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The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Some time ago the city of Los An.
geles created sensation by electing q
woman as member Of its council, Her
name is Mrs. Estelle Lawton Lindsey,
and she is native of Arkansas. When
Mrs. Lindsey first took office 80 per
cent of the city employees who were
getting less than 500 per week were in
the grip of the loan sharks hands.
Mrs. Lindsey learned this and prompt
ly proceeded to put the loan sharks
out of business, by getting an amend.
ment passed which provided that the
city should pay its employees weekly.
instead OF monthly as before.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Another familiar landmark is pass
ing, After July / there will be no
more Iron Mountain" in railroad par.
lance, 1t will become the Missouri
Pacific" This generation has known
the Gould lines in Arkansas only as
the Iron Mountain, named for a noun
tain of iron ore in Southwest Missou-
ri. Thousands who spoke the name
did not know the origin of 1t. 1t was
purely local. and not expressive of the
broader significance of the territory
controlled by the corporation.
Although il has been so familiar, the
people will soon learn the new name,
Just as II was with what is now the
Rock Island, Not so many years ago
II was known as the Choctaw, and
when the Northern railway interests
invaded the state and took over the
property, we thought we could not be-
come accustomed to the change. Now
no one ever speaks Of II as the Choc'
taw, no more than as the Little Rock
and Memphis, by which name II was
known before that time,
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Somebody may as well get ready
to pin flags on the pacfists for Mr..
Bryan now as militant as Colonel
Roosevelt classifies them all as slack.
ers. Pacifists who shut up shop as
soon as there is any good fighting to
do are of the right sort.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Arkansas leads the nation in the
production and shipment of strawber.
ries. The weekly summary of carload
shipments of produce issued by the
Department Of Agriculture and which
includes the total shipments for last
year, shows that 1893 carloads Of
berries were shipped from Arkansas
last year.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

How it must have pleased the labor
unions to find out that their heads in
New York were paid a large sum Of
money by a German agent for agree
ing to start a strike among the steel
workers, Close inspection would re-
veal as much graft among some of
the big labor unions as there is in
some of the big corporations.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Americans have seen great political
defeats brought about by over-confi-
dence. The experience will not be lost
in providing for the fiercest war in
history.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

John Stafford Of the Springdale
News says he interprets the new
civil service ruling for postmasters
TO mean that the present incumbents
can only be removed by death or ina
bility to serve. John naturally takes
an optimistic view of the matter-he
is the Springdale postmaster Benton.
vile Democrat
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The boy who enlists and cannot
pass the physical examination should
be given preference in employment at
home over the Stacker" who will not
make the effort to serve his country.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

We cannot imagine what kind of a
girl it is that will marry Stacker"
TO keep him from going to the front.
She certainly can not love and re-
spect such a shirker.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The women of the south during the
war between the states told their
sweethearts to "go to the front and
prove yourself man" and then come
back to me with your offer of mar
riage.'
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

War for justice and lasting peace is
going to make neighbOrs out of lot
of people who heretofore merely lived
in the same locality.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Wouldn't it be fine thing if the
fellow who talks about eliminating
the merchants of this town would
some day fall into his own eliminator?
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

You never can enrich your farm by
putting the fertilizer on somebody
else's land You never can build up
this community by sending your mon
ey somewhere else.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Many Germans now wish the Krupps
had been encouraged to become man.
ufacturers of planting and harvesting
machinery instead of guns
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

1t would be curious if agents repre-
senting the Kaiser's divine right
should be found trying to work with
Nihilists in Russia
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Co far as babies are concerned,
you know what you Think of your
baby. You ought to feel that way
about your town.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

One of the very best tonics for pa
triotism is a little review of the
achievements of the sons of the south
in the past history of this country.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

If a man will drop the "t" that
will make this town "hs" town;
and dropping the hammer will do the
same thing,
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Let the nation itself do whatever
food boarding may be needed. When
individuals hoard food they invite
disaster.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Some of the noisy advocates of the
volunteer system in congress weren't
so much in favor of ii at the time of
the Spanish war
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

Austria Hungary will not make a
separate peace but she would neglect
no promising opportunity to make
separate getaway.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

lOIdl %, 'oo,uVV
Both the Edith and Morning Star,
two leading producers of the Rush
district, suffered heavy delays on ac-
count of breakdowns in machinery and
were not in operation more than half
the month. Likewise, the Yellow Rose
had a season of short production while
opening a new working drift to get
away from the old tunnel which had
been condemned as being unsafe.
Taking the field over the mining
industry is in more healthy condition
from a producing standpoint than at
any previous time.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19
ORE SHIPMENTS TOTAL
FIFTY.FoUR CARS IN APRIL.
Large Volume of Production Is Held
For Better Prices-Forty Cars
Held In Reserve.
Mining Reporter.)

