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The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

The live stock bought at Jonesboro has paid for itself. Every year there is hog sale of three principal breeds, Duroc Jerseys, Poland Chinas and Berkshires. The farmers from all over this district come to these sales and they put their own price on the hogs that are bought. Some of the stock brings fine prices for it is the best blood and is inoculated against cholera. The Jonesboro hogs have been prize winners at the Berkshire Congress at Des Moines and the state fairs in Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Ar kansas and, wonder of wonders, Iowa. Stock judging teams of five JonesbOro boys each, have represented the state of Arkansas at the National Feeders and Breeders Show at Fort Worth, Texas, which is the largest Southern stock show, The American Royal Fat Stock Show of Kansas and in the International Livestock Show at Chicago, which is the largest of it's kind in the world. In these great shows, the Jonesboro boys have de- feated teams from the Colleges of Agriculture of Texas, Oklahoma, Kan sas, Nebraska, Missouri, Nevada, Ida 'ho and Pennsylvania.
 The Soil Work at Jonesboro is un- der w. A. Cope and the boys have made the ground around Jonesboro produce a good deal of feed for the stock They put up the first Silo iu the northeastern part of the state. They made it out of cypress and got the lumber from the surrounding woods. It was an 120 ton silo and cost only $114, counting labor and ma terial. They are now about 80 siles in Craighead county. For many of these the boys are furnished plans,
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

bought 160 acres in the St. Francis Bottoms and is now paying for the land with the corn, oats, alfalfa and other forage and grain crops. An other Jonesboro boy has rented 1,200 acres in Crittenden county and he is sub-letting part of this tract for shares on the land he is cultivating. He is making good money despite two over flows. By working at the school and on farms during the summer, a third Jonesboro boy helped to support his mother and two sisters. He made his money in the summer by running ot crude oil engines in the rice belt. He learned how to run these engines at the Jonesboro School
 V. c. Kays-a young farmer who knows and does-is principal of the Jonesboro school. Associated with him are other men and women from the farms. These, with the boys and girls, are doing remarkable things at Jonesboro. J. M. Ridgell, the fruit man, took the old orchard on the grounds that hadn't borne in six or eight years. MT Ridgell and the boys wormed, pruned and sprayed the trees this past year. Aside from the fruit used in the school from this orchard the girls canned 500 gallons of peaches In the new orchard the boys raised between 600 and 700 bushels of sweet potatoes between the rows After the boys had raised them, the girls canned about 1000 gallons and they packed away nearly 200 bushels for seed next spring, and while they were canning the potatoes, the girls put in few days of extra work and canned $50 gallons of beans and a good many gallons of tomatoes. In the new orchard the boys have about 20 acres of apple, peach, pear, apricot, fig, cherry and plum trees. When this orchard comes into full bearing, 1t ductive in the state. It did not cost very much money, but it is going to make whole lot of money in the next five or six years. If anybody Is looking for young man to run an or chard and make a profit, he is mighty apt to find them at the Jonesboro School Jonesboro is mighty proud of its stock department under George R. Ely and M. D. Helser. When the school was started about four years ago, they began an active fight on hog cholera in the northeastern part of the state. MT. Ely and MT. Helser and the boys have vaccinated thou sands of hogs. Whenever they vac cinate they always show the owner of the hogs the best way to do it, and they get him to assist in the work, own hogs just as well as veteri 2arian.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
THE JoNEsRoRo SCHOOL.

The School of Jonesboro, like each of the other three, had last year about 300 pupils, two-thirds of them being boys. Each pupil paid about $100 for board in the nine months, and the state paid about $90 for each one in tuition, room rent, heat, light and other incidentals. Some of the boys work their way through. Every sum. mer a number of the Jonesboro boys went to the best stock farms in the North and East. They not only make money to help pay their board the coming session, but they get pratical experience with live stock under va ried conditions.
 One boy from Craighead county went to Jonesboro two years, then he
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Cotton Belt Will Pay Up.

