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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

A PROMINENT man has
~ said that the things that
~ will not stand the test of
war conditions are not
worthy to survive after the war.
1t is true that war needs, and the
state of mind induced by the
war, throw a new light on much
that Americans have spent their
money for.
Among these things is. the
short-ivcd car.
Cars have been built and sold
on features, novelties, talking
points, engine stunts.
One year the whole country
talks about a car and next wear
its users condemn it as zone
year car"
Do not put all the blame on
the manufacturer; perhaps his
idea of business is to supply the
people what they want. II is
much slower process givingthem
what they ought to have.
There has always been a pub
lie for the long-service car.
Practical, hard headed men who,
even if they buy a new model
every year, are shrewd enough
to see the relation between long
life and used car value.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

New York, Aug. IA local potash
expert today gave a. remarkable ac-
count of how the war has brought
about changes in the production OF
that valuable substance. So valuable
has potash become with the great
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

weight miles as against the best competing
score OF 90, 612 weight miles, and the average
competing score of q ,495 weieht.miles.
Fsrf Economy Tests, of Franklin Cars, juno
20, 1918, under the Official supervision Of the
Automobile Club Of America Franklin
Roadster made new worlds mileage Of 23.s
miles on one gallon of gasoline.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

1t is remarkable how these OFF,
clal economy tests are confirmed
by the nationwide experience of
Franklin owners. The Franklin
goes a given distance on oue-haLt
the gasoline consumed by the av-
crage fine car-and for the same
yearly mileage costs about one-
third az much far tires.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12
Economy Demanded i,
Motor Car Operation

The secondhand value is
especially high where there is the
combination of strength, light
ness and f1exibility. because these
things mean economy of opera
ton and long life.
This is emphasized because
there is section of the public
thatha always associated strength
and endurance with lightweight
and rigidity-the very things
that pile up operating cost and
wear out car.
1t is a fact that war conditions
and the National Thrift are max
ing a bigger market for the
Franklin as the fine car of the
strong, light. flexible type.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

The big public is waking up
to the truth about gasoline waste,
tire mileage, friction loss and de-
probation.
People keep right on buying
cars-but they are thinking more
about constructive service and
use.
The automobile is a trench
dous factor in American life and
achievement, in national health
and efficiency, in conservation
OF human energy, in the ready
contact between men and their
affairs.
Automobile owners want to
use their cars more freely. They
are impatient of weight, ngidity,
excessive upkeep-all the old and
arbitrary restrictions.
What do you, as an American
citizen and automobile owner.
think about this matters Do
you favor restriction of use, or
a restriction of wastei
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12
Official Economy Tests
Won BY the Franklin

The Franklin has won evcrv
prominent official economy test
ever conducted, and continued
to win so long as the official tests
were run.
tn. csIb. E1s.sv Tsss. May IS, 1905.
under the omcisl supssvisioo OF the Automo
oiie Club Of Ameriea-woa By the Franklin
with record Of 81 miles. The Frsnklin
sverses was IS Per cent shove the avsraxe
record OF al eonpstinl ears.
Lsss lsissI Eesssa, Cssessf, Februsrv2 Is.
1898, under the o&cial supervision Of the Ions
Island Automobile Club-ths Prankli. won
over all contestants by 6oinf 2<2 miles n
an operafia1 cost Of oaiy Is cents Der mile.
II ne cost Of all other cars aversGed cents Der
mile-fss Hssss the Franklin opera tins co.,.
o"s Gstiss Efeisse, Tsss. May s, 1909,
under the Official supervision OF the New York
Automobiie Trade Association, with twenty.
one cars catered h oompetition-the Freoklin
Car wea $50 ailss % one falloa OF fe.o.
line and scored lOS, %00 weight. miles. The
Franklin Car not oaly won the prixe for
the best score in III price class. but also the
Willys' trophy for the best score irrespective
OF price class.
Buffalo Oss Csiios Ecessn,, C.sr... J,,x
III, l9O0, under the Official supervision Of m.
Automobile Club OF Buffalo IN FrsnkIin
set worlds record isr fasoiine soonemv Of
fo.l miles On oas 9allon; - per osae more
than the average Of the other eixhteen con-.
peUnI cara. IhA Pr>>kE~ .>~-~A 1as uN1
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

