The Spectator., 1915-04-30

II you dlc du fAlhduSdS Idl iuCi fShu hog raiser and cholera is prevalent in your herd or in the herds of the neighborhood beware of the quack hog cholera experts who have ap- peared in many sections of Arkansas and sold anti-hog cholera serum at many times the regular price fixed by government experts. The price of an- ti-hog cholera serum is l 1-2 cents per cubic centimeter at the state se- rum plant at Little Rock.
 This is the substance of warning to the hog raiser by Dr. J. F. Gibson, veterinary field agent of the federal bureau of animal husbandry, who is the governments representative in the Arkansas anti-hog cholera cam paign, cooperating with the College of Agriculture.
 ''At Eureka Springs" said Dr. Gib- son, "I found that parties had gone among the farmers soliciting hogs to treat for cholera, saying they were accredited representatives of the United States Department of Agri- culture. They told the farmers they were not charging for their work but for the material they used and exact ed exorbitant prices for the serum.
 ''As I am the only one working on the hog cholera question as repre- sentative of the United States De- partment of Agriculture and as repre- sentative of the United States De partment of Agriculture and as repre- sentatives of the government do not accept money in payment for seram or services the farmer should take this as warning against quacks."
 Dr. Gibson and U. c. Jordan have just completed a campaign against cholera in Searcy County. In that county meetings were held at Mar shall, Snow Ball, Grove School, Leslie and Horton School. A practical dem- onstration on the administration of the simultaneous treatment for chol- era was given to a large crowd at Marshall. During the week Dr. Gib- dressed 453 people on the hog cholera situation in addition to 157 farmers at the Marshall demonstration.
 Announcement has been made that construction work on the proposed new railroad between Mountain Home. Ark, and Springfield Mo, will begin in about six weeks. Promoters in nJ tir,,p securing a right of way and making other arrangements. Springfield cap italists are said to be behind the pro- ject. The road will open up large territory not now traversed by rail- road, which contains millions of feet of valuable timber.
 Farm poultry is the subject matter for practically every article in the April issue of the Southwest Trail, q monthly magazine published by the Agricultural Department of the Rock Island Railroad at Chicago. Most of these articles were written either by II. M. Cottrell agricultural commis
 
 II, Schoffelmeyer, editor of the South west Trail. s
 Monroe county tax payers are con- fronted with the possibility of pay ing from three to four times the ordinary amount of taxes next year through the mandamus re gently issued by the United States Court of Civil Appeals requiring the county assessor to assess all property Tn the county at 100 per cent valua- ton.
 F. H. Harrin, head of the pedagog- lcal department in Little Rock High school, will assist in the pedagogi- cal department at the summer session of the State Normal School, which be gins July 2. Dr. J. l.. McBrien of the United States Department of Rural Education, also will be a member of the summer faculty.
 . Near Big Flat in the Arkansas Ozarks is saltpeter cave, from which early settlers got saltpeter for making gunpowder During the Civil war saltpeter for part of the powder used by the Confederate army was obtained from this cave.
 J. C. Reed, who served as sheriff and collector of Washington county for one term, 1908 to 1910. paid S33S to A. c. Wilson. county treasurer. for erroneously recorded delinquent real property tax during his term of of flee.
 Application has been filed with the comptroller of currency for a char ter for the National Bank of Arkan. sas at Pine Bluff, to be incorporated with paidup capital of Sl00,000 and surplus of $10.00O.