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The Little River news., 1915-03-31
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

I am forced to ask you to write us no more letters asking for tax state ments, as we have more letters than we can answer before April 10th, the end of tax paying time. Send money to cover and we will send change back to you. It will be several days Or weeks in returning receipt very likely. We are very busy on account are doing the very best we can. If you get the money here in time your land Will not go in the delinquent list, even though you may be late in getting yor r;ceipt.-W. D Waldrop, Sheriff az :. Collector.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
STRAWBERRY CULTURE
s. B. Keagy of M., D. and C. Gives
 Advice on Strawberries.

(By S. B. Keagy of M., D. & G. Ry.)
 The cultivation of strawberries is not more difficult than many other field crops, yet know of no crop that responds more readily to thorough cultivation, or yields better returns for labor performed than strawberries.
 The ground should be we'll broken and pulverized, narrowing and drag ging until you have a good firm plant bed. Then mark off in rows four feet one way and about two feet, nine in- ches the opposite. Set your plants in the cross but be careful not to set plants in furrow. Set plants with dibler or any sharp instrument that will make sufficient opening to allow plants to be placed without crumping the roots. Some prefer cropping off about one-third of the roots before set ting but don't think that necessary Firm the ground around the roots with the foot otherwise, being care- that the entire root is covered and the bud out of the ground. Be careful in hundling your plants while setting, so that they are not exposed to the sun or wind. The roots dry out very qui- ckly when thus exposed. If your ground is little dry or dusty on top, good plan is to loosen the punches and dip the roots in water just before setting. Within week or ten days after setting begn cultivation. Shallow cultivation is generally preferable es- pecially as the season advances. Gull tivate both ways until new plants be- gin to set after which cultivate only the wide way. Encourage new plants to set as early in the season as possi- ble. The early plants are the best bearers the next season. Allow your rows to widen until you have a matt ed row, from eighteen to twenty-four inches wide. Keep space between rows cultivated until frost in fall. Keep the blooms clipped first season. Newly set plants are much weakened by being allowed to mature fruit. If you wait until blooms are we'll ad- vanced, then pinch or clip off entire stem. It is not laborious job ane one time going over the bed is gen erally sufficient
 Fairly rich soil in which the humas has not all been leached out should be selected. Also land that drains well and does not wash badly. In hoeing care should be taken not to loosen the soil around the roots. Scrape the weeds and grass away with sharr hoe, and do not dig within three or four inches of the plant Cultivate often enough to keep grass and weeds from getting advantage of you, and in dry weather keep dust mulch, espec- ially after rains don't allow ground to bake or crust.
 If the above instructions are inteli- gently observed, feel certain that you will be we'll rewarded for your ex- pense and labor
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
 Ten Years' Misery Ended.

J. T. Chambers. merchant Jones' boro. Ark, writes: Foley Kidney pills cured me of a ten-year standing case of rheumatism. suffered miser- ably. A friend told me of being cured; i; so used them, and they cured me, too. Most middle aged men and women are glad to learn that Foley kidney pills afford a way to escape sleep disturb Ing bladder weakness, backache, rheu- matism, puffness under eyes, stiff and swollen ioilts and other ills attrisut- cd to kidney troubles. Sold by all ers.--adyertisement.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
.EERs CHOSEN
mission Names En. S for New Road!

], March 26.-The board
 sioners of Miller county
 ct No. 1, at a meeting held
 ected the engineers who are
 lpervision of the construction xty miles of good road, pro- 1T which was made by recent ne Arkansas legislature. There large number of applicants arious states, but the engineers are Howard & Ash, Kansas Lund & Hill, Little Rock, and Christian, Texarkana
 le road will radiate from Texar- 3, one of the most important lines az east by way of Vaudeville and man, and terminating at Red River IT Fulton or Index. twenty miles om here, and where it probably will 'nnect with similar r 2ad from Hope ? kshdown It is annoAnced that the engineers will get busy at once, and it is expected the actual building of the roads will begin within a short time
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
PREPARING SEED BEDS :
Commissioner Page Issues Letter on
 Preparations of Seed Beds.

