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The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
CONDITION OF CROPS.

Following is the governments
bureaus summary of crop condi-
tons in Arkansas for the week
ending September 26:
The week was characterized by
seasonable temperatures and
cloudy weather, with showers,
which broke the drouth in many
sections of the state, but were too
light in some sections of the state
to prove of more than tempora-
ry relief. Cotton improved very
little, although there is less COM
plant of shedding. The top crop
will be short. Picking is now
general: in some sections it was
retarded by showery conditions,
while In other sections considera-
BILE progress was made. Early
corn is being gathered in many
portions of the state. The Yields
secured have generally been very
satisfactory. Late Irish potatoes,
turnips, peas and pastures were
greatly benefited by rains. Sweet
potatoes promise fair to good
crop. Very little fall blowing has
been done up to the present, but
the ground is now in fine filth in
many sections and this work will
be pushed. Apples and peaches
will be fair crops of medium quail
ity. Stock is healthy and doing
we'll.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Short Items of General Interest
Gathered Fresh From Our
Local Exchanges.

Guion will soon have a new
school house and Odd Fellows hall.
Farmers unions have been or
ganized in many counties in the
state.
The erection of $50, 200 hotel
is being considered by Newport
parties.
Miss Mabel Davis of Rogers was
seriously injured by falling down
a stairway.
An unknown negro was fatally
stabbed by another negro at Hel-
ena Monday.
John G.. Houston, one of the
leading citizens of Polk county,
died at his home at Mena Tuesday
morning.
The ice factory of Jonesboro,
which now turns out 20 tons daily,
is to have its capacity increased to
80 tons per day.
r. A. Bedford's drug store and
Ed Bertini's grocery store at
Wvnne were destroyed by fire ear
ly Monday morning.
Ozark is to have system of
waterworks in the near future,
Fort Smith company having Sc
cured 80 year franchise.
Onia Holiday, a negro woman,
was shot and killed Tuesday night
while sitting by an open window
at her home near Humphrey.
! II. Cobhill, justice of the
aoooe in Lincoln county, was so
seriously injured by a runaway
team that he lived only two hours
after the accident.
1t is expected that a movement
will be set on foot at the coming
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
TAXES PAID BY RACES.

A table prepared In the state
auditors Office shows that this
year the white population of Ark
ansas paid taxes amounting to ST.
249, 53S.21 and the negroes paid
S245, 08S.94. 1t sets forth also
that 1S5, o24 white male citizens
paid poll tax and that 53, 1854 negro
males did likewise.
The census of 1900 gave the
white population of Arkansas as
944, $50 and the negro population
as 366,S56 According to that ba-
sis the white people paid about
S4.75 per capita and the negroes
about 20 cents per capita.
The comparison is edifying in
that it shows to what straits the
negro free schools would be re-
duced by making them dependent
upon the taxes paid by negroes.
In independence county the to-
tai taxes paid by whites was $751;
709.20 and the total taxes paid by
negroes S74S.2S. The number of
poll tax paid by whites was B.
949, by negroes 1877.
The total taxes paid by whites
in jackson county was 500, 514. 10
and by negroes s., $50. So. The
white poll tax payers in jackson
county number 2, 1873 and the col
ored ones S27.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
WOMAN ASSASSINATED.

Warren, Ark, Sept. Is Mrs.
II. Vines was shot from ambush
in the lower part of the county
one day last week, and died a few
hours later from the effects of the
wounds. Her husband, Henry
Vines, from whom she had been
separated, and his brothers, Jasp-
er and Joe Vines, are suspected of
committing the deed.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
County Seat Sketches.

From the Batesville Bee.
A large delegation of Batesville
citizens are attending the Worlds
Fair this week.
A. j. Lovelace of Cushman was
thrown from horse Thursday and
had his collar bone broken.
Rev. w. B. Hays has been
transferred to the ST. Louis Con-
ference and was recently assigned
a church in the city of st. Louis.
Theo. Emerson of Newark has
been spending some time in the
city under the treatment of Drs.
Dorr and Kenerly. He is improv-
ing and expects to entirely recov-
er in a short time.
Miss Dollie Aydelotte of Oil
Trough spent Monday night in the
city with her friends, Mrs. Pearce
and daughter. She left on the pas
senger Tuesday morning for Mt.
View where she will enter the
Stone County Academy
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
IS WINNING MEDALS
Arkansas Has Taken 81 r1edals on
Farm Products at the Fair.
Final Report Today is Expec ted to
Show More Good Things
For Arkansas.