Ore sales for the Arkansas field
during April show a slight falling off,
as a result of the decline of prices
which has prevailed during the past
few weeks. Fifty-four car loads are
reported shipped from the several
camps during the month. Owing to
difficulty in securing cars in many
instances, the rule has been to load
them to capacity of 40 tons by sew
eral shippers, while 80 tons is con-
servative general average for all ship
ments reported
From Zinc, Cave Creek and Evening
Star camps, large reserves are report
ed as being held for better prices,
while production continues at the usu-
al rate. 1t is estimated that in the
neighborhood of 40 cars of ore, ready
for shipment, remains in the camps
named.
Those reporting shipments for the
month of April are:
RUSH DISTRICT.
Shipper. Pounds.
Shepherd Mining $50 900
Edith Mining -2S0,0 900
Morning Star Mining 100000
Yellow Rose Mining Co ------140,O0
BUFFALO DISTRICT.
Bonanza Mining Co.. 10000
Miscellaneous Mines ----------210,0 1000
YELLVILLE DISTRICT.
j. B. Rowden ---------------- 10000
ZINC DISTRICT.
l.. l.. Brown ----------- $500
Gloria Mining Co ---------- $4,000
MT. HERSEY DISTRICT.
Shepherd Mining Co ---------96O,OOO
CAVE CREEK DISTRICT.
Bald Hill Mining Co ---------l4O, 900
North Slope Mining Co ------ $4,000
ST. JOE DISTRICT.
Lucky Dog Mining CO--------2lO,O 900
Wallace Mining Co ---------- 10000
GILBERT DISTRICT.
Shepherd Mining Co --------l4O 900
F. NJ. Kennedy ------------- 10000
Jack Pot Mining Co ---- 10000
PONCA CITY DISTRICT
Eleventh Hour Mining Co----14O 900
Ike Kilgore dead -----------14O 900
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19
'.-sl&r

A country that can write its check
for $1,000, 100000 cannot expect to
avoid being a world power.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The man who invests money in
farm improvements here does not
merely get interest on the money; he
increases the principal.
The circus takes a lot OF money
out Of town but the mail order hous
doesn't even give a parade,
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

You like to see this nation maintain
It's balance of trade; what about this
community?
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

When you write a letter, tell how
well the town is looking, II is as i'm
portant as the stamp.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The annual school election next Sat
urday is one of the most important
that has been held in a number of
years. For the first time the people
will be given an opportunity to vote
tax levy for school purposes since
the adoption of the amendment per
mitting a maximum levy of twelve
mills. The Little Rock district, will,
however, ask for only nine mills, an
increase of two mills over what the
people have been paying here. 1t is
believed this will take care of the stu
alton, even with the increased expense
of a junior high school system that
will be put into effect next fall
In addition to this, the voters in
fifty-one counties will have an oppor-
tunity to vote on the question of coun-
ty superintendency. 1t is believed by
officials of the department of educa-
tion that it will prevail in at least 25
of the counties Pulaski county is ex-
pected to vote for Superintendency
this time, although it has opposed it
in the past. There has been a marked
change in public opinion on the sub
ject in recent years, and the merits of
the system are being more generally
recognized. 1t is significant fact
that Little Rock is the largest city in
the United States located in county
that has no form of school supervis-
ion in larger units than the district,
and that Arkansas is the only state
that has not adopted supervision in
some form.
The sheriffs of the state are ready
through their township registrars, to
begin registering the eligible men of
the state, between the ages of q and
80. All the machinery for the regis
tering had been completed by the
time that congress decided upon the
age limit, The fact that everybody
between those ages is to be regis
tered does not mean that every one
will be drafted into the military SER
vice, under the military draft service.
Those who come from the farm, and
those engaged in many occupations in
which they can render as valuable
service as they could on the firing
line, will not be called into the mill.
tary organizations. Especially will the
country boys be permitted, or even
directed to remain on the farm and
assist in the production of food and
feed products,
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The agitation for and against hold.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
(BY CLIO HARPER.)

