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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Extends Time Of Residence.

10 reply to an inquiry recently ad'
dressed to him regarding the pro-
posed extension OF time In which
homestesders may establish residence
upon their claims, Congressman
Pray writes the River Press that the
bill providing for such extension has
been passed by congress-, signed by
the president and is now . law.
Mr.. Pray, ss a member Of the house
committee on public lsnds, reported
fsvorably upon the senate bill making
provision for this measure of relief,
which applies to homestead entries In
the states Of Montana, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Col
orado. Utah, Wyoming, Minnesota,
Washington and Oregon.
The measure provides that where the
period in which homesteaders were
required by law to make entry under
declaratory Statements, or to estab'
lish residence, expired after December
l. 1910, these settlers are granted un'
til May Is, 1911, within which to make
entry or establish such residence up
on the lands 80 entered by them.
1t is provided that the extension OF
time shsll not shorten either the per.
iod of Communication or actual resi-
dence required by the homestead law,
and that the act shall not affect any
adverse claim initiated prior to The
passage of the act and after the ex'
piration of the time allowed az entry
man for establishing residence on The
land.
The law provides that where resi-
dence has been established prior t
December l, 1910. the settler shall b.
relieved from the necessity of resi-
dence from the date of approval of TIL
act to May Is, 1911, and the time o
his actual absence during that perioi
shall not be deducted from the full
time of residence required by law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Why Business Is Unsatisfactory.
Saturday Evening Pos

Saturday Evening Post.
When q mile.a.minute train is de.
layed five minutes the passengers are
sure to notice the fact and to comment
unfavorably upon it. Those travel
ing by local freight take any delay OF
less than 10 hour with great equani-
nifty. When people say that business
is unsatisfactory in the United States
they often mean merely that it isn't
showing q 20 per cent increase over
the preceding year.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
New Bill to Prevent Fraud.

The Calvert-Biack bill, introduced
in the house, specifies that no sale
of merchandise IN bulk will be held
binding unless he transferee has de-
manded and received from the trans,
ferrer at least 10 days before ,le
transfer list of the latteT's creditors
whom he owes for the goods trans
ferred. The purpose of the bill is
to prevent fraud by merchants
buying a line of goods on credit and
disposing of them in bulk for cash
and then going into bankruptcy. The
provisions of the new bill will allow
the creditors of the transferrer to
recover from the transferee unless
the law has been complied with in
regard to ascertaiEir8 the transfer
rers creditors, and will also render
the transferer liable for fraud for an
attempted evasion.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Craighead county farmers are GO
ing in foc peanut growing this year
1t is proposed that Washington
shall have a homo coming on May -,
&c. - and Is, next.
The editor of the Saline County
Democrat favored The stock law 10.
Benton. although he states he has
several fine Tazorbacks running at
large in the streets
Rev. ]. S. Compare has rendered
mis- resignation as pastor of the Cen
tral Baptist church at Magnolia and
has accepted the call of the Baptist
church at Fordyce.
W S. Daniel has resigned as editor
of the Ola News, having bought an
interest in the Dewitt News. B. 2.
Renfroe succeeds MIR. Daniel as editor
of the Ola News.
F. +. Brown of Des Arc. who was
recently appointed state tax commits
sioner by Goyernoc Donaghey to sue
coed J. II. Hampton. has been sworn
in and formally entered upon the
discharge of his duties.
Waite. W. Raney. who formerly
published the Woodruff County News
at McCrory. has started new paper,
the McCrory Enterprise Mr. Raney
has entire charge of editing and pub
fishing the Enterprise and is assist,
ed by l.. G. Jones
j. A. Hardin. who lives in house
boat on Black river recently found
a pearl which weighs 81 IL grains
and which he values at $500
mail pouch. supposed to have
contained valuable mail matter. was
was stolen from the Frisco station at
Marked Tree on the night Of Fehru.
airy s, and on trace of it has been
found as yet. Fostoffiee inspectors
are investigating the ease.
Ed Mcdonald, who shot and killed
Jeff Curtis at Earle. was exonerated
by a coroner's jury a verdict of
Unsuitable homicide was reported
Mcdonald was wounded by Curtis
with a knife in a half dozen places,
and his condition is still serious
The Confederate reunion committee
has arranged for the Memphis con
federate Memorial Drum and Fife
Corps, 80 members. to be in Little
Rock during the reunion in May.
This makes the eighteenth band un.
der contract for the celebration.
Mrs. Thomas fell dead last week
while in the yard around her home
near Walnut Ridge
The canning factory at Springdale
will be operated this season by Chas.
Appleby and brother of Fayetteville.
The recent cold spell damaged the
first crop Of alfalfa in Hampstead
county.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
HOUSE VOTES TO
EXTEND SESSION
MUCH IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
Is BEFORE BOTH BRANCHES
OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AS a Result of This, Ii Was Found
Necessary to vote an Extension
Until May 10.

