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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
State Capitol
News Notes
THE STATE TAX COMM SSlON TO
ASSESS THE NEW PIPE LINE
IN ARKANSAS.
This VIII Be a Novel Experience for
the Commission, No Pipe Lines
Ever Being considere1 Before.

Judge J. +. hampton, chairman of
the State Tax Commission, is at Tex.
afkara To take up sitii the es',i:.; :,
assessor there the question of as
sessing The property of the Prairie
Gas & Oil Company, which is build
ing pipe line through southwest
Arkansas.
This is a novel assessment in Ark.
ansas, nothing in the nature of pipe
lines having ever been up for con-
sideration as thing of value before.
the oil company is building out OF
Oklahoma through Sewer, Little
River and Miller counties into Lou
isiana, and the property interests are
considerable The assessors and the
tax commissioner of the pipe line
prefer to have the State Tax Commits
sion take the matter up owing to its
novelty, although the duty of assess
ing is really with each county as.
SCISSOR. After the property has been
valued the commission will certify
out to each county assessor the val
is done in the case of railroad com
panies. The commission has closed
the assessment of railroads for tho
year, and will probably certify out
the pro rata valuations to the sever.
al counties next week The increase
In valuations over last year is eX-
pected to reach 100000.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
SAYS MUCH WHEAT IS BEING GROWN
George r. Brown Enthusiastic Over
Prospects in Northwest Arkansas.

Little Rock.-Secretary George R.
Brown of the Board of Trade has re-
turned from a trip to northwest Ark.
ansas, where he spent most of his
time looking over crops in that sec
ton He brought back a large ear
OF corn which he says Is typical or
the crop of that district He stated
that crops in that section are in 4
splendid condition and that larse
yields are expected from the whaa.,
corn, hay and other staple crops.
There will not be much fruit. as that
crop was damaged by the late cold
weather In the spring. Mr.. Brown
also visited the wheat belt of Ark
ansas, near Leslie, and looked over
a good deal of the wheat in that
vicinity. 1t is said to be wonder
full country for the growing OF wheat.
Not only Is the quality OF the wheat
good but a large yield is secured
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Votina Larger School Taxes.

County Examiner Spence of Drew
county has filed his report with the
Department of Education. Professor
Spence says that school conditions
are very gratifying in his county ana
that one of the most satisfactory in
dications is the disposition To vote
an increase in the local school tax.
His report shows total enumeration
teachers, 173; new buildings; to-
tai buildings, 113, valued at sill .59S.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
DRAINING THE
ARKANSAS DELTA
1oo. 900 SQUARE MILES WILL BE
RECLAIMED AT A COST
OF 100000.
MAGAZINE Writer Describes Conditions
as He Found Them on WISH
to This State.

Frank p Fogg in the National
Magazine for September has the foi-
lowing to say regarding Arkansas
'oThose who recall the early edu-
cational reports about Arkansas VIII
remember that the state was sala 10
be largely an impenetrable swamp.
Rerso zsssref.i.3s his. and he!ng. eager
to visit the firing line OF the greas
system OF drainage, we accepted lh9
invitation of Judge d. Hopson TO VS.
it Corning, where the Western Cav
Drainage District work is rapidly be.
ing put through.
"a drive of about 5 miles with MI
James r. Rhyme, the civil engineer In
charge, revealed a fine agricultural
country and the work of one OF the
large dredge boats. The dre1ge Is
built upon an immense flatboat, which
was constructed and launched after
a pit at the upper or starting point
Of the drainage system had been dug
for it's reception. After putting In
the machinery the work of dredging
began.
The Marion Dredging Machine IS
used, and scoops about two and 4
quarter cubic yards Of earth, roots
and stumps at every lift, and these
lifts are made on a general average
Of one per minute. The bitches are
upwards of so feet wide at the top
and proportionally wide at tbs bot
tom, and the excavation must be IL
feet in depth.
Two hundred and fifty Inca fee
Of ditch are cut every "a hours, ard
By shifting crews the work continues
night and day. The excavation is
done entirely by contract. Already
more than 20 miles OF bitches had
been cut, with sc remaining 70 be
accomplished, and the contract in
cludes seven miles of levee for the
protection Of several sections of land
where the outlet approaches the
Black river.
Taken altogether, over a hundred
square miles OF very fertile agrioul.
tural land is to be redeemed from
the swamps at cost of 100000, or
$500 per square mile When one
compares this low cost with the
usual expense for irrigating an equal
amount OF arid land. the result IS so
apparent in favor OF retaining land
by drainage that no argument should
be- necessary"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
nrSpfRAIf BATTIE AT HOT SPRINGS
Sheriff Houpt Dangerously WOUNDED
and His Assailant Is Killed.

