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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
To Protect Bank Depositors.

The Warnock banking bill, which has passed the house and is now pend ing in the senate, will effectually do away with wildcat banking and afford depositors an ample measure of protec, ton. The bill provides for a state bank examiner, who shall have author ity to investigate the financial stand ing of any bank at any time he may deem proper. Each bank is required under the act to publish a statement of it's resources and liabilities at least twice year in the county paper. No bank is allowed to loan a sum amount ing to more than 40 per cent of it's paid up capital stock to any one ind- vidual or corporation Every stock holder is bound in three times the amount of stock he owns for the pro. lection of depositors, and any officer or employe is forbidden to accept de- posts or contract obligations when his bank is not in a solvent condition. The act also provides that all banks of $25,000 capital with as many ds four stockholders may participate in the guaranty clause by paying 2 per cent of deposits for the first year and 1-4 of 1 per cent thereafter until the guaranty fund reaches $500,000. After that there will be no assessment until the fund might become depleted through meeting the claims of depos- itors for failed banks.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
With The Legislators
| By J. H. HAND.

Election Consolidation Strs the House date state and national elections pro- voked an earnest debate in the house. MT. McFerrin, in presenting the merits of the bill, pointed out the heavy ex- pense upon the state of holding two general elections when, in his opinion, the cost of holding one is entirely un- necessary. He called attention to the light vote which prevailed throughout the state in the last congressional election, just a short time after cleo ton, and when the people were not imbued with any local interest in the outcome. The light vote in congress sional elections threatens the success of the Democratic ticket in our repre- sentation in congress, declared the speaker, and ere long Republicans will break the Democratic ranks Of the Arkansas delegation in congress unless a change is made. He declared that experience had proven in other Southern states where the experiment had been tried that this is not only an economic measure of great import, but one absolutely safe, so far as po- litical domination by white men is concerned, and that there is no foun- dation for the fear expressed by the opponents of the measure that con- solidation of state with federal cleo tions would encourage negro domi- nance in elections under federal pro lection. Opposition to the measure was led by Representative Lewis, Parker and Hudson. They warned the members against the passage of a measure which, they declared, car ried with it the possibility of return to carpet bag rule and the palmy days of Claytonism, which, they declared, would be a natural consequence Of election consolidation in Arkansas; that under federal protection negroes would become emboldened and assert the power of their superior numbers in several counties m eastern and southern Arkansas, where the white citizenship is now in peaceable con- trol under our state election laws, where the federal authorities have no excuse to interfere They appealed to the members from the highlands to stand by their brethren in the black telt and save them from the consc- Quenees which would be certain to arise through racial complications should the bill become law. MT. Hurst closed the debate, and on roll call the bill was killed by a vote of 52 to 93.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
MlNEDlsAsTER IN PENNSYLVANIA
Eighty-five Known Dead in the Pan-
 coast Mine.

Scranton, Pa.-The dead at Pancoaat will reach S5, a number of missing workmen not yet being accounted for These are believed to have been in that part of the mine where the fire ragged. Seventy bodies have been taken out. The fire, which started in one of the hoisting rooms, 50 feet be- meath the surface, the lowest working in the mine, did not do as much dam age to the workings as had been be- leved. It did not reach the entombed men and the condition of their bodies shows that death was due to suffoca- ton from smoke or asphyxiation from the accumulated gas. None of the bodies which were found in a heap in the blind gangway was in the least initiated
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
State Fair Appropriation.

