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The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
MUCH LAND RECLAIMED
Report Of Engineer Jackson of the Terre,
 Noir Drainage District Surprising.

The surveyors of the Terre Noir Drainage District have nearly completed all preliminary work, and engineer Jackson has filed his report. The estimated cost of the work, as outlined by Mir. Jackson, is near S1O6,O0O The creek as it now flows covers a distance of 54 miles. and under the drain plan it will cove? only 2S miles. There will be 135 cut offs made, and in all there will be 16 1-3 miles of new channel. This at the head will be twenty feet wide and forty-five feet wide at the mouth of the cut, ten feet deep There is about 16,OOO acres of bottom land that the canal would drain and open for cultivation besides the drain age of all the open land that is now subject to overflow. By Q safe estimate, the entire cost of the work would return to the land owners in less than five years, by increased crops. be- sides the increase of the value in the land.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
Iron Mountain Busy.

We all profit by other peoples misfortunes, and the Iron Noun. tain Railway is just now profit ing by the trouble experienced by the Rock Island-Frisco Rail- way in Oklahoma and Texas. The floods in that section has thrown thousands of dollars of Southwestern freight and pas senger business over their lines and the result has been an activ- ity in traffic which has called number of additional trains and crews into the service to handle.
 General officers of the road re- port that the lumber business has been very heavy during the past few weeks and altogether for the time of the year a very satisfactory business has been handled.
 There has been no increase in the shop force at Barring Cross on account of the extra business, however, as the roundhOuse force is keeping up the running repairs and the limited number of ma chinists at work are kept busy on switch engines.
 The demand for switch engines is constant and the shop force is having quite a job keeping up these engines.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
Paying Franchise Tax

The incorporated companies of Arkansas have paid in, thus far a total of SIS, ,530 franchise tag money and the law provide< that the charters of all companies that fail to pay their franchise tax by July 1 be forfeited. About S3.OOO franchise tax money is still unpaid.
 Yesterday 20 companies paid in a total of S5SS5 The Rich ardson and May Land and Plant ing Company Of New Orleans. La, the American Insurance Com pany of New Jersey, and the North Arkansas Mining and h. vestment Company of Mauman each paid S1OO The Rochester German Insurance Company of Rochester, \. l., paid $50.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
WAS SPLENDID AFFAIR.
Reception at Mrs. McKenzie's Yesteaday
 Thoroughly Enioyeb.

The handsome suburban home of Mr, and Mrs. H B. Mckenzie was the scene of quite deal CT merriment on yesterday after Hoon.4wflen Mrs. H. B. Mckenzie and Mrs. Chas F.wpittman en- tertained foG their sister, Miss Berta Pittm an, who has just re- turned from Lombard College.
 The color scheme was pink and white and the beautiful back ground of the walls was a fit setting for the profusion of pink and white roses and gladiOluS which were in profusion on ev- cry hand. Games were played in which all seemed to take a de- cided delight Delicious "fruice" was served at intervals by Miss Mildred Putnam.
 Just at an oppOrtune time, ere any one had grown weary of the fun, some one entered with snowy linens, prophetic of what was soon to follow. Trays laden with the most delicious cream and cake in pink and white were brought and each guest was served To have heard the hap py voices as they indulged in con- versation during this period, no one would have thought that the weather had ever been threatening or that anything but happiness reigned in each heart.
 At half past six all bade adieu to the hostess and the ''hOnOree" expressing their great enjoyment of the occasion.
 It will never do not to mention that the dainty prize, in pink and white, for the best player, was awarded to Mrs T. c. McRae, jr
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12

The salary of the postmaster at Hope has been raised from S2,1OO to S2,20O.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
Special Train to Denver

Little Rock, June 12.-Special-- Preliminary arrangements for
 running a special train from Ar kansas to Denver on account of
 the National Democratic Con- vention next month. It is pro- posed to operate a train from Little Rock to Denver picking up delegates and friends who de- sire to make the trip leaving Little Rock July B. The big four has advised the district delegates of the proposition to operate this train, and have asked that those
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
TO PROVIDE UNIFORMS
All Officers of National Guaad Must &c.,
 cure Necessary Equipment.

