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Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Seasoning Timber by Electricity.

A recent issue of the Timber
Trade Journal, published in
London England, a new light
on the problem of seasoning
timber is thrown by the descrip-
ton of an electrical process, the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Plow1n@ VIII Camels IN Northern India

take UP anythina that will pay. The cot
ton crop is one ef our big money crops
The planters can always get a ready sale
for IT, and they raise 1t to supply the money
needs Of the family just as your people
raise whe at, even though other things may
yield better At present we have something
like 1000 square miles under cotton. The
Cemand for the product increases and we
have large export of our raw material
to japan and Germany. Much of that sent
away belongs to our coarsest and shortest
fibe S. They are especially good for mix
ing with WOOL and for that reason they
bring better prices than cotton of a super
Tor quality"
"Our cotton industry received a great
hnyetus at the time of the civil war in
America. Your cotton was then shut out
OF the market and the prices went sky
high. This turned the attention to In
dias possibilities and experiment farms
were established for improving the crop.
The men put in charge of them came from
England, and as a rule they were little
better than gardeners When the war was
over and you again monopolized the mar
ket, these farms were taken over by the
government and made experiment stations.
Some of them are in existence today"
80
India versus the United states.
''Will you ever compete largely with us
as to cotton"'
o. I'VE are always competing, but l doubt
whether we shall ever be able TO seriously
affect your cotton in the European mar
kets. We profit when you have a short
crop and we come next to you among
the great cotton producers of the world.
Our acreage, however, is limited, and we
do not grow as much per acre as you
do fairly good yield here is four hun
dred pounds of seed cotton. We usually
raise 100000 or $1,000 600 bales of 400 pounds
EACH and in some years we have raised al
most 100000"
How do you grow cotton?"
THE planting is done by sowing the
seed broadcast or drilling it in. We have
machines which will drop two rows at
time. We first coat the seeds with a
plaster of COW dung, mud and water This
covers the fuz, and they pass through the
tubes without clogging Our cotton is
worked several times The best of the
farmers give the plants two weddings
The blossoms come forth along in Oc-
tober, and the lint is ready for picking
in January. The picking season lasts until
April"
I'VE are now raising some Egyptian cot
ton in the Sind, and arc experimenting
there also with American seed. Both kinds
do WELL but 1t is a question whether the
American does not do better. The Sind
there are something like 100000 acres in
the native states, and about 100000 are
controlled by the government OF Bombay"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19

1910. bv Frank q. Csrpenter)
ALCUTTA. 19iO-(Special Corre-
spondence Of The Bee)-The
farmer is the big man Of the
United states. lie Is a bigger
man in India. There are 2OO0O,
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
Burglars at Work.

Saturday night the residence of Engineer c. F. Simmons on West Ash street was entered by a burglar.
 The family had retired leaving a lamp burning in the room. Mrs. Simmons upon awaking dis covered the light out and awak- ened MT. s. to light it. Then 1t was discovered that some one had entered the room, removed his trousers from the head of the bed and carried them into another room where the pockets were gone thro' and $3. % in cash taken from them. It was fur ther discovered that the rear doors were standing wide open. There was no clew to who the burglar was or how entrance had been made to the house.
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Social.

Mrs. c. F. Greenlee enter tained at her hospitable home on South New Orleans Ave. Mon day night complimentary to her cousin, Miss Annie Leak, of Richmond, Va.
 A delightful evening of music and conversation with delicious refreshments was enjoyed by the following guests:
 Miss Lady Gum and Dave 5. Constantine, Miss Blanche Me Creight and J. H. Hills, Miss Aleene Dabbs and Shelby M. Tobey; Mir. and Mrs. Frank An drews, Thos. E. McSpadden.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
A Monroe County Man For
 Speaker.

The nomination of Hon. R. F. Milwee in the primary on Satur- day last for Representative is said to mean that he will be in the race for Speaker of the next House.
 Mir. MilWee is at present chair man of the State Democratic or ganization and it is known that he has a strong following over the state.
 His friends claim that he Is a sure winner in the Speakership race judging from the Judges past political successes 1t is pfet- ty safe to figure that way.
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President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds o f orphans have been helped by the President of The Industrial and Orphans Home at Macon, Ga. who writes: We have used Electric Bitters in this Institution for nine years. It has proved a most excellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines on earth. !" It inuigorates the vital organs, purifies the blood, aids digestion, creates appetite
 To strengthen and build up thin, pale, weak children OF run down people 1t has no equal. Best for female complaints. Only 50c at All Druggests.
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Rev. J. G, Harris, of this city, is conducting a revival at Stuttgart. He spent a few hours at home with his family Monday morning.
 Mrs. Grover Folsom, of Lon- oke, and sister, Miss Ida May Hutchinson, of New Castle, Ky, were in the city Tuesday en route to Augusta, where Grover has charge of a drug business.
 Agent H. G. Mitchell of the Cotton Belt Ryss was among the 'bloated bond holders in at- tendance. at the annual meeting of the stockhold lders of the Ari- zona Copper Minning Co, held in Little Rock this week.
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Brinkley Boy Marries In
 Helena.

