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The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
(By A. w. Parke)

Little Rock, April 1.-One more
sixty days session of the Arkansas
legislature, and then never again.
One more collection of sixty day
mistakes and the people of Arkan-
sas will pass a constitutional amend
ment putting the legislators on sal
ary with a majority reaching up to
the skies. The 1913 session of the
Legislature ended with a score or
more bills that were so messed up
in their hasty passage that the su-
preme court has been busy ever
since Strengthening them out. The
1915 general assembly left matters
even worse, and all is due directly
to the short time in which the leg
islature had to do it's work.
While it is too late to submit a
constitutional amendment this time,
changing the one limiting the
length of legislative sessions, it will
be the first filed two years from
uOW. Oue VI Jue dHcuuueHIS W
be voted on in the next election pro-
vides for the taking off the three
amendment limit, and if this is
adopted as many may be submitted
at any one election as the people
initiate or the legislature refers to
them. If this is not adopted the
people will still have the right to
vote on three, and it is safe to pre-
dict that two of these will be the
bond issue for cities, and the plac-
ing of legislators on salaries Those
who favor these will not wait for
the legislature to refer others, but
act Immediately so that no others
will be submitted ahead of them. !.
Plenty of legislation is enacted in
sixty day sessions, but it is faulty
in many cases, and in the rush OF
the closing days all employees are
used in enrolling and engrossing
bills, whether they are familiar with
! the work or not, and this leads to
| the confusion from which the state
is now suffering on minimum wage
and other bills. The sixty day ses-
sion is false economy.
Practically every article purchased
| by the state now is priced at an
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
GOVERNOR DlSPOSINC OF LAST BATCH
= OF BILLS PASSED BY LATE LEGISLATURE
Has Approved Total of 345 Acts and Vetoed About a
Dozen-Among Latter Was Drastic Bill to Reg
uate Pawnbrokers.

providing for the reprinting of old
volumes of the state supreme court
reports, now nearly exhausted. This
bill carried $4,000.
This makes the vetoes of the
governor amount to total of
$635,000 for the appropriation bills
of the recent legislature.
Among the important bills ap-
proved yesterday afternoon was the
Greathouse bill, which makes pro-
vision for the appointment of a
county judge in case the regular
Judge is i'll. A certificate from the
circuit Judge of the district to the
effect that the county and probate
Judge is incapacitated because of
illness authorizes the governor to
appoint temporary probate judge
for the county until the regular
Judge RECEIVERS.
He also approved the Overman
bill, dividing Dallas county into two
judicial districts, and over which
the hardest local fight of the ses-
sion was waged in the house. The
Calvert bill, providing for the cleo
tion of the commissioners of the
Fort Smith-Van Buren, free bridge
district, was also signed. The law
originally specified the commission
ers of the districts and provided
that they should serve for life, or
the life of the district. A compro-
mise was effected whereby the gov
ernor would have vetoed the bill
had the present commissioners re-
signed, but as he had received no
intimation that they would resign
and as his information was to the
effect that they would not, he sign
ed the bill. The new directors are
to be elected at the school election
the third Saturday in May.
Other bills approved included the
bill to create the Bay road and st.
Francis river road improvement dis
trict in Poinsett county; to require
the Iron Mountain to erect a depot
at Williamson's Switch, in lizard
county, and to give the towns OF
Newport, Tuckerman and Swifton
in Jackson county, onehalf the
road tax collected within their linn
it's.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
TWICE AROUND
THE UNIVERSE
Number of Miles Travelled by Rural
Mail Carriers Horse Equals
That Distance.

Russellville, March 81. D.
Thompson, rural letter carrier on
route No. 8 from this city, has a
mare which he says has carried the
mail distance equal to two trips
around the world. She is perhaps
the oldest animal in the r. F. D.
service in the country. A picture
of the horse and driver, together
with the cart which has also seen
much service, was published in
local paper this week and will be
sent to the National r. F. d. News
for publication.
The mare is handsome bay, 16
years old, still a good traveller. and
has been on the route continuously
for nine years. Mr.. Thompson has
owned eight other horses in the
meantime. Most of the carriers
keep two horses and drive them on
alternate days. Maude has made
her prorata of trips during all these,
years, often making daily trips for
weeks at a time, and has never
missed service as much as a week
at one time. Mr.. Thompson says
she has averaged at least four trips
week, the route being 25 miles
long. This would make 100 miles
a week, $500 miles year. and 49,
500 miles in the nine years. She
knows every box on the route and
the carrier says new man could
deliver the mail merely by taking
or delivering mail at the boxes as
Maude stops at them. When
new box is put up, one stop is suf-
ficient to teach Maude that she has
new patron and the next day she
will stop at the new box.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
Probe Charitable Board.

