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take apyantage of this opportunity
and be present at the most conven-
ient place, aud il is hoped neither
pupils nor teachers will underestl-
mate the value of q well-deserved
summer school diploma.
The time fixed for these examina-
tons is April 2 and ,, and ls
sehoolhouses conveniently located
have been selected and many teach
ers have been asked to conduct the
examinations. The names Of the
places and the conductors follow:
Manson, Dist. 50, J. A. Prevett.
Holmes, Dist. SO. Eugene Thomp-
son. Pocahontas, 4. 4. Hulen.
Hubble Greek, Dist. IL, Nell Huf-
stedler. Stony Point, Dist. 3s,
Mary Pettijohn. Ravenden Springs,
4. A. Bowen. Oconee, Dist. Z, !.
w. Brown. Elm. Store, Dust. %,
Levi Hall. Warm Springs, Dist.
8, Ivan Paine. Maynard, Clifford
James. Moore, Dist. 81, Rex Jol-
ly. Reyno, X. A. Mock. Biggers.
NJ. g. Orr. Stokes, Dist. 2S, Geo.
Purdy. Vernon, Dist, 81, No,ra
Mock. Concord, Dist. 90, Fanny
McCallister.
Full Instructors, together with
uniform questions, will be furnished
these conductors. All students in
the county who have finished the
common school course are urged to
be present for the examination on
the above mentioned days. Alge. r
bra and Psychology will not he re-
quired and ample time for each sub
jet will be given. The eSamina-
tion will begin about 9 a. m. and
close about =. m. each day. thus
enabling all pupils to attend from
home, since the places have been so
selected that no one will have over
five or SIX miles TO go. Those pas
sing this test will be awarded com
mon school diplomUs at the Educa-
tional Rally to be given the latter
part Of April in Pocahontas.
Il. A. Mock, 4. 4. Hulen, Engene
Thompson, committee.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Another Special Request to the
Randolph County Girls

Dear Girls-I am again asking
you If you want to JOIN our Toma-
to Club, if so, send in your name,
also names Of any of your friends
who might want to join, I will at
once send blanks to be signed up,
and returned to me, | will then send
seed, and books to instruct you IN
your work, and will come to see you
at earliest convenience.
To the girls who belonged to the
clab the past year, and have not
signed up for this year, J ask you to
please sigu your blank, Il think !
sent blanks to each of YOU at once
and return to me, for If you want
to stay IN the club, have both seed
and Literature for you, but cannot
send it until you sign for this year,
if YOU do not want to belong this
year, sign No, and | will drop your
name from the mailing list, and that
| will be very sorry to do, but the
government will only let me supply
seed and literature to members who
sign this year.
To all members | am sending
some extra garden seed for the home
garden, and you can put 1t on your
lilo acre, If you want to, for early
garden before yonr Tomatoes are
ready to put out. You must not put
1t in your record books.
With very best wishes for a fa'
vorable reply, and your success,
| am very respectfully,
Mrs. Birdie Kizer,
Special Agent.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Decreasing Expense Of Our Court

The reports of our clerk show
quite decrease in the expense OF
our circuit court.
The expense of the January term
Of circuit court jnst closed being
s23s6.l5, while the cost Of the cir
cunt court of last July, being
S64s2 10. This Is due partly to
the rushing manner in which Judge
Baker conducted the court, but
principally because Of there being
no bad murder case or criminal case
Of any kind and If no bad case
comes IN our court our county will
be in coed condition financially.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
KILLS HIS DAUGHTER,
WIFE AND HIMSELF
Demented Farmer livin0 Near
JOneSbOrO tndS Three Lives
With Gun

lonesboro, Feb. s0.-Demented
as result OF long continued i'll
health, J. II. Darr, a well known
farmer living several miles south Of
Jonesboro, this morning shot and
killed his eigEt.year old daughter,
Hetlie, his wife and then endeI his
own life. The shooting occurred
Immediately after the family had
arisen.
There were no eyewitnesses TO
the tragedy, but all the evidence
goes to show that Darr first shot
his daughter as she sat in char
lacing her shoes. The mother, at
the report Of the gun, evidently bad
rushed in from the kitchen, where
she was preparing breakfast, and
was shot down as she came through
the door.
Darr then sat down on the bed,
paced the muzzle of the shotgun
against his heart and pulled The
trigger with poker with hook
on its end. Two elder sons who
we're at the barn feeding the horses
rushed in at the sound of the re-
ports and found their father, moth
or and sister dead. Two smaller
children still were in bed in anoth-
er room. II is believed Darr bad
intended to kill his entire family,
hut was prevented by lack OF shells.
Darr aud his wife separated sew
eral years ago, but later beosme
reconciled aud to all appearances
bad lived happily. Ii is believed
Darr's mental disorder was entirely
responsible for the tragedy,
Darr had resided in this vicinity
all hts life and had acquired con-
siderable property. lie had a
good farm, which Is well supplied
with stock and farm tools. He
has been actively interested IN the
Craighead County Fair Assoclatson
ever since its organization. He
was a member of the Woodmen of
the World.
1t is said that he had been des-
pondent for some time and that
his wife and children had watched
HIM carefully, fearing that be
might BARN them or himself.
The triple funeral will be held
tomorrow.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
To URGE SALE
OF UPPER BERTH

