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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
"1Iz" GLADDENS
SORE, TIRED feet
No Puffed-up, Burning, Tender, Acii
ing Feet-NO COrns Or
CalIOuses.

"Tiz' makes sore, burning, tired
feet fairly dance with delight. Away
90 the aches and pains, the corns, cal
louses, blisters, bunions and chill
blains.
"Tiz" draws out the acids and poi.s-
ems that puff UP your feet. No mat
ter how hard you work, how long you
dance, how far you walk, or how long
you remain on your feet, "Tiz" brings
restful foot comfort. 'Tiz' is magi-
cal, grand, wonderful for tired, ach-
ing swollen, smarting feet. All! how
comfortable, how happy you feel.
Your feet just Jingle for joy; shoes
never hurt or seem tight.
Get 20 cent box of 'J'iz" now from
any druggist or department store.
End foot torture forever-weac
smaller shoes, keep your feet fresh.
sweet and happy. Just think! d
whole years foot comfort for only q
cents.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
BRITISH FORCES
MAKE FURTHER
GAINS IN west
German Lines Penetrated on
Wide Front for More
Than 1,15O Yards.
Associated Press Summary

Again the British forces fighting in
France have attacked German posi-
tons at number Of points and were
rewarded for their efforts by an ag-
gregate gain of more than 1850 yards,
according to the latest BIRTHS hofficial
communication.
South of Armenterres the German
lines were penetrated deeply on a
front of about $50 yards, and south
east of Ypres on a front of about 500
yards. Numerous casualties were in
flicted upon the Germans at both
places and prisoners and guns were
taken also. The British casualties are
said to have been slight.
Neor Guedecourt, in the S3mme
sector, the British also seized sec
ton of the German trenches and took
some prisoners.
There is still considerable artillery
activity by both the Germans and the
French in The region of Verdun, but
elsewhere along the lines held by the
French there have been no new de-
velopments.
Berlin reports that an attempt by
the French to capture Hill No. 1885,
south of Ripont. failed with heavy
casualties.
In the Austro-Italian theater com
bardlnents and small enterprises were
carried out by raiding parties as well
as by accommodating parties.
A like situation exists on the east
ern front, from the Baltic down into
Rumania.
An attack by British detachment
between the Vardar river and Lake
Dorian, on the northern Macedonian
front, has served 10 vary the recen'
operations on this front. Berlin re
ports that the attack was repulsed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
C||tiCurd Heals
Eczema On Head
Burned and Itched. Scratched
Waking Scales. Gould not Rest.
Tai; Life1ess. Came OCT. Healed
hv Cuticura. Cost 75c.

81 had eczema on my head so badly
that could not get any rest. 1t began
to come slightly as rash, and it grew
worse all the time. 1t burned and itched
90 that | scratched making scales on my
head. My hair became lifeless, dry,
and came out when l combed it.
"Mv head stayed that way for about
one year, and l used every remedy but
without success. Then | saw Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertised and sent
for free sample. My head began to
get better, so bought more and used
One cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Ointment when was healed" (Signed)
Miss Wayne Long, r. F. D. l., Num-
fordville, KY, Oct. II, 1916.
The majority of skin and scalp troubles
might be prevented by using Cuticura
Soap, and no other, for all toilet pur-
poses. On the slightest sign of redness,
roughness, pimples, rashes or dandruff,
applv little Cuticura Ointment.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail, address postcard: ''Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston" Sold everywhere.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache Is Sign You Have
Been Eating Too Much
Meat.

When you wake up with backachc
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means yor have been
known authority. Meat forms uric
acid which overworks the kidneys in
their effort to filter it from the blood
and they become sort of paralyzed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels;
removing all the body's urinous
waste, else you have backache, sick
headache, dizzy spells: your stomach
sours, tongue is coated, and when
the weather is bad you have rheuna
tic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full
of sediment, channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult a good, reliable
physician at once or get from yO:'r
pharmacist about four ounces of Ja1
Salts; take tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with Hthia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also 70
neutralize acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad-
der weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, can
not injure and makes a delightful,
effervescent lithia-water drink
(Advt.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22

passed and the senate took it's last
fling of the day Oh the Collins bill to
permit county judges, deputy sheriffs
and constables to receive railroad
passes. Senator Moncrief was the
only one speaking on the bill, and he
opposed it, saying that the accepts
ance of passes put the official under
obligation to the railroads, which
was unfair to the citizens. The bill
was declared passed II to 10, but on
a count of the ballot the vote was
changed to Is to Is.
Senate Bills Passed.
The senate this morning passed the
following bills:
Senator Ruff, for relief of eX-
Sheriff J. A. Wallace, who had funds
of Cleburne county in bank which
was closed by order of the state bank
commissioner.
Edmondson, repeating the Curia
Drainage district fence law
Smead, empowering the governor
to execute deeds for lands ceded to
Arkansas by the United States gov.
eminent,
K Sims. for inspection of creameries
in Prairie and Lonoke county under
the supervision Of the state board of
health.
Mr.. Shockley, to validate the az
tons of quorum courts in Lincoln and
Saline county as to assessments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
CONNECTICUT CITY
THROWN in PANIC
Twelve Fires Starting in New Britain
at Same Time Spread
CONSERVATION.
MRS. JAMES NJ. THOMSON.

