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The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
TO PERFECT LAND TITLES.
Cane istsnd Being Surveyed by Gov.
ernment Engineers.

Lake City-United States engi-
neers are surveying the land on Cane
Island. near Lake City. Craighead
county. for Tie purpose of ascertain
ing The holdings of each claimant.
When the survey is completed each
owner viii be given title TO the land
he has been holding upon payment
OF $les peg acre. The land has
been occupied for ICany years by
sqnatters. who have greatly improved
it The purpose of the government
As 10 secure the regular government
price per acre for the land, which
viii enable II TO perfect each land
Occupants title
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
ALFALFA CROP VERY PROMISING
Farmer in Grant County Well Pleased
With Showing.

Sheridan.-Isaac Mcclellan. a farm
er near Sheridan, planted small
plot OF ground in alfalfa about the
middle of April as an experiment. II
Is now two feet high and in bloom
He expects TO make three cuttings
during the year and believes II will
yield about five tons per acre. Al
faita brings in Grant county abou
Wv per ton the year round.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
COUNTERFEIT MONEY TAKEN.
Many Bad Dollars Are Being Located
in Fort Smith.

Fort Smith.-Counterfei coins, both
gold ard silver, of many denomina-
tions, are in circulation in this city.
and there is a possibility of govern
ment detectives being called here
with view to locating "a plant in
this section of the state Within the
last few days many silver dollars
and 50 gold pieces that are so pet-
feet as TO be almost beroEd detec-
ton have been passed at local bust
ness houses, and in some instances
counterfeit half dollar pieces have
been passed. Five counterfeit dol
lars were taken in at one of the local
banks Saturday.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
VTRIFiED BRICK PAVING.
Mariana Will ARRANGE For Street
Improvement District.

MGrianna.-At a meeting OF the city
council recently. J. E. Stevenson, f.
j. Beasley and r. l.. Mion were APP
pointed commissioners of Paving
Improvement District No of Mari
anna, recently created by ordinance.
1t is proposed to pave with vitrified
brick or some other acceptable mate
rial all of he streets in the business
section of the city and Mississippi
stree. from the business section TO
the Iron Mountain station. in all about
$500 lincal feet. competeat engi-
neer will be employed. specifications
drawn and the contract awarded as
soon as possible. The credit fer this
improvement is due the Mariana
Commercial Club.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
MEETING OF SCHOOL DIRECTION
cIeburne County Association "
Discuss School Subjects.

Heber The Cleburne Goun]
School Directors Association "
meet in Heber July 10. Among
subjects that will be discussed az
Should directors require their tea1
ers 10 attend teachers meetings
directors meetings ," John w H7
cock; why directors should ate
the meetings of the association |
Pearce; Directors duty in a#ass
ing an educational interest in bis
trict." G. W. Reed; The relation
tween the teachers and dlree'oaI
John W. Davis. "Should the teao
or directors pake the rules governi
the schools" Dr.. J. l.. Wood.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
GlNNERs' REPORT ON COTTON
Arkansas Crop Has a Per Centaas Of
rs In Report

Little Rock.-AccordIng to the Ma
tional Ginners' report Arkansas cot.
ton ranks: Condition. 70; acreage
abandoned. 4 per cent; crop very
good In west and north. very grassy
ard small elsewhere: boil weeyil In
"a counties worse than last season:
some fields being abandoned on &C
count Of them.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
WILL AID IN RAISING r.v-
Believed That Faulkp.
Payers Will lncre.s. h'y Tar

ayers VIII increase Ase.P tH
Conway.-Assessor W " "en's.
and his deputies are a.. - Bishop
OF their rounds Of the eo9n last lap
VIII reach Conway in short -; and
remain during u business Inc 70
ports from the places visit 's- Re
assessor are to the effect 10. .! tls
mas been a healthy incraa.H taere
assessment. and this increasa ~ The
pected to be augmented wboa Is Ell
SCISSOR begins to list Convsv .ue as
". From statements No. proper
eral OF the largest taxpaye.~ " sew
thought that there will be a -,
increase Of from 5 To ~ n. 9'uii'aFy
the assessed valuation of CONN. evA' u
ana personal property. Tbis real
VIII not be taken from q to- ae,loa
mary proceedings by the a,,aIi.s sun
BOARD or the state tax ca,sa .'aa''0a
out because Of the admitted ,9siOa
the assessments of the nas. 'ud
been rather low and tie fnrtbo, 1 :.
that the local school distria. iaa
need an increased revenue >. WI
tam the school a. is high stanaa a
and at the same time tssa oos 1a'a
the bonds issued for the eons,r,...
of the new building. which bas s',Oa
been completed. 'ua
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
IMPROVEMENT At OARDANELlE.
The City Being Rebuilt In the Bust.
acss Section.