Little Rock, April 1.-The legis-
lative committee appointed to probe
the row in the old state charitable
board resumed it's hearing in pub
lie yesterday. DR.. ]. l.. Greene,
former superintendent of the state
insane asylum, was on the stand
for some time yesterday. The COM
mittee will hold day and night ses-
sions until the work is finished.
The row in the old board eliminated
in the resignation of DR.. Greene
several months ago. The institu-
tions are now in charge Of new
board, created by the last legisla-
ture.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
SIXTY DAY SESSION RESPONSIBLE
FOR MANY LEGISLATIVE MISTAKES
Bills are Rushed Through With Little Consideration and
Result Faulty Measures Are Placed Upon
the Statute Books.

advance of one-third over what it
buyer. The reason for this is the
condition of the Arkansas treasury
and the long wait the creditor of
the state must undergo to get his
money, or the discount he must ac-
cept in order to get cash upon it.
The price of state warrants is GO
ing down continually, and after the
annual settlement of the county
collectors in July, and the cash
they pay in has been consumed in
redeeming outstanding warrants,
the state paper will go down to
about so per cent. This is the esti-
mate placed upon it by Little Rock
bankers. This hardship is not upon
the states credit alone, but it is
burdensome in the extreme to the
employees of the state. They work
, for average salaries, and must ac-
cept what they can get for their
been preferred creditors for the diff
ferent state officers could receive
money and hold it to take up their
salary warrants. Now they must
pay all money received into the
! treasury Immediately or be guilty
of felony
Prospects for a special session
are indeed slight, and without some
thing of this nature to relieve the
financial condition of the treasury.
the value of warrants will continue
to drop and the states debt to
climb. 1t is estimated that by the
next session of the legislature that
the deficit in the general revenue
fund will have been increased by
100000 due to the advance in
prices on state supplies. This could
be saved if the state paid cash for
its supplies.
/ During the last session of the leg
islature one of the leaders made the
remark that he would not propose
revenue measure for the assembly
seemed only bent on spending mon
ey, and it would be no use to at
tempt it.
Little relief can be anticipated
Continued on page 81
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
GAZETTE TALKS OF
NEW GAME BILL
Intimates Law Protects Only City"
Hunters, While, in Fact, 1t
Makes No Distinction.

The following editorial taken
from a recent issue of the Gazette
is such an intentional thrust at the
new game law that it should not be
allowed to escape attention. Says
Mr.. Heiskell:
Opposition to the new state
game law has been shown by some
of the boys in the country, but att
er reading the law we find that 1T
offers protection to hte average city
hunter 1t is true it has certain
rough places from the viewpoint OF
the city hunter, as for instance the
provision fixing the time in which
it is unlawful to chase bears while
no provision is made for time in
which it is unlawful for the bears
to chase hunters, but in the main
it is good.
"The law provides a bag limit
which will be helpful to the city
hunter who heretofore has been
forced to deplete his pocketbook
in buying sufficient game to make
a good showing as he walks through
the streets homeward bound and the
section which makes it unlawful to
use any kind of artificial bait while
fishing, unless a license fee Is
paid, is sweet music to the city fish
erman who likes to sit on log
with liquid under him and liquid
by his side and tease the little perch
with red worms. Also the trainers
Of the law showed forbearance when
they drew the clause prohibiting the
issuance of license to one who is
a habitual drunkard. Had they
added cor habitual liar" many of
our best fishermen would have been
barred.
'One provision of the law with
which fault may be found is that
which requires the hunter who Sc
cures a license for his dog to de-
scribe the dog. If the descriptions
are anything like some descriptions
we have heard made by city hunt
ers of city hunting dogs we hope no
ladies are employed in the offices
Of the game commission.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Jonesboro, April 1.-Since the
fact has become so much discussed
relative to the veto of Gov. Hays Of
the $4,000 appropriation for each
of the four agricultural schools for
teachers salaries, a newspaper re-
porter sought Congressman Cara
way for an interview relative
to what he thought about the claim
of the governor that the boards of
trustees could take the contingent
fund money and apply it on the
payment of teachers salaries, and
what he thought could be done re-
garding the continuance of the
schools.
Congressman Caraway, after be-
ing pressed, gave out the follow
ing:
Since you called my attention to
the veto message Of Gov. Hays as
the same affects the appropriations,
/ have read the message and to some
extent familiarized myself with the
items affected. The state Is more
vitality interested, I think, In the
items relating to the agricultural
schools. From what source the gov
ernor received the information that
these schools could pay salaries out
of the maintenance or contingent
funds, I do not know, nor do l know
what influence led him to insert
the pruning knife of his veto wher-
ever an item helpful to the farmer
or workingman might appear and to
spare those that fit men for galnful
professions. | do know, however,
that whatever view might be taken
of the law as affecting the small
sums left available for these schools,
that the amount will only postpone
the evil hour and will not prevent
their final closing.
"These schools were established
six years ago. At the end of the
two-year period, really Is months,
they had an aggregate enrolment
OF STA long term pupils. At the
end of the four-year period they
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
CARAWAY SAYS GOVERNOR USED KNIFE
MOST EFFECTIVELY AGAINST FARMERS
Declares Pruning of State Appropriations Works Undue
~Hardships Against Glass Least Prepared
To Stand the Imposition.

