MIT
•cate
ch
the Iron
to re
from the.
front to
h Street
of Stevens
and McLain
been con
'1 in ses
, a r. repre
shippers wn.-.
plea for the
action, but
a yard
clean and
council to
atter. The
accessible,
. at the railroad
remove same to
t point below the
nd not attempt
ard close 10 the
olesale business
Iso passed upon
_mo other im
ss coming before
re Cotton
had fallen to
local gauge
and the rain
Monday
the river’s
rapid
however
to cot
her in
growth at
fru itage
lieved.
kinds of
found in
. D, Pre
set a
rove
of tins
We al
Summei
O’
a*
r? - r\
: yjO
for disturbing the peace, anc
who has worked out his fine or
the streets, they having no icier
that he was wanted on a charge
of murder.
Wilson is said to have ad
mitted that he killed “Rabbit'
and says that he struck him or
the head with an axe.
Hi identity was made known
to the officers by a negro womar
who recently came from New
port. She was passing down
the street when she saw him in
the restaurant and recognized
him.—Gazette.
The Independent in publishing
a meagre account of this Mon
day made a mistake in the names
owing to a misunderstanding in
the telephone.
Sheriff J. D. Neal returned
Monday night with the prisoner
and lodged him in the county
jail.
To Spend $7000 on City.
S. C. Poage, director of plant
superintendents with the South
western Telephone and Tele
graph Company, with head
quarters at Little Rock was in
our city Monday looking after
the interest of his company.
fhe Southwestern Company
have a large construction crew
at work here installing 7000
feet of new cable. Mr. Poage
states that his company will
spend about $7000 on the new
work and that all lines in the
city will be made metallic, giving
the patrons of this company
better service than in the past.
Red Bail Freight Wrecked
A wreck on the north bound
through freight, known as the
“Red Ball,” occurred Saturday
afternoon just beyond the
'; ,-\ ■ city limits n ?ar l 1
Pfc;:.■ ., - iV' the Grat'd.
Several cars w r broken up and
the- was vv -jd ably torn
up; The Cushman local freight
was delays d by the wreck until
i lour o’clock Monday morning,
and the night train from New
port was also held behind the
wreck uutii the same hour. Fhe
I passengers on the “hot shot’
; \ ... '.fought to Bates.ville in
i ;i;.i . -.bout midnight Sunday
night.
Mi.*.trial !n Railroad Case
In the ease of the State versus
Iron Mountain in which the rail
road company is charged with
not supplying the passenger.
I with a sufficiency pf wholesome
! water in its waiting station.
! ten of the jury were for con
j viction and two for acquittal
i which necessitated a new trial
I set for Thursday the 24th.
The case was heard before
Esquire Nuckolls Monday, the
attorneys for the defendant
Campbell, Suits and Cate?
for the State, C. M. Erwin.
Thades Kinman wil
her many friends ai
of Mrs. W. T. Parish
on Thursday, nex
p. m. This prom
the most bril
this kirn
to th<
Johnn:
towi
. saturated with blood, torn with '
tile rust of cannon, grown green
again with grass and carnage is
forgotten. Streets abandoned
by trati w e-mie grass-growi;
rural 1 ,nes and obliterated,
rcrest-- C-.cay. Harvests perish,
flowers vanish, but grass is im
mortal. Releagued by the sullen
hosts of winter, it withdraw
into the impregnable fortress c:
its subterranan vitality, and
emerges upon the first solicits,
tion of spring. Sown by tin
winds, by the wandering birds,
propagated by the subtle agri
culture of the elements which
are its ministers and servants,
it softens the rude outlines of
the earth. Its tenacious fibers i
hold the earth in place and pre
vent its soluble components
from washing into the wasting
sea. It invades'the solitude of
the deserts, climbs the inaccess
ible slopes and forbidden pinacle
mountains, modifies climates1
and determines the history,1
character and destiny of na-:
i tions. Unobstructive and pa- i
' tient, it has immortal vigor and j
aggression. Banished from *
| thoroughfare and fields, it bide.
its time to return and when
vigilance is relaxed or the
dynasty’ has perished it silently
resumes the throne trom winch
it has been expelled, but which
| it never abdicates. It bears no
| blazonry of bloom to charm the |
] senses with fragrance or splen-'
| dor, its homely hue is more en-;
chanting than the lily or the j
rose. It yields no fruit to the j
earth or air, and should its har
vest fail for a single year fa
mine would depopulate the!
world.
