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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-17
OAK STREET CAFE
CHANGES OWNERS

George Frazier, who owns and OPP
crates the BUSY Bee" restaurant. has
bought out the Oak Street Cafe from
Joe D. Jones, the consideration being
$500. Mr.. Frazier will move into his
new quarters at once, where he will
continue in the restaurant business.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-17
BRISTOL.

w. A. Young moved to Randolph
county Friday.
Everyone interested meet at the
Baptist church Friday noon for the
purpose of making arrangements for
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-17
Personals

Diamonds. Robinette's. (adv)
Barnes-Photos. Phone est
Christmas Trees at Coles
o. D. Lngstreth went to Little Rock
today.
T. NJ. johnson of Under is in town
today.
Hartford Life-Hartford Life is
better. (adv.)
A. C. Martin has returned from
Little Rock.
DR.. E. T. Williams of Greenbrier is
in the city.
! Charles Lester of Naylor is here on
business today.
Mrs. W. H. Duncan is spending the
day in Little Rock.
Mrs. J. M. Downing is spending the
day in Little Rock.
Mrs. Fred Gordy is visiting rela.
tives in Little Rock
Umbrellas for Christmas Gifts.
Robinette, the Jeweler.-1t (adv.)
Albert Hess has position at j. J.
| Livingston's jewelry store.
Frank Farris has returned from e
visit to friends at Lake Village.
Mrs. A. C. Graham of Little Rock
is visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. Walter Terry and children are
visiting friends in Little Rock.
A discount of 25 per cent on all
Persian Ivory. c. H. Robinette.
dit (adv.)
Miss Vestal Witt returned to her
home at Morrilton this morning.
Miss Merle Cole returned from a
visit to Little Rock friends today.
A. B. Pyle of Forrest City is visit
ing his brother, L. H. Pyle, in this
city
Miss Floy Witt has accepted po-
sition at J. J. Livingston's jewelry
store.
4 Plenty of cottonseed meal and hulls.
See me when in need or telephone 207
or 1862. (adv.)
Miss Floy Smith returned today
from an extended visit to Little Rock
friends.
B S. Mathews, 26, secured license
to marry Miss f. E. Heffington, 81,
both of Enola.
For Rent-A seven-room cottage on
Faulkner street. Apply to Mrs. T. M.
Moore. Phone 56.-d-tf (adv.)
For Sale-One team good mules
and wagon and harness. ]. c. Full
mer, Conway, Rt. 4.-wtf (adv.)
Miss Martha Treadway, a charming
young lady from Ozark, is guest at
the home of Mrs. G. W. Hill.
l have screened Schmidt Blakeney
coal for sale at $500 per ton. l will
keep a supply. R. B. McCulloch.
diff (adv.)
The best place to buy-College
Park Addition. You will make money
if you buy a lot now. ]. D. Duna-
way.-dtf (adv.)
John Durham had a very valuable
Jersey cow killed on the railroad in
the northern part of town yesterday
j. C. Basket, a Confederate vete-
ran from near Martinville, is in the
city today, rejoicing that he has lived
to see a Democratic president elected.
All kinds of fireworks sold at the
Dan Chivers place, south of Conway.
On sale after next Saturday, by
Bud Anderson and Jesse Allinder.
diff (adv.)
/ For Sale-Choice residence on large
lot, $500 down and $25 month;
price, $1,750. Address C. Guy Bran
non, Ellis Drug Co., Little Rock, Ark.
J DIT (adv.)
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-17
Buy Your Watch

At home and keep your guar
antee at home as we'll as your
money.
l will sell you any Watch as cheap
as you can order. If you don't be-
lieve this, bring your catalogue and
will prove it.
Hadn't you rather trade with your
home merchant if you get as good
service?
Bring in your catalogue and try
me.
A Watch would make very appro-
pirate Christmas present.
A good Boys Watch for only $4.00,
and it's guaranteed.
A 15-jewel mans Watch for
$3.50
that can't be beat Lots of others to
choose from.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-12-17

