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The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT


 tBy REV. JOSEPH HENRY CROOKERl
 Let us see how the liquor trade "orks out as business proposition in small village of 5000 people (coupt- Ing the tributary country folk) with TOUT saloons. As the average per cap. ita expenditure for drink in the United states Is over twenty dollars a year. on that basis this village would spend &oO.0O0 annually for liquor. But. to be conservative. We will cut this in two and make it $300O0. That sum. very large for so small a community. we may set down as the charge against the saloons. The business gains from them are practically as follows: For licenses. $1,000 (s25O being the aver. age village feel; for rent (the keepers living above their barrooms), $2,5OO; Tor household expenses of four fami. iles' $4.O0O Ia very high estimate); making $7.5OO the amount of money which the business spends in the town "a very liberal calculation. That is. Tor every four dollars paid over the par, only one comes back to the finan- clal interests of the community. An outgo of four dollars and income of one dollar. Surely, not much profit in that!
 Or to put the matter in another way: For every four dollars that goes into any one of those saloons, three dollars never comes out again to do business in that town; the grocer on one side loses dollars trade, the market on the oth. CT side loses dollars trade, and the merchant across the street also loses a dollars trade for every hour through out the year!
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
NOURISHMENT IN BEER.

It Is now possible to demonstrate with mathematical certainty that, so far as enriching the blood Is con- cerned, the four that will lie on the point of knife affords more nourish ment than four measures of the best Bavarian beer; and that anybody who drinks a measure of beer daily would thus imbibe in one year about as much nourishment as is contained in a pound of bread.-Baron Justus von Liebeg, in Chemische Briefe.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
ARKANSAS DRY FOR ONE YEAR
By A. w. Parke.

In every section of Arkansas those who have so long prayed and work ed for prohibition, are rejoicing over the action of the General Assembly
 in passing the statewide bill last week They are rejoicing that the state is to be dry, and in their zeal imagine that it is to remain that way just because the bill becomes law, but unless they put a covering over their ointment there is extremely liable to be fly in it. While the prohibitionists are idle the local optionists will be constantly working, and on the very day the New berry bill becomes effective, Jan. l., 1916, if not before, petition will be put in circulation to initiate an act to repeal the bill, and possibly one also to repeal the Going Act.
 Arkansas will be dry for a year, even if the liquor men are successful in repeating either, or both of these measures. for the matter cannot be placed before the people until Sep tember 1916. Success at that time largely depends upon the election com miSsioners apointed this year, which will make these appointments some thing to fight for.
 The ten mile act for Little Rock will hardly get by the Senate for the Submissionists had a majority there until 1t collapsed like a balloon in mid ar and came down in limp heap. ms majority contained several pro- mbltloniStS who favored submission, but would vote for the Newberry bill II they could not get their desires. several more switched to the prohibit uonlStS on the compromise to extend ule llquor licenses until Jan. 1, and " was their understanding that there would be no effort to modest the sa. loonS until that time. They woke up 'o the real wording of the bill about "e tune It was passed, and several were mccnSed when they found that he Flne Bluff saloons were left out because license had not been issued prlor to the signing of the bill. With ''ilS feeling in the face of the compro- "iiSe' It Is hardly probable that a bill n'akng Little Rock dry so soon after 'ne licenses have been issued will get through the Senate. Any kind of a prohibition bill, no matter how radical VIII go through the House.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
AN Ex-PaeslDENT's OPINION.

The friend of the saloonkeepers denounce thelr opponents for not treating the saloon business like any other. The best answer to this is that the business is not like any other busi- ness. and hat the actions Of the sa- looukeepers themselves conclusively prove this to be the case, IL tends to produce criminality in the popula- ton at large and lawbreaking among the saloonkeepers themselves. When the liquor men are allowed 10 do as they wish, they are sure to debauch' not only the body social. but the body polite also.-Theodore Roosevelt.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11

rue ArkanSas legislature works on ; an average of , hours per day in leg 'SiatlVe session. Thus the cost of op
 eratlhg the House, not counting cleri- Iai u assistance, is s120 per hour. The iVuSe debated for an hour Saturday in a.I 'II"arglng a janitor for intoxication
 'u "iter removing his name from the SSSS.o''' dld like the historic army of th' p"'n' they marched up the hill, and cha" ea marched down again, for the dis "lsed Janitor was immediately re- h;r hs'seu' and by those who discharged to II It costs $120 for a legislature a, u'Scnarge q drunken janitor. there mt many who would like to know ita,s %t IS would cost the state to rid intoxicated ' '''oo'o oeco'''e
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
CHANGES OF MODERATION.