New Britain, Conn. FEB. 21.-A
dozen separate fires, which destroyed
as many building, including two
churches, tonight caused losses est
mated at 100000 and spread confer
nation through the city.
The police believe the fires we're
incendiary in origin and four men
are under arrest in connection with
an investigation. So rapidly did the
various fires develop that the local
fire department was unable to keep
Face with them and aid was sum.
mond from Hartford, Waterbury
Bristol and Plainfield.
The local militia company was
was called out to aid the police in
preserving order, and Boy Scouts
were pressed INTO service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel,
cures diabetes weak and lame backs
rheumatism, and Irregularities Of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women. Regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your drug
gist, will be sent by mail on receipt
of $100. One small bottle is two
months treatment, and seldom fails
to perfect a cure. Send for sworn
testimonials. DR.. e. w. Hall. 1926
Olive street, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists. (Advt)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
ONLY IS MEMBERS
Of Lower HOUSE
AGAINST FARMER
Appropriation of $102,860
tor Farm Demonstration
Work Is Voted.

Little Rock, Feb. 22.-The house to-
uay passed bill by Mr.. Doyle to ap-
pioprlate$1O2,S60 for the next bien-
MAJ period for the purpose of aid
ing IN extension work in agriculture
ana nome economics under the pro-
vision OF the Smith-Lever act of con-
sress This will secure from the fed =
erai government $122,S6O for the same
period.
J.. me Dill was passed by vote of rs
S.. d. those voting in the negative
~ Celhg Representatives Bell, Clack,
copeland of Howard, Copeland Of
WHY WHY IS CT Randolph, Kendrick,
N.Y. n"s'e ~, Porter, Stevens, Vinson, Wag-
non, White and Williams
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
Finest Sugar From Queensland.

The finest sugar in the world Is said
to come from Queensland, Australia.
1t is stated that the production is
pure, fine-grained, first class quail
on the other hand it Is stated til
there is great drawback owing to
the scarcity Of transport and rehnerles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
YILLISTAS QUIT PARRAL.

Chihuahua City, Mex, Feb. 2l.--
Parral was occupied by government
forces under General Perez last Mon
day. without the firing of a shot, ac-
cording to announcement st military
headquarters here tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22
Utilities BILL
Meets DEATH IN
SENATE SESSION

Continued from page one,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-22

deficiency bill for $29,962,1S deficiency
was deferred until next Monday, when
opposition developed.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25
The School Board Sets Us Right.

Editor Plain Dealer:
In the Plain Dealer of May Is
there appears an article on "The
School Bond Election" which we be-
lieve contains inaccurate statements
and inferences that make necessary
some corrections which We trust you
will Sc fit to make by publishing this
article.
In your discussion Of the increase
/ in the tax levies that this building
plan will make necessary, you stated
an additional Twelve Mill levy would
he required to pay off principal and
interest en- 100000 in 80 years with
an interest rate of Az per cent. I'VE
insist that your eIt:mate is wrong and
submit a table in proof that we can pay
off this debt in less than 80 years and
our tax rate will still be mills under
the average of cities of this size,
which is even a fraction higher than
Az mills, the estimate in the Times.
Notice here the correction made by
the Times in the May % issuc.) This
would make our total levy 37.7 mills,
an increoce of 7 mills. Add to this
z, the 23 mills that we lave been levy
ing for q number of years and which
is included in the 30.7, the present
levy, there will be available for pay
ing off principal and interest 9.3 mills.
This levy will yield yearly according
to the county auditor, without any in
crease in property, $607O Remember
too that we have $4,000 in the bond
0h ho "a
principal as soon as the bonds can be
taken up. doesn't this amount in
clude money which has been raised
by tax levy to pay accruing interest? ?
Ed We shall also, as this table in
sdicates, retire a certain amount of
bonds each year.
Your second error is an incorrect
comprehension of the rooms provided
by the $5S,0O0 building. This struct-
ure besides givin us far better science,
manual training and domestic science
facilities, will make available four
more large rooms for class purposes
in the present high school building,
namely: the rooms now being used for
manual training, boilers, coal and do
mestic' science, and one smaller room,
the chemistry laboratory. In addi-
tion to this there will be in the new
building, 2 normal training roam, an
agricultural room, an agriculture
room, an extra class room, and book
keeping and typewriting rooms. Con-
cretely, the expenditure of $5S,OOO,
gives us far better facilities in the vo-
catiOnal subjects, two primary rooms.
a gymnasium and ten additional class
rooms for the high school, and sew
enth and eighth grades. This will &C
comodate growth of more than fif-
ty per cent in the seventh and eighth
grades, and the high school, and there
will be ample room for at least ten
years.
Your statement that an increase Of
fifteen pupils per year for five years
did not justify such an expenditure.
is contrary to the experience of school
boards in Cresco and elsewhere. This
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25
Sl.OO PER YEAR

