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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
HIGHWAY COMMISSION SAYS MANY DISTRICTS ARE BEING
 REORGANIZED.
TWENTY DISTRICTS AFFECTED
Mr. Owens Claims in Many Cases Plans Were Perfected By his Depart ment, But Not Filed With Court
 Before District Was Organized.
Little Rock


 The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Lamberson vs. Collins, involving the Alexander road law, will not stop or seriously hinder road construction in the state, accord ing to w. B. Owen, commissioner of state lands and ex-officio chairman Of the State Highways Commission. MT. Owen submitted sections of the laws controlling his department, in which he is authorized to employ competent men to assist in preparing plans for roads, and told of several districts being reorganized since the courts de- cision.
 "In my opinion, the courts decision will not stop road construction" MT Owen said, but it will delay about 20 districts which were not organized in conformity with the courts ruling. A great many of these already are planning to reorganize. The depart ment is able to handle the work of preparing plans and estimates rapidly. We have 14 engineers at work and shall employ more as they are needed. For the last 90 days, all districts or ganized have followed the Alexander law exactly, and their formation is in conformity with the courts decision.
 Twenty districts must be reorgan- ized because of the decision. They are in various stages of organization. Twenty districts are being organized under the courts decision. District No. l in Carol county, which will construct IF miles of road costing S85, 900, already has been reorganized. Districts Nos and in Little River county, providing for building 22 miles, and Districts Nos. 13, IA and 1o in Jefferson county, providing for build ing 60 miles, are reorganizing. Many others will reorganize soon. In many cases plans were prepared by our de- partment, but were not filed with the court before the district was recog- @months, retss cases Il wfIf- zs11TTpf7 r Cisco. letry to get up new petitions u file the plans and estimates With the court before the district is 'ormed and recognized by the court"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Waue Rufes Announced,

Rules to govern women workers in restaurants and hotels were made at the meeting of the Minimum Wage Commission in the office of the state labor commissioner at the state capi- tol It was agreed that all chamber maids and scrubwomen of the hotels shall be paid not less than S1 a day for the first six months of employ ment, and after that time S125 per day. Also that no female employees of the restaurants and hotels shall be required to work more than nine hours per day.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
,, OptometrY Board Elects.

The State Board of Optometry
 elected officers and transacted other business at it's annual meeting at the Hotel Marion. E. Y. Stinson of Ben- ton was elected president and J. L.. Green of Fl Dorado reelected secre- tary The date for the holding of ex- aminations for state licenses was Set for May 31, immediately after the annual meeting of the State Optome- try Association, May 29,30 Seventy five applicants are expected to take the examination. All members of the board attended the meeting. The other members are: F. B. Smith of Arka- delphia, F. I. Tibbetts of Little Rock and c. E. Castleberry of Little Rock
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Brave Army Post Women.

LOT d peace pTOpts5dnud. P T., c1 S-y5eSY are, however, that the women and children of an army post would object to having their manifest anxi- cities made the subject of discourses.
 Army women and children say "good-by' to husbands and fathers with cheerful faces, and if there are tears afterward it is more than pos slble that resentment would come if any use were made of them in what might seem to be an attempt to turn the militant ones from their duty.
 The cavalry the other day was or dered from Fort Myer, which is just across the Potomac from Washing ton, to the Mexican border with the possibility, perhaps even the proba- bility, that the service tour might be extended into the field where other cavalrymen already had taken up the chase of the Mexican bandits. The quarters at Fort Myer still are occu. pied by the families of the fighters. When women of an army post thus are left behind with all the anxieties and uncertainties connected with the case they make a great showing of courage. Bridge parties, teas and Kindred social affairs still are the or der, but many wrong card is played and many possible trick overlooked by some ordinarily expert woman bridge player when she sits at table With her thoughts on the border in. stead of on the game
 The condition of things at Fort Myer today is duplicated at many other posts in the United States The men have gone and the women and children have stayed. The newspa pers are read eagerly enough by the ordinary civilian in order to get news from Funston, or Pershing, or Dodd but the army women take the morning and the evening paper the instant that they can get it and read the head lines, with something that is not fal removed from dread.
 In Washington and at Fort Myel there is not evident in army circle: the dreadful anxiety that was so mani fest during the Spanish war. The cas- ualties in '98 on the battlefield wer, not very great, although a consider able number of officers were killed O wounded. The gripping anxieties o the Spanish war itself were due il large part to the exposure to dreaC disease which was the lot of the arm, man. Men came back from that serv ice who had never heard bullet whis tie, and yet had met worse foe, fever Many an army officer was compelle to retire from the service because o disease which had fixed itself upol him in the insanitary camps of on section of the United States and 0 Cuba.
 There is little worry among tn women of the army today because c the danger from disease. Typhoid an yellow fever. the chief disease foe of armies fighting in a southern cl mate, have been routed by the scier lists of the medical corps. The do, tor, however, cannot turn aside bu let nor a saber stroke.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Bauxite Joins Crusade.