I weigh my words when 1 say that the man who habitually uses alcohol in so-called moderate quantities-the man who takes it every day, but never was drunk in his life"-has, other things being equal, substan- tially smaller chance of standing the strain.-Sir Arthur Chance. noted Brit ish surgeon.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
70 Me Farmer, Working Man, Business Man and Professional Man:

ErOfcSSlOndL Wan:
 You will be interested n the following facts. They directly affect your daily life and your in- come, thereby affecting the food you are able to put your table, and the kind of clothing and kind of schooling you are able to give to your chl- dren.
 In the year 1907, which was prior to the dras- tic reduction in railroad rates and previous to the heavy increase in the cost of materials and SUD- plies and the marked advance in wages the credit of American railroads was second to none, and their securities were marketable at reasonable rates, both at home and abroad In 1907 the rail- roads of this country purchased $55OOO0,000 worth of freight and passenger cars, locomotives and rails. Eighty per cent of this amount, or $40, OOO went into the hands of the Ameri- can wage earners. Figuring on the basis of s70s per annual compensation, wlIch Is conservative basis, the plants manufacturing this equipment and rail and selling the railroads employed 62S,- 900 people, thus providing living for 2,5O0,0Oo persons.
 In 1914 the railroads were abI, to purchase only $218, ,O0O, ,000 worth of cars, locomotives and rails, and the plants turning them out able to employ only 424O0o wage earners, thus pro- viding for less than 1000, ,00O persons.
 Compare 1914 with 1907 when the railroad, were receiving reasonable rates for their services. Nineteen fourteen shows decrease of $332, ,000,- 900 in purchases, 356000 less wage earners ployed in turning out the goods and 100000 less persons provided for by means of this work.
 This immense reduction in the volume of business materially affects all classes of business and labor and principally affects the farming in- terests, because it means that very large num- Der of people are without f,:.ds to purchase these products of the farm. which in good times they buy. It means that many of these unfortunate people must stint themselves and live on less than they require, and less than they have been accus- toned to in the past Next to agriculture the railroad business is thc greatest in this country. Naturally marked depression in the railroad busi- ness is quickly felt in all other lines The point the railroads desire to make is this-that the prosperity of the country is linked with their prosperity. When railroads suffer, the country suffers.
 There is no gainsaying the fact that every additional dollar put into the channels of trade in Arkansas is of value to every citizen of Arkansas. Later in this series of articles the railroads will show the vast amount of money lost to Arkansas by enforced curtailment of railroad expenditures in Arkansas, and the railroads will show that their revenues have been cut too deep to give them a chance to prosper
 What do you think of this situation?
 We are asking only for the opportunity Sc, $oo o<lo oA k.,~ MYxa
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-11
The Prescott Daily News
 o0DLS0HED ST The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail mather November 4th, 1905, at tho postofce at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March ,. 1879.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
KITCHEN "KINKS" OF VALUE
Good Substitute for Eggs When They
Are Scarce-To Separate Whites
From Yolks.

When eggs are scarce a teaspoonful
of cornstarch can be made to take
the place of one egg. When combined
with eggs it makes buildings, cakes
and pies lighter.
When the whites of eggs are used
and the yolks are not wanted for sew
eral days. beat them up with a little
cold water and put them away in a
cool place. They will keep good for
quite a while. If they are to be
used for salad dressing the water must
not be added.
When separating the whites from
the yolks of eggs one will sometimes
break the yolk into the white, in
which case the whites do not beat
light. Dip a clean cloth into warm
water, wiring dry, touch the yolk
which has been dropped into the white
with the cloth and it will cling to
the cloth.
If you wish to save the shells,
break away just enough of the small
er end of the shell to remove the
contents. Then carefully wash the
shells and put them away in a safe
place. Later you may fill these shells
with jelly, covering the broken end
with paraffin paper. This is a con
venient way to carry jelly for
lunches.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

