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The Spectator., 1915-12-03
LAND VALUES HAVE ADVANCED FROM $2o TO $50 AN ACRE
 THIS YEAR.
S2,OO0,C0O DRAINAGE CANAL
1t Is Claimed the Building of the Rock Island Free Driveway Bridge to Open in June Has Had An
 Electrical Effect.

Earle
 That land values in Crittenden county have advanced from $20 to $50 an acre this year because the Memphis suburb adopted closely the diversified farming program, with the building of $2.000 600 of drainage ca aals, and County Judge J. B. Thomp- sons stupendous good roads drive, is the assertion of all taxpayers. The huiidng of the Rock Island free driveway bridge to be opened in June has had an electrical effect. Some 400 prominent Memphis people were land owners here the first of the year, and since then half as many more from there have picked up good black dand holdings.
 Willis E. Ayres. the Memphis re ciamation engineer in charge of most of the drainage canal work, and Supt. Charles Walker of the Canal Con- sfruction Company of Memphis. have made large land investments, attract ed by the deep. black soil which they say is the best in the Mississippi val 1ey.
 Drainage District No. has been formed and the contract will be let and bonds sold at Marion on Decem- Der I0 This is north of Turrell. and the Morgan Engineering Company of Memphis has charge of it. 1t will be the connecting link between the gigantic Mississippi County drainage system. which cost S5O00,O00, and the Crittenden system. No. ', which is to drain the Turrell and Heafer country, will cost $210,O0O. Thirty seven thousand acres will benefit from it.
 Engineer w. E. Ayres of Memphis is finishing the survey for Drainage District No s, to reclaim 15,000 acres about Mound City and Fogleman, to cost $100,000. The contract will be let within the next 50 days.
 The largest drainage district is in the tri-county around Earle, where 92 miles of ditches are nearly complete and more than 10000 acres will be drained at cost of $400,000.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

culiar to pigeons and is difficult to cure. It may be brought about by feeding filthy or unsound grains, by filthy conditions. and by any factor which tends to destroy the vitality of the pigeons. The symptoms of this condition are gradual loss of flesh, frequently accompanied by diarrhea. The practical method of treatment is to remove the cause. Pigeons in this or in any other diseased condition will often get we'll if allowed their free dom. Tonics are used by some pigeon breeders, especially during the molting season. but their constant use is not generally advised under normal condi- tions.
 Dead squabs may be due to a va. riety of reasons. The cause of the mortality must be found and removed if profitable results are to be se cured. Some of the possible causes are extra males or unmated pigeons in the breeding pens rats or mice in the house, and lack of vitality in the breeding stock, caused by the use of improper or the lack of sufficient feed, filthy conditions, or careless inbreed- ing
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
Why Hindu Poet Avoids Jansn

A traveller returned from India to Japan, according to the East and West News, tells why Sir Rabindranath Ia gore gave up his proposed visit to the land of the Rising Sun. First, he says. because the Hindu poet, like other poets. changes his mind frequently; second, because his tenants are suf fering from want of food; third, he has become incensed at Japanese who abused Tagore's confidence, pre- tending to be an admirer of the poets most refined works and all the while insanely addicted to London music hall songs. He sings for hours m private the poet is reported to have said with a whitening expression of scorn, what ho calls 'Tippulaly'!"
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
Mere Trifle.

