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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
ID MAKE CHANGES NEW l. E R. LAW NEW MEASURE WILL ELIMINATE OBJECTlONABLE FEATURES,
 IT IS SAID.
PETITIONS BEING PRINTED
MT. CIary Said That He, T. M. Me haffy, Ben D. Brckhouse and Jud- son King Drew the New Measure
 Will Circulate Petitions.
Little Rock

Little Rock The new initiative and referendum measure to be initiated by the Arkan- sas state Federation of Labor will not contain the clause which was in the measure defeated November ', pro hibiting the Supreme Court from de- claring any initiative measure or part of measure unco1 stitutional except by unanimous decision of the judges, according to J. c. Clary, commissioner of labor, who helped draw the new measure.
 Under the new measure" said MT. Clary, it would reouire only a major ity of the judges, the same as. any other case going before the tribunal. Another change made was the addi- tion of a paragraph specifically pro- viding that no local measure in con f1ict with a state law could be in itiated The lack of such paragraph in the defeated measure caused many persons to vote against it, believing that state laws could be overridden." |"
 MT. CIary said thGo he, T. M. Me haffy, Ben D. Brickhouse, M. F. Dick inson and Judson King drew the new n.easure The petitions now are being printed and will be circulated in the near fture, he said.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
All He Saw of Battle.

The bluejacket had been in the bat tie off Jutland and in the railway com partment every one addressed him re spectfully. Incidentally he was the recipient of numerous fine cigars. He conducted himself with becoming dig nity, and when the foreign-looking gen. tleman who had kept silent went out at a roadside station the audience set tied down to hear the yarn. Nodding his head toward the dark stranger on the platform, the bluejacket remarked with a grin, "'E thinks e 'as lost some think ed like to hear, e 'as. But hall HI saw of the bloody battle was coal nothing but coal. Him a stoker, you see, that's what Hi am. ."-London Mail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Fund Exhausted Again.

"The Old General" as the states revenue fund is known to state off cials and employees, suffered relapse when the November salary warrants began coming to the treasury Long before the office closed for the day it was totally exhausted. Approximate ly $25,00O was paid out This includ- ed the balance of S18,500 in the fund yesterday morning, $5,411 inheritance tax paid in by the attorney generals office, and approximately $1,OOO paid in fees by other offices. All officials and employees at the state capitol and most of them in the institutions at Little Rock were able to cash their salaries. About S12,000 in warrants was left outstanding.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Cut Trees by Exploding Dynamite.

Instead of an aX and saw to remove the tops of trees that are to be used as masts in logging operations, dyna- mite is used to shoot off the tops. After the branches have been removed, a rigger climbs the tree, with a set of irons, to the point where 1t is neces- sary to cut off the top. Here the trunk is usually about 12 inches in diame- ter. The rigger ties a string of dyna- mite cartridges, fastened end to end like sausages, around the trunk at this point, inserts a blasting cap with about 20 feet of fuse in one of these sticks, lights the end of the fuse, and de- scends before the explosion takes place. The tree top pumps into the air with the explosion and the trunk is left ready for attaching the rigging for dragging in and loading the logs. Engineering Record.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Governor Pardons.

Ioe ra"touoh Ot Mississippi county, sentenced i1 October, 1916. to three years for grend larceny, and F. H. Rawlins Of Crewford county, sentenc- ed in December, 1915, to two years for forgery.
 Cred Burleson, white. of Garland county. convicted in July, 1916, of a felony and sentenced to one year.
 Will Smith, negro, convicted in Pu- Iaski county in June, 1915, of burglary and grand larceny and sentenced to four years.
 Charles Wood, negro, convicted of grand larceny in Lonoke county in February, 1915, and sentenced to one year.
 Bella McNeil, negress, convicted in Pulaski county in April, 1916, of grand larceny and sentenced to three years.
 Iarion Richardson, white, convict ed in Garland county in May, 1916, of grand larceny ard sentenced to two years.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
FORMER BANKER
 AGAIN ACCUSED
MiSMANAGEMENT OF THE ES- TATE OF SETH SPANGLER
 IS ALLEGED.
FILE BILL OF EXCEPTIONS
In One of the Bills Petitioners Take Exceptions to Boone Charging Him self With $45, ,296 52-AlIeged 1t
 Should Be $59,o84.o5 Instead.
Fort Smith,