Drying UpMM

irrigation. The famous sweet grass
of this region is nearly gone, though
in its place has come a coarser
sour" grass with peculiar drought
resisting qualities.
The life history of this sour" grass
is truly a fairy tale of botany. Its
seeds are highly specialized, having a
body shaped like a torpedo with a long,
tapering tail.
An opportunity of seeing a startling
wonder of plant life is offered when
n m across a mass of these seeds
drifted together by the wind. II a lit
tie water is sprinkled on them, a tre-
NOR of awakening life is seen to stir
them; movements in all directions fol-
low, so animal-like as to leave one in
doubt whether they are really seeds
or insects. First each seed disentan-
giles itself, then the seedhead is lifted
clear of the ground. following which
a bend of the supporting tail turns the
torpedo head earthward, and the nee
die point with it's b~ristles is thrust
into the damp soil by a continuous
pressure of the tail. This latter move.
ment Is continued until the seed is
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
SWEETS FOR THE AFTERNOON
Some Novelties That Almost Any
Woman Can Make for the De-
llnht Of Guests.

The search for the unusual occupies
the time, or a big portion of 1t, of
many men and women. Men who are
running tiny ''fancywork" shops, men
who are managing huge manufacture
Ing plants, women who spend most OF
heir life in the pursuit of society, and
women who spend It managing simply
their wi homes. all must seek novel;
ties.
Here are SOM suggestions of un-
usual sweets that may interest the
woman who tries to furnish tempting
yet inexpensive food.
It is easy enough to buy a bit of
French pastry at the confectioner's to
give an unusual air to the afternoon
tea tray-if one is willing to pay the
bill. Here is a cheap dainty that
will vie with those from the best con-
fectioner: Make a rich, slightly sweet
ened biscuit dough and form it into
small rounds. In the center of each
place a pitted, stewed prune and pull
up the edges to cover the prune en-
tirely. Bake quickly a golden brown
and serve hot.
For banbury tarts make good pie
crust and roll it thin. Cut it into big
circles. and in each place a spoonful
of filling, bring the edges together and
bake brown. Serve either hot or cold.
To make the filling. mix a cup of seed
ed ~raisins, a cup of sugar, the Juice
and grated rind of a lemon and a beat
en- egg; cook for a few minutes until
the egg thickens and cool before
using.
To make stuffed cookies roll good
sugar-cooky dough thin and cut in
rounds. On half the rounds place a
spoonful of the banbury-tart filling.
put the other rounds over those with
the filling, pinch the edges together
and bake until done.
Make gingerbread of the soft VI
riety with three-quarters of a cup of
orange juice substituted for some of
the other liquid. Bake it in muffin
tins and serve with whipped cream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

that the earth is sucking up moisture
like o gigantic sponge.
The name Waterberg was given orig
inally when this country was very
fertile. watered by lakes, streams,
springs and dotted with marshes. Ac.
cording to the writer, its name was
synonymous with a sort of lotus land
of fertility; it literally overlooked
with milk, honey and fruits. 1t was
also the last stronghold of the big
game of the northern Transvaal. To-
day, after the eliminating drought of
1913, 1t is practically a desert, with
dried up water courses and springs,
dead orange groves, some of them over
fifty years old. trees three centuries
old now lifeless. desolate pasture lands
devoid of cattle and other life. There
is no game, either birds or animals,
and the fields where fine crops once
grew are 10Y parched and dead.
No Running Water There.
1t is hard to believe. but true, that
in the entire district of Waterberg,
which is larger than the Free State,
there was last year no running water,
and in the north of the district there
Is a tract over 1000 square miles in
extent where there is no single drop
of water, running or stagnant, above
the surface of the ground. The great
Limpopo itself is dry for all the dis
lance that its course covers in this dis
trict and only by digging deep in its
sandy bed a drinking water be
found. Even after a very heavy rain
in the neighborhood of its source.
which flooded its tributaries at the
time, the stream reached but a little
way down the Limpopo, and not one
drop of the water which fell in the up
per regions reached the sea; all lost
in the burning sands of the rivers
bed Only the fairly numerous thermal
springs of the district remain unaf-
fected by the drought, and on them
the jewellers depend for drinking and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
MACHINE GUN COOLED BY AIR
Declared to Be Superior to Weapons
Which Have Hitherto Employed
Water for the Purpose.

