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The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20
The already intensive programn,e

The already intensive programmes for the citizens training school at Fort Logan H. Roots has been further frightened with the close of the school less than one month away and extra effort is being crowded on to show good results from the 90-day training period. Students of the artillery branches are getting first-hand ln- struction from members of the crack First Iowa Battalion, while the men of cavalry and infantry branches are putting in the scheduled hours under the regular post instructors. The present month is regarded as the most important one of the period be fore the school is closed on August II.
 Close observers of military affairs expect excellent results from the Fort Roots Camp. The physical ht- ness of the officers trained here will be proved beyond doubt by their sticking through" the 90-day ordeal, while the thoroughness of the instruc- tion will account for the technical side of it The magnitude of the task undertaken by Maj Gowen and his staff is shown by the fact that the school has undertaken to complete in 90 days time work ordinarily ae- comp1ished at Wess Point in four years. The success so far attained attests to the care exercised by the War Department ir planning tdc camps. Army officers sent here as 1 instructors are for the most part West Point graduates with long records oi service under the colors.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

District of Columbia, acting for and by the direction of the president and In accordance with said act of congress and rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, shall apportion the quota so apportioned to such state. ter ritory or district and shall communi- cate to each lecai board established fin such stste, territory or district mo- tice of tke net quota to be furnished by Sucb board. and such net quotas shall thereupon be furnished by the re- spective local boards as required by said act of congress and rules and reg ulations prescribed pursuant thereto" !"
 In computing the number of men to be required from the various states the government put to the credit of each state every man it now has In the National Guard and every man it has contributed since April l as q war volunteer to the regular army.
 Computation Method.
 Placing or the debit side of the led ger the national army of 100000, the entire National Guard at war strength and the number of war volunteers needed on April l last, to bring the regulars up to the war strength, the grand total was apportioned according to population.
 This gave a gross quota for each state. from which net quota was com puted by checking off the number of noh C.. eral service and the number of men given by the state to the regular army since April l..
 The apportionment was made on the basis of an estimated grand total for the United States and its possessions of 105,366,056 inhabitants.
 This is paper estimate, computed from registration returns, which comes within the law requiring distribution of quotas by population, but which equaliZes in great measure the bur den that is to fall upon the 4,559 ex- emption districts.
 Total of f,152,es5.
 Each will furnish under this appor- tionment the men Its total registration would indicate as fair proportion, rather than the number the actual pop ulation of the district would indicate. The total of these gross quotas Is l. 152,9S5 men.
 Credit is given to the various states for total of t65,9S voluntary enlist ments in the National Guard and reg ulars, making the total net quota for all states 6S7,0 900 men.
 Illinois. which was the first big state to fill it's quota for the regular army. reduced its gross quota of 79,094 to 51 1853.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20
Too Small For Some Purposes.

Nearly all the newspapers are be- ing reduced in size, notice"
 Yes; it seems to be a lucky thing that bustles are no longer fashion able"
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20
oversubscription 52 Per Cent.

Washington.-Libe Loan sub scriptions totaled $3,035, ,226,S5O, an oversubscription of nearly 52 per cent.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

County Treasurer George w. Coop CT of Mountain View is operating a community canning factory and is being kept busy with the early bean crop, which is the heaviest through out this section for many years.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

County Demonstration Agent H. A McPherson of McGehee is holding demonstrations in every community hogs against cholera and horses, mules and cattle against anthrax.
 County Judge Geo. B. Ewing let the contract for the construction Of a steel bridge across Bayou Bartho- lomew, 3 1-2 miles west of MeGehee, at the Warrick place.
 Will c. Collins found a 40-grain ball pearl in Black River, east of Corn ing, and sold the same to w c. Wood son of Walnut Ridge, Ark, pearl buyer, for $500
 The R. A. Dowdle Chapter of the IT. D. c. at Morrilton cleared $15 with a rock party. The sum will be added to the state educational fund of the order.
 Cotton Bros. of Leslie shipped d car of wheat from there the first one to leave this season. The car con tained 731 bushels and they received $195 for same
 At a meeting of the lodge it was decided to have the annual w o. w picnic at Black Rock on August ?. This will be the fifth annual w. O. w. picnic here.
 Plans for road IA 1-2 miles long connecting Fort Smith and Green wood, county seats. Fere received from the state highway commission.
 Stamps raised $500, the full amount asked from it by the state Y. M. c. A. Work Committee. The local campaign was in charge of John E. Moore.
 The section men on the M. & N. A. Railway have just received an in crease in wages from $1.40 to $155
 The Hill Top educational and agri- cultural community fair will be held September 26 and 27.
 John Rockley was killed when he fell from a load of oats near Gurdon and landed on pitch fork which penetrated his body. He removed the fork from his body, took few steps and fell dead without speaking word.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