Reports from St. Louis say that
Senator David l.. King, of Hardy,
who is serving on the information
al jury of awards in the agricultu-
raj department at the fair, and is
chairman of division A, reports
that the work of examining the
exhibits is about closed, and the
jury Is engaged in awarding prem
lums. He reports that up to this
time there have been awarded to
Arkansas the following premiums:
Six medals on corn lone silver.
Ten on wheat two gold.
Two on alfalfa gold
One on timothy and clover.
Two on oats.
One on prairie hay.
One on buckwheat.
One on rye.
One on German millet silver.
One on peanuts (silver).
One on cowpeas gold.
One on white peas gold.
-Four on beans three silver.
Nineteen on cotton (seven gold,
five silver, seven bronco.
Three on flour silver.
The final report will be made on
the Both, at which time may be ex-
pected some more good things for
Arkansas.
1t should be borne in mind that
this is in only one department, and
that Arkansas is in competition
with the world, with more than
Il, 700 exhibits.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
BUILD WAREHOUSES
Texas Man Suggests This Pla n
For Holding Cotton.
Farmers Could Bring Cotton to Ware
house, Secure Receipt and Hold
It For Fair Price.

Warehousing cotton and holding
it for a price approximating its
real value, as means of solving
the problem that confronts the
cotton producers of the South,
was the principal theme in the pa
per on THE Best System of Ware
housing Cotton, read by Judge
Eugene Williams of Waco, Texas,
at a meeting of the Southern Cot
ton Growers Protective Associa-
ton in the Palace of Agriculture
at the Fair Monday afternoon.
In opening his address Judge
Williams said that the problem
that confronts the cotton growers
is how to secure openly, honora-
bly, and in a businesslike way fair
proportion of the price paid by
the consumer, for a cotton gar
ment, which oftentimes Is many
more than the price the producer
receives for the raw material.
Contrasting the methods of cot
ton growers and other business
men, he pointed out how the cot
ton producer marketed his product
In the open street, saying that
without a place to store his cotton
to hold it for fair price the far
mer is forced to accept the buy
er's price. The ideal condition
for both producer and consumer,
he declared, would be for the pro-
.ducer to be able to give the con
sumner supply to meet the de
mands and no more, carrying in
original hands the excess.
The plan proposed contemplates
the organization of corporation,
selling SO shares to cotton grow
ers, merchants, bankers and all
interested in the industry. Stock
holders in each county would meet
and elect proxy to vote the stock
at an interstate meeting, to be
held in New Oorleans. At the in
terstate meeting board of direc-
tors would be chosen, which, in
turn would appoint q capable man
as general manager. This having
been accomplished, warehouses
would be established in each town,
managed by local board of direc-
tors. To the warehouse the farm
ers could bring their cotton, have
it classed, weighed, stored, secure
a receipt and hold it for a fair
price.
These warehouse receipts would
be negotiable and could be used as
collateral for borrowing money,
should the farmer need it.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

meeting of the Masonic grand
lodge for the establishment of an
Orphans Home at some point in
the state.
Mrs. Rosa G. Chase, formerly
of Fort Smith, is in Jail in St.
Louis on the charge of arson in
setting fire to house for the pur-
pose of collecting 81 900 insurance.
Bert Oglesby and Fred Rags
dale were each fined $40 and costs
in the circuit court at Gravett for
throwing a cat into church where
the Salvation Army was holding
services. The total fine and costs
was S15S.20.
George Bigger, aged u, at
tempted to commit suicide at his
home at Pocahontas Monday night
by taking laudanum. When found
he was locked in his room and was
unconclous, but the heroic work
of physicians saved his life.
Robert Graham of Tuckerman
lost two fingers while out squirrel
hunting one day last week. The
end of the gun barrels had been
jammed in the ground and he had
run his fingers into the barrels to
clean them out when the gun went
off.
The total value of real estate in
Arkansas of all kinds is $3.50, 800
039. OF that amount, $50, SOL
S51, is farm property. The total
value of personal property is plac-
ed at $50, 299, 069. The number of
polls assessed for 1903 were 296,-
917.
Roscoe Jones, the 12-year-old
son of County Clerk w. II. Jones
of Logan county, accidentally shot
and killed himself with revolver
Monday evening. There were no
witnesses TO the accident and
the manner in which the fatal shot
was fired is unknown.
The 6-year-old son of Gus Kir-
by, who lives near Taylor, smoth-
cred to death last Wednesday. He
was playing in a cotton house and
dug a hole about two feet deep,
and fell in head foremost and died
before assistance reached him. He
had been dead about half an hour
when found.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
Newark independence County,