Living in the sunshine among i
buttercups and dandelions of
Mav scarcely higher in int. hi
*- _ . i , 1
1 gence than the minute tenants
of that mimic wilderness, our
earliest recollections art'
i grass, and when hie fitful ! v
■ is ended and tr.o foolish vraee
i of the market and forum :
I closed, grass heals over the •
‘ which our decent into the bosom 5
'of the earth has made, and Mr
■ carpet of the infant becomes tin
! blanket of the dead.
:
i
Bootleggers In Jail
Marshal A. M. Ballew arrested!
Sam Patterson early Tuesday:
morning on a warrant charging
bootlegging and when the negro i
was taken to iail, he told ’h< ;
officers what he claimed was
the “straight of it all ”
Upon his affidavit, warrant
i were issued for Amy Brady and
' another negro woman named i
j Booth, living on Lower Front j
! Street and their arrest made by j
Deputy Sheriff J F. McCuiston. |
Will Reed has resigned Im
position with Otto M. Bowen,
j and C. M. Hargrave of Ash
! Flat arrived last night and will
; succeed Mr. Reed, who on ac
i count of his health will seek
out of door work.
1 Mrs. Bob Bandy, little son and
| daughter of Oklahoma City,
.' arrived last evening from Little
\ | Rock to visit Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
! Bandy.
j J. D. Carvel and little son
r I Robert, left this afternoon for
11 Allensville, Ky., to visit rela
M . •
| TJV0S,
i Mrs. Max Sshott and daughter
| Miss Carrie of Batesville were
here Monday on their return
3 home from a visit to relatives at
k Brinkley.
■ When you decide to sub-let one
■of your rooms, don’t be “stin
jgv with words”in telling ad-read
ft • ts what it’s like.
i-i.-jg Project To I'tiiize Wa
ter Power Ol Ozark
Streams.
St. Louis,' Mo.,—M. L. Hoi
man and .John A. Laird, engin
eers, departed last night for Ta
ney county, Missouri, where
they will complete the prelimina
ry work of locating the White
Rivei dam, which is to furnish
electric light and power for
Springfield, Mo. This dam is
interesting the people of all
southern Missouri, for upon its
success depends in large mi as
ure plans for utilizing the vasl
power of all the Ozark streams
which now go to waste. .
In general it is the first tangi
ble result of Gov. Hadley’s trip
down the Current river in 1909.
when the movement was started
to advertise the Ozark country
and develop its resources, not
the least of which is the enor
mous water power represented
by the streams which flow from
Ozark springs which now goe~
to waste.
Project Handled Rapidly.
The White river dam is an ex
ample of how rapidly a great
project can be handled, even
when legislation is involved. It
was necessary to obtain the con
sent of congress to the erection
of the dam, as the White river
is theoretically a navigable
stream. A bill for that purpose
was introduced late in January
last, and within a few weeks
was signed by President Taft.
The intervening months have
been spent in surveys, estimates
and the drawing of plans.
Congress allowed five miles
latitude in the location of the
dam and the exact spot where
it ’ ■ t 1 stand w . c
Hr. Holman ami .Vr. Laird this
week. Its cost will b about one
half a million dollars. It will bo
located about five mile- from
Branson, air. Laird said hv-i
night, in one of 'he iron beami
n'! and pic; ur-. ■ ni portions of
th tate rhe lan
feet high and built of reinforce'!
concrete. P mill have a solid
rock foundation.
Makes a Fishing Resort.
