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The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
FORMER COUNTY
 CLERK DROWNED
Row Boat Overturned-T. l.. Purtius, Lincoln County, was Drowned-Rescue Party Has Reached Gould.
Special to the News.

Little Rock, Feb. 4.-Q1:22 a. m.) Rescue parties this morning reach cd Gould small village which has been isolated for the past four days. and took all white women and chil- dren to places of safety. There were about fifty persons there and they had undergone great hardships dur inc the high water from severe cold weather.
 Many negroes are being rescued in all sections of the flooded district from trees, where they have clung for AS hours.
 The citizens of Warner are mar ooned and former County Clerk T. L. Purtius, of Lincoln county, was drowned by an overturned row boat in trying to reach his farm.
 Reports of several negroes drown ing has not yet been verified.
 The State Convict Farm at Cum mings is almost a total loss. All the buildings have been swept away or destroyed and the loss is estimated at Sl00.000.00.
 The banks are caving badly at Pine Bluff and the levees across the river are being mysteriously dyna- mited, evidently in en effort to turn the current away from the city, which at this time threatens to leave Pine Bluff several miles from the river.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
II. s. OFFICIAL MAKING IN FLOOD CONDITION

Little Rock, Feb. 4.-Alfred G. Henry, chief of the Division of Rivers and Levees of the U. S. Weather Bu- reau, at Washington, D. C., was in consultation with Section Director Cole yesterday afternoon. He came to Arkansas to make an investigation of the flood conditions now prevalent in the state, and left last night for Pine Bluff.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
RAILROAD COMMISSION RE-
 FUSES TO GRANT PETITION

The Arkansas Railroad Commission today refused to grant the petition of a Little Rock merchant for modif- cation of the Tariff, to permit the shipment of vinegar and pickles in glass with mixed carload shipments of vegetables and fruits at the same rate as taken by the latter classes. This would have made considerable reduction.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
PRESIDENT EN ROUTE
 TO WASHINGTON
Chief Executive Declared Him self as Highly Pleased With Demonstrations Indicating the People Are Behind Him.

On Board President Wilson's spec ial train Indianapolis, Feb. 3-Presi- dent Wilson was speeding back to Washington tonight convinced that the people of the Middle West are with him on the issue of national de- fense and are prepared to insist that congress take speedy action.
 He finished at St. Louis today and expressed the conviction that his mission had succeeded. He will ar rive in Washington at l 100 p. m. to- morrow. President Wilson's advisers believe he has explained clearly why he considers immediate preparedness imperative, has won many converts to the movement and has given new inn petus to a discussion of the case.
 The presidents official family wants him to start soon on another tour. En route to Washington tonight they looked both south and west for the setting of his next appearance. Sena- tors and representatives from most of the southern states already have asked him to include their sections on his next tour with Texas strongly as serting her claims.
 There is a feeling among some of his most intimate advisers that the president could pay no greater com- pliment to his own political party than by going into its stronghold. The west and northwest are hardly
 less insistent that his next visit shall be to them. It is possible if another trip is made it may be a swing to the northwest including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Denver and then south into Texas, possibly returning by way of New Orleans.
 President Wilson goes back to Washington refreshed by the trip. Re viewing his trip in it's high lights, the president told his audience in St. Louis today that he came away from Washington thinking the coun- try was with him, and is going back knowing that it is with him beyond his greatest hopes. Apparently the presidents conviction of this grew with each succeeding day; deepened in Kansas City last night when he asked ''would you volunteer" and re- ceived a laundering ives" from every section of the great convention hall and reached its climax in St. Louis when he told an audience, which cheered him tumultously that the United States ought to have compara- lively the greatest navy in the world.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
RESUMES CAM
 PAIGN FOR CONGRESS

Little Rock. Feb. 4.-Railroad Com missioner Mcknight today resumed his campaign for congress in the Seventh district, at Charlottesville, in Calhoun county. and will make speech es in Calhoun, Ashley and Union counties before he returns. He says that it has been definitely decided that there will be no more joint cam paigning.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
FIXES DATE EXECUTION
 MLAUGHLIN MARCH 3