had an enrolment of 1884 pupils,
and two years later it reach 2,073.
This great showing was made in
spite of the fact that the appropria
tions have been so meager that the
proper buildings for housing pupils
could not be erected and many were
denied admission to the schools for
that reason. 1t is safe to say that
the enrolment this year would have
reached 5000, and possibly 1000,
had there been adequate facilities
in caring for them. By comparison,
the university (and, by the way,
have no criticism of the university;
l think it a great institution and 1t
is doing great work. has 100000
plant and more than a half million
dollar appropriation, but its total
enrolment of long term pupils last
year was only ITO. In other words,
the agricultural schools reached
nearly three times as many boys and
girls in Arkansas and extended to
them the advantage Of an education
than did the university. Yet, not
withstanding this fact, the governor
permitted the university to keep an
appropriation, added to its other re-
sources, which will give it practical
ly $65O,0O0, while these four agri-
cultural schools, training three
times as many pupils, were reduced
to $1S0.00O.
This will give, under the pres
ent enrolment, the munificent sum
of little less than $3.50 for each
pupil in the agricultural schools,
the schools in which the farmers of
this state are being educated, while
the state university was left with
an appropriation that will aggre-
gate approximately $420 per pupil,
but, Nof course, we should not lose
sight of the fact that the agricul-
tural schools were primarily design
ed to train boys and girls to be
more useful citizens, and to enable
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
LAND OWNERS WIN
In COURT DECREE
Suit for Recovery of Diamonds in
Pike County Lost by Lessees-
867 Diamonds Found.

Little Rock, March 30.-The SUI
preme court yesterday ended the lit
igation involving SO diamonds taken
from the diamond fields of Pike
county.
The Pike county circuit court
awarded the diamonds to M. NJ
Mauney and others, owners of the
lands. A. @. Miller and others
were the lessees of the property.
While the lower court awarded
the diamonds to the plaintiffs, it
held that the lessees did not obtain
possession of the land through false
representation for the purpose OF
discrediting the property and to
conceal the true value of the dia-
monds mined with false and fraud
ulent intent to acquire ownership
Of the land. The decision of the
lower court was affirmed.
The land was leased in April,
1912, and the plaintiffs. owners OF
the land, were to receive one-fOurth
of the diamonds mined. The rec
ords show that accounting was
made of 867 diamonds taken from
the field since it was leased. The
suit, however, was for SO diamonds
the plaintiffs share of diamonds
alleged not to have been accounted
for.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
Huerta to Argentine.

London. April 1.-The Fabra
Agency Of Madrid received a dis
patch from Cadiz, Spain, yesterday
saying that Gen. Victoriano Huerta,
former provisional president of Mex
leo, sailed with his family yesterday
morning for Buenos Aires, Argen-
tine.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
FAIR OFFICIALS
ARE DISGUSTED
President C. A. Mack and Secretary
John Rosson Ready to Throw
Up the Sponge"