Little Rocky margin of two
votes more than the necessary g.
votes required 10 adopt a resolution
extending the session of the legis-
latUre, the house adopted a resolu-
ton extending the session of the
Thirty-eighth General Assembly until
May 10. The resolution was imme.
diately transmitted to the senate.
The senate concurred in the reso-
luton with but little debate.
For several days a resolution for
an extension of the session has come
before the house in some form or
another, the dates ranging from April
20 to May 20.
The vote was taken without roll
call. as there was no demand for roll
call sustained, and 50 votes were cast
for the resolution extending the ses-
sion to May IS. Even those who
opposed the extension idea on the
floor appeared gratified that the mat
ter had finally been disposed of, al
though a number did not support the
extension resolution.
A great many matters of vast i'm
portance to the state remain to be
disposed of by the general assembly,
and an extension of the session was
said by some of the solons to be abb
soluteIy imperative.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Asylum Patient Commits Suicide.

Little Notwithstanding one end of
sheet to the bars of his window
and the other end about his neck,
c. c. Treat, patient at the State
Hospital for Nervous Diseases, end
ed his life a few nights ago. The
patient had dropped the window sash
from the top. TIED the end of the
sheet to the iron bars, and, with the
other end around his neck, had bent
his knees and died of strangulation
Treat was about % years old and
entered the institution from Marion
county December 28, 1910, suffering
from melancholia. his condition i'm
mediately began to improve and he
was rapidly recovering when he COM
mitted the rash deed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
House Bills approved by Governor.

BY Griswold. amending The fence
law in Conway and FapIhner ard
Conway countless by Clnsaa. To- the
aid of School Distrrs No =. PIKE
county; by Hurst, authorizing the Or
ton Levee District of Little River
county 10 issue additional bonds; by
Faucette, specifying the methods of
consultations of cities; by Simms,
to establish Leyee District No. in
Miller county: by Floyd to place
certain officers of Polk county on
salaries; by Yadon, prohibiting the
sale of liquor within five miles OF
the Hartford high school: ny Ia. IL
er, making betting on primary cleo
tons illegal; by Clark of White, re-
pealing the act organizing the Bald
Knob Drainage District; by 8orkcr.
20 erect a monument TO the Lonfed-
crate women OF Arkansas
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Provides for Road Improvement.

A bill introduced by Senator Turn
er provides for the creation of road
improvement districts for repairing,
maintaining and improving public
roads, and for the appointment of
consulting engineer. The act pro-
vides that road improvement dis
trict shall be established by the
county court upon the petition of 10
or more owners Of real estate. The
court is authorized to appoint three
commissioners. also a competent civ
il engineer. who is required to give
a bond in sum not less than S 900,
to be fixed by the commissioners.
The bill also provides that districts
may borrow money at a rate of in
terest not exceeding per cent.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
With The Legislators
Senate Bills Signed by TIE Governor.