Senator Williams bill appropriating $40,000 for the encouragement of ag- riculture in the state fair was referred to the house committee on agriculture after determined effort to kill the bill without reference to committee The amount is to be expended under the direction of the commissoner of agriculture in securing agricultural eX- hibits and paying premiums thereon at the Arkansas state fair. Repre- sentative Parker of Ouachita moved to indefinitely postpone, but Representa- tive Bradham declared that the meas ure should have fair consideration, as the Farmers Union has said it is a good bill. Representative Parker secuted the idea that the Farmers Union favored the bill, but an attempt of the Hot Springs ring" to draw money from the treasury under the cloak of the Farmers Union. In re ply to this MT Wilmington of Gar land declared that the State Fair As soeiation is an Arkansas inStitution, working purely for the interests of Ar
 
 to get people to come to Arkansas" said he, and the alleged Hot Springs ring does not want a dollar Of the states money. Representative Little thought the bill an insult to the intel ligence of the house and therefore ought to be killed. He thought the legislature had in the past made mistake in appropriating money for the four agricultural schools, and did not think this house was going to make the mistake of passing this bill Representative Newton did not think the bill devoid of merit, but would have to oppose it on the grounds of economy. Representative McLaugh- len of Garland county said that inas- much as the Farmers Union had en- dorsed the bill he hoped it would re- ceive respectful consideration at the ferred to the agricultural committee hands of the house The bill was re- by a close vote
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Plum curcuIIo.

Jarring peach and plum trees for the plum curculio is an old method of controlling this pest, which the de partment of entomology, college of az. riculture, does not recommend. We advise growers to let hogs run in their orchards during the growing season in numbers great enough to keep the fallen fruit all eaten up The peaches and plums fall because they contain the grubs of the plum curculio. If they are allowed to rot on the ground the grubs will mature and make destructive beetles.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
McAIister to Be Hanaed July z

Forrest City, Ark.-C. w. McAlister, convicted of the murder of B. F. Kir- by in Lee county in August, 1910, was sentenced to be hanged at Marianna July ', 1911. A motion for a new trial was argued before Judge Hutton and the motion was denied Notice was given that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court. When sentence was pronounced, Judge Hutton allowed 90 days in which to file bill of ex- captions. The trial has attracted 8 great deal of attention here.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
BaIloonists' Wild Flight.

St. Louis-A balloon ascension here by four members of the Signal Corps Of the First regiment, National Guard of Missouri, terminated in an acci- dent when the aerostat sprung a leak and dropped from an elevation of 4,000 feet The aeronauts saved themselves from death after colliding with the smokestack of a tobacco fac tory by dumping their ballast over board The crippled balloon hurdled fences, sheds and wire-laden poles. finally coming to a stop in the railroad yards.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
For DepositorieS.

There are two measures pending which provide for deposit of public funds. One, by MT. Warnock of Co., lumbia, has passed the house and is now before the senate, and one, by Senator Robertson, which has passed the senate and is now in the house. While the bills differ as to detail yet either, if enacted into law, will result in keeping the money paid by the tax payers nearer the people who paid it and employed in the channels of trade, while at the same time the pubnc will realize a handsome interest for the use of these funds.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Oppose Reunion.

Nashville, Tenn.-Confederat vet. erans in Nashville and throughout this the proposed reunion of the blue and gray at Memphis next fall. This oppo- sition does not arise from any sec. tional prejudice, but from sense Of propriety and that innate sentiment that, expressed in plain language means "sh1nny on your own side . They say that no good has ever come of one of the blue and gray reunions.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Apple Blossom aIiah4

Professor Hewitt wants every apple grower in the state who has trouble with the blossoms blighting and dying before the apples are set to write him and tell him how old the trees are. what variety of apples they are and how bad the blight is, whether it kills nearly all of the blossoms or only few. Write this on a postal card and mail 1t to J. Lee Hewitt, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. He will publish a bulletin on this disease soon, and a copy of it Will be mailed to anyone Interested.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
To EnIarqe Insane Asylum.

A bill appropriating S100,000 for the building of an annex to the insane asylum was introduced by Representa- tive Glover of Hot Spring county. AS a substitute to MT. Glover's bill Repre- sentative Wilmington of Garland county offered bill appropriating $200,000 for the erection of cottages. in which the less violent insane may be kept under more homelike sur roundings. Several members express ed preference for the cottage sys- tenn over the present prison-like system HOW in force at the asylum.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Order Arms From France.

