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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
NOTICE.

Whereas, there is now in the pos
session of the Missouri and North Ark
ansas Railroad Company, a lot of
goods, merchandise and other property
received by it which has not been claim
ed, called for or received by the owner,
cousignee, or other authorized person,
for more than six months from the
time it should have been called for.
now, notice is hereby given that the
same will be sold under and by the
provisions of Sec. 5000 of Kirby's Di-
gest of the Statutes of Arkansas, TO
the highest bidder for cash in hand.
Said sale will be at the unused passen-,
ger station of said railroad company,
situate on block 81, of Harrison, Ark
ansas, commencing on the 18th day Of
December, 1908, and will continue
from day to day'at the same place un-
til the sale is completed.
Said sale will be between the hours
of o'clock in the forenoon aud s
o'clock in the afternoon Of each day
of sale.
This the 10th day of November, 1908.
Mo. & N. ARK. RAILROAD Co.
BY w. S. Roberts. Auditor.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
The Worlds Wheat Supply.

The possibilities in increasing the
worlds supply of wheat, as we'll az
that of the United States, are manifold
and impossible of estimation, declares
the Century Magazine. Vast regions
of land in South America, North
Africa and Asia are awaiting the de-
mand for still more wheat" which
shall bring to them the steel pillow and
the self-binder, and cause them to
yield a food-product sufficient to feed
a new population Of untold millions.
And were modern agricultural imple-
ments and agricultural knowledge in
the hands of the Russian and Euro
pean peasants, another addition. the
extent of which can hardly be guessed,
could be made to the worlds wheat
supply.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
Bishop Brent's Decision,

Bishop Brent has raised himself
greatly in popular estimation by his
announcement of his determination to
refuse the Washington offer of the
bishopric, and to return to his hard
and important labors In the Philip
pines, says the Boston Advertiser.
This may be said without implying
that a different decision would have
lowered him in popular estimation.
Had he decided that under the condi-
tons Of his health or for other reasons
he should accept the call to Washing
ton, there could be questioning of his
sincerity or his courage. His record
stands proof against unworthy insinu-
atoms. He has done great work In the
islands. He would do valuable work
at Washington. This because he Is .
forceful, honest, energetic man. His
determination to go back to his work,
to build firmer structure on the
sound foundation he has laid in the
Philippines, will, however, endear him
to the hearts of all who admire cour-
age and thoroughness. Bishop Brent,
never in danger of losing his position
before the world, has now achieved
one that will stand long in history as
an example of personal unselfishness.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

If one should Judge of American
family life, as many foreigners ap-
parently do, by the dolngs of the
corrupt rich and the annals of the
divorce courts, he would naturally
infer that the very foundations of
the family as an institution, are
honeycomed with rottenness. But
these doings and annals do not re-
fleet the domestic life OF the Ameri-
can people They are but froth and
excresences that, being on the sur
face, attract attention, while the
real life and domestic virtues that
prevail in the vast majority ofhomes
remain unnoticed. Probably in no
other country is there relatively or
actually such endearing home ties,
affection and consideration as are
seen in this country.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

JUST about now the mail order
houses Of our large cities, with an
eve for the Christmas trade of the
smaller cities and towns and of the
farmers, are sending out their bulky
and Elusive catalogues by the thou
sand. In this age of competition it
is not the merchant who does not
know how to advertise who has a
right to complain at the success OF
such houses. In refusing to use the
home press to inform his customers
of his business he is nurturing a large
field Of operation for the mail order
houses.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
Co-Pastors,

Yes, Christmas is drawing very
near. Then let us with one hand
tenderly cling to the old year while
we stretch forth the other to greet
the new. To some il has been a
year of prosperity, to others, one OIL
adversely and sorrow. As we look
back over past events we cannot fail
to note the absence of many that
were with us a year ago. But now
they are gone, been called home to
return no more. This time last year
they were planning a surprise foi
some one near and dear to them in
the may Of a Christmas present that
would cause them to be remembered
as the years roll on.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

OPTIMISTIC tariff reformers are pre-
dieting that the work on the tariff
schedules will be we'll advanced by
the fourth of March and that after
President Taft has called a special
session of the Sixty-frst Congress
for the revision of the tariff Cong
ress will find much of its work block
ed out and will probably have com
pleted the much talked of revision OF
the tariff by the fourth of July.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
cempstItIsn and JustIes.