Another turkey will be given away
at the Grand tonight. Be on hand at
S:45. (adv,)
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

night was dark but when we got to
the foot of the tree In which tho dog
had treed the coon / soon discovered
him. all In bunch. on good.sized
limb ten feet from the ground, and l
got ready to climb the tree and kick
the coon on the limb down to the dog.
q II shtpped up the trunk and soon
reached the branch on which the coon
was perching. Then he ranrout to the
end of the limb and made his stand.
for he couldn't go any further.
Il crept along the limb until I came
within kicking distance OF the coon.
The limb was too big for me to shake
him on, Preached up and grabbed It
with one hand and aimed tremen-
dous kick at the coon.
The kick landed all right and
knocked the coon from his hold and
OF the limb. But the force OF the kick
broke my hold on the limb above and
my feet slipped on the lower limb. 30
that was following the coon in his
tumble. 4 caught one arm on the
lower limb as went down and quick
ly grabbed the limb with my other
and saved myself from the tumble
The elitnD being only ten feet from the
ground, / had only couple OF feet to
drop as / hung. but I hung on and
listened to hear the coon hit the
ground and the dog pitch into him.
IT didn't hear the coon hit tho
ground. but after quarter OF min
ute or SO heard a sound as II some
thing were crashing through tree =
q similar soon came up from some
where q good deal farther away. Then.
after an interval. another further
down than the second. and at last .
distant, dull thump, as Of some object
striking the ground. / felt myself
turning cold. worked my way along
the limb back to the trunk OF the tree
and slid to the ground. ~.
That chestnut tree stood a few feet
from the edge OF one OF the deepest
ravines along the lake. We knew
the ravine was there all right, but Il
never occurred to me that the Limbs
OF that tree grew away out over It.
They did, though. and when kicked
myself and that coon on of the limb
We we're on wasn't hanging almost
within reach Of the ground as l sup
posed. but was suspended In the air.
with nothing under me but 300 feet
or SO Of vacancy! IS
Il have never hunted coons much
since that night. don't say that that
Is the reason there are more coons up
In the Lake Keuka country now than
there used to be. but ! have my opin-
ions about it,
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

hal In other words. 1t was suggested that as
a sequel to the earlier effort there should
now be international cooperation for the plsc-
ing OF the production and traffic In opium un-
der international law. sr rta
The elimination of the long fight is now In
sight An international conference was held
recently at The Hague. the capital OF the
Netherlands, to arrange for measures that
will put. up the bars against opium and other
habit-forming drugs all over the world. Many
of the men who attended the Shanghai con-
ference were appointed by their respective
governments to represent them at The Hague.
The power and Significance OF the two gath
erings was vastly different however AT the
Shanghai conference those In attendance
could only advise aud recommend. At The
Hague conference the delegates were empow-
cred by their respective governments to agree
upon definite measures. After prolonged ses-
sions measures were decided upon which. IL
is expected. Will fully carry out and put Into
effect the objects of the conference THESE
measures will be reported to the various gov
ernments represented. to be followed by legis-
latiye action on the part OF their law-making
bodies putting Into execution the regulations
agreed upon This is supposedly mere mat
ter of routine as all the powers have given
their promise
FOREMOST of the regulations agreed upon
ara those for uniform national laws and regu-
lations to control the production. manufacture
and distribution of opium and its derivatives.
Almost as important, will be the regulation
by the universal postal union OF the transmits
sion OF opium through the mails. Going yet
further in the direction Of complete control
will be the restrictions that are TO be placed
upon the cultivat4sn Of the poppy, from which
opium is derived. and limiting the. number pf
ports through which the drug may be shipped
by opium-produeing countries. There was
adopted also uniform marks of identi tihcation
for packages containing opium In interna'
.tional transit t
The nations that are Interested in this
worldwide crusade and were represented at
the conference include the United States.
China. Great Britain. France, Germany. Italy.
Japan The Netherlands, Persia. Portugal. Rus
sia and Siam. Some of the. other powers.
notably ;AusFia- Hungary were not directly
represented because- they are not much affect
ed by the opium evil. but they have given as
surance that they will abide by the regula-
tions which have been agreed upon by the
conference. When the international confer
ence was nrst proposed. China showed her
intense interest by appointing strong dele
CATION including such progressive men as DR..
Yen, who was educated In American colleges
and is In sympathy with American ideas and
ideals. ~ ~
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05
CALIFORNIATREASURE STORY