The American BauXite Company will follow the example of the Cros' sett Lumber Company in making the town where it's employees live i'm mune from malaria, according to in formation given Dr. c. W. Garrison. state health officer. Dr. Homer Scott, city physician at Bauxite and physi- clan for the bauXite company, ac- companied Dr. Garrison to Crossett last week to inspect the work being done under direction of United States Public Health Service off cials.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Makes Six FIiuhtS.

According to a letter received by Mai. w. c. Bradford, assistant adJu- tant general of the Arkansas Nation, al Guard, Lieut.. Forrest Ward of Beebe is making rapid progress in the Curtiss aviation school at Newport News, Va. Th&, letter said Lieuten- ant Ward has m de six flights, rang ing from Il to g minutes each.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

| legislators of course, admit that abso
 lute preparedness would mean the pos
 session by Uncle Sam of regular
 army big enough to do things on the
 instant, they urge the rooted objection of the American people to a large standing army.
 Men Must Be Prepared. The main point, as army men view | 1t, is that this ride of Colonel Dodd and his 400 troopers shows what real pre- | paredness means for the individual | and it Is further urged by the men of the service that this physical condi tfon which is necessary to make men attained by National Guardsmen or by volunteer forces until they have been given months of daily training after the same manner that 1t is given to the men who follow the flag as regu- lars.
 Apparently the effect will be here- after to impress upon the country that real preparedness consists In prepared ness of men. It takes continued serv- ice to keep men hard and fit for work which may come unexpectedly. The -four-year-old colonel who made his fffty-five miles in seventeen hours and then fought for five hours has been an active soldier for forty-four years, this time including his service as a cadet at West Point Dodd is one of the few officers of high rank in the American army who never has had swivel chair service except for period of time which is negligible.
 Regular Is Always Fit.
 It is learned from officers who have made study of the whole prepared ness situation that it is their belief that if congress should authorize a regular army of 250,00O men, which would mean an army all told of about 350000 men, the people could rest content that this country would be safe from foreign invasion. It is not at all likely, judging from what one hears from congress, that such force will be authorized for good many years to come, but admission is made by the lawmakers that the mainte- nance of an army of this size would cost less than to support more elab- crate soldier-raising scheme which in- wolves simply partial preparation for service of men whose main pursuits are found in civil life
 The army men say, and they point to Dodd's achievement to sustain it, that the regular of all branches is fit for instant service in the field. He is trained daily in all military branches and the physical exercise which he gets, the regularity of his hours and his substantial and good food keep him | ready for emergencies. This naturally i enough is not true of the civilian sol | Her who gets month or so of train | ng every year and has the rest of the [ inc to do what he likes with him. elf.
 Brave Army Post Women.
 An army post after the troops have
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
A Kidney Medicine That
 Makes Friends Every

Thirteen years ago we commenct Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and dH entire experience we have not enc a single unpleasant dealing with toners who have used it. It is tion that gives universal satisfact our customers are always pleased in the highest terms regarding it. sufficient confidence in Swamp recommend it and consider we ! our customer a favor.
 Very truly yours,
 BARNETT-SCHENK DRUG Jan. 10th, 1916. Roalos
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
ARKANSAS IN BRIEF.

Texarkana now has four troops of Boy Scouts, numbering in all, 100 members, and another company will be formed at once. By special drs- pensation Scoutmaster Riley has se- cured permission to recruit each com pany to a strength of 40 members, the customary limit being 32.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Thirty-Nine convicts to Be Freed.

Thirty-nine convicts will be released -.erea11f e11 F F A Ekansas s-penitentiary~ dur ing May all of them having com pleted the sentences required with time off for good behavior. Their terms range from six months to four years. Four of these were sentenced from Pulaski county. Two are whites and two negroes Fifteen of the g to be released are whites. The other "A are negroes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
The Cause.

A Philadelphia woman has | chased fish from a certain mar CT of that city. One day, W prices seemed much too hi housewife complained; and plaint was met by the folio joinder:
 "Yessum, fish is high Ain't no doubt bout that! gettin' scarce on account of heah aquariums !"-YOuth's panion.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
RED cRoss-eooDNFss ves

Rcd Cross Ball Blue, yes. Nothing else will do. Red Cross Ball Blue makes my clothes a beautiful clear white, not the dingy yellow green tinge of liquid blue Red Cross Ball Blue for me. Yes sire, Bob.-Ady.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Quite the Contrary.