H. L. Remmel of Little Rock. mem- Der of the state council of national defense, has offered the government, free, use of 200 acres ofrich coallands lying on the banks of the Arkansas River, near Dardanelle, he announced. Engineers estimate that S,000,000 tons of coal suitable for naval use are in the fields.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20
FORMAL DRAFT
 ORDER ISSUED
 BY PRESIDENT
Wilson Rallies 1,262,985 Men
 Around the Flag.
687,OOO ON THE FIRST CALL
Official Allotment Shows What Part of Total Must Be Furnished by Each State and Territory
 In the Union.

Washington.-A formal order by President Wilson, drafting 6S7 .OOO into the military service under the selec- tive conscription law, was promult gated by the war department. together with an official allotment showing what part of the total must be furnished by each state and territory.
 The only steps now remaining are distribution by the governors of state quotas among the local exemp- tiOn districts and the great lottery, which probably will be held next week and which will establish the order in which regfstrants are to pre- sent themselves for service or exemp- ton,
 The men summoned for service will be used to fill the regular army and National Guard to war strength and to organize the first 100000 of the new national army.
 Total to Be 1,262, 1885.
 The total of these three forces will be 1,262,9S5 men.
 Later another 500000 will be called out, supplemented by sufficient men to make up losses and maintain re- serve battalions.
 Following is Secretary of War Bakers announcement of the order:
 By virtue of the authority vested in him by an act of congress, entitled An Act to Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States approved May 13, 1917, the president of the United States has ordered the aggregate number of 6S7 900 men to be raised by draft for the military service of the United States Tn order to bring to full strength the organ izations of the regular army and the organizations embodying the mem- bers of the National Guard drafted into the military service of the United States and to create the national army, and has caused said aggregate number to be apportioned to the sev eral states and territories and the District of Columbia as set forth In the schedule hereto appended.
 ''The governor of each state and ter ritory and the commissioners of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

County Demonstration Agent H. A. McPherson of McGehee is holding demonstrations in every community in Desha county and is vaccinatinc hogs against cholera and horses, mules and cattle against anthrax.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Misses Susie Willis, Christine Blew ster and Jennie Joyner of Magnolia were aboard the lake steamer Chris topher Columbus when it was crush ed by falling water tank at Milwau kee few days ago. None of the young ladies was hurt Several peo pie were killed in the accident
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Owing to the advance in the cost of drugs the physicians of Conway have agreed to a uniform advance in fees, which became effective on the first of this month.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

County Judge Geo. B. Ewing let the contract for the construction of a steel bridge across Bayou Bartho- lomew, 3 1-2 miles west of McGehee, at the Warrick place.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Cotton Bros of Leslie shipped d car of wheat from there, the first one to leave this season. The car con tained 731 bushels and they received $195 for same.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Enough signatures have been se- cured to petition for a north and south highway through Polk county to insure the Improvement. It is hoped to start work in time 10 secure federal and state aid to the amount of $15.036,07
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