War anecdotes seem to be popular just now" remarked the public man.
 So they are" answered his secre- tary.
 Hum. Couldn't you credit a few anecdotes of that sort to me?"
 It would be rather difficult, as you haven't been in Europe since the war started
 What difference does that make? I've never been in Rome. but that doesn't prevent me from quoting Ci- cero in my political speeches.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

going light" seem to be more preva lent in pigeons than in the domestic fowl. Canker appears as sores or cheesy patches in the mouth and throat and can usually be prevented by providing good sanitary conditions and feeding only clean, sound grains and clean water. It may be treated by swabbing the mouth and throat with undiluted creolin or with a solu tion of equal parts of hydrogen per oxide and water or by using dry sul- phur. Enough potassium permangan- ate may be added to the drinking wa ter to give 1t wine color. Various remedies or preventives of disease are used in the drinking water by pigeon breeders whenever the stock appears to be in poor condition. Among these are carbolic acid, epsom salts, copper sulphate, and venetian red. Ulcers sometimes appear on the head. around the bill. eyes. mouth. or in the throat. and pigeons thus affected should usually be killed.
 Going light" is more or less pc.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

(Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 The pens and yards where pigeons are confined must be kept clean. There is very little chance of making money from sQuabs unless the pigeons can be kept comparatively free from diseases and insect parasites. If healthy breeding stock is secured, the houses and yards kept clean, and care- full attention given to the birds, dis eases and parasites should not be material factor in squab raising. (Only good, sound grain should be fed.
 The following advice as to keeping pigeons we'll and curing their diseases is taken from Farmers Bulletin No. 6S4, "Squab Raising" The stock should be carefully watched and any sick birds removed from the breeding pens. The house should be kept dry, clean, well ventilated and free from drafts The yards should be kept clean either by scraping the surface and adding fresh sand or gravel or by cultivating the land and planting it to grain if possible.
 The nests, nest boxes, and pens should be kept clean, but it is not ad visable to disturb the nests which con, tain eggs or sQuabs any more than is actually necessary. The pens should be sprayed frequently with whitewash containing little crede carbolic acid, or with coal-tar disinfectant, and the nest boxes and perches should be ex- amined for mites, especially in hot weather, and sprayed with kerosene oil or some commercial preparation which will kill mites. The nests or nest pans should be cleaned out and the nesting material removed after the squabs are marketed or leave the nests.
 Canker.
 Pigeons are subject to many of the diseases which affect poultry and may be treated in the same manner. Canker and the disease or condition called
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
SOUND HOG CHOLERA MAX!MS
Best Results Are Obtained Where Sc. rum Is Administered Before Dis
 ease Has Progressed.

If hog cholera appears in your herd:
 Treat your hogs immediately with anti-hog- cholera serum, after which they should be kept on a light diet and pure drinking water and confined to limited quarters that may be cleaned daily and sprayed three times week with one part of compound cresol solution to 30 parts of water until the disease has abated in the herd To obtain the best results the serum must be administered before the disease has progressed in the herd.
 To rid premises of infection:
 Remove all manure and saturate with quicklime.
 Burn all litter, rubbish and hog troughs.
 After the premises are thoroughly cleaned spray walls, floors, and other surfaces with disinfectant (one part compound cresol solution to 30 parts water) Where hoghouses are small. turn them oyer, exposing interior to sunlight
 Wallow holes and cesspools should be filled in. drained or fenced of.
 All runs underneath buildings should be cleaned and disinfected and then boarded up.
 Destroy hogs that do not fully re- cover, as they may be carriers of chol- era infection.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
FIRST TO BUILD TRENCHES
Romans Instituted System of Field Notifications Which Are Used by
 the Armies Today.