Senate Bills Signed by tAe Gov c,no,.
BY CarlLee, providing tia. iands
under The. general drainage act sold
for non.payment of taxes may be re.
deemed within one year after date
of sale: by Holt, authorizing the city
of Prescott to open a street across
the right of way of the Iron Noun.
tain railroad; by Covington. for the
employment of four stenographers for
the supreme court; by Owens. to reg.
ulate the running OF automobiles and
motor vehicles; by Ke1l, for the or.
ganization of a local drainage district
in Poinsett county. by Watson, pro.
viding that $1,000 received for state
teachers licenses be used for teach.
ers' examinations and for an insti-
tute library fund; by Turner, curing
defects IN the acts creating drainage
districts IN Craighead county; by
McBee, consolidating the towns OF
Earl and Noryel in Crittenden county;
by Woods, permitting the SEEMING of
buffalo, gar and catfish in the
streams 81 Chicot county.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Railroad Passes Lead to a Wranqle.

Declaring that any state officer ac-
cepting pass from the railroads
should be held guilty of felony and
sentenced TO a term In the peniten-
tiary, Representative Grant took
decided stand against the free trans
portatiOn clause contained in refer
ence to several departments of state
in the general appropriation bill
Arkansas is not poverty stricken"
be said I'VE can afford to pay our
officials travelling expenses and this
legislature is not the passenger agent
of any railroad" The matter was
thoroughly discussed by members
both in favor of refusing and permit
ting passes. The matter of passes
for the agricultural department and
of the non-pass system for the edu-
cational department. however. was
left as it was. and further fight viii
be made when the bill gets through
the house committee of the whole
and comes up on the calendar fot
passage.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
breaches Diversified Crops.

Earle-Prof Early of the govern
ment agricultural department deliv-
cred two lectures in Earle, one at the
public school and the other to an
audience of men downtown. Prof.
Early is pushing the interests of the
boys corn clubs, and he organized a
club of over 80 Boys of the public
school. The purpose of the down
town lecture was to get the planters
and merchants to encourage tenants
to diversity their crops. and espe-
cially to plant more corn.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
REEDY VANCE MUST
SERVE SENTENCE
BOARD AGAIN RE.
FUSES TO PAROLE SLAYER
OF A CHlNAMAN.
Ten other Convicts We're ParoIed by
the Board, However, While Other
Applications Were Postponed.

Little Rock. Final rejection of the
petition OF Reedy Vance for parole
was voted at the meeting of the pen
itentiaTy board. Vance was convict
ed of killing "A Chinese restaurant
keeper in Little Rock about 10 years
ago He was paroled once, after
having served about six years of Il
2t-year sentence, but was later taken
into custody again on the charge of
having violated his parole. Parole
was also rejected in the case of Ches
Levy, a negro from Nevada county,
serving .1-year sentence for killing
a marshal at Prescott. Paroles were
postponed in several other cases.
Paroles were granted as follows:
Grant Arnold, Fulton county, embez
element, enc year, Roseberry John
son, Pike county, five years. murder,
J. w Bennett, Miller county, 10
years, murder; Ohio Petty, Faulkner
county, one year, grand larceny; Bou
telle Anderson, Greene county, one
year, grand larceny; John. Frank and
Clint Hagland, Greene county, one
year, grand larceny; Fred Melto, In
dependence county. one year, grand
larceny; L. w. GilIy, Miller county.
incest, three years.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Arkansans Lose DAMAGE Suit.

Memphis, Tenn.-Judge Pitmann
ruled that w. r. Neblett and wife of
Arkansas were not entitled to dam
ages against the Lee Line Company
for alleged failure on the part of the
boat company to discharge them "a
Light Point, at Luxora, Ark, several
months ago The contention of the
steamboat company was that the
night was stormy and that it was
impossible to land at the regular
place. The plaintiffs sought $500
damages.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Would Make Railroads Pay Penalty.

A bill introduced by Senator Ow-
ems amends the act of 1909 requiring
to promptly pay for stock killed. The
act requires the railroad companies
to settle in full for stock killed or
injured within 30 days after the in
iuring or killing of such stock
Failure to comply with the act
makes the railroad company liable
for double the amount of the value
of the stock killed or injured.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Pass Appropriation Bill.

