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The Spectator., 1916-01-28

That the hills of this section of the State abound with mineral, is becom- ing more and more evident from day to day, and the indications are that only few more months will elapse before the mining industry will be de- veloped to the fullest extent in Izard and adjoining countries, as prospec- tors are at work daily near Creswell developing claims that have been re. gently filed upon.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

George Barham of Zinc closed a deal for 40 acres of mining land just north of this place for the sum of S5, people. This land could have been bought a few months ago for $500. Mines opened up on adjoining proper ty during the past few months in- creased it's value.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The child of MT. and Mrs George & Reeder. who are visiting in St. Louis, swallowed an open safety pin. according to a message received at Rogers, and physicians had to oper- ate to save her life. The pin was To- cated in the child's stomach with an X-ray.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

sued orders to owners of dogs to keep the dogs in confinement until after the first of March. Dogs found on the streets of Magnolia will be shot. The order was issued because dog, which showed traces of hydrophobia, was killed there recently.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Miss Mollie Davis, aged Is, left the Cedar Creek schoolhouse near Dan vile ostensibly to procure a bucket of water She met Willard Tapp, aged r, who was waiting for her with a buggy Together they drove to the home of minister near by and were married,
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Morrilton Headlight reprints from It's issue of January p, 1886, a statement that on that day the Arkan- sas river at Morrilton was frozen over, the ice being eight inches thick. It was necessary to cut skiff-way from the landing at Lewisburg to the opposite bank.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28
STATE HAPPENINGS.

Car inspectors found the dead body of z. A Green of Hugo, Okla, in q fruit refrigerator car in the railroad yards at DeQueen. These cars are equipped with stoves, and it is be- leved the man died either from the fumes from the stove or smothered to death from lack of air, the car when closed being practically air tight
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Supreme Court handed down an opinion construing that part Of the law consolidating national and state elections as applied to the election of supreme judges, chancellors and cir cult judges, holding that judicial off, cers, whose terms expire in 1918, need not become candidates this year in the event they desired 10 retain their positions.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

During the year 1915 there have been four deaths in the Cook family of Benton county. Those who died were Mrs. Mary Sager of Rogers. John Cook of War Eagle. Mrs. Katie Ray of Lowell and Newton Cook of Cass- vile, Mo The four mentioned are brothers and sisters.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

J. E. Purkins of Little Rock, who has been running the North Arkan- sas Herald at Harrison until recently, has arrived in Hope with his plant and proposes to publish daily paper there. It has been several years since Hope has had a daily.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Ar kansas has announced the adoption of a new curriculum for the cegree Of bachelor of arts. The new course Is the result of an extensive study of the entire question made by committee of the faculty 2nd lasting for year and a half The course will go into effect at the beginning of the college year l9l6-l9l7.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Henry Owens, negro, who was said to be 105 years old, died at Pine Bluff recently. He was a gunner in the United States navy during the Civil war, and had lived on a farm here since the war. His pension record shows that he was born in 1911.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28
lookinQ Ahead.

"I don't see how in the world Edith can marry that old MT. Rocksley."
 'I do. It's the only possible way she can become his widow"
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

That county judge has the right to appoint expert accountants to examine the books of county officers, was the decision of the Arkansas Supreme Court in the case of k. F. Leathem & Co. against Jackson county, appealed from the Jackson Circuit Court. The Supreme Court held that the Jackson Circuit Court erred in setting aside the order of the County Court making the contract and in disallowing the claim of the accountants for payment for their work.
 The decision of the Supreme Court has been awaited with interest all over the state. The Pulaski County Grand Jury a few weeks ago asked the Circuit Court to appoint or allow the employment of expert accountants to audit the books of the county officers. Judge R. J. Lea said he did not believe the Circuit Court had authority to do this, because the statutes provide that the accounts shall be examined by Il Commission of County Accounts. No movement has been made to have County Judge Joe Asher appoint ac- countants thus far. Under the deci- sion of the Supreme Court. the coun- ty judge and not the circuit judge, has this authority.
 The Supreme court held that the constitution grants exClusivee jurisdic ton to the county courts over all mat ters pertaining to the disbursements of county funds and that the statutes give the county courts jurisdiction ito audit, settle and disburse money for county purposes and makes it incum- bent upon officers ito settle with and render their accounts to the county court.
 The Supreme Court also said that the statutes provide that where good cause is shown for setting aside the settlement of officers, the county court may 're-eXamine, settle and ad- just same
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