The Romans, who were the first to were responsible for one of the Hin- cipal features in western Europe-the fortified frontier. This does not mean the ordinary fortified frontier as it was known up to 1914-a series of strong fortified camps with unin- trenched gaps between them. It was in southwestern Germany that the Romans built, as protection against the inroads of German barbarians, what was the prototype of the line of trenches which today runs from Switzerland to the North sea. And just as the German trenches in France and Belgium are to all intents and purposes the frontier of the Ger man empire, so the Roman trenches the lines Germanicus-wer part Of the frontier of the Roman empire.
 The northern-known in ancient times as the Kindergarten or palis- ade ditch-ran from the east bank of the Rhine, near Bonn, across the Taurus mountains and the Main in general southeasterly direction south to near Stuttgart. It consisted of an earthen wall, with a ditch-the trench being, of course, on the out side and the wall being the position of the defenders. The wall was topped by a palisade, and at intervals there were towers-burgi-occu py small bodies of troops who patrOled the intervening sections of wall At longer intervals were stone redoubts -castella-where larger bodies of guards were stationed One of the pe- culiarities of this frontier-which i'll its details represented, of course, an artificial boundary through what at the time was a very sparsely settled country-was that stretch of about fifty miles in length ran in a straight line due north It has been referred to in English and German writings as one of the earliest known boundaries on the American plan.
 Near Stuttgart the Kindergarten meets the Teufelsmauer-the devils wall-wEich was the name given in medieval Germany to the other half of the lines Germanicus-a rampant of stone which extends a little south of east till it meets the Danube at Regensburg. There were forts at in- tervals to strength this, and in the main it was apparently garrisoned much like the Kindergarten.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
FAMOUS DERBY RACES
EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENTS AT
 WoRLDeFAMoUS TRACK.
Ambition of Every Sportsman Inter ested in Game Is to Win Great Contest--lord George Bentinck's
 Sore Disappointment.

Since s. Arnull rode Diomed to vic tory in the English Derby in 17S0 some extraordinary incidents have oc- cured in connection with this world famous race, to win which princes and peers have sacrificed fortunes with out success, says writer in London Answers.
 Time was when the house of com mons was wont to adjourn on Derby day, so that our jaded legislators could run down and bask in the breezes which blew OCT Epson Downs. Again, when the great Crimean war was rag ing, parliament ordered that the re- suit of the race should be included i'll general orders.
 From time immemorial the Derby has been marked by sensations. On three occasions, for example. horses starting at the forlorn odds of 100 to l against have captured the classic prize. Jeddah, in 1898; Signorinetta ten years later, and Aboyeur, two years ago, were their names, and their performances recall others which will stand out prominent in turf history for all time.
 In 1913, one remembers, the race was doubly memorable. There was the terrible episode of the suffragette, who sacrificed her life in vain attempt to stop the horse whilst, as a kind of anticlimax, came the disqualification of Craganour after finishing first. Last year we had the memorable scratching of the Tetrarch, the quaintly- colored animal of the rocking-horse type, of whom such great things were eX- pected.
 Whenever the great Epson carnival comes round, sportsmen, young and old, talk about the SnowStorm Derby. when Hermit, starting at 62 to 1 against, owing to a report that he was lame, won for MT Henry Chaplin. net ting him a fortune. Daley, the jockey who bestrode the successful animal received a present of G3,000 from the owner, and the victory went long way toward running the plunging mar quis of Hastings.
 As to drama, what could be more tragic than the action of that famous sportsman, Lord George Bentinck? Lord George. after spending a lifetime sn attempting to win the Derby, sold all his horses in disgust for lump sum of G10,000 down, and retired from the turf with his ambition ungrati- fled.
 Included in the sold racers was Surplice, who, ironically enough, car ried off the Derby in 1S4S. After ward Surplice also won the St. Leger, and a few days later Lord George Bentinck was found dead on his es- tate at Welbeck.
 When Bend Or won the blue ribbon for the duke of Westminster the win ner was immediately objected to. the allegation being that he was not the horse stated, but TadCaster, and that the two had been changed when foals. There was a tremendous amount of eX- citement, as fabulous sums were at stake. but after interrogating everyone connected from the stud grooms up ward, the authorities decided in favor of Bend Or. The latter afterward be- came additionally famous as the sire of the celebrated Ormonde.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Material is being placed on the ground for a new 100-ton concentrat- ing plant at the Dixie Girl zinc mine on Boat creek. The plant will be completed within the next 50 or 90 days. Work is being pushed in the ground, which will be developed to a stage where it can keep the mill run ming steadily by the time it is com pleted. The Dixie Girl is being ope- rated by Little Rock, Texas and Louis jana people, who have lately purchas- ed the lease. Col. Geo. w. Murphy of Little Rock heads the company as president.
 The Yellow Rose mine, owned by Jim McCarty and associates of Yell vile will also be equipped with con- centrating plant at once, the contract having already been let. The first oil engines to be used in the field will be installed at this plant. Plans are also being drawn up for a mill at the Edith mine which jolns the Yellow Rose and work on the construction of this plant will start about the first of the year. J. c. Shepherd of the Shepherd Mining Company has pur- chased the old plant at the Homestake mine.
 D. W. Kirkland of Little Rock has started the construction of big ho- tel at this place on the new townsite on which work is being rushed.
 A year ago 100 would have been a large estimate to put on the popula- tion of this place and immediate vii cinity. There are some 2,500 oU B. 600 people here now. all engaged in zinc mining, either as operators or miners.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
Fiction Becomes Solid Fact.

