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Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02
Milk.Fed Chickens.
al t0 Independent.

Special to Independent. ..,
 Little Rock, Dec. 1.-L1's Rock will feast on mllk i'4 chicken after the first o1 'n' year, the Arkansas ffOuu' Company having sent repls. t. sentative to Michigan to stuas the methods used there m las n', tening chickens on milk i' ",1 D,d been demonstrated that the Sa 0u style of forcing food into J, 'ns ars craw of chickens, stutflng 'n'I a11 so full that they would sleep p;'h oh day in the dark cellars in when sa t6ev were kept, is a failure anu 'a the milk fed chicken is the 1';,l 'an est fad. The local company .,;.h ; nut in sanitary GOODS, vlisn o;sa have a double bottom, one Osias sa+' a light screen, sufficient 'U at la me fen two cars of chickens at ''se 0ae time. tim The representative ,''ay wiy has gone north will also s stut, Sy the, methods of packing u' ;n or. the large poultry houses, s,,hinosd II, s,] der that the chicken 1;na snlptop top from Little Rock may 0'''S prices.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

Sweep up every particle of silage In the chute and alleyway and give it to the cows at every feeding.
 The corn belt has Its champions, and so, too. have the cotton and the wheat belts, but the leather belt Is universally popular in the good old summer time.
 It Is the clean wool that brings the best prices. There Is nothing to be gained by handling anything but first class wool. If dirty, it pays to clean 1t.
 Has the seed corn 90 per cent or better germinationf
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

publicity campaign. Tho school needs were set forth, the state awoke, pulpit and press took up the cry; and the Legislature of 1911 responded by pass ing a series of constructive. progress sive educational statutes that will cause that General Assembly to live in history. A state Board of Education was created; State Aid to high schools was granted consolidation of weak schools and transportation of pupils were authorized; the county superin- tendency law was clarified compulsory school attendance was extended as far as practicable: an act was passed for the standardization of colleges.
 Results followed quickly. and are continuing to follow at an ever in creasing ratio-a ratio that will soon give Arkansas the place she deserves high in the galaxy of honor in the sisterhood of states. It can be safely stated that Arkansas is progressing more rapidly than any other state ID the union, but the great campaign that is now to be waged is that for increas- ed school revenues.
 This school progress has not been at hazard, showing here and there, but it has been consistent logical growth, with the definite purpose of building up a strong state school sys- tenn and giving square deal' to the boys and girls in rural communities.
 The course of study for elementary and high schools has been revised. Agriculture has been made a required subject, also hygiene, and the teach ing of these subjects has been made personal, practical and definite. The trend of the entire school system has been, to & marked degree, toward the practical, to make of all the youth, trained useful citizens-health, happi- ness and helpfulness are displacing the three R's.
 Outside the few larger cities, the high schools were found to be few weak and without standard, some were labeled high schools, others academies colleges or even universities, many were privately maintained. Fewer than five thousand were attending all these secondary schools, State aid was ap- piled in 1911-12, ninety-three schools were aided, last year aid was given 1l6 schools and this year aid is being extended 14S schools. The high school has become the Peoples College" The attendance has increased three hun dred per cent During the two years of state aid, 1892 pupils from rural districts attended the state-aid schools, agriculture was taught to 4.0S0 pupils and those preparing to teach number ed 2,645 and there Is still greater at tendance for the current year.
 Making the rural schools practical
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

