The Harrison times., 1911-09-09
Little Rock Letter.
LITTLE Rock. Sept. 1911.

STduu lOtdl bl S-,JpOioIo ~ III az
tual cash, a larger amount than had
been on hand in several years. Of
this amount there was $40 900 in
gold coin stored away in the vaults.
Thi~ amount includes all the various
funds, and while it appears, and is
large, the balance will not be very
great after the school and pension
funds are paid out, which will brgin
at once There is a total of 81, 14S,-
777.O3 in the school fund, of which
$50, 900 goes to the high schools to
which aid has been apportioned
under act Of the last legislature
This will leave per capita of S1.S7
to be distributed among the schools
a little less than last year.
Another half million, to be exact,
S553,211, will go TO the Confederate
pensioners, The pension allowances
have been increased to 1913 $40,
and each one will receive 3S cents on
the dollar of the amount allowed.
Deducting these two funds. there
will be left a total of S313,4 with
which to run the affairs of the state
government and its institutions
until taxes come in again. And that
is not adequate 1t is being esti-
mated in state house circles that
state finances will run aground
again along about November /.
CAUSE OF THE EPIDEMIC.
After six weeks investigation, DR.,
W H. Frost, of the U S Marine
Hospital Service, has delivered his
findings with reference to the causes
contributing to the recent epidemic
of typhoid fever in this city, There
were 32l cases and "a deaths Pub
lie opinion ascribed many causes,
the most popular Of which was the
city water supply. DR.. Frost, how
ever, exonerates the water company,
declaring that. the water has prob
ably not been as good as usual, but
has not been of such quality as to
make it probable that it would have
caused typhoid fever" He also
finds that the epidemic could not
be attributed TO the Confederate
Reunion,
The great number of the cases
were traced to a dairy, which had
been infected with fever germs, and
to this cause was attributed the ma
jority of the cases. Acting upon his
findings, the city council has passed
stringent ordinances providing for
the screening of all foods exhibited
for sale in the stores, and for more
thorough inspection of all dairies.
The consumer has to pay for it.
The diaries seem to have adopted a
general schedule of new prices, rails
ing former rates about 25 percent
Sweet milk has been increased from
20 to 25 cents a gallon, skim milk
from 10 to 20 cents a gallon, and
cream from soc to $1.00 a gallon,
wholesale In explanation of the
raise, they are sending the following
to their customers:
This increase is made necessary
by the city ordinance which brings
our cost of production up. In addi-
tion to this the supply is rapidly
shortening and in order to protect
our interests we are obliged to make
this small increase, which, we assure
you, only allows us a small profit"
COTTON CROP CUT SHORT.
A decrease of 16 percent, or one
sixth, in the cotton condition for
Arkansas during the month of Au-
gust has produced a most discour-
aging sentiment in the state. The
July condition of 81 percent prom
ised bumper crop, being as near
perfect as the state ever knew
Then came the excessive rains of
August, followed by the scourge of
army worms, boil worms, boil
weevils, and green bugs, which have
been ravaging field after field and
ofteu leaving nothing behind but the
bare stalk, A month ago the crop
promised to exceed million bales,
but now it will not likely exceed the
800, 900 bales of last year, There
are some who still hold out for Il
million bale crop in the state, con-
tending that the deterioration,
which was so rapid for a time, has
stopped, and that from now on the
crop will improve,
PUBLIC AND THE T. J, BILL.
Now public attention is devoted to
the exclusion of almost everything
else to the Turner Jacobson revenue
bill. Unless forestalled by the filing
of a referendum petition, it will be-
come effective September Sth, 90