A drainage ditch four miles long, which will open up several thousand acres, will be dug on the Ozan creek near Ozan in Hampstead county, The contract has been awarded to Edgar A Kahn of Little Rock This is known as Drainage District No |
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

After a three years fight, difficult ties obstructing the beginning of work in Drainage District No. 2, in the Charlottesville district of Crittenden county, Arkansas. have been re. moved.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Senate of the University of Ar kansas, which is the main legislative body of the University faculty. has to a limited extent put the stamp Of its approval on simplitied spelling. At meeting it adopted the report of a committee recommending that in the University catalog the simpler and shorter form be adopted wherever there are two ways of spelling word. It also adopted the short form of spell ing such words as catalog, decalog, etc.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28
DIRECTORS OF BLUM BAYOU LEvEE DISTRICT SEEK TO
 RECOVER S3,5Oo.
S4OO,OOO BONDS OUTSTANDING
District Was Organized and Approved By Legislature and Governor Feb ruary 13, 1905-CIaims Forty
 Miles of levee Constructed.
Little Rock

Little Rock
 Suit to collect S3 800 taxes on prop erty within the Blum Bayou Levee District was filed in the Pulaski Chan cery Court by Attorneys Coleman x Can't of Pine Bluff. for the directors of the district, against owners of de- linquent lands. The complaint says the acreage within the district on which taxes have not been paid has increased since 1906 from 725 to 3,211 With the complaint also was filed a short list of lands delinquent in 1905.
 The district was organized and ap- proved by the legislature and gov, ernor on February 13, 1905. Its ob- ject was to build levees along the east bank of the Arkansas river In Jefferson, Lonoke and Pulaski coun- ties. Since that time, the complaint says. about 40 miles of levee have been constructed at a cost of $400, ,000, for which bonds are outstanding. To pay for the work a tax of 1 12 per cent of the assessed benefits was levied in 1905. 3 12 per cent was levied in 1906, 3-4 per cent was levied in 1907 and 1908. and from 1909 to 1914, inclusive, 12 per cent an- nually.
 The suit asks that the tax debts be declared liens upon the land and that these liens be foreclosed to collect the taxes and a penalty of 25 per cent for each year the taxes were not paid. The complaint asks the court to ap- point commissioner to conduct the sale of the land and to collect the taxes. penalties and interest due.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

That the surveys started from Ben ton to Pine Bluff, from Pine Bluff to Helena and a third from Helena to meet that coming from Pine Bluff are being made with the possibility of the construction of a railroad over the old line proposed by the Memphis. Dallas and Gulf railroad. from Dalark via Benton and Pine Bluff to Helena and Memphis is stated by men in touch with the officials of the latter road.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The flouring mill which was estaD- lshed last year at Walnut Springs has been running steadily since the open ing of the season grinding wheat pro duCed in Little River and Howard counties and in some of the eastern Oklahoma counties.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Chas. NJ. Clark. who was appointed chief deputy under Secretary of Sate Earl w. Hodges, has assumed the du- ties of that office. Clark is editor of the Southern Standard of Arkadel- phia, one of the oldest weekly papers in Arkansas. He will remain at the head of the paper here.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Statistical tables showing school revenues and expenditures for the year ending June 30. 1915, compiled by George B. Cook. state superintend- ent of public instruction, show the to- tai amount available for public schools during the year was S5,901,Sll.S7. FIX penditures were S4,454,13747, leaving a balance of Sl 447,074,40. The eXpen- ditures were SS3.752 more than for the year previous and the balance S25.000 less.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Simultaneously with the issuing of a mandate by the Supreme Court for the release of Hen " G. Stokes of Washington county, serving a jail sentence for wife aban- donment, Governor Hays pardoned Stokes. Stokes was sentenced last July to 160 days in jail and fined $75. He had been in jail five months He is relieved of serving the rest of the sentence and of paying the fine. The mandate was issued on the ground that Stokes had been separated from his wife more than two years before the information against him for wife abandonment was filed with the prose cutting attorney.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The governor appointed J. NJ. Fut- rell and D. G. Beauchamp both of Par agould, and Lee Miles of Little Rock special attorneys to assist the state in defending against the suit brought by Hal Norwood to tie up the game protection fund and other finds. The suit was liled in the Pulaski ChanCery Court in the name of II. F. Jackson of Lonoke The men appointed are members of the State Game and Fish Commission.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