Mrs H. NJ. Jackson and little
daughter, Mary Ricketts,, left yester-
day afternoon for Little Rock to
spend several days.
44#&
Look at the work we have done
elsewhere in Mariana, then let us
figure on your concrete work. ]. w.
Fielder, extractor. 81
Mrs. M G. Sturdivant and daughter,
Miss Nellie. left last night for San
Angelo, Texas, where they will re-
side until next fall.
j e. Stevenson left Christmas day
for Camp Beauregard, La, to spend
the holidays visiting his son, Lieht.
Il. u. Stevenson ana wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. e. Wood, Miss
Margaret Patty and Tom and Clark
Wood, will return Monday night to
their home in Little Rock. go
&#Rs
Jim Wright Robertson, Max ID.
Miller and Paul Nixon came home
from Gulfport, to spend the Christ
mas holidays with home folks.
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Buck Cross came home from Camp
Beauregard on a Christmas furlough
but was laid up most OF the time
with illness.
Clifton Harrington, who is studying
pharmacy in the St Louis College of
Pharmacy, spent the holidays with
home folks.
Gordon Love returned Tuesday
from Senatobia, Miss. where he
spent several days visiting friends
and relatives
Miss Grace Evans, canning club
agent, left this morning for Little
Rock and Fayetteville to be gone
several weeks.
Frank Wright. manager of the Free
man store at fayetteville, spent the
first of the week here visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. b. Schumacher
and children are spending the holt
days with friends and relatives in
Vicksburg, Miss.
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here visiting her daughter Mrs Burk
Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas T. England of
Holly Grove. have been here the
past week visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w.
c. Vail
c. W. Norton, wife and child from
Forrest City, spent Christmas day
here with Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Nc
Clintock
Mrs Alma Palmer OF Fairpoint.
N. ", is here on an extended visit
with her daughter. Mrs. Maclin Nc
Clintock.
Leake & Wells, general transfer,
wood and coal We move anything
loose at both ends. Phones 13 and
I66. If
Mr. and Mrs w. w. Campbell and
baby of Forrest City spent Christmas
here, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
B. Mann
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take charge of several soldiers who
took French leave of camp during the
Christmas holidays.
A very pretty Christmas play given
by small children at the high school
auditorium under the direction OF
Miss EVELYN Arlington on Friday
night OF last week netted the sum of
SIS, which was contributed to the
local Red Cross Chapter.
nshs
Roy v. Williams of the Fair Store,
left Tuesday for points In South Ark
ansas to conduct inventories Of the
Fair stores in that section Of the
state. He expects to be busily en-
gagged in this work for several weeks.
During the latter part OF January he
VIII attend a meeting of the stock
holders of the Fair Stores Company
in Hot Springs, and following the
meeting he will remain in Hot
Springs and take a course of baths.
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The E.J. Beazley Company

Jos. f. Clarkson, Jr., who is with
the Alexander Eccles Cotton Com
pany of Little Rock, has been here
the past week spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. e.
Clarkson.
Mary Pickford In 1.-THE Little
American" at the Majestic Theatre
on Tuesday, January 1. Matinee at
2 p. m. night at z. Prices Is and
80 cents for each show. s31
Sam Bowen, former sheriff of Miss
issippi county, has purchased the
Horseshoe Plantation from J. A. Car
adine. Mr.. Bowen was here last
week closing up the deal and making
arrangements to begin working the
place next year.
Began Guest arrived from Camp
Beauregard Wednesday and spent the
day with home folks at Rondo. He
was on his way to Little Rock to
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LOCAL NEWS NOTES

See Mary Pickford at the Majestic
next Tuesday. *31
Burk Mann and wife went to For
rest City Tuesday night.
$3.50
Mrs. Hudson left Sunday to spend
the week with her daughter
Close out prices on holiday goods
at Turner's New Years Day *tf
H. R. Mcveigh spent the holidays
in Memphis visiting his sons.
$3.50
One Second Hand Typewriter, two
divers, for quick sale at Turner's. If
m*#*
Frank Trimble of Memphis spent
Christmas day here with friends.
X **%
Mr. and Mrs John Mann are spend
ing the week in Spring Hill, Tenn.
Tom Jackson spent the holidays
with his mother, Mrs. N. E. Jackson
$50
Mr. and Mrs. j. l.. Isaacs spent
Christmas with relatives in Memphis
See j. w. Fielder FOR concrete work
Of all kinds. 81
Miss Lucille Taylor and Mrs. c. l..
Apple spent last Saturday in Mem
phis.
Geo. Newbern, Jr., who is student
in Hendrix College at Conway, is
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.AILLER LUMBER COMPANY
render prompt service.