Hot Springs.-In desperate oattis
between Sheriff Houpt and MS proth-
or Sid Houpt, and George ana Us
car Chitwood, members of sup
nosed gang of horsethieves from
Montgomery county, Sheriff Houpt
was shot and dangerously wounded
bv George Chitwood, who IN turn
was shot and instantly killed by STA
Houpt.
The two desperadoes walked INTO
the courthouse and notified the sher
iff that they were not to be molested
They were heavily armed and Inc
sheriff and his brother were unarmed
AT the time. The desperadoes backed
out of the office. keeping the sheriff
covered with their guns. AS soon as
they were gone, Sheriff Houpt and
his brother armed themselves and
started In pursuit. When the emit
woods reached the center OF the
eoareho.se yard they turned and
commenced firing at the officers.
Their fire was returned, and run
ming battle ensued. In which Sheriff
Houpt was shot through the lung.
A few minutes later Sid Houpt
shot and instantly killed the man who
had wounded his brother, and then
secured a horse and gave chase to
the other Chitwood, pursuing him for
some distance, but was unable 80
overtake him, and returned TO the
city and organized a posse, which at
once took up the hunt, but the des-
perado made his escape, although he
is believed to have been wounded,
and his ultimate capture is regarded
as certain.
The attending physicians say that
Sheriff Houpt has about one chance
in ten OF recovering from his wound.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
No "lndependent Democrats"

The department of the attorney
general has held that there is no such
nominee as an Independent Demo
crat." and that if a Democrat does
not run as the regular nominee of his
party he must run as an indepeud-
ent strictly. The opinion was given
to settle the question as to whether
or not ]. C. Brown could be placed
on the ticket as an Independent
Democrat or the Peoples canal
date" According to the attorney
general, he cannot be so certified.
Judge Brown was the opponent of
Judge H. w. Wells in the Tenth tu-
dieial district Wells has been GER
titled as the regular nominee.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
RAILROAD ZAP LINE SUIT IS STARTED
Application for Injunction Against
Rock Island Is Filed.

Little Rock.-Suit to compel the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
way to grant a division of rates OIL
shipments delivered from the plain
tiff's road was filed in the United
States circuit court here by the Nal
vern & FREQ Valley railroad
The filing of this suit marks the
beginning of the campaign in Arkan
sas in which the tap roads are fight
ing for the return OF condition
which has existed until short time
ago. Under recent ruling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
trunk lines were relieved of the ne
cessity of granting a division of rates
with the tap lines.
The case probably will be hard
fought and the outcome will be
awaited with interest all over the
country.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Tubercu,O.,. sanatorum Open Sept. /

The formal opening Of the new
Arkansas tuberculosis Sanatorium at
bonneville will take place Sept !,
according to Secretary Meriwether OF
board OF trustees OF the sanatortum.
The beard has just met and fixed
the date for the formal opening. DR.
MeriWether states that there are now
six patients in the sanatorium and
that there are 40 applications. The
institution will be able to accommo-
date &c patients. and it is expected
that every place will be filled with
In a short time.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Studies Arkansas Forests.

Washington, d. C.-To detcrmln,
what lands in the national forests in
Arkansas can be thrown open =
homestead entry under the forest SCI
tlement act, Prof. George l.. Clothio-
of the University of Mississippi has
begun a scientific investigation of tho
national woodlands in Arkansas. lie
will make an exhaustive study OF tho
soils and timber, and, hasing it's ac.
ton upon his report, the government
will open the lands better adapta1
to agriculture than to the growing OF
trees.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Fruit Growers to Organize.

