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The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Wants information.

Colorado farmers would flock to Ar kansas if they knew the opportunities here according to Wilnam A. Spen- cer of Canon City, Colo. formerly ed- tor of the Monroe County Sun at Clar- endon, in $ letter received by John II. Page. commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture. The letter asked Mir. Page to send litera- ture on Arkansas to R. A. Sisna Of 501 North Nineteenth street. Canon City. Colo. Mir. Spencer said Cobra do farmers have bought their land for from s350 to $1.500 an acre and that many are earning hying for them selves and families on five acres of land. If Arkansas farmers would work half as hard and take one-third as geod care of their crops as the Colorado farmers" Mr Spencer writes. they would grow rich in a few years"
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
TRENCH CAPTURES 4
 CHAMP ACNE TRENCH
BERLIN ADMITS THE LOSS. BUT CLAIMS SMALL GAIN
 ELSEWHERE.
ARE ELABORATELY PREPARED
French Have Crossed Varder River Near Saloniki, and Are Strength enine Positions-ltalians and
 Austrians Using Big Guns.

Paris--Further fighting in Cham pagne, the French war office an nounces. has resulted in French forces securing possession Of certain trenches occupied by the Germans.
 The text Of the statement follows:
 According to further information in our possession, the attack with hand grenades whicn we executed in Champagne, in the region northeast or the Butte de Mesnil, gave us pos session, after an artillery engagement, of about 300 metres of enemy trenches. A counter attack made by the enemy during the night was re- pulsed completely, and 65 prisenersl of whom one was an officer, remained in our hands
 The night was calm on the remain der of the front"
 The Russian offensive which has been indicated in the reports of the last few days is maturing rapidly over the whole Galician front.
 The Germans, according to advices
 
 the defensive on three important riv- ers-the Sereth. the Pruth and the Dniester. GzernowitZ, capital of Bulk owina, is agaIn seriously threatened by the Russian advance east of Ra- ranche, as we'll as by the Russian crossing of the Dniester at Useieczko, where their troops are firmly en- trenehed. This move also has had the effect of interrupting one of the most important lines of eommuniea- tion between the armies of Gener- als Pfanzer and Von Bothmer
 A third important Russian advance has been recorded near Zale Szczyky, where fierce counter-attack is de- clared to have been successful in routing the opposing forces and de- moraliZing the Hungarian troops to such an extent that they retired to q new line four miles to the rear In addition to these breaches announced to have been made in the opposisg lines, the Russians have been active immediately to the northward of Tar nopol, where they have moved slight ly forward. While it is admitted that these operations have no strategfcal value. 1t is believed in military cir cles that the new Russian offensive has prevented the Germans from with drawing troops from this front, there by lessening the chances of success ful attacks on all lines elsewhere.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17


 
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The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Banks Will Comply With Law.

Thirteen Arkansas banks, which were recently notified by State Bank Commissioner John NJ. Davis that in the use of the word Trust" in the names of the banks, they were not complying with the law. have advised the commissioner they have taken steps to come within the law. The state banking law provides that no bank shall use the word Trust" in its name unless it has capital of $50,000 and in Pulaski, Sebastian and Jefferson counties the capital must be 100000 or more. Of the 13 banks r have revised their names to omit the word Trust" The Hope Savings and Trust Company of Hope notified Commissioner Davis that it will in- crease it's capital stock to S50,000.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
ARKANSAS LEVEES
 HOLD R|S|NGFLOOD
FLOOD WATERS WHICH NUN DATED ARKANSAS CITY HAS
 BEGUN TO FALL SLOWLY.
4,0n0 PERSONS ARE IN NEED
Relief Expedition Charters Steamboat at Pine Bluff and Goes Down River With Supplies-Rise in Missis-
 sipp Now Greatest Menace.
Arkansas q City.