Little Rock, May l5.-An interesting
suggestion has been advanced by an
old-line life insurance agent OF Little
Rock, with reference to the attitude
Of the insurance companies on the ex-
ira rates to be charged the insured
He argues that it would be nothing
more than right and just for the gov
ernment to pay the extra premium
that is charged against a man who
enlists in the military or naval SER
vice to fight for the country. In some
instances these premiums are so high
that they are almost prohibitory, and
in many cases the men will be forced
to lapse because of their inability to
meet the heavy payments with the
meager pay received from the govern
ment. Since the service is in behalf
of the government, and the extra pre-
MUM is not charged against those
who do not enlist, it is argued that
the government should bear the bur
den and hold the insured against loss.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-19

The war will not interfere with the
Rhodes scholarships, and it is an
nounced that the examinations will be
held as usual, on October 2 and 3,
next. Some of Arkansas best young
men have been the beneficiaries of
the South African diamond king, who
left the major part of his millions for
higher education. The winner of the
scholarship will go into residence in
Oxford University, England, in the
fall of 1918, by which time it is hoped
the war will long have been settled,
and the rebuilding of the continent
begun. The scholarships pay the hold
er $500 year for three years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
WEEKS MILLS

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert raylor ana
Mrs Jane Adams arrived Saturday
from Capitol Island where thew have
passed the summer.
Miss Nina Doe Of Lynn. Mass J..
visiting her sister. Mrs. Clyde Ham
mond.
Weeks Mills was we'll represented a.
the Worlds Fair at Windsor wednes-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Moves were Sun
DAY guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Aurustu.
Mosher
Rev and Mrs. J. r. Hall went "a
Waterville Tuesday and from there will
go to the Kennebec Valley Conference
at Smithfeld,
Alonze Doe Of Springfield. Mass. Is
visiting relatives in this place
Mrs. J, ". Segee has been caI,.d
to Danforth by the illness Of her
mother.
Mrs. NJ. H. Wakefield was calling on
Mrs. Augustus Mosher Monday.
Mrs. Mary Perkins and Mrs. verda
HAYES and daughter Evelyn are
boarding with Mrs. H. NJ. Crommett
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Geddes have re-
turned to their home in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
NEARLY
OvERCOMES
WOMAN

Bringing up several children in
he right way ard cares Of home
'rought me 10 the verge OF nervous
)rostration," says well known
woman. Fearing that I might be-
,ome III and have to give up house
work. and the care of my little ones,
,reated a nightmare that was ever
before me. | happened TO mention
ny afiiction to one OF my neighbors
md she advised me to procure some
?hosphated Iron. A day or two
alter when was feeling unusually
miserable sent my daughter to the
irug store for a box Of the capsules
md after ten days treatment l felt
Ike different person altogether.
sleep we'll at night. something I hadn't
lone In months before: my appetite is
rood and in fact what formerly seemed
ike mountains Of work in my home is
low more like play. An aunt Of mine
living over East has been taking Phos-
SLATED Iron with equally gratifying
.esults"
Phosphated Iron 10 put up In cap
Jules only. In this locality 1t can be
,btained q. Bowditch. webster Co..
Augusta. Me. and leading druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
PILGRIM FATHERS
GOES TO THE WALL