While assisting his father in build. Ing a barbed wire fence on Pine Prairie John C. Carpenter Jr. was struck in his right eye by barb The eye was so badly injured that the power of sight was destroyed,
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

w B. Thomasson, aged S2, of Pike county, journeyed seven miles througl He has not failed to vote since com ing to Arkansas in 1872
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Quesenberry-Rlce Drug Com pany of Benton filed notice of a change in its name to the Bradford McGill Drug Company.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Rev C. w. Fleming of Fort Worth, Tex, recently called by the Central Baptist Church at Magnolia. has moved his family to this place and has taken active charge of the work.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Work has been started on the new railroad from Melville to the Rush mining camp. in Marion county. The road will be known as the Melville, Rush and Mineral Belt Railway Com pany.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Reports from county health officers for December show that the most se- we're epidemic of la grippe in the his tory of Arkansas occurred during the month. From 200 to 400 cases are re- ported from each county. The disease is being gradually eradicated.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Governor Hays issued proclama- ton fixing January 2 as Relief Day for Jewish war sufferers. Arkansans are asked on that day to contribute to the relief of the 9,O00.0OO Jews Tn the countries at war. President VII. son recently set apart the same day for the purpose all over the United States
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana are threatened with typhus fever spreading from Mexico, accord. ing to woru brought by Dr Victor u. Heiser of the International Health Commission, who passed through Lit. tie Rock on his return from MeIico and south Texas.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The charter of the Conway Straw berry Company, organized four years ago, will be surrendered. The com pany was organized to cultivate a tract of fifty acres in strawberries, but the project never proved profit able.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Three deaths resulted at Biscoe, Prairie county, from cerebral spinal meningitis, and six other persons have the disease, according to reports re- ceived by pr. (. w. Garrison. state health officer, County Judge Henry Lorentz has made an appr criation from county funds to provide serum for those who are unable to buy it and every effort Is being made to stop the spread of the disease.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Work on the oil well near Brawley, Scott county is being pushed. Two Oklahoma oil men are now engaged in securing leases in the vicinity of Brawley
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

New machinery has been purchased for the Ashdown light plant. The plant will soon be equipped to give better service and to take care of much more business.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Batesville Record has gathered statistics which show that it will re quire 10 carloads of crates to handle tl.e strawberry crop of Independence county this season.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

The Scroggins Lumber Company of Mena, capitalized at S25.00O, filed arti- .cles of incorporation. The corporators are A. H. and (. r Scroggins and w. w. McGregor.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28
INTERNATIONAL, SUNlYSQ1OOL
 LESSON

tBy F. o. SELLERS. Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
 Copyright 1915. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

c. w. Newman, who was one of the men massacred by Mexicans at Santa Ysabel, was cousin of Mrs. E. J. Hammond of Dermott.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