Arkansas City
 T. F. Gilbert of Arkansas City chairman of the Tensas basin levet board over long-distance telephone denied that the situation at Arkansas City has grown worse. He expressed confidence that the levees will hold against the Mississippi River flood which still is rising.
 Flood waters from the Arkansas River which have inundated Arkan sas City began to fall slowly.
 County Judge Harry E. Cook ai Lake Village said over the telephone that flood waters in the town are at a stand He said that 1000 persons of that section who have been driven from their homes are in dire need He sent a telegram to United States Sen ator Robinson at Washington asking him to do all he could to secure fed eral aid
 At EuGora, Chicot county, it was re- ported that 1000 persons, mostly ne groes. are in need of aid
 The Little Rock Relief expedition. in charge of officials of the Iron Mountain Railroad, which chartered q steamboat at Pine Bluff and went down the river with S1,000 worth of supplies. established headquarters at Dumas. Members of the party report they found great distress among the residents along the lower course of the Arkansas River.
 The fWther rises in the Mississippi River are forcing more water up the Arkansas River and through breaks in the levees along the latter stream. The bulk of this water misses Arkan- sas River ana flows directly toward Lake Village. Residents of Lake Vtl- lage can see only increased difficult ties with the rising stage in the Mis- sissippi River. not only from the river itself, but from the increasing volume of backwater coming down upon the town.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Can't Sell Raw Alcohol.

Raw alcohol sold for any purpose constitutes a violation of the statewide prohibition law, the Supreme Court held, in deciding a test case brought against c. J. Lincoln Company, Little Rock wholesale druggists, by Prose cutting Attorney M. E. Dunaway. The action sought to prohibit the use Of alcohol in medicines, tinctures and varnishes and to prohibit the sale of raw alcohol. The Pulaski Chancery Court held that aclohol could not be sold raw, but that that it could be sold in medicines.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Wild Game Marooned.

Wild game driven out by the floods will be cared for, even to the extent of feeding, if necessary, according to Lee Miles, secretary to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. MT. Mills received reports from several cities and towns in the flooded sections tell ing of game that has been driven to islands and other spots above the flood waters. and in each case the war den, according to MT Miles, had ar ranged for protection.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
No Guardsmen. No Tents.

Governor Hays received an appeal from Sheriff Frank Milwee of Monroe county for tents to be used in south eastern Monroe and northwestern Phillips counties by families driven from their homes by the White river flood. Without authority from Wash ington, Governor Hays could not send the National Guard tents Troops could be sent with the tents. but no provision to pay the troops had been made.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Spike" Carroll. the former manicur- ing his nails with a battered fetch and the latter diseoursing on the de- pression in the "jack-rolling" industry produced by the Sunday closing order.
 Spike" paused in the midst of one of his most convincing arguments, with hand uplifted, as down the street ill zigzag course staggered large man, pulling stertorously and num- bling to himself. The man .eered to- wards the building line, lunged un- steadily toward the gutter, swung for
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Good Roads Meetina.

Hugh R. carter, state highway engi- neer, went to DeQueen to attend a meeting of Sevier county good road advocates who propose to create an improvement district to build high way across the county. north and south, to be part of the Jefferson highway. A similar meeting proba- bly will be held in Polk county. It is said that unless steps are taken imme- diately, counties east of Polk and Sc yier will endeavor to have the hign- way run through them.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
JAPANESE cREcHE FOR LITTLE MITES

During the RussoJapanese families without started what is is eighty children the books The belonging the Greene mn ,
  cradles TOT the infants in arms whose mothers at tin ma to d them older really not at all bad considering
 Kindergarten elassesor
 performed with alo the rendered the expenses to Nowadays ladies do most of the supervision
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Order U. S. Consul to Go.

Paris.-The Balkan agency has a dispatch originating in Vienna saying the Austrian governor of Belgrade in. formed the American consul there that Serbia, having ceased to exist as an independent state, the Austrian milf. tary authorities must ask him to leave. The dispatch adds the consul has arrived in Vienna and telegraph. ed Washington for instructions.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Governor Pardons Three.

