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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Good Roads.

L. p Vogel, secretary Of the good
roads movement, makes brief report
TO the committee:
Hon. j Neal chairman late good-road'
meeting:
Dear Sir
AS your delegate TO the Good Roadi
convention held IN Little Rock January
!lst and ED wish to report to you
and through you to those who attended
that meeting. the proceedings of tn,
convention. The GoodRoads conven.
ton was the most representative body
OF men ever gotten together in the state
Of Arkansas for any purpose, and one
that did vast amount of
work that is bound to do our state
more good than any mvoement ever
started, There were abont eight nun
bred delegates In attendance, and at
times the convention had AZ many re-
three or four hundred visitors.
| attended the convention from in.
vocation to final adjournment, and Mt
all times the proceedings were instruc'
tive and interesting.
The convention WAS addressed by the
president Of the National Good.Roads
association; by the director Of Office Of
public road inquiries by the chief Of
division Of foreign markets OF the U, s,
department OF agriculture, and by the
superintendent Of the department OF
mines and metslurgy Of the world 3
fair, and the addresses Of these gentle
men were simply fine, The convention
was also addressed by some Of the shin.
Ing lights OF our state legislature, and
other prominent men from all parts OF
the state, Both branches Of our state
Legislature adjourned and met with ne
one afternoon, and wish that every one
Of you could have seen that convention
and heard It's proceedings,
One could not help but be impressed
by the earnest manner IN which the
great question Of good roads was
handled and great benefit is bound to DO
derived from tho movement started by
tho convention, II the matter Ia fol
lowed up and kept before tho people.
In this connection wish to say that no
amount Of conventions will build good
roads, but the movement must be fol.
lowed up by organized effort on the
part OF the people themselves, and II
this IN done We will DO able 10 get some.
thing done, but not otherwise. IL we
take hold Of this matter and handle IL
In the vigorous manner which II do.
esrves wo will have better roads IN y
short time, and we will Nll wonder that
wo did not take hold OF u sooner, |
want TO say here and now that no great
amount OF general good will DO accom-.
plished II we allow the movement to be
handled from the top the officials and
on down to the people--but II must DO
started and kept going from below tho
people themselves and thon we will DO
able 10 got something done, and not be-.
fore, would suggest that W. call n
mass meeting Tor the purpose Of organ.
ising n permanent county good roads
club, No by this means we can got nj
the matter IN n business way,
The convention inGOrjed the Brown.
low bill now before the national con.
eress aud memorialised our state leRis.
lOture TO pass M act providing for the
levy " al assessment Of two mills on
the dollar " tho assessed vNluo " all
In The state, for the purpose of
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

TIE employment Of small girls at night
in the silk MILLS Of Scranton has been
stopped. The owners OF the big mills
have posted notice vt the various plants
ordering the small girls who have been
working nights to report for day duty
This is one OF the results Of President
Roosevelt 8 strike commission.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Seventeen Arkansas Ia Out.

The seventeen Arkansas supreme
conr, report Is ont md ready for sale by
The secretary OF state At Al 30 n volume,
|, consisle Of o46 pnges uniform with
other volumes Secretary Crockett hOu
recommended that the Legislature raise
the price IA ~ 10 cover expense Of
publication,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
INSCRIPTION PRICE,. 800 era yrAH
The Texas Legislature has offered a
reward Of $50 900 for the discovery Of n
preventive of the boil weevil.

AFTER two years experimentation
with nickel in steel rails the Pennsyl-
vsnis road has decided to place them on
heavy curves through tho Allegheny
mountains. An order for 5000 tons
has been given at cost Of 800 900.
The nickeled steel rails cost nearly three
times as much as rails Of standard steel.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

The Arkansas Democrat face.
tiously remarks Perhaps the senate
wants to see the list Of pardons issued
by the governor, In order to ascertain
whether or not he pardoned 1.-The last
d one Of them rather than single
one should be carried to the Cummins
place. -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
- Alma Stems. X