Mexico City-To fill an order placed by the government of Mexico ten bat. teries of mortass of the St. Chaumond- Mondragon type. eighty centimeters, are being made in France. As fast as the cannon can be completed they will be shipped to Mexico. Another 000000 Mauser cartridges that has been placed immediately
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
State Sues Four Insurance Companies

Little Rock.-Four suits against leading insurance companies operating in Arkansas for back taxes aggregat- iug more than $4O,00O have been filed in the name of the state by Attorney General Norwood, who designates in his comraaint the amount of property on which the taxes should be paid. The act of the Arkansas legislature under which the suits were brought provides for tax Of 9 1-2 cents on the $100 on all properties owned by assurance companies in this state, and was approved February 27 1875.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
HouPT REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Grand Jury Indicts Garland County
 Sheriff on Technical Charues.

Sheriff on Technical Charges.
 Hot Springs on technical charges of the escape of Ben Murray and John Rutherford, the two deputy sheriffs held without bail on the charge of murdering Oscar Chitwood, Sheriff Sid Houpt was removed from office and Charles w. Webb, a well known business man of this city, was appointed sheriff
 While the indictments charge ,'es. cape" it is known that the two dep1. ties have not made their escape, but are merely allowed their liberty at the hands of Sheriff Sid Houpt, who, the indictments charge, permits the de. fendants to go about unattended Many witnesses have been examined by the grand jury during the past few days, and most of them testified to having seen Murray and Rutherford in different parts of the county not in charge of an officer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Tariff Attack Is Planned.

Washington. D. C.-Chairman Un. derwood of the ways and means com mittee announces that the committee will be ready in a short time to intro duce in the house some tariff revis- ion schedules. The first bills to De printed will provide for downward re vision of the woolen schedule and for the reduction of the duties on the ne cessities of life. The Southern mem, bers are pressing for immediate ac- tion on cotton ties and bagging, look ing to the placing of these articles on the free list
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Treatment of RIa ckberrles.

Few who grow blackberries re- member the canes are biennial and when they have fTuited they should be cut out says Professor Walker of the College of Agriculture at Fay etteville. After the bearing season the old canes should be cut off near the ground and good cultivation givas- during the summer. This results Iii fine lot of vigorous new canes to bear fruit the following season. The same is true of raspberries. The blackberry responds splendidly to good treatment"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
The Hornet Jury Disaqrees.

net filibustering case failed to reach an agreement and was discharged. Capt. Charles Johnson, former mas ter, and J. w. Beer, former owner Of the steamer Hornet, who were charged with violating the neutrality laws in fitting out revolutionary ex- petition against Honduras, were re- leased on bail
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Regulating Appeals From Justice of
 the Peace Courts.

A bill offered by Representative Brown of Cleveland passed the house, regulating appeals from justice courts. Under the provisions of this bill if a justice of the peace fails to file transcript with the county clerk in sixty days after the granting of an appeal from his court he becomes lia- ble to a penalty of $25.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
$85, 1000 for Tuberculosis sanitariun.

A bill which has passed the senate appropriating $S5,O0O for the state tuberculosis sanitarium is pending in the house, with fair prospects of be- coming law. MT Buerkle of Arkan- sas county, who has visited the Sari- tarium, urged the house to pass the measure in behalf of the victims ot the white plague in Arkansas.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Deaf Mutes Visit Legislature.

The pupils of the deaf mute asylum visited the legislature in body, and the cheerful faces of the bright boys ard girls who can neither hear nor talk made perceptible impression upon the members, who will no doubt yield to the impulse of liberality when the passage of an appropriation for that institution comes up.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Terms of Trustees.