On Sunday night last Jesse A. Jackson, son of Mayor T. H. Jackson of this city, was mar ried in Helena to Miss Cora May Woods, of that city.
 The ceremony at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. Enright, was 9 quiet one, wit messed dhg the close relatives and a few invited guests.
 The groom is an engineer on the Iron Mountain Ky. out of Helena, and the bride is said to be a worthy young lady who has held a responsible position with the Southwestern Phone Co.
 They will reside in Helena.
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The Detailed Vote of Sat- urday's Primary will be found on page 2---inside.
BANK HOLDS ELEc TON. The Same Official Board Elected at the Annual Election of the Bank
 of Brinkley.

The annual election by the stockholders of the Bank of Brinkley was held on Tuesday, Jan. 18th, and resulted in the election of the same board of directors and officers. They are as follows:
 Andrew Flora, Pres; James Gum. ST., Vice-Pres.; H. c. Strong, Cashier; A. M. Carter, Asst. Cashier; Frank Andrews, H. A. Carter, ST., Henry Wolf, |C. s. Marsh, W. L. Freeman, F. T. Murphy, I. Scholem, w. S. Mccullough.
 These gentlemen are men of sound judgement and are active in the affairs of this splendid in- stitution.
 The 7th annual dividend was declared and notwithstanding that the loss to the institution by the cyclone was very heavy ono an & nar cent dividend was declared.
 It will be. remembered that the bank building had to practi- calIy be rebuilt after it's destruc- tion by cyclone.
 At the meeting of the stock holders it was decided to pay the directors a small sum for their attendance at meetings. This IS an innovation in country bank ing which has been adopted by quite a number of progressive institutions.
 The Bank of Brinkley is an in- stitutlon managed by clever, courteous gentlemen, who stand for the progress and growth of our city in every way and we are glad to chronicle their busi- ness success.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
TRUSTEES SALE. Bankrupt Stock at Brink.
 ley, Arkansas.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an order of M. l.. Referee in Bankrutcy, of the east District of Arkansas, ] will on
 JANUARY 28, 1910, offer for sale to the highest and best bidder for cash the entire stock of drugs. medicines and fixtures of James A. Douglass, in the store known as the Doug lass Drug Co.
 For full particulars call on
 JAMES s. MITCHELL,
 Trustee, at Monroe County Bank. Brinkley, Ark, Jan. 12, 1910.
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TOO MUCH FACE

You feel as if you had one face too many when you have Neuralgia, Don't you? Save the face, you may need it; but get rid of the Neuralgia by applying Ballard's Snow Liniment. Fin est thing in the world for rheu- matism, neuralgia, burns, cuts, scalds lame back and all pains. Sold by Converse's Drug Store.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
CROWD IN ATTENDANCE.

Quite a bunch of north end citizens were in attendance at the count.and discount Monday Among those from Zent were Lecil and M. A. Haynes, Geo. Thielbar.
 From Dickson, M. Sain.
 From Richland, Henry Latten- CT and Bob Harding.
 From Eden, H. N. Daniels and Henry Gibson.
 From Blackton, Lawrence Ora ham. Coleman Palmer, Chas. Farrell, J. c. Miller ". B, Dyer
 A bunch of Brinkleyites, in- claaine Dr. F. t' Terry K. C. I,. FoN rd, Neil Botlinger, G. sO. Bogle, w. M. Hawkins, s. M.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
THE PRIMARY fL[7ION Hotly Contested. Nominees for County Clerk, Treas urer and Assessor Yet
 Undecided. rN nm <man<er aNr AsaNr
FRAUD CHARGES ARE MADE
Vote by Townships on Page
 Two of this Issae.

