rHE INDEPENDENT
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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—
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Railroad Commissioner:
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
EARL C- CASEY
H. U. WILLIAMSON
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. MAPDIS 1
W. M. SHAVER
J.U.ARD
R. T. SIMMONS
For Treasurer—
JOHN H. CAMP
JESSE W. SHUFORD
J.M.IVY
J. I. HASTING
For School Superintendent—
H. L. LAMBERT
E. H. BOWMAN
J. M. BALCH -ih
G. E. LAND '."-""S'*
For Coroner—
HENRY GRANT
J. T. CRAFT
W. H. NOLEN
For Surveyor—
J. H. AITKENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
For Justice of Peace—
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
For Constable—
TERRY GUIN
CLYDE WOOD
C. M. IVY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
For Road Overseer—
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
BIRD TOWNSHIP
For Road Overseer
R. L. HURLEY
MUNICIPAL OFFICES.
Subject to the Action of City
Primary, February 26.
For Mayor—
JOHN P. PAUL
A. T. HUBLY
For Recorder
B. G. GRAHAM
H. G. BRANDENBURG.
For Marshal—
W. H. CAROUTHERS
GUS C. MARTIN
For City Treasurer—
GARLAND HURT
PERRY CLARK.
For Aldermen First Ward—
T. P. UMSTED.
C. R. PATE.
JOHN R. LOFTIN, JR.
S. HEINEMANN
For Aldermen Second Ward—
W. B. GRANT.
W. H. SNETSER.
E. L. WATSON
0. I. HUBERT
An Electric High School.
Electricity from a government
power house furnishes heat for
the new high school at Rupert,
Idaho, in the center of the Mini
doka Irrigation project, accord
ing to a statement just issued by
the United States Bureau of Ed
ucation. This is said to be the
first case on record where a
large building has been heated
entirely by electricity. The use
of the electric current for heat
ing and for a variety of other
purposes in the new building has
caused it to be known as “The
Electric School”.
The system of electric heating
installed in the Rupert High
School is remarkable for its sim
plicity. The usual arrangement
of hot-air pipes, flues, etc., has
been adhered to, but instead of
furnaces or steam coils a battery
of electric heat units, similar to
those used in electric baking ov
ens, provides the heat.
Twenty 18-K. W. units are in
stalled in pairs, each pair with a
separate control of the current
from a switch board in the prin
cipal’s office. Thus the principal
can regulate absolutely the a
mount of current used. An e
mergency switch in the princi
pal’s office may also be used to
cut out all current from the en
tire building—heat, light, power,
etc.
Electricity is put to work ev
erywhere in the Rupert building
A 10-horsepower motor, besides
driving the ventilating fan, sup
plies all the power needed for
the lathes and saws in the manu
al training department. An e
lectric water heater supplies the
hot water for the domestic sci
ence department, for the shower
baths, for the various lavatories,
and for the science rooms. In
domestic-science room each
girl of a class of 20 has her indi
[Announcement
The semi-annual display of high class Seasonable suitings
and novelties by
The Superior Tailoring Company
Cincinnati
will be given at our establishment on
Ij Wed., Tnurs., Fri. and Sat., February 4-5-6-7.
I Orders booked for immediate or future delivery. §j|
j Measures taken by an expert. jfj
I Woolens will be shown in full length drapes H*
j J.4D. Carvell ® Co. 1
j Fr.*t st. The New Store i!* price |
I FlRESALEf
I January 20B
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Ugj Having purchased the entire Stock of gg
^ Steyemark-Heyman, over $20,000 dam- M
SS aged goods after the big fire in bt. Louis, S
j|j we will put them on sale at almost your
own price. Ladies Ready-to-Wear
^ garments composed of cloaks, suits, dress- g.
Sfi es, shirt waists, middy blouses, rompers #
Sfi and petticoats. gg
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IHeinemann’sl
| Dry Goods Store 1
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vidual electric disk stove and all
necessary cooking utensils. This
room will also have an electric
range and other electric equip
■ ment for serving cafeteria lunch
es on a large scale.
In the science laboratories hot
plates are provided for evapora
tion purposes, and each pupil will
have an electric appliance to take
the place of Bunsen burners.
The slectric lighting system in
cludes an auditorium set with
stage lights and switch control
equal to those of the best thea
ters. The lighting and other e
quipment have been planned with
jthe idea of making the high
I school building a model “commu
, nity center.”
