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The Harrison times., 1912-02-17
LITTLE ROCK LETTER.
LITTLE Rock, Feb, 18th, 19l.

LITTLE Rock, Feb. 18th, 1912.
The force in the office of +, W.
Tucker, Collector of I. $. Internal
Revenue for the District of Arkansas,
is working overtime trying to take
care of the corporations OF the state,
all of which are required to make a
report of the business done by them
during the calendar year ended Dec.
81, 1911, on or before March |,
1912.
There are approximately six thous-
and corporations in the state, and
all of them are required to render a
report to the office of the Collector
of Internal Revenue even though
they operate at loss, When these
reports are filed and audited the
corporation is assessed tax Of one
per cent on all net income over hye
thousand dollars
The penalty for failure to file these
reports on or before March |, 1912,
is one thousand dollars, Last year
a great number Of corporations
were delinquent and the department
was very lcnient with them, and ac-
ceptcd small offer in compromise,
on account of the law being new
and not generally understood, This
year Captain Tucker states that he
fears the department will hold out
for the full amount Of the fine, on
the theory that by this time the law
is sufficiently understood,
The state is also enforcing strictly
its franchise tax, and all are subject
to the law, which yields very con.
siderable revenue to the state,
1t is a noticeable fact that the be-
ginning Of each year sees the disso'
luton of many corporations and the
surrender of their charters to cvade
the payment Of the franchise tax.
Propaganda is rampant in Ark
ansas. 1t was already strong when
the direct legislation act was adopt.
ed by the people, and that has given
it a greater impetus, There will be
a dozen or more questions to be
submitted to the people in the Sep
tcmber election, and the prospective
cost is already mounting up into
the many thousands. 1t will be as
expensive as a session Of the Legis.
lature with an extra session for
dessert This fact in itself is induc.
ing many to be more solicitous for
the adoption Of the Norwood
amendment restricting the Legisla'
tive sessions to sixty days,
The latest proposition TO be IN
jcctcd into the already complex po.
ltical situation in the state is that
of the recall, which the Arkansas
Federation Of Labor proposes to in.
itiate, The committee appointed
at the annual meeting in Fort Smith
Dec, ~, has completed the draft Of
the proposed amendment, and the
petitions are being printed and will
be placed in the hands Of every Ia.
bor union in the state at once
There are 5000 affiliated with the
Federation, and 10000 loboring
men unaiRiated, so that it is esti.
mated there will be no difficulty in
securing the requisite number Of sig.
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ansas will ever be able 70 secure
enough money with which TO carry
on the work Of internal improve
ment, in improving streets, erecting
public buildings, providing parks
and Fairgrounds, and providing
public utilities, Little Rock has in
view plans for improvements that
will cost a million and ohaIf dollars.
Each subject must be voted upon
separately,
But talking about propaganda;
The New Agriculture and the New
Education are attracting a great
deal Of attcdtion, and are being
given a most cordial reception by a
people who have long since been
conIcssing the inclhccncy Of the old
methods, And it is the results that
count, and win new recruits con.
stantly,
The good roads and the drainage
propaganda are being given a great
Impetus this week in the annual
meeting Of the Arkansas Association
with an attendance of about 500
enthusiasts on the subject Of re-
clamation and improved thorough
fares and highways
The equal suffrage doctrine prom
scs soon to break out and be push
ed to the whitc-hot issue in the com.
ing legislature Little Rock is en-.
gagged in raising a million dollars
for the purpose of locating factories
here, and a quarter Of the sum is
now in sight, The preservation of
the old state house will attract at.
tention Of those who object to a
commcrcialization Of this historic
old link with territorial days,
Little Rock has entered upon a
season of inspecting, and while it
has met with opposition upon the
part Of some it has been approved
by those who consider it a part of
the duty of government to protect
the people in their health, their
lives and their property, Milk,
meat and the public markets are
being inspected, and much that has
been found defective has been con.
6scatcd and destroyed, The source
of Little Rocks milk supply was
thoroughly inspected last week, and
ont of 2S7 dairy cows examined,