offset by "a greater building cost than
estimated, for extras always OCCUR"
1t is strange that the board and it's
principal adviser take no note of this,
for it is notorious that architects es.
Inmates, contract prices and final costs
never agree, and that the last is al
ways greater than the first. Is the
board positive than $4,000 will build
and equip the building they propose?
If it will not, the levy must be still
higher to pay increased cost and con-
sequent larger interest payments. Ope
of our local manufacturers tells US that
at Cpresent he is paying 400 per cent
profit in order to secure iron products,
and says that in his opinion before the
building can be completed values will
have been readjusted and material to
be used will have declined several
thousand dollars from the inflated
prices of the present and the immed-
late future. Just now everything en-
tering into the construction Of the
building is on rising market. We do
not advance this as an argument
against the erection of a building at
this time, but simply to show that ar
chitects estimates will be lower than
final cost and that tax levies must be
made higher to pay interest and prin-
pal.
But the question of tax levies is not
the only one in connection with the
building. We commenced
our previous article with the statement
that "Cresco people are generous with
their public Schools" and if the Plain
Dealer believed that the proposed
building was necessary in every detail,
it would not object to the proposed tax
levy-either the boards figures or ours
and we believe majority of. the vot-
ers hold the same opinion, but we do
not concede that the proposed building
is necessary or that the ends sought
will be accomplished if the building is
erected.
Much concern for a gymnasium is
displayed by the board. They give de-.
tailed figures on this but forget to tell
that the primary rooms are but 20 feet
in width and one only % and the other
only % feet in length. Just now, too,
they are undecided whether to add four
feet to the width of the rooms by cut
ting it off from the gymnasium or by
adding four feet to the width of the
building and @u'as.,squently increasing
its cost somewhat. Just here we would
like to ask in what respect the primary
pupils are given better accommodations &
than were afforded in the burned build
ing, especially if the Third Ward school
is defeated, which seems
likely at this time.
Their figures given on the gymnas-
ium in an attempt to correct the Plain
Dealer are rather amusing. They
Concluded on last page.)
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25

building plan is for ten years. Then
if the high school averages fifteen pu-
pills in growth each year as you say,
and as our figures show it has, there
will be in high school in 1926, 1862 pu-
pills. The seventh and eighth grades
will no doubt enroll at least 13S by
that time, over 100 have been enroll
ed during the past year, making to-
tai of 500. 1t will require 20 teachers
and 20 class rooms for that number
besides the manual training and do
mestic science departments. The pres
ent building plan will have accommo-
dations for 20 class rooms, not count
ing the domestic science, and manual
training rooms. This year 315 pupils
have been enrolled in the upper six
grades, IL teachers have been employ
ed, and 10 class rooms including a
laboratory have been available.
The statement that the increase in
enrolment comes chiefly from the
of 1914 lis apparently entirely wrong.
The enrolment from this city in 1912
was 101, the enrolment from this city
in 1916 is $50, growth of nearly so
per cent in five years. The enrolment
of tuition pupils has remained prac-
tically for the last two years. This is
due to the fact that we have discour-
aged those coming from places nearer
other schools. Added to this we have
charged about the highest tuition rate
in the state. We have always made
the rural pupil pay sum in addi-
tion to what his home district paid.
The last legislature changed this law
giving us the right to assess rural
districts 40 per cent more than now.
This will make our income from rural
pupils about 100000 per year if we
erect the new building.
We cannot account for your mis-
understanding of the use the gymna-
stun is to be put to. We are opposed
to a few boys monopolizing the. floor
all of the time for basket ball This
gymnasium will be for boys and girls,
for the grades as we'll as the high
school, and proper physical training
instruction will be given by competent
instructors who will also teach in the
high school. Do you say this is not
necessary. Then read the reports
from any recruiting station. And the
alarming part of it is that the girls
are in poorer physical condition than
the boys. Again this is not personal
opinion but facts as found out by every
college and university that gives each
student a thorough physical examina-
ton. They suggest the gymnasium
with proper instructor as the rene
dy. .,....... T. ,.z.,y.-----,rz.l
Z We are reasonably sure also that the
State Department Of Public Instruc-
tion will not accept any plan that does
not include gymnasium. 1t is now
exercising this authority through the
county superintendent.
The statements concerning the pro-
portion of room the gymnasium will
take up are quite incorrect. The $751;
900 building will be four feet wider
than the original plan indicates, that
is G9x1OO, or the gymnasium will be
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