The governor issued proclama- tion today fixing March 8 for the execution of Neal Mclaughlin. He was first sentenced to electrocution Dec. ?, 1914. for assault, and the case has since been dragging through the courts on appeals and restraining or ders. It was finally affirmed in all respects Sept. 27, last.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
WAR EVENTS

A Zeppelin airship and prob ably all her crew has been lost in the North Sea, and it is pos sible she met her fate through the fire of Dutch anti-aircraft guns. An English trawler re- ports having seen in the North Sea the Zeppelin L 19 nearly submerged with seventeen men clinging to the gas envelope
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
FAIRFIELD PETITION CON-
 TINUED UNTIL MARCH

The Railroad Commission has con tinued until March the petition of citizens of Garfield to require the in- auguration of an express service on the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern railroad At present there is no ex- press company operations on the line
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
INSURANCE COMPANIES FIL-
 ING ANNUAL REPORTS

The insurance companies doing business in the state are now filing their annual reports with the Insur- ance Commissioner, and paying their taxes. There has already been re- ceived about $4,000 and it is esti- mated that there will be about $140,- 900 received by March 1.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
ATTORNEY GENERAL COL
 LECTS INHERITANCE TAX

The Attorney General yesterday col lected inheritance tax of S130.00 on the estate of Patrick Flynn, of Lake Village, on an estate of $14,000. It is estimated that this tax will yield the state S200,0O0 this year.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04
l.. F. DOUTHMARD AP-
 POINTED SPECIAL JUDGE

Little Rock, Feb. AL. H. Douth- mayd, jr., of Van Buren, was ap- pointed special county and probate judge of Crawford county, to hear the case of State vs. Josh Standridge, the regular judge being disqualified.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Peroxide Tooth Paste will whiten your teeth. Comes out flat on the brush, price 25c., at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Thirteen men of the crew of the collier Franz Fischer was drowned when the collier was sent to the bottom in two min utes by bomb dropped by one of the Zeppelins returning from the raid on England.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Heavy bombardments are in progress along the western line especially in the region of Loos held by the British around Neu- will where the Germans recent ly captured French positions. The British are carrying out mining operations near Hull luch.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Wonderful variety of Stationery at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Vinol the best tonic-Pint bottle S1.00 at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

There is comparative quiet on the Russian front except for bombardments and minor in- fantry engagements. Unoffi- cial advices say that floods in the Styr region have com pelled the Teutons to abandon strongly fortified positions and many deaths have occurred from pulmonary troubles owing to exposure.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-04

Along the Austro-Italian front heavy artillery duels con- tinue. Nothing new has come through with regard to the situation in Albania. A dis patch from Athens gives the report of an encounter be- tween Bulgarians and entente attachments at the junction of the Creek Serbian Bulgarian frontiers in which the entente allies repulsed the Bulgarians.
 News is lacking from the Caucasus and in Mesoptamia. A Bucharest dispatch says the German Field Marshal von Sanders who was commanding the First Turkish army on the Gallipoli Peninsula, has been made commander of Turkish troops in the Caucasus.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
PLAN TO COMM EMORATE
FIFTlETH ANNIVERSARY
Masons to Meet at Butte and Virginia
City-Son of Founder to Trace
History of Organization.

Butte.-Many Helena Masons are
planning to be among the 400 who
will attend meetings at Butte and Vir-
ginia City August 80 to September /,
commemorating the tiftieth anniver-
sary of the founding Of the Masonic
Grand lodge of Montana. The state
order was organized at Virginia City
SO years ago by the two lodges of Vir-
ginia City and that Of Helena.
The grand lodge will hold business
sessions in Butte August 80 to 81. The
evening of August 81 a program of adj
dresses and music will be rendered in
that city. Judge l.. L.. Galloway of
Great Falls, who was born in Virginia
City and whose father was one of the
founders of Masonry in this state, will
trace the history of the organization.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
MONTANA is INTERESTED
IN MEASURE IN CONGRESS
Bill Provides Officials May Approve
Reclamation Tracts and Conduct
Auction Sales.