The entire electric equipment
was planned by local electricians
with the assistance of U. S. gov
j ernment egineers on the Minido
ka project. The government
1 supplies surplus current from its
j own power house 14 miles a&ove
| Rupert, at a cost low enough to
compete with coal. It is estim
ated that the cost of heating the
[new high school by electricity
will be about $1,760 per year
jCoal might have been used at a
cost of about $1,000, but the use
| of electricity saves the wages of
a fireman at $75 per month, and
the cost of installing the electric
system was $3,000 less than for
any other system of heat— the
interest on this investment be
ing saved annual.—Arkansas
Democrat.
Petition to Hon. Jos. M. Bell.
Hon. Jos. M. Bell:
The undersigned citizens of
Union Township respectfully ask
that you become a candidate for
Justice of Peace for Union
Township at the Democratic Pri
mary Election, March 25.
Jos- M. Stayton, George A.
Hillhouse, Gustave Jones, C. M.
Erwin, S. M. Stuckey, Jno. W.
Stayton, L. L. Campbell, 0. D.
Watson, J. F- McCuistion, G. L.
Robinson, Fred R. Suits, R. E.
Jeffery, Otis W. Scarborough,
W. W. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
J. D. Neal, E- T. Evans, Ira J.
Mack, E. L. Watson, M. M.
Stuckey, B. H. White, C. W.
Sprigg. J. F- Parish, R. C. Hard
er, P. H. Van Dyke, J. S. Payne,
T. B. Chastain. George R. Hays,
H. C. Sanders, W. B- Chastain,
J. D. Cook, Will Gilbert, L. Min
or, Sam R. Phillips, J. E. Doher
ty, W. W. Dutton, J. C. Jowers,
F. Fitzsimmons, L. L. Bowen,
Clay Childers, W. W. Dunaway,
C. E. Crook, P. G. Lockard, S
Heinemann, H. G. Brandenburg,
Alexander Frank, J. S. Jones, H.
0. Walker, W. B- Egan, C. Bach,
F. J. Harmon, C. L. Fox, Sig
M. Adler, Joe Weisburg, M.
Schoenbrun, Roy H. Hinkle, C.
F. Davidson, F. A. Jones, W- T.
Parrott, C. P. Bandy, Tom
Gregg, W. S. Ruffner, H. G.
Drummond, J. W. Wallace, Jas
1. Henderson, T. P. Umsted, J.
0. Powell, Theo Stephens, W. D.
Stevens, B. W- Haffner, Adam
Lockard, J. Q. Blackwood, W. A.
Billingsley, R. B. Hooker, Nor
man C. Wolff, W. S. Foushee, S
M- Beattie, Marion Dickens,
Wm. Mosby, Tom Owen, J. R.
Loftin, Sr., C. E. Bullard, A.
Bullard, D B. Stubblefield, Otto
M. Bowen, Earl Wishon, I. D.
Price, C. R. Hite, Henry Owen,
G. P. Wilbanks, J. E. Neal,
Special At Palace Theatre To
night.
The Children’s Hour— In
Longfellow’s beautiful poem, he
tells of the children’s hour—
that time of day when the little
ones are permitted to meet their
elders on equal ground. He de
scribes the love that exists be
tween the grandfather and his
three little grandchildren, who
! each night insisted upon coming
into ms study, where, tor one
golden hour they reined su
preme, and he was their willing
and devoted servant
As the poet says, speaking of
his hero—
“They climb into my turret
O’er the arms and back of my
chair
If I try to escape they surround
me
They seem to be everywhere.”
The grandfather entertains
the children with fairy stories
that never grow old, and the ev
ening passes as happily for him
as it does for them.
In addition the efficiency of
prayer is illustrated.
Regular prices, 5 and 10 Cents.
To Make Companies Responsi
ble.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 3.—It is re
ported that one of the proposed
laws for the consideration of the
next legislature will be for the
amendment of the statute regu
lating telegraph company ser
vice. The proposed amendment
wjll seek to fix upon the tele
graph companies the same lia
bility for the transmission of
money messages which now ap
plies to social and business mes
sages. It is claimed that under
the present law, telegraph com
panies assume practically no re
sponsibility for the delivery of
messages for the transmission
of money.
JBankJ
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There is a structure which every institution bull
itself. It is called character, and every act is a B
this stucture. fl
An institution, in order to have a good charade*
think honestly, act honestty, breathe honesty*
people soon determine between the genuine *
counterfeit. They know the ring ofthetru*
and the base. 1*
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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 1
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Small Wonder.
A lady Buffering from a severe colo
directed her maid to procure two pen
nyworth of ammonlated tincture c
quinine. Great was her amusemec
on the return of the maid, who ex
pressed her Inability to obtain “thf
two animated pictures of Queen
Anne."—Loudon Telegraph.
If you use ball blue, get Red
Cross Ball Blue, the best ball
Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5
cents.
W. A. MINK
CONTRACTOR
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