The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

J. r. Mccain and son Hooper, re- turned this morning from a business trip to Little Rock
 LOST-In Prescott, bunch of six keys about week ago. Liberal re- ward will be paid by L. c. Steele for their safe return.
 Every one here wants company of home guards, but nobody seems to want to start organizing it. They are doing it in other towns, why not Pres colt?
 Messrs. w. V. Tompkins, Fred Powell, Chas. Tompkins and E. M. Frisby are on Blue Lake today pa tiently plotting against the fnny tribe.
 Mesdames E. B. McGlone and Pearce of Bierne, arrived in the city this morning and Mrs. Pearce will enter the Greeson Sanitarium for an operation.
 LOST-Between the James Snog- grass farm and Prescott, green striped silk taffeta dress pattern. Return to Mrs. K. D. Lewis and re- ceive reward. 24d2
 Harry L. Jackson invented for "The Fall of a Nation" the biggest and most practical guns ever used in a cinema. They were exact replicas of the 42-centimer thick Berthas." :" The director of another great picture tried to borrow them When that expedient failed cameramcn of rival companies attempted from the sur rounding hilltops to "shoot' the big guns while in action. They were pre- vented from doing so by a patrol of armed and mounted guards around the "location."
 Prosecuting Attorney Tillman B. Parks of Hope, was called here this morning to attend a meeting of citi- zens from Morris who ask his aid in eXampting them from the hog law. After the citizens present at the meet ing had stated their case to Mir. Parks, he agreed to withhold prose- cutions in communities where none of the people objected to the hogs run ming at large; but when reasonable grounds were shown for prosecuting, it would be his duty to act according ly, he said.
 Nr Dixon acknowledges that he used German reservists for "Imper- ial troops in his imaginary invasion of America by foreign power, but he ayers that "The Fall of a Nation" is not anti-Germau nor is the finger of warning pointed against the men ace of the Teutonic powers 'I used the German soldiers because they were out of work and hungry" he says. "There were five hundred of them in Los Angeles, unable to go back and eager to enlist even in mimic war, and l was glad to give them the work"
 The East Side folks have at last gotten their heads together and ac- cepted the West Side challenge-we know they had their heads together, because we heard the "click" of ivory. They tried to pull some of that old stuff about overwhelming defeat, but that's ancient history, and anyway we explained fully how that happened, you know, the umpire, etc. Anyway, we are ready and will place in the field the best team that ever stuck spikes in the ground, and the East Side might as well get their alibis ready for they will surely need them. We suggest that the game be played Thursday for if we wait any longer than that, We fear our team will be overtrained.- Side Base Ball Association.
 Some complaint has been made about the bunch of boys that congre- gates around the churches when re- vival meetings are in progress, and remain there during the worship, en- tertaining themselves with loud talk ing, laughing and other noises which go toward disturbing the service. We wish to remind the parents of these youngsters that there is law with an extreme penalty attached for just such offenses as this and if your boy