Great Falls.-Montana is deeply in
terested in a bill by Senator Henry L..
Meyers regarding reclamation lands,
introduced in congress at the request
of secretary of the interior.
Under it's provisions officials may
appraise lands withdrawn for reclama-
ton purposes but no longer needed
for such, and sell them at public auc-
ton.
Not more than 100 acres could be
secured by any one purchaser. If
the lands are irrigable, they would be
subject to the terms of the reclama-
ton act. Proceeds from these sales
would go into the reclamation fund
and be credited to the project of
which the withdrawn lands were a
part. 1t is said a large area would be
made availble for sale and settlement
under the act.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Favorable Conditions Over State.

Helena.AThe semimonthly crop re-
port of a Helena bank reviews the
crop situation as follows: We are
again able to report reasonably favor
able conditions over practically the en-
tire state. The only territory which
probably has not done we'll of late is
the central part Of the state, includ-
ing Yellowstone, Musselshell and part
of Fergus counties. However, the
country Immediately adjacent to Bill
ings Ia reported to be in irst-class
condition. and sugar beets have made
splsndid headway.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
GETTING What He Deserves.

Nesting in a newspaper corner next
to the Panama-hat ads we find this
stray sunbeam of a heart throb:
THE first face the baby sees in this
world is full of kindness, and the last
to bend over him when he is old and
dying is full of plying tenderness. 1t
is the faces he sees in between that
cause him all his troubles"
This is a dear sweet thought, but 1t
strikes us that the Gin between" faces
are looking at him and very likely re.
flecting back to him just about what
they see. Quite often it is not either
T. looking at him and very likely re
kindness or tenderness, for, taking il
by and large, this is a fairly just
world.-Collier's.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Maxine a Start,

Little Louis was a smart boy and
very anxious to forge ahead in the
world. He got a job in the local bank.
A wealthy uncle met him in the street
one morning and said:
"Well Louis, how are you getting
on in business? / s'pose the first thing
we know you will be president of thd
bank?"
Eyes, uncle" replied the boy, "Fm
draft clerk already" /
"What!' exclaimed the uncleI
Draft clerk? Why, that's very SUR
prising, but very good"
Eyes, uncle" replied the boy. N
open and shut the windows according
to order, and close the doors when
people leave them open !"-Youth's
Companion.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
SHOW GROWTH OF MONTANA
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE SPRING
UP IN MANY CITIES.
Newspaper Men Head Many Oreaniza'
tions-Prosperity Acts as Spur
Awakens Sections to Possibilities.

Great .Falls.-Rapid development OF
Montana is no more s~trikingly 1llustra
ted than in the marked ~upgroWth oil
chambers of commerce and commer
cial clubs in recent months.
AS each section, spurred by the pros
perfty of the past year, has awakened
to it's economic and industrial posst
bilities, there has developed a rush to
organize a business club, in which CO.
operative effort may best vent ITSELF
Three months ago there were only a
handful of such organizations in Mon
tana.
Former Scribes Lead.
AS is reported the cast elsewhere.
former newspapermen are the guiding
spirits of many of these organizations.
The clubs vary in size with the i'm
portance of their respective centers,
and with the enterprise of the organ
izers. Great Falls probably has the
largest body, with A. J. B~reitenstein, a
newspaperman and former secretary OF
the state fair association, as secre-
tary.
Many of the newer and small clubs
and chambers, however, are unable to
afford a secretary and in consequence,
work split shift" that is, turn their
affairs over to some worthy individual
who will give q portion of his time to
| the work and the remainder to some
other occupation.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
TO SELL THOUSAND STEEDS
Fall Auction Sept. 7-S-French Agent
To Make Inspection.