Little Rock, March 31.-(SpeciaL)- Commissioner John H. Page in a let ter to the farmers of the state says:
 "One of the most important steps in the making of a crop is in preparing a seed bed. No crop can possibly give the best returns without that precap- tion and we should not expect the ele- ments of plant food in the soil to be- come available when the soil is not put in good tilth before plating. The soil requires attention to insure the best results. The clements of plan, food which feed the crop will respond if the sun, air, rainfall and other ele- ments are permitted to thoroughly penetrate and act upon the soil.
 We readily admit that all land should be broken in the fall or early in the winter; we should therefore be- lieve that much good is to be gotton by breaking the land in the spring if we do not have time to break it in the fall. Land should be broken before planting and we are neglecting the first important step toward success if we do not break the land. All of us have been familiar with the practice of burning stalks, grass and weeds on the field, then streaking off the land, bedding on the little furrow, and throwing out the middles, all in order to save breaking. Sometimes it would appear that there was not sufficient time to break land before planting.
 "It does not matter how late the sea- son is or may, or now crowded work may be, or how little time there is left befort the regular planting time, there is always time enough to properly prepare the land for crop. If the crop is worth our time and attention it is worth our best efforts If not We had best plant another crop. And when we do take time to break the land and properly prepare it, we will find way to use the stalks and grass in the field to supply organic matter to our hungry soils. Our soils must have their organic matter. If it is not put into the soil in the way of stalks and winter cover crops, we will in time be compelled to rest the land entirly for year or two while we may grow and turn under clover, peas etc.
 We should therefore turn all the vegetable matter under that is avail able and we will have to break the land in order to get the rubbish and stalks out of the way. At this time Of course it is necessary that the stalks be cut so they will not tear out the young plants before they have com pletely. rotted If you do not own stalk-cutter, borrow one.
 Breaking the land will be of ad- vantage to you because of the fertili- zing value of the material turned un7 der; because you will put the land in good tilth and give good seed bed l because you will have begun to fight the drouth next summer by holdingI water now; because you will make more plant food in the soil available for the use of your plants; and be- cause human experience has proven that thorough preparation of the seed bed is one of the most important steps in successful agriculture.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
Petitions Being Circulated at Fore.
 man for Road Improvements.

v Foreman, March 26-Petitions are being circulated in Jackson and Franklin townships to be presented to County Judge Jones, asking for a road improvement district to be known as Road Improvement District No. ? lto be formed in these two townships for the purposes of issuing bonds and building good roads. The districts can be formed under an act passed by the last legislature, known as the AL exander bill, and it is necessary that q majority of the acreage be represented or the petition.
 The petition embraces Franklin ana part of Jackson township, includ- ing the town of Foreman and five roads out of this place will be effected as follows: Five miles on the Black land road, seyen miles on the Lanes port road, four miles on the Hawkins road, five miles on the Lewis Ferry road and ten miles on the Anderson road, as they are now situated.
 Petitions are in the hands of s. D.. Matterson, Thos. Dollarhide, L. B. An derson, Frank Williams and also one at the Palace Drug Store, and these gentlement are meeting with much en- couragement so far in the way of se- curing signers.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
K BANK BANDITS
 ELUDE SIX POSSES
Desperadoes Break Through Ring and
 Ride for Kiamlchi Mountains With the Spofls.