wife and was choking her when
the son fired on him. After this
the boy went to a justice of the
peace and surrendered and was
committed to Jail to await the re-
suit of the wounds. King lives
about ten miles from Lonoke and
is farmer.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
o. DEAD; 127 INJURED.

Two passenger trains came to-
gether in a head-end collision on
the Southern railroad near Hold
ges, Tenn, Friday, killing so peo-
pie and iniuring 127. -Four Or
five others are expected to die
from injuries.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

state in the number of school
houses. There are 1862 in the
county, nine of which are brick,
1876 frame and II log. Pulaski
county has the largest number of
brick school houses. There are
1877 school houses in the county,
eleven eff which are brick and 1866
frame. Newton county leads in
the number of log school houses,
with %, and Madison is next with
eighteen.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

The ice cream season is here.
Take your best girl around to Gal
loway's restaurant and enjoy a
dish of that delicious cream they
make.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

NOTICE.

All parties knowing themselves
indebted to me must settle same
by the 10th of October, 1904, or
make satisfactory arrangements.
/ mean business; / have waited
long enough.
GEORGE +. CRoSsER.
The Newark journal., 1904-09-30

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The Newark journal., 1904-09-30
OUR SCHOOL HOUSES
Valuation of School Property I'm
Arkansas is So, 355, 202.
Number of School Buildings Erected
During Year Ending June 80,
1904, Was 265.

The total value of school prop
erty In the state of Arkansas is
SO, 355, 1872, an increase of $751;
0S0 In the past two years. The
school property in 1902 was valu-
ed at $4,000 PIP. These figures
have been obtained by the depart
ment of education from the re-
ports of the county examiners in
the seventy-fve counties in the
state. Pulaski county is second i'm
the value of school property, Sc
bastian county leading with total
of $607, 400. Pulaski county's
school property is valued at $421,-
705. Stone county represents the
other extreme, the entire amount
of school property in the county
being valued at only $3.50.
The total number of new school
houses erected in the state during
the year ending June 30, 1904, ac-
cording to the reports received,
was 265 and the value of the new
buildings was $3.50, 567. OF the
new buildings nine were brick,
254 frame and two log. The total
number of school houses in the
state in 1904, as compared with
Ql2 uaS &c follnuo.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09

Mr.. Herman Bremenkampf and Miss
Nettie Farlinger were married in Eu-
reka on April /, 1904. The ceremony
was performed by District Judge Peter
Breen in his chambers at the court house.
The bride is the second daughter OF
Mrs. M. Farlinger and was born and
raised in Eureka. The groom is the
youngest son of Mrs. F. j. Bremen
kampf, snd is employed as assistant to
the Eureka & Palisade Railway agent
in Eureka. The marriage of the young
couple took their many friends by sur
prise as very few of them knew 1t was
to occur SO soon. They have taken up
their residence in the Emerson house
on Spring street.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
GRAND CHANCELLOR CLIFFORD.
Head Of the Knights of Pythias in
Nevada Visits Beatiic Lodge.

Oscar ]. Clifford of Austin, Grand
Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
of Nevada, who arrived in Eureka on
Friday OF last week, paid Beatific Lodge
Nc. 2 an official visit in the evening.
A representative number of the MEM
bers Of the local lodge were present at
the meeting in honor of the Grand
Chancellor and extended him a cordial
welcome. MI. Clifford exempli6ed the
secret work of the Lodge at the meeting
and praised the Beatiic Knights for
their familiarity with the ritual. A
banquet was served after the business
meeting and the Grand Chancellor was
socially entertained in a most pleasing
manner by the Eureka Knights. Dur.
ing the evening Mr.. Clifford compli-
mented Beatific Lodge on its good mem.
bership and financial standing.
Mr.. Clifford is making his annual
visits to the various lodges in the State.
He has been to Battle Mountain, Elko.
Wells and DeLamar, and reports the
lodges visited in good condition and
gaining steadily in membership. The
Knights throughout the State are all
working to that end and each branch
is enthusiastically striving to enlarge
its castle. Mr.. Clifford left Saturday for
Winnemucca. and thence to Lovelock,
Wadsworth, Fallon, Reno, Verdi, Car.
son, Virginia City, Hawthorne and
Tonopah, the trip consuming about six
weeks.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
h Lost Is Found.