The story Of wound received in the Civil
war which sealed the hiding place of fortune
for more than half a century and OF strange
trick of fate which cleared the .hider's memory
in the evening Of life was brought to Los An
geles by the hider's son. j. K Anderson OF
New Orleans, who Is at the Van Nuys en- route
to the old placer mining neds of California.
says the Los Angeles Herald. - - SIS.
Anderson's father Joined in the gold rush
and vas one Of the miners OF the AZ days. He
located a claim In Placer county. near Auburn
and Newcastle. Within year he had snatched
from the river bottoms a. fortune. Then the
call of the south for volunteers reached him.
He buried the gold beneath the adobe blocks
of tavern In the vicinity OF his claim.
strapped all the precious substance he could
carry about his body and hurried to join the
Confederate army. s5 81
y Anderson says that his father was struck in
an engagement with the Union troops by a
bullet which tore open his scalp and robbed
him OF his memory for fifty years During tnat
time. the son says, the parent was like child
with all knowledge OF the hiding place OF the
gold gone..g Before he died, a year ago. his
memory OF the gold rush returned to hfrn and
he was living again in the past that preceded
his part In the conflict. gH n-t
1t during these last moments that the
old man told his and the mother where he
had buried what he claimed was fortune,
The son is hurrying to unearth II possible
the buried treasure. Anderson said: T
MY father said he buried the gold under a
corner Of old adobe tavern patronized by
the miners In the early days. This tavern was
in Long valley at a point halfway have
learned. between the present towns OF Newcas
tie and Auburn L have learned through CORE
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

nomic, scientific and political aspects OF the
opium problem, not only as existing IN the
Far East but throughout the world The out
come of the gathering WAS the unanimous
adoption of a series OF, recommendations In
which the delegates and experts assembled.
strongly urged that their respective countries
take action In three matters, namely an
overhauling by each nation Of Its own regu-
lations with reference to the opium traffic;
the adoption of measures for the suppression
of opium smoking. and, finally. the enforce
ment of restrictions upon the manufacture
and sale of morphine.
The experts of the different nations having
agreed upon the measures that ought TO be
taken to curb the evil. II was UP to the United
States she having inaugurated the project.
to make the next move In the matter. This
she did with no loss Of time. Our ofhcfals
wrote to the various powers suggesting that
they get together and take action on the
Recommendations that had come from Shang-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05
Thrilling Night Hunt Which 9
Maine Man win Not Forget
for Some Time.
SUSPENDED IN SPACE
crawIed Out on Limb to pIslodos
Game-Unaware That He Was d.
rectiy Over chasm Which Was
500 Feet Debp.

Portland. Me.-'Is there is another
region anywhere better cut and fitted
to suit the tastes Of the night prowl-
ing. ring-tailed coon than the country
round about Lake Keuka. up in old
Steuben," said Packy Griswold Of
Hammondsport. then I would be
pleased to have a look at It.
Ordinarily there isn't anything
about q coon hunt up in the Lake
Keuka country that is calculated to
terrify the hunter. but came Just as
near being scared to death by coon
one night as anyone could come and
yet live. And I'm scared yet when
ever think OF that coon hunt.
Il was hunting with a friend of
mine from Bath. ! had good coon
dog. and we weren't long in starting
coon. He took bee line up the
steepest and highest hill there was
within five miles. but my dog was up
to the tricks of the coon and followed
this one SO close that the rlngtailed
thief OF the vineyards was forced to
climb a tree.
1--WE had managed to get to the very
highest point of the hill, though. moro
than 300 feet above the lake. Tho
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05
Trained Nurse Who Shores

I'm all those months was in the hospital
somebody ought to have warned me. think.
said the trained nurse, according to the New
York Times. 'Of course had 1t from the
folks at home that snored little. but never
took 1t seriously until went on my first case.
found then that 1t is a serious matter for a
nurse to sfore. a,,, ,-,-tivafi ~ ~
r. ~ took the case from nurse whose own
health had broken down. The patient was
nervous and excited over the contemplated
change and that made my ordeal more So
we're: a brand new of my own would have
been much easier. Sul we got along fairly
well together the first half OF the night He
was a kindly man, and soon after midnight he
Insisted that I should try to get some sleep.
1 didn't think I'D catch a wink, but by and
by dozed on II was a fatal sleep for me.
The next morning the patients sister told me
about the snoring b. u 73s7f; - 1zteit
n. James could not rest at ALL she said. 4
heard you in the next room.'
h. lYBefere night was looking for another Job
OF course did not have to- give up nursing
entirely. but the hard cases. where I am re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