Action retiring the United Order of
Pilgrim Fathers from the list Of fra
ternal insurance companies doing
bu siness in Massachusetts, IS set forth
in the following item in the Boston
Globe of Sept IS:
Insurance Commissioner Hardson
yesterday (Sept. 10 filed a petition
in the supreme court for a receiver
for the Supreme Colony of the United
Order of Pilgrim Fathers and to re-
strain it from doing business further
il the state According to a statement
filed by the order on July 81. the cor
poration, formed in 1879 has s5o19.97
with which to pay unpaid death claims
of s2o4,693.s9. Contributions periodi-
Cally from members have been INSULT
cient to pay all the reported death
and disability claims in full, it is
charged.
Attention to the above was called
at the Office of Insurance Commits
sicner Erastus j. Carter and it was
Iascertained that the Pilgrim Fathers
had not been permitted to canvass or
DO new business in the State of Maine
for the past two years, although it
iiou peoH PCiAiitIeu ~ ietdlH us II
cense in order to protect the State Of
Maine members. The last statement
filed by the company in this State
was for the year 1916, filed Dec 81
of that year. 1t showed the following:
fetal membership, 1885, Maine
membership in 1915, 34s; membership
in 1915, 1o4; loss. 224 by lapsing and
20 by death; claims due and unpaid
S237,155.72: ledger assets, s1N21293.
The statement also showed the home
Office to be at No 292 Essex street
Lawrence, Mass. The officers: Pres
ident George F. Bradstreet: vice
president, John D. Cooley; Sec.
George F. Bradstreet; Treas. Albert
y. Bugbee; actuary, George D. Ed
ridge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
B. & A. R. Rs. NEW
FREIGHT RATES

The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Co. has filed new schedule Of freight
rates with the Maine Public Utilities
~c.---: mission as follows;
Crushed stone, carloads, from Ban
gor to Brownville Junction. rate Ga
nts per 100 pounds.
Softwood logs, carloads, from How
ard Siding to Milo. rate 1925 per 1000
feet
Glass rates from Bangor to Canadian
Pacific Railway stations in Maine<
this tariff contains various increases
over the old rates.
Glass rates applying between Stock
ton Harbor and Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad stations; this supplement
shows various increases over the old
rates.
Logs, carloads, from South Sebec to
Camp Benson. rate sc cents per 100
pounds.
Class rates applying between North
ern Maine Junction. Dover and Fox
croft. Old Town and Bangor & Aroos-
took Railroad stations; this supple
ment contains class rates which are
Is per cent in advance of previous
rates.
Glass rates applying between Brown
Vile Junction Greenville and Bangor
& Aroostook Railroad stations: rates
in this supplement are Is per cent
higher than previous rates.
Lumber and Laths. carloads; from
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad stations
to Cape Jellison; rates in this tariff
show varying reductions from previous
rates.
Wrappers. papers, carloads; from
Millinocket and East Millinocket to
Rumford. rate 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Glass rates from Stockton Harbor
to Maine Central Railroad: rates in
this tariff are advances Of Is per cent
over previous rates
Glass rates applying between Bangor
and Bangor & Aroostook stations, also
from Bangor & .Aroestook Railroad
stations to Great Works. Basin Mills
etc: rates in this supplement are IS
per cent higher than previous rates
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21

Following visits to Washington by
Governor Milliken and Adjutant Gen
eral George Mel. Presson plans have
been put into immediate operation for
an entirely new National Guard In
fantry Regiment in Maine. This regi-
ment will be made up of anyone who
will be accepted between the ages of
IS and As years. the statutory limit.
AS the first steps towards the or
ganization of this new regiment a
battalion will be created under the
command of a major to be brought
into instant use as a mobile force for
the whole State. This battalion will
consist of four companies recruited to
100 men each to be located at Port
land, Lewiston or Auburn, Augusta
and Bangor. With this as a nucleus
the building up of the other battalions
will be started and also the creation
of machine gun company, headquar-
tiers company and supply company to
make Is companies in the regiment.
The new National Guard force will
be armed and thoroughly equipped by
the federal government and will be Of
ficered by men of military experience
in either state or federal service. This
regiment will be under direct federal
control but will not be in the federal
service until called
Assurances have been received by
the War Department that it is the
policy of the federal government in the
creation of new National Guard units
TO keep them as long as possible who'll
ly for police service in their states of
organization. Their duties will not
only be to perform police functions
and quell riots, but to repel foreign
invasion should the occasion demand
it.
Men of the military draft age who
have not been called for service in the
national army will be eligible to en-
list in the new regiment. If they are
subsequently called under the draft
they will be discharged from the state
organization and mustered into the
national army These men of the
draft age who unite with the National
Guard unit will perform a double serv-
ice not only to themselves but also to
their country. In other words. should
they be called under the draft they
Will have received more than a rudi-
mentary military instruction and will
he able to take their places in the
national army without the necessity
Of undergoing long period of
preparation such as has been found
necessary for the increments of the
national army already called. These
men will therefore stand a much
better chance for non commits
stoned and commissioned officers
berths than would otherwise result.
The armories which have been used
by the National Guard in the past will
not remain idle. but will become the
homes Of the new National Guard
companies.
Adjutant General Presson on his re.
cent trip to Washington learned that
the officials at the war department
were very anxious that a battalion of
engineers be organized in this State.
and Gen. Presson thinks that this can
be accomplished
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
New Corporations