Oklahoma City, Okla. March 27.- Members of the band of desperadoes who escaped frem Stroud early today after robbing two national banks of s5, ,00O, eluded half a dozen mounted posses and tonight were riding swift ly toward the fastnesses of the Kia- ''michi mountains with their spells. Last reports said the men were headed in the general direction of Kelleyville, northwest of Chandler, with. the poss- es 30 minutes behind.
 Five men were in the party which escaped after the r.bberies.r It. was learned from eyewitnesses tonight while two of the band, Henry Starr, notorious Cherokee desperado, and man named Estes, were wounded and captured. First reports said the band numbered II men. Starr and Estes are in jail.
 Company B, National Guard of Ok lahoma, was mustered to arms at Chandler late today and joined the posses in search of the bandits.
 "Ourselves to Blame"-Starr.
 "We went to the banks to get the money. We got it. We have no one to blame but ourselves. There are five good men left in the crowd" said Henry Starr, while admitting his iden- tity at Chandler tonight.
 It is reported farmer, Jerry Tur- nor, was fatally wounded because he refused to throw up his hands at the command of the robbers when the s,trud National bank was robbed.
 Paul Curry, IS years old, is the hero of the raid, for it was the town mar shal's young son who wounded and helped capture Starr, the leader of the raiders when the band rushed from the banks and attempted to mount their horses and escape from the ga- thering citizens. Less than an hour after the robbers fled from Stroud un- der hot fire. they were surrounded by a determined posse. Telephone calls brought scores of armed ranch CTS in automobiles. on horseback and on foot to the scene.
 Star Wanted by State?
 Those guarding the supposed leader of the band are positive that he is the Henry Starr. for whose capture, dead or alive, the state of Oklahoma has offered a reward of s100O. In his pockets was found SLIGO of the money Governor Williams today received a letter, in Starr's handwriting, purport- ing to have come from Reno. New. protesting against the charge that he had been implicatd in recent bank robberies in Oklahoma. Sapulpa dis patches say Mrs. Cora Starr, the alleg- ed robbers wife. had obtained di- vorce today, almost coincidentally with the raid on the Stroud banks. His Marriage Romantic.
 Starr has served prison sentences for bank rcbberies in the Southwest and has been accused of many others. It is said that in 1902. after Starr's band had robbed a train near Pryor Creek. Okla. they discovered while galloping to their camp. at Joplin, Mo. young womn who had fled from the train in terror. Starr placed her on a train for her destination. Their meeting eliminated in marriage and it is this girl who is believed to have obtained a divorce today.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
Warning Order.

State Saving and Trust Co, and C.. H. Blocker. trustee. plaintiff. vs. B. V. Parks, ct al. defendant The defenI dant. B. V. Parks, c. M Parks. MnP Maggie Jenniee Miles Parks, ThosF Parks and Leroy Parks are warnN appq r in this court within thirtN# and lswer the complaint ofthe tiff lte eaf Hr rt |C. T ilolssf. laae. March Cha !. Park clerk Circuit Cour
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

At a total expense of $10S more than $3,O0O worth of zinc was taken from the Morning Star mine in Marion county one day last week.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

J. L. Mattingly, who lives near Mena is the father of 10 children His wife was the baby in the family of 16 and his mother in law was one of a family .of 19. Mr. Mattingly's grandfather 21 children.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

Business men of Mineral Springs have bought 46 acres of land and planted it to strawberries.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

D. c. Carter, 3 farmer, living near Junction City, is sowing 30 acres to Johnson grass this season. He says he can easily control this grass which was one of the features of a guberna- torial election in Arkansas several years ago.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
HET

White h. ermen ...,. taking advantage of favorable river condition and are bringing down big rafts of cedar pos and ties. One raft of T. 900 cedar pests was brought down the river to Cotter recently.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

Bentonville is to have one of the largest vinegar manufacturing plants in the Southwest
The Little River news., 1915-03-31
Warning Order.