Jonesboro-The fruit and truck
growers of Craighead county have
decided to organize an association
and will meet in Jonesboro Septe,p.
Der 10 for the purpose Ever since
the campaign that resulted in secur-
ing one of the agricultural colleges
for Craishead county increased inter
est has been taken in the promotion
OF the agricultural interests of the
county. The object of the associa.
ton will be fer the protection Of its
members and to increase interest in
the growing of fruit and vegetables
and berries in the county.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Made Money on EIbert,s

Ell Dorado.-L. A. Ripley. living /.
miles east of town, reports .ba, ba
made exceptionally good money IN
his liberia peach crop this year Mr.
Ripley had only 175 bearing trees
but from them gathered 476 busbel
crates of peaches, which he marketed
at Is cents per bushel at the cars
the crop netting him 1915, or more
than 5000 per acre. Deducting the
cost of labor and crates, which only
amounted to about $50, he had SIT
clea,' profit.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
10 HAVE STATE PROPERTY SURVEYED
Persons Occupying II Without Author
lty VIII Be Proceeded Against.

Little Rock-For the purpose OF
establishing the exact boundaries Of
all pieces Of property In Little Rock
which belongs to the state, Governor
Donaghey intends to employ a sur
veyor whose duty 1t will be to sur
vey all of the states property. The
surveyor will be paid out of the gov.
ernors contingent fund. The gov
ernor will then investigate cases
where it is said that some of the
states property Is being occupied by
private individuals without authority
to do so and In the event such cases
develop the matter will be turned
over to the attorney general. The
latter will also likely be called upon
involving the old state capitol prop
erty Governor Donaghey interprets
the deed to mean that the solid block
ofs--#aseh the cid capitol hs9ai2g
stands shall be used or disposed OF
at the will of the state, but that a
small tract of land between the old
statehouse and the river front shall
pass out Of the possession Of the
state whenever the state abandons
tho property.
The strip of land In question lies
between the Water street line and
river bank. 1t is 300 feet long and
100 feet wide at one end. tapering
down to point at the other. The
strip is practically without CONNER
cial value. The governor interpret s
the deed to mean that the strip shall
remain in the possession of the state
so long as the other property Is oc-
cupied by the state, in order that
there could be no distractions be-
tween the river and statehouse This
has not been followed out to the let
ter, however, as the piece of prop
erty is already traversed by a rail-
road and is partially occupied by a
sand-dredging establishment
Property belonging to the state in
connection with the new state cap
itol grounds, old penitentiary and
charitable institutions will also be
carefully surveyed and any encroach-
ments on the property investigated
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
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KILLED OVER A BOUNDARY D,su,,,
Abe Herndon Killed by Allen s,.
Near Eureka Sprln,s '''

Eureka SprIngs.-A quarre, or.
boundary line led to the KILN .
Abe Herndon, a farmer. who H.. VI
six miles southwest of here h. A, :,
neighbor, Allen Smith. Herns nus
two sons, obeying the orders ~ ~,
father, were indirectly the cane
the shooting. The two BOYS agas =, ~
and IA years. were cutting timho. :.
the edge of their fathers farm s,s. q
Smith appeared and ordered tbo,a ". !.
stop. Herndon, the father. was s,s,s
ing near at the time.
Drop that AK" yelled su...
brandishing a Winchester rifle
Proceed" ordered Herndon IT,,
latter, 1t is said, was unarmed
David, the older boy, stood stip t.,
a moment, evidently at a loss :.
know what to do Then his fa,b..
repeated the order.
This is our land and our timh,.,
he said. Go ahead, David with von.
work '''
The boy instantly turned and bpr4s
his ak in tree. At the samo n
slant Smith, 1t is charged, threw hi,
Winchester up and fired pointb,anh
at Herndon. The latter fell hin noo.
broken by the bullet. He died with
in few minutes. Smith disapnearss
after the shooting and has not been
arrested.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Three Indicted for Shirley Murder

Walnut Ridge.-The special grand
Jury empaneied to Investigate the
charge against J. C. Langston for
Inc murder of A. w Shirley on March
3, returned three indictments and adj.
lourned ]. c. Langston was indtcte I
Tor the murder of Shirley. Attorneys
W. 2. Smith and W. T. blackboard
We're indicted as accessories 10 tho
crime. Both are well-known attor.
neys and their Indictment has
caused sensation. Bail Is asked for
Jesse Hill, brother OF Mrs. Shlrev
was indicted as an accessory some
Time ago. This makes four indict-
ments returned In this case.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Rogers Daily post cbanoes 1871,