pr. C. w Garrison appointed Dr. II H. Niehaus of Fl Dorado as Union county health officer to succeed Dr Robert Rowland, recently appointed q member of the medical staff of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Malaria is the most prevalent dis ease in Arkansas, exclusive of minor diseases. according to reports for last year received by Dr. C, w. Garrison, state health officer. There were G. O7I cases of malaria among white per sons and 2,l54 among negroes. Peila- gra was second with 725 among whites and CAT among negroes.
 The Paragould Wholesale Grocery Company filed notice of an increase of it's capital stock from SS0,0oO to slOG.0O0. J. E. Wilbourne is presi- dent.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Eight cases of smallpox have been reported from Bigelow
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Hollipeter Shonyo X Go. of Blythe vile. capitalized at S5O,0o0 filed ar ticles of incorporation,
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Governor Hays relieved Fayett Parks and Dick Harcrow. Bradley county youths, of paying fines of Sl0 each for petty larceny, They were convicted week ago.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

While driving well on J. G. Nor tons place at Rohwer, near McGehee. workmen struck a 96-pound pressure of natural gas.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Hope Retail Lumber Yard. capital ized at Sl0,00O incorporated, with J l.. Jamison. Matthew Colster and s D. Henry as incorporators.
The Spectator., 1916-01-28

Penney Bros of Bearden have had on exhibition here a pair of mule footed" hogs they recently bought in Little Rock at the stock show.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14

strong advocates Of the plan of pro
viding military training and service
for every able bodied citizen, anG
this is a question that has yet to be
settled by the people of this country
Such plan will cost something, to be
sure, but the cost would be small as
compared with the cost of actual war,
even a small war Yielding to the
public demand for better prepared
ness the last session of congress in
creased army appropriations approx
imately $2O0,000,000 year. vet this
would pay the war expense of any
one of the principal belligerent ma
tions of Europe less than two weeks,
If, therefore, preparedness will help
to prevent war, or will shorten the
time of an unpreventable war, it is
the cheapest kind of insurance. And
this nation has made only a start in
real preparedness.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14

would avail against his handicap OF
youth, inexperience and inherited
debt
Alfred Carlsbad set his teeth and
went to work. The first year was not
marked by success. More friendly
advice to give up was Forthcoming
J. asst year was the fourth year OF his
experiment, Alfred Carlstead, 20
years old, with two brothers younger
owns the farm clear and well-equlp-
ped, every debt incurred by the faith
er has been paid and the boys have
more than $4,000 in the bank
The education alone could not have
done this. Pluck and grit and self
control and stick-to-it-iveness were
needed also. But not all the pluck
and persistence in the world could
have turned the trick without the
technical knowledge the boy had ac-
quired at the university.-The Dalles
Chronicle.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
OTHERS OPINIONS
1901 Advertising Answered.

Again the Oldsmobile demonstrates
the longevity of advertising. From
Hearne, Texas, there recently arrived
at the factory an inquiry for one of
the original curved dash Oldsmobile
runabouts. in response to series of
advertisements run in I901-the first
automobile advertisements ever print
cd.
The elapsed time between the date
of the advertisements and the post
mark on the inquiry is more than Is
years, which is probably the record
for any individual advertisement.
Once before the Oldsmobile reeeiv-
ed long-delayed inquiry from its
original series of advertisements,
last year, when a prospect wrote for
a curved dash ear, from Evergreen,
Va.
This was considered so remarkable
at the time that it was commented on
by advertising men throughout the
United States. That. after the lapse
of a year, the advertisement should
repeat. is even more astonishing.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
WAR HELPS GOOD ROADS

In an indirect way the European
war is claimed to be helping the good
roads movement in this country, which
is explained in the following man.
ner. Thousands of American tourists
who formerly went to Europe have
been kept at home during the past
two years, and many of them have
taken to touring this country in au-
tomobiles. American merchants, ho-
telmen and others have discovered it
is worth while to make an effort to
attract this trade, and of course the
first essential is good roads. There
fore, a keen rivalry has sprung up
between different states and sections
in the matter of good roads, and
both east and west this additional
influence is having the effect of hast
ening road Improvements.
Nor is this new influence entirely
confined to the United States proper.
The same thing, we are told. is re-
sponsible for a very energetic good
roads campaign now underway in the
Hawaiian islands. Hilo the second
city of the territory. has led the way
and has constructed handsome CON
crete boulevalds leading from the
wharves throughout the business sec
tion. The outlying districts, under
the management of progressive To-
cal government, have put their high
ways in thorough order and auto
nobilists may now enjoy motoring ov-
nr hundreds of miles of perfect ma
,adam highways amid charming seen
cry. Tt is now asserted that the is
and of Hawaii offers a motoring par
idise without a peer in the world.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
Book-Learning on the Farm.