N W MARVELLOUS, even start NH ling. is the progress made v by the public schools in Arkansas during the past I--~-.----- five years. The State De N------ partment of Public In strvction has prepared a series of tables and charts which tell story of unequaled advancement.
 Five years ago, when State Superin tendent Cook talked of consolidated rural schools and transportation of pupils" he had to stop to define these terms and carefully explain. Now these things are accomplished facts, Last year one hundred weak rural school districts combined into larger, practical working units and score of wagonettes are daily hauling pupils to and from modern schools located in a number of tho erstwhile back woods" districts.
 With the consolidated, graded rural schools has come an awakening for good roads. Wagonettes loaded with children cannot make schedule time to and from school through quagmire and rain,gullied roads. In Poinsett county the boys in the rural schools are having contest with prizes to be awarded those schools which have the most successfully "splitlog drag ed" road passing the school.
 The Boys Corn Club and Cotton Clubs and Girls Canning and Poultry 1 Clubs have covered the state and the already visible returns are beyond cal cula on The first corn club move mcnt was started In the office of the state superintendent in 1908. The literature was written there and the reports came to the state super1n tendent In 1909 Superintendent Geo B. Cook, personally, wrote the hrs' prize list offered to boy corn growers in Arkansas and he arranged with the Arkansas State Fair of 1909 for the first corn show. This was the begin ming but the end Is not yet.
 When MT. Cook took charge Of the educational department of the state in 1908. the office force consisted Of ons deputy and clerk He became Moses for the educational interests of Arkan
 eas and smote the rock of foreign capi 1 tai. with the result that be has been i able to administer for the good of the
 public schools no less than $100.oot and he has thus been able to support
 for the state state high school in
 spector, two rural school supervisors
 and state organizer of school i'm
 movement associations.
 The definite beginning was made probably by the organization of the
 Arkansas Education Commission. fl
 nanoed without cost to the state. This commission conducted q statewide
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

the pupil and the pupil read it during the Rural Life Day Pro- gram.
 Two dollars will be given to the girl having the best compo- sition and two dollars to the boy having the best and one dollar each to the boy and girl having the second best papers.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02
FARM NOTES.

Spraying is-insurance.
 Use care in setting plants.
 Spray the orchard thoroughly, Alfalfa makes fair grade of silage The gardener is no better than his tools. oyerworking will make butter look like lard.
 It lways takes pounds of feed te make pounds of butter-fat.
 A weed is plant out of place. Too thsck sowing makes weeds.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02
MADE EFFECTIVE cARoM SHOT
Remarkable Feat of Craftsmanship That Is Credited to a Texan
 of Kentucky Decent.

Shooting to kill Is notoriously fine art both in Kentucky and Texas. No wonder, then, that the best shot of that sort on record should have been made by Texan of Kentucky decent We may call him Hank. His enemies, however, had other names for htm. It was, in fact, because particular one of these enemies, commonly known as Form, had been indiscreet In this mat. ter of nomenclature that Hank had extra-oiled his sixshooters and gone out to take walk in the cool of the evening.
 Form was warned, and with his six shooters also extra-oiled, entrenched himself behind one of the solid brick pillars of the courthouse porch. It was past dusk and the swinging kerosene lamp in the porch failed to Illuminate the gloom of the village street where Hank was with his bat tery, while 1t made an easy target of a human head poked from behind the pilldl, db IL lluot DS II tho OW HOT WcI6 to do any effective shooting on his own account. Form wisely stuck be- hind the pillar. Hank maneuvered in vain. Wherever he stood. the pillar was between him and every bit of Form. At last he gave vent to his disgust in these words, distinctly over- heard by the listeners we'll under cover across the road:
 'I see I've got to try a carom shot or I'll never get the coyote" He carefully selected his position, took aim at certain spot on the brick wall behind the pillar, and pulled the trigger. The bullet went true to the mark, ricocheted, caught Form in the side of the head, and killed him where he stood.
 The story Is vouched for by a mem Der of the Republican party in Texas. New York Evening Post.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02
Rad Teeth And Tuberculosis

