Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-05
MUST PROVE RIVER
 WILL BE UTILIZED
ONLY WAY TO OBTAIN APPRO PRlATION, SAYS SENATOR
 RANDALL OF LOUISIANA.
GOVERNMENT IS FAVORABLE
Declares Last Appropriation Was Ex ceptionaIly Small, But No Indica-
 ton of Future Policy.
Little Rock.

Little Rock
 "If you want the government to improve the Arkansas river you'll have to show Congress that you in tend to use that river. The govern ment doesn't spend money to improv rivers that are not used for merce The term pork barrel - nection with the river and hG ..au -, provement work done by r.ss.o,.,, ment is slander No mo .a|' ~. ,s.. =. Congress is spent mc s,dfofo,,.,,. than that for river ons norelor in provement. Befo- ,,ona,, is arn,.l,- pIialeu Loi lhp provement of a river the projec4 ,,
 neoe were some of the statements u oi 1fted States Senator Joseph E. Isa' 4sdell of Louisiana, president Of .he National Rivers and Harbors Inl- 1 provement Congress. Senator Rams Rock friends en route to his home at Alexandria from the Southern Com merctal Congress at Muskogee.
 Senator .Ransdell was asked as to the governments future policy as to the improvement of the smaller rivers.
 The government has already done a great work in improving the rivers of the country" he said, "and I be- lieYe it will continue to do more. Ten years ago it was big thing for Con- 1 gress to appropriate S20,000,000 for the improvement of all the rivers and | harbors of the country. Now the amount has been increased nearly 100 per cent. l think the last appropria- tion was exceptionally small and that it is no indication of the future policy of the government. Congress realizes that river improvement is necessary to development and 1t is willing to make the necessary appro- priations. But the people who want their rivers improved must show Con- eress that they intend to use the rivers.
 Gov. Geo. W. Hays, it is said, is | l tion creating two clerkships in the state treasurers office The clerk ships were stricken from the depart ment's appropriation bill by Gov ernor Hays, when he slashed the ap- propriation bills. Additional work has made additional help in the office necessary. The new law under which | d.. fIs state treasurer cash collected in their departments each day, and the new l fish and game commission law, have added greatly to the work of the of flee.
 At meeting of the State Board of Accountantcy, the following officers were elected: H. w. Hennigen, Li4- tie Rock, president; s. A. Buchanan, Hot Springs, secretary; Simon Bloom, Pine Bluff, treasurer
 Articles of incorporation Of the c. l Fl Denslow Company of Stuttgart i were filed with the scretarv or state. | The company is authorized to do q general insurance business and is capitalized at S5,000.
 Captain H. L. Evans of the Ninth Infantry, U. s. A, will be in charge of the school to be conducted next week for officers of the Arkansas Ma tional Guard at Fort Logan H. Roots II
 The State Board of Optometry created by the last Legislature, was organized with F. I Tibbets of Little 1 Rock president and John L. Green of Fl Dorado, secretary and treasurer.
 Governor Hays announced that he will appoint as the third member of | the State Minimum Wage Commits sion Miss Mary McCabe, 2115 Arch street, Little Rock.
 Fees for licenses to fish and hunt under the new game and fish law are still coming into the state treasury rapidly. The amount now exceeds | $2,500.
 The Arkansas Mutual Life Insur- ance Association filed articles of in- corporation with the secretary of state.
 The Acme Cooperage Company of | Jacksonport filed articles of incorpo- ration with the secretary of state. | Attorney General w. l.. Moose is enforcing the act passed by the last Legislature, placing a tax of cents | per cubic yard for sand and gravel taken from streams and lakes Deal CTS in Newport, Helena and Fort Smith have agreed to pay the tax, and