The day seems to have come for
consideration of the question whether
the present organization of the stock
exchanges is such as to insure public
confidence. fair play and absolute Sc
eurity to honest clients, or whether
some degree of Intervention by the
government to secure these results is
required, writes Charles A. Conant in
Atlantic. Speculation is legitimate,
and will go on increasing In volume
with the growth in the wealth of the
country and in the quantity of negoti-
able securities. To interfere with 1t
without warrant Is TO tie ball and
chain TO the limbs of national eco
nomic progress. But more and more,
with the growing complication of the
mechanism of finance, is growing up
sentiment for such supervision of
this mechanism as shall insure its safe
and honest working. From the smoke
and dust of battle between vested in
terests seeking economic freedom, and
the state seeking to protect the indi'
vidual against errors of Judgment and
false statements, energies the principle
so well stated by the eminent capital
list, Thomas F. Ryan. in an article in
the Independent, that 1T is right that
competition between men should he
brought within constantly narrower
and narrower rules of justice"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Rev. W. c, Bostain, of Beebee
Ark, District Elder of the Free
Methodist Church, will be i'll Harri
son Dec 18th to 18th to hold a dis
trict quartely conference in connect
ion with other services, at the old
school Presbyterian church, two
blocks north of square. All are in
Yited to attend these services.
Miss F. c. WITHERsPooN,
Mrs OLLIE DYER,
Co-Pastors,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

IT is definitely announced that
President Roosevelt will leave New
York next April with his son Ker-
NIT for Africa to hunt big game. 1t
is the desire OF the President to bring
back at the end of the year from the
wilds Of Africa specimens of every
species of big game to had on the
dark continent.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Now comes the distressing informa-
ton that a straw hat fastened on the
head of a workhorse during the hot
weather has no other effect than to
add to the poor animals sufferings
by making its head still hotter. A
philanthropic gentleman with a Their
mometer made this discovery. Let
him carry his Investigations a little
further. Isn't the air inside straw
hat worn by fat man hotter than the
air outside, and would it not be better
for him to go bareheaded?
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

No wonder the topper is on its
last legs, SO to speak. in swell society,
when a London hat maker advertises
silk top hats on hire! True, this
should no more condemn the silk hat
than the dress suit, which is also
obtainable on the same terms, but
there is something repugnant in the
idea of the other conventional article
thus descending in the social scale.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

THR good old question of the CON
solidation of our Arkansas elections
will come up in the next session OF
the legislature. A bill has already
been drawn for introduction, and it
will be pushed by certain members
who are favorable to the reform.
To the people of North Arkansas,
who have always favored consolida-
ton, it looks like about time for all
objections to be withdrawn.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
THE belief of some people that the

THE belief of some people that the
temperance movement, which has
made such great strides in all sec
tions of the country, would subside,
does not seem to be borne out bv
the facts First in the south and
now in the east and middle states
great advance is being made against
the liquor traffic at every election
In Ohio, under county option, one
county after another votes dry"
and in other states where temper
ance laws have been enacted in re-
cent years, progress is stillapparent
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Why is If that American men do
not marry foreign noblewomen?
Why, because there is only one ans
wer-they know the value of the
home product.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

ACCORDING to the annual report of
the government engineers there has
been expended by the government on
the Improvement OF the Arkansas
River So, SIT, 922.52 and on White
River a total of 1,272, 71o.49.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

THE form of the fsh-hook hasn't
changed In 1000 years" according to
a contemporary. Nor has the fish
liar. as witness Jonah's tale of the
whale.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

