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The Spectator., 1915-11-19
CAUSE OF DISEASE
 AMONG LIVE STOCK
Lack of Care and Attention Is Responsible for Much Trou-
 bIe-Attend to Details.

Want of care is the prolific cause of accident and disease among stock. The masters eye or the owners so- licitude are proverbially preventives against trouble or waste; but if the masters or the owners will not trouble themselves to exercise the watchful care needed, we may be sure no one else will.
 The careful farmer will never have his teams brought in at night without having their legs we'll rubbed down. the sweat washed of the shoulders, then watered, the stalls well bedded and properly fed. Old horses. care fully handled and fed. will outlast young horsee that are badly fed and worked. In the dairy, the least falling of in the yield of a COW should be the cause of inquiry or observation until the reason is found; for that there is a reason we may be assured, says a writer in Baltimore American. The careful dairyman will have each cows milk weighed and recorded at each milking; this is the only way to find out the profitable cows in the herd The feeding of the COWS. sheep and horses and hogs should be done by the farmer or a competent hand and not by first one person and another Have regular hours for feeding. milk ing and working. More and better work can be done with less exertion by man or animal
 The most prosperous farmer in our neighborhood at farmers meeting stated that his success was largely owing to strict attention to little things" If this habit of close scrutiny and observation becomes the rule in stead of the exception, there will be much less trouble and loss for farm CTS to complain of.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
TWo-Year-Old Mule Colt.

Nearly everyone knows that in con struction work in the cities where teams are used, the mule stands alone as the only means by which such work can profitably be done. This being true, it seems strange that farmers have not seen the economy of keeping mules instead of horses for farm work 1t is true that some farmers, scattered here and there, have recognized their advantages; yet, judging from the number of advertisements of mules in the stock papers in comparison with those of horses, it is evident that mules are not widely used-at least as widely as they should be.
 In the first place. two horses eat as much as three mules. while two mules will do as much work as three horses of the same weight. Farmers who keep mules know they eat less than horses. but few have probably realized the great difference in amount of feed consumed. In an experiment the Ne braska station, by keeping careful account of the rations during a con siderable period. found that it cost 241a cents a day to keep each horse. and only 16iz cents day to keep each mule. says a writer in Successful Farming. On this basis 1t costs about $90 a year to keep a horse and about $6o a year to keep the humble mule.
 When it comes to hard work. mules are far superior to horses. They can pull more than horses of the same weight and can stand the strain much longer. One breeder states that they can pull load almost twice as far as a horse team in the same length of time. They can stand continuous hard work much better than horses,
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

and have greater recuperative power. That is, they can do hard work day after day and still be fresh the next day when horses are too fatigued to work.
 Mules can stand more hardships than horses and require less care Indeed, it is surprising how well they do under neglect and abuse. They stand up much better than horses in hot weather They are less liable to sickness and disease and are hardly ever troubled with spavins. They do not founder from over-eating They are patient and will do any work that a horse can do.
 Two other great advantages that should not be overlooked by the pro- spective buyer are that mules can be put to light work when less than two years old, and are useful for twenty to thirty years
 Mules are, as a rule, gentle. They will eat out of the same trough with other mules and not fight. Occasional ly, mules run away. but when they do, they never hurt themselves as horses do. And when running in the pasture. they seldom get cut on barbed wire.
 A further advantage is that they grow more to uniform sizes and colors than horses. If a man has mule to sell, he can get better price than for a horse, because mules are more eas fly mated. Mules are invariably sound large majority of horses become un- sound and have to be sold at a dis advantage. A three-year-old mule is worth $250 and a span in their prime from $500 to $500.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
PRESSURE so GREAT THAT GRAVEL IS THROWN MORE
 THAN 100 FEET INTO AIR.
DAILY CAPACITY 10000, GOO
Leases and Land Values Are Fast Soaring, With No Indication of Where They Will Stop-Much
 Excitement Caused.