The R. A. Dowdle Chapter of the IT. D. c. at Morrilton cleared $15 with a rock party. The sum will be added to the state educational fund of the order.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Tax Assessor Homer Harris has is. sued notice that the dates for as- sessing taxes in Hope have been changed The assessor and assist ants will be in Hope from July g to August 1, inclusive.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Will c. Collins found 40-grain ball pearl in Black River, east of Corn ing. and sold the same to w c. Wood- son of Walnut Ridge, Ark, a pearl buyer, for $500.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Jackson County Road District, which was formed some weeks ago sold their issue of $25O,OOO of bonds to Gunter & Co, bond buyers of Lit. tie Rock, at par, the bonds bearing five per cent. The roads of this dis. trict comprise B miles of main road and eight miles of lateral roads,
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

The Hill Top educational and agri- cultural community fair will be held September 26 and 27.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Little Rock bank clearings for JIne set new high record. bankers announced, having exceeded clearings for June. 1916. by $6,307201 Total clearings for the past month were $14,971,907.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

At meeting of the lodge it was decided to have the annual w o. w picnic at Black Rock on August ,. This will be the fifth annual w. O. " picnic here.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Ctti 1llb DCl1lilV JOS llNI pl SiAOllfh were aboard the lake steamer Chris topher Columbus when it was crush ed by a falling water tank at Milwau kee a few days ago None of the young ladies was hurt. Several peo- pie were killed in the accident Enough signatures have been se- cured to a petition for a north and south highway through Polk county to insure the Improvement. II is hoped to start work in time to secure federal and state aid to the amount of $15,036.07.
 Tax Assessor Homer Harris has is. sued notice that the dates for as- sessing taxes in Hope have been changed The assessor and assist ants will be in Hope from July g to August f, inclusive.
 Little Rock bank clearings for JIne set new high record. bankers announced, having exceeded clearings for June 1916. by $6,307,2o1. Total clearings for the past month were i $14,971, ,907.
 R. L. Berry. county clerk. has bought a herd of 25 registered Red 1 Rolled cattle and put them on his l farm near Melville. He secured the cattle from a stoekman in Lawrence county.
 Eugene Rhoden, former county i judge of Clark county, was tried be, fore Judge George E. Haynie in Cir cult Court at Prescott on charge of contempt of court, and was fined $25.
 The twenty-fifth annual reunion ot Ross Ruble United Confederate Vet erans will be held at Harrison Sep tember IA and 15. c, A. R Federal soldiers are also invited to attend.
 A special school district has beer formed at Norfolk for the purpose O building modern school building From 5000 to $1O000 worth O bonds will be issued for that purpose
 The Washington County Council O Defense met at Fayetteville and or ganized with A. T. Lewis as chair man, I W. Grabiel vice chairman and Allan Gates secretary
 Another good road project has beer started in Baxter county between Lone Rock, on the south side O White River division. The distanc, is about four miles.
 Notice from the department a Washington says that bids for the new S75,000 federal postoffice build ing at Rogers will be advertised July 20.
 Lee Jolly, farmer near Torres City, received car of pure bred cat tie, including three bulls, three calve. and Al cows, from a Mississipp breeder
 Manager Lee Giles of the Hemp stead County Union Fair has begur preparations for the fair to be held a Hope October 23 to 27, inclusive.
 The enrolment of students in tn, University Summer School has reach ed total of 19S.
 Jackson County Road District which was formed some weeks ago sold their issue of $250 900 of bond. to Gunter & Co, bond buyers of Lit tle Rock, al par, the bonds bearing five per cent. The roads of this dis trict comprise 52 miles of main roat and eight miles of lateral roads, Owing to the advance in the cos of drugs the physicians of Conway have agreed to uniform advance ir fees, which became effective on thf first of this month.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

The section men on the M. & N. A. Railway have just received an in crease in wages from 140 to $155.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

R. L. Berry. county clerk, has bought a herd of 25 registered Red Rolled cattle and put them on his farm near Melville. He secured the cattle from a stoekman in Lawrence county
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Stamps raised $500, the full amount asked from it by the state Y. M. c. A. Work Committee. The local campaign was in charge of John E. Moore.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-07-20

Plans for road 14 12 miles long connecting Fort Smith and Green wood, county seats. 'Fere received from the state highway commission.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13

