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Warren sheaf., 1908-10-29
The jacobson "Wye Law
Word for Word, Is Placed
in the Famous .Sher- NJ
man Act IS
PRAISE FOR MADISON il,| N! NAN N
Senator Dolliver of Iowa Says Mime
sofa Republican Nominee for u
Governor Is an Advanced ~
Thinker. #E#& j /.

Hon. J. F. Jacobson, the RepubEt-- ubEt-
lican nominee for governor, IS nat
only man rightly famed for his his
rugged integrity and worth, but
in all justice must be accredited
as a deep and advanced thinker;
man whose ideas and plans, tor
the public veal have always been
many years ahead of his day. #S.
Mr.. Jacobson is so described
by no less a parsonage. than the
famous orator, Senator J P. Dol
liver of Iowa. This statement
and the proof were presented by
Senator Dolliver before "a vast.
audience in Minneapolis recently.
He told how the United States
congress had to come to Mime
sofa, to the modest but bralny
farm machinery merchant OF
Madison, to get for federal enact
ment what has for years IN Min,
nesota been known as the Jacob
son Wye law
The jacobson Wye law was
the pioneer statute in the United
States to establish the great
precedent for the people that a
railroad can be compelled to make
a connection with other roads at
intersecting stations, and that a
joint rate on freight may be estab
lished therefore by law.
Not only did congress come to
Mr.. Jacobson for his idea on this
subject, but they ioun,i he had
drawn the Minnesota law SO per-
fectly that the Jacobson Wye
law Lof Minnesota was copied,
word for word, into the congress
sional act known as the Sherman
law, and is now one Of the strong-
est and most valuable sections Of
that great act.
Every great reform always
meets with great opposition. And
SO it was that Mr.. Jacobson had
to wage a great legislative battle
to get his Wye bill passed by the
Minnesota legislature. This was
in 1896. Two years later, recog-
nizing defects in the original
draft, he had the law amended in
to it's present form, and it has
since proved a great boon for the
public.
The railroads refused at first
to comply with this law, and
Mr.. Jacobson brought a te5t
case before the board of rail-
road and warehouse commits
sioners. He prepared the case,
presented the evidence and made
the argument before the board,
which rendered a decision sus-
tanning him in every point of
contention. The companies ap-
pealed the case on points of law
to the district court, and it was
tried before Judge Powers of the
Twelfth district, who rendered all
decision sustaining the
commissioners. It was then taken
to the supreme court of Minne-
sofa, which upheld Judge Powers.
From there it was carried to the
court of the United
which confirmed the Min
nesota court, and the "Gentleman
from Lac qui Parle" had the sat-
isfaction of having the law he in
and was instrumental
in passing, declared constitutions
al by the highest court in the
land.
This state law has been of in
estimable value and convenience
to farmers and other shippers
throughout the state. AS included
in the Sherman law, it has also
become of tremendous value to
shippers all over the country.
And these thousands of people
thus convenienced have to thank
the humble yet brilliant Plain
Man IF the peOn1e T-F T,cohc,,
Warren sheaf., 1908-10-29
St. Louis to Have a Centennial.

St. Louis, Oct. 24.-The st. Louis
Centennial Celebration association
was organized Thursday night for the
celebration next October Of the hun.
dredth; anniversary Of the incorpoga,
sioa Of this city.
Warren sheaf., 1908-10-29