A striking example of the benefits
of academic agricultural training is
set forth by the case of Alfred Carls-
tead, graduate of the University of
Minnesota. Carlstead's father was a
farmer of the old type who in a life
time of hard work was able to ae-
eumulate only a farm paying a very
modest living. a few long-used imple-
ments and several debts. When he
died bequeathing this estate to his
three sons. Alfred. the eldest. was
just about finishing his agricultural
course at the university. Alfred was
nineteen.
The boys friends advised him to
sell the farm and go to the city to
laake a living. They laughed at his
idea that his technical education
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
HE Is OUR PRESIDENT.

The Observer is Republican. I
fought for Charles Evans Hughes fol
president. The people of the United
States in their sovereign capacity as
electors have chosen Woodrow Wilson
as president. Until the probable con-
tests are over The Observer will hope
that Mr.. Hughes was elected.
But in the meantime Mr.. Wilson is
the President. The Observer will
uphold President Wilson, 3 hands as
far as it is within its power to do so.
As an American this is its plain du-
ty. 1t is its further duty to give the
benefit of every doubt to the presi-
dent of the United States. It will
do so. The very heavy burden of
proof will rest with the accusers of
the presidents actions.
Woodrow Wilson is now The Oh.
servers president; he is our presi-
dent.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
HELP LIGHTEN THE LOAD.

Help tighten the load
Humanity stumbles ahead on its road
Urged DER the deserts, beset by the
goad;
Many bend under burdens of hunger
and care
And women must suffer and toll and
despair;
And even the children astray in the
strife,
Are bowed by the weight till they
weary of life.
Hank unto each soul that is hero, not
slave,
How clear sounds the call to arise
and be brave.
Help tighten the load!
Help tighten the load!
With all of the strength that the
heart can command,
With all of the power of brain and
of hand,
With wills set to sacrifice, struggle
and dare,
With love that seeks ever each burden
to share,
With unfagging endeavor that stops
not to ask
The length of the journey, the cost of !
the task,
Come, sons of the kingdom Come,
children of God.
And along the dark path by the
worlds anguish trod
Help tighten the load!
The Outlook.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-11-14
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD.
II Will Stimulats You Mentally as Wall
as Physically.

as Physically.
In letter to Robert Grlmshaw of
the New York university william Null
doom gives advice that it would be well
for every man and woman, boy and
girl In America to take to heart He
says:
II was taught in early manhood not
to- throw my shoulders back, stick my
chest out, draw my stomach In or hold
my chin down like goat preparing to
butt, but to always try and touch some
imaginary thing with the crown Of my
head. If one tries to do that-6rst un.
derstands how to try and then tries
he doesn't have to pay any attention
to the rest Of his physical being. That
effort to touch something above him
not with his forehead, but with the
crown of his head, will keep every par
tcle of his body in the position that
nature intended 1t should be.
And as boy was advised to fire.
quently back up against the wall and
make the back OF my head, my shout.
aers' hips. heels all press against the
wall at the same time. and la that way
get an idea of what was straight. or, in
other words, how crooked was becom-
ing by dropping"
Both to young and Old Mr.. Muldoon's
hold your head up suggestion Is in
spiriting. Try it The effect physical.
ly and mentally is immediate. When the
head goes higher the impulse Is to deep.
er breathing. A man finds more elias.
dcity In his limbs, He steps out with
more ease. There is more spring to his
gait. He isn't numbering, sbambling
creature, but a man alive With the
elevation OF the crown Of the head
there seems to come clearer thinking.
more buoyant feeling and brighter
Embellishments and Finance.