Dardanefle-.4 REmber of the brick
business houses on Front street have
recently aeen renovated. and with
new brick fronts and awnings and
concrete sidewalks. the city looks like
n new piaoe Several new houses and
a large brick Baptist church are be-
ing compiet ed Plans for the new
$4,000 filree-story brick hotel viii be
made seon- The hotel will be in the
business part of town. on the bank
Of the Arkansas river.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
FIVE CARS ARE DERAftEo.
No pne injured in Train Wreck on
she Rock Island.

ufA-Fiye carx of ties in an extra
wesf bound freight were derailed two
mixes eas1 Of here on the Rock Island.
vhen \ draxbar Of one OF the cars
pulled oui and dropped TO the track
No injHyy resulted 10 the cars and
No pne wss ktzt- Train service was
DELAYED snr q time until the cars
uosh Re r<1uraed to the track.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
Railroad Cases Up AGAIN.

An order has been issued by Fed
eral Judge Trieber in the suits of
the Iron Mountain and the Cotton
Belt against the state for a perma-
nent injunction of the Railroad Com
missions Distance Tariff No. 3 and
the 2-cent rate act of the legislature
OF 1907 by which two important
points were gained by the state in
the pending litigation. The counsel
OF the Railroad Commission secured
an order from Judge Trieber by
which the bond OF the Iron Mountain
was Increased from 100000 TO ST.
o0e,Oo0 and the bond Of the Cotton
Belt from $4,000 to $500 coo. The
bonds of each of the railroads was
set at 100000 by Judge vandeyen-
Ter at the hearing in St. Paul last
fall. The court ordered this bond to
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
FIRST PEACHES SHIPPED
Lsckett Sends Car Load OF rf''
Market

Hackett.-The first ear ioau
peaches of the season was snip]
from Hackett. Sebastian county
week. While this is only the e,]
crop being marketed, it will De :,
a short time before the heaV! ~
ments are on in earnest Tine ca.
crop shipments will not totai W.
than four or five cars, but tne :.
crops are expected TO total oVV
700 car loads from that section
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
BUILDING GOING UP AT CORNING
Will Be 100 Foot Front and $50 Foot
Depth.

Corning Oscar Will.
liams has begun TO lay the brick for
Judge Hopson's building on Second
street 1t will be 100 feet front with
a $50 foot depth. 1t will be two sto
ries. A peculiar feature of this build.
ing is that II will face Second street
and Hop alley, sixfoot passage,
which the judge cut through his prop
erty to Front street 1t is the most
peculiar thoroughfare in the city, be
ing in the heart of the business dis
trict.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
Train Loads of Vegetables Movino

Large amounts of tomatoes are be-
ing handled by the Iron Mountain
through Little Rock to Hoxie from
Texarkana, where they are received
from the Texas lines. An average OF
three train loads day are passing
through the city
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
PAVING WORK IN PROGRESS.
Five Hundred More Feet For Ola Yet
90 Be Laid.

Oia.-The Sumption Paving Com
pauy Of Conway has recently finish
I'D ABDUL one-half mile of concrete
sidewalk. which is worth a great deal
10 Ola The company will lay about
bSs fee mere IN the near future.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
BUILDING BOOM is ON.
Thirty Car Loads OF Brick Will Be
Required Soon.

Contracts were re-
Gently les Tor the construction OF sew
IN hrict buildings in Murfreesboro,
work On all Of which has been COM
menced Sir car loads Of brick have
arrived and 80 more will be required
for the completion OF the buildings.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
DISlOCATES BOTH WRISTS.
Young Man Fell 80 Feet From "Slide
for Iifc"

Corning.-Frank Taylor. son OF
Will Taylor of Success and once pro-
prietor of the St James hotel here,
fell from slide for life rope 80
feet from the ground and dislocated
both his wrists. According to DR..
Walker. who dressed the wounds,
young Taylor was fortunate in escap-
ing with such slight injuries.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
FIRE IN MOVING PICTURE aHoW.
Operator of the Machine Loses Two
Fingers in Flight.