 After drilling 15 feet deeper, mak- ing a total depth of 2,300 feet, the gas we'll of the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company, four miles south of Alma. developed a capacity of 20,00O,0 900 feet of gas per day and the flow became so terrific that drillers had to aband- on their work. The pressure is so great that gravel is thrown more than 100 feet into the air.
 The company hopes to strike oil within another 500 feet.
 The community is much excited. Leases and land values are fast soar ing, with no indication of where they will stop. One party has been offered 1000 for lease on a 40-acre tract close by. Another party with so acres is asking S3,000 just to sign a lease. The drillers are confident that If they are able to control this well long enough to drill two more days they will bring in a gusher. This well is located at the south of the Mac Adams. road, leading out of Alma, which will make thls city the oil cen ter of Crawford county
 The entire stock of the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company is owned by All ma and Fort Smith men. J. F. Niece hee of Alma is president. Field Man ager J. E. Wright has just returned from the well and reports that the flow has increased since noon 10 20,- O00,000 feet per day.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

S5 to 110 pounds and shear 5 to 2 pounds of wool. About 13O or 140 of them can be put in an ordinary stock car.
 The beginner should buy ewes with solid" mouths and good udders. Ex- perienced sheepmen frequently suc- ceed with ewes with loose and broken teeth. but for the novice it is not ad- visable to try the extremely old ewes.
 Western ewes will raise good spring lambs when mated with rams of good mutton type. A vigorous, strong year. ling ram should serve 35 to 40 ewes. A list of Missouri breeders who have rams for sale can be secured from the department of animal husbandry, Uni versity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Reconstructed Man Costs $500.

With exhibitions and catalogues of artificial limbs brought to notice one gets to calculating the cost of re- constructed man. Seemingly a little more than $500 would suffice. A pair of articulated legs cost about $50. and pair of arms about $100. Ears, with drums. etc, cost $75 each; eyes $30 pair. and so on. Without heart and brain man is worth about $500 With them-the price might change.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
PROFITS IN BREEDING EWES
Beginner Should Select Animals With "SoIid' Mouths and Good Ud-
 ders-Avoid the Old Ones.

By PROF. HOWARD HACKEDORN,
 Missouri College of Agricultural
 More profits have been made from breeding ewes than from most other classes of live stock, in the last few years. The present scarcity and high price of cattle and feeder lambs make them more doubtful sources of profit at this time
 Practically all breeding ewes on the market now are western ewes. Among this class, ewes of Merino blood pre- dominate These ewes will weigh from
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Kilis Two at a Shot.

Since Howard Beech shot a ceer in his garden in Lee, Mass, a few days ago, it has been found that he killed two deer with one bullet. There was a herd into which he fired and all ran into the woods. He followed and dis. covered the body of one through which the bullet had passed. Next day Isaac Vreeland found the re mains of the other, lawn, in which was the bullet Beech had fired.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Plan to Induce Exercise.

tice of feeding their brood sows at quite a distance from their sleeping quarters, in order to induce them to exercise freely; and have found this an excellent plan. for many sows be- come sluggish during pregnancy and
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Watch Sows and Litter.

Sows with young litter should be watched carefully, for there are many sows that do not give enough milk to start the pigs off we'll. In such cases the youngsters should be fed a little whole cows milk. warmed at first. and later skim milk. with handful O shorts in it.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Fresh Ar and Exercise Needed.

Breeding bulls. boars. rams and stallions should have plenty of fresh air. iighe and exercise during the winter. Cur animals cannot develop good bCLc, muscle, constitution. etc. if they xre compelled to spend the win ter tl the dark. filthy. poorly ventilat cd pens and stables and not allowed to exercise during the favorable weather.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Value of Young Brood Mare.

One good. sound young mare, bought from some reliable farmer or breeder, is worth more for breeding purposes than half dozen so-called "bargains'' picked up in the city.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
hona Bred for PorI<.

Where hogs are bred for pork. 1t is wise to breed two filters a year. In breeding sows for their progeny to keep up and increase the herd. breed once year
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Rouahase for Breeding Animals.
 Clover. alfalfa and mixed hay cut early and cured properly. are the best kinds of roughage for breeding ani- mals of all kinds during the winter.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
Fertilizer Value of Milk.

