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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29

It will make your hair grow to 20 inches longer and ydur new hair will be soft, fluffy and silky and free from kinks, snarls or harshness. Stops dandruff and itching scalp at once. Plough's Hair Dressing is as superior to other hair preparations as the sun is superior to the moon. Plough's has a lovely odor. Our agents report that Plough's Hair Dressing sells itself. Try it today. Comes in a big green can. Price 9 cents at your drug store, or sent prepaid by parcel post for B cents. Agents write for special deal. Plough Chemical Co.,, Dept. 205 Memphis, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29

CHILEAN CABINET o,,,u. santlage' Chile, Sept. 2S,ETha% esln% a.. can cabinet resigned yesterd.0 lne Vaf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29

hands five times in two n., es?aa ss ss cen3s 9ns zssBsF pea5s bought ' t s
 This is all quite mvst;fr;
 matter matter is not helped Sse11yag, spsa11g, and q sldering that insurance greatly by ,%% % on, on this cotton while it is must sa: be ss % and ana also that the staple 'j s being e iss must necessarily s lose lose IS j., green aI some Of the scalpers, at lh h. vega no no way of disposing of a' ]. least, ias lnggs, except to the shipnaar.. no .aelr hdj ., The shippers answer tpps's; ta t,; as ean Beses Be sesdred ned b Locally 6I are is S
 Notw,lthstanding all Iisfn this m nla1ksaa sa claim that they are not sllls, s,. .produess %asH wo11d ja astify tfy ptsss Assss of ,eea dltlon IS that there is a varsl vausaal Con- cotton of about 6 cents, p wb;asa s1a fNs men m, say is greater than ",,leh ans. essa late. "'' tnfee veeb
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29
PINE RLUFf SCHOOLS
 ENR0lL 22lS PUPILS
An Increase Over First Days Attend, ancn Last Yea!-Scm" Sceo0ls
 Ircreases Others Dccrease.

e,rhe attendance at the Pine Bluff echocls for the first two weeks of the term shows 9 very gratifying and flourishing condition. In tae seven white schools, including the High school. there was 2 total attendance of 2.21S. and in the colored schools total Of 645.
 The figures biven below compared with the enrolment on the first day ot tba last term. when there vas an at terdarce of 2.171 in the walte schools' an increase of 47. The figures show an increase at some of the schools and g decrease at others, although there -is gain as a whole:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29

Seventy-six registrants under the selective draft act who failed to ap- ! pear before local board No. 2 of Jeff ferson county have been certified for service in the National army Notices will be sent to these men telling them when to report, and should they fail to comply with the order they will be classed and sought as deseriers from Che army. J. P. Walt, chairman, and M J. Mead, secretary, of the county board yesterday also announce7 lists of registrants exempted from service be. cause of physical disability. S Those called into service, exempted and discharged are enumerated in the lists appended:
 Called Into Service. Nose White, White, Ark. Wesley Kinsley Cornerstone. Jake Anthony, Packing House, Pine Bluff
 l{Matthew Smith, Reydel. Isaac James, Wabbaseka. Allen Robinson, Pine Bluff. John Cross, Fairfield.
 Emmett Ross, Gethsenane. Ed Chatterson, Sherrill, z. Herbert MontgOmery.s Altheimer. Jess Woods, Fine Bluff.
 Willie Thomas, Humphrey Pleas Jamerson, Plum Bayou. Will Brinkley. .Greenville, Pine Bluff.
 Conway Perrill, Sherrill. Abraham Rodgers, Althelmer. Henry Dalton, Waldstein 2 n INoe, Pine Bluff.
 Arthur Slater. 'Sherrill.
 Frank Gold, Tucker.
 Washington Russell, Cornerstone. Robert Rich, Route ,. Pine Bluff. William Bender. Reydel.
 Mack Lewis Altheimer.
 Gooner Brown, Sherrill. Oscar Gardner, Route 4, Pine Bluff. George Robinson, New Gascony. Torch Oliver, Route 4. Pine Bluff. Richard Hines, Plum Bayou. Will Stevens, Route g. Pine Bluff James Wilson, Wabbaseka.
 Roland Cam, Lambs Station. Calvin Copeland, West Twelfth, Pine Bluff. s
 Ben Jacksonworth Double Wells. Cornelius Walker, WaDbaseka. !. Brewster Winford, Reydel.
 Tom Moore. Route 5. Pine Bluff. Rance Cook, Cypress street. Pine Bluff
 Will Martin, English. s,p Joe Todd, Sweden. Matthew Jones. Pine Bluff. Hummer Little, Route ?, Pin. Bluff.
 aGeorge. Johnson, Plum Bayou, ss...,. Javan Griffin. Altheiner Willis Lockett, Sherrill.
 Chas. T. Parker. Pine Bluff.
 Bon Lamb, Altheimer.
 Walter Grey. Wabbaseka.
 Tom ,McClary. Pine Bluff.
 Henry Hines, Pine Bluff.
 Earl Shelton, Tamo
 Sam Neely. Plum Bayou.
 Winston Newton. Pine Puff. George Banks. Plum Bayou.
 Will Banner, Sherrill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-29

Yellow complexion. rimplns and dis Figuring hlemishes on the face or ,bodv can be gotten rid of ny doctor ing the liver, which is torpid. HERB- INE is @ powerful liver corrective. It rurifies the system, stimulates the vital organs and puts the body i'll fine vigorous condition. Price ooc. Sold bv w. L. Dewoody & Co Advt.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
PILOT POINT $3.50

Nice crowd out to Sunday
school Sunday.
j. ]. Pulliam and family SPIN,
the day with w. L. Tandy's.
S. L. Hickcnx and j. J. Pulliahr
helped r. 7. johnson with his
pump.
Myrtle Little spent the even
ing with Willie Cox.
Mr.. Adams, who has been in
Kansas for some time, returned
home the first of the week, bring
ing a cook with him.
Elmer Johnson and wife spent
Sunday evening at the W. L.
Tandy home.
There is to be a pie social at
the Pilot Point school house on
Friday night, the 18th. Every.
body invited.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
ZION CHAPEL -

Help is very scarce.
Broomcorn in these parts is
turning out much better than an
ticipated.
Pulling is about over with and
the balers and seeders are or the
move.
Mrs. Dillon writes that her
mother, Mrs. Norman. is slowly
improving.
Mr.. Dillon's riding horse got
badly hurt last week by stepping
OF, post and it flying up and
causing a serious wound.
Last Sabbeth was terribly
crack ed by great many in these
parts working in the fields; but
they Will live and learn there is
nothing gained by Sunday work.
The Ladies Aid accept Mr.. Ed
itor's bid on the quilt, and will
start it at the $3.50, