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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
oud do he Had So What Will Things He Has
DONAGHEY MAY
RUN FOR SENATE
Governor Mentioned For Position
But is Too Busy With State
Affairs to Talk Politics

Little Rock, Oct. 23.-There
have been rumors current for
some time that Gov. Donaghey has
his eye on congress, but whether
for the Senate or the House, the
political gossipers do not know,
and Gov. Donaghey himself assur-
es all inquisitors that he does not
known what he will do-he will
let them know in ample time.
Just now he is more interested in
winding up the final three months
of his administration acceptably,
and turning it over to his success
or with as large a balance in the
treasury as possible. He thinks he
will be able to do this, notwith-
standing the heavy drains that
have been made on the states re-
sources and the weakened finances
of the state. He ascribes the I'M
expected gain in funds during the
last few weeks to the increased
revenues from increased assess
ments brought about by the Tax
Commission, which was created by
his administration. The fact that
he also vetoed over million dol
lars of appropriations made by the
Legislature has enabled the admin
istration to pull itself out of a fin
ancial hole that for time looked
very formidable.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
EVIL OF GOSSIP

The human tongue, when a
means of gossip, is a social evil,
one that is calculated to do inn
mense harm in dissipating false
hood, magnifying trifles and antag-
onizing people in the communi-
ty. 1t is so easy to let the tongue
get out of control and scatter its
poison in the minds of good peo-
pie. A safe rule is to keep a deaf
ear to the gossiper and refuse to
be a party in neighborhood gos-
sip.-Farm and Ranch.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
FRED MELTON IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Local Court Character Joins u. s.
Army But Deserts and is
Captured Here

Fred Melton, who has acquired
a rather unsavory reputation, and
who left here several months ago
and enlisted in the u. S. Army at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, was cap
tured here Monday and turned
over to the authorities.
Melton deserted from the army
a few weeks ago and a reward of
$50 was offered by the army off
Gals for his capture. Several par
ties here who knew of his escape
had been quietly watching for his
return for several days. His pres
ence at his mothers home near
town was discovered by DR.. A. A.
Evans, who telephoned Sheriff
Fike and deputy was sent down
to take charge of Melton. He was
taken to Little Rock Tuesday and
turned over the federal authorities.
Although Melton is quite young,
he seems to have developed a
mania for getting into trouble,
and has hardly been out of Jail
and free from a criminal charge
of some kind for three or four
years. He made no effort to get
away when his presence was dis
covered at his mothers home by
DR.. Evans. He talked the matter
over with DR.. Evans and consent
ed to come to town with him and
surrender to the sheriff, and got
in the doctors buggy and came
in with him without making any
protest whatever.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
Bio FIRE AT HARRISON

Harrison, Oct. 19.-This town
suffered a bad fire last night when
the livery barns of Hugh Earl and
that of Mrs. Frank Dickey caught
on fire from unknown causes, both
barns, with their contents, being
completely destroyed. Ten fine
horses were burned with the barns,
valued at $500; forty or fifty
tons of hay were burned, together
with a large quantity of corn and
other feeds. Much of the harness
and other equipment was lost.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
KNOCKED FROM CAB
ENGINEER KILLED
Frisco Engineer is Picked up Near
River Bridge With Skull
Crushed Into Pulp

Marked Tree, Oct. 20.-H. c.
Miller, 40 years old, well-known
engineer on the Frisco, met sud-
den death two miles below this
place this afternoon by being
knocked off his engine as it was
crossing Tyronza river. The train
was an extra northbound.
On entering the yards here Fire
man Ronden noticed that no
whistle was blown and, on getting
down to investigate, he discovered
Miller missing. He grasped the
throttle and slowed the train
down, and with others went back
to find the missing engineer. In
the meantime, people who saw
Miller fall had picked him up from
between two ties on the bridge,
with his skull broken and mashed
into jelly and both legs broken.
The Tyronza river bridge is
very narrow, barely wide enough
for large engine to pass through,
and Miller's death is the second at
this spot. A brakeman by the
name of Woods was knocked off
his train few years ago.
Miller had been closely watch
ing the operation of the engine
and it is supposed he leaned too
far out from the cab when the
bridge was reached.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
EXCELLENT PROGRESS
MADE in FARM WORK
Report of u. 5. Demonstration
Agent Shows Benefits of I'M
proved rlethod of Farming

The annual report of c. w.
Watson, State Farm Demonstra-
ton agent for Arkansas, shows a
great advance made in the work
for Arkansas. There are now
sixty county agents in the state,
three district agents, ten women
in charge of county canning clubs,
and one negro agent.
There are in the state 2716 corn
and cotton demonstrators, 1851
co-operators, 1926 members of the
corn clubs, 275 members of the
cotton clubs, and $50 members of
the canning clubs. The average
size of the demonstration plat is
144 acres, while the boys in the
corn clubs are restricted to one
acre, and the girls can cultivate
only one-tenth of an acre. The
best of all their products are ex-
hibited at county fairs, and the
cream of the county fair exhibits
will be shown at the state fair in
Hot Springs.
Some wonderful results are re-
ported. J. P. Womack, a demon
strator at Jacksonville, raised two
bales cotton on an acre of land
cultivated for IS years. Miss Celia
Brandon of Searcy cleared sos on
one-tenth of an acre, and exhibit
ed at White county fair 81 differ
ent varieties of canned goods. j.
Hix, of Monroe county, the
youngest Corn Club member, rails
ed 90 bushels of corn on his acre,
and the record yield for the state
was made by Leslie Garraid of
Columbia equity, who gathered LIS
bushels on one acre.
Merchants, bankers, real estate
lnen, and pubic officials are all
supporting the work. and during
the year contributed $4,000 to.
ward carrying on the work that is
under the direction of the govern
ment.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
INSURANCE COMPANY
MAY HELP GARRETT
If WaCkerIy was Responsible For
His Own Death, Insurance
Policy is Void

Batesville, Oct. 21.-Aid from a
powerful and unexpected source
will be extended, it is believed, to
Grover Garrett. a youth in Jail
here charged with the killing of
Glenn Wack erly, near Jamestown,
last September. tits expected that
Garrett will be tried at the term
of Circuit Court which convened
here today.
Garrett had been paying atten-
ton to Wackerly's daughter de-
spite the objections of the father.
Finally Garrett went to Wackerly
and asked his consent to marry
the girl. A quarrel ensued, fol-
lowing which Garrett shot and
killed Wackerly. The boy admit
ted doing the shooting but said
that he was forced to shoot to
save his own life.
1t is said that officials of the in
surance company which had in
sured Wackerly's life have sent
representatives here to investi-
gate and to aid the youth in prov
ing his assertion that Wackerly
was the aggressor. By the terms
of the policy, should it be proven
that Wackerly attempted to kill
Garrett and thus brought on his
own death, the company would be
relieved of the necessity of pay
ing the policy,
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
BUYS PROPERTY HERE

Rev. P. A. Peacock of Clay has
purchased Rev. G. L. Fink's resi-
dence property in the northwest
part of town and will move here
in the near future to make New
ark his home. Rev. Peacock is a
Christian minister and a good
citizen, and he and his family will
be extended a cordial welcome to
our town.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
GETTING READY FOR
FAIR AT BATESVILLE
List of 800 Premiums Offered and
is Expected That Attendan ce
Will be Large

Batesville, Oct. 23.-The coun-
ty fair will open here next Mon
day, October %, and will last for
two days. Elaborate preparations
have been made, and the govern
ment demonstration agents will be
here to attend. The fair is a joint
exhibition given by the Indepen-
dence County Fair Association and
the Boys and Girls Demonstra-
ton Clubs. A list of more than
800 premiums have been offered
for stock, fruit and poultry ex-
hibits.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
HORSES AND MULES FOR SALE

| have at Oil Trough two COM
ing-two-years-old draft stock colts
and one pair of work mules for
sale. The work team is gentle;
will work single or double, and
broke to ride. w. d. GRAY.
adv Oil Trough, Ark.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
EXPERT OPTICAL WORK

DR.. c. w. Baynham will be in
Newark Saturday, October 70,
prepared to do expert optical
work. See him about your eyes.
adv
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1912-10-25
COTTON RECEIPTS

Cotton receipts up to noon yes
terday were 915 bales, as against
$50 bales to the same date last
year. The price yesterday was
II to 11.65.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-20


General Manager Walter Post
of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing Co., said: Much may be done
to make vessels less liable to sink,
but were a ship so constructed
that she would be as near unsink-
able as man could make her, the
construction would have to be
such that she would have no other
quality than being able to remain
ahoat.
"0f course, all modern steam
ships are built with many water
tight compartments, so that the
compartments not damaged will
keep the ship afloat. But in the
case of a great impact between a
vessel and an iceberg or between
twoVessels, the damage might be
so serious that the compartments
left intact would not be sufficient
to float the ship. H..
"The one thing that l consider
most important in making COM
mercial vessels near unsuitable IS,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-20

'The vertical bulkhead, or
watertight compartment, such as
the Titanic's, is worse than use
less" said Capt. George A. Chad
dock, former officer of the Gun
ard line, and a life long student
of shipbuilding. And then he
tells>how a near non-sinkable ship
may be built.
Now in the event of pierced
hull, flooding of only one end
or one side of the ship takes
place. This causes the vessel to
assume dangerous angle and to
plunge down in the water weight
ed part. If the wound is a deep
one, the vessel sinks so quickly
that the boats cannot be launched
soon enough. The angle of the
ship makes the launching of life
craft difficult and also increases
the panic tendencies of the pas
sengers and crew.
i ".MyipfJlsp isto abandon the BeSs.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-20

providing means for pumping
water out in the event of a seri-
Gus collision and subsequent leak.
There should be a large donkey
boiler on the upper deck so the
water entering the lower portions
of the ship could not cripple the
pumps.
Under the present system the
boilers are down in the bottom of
the ship where the water can first
reach them"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-20

"The unsuitable ship is the
ship composed entirely Of bulk.
heads, which would be no ship at
ALL" said Charles H. Cramp, of
the famous 0ramp shipbuilding
concern.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-20

- = = y ** - =
= eyes," Say Master Ship
= builders, ''But Non-Sinkable +
: Ship Wouldn't Pay" :
Is the building of a non-sink-
able steamer possible? :
Can mans ingenuity build such
a vessel that neither storms nor
collisions can send her to the bot
tom, or will we have to go on add
ing to the total of souls launched
into eternity as ship after ship
founders and finds oblivion be-
meath the waves?
What do the worlds greatest
shipbuilders and navigating ex-
,perts say?
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
OAK DALE

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. Macomber spent
Saturday in Dallas. His health is
slowly improving.
John Macomber has moved his fam
lily to John Martins place, up the
LaCreole, where he expects to engage
in cordwood cutting
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamilton and
family spent Sunday at the Garwood
place. Mrs. Jim Wilson and daugh-
ters also spent the afternoon there,
and entertained all present with some
excellent piano music.
William Shewey started Monday for
trip to Salmon River, his object be-
ing to bring out a load of salmon.
Lert Miller is running the street
roller in Dallas.
Bruce Miller is hauling hog feed for
Floyd Smith.
Mrs. Graham has been quite SICK
but is convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bird, of Lib
erty, spent Sunday visiting at Charley
Birds. Roy Bird, of Pioneer, also
visited there last week. Charley is
not well, but is gaining his usual good
health again.
- d. 1ui icy anu NiilldHl hamilton
are spending a few days in Salem.
Ben Bramhall spent several days in
Portland last week.
Bert Illingsworth has rented the
place and has been building
a fence around it.
John Dennis and Clyde Robbins re-
turned from Siletz last Friday with a
load of salmon. They had a very
stormy trip and say the road beyond
Dave Leno's, on the reservation, is
bottomless. They saw many thous-
ands of sea birds in the surf along the
beach.
Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ. Robinson spent
Sunday at Charles Birds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Robinson
spent Sunday at Tom Cards
William Hamilton has an ear of
corn he raised at his home at Oak
Dale that would be hard to beat. IL
Il Of the Yellow Dent variety. and
measures Is inches in circumference
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
MONMOUTH

! N c. Christensen, of McMinnville
was in town Wednesday, having beer
| to Eugene on business Owing to the
rains his auto failed him about hall
way between Monmouth and Dixie
and he came back to Monmouth and
stopped over night and one day, then
took the train for home
P. E. Chase sold his business here
to w. P. Propst and left for Arrows,
Lake county, Southern Oregon, where
he has a homestead. His family will
follow in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. McCready, of Cor
Wallis. were the guests of his wife's
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Boothby,
over Sunday
Miss Mildred Force, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Force, has gone to
Arlington to spend the winter with her
sister, Mrs. P. Mulkey.
Rodney Golfer and C. E. Herren
have completed the concrete walks in
front of their premises.
S. Walker is not expected to live.
He has oidpneumonia.
Prof. Fl. C. Osten left Tuesday for
Tillamook, to attend the institute. He
will deliver an address before that
body
The reception at the Normal Satur-
day night was well attended by the
citizens of the town.
There are 10 students enrolled at
the Normal, and still more coming.
BY February it IS expected that there
VIII be over 200.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cass Riggs, of Crow
ley, spent Tuesday with Mrs. Riggs'
mother, Mrs. Bedwell.
Tuesday was a gala-day in Mon
mouth; the town was full of candi-
dates with their usual smiles.
PEARL Black, of independence, is in
town with his wood saw, pleasing the
people.
Before this time next week the
presidential, state and county cleo
tions will be things of the past and
there seems to be quite a stir on every
hand. To the Republicans, stick to
your party" for there is a scheme to
kill the old and well-tried party that
has done so much for the country
Times never We're better, and every
body is prosperous, and a change
might bring about a disaster. So let's
let good enough alone and be happy.
Mrs. Stella Donley, of Joseph, Wal |
Iowa county, left for her home We'd
nesday. after a long visit with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ Hampton. |
Mrs. Hampton accompanied her as
far as Portland.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
THE TRAIL OF THE AGENT.

What is there about an agent that
recommends him to many people ?
There are thousands of folks who will
buy the wares which an agent offers
and pay third. and sometimes
twice as much for the goods as is
asked by the home merchant Last
week a travelling book agent visited
number of Dallas people. He rep
resented an Eastern publishing house.
He offered a magazine and set of
books by a well-known author for a
price that made the books cost $1.O0
per volume. one of his proposed
customers visited Hayters book store
and found the same. identical book.
published by the same house. could
be purchased for so cents per volume
just half what the travelling agent
asked
Another agent called upon Dallas
people selling a Standard dictionary.
He sold some Of the books, too. Yet
the same book is carried in Dallas
and at a price less than the travelling
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
WAYS THAT ARE DARK.

Following the recent fatal accident
at Salem in the building occupied by
| the Salem Bank and Trust company,
when a boiler in the basement eX-
| ploded resulting in the death of two
of the banks officials, the Salem
Trades and Labor Council placed it
self in an unenviable light by declar-
| ing that the building was unfair"
and that DIR. Sleeves, it's owner, was
also a director i'm the bank. Dr.
Sleeves is a candidate for mayor of
Salem and it is presumed that the
circular was issued for the purpose
of discrediting him with union men.
Coming as it did closely following the
accident and the death of two of Sa-
lem's respected citizens, and with the
air filled with ugly rumors, the action
of the Labor Council is certainly in
very bad taste. 1t Is intimated that
the real cause of the explosion has
not yet been clearly established and
there are those who declare that
| defective boiler was not the true rea-
SON. The unions declare that the
Sleeves building in which the bank
was located Is unfair" for the rea-
son that the contractor who recently
repaired and remodeled ii following
fire early in the summer employed
non-uniOn and union men indiscrim-
inately In other words he operated
an "open shop" and employed any
man who was competent. 1t isn't
The Observers fight. but it appears
from this distance that the union
people of Salem are attracting a lot
of unenviable notoriety to themselves
by the circulation of such declara-
tions. They have been too cowardly
to come out into the open with their
fight, according to reports, but a cir
cular setting forth the above charges
formulated by the Trades Labor
Council, was slipped under the door
of the banking house during the
hours of darkness. It's only purpose
could have been to intimidate the
bank people and the owner of the
building.
How long will organized labor
stand in its own light and continue to
bring upon itself the condemnation
of fair minded people by such tao
tics? The principles of the labor un-
ion are right. The fundamental idea
which impels men to organize for
their mutual protection will admit
of no successful contradiction, but
The union should fight its battles
openly and fairly. rather than resort
to the methods of the blackmailer 1
and the thug. The surreptious circu- |
lation of insolent and anonymous cir 1
culars attacking the characters of
prominent people, the stealthy step in
the dark, the innuendo. the crafty /
implication and other like methods .
so often employed by the agitators /
are the adherence of those who re-
spect the law and who love fair play /
Such tactics arouse the sensibilities of
honest men and they are quick to re-
sent them and condemn the organ
ization that seeks to thrive by such
plans
The Los Angeles Times dynamiting
should prove a lasting lesson to un-
ionism.
Legal blanks for sale at this office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
LET US BE MODERN.

The regular winter struggle to
eliminate the mud nuisance in Dallas
has begun. Last winter, and the win
ter before it cost a considerable sum
to Dallas taxpayers to keep the
streets in even a presentable condi-
ton, and it will cost still more the
coming season. Each winter men
and teams are engaged, experiments
are made with this or that improved
appliance to remove the mud, but
mud still is there and about the only
result of the money expended is to
turn it over and transfer it to a new
place. No fault is to be found with
the efforts of the city officials in this
regard-they probably do the best
they can with the streets-the rem
edy lies in placing the streets in such
condition that the mud won't be
there.
Dallas has reached the stage in her
growth where she faces the problem
of permanent paved streets. This
fact was apparent two or three years
ago--it is self-evident today. The
city cannot afford longer to remain
in the village class. Today Dallas is
the only community of any size in the
Willamette valley that hasn't a paved
street. other cities, some of them
mere hamlets in comparison with
Dallas. have paved streets The peo-
pie have adopted the plan, and now
the march of improvement is rapid
1t is an indisputable fact that, wher
ever the paving plan has been tried,
it has been difficult to keep abreast
of the demand of the property own
ers for it's extension. Usually it is
fought persisUently by many people,
but, when the officials have overrid-
den their protests and adopted the
Improvement, the very men who OBJ
jected the most strenuously, have
been the sfirst to see it's advantages
and clamor for more work of the
same kind.
The expenditure of money on ma
cadamized streets in the business sec |
ton of Dallas. or of any other city,
is bound to be unsatisfactory. You
can't make a paved street out of a
dirt one, nor can you have conditions
what you desire until you take the
bull by the horns and improve your
streets permanently. Some property
owners may object, and the claim
that the paving assessments will con-
fscate the property will be heard, yet
no such result will follow. 1t never
has. On the contrary business prop
erty on the paved streets will increase
in value, rentals will rise because ev-
cry business man will look for a To- |
cation on the streets where travel is |
heaviest, and that will be found on
the most passable thoroughfares,
The Observer hopes that the Dallas
Commercial club will tackle this
problem during the winter months
and that an agitation will be started
that will end i'm hard-surfaced streets.
Let us progress. Let us join the van
and emulate the example of McMnn
vile, Newberg Sheridan, Independ-
ence, Silverton, Springfield, Corvallis.
and even Willamina. None of these
places, with the exception of Corval-
lis, are larger than Dallas, and some
Of them are considerably smaller in
population and much less In wealth
per capita. What is good for them
is good for us.
Let us be modern.