One effect of the dam will be
to create the finest fishing re
I
sort m the state. A lake will be
, formed covering several thous
and acres and extending back up
the stream for a distance of At
miles or rr. >;v. White riw ;
famous for its black bass fish
■ ing, and this lake will be an Ah.• ,i
home for the finest of Missouri'.
game fish. Part of the lake
thus formed will front on the
property of the Maine Hunting
and Fishing Club, owned by
wealthy St. Louis sportsmen.
One condition made by the
government is that a sufficient
, flow of water be maintained be
. low the dam. This will be effect
1 ed by means of gates. There al
ways will be an overflow, it is
! thought, as the White river, like
most Ozark streams, is fed by
springs which never fail. 'Thus
a fine waterfall will be created.
In its practical aspects the
dam will furnish electrical pow
er and light for a city many
times the size of Springfield, as
well as many industries that
may be located in that section.
The current will have to be car
ried on wires 35 miles across
the country to Springfield, but
this is insignificant. —Kansas
| City Star.
I
A Freak Of Lightning.
John Newsom, a farmer who
lives near Wirth, in the northern
part of this county, went to
Mammoth Spring a few days
ago with a load of railroad ties.
A storm came up and he tied his
: team—a mule and a horse—un
i der a tree and sought shelter.
A particular sharp thunder clap
1 caused him to run to his team
; for fear the animals might be
i frightened. He found the mule
! lying dnad, • ;hilc the horse was
! uninjured. The mule was tied
I to a limb of the 1 roe, which may
i accoeai for the phenomenon
The wagon tongue was split.
There was not a mark on the
nude’s body, and (he tree, show
ed no ear; of having be 1
struck bv Ih • lightning.— Sh-”i >
County Re cord.
Wanted.
Hoard with suite rooms fur
nished or unfurni -hed in priv
family, not over three blocks
from depot. Traveling salcs
! man, wife at 1 eighteen months
old baby. Reference exchanged.
Answer Hox 111, Hatesville, Ark
- 18d0 __
It. C. Lynch o: Cotton Plant is
report- il to in oproving right
along by Mail Clerk St-wC on
the I took Island, who say.- ihnt
1 iich in.s nut on■ ,on u'. and
that is in the shoulder.
Lr!g- Stuckey v.eiit to Tuek
ernian today on legal hu-ine .
George A. Ilillhouse i- at
Swifton today on business.
Mi', and Mrs. J. K. Williams
are visiting in Oil Trough a few
days, the guests of the form r’s
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Lacy Tilgh
man and Mrs. 0. L. Moore and
little daughter left for their
home at Little Rock Monday
evening after a ten days’ visit to
Dr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Jones
Ed Grant continues quite ill
with typhoid fever at tin1 home
of his mother, Mrs. Pclle Grant
on Leona Avenue.
Miss Georgia Walker left this
morning for her home at Lug
land after a delightful few days
visit with Miss Elise Hooker.
Mr. and Mrs. IT. C. Sanders
spent Monday at Little Rock
and were accompanied home on
the evening train by Miss Kath
rine Morris who has been visit
imr relatives for several (lavs.
John Price and Grover Woods
made a flying trip to Newport
last night. No, not in an aero
plane, but via 209 and the “hot
shot.”—Batesville Guard.
Misses Lovie and Etta Mae
Woods are the guests of friends
at Newport for a short time.
—Paragon Id Soli photic.
Miss Cora Warner of Bates
ville was here last night enro :te
to the St. Louis millinery m \r
kets.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Babcock of
Bates.vi'k1 v v<- b re Mond ;.y on
their return home :Vom a visit
to their sister, Mrs. 1. V. rm
strong at .Tone boro.
Ralph So-ii m i [to. i -tr ng
druggist at T . rm m was j re
Monday on bin in
T. I). Price ha ••• re. anion 1. an
Litt le Bock vkore he ■ 1 a
traveling sale.-men I roir ’ oon
he purcha • 1 1 ■ '• ;f)r
his holiday trade.
. - *
Mi Izo ■ i i
Robert a. d dor moiimr,
i Virginia-Lath- \ in-(t t -is mo >
ing for a visit to i datives i
Benton County.
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