| You may state in your paper
that so far as | am concerned l am
about ready to throw up my job as
secretary of the Greene county fair
association and Clyde Mack, the
president, is in the same frame of
mind. We have worked hard to
make the association, success and
have received very little help or
encouragement from the stockhold-
ers. In fact, we have issued two
calls for the annual meeting of the
stockholders and on neither date
did they respond. If the stockhold-
ers do not feel enough interest in
! the fair to attend one meeting in a
year and elect directors and officials
and decide upon plans, certainly
Mr.. Mack and myself are not going
to assume the responsibility of de-
Gliding for the stockholders or con-
tinuing as officers of the associa-
ton
Thus spoke John Rosson, secre-
. tary, prime mover and all round
handy man of the Greene county
| fair association this morning. For
three years Mr.. Rosson has borne
the heavy work incident to the
county fairs. His position has been
an extremely trying one, filled with
veXations, irritations and perplexi-
| ties. He has devoted whole weeks
of his time to the intricate details
necessary to insure the success of
of the annual fall fairs. Of course,
! the president of the association has
/ assumed much of the responsibility,
and during the actual progress of
the fair the enthusiasm of other
| directors and stockholders has run
up to fever heat and they have as
sisted in handling the exhibits, the
races and other features of the
fair. But the mass of detailed work
that does not show on the surface
has been done by the secretary and
the president. ..s..,.a.-.--s-
Both Mr.. Mack and Mr.. Rosson
are ready to throw up their jobs
and turn the books over to the
stockholders if they can ever get
enough of them together to consti-
tute quorum.
The fair association owns a
splendid piece of property, we'll i'm
proved and ideally located. The
fairs during the past three years
have attracted immense crowds and
have yielded a profit. The grounds
are not paid for, but with success
full exhibitions this year and next
the debts can be paid and the prop.
erty be freed from membranes
If the officials could get the en-.
couragement and cooperation OF
just few of the stockholders they
would continue their efforts until
the property is paid for, but unless
some move is made soon by the
stockholders, they will turn in theil
designations as officials and the
stockholders may make whatever
disposition of the grounds and i'm
provements they may desire.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Two good horses for sale cheap.
A splendid bargain for someone
wanting a couple of good work
horses. See Jim Agee, at Agee's
Variety Store, A. o, U. w. build
ing. 1t
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

New, chic styles for Spring in
headwear for the women and misses.
Exceptionally pretty showing of the
very latest, Prices low enough.
Mrs S, l.. Byrd. 1t
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
OF fifty farms in Montana,

OF fifty farms in Montana, the
twenty-five most profitable ones
had four important sources of in
come, while the poorer farms aver
aged about two. The better farms
were stock and grain farms. Most
of the poorer farms produced only
grain.
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Visit Mrs. Byrds millinery store
and select your Easter hat. All the
latest shapes and trimmings, mod
erateIy priced Mrs. S L. Byrd. 1t
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Here's your last chance to get
those potatoes at rs cents bushel.
Better come Saturday. Ellis Gro
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Best special line OF shoes in the
world mems $3.50 shoes at Nine
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

A clear conscience makes a soft
pillow
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Continued on page eight)
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02
Best coal oil, five full gallons fc

As cents. At Ellis Grocery. 1t
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Practically every article purchased
by the state now is priced at an
The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-10-20
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(Oct. 6-20.)

(Oct. 6-20.)
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Probate of Foreign Will.
State of Minnesota, County of Mar
shall. In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Char
les Burseth, Deceased.
The State of Minnesota to Charles
Adolph Burseth, Anne Bjorness, An
drew Burseth, Karen Anne Hustled,
Edward Burseth, Nels Burseth, An
ton N. Burseth, Gunhild Larson,
(someti1nes called Hilda Larson),
Olof Burseth, Northern Light Lodge,
No. As, A. F. & A. NJ, of Coopers-
town, North Dakota, John Syverson,
Rier S. Lunde, Erick Erickson and all
persons interested in the allowance
and probate of the Will of said de-
cedent: The petition Of Agnetha
Burseth, representing that Charles
Burseth, then resident of the Coun-
ty of Griggs, State of North Dakota,
died on the 10th day of February
1915, testate, and that his Will has
been allowed and admitted to probate
in the County Court in and for the
County of Griggs, State of North
Dakota, being filed in this Court, to-
gether with authenticated copies Of
said Will and Of the probate thereof
in the Court above named, and pray
ing that said Will be admitted to pro-
bate in this State, and that Letters
Testamentary be thereon granted to
Agnetha Burseth and Rier S. Lunde:
Now Therefore, You, and each Of
you, are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have, before
this Court, at the Probate Court
rooms in the Court House, in the City
of Warren, County Of Marshall, in
the State of Minnesota, on the Goth
day of October 1915, at two o'clock
P. NJ, why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted.
Witness the Hon. Peter II. Holm,
Judge Of said Court and the seal Of
said Court this LIST day Of October,
1915.
.SEAL) Peter III. Holm,
! Judge Of Probate Court
Theo. Kaldor,
! Attorney for Petitioner,
| Hillsboro, n. Oak.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-10-20
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FARM FOR SALE.-We are again
sfering the C. A. Tullar & Co. farm
fer sale. This sale is for the purpose
# settling co-partnership affairs. The
farm contains 900 acres, less right of
way Of the G. N. Ry. It is all under
cultivation, is fully equipped with the
necessary buildings. An artesian
We'll furnishes an abundance of pure,
sweet water. The water is piped UNI
der ground, below the frost line, to
The most convenient points. We chal-
lenge anyone to find any where a
farm better fitted for combined stock
aad grain raising, offered at as low a
price. If interested we will take
pleasure in showing you over this
farm and acquainting you with all the
csnditions.-C. A. Tullar, Warren,
MINI.