The house passed the senate bill fixing the terms of trustees for the four agricultural schools. March 31, 1911, was set for the expiration of the short terms, 1913 for the next and so on until the ten-year term trustee has expired. The governor fills vacancies as they may occur
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Kentucky Towns Are Inundated.

Lexington, Ky.-Heavy rains in the mountains have brought on a flood stage in the Kentucky river that is said to be the highest in five years Several towns near the headwaters of the stream are partially inundated.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
New Acts Now Laws.

There are now 15S bills in the office of Secretary of State Hodges which have passed the present session of the legislature and have been approved by the governor. The great majority Of these are of a local nature.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Public Cotton Weioher

A bill providing for the county judge to appoint an official cotton weigher in each county was introduced by MT. Griswood and referred to the agri- cultural committee. A charge of IJ cents is to be assessed on each bale of cotton as weigher's fee
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Charge of Moroccan Tribe RepeIIed

Charge or WOrocCdn TTTpe HepeIIed.
 Fez. Morocco.-The situation. here Is still very unsettled. The tribes which surround the city have not yet decided whether to submit to Mulai 2 the tribesmen charged down upon the government troops, but were dis persed by sharp artillery fire.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
canker Worms and Tent caterpiIIars.

canker Worms and Tent caterpiIIars.
 Canker worms and tent caterpillars are often troublesome in orchards that have not been sprayed with ar senate of lead, two pounds in fifty gallons of water. Wherever canker worms are injurious in unsprayed or chards the department of entomology, college of agriculture recommends the above mentioned spray, which should be applied as soon as the worms are noticed. Tent caterpillars in the spring can be burned out with a torch when the worms are in their nests.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Teachers Contracts.

The senate bill providing that all teachers contracts be made in tripli- cate, one copy to be given the teacher, one to be kept by the board and one to be filed with the county treasurer, passed the house.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
For Juvenile Courts.

The Black-Galvert bill providing for the creation of special courts for tue
 correction and reclamation of wayward children passed the house with only enc dissenting vote.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
State Guard Appropriation

Representative Lewis of St. Francis introduced bill appropriating $18,42O for the maintenance of the state militia. This is a much smaller sum than was appropriated for the same purpose by the last legislature.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Refuse to Amend Joint Rules.

Representative Newtons resolution amending the joint rules of the legis- lature to provide for three house days in the senate and three senate days in the house, after considerable dis cussion, was rejected.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14

House Kills Amendment Resolution.
 The resolution proposed by MT. Owens of Marion for a constitutional amendment giving three-fourths Of a jury the power to return a verdict in civil cases was killed in the house after a spirited debate.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Senate Votes to Extend Aoain.

The senate by an almost unanimous vote, passed resolution to extend the session until June l.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-14
Pass State Board of Health Bill.

Senator Hughes bill, creating a state board of health, passed the sen ate after spirited debate, only two senators voting against it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30

should number three-myself and two
chickens -"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30
WHERE 1T COMES FROM.

Some light was thrown upon the
Illinois senatorial corruption yesterday
when H. H Kohlsaat, publisher of
the Record Herald, declared he had
inside information that the interests
had raised 800, 600 to elect Lorimer
as senator. His testimony was in
teresting because it shows the cause
of the corruption that attended the
Lorimer election. 1t had previously
been made very clear that Lorimer
had been elected through bribery but
ii had not been shown whose money
was used TO purchase the votes.
II was big business interests" that
furnished the slush fund for Lori
mer, according to Publisher Kohlsaat.
There can be little doubt as to the
truthfulness Of the charge. Who but
the interests could have given thou
sands Of dollars for bribery? Lorimer
would not have paid 100000 for a
position drawing $500 per. annum,
had he possessed the 100000. His
friends would not have given the
money out Of friendship. The money
came from corporations that wanted
Lorimer made senator. Why they
wished him for the position would
make another interesting story
Big business interest" are respon-
rfble for rine-teuths Of the corruption
n politics This has been true in
l-.aoi1. IN oregon and in every other
state ia the union. Politicians get
the blame and people think they are
bad ,5t as in truth many Of them
arc. But the politicians are seldom
The chief Hro1gEoers Usually they
are mere pawns in the game. Corpor-
atoms usa tnou 70 block legislation to
wa.-a they ava opposed or to keep
down men who if chosen to oanes
would stand for the public welfare I'm
preference to the welfare Of the. in
teresr. The hand that really gov
errz affairs is invisible to the general
public
u is entirely right that corrupt pol
iuaiaHs should be punished. The ex-
PLANTATION ult they are not the chief
factor au the plot IS not sufficient
whethr- they be big men OF Small
fry 5ria= eiga-s and lrlae takers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS.