The following new corporations have
had their articles of incorporation ap-
proved by the office Of the attorney
general:
The kenduskeag Valley Fruit Crow
ers Assoca ton of East Corinth. or
ganized Sept. Z at Corinth. Capital
stock, $4,000; all common; paid in.
five shares, $50; par value, SO; shares
subscribed. 5. President, E. E. Page.
Corinth; treasurer, James H. Black
we'll. Jr.; clerk, w. B. Bragger, Exc
ter: directors. W. B. Bragger, Exc
feathers, Corinth, r. NJ. Stewart,
Garland, E. E. Page, Corinth. Pur-
poses, to encourage better and more
economical methods of the production
of fruit of all kinds, to secure better
results in growing, packing, market
ing and advertising of the same; to
buy supplies in the cooperative way,
etc. Approved Sept. 20.
Mount Rest Cemetery Association.
organized Sept. IA at Brooksville.
President. Charles w. Grindle: treas
urer, Brooks W. Grndle; Alden B.
Blodgett. c. Roy Tapley. o. L. Tap
ley. Laura H. Jones, Maude L. Cot
ton. Purposes. to acquire, hold, MAIN
tain and operate cemetery. Approx
ed Sept. 20.
Corporation Changes
The following changes by corpora
tions have been reported to the Cor
poration Bureau of the Maine Depart
rnent of State:
J. w. Cummings Feldspar Co. at a
special meeting of it's stockholders on
Aug. c3 at Bath, voted to increase
the capital stock from $4,000 to $780,
600.
Stckney and Babcock Coal Co. at
a meeting of the stockholders on Aug.
% at Bangor voted to increase the
capital stock from $500 to s12,5oo.
John Cassidy Co. at a meeting of
its stockholders on Aug. 81 at Ban
cor voted to increase its capital stock
from $4,000 to 100000.
Old Special Worumbo Manufacture
ing Co. at meeting on Feb. % of
its stockholders at Lisbon voted to
amend the charter to read THE CAPT.
tai stock shall be s1,oD0,000, divided
into 10000 shares of 500 value each"
etc.
Rex Beach Picture Co., incorporated,
at a meeting on Sept at Portland
voted to increase the number of di-
rectors from three to five.
Cumberland and Oxford Produce
Exchange at meeting on Aug. Is
voted to change the name to The
Bridgton Farmers Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
State House Chat

About everyone about the State
House is interested in the report that
Former United States Senator Charles
F.. Johnson OF Waterville is just now
in Washington, with a good pros
pect of bringing home a practical as
surance of appointment as circuit
Judge of the United States court of
appeals.
The coal dealers of Augusta and
Hallowell called on Governor Milli-
ken Thursday afternoon in relation to
the interview he recently had with
Fuel Controller Garfield. They stated
after the conference that the infor-
nation obt0Ied was practically the
same as thtrt published in an inter-
view with the Governor.
A. D. Bisbee Of Portland and Mr..
Davis. secretary Of the Anti Saloon
League of Massachusetts. were IN the
city Thursday and in the afternoon
had 4 conference with Governor Mil
liken.
Attorney General Guy H. Sturgis Of
Portland was in court Monday, an atten-
tive listener at proceedings. He will con-
duct the case for the state at the Nadeau
murder trial, which is to start at the
court house Tuesday and will be followed
by the trial Of Frank e. Pressey, former
city Official. indicted on a charge OF lar
ceny-Bangor Commercial.