Fertilizer Value of MILK. The fertilizer value of milk comes back in the skinned milk and if this is fed to hogs 1t stays right on tAs farm.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Improvement work on the Arkansas River that would make that stream navigable all the year were made be- fore the United States army board Of engineers by United States Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas and by H. F. Auten and Carl J. Baer of Lit tie Rock, president and secretary, re- spectively, of the Arkansas River De- velopment Association.
 Their addresses concluded the hear ing and the engineers left for Shreve- port, La. Their recommendations to the war department are expected to have an important effect as to whether the next congress votes to continue the improvement of the river. A gov ernment inspector had recommended that the work be abandoned because the river is little used for transporta- tion. All the speakers said the rIver would be used extensively if it were improved. The board granted MT. Baer 15 days additional to furnish statistics as to the tonnage that would be available were the river improved.
 Senator Robinson told the engineers that they should consider only whether the amount of freight that would be transported on the river if it were inn proved would justify the expense of the improvements. He said he beilev- ed the statistics presented by Secre- tary Baer of the River Development Association proved beyond doubt that the expenditure would be justified.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19
STATE PARAGRAPHS.

Jesse R. Core, C. H. Triplett Jr. and Jeff Hicks were named by County Judge C. NJ. Philpot as commissioners for Road Improvement District No. F. which contemplates constructing a highway from the north end of the Jefferson county free bridge to the Lo- noke county line. 19 miles. All pre- liminaries will be rushed. macA- dam road between Pine Bluff and the bridge is being built
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

A new upland cotton named Mich son. introduced by Nichols X Hud- son, merchants of Carlisle, for the 1irst time in Arkansas, it is said. has pro duced excellent results and it is be- lieved will open a new era in the cul- tivation of hill cotton. It has been believed that staple cotton could not be grown on upland soil.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

A bond issue of SZ0,000 has been sold to Little Rock buyers by the commissioners of Road Improvement District No. l of Searcy county The net proceeds of the sale are S19,500 The money will be used to construct a road from Marshall to a point north east of Marshall.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

The Rev. George Edwards Of St Louis. who spent last winter at Lit tie Rock. working under Bishop Win chester of the Episcopal Church, has been assigned to St Paul's parish at Newport for the winter, to succeed the Rev. Mir. Heaton, who recently re- signed.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Police Chief J. Frank Stewart of Pine Bluff declared war on bootleg- gers. Four negroes were arrested but the chief says they are the tools of white 'higher-ups." The chiefs declaration caused consternation in some circles.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

An ice and electric light plant win be erected at Earle.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

s. R. Hurt of DeQueen gathered the following vegetables from his garden last week: Onions. cucumbers, pep pers. pole beans, okra. egg plant, but ter beans. lettuce, mustard, turnips and tomatoes,
 According to the report of the Inde- pendence county cotton census emu merator up to November l there had been a total of 2.970 bales ginned in this county, compared with 3,S1f to date last year.
 A. D. Avery. an Oklahoma newspa- per man. has purchased the Chicot Spectator and will publish it here after.
 St Francis county will SOW larger acreage to wheat this year than was sown last year.
 Tripicts, boy and two girls. were born to Mrs. Johanna Coreer of Coal Hill recently. The babies are healthy and are doing well.
 The E. Fl. Conner Mercantile Com. pany of Augusta sold 9S1 bales of cotton to Fall River factory. The lot brought s63.500.
 Ten acres of Mamomth Black Twfg apples in the orchard of l.. B. Mclean of Rogers produced $35O per acre this year.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Two years ago Miss Grissom, a young lady who lives near Hope, stuck needle in her foot. The needle was extracted few days ago after a successful operation.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Fort Smithfans to the number Of 12,S04 are church members and 5lO more have no church preference. ac- cording to figures given out on the church census taken in this city.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Clarence Mitchell of Fort Smiti was fined S200 in Police Court on ; charge of procuring intoxicating Ii quor in prohibition territory Thi is the second time in two years tha this charge has been preferred by tn, police in a liquor violation case. Tn, first conviction was obtained durin, the dry period last year.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

Mississippi county farmers were SC successful with wheat growing las, year that they will increase the whea acreage this year.
The Spectator., 1915-11-19

The Ozark Cider and Vinegar Com pany has million gallons of apple juice in its tanks at Rogers ana Si loam Springs The Rogers plant used 3,500,000 pounds of apples ttis sea son.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
LANE TALKS OF
 THE RAILROAD
GIVES INTERVIEW TO SHOW HIS INDEPENDENCE OF PRES
 ENT ROADS.