pv Theodora Carter, President
 Society of Good Cheer:
 Bad teeth and tuberculosis go hand in hand; gathering a har- vest yearly that is appalling So true is the above statement that if the facts were fully realized every child in our country would he compelled to submit to a den- tai examination before being ac- cepted as pupil.
 If is estimated along scientific investigated lines that there are inward of 9,0O0,00O children with bad teeth in the public schools, and only a portion ot them receive treatment or at tention.
 Now, just listen to s. Adol- phus Knopf, M. D., in New York Medical Journal: Impair ed digestion is often one of the first symptoms of tuberculosis, and this impaired digestion IS not infrequently due to a bad condition of the teeth.
 Liberated teeth may give en- trance into the bones to tuber- or ingested, or as a result of sec ondary infection. It is almost impossible to cure tuberculosis patients with no teeth or with bad teeth.
 The lack of dental care in childhood has often brought a. bout a general malnutrition, ane- mia and chlorvanenia, malform- ation of the maximillary bones resulting from the loss of teeth, enlarged and suppurating cervi- cal Hands and many other ail- ments.
 Bad teeth, decayed teeth, ol the less of teeth during child hood, it's concomitant discomfort pain, depression of spirit anc lack Of appetite produce that physiological poverty which rem ders the delicate system of the child not only more prone to tu. berculosis, to the invasion o1 the germs of serious, acute con. tagious diseases such as meas les, diphtheria, scarlet fever but also susceptibl, to nervous afflictions such as hysteria, cho req and St. Vitus dance"
 Dr. Knopf has nothing tt gain in telling you this yol could not employ him if you de sired He is one of the unchar tered Good Cheer men that spend time, money, and a ript medical knowledge to assist the masses free.
 You can readily realize that good teeth in childhood means freedom from many diseases and a longer life. Wise mothers are giving increased attention to the teeth of youngsters.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

is not theory any more, but fact. More than fifty county and school fairs in the state this fall showed ex- hibits from the rural and village schools, not only of drawings and literary work, but sewing, cooking. carpentry and iron work records of crops raised, compositions on personal hygiene, community sanitation, disease prevention, and many practical phases of home economies and husbandry, based on observation and personal ex- perience. Rural School Graduation Day" is observed in many counties. Yet. this Is but the beginning.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

o;,,o \, i'e but What slVe'-Nemphis News.seaiaa saa'
 'wproyed w"''' Roads In Ark,,, p,,"n' Washington, D. c, Dsa sa'' sta4s. svery ii five years the e'I r, states Stat Department of Asa .a 1;o 9are, so.5' through its office of' et llc road mileage and sv,I V, lures in the various stats1 tsp' tlrst census Was taken in the second in 1909, and an
 next one is soon to bsa;s s,te 1914. The results of III fs;, vestigatoin will attract 1,,, n., wide attention. N'' AS a result of the 1909 eu It was shown that twept1' States of the Union had than , per cent of their m improved and among this n Der was Arkansas. There T m Arkansas at that time 445 miles of public roads Of the total mileage for t 170 miles were reported su,f,1 with stone, 53725 with yr,, and 37S miles with sandal making 8 total of 1,OS5,25 mi; of improved roads. There " no sand-clay roads Reported 1904. The total mileage of I proved roads reported in l9 was 236, which shows a gain 849.25 miles for the 5 year pe cd between 1904-19O9. It appears from these fgu| that 2.97 per cent of the roa| in Arkansas were improved the close of 1909, while in ls| only 0.64 per cent were repoI ed improved, which indicates gain of 2.33 percent for this [ riod.
 Forty-five counties report no improved roads, P count reported less than 10 per ce improved roads, $ counties ported between 10 and 19 ! cent improved, while one COL ty, Craighead, reported P per cent improved, and county, Pulaski, reported 61 per cent improved roads.
 While the Department frequently pointed out the be ,ficial effect of good roads on value of land, the hauling
 crops and school and church tendance, improved roads Iigan, the population decrea on population.
 In 25 counties selected at I dom, in Alabama, Arkan Mississippi, Missouri, lllm Indiana, Iowa, Maine and M gan, the population decre' from 1890 to 1900 at the of 31,120 per county, or a t l for the 25 counties of 706, These same counties showed average of 65 per cent proved roads. In 25 other e | |ties selected in the same s1S an increase in population shown for the same perloa time of 778,383, an averag l31,9O5 for each county ' per cent of the roads or ' counties were improved
 Milk-Fed Chickens.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

ger sense When We ,.,
 who help us we nnt ae ;t tneb \ poS power to help us all thu h' \ and dispose them tows,s ,rs so' We receive but "Sta nS ! ! glVe'-Nemphis News.ssai''t sa't
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

A half pint of csrbolio acid in two gallons of water makes good disin fectant for any purpose.
 Fine rotten manure from the stables may be applied with great benefit to grass if spread early.
 Try a few moth balls in the nesting material of setting hens and the yer. min will be less troublesome.
 The digestive powers of the hog are the feeders foundation of success.
 Work in the potato patch may be gin as soon ss planting is finiahsd use the harrow first.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

Value of public school property Value of school buildings erected during year
 Number of school buildings erect ed during year
 each school building Annual expenditures for school purposes Balance hand close of year Number of teachers employed Average annual salary paid teachers Pupils Beverage for Length leverage state)
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02
Increase.