THAT Massachusetts, man, the ia
ther of so children, who deserted
his family upon the appearance of
twins, must have been figuring up
his Christmas liabilities.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

approved security, and lien will be
retained till the purchase money is
paid.
Given under my hand this oath day
of November, 1908.
RoB'T T. DoPsoN,
Commissioner in Chancery.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

FIVE townships in Washington
county have by vote adopted the no
fence law, which will prevent the
running at large hereafter in these
townships of hogs, goats, horses,
mules, cattle or other animals that
destroy growing crops.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Reports concerning the cranberry
crop are discouraglng. Dr. Wiley may
have to be on the lookout for imita-
ton sauce when the roast turkey sea
son arrives.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

A YOUNG man in st. Louis has
been fined 81, 900 for flirting. 1t
might have cost him more if the lit
tie affair had wound up in marriage
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

CARNEGIE says the rich do little to
uplift the world. Yet there are
those who insist that some of them
do their best to hold it up.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

German bootmakers are trying to
keep American shoes out of the coun-
try, except, of course when they are
worn by American millionaires.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that ID. e.
Ingram, Administrator of the Estate
Old. w. Ingram deceased. Filed his
final settlement at the October Term
of the Boone Probate Court and will
ask at its December Term 1908 TO be
discharged and his bondsmans re-
leased.
Given under my hand this Nov. 20,
1908. ]. II. HELM, Probate Clerk.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Don't say that footpads are alto
gether bad A Chicago highwayman
gave his victim a nickel to ride
home on.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

OF course when New York staged
the devil it was able to supply him
with the essential local color.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05
The Harrison Times.
SATURDAY, DEC, 5. 1908

JASPER is to have a new paper.
Walter Murray will be its editor.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-05

Recent discoveries have also proved that
dandruff is caused by germs on the scalp.
Therefore, to cure dandruff, the firstthing
TO do is to completely destroy these dam
druff germs. Here, the same Ayers Hair
Vigor will give the same splendid results
--Mads By the =. o. Aver o.. Lowell, Maas.---S
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
FARMING IN EGYPT E.

Egypt is a narrow strip of land,
1900 miles long, lying along the
Nile river. All the rest of the coun-
try is worthless desert. But for the
Nile and its irrigating waters there
would be no Egypt.
From 100000 to 100000
acres are under cultivation, an area
about half as big as South Carolina.
From this little strip of land 0,000,-
900 of people draw a support Almost
purely an agricultural country, 1T
supports one human being to the
acre.
. The lands are worth $500 to $500
per acre. The farmers live in COM
pact villages because land is too
valuable to be used for scattered
buildings.
The methods of cultivation are the
most primitive in the main, but the
abundant labor and fertile soil bring
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
NE IS TEDDY'S HANDY BOY
Taft Is to Be Sent on Another En-
rand by the President.

Alas, poor Mr.. Taft! He hardly
had time to unpack his suit case af-
ter one trip before he must be off on
another. He has never yet become
used to the Washington water and
cooking, being under orders almost
constantly to run from one quarter
of the globe to another on the boss
errands. His next order, it seems, is
to hike down to Panama to straight
en- out a tangle that has developed
there relating to the boundary be-
tween that little republic and Co.
lombia, from which 1t was eliminated
between suns. There occurs an cleo
ton in Panama in July, and it is de-
sired to have the boundary matter
Strengthened out before the election
Mr. Taft will have to make his trip
next month-and leave Fairbanks
and Cannon at home building fences.
However, Mr.. Taft will probably be
provided with a fast ship, at govern
ment expense, so that Il CAL ar
down to the isthmus and get back
quickly, and go on with his cam
paigning. The boss, who will remain
in Washington, will undertake to
look out for the Taft campaign boom
during the temporary absence of the
rotund secretary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