A. Hilton, passenger traffic mana
ger Of the Frisco railroad, has in1u.
gurated an upper berth campaign in
the Frisco passenger department.
Mr.. Hilton calls attention to the
fact that the ticket agent is. prone,
when all the lower bsrths are taken,
TO say to the prospective traveller,
eve have nothing but an upper
berth left"
According to Mr.. hilton, sgents
should say, "we have an UPPER
berth which will cost you twenty
per cent less than the lower; it has
a spring mattress, which is not on
the lower berth; it is roomy aud has
couyeDiences for the hanging of
clothes; also il the car is warm, you
will find the upper berth is cooler
than the lower"
This policy has been adopted by
many Of the Frisco ticket agents
with considerable success, as it has
been found that the public has here
tofore not been acquainted with the
advantages Of an upper berth, but
have prejudlces against item not
borne out by facts.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
WOULDMAEE CURRENT
RIVER LAWFUL FENCE
Star Herald.

star Herald.
Gentlemen;- Some Of your read.
ers were possibly misiniormed re.
gardlng House Bill No. 353 intro.
duced by me on the 18th Of Febru.
ary. The Arkansas Gazette report.
ed that this bill Sas to change the
boun larry line between Randolph
aud Clay counties.
Thus was gross error On the
part OF the Gazette reporter. The
bill provides for making Current
River a lawful fence In Randolph
and Clay counties. While surely
no one there thought that | would
be guilty Of attempting to take
from our county over $4,000 acres
II the best territory OF the county,
some might have thought as the
people in Clay county thought, that
the bill would add to Randolph
county the northwestern part Of
clay county. trust that this will
fully explain the matter to every.
one. With best wishes, | am
Very truly,
Walter l.. Pope.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26

Is it a case Of being afraid or of
not hiking to, that keeps Italy and
Roumanla from jumping into the
cockpit? Every now and again it is
most positively stated IN the papers
that in few days those nations will
take part in the fray. So far these
predictions are as unreliable as Ma
dame Thebes' predictions as to the
time of the termination of the war
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Program For County
Teachers Association
Emmy EyENiNa ESQ

FRIDAY EyENiSG 1880
Soug-Amerioa By Association
Invocation
Piano Duet - Misses Meek and
Slaughter.
Reading Miss Vera Maynard
Presidents address, Clifford
James.
Chorus w. II. Phipps pupils.
Rural School Consolidation:
Disadvantages, Ernest Harrison.
Advantages, Brauce Rsglin.
Vocal Solo w. F. Spikes.
Address-Dr. I.R. Jewell Of U.
OF Arkansas.
Music p. II. S. Glee club.
SATURDAY MORNING $500
a..i.
Music
Model opening exercises = Miss
Jennie Johnston.
The value Of al aim IN the recita-
tion and its demands on the teacher.
M. q. Orr.
Literature, aud its value ia the
hands OF the teacher. Miss Ruth
Pettigrew.
Vocal Solo Aldene Lewis.
Teachers aud pupils reading
+. L. Hulen.
Teachers Association Why
should we attend the A. 5. L. Az
Il. A. Mock.
Roll call-Answer by something
| have learned as a teacher.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON loo
Ny First School-0uida Bennett
and Myrt Bennet.
Reorganization Of school cirricu-
luln and methods of instruction TO
meet the demands Of the present
time.
Drew Bowers and Eugene Thomp-
son.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Our Girls Win

The girls basket ball team of
Pocahontas High school went over
to Walnut Ridge last Saturday, and
IN a hotly contested game defeated
the team Of the Walnut Ridge
High School, the score beng Il to
Is. The Walnut Ridge team will
play here at some future da.c.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
"Wednesday Club

The club met with Messrs. L. M.
Spiece, G. e. stuttle. Eight games
of high five were played, Mrs. r.
d. Lucas scoring high and winning
fern dish. Mrs. +. A. Campbell
won consolation. beautiful hand
painted plate. Luncheon was serv-
ed. All guests received Dutch
shoes as favors. The club will
meet with Mrs. Noohers next Wed
nesdaY.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
To the Mothers OF POCahOutas