Young Reginald Twobble is said to own 27 suits of clothes"
 What's the idea?"
 There isn't any. Do you suppose an idea is ever associated with the possessor of 27 suits of clothes?"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
sa.ooo For State hearina.

Governor Hays issued a deficiency proclamation authorizing the State Capitol Commission to issue vouchers on the state capitol fund for $3,000 to pay the expense i'll carrying on the arbitration in the Caldwell & Drake claim of $322,OOO against the state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
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Long Hearings on Navy

corning laggardly action in the house of representative this year is due to the long -drawn-out hearings in the naval committee on the subject of naval preparedness Weeks and weeks have been spent in hearings. It is said that all kinds of inconsequential matters have been discussed in the committee, and that if the real ob- ject of the hearings alone had been given consideration the bill might have been reported to the house long ago.
 Ever since congress was congress the party in power has prepared in advance of each session program of the greater legislation which it was intended to sanction. The house If representatives has little or no diffi- culty in putting through the mea@ lres which the majority party leaders have determined upon as part of the pro- gram. When one of these measures gets into the house it goes through rapidly. The trouble, as has been said before, comes in the senate where free discussion and no rule to bring it to a close enable the opponents of any measure to talk against it at great length.
 In the house in one way there Is such a thing as dawdling It has marked pretty nearly every session for the years that one correspondent at least has been in this city. It is Iii of yuI1 festation is to be found in the at tempts of the majority leaders, or of cliques in the house which may be composed of members of both parties to prevent the passage of some spe. cies of legislation which has not been sanctioned in advance by the party leaders, but for which there seemss to be an insistent demand from many people throughout the country
 Lesson in Dodd's Ride.
 Army officers in Washington main tain that the ride of Colonel Dodd ant his troopers proves one prepared ness point. It may be the feel ing of the officers on this mat ter and some things which officials o the government say concer .ag it vii have it's effect on propose' e lure leg islation when the who'll g bject ot preparation for military de5 .1se is un der consideration.
 A sixty-four-year-old cavalry colone with 400 troopers made fifty-five miles through the night in seventeen hours and at the rides end fought for fvt hours against numerically superior force of men hardened to service il the field. The American regulars wor marked victory.
 The contention of military men here from the first has been that real pre- paredness consists in having mobile army strong enough to strike at al enemy on the instant of his appear ance. It is urged that regulars so fa as stamina is concerned always e.pre pared. The argument therefore is tha preparedness need not concern itsel with the personnel of a regular arm. trained as our army always has beel trained.
 While civilians, and this includes th
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Problem aticai.

Where do you expect to go on your next motor trip.''
 T haven't decided yet" answered the speed fiend, but some of my friends predict that it will be heaven or the other place.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Until more clear interpretation cision in the matter of improvement districts the work of organizing a cer- tain part of the Greenwood district for building a road from the Fort Smith district line to Mansfield on the Scott county line, has been suspended.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Seven Hundred More Autos.

There are more than 7G0 more auto- mobiles in Arkansas now than at the close of 1915, according to licenses is- sued by the State Highway Comm1s- sion Last year there were 8,021. This year S,762 have been issued 10 date.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Fish Licenses Gain.

Warm weather has caused a large increase in the number of applications for license to use artificial bait in fishing and clerks in the treasury have been kept busy for the last few days making out receipts. these have increased from 25 per day to. more than 100.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are the original little liver pills put up 40 years ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

WoMAN's BROWNING GLORY
 fig her hair If yours is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre ole" Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way Price $1.00.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

When a fool is unable to disprove the assertions of wise man he can at least call him an idiot.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Many a girl who can't sing is af- flicted with the idea that she can.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
IS CONGRESS SLOW?
LAWMAKERS SEEM TO BE KEEP. ING LEISURELY PACE SET
 IN PAST.
HOW LOWER HOUSE DAWDLES
Hearings in the Naval Committee Have Consumed Much Time-Unlmited Senate Debate Generally Considered Greatest Cause of Delay.
By GEORGE CLINTON.