Ed Looney. who is employed in the
Rocco Homestaks mine at Hamilton.
is spending the week in Eureka. Some
months ago Mr.. Looney missed pocket
book containing valuable papers and re-
ceipts. and thinking he had lost it on
the road between Hamilton and Eureka,
he advertised for it in the SENTINEL.
He did not hear from it. and concluded
1t was gone forever. Last Monday ne
took q suit Of clothes. which had been
in his trunk in Eureka. to the tailor's
to be renovated and a few hours later
Mr.. Kuehn sent him word of having
found the ''long-lost" pocket book in
the inside vest pocket. The find proved
q very happy surprise to the owner,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
JUSTICE COURT CASE.
Suit For Professional Services During
Recent Scarlet Fever Epidemic.

A suit came up before Judge L. W.
Cromer in the Justice Court in Eureka
on Tuesday in which DIR. @. g. Gordon
sues Peter Breen for 5000 for profess
sional services to his children while
sick in December last.
The defendant answered, denying the
services and value thereof, and claim
ing damages to the amount of over $4,000
against the plaintiff, for alleged NAL
practice. inexcusable negligence and
incapacity. The answer is a lengthy
one and covers eight written pages of
legal cap. 1t states that when defend
ants first child became ill DIR. Gordon
was called in attendance; that he told
defendants wife the child did not have
scarlet fever, and that she would be
well in a few days. That by rea-
SOL of said physician permitting de-
PENDANTS other children to associate
with his sick child three of them be-
came infected with scarlet fever; that
plaintiff failed to give the proper care
and remedies to any one of his four
children who were sick at the same
time with scarlet fever.
Judge Cromer compelled the plaintiff
to make a deposit of 500 in court to
meet the cost of the action, and set the
case for trial by jury at 10 o'clock Fri.
day morning.
The plaintiff and defendant were not
represented by counsel. each appearing
for himself.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The case of Gordon versus Breen was
called by Judge Cromer in the Justice
Court Friday morning at 10 o'clock, r.
Sadler appearing as counsel for the
plaintiff, and the defendant appearing
for himself.
The defendant stated to the Court
that in order to have the case tried in
the Justice Court he would remit all of
his claim of over $4,000 damages except
the sum for which a Justice Court has
jurisdiction-S299. 90.
The following jury was impaneled (:
John Smith. Juan Mileno, Will Gavin,
G. b. Ratio, Will Donnelly, George
Stone, Baker Gray, Clay Simms. Felix
Rice. Frank Mahoney, Sisto Mariochi,
Sam Raphel.
The jury was sworn and the case pro.
ceeded. From the number Of witnesses
to be heard the trial will probably not
be concluded until Saturday.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
DIAMOND VALLEY INDIAN RODEO
Trouble Feared on Range Between
White and Indian BuckarOOs.

The Indians who have been employed
by white men to ride the ranges of this
section and round up the wild IN.
branded horses, have evidently con.
cluded 1t was a money.making business,
and some of them have gone into the
wild horse" business for themselves.
A large corral has been built by the
Indians about five miles south of Min.
eral Hill, Eureka County, and early
this week they had rounded up seventy
odd head. The rodeo that started last
week from the Paul Lane ranch in
Pine Valley has not yet reached Dia-
mond Valley, but when it does, it is
feared there will be a clash between the
''pale face" and ''red man"
Last year MI. Lane paid $4,000 to the
Diamond Valley Land and Livestock
Company for 1000 head of horses more
or less and the branding iron, and the
Indians right to rodeo the Diamond
range will, it is said, be disputed by
the stock owners.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09

Salt Lake. April s.--The seventy-fourth
annual conference Of the Mormon
Church was opened in the Tabernacle
to-day, and was attended by more than
$4,000 members. President Joseph r.
Smith made the opening speech and RAJ
followed by Apostle Francis NJ. Lyman
and other high officials. No reference
was made to the recent investigation of
Senator Smoot at Washington, aud
polygamy was not mentioned.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
DEATH OF MRS. s. REYNOLDS.