The primary is over and if the smoke was but cleared away, there wouldn't be a bit of regret by anyone.
 The election was unquestion- ably the 'wettest'' one held in the county since the days of the saloons. But who used it? That's a question to guess at.
 The charge of fraud in the Brinkley box was made and has been a subject of sensational in- terest.
 At the meeting of the county committee in Clarendon those candidates whose nominations were effected by the Brinkley vote procured legal counsel in the person of Attorney J. B. Moore who appeared bekore the committee and made the charges of fraud being perpetrated in the Brinkley box. Attorney Moore read the affidavits of five men, Messrs. Wm. Todd, R. E. Smith, w. J. Bonds, J. B. Dunlap and Jonas Tomlinson, who swore that they saw certain of the judges tampering with the ballots.
 Attorney Moore asked that Brinkley township vote be thrown out. Esq. Neil Bohhng- CT, who held a proxy in the meeting, objected and defended the Judges of Brinkley town ship, Messrs. P. E. Terry, R. c. L. Howard and W. M. Hawkins.
 A motion was made to throw out the Brinkley vote but on motion of Judge Thomas it was decided to declare the nominees for the uncontested offices, Rep resentative, Judge, Sheriff, Cir cult Clerk, Surveyor, and Coro- ner, and to defer the count and declaring of the nominees for County Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor until Tuesday, Jan. 18th, when the matter of fraud in Brinkley township will Ie gone into and acted upon.
 The nominees declared were REPRESENTATIVE. R. F. Milwee.
 COUNTY 6 PROBATE JUDGE.
 s. T. Holloway.
 SHERIFF.
 Tom D. Bounds.
 CIRCUIT CLERK. Jno. s. Black.
 SURVEYOR.
 c. F. Weidman.
 CORONER. J. w. Savage.
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D PERSONAL NOES

h for Railroad Commis- 1 (adv.) hd Moshier was a visi- krendon Saturday.
 ] Bunch is behind the |t the Black Gro. Co Wade was confined to B rheumatism Monday. ] Green, of Wheatley, itor in Brinkley Mon. l McMullen, of Jones' bow bookkeepers at the kgason Gro. Go.
 |TED::-2 bright young Do desire to learn to be ! operators. Address Brinkley, Ark.
 knd Mrs. J. E. Darr, of. Ek, were visitors in the
 week, the guests of ITS brother, Dr. P. B. RENT: Colored tenant
 Broom houses, electric
 water works at S5 per Apply to Mrs. J. J. !. H. Jackson, who
 Commander of the
 Knights Templars,
 3le Rock Monday night
 Of Hugh De Payne Pery No. l on his annual
 lie was treated as a
 eht indeed, so he re-
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21

This money is to be paid to the Secretary, E. L. Woodfin, on or before the night of Jan. 18th and receipt taken for same to ensure your name to be put on the ticket to be voted on Jan. 27, 1910.
 ANDREW FLORA.
 Chairman. E. L. WOODEN,
 Secretary.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21
wh.re n Faiis.

Education is one of the best things ip the world, but loses it's effective ness when it comes into contact with prejudice,
The Brinkley argus., 1910-01-21

Tobey, Tom Kelly, J. B. Dunlap, R. E. Smith, w. M. Todd, w. J.. Bonds, Jonas Tomlinson and sev- eral others whose names we failed to get, were on hand.
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Notice.

We your township committee met and agreed upon the follow ing assessment for each candi- date to help defray the expense
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-17

admitting a white-faecd, big-eyed man,
whose left leg was jammed carelessly
through the bottom Of cracker box.
Gimme drink, quick!" he shouted,
wildly.
Give you six hops on til neck" yelled
Red, missing him. As Johnny Strengthened
up and side-stepped again, Reds eyes
popped open wide and he paused to stare
at the apparition.
Sick" cried Hopalong, also staring.
Gimme that drink, demanded Johnny,
fc,erishly, and when he had it he leaned
gratefully against the bar and mopped his
face with trembling hand.
What's tn matter with you2' asked
Red, anxiously.
"Fellers ! had cougar soft-lootin' after
me in that dark canon, my cayuse plumb
run away on a two-ioot ledge hundred feet
up in tn air--dH' -sdis-a- ghoSip
There was a most respectful silence
Johnny repeated his frank statement, add
ing to it: "A real, screechin', hyin' ghost
An I'm going home, an I'm go;ng to stay
there. D-n this border country, any
koagl'
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THE GHOST Of SAN. MIGUEL
~ By CLARENCE e MULFoRD .~ ~~~~~A wa !.