Governor Hays issued pardons 10 Monroe Shants, A. M. Jacob and Fred Jackson. Shants was convicted In Sevier county at the February term of Circuit Court, 1915. of a serious charge snd sentenced to year in the penitentiary Jacobs was sentenced to two years by the Circuit Court Of Arkansas county. Jackson was sen teneed to year for robbery upon conviction in the Craighead County Circuit Court at it's April Q915) term
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Smaller Cotton Cron-

Washington.-The cotton crop this year, according to the third forecast. is estimated at 13,bS7, 900 bales ot 500 pounds, a decrease of 26 per cent from last years crop. Department of Commerce advices indicate the plant. ed area this year at 17,390,000 acres, compared with 23,977V0O acres last year.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Escapes From Pen.

The attorney general donated s5, a penitentiary commissioner furnished an auto and another pen commission CTS order to buy oil allowed time, unwittingly. for w Price Davis es- cape from the penitentiary. The case is without aparallel in this state. Per haps there is no similar case on rec ord in the United States
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Threats Against Subway.

New York.-Police have been as. signed to protect the subway system from the Brooklyn terminal to the Bronx terminal and the Hudson and Manhattan tubes, on the strength ai report that a threat had been made to dynamite the underground roads. The Interborough Rapid Transit Com. pany asked police help. A dozen uni, formed policemen are guarding the Hudson Terminal building.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Road Gan Remove Spur.

Authority to remove spur track extending from she line of the Mid land Valley railroad in Sebastian county to mines owned by the Nam moth Vein Coal Company, was given the railroad by the Arkansas Railroad Commission. Residents of Sebastian county petitioned asking for the reten- ton of the track
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
BuLnarians Are Checked.

Athens.=The Patris says it learns that Hungarian troops operating in southern Albania have suffered a num- Der of checks owing to the difficulty of obtaining supplies anu have been compelled to fall back toward the Drin river.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Arkansas May Get Highway.

Reports from Kansas City that Ar kansas lost the Jefferson highway at the convention of the Jefferson High way Association were erroneous, ac- cording to w. B. Owen, chairman of the State Highways Commission, and Hugh Carter, state highway engineer. who returned from the convention.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

camorous enthusiasm The of stamped hr President Wilson Tn the White inquired from Robert stewart what all about thanks responded with hearty laugh a cheerful good
 the New York Telephone with the executive of
 My, he heard the presidents words
 cuchng
 
 "Aw minute" whispered He ant through yet
 "Aw a the youngster
 And all along line until the president had finished
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Dry Petition Filed.

Chicago.-Petitions were filed in S5 Illinois townships for the submission of the liquor question at the spring election. Most of the petitions were filed by the anti-saloon advocates and affect approximately 1000 saloons.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Hold 1.4oo.171 Allies.

Berlin.-"A total of 1,429.171 enemy soldiers to date are prisoners of war in Germany" the Overseas News Agency announced. This is not inclu sive of prisoners in Austria-Hungary
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Hodqes Is Enloined.

Earle W. Hodges, secretary of state, was permanently enjoined fr"m revok- ing the charter of the Central Coal and Coke Company of Kansas City, by Judge Frank A. Youmans in the Unit ed States District Court at Fort Smith.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Militia Goes to Wynne.

Governor Hays ordered 10 members Of the Arkansas National Guard, sta en miles east of Wynne. and sent 24 tents from the arsenal at Little Rock to be used in sheltering residents of the lowlands.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
The paving of the business streets of Blytheville is being discussed.

The Camden Public Service Blu. reau has been receiving large num- Der of inquiries from persons in Wy ern states. During the past eight months about 50 families have moved to the county from other states due to the literature sent out by this or. ganization.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The Iron Mountain Railway Com pany withdrew it's case pending in tie Arkansas Supreme Court against Read county and work will now begin upon the largest macadam road project yet undertaken under provisions of the Alexander good roads law. Vice President Alexander Robertson tele- graphed Wilson & Williams and J. T. Bullock of RussellVille, attorneys for the district, that the case would be withdrawn. Work is expected to be- gin by March 1.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

his day, but just now it is the fine ami nal with the pedigree which is break ing into the new fashion.
 F. c. Cler, a veteran Savannah shoemaker, was commissioned by David Woostencroft. manager of the Goodhope camp, to make complete set of shoes for ten dogs, and he has completed the order The shoes cost $40. The purchaser explained that the shoes were needed for bird dogs and others used in deer and fox hunting, in order to protect their feet from the
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Seize Textile Products.