 In the Chancery court of Little Riv CT county. Samuel D. Spurr, plaintiff vs. Julius'I Garst, ct al, defendants, and Foremss- Hardware Co.,, corporation <sS>s @ D. Bailey, cross-eompl" jus Ca,st ft eNm. EchoM The DexttW lainant ys Hardware Goods Co.,, 'The deiA E. Garst, M and l.. R. .& are here court wi#T the cro&# State Ba and sealM 1915. .-Ch~ cery ct IN    
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The Little River news., 1915-03-31

Archer Hays, negro girl who lived near Magnolia, died of fright recently when she was put on an operating ta- ble in physicians office for an ex- animation.
The Little River news., 1915-03-31

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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
VICTIM OF RUNAWAY
 ACCIDENT RECOVERING

Overton Hendricks, of the San Pas cual valley was in this city last evening.
 It was on MT. Hendricks ranch that Paul P. Smith, a writer of note, was almost fatally injured in a runa- way while at work in the field last week. Mr Smiths life hung in the balance for a few days, but he is now out again, though he suffered much from severe strains about the ribs and from several kicks which he re- ceived from the runaway horses
 Mr. Smith feels that he is indeed fortunate to be alive after being dragged over a ten-acre lot close to the heels of two frightened horses.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
Courtesy and LibeTay By Giles Faf- Seeing Investment

Experts all declare thai courtesy and liberality of thought among citizens of !neighboring towns dealing lone with the other, rays big dividends in a multillde of ways. Here's where our neighbor, Holtville, makSsta hit with the citizens of Yu na, and the feeling was greatly strengthened by last Sdn- days demonstration at Holt vile.
 The Examiner is accused of severely criticising the town of Imperial, which place 7as visited by the Yuma Clad Hand excursioniStS last Sun day. Well, the Examiner did criticise the saloons and their effect on that town as com pared with Fl Centro and other places.
 Holtville is the one place we bow to. Yuma was dined tIere right royalty; while at the other points (to be n Id Elle absence of q reception amounted to 9 Snub. There were exceptions yes. The caretakers of the Barbara Worth hotel at Fl Centro were very courteous and sure made the Yuma excurSioniStS feel very much at home.
 And the feature at Imperi- al was the magnitude of bar fees, some of which were Bottled beer, Soc; gin fizZ, 35c; ancient sandwiches, 25c each; etc. While the money lasted the reception was very cordial to some extent; but it was not a counterpart to the genuine reception of Holt where Yuma money was wooden, and good money not wanted. It was one of the pest investments HoltYille ever made, at that.
 Notwithstanding our criti- the great Imperial val ley has multitudeS Of splen-
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
[. p. TEASDALE FOR
 COST REVIEW BOARD

A committee of San Pascual valley unit holders were in Yuma last night and sent a petition to Assistant Sec retary Ryan of the Interior Depart ment asking that E. F. Teasdale, the Los Angeles Realty man be appointed on the Board of Cost Review of the Bard portion of the Yuma Project. No better man could be viIUsel. MT. Teasdale is very thoroughly informed on every feature of work in the San Pascual valley and as a real estate man he finds much difficulty in mak- ing transfers to strangers, who are interested in this section but do not care to buy land here until the cost of the Yuma Project per acre is more definitely settled.
 There has been an agitation for some time to get action on this matter and the farm unit holders held a meeting at Sam's hall on March 29! The ma jority of those present voted that Mr.. Teasdale be appointed to represent the water users of the reservation on the cost review board of the govern ment. A petition has been in the hands of Biggs and has been circula- ted as it requires a majority of all the water users before the appoint ment is made effective.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15

did fellows, who value Yu- ! ma s friendship; and narrow ness is not a part of their nature.
 These men could have seen
 to it that Yuma was made welcome last Sunday; but they didn't, and the Calexico Chronicle says.
 The Farmers and Merch- ants Club missed a first-claSs
 opportunity Sunday to give the glad hand to the large and enthusiastic bunch of Yuma citizens after they had trag- oled over the road which had been constructed very large ly through the efforts of the members of this club. After the failure to greet the Yuma citizens Sunday, they may feel that after closer ac- quaintance Cal6xico regrets having taken partin the work which helped to join the two towns into closer relations. But such is not the case. Calexico simply made 3 mis- take, which is as hard to ex- Flain as it is to excuse.
 Yuma arrived in Calexico in gala attire, and naturally expected a welcome from the people they came to. visit and, not getting it, they could not help but feel slight ed, though they were game enough to keep it to tnen. and assert they had been handsomely treated. EtI is probable that Calexico peo- ple felt worse about the blun- der than did the guests tho that helped matters little enough. If the visit is ever repeated, Yuma may rest as that Calexico will then 1 Up for it's unintention- ed slight, though Yuma may feel that one snub is enough, l 10 matter how it might have been made.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
WITNESS
 PERJURES SELF