Adj itant General Paul Little Of the Arkansas National ,, Guard has issued the following circu- lar pertaining to the coming en- campment at Leon Springs, Tex.
 "All regimental battalion and company officers, and all mem bers of the medical department and chaplains of the Arkansas National Guard designated to attend the joint maneuvers at Camp Leon Springs, Tex, July 16 to 25, 1908, must at once pro- vide themselves with the follow ing equipment One officers kha- Xxi coat, one pair officers khaki brooches, and officers campai n hat and cord, one pair offic 2 Puttee leggings, one olive ara b fl9nnel shirt
 on route, returning from or dur ing the joint maneuvers at Leon Springs, and any officer who shall fail or refuse to comply with these instructions will not be permitted to attend the encamp- ment nor to draw anyA pay in that connection.
 Each officer receiving this circular must at once acknowl- edge receipt of same at this of flee"
 xxxxx&
 A squad of the best shots in the Arkansas National Guard may participate in the rifle prac- tice to be held at Camp Perry, O., this summer. As yet Adju- tant General Paul Little has re- ceived no official notification from the War Department of any such plan, but it is generally thought among the guard off cers that the best shots will be participants in the Ohio rifle range work. The best shots of the national guard organizations of the entire country will be as sembled at Camp Perry.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
TRIP TO RED RIVER
}. ..,hiud of the Situation Tn the Flood District Around Fulton.

VOWS reporter picked up the
 naminc notes on trip to Full
 O,V a ond Red river yesterday:
 pShers, one of the most
 a,;nent citizens of Fulton,
 a"chant. farmer, doctor, bank
 % and president of the levee
 aord says that it is the most
 pSostrous flood in the history
 I I the river. The loss of stock,
 pouses crops is complete, and
 sSo neople in the district affecte .
 .rs e for the most part going to
 sa in destitute circumstances fog
 thp next twelve months,
 Jucien Adams, a livery man of lost over three hun |ared mules in the flood, besides
 2 vast amount of other stock and n,onerty. Another citizen who probably owned four hundred l head of cattle, lost all of them |but seven.
 The watchman at the bridge, |who comprises the bureau of in- |formation. has easily answered Id half million questions during |tbe flood. and the feat is telling |ou him. Yesterday, he did the hpst he could, but one could see thai the answers came slowly and a hundred or two more to- day is liable to result seriously.
 The levee at Fulton is still holding. but another foot would mt the water over it and flood inc streets of Fulton. which oven now are as low as the crest of the river.
 All the houses between the le- ype and the river are inundated, and it was easy to see boats tied to door steps, and rafts in front of the house containing chickens, goods and other per- sonal property, which the owner was endeavoring to protect from the fierce waters.
 W. T. Hart was very anxious to go boat riding, but Mayor Ar hold was afraid that the train would leave and the thoughts of having to spend the night amid so much water was horrifying to His Honor.
 The river yesterday afternoon was on a stand at 33.S feet, just a few inches lower than the highest of last week, and it is thought now that there will be 10 further rise, although the fall will be solwly for the next week.
 The waters have been standing on the farms in the bottoms for two weeks now, and will prOba- bly, remain a week longer, which has utterly destroyed all the growing crops, and the season will be so far advanced by the time the waters are gone as to 'revent replanting,
 Some of the streets and roads next to the river are four feet ieep and numerous teams could )e seen ploughing through the water in the natural course of raffic, while colored laborers in he matter of protecting proper y waded in water to the waist The Iron Mountain has no
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12
Mehaffey to Leave the Mountain.