$50 it would SEEM" said John
dryly
We'll. what's the use? Go ahead,
get busy with the phone
You make me tired" said John
yale, bank and pretty girl That's
good start for play"
TITS Gods truth, anyhow" protested
Drake fiercely. You won't believe it,
perhaps, but my first break came
about through Gertrude's mother She
was suffering from tuberculosis, but
could be cured If given proper atten-
ton The family was not well fixed
financially, so i helped a bit-not
much, but enough to reduce the size
of my wad. I tried to even things up
in a poker game 1t all occurred in
one night 1 deliberately Joined a fast
set, drank heavily that evening. played
a crazy game, lost all the time, and
gave an I. o. u.
THE brute who took it came to the
bank next day and showed it in at my
window. I asked for time, but he
raised his voice and said if / didn't
come across there would be trouble.
I lost my nerve-I never was a cast
iron proposition, anyhow-and prom
ised to meet him that evening with
the bills. When an opportunity Of
fered, took the money from the draw
er. Then began the easy slide. Eras-
ures, false balances, wild plunging to
get out of the mess, and an examina-
ton of my books by bank inspector.
Almost before knew where / was, /
heard a Judge giving me two years.
And during those two years in Jail 1
never forgot Gertrude's Shrek through
the courthouse when she heard my
sentence Sir, I've been all in ever
since"
How about the next five years?" in
quired Burton.
What do you Think" said Drake
bitterly. Prison doesn't reform a
man. 1t taught me to be a sure
enough criminal. A cell mate put me
up to a few wrinkles
I've been out now a month. /
tried to get a job in an Office. The
boss wouldn't even listen when told
him something of my record. made
a break at 1aborer's stunt, but the
foreman looked at my hands and saw
they were soft So he turned me
down. I couldn't even sit in the park
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13

meet" she said, with well-assumed
ightness. I'VE are both alive, any
how, and that is something to be
thankful for"
Us it?' muttered her downcast low
er. 81 wonder!"
By this time Moretti had noticed the
deeply interested talk between the
two. He frowned. Johns careless
remark had enlightened him as to
brakes position. Smothering his an
noyance, he called Gertrude, intro
duced her to her partner and succeed
ed in giving her significant nudge.
Drake effaced himself as his partner
whirled away in the dance He went
out, and, to his surprise, found that he
was frankly, delighted at having en-
countered Gertrude. He was walking
down the street, holding his head
high and indulging in day-dreams,
when that same doubtfu1-looking per-
son who had noticed his departure in
the car met him face to face.
Drake would have passed, but the
other stepped deliberately in front of
him and greeted him effusively.
ssSink me, Joe, If I amt tickled ter
death to find an old pal so well fixed.
You amt goin' to try to put it over
that you have forgotten Wall-Eyed
Bill, your old side-kick, are you?
Come and have a drink. There's
things you and have to talk about"
Drake, of course, should have defied
this ghoul. But the fatal weakness
in his character, which had first led
to his downfall, now urged him to
temporize.
Il find I have five minutes to spare,
BILL he said "Come alongi Let's
find saloon in a side street It's as
much as my Jobs worth to be seen
drinking in public at this hour of the
day"
Coin straight, eh?" chuck1ed Bill.
That's good. That's the right lay.
I'm glad to hear it."
The two selected a saloon in one
of those doubtful neighborhoods
which seem to be associated with
fashionable thoroughfares in much
the same way that barnacles cling to
ship Drinks were ordered Drake
insisted on paying, but Bill did not
seem to be short of money, and paid
the waiter.
A third and fourth supply of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13