Mr.. R. G. Holland. state organizer
Of the A. o. U. W., Is here this week
trying to organized lodge.
Mr.. Frank Wright visited Fort Smith
Sunday.
Rue jackson and father were down
from Van Buren, Tuesday looking for q
house to put In q meat market. We
hope they will put one in here, Alma
needs meat market badly.
We are glad to see Billy Kuykendsll
ont again spell OF sickness.
Jim Dick and Chas. Montague were
up from the bottom Tuesday.
Mr.. Geo. Roberts. an old.time resi-.
dent Of Cross Lanes and prominent
figure in Crawford county's early his
tory, but now Of the I. T. was here
frst Of the week.
Judge Gross was In our city Monday.
shaking hands with his many friends.
The carpenters are kept pretty busy
in Alma these days; still there are not
enough houses. Strangers are here
wanting to rent, but unable to get
houses. We need more business and
dwelling houses, Alma is on q steady
boom.
The new school building and new
hotel will add much to our city,
MEMO -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Cotton Shipments on DaltOn's Division

Division superintendent r. p. Dalton
Of the Missouri Pacific reports that the
company has loaded 149, 6ss bales OF
cotton from September LIST to Feb. LIST,
against 1856. 754 for last season. on the
division from Little Rock to Wagner,
/, II,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Ringing Noises

In the ears thow disagreeable they arel)
become chronic and cause much I'M
easiness and even temporary distraction.
They are signs of catarrh other signs
are droppings in the throat, nasal
sounds OF the voice, impaired taste,
smell and hearing.
Catarrh ia a constitutional disease,
originating in impure blood, and re-
quires constitutional remedy.
II suffered from catarrh In the head and
loss OF appetite and sleep. Ny blood was
thin and / felt bad all over most Of the
time. decided to try Hoods Sarsaparilla
and now have no symptoms OF catarrh
have good appetite, and sleep well.
heartily recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla to
all my friends" K. Losa, California juno
ton, Iowa.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

THE King apti',rust bin bas passed
the house o. only three votes against II,
There IN strong opposition to II In the
citIeo, They claim " win drive
out all tho Insurance companies
Tbis IL Gov, Davis measure, Let
II become law. II there In any
good IN II he vii get the praise, II not
he will get tho oensure, Ozark Demo.
crat,
Wa eubnot agree with the demo.
efat' entirely Ia the above The IN.
Auranee feature, ut least should bp eliin.
mated from this biz There cannot be
Tile slightest loubt that rather than
comply with ihr provisions VI this bill
The insurance companies withdraw from
toe state, II this occnrs u viii mean n
reluction u credit by wholesalers 10 re.
tnilefs, refusaA of loans on cotton and
real entntc ana "A general decentralization
of botineea, Davis, ~ ioeistlng on this
feature W the III, Ia playing 10 the
honntfy, whore only n yery email pro-
pprtion If insurance N held aud where
danger from liree IN smn,l compared Ia
tu~is AMI ciiipg There nfe no doub,
cvod feu,uren in this In, but thu IN
toruner company nluuso i not one Of
tksM
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

The bypnotized subject In the window
of Smith barber shop, proved quite nm
attraction to the curious throng Wed
nesday and Thursday,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

Parties calling for above will please say ad
yertised and give date foe OF one cent W Ill
be charged on all advertised letters
A.. N. OgRiCK Y. N.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

FRED Cox, private secretary to Gen.
Booth of the Salvation Army, while en-
route to Little Rock from Memphis Sat.
nrday, to show his feeling Of racial
equality kissed negro on the train the
party was travelling on. Mr.. Cox is M
Englishman and this should cause
people to make some allowance for his
action; beside, he had the word OF our
strenuous president that negro was
= good rs anybody. But Roosevelt has
b'en out-done by Hinglishman and
We may now look for niger kissing
at his hands
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