Little Rock, June 12-T. NJ. Mehaffy will leave the service of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, as general attorney in Arkansas, on or about August l. J F.. .Wil Hams, assistant general attor- ney, will also resign, the resig nation to take effect at the same time. The statement of the com ing change is authOrative. Their successors have not yet been se- Scted
 Mr Mehaffy has been general attorney for the Iron Mountain in this state since a year and a half ago, when he succeeded Col. Ben $. Johnson, and has gained a reput tation throughout the entire Southwest as a railroad lawyer. Both he and Mir. Williams have been connected with the legal department of the road for years.
 It has been rumored for some weeks that MT. Mehaffy and Mr Williams would leave the Iron Mount ain. When seen yesterday Nr Mehaffy denied he had ten 1ered his resignation as yet. He declined further to discuss the matter.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12

hopes Of getting a train through the bottom over thei" own tracks until next Monday C.: Tuesday.
 Tn the language of everyone who sees it. conditions in Red river are mighty bad
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12

desiring to make the trip com municate with the Hon. 0. C.. Ludwig, secretary of state, at the earliest possible opportun- ity, in order that arrangements ran be made for all those desig- ing to make the trip
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-12

Ice cream at the Nevada County Drug Store today.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
THE BEST BREED.

The question is often asked, (Which
Is the best breed of fowls?" and quite
as often an attempt is made to give a
definite answer and name the "best"
breed. However, if any individual in
stance of success with poultry were to
be investigated the fact would quite
likely be developed that it was the
kind of man and the care he gave his
flock rather than the variety of fowls
kept that should really be credited with
the success achieved. A first class
man can make good money out Of
scrubs, while a scrub poultryman
would have hard scratching to succeed
with the best breed of fowls on earth.
The best combination is a careful man
and good attention coupled with one
OF the commonly accepted good"
breeds. If good layers are wanted the
Leghorns. Orpingtons and Rhode Is
land Reds cannot be eXcelled; If a gen.
eral purpose fowl Is desired the Plym-
outh Rock and Wyandotte are all right,
while If heavier and more easily con-
fined breed Is wanted the Brahmas or
Cochins will fill the bill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

"Why, Jimmie. Is it true that you
gave little Bobbie a black eye?"
"Y-yessum.''
what excuse have you for such a
brutal act?'
'Wwell he provoked me-"
"IIow did he provoke you?"
"Ue hit back "-Cleveland Leader.
Wife-If thought thing was wick
ed I'd die before I'd do it.
Husband-So would |.
Wife-I think smoking cigars is
wicked waste--an impious defilement
in fact.
Husband-Then you mustn't smoke.
Hand me match, please.
Il seldom make a mistake" said
the man as he placed the lighted end
of his cigar in his mouth.
But when | do" he continued, 81
rectfy it immediately"
And he reversed the cigar and went
on with his conversation.-Loui
Courier-J ournal
"For my part don't see any more
harm in Il game of cards than in
game of chess"
But consider the associations"
"What associations 2"
"Chess you play with two bishops,
while at cards you play with four
knaves. boston Transcript.
Or Shrude seems to be quite
wealthy. Did he make all his money
from his practice?'
mot all of it. He's the principal
owner of a very large and productive
oil WELL"
"Ah! So he makes money from the
sick and well too"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
DOCTOR USES D. D. D.
IN HIS PRACTICE
Eminent Physician Says This Great
LIQUID Prescription Is Certain
Certain Cure for Eczema.

Still another Eczema specialist
comes forward in enthusiastic praise
of d. d. d. Prescription, the wonder
full external remedy which cures
Eczema and other similar diseases
like magic. He is DR.. C. B. Holmes
of Silver City, Miss, and in sum-
ling cures d. d. D. has effected, he
says:
Il have been using your d. d. d.
for four years with gratifying results.
IT'S AS NEAR A SPECIFIC FOR
HERPES. ECZEMA, PSORIASIS,
ETC, AS is QUININE FOR MA
LARA"
DR.. Holmes is one of hundreds of
physicians who use d. d. D. in their
daily practice. The D. D. D. COM
pany allows physicians to use this
remedy with the understanding that
they tell their patients what it was
that cured them when the terrible
itch has been wiped out, the skin
healed and the raw wound covered
over with soft white skin. d. D. D.
is not nasty paste to smear the
skin and clothing, but it is clear
liquid. 1t is advisable to use D. D. D.
soap in connection with D. D. d.
Prescription.
Is any further proof of the cura-
tive powers of D. d. D. Prescription
necessary? That remedy is sold at
the Red Cross Pharmacy. Come in
and let us show you convincing proof
that d. d. d. will cure your skin dis
ease. Even If you have not decided
to use D. D. D. remedy, come in and
explain your case anyway. Al
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
SPRAYING FRUIT CROPS.