 Mismanagement and erroneous cred it's are charged to T. w M. Boone, convicted president of the defunct American National Bank while exc cutor of the estate of Seth Spangler, wealthy Fort Smithian, in a bill of ex- ception Fox Wood. one of the heirs to the estate, filed in the circuit court on behalf of himself and other heirs. The exceptions were oYerruled in the probate court by Judge Ezra Hester and the heirs are appealing from the lower courts ruling. In one of the bills the petitioners take exceptions to Boone charging himself with $45,- 2S6.52, alleging apparently he should be charged with $59,0S4.05. EXcep- tions also are filed to Boone paving out of the estate funds to total of $710.79 as premium on his bond as executor. The heirs allege he should have paid the premiums himself. Boone's fee of $2,000 for administer ing the estate is excepted and is classed as mot allowed by law" "ex- orbitant," unreasonable" and "un- just" Referring to an exception to the payment of $234.O7 for redeeming lot belonging to the estate, the pc tition says, "the item was the outcome of a failure of the guardian to dis charge his duty in the matter of pay ing taxes and therefore the sum was to be charged to him personally and not against the estate" That Boone failed to collect $500 mortgage and that the estate was forced to buy 1T out property and s,Sfered loss mot ~1 resiahhso charged
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Quail Season Is Open.

The quail hunting season has open ed. and from the number of licenses for bird dogs issued in the last 10 days under the new state fish and game act, the sport will be popular. Officials of the state treasury es<i- mate that 800 licenses for hunting dogs have been issued. All dogs used for hunting deer, birds or other game must have a license of $1 paid on them. The quail season will end Feb ruary 1.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Tuberculosis Week.

Governor Hays issued a proclama- ton calling on schools, societies and organizations to observe tuberculosis week, December 40. The object of the observance is to instruct regard ing the causes and means of prevent. ing tuberculosis. Special days will be Wednesday, December 6, medical examination day; Friday, December s, child welfare day; Sunday, December 10, tuberculosis Sunday.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Congressional Returns Complete.

Official returns from three of the four congressional districts in which there were contests in the recent election show that the Democratic candidates were elected by majorities of more than two to one in the Fifth and Third districts, and by substan- tial majority in the Second district.
 The votes follow:
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Lieut.. Dozicr Resigns.

First Lieut. Nicholas Dozier of Company D, Second Arkansas Infan- try. now at Deming, N. M, has re- signed, effective November p, and the resignation has been approved by the War Department, according to an or der received by the adjutant generals office
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Not to Be Thouqht Of.

Now, these fashionable danes don't mind talking freely about the efforts they make to reduce weight.
 "That's true."
 But they would feel deeply humili- ated if anybody suspected them of try ing to reduce expenses"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
AN ARKANSAS EPITOME.

County Judge Jones of Mountain Home says that within the next few days work will start on the Cotter- Mountain Home road It is his inten- tion to regrade the road and spread a rock ballast over as much of it as is possible. There is also move under way to make this road a rock road raising the money by the Alexander law,
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Governor,s Son Named,

Grady Hays, son and secretary to Governor George w. Hays, left for Washington, where he will be secre- tary to w F. Kirby, senator-elect, who is also in Washington.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
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,i-' < -si-;' Q . SorED. BRIEFLY REn s,x Hoyf

Bank deposits at MountA e have reached $12O,00O, or ona f'6fddfttsi f'6fddfftsi more than they have ever been before in the history of the Peoples bank. This condition is due largely to the big price for cotton and the fact that most of the farmers in this section raised feed enough to run them through the winter and will not have to buy
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Most Fishermen Have Done It.