results. Food products are the main
thing, but they spare enough land
to cotton to make the cotton crop
the second in value in the world.
The cotton is of excellent quality,
yellowish in color and brings good
prices.
The farmers live in great poverty,
and the people generally are wretch
eddy poor AS an example of the i'm
mense labor given to producing the
crop much of the water used for ir-
rigation is raised from the Nile by
means of the "shadoof,' a primitive
arrangement worked by hand power.
Taxation is enormously heavy, and
the vast majority of the farmers are
tenants who, after paying taxes and
rents, can scarcely keep life in their
bodies.
Some people think that high priced
lands and prosperity go together, but
they cannot prove it by Egypt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
"A NO. 1" MAKES HIS WILL
A Tramp Who Has Travelled Nearly
Half Million Miles Has a Tomb
stone Erected for Himself.


A professional tramp who still pre-
serves an air of responsibility and
who can talk or write with all the
fuency of a man of refinement is an
anomaly, but such is the man known
as GA No. l." He is a tramp from
choice, and does not consider his
profession" discreditable. For 20
years he has been almost constantly
on the road, and during that time
has travelled 45O,590 miles. Though
he subsists largely by mendicancy he
is possessed of some property, and
never permits himself to be without
enough money to buy a meal or a
nights lodging if he cannot secure it
gratis. Though he often sleeps in
hotels he prefers to make his bed in
a box car. He makes all the money
he wishes by standing on street cor
ners carving potatoes into queer
shapes and selling them as curios-
ties. He appeals to the public to
treat tramps more kindly than is the
rule, as he says the opportunity Of
ten comes to entertain an angel una
wares. Probably he considers him
self one of the angels. Under date
of April 8th he writes:
only yesterday | made my will
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
HAD TO PAY HIM WELL
JAKE MELIN GIVES IN TO j. DOL
LAR ROCKEFELLER AT LAST.
Famous Fight Between Oil King and
Swede linn" Keeper Finally
Comes to an End.

Comes to an End.
After defying John D. Rockefeller
for eight years Jake Melin, the Swede
who has conducted the Anchor Inn
IN North Tarrytown, in the center of
the millionaire's estate, has at last
given in. He says his wife is not
well, and he wants to go back to the
old country"
Melin has refused to sell his proper
ty to Rockefeller's agent repeatedly,
one-story shack with bar attached,
located on piece of land SO by 100
feet, the property is worth probably
lew hundred dollars. But it lies
near the 100000 manson of
Rockefeller, and in the center of
ground which the magnate has been
ouylng up piece by piece for decade.
us presence was an eyesore to the
mlllionaire, and it is known that the
last offer refused was $500.
Unable to buy the land attorneys
Tor the oil man entered on a legal
warfare. They sought to have his
license revoked, but Melin was able
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
AMERICA ON THE BLINK
PRINCE DE SAGAN SAYS HE CAN
SEE OUR END rs NOT FAR OFF.
Declares People Over Here Pay More
Attention to Other Peoples
Business Than Their Own.

Business Than Their Own.
Prince Helie de Sagan, whose
courtship of Madame Gould has caus-
ed much amusement in this country,
renewed his criticisms of American
newspapers on returning to Paris a
! few days ago. He also said Ameri-
can fortunes are on the wane.
The Wanted liberty in the United
States" he said, lis merely license
to NEEDLE with other folks affairs.
Our more highly developed civiliza-
ton forbids both the instinct to do SO,
and the right, should the instinct be
undeveloped. Anyone can see that
the fortunes of America are steadily
going down, materially and morally
This has been predicted by European
sages from the beginning of your his
tory, because true national greatness
, cannot be founded on unbridled Ii
cense to mind your neighbors' BUSH
ness and make sport of others unlike
yourself.
There is NO truth in the state
ment that Nine. Gould and | are al
ready married. Any but American
journals would know that this would
be impossible without it's becoming
known Immediately in the European
continent, where primitive municipal
regulations do not exist as in Ameri-
ca.
Regarding the money arrange
ments of the marriage, these do not
exist. Ours is no money match, but
love match Life has been hard to
both of us, and what we want is
peace and obscurity, if the American
press will allow it. | do not know
where we shall live, but we expect to
be a good deal between New York
and Paris. This is all can tell you
until Nine. Gould arrives in Paris,
which will not be for several days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