Tie 9 q, ond < " OF
A[)VER
::" ns. z1x k 4.;.s No.
Never spring big newspaper advertisement upon
the public Unexpectedly.
Make it an invariable rule to lead up by two
three nicely graded steps to the important
ment to be made People take certain pleasure out
Of anticipation They enjoy their dinner all the
ii they have been anxiousy waiting to hear the bell.
But If you open up your morning newspaper and find
blazed forth in big headlines the advertisement of
something startingy you stunned rather than
interested. If, however, for two three days you
have been looking for this announcement and each
day getting little curious about you get your
self keyed up in anticipation, and then if the
ment is better than you had gined you sur
render in body.
Don't pay the United States government two
cents for carrying letter circular worth less than
two cents
The average advertiser will shave off IS cents a
thousand envelopes and quarter Of cent pound
paper and beat down the printer price SO that he
is obliged to 30-cent ink and by various other
economies get his material ready for Sc thousand.
He will then pay the government $40 for carrying his
stingy, badly printed cheap looking Sc worth of
stuff and pat himself the back for being economical
Don't waste gray matter your competitor No
matter how entertainingly he lies, you 60 right
to-make.
Truth be made far more entertaining than
falsehood. Don't be afraid to call spade spade.
If the goods are shoddy advertise them as shoddy,
give good shoddy measure and charge shoddy prices
There tens of thousands of people who prefer
shoddy; prefer to eat it, it, be entertained
by it.
If you have to print about your store-some
call it advertising s-dont order twenty three styles of
type with whrgig borders and crazy, badly
ed picture. The hummer on New Years Day the
clown at Barnums may look funny, but he couldn't
make good the road selling gold watches. The
advertiser has idea that the fool things he
drags into his copy the entertaining it is. The
clown has the very same idea.
The great thing in all advertising is not quantity
of circulation, but quality of your copy printed in
newspaper the readers of which able to buv YOUR
goods.
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by nbune com
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
$2o,ooo Worth of Cotton Brrned.

The MiXon-M cClinton Mercantile Companys warehouse, containing about 400 bales of cotton was burned at Marianna Sunday, entailing a loss of about $20,000 on cotton destroyed and $6.000 on the building, both of which are covered by insurance
 All the cotton was received in Mari anna Friday and Saturday from wag- ons and stored in the warehouse by the merchants purchasing it. It is SUD- posed that one of the bales was latent ly burning when placed in the ware house, the fire not being detected at the time. The theory is that the bale was set on fire from sparks falling from the pipe of the farmer while he was hauling his cotton to town. The fire was discovered at I o'clock Sun day morning aad it was late in the afternoon before it was under control. Only 10 bales wore taken from the warehouse during the progress of the fire
 The cotton belonged to the follow ing persons: Nixon-McClinton Cotton Company, Lesser-Goldman Company, Atkin & iCottor, Griffith-Newburn Con- pany, L. Shaul & Co.,, M. Laser & Co.,, Stevenson & Co.,, Davidson & Hill, E.. J. Beasly & Co.,, J. D. Grove, Peter Brickey & Son and Ward x Bone.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Five Dollar Commercials.

Warnings have been received at To- cal banks from the United States Se- cret Service department calling atten- ton to the fact that a new counterfeit $5 bill is in circulation throughout the middle West and asking bankers to keep sharp lookout for the bogus bills. It is a dangerously correct imi- tation of the $5 silver certificate made by a photogravure process, with red and blue lines substituted for the silk fiber in the genuine bills.
 To aid the public and bankers in detecting the ccenterfeit the govern- ment experts call attention to the fact that the 'e" in demand is not formed well and that the second ''e" is a reverse figure 3. The "b'' in pay able is not perfectly formed and the hairlines are missing on the figures "5" and "V."
 The counterfeit is so well executed that it has fooled a narge number of money handlers in St. Lotus, Chicago and other cities of the West
 While the quantity in circulation is unknown it is said that certain sec tions of the country are flooded with them
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
1 MANY KILLED IN TORNADOES.
Fort Smith Hears of Loss of Life in
 Nearby Towns.