simple Simon went a-fshing in his mothers pail" Not so simple, at that" declared the amateur sportsman. sI'ye spent time and money getting to place where the likelihood ot catching fish was no whit greater"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
A Certainty

There is nothing certain in the world, except that when you start in saving money for one thing you are going to spend it for something else.- Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Tn attempting to board a freight train at Gleason. near Conway, o. T. Carmichael, A years old, of Big Bend, Kan, fell under the wheels and his right foot was severed above the ankle He was brought here on a handcar for treatment. He said he was on his way to Russellville to take job.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Unusual Experience.

Man." remarked Sandy, T did a ling last nicht what I've no dune this
 Fenty year. I went to ma bed palrf- fctly sober, but I'm richt thankfui to fy l got up this mornin' none tue
 |aur!"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Remain the Same.

Progress is observable in most di- rections, but we have the same cheap, vulgar and disgusting old forms of profanity that the English-speaking peoples always have had.-Houston Post.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Few Reooars in Panama.

Although the city of Panama IS lost cosmopolitan place, pracucally [ery race being represented in US oo'- FO inhabitants. there are no beggafs'
 few blind men.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Unsatisfactory Remedy.

Heiny-A doctor tells me that if a man works steadily he never worries.
 Omar-Pshaw! It's working stead ily that gets my goat.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Pen Farm Revenues,

Revenues from the state peniten- tiary farms so far this year have amounted to approximately $195,000 and the $50 bales of cotton yet to be sold will bring an additional c. 70, according to membe~= Niiie
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08


 tons may seem to be less necessary than the immediate enactment of the other meaSuraS to which 1 refer; be- cause at least two years will elapSe before another election in which fed eral offices are to be filled but it would greatly relieve the public mind if this important matter were dealt with while the circumstances and the dan gers to the public morals of the pres ent method of obtaining and spending campaign funds stand clear under re- cent observation and the methods of expenditure can be frankly studied in the light of present experience; and delay would have the further very se- rious disadvantage of postponing ac- tiOn until another election was at hand and some special object connected with 1t might be thought to be in the mind of those who urged it. Action can be taken now with facts for guidance and without suspicion of partisan purpose. l shall not argue at length the desir ability of giving a freer hand in the matter of combined and concerted eff fort to those who shall undertake the essential enterprise of building up our export trade. That enterprise will presently, will immediately assume, has indeed already assumed, magni- tude unprecedented in our experience We have not the necessary instrument talities for it's prosecution; it is deemed to be doubtful whether they could be created upon an adequate scale under our present laws. We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted law for it which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license. The thing must be done now, because the opportunity is here and may escape us if we hesitate or delay.
 Porto Rico's Needs.
 The argument for the proposed amendments of the organic law of Por- to Rico is brief and conclusive. The present laws governing the island and regulating the rights and privileges of it's people are not just. We have ere ated expectations of extended privi- lege which we have not satisfied There is uneasiness among the people of the island and even a suspicious doubt with regard to our intentions concerning them which the adoption of the pending measure would happily re- move. We do not doubt what we wish to do in any essential particular. We ought to do it at once.
 There are other matters already ad vanced to the stage of conference be tween the two houses of which it is not necessary a9FFyyr mnadef. n should speak ' @ some sending shall through hp,- 2 ccsncerning them will | 0 doubt be fd op and action taken upoq them. b9
 Inasmuch IS this i gentlemen, proS ably the last occasion I shall have tc address the Sixty-fourth congress, hope that you will permit me to say with what genuine pleasure and satis faction I have co-Operated with you 1T the many measures of constructive pol | icy with which you have enriched tht legislative annals of the country. l has been privilege to labor in sucf company. I take the liberty of con graduating you upon the completion o1 a record of rare ServiceablenesS anC distinction.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Totals .........16,426 9,933
Second District.
Totals -. 17,251

In the Seventh district the total vote has not yet been received in the office of the secretary of state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
The DeQueen Laf2 afnd fruitt f.1rm