further report the wisest measures for better
ing the situation. eiei4 s'rnN
1t required year and a half OF letter writ
ing. back and forth. before the. governments
concerned could be induced to meet each
other a common basis In explanation of
this reluctance 1t may be pointed out that a
number OF the countries. notably Great Britain,
and her colonies. France, Holland and Siam
derive large revenues from the opium traffic,
and In some instances opium production
is government monopoly. Should the
traffic in opium be virtually abolished. as
1t is likely to be in time. these various powers
stand to lose revenue to the enormous aggre-
gate of one hundred million dollars a year
No wonder they hesitated. However In the
end the common OF humanity tri-
umphed and It arranged that an interna-
tonal opium commission should be created.
This commission. which took up its work at
the city of Shanghai, China, early in the year
1909. discussed all phases Of the moral. eco
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05
UnIntentIonaI Truth.

'The latest agonyr said spendthrfft TO his
disspated companion. lis the way felt this
morning Ny wife asked me FOR f10 note
and cut the matter short by telling her that It
could not be done. for the simple reason. that
/ had only matter OF bob or so In my
pocket. ~ sll4-tis 1Fti
Il knew you'd tell me that she said, and
IT'S true too And as looked up in amaze
ment she added. looked in your pockets last
night I've got the a10 note
Fancy how I felt But what could DOR
London Tit-Bits. ftffff-t 'ft't
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

spondence that arfamiiy by the name OF Scott
occupies the tavern as farmhouse and that
the country around it is devoted to the rails
ing of citrus fruits. 7ftf' 7 - :
mo one has disturbed the original lines of
the building The adobe blocks are heavy. L
have obtained permission from the owners to
prosecute my search and will give them
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

share of my findipsss sDtherwissd wonld hdve
to bury the property" 4U fs.
Anderson Is a civil engineer. He was en-
gagged by the government for some time in
work on the Panama canal. but has-ieft his
employment to search fqr the treasure which
he maintains his father has hidden In the old
placer mining fields Of California
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

quired to keep awake every second. are open
to me All those soft snaps that give you a
chance to sleep half the night are beyond the
reach of the snoring nurse
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05
PI.usIbIs.

"Braggs is up in Maine hunting. He writes
me that he's shot the biggest bear on record" >"
Don't doubt It. 1t would have to be mon
ster for Braegs to hit it."-Boston Transcript.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

Iheaval Of the machinery OF government This
late development is a crusade to free the
Chinese. and Incidentally other peoples Of
the world. from-the- bondage of-the- opiurn
habit which has for SO many years been a
progress
We. Americans must feel an especial
pride and interest in this breaking of the
grip of the deadliest drug habit because 1t
has been brought about largely through the
efforts of the United States. Or in other
words Uncle Sam set the ball rolling. At
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

having possessions in me
Ear East to ascertain IL II
would not be possible to
form a distinguished inter
national commission that
would study the opium
problem as it then appeared
in the quarter Of the globe
where It had proven the
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-01-05

HE past few months have wit
messed political changes II
China that are fraught with
grave import for the people
OF the most populous country
on tho globe. At the Bame
time there has been working
to a elimination another evo-
luton in public affairs that
holds almost as much signifi-
canoe for the inhabitants OF
the Orient as does the up-
The oasis., 1912-03-23

advanced work in agriculture de- veloped and offered by the Univer- sity College of Agriculture.
 For the maintenance and streng- thening of centralized University we propose the continuation of the existing organization of Agri- cultural College, School of Mines, and Experiment Station within the University, including all endowments and grants of land designated to them.
 In brief, we submit, for your thoughtful consideration and ap- proval, two complementary and harmonious ideas, covering the whole field and including the in- terests of the whole agricultural population-endowed elementary high school courses in agriculture throughout the State; and a strong, centralized and unified State University.
The oasis., 1912-03-23
Railway Wages and Railway Earnings.