The romancing of Sunday supple ment writers comes out true once in a while in spite of everything, case in point being the coal production of Spitzbergen, one of the most desolate islands of the Arctic ocean. where mines financed by American capital produced nearly 10000 tons ot coal last year.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
Instjnctive Utterance.

Did the failure of women to get the vote in your state change views in favor of Q feminine ballot?'
 Not bit of it. It convinced me that my wife is naturally qualified for the vote. As soon as the returns were in sne began to say Fraud liko Q regular veteran in politics.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

At a special meeting of the Russell vile City Council committee was appointed to draft an ordinance al lowing the Cedar Creek Oil and Gas Company to lay pipes and furnish gas fdr Russellville from the Kibler field. The proposed ordinance will be con- sidered at meeting December 13.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03
STATE HAPPENINGS.

E. Haselman of Ozan has received letter from Germany informing him of tife death of a nephew. who was a soldier. He was in the Russian cam paign and who died in Russia. He was wounded last May and was deco rated with the Iron Cross for con spicuous bravery during the past sum mer. MT. Haselman now has seven nepheVs in the German army.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Efforts are being made at Atkins to cooperate with other towns along the Iron Mountain between Fort Smith and Little Rock to secure natu- ral gas from the new fields near Van Buren and Alma.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Med Donaldson, game warden, ar rested R, P. Marley and Ii. N. Hen dricks of Paragould on a charge of shooting quail out of season.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

There is every indication that one of the big oil fields in the south west field will be developed in Craw. ford County is a statement credited to Prof Erasmus Haworth, state geologist of Kansas and head of the department of geology of Kansas Uni- versity, who left for his home after visiting the Kibler gas field in Craw. ford county.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Business was suspended at Mag nolia recently when employers snd employees worked the road leading in. to that town.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

The Wild Cat Gas and Oil Com pany is being organized by Van Buren and Fort Smith capitalists, and will be incorporated with at least S20,OO0 capital stock.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

The second award in the co,ton growers contest took place at Boone ville Wesley Davis won first prize S35 in cash; J. k. Peoples. second, $25; Tom Springer. third. S15. A big crowd was present A third contest will take place December 15. Prizes amounting to s100 will be given away at that time.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

John Cendenin of Harrison is fat tening turkey for Christmas The turkey now weighs 46 pounds, and MT. Clendenin hopes it will weigh 50 pounds when put on the table.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

A huge rock rolling down the mountain side knocked the engine of freight train 100 feet down the steep the White river division of the iron Mountain railroad. The accident oc- cured near Gerber, Mo. 50 miles north of Cotter. The wrecked train was Red Ball Freight No. "A
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Property owners fighting the pro ject of graveling the Warren road from Pine Bluff for distance of five miles won when the commissioners of the district, No s, adopted a resolu- ton to abandon the project. Proper. ty in the district was assessed 70 cover expenses incurred in the prelim- inaries. $1,350 The money will be collected in January
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Joseph F. Lee. who lives near Par is, is making success of celery growing.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