LOS ANGELES, April 15-A letter was received by presiding Judge Wood purporting to be the confession of G. F. Higgins, in which he sad that he had been hired by certain parties to discredit Chief of Police Sebastian.
 Higgins was one of the principal witnesses before the grand jury in the probe of the charge against Sebastian by Edith Serkin.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
BOHBARDS
 ENGLISH CITIES

LONDON, April 15.-A Zeppelin passed over BIyth in Northumberland at o'clock last evening and dropped eight bombs Other towns on the north sea coast have also been raided by zappelms. Terror has been put into the hearts of the English today A Zeppelin passed over Tyne Walls End, Seaton, Burn and Cramlington, cropping bombs on each place.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15

Of 31 cars listed 10 make rhe big glad-hand excursion 10 imperial valley yesterday, twenty cars left Yuma Sun day morning as follows
 Car 1. ]. s. Garvin, Mrs. ]. s. Garvin and Mir. and Mrs. E. s. Kirkpatrick.
 Car 2. A. ]. Eddy, J. II. Westover, L, w. Alexander, Joe Stillson.
 Car 5. 0. c. Johnson, H. Brownstettera Henry Levy, Fred Ingle.
 Car 4. Geo. Redwood and wife, Geo. MichelSen, Moore.
 Car 5. Major H. H. Don kersley, c. A. Lindeman, Roy White, Dr. D, L. Bailey and pr. Leon Jacobs.
 Car 6. ]. A. Donovan, A. B. Ming, Chas. M. Hindman, and Bert Calvert.
 Car IA. A. H. Mcclure, W. H. Shorey, MT. and Mrs. A. L. Pingree, Win. Stuth- man and wife
 Car Is. Henri ApJohn, H. I. Riley and Walter Dubree.
 Car Y. Virgil Sans and Don Lyons.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
YUMA COUNTY COURT
 HOUSE IS OVERHAULED

The Yuma county court house has been undergoing it's regular spring overhauling, under the able direction of Ed Mayes, the court house janitor. The walls of the Jury rooms and cor riders have been newly tinted and the whole building has been given a thor ough cleaning. A feature of the cleanup campaign was that there were not enough hoboes in the county bas- tile to do the work-as formerly, be- fore Yuma went dry-and it was nee essary for the officers to round up a few weary Willies to help.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15

There is no longer any doubt that the question of Booze" or No Booze" has become the vital issue in this country, and the forces against Booze are moving in on the entrenched enemy at many points.
 One of the significant facts is that an association of bill posters controlling the bill boards in 4.0OO cities, has de- cided to make no more con- tracts to post advertisements of Booze, and many famous brands of beer and whiSkey must disappear from public view.
 Another significant step is that of the California assem- ply in passing a bill against the illegal sale of liquor, mod eled after the redlight abate- ment act. Under this act, an injunction can be obtained against any property where Booze is being illegally sold,
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
SHE WILL NOT SHARE
 HIS WAGES WITH HIM

BINGHAMPT0N N. Y, April 15.- After giving all his wages to his wife every week for 25 years, R H. Walk CT is now suing her for a share Of the money She refuses to split up with him even though she has now eloped with another man.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-04-15
"EUCENIC BlBIES"
 ALREADY BETR0THEO

LOS ANGELES. Cal, April 15- William Flynn. 37 months old, and Alene Houck, IT months old, "eugenic babies have been betrothed by their parents. They were winners in the recent baby show here.