, rogers E. w. Yinson has sold hi,
1n'erest IN the Rogers Daily Post {.
H. Audigier of Little Rock, and IN,
paper will be continued undor tre
MANAGEMENT of Kruse & Audigier
me paper was established the frs,
81 -. me year by John Nance and Ernest
ninSon' Ed kruse having purchased
Mr. Names interest in Anril Mr.
huulsier for the past three years has
oeen foreman of the Arkansas Demo
era'' and previous to that time was
~. seven years connected with tn.
ARKANSAS Gazette.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
R.R. COMMISSIONS RULING REVERSED
Judge Rogers Decides Important Case
in Favo, Of Frisco Railroad.


Fort Smith-Judge Rogers of the
federal court handed down an opin-
ion in the case of the state Of Ark
ansas against the Frisco railroad, IN
which he held that the state had no
power to make a rule such as that
under which the state Is trying to en-
force a penalty of $4,000 from the
Frisco railroad, because the rule in
question conflicts with the rule of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
The case concerns a shipment of lime
from Johnson, Ark, to DeQueen,
Ark, over the Frisco road The
Frisco shipped the lime by way of
Oklahoma. the entire distance Of the
transportation OF the lime being 200
miles and the rate % cents. The
Arkansas Railroad Commission said
the lime should have been shipped
entirely within the state, the shortest
possible distance of such shipment
being 40 miles and the rate pro-
vided by law being u cents The
contention OF the Arkansas Railroad
Commission Is that the shipment
comes under the rule of the commits
sion reading as follows: I'm case
Of failure on the part of the shipper
TO give routing instructions It shall
be the duty OF the railroad receiv-
Ing the shipment to forward It via
such route as we'll make the lowest
rate"
1t was this rule which the decision
OF the court declared unconstitution
al The railroad holds that the rate
Of II cents is confiscatory.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Blind Staggers Epidemic.

England, Ark.-The blind staggers
a peculiar affliction among horses. Is
raging in and about England. Twen
ty horses died in one week. The an.
imals are afflicted suddenly and
after Keeling about for few minutes
fall dead. A veterinarian called 10
examine one of the horses said he
thought the disease was caused by
feeding green corn and weeds to the
animals
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
carlLee Wins Before Sec. Ludwig

Little Roek-The long drawn out
contro, ersy between warning Demo
cratic factions in Cross and Woodruff,
torial nomination was settled by
Secretary OF State Ludwig announc-
ing that he would give the certift
cate of nomination to Elmo CarlLee
of Augusta. Mr.. Ludwig issued d
lengthy statement of the case, con
Guiding with the statement that as
he construed the law Mr.. GarlLee
had fairly won the nomination anc
was entitled to the certificate.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Arkansas Pays s145,43e.6s.

Washington, ID. C.-The preliminary
annual report of the commissioner d;
internal revenue of the fiscal year
ending June 80, shows that collee
ticus for the year in Arkansas wera
s145, 1865, the largest in the his
tory of the state. Collections last
year amounted TO sS9,36l27 In
1908 they were sl05. 51l.lS. The fig
ures o: this year include corporation
tax collections, the details of which
do not appear in the preliminary
report.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Mother,in.law Carried a Gun.

Guion.-Armed with shotgun and
swearing to obtain vengeance against
her new son-in-law, the mother Oh
Miss Arizona Boyce appeared on the
scene shortly after her daughter anu
John X. Brown were married on lne
banks of White river, one mile ABOVE
here. She appeared a few moments
too late, however, as the bride, Tue
groom and the minister had all ie'''
and only one bystander remaihs'
when the irate mother arrived.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
New Railroad Is Chartered.

The State Board OF Railroad Incor-
poration has granted a charter 10 the
Prescott & Reader Railway Com
pany. which proposes to construct d
railroad from Prescott, in Nevada
county, TO Reader, in Ouachita ooun-
ty, in southeasterly direction, a
distance Of 20 miles The cost Of
the construction of the road Is esti-
mated at $4,000 per mile. The COM
pany is capitalized at 100000.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Railroad Valuation Takes Big Jump.