The increase n school an n the pa % hA
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-02

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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
CHIPPEWA GENERAL COUNCIL
Indian Tribes to Perfect Organization
at cass Lake Meeting
First Since 1887.

Cass Lake, Mimi, May 1.-THE first
general council CT all the Chippewa
Indians with all the tribes represented,
since the session of 1887 at Cass Lake
has representatives from Red Lake
Leech Lake, Bear Island. Mile Laos,
Chippewa, Mississippi Winnebegosh.
lsh. Fon du Lac. Grand Portage, Neto
Lake. White Oak Point and Cass Lake
totalling 20 delegates.
Ernest Prosser Holcomb chief super
visor of the United States Indian Ser.
vice is attending the convention in
order to see what is accomplished in
the way Of organization.
John w. Carl of Mahnomen was
elected chairman and H. w. Warren
secretary Of the convention. Both
addresses rendered were explanatory
of the work mapped out for the dele
gates.
Bishop ]. D. Morrison of Duluth ad.
dressed the council and commended
the Red Men for finally getting to.
gether in meeting Of this nature. He
reviewed the history of the past SO
years and told what the Episcopal
church had done for the Indians. He
counselled them to remember that
they represent all the Indians of the
respective tribes and urged them ia
bear patiently with one another if DIFF.
ferences Of opinion should arise.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
TRIES TO WRECK ST. PAUL's
Near High Altar in the
Historic Edifice.

London, May 8. - An attempt to
wreck the ancient st. Pauls cathedral
by a bomb is attributed to the militant
suffragettes.
The verger wlD conducts sightseere
through the massive edifice was max.
ing his round when lie heard tick.
ing sound near the high altar Upon
investigation he found hidden a heavy
parcel done up in brown paper. lie
Immediately placed it in water and
handed it over to the police, who
found suffragette newspaper
wrapped up with the bomb.
This attempt and the placing of two
other bombs in other parts Of the city
thus made it appear that the militant
suffragettes had entered anew on
their havoc-working campaign follow.
ing the defeat of the woman suffrage
bill in the house of commons.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
PEACE As AN OBJECT LESSON
PERPETUAL PEACE is AIM OF
NEW YORK MEETING.
Delegates Arranging Program fos
Celebration Consider New Plan
Monument Suggested.

New York, May 7.-Before taking
up discussion Of the plans for cele'
brating the 100 years OF peace among
English-speaking nations. the interna'
tional conference. in session hero to
arrange the program, tentatively de-
cided to adopt statement of pur:
pose that will make for perpetual
ton OF this peace.
The celebration, it was stated, was
secondary Importance to the con-
Ridcration of future peace between
the two nations as an object lesson to
other countries now at war or pre-
pairing to engage in war to settle
their differences.
In this connection it was announc.
ed that at the banquet in honor OF
! the visiting delegates on Friday night,
Secretary Of State Bryan will be pres
rnt and is expected to make an i'm.
portant announcement.
A celebration plan considered was
the erection of an international peace
monument by Great Britain and the
United States. possibly Of identical
design, the cost to betrayed either
| from public funds through private
subscriptions.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
OLDEST PIONEER
WINS CLAIM CASE
katNNEsoTA's MOST AGED SET.
TIER GETS DECISION
FOR $500.
DATES FROM CIVIL WAR TIME
Fights Nearly Half Century to Re-
cover for Damage by Soldiers
To Be Paid by unites
States.