R. L. Hickman is shipping severa hundred gallons of Baxter county sor ghum to Idaho.a
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

After almost nine years Fort Smiths big paving contract which called for 70 miles or paved streets, is finally settled, closed. and the contractor paid The improve ment district paid Burke Bros. ap- proimately S5O,000. The contractors sued the district year ago, claiming more than S15O,00O The Chancery Court awarded them $42,000 and the Supreme Court increased the sum.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Fire loss of nearly Sl,250, 900 was experienced when approximately IA fire at the storage yards of Pine Bluff Compress Company
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Territory along the line of the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf railroad has yielded another valuable product. This road gives to Hot Springs it's west ern outlet and runs through one of the richest sections of Arkansas. M. A, Teal, farmer of Pearte, has brought to this city samples of slate taken from a mine he discovered a few days ago on land purchased a short time ago. This slate was pronounced 10 be exceptionally fine material.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Architect r Edison Mitchell of jonesboro has just completed plans for cold storage plant for the Jones. boro Ice Company
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Deputy State Bank Commissioner Thos. c. McRae Jr, sold the assets of the deunct Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Prescott gt pubic sale for So,62L17.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Two cases containing S2 quarts of liquor consigned to John Collins Fayetteville" were taken from the Wells-Fargo Express Company by Constable Smel2er, under warrant is- sued in Justice Smiths court. The i- quor will be held for a short time awaiting claimant. If not claimed, it will be destroyed
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

The Stillwell Mercantile Company of Gillett has put out more than $1,- 900 for oceans thus far this season.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

The Bay Village Live Stock Com pany of Bay Village. 10 miles south of Harrisburg, has just been organized and incorporated with a capital stock ot $20,0O0.
The Spectator., 1915-12-03

Pigeons are subject to many of the diseases which affect poultry and may be treated in the same manner. Canker and the disease or condition called
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-06
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on Greatest Taikera VI

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approaching the desk Of the meek.
looking man and opening one OF those
folding thinganajigs showing styles OF
binding, y believe can interest you
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est orators. Sesenty volumes enc
dollar down and one dollar . month
until the price. ses0. has been paid.
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ceiehrated specchc2 OF the greatest
takers the world has ever known,
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meek man.
The agent handed II to him. and be
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thodicaliy, running bis finger along the
list OF names.
Reaching the end he handed the In,
dex back to the agent and said; 1T
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know the greatest taiksf In the world.
and you haven't her In the index"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-06
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-06
YOUTH HEADS BIG CONCERN
Yoynsstsr Of Fourteen In Charge Of
Cooperation Which 10 Well
on Ito Feet.

Russell Monbeck. fourteen year-old
Dayton TO- boy. IL president Of the
Boys Box Furniture company, incor.
porated under the laws Of the state.
II is n cooperative organization. mum
bering among its stockholders Is
boys ranging from ten to seventeen
years,
The company operates from to 8
p. m. daily and the company products
are chairs. music racks. piano benches,
writing desks. fewer (. hoxna. .hird
boxes and other light articles. for
which It finds h ready sale.
The profits are divided up ut the
end OF the year on q basis Of the mum.
Der OF hours worked by each boy, Last
year the Is stockholders divided near.
ly $4,000.
The capital stock is me dollar q
share. Some OF the boys are anxious
to buy more stock. but the rules OF the
company prohibit II.
Young Monbeck has systematixed
the producing and selling ends OF the
business. Cleveland Leader.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-06

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either ventured into the White
House grounds and promptly tackled He too and the night
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proportions automobile drivers stopped the
vehicles distance and did
proportions
the birds which paid
him he actually them and noushed his
I'm menaeinx manner.
birds OF all kinds
bloody eah
nshtsr generally credited the coward
all birds easily whipped by small bee from
which will for miles Scheder
turbcd OF kind