The death of Mrs. Emily j., wife of
Spencer Reynolds, occurred ON Tuesday,
April 8, 1904, at the Nevada Hospital
for Mental Diseases at Reno. Deceased
was a native Of Pennsylvania, aged 80
years, 8 months, 30 days. For about
thirty years she had resided in Eureka,
and early last Summer a weakening Of
the mental faculties was noticed. Mr..
Reynolds took his wife to San Francisco
In the hopes that a change Of climate
and medical aid would restore her to
health. He was there advised Of the
seriousness of her condition, and upon
the advice of physicians Mrs. Reynolds
was placed in the Hospital at Reno last
June. Last week Mr.. Reynolds re.
ceived word that his wife was failing
rapidly and 1t was feared death was
neal. He hastened to her and re.
manned with her until the end came.
Besides her husband, she is survived by
a son, Will Reynolds Of Eureka. The
remains were brought to Eureka on
Thursday for burial. The funeral took
place from the family residence IN Mob
Hill Friday afternoon, many friends
and ac~quaintanoes being present at the
last sad rites. which were performed by
the Rev. ]. e. Johnston of the Pres
byterian Church, The interment was
in Odd Fellows cemetery.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS

In the District Court in Eureka this
week. Judge Peter Breen presiding, the
following business was transacted:
]. P. Raine, through his attorney e.
8. Harrington of Elko, has applied for
letters of administration in the estate
of ]. r. Ennor, deceased. The matter
will come up for hearing in the District
Court oil April 10.
On Wednesday Otto T. Williams, at
torney for the administrator Of the
Charles Lautenschlager estate, pre-.
sented the final account and a petition
for the distribution Of the residue of
the estate.
Herman Lautenschlager of st. Louis,
Missouri, surviving brother of deceased,
was represented in Court by his son,
George Lautenschlager, who holds a
power Of attorney from his father. and
the heirs residing in Germany were re.
presented by the Eureka County Bank
as their attorney in fact, Cashier W. E.
Griffin appearing for the Bank.
Upon examination of all of the 40
counts and the introduction of evidence
to sustain the same, and the represen.
tatives of all the heirs having stated
under oath in open Court that they had
carefully gone over all of the accounts
and the items contained therein. and
found them just and correct. an order
was entered allowing and approving the
accounts and that the residue of said es-
tate be distributed to the heirs thereof.
Subsequently receipts were filed by
the above named attorneys in fact for
their principals. showing that they had
received their proportions of the prop
erty, real and personal A decree was
then made declaring the trust settled
and closed, and discharging the admin.
~istrator and releasing his bondsmen
from further liability.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
Reith-Merritt.

The marriage of Mr.. John Reith, Jr.,
and Mrs. Leila B. Merritt took place on
March 81 at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Browning,
at Woodland. Yolo County, California.
Mrs. Reith is a former Eurekan. and
will be remembered as the wife of the
late l.. A. Merritt. who was manager for
the Merritt estate, now the property OF
the Eureka Live Stock Company. Mr..
Reith is a prominent business man OF
Woodland.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.
Eureka County Will Send Month";
structed Delegation to convention.

At a meeting of the Eureka County
Republican Central Committee held
Saturday evening, April 2, the follow
ing delegates were elected to the Re-
publican State Convention to be held at
Virginia City on April 10:
Eureka P~recinct-C. L. Broy, P. H.
HUI, #. j. Brossemer. w. E. Griffin.
Ruby Hill Precinct-John MoNaugh.
ton.
Garrison Mine Precinct (Cortez)-
w. J. Shultes.
Beowawe Precinct-C. II. Duborg.
Palisade Precinct-G. D. Abbott.
Prospect Precinct Diamond Mine)-
Edward Bergman.
The delegates from Eureka County
will go to the Convention uninstructed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-09
Eureka Brewery Sold.

Paul Yost this week purchased the
Eureka Brewery, the Lautenschlager
saloon building, together with the stock
and fixtures, on Main and Clark streets,
and the Lautenschlager dwelling house
on the corner Of Buel and Clark streets.
The price paid was $4,000. Mr.. Yost
states that he will continue the bust.
ness and that it will be conducted as
heretofore.