cooperative spraying experiment
will be carried on in the writer's or
chard this year in connection with the
horticultural department of the state
experiment station. The results of the
spraying which has been done in the
orchard during the past two years have
been so pronounced that the subject Of
its being worth while is no longer open
to debate. The writer would place the
to $500. while the spraying materials
and operations did not cost over $14O
With both gardener and horticuturist
nice margin of profit can often be Sc
cured above ruling market prices by
raising that which is of extra quality.
This is what spraying does for the ap-
pie or other fruit crop. Indeed. in
many markets fruit that has not been
sprayed is classed as Gull stuff and is
not wanted at any price. Last years
experience seems to point out one or
two things that may be worth men
tioning. One is that two thorough
treatments before the blossom clusters
VpSii tiC dtN ASuDlc, SCI lllS " llolu tllc
apple scab in check in very effective
manner. Another is that special pains
should be taken to make the treatment
which is given just after the blossoms
fall as thorough as possible. 1t is at
this time If at all that the poison con-
tanned in the spraying solution Is de-
posted in the little calyx cup or bios
som end Of the apple. where it is esti-
mated that 80 per cent of the eggs of
the codling moth are laid. The burning
Of the foliage which was noticed to
some extent last season seems to have
been due to the fact that there is too
much of the arsenate in the solution or
that the mixture was not kept stirred
as thoroughly as it ought to have been
while the spraying was being done.
These are two additional points that
will be watched somewhat more close
ly this year.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
A PROFITABLE IlMoGR LOT.

In these days. when so much is being
said and written about the wisdom OF
the federal governments policy of for
est preservation and when farmers in
the agricultural states are being urged
to set out timber lots, one of the first
questions that come to the mind of
)ne who is debating the wisdom of the
proposal is. Does it pay" With a
view to citing a case which may in
part answer this query we give below
the figures on the returns from an acre
and quarter wood lot belonging to =
friend living near by. The tract in
question is Il piece of native timber. in
which the oaks--white. black and jack
predominant The lot in question has
lately been cleared. and our friend tells
us that in addition to having got twen-
~ cords of trewood from this lot dur
ing the past seventeen years the clear
ing of the piece has yielded total of
thirty cords Of wood. worth 81 per cord.
or $50: eighty-one oak posts. worth on
an average Is cents. amounting to
S121.2O. and seven saw logs which, 1t
is estimated, will yield 100 feet Of
plank. worth $50. making the total re.
ceipts from the acre 1896. so. Deduct
ing from this y cents for making the
posts. 81 a cord for cutting the wood.
$3.50 for clearing the land and s. for
saving the plank. there is left net
return from the acre of $2G5.6O. While
the showing here given may be better
than the average. it indicates what
may be done with a natural wood lot
when rightly managed.
When the trees in the wood lot have
attained a size where their develop
ment is very slow and are at point
where the process of decline and de-
cay has already or will soon set in.
they may very properly be termed
ripe and should be removed so as to
make room and give light and air for
smaller trees that may be growing up
around them. The wood lot should
be inspected every year with the above
thought in mind.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
WAIT TILL FROST 10 OUT.

A good deal Of risk is involved in
purchasing farm in a section of the
country with which one is not ac-
quainted in the winter months and
especially If the ground is covered
with snow We heard of chap not
long ago who was on the point Of buy
ing farm under just such circum-
stances and at price which he con-
sidered a rare bargain. On some ones
suggestion he waited until spring then
made final inspection of the land and
found that 1t was but little better than
spongy bog. the native haunt of
bobolinks and bullfrogs. This expert
ence taught him a lesson. and the next
time he sized his prospective purchase
up when vegetation was in growth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

FOR Thirty years Lydia E. Plnk-
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
Bad Attack of Dvsentery Cured.