W. A. Conaway, tax agent of the Cotton Belt Railroad, called at the of. fee of the State Tax Commission and announced that he had been instruct
 ed to secure statement of the amount due the state on the franchise tax
 which was sustained by the United States Supreme Court. The company has resisted from the first the pay. ment of this tax, provided under the act of 1909, and the accrued amount with penalties, is nearly s48,006. Mr. Conaway said it will be paid at once.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

and a good many of them they have helped to build. They have plans for concrete, stave and modified Wiscon- sin ailos of various sizes from 50 to 250 tons, while the girls are canning vegetables for the students, the boys are canning" forage crops for the live stock of ensilage is nothing more or less than canned goods for stock
 At Joneshoro, as at the other three agricultural schools, 1t is work that wins. The boys and girls are there to work, to make themselves more effi- cient and to become brainy and pros- porous farmers and home keepers. Be- fore they leave school they discover what remarkable things they, them selves, can do with the land, silos, livestock and home-making, and they know that farming and the care of the home is the best of all profes-- s1ons-and about the best paying, when it is done right The Jones'. boro girls are adopts at preparing food for cooking, and many of them can, I match any negro nanny when it: comes to cooking it. There is a spe- cial course in invalid cooking, for, every woman, sometime in her life, has to do a good deal of cooking for some inValid-a husband with a bad l.
 cold, if nothing more In this course | they learn the comparative nourish. ing values of different foods. They do all kinds of sewing, from the making of simple stitches up to tailor-madea suits and millinery. In these days, a. woman who can make her own tailor l made suit is the envy of all women. | In the heavier lines, they do a great mending. The man who marries one
 of the, Jonesboro girls need never
 fear of holes in his socks or buttons
 off his coat. But this isn't all, tbesS- girls learn how to make homeT tive as well as comfortable M know how to select carpets, y
 per and paints and how to stsncil
 window. curtains, drapeties and Eble
 covers, they also study home archltec-
 ture-a very useful and much neg
 lected subject. Each girl has to plan
 house complete, and blueprint the
 plans. These plans include ventilat-, ing, heating, plumbing, etc. Then thes future housewife has to write out the
 specifications for this home and to fig
 ure the lumber and masonry bill
 These are just some of the activities.
 of the Jonesboro students. They are
 farmer boys and girls who in future I years are going to make Arkansas a
 great farming state and fill it with
 attractive, well-ordered and happy homes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
To Investiqate Preparedness.

Washington.-Pre of the United States for war probably will be investigated by Congress. Several bills and resolutions were introduced and an inquiry by congressional com mittees is regarded as certain. al though President Wilson told Repre- sentative Gardner that he opposes tltc investigation by 6 commission. Tbe president said he believes this woulf be an unwise way of handling "s question which might create very ur favorable international impressions"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Decree Against the Cotton Belt.

That back taxes, amounting to S46,- 65762, shall be paid to the State of Arkansas by the St. Louis-Southwest- ern Railroad Company, was the decree of Chancellor J. k. Martineau. The chancellor's action follows the deci sion of the United States Supreme Court of last Monday, upholding the validity of the states franchise tax act.
 The amount granted the state is the aggregate taxes sued for in four sep arate cases, one of which was that passed upon by the United States Su preme Court. This amounted to $10, 167.0S. The other amounts were $13, 002.S0, S9,695.17 and S13.792.57.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Admits His Double Identity.
instructions to Bankers.

CHARACTERIZATION Hudson, a wealthy lawyer, for years a respect ed churchman and citizen here, and c. H. Betts, who fled from New York in 1894 when he was freed on bond charged with forgery, are one and the same. Hudson, who was arrested Fri day at the instance of the heirs of his former bondsman, admitted his identity in statement issued by his attorney, Clarence Darrow
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Must Send Postage For Tags.

The State Highway Commissioner has advised sheriffs and collectors and automobile owners that automobile license tags cannot be sent by parcel post unless postage to cover is sent with the application. There has been 25 or 30 cents in addition to the cost of the license. The commission ad- vises that there is no provision for the state to pay the cost of transmit ting the tags.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Cotton Belt Employees Divided.