not knowing when l will be pulled
out from underneath the cars. In it
provided for a trust fund, the in
terest to be used in buying badges
for the best-behaved pupils in pub
lie schools, and the residue to buy
fuel for needy people,
Recently he wrote story of his
life and published it. In the cemetery
at Cambridge Springs, Pa, stands a
tombstone waiting for him, on which
is carved "A No. /, Rambler. AT
Rest at Last" No one knows his
real name, and he refuses to divulge
~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

to prove the good character of his
place, and he was permitted to stay.
Then taking the stand that as all the
surrounding land belonged to him
the roads were private Rockefeller
sought to choke the mans trade by
barring the highways. Melin fought
him in the courts and won the suit.
Finally AN offer was made which
Melin could not resist Just how
much he is to get he will not tell.
But he has announced his intention
to quit.
Il wouldn't do it, though" he
says, eff it weren't for my wife,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
THE OLD APPLE TREE.
Is Living Reminder of Why New
York's Broadway Is Not Straight.

rs a LIVING helnlHUer OI why new
York's Broadway Is Not Straight.
One of the few remaining monu-
mental trees of New York stands in
Grace church yard at Broadway and
Tenth streets. It's an old common
country apple tree, but it keeps green
the memory of one Mynheer Bre-
WORT, Dutchman and farmer. Nearly
100 years ago the Brevoort acres
spread out where the church now
stands When New York began to
stretch out the city planned straight
thoroughfare and named it Broad
way. The surveyors got as far as
Tenth street, where their progress
was stopped by the Brevoort gate.
keep off my land" shouted old
Brevoort in most forcible Dutch, con-
fronting them with dog and stick.
The surveyors scaled the fence and
marched off through the next mans
field to the left. The result was that
the plans for a straight main thor
oughfare we're unmade by old Bre-
FOOIL . threatening SlACh anu IOHSuS.
That is why there is bend in the
street at this point, and why a man
is kept there greasing the trolley
slot, why teamsters tug their reins
and speeding automiles slow up.
Grace church came into possession
of the land in later years, and in
gratitude the church men are pre-
serving the old tree to commemorate
Brevoort's memory
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

Mr., Frank H. Fielder, 2lS 4 4easant
Ave., Montgomery, Ala, formerly prin-
cipal of Haynesville High School,
writes:
al can truthfully say that Peruna is a
splendid remedy for la grippe, and a
good tonic for building up the SYSTEM"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

Mr. John Riha of Vining, Ia, says:
II have been selling DeWitt's Kid
ney and Bladder Pills for about a
year, and they give better satisfac-
ton than any pill / ever sold. There
are a dozen people here who have
used them, and they give perfect sat
isfaction in every case. have used
them myself with fine results. Sold
by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
TWINS BORN AS FATHER DIES.
Crying of Babies Is Mingled With
MournerS' Lamentations.


In Bellwood, Indiana, while the
body of her husband, Alva Lawrence,
was being removed from the resi-
dence preparatory to funeral services
at the Christian church. Mrs. Anna
Lawrence gave birth to twins, and
the crying of the lusty youngsters
mingled with the walls of the mourn
ers The father was victim of tu-
berculosis, resulting from a cold con-
tracted while drilling the uniform
rank of Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea.
Mr.. Lawrence was one of the best
drill masters in the state, and led his
company to success at Detroit last
year. Previously to his illness he was
a fine specimen of physical manhood
being noted as an athlete.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

1t is a pity to see person neg
lect indications of kidney or bladder
trouble that may result in Bright s
disease when Foley's Kidney Rene
dy will correct Irregularities and
strengthen these organs. Take TO
ley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign
of Danger. Dawson Drug Co. and
Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

Mr.. William President $50
Broadway New N. Y,
able find that
myself the me
looking