London According to Berlin newspapers a new order was put in force, under which the greater part of all products O. the textile industry was confiseated.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Is Dead at 107 Years.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Abraham Wilcox, 107 years old, after being ill two days, died Wilcox was born in Devonshire, Eng. April 21, 1909, and came to the United States when he was 30 years old
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Special Judoe Named,

Governor Hays appointed l.. H. Southmayd of Van Buren special coun- ty and probate judge in Crawford county to hear some special cases
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
STATE HAPPENINGS.

The White river flood at Gotter played some freakish pranks. Billy Beavers. merchant, left some tools in the workshop at the ice plant. Among them was a large monkey wrench with wooden handle Af, ter the flood he found it where he left it minus the wooden handle. The tap that held the wooden handle was lying on the bench beside the wrench. but the handle was gone. Several wagons were washed away from the ice plant. These were found lodged in the drift several hundred yards be- low. From some the wheels were gone, the nuts having been unscrew- ed in some manner by the water
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
This Chicago "Fish" Turned Out to Be a Shark
speaking.

HICAGo1t West Madison alive
  drones At Madison DespIanes Mhar Lynch
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Florida Uninstructed.

Palatka, F1a.-The Florida Repub lican state convention elected eight delegates to the national convention, to go uninstructed.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Another carload of peanuts. con sisting of 1000 bushels, has been shipped from Camden by Rumph & Tyson.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

The City Council at Heber Springs has granted H. N. Case a franchise to operate a lighting plant at Heber Springs for 25 years.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The White river at Buffalo during the recent flood seemed to disregard the laws of gravity in it's mad rush. The high water mark on the south side of the river registered five feet higher than on the north side. This is accounted for by the fact that there is large bluff on the north side of the river, which defiected the current to the other side
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

misery or the eospr sandpu The soes of the trife
 which laced foot in
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The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The last of the herd of elk which has been an attractioon for sightseers at Eureka Springs has been slaughter ed. It was found to be impossible to keep the big brutes behind barriers and farmers complained of frequent depredations by them. The flesh of the slaughtered animals has been sold in many cities. The teeth will be used in making emblems for members of the elk lodges.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The first issue of the Arkansas Her. aid, an afternoon daily published at Hope, has been given to the public. J. E. Purkins is editor and manager.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Shade trees at Eureka Springs have suffered seriously from ice which formed on them during the recent cold spell. Many trees were entirely ruined. The pines and naples suffer- ed most.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

bappened at the Boys club at Avenue A and Tenth street one night little while ago. As soon as connections were established with the White House. 50 boys with frostbitten noses leaped to the receivers, heard half of the presidents message, and then made way for 50 more youngsters. who received the rest of MT. Wilson's remarks.
 No presidential message was ever Iistanad to with greater attention and
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Rich zinc and lead ore have been discovered on the Ingram farm, four miles east of Garfield The ore out. crops along a face Of rock for 200 feet. The find has aroused great in. terest and leases are being taken GOV. erinS ali that locality.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Five temporary injunctiOns against alleged dealers in Mexican hot in Helena and other places in Phillips county were issued by Circuit Judge J. M. Jackson and five places of busi ness were closed by Sheriff Jarman and his deputies. A warrant eharg ing selling alcoholic beverages also was served.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The light and power plants at Eure- ka Springs were damaged by heavy storm and the Eureka Springs Times Echo limped out with only two pages because mere was no power to turn the machinery in the Times Echo's plant.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The Arkansas Battleship Silver Ser vice Commission. with Mayor Taylor, chairman, presiding, awarded the con- tract for the service of 33 pieces to the Gorham Manufacturing Company of New York, represented in Arkansas by Charles $. Stffft of Little Rock.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Army of Bats Fighting San Antonios Mosquitoes