| SOFTLY to himself. "GentIeman Joe. by
all that's holy. And logged up re-
gardIess, too Now, what do you know
about that2"
The occupants of the car paid no
heed to the loafer. They were
whirled to the center of the city. and
the automobile drew up outside a
attractive looking building which an
nounced famboyantly to all the world
that this and none other was PRO
lessor Moretti's Dancing Academy"
Nor did they know that the professor
himself, advised by phone of Burton's
intended visit, was watching through
a window, and evidently keenly. anx-
ious that this particular patron should
arrive.
When the car stopped. Moretti
turned to a pale but strikingly hand
some girl who seemed to be one of
his assistants
Hurry up he said emphatically.
Rush into some pretty clothes This
fellow just coming in has money to
burn You're to be his partner, see?
Do you get me?"
The girl smiled languidly. She I'M
derstood. She was merely pawn
in the game.
Moretti, who could be both gracious
and specifically distinguished in man.
ner when he chose, received Burton
and his secretary with much JUNCTION.
A maid took his hat and stick, and
Moretti moved away by his side. At
that instant the door opened, and the
girl who was to act as instructress
came in. Charming and svelte as she
had looked in her street costume, she
was truly bewitching in an ultra-fash-
ionable gown. She glanced idly from
the two men to the secretary, who hap
pened to be standing somewhat apart.
simultaneously the light of recog-
milton dawned in her face and brakes.
1t was thus, after seven bitter years
of separation, that Gertrude met
once more her old-time fiance.
"Joe,' she whispered, SIS it really
your"
Eyes, Gertrude" he said sadly. 81
am overjoyed at seeing you, yet 1 want
to sink into the earth
Her feminine tact came to the res
cue.
ooh, don't let US begin to weep
about the past the very moment we
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13

taking, though she could not nerve
herself to be candid with her friend.
and tell of Moretti's wretched scheme.
ne upshot of the despicable plot
came when the young millionaire re-
celved the following letter:
Lear Mr. Burton: 1 am in terri
pie trouble and want your advice.
WIN you come to me this evening?
Sincerely,
GERTRUDE BROOK.
The Apthorp, Apartment "a"
This missive reached him while he
was actually working the combination
of the safe, to place the money in If
with which he was going to purchase
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13
SECOND EPISODE
The Underworld.
The weaklinG.

The tenth marquis of Castleton
found the transition from the CRIME
of the PIainfield Steel works, and the
squalor of a fifth-rate American board
ing house to the ordered magnificence
and trim beauty of an English aristo-
Gratis surroundings a good deal more
trying than he expected. Granted
good health and true zest in life, 1t is
questionable whether poverty is not a
far happier state than riches for the
average man or woman. At any rate,
once the legal formalities connected
with the succession to the title were
gotten over, the newly fedged marquis
found himself bored to WEAKNESS by
the ceremonious state in which he
was compelled to live.
The new peer had hardly settled
down into a strange yet increasingly
pleasant environment before the call
of the blood made itself felt, and he
returned to the United States.
1t must be remembered that he could
not ignore either the message given
by the revivalist preacher, Branton,
or the serious purpose which life
seemed to have brought hand in hand
with great wealth and high social
position. He thought, therefore, he
could deal with certain problems more
effectually in the land of his birth than
in a country whose people and ways
were as yet distinctly foreign In re-
turning to America, he decided to drop
his title, and thus avoid the snobbery
which besets the path of a marquis
even in land of democracy. Hence,
it was as plain John Burton that he re-
entered New York
He did not go back to Plainfield.
Such q course, as John himself put
it tersely, would be simply looking for
trouble, but he rented a beautiful
house in a town of greater size and
more varied social conditions-New
York, in other words-and there de-
1iberately set himself to read, improve
his manners and study eugenic prob
lens.
Oddly enough, he fancied he would
gain a good deal in department if he
took dancing lessons. Without ask
ing anyone's advice, he went to the
first dancing academy whose sign
caught his eye. Therein fortune
played him a scurvy trick, because in
all that great city he could hardly
have fallen into worse hands than
those of Professor Moretti, a tall,
swarthy, slenderly built Italian, who
blended a certain experiences in his
art with crafty and designing ma
ture that sought victims among his
wealthier pupils.
One night John had been to a thea
ter. and had seen some new play
which presented a psychological prob
lem from an unfamiliar angle. On re-
turning home, feeling restless, he de-
cided to smoke and think out a per-
picking situation on the lines suggest
ed by the dramatist. He entered the
library. favorite room wherein he
could always secure a certain measure
of privacy.
1t was his habit, when deeply moved,
to pace back and forth in front of a
spacious fireplace. But the floor was