IAN honored citizen of this town
was suffering from a severe attack
of dysentery. He told friend If he
could obtain bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera anG Diarrhoea
Remedy, he felt confident of being
cured. he having used this remedy in
the West. He was told that l kept
1t in stock and lost no time in obtain
ing it. and was promptly cured" says
M. J. Leach. druggist of Wolcott, vt.
For sale by Evans Drug Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
Not TactfuI.

Some one asked Archbishop Langley
of England once what tact was
well" replied the archbishop. 'it is
difficult to say what it is. Here. how
ever, is an instance of what it is not
Only this morning Clergyman in my
diocese wrote to me, IN consideration
Of your grace's many infirmities and
failing powers That was not tact
fulw
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
The Night of Blindness.

The poets have taught us how full of
wonders is the night. and the night Of
blindness has it's wonders too The
only lightless dark is the night Of
ignorance and insensibility. We diff
fer, blind and seeing, one from anoth-
er, not in our senses, but in the use we
make of them, in the Imagination and
courage with which we seek wisdom
beyond our senses.-Helen Keller in
Century.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

The old Indian sign that corn should
not be planted until the leaf of the
bur oak Is as large as Il squirrels ear
is based on Il pretty sound meteorolog
ical philosophy in that it takes real
warm weather, something more than
is indicated by the first robins song or
croak of frog. to start buds on the deep
rooted oak.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

care you seriously ill.," asked the
well meaning friend.
"Oh, no." answered the dyspeptic,
with a Earring, sarcastic laugh. 81
hurt all over and don't care whether
the sun rises tomorrow or not. But
I'm not seriously i'll. I'm loosely, flip
PANTY and farcically i'll. Pm going
through all the symptoms, but l don't
mean one of them."- Washington Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

Where en- abundance of clean straw
or even light manure is available a
good layer Of it scattered among the
raspberry bushes is first rate thing.
This covering not only keeps down n
rank growth of weeds. but serves as a
dry weather comes on.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

The verdict of those who have made
A close study of the habits of the COM
rDon ground mole is that the damage it
: Does in ridging up the soil in garden or
e ID lawn is more than atoned for by it's
g destruction of the common white grub,
which constitutes its chief article of
god. 1t is the mice which sometimes
. t'ollow in the burrow of the mole which
{ 10 damage to the roots of plants and
a.@hruDs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

The experience Of good many farm
ers in the north part Of the corn belt
last year points quite conclusively to
the fact that the rather small and early
maturing variety of native corn is t,
better agricultural asset than the big
shoe peg kernel variety that gets pinch
ed by the frost at both ends of the
season and sours on the cob after it is
put in the crib
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28
In estimating the total returns fro

In estimating the total returns from
| RE farm during the year the owner
ght not to overlook the living which
z 1ee and his family have had from it in
she course of the year, an item which
J Il the expense account of the fellow
Il town runs all the way from $3.50 to
$500.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

The department. of horticulture at
we University of Wisconsin has in the
Z -greenhouse Il banana tree which has
& ms year come into frutage and borne
ssstd ripened a large bunch of bananas.
-fhhls is the first time that this has oc-
SJrred at point so far north.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

The fellow who will tolerate forty
collar sire in his herd of beef or dairy
e -13ws may be properly styled an agri-
Z cultural stand patter of a very hope
I ls..ss and sorry type.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

Virtually the entire acreage Of
{ orange trees growing today on the Pa
{ .af1c slope came from slip of a navel
. orange tree imported from Brazil some
Z rTenty years ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-28

An eastern experiment station which
l.fas tested various kinds of feed for
sSork horses reports that one of the
2aost effective and nutritive rations is
composed of hundred pounds of corn
.Deal, hundred pounds of ground
g. Hats and fifty pounds Of wheat mid
Z 1llngs.