Company of DeQueen, capitalized at S5,00O, filed articles of incorporation. The president is E. c. Hayes. There are 20 corporators.
 The Portable Slave Company of Wynne, capitalized at $1000, filed ar ticles of incorporation The corpora tors are: R. Block, H. A. Block and E Hamilton.
 The Dixie Live Stock Company of Manila, capitalized at $2,000, filed ar ticles of incorporation. The corpora tors are: c. L. Caldwell, Rhulin A. Ashabranner and A. S. Rogers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
Nothinq New.

q see some scientific sharp has dis covered a substitute for bread" "He needn't think he's so much. Our cook has been turning that out for years"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08


 l would hesitate to recommend, and I dare say the congress would hesitate to act upon the suggestion should 1 make it, that any man in any occupa- tion should be obliged by law to con- tinue in an employment which he de- sired to leave. To pass a law which forbade or prevented the individual workman to leave his work before re- ceiving the approval of society in do- ing so would be to adopt new prin ciple into our jurisprudence which 1 take it for granted we are not prepared to introduce. But the proposal that the operation of the railways of the country shall not be stopped or inter- rupted by the concerted action of or ganiZed bodies of men until a public investigation shall have been instituted which shall make the whole question at issue plain for the judgment of the opinion of the nation is not to propose any such principle. It is based upon the very different principle that the con certed action of powerful bodies of men shall not be permitted to stop the in dustrial processes of the nation, at any rate before the nation shall have had an opportunity to acquaint itself with the merits of the case as between em- ployee and employer, time to form it's opinion upon an impartial statement of the merits, and opportunity to con- slider all practicable means of cOncilia- tion or arbitration.
 can see nothing in that proposition but the justifable safeguarding by sO- ciety of the necessary processes of it's very life. There is nothing arbi- trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi- trarily and unjustly done. It can and should be done with full and scrupu- lous regard for the interests and liber- ties of all concerned as well as for the permanent interests of society itself.
 Other Legislation Urged.
 Three matters of capital importance await the action of the senate which have already been acted upon by the house of representatives: the bill which seeks to extend greater freedom
 
 noting the foreign commerce of the country than is now thought by some to be legal under the terms of the laws against monopoly; the bill amending the present organic law of Porto Rico; and the bill proposing more thor ough and systematic regulation of the expenditure of money in elections, com monly called the Corrupt Practices Act. I need not labor my advice that these measures be enacted into law. Their urgency lies in the manifest circum- stances which render their adoption at this time not only opportune but neces- sary. Even delay would seriously leopard the interests of the country and of the government.
 Immediate passage of the bill to reg
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Reports from the north part of How ard county say miners struck a vein of copper Experts have examined it, and say that it is very rich find, and that S1,00O worth of copper was blown out at one shot. Promoters in that section will investigate further.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

c. E. Olmstead, of Heber Springs, a Republican. paid an election bet by playing peanut golf" lie rolled the peanut around the court square with a spoon The time required was 45 min uteS
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

The Warren Democrat-News de- pIores the fact that the Bradley Quo- rum Court failed to make an appro- priation necessary to carry on farm demonstration work in that county and calls attention to the fact that in one day 64 Bradley county farmers called on the farm demonstrator now en- ployed for help in the vaccination of hogs.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

John Hammond, a sawmill man of Omaha, has taken large tie contract and is making heavy production of ties He has a big force of tiemakers in the woods, and is buying ties from others. He is shipping from Pine Toy, Mo.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

The cotton storage house of the Jo- seph Gin Company, in South Para gould, was destroyed by fire About 175 loads of seed cotton, valued at $35,OOO, were burned.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Magnolias biggest cotton deal was consummated recently when J. s. Pit man sold to Holland, Crutchfeld &s Go. of Hope, through their local rep resentative, Guinette Couch, 1.400 bales of cotton at 20 1-2 cents The sum paid for the cotton was $143,- 557.99
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Col H. c. Lawhorn, aged 75 years, formerly editor of the Blytheville (Ark) Herald-News, who is in Mem phis visiting his daughter, Mrs c. R. Beck on Azalia street, was knocked down by an automobile at MeLemore avenue and College street, suffering a broken bone in his left leg and sew eral decorations about the body
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