Fort Smith, Ark.-Shortly after ?
 o'clock Monday afternoon a tornado swept through northwest Arkansas, destroying houses stores and churches in Cravens, Barr, Berryville, Dyer, Jethro, Walla Walla and several other villages. From meager reports the death list may total p and the in jured, many of whom are fatally hurt will approximate 50. These estimates may be somewhat reduced when de-
 tailed information has been received.
 Up to the present time there are
 only eight known dead, four in Cray ems and the others in Barr and Lon don, near Russellville. All wires are
 down to the stricken villages and the railroad.
 The storm was most severe at Ora vens. Four people were killed, MT. and Mrs. John Resin and two children, | who were caught in the collapse of a | house and buried under the wreck age.
 MT. and Mrs. L. G. Hit, an aged
 couple, were seriously injured and | may die. Eight people who took re- | fuge in a store were caught in the
 crash of the building and all were in jured
 Three men, two women and three
 children at Cravens are reported miss ing. They have not been seen since
 the tornado. Practically all the larg-
 CT buildings were demolished.
 From Knoxville a report was re-
 ceived Tuesday morning indicating | that the village of Barr had been de | stroyed. Doctors were sent there on
 handcars. It is said that several resi- dents were killed and large number | injured Section men who went to the I scene with physicians state that the whole country has been laid waste l by wind and hail. Not a house or 1 barn is left standing in the path of l the tornado.
 Knoxville escaped destruction by a
 narrow margin. The storm passed the 1 village at the mouth of Piney creek
 and went due east.
 Dr. Croker of Linall is reported bad 1 ly hurt.
 l Bridges were torn and twisted from l banks of streams and the country was
 devastated by hail which in some | places was six inches deep on the l ground.
 The fury of the wind was felt al | Mulberry, where slight damage was | done. Several houses were unroofed
 and the people, panic-stricken, fled tc
 the churches. Berryville suffered Q
 heavy property loss, but no enc was seriously injured. It is believed that
 the tornado struck other towns further
 inland with which no connection oth
 CT than by wagon roads is possible.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Cotton Gin Burned.

Sunday morning about o'clock the Harlan gin at Humphrey was discov- cred to be on fire and the gin and seed house were destroyed. About 12 bales of cotton were entirely burn ed and about the same number parti- ally destroyed. The plant was oper- ated by Lynch Bros, of Stuttgart. The consesus of opinion is that the fire was of incendiary origin, as some parties were seen leaving town on horseback at full speed about the time the fire was discovered.
 J. w. Lynch, tEe manager of the gin, states that about a month ago Joe J. Flowers came to the gin and asked for his cotton and stated that he had heard that the gin at that place had been notified to close down under threats of burning. There was no pursuit of the supposed night riders. The property was valued at about $5,- 900. It was a popular gin and will probably be rebuilt next season.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Missinq Man in Hospital.

Iva c. Meyers, son of c. c. Meyers of Garnett, who had been missing since October 1, when he left his home to attend the Arkansas State Fair at Hot Springs. did not meet with foul play, as was suspected. For the last few weeks he had been held at the Pulaski county hospital as an insane patient and was discharged from that institution last Monday as cured.
 He was first found on the Rock Island bridge over the Arkansas river at Little Rock and his strange ac- tions caused him to be taken in custody as an insane person. He was placed in the county hospital and for several days was decidedly off his mental balance, it was stated at the hospital, and incoherent in his speech. He was possessed of several halluci- nations, one of which was the idea that he was a physical giant. He grew better after few days. His father accompanied him from the hospital
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
~ NEWS OF %
 ARKANSAS
1000 Teachers Will Attend.

HWY SoSiSiS w tf FhtS'1s
 The Arkansas State Teachers Asso- citation will hold the forty-frst annual session in Little Rock December 28, 29 and 30. The slogan this year is energetic campaign to this end is be- ing inaugurated. Circular letters and urgent appeals setting forth the un- doubted advantages of the association are being sent out to teachers and county examiners.
 State Superintendent Cook has in stituted the Annual Attendance Trophy in the form of an elaborate loving cup which he has personally presented to the association This cup is to be a permanent feature to be carried off from year to year and probably engraved each time by the county whose delegates to the A. T. A., have travelled the greatest num- Der of miles in coming to the meet ing. This result is arrived at by null tiplying the number of delegates by the number of miles from Little Rock to the county seat.
 The plans for the state convention this year are much more comprehen sive than ever before. wider scope is covered and much greater promi- nenee is given to the different diVis ions and sections of the association There is every assurance that the coming meeting will be much larger cial to the members than previous meetings
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
f5 MiIe-Wide Fire.