period Of six weeks Martin was down the
river looking for ran WAC did not wish to
be found and some sail Il IN even money
that Martin was ii Alrxpt FIR he cared
Etlle abugt iuternai bc~larics when
.eNaaicd man rcsl y.
AlgN lay m,Tl3v.. .H.r returned to
san c~li'e 'lil Jre ys re hc c,ull
DC lvund u reale 4 40 ruGg en9Y
ffidssageeU NgtatIie lstra'ght
faf afteyre Z TIE NAi f Z caren
at ac big y rcae' - y, IN ed
all around ss,l Gr-tffA ltn sfl t
into il t s.,af rds aNetfer
Mcs,t.a a'rf.rcd p t'r,isett. n q srn
tellpc and a.s9 q Ca.m scG in The same
manner. As 27 ~ns icll Alanucl re-
appeared viii irg urtcr ! IS jacFct
and a moment LARA i,ali r!cartd al the
base Of 9rndc; ee aioh grew On the
edge Of The canon wall ard c.rcd out over
The abyss 1t was cleverly placed, Tor only
at one spot on the Mexican sde Of the dis
tant Rio Grandc could il be seen the high
curving canon walls further down screened
it from anyone riding along the north bank
Of the river Manuel rlaced His jacket over
it twice and then let il gican steadily, and
Immediately an answering light twinkled
three times far to the South. Manuel
covering the lantern again, picked ii up and
went back to the crevice, where he was
swallowed instantly
From pile of debris and powders not
far from the crevice, Dick Martin saw the
whole thing and smiled when the second
light answered. He made no move, but
allowed Manuel to disappear and without
a trace Of emotion: Cassidy was right in
every point l hope he won't be late, y he
muttered, and settled himself more COM
fortably, smiling again as the moon pushed
its rim over the mills at his right.
Hopalong was not late. AS soon as it
was dark he and his companions stole into
the canon by the trail which led to Dents
and made their way cautiously toward the
big bend, which they gained without mis-
hap Johnny was sent up to place they
had noticed at the time they had rioted
down to defy the ghost. He was to stop
anyone trying to escape up the San Felipe
end Of the trail, and bis confidence in his
ability to do this successfully was exube-
rant. Hopalong and Red slowly and labori-
ously worked their way down the perilous
path leading to the bottom of the canon,
forded the shallow stream and crept up the
other side, where they found cover not far
from wide crack in the canon wall.
Upon the occasion Of their hilarious visit
they had observed that very faint trail led
along the edge Of the stream and to the
crack and they yhad cogitated upon it deeply.
Three hours passed before the watchers
in and above the canon we're rewarded for
their vigil; and then light flickercd far
down the canon and close to the water.
Immediately strange noises were heard and
suddenly the ghost swung out Of the open
ing in the wall near Hopalong and Red and
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"NoTISE-No COSTS Allowed"