~fHH
Mrs. o. R. Perry mas gone to
Moravia, Iowa, to spend two months
visiting her daughter.
$50
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spence spent
the holidays with friends and rel.
atives at Mason. Tenn.
sSss
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ Isaacs of Chi.
cago, have been here the past week
visiting Mrs. S. Goldstein.
Mrs. C. N. Houck and little Miss
Kathrine Kitchener spent Thursday
in Lexa visiting friends.
$3.50
Dr. j. A. Bogart of Forrest City
spent Christmas here with his
brother, Dr. H. d. Bogart.
$3.50
Miss Naomi Lewis has returned
from an extended visit to relatives
and friends in Kentucky.
rMas
The Children of the Confederacy
will not have another meeting till
the first Friday in March.
ass
Mrs. W. d. Newborn entertained
the Chatting Dish Club Thursday
afternoon with Turkey dinner.
sA*<
Miss Sadie Wright of Memphis
spent Christmas in Marianne with
her sister, Mrs. j. T. Robertson.
$500
Mrs. Henry James of Morrilton is
IT, No. - fAx vte.s& u
family of her son, W. w. Chisum.
800
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Montgomery of
Jonesboro. have been here the past
week visiting friends and relatives.
j. A. Cunningham of Kiowa, Kan,
is spending the holidays here, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Daggett.
Rev. w. G. Boone, wife and baby
spent the past week in Meuphis, the
guests of the parents of Rev. Boone.
sA*a
Lieutenants Ewing McClintock and
Phillip Hassell of Camp Pike, spent
Christmas day with home folks here.
s&ss
DIR. o. L. Williamson, wife and
daughter, Leland, are spending the
weekend with relatives in Alton, Ill.
&&a
Mrs. Burroughs, better known here
as Mrs. r. V. Webb, has arrived from
Texas and is visiting friends at
Rondo.
No matter if your job amounts to
one of thirty days work, we cheer
furnish figures on same. Call T. e.
Hobbs at Turner's. eff
Mrs. James RUSSELL of Forrest City,
spent the latter part of last week
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Martha Elizabeth Russ and Herbert
Jackson, Jr., are visiting friends in
Paragould.
Mrs. Ben Elder of Brickeys spent
several days with friends in Mari
anna this week.
A complete line of wall paper at
Turner's and skilled mechanics to do
the work *tf
the parents of a girl baby, born
Sunday morning.
Visit Turner's New Years Day and
get a calendar. Also bargains in
China and cut glass. "tf
**a*
Mrs W. t. Bonner and Miss Edith
Burgess are visiting relatives in s..
Charles, Arkansas.
%x*A
No job too big for us to handle
efficiently and quickly. j. w. Field
er, concrete contractor. 81
$3.50
Mrs. James Spence and little son
are visiting friends and relatives in
Nashville, Tenn.
j. ]. Hughes, Jr., of Haynes. was
a prominent business visitor in the
city yesterday.
Ed Hinton was here from Camp
Beauregard last week visiting home
folks and friends.
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mayo and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Evans spent Christmas
in Forrest City at a reunion of the
family of Rev. w. F. Evans and wife.
Mary Pickford in THE Little
American" at the Majestic Theatre
on Tuesday, January l. Matinee at
2 p. M, night at 7. Prices Is and
30 cents for each show. s31
sAAs
DIR. and Mrs. A. C. Cohen and
daughter, Miss Bernice Jones, spent
the past, week in Little Rock, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Christ
opher.
Leake & Wells, general transfer.
wood and coal. We move anything
loose at both ends. Phones Is and
16S. tt
Bennett Freeman, in the quarter
is home on the first furlough he has
obtained since going to Camp Pike
several months ago.
d. H. Dupuy. member of the naval
hospital corps at the Great Lakes
Training Station, Illinois, spent the
holidays here with mis- parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ID. c. Dupuy.
Lieut. Max Rotholz, now stationed
at Houston, Texas, arrived in Marian
ma last Saturday and spent several
days visiting his father. s. B. Rotholz
and his many friends here.
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
vii, make or get for you what thsv
haven't
Miss Emme Clark urges all who
have sold Red Cross stamps to make
their reports to her at once as she
wants to get her report in to the
state secretary by January /.
H*s
Dan Pilkington returned yesterday
from Fulton, KY, to which city he
accompanied his mother, Mrs. Sue
Pilkington, who VIII spend several
weeks there visiting friends and
relatives.
p. F. Newell. farm demonstrators,
has been accepted as a member OF
the third officers training camp al
Leon Springs, Texas. and has receiv
ed orders to report for duty on Janu
airy 5.
A. G. Samuel of the firm of Jep-
nings e Samuel, contractors and
builders, is in a hospital In Memphis
recovering from an operation for
appendicitis performed the first of
the week
T. E. Hawkins has bought the r.
II. Bickerstaff residence property in
Southeast Mariana and will move
into the place after the first of the
year. Mr.. Bickerstaff has purchased
a farm from DR. A. l.. Wilsford near
Moro and expects to devote his time
to farming the coming year.
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spending the holidays with home
folks.
John Dougles of near Palestine was
business visitor in the city Tues.
day.
j. w Patton spent a portion OF
the holidays in Searcy and Little
Rock.
A shipment of Vatan coffees just
received. Grove-Reed co. *31
$40
Miss Pauline Pipkin of Haynes
spent Monday with Miss Delphia
Vail.
Grit McSwine spent Christmas at
home with his mother, Mrs. Chas.
Mckee.
DO you need a typewriter? Call
t. E. Hobbs at Turner's. *tf
Frank d. Govan came home from
Camp Pike to spend the Christmas
holidays.
$3.50
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
the place to buy building material
$3.50
Mrs. Jeanette Pickard spent the
Christmas holidays with relatives in
Jackson, Tenn.
Thinking painting? Call T. e.
Hobbs at Turner's. *tf
Mary Pickford in "The Little
American" at the Majestic Theatre
on Tuesday, January 1. Matinee at
2 p. m, night at Z. Prices Is and
30 cents for each show. *31
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No matter if your job amounts to
one of thirty days work, we cheer
furnish figures on same. Call T. x.
Hobbs at Turner's. eff
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Mrs. James RUSSELL of Forrest City,
spent the latter part of last week
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
Notice to Homesteaders.