Reports from all parts of Arkansas Thursday night brought no news of abatement in the forest fires through out the state. The fires in Perry county are rapidly growing worse and are destroying much property We can hardly breathe here on account of the dense smoke" was the state ment sent out from Perry Thursday night. Reports from Helena show that the fires in that vicinity are still burning. The damage on one plantation in that district is estimated at SS,000 and on another at $4,000.
 Forest Supervisor, Record, stationed at Mena, who has charge of the For est Reserve in this state, wired: Fifteen miles of solid fire sweeping the Kiamish mountains in eastern Oklahoma, threatens the Arkansas national forest reserve" The dis patch states that the fire is sweeping bare the mountain sides, consuming fences, homes, live stock and bridges as it goes. The forest officers are preparing to prevent the fire from crossing the state line and a large force of men has already responded to a call for help, armed with shovels and water bags. Back-fring will be tried in the attempt to check the fire. Hugh Harris of the Washington Re serve Office is on the scene and was in conference with officers and rangers Thursday night concerning the situa- ton. The dispatch also stated that arrests would follow, as men who are alleged to have set the forests on fire, have been discovered by rangers.
 As yet no reports of loss of life have been received.
 It is impossible at present to make fair estimate of the loss of property, lumberman say, as the people in the districts where the forests are burn ing are too busily occupied fin fighting the flames to attempt to send out esti- mates on the timber destroyed cd the actual loss.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
State Capital Notes
Cotton Stock is Worth s2,327,472.

COllOn SLOSk IS "oftH PG,oEf TT G'
 The cotton stock in Little Rock Thursday amounted to 52,456 bales, against 17,0S0 bales the same date year ago In a money way the bales were worth on a 500pound basis at he spot price of s 7-S cents, the sum of $2,327 ,472.72. Only once before in the history of the Little Rock cotton market has a greater number of bales been in stock on given day. That day was December 27, 1901, when the stock amounted to 54,639 bales On that date the spot price of cotton was 117i6 cents per pound, middllng. From a money standpoint Thursday surpassed the record.
 The 1901-02 season has been refer red to as the "big-crop" year. The commercial crop of the state for that season was S20,000 bales and the total receipts for Little Rock in that season were 231, ,177, which was the record of the market to that day and age The state produced ,000, 900 bales the next year. but the increase in the mar ket at Little Rock only amounted to about 35,O00 bales over the preceding year.
 If cotton keeps coming to Little Rock in the proportion in which it is arriving now. the daily receipts aver aging around 2,500 bales, all records for the market will be smashed. The receipts Thursday were 2,989 bales, against 590 bales a year ago, making grand total of 121 ,9S3 bales, against 45,152 bales last year.
 Cotton men have remarked favor ably on the way the congresses are handling the cotton. It is stated that compress men, buyers and railroads are working to the end that cotton may be handled quickly and carefully. The congresses are running night has been threatened at times a block ade worthy the name has been avoided thus far and with conditions favorable one will not occur.
 It is said there is not another cot | ton market in the South, the size ot Little Rock, that is handling the crop | to better advantage.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Commission to Meet.

The State Capitol Commission ex- poets to meet in Little Rock the first week in January for the purpose of preparing it's report, which will be placed in the hands of the governor. The report will consist of a statement
 of the amount of expenses incurred
 by the commission during the time
 preceding the date of the opinion of
 the attorney general and the decision of the Supreme Court, which stopped
 all work on the building because of
 the failure of the legislature to make
 an appropriation therefor
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Kills Friend Through Jest.

G. c. Glasgow. young and popular business man of Rector was accident ally killed by his friend and room mate, Gerlie Cole, at Rector. The and Cole picked up gun. Think ing it was not loaded he snapped it at his friend, and to his horror, and ex- plosion followed, and young Glasgow fell from his chair dead The bullet penetrated his heart. The coroner's jury returned verdict that Glasgow was accidentally killed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Expense of No. 10.

F. M Oliver, secretary to the mayor, Thursday said that all the collections for the campaign in favor of Amend ment No. 10 had been made and that the accounts of the campaign eX- penses would socn be closed There are two checks for small amounts out standing and as soon as these are cashed and turned in, the accounts of the campaign can be closed finally. The total expenses amounted to $1,- 4S7.05 Amendment No. 10 was to per- init cities, towns and counties to issue bonds for internal improvements.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
12To 20 REPORTED DEAD.
Reports From Piney and London Tell
 of Heavy Loss of Life.