there were SO found to be affected
with tuberculosis and were ordered
killed,
Throughout the state there is a
movement for u stricter inspection
Of buildings to reduce if possible the
fire hazard that has during the last
fifteen months proven so disastrous
to the state, Half of the insurance
companies doing business in the
state report a net loss for the year,
and are therefore paying no taxes
90 the state, the tax being based
upon the net premiums,
The celebrated Rock Hill plan lor
reducing the cotton acreage has
been nauguratcd in Arkansas,
which completes the circuit of the
cotton states, This carries with it
incidentally, the diycrsdcation Of
crops, and the propaganda of the
Arkansas farmer raising at home all
the corn, and hogs and cattle that
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he needs for his own consumption.
The Rock Hill plan contemplateS
a reduction of from % TO 40 per
cent in the acreage as compared
With that grown IN 1911, and in
the states where the organization is
complete, it has been found that the
farmers are ready and willing to co.
operate. 1t conrcmplates the sign
ing of a reduction pledge by each
farmer, and the publication of the
results in the press 1t is pointed
out that there is more money in
fewer bales at u higher price, pro
duccd at less expense, than there is
in large yield at a heavy cost Of
production and a low price. Co
operation throughout the cotton
belt will greatly reduce the output,
and those who watch the trend of
the market closely declare that they
can already see the effect of the
upon cottnn prices,
G. Anderson, Of Rock Hill, S. C.,
of the plan aud general
organizer, was in Little Rock last
week, and in conference with Com
missioner Sloan, President Cole,
Governor Donaghcy and others ap-
pointed Clio Harper as State Sup
crintcndcnt He will proceed to APP
point committees in each county, 10
carry on the canvass for pledges in
each township.
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nrtures by May 9th, The general
propaganda is in the hands Of !" H.,
Moore, of Little Rock, Secretary Of
the Federation,
1t is provided that petitions for
recall elections must be signed by at
least - per cent of the entire vote
cast for candidates for the office
affected, and when such petition
shall be filed, the governor shall hX
n date for the election not less than
so DAYS thereafter 1t is provided
that there shall be printed on the
ballot not more than 200 words
giving the reason for the proposed
recall, and not more than 800
words of the officers Justification,
One per cent Of the legal vote shall
be sufficient to nominate any one to
fill the office which may thus be va.
Gated by the recall. No petition
shall be circulated against any
officer under six months after he
assumes the office, 1t may be en-
ercjscd by any county, township,
city, town, or school district, a
petition may be filed against any
member of the Legislature within
five days after the conycning Of the
body,
This is the new issue in Arkansas,
but is the logical consequence Of the
Initiative and Referendum, Moth
ing is said about its application to
the judiciary, but there is nothing
to prevent 1t,
Aside from this the work on the
sixty.day session, the Prohibition,
the election amendment and other
laws goes meriily on The game
warden law will also be initiated,
doubtless, but there is no likelihood
Of the banking act being put
through, as It is too late now to
organize for effective work,
The proposition that will appeal
most directly to the urban ccnters
was that promulgated last week At
a conference Of Arkansas mayors,
called by Mayor Charles +, Taylor,
The form Of an amendment grant
ing TO cities of the first and second
class and incorporated towns Of
1000 or more population, the right
to issue bonds for internal improve.
ments was adopted, and many safe.
guards provided that will answer
the objections of the many who are
disposed to see graft in everything,
1t is provided that the bonds may
be authorized upon the vote of a
majority Of qualified electors, it be.
ing changed from property holders,
on the ground that all citizens,
whether property owners or not
should have the right to vote on
the question. The specific purpose
for which the bond revenue shall be
utilized is set fourth, and it is pro.
yidcd that the bonds shall not be
sold at less than par, and at rate
Of interest not to exceed 4 per cent
in cities Of the first class and ) per
cent in cities Of the second class and
incorporated towns,
All who attended the conference
were enthusiastic over the PROPOSE
ton, ana declared that it is thcNpnly
method by which the cities of Ark
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Presbyterian Church.

The regular services will be held.
Morning subject, MAN indispensi.
bic TO God in the redemption and
salvation Of the world" Men Of
the PRESBYTERIAN Church especially
urged to be present. A cordial wei
come 20 all, y, T. WAYNICR.
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Not a Candidate.

Having been solicited by many of
the voters Of Boone County to run
for representative, and there being
some who are expecting me to be-
come a candidate take this method
Of announcing that will not he in
the race. II, l.. RouTH,
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Mrs, B, B, Hudgins.

Died, At midnight Monday, after
a week S illness Of pneumonia, Mrs.
Josephine Bailey Hudgins, wife OF
Judge II, b. Hudgins, lnterment
was made Wednesday at the Cross
Roads cemetery, Mrs. Hudgins was
in her 53rd year, and was the daugh-
ter of Capt W. W. Bailey, at one
time sheriff Of our county and Rep
rescntative in the Constitutional
convention of 1874. She was born
and reared in this county, has been
almost n lifetime member Of the NJ.
L, Church South, and was a woman
Of superior mental endownments as
well as n mother and wife who gave
all the best of her life 20 her home
and family, Besides the stricken
husband she leaves three daughters
and two sons to revere her memory.
Judge Hudgins, who has been
dangerously i'll, also with pneumon-
10, is reported some better,
According to Weather Observer
MaSey's report for January, that
month for this locality, was re-
markNbly severe, the thermometer
registering zero and below on five
different dates, On the 7th il was
100 below; on the 10Th 140 below;
on the 18th 80 below; on the 10 90
below; and on the 10th zero, The
wNrmcst days were the 26th and
eth, 63o above, Rainfall III;
snowfall 3 inches, Clear days 20;
prevailing wind northwest
j f. Marrs, formerly with our
Electric Light Plant but now in the
mercantile business at Berryvillc,
visited this week with his father,
j. j. Mars,
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Ralph A, Hull, has accepted Il
position with Dr. J, L, Andrews IN
his dental Office, and in that connec'
ton will commence the study Of
dentistry
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Inspection Monday

IIarrison's Stotc Guards Company
will stand its regular annual inspee-
tion next Monday after noon, All
members are expected to be at the
Armory promptly,
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Lieut., and Mrs, Fred Holt and
infant daughter arrived in the city
Friday, to visit homciolks,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-25
NOTICE

Don't forget that the law requires
the state and county tax books to
close on the 31st day of March and all
lands not paid on to be advertised for
sale.
In coming or sending to pay your
taxes, be sure and bring an old tax
receipt or other correct description OF
your lands.
At this season of the year we are
always crowded with mail so IL you
have written Us, don't be uneasy. All
letters will be answered as fast as
possible and in the order received.
Yours very truly,
W. L Colbert, Tax Collector.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-25
(Continued Tomorrow

State or Ohio, City OF Toledo,
Lacan County. IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm Of r. J..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use OF Halls
Catarrh Cure. Frank ]. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in nay preesnce, this 9Th day Of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1886. A. W. Gleason,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by all druggists, 75c- Take
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-25

much wider here than further up ana
there was much more room and much
more SPACE for the water to spread.
Yet, they had TO hurry for their lives
as it was. They had gone up scarcely
a hundred feet when the disgorge-
ment OF the heavens took place. The
water fell with such force, directness
and continuousness that It almost
down the side Of the mountain I'm
sheets like water falls. It required all
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30

was from France. $4,000 from Ger
many. %s328.000 from the United King
dom and $2S5.O0O from Italy. Last
year France was credited With less
than $1,000, 900 and the other coun-
tries named with about 100000 each.
Most of the automobiles exported
from the United States go to British
territorq. The value exported to
Canada in 1902 was $37,439. while in
1910 1t had increased to ~SA.3S3,lS7 and
in 1911 to s7,ls0.547, or one-third the
entire exports of this class of manu-
features. To the United Kingdom. the
total last year was SO. 7OO,O9 against
S94S. $50 in 1906 and 1871 553 in 1902.
To France the exports grew from $685.
051 in 1902 10 $532,121 in 1911; to
Germany from $24,43l Il decade ago to
s281,60S last year; TO Mexico from
s27.71O to s794.559; and to British
Oceania. chiefly Australia. from So
5S1 in 1902 to s~1.362.a02 in 1911. To
various other parts of the world in
Guiding South America, Asia and
Oceania. the exports of automobiles
last year We're large. in some cases the
largest on record.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30
Lighter Weight in Cars Wanted
BY Correspondent of Motor Age

Lighter weight in automobiles is the
plea made by J. j. Jones of Wicheta,
kas.. In q, communication to the Motor
Age. and ne sets forth his reasons in
the following:
There is something radically wrong
from an economic or business point Of
view with the construction of the
motor car Of today. Just where this
fault lies we may not be able to point
out at this time. but in the course OF
u very few years at most the present
cumbersome. bulky, locomotive-ap-
pearing motor car now seen on our
public highways will be looked upon
as a source of wantop waste.
This thought will be readily COM
pretended by the comparison of
weights of motor ears with the
weights of various other vehicles of
transportation now in use throughout
the world. as. for instance, a bicycle
Weighing 30 pounds will carry with
ease a weight Of $50 to 200 pounds. or
from live to eight times It's weight, day
after day and give year after year of
service with only a nominal cost of up
Keep; an ordinary carriage Is equal to
about Its own weight in carrying ca.
pacity; a farm wagon will weigh from
LOO to 1.4O0 pounds and has a car
rying capacity of from 1000 to 5000
pounds. or about four times its w
weight; an ordinary box car built not
only for swift running and rough u.s.
age, but to be mutted damned, tossed
and punched about in yard after yard
by all kinds of reckless drivers of pom.
derous engines. weighs as a rule not
to exceed one-half its carrying ca
pacity.
"a point Of attack is. likely to pre.
sent itself here. as 1t is. quite possible
that you have in your mind a motor
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30

Minneapolis, Jan. 29.-An applica.
ton for an allotment of 176 acres on
the White Earth reservation. signed
with the name 'Halvor Steenerson."
is in the hands of the government at
torneys. who are appearing at the con.
gressional committee hearing in Min
neapolis. At the hearing today Gus
Beauleiu was asked to identify the sig.
nature as thai of Congressman Halvor
STEVENSON. He said he could not
identify 1t.
The application was not presented
as evidence by the government attor.
neys. but 1t is expected That it will
After we establish the identity Of the
man who signed h application It will
be submitted in evidence" said e. G.
O'Brien, one of the governments 1t.
torneys.
AT the moor recess Beauleiu said
that Congressman steenerson has been
adopted into the Chippewa tribe
about 1906" that his adoption was
in appreciation OF what he had done
for he Indians, that the Indians had
urged him to apply for an allotment
and had selected a choice piece Of
land for him to name in his applicA.
ton. MI. Beauleiu said tho secretary
Mr.. STEVENSON was not a legal Nom.
Der Of the tribe. The signature on
the application. signed "Halvor eteen.
ers0n" is ostensibly witnessed by Erred
Dennis. former private secretary for
Stevenson.
The application. which IL In the
hands Of the government attorneys. ID
dated April %, two days before the
lands on the reservation were allotted
under the Steenerson act Of 1904.
Records of the interior department
to show that Beauleiu was ordered OF
the reservation in 1889 and was never
reinstated as a reservation resident
were offered today by the government
attorney. Mr.. Beauleiu asserts That
his trouble al that time resulted from
a personal dispute with the Indian
agent. and that he afterward recoy.
cred a verdict Of damages against the
agent.
At the hearing today testimony was
introduced concerning methods en-.
ployed in obtaining the lands OF the
Indians following the passage Of the
Clapp amendment of 1906 permitting
half-breeds to ALLEVIATE their lands.
Walter d. Andrews. a Minneapolis in.
ran man. told Of his experience in
trying to buy lands Of half breeds. He
told of two cases where Indians had
mortgaged their lands and in obtain.
ing releases Of mortgages OF $500 were
compelled to pay q bank near the
reservation the $25 they had received
as earnest money. $50 apiece as com.
missions and IS for drawing the ma.
pers. Chairman ]. NJ. Graham Of the
committee said he figured the Indians
paid 1000 per cen on the money re.
ceived on the transaction.
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Exports and Imports as
Shown by Comparative Statements

Over $50, 900 worth of automo-
biles were exported from the Unit
ed States in the calendar year 1911.
or twenty times as much as a decade
ago. The exports to foreign coun-
tries last year, including tires and 9TH
er parts. We're valued at $21, ,661
and the shipments to our own non-
contiguous territories, Hawaii, Porto
Rico and Alaska. $%1,S43.165. Ten
years ago the exports to foreign coun-
tries We're but $1,O69. 1872 in value: by
1906 they had grown to $4,409,l86;
by. 1910 to s14.O3O.226 and in the
calendar year just ended had risen to
S2l.636,661. this increase of $40, OOO,-
600 IN the exports of American made
automobiles within a single decade be-
Ing one of the most notable achieve
ments of our foreign commerce in re.
cent years.
Meantime imports of automobiles
into the United States show a decreas-
ing tendency. From 1902 to 1906, be-
fore the industry had developed in this
country. imports rapidly Increased
from about 100000 70 $1,000. 900, the
high record in imports of this class
of vehicles. Since 1906. however, the
imports have steadily decreased, last
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30
HENRY FAVORS
WIDE INQUIRY
Proposal of Sweeping Inves-
tigation of Money Trust
May Cause Breach.

Washington, Jan. 29.-The propos-
ed congressional investigation Of the
domination of the financial interests
Of the United States by a so-called
money trust" developed into q live is
sue In the house democracy. threat
ening to mar the harmonious progress
Of the party since the elevation to
Representative Henry of Texas,
chairman of h rules committee. to-
day introduced a resolution to direct
a most sweeping investigation partic-
ularly aimed at the New York stock
exchange and clearing house associa-
ton, groups of financiers of Wal
street who are said to be dominating
corporation and railroad interests, the
national banks and their alleged pro-
deposits and the influence Of the
money power" in the nomination and
election of public officials.
This attempt Of MI. Henry to sc
broaden the scope of the inquiry orig.
inally proposed by Representative
Lndbergh of Minnesota. evoked q
stirring protest from his democratic
colleague. Representative Littleton OF
New York. Littleton said the propos.
democratic party with a blind and
destructive policy" Democratic
Leader Underwood has been counsel.
ling with his colleagues for severa'
days, and though he made no public
statement, he has viewed the PROPOSE.
ton with considerable concern as te
its effect on the party.
The issue will be fought u first ir
q party C
Mr.. Henry proposes a special com.
mittee of ven to conduct the inquiry
which also would embrace the pend.
ing resolutions relating. to- changes ir
the antitrust law. This committee
would have autocratic power. I,
would be empowered to summo
financial magnates and to demand
production of books and papers
The resolution in its reference tc
the New York stock exchange an6
clearing house is designed to ascertain
whether they are dominated by any
individual group of individuals. 'di.
recting the use or deposit of funds OF
national banks in the city Of New
York or Of interstate railroad or in,
dustrial corporations"
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years total having been less than ST.
100000. In 1906, according to the
published reports of the bureau Of
statistics, department OF commerce
and labor. imports and exports of au-
tomobiles were of about equal value,
imports into the United States in that
wear being $~4.910.2O8 and exports
therefrom. $4,409,1S6 The following
Year witnessed a shifting of the bal
ance Of trade in automobiles from the
import to the export side. since which
time he excess of exports has steadily
increased until in 1911 it was $780,
Alb, imports in that year having been
but $2,446,24S and exports sci, ,66l.
or about nine times the value Of the
automobiles imported in the same
year.
The aggregate value Of automobiles
passing through the ports of the Unit
ed States during tn elast ten years
exceeded 100000 900. The approxi-
mate figures are as follows: Imports
$4,000, 900; exports to foreign coun-
tries $4,000. 900: shipments to Porto
Rico, Hawaii and Alaska $4,000, 900; a
total for this comparatively new arti-
Gle of commerce of $lO2, 900, 900 in
ten years.