There is mistaken notion that the
publication of final proof notices must
go to the paper suggested by the land
office. This is not true. The law
makes no such requirement, the only
restriction being that the notice
must be printed in paper nearest
the land. So if an Emmett paper is
named, it may be legally printed in
The Index, at the option of the home
steader, and The Index guarantees
that such publication will be accepted
by the land department completely.
The Index guarantees, also, that its
charge will be as low as that made
by any other paper. Bring your final
proof notices to The Index. We will
do the rest.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
TROUT FOR PAYETTE
STREAMS
Fish Car Containing 175,0O0
Young Trout Goes North
Today

Attached to this mornings north
bound train was an express car con-
tanning several hundred Thousand
young trout which will be planted in
small streams that empty into the
Payette river between Emmett and
Smiths Ferry. Forest rangers will
also lend their assistance at various
points along the line. The distribu-
ton in the section enumerated above
will be as follows:
For Upper Squaw creek, $4,000; to
be unloaded at Montour and taken by
auto truck to their destination.
For the North Fork $4,000; to be
placed in the creeks between Banks
and Smiths Ferry.
For Big creek in the neighborhood
of Scott valley, $4,000.
For the Middle Fork, $4,000; to be
distributed from Banks.
For Deadwood creek and the South
Fork, 5000; to be unloaded at Banks
Efforts will be made to have these
streams stocked every year hereafter.
Since the extension of the Idaho
Northern and the general use of auto
mobiles, together with the building OF
good roads through the forest, the
streams have been greatly depleted
of trout and unless annual stocking of
these streams is made fishing will be
practically at an end.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
Dastardly Work

The entire machinery of the federal
government in Kansas was working
Wednesday night toward a solution
of what was described as plot to
spread disease throughout the state
by incubation through court plaster.
The alleged plot, announced by Fred
Robertson, United States district at
torney, was disclosed to the author
ities by the willingness of three men
under arrest to give away the adhe-
sive after failing to sell the packages
in small towns. Tests conducted by
w. S. Smith, government chemist,
were said to have revealed tetanus
germs on the plasters. So far as the
office of the federal district attorney
has announced, no motive has been
found for the alleged plot, although
the names of the arrested men, it is
said, might denote a plot furthered
by foreign enemies.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
ARMY LOTTERY DRAW
ING FRIDAY
For One Hour Tomorrow Fate of
Ten Million Men Will Hang
in Balance