GAN several thousand
  for the
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Savannah CobbIer Makes Shoes for Huntino Doos

CAvANNAHSouth of o
 hon. has
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17
Gotham Newsies Hear President Wilson by Phone

NEW full of ne"sboy with ears p + m @ @ @ " with delight listening P ess O United States as he told now
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The Pine Ridge Mining Company, operating the Gibson mines near Black Rock, struck 15 feet of zinc ore in its first drill hole. The drill cutting shows about l5 per cent zinc, which is usually good.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

A land patent, yellowed parchment dated September 5. 1861, and bearing the signature of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States, was filed in the office of Circuit Clerk Led. better of Conway. The document con. veyed 40 acres of government land In what was then Conway county, te Edmon w. Sherrill. It was filed by F. L. Kelley, present owner of the land
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

An old Indian graveyard on the s. J. Hutcheson bottom farm on the White river below Norfolk was wash ed out and many relics have been picked up there since me high water Several pieces of Indian pottery were found, a large quantity of Indian ar row heads and bones are scattered all about.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Hundreds of rabbits have been killed in the vicinity of Mulberry re gently. The rabbits were driven to the high places by the high waters.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

This 
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 Doctor Campbell that germs 
 After 30 end of
 
 having Campbell asking him t g of mosquitoes do you get rid of bats?" - -
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The North Arkansas Star says gas trees have been discovered on tho farm of A C. Hailey near Berryville. Two or three Of these trees have been chopped into recently and gas has flowed from the holes made by the ax The gas burns with bright blue blaze when q match is applied to fl
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

B, F. Cranberry. publisher of the Cabot Guard, and T. M Woods, for merly of the White County News. have purchased a printing plant and has issued the first number Of tue Beebe Times. The White County News, the plant of which burned in December, will not be revived
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Thorn accompanied John Hetheote and Miss Neda Jones from their home to Hoxie, where Mir. Hethcote and Miss Jones were to be married. On arrival at Hoxie Mir. Johnson and Miss Thorn decided to be married al so and there was double wedding
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

More than 100 Hot Springs business and professional men met in the Bust ness Mems League The meeting was under the auspices of that organiza ton. A decided stand was taken Tor the enforcement of the prohibition and gambling laws of the state.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

There are no visible indications that Batesyille was struck by the worst overflow in it's history All the factories that suffered have resumed operations and everything has been restored to normal with the excep- tion of the railroad traffic
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

A test oil we'll will be bored at Port land soon
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

Iauen mosquito population, many other cities may follow San Antonio's ex- ample and establish their municipal bat roosts."
 Dr. c. A. R. Campbell, who has made a special study of bats, is re- sponsible for San Antonios bat roost. The institution came into existence last spring
 It was not success in it's first year owing to the fact that it was es- tablished late in the spring, and it's population was not numerous anouob
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The Rev. J. J. Menifee, pastor of the Methodist church of the Lacey circuit, suffered the loss of three mem bers of his family in nine days with la grippe. His wife died January IT, his seven-year-old grandson died Jan uary "A, and his daughter, Mrs. Berdie Rrel. mother of the boy. died Jan uary 25
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The vote on the bridge election was light in Crawford county. The pres ent contract between the Fort Smith. Van Buren Bridge District & Trac- tion Company carried by about 10 l.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

William Sohm of Armada. Craw. ford county, is organizing the resi- dents of his neighborhood into cor, poration which will so into the goat raising business. He expects the com pany to operate the biggest goat ranch west of the Mississippi river.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

T. R. Glasgow of County Line. How ard county. met his brother, J. B Glasgow, in Nashville recently for lhe first time in 95 years. J. B. Glasgow is a travelling salesman.
The Monticellonian., 1916-02-17

The woods in the vicinity of Berry vile are furnishing plenty of winter huckleberries this year