The curfew law is to be enforced at Clarendon All children under 16 years of age are forbidden to be on the streets after g D. m.. unless ac- companied by parent or guardian.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

At the request of Agriculturalist Full of the Kansas City Southern, Con- nelly Harrington and W. D. Sweet sent 25 boxes of prize apples from the Bentonville fair to the Louisiana state fair at Shreveport.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

c. W. Winningham, aged S1, a resi- dent of Damascus, which is located 25 miles north of Conway, was in Con- way last week for the first time ip,. Sy,1 years. His last visit before thitI one was in 1886, when he brought d load of apples to Conway and mar keted them. He expressed astonish- ment at the growth of the town since his last visit
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

W. F. Simmons, who resides near Wilton, has raised some mammoth tur- nips this year. He brought to Fore man last week two turnips which weiged together IA pounds.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

The pipe lines of the Twin City Pipe Line Company and the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company from the K1bler gas field to Fort Smith, were assessed for taxes by Epps Brown of the State Tax Commission.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Babe Ply and Lee Estes, youths of Pyatt, killed the largest black timber wolf ever seen in this section. They were hunting three miles soutS of town when they saw him trotting along fence. The big beast measur- ed six feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

More than 300 students in Bates vile schools have been placed on the honor roll this month. To gain this dis tinction pupil must be neither ab- sent nor tardy and must have an av- craze of 90 per cent in daily attend ance and 90 per cent in department.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

W. T. Simmons of Benton was given a teal duck that had been captured on the Cache river, near Brinkley. MT Simmons gave the bird to his son, who has tanned it. The birds coloring is very beautiful.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
incorporation Matters.

The Ozark Refining Company of Fort Smith, capitalized at $25,00O, filed articles of incorporation, The
 corporators are: Alex Calvert, Charles Char C. Ditto ata Kathryn E.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08
NU NIB 40

From present indications the time of the Legislature which con,enes in January. will be considerably con sumed in the efforts to reorganize the state charitable, penitentiary and railroad commission boards. Eight or 10 senators and about twice the num- Der of representatives, are trying to formulate bills seeking to make radf- cal changes in the organization of the boards mentioned, and it is known that Gov-elect Brough has ideas Of his own concerning the state institu- tions which will be drafted into bills for early presentation in the Legisla- ture. The St, Francis Levee District, as usual, promises to enliven matters considerably also. The usual bill seeking to have the 1evee directors elected by the popular vote of the counties composing the district, will be introduced and perhaps cham pioned by several of Gov. Brough's supportes. It will be met with con- siderable opposition from large prop erty owners and others who have de- NOLGu I1QtI OL tAlCll 1llC Q NCAA 1o ward the upbuiIding of the levees in l Eastern Arkansas. All concede that | the St. Francis Levee District has made better and more substantial progress the past few years than any similar period in it's history H. D. Tomlinson, president of the district, is one of the best business men in Ar kansas, and enjoys the confidence of everybody. He has done much to- ward eliminating partisan politics from the affairs of the district and has closely safeguarded its finances. It is practically assured that four or five bills affecting the state charita- ble institutions will be introduced early in the session. One proposes to create a board of charities and cor rection, which will have general su- pervision over all the institutions. with subordinate boards in charge of each institutions; in other words this bill provides that each institution shall be managed by separate board,
 and the board of charities and correc- tions to supervise these boards. This
 bill, it is said, will meet with the ap-
 proyal of Gov. Brough.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-08

Striking a dog caused an automo- bile driven by Floyd Day of Malvern to upset and Day and several con- panions were pinned under Phe car for several minutes None of the automo- bilists were seriously hurt, but the machine was badly damaged.