Tho lower house OF the Arkansas
legislature last Saturday passed bill
No 1870. prohibiting child labor in
factories. Now let the senate do like.
wise and put stop to pernicious
practice that has been gaining from
year TO year, AS was 10 have been ex.
pected there was some opposition, Mr.,
Patterson being the leader, the bill be-
Ing fought on the grounds that II would
work u hardship on the children land
have a tendency TO keep foreign capital
from locating in the state " We, for
one, will say II we must purchase this
capital with the lives and happiness OF
our children may II never enter the
state, We agree with Dr. Meyers, who
said he not alone favored the bill but
wished It included provision compel.
ling parents TO send their children to
school ct least three months IN every
year, The bin passed with only an op.
posing vote Of sis.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

Representative Campbell of Pulaski
has introduced bill appropriating
$1,000 to assist in erecting in Little
Rock monument to the Confederate
dead, 1t was read twice and referred
to the committee on public buildings
We do not believe in spending the
state s money in this manner, II Little
Ro,k wants Confederate monument
let It do like Van Buren,, Fort Smith
and other towns have done and raise
the money 10y popular subscription
but to expect the state to pay for 1t Is
wrong. This money can be used to
good purpose in various other ways,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

aiding in the construction and mainte-
nance OF good roads and there Ia not
much doubt that this act will be passed,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
A Philadelphia firm holds bills Of

A PhiladeIphia hrm holds bills OF
iading for, as one Of the interested
parties calls t., 500 bales "of com
pressed air. Of the Alphin-Lake Cotton
Go, SO II seems the Bank Of Little
Rock was not the only one that bit at
the bait Evidently somebody has been
training for the peuitontiary, and II 1t
WAS some poor devil who Ind gotten $40
worth Of goods to keep from freezing to
death he would get there, But in this
case 800 600 or more IL involved and
eminent counsel ia immediately at hand
to save the offending purity = scalp
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Hoods Cdrsdp0riHd

Cures catarrh of the nose, throat
bowels &c, removes all its effects, and
builds M the whole system.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
Unclaimed Letters.

The following is a list OF letters IN the Post
once at Van Buren, Ark. remaining uucsllsd
for aud advertised Feb. :, 1908
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

Bring your Job Work 10 the
PRESS Office.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07

l.. P, Vogel, secretary of the goot
roads movement, makes brief report
to the committee:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE.

County Attorney Lester S. Wilson
deserves commentator for having adj
vised the county commissioners. not to
compromise the national bank taxes
and for having shown a determination
to carry the case to the highest courts
rather than surrender. For the last
ten or twelve years the county COM
missioners had been settling nationa-
bank taxes at sixty per cent on the dol
lar, while other property owners ha6
to pay the full amount assessed. In
some cases, it is true, the assessor
made the assessment as desired by the
banks, on the par value of their stock
instead Of the market value.
About twelve years ago when H. S.
Blandford was county attorney he adj
vised the commissioners not to COM
promise the bank taxes and the board
started out bravely to follow this ad-
vice. Acting under the direction of
the county attorney bank furniture
was seized by Sheriff Mcfarland under
execution to satisfy the claim for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
TULLOCH'S HOT AIR"

Some months ago one Seymour II
Tulloch made certain charges against
the management of the Washington
city postoffice and certain officials OF
the postoffice apartment. At the time
the charges were made, Mr.. Payne
postmaster general, said they were
"hot air." and Charles Emory Smith,
former postmaster general, was equal
ly contemptuous.
These charges, however, would not
down, and the president appointed
Messrs Conrad and Bonaparte to inves-
tigate them. They have just reported.
They failed to find any of Mr.. Payne's
hot air." the provocation for Mr..
Smiths contempt. They add much to
the troubles of Perry S. Heath, George
S. Beavers and H. A. Castle, and reflect
decidedly upon some Of the acts Of Mr..
al. Instead of Mr.. Payne's hot air, !"
the invest gators find that the Tulloch
charges have been the means Of re-
vealing "the existence Of dishonorable
and gravely discreditable abuses" most
of them now outIawed, however. The
counter accusations against Tulloeh
are considered as of no account.
Decidedly, Mr.. Tulloch is indicated.
AS a means Of stopping double pay
and pay for no service, and similar
frauds, Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte
recommend that the president shall ap-
point commission to report a plan
whereby the Offices of the controller
and the auditors for the various de-
partments may be removed from all
political, personal or other extraneous
influences, the officials therein en-
ployed protected from injury through
he enmities they may incur in the
discharge of their duties" and appoint
ed and promoted by the merit rule. 8
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
srEvENsoNs TURN NOW.