Dillon.-The Dillon Horse Sales
company u that 1000 head
will be offered at the annual fall auc-
ton of horses in this city September
Z and 8. The entire number will meet
the specifications of the European AL
lies, manager George Dirty declared,
and representatives of the warning ma
tions are expected to bid on the stock.
The horse sales thus far this year have
been a decided success and there is
now no stock left over from previous
events.
A representative of the French gov
eminent will make an inspection of
the local herds the week before the
auction sale, according to advices re-
ceived from New York.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
REGIMENT NOT SURPASSED BY
ANY OTHER IN NATION, ARMY
OFFICERS ASSERT.
HARDENED TO OUTDOOR LIFE
Troops Better Fitted for Hardships on
Border than "Tenderfeet" From
East-Food and Sanitary Condi-
tons in Camp Declared Good.
Helena.

Helena.
In caliber of men and officers and
fighting efficiency no regiment OF mill
tia along the Mexican border is above
the Second Montana, in the estima-
ton of army officers of the state
troops, according to Adjutant-General
Phil G%reenan.
General Greenan received a letter
from Col. D. J. Donohue in which the
young commander said the soldiers
were healthy and satisfied in a SPLEEN
did camp. The men have become &C
customed to the heat of the border
and no longer mind it, he said.
More Recruits Needed.
Recruiting will be continued in
Butte and other cities throughout he
state until the regiment has been
brought up to full war strength, Gen
eral Greenan has been told by govern
mental officials. Thirty-three men
have enlisted since the recruiting Of
fees were opened after the regiment
had left for the border, he said.
Posters and other advertising matter
for the use of recruiting officers Is ex-
pected to arrive from Washington soon
and it will be used to stimulate re-
| cruiting, the general said.
| Montana Boys Hardened.
Because the Montana boys were
hardened to outdoor life and were not
soft and green they were given prece-
dence over the guardsmen from the
eastern states, Sergeant P. S. Bulen
| of Company G. Second regiment, Mon
tana national guard, said in Butte up
on his return from the border. The
sergeant will visit his family in Cut
Bank before returning to his command
at Douglas, Ariz.
Most of the eastern men are tender
fleet who are not accustomed to out
of-door life, while the Montana men
are hardened to it, the visiting Officer
said. Conditions at the Montana CAM
are first rate, food is good and tn
heat is not unbearable, he said.
Bliss Praises Camp.
Soldering on the border is not
lawn social, according to Mr.. Bulen
bitches have been dug and s~anitar.
measures enforced by the camp CON
mander, Col. D. J. Donohue, are 81
stringent that General Bliss praise'
the camp as one Of the best on tn
border while on a recent visit, Sci
geant Bulen said.
Sergeant Bulen is the first membe
Of the regiment to arrive in Butt
from the border since the regimen
left the state.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Blight in Northeastern Montana.

MISUNDERSTANDING by blight and
rust continued On late-sown spring
wheat in the northern part of the
spring wheat r and extended into
Northeastern Montana. although the
extension of rust damage was check
ed somewhat by the cooler weather
that prevailed, the weather bureau an
nounced in reviewing crop conditions
for the week in the national weather
and crop bulletin. Corn was benefit
ed except In Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
BILL MAY EXEMPT MINES
FROM SPECIAL TAXATION
Amended Measure With Copper Levy
Eliminated is Reported to Sen
ate-Contains Substitute.

Washington, D. CAS- the amended
Kitchin bill was reported to the SEN
ate, the copper tax is eliminated, and
in lieu thereof a tax of five percent
Is levied on the net profit Of corpora
tons selling to or manufacturing for
any munitions corporation any materi-
al entering into the manufacture of
munitions.
AS this provision now stands, 1t
probably will exempt the copper, lead
and zinc producers of the west from
special taxation, for the reason that
they do not as a rule sell to manu-
facturers now engaged in the NUM-
tons business but sell to refiners,
brokers and middlemen.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
BUTTE-BOISE HIGHWAY SEEN
Proposed Auto Road Would Shorten
Distance by Two Days.


Butte.-The proposed Butte-Boise
highway, which would shorten the dis
lance between the two cities by two
days automobile travel will become a
reality next year if e. M. Booth, Idaho
state highway engineer is successful
In efforts to secure federal aid in the
project.
Mr.. Booth, in company with A. L.
Kahl, his assistant engineer, conferred
here with Frank Bonner, chief geo.
grapher of forest district No. l, with
headquarters at M~issoula.
Surveys are already being made
along the proposed road. 1t is plan
ned to begin construction this fall.
The highway is mapped to extend
down Salmon river to Clayton.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Precocity.