You are most cordially invited to
a mothers meeting at the Methodist
church on Tuesday, March the sec.
ond, when the following program
will be rendered.
Solo, Mrs. w. +. Hamil
Scripture lesson, Mrs. Martin
The Child at Home, Mrs. Jno.
Shively.
Prayer
Song, America, 10y congregation
Motherhood, a poem. Mrs. Pickett
Moral Problem OF the Children,
Mrs. Moore.
Round table discussion
Song Mrs. Lucas
A Young Girls Thoughts, Mrs.
Lawrence Stubblefeld--------
What we should know about our
community; round table discus.
sion, led by Mrs. ID. l.. Wiley.
Quartet by ladies.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
To Teachers and Pupils

Pursuant to an announcement
made two weeks ago, the Committee
to devise a plan for rural school
graduation met Saturday and agreed
upon the time, places, manner, etc.
of holding the examinations for the
boys and girls in Randolph county
who desire common school diplo.
mas. To the teachers whose schools
close before the time set for the
tests, we wish to say that you
should insist that all pupils you
think prepared should be urged to
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26

A junior society was organized
by the little folks at the Methodist
Church IN this city on Saturday eve
February the goth inst. The meet
ing was under the supervision Of
Mrs. Lawrence Stubblefeld and has
as its object an effort to enlist all
the children of the town under the
age of fourteen years Of all religious
denominations IN church work aud
to devise plans to promote the Iu.
terest Of the young in such work.
At this meeting election was had as
follows:
President Thelma Martin
Vice Pres. Edith Armstrong
2nd Vice Pres. Bessie MeekS
Secretary Ruby Bleyins
Treasurer Gitilla Schnabaum
Auxiliary treasurer Louise Johnson
Supt. Social Service Marie Bigger
Organist Edith Armstrong
Roberta Campbell, Gladys Shannon
and Helen Law, Flower committee.
Committee to visit the sick and
strangers, Vera Foster, Arlene
Stubblefeld, Marie Greer, Katie
Hughes, Katie Anderson.
This Is a laudable undertaking On
the part of Mrs. Stubblefeld and
the Young who have enlisted in the
cause and should receive the sup
port andencouragement of all church
90 ng and church loving people.
They will meet at the Methodist
church every Saturday at two-thlr-
ty p. nj and all young people un-
der the age of fourteen of all classes
are not only cordially invited but
are urged to come and take part IN
the meetings hereafter.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26

u. w. Reynolds an d ex.con-
federate soldier and Capt. Of Go. G.
9TH Mo. Infantry, was in town
Wednesday. lie is 73 years old
and Is hale and hearty. Has lived
in Randolph county since lS4G, has
lived IN Cherokee Bay since the
year 1869.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Bachelor Girls

Miss Arlene Campbell and mother
chirminglv entertained the Bache-
lor girls Thursday Feb. Is, at $3.50
p. m. Several games Of high five
were played after which a delicious
menu was served.
The unique feature Of the evening
was when 4 puzzle was presented
for.ihe girls to solve. The solution
Of which was, "Mr. aud Mrs. T..
W. Campbell announce the ap.
preaching marriage OF their daughter
Arlene to Mr. Walter Lee Pope"
The girls then departed wishiu g
Miss Arlene much happiness IN her
venture on the matrimonial sea.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
Team browns

Lester Bennett lost 2 fine team Of
horses last Monday and bareIey es.
capped with his own life, when his
team was drowned %hile crossing a
swollen stream near Petit school
house.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26

Miss Eula Martin entertained the
Bachelor girls with a beautifully
arranged HEIRLOOM party on
Washington's birthday, Monday,
Feb. 22, al 4 y. IN. The George
Washington idea was effectively
used throughout the evening Most
all the members were present and
Miss Arlene Campbell won prize in
the contest, cherry tree. During
the afternoon several beautiful VOC
al selectlons aud readings were
rendered.
At the close the guests were in
yI;el into the dining room where
n delicious two course luncheon Was
served. Each table had as a center.
piece a cherry tree. just before
departing Mrs. Martin came in with
a new qnllt for the girls to shake
the cat, and Of course every one was
anxious to know her fate.
The glrls will meet with Miss
+ la Johustou next THURSDAY.
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A POPULAR SCENT