 There were substantial increases in the wages of railway employees during the fiscal year 1911. Re- ports filed with the Interestate Commerce Commission show that the total compensation to the en- ployes of railways over 800 miles long $1,005, 5,277,349. The total wage cost to the railway for the year was greater by $41,868,822 than it would have been at the rates of pay in effect during 1910, and greater by $69, ,297 ,678 than it would have been at the rates of pay in effect during 1909.
 Notwithstanding an increase of 2,l08 in the miles of railway operat. ed, there were fewer employees on the payroIls June 30, 1911, than on June 30, 1910, by 31,037. yet the total compensation paid to em- ployes during 1911 was greater than that paid during 1910 by $49,976,216. This is greater than the increase in the gross earnings of the railways by $22, ,595, 121. The net revenues of the railways, which are what is left after paying operat- ing expenses, fell off by $40,9S8,- 539 during this same period in which compensation increased near ly fifty million dollars.
 These figures are summarized from Bulletin No. 2S of the Bureau of Railway Economics, which is based on official reports made by the railways 10 the Interstate Com merce Commission. and which ex- hibits in detail comparison of the aggregate compensation to differ ent classes of employees, the num- Der of employees of different classes, and the relation to railway traffic for the fiscal years 1909, 1910, and 1911.
 The summary of revenues and expenses of the steam railways over fifty miles in length for the month of December, just issued by this Bureau, shows that for the calendar year 1911 the total operating revenues were less than for the calendar year 1910 by $27 ,69S,7S0, and the net revenues less by $22,286784.
The oasis., 1912-03-23
Civil Service Examination. Male
 clerk-carrler.


 An examination for male clerk and carrier will be held at the post office in this city on March 27, 1912. Age limit, Is to 45 years, on the date of the examination. Applicants must be physically sound, and male applicants must be not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height without boots or shoes, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat,
 For application blanks and for full information relative to the ex- animation, qualifications, duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, etc., address immediately
 LOUIS 5. SvARINA, Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Post-otfice, Tucson, Arizona.
The oasis., 1912-03-23
The University of Arizona

OhlbNl HA NCfNAD III bIO tJbdbC4 and of an increasing demand for a better and mere generally diffus- ed knowledge of the agriculture of the region. Various departments of the institution are, accordingly, devoted to the investigation and the teaching ofagriculture, especial ly as applied to Arizona. The Ex. pertinent Station, which is legal ly constituted part of the institu- ton, by means of its flexible organization, carries on its ex- perimental work in all parts of the State, with offices and labora. tories conveniently and economi. cally administered on the Univer. sity grounds, The agricultural college, another department of the University, devotes itself to teach. ing courses in agriculture, which include not only such technical suh- jeets as soils, horticulture, dairying and stock judging; but also those courses in English, mathematics and the sciences required as part of any we'll rounded education.
 Farmers Institutes, endowed by the State, are employed, further, to carry the fruits of investigation to the farmer himself, through lectures given by those engaged in the study of problems relating to the farmers welfare. Ten thousand people were reached in this way last year in all parts of Arizona-in academies, schoolhouses, churches, in the open air, and inc instance under the protecting shelter of railroad water tank.
 But we find. after years0f service conducted along these lines, that the hunger and need for agri- cultural instruction is not ap- peased but only awakened; and that with an increasing rural popu- lation of a high order of intelli- gence, still more efficient means must be devised for reaching, ulti- mately, the whole farming popula- tion of the State.
 With this end in view the Uni versity, has devised plan to meet the exigency. There are two features to this plan-First, to carry the opportunity for class work in agriculture into all the farming districts of the State; Second, to maintain and strengthen the centralized University or ganization, with view to the efficiency aud economy which are possible only by this means.
 For the general extension of agricultural teaching into all parts of the State, we propose a State Endowment available for the teaching of elementary agriculture In all high schools that quality to receive it. Such endowments, up to S25OO0O Tn amount, are in suc- cessful operation in a number of eastern states and are particularly we'll fitted to the needs of Arizona. The especial merits of the plan with reference to Arizona are sev- eral; CD The greatest possible number of students is reached, at an lmpressionable age, in their own agricultural environment, and with least cost to themselves. (2) The cost to the State, for benefits re- celved, is less than for the main tenance of single separate institu. ton created for the same purpose. An initial endowment of S15 OOO