Mercy" exclaimed Mrs. Diggs.
1.-THE baby is chewing on your pocket
edition of Epictetus."
Indeed" replied Professor Diggs
with a proud and happy look. Let
the child alone. 1t is seldom that a
mere infant shows such a pronounced
taste for the classics"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
MONTANA SOLDIER is
KILLED BY IL

" KILLED BY LIGHTNING
= FL Paso, Texas.-One soldier
. was killed and thousands of others
" encamped In and near FL Paso
. suffered great discomfort as a re-
y suit of heavy rains which fell
" throughout Thursday night. Dur
y ing the aII-night storm, Private
y Charles Johnson, headquarters
= company, Seventh United States
" infantry, of Chouteau, Mont, was
= killed in his tent at Fort Bliss by
Q lightning. Other soldiers were
. stunned.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
ReIinquishes All Mineral Rights.

Glendive.-Rather than pay taxes on
mineral reservations, the Northern Pa
cifc and the Northwestern Improve
ment company have relinquished all
mineral rights in lands held by them.
Notwithstanding this REIMBURSEMENT,
Dawson county will collect $1,095.57
taxes from the companies for this
year.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
STOVE EXPLODES; KILLS TWO
Causes Serious Injury of Eight Others
at Valley County Dance.

Great Falls.-Word has just reached
here of the death of two people and
the serious injury Of eight others as
the result Of the explosion of a kero-
sene stove at a dance in northern Val
ley county,. The dead: Mrs. Thomas
Pritchard, Fred Swallheim, 6 years
old.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Somewhat Different.

The honeymoon had slumped the
slumps. ION our wedding day." she
said, II was under the impression you
had filed my heart with sunshine"
"Well?" he queried, after the man
ner of his kind.
But / find," she continued, sit was
nothing but moonshine."
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Signs of Black Rust in Montana.

Culbertson.-Signs of black rust are
reported in the wheat fields of this
vicinity. In the district between Froid
and Medicine Lake the damage is
greatest. At other places very little
harm has been done. This is the first
time that the scourge has appeared
in this part of the country. it is said.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Unbiased View.

Hazel-Young de Swift is considered.
the lion of the season. Have you met
him?
Aimee-Yes, and. judging from his,
manners, he is more of a donkey than.
a lion.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Far Behind the Times,

Penelope-Marcella is years and
years behind the times.
Percival-What makes you think:
that?
Peneiope-Just now she wanted to,
know if her hat was on straight.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Goes to War ITO Avenee My Brothers"

Goes to War "To Avense My Brothers."
Helena.-Ben Coutu, local storekeep-
or, and a resident of Helena for three
years, sold his business and left for
France, ito avenge my brothers" Two
brothers, both of Winnipeg, went to
France with the Canadian volunteers
and Coutu learned a few days ago that
they had been killed.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Judges For State Fair.

The judges for the Montana state
fair have been selected by the board
of directors, the announcement being
made by Secretary R. s. Skinner. The
selections were made after careful
consideration, recommendations for
the various judges being secured from
national associations. The fair board
secured the best judges available, and
in the list is found anne of men Of
national reputation.
The matter of judges, which is one
of the most important that the fair
directors have to settle, has received
the careful consideration of the d.
rectorate for the past two months.
Contracts have been closed with the
men who are to judge the various
divisions, with one exception, no
Judge being signed up as yet for the
apiary exhibits.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
Crop Reports Continue Optimistic.

Helena.-Crop reports by the local
bureau of the department of agricul-
ture continue optimistic. The local
experts reiterate that the crop, while
not to be compared to the bumper fig
ures of 1915, will be at least normal.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-25
1T is FREE.

If you are interested in a Business
course, or a Shorthand OF Gas Tractor
and Auto Engineering course, write to
Aaker's Business College, Grand Forks
N. D., or Fargo, N. D., for their new
illustrated catalog. 1t is free.-Adv.
Things go best for people who take
them as they m