Most of the machine guns used in
the British army are water-cooled
The steam given off by the water,
which is boiled through the heat of
firing, is halle to betray the position
OF the gunner. however, and for some
time inventors have been busy invent
ing an ~air-cooled machine.
They have been successful. and the
Lewis ~air-cooled gun is now used bv
our soldiers. The Lewis gun weighs
only 26h pounds and it can be fired
from the shoulder.
II very much resembles, indeed. an
ordinary rifle, but 1t has a horizontal
revolving magazine above the trigger.
and the barrel is four inches In
diameter on the outside. appearing
much bigger than that of a rifle.
The gun is ~air-cooIed by q sheath OF
aluminium, with ~radiating wings. like
an electric fan. This sheath extends
beyond tie actual barrel cl Tue gun
As The gases. caused b. lh= nrIng CT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

MCGOWAN did was to put a stop to promiscuous
letter writing. The true bureaucrat dearly loves
TO write letters. He thinks he is at his best
when he is writing letters for the chief to sign,
division heads debating many of the letters
which take the bureau chiefs signature. 1t graft
hes the soul of the bureaucrat to grow arrogant
and sarcastic in such ~dictation.
Nothing of that sort is tolerated by Admiral
McGowan. He insisted that letter writing be re-
duced to a minimum and that nothing unkind or
contentious be put into a letter, especially to
another coordinate bureau. After his first gen.
eral remarks on the subject he followed it up
with an "intrabureau order" intrabureau orders
being one of his methods of reaching the person
mel of his organization.
But the striking changes in the service have
been worked in the detail Of the machinery first
of accounting and then of supplying. Aboard
each one of Uncle Sans fighting craft is a pay
oficer, the ships business manager. Each ship
has a base or home station at some navy yard.
AT each navy yard is a storehouse, presided over
by a pay officer. 1t is the business of this store
house to provide for the ships attached to it.
Then there are fuel stations-coal and oil-also
under Jurisdiction of the pay corps, for the pay
corps buys everything, save arms and ammuni-
ton, needed by the ships and their personnel.
At present there are in the custody of the store
keepers general supplies worth $22,O O0,O 900, ex.
elusive of fuel; $~4,0O0,000 worth of clothing, and
100000 worth of provisions. The problem is
not alone to supply immediate needs, but to be
ready to supply emergency needs.
Just as an army moves on its belly, so is a
navy department on its supplies. When a por-
ton of the feet was dispatched the other day to
Santo Domingo it required a lot of things not
ordinarily carried. 1t got away promptly because
those particular things were forthcoming without
delay.
Always the bureau is in the market buying in
huge quantities on bids and under rigid ~specihca-
tons, for delivery at the most advantageous
points. Two simple record books contain all the
data on current bids which have been opened.
and these are always open to public inspection.
But the characteristic of the purchasing system
is the simple and graphic methods used in keep
ing information up to date on existing stocks of
fuel and supplies and on current prices. Much
of this information is reduced to charts on sec
tional paper. Thus a simple chart tells in figures
and lines up to within ~ hours the exact guam
tity of coal and fuel on hand at any supply sta
ton, and another gives the same information
as to the amount on board any ship of the navy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