St Louis.-A vote to strike has been adopted by the conductors and brake men of the unions of the Cotton Belt Railroad employees, while a vote against strike was adopted by the firemen's and enginemen's organiza- tions. Information to this effect was brought to the office of F. H. Brittou. president cf the railroad, by officials of the various unions The strike vote is the second growing out of the company's dismissal of a conductog for alleged iA,o1Ication.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Judge Lindsey Exonerated.

Denver, Colo.-Branded by Judge Ben B. Lindsey, as another attempt of the beast" to "get him." charges pre- ferred by the Ministerial Alliance of Denver that the judge was guilty of liberating men accused by young girls, were dismissed by the Fire and Police Board.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
RaiIroad Granted Extension.

The Board of Railway Incorporation on Friday granted an extension of three years to the St. Louis, Arkansas and Pacific Railway. The extension was granted upon the representations of J. H. Kuder of New York, formerly of Harrison, vice president and gen. eral manager of the road.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Public Utilities Commission.

Governor Hays has advised the members of the Arkansas Railroad Commission, who called upon him to lay the matter before him, that he is interested in the proposition for the creation of a Public Utilities Commis- sion. There has been a great deal of discussion of the subject for some time, and there appears to be grow ing demand for such branch of the state government.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Bank of Wynne Dividend.

J. S. Carpenter, special deputy commissioner in charge of the liquida- tion of the Bank of Wynne, secured the signature of Bank Commissioner John M. Davis to three hundred checks for the payment of the first dividend on the liabilities of the in- stitution. The distribution is 40 per cent, and it is said there will be fur ther dividends.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Bruce Greeson Enters Race.

There is another entry in the race tor secretary of the Senate, which has up to the present time been exclusive ly in the hands of T. J. Terrall, secre- Greeson of Conway, who was journal clerk of the Senate in 1909, announced that he has decided to become a can didate for the secretaryship.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Was Former Dean of Radcliffe.

Philadelphia.-Miss Agnes Irwin, 73, former dean of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass, died at her home here Sunday Miss Irwin was great eat-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Condition of State Banks.


 The report of the State Bank Com missioner John M. Davis shows to- tai of 431 banks under the jurisdic- tion of the department March 4, and 413 on October 31 the decrease being due to consultations and a few fail ures. The number of trust companies increased from 43 to AZ in the same period
 Another significant feature of the re- ports, showing the effect of supervi- sion, is the reduction of overdrafts from $2,159,62S.3s on March 4, to $24S,, 296.54, each of the four calls showing up a substantial reduction. Commis. sioner Davis predicts that the subse- quent reports will show still greater reductions.
 The aggregate capital stock of the banks of the state, exclusive of the national banks, Is $13,S76,142.50, and the surplus is $3,7O5, ,997.88, and undi- vided profits $1,707, ,493.1O. The indl. vidual deposits aggregate $22,829,- 10S.09 The total resources amount to S67,154, 4,407S6, the largest single item being secured loans and discounts of S29, ,422, ,7O945,
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
SiIoam Springs Depot.

The Railroad Commission did not make it's contemplated trip to Siloam Springs this week. President Edson of the Kansas City Southern held a conference with the citizens of that city, and reached satisfactory solu- tion of the depot question.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18
Oil Company Chartered.

The North Arkansss Oil Company If Fayetteville, with an authorized santal stock of s20,0O0, was chartered recently. White Phillips is president.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

Venice-The Austrian government has conflscated the entire output of oil in Hungary.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

Plant plum tree in the chicken -ard.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-18

the committee. 1t must be free from lien and protected by insurance against damage.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06
of the Italian parliament, and Enrico