We willingly give place to the FORE
going statement by the school board as
the Plain Dealer desires to be fair in
the discussion of the sort of school
building the city needs, and is advocat-
ing what we believe to be necessary in
the way of a school building, cutting
out all concessions to fads and frills
but giving all that is necessary for the
proper schooling of the children.
The Times article of May 18th stated
that the building could be paid for in
80 years and keep the tax levy at least
Z mills below the average which was
given as al mills. This they now cor
rect TO 44.7 mills. This would bring
the levy down to 37.7 mills or 7 mills
more. than the present levy. This es-
innate, by a method of calculation
which we admit is substantially cor
rect, they now raise to 9.3 mills, of
course based on the regular payment
of both principal and interest. In the
past the board has neglected to pay off
the principal promptly, probably due
to an effort to keep down tax levies.
By devious process, the board draws
the conclusion that it will cost no more
to maintain the proposed building and
pay salaries of additional teachers than
these costs have been in the past, but
we believe-and so do most of those
with whom we have talked-that our
estimate of last week, $25OO for these
items, is very conservative. If it takes
q 9.3 mill levy to raise 5000 (the
boards igures) it will require 4 mill
levy to raise $25OO or total levy of
1873 mills-a difference of but 2.7 mills
from our previously stated total of 16
mills. Deduct the present bond levy
of 2.3 mills from the present total
school levy of sO.7 and we have 2s.4
mills; add our estimate of 1873 mills to
this and we have levy of Alt mills,
not q greater levy than the average
sivez.aDy the board and which We have
never questioned, but still nearly so
per cent larger than our present levy
after deducting the present bond levy
of 2.3 mills which the board insists
should be done to be fair.
Our statement in regard to paying
off the present and proposed indebted
ness of 100000 admitted a decrease
in interest 'if principal payments are
made regularly" and we also stated
our belief that such saving would be
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25

|
square feet of 20,700. The centralized
coal and boiler rooms and supply
rooms will occupy over $500 square
feet in addition, and the square space
made available in the present high
| school building by centralizing the
heating plant is about $500, a total OF
more than $1,000 square feet The
gymnasium is 45x1OO including lock-
ers, showers, etc. and as it occupies
the basement and first floor, the num-
Der of square feet it contains is Ask
1O0x2 or 5000, less than one-third OF
the space. Note that we count the
gymnasium as two floors.
Right along this line there is an
! other misstatement: "The gymna-
sium occupying nearly one half OF
the building exclusive of the base
ments.". The total floor space exclu-
sive of basement, 69x1OOx2, is 1880
square feet. OF that amount the gym
nasiumwill take up 45O0 square feet
or less than a third Remember the
floor of the gymnasium is in the base
ment.
on the basis Of cubic feet your state
ment is greater reXaggeration than ever.
The architect figured that the gym
nasium could be added at about II
cents per cubic foot as there are few
wall, high ceilings, little equipment,
occupying basement, ETC., will contain
$4,000 cubic feet, which at - cents is
$11,SS0.OO, about one-fifth of the to-
tai cost, and if the gymnasium is cut
down to 40 feet the amount will be
considerable less than one-ffth of the
$5S,OO0.
There is still another angle from
which you may get at the cost of the
gymnasium. In report of the Min
neapolis Board of Education for Au-
gust, 1916, page IA, it is estimated
that it will take over $4,000 to build
and equip a school room that will
seat 40 pupils. Apply this figure to our
building. The two primary rooms, the
extra class room, the normal training
room, the science laboratory, the
manual training room, and the domes-
tic science kitchen, make up seven
large rooms, the agriculture and the
sewing rooms We may call equivalent
to one room, making a total of eight
rooms, not including any basement,
which measured by the Minneapolis
standard should cost $4S,00O You may
say that their buildings are construct
ed better. We will not agree that they
will be constructed better than this
one. This building will be of fire.
proof construction, of as good mater;
iaI and it will be heated and lighted
and ventilated just as we'll as their
latest buildings. This will make our
gymnasium cost $1O,O00OO.
The misstatement that we most SER
iously object to is the one regarding
the necessity of an additional 16 mill
levy to take care of this proposed
bond issue. 1t was demonstrated in
the preceding table that an additional
levy Of only seven mills is necessary
to take care of principal and interest