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-Secretary Lane some time ago gave an interview to the Boston News Bureau on the AL aska railroad question which is be- lieved here to be an attempt to show the owners of existing railroads in Al aska that he need not purchase them. This interview was given before he applied for the two million dollars and before he stated to the appropriation committee that some of the money might be used to make a first pay ment on the purchase of an existing railroad. The following is the inter- view as it has just been received here;
 "Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, who has the matter in charge makes this statement to the Boston News Bureau: "We have received of fers of sale from the Copper River road and the Alaska Northern road. Alternate routes on both sides of the Prince William Sound, which would obviate the necessity of purchasing either road, have been suggested and surveys made. On the east side of Prince William Sound instead of de. parting from Cordova the road might depart from Valdez.
 "On the west side instead of depart ing from Seward the road might aake it's terminus at Portage bay. The road on the east side would lead to the in- terior through the Cb;t.na valley and on the west side through the Sastna valley"
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
CAPTAIN McMULLEN TO
 TAKE DORA OUTSIDE.
Will Take. Rest in Seattle Before Deciding on Future
 Course.

Captain McMullen will take the Dora outside and will never again captain vessel on the westward run, that is on the run which the Dora has just finished. Mrs. McMullen and fam ily will go out on the Mariposa. Capt. McMullen has been on this westward run for six years and has been con stantly working since 1900 so that he feels a rest will do him good. He may leave with the Dora tomorrow evening and the people of Seward will be sorry to hear of his going. Cap tain McMullen says it was only a heavy sea that hit the Dora at Kodiak.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
TURKS FALL BACK FROM EGYPT
LANE IS WISE TO THE TRICKS THAT ARE VAIN
DORA RETURNS AFTER
 1ST TRIP WESTWARD.
Hit by Something Like Tidal Wave Near Kodiak and Got Severe
 Shaking.

The Steamship Dora, Captain Me Mullen, arrived last night from the westward, so finishing the last trip before she goes to Seattle. She brought some passengers but not many. When about half an hour from Kodiak something like a tidal wave struck her suddenly and gave her bad shaking. Part of the deck house was taken away and some of the port windows were torn out. The fury of the wave can be imagined when it is said that the thick glass in one of the portholes was split across the center although the amount of water that could hit such space must be very small.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
SEATTLE GETS SORE
 WITH E. C. TOWNS.
Delegation Waits on Secretary Red field to get Halibut Trade for
 Puget Sound.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.--A dele gation of Seattle men, accompanied by H. R. King of Ketchikan, waited yes tr'eday on Secretary Redfeld of the department of commerce to request him to aid in the work of securing the halibut trade of Alaska for Puget Sound cities. The secretary promised them that he would try to work out some plan to save the trade for their cities. At the present time, owing to an advantage in the Canadian laws, the halibut fisherman have made Brit ish Columbia cities their headquarters to the injury of Seattle and other Puget Sound ports.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
MORGAN SELLS FINE
 PORCELAIN COLLECTION.
Four Million Dollars is Price Receiy- ed for Gatherings of His
 Father.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-J. P. Mor- gan has sold his fathers collection of porcelains for the sum of four million dollars. The late Mir. Morgan travel led the whole world and had agents all the time searching for these DOT celaines so that he had managed to secure the greatest collection of its kind on earth. A few pieces each cost sums that would be considered a large fortune to the great majority of people and some of the articles have histories that beat the most imaginative romance.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
LEFT TO START CAFE
 OVER AT SHIP CREEK.
First Men to go From Seward to to Open Business at That
 Point.