of the Italian parliament, and .Enrico
Cattaneo. former mayor of Como.
He 10 the more hopeful because Ital-
ian courts. 1t IL said, give greater
weight to the psychology of such cases
than do American courts. The evil
dence, especially the accused's story.
Is not held within such close confines
as In courts here. He IL given greater
liberty in the court room. He IL priv
ileged to rise and, face to face, contra
dict witness; to express His emo
tons freely at every turn of his trial.
And on the stand he is given free rein
in laying his case before his jury az
favorably as he may.
Charlton told me-" said Judge
Palmieri, that his first instinct when
he saw that he had killed his wife was
to rush out of the house and summon
everybody within reach of his voice
He did. AZ q matter Of fact. cry out
He felt 30 sure at the time, he told
me, that he had only to call people
in and explain how he had come to
kill the woman, to have all understood
and forgiven. But then he remem.
bered that he was in a strange land
and he permitted himself to indulge
'the opposite reasoning-that by plac-
ing his wife in the trunk and throwing
the body in the lake and disappearing
himself, his Italian neighbors would
simply conclude that the Americans
had moved away in the night and he
would escape"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06
IN A TREE WITH RAccooNs
Maryland Farmer Flights for HE Life
In . Battle Of HE Own
Choice.

fredericksburg. Md.-Horace Robin.
son. young farmer Of Smithville. six
miles north Of fredericksburg, had .
thrilling experience In the top Of an
oak tree the other night with I'VE
raccoons. which he encountered while
on his way to visit . neighboring farm.
or. Before the battle ended. Robinson
fell from the tree. completely exhaust
cd. Three of his ribs were broken and
his thigh was badly injured.
The young man Get out from home
shortly after dark. and was passing
through Q strip Of woods when he en-.
countered the 'coons. He followed
them to . big oak. which the 'coons
climbed. Thinking probably he could
capture one Of them alive, Robinson
also climbed the tree. but when he
reached the 'coons they showed fight.
and for Is minutes the young farmer
had to fight ct . great disadvantags
10 save his life.
The 'coons got all around him, and
though he kept his arms going like
piston rods. the 'coons inflicted ugly
gashes with their claws. Robinson
kept up the fight from his peril0us
position until completely exhausted.
when he fell to the ground. He dragged
himself, bleeding. to the country road.
where his groans were heard By his
father, w. H. Robinson. who picked
his son up and carried him home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06
YOUTH INITIATES A SUICIDE


Los Angeles. Cal.-John Handling.
q seventeen-year-old teamster. shot
himself the other day because his
chum, Floyd Mayhem. did the same
some weeks ago. Mayhem II dead.
but Handling will liveg
Handling did not select the scene Of
his death with such . good eye for
romantic surroundings as did young
Mayhem. The young southerner,
homesick for his loved cotton fields,
went to Westlake park and there.
while the band was playing q melody
which haunted him. put . pistol to his
head and fired. He fingered for Q
month and then died.
Undeterred by the pains Mayhem
suffered, Handling went into . barn
at 203 Central avenue and fired q bull.
let into his breast. It missed the
heart, but punctured the left lung.
AS the shot rang out the cashier in
the ofYices of the John w. Snowden
company was making out landings
time check. The young man had
been discharged. He was taken to
the receiving hospital, put on the
same table on which his chum, May
hew. had been laid, and was later
taken to the county hospital. where
MAYHEM died.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06

visiting. Sheen's horses SHE'D at some
paper In the road and bolted. Around
q curve they raced madly.
At the curve was the Greenman car
rage. and the rear Of the wagon
whirled when the horses turned the
curve. crashed into the carriage. over
turning It and throwing Mrs. Green
man and Miss Dodd to the ground.
A short distance further Sheen man
aged to stop his team. He FASTENED
back to inquire the damage he had
done. He assisted the women to their
feet. helped them repair the carriage.
and then introduced himself.
DO you mean to say you are Joe
Sheen. who used to live in Blue Mound.
Kan. . long time ago?" Miss Dodd
asked.
Sheen stared. Then: "Yes, and I
know you now. Amy. I searched 30
years for you. and believed you were
dead"
They had gone to school together
IS yeart ago In the little Kan
sas town. Then Miss Dodd's parents
moved away and took her with them.
Before they went, however. the couple
had become engaged. Miss Dodd's
parents died and she went to New
York. From there she went to Eu-
rope a. the companion Of an aunt.
She wrote several letters to Sheen.
but he had left for the West.
Miss Dofd came back to Kansas
after she returned from Europe.
taking q school at Eudora. Sheen
never returned, but he wrote many
letters searching fG his hancee. He
believed her dead until the collision
near Kublar.
They were married few day. later.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06
LIKES THE PRISON STEAKS
swlndler crIns When He 10 Rearrest.
ed-says Federal Meals Are
Exceedingly Good.