Washington.-Spe Champ Clark has denied with something like indig nation that the house of representa- tiVes is "dawdling" along with legis lation. Some time ago another mem. per or congress, a Democrat. but one holding membership in the upper branch, said publicly that congress was far behind in it's work. It is this statement, which was sent broad cast through the country, which per- haps is responsible for the letters which congressman of all parties are sald to be receiving asking why they do not speed up"
 To an outsider who can separate himself from the politics in the case It seems that congress is just about keeping the pace which was set for 1t ln the past When the Republicans were Tn power they were charged with oaWdllng, and now that the other party has control the same charge is iald at it's door. The truth is that congressman, being like other folk, are moved by all kinds of elements SAtAOA lO finger over JD6lr work or ln some specific cases to push it per haps too rapidly.
 It IS somewhat interesting to learn, however, that most of the criticism or the slowness of congress which has come from the country, not only re- gently but for many years past, di- rects itself to the house of repre- sentatives. It is true enough that the house does go remarkably slow on legislation occasionally, but talk ing 1t as rule the representative are racers on the legislative track as com pared to the tortoise-paced senators.
 The reason is very simple. When the majority in the house makes up US mind to put a bit of legislation through it adopts a rule limiting de- pate and fixing the hour for a vote. Tn the upper house senatorial courtesy and a belief, or at any rate an al legged belief, in the beauty of free and long discussions keeps the senators rom establishing Q rule to shut off 1 discussion. They can talk for whole l session on one bill if they want.
 Long Hearings on Navy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Many a man has lost his Vls drinking too often to the goou of his friends.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Letter to Dr. kilmer G. Co. Binahamton, ". Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do

Prove What Swamp-KOot VIII DO
 Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmef Binghamton, N. Y., for sample tie. It will convince anyone. also receive a booklet of valnap! nation, telling about the kidneys der. When writing, be sure and this paper. Regular ffty-cent dollar size bottles for sale at stores.-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

w. P. Waters, who lives near Com al, is shipping red cedar sprouts to customers in other states. Red cedar makes a pretty shrub and later hand some shade tree. Last year MT. Wa. ters sotd more than 5000 sprouts and he expects to dispose of greater number this year.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

The Layne & Bowler Comnanv o, stuttgart, through it's local manager Il. B. Allen Sickel. closed a deal for water supply for the City of Morrill,. ton. Ark.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
Sorry.

SOfIy' Eloise-You have made 3 sf pression upon me. Eloitus-Pm so sorry. III you so tightly next time.-Ke'
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28
A|||l.I||n|||l|h||||sa.llii, |||l.I The Most Beautiful Wou I

And when you consider t obtain the most beautiful, nature colors, viz., soft buRs,
 greens and exquisite blues,
 5hads you wish by combining of Alabastine, then you'll kr Alabastine is one of the most
 wall decorations with mill Painters and Householders, tors and Womenfolk, who talk; in their homes the wide vol
 The Alabastine Co. 3s2 Grandville Rd. Grand RsC Be sure the red cross and circle are on ca! Alabastine you buy Alabastine is sold by n hardware dealers and paint stores eyerywh;' does not handle Alabastine, take no Subsita
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Depositors and stockholders of the defunct American National Bank of Fort Smith, which three weeks ago was closed by bank examiners, de. cided at mass meeting to take ir. mediate steps to reorganize the instL tuition with paid-up capital of s1oo. 900.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

A good grade of zinc carbonate has been found at a depth of few feet in Cotter.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Burton Bunch, who has been editor and publisher of the Lead Hill News, has sold his plant to w. F. Barrett, who has begun his work as editor and publisher.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

The Hazen City Council awarded the contract for a carload of oil for use on the streets this summer. It is expected several additional car loads will be needed to keep down the dust.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-04-28

Alabastine Is the effective, economic, simple wall decoration market. It has demon its superiority in this' years use.
 Think of it! No boiling VI glue added. It's one of tn.
 jobs in the world to prenI apply Alabastine, and the 1 surface, if ordinary care is t
 solid, streakless and mat-lik,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-07
German Naval Capacity.

According to the naval critic Hector
G. Bywater. as far as building ways
and construction plants are concerned.
there is no reason why Germany could
not have twenty-five battleships or
battle cruisers under construction at
one time. Tho he admits that this
figure may be astonishing. he shows
that an examination Of the various
yards, governmental and private, In
Germany. justifes the estimate. In
fact, he says that simultaneously, a
program including light cruisers de-
stroyers and submarines, could be put
thru. since there are many German
yards which, altho they can not build
capital ships, are we'll equipped to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-07

and one half miles out, we'll fenced. no
tile. bargain at SIPS per acre; l6o,
improved, three miles out on good
road, good soil, price s136 per acre;
100, close in, all tiled, improved, good
SOIL all under pillow, price $l65 per
acre on very easy terms: $40 acre stock
farm, one mile out, good improve
ments, fine location, good soil, $4,000
can run eight years at per cent, can
use small farm on this, price 1886;
40 acre farm three miles from county
seat, improved. good SOIL easy terms,
a snap, price s145 per acre; 80 acre
farm, no buildings, all fenced. flowing
well, price Sos per acre. Fifty other
bargains some fine 80 and 100
acre farms. Write US what you want
as we have them in any size you want.
Yours for a strictly square deal, Carr
& Decker, Popejoy. Franklin county,
Iowa