According to Washington dispatches
this morning, the national lottery to
determine the order of liability of
10, 100000 men registered for Mill
tary service could be held next Friday.
Present plans are to hold the lot
terry in the capitol, with the members
of the senate and house military COM
mitteees as witnesses. The entire pro-
ceeding is not expected TO take more
than one hour.
General Crowder conferred We'd
nesday with newspaper correspond
ents over arrangements for the draw
ing The press is relied upon to car
ry to individuals throughout the coun-
try the information as to when they
will be required to appear before ex-
emption boards, and for that reason
every effort is being made to suit the
convenience of the papers as to de-
tails.
The task of transmitting the long
lists of numbers by telegraph is tre-
mendous problem, but the press asso-
Citations and telegraph companies are
making efforts to insure both speed
and absolute accuracy in transmission.
There is more concern over the task
of the individual newspapers. In large
communities the problem of printing
the serial numbers with the names of
the men they represent is one of stag
pering proportions.
In view of the number of men who
have enlisted for service in various
departments of Uncle Sans army and
navy, Gem county's draft quota will
be small, if any at all.
No men will be drafted from Boise
for service in the army or from
half dozen counties of the state, ac-
cording to C. o. Broxon, private sec
retary to Governor Alexander. Brox-
on spent Wednesday fixing the appor-
tionment Of men that are to be drawn
from the several counties. He first
gave credit to each and to Boise for
the number of men that they have IN
the Second Idaho and that have joined
the regular army since April l. The
credits have been checked up, but the
apportionments have not been made
According to the governors secre-
tary, Canyon, Washington, Payette'
Bonner and Idaho counties will have
a sufficient number of credits to NIL
the quotas required of them, as has
Boise. Ada county outside of Boise has
not filed the original apportionment
that will be charged up to it and men
not living in the City will be subject
to draft. Twin Falls county has al
most enough men to its credit IN the
militia regiment and the regular
army, Broxon says, to take care If Its
and only a few men
will be taken from it in the draft
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
To Celebrate Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day, day Of special signi-
ficance to the disciples of Jos. Smith,
will be celebrated July "a at Dewey's
grove, east of town. Elaborate pre-
parations are being made to enter
tain large crowd, not only from this
section, but also from neighboring
towns. B. Harvey Alfred, director of
farm markets, will be the orator of
the day. The program, which will
begin at 10 in the morning and con-
tinue until well into the nightn will
consist of music, singing, races and
sports. The Kaiser nine-piece orches-
ira will furnish music. All kinds of
refreshments will be served on the
grounds.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
BAD BREAK IN CANYON
CANAL
Nine Hundred Feet of Ditch
Washed Out-Large Force
Repairing Damage

By the washing out of 900 feet of
ditch of the Canyon canal Thursday
night, the Emmett Irrigation District
suffered loss of at least $1,000, and
ranchers under that system ctand to
lose heavily in grain and hay crops
through loss Of water at time when
the grain is in the head and the ex-
teremely hot weather is denuding the
soil of moisture.
The washout started, it is believed,
where the earth ditch and the steel
fiume join, as stream of water was
encountered by Dr. Judd near his place
when returning home Thursday night.
Evidently he didn't realize the ser
iousness of the situation or he would
have notified the ditch authorities at
once and prevented such serious dam
age.
Steps were at once taken to re-
pair the damage. A force of 80 men
are at work, working night and day
and it is expected the repairs will be
completed Sunday or Monday. A
wooden fume is being built in place
of the ditch. 1t will be 16 feet wide
on the bottom and six feet deep.
Lumber for the fume was ordered
from the sawmill and all other orders
sidetracked until this order was turn
ed out. Farmers quit their ranch
work and reported for duty at the
canal to haul the timbers and build
the fume Luckily the bed of the
ditch is rock, which makes a solid
foundation upon which to build the
fiume. Had the bed been earth the
damage would have been very serious
1t is estimated that the repair work
will cost approximately $1,000. At
meeting held Friday, at which were
present the directors of the district
and large landholders, such as D. H.
VanDeusen, Andy Little, W. E. Pierce,
Lewis Roos, V. T. Craig and others.
finances to pay for the expense was
arranged for.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-07-19
Want Road to Council.

County Attorney Dillon of Adams
county was in town Tuesday and held
a conference with the commissioners
and a number of business men in the
interest of a road from Council to this
city. He stated that Adams and
Washington counties were willing to
appropriate funds for the building
of a good road through those coun-
ties provided Gem county would con-
meet UP with it. The proposed road
would connect with the state highway
up TIE Weiser valley and be cutoff
between that point and this city and
Boise. No definite action was taken.