Fort Smith-The Joie moving pic
ture theater was damaged TO the ex-
tent of several hundred dollars by
fire and the operator suffered he loss
of two fingers on his right hand
which caught in a trap door as he
was escaping from the operating
room
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
SPECIAL ATTORNEY EMPLOYED.
Friends Of Miss Ray RurkhaIter Not
Idle

Pine Bluff.-Attorney r Hayis
Nixon, one of the best criminal law.
yers in this section of the state. has
been employed by friends of Miss
Ray Burkhalter. who was assaulted in
Little Rock, to aid in The prosecution
OF Earl Dill, accused of the crime
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02

News from the Capital
of Arkansas
p.o:Go9o.e,::4o:o:o:o:c.csc:
Tax Estimates on Arkansas Wealth


Some interesting figures are shown
in the annual statement OF the state
auditor, which has just been COM
pleted for 1908 in the Office of Aud
itor lobe The report shows the
state to have 25.S55 .09S taxable acres
of land The value of the acreage of
the state. according to the assess
ment books over the state. which will
average 80 per cent of the property
value. is s11.,342.906. The value OF
lots In the Arkansas townsites is es-
timated at SCI 7G0.955. The value OF
railroad property assessed as real es-
tate is given as s41.321, 241. The
telegraph and telephone poles of the
state upon which taxes are paid, mum
Der 33l, 49, There are 250,3S9 horses
in the state with an approximate
value of S11,000000. The mules and
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
ENTERPRISE MAY BE BLOCKED.
Opposition to levee in Crawford
County eveiopinQ.

Van Considerable opposi-
ton is said to be developing in Craw-
ford county against the new levee
district. which is likely TO result in
legal action in an effort to block the
enterprise.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
FALLS FROM WINDOW.
Young Child Fractures Skull by Sec
ond Story Drop.

Young Child Fractures Skull by Sec
ond Story Drop.
Keo.-As the result OF fall from
tie second story of house, Ger
trude, the three and half year old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Har,
ris, is suffering from fracture of
the skull. The little girl was visiting
at the home of George Cook and was
playing with the Cook children at
the time of the accident. In some
manner she fell from the window,
striking her head Immediately after
the accident she was carried home
where three physicians attended the
child. 1t was stated by tho doctors
that there was little chance for her
recovery.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
FOR HOSPITAL AND SAINT 1'
eentonyille Hotel Purchased !"
Louis Capitalists ~,

Bentonville. LOUIS ,sts
have purchased the $4,000 i 's,ipsl
hotel and the park with its nsd soa,.
springs and will remodel inc rbs
for a hospital and sanitariun .saoea.
company is incorporated '0i s.n oil
The Joplin-Bentonville ihse' !, tua
make this place easy ~
any qua
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
QUEER MONEY CAUSES APPEAL
Large Amount Of Bad Coins at Pine
Bluff Serious

Pine Bluff.-Because of the great
amount OF counterfeit coins in circu-
lation here. Postmaster Furth has
wired the authorities at Washington
asking that q secret service man be
sent here to investigate their origin.
The money is in quarters, dollars and
five-dollar pieces.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
DID NOT LIKE TO BE BEATEN.
Commissary Manager Shoots Peddler
in Self Defense

Relton.-J. J. Cox, manager of a
commissary at logging camp near
Mizell, in Pike county, shot and kill
ed peddler and seriously wounded
another. Ii is stated that Cox was
attacked by the peddlers and was bad
" beaten up before he began shoot
ing
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
CELEBRATES AT soTH BIRTHDAY
Oldest Resident of Evening Shade
Still on Hand

EYeE.ng Shade-W. 7. Stokes OF
Evening Shade, the Oldest citizen in
tho town, celebrated his eightieth
birthday anniversary recently.
The Forrest City times., 1909-07-02
STRAWBERRY CROP PHor

and a Half Acre Tract.
Decatur.-S. P. Iondagin, - =
berry grower living near Deoa :, .ss|
ceiyed a net profit this season Oh ~. ~
from berries picked from three
ard a half.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
Stick by the Live Stock Business.