Russellville, Ark.-Between F and 20 people were killed and 30 injured by tornado at Piney, a German set clement, 10 miles west of here, be- tween Knoxville and London, Monday afternoon, according to reports which reached here Monday night. At a late hour it was impossible to learn any thing definite concerning the loss of life or damage done, and many believe that the reports have been eXag2erat- ed, as the country through whica the tornado passed is not thictly settled A report from London, brought by a man who came from there Monday night, is that nine were killed at Piney It was at first reported that this loss of life was at London. An other report is to the effect that only one person, a girl, was killed. It is impossible to learn anything as yet, as all wires surrounding Piney are down.
 According to the reports received here the tornado swept clear path through the settlement and surround ing country, completely demolishing homes, timber and all property. It crossed the Arkansas river at Piney and passed through that country from the north.
 According to the reports, five stores and a number of residences were com pletely demolished. The Western Un-
 
 in that vicinity.
 Relief parties have left for Piney, but as yet nothing has been heard from there as they are unable to con- municate with that place, as all means of communication have been de StrnNnd
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Fire Surrounds PerryviIIe.

Perry is surrounded by fire. The forests on every side are burning and much damage has been done. Mast, the fruit of the oak, beech and other forest trees, which has been quite abundant and much needed, will be almost entirely destroyed. The range for cattle will also be complete ly destroyed. Much timber has been destroyed and fences, farm houses and farm property are seriously threat ened The valley is so filled with smoke that it is difficult for one to get a breath of pure air.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Nearess Held for Shooting.

Jesse Pagan, negro who farms near Dr. Blackwell's place, at Spring hall, Jefferson county, was shot and painfully wounded Wednesday night by some unidentified person. Clara Floyd, a negress, has been arrested, and is now in jail at Pine Bluff. She is charged with assault with intent to kill, but denies the charge, Pagan was waylaid near the Blackwell place and after being shot was struck in the head with shot gun. He will probably recover
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
George Ponder Pardonsd.

George Ponder, negro, who WAS sentenced to the penitentiary for aife in 1899 in ColuEabia county fer kill ing another negro, was granted par- don Monday by Governor PindalL Ina pardon was granted on the recommen- dation of the penitentiary physician and other penitentiary officials Pow der has been q faithful and Obedient prisoner and is suffering from tuber- culosiS
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Youna Arthur Clay Indicted.

Arthur Clay, son of H. P. Clay, who, it is alleged, stabbed Marshall Null, negro boy, to death, was Thursday indicted for manslaughter by the Pulaski County Grand Jury The in dictment is hort and alleged nothing but the killing and the manner of the killing. At the time of the affair it was alleged that young Clay assaulted the negro boy because t-e boy had interfered with Clay's' smaller brother. Clay, it is alleged, drove a knife into Mull's heart with one thrust.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Bound for Little Rock; Didn't Arrive.

Buying tickets for Little Rock on November and leaving with her two children presumably for this city, Mrs. Rich Longfield of Chicago has not ar band and relatives there believe her mind has become unbalanced and that, with her children. she is wandering aimlessly about the country. She had about $S5 on her person upon leaving Chicago.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Committee to Daft New Bill.

President c. N. Rix of the Business Mems League of Hot Springs Monday afternoon appointed the following com mittee to draft a substitute for the Amis anti-turf gambling bill, to be presented to the next Legislature:
 J. l.. Wadley, w. G. Maurice, w. W. Waters. Gus Strauss, c. H. Weav- CT, NJ. E. Eisele, George R. Bedding, David Laser and $. H. Stitt
 The bill will provide for fall and spring race meeting and will restrict the number of days.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
State Board Will Meet Here.

The State Missionary Board of ths Baptist church will meet here Decem- Der 1, at which time a successor will be chosen to Rev. R. G. Bowers, who was elected field secretary for Oaa- chita College at Philadelphia. at the Baptist Convention at Fayetteville. The appropriation of the S35.0sJ6 for missionary purposes in this state wtiz be made by the committee during the session here At the same time eazs- ference of Baptist laynen will held lo arrange for 9 laymen's missionary movement in this state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
Horse Wouldn't Jump the Fence.

Roy Buckalew, young farmer liv- ing near Jonesboro, Monday afternoon attempted to force his horse across a wire fence and as result will die, as will the horse.
 The animal plunged into ditch with the rider on it's back, and in getting out fell backward, crushing the body of Buckalew beyond recog- nition. The incident occurred just north of Jonesboro.