Both in the committee of the whole
and in the house. Representative
Hurst fought the bill appropriatins
$4,000 for the capitol commission 10
pay for the heating, lighting. etc, The
house resolved itself. into commit
Motion was made TO report the bill
favorably back 70 the house and Mr..
Hurst moved as / substitute that it
be reported unfaVorably. The sub
stitute lost and he bill was finally
passed by the house
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10

Helena The adyisahiity of cut.
ting the canal of the Helena drainage
district three feet deeper is being
discussed among the members of the
executive committee and will prob
ably be acted upon tayorably Owing
to the proposition TO pave the city
from one end 10 the other, it has
been found necessary to install storm
sewers first. and this part of the
work has been delegated to the Hell
ena improvement district, with full
power TO act. The canal will be used
TO carry off the surface water.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Arkansas News
YOUNG GIRL is BOUND AND GAGGED
Masked Men Perform Second Outrage
of Kind in TWO Days.

Fort Smith.-Adelle Haglin, aged
-, daughter of well-known hotel
owner, was bound and gagged by a
masked man at the home of her
parents a few days ago. The girl
and a number of companions were
playing in the Haglin yard. while
the remainder of the family were
absent The child ran to a rear
porch to conceal herself during a
game. when she was grabbed by a
white man wearing mask. He
bound her legs and arms and gagged
her AS soon as he outrage became
known several hundred citizens
secured the neighborhood, but did
not locate the man. Only two days
prior to this, Blanche Eadie, aged
Is, was bound and gagged by two
masked men at the home of her par
ents in this city
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Uroe Flexible Tax Rate for State.

The house adopted an amendment
to the Hurst Bradham revenue reVls-
ion bill, whereby a sliding or tleX-
ible tax rate is provided in leVylng
taxes under the proposed law, the
rate dependent upon the aggregate
property valuation. Under the bill as
originally proposed the total state,
county and municipal tax rate, max
imum levy, was 10 l-2 mills. TINS
was based on the assumption that
all property in the state would be
assessed at its full value and would
yield a total valuation under the new
law of Sl,100,000, or nearly three
times the present assessment. This
amendment adopted begins with
certain rate, assuming that the total
valuation will be 500, 100000 under
the proposed law Then for each
additional S50,000,000 there is a FRO
portionate decrease in the tax rate,
up to a possible total valuation .
S1,250,000, when the rate becomes, for
all state purposes, only II mills.
Under $750,00000O valuation It
would be about 4 IL mills. Un1e"
the present valuation it is 6 3-4 Mills.
The sliding scale applies in co mt
and city tax rate also.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Holds Acts ineffective for 90 pav.

In an opinion rendered at the re.
quest of State Auditor lobe, Attorney
General Norwood gives il as his opin-
ion that acts passed by the legisa
ture and approved by the governor
do not go into effect until 80 DAYS
after the Legislature has adjourned
This. Attorney General Norwood SAYS.
is one of the effects of the recently
adopted initiative and referendum.
He states that otherwise the refer.
endum power granted the people By
Amendment No. 10 would in many
Instances be a nullity.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
$4,000 Verdict AGAINST Railroad.

Ozark.-The case of |. c. Hall OF
Argenta against the Iron Mountain
railroad was tried here, and resulted
in verdict of $4,000 for the plain
Gfr 8all was fireman on the rail,
road and was injured in a collision
at Popping, near Ozark. last May.
He was shown. from the evidence, to
be suffering with a disease of the
nervous system, as result of his in
jur.es, il was alleged
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Propose Monument for Union Soldiers

The bill by Senator Christian, pro
viding for the erection of a suitable
monument on the state capitol
grounds to the memory of Arkansas
men who enlisted in Arkansas resi.
ments of the Union army during the
civil war, came up as special order.
but upon motion of Senator Robert
son it was placed back upon its sec.
ond reading and referred TO the com
mittee on federal relations.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Hernit Found Dea d.

Rogers.-Tom Vance was found
dead in his house, five miles north
of Rogers. He lived alone and the
body was found by a neighbor. who
went into the house to see why
Vance had not been seen about his
place. Death had oyertaken him in
bed, and N is supposed that he died
from heart trouble. The body bore
evidences of having been lifeless for
two days or more
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Want Ad" Finds Lost Son.