The total increase in valuation of
railroad property in the state over
last year, as fixed by the Arkansas
Tax Commission. will probably be
between 100000 and 100000, &C.
cording 10 various estimates and ru-
mors. The commission has practi-
cally completed its task of assessing
all the railroad property in the state
and the announcement of he result
Is expected some time this week.
The increase will not mean a very
large amount of additional revenue
TO the state from the railroads, but
it is understood that the commission
believes the railroads are already as
sessed very near to so per cent OF
the true valuation basis, and it is the
intention of the commission not to
assess any class of property above
that basis until the tax levy Is
lowered.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Prizes Are Awarded to Editors.

Morrilton.-The committee appoint
ed by he Board of Trade on the best
write-up of Morrilton given By the
editors of the Arkansas Press Asso-
citation after their visit here in Nav.
have made their report and the
awards have been made as follows;
First prize of s25 to Walter e. VIII.
liams Of the Monroe County Citizen
at Brinkley; second prize Of $l5 to
Sharp Runaway of the Gazette at
Little Rock; third prize OF $40 to
Miss Ada Hite of the Saturday CITY
Item at Fort Smith.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Or. saoooni Is Asked to Res ls1s.

Pine Bluff.-County Judge ~, a
Gould has asked the resisna'l ~ tbe
DR. A. Sacconi, superintendent Aims
jefferson County Hospital anu saoconl
house. 1t is alleged that III oonpty
padded his accounts with 'io n "a
He is given until August ., !. corn
cate the premises adjoining 'ne occr
ty hospital and poorhouse' now bssa
pied by him. DR.. Saccohi n1 nrhouss
the superintendent of the po0 ..lary
for more than 10 years ~ ,ns ta
is $1,000 with board and iods"'
himself and family.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Dennia Escapea AGAIN.

Mammoth Spring.-For the second
time William Dennis, who broke jail
at Salem last week and was recap
tured at West Plains, Mo-. few day,
later, escaped from tho officers who
We're conveying him TO Jail. While
all hands were busy elsewhere he
quietly slipped out of the mail hack
and made good his flight through the
woods.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Low Rate for Arkansas State Fair.

st. Louisa rate of one fare 7
the round trip to the Arkansas State
Fair to be held at Hot Springs in
October will be offered by all rail
reads operating in that state. The
decision to make this rate was
reached by the passenger traffic
managers of the Arkansas lines, who
met in this city for the purpose OF
comforting in the matter.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Four Negroes Jailed for A.so,

Mccfory. = Four negroes were
jailed here for arson. They are nc.
cused Of having set fire to the py.
tilan hail' in which the negro school
was being held. Bloc hounds were
paced on the trail Immediately after
me IRE and followed it to the HON,
OF these negroes.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Runaway Boys Lose Interest in Travel

Murfreesboro-"We had started foE
Oklahoma. but we have lost interest
In that state now. We're ready to go
home to our mothers This from
three runaway lads who were stop
ped by Sheriff Rogers while on their
way To Oklahoma. The boys all
lived at Graysonia and seemed will
ing enough to return home
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Fruit Brings Good Prices

RoseT6,-Jonathan apples are sell.
Ing at 1915 barrel. The WELD is
lar la, and the quality is good The
Llberta crop has been marketed and
SOFA at $l.5O per bushel. More than
~ cars were shipped from Benton
county this season. The cantalouno
crop IS still being marketed. About
.Vo acres were planted in cantaloupes
IN this county this year.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Two Dredge Boats Planned.

Little Rock.-Plans for two new
dredgeboats to cost $4,000 eacL
have been forwarded to the war de-
partment at Washington by Little
Rock architect. The boats, when
completed. will ply between Little
Rocll and Ozark and from Little Rock
TO the mouth OF the Arkansas river
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
Yell County Collector Settles.

w. L. Tatum. sheriff and collector
of Yell county, has made his final
settlement for the year with the stale
auditor. He paid into the state treas
ury $30.22497. distributed among TIE
several funds as follows; Genoyal
revenue, s7.45291 common school.
Sl3.633.22; Confederate pension, Sc,
S31,40. state capitol, S2,27I44.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-26
one Thousand Too Many lndictme nts

Corning, Ark-Through an error a
recent dispatch from this place said
that the grand jury here returned
l,0oS indictments. This was about
one thousand more than the real mum
Der, which was 49, This is not a
lawless community.