A lady has a small daughter. One
morning this lady felt rather chilly
after taking a cold bath, and, fear
ing a cold, took a tablespoonful of
whiskey. Small daughter, running
in shortly afterward, asked to have
her hair-ribbon tied: The lady reach
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to the acre. or six or more tons of
alfalfa hay per acre.
There is no expense attending
membership in the National Top
Notch Farmers Club.
Up to the present time 1S47 men
with records of growing more than
100 bushels of corn per acre have
been reported to the Springfield Of
flee, six men have reported yields OF
over six tons of alfalfa hay per acre,
10 men have reported yields of more
than 1e0 bushels of oats to the acre,
Is men have reported yields of over
400 bushels of potatoes to the acre,
and 80 men have reported yields of
SO or more bushels of wheat to the
acre.
Some Washington farmers with
rights to membership are Lea Albin,
of Prosser, with 104.5 bushels of
corn to the acre; Pearl Highfill, Of
Prosser, with 1864 bushels to the
acre; Basil Sutton, of Prosser, with
1915 bushels; c. E. Berry, Of Walla
Walla, with 134.4 bushels of corn
per acre (prizewinner for biggest
yield at Walla Walla show; Ed
Starkey, of Prosser, with ia bush
els, and Grant Mckee, of Selah, with
110 bushels of corn to the acre.
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The Call Of the Land.

1t throbs through the noontide crushes
Where the gaunt street canyons
yawn,
1t thrills in the traffic's bushes
In the dark before the dawn;
Now vibrant and tense with pity.
Now ringing with sharp command,
Summoning souls from the city
Hark to the Call of the Land!
Il have fed your mouths from my
bounty
Since the days when you toiled alone
And turned up my virgin meadows
With your spades of wood and bone.
! have watched your eyes grow restless
I have seen you pause and part,
Drawn from your ancient mother
By the lure of the court and mart.
"Engulfed in the sordid city.
And deaf to my warning cry,
I have seen You reel and stumble,
l have seen you faint and die;
I have heard your sobs of anguish,
have heard your groans of pain
And ! raise my voice to warn you,
l reach you my arms again.
Are you broken in heart and body?
Are you shrunken in mind and soul?
Hasten back to me. your mother,
And my care will make you whole.
Are you shaken in faith and discour-
aged?
Are you buffeted, bruised and sore?
Creep out to me from the cutters
And I'll make you men once more.
Come out to me In the open
From the dark where you cringe and
grope;
Let your thews grow big with labor.
While your hearts grow great with
hope.
You shall stand with your heads in
the sunshine,
You shall stand with your feet on
the sod
And your faith in me shall lead you
To surer faith in God"
Lewis r. Freeman.
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Why Not Join Club
of Top-Notchers?

THE readers of the Oregon Wash
! ington-ldaho Farmer are invited
to report to the secretary of the Ma
tional Top-Notch Farmers Club,
which has its headquarters at Spring
field, Illinois, the names of farmers
who have obtained the high yields of
produce that entitle them to mem
bership. This means lee Or more
bushels of corn or oats to the acre,
so or more bushels of wheat to the
acre, 400 or more bushels of potatoes
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BY c. L. SMITH,

O.-W. r. & N. Agriculturist.
nm EARLY every single corn plat
nm in the Northwest was visited
nm during the 1914 growing season
by myself or my assistant, in most
cases accompanied by the County
Agriculturist. At the time of harvest
the yields were certified to by two or
more disinterested parties, and either
the Superintendent of Schools or
County Agricultural Agent, in the
case of boys contest, and the con-
testants generally were well salts
fed with the correctness Of weights
and measures.
The following statement from the
Malheur district, certified to by the
master of Malheur County Pomona
Grange and by committee Of three
members of the Grange, is as exact
in detail as it is possible to secure:
Bushels
Shelled
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Without Fertilization.