at is a regrettable fact" said May
or Grice at a republican banquet in
Fort Wayne, that the most popular
men are not necessarily the best men,
the most popular books are not the
best books and the most popular plays
are not the best plays.
Even in anecdotes" continued
Mayor Grice, "the public taste is bad
I'll tell you the kind Of an anecdote
the public wants.
"A Bostonian was showing his two
little girls through the poets corner
n Westminster Abbey. Bessie, the
older of the two little girls, carried
a rose in her hand. When they came
to the marble effigy of Longfellew
Bessie rose on tiptoe and reverently
placed her rose in a fold of the poets
marble drapery.
"As the Bostonian departed he
missed his golden-haired younger
daughter. Turning back, he saw hel
st.Il lingering before Longfellow'
bust. Then as he regarded her shC
drew herself UP on tiptOes and placed
something that glittered beside hel
sis<r's red rose And, smiling hap
6Ily. she ran 10, her father.
What were you doing, dear one?
the BostOnian asked.
'Bessie had a rose and I hadn't
uuff.ng," said the little golden-haireC
darling. SO 7 bit off one Of my curl:
nd gave Mr.. Longfellow that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30
RESOVRCErUJ.

Every man can find work if he
uses his brains" said Andrew Carne-
gle, IN an after dinner address IN New
York. "If there are no more open
aes IN of and sugar rubber should
6e turned 20, and ( the automobile
trade grows crowded, then there will
probably be openings IN the aeroplane
line.
We should all be like the piano
tuner Once met out west.
why said to him-for we were
.n a Wild unsettled country surely
piano tuning can't ta very lucrative
here. T shouldn't imagine that pianos
we're very p.enulu. !n this region.
no sir, they're not said the Di-
no tuner "but ] make pretty fair
income bv tightening up barbed wire
fences"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30

country like ours where public opin-
ion prevails so paramountly, the pub
lie man doesn't occupy nearly so inn
portant a position as he that moulds
public opinion. The cardinal sin
OF the moulder of public opinion is
mendacity. 1 abhor the thief. but l
abhor more the assassin of character,
he that tries to destroy the public's
faith in the honesty of the man who
rishtfulN should be where he is"
That he did not refer to the reform
magazines, generally classed as muck
rake magazines, was explained by the
colonel Those magazines have ac-
complished much good for they have
striven for reform where reform is
needed, He referred particularly to
the New York Herald which he
charged with striving to discredit
good men so as to weaken their influ-
enee in their fight for the public well
fare. Those publications follow the
methods of the ''muckrakers" but
they are not prompted by the good
motives that prompt the work of
most reform writer's.
1t was time for someone TO draw
the line between writer's who really
strive for reform and the Anninias
variety.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30

1t is neported that at the proper
time Harry S. New, national commit
teeman for Indiana will be made a
member of the executive committee
to represent his state on that COM
mittee, in the campaign of 1912. 1t
has never been quite understood why
Indiana was not represented on the
executive committee in 1908. 1t was
the first lapse of that kind in many
years. Those on the inside have al
ways attributed it to personal differ
ences between Chairman Hitchcock
and Mr.. New over the preliminaries
of the convention at Chicago in 1908.