embedded in the soil, the whole opera
ton occupying is minutes. If the soil
is only slightly damp. the seed pene-
trates just beyond the line of mois-
ture and remains without terminating
until enough rain insures the safe
sprouting of the future Seeding. Thus
equipped. the sour grass exists despite
the severe drought against which the
sweet grass is helpless.
All Animal Life Fled.
The effects of the drought were SO
far-reaching on the animal world that
those animals capable of escape fed
early from the stricken area-man
with his live stock among the first
and now the entire middle weld Is
without human inhabitant, and the
north practically a desert. Over every
thing lies the silence of absolute life
lessness. 1t seems as If the desert had
reached out an arm and taken unto it.
self for all time this great extent of
once fertile country. where for four
and a half hours daily in no spot is
the temperature less than 100 degrees
II dhl ChhCits
The big gar'e have nearly all disap-
peared, most of them having trekked
to more fertile country. Some of the
remaining animals have had to change
their natural habits; the nocturnal
ant-bear is forced to search its food In
broad daylight on account of the fact
that the ants in the hard ground can
not be dug out during a night. Most
nocturnal beasts of prey also hunt
during the day as well Is by night;
some leopards raided a nearby camp in
the early afternoon, and the balloons.
usually SO afraid of the dark. seem
never to sleep. but walk about both
day and night in search of food in any
form. A crocodile was unearthed by
the authors party when digging for
water in the-bed of a stream, -four and
a half feet beneath the surface.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

Just how much can be accomplished
in overcoming natural tendencies, | do
not pretend to say; but have noticed
that with the whip properly laid on,
a lazy horse does very well.
Men who's re reasonably fair with
neighbors. develop q roguish instinct
as oon as they deal with the public.
The public never watches as closely
az do the neighbors
| walk around some men as ! walk
around a mud hole.
The average mans conscience is
more elastic than his ~suspenders.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
Check Frauds Busy Last Year.

l.. w. Cannon. manager of the pro-
tective department of the American
Bankers association. in his annua re-
port. recited that the last year has
beer active for the protective depart
ment owing to the unsettled condi.
ions prevailing throughout the coun.
try. which always have a tendency
to increase all classes Of crime.
There has been no marked in.
eas in the operations of the profes.
sional OPERATOR" Mr.. Cannon said.
but there has been a considerable
increase in the operations of the
amateur"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
Satisfactory sprlnkiino.

Here is a method for sprinkling
clothes which will be found very sat.
is%factory. This saves a lot of trouble
and prevents the hands from getting
chapped in cold weather. Take an
ordinary cork and cut a small huting
in 1t lengthwise. Fill a glass bottle
with water and put the cork in 1t.
When the bottle is shaken the iuted
cork acts IS a spray, sprinkling the
water evenly over the clothes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
Veal in a Mold.

This is a dish that can be prepared
the day before and can be served cold
for the LEI days luncheon or dinner.
Boil a knuckle of veal till tender.
Pour off the water in which il was
boiled and mince the veal. Add the
minced veal to the Juice and pour in
a mould. Add thin slices of a hard
boiled egg and place in a cool place,
and when cold place on the ice. Serve
on a platter, garnished with parsley
or a few pieces of crisp fried bacon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
spleed crabappIe JellY.

One-half peck crabapples washed
but not peeled), five cupfuls sugar, two
cupfuls white picking vinegar. one
halt ounce each whole cinnamon.
cloves and allspice. Boil to a pulp
and strain. To every cupful OF Juice
add a cupful of sugar end boil 20
minutes. removing scum Pour int
Jelly tumblers. and when cold cover
with melted paraffin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
Parsnin Cakes.

Take one large cupful of mashed
p%arsnips, half a te%aspoonful of salt,
n egg. a heaping teaspoonful of good
baking powder, in one cupful of flour
and three-quarters of a cupful of milk.
Stir the mixture till it 8 a smooth bat
ter; then have some fat in a frying
pan half an inch deep and drop the
batter into it by spoonfuls. Brown it
nicely on n side, then turn it. The
cakes will be found most delicate and
may be eaten alone or with any other
course
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13
Russian Boiled Fish fcoldl.

Clean and season a whole fish and
let boil with n sliced onion. half
cupful vinegar, a few slices of lemon
and two springs of parsley. Add a
tablespoonful of butter, let cook until
tender. Remove fish to platter. Mix
the with one tablespoonful of
brown sugar, a pinch of ginger, Gin
namon and nutmeg and the juice of a
lemon. Let boil well, then thicken
with the yolks of two beaten eggs and
pour over the fish. Serve cold, garnish
with lemon slices and olives.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-13

the cartridges. come out of the barrel
they act on these fans and drive them
around. causing a continual draft of
cool air to pass along the barrel.
The Lewis takes As cartridges at
a time, but it can be reloaded in a few
seconds.-Pearson's.