Conway.-A quick response from
his son. who had been missing for
several months, was received by T.
J. Vaughn through want ad" in
a Dallas, Texas. paper Mr. Vaughn s
wife is seriously i'll, and they desired
their son. Richard, from whom they
had not heard n several months, to
come home. The boy was last heard
OF In Dallas, and an lad" was tsle-
graphed to a newspaper. The next
day a message was received from
Richard, stating ne would arrive in
Conway as soon as possible.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
important Bills Passed in Senate.

The senate passed Senator Hol-
lands bill permitting cities of the
first class in Sebastian county to
change their government to COM
mission form. The bill as originally
introduced was general in its char
acter, applying to all cities of the
first class in the state. 1t was finally
amended so as to include only Sc
bastian county, 1t being understood
that it is to apply specially to Fort
Smith. There was no opposition to
the passage of the bill.
The bill by Senator Jacobson, pro-
hibiting attorneys from soliciting
business, was also passed by a uHan-
imous vote. Senator Holland stated
that the measure was intended to
put a stop to the solicitation of dam.
age suits by INSCRIPTIONS attorneys,
some of whom have been known, he
said. TO call npon widows of men
killed in railroad accidents and m
duce them 10 engage their services
as attorneys to bring damage suits
against the railroad companies before
the victims were buried.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Pa pers Can Garry Advertisements

Representative Buerkle's bill re-
stores To newspapers in prohibition
territory the right to carry liquor ad-
vertisements. This was prohibited
by the act of 49,. although papers
without the state, or those published
in non-prohibltion territory were al
lowed to flood dry" counties Rep
resentative Buerkie holds that the
former act is class legislation" and
that it benefits only outside adver'
Using mediums or those coming
from wet territory.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Dave Brock Must Hang.

Newport.-Dave Brock, who shot
and killed James Parsons on the
night of November 10, 1910, must pay
the penalty for his crime in the
forfeit of his own life upon the gal,
lows. The case was strongly con
tested in court and the jury was out
several hours before IT arrived at its
IDLY affected by the verdict
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Ten Horses Burned to Death.

Paris. The barn and contents Of
Spear Ellsworth were burned few
nights ago, The loss is heavy, there
being 10 mules and horses that lost
their lives. Among the horses was
one valued at 81 600 The total loss
will amount to more than $4,000. with
no insurance
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Child kiIIed in Runaway.

Fort Smith.-The 3-year-old daugh
ter of David Buttecfield, farmer,
was killed in a runaway accident 4
few days ago. The child was allowed
to remain in a farm wagon and the
little one playfully jerked at the
reins, The horse took fright and. in
running away, hurled the tot from
the wagon The child was instantly
killed
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Ford Murder Case Rema nded.

Little Rock,-The supreme court
has reversed and remauded the case
OF the stale against John and Leila
Ford, cony eted Of the killing of ex-
Representative Viii Nichols and
given the death sentence at De
Queen. Ford and his wife were first
sentenced To hang January 20.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Prohibition Bill Introduced.

The first statewide measure for
the Punishment of liquor from (he
state was introduced in the senate
by Senator Woods. The bill prohio'
its the manufacture or sale OF intoS'
ieants of any character in the state
the penalty being the same as ioF
the violation of the law in a proh.'
bition district.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
$4,000 for sanatoriun,.

The Wilmington bill, passed by the
house, appropriates 100000 for the
maintenance of he sanatosium AT
Bonneville for two years, and an ad-
ditional $4,000 TOR improvements in
the water system. the hospital for
fencing, road Improvement, etc.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10

Weiner The low price of rice has
slightly discouraged some of the
farmers, but preparations for new
crop are being made on all hands.
\ larger acreage will be planted this
year in this section than ever before.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-03-10
Pass Measure for White Supremacy

Joint Resolution No. 2, Introduces
ir the senate by Senator Robertso"
and in the house by Representative
iardage, known as the Robertson
Hardage resolution, submitting ah
amendment to the constitution, pro
viding an educational qualification
for voters, and containing the "granu
father clause" passed the senate .!
vote of % to 2. 1t was the firs'
Joint resolution to be passed by ID,
two houses since the beginning os
TIE session.