B. s. Grosscup. the Northern Pa
cific attorney and lobbyist. was enter
tanned at luncheon by President Roose-
welt a doy or two ago. 1t would now
be in order for George Stevenson to
visit Washington and call upon the
president. Through the good Offices
OF Senators Ankeny and Foster Stew
enson might hope to be honored equal
ly with Ben Grosscup and Booker
Washington by being invited to lunch
at the White House. Such honors to
Grosscup must make Governor Nc
Bride little doubtful Of the presidents
hostility to law-breaking corporations
and to question whether the influence
of the national administration will be
thrown in favor Of the governor in his
fight against the railroad lobby and
for railway commission. It is dol
lars to doughnuts that if a new fed
eral judgeship is given to this state
the president will give the job tc
Grosscup in spite of his connection
with the lobby and with the railway
merger.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

The experts who have been working
on the county's books since April are
still drawing SIS day and nobody
seems to know when they will finish
their job. They are trying hard to find
something crooked, but from all re-
ports. it is not an easy task. Several
times they have struck a rich lead
that when followed up led only to a
mares nest. However, they are still
making a diligent effort to find some
thing to make it appear that their work
has not been in vain and they are will
ing to continue the effort at SIS per
indefinitely. The taxpayers will not
be sorry to learn that it is SO diff
cult to find anything crooked in the
county records, but they may question
whether the knowledge is worth the
price being paid for it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22


The establishment of Fort Wright at
Spokane sealed the fate Of Fort Walla
walla Senator John L. Wilson was
the father Of Fort. Wright. If walla
Walla had kept John B. Allen in the
United States senate the Spokane post
would not have been created, but the
Walla Walla garrison would have been
improved and strengthened. Levi An
keny put up the sinews of war for the
fight upon John B. Allen and it is
doubtful whether anything he can do
now to save the fort will avail to undo
the work he did in aiding in the defeat
of Allen. The garrison here will prob
ably be retained for two or three years
longer, but it win be, as General Funs-
ton says, because there is now no 9TH
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
Commissioners

Street commissioner Champion
states that he has six men at work
constantly cleaning crOsswalks in the
business district and that they are do
ing the best work possible under the
circumstances. The season is unus-
ually wet and open and consequently
the mud is deeper and harder to con-
tend with. AS fast as it is scraped off
the walks it is dragged back again on
the wheels of vehicles. The present
deplorable condition of the streets
should emphasize the need of paving in
the business section and of macadam-
izing in the residence districts. :.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
THE STATESMAN WAS RIGHT.

The Oregon supreme court having
decided that Senator Ankeny must pay
taxes on the market value of his bank
stock, he concluded that it was useless
to continue fighting the payment OF
his school tax in this state and he in
structed his cashier to pay the tax
levied on First National Bank stock
and to stop litigation. The other ma
tional bank did the same and as a re-
suit the county treasury is over $4,000
ahead.
+ For this some credit is due the
Statesman, for If it had not been for
the fight made by this paper against
compromise Of the bank taxes, it is
quite likely that they would have been
settled on a 60 per cent basis as in
former years. ~
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

1t is due to City Attorney Blandford
to say that events have proved that
he was exactly right when he advised
the city council that the national banks
could be made to pay the taxes levied
on the market value of their stock by
Assessor Cadman. It is to be regret
ted that Mr.. Blandford's advice was
not taken as the city would be about
$500 better off than under the terms
OF the compromise. But there is no
use to cry over spilled milk.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

Late new styles Of Steger &
Singer pianos Just received from
the factory. Remember we are
J offering factory prices up to
} January LIST. Investigate and
you will be surprised at induce
ments we can offer for cash or
} easy payments.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
APPOINTED GUARDIAN.
A. r. Burford Will Look After the Es
tate of Chris HiIbrick.