Stick by the Live Stock Business.
 Men are encountering new set of conditions in the Central West. A corn crop below normal in 1907 and another of the same in 1908 has made the grain prices look very high to the feeder, and it is not surprising if It tests the nerve even of the old timers. When men can sell corn di- rect as high as 70 cents bushel the incentive to feed it to either steers or hogs with the possibility of not getting over cents for the weight put on is not very great, and the quickest way out of it is to simply make cash deal and sell the corn To change over to the grain selling policy, however, is not farming in the best sense of the term. It is soil robbing. Values will eventually be adjusted so as to offer sufficient stim- ulatlon to men to feed their own grain. But those among our farmers who are wiSeSt in their day and gen. eration will not change, but will con- tinue the policy of feeding as usual even if for no other purpose than that of maintaining the soils fertility supply.
 It seems difficult for men to re member that land we'll filled with hu- mus such as is derived from an ap- plication of farmyard manure is in much better shape to withstand drouth, and it is likewise better able to go through wet spell than is poor and In other words, taking it one year with another, such a soil would be vastly more profitable than one farmed under the robbing system. This being true, we would very much like to see men go on just about as they have in the past If they have been making so many pounds of beef in year, let there be no change in the policy; and, likewise, let the hogs that are on hand be carried to a good market weight regardless of the temptation that brisk prices for grain will make.
 The wisdom of carrying out the same policy by men who are engaged in breeding animals cannot be ques- toned for a moment. We cannot see why any man who has raised fair crop should keep a single SOW less than his usual quota, and the same is applicable to cattle It will be sorry day for agriculture when d little furry in market values will prevent the carrying out of a sane policy y famers, policy that in the main keeps up fertility This is the most profitable policy and on that ground alone it ought to be advocated more and more.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
The Family Mellon Patch.

Many who pride themselves on a good garden and are fond of melons never attempt to grow them. Cheap CT to buy at 20 cents each?" May be for the first two or three, but If you would like dozen or two, enough that if company comes unexpectedly and there is no dessert for dinner, the melons can richly replace pastry that is a different matter.
 Despite theories to the contrary, melons are as easily grown as cucCm- bers, and there are a number of va rieties which will mature unless the summer is unusually short. A rich, light soil, sloping toward the east or south and well fertilized in the hill, will bring the luscious fruit.
 If there is danger from dry weather fill and an old pail or water can (first perforating the bottom with nail holes) with stable manure or poultry drippings, sink it partly in the ground and keep it moistened. This will not only furnish moisture, but food. The reservoir being below the surface will tempt the roots to grow down instead of seeking the surface, as when water comes from the hose in only small quantities, and they will be less sus- ceptible to drought.
 If the plants go to vines nip off the ends, but do not try to check vigor- ous growh by starvation. The Rocky Ford is one of the best early musk melons and one of the easiest to grow, bearing in profusion.
 The Indiana Sweetheart is a favor ite watermelon, ripening early and Of excellent quality.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
The Farm Poultry.

Under the heading, The Hen and Wonderful Products" the Cotton Journal has something to say that should command the attention and interest of every home builder in the South. There can be no real home without a hen. The eulogy on the hen is as follows:
 The hen is the symbol of peace and plenty-wherever her cackle is heard the lamp of civilization burns. The poets have immortalized the linnet and the mocking bird, and a brainy congressman before his peers has had the temerity to sing the praises of the busy hen. Not only that, a great literary weekly has threatened to lay before its readers all there is to tell about that domeSticated crea- ture which so assiduously lays the delicate and nourishing food classed on the market as eggs.
 The Cotton Journal is indeed inter- ested in the great poultry industry, knowing that these Southern states present opportunities for the growth and development of other breeds sec ond to no other section of the United States. The cotton belt is awakening to the importance of poultry as being a part of the supplies each and every man should produce, who is so situ- ated as to raise chickens. One hun dred good hens with the proper num- Der of cocks go a long way toward sustaining family when this fact is clearly understood by our people, very much greater interest will be manifested in this truly important branch of home supplies.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
 FARMER AND PLANTER
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Must Keep Changing Crops.


