And yet no one seems ever to
have applied the same theory of
concern for the public in the dis
position of the great oil and
coal and gas and timber resour
ces of the nation and many are
fiercely resisting the proposed
application of the theory to
what remains of the nation’s j
water power now sought to be J
gobbled up by just such greedy
combines as have despoiled the
public domain of other resources
that should Have been kept for
the common benefit.
The request of Secretary Lane
is unique in that it affords one
instance where the stable door
is proposed to be locked before
the horse is stolen. It is anoth
er instance showing that the
democratic administration is se-!
riously and earnestly trying to
give back to the people the
rights and privileges that have
been taken away from them by
the oligarchy of special privil
ege that grew up under republi
can administration. — Fort
Smith Times-Record.
The public should not lose
faith in the split-log drag be
cause the roads are in such
frightful condition after the re
cent continued rains. D. Ward
King himself never claimed that
good roads could be built in a
day with the drag. On the con
trary he contends that to secure
a real serviceable roadbed that is
practically impervious to rain
and travel requires several
years’ continued use of the drag.
The puddled earth that is level
led down by the drag and then
packed deeper into the roadbed
by traffic remains there to form
a foundation for a road that in
time will cease to become mud
dy. The longer the use of the
drag is kept up, the thicker this
solid roadbed becomes, until fin
ally it will hold up the heaviest
wagon. Don’t become discour
aged with the drag after one
year’s use. It’s benefits are ap
parent to everyone, and they
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A Merry Christmas 9
and 1
I A Happy New Year 1
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ht <3 d a* yet thoroughly, strengthens the bowel B
v channels and promotes regularity. M
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS ft
m/ is an effective system regulator and bowel ■
y* tonic. Persons of a constipated habit find ■
J it to be just what they need to re-establish ^JL
regular bowel movements and to correct the
/ Am evil effects of the disorder In the skin and if ■
Wr>y /■ blood. It drives out the impurities that ■
■ 1 /■ have accumulated in the system. Removes
Wm I sallowness, bad breath, pimples, skin erup- ^fj
tions, and restores the ruddy hue of health
Get the Genuine with the Figure "3” In Red I I
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will become greater and more ;
apparent the longer they drag
the road.—Russellville Courier
Democrat.
The North Arkansas Star thus
embalms in verse the cheerful
idiot who went into the moun
tains and dropped a match
which started a forest fire:
“He droppt his match when he
lit his seegar & it fell in a
bunch of grass
& then he went on to shute his
bar in the distant mountain
pass.
& a blaize shot upward, the wind
it riz
& the fire spred aw lover the
patch
& the melted pants buttun they
found was his—
The fellow that dropt the match.
Notice Of Sewer Tax.
The tax books for the collec-;
tion of the Special Sewer Tax
on real property in Sewer Dis
trict No. 1 for the Fifth Annual
Assessment to maintain and op-1
erate said sewer system, have |
been placed in my hands. All j
owners of real property lying in
district and required to pay
their taxes to me within thirty •
days from date. If such assess
ment is not paid action will be
commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of said
assessment, and for the legal
penalties and cost.
Given under my hand this
29th day of December, 1913.
L. Minor, Collector
Sewer District No. 1, Newport,
Arkansas. 29d30
Office of The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company.
Chicago, III., Nov. 15th, 1913.
To All Stockholders of The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company:
A special meeting of the stockhold
era oi me company win do neia at me
office of the company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday the
31st day of January, 1914, at ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of vot
ing upon the acceptance by the com
pany of a lease of the line of railway
of the Rock Island, Stuttgart and
Southern Railway Company, extend
ing from Mesa, Prairie County, Ark
ansas, in a southerly direction through
the counties of Prairie and Arkansas
to Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark
ansas, a distance of approximately 22
miles; said lease to extend for a
term of 999 years from February 1,
1914, upon such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon.
H. U. Mudge, President.
Geo. H. Crosby, Secretary.
Friedmann Sanitarium.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 1.—Dr. Ju
lian G. Meyer of New York, who
was here recently examining lo
cal conditions, announces that a
Friedmann Tuberculosis Sani
tarium will be established in Lit
tle Rock about February 1. It
[t will be for the treatment of
intients from Arkansas, Okla
loma, Texas and Tennessee.
Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.
The regular annual meeting
if the shareholders of the First i
National Bank of Newport, Ar
:ansas, will be held at the office
f said bank on the 13th day of
anuary, 1914 for the purpose
f electing a Board of Directors
o serve for the ensuing year f
nd for the transaction of such
ther business as may come be
ore said meeting.
8tf. W. T. Parish, Cashier.
Dr. ^riilss’
Anti-Pain Pills
will help you, as they
have helped others.
Good for ail kinds of pain.
Used to relieve Neuralgia, Head
ache, Nervousness, Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Kidney Pains, Lumbago,
Locomotor Ataxia, Backache,
* Stomachache, Carsickness, Irri
5 lability and for pain in any, part
* of the body.
j "1 have us- ,1 Dr. Miles' Antl-PaJn
j pm? v: n '-.nrbled with headache,
| aim iir.il that or.e pill Infallibly
j '-'Tm-ifi r li ■( in a very short time,
j 1 am conskhrably affected with neu
r:; 1 ; ’ a in tie head at times, and
dml the Anti-Pair. Pills of much
beiieth. The j_ r. Miles' Remedies
"'r* ■ -j. .■ an(j j recom
I umuul them to a ! mv friends."
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C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
EARL BUILDING
OFFICE HOURS:
9 *. m. to 11 a. m.
2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Office Telephone 207
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in the old fashioned way with
wooden washtubs?
Perhaps that is still your method
and you look forward to each wasb>
day with delight Well, hardly 1
A set of Standard" laundry
trays would mean an orderly laun*
dry, one of more inviting appear*
ance and easier laundering and youi
satisfaction would not be lessened
by *the high class ''workmanship
which characterizes the work we do.
W.R. Whitten
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business for the past year and trj
have a continuance of your fav0is |
the coming year. I
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