Ed. Kraus, formerly of the Palace Cafe, Louis Jensen and Jack Stein left this morning to start a restaurant at Ship creek where, they believe, there will be much done this spring by the government on the railroad project. The men went overland and their outfit will follow on the Travel Ter. Some half dozen men have left Seward since the news came that Sec retary Lane had decided to build to the Matanuska.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
TWO BLOODY BATTLES RAGE
 AT ENDS OF RUSSIAN FRONT
MAY PROBE OTHER CITIES
 FOR HIGH PRICE CAUSE.
Chicago Federal Attorney Cannot Tell Whether Rise is Due to Demand
 or Speculation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9,-Federal Attorney Clyne of Chicago has in- formed the department of justice that if the probe into the cause of high prices is carried out in Chicago it should also be carried out in other cities as a general investigation may be necessary to secure the real facts. He declares that he cannot yet tell
 whether the rise in Chicago is due to the demand for the articles which
 have risen in price or to speculation.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
STILL
 FIGHTS IT OUT
SITTING TWENTY FOUR HOURS BUT STILL TALNI>:G
 GOES ON.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 0.-The sen ate has been in session for twenty four hours continuously and is still talking away interminably in the eff fort to defeat the ship purchase bill Jones of Washington state has been fourteen hours talking after having relieved his predecessor last night There is no prospect at present of the deadlock breaking and less than twen- ty week days remain for the passage of the measure before this congress comes to an end.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
ID PAY AND
 GO TO JAIL
COLLOSAL ST. LOUIS SWIND- LERS RECEIVE HEAVY
 SENTENCES.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-Five thousand dollars fine and one year in the peni- tentiary was the sentence meted out to each of the jobbing house swindlers who were found guilty a few days ago. Several men are included in the swindle. They had established a chain of stores and bought large stocks of goods from various wholesale houses. These goods were transhipped from store to store to hide them and all goods so secured were sold at fifty per cent of the price paid to the whole salers for them. Later the swindIers declared the stores bankrupt and that there were no assets. Suspicion rest ed on them and the matter was in- vestigated.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
GOVERNOR UNABLE TO
 HASTEN ELECTION

Senator Dan Sutherland, Conrad Breeding and other Alaskans now in Seattle asked Governor Strong to ad- vance the date of the Nome special election from Feb. 27 to Feb. 20 but the governor could not do it. The newly elected senator will be late whether a man in Seattle is elected or not. If the successful candidate is James or Anderson, who are in Seat tie, the returns must be received from Nome before either can take his seat. If a man right from Nome is elected he must go out over the trail.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
British Are Now Declared to Have a Million Men Ready
 For the Struggle.
TURKS ABANDON EGYPT

CAIRO, Feb. 9-The Turks have abandoned the in- vason of Egypt and the army which was advancing is now in full retreat across the desert This news was re- ceved here today The of the retreat supposed to be that the Turks discovered the seriousness of the position in which they would have found themselves if they were defeted with the desert at their backs The BrtishEgypan army of defence is said to have crossed to the eastern side of the Suez canal and effort may yet be made to pursue the Turkish army although the task of pursuing across the desert would be clearly most diff fcult one The recent repuses sustained by Turkey in TranScaucasa may also have influenced the Turkish lead CTS in making their backward movement from Egypt.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
RELIEVES WARSAW

LONDON Feb 9-The big battle that is now raging in East Prussia has stopped the assaults by Hndenbug against the Russian Warsaw line and for the present the chief interest lies in the outcome of the battle in German territory The Prussan fight has developed into one of the greatest conflicts of the According to the most reliable accounts hundreds of thousands of men en- gagged on both sides and the battle is bitter and bloody The Germans have taken up strong positions from the distant and have brought up some of their best artillery The Russians believed to Outnumber the enemy and are perfectly confident AS neither side has fortress for base such Warsaw the result of the battle must mean a retreat for one side or the other.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-09
STORM AT ASTORIA
 RUINS GREAT LEFTY
Whole Mile of Columbia Jetty Carried Away by Tremendous
 Seas.

ASTORIA, Feb. 9.-One whole mile of the Columbia jetty was destroyed yesterday by one of the most terrific storms and seas on record. The loss to the jetty represents a loss of two million dollars and also a serious loss to the city and district as the destruc- tion may mean tremendous inconven- fence to the shipping of the port