Because Chris Hilbrick is slightly
demented and incapable of managing
his own affairs, A. r. Burford has been
appointed by Judge Brents as guardian
Of his estate with bonds placed al
$4,000. Hilbrick has figured conspicu-
ously in the courts of Walla Walla our
ing the last few years. He was arrest
ed several months ago on a charge OF
arson, but owing to a lack of evidence
was not prosecuted. Several weeks
ago upon complaint Of his wife he was
examined as to his sanity.
Hilbrick> was committed to the asy-
1um at Medical Lake on September 20
1902, and was discharged on December
I'd Of the same year. On February 4
1903, on petition of his wife, Hilbricl
was restored to control of his property
pnoa fha odr IN fha Statesmen
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

It is plain that the Associated Press
dispatches from the national capital
are subjected to sort of censorship
by the Roosevelt administration. Only
the barest outlines Of anti-administra-
ton speeches, such az those recently
delivered by Hoar and Morgan are
given, while full reports are publish
ed Of speeches made by Lodge, Spoon
er and other hackers of the adminis-
tration. Decided prejudice is shown
in these dispatches against anything
said or done by Senator German. the
democratic leader in the senate, who is
Ia formidable candidate for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination. The
only complete reports of congressional
proceedings are found in Hearst's pa
pers. the New York Journal, the Chi
cago American, the San Francisco Elk
aminer and the Los Angeles Examiner
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

taxes, but soon afterwards q new
board came in and hoisted the white
flag OF surrender.
The outcome Of the late suit DEM
onstrates that national banks can be
made to pay their taxes and 1t should
prove to county commissioners and city
councils that further compromises are
wholly unwarranted and unjustihable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

er place to send the troops quartered
here. After the government has COM
pleted the improvements contemplated
at Vancouver, Fort Lawton and Fort
Wright, 1t will have room enough for
all the troops in this state and Fort
Walla Walla will then be abandoned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
leather.

Tonight and Wednesday cloudy
threatening, probably occasional rain,
cooler tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22

President Roosevelt is not finding it
easy to keep his Panama on straight
while the band plays Hail Colombia!"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-22
NoTlcETo ADVERTISERS.

Copy Of change Of advertisement
must be delivered to tho business Of.
tiee by the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. to
insure insertion in the issue Of even
date.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25
TO FIGHT BOIL wEgvlL
The Agricultural Bill Contains q
Large Appropriation.

Washington, January as.---witheut
reference to whatever action may be
had ON the Cooper and wcoten boil
weevll bills. The cotton growers Of
Texas ara practically assured that
the government during the coming
season win do everything In its
power to combat the pest. The nEri.
cultural appropriation bill, which
passed tho house today. contains
an item providing for further OK.
priments looking 70 the eradication
Of the wecvn. Thirty thousand dol
lars Will be devoted 60 this pur
pose. This Is an increase OF St0,O00
over last years appropriation and
Il is understood that the arricul
mral department will expeud tho
additional amount In placing experts
on a inrger number Of farms than
wcre used last year.
The bill also contains provision
for experiments looking 20 the ez.
termination OF tho boil worm aud OF
Johnson grass The speclnc mention
of the boil worm was secured rs a
result OF the Introduction Of bill
by REPRESENTATIVE Sheppard. Nj.
Burleson gave him material assist.
Rnoe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25
HUTCHINSON WILL CONTEST.
Brother Asks That He Be Made One Of
the Heirs.
Especial to The Post }
gev orleans. January 94.-Edward

New Orleans. January 24.-Edward A..
Hutchinson Of New York, e brother Of the
late A. O. Hutchinson. filed a petition in
the civil district court today asking that
the will on the dead millionaire be de.
elared null and void The petition par
ticularly objects 20 that provision Of the
will be1uoafhing 4 large portion II the
estate 10 the medical department. OF Tulane
university, and declares the provision ii
a violation OF the laws q Louisiana, The
petitioner aEks that be be areiared onl
Of the four hsifs ~ Ian.