Without Fertilization.
These wonderful yields were made
on land that had been six or more
years in alfalfa without fertilization.
1t took an average of less than 70
pounds of corn to make bushel of
shelled corn. The average cost of
growing and cribbing a bushel Of
corn was about IL cents. The COM
plete data regarding the method of
growing, the yields, and the cost OF
production, etc., are tabulated and
are a matter of record in the office
Of the County Agriculturist, where
they may be consulted at any time.
The following story Of Harvey R.
Hatch is sample Of the reports re-
ceived from growers:
Sample Report.
In presenting my report of the acre
of corn entered in the Malheur Corn
Contest, l have thought perhaps
brief history of this particular acre
of growing would be of interest.
In its natural state Dame Nature
had covered 1t with a dense growth
sandy nature the winds of years had
blown the surface up in small sand
dunes or hillocks.
In the early Summer of 1893 the
brush was cleal ed and the ground
1eveled with slip scraper with its
accompanied back aches and heart
aches. Land was seeded to alfalfa
September /. 1893. remaining In al
falfa for II years, yielding on an
average of ~ tons per acre per year.
or 1919 tons for this particular acre.
In the Spring of 1911 the alfalfa sod
was plowed and sown to wheat, yield
ing 6712 bushels ger acre.
In the Spring of 1912 the ground
was again plowed and sown to oats.
which yielded so bushels per acre.
In the Spring of 1913 the ground
was again plowed and sown to clover
with oats as a nurse crop. cats yield
ing 65 bushels per acre, stand OF
clover being secured on only por-
tion of the land. it was decided to
plant same to corn in 1914.
The portion of the acre not having
a stand Of clover was given dress
ing of barnyard manure applied with
an International manure spreader in
the early Spring.
On the goth of April ground was ir-
rigated, on April 25th the clover had
grown to height of about foot and
ground plowed seven inches deep, fol-
lowed by double discing and harrow
ing with a spike-tooth harrow three
times, leaving the soil in free condi-
tion for planting Planted May 7,
medium stand secured. seed not
tested. Narrowed twice after plant
ing.
When corn had become large
enough to be injured by narrowing
II was cultivated once with horse
5-tooth cultivator, followed by two
cultivators with two-horse 6-shovel
cultivator.
Corn was then furrowed out with
single shovel plow and irrigated
when well tasseled out. When
ground was dry enough to work, 1t
was again cultivated with the one
horse cultivator. being too large for
the two-horse cutivator Then fol-
lowed another furrowing out with
second irrigation when the ears had
well formed; third irrigation given
when kernals were in the milk, which
completed the operating to harvest
Flowing, $3.50; discing, 9Oc; har-
rowing, 81 manure, So; planting, 40c;
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cultivating. s2.5O; furrowing for ir-
rigation. soc: cost of seed, soc; gath
ering corn, SIS; estimated rent of land.
$40: estimated cost, $3.50.
Number bushels corn harvested.
97.13. and number bushels seed corn,
5. Total bushels. 102.13. Market
value, s1.25 per hundred.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) HARVEY r. HATCH.
Forty boys with an average yield of
over 80 bushels per acre indicates
the possibilities of corn growing.
Following is report from one OF
them:
How I Grew MY Crop Of Corn.
By Adolphus Weathers, Touchet, Wash.
A Corn Club was organized of the
boys around Touchet in March. 1914.
Mr.. Willis. the Superintendent of our
school, perfected the organization.
We signed up contracts for our seed
corn and it was sent to us by Lou
s. Smith, Assistant Agriculturist of
the Oregon Washington Railroad &
Naviga ton Company.
A circular was sent to us by Mr.
Smith instructing us how to select
and test seed corn. The seed was
tested by the agricultural class in a
rag doll tester and showed high
percentage of vitality.
My acre of ground was good bot
tom land, topsoi about 16 inches
deep with clay and sand subsoil. This
had been planted to timothy hay the
year before. 1t was land which had
been cropped for many years.
The land was plowed in November.
1913 with 14-inch walking plow to
a depth OF about four inches. Then
1t was disced twice and narrowed
three times. I did not use any manure
or other fertilizer, but the soil was
we'll pulverized and in good condi-
tion for planting.
planted my corn. which was Of
the yellow dent variety, on the first
day of May. 1914. planted the seed
two feet apart in the rows and the
rows three feet apart. When 1t was
about 10 inches high I noticed that
hill here and there was dying. l
examined 1t and found that wire
worms were bothering 1t. Sometimes
there would be as many as six worms
in one stalk.
They only worked on 1t about
week. then I replanted it and all went
well' until 1t was nearly matured.
when the beavers started in on it.
They only worked at night. They
would cut the corn off about six
inches from the ground and drag it
into the creek. / had fairly good
stand Of corn and cultivated it four
times. using a one-horse five-shovel
cultivator, cultivating three inches
deep.
In good time the corn ripened and
early In October l began husking it.
Whenever I found first-class ear
layed it aside for seed. choosing those
ears which were we'll matured we'll
filled out at ends and which seemed
to be true to type. This seed l hung
up to dry in a warm, dry place for
use next year.
Several of those interested In the
Boys Club work visited my corn field
during the Summer as we'll as some
of my friends and neighbors. Fol-
lowing is the cost Of my acre of corn:
Team Self
hrs. hrs.
Flowing discinr and
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Usage orange wood is source of
dye and can be used to supplement
the imported fustic wood, as perma-
nent yellow for textiles.
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There were Y others in the con-
test who had yields of from 46 to 80
bushels