Minneapolis. May ELI Pettijohn,
~ years Of age, Oldest living pioneer.
whose home is in little white frame
will get $S,40O from the United States
In settlement Of a claim that he has
been fighting for forty-two years. A
decision just handed down by the
court Of claims at Washington dis.
poses Of one of the most noted claims
cases of record, dating from the civil,
war period. /
Early Minnesota Settler.
In 1S4l. when Minnesota was viii
derness. Eli Pettijohn came to this
state in the company of an Episcopal
missionary bishop and settled near
Fort Smelling. then the outermost post
in this part of the United States. In
1861. when the federal troops were BE-
Ing modified for the civil WAT, the
government, the claimant contended.
took possession Of his 165-acre claim
near the fort and his dwelling house,
In which were quartered army onioera.
who killed and ate his cattle and
otherwise used up his stores.
Mr.. Pettijohn, In 1871. filed htD
claim. with interest, asking for 318,7
300 Southern opposition to payment q
northern war claims was said to aci
count for failure to secure action.
Congressman Loren Fletcher, John
Lind, Frank M. Nye and George R.,
Smith have severally interested them
selves in the case. w. H. Adams %
Hopkins has been attorney for Mr..
Petujohn.
Washington advices say the awar1
Of ss,4OO will probably be voted by
congress and paid within another
year.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
JAP ENVOY VISITS BRYAN
ASKS DEMONSTRATIONS VIEWS
CONCERNING ALIEN LAW.
Answer May Finally Be Proposal to
Negotiate New Treaty to
Replace Old One.

Washington, May S.-F'irst among
Secretary Bryan's callers when he
reached Washington from Sacra-
mento was Viscount Chinda, the
Japanese ambassador. The exact out
come OF the call is unknown. It is
assumed that the ambassador had
been awaiting this opportunity to de-
liver personally to the secretary Of
state a protest from the Japanese
government against the California
alien legislation, but 1t is believed
now the effort of the ambassador was
to get from the secretary some idea
of what the administration proposes
to do after Gov. Johnson signs the
land bill. as it is generally expected
the governor will do.
Before answering this question,
however, Mr.. Bryan must report and
confer with President Wilson regard.
ing the California mission so Mr..
Bryan probably suggested that the
conference with Viscount Chinda be
postponed for short time.
It is well understood that the effect
of this will simply be to delay the
progress of the Japanese protest un.
less Secretary Bryan is able to sug.
gest some means of dealing with the
present phase of the question that
will make the protest unnecessary. 1t
has been suggested that this might
take the form Of proposal to nego
tiate. a new treaty to replace the one
of 1911 which has been unsatisfactory
to both parties.
A new treaty expressly disclaimine
The right of citizens Of either country
to acquire real property in the othe,
i might meet the needs of the case
! and save Japanese pride by removing
, ground for the charge of discrimina
lion. This, 1t is pointed out, would
worg hardship on American mission
airy interests and some large business
concerns which now hold real estate
in Japan under the "superfices" law
, modified form Of the American
ground rent system.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-10
POSTMASTERSW WILL
TAKE EXAMINATIONS
DEMOCRATS TO HAVE CHANGE
AT FoURTH-cLASS OFFICES
UNDER NEW RULING.
WILL INCLUDE MORE LATER
Purpose Is to Make Second and Third
Class Appointments Com.
petitive-Age Limit
Sixty-five.

Washington, May 8.-After con-
ference with President Wilson. Post.
master General Burleson has an-
nounced that an executive order will
be issued requiring that all fourth-class
postmasters, now in Office. or candi-
dates for prospective appointments.
should be subjected to a competitive
examination to determine their fitness
for the Office.
More Included Later.
Later Mr.. Burleson announced that
IL was the purpose of President Will
son and himself to take into the
classified service, probably next year,
all postmasters of the second and
third classes.
The postmaster general issued a
statement explaining the purpose Of
the new executive order, declaring
that President Taft's action in putting
the fourth class postmasters in tho
classified service was not sufficient
and that the mere placing of "a great
horde of persons" in the classified
service was not in conformity with
the spirit of the civil service as there
were not tests to determine the merit
of the applicants.
Age Limit 10 e5.
The new order which substantially
amends the Taft executive order re-
taius in the classified service all fourth
class postmasters but specifically re
quires a competitive examination and
a selection by postottice inspectors
from among the first three eligible
applicants The order places the age
limit for appointccs at 50 years.
MIR. Bur)eson, in his discussion OF
the situation, indicates that the Will
son administration wishes to take the
fourth class postmasters ont OF poll
tics but points out that democrats as
well as republicans will have an ap
portunity under competitive eX;rnina
tons to show their fitness.