An exuberant audience watched Red
drive the last nail and step back TO admire
the sign, and the running fire Of comment
covered all degrees OF humor. Johnny's
ghost had become hyword in that part
OF the country and his friends had made it a
practice to stop him and gravely discuss it.
He had thrashed Wood Wright and been
soundly thrashed by Sandy Lucas in two
beautiful and memorable fights, and was
only waiting TO recover from the last effort
before having the matter out with Rich
Finn; and these facts were beginning to
have the effect he strove for; though Cowan
still sold concoction OF gin, brandy and
whisky which he called "Flyin Ghost, and
which he proudly guaranteed would show
more ghosts per drink than any liquor
Mexico could boast ofand some Of his
patrons we're eager to back up his claims
with real money.
This was the condition Of affairs when
Hopalong Cassidy strolled into Cowan's
and then forgot his thirst in listening to the
story being told by strange Mexican. II
was Johnny's ghost, without doubt, and
when he had asked few casual questions
he was certain that Johnny had seen some
thing. On the way home he cogltated
upon it and two points challenged lis in
telligence with renewed insistcnce: the
ghost showed itself only upon Friday, and
then only to "Greasers.' His suspicious
mind would not rest until be had viewed it
from all sides, and his opinion was that
there was something more than spiritual
about the ghost Of the San Miguel -and a
cold, practical reason Tor it.
When he rode into the corral at the ranch
and saw the sign he swept his gloyed hand
upward with q rush, tore the finsy board
from its fastenings. broke il to pieces across
his saddle, and tossed the fragments from
him. He was angry, Tor he had warned the
outfit that they were carrying the joke too
far, that Johnny was ON the verge OF a hys-
terieal rage that might cause him TO do
something all would regret And he felt
sofly lor the Xix" he AAea Mat juAAag 5
feelings were and he made up his mind %
do some tbrashing himself II the persecIl-
ton did not stop. When he stepped into
the bunk house and faced his friends they
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listened shamefacedly to three-minute
speech that made them squirm, and as he
finished talking the deep voice Of Buck
Peters endorsed the promises just made, for
the foreman had entered the gallery TN
noticed The joke he'd come 70 an end.
When Johnny rode in he was surprised
to frd IIopalo.g aiting 'or him near the
corral, and he rcpln' ~ his friends gesture
by riding over to 1'.r whats up2" lie
asked.
Come along with mel want to talk TO
you for few minutes and lIopaong led
the way towards the open, followed by
Johnny, who was more or less suspicious.
Finally, Hopalong stopped, turned and
looked his companion sqrarely in the eyes;
"Kid, I'm in dead earnest. This amt no
fool joke tell me what you saw that night,
what til ghost looked like, how he acted, an
all about it. mean it, because I'm dead
shore you did see something"
"Pve told you dozen tin,cs," retorted
Johnny, his face flushing, an { amt going
to-"
eyes, you arc Yo're going to tell it
slow, an just as you saw il" Hopalong
interrupted. "Look here! I've done a
heap CT thinking in the last two months, and
/ know that you saw ghost, or something
that was made to look like one There's
some kind Of game on, Kid-well bust it
up, an you can get tn laugh on tn whole
crowd"
Johnny suspicious left him with rush,
for his old Hoppy was one man in thou
sand, and when he spoke like that, with
such sharp decision, Johnny knew what it
meant Hopalong listened intently to the
tale and when the short account was fin
ished he put out his hand and smiled:
We've all been fools, 'cept you There's
something crooked going on in that canon:
but you keep mum.
1t appeared that he was right, for several
days later Buck Peters drew rein and
waited for a stranger to approach him.
Howdy? Is yore name Peters," asked
the stranger, sizing up the foreman in one
trained glance.
"Who arc you, an what do you want3"
asked Buck,
~ want to see Peters, Buck Peters.
That yore manner "
Eyes; what of'it?"
My names Fox. Old Jim Lane, down
at 'Paso, gave me message for you, and
the stranger spoke earnestly for some mo-
ments There, that's tn situation. We've
got to have shrewd men that they don't
know. Lane wants to pay couple OF yore
men their wages for month or SO. He
said he'd bet on you"
He's right; he can. l don't forget
iayors. I've got couple of-there's one
now. Hey, Hoppy Whoop-e-e, Hoppy"
Mr.. Cassidy arrived quickly, listened
eagerly, named Red and Johnny to accom-
pany him, overruled his companions by in
sisting Johnny should 60 and wheeled and
galloped OFF to find the lucky two, his eyes
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danced above their heads, while the shrek
ing which had so frightened Johnny and his
horse filled the canon with uproar and
sent Martin wriggling nearer to the crevice
he was guarding. The noise soon ceased,
but the ghost danced on, and the sound Of
men toiling and stumbling along the rocky
eagc cf the stream became more ind more
distinct. Four were in the party and they
all carried heavy and bulky loads on their
backs and gr,inted with relief and pleasure
as they entered the opening one by one,
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one whit more sensitive taan those which
had sent Juan Alvarez tc look over the San
Miguel--and Lanes wires were slow this
time When Juan had seen Manuel slip
away from the group the night before and
ride of into the north he knew that the
ghost would show itself Friday night,
But Juan was to bcAdisappointed He
was still some distance from the canon
when d snaring bulk landed on the launches
Of his horse. He jerked loose his gun, fired
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Red, tired Of swearing An he might
easily be week he added, thoughtiully
AN what a lovely cock-an' bull story
he'll have to explain it, growled Hopalong,
reminiscently His excuses are allus tn
worst part Of it, =
"Does he make excuses2" asked Dent,
surprised.
" He does to rs, Red retorted, savagely
There was sudden uproar outside, fluent
ctssing, and the door opened with a bang
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glowing with anticipation and joy. Fox
laughed, thanked the foreman and rode on
his way north for bluff and through the
darkness that nigh; three punchers rode
south. all strangely elated. They got drunk
one night little later and went shooting
and singing to the big bend in the canon
- ffg;.1 f'bctt
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lex MARTIN slowly
turned, leaned his back
against the bar and
languidly regarded q
group Of Mexicans at
-thc.. niher end Of the
room. Singly, or in
combinations az Two nr