Chicago.-ClarenceA A. Kohl grinned
and shook hands cordially with gov
eminent officers who rearrested him
as he was being discharged upon COM
pleting two years Imprisonment at
Leavenworth penitentiafy.
During that two years tasted
more tenderloin and sirloin steaks
than I ever expect to see while at lib
erty," explained Kohl upon his arrival
in Chicago.
The prisoner said the federal prison
st Leavenworth was the best boarding
house he ever had patronized. and that
II was also q first-class place to room.
Kohl was arrested in Chicago more
than two years ago. and convicted of
having used the malls to defraud. He
had operated Q mail order grocery.
While awaiting sentence he jumped
his bond. Then he committed the
same offense in Pittsburgh and was
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Now he Is awaiting sentence for his
former misdeeds. He was also known
a. c. Alvin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06

1t IL always . mistake to use IN
inferior grade Of sweets, such a.
cheap molasses. They are sure to pro
duce trouble. particularly In the fall.
A good way to feed 10 to hollow
small oblong pieces Of wood and ali
with warm strip. Set at the hive en-
frances at nightfall. Some people NIL
small paper bags with Q fine quality
Of thick strip and prick holes in the
bottom with q pin. The bags are
placed over the frames.
The bees that hatch between Au-
gust Is and October Is are the ones
that constitute the winter force.
It takes about ffty pounds Of the
best graduated sugar to feed .
healthy stand of bees through the
winter.
Have you noticed that many of your
bees are dead In the spring. although
the hives contained plenty Of food
This 10 because they were 20 cold
that they could not move to the new
stores after they had consumed those
within their reach.
Bees seldom die from having too
much honey, but like people. they
cannot live without eating.
II you winter bees in the cellar
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06

Philadelphia, Pa.-Ethel, q Jersey
COW belonging to Robert Hutchinson
of 6729 Leeds street. was arrested the
other day by the police Of the Sixty.
first and Thompson streets station.
charged with, first, having wantonly
eaten most of the grass on Louis
Jones' front lawn at Sixty-third street
and Lebanon avenue; second. resisting
arrest, and third. conduct unbecoming
q lady.
1t all began by q perfectly orderly
meeting which took place between
Ethel and two Of her best friends.
Rose. q light brindle. who furnishes
milk to the family Of James Kelso. of
926 North Sixty-eighth street, and Mrs..
Dooley, an estimable mixer. who 10
cherished by William Funston. Of 1908
North Sixty-sixth street. The three
wandered down the street together,
switching their tails amiably until they
came to Mr.. Jones' lawn.
Jones came out when the luncheon
was well advanced. Without being
introduced he made remarks. and q
crowd gathered. Jones rushed into
the house. called the police. and . pa
troll wagon came on the run from
the station house.
Rose and Mrs. Dooley went along
meekly enough. tied to the back of
the wagon. but Ethel intimated that
she'd die in her tracks before she'd
walk q step behind that thing. and
there was quite scene before the pa
troll squad succeeded in hosting her
into the wagon. Before they reached
the station house q large crowd col
fected around the wagon and made
jeering remarks. When they got
there. Ethel declined to get out
The reserves finally were called out
Of the station house, and eighteen
muscular policeman picked Ethel up
bodily. Five hundred persons stood
around and shrieked and howled.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-06
RUNAWAY REUNlTES
LONG PARTED LOVERS
Crash Of Teams Results in Mar
rage Arranged Thirty-Five
Years AGO.

Kublar, Colo.-A horse ran away out
ON q country road four miles from
here, demolished q new spring wagon
and q buggy. but reunited sweethearts
of IS years ago. and paved the way
for . marriage.
Joseph Sheen IL . rancher living
seven miles from Kublar. He had
driven to town and was ON his way
home. riding in his new wagon. Com
ing into Kublar in q carriage. Miss
Amy Dodd of Eudora. Kan, was chat
ting with her hostess, Mrs. T. H.
Greenman. with whom she had been