 TO the Editor-The effect of con tinuously growing the same crops on inc soil year after year is shown on the once rich prairie lands of the West, where this method is fast ex- hausting their fertility. The results are more plainly evident on some of the abandoned farms of New England, whose fertility was once mined rath- CT than cultivated when they were new and rich.
 Though different crops are all com nosed of the same elements taken as food from the soil, they do not use them in the same amounts. Thus the root crops require potash, the grain phosphates and the forage crops nj trogen. Plants have different meth ods of getting the same kind of food. Clovers can get nitrogen from the air and nearly all classes of plants differ in their foraging area in the soil. So if we grow one crop all the time it will exhaust one part of the soil while not using the other.
 A shallow rooted or deep-rooted plant should not be exclusively grown upon any one soil. We therefore practice rotation of crops-that is, growing a different crop on the soil zach year from the one grown there before. In this way we give the land different kinds of treatment in prep mration for the crop and during it's growth. Some crops are intertillec and some are not, and so we give the weeds different treatment It is well known that certain insects and dis Oases infest certain crops. If we change crops we disturb the home of the insects and cut off their supply and allow time for the diseases to die tut bjefore We plant the same crop fgain.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
Tbe ESce epfson0T
 Eqz1tprvaenf

of the California Fig Syrup Co., and the scientific attainments of it's chemists have rendered possible the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of it's excellence, by obtaining the pure medic inal principles of plants known to act most benehcially and combining them most skillfully, in the right proportions, with it's wholesome and refreshing Syrup of California Figs.
 As there is only one genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen. uine is manufactured by an original method known to the California Fig Syrup Co., only, it is always necessary to buy the genuine to get its beneficial effects.
 A knowledge of the above facts enables one to decline limitations or to return them if, upon viewing the package, the full name of the California Fig SyrupCo is not found printed on the front thereof
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
The Balanced Ration Fad.

We have heard a great deal about halanced rations during the last few years Balanced rations for COWS, for feeding cattle, sheep, hogs, human be ings and poultry, until good many people really believe that a great deal cf feed is wasted unless it is properly lalanced and contains due percentages Of protein and carbohydrates.
 Prof. Hacker gave some of the the cries about balanced rations for cows @ sad shock by proving that it is not necessary to feed dairy cows so care fully, and Prof. Davenport said to me one time that it was often good econo my to waste little cheap feed rather than buy a costly one in order to make a balanced ration.
 Mr. Mapes of New York announced that he was heretic as far as feeding tAlanced rations to poultry by telling low he gave his hens a mixture of all binds of feed and let them select what they liked best
 While I have never tried to feed sci eGtifically balanced rations to my poul. tfy, l have roughly guessed at the proper feeds so the hen might have enough protein to produce eggs and carbohydrates enough to prevent the waste of protein, and have been very well satisfied with the results.-Mil- Ter Purvis.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body Mass of Raw, Bleeding, Torturing Humor - Hoped Death Would End Fearful Suffering.
In Despair; Cured by Cuticura.

"Words cannot describe the terrible eczema I suffered with. It broke out on my head and kept spreading until 1t covered my whole body. I was almost solid mass of sores from head to foot. I looked more like a piece of raw beef than a human be- ing. The pain and agony endured seemed more than 1 could bear. Blood and puS ooZed from the great sore on my scalp, from under my finger nails, and nearly all over my body My ears were so crusted and swollen I was afraid they would break off Every hair in my head fell out. I could not sit down, for my clothes would stick to the raw and bleeding flesh, making me cry out from the pain. My family doctor did all he could, but I got worse and worse. My condition was awful. I did not think l could live, and wanted death to come and end my frightful sufferings
 Tn this condition my mother-in-law begged me to try the Cuticura Rem edies. I said would, but had no hope Ol lCSONCIN. DuG Oll, NlldI DlSSSSu It. lief l experienced after applying Cuti- cura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding and itching flesh and brought me the first real sleep had had in weeks It was as grateful as ice to a burning tongue. l would bathe with warm water and Cuticura Soap, then apply the Ointment freely. l also took Cuti- cura Resolvent for the blood. In a short time the sores stopped running, the flesh began to heal, and I knew I was to get well again. Then the hair on my head began to grow, and in a short time I was completely cured. I wish l could tell everybody who has eczema to use Cuticura. Mrs. Wm. Hunt, 135 Thomas St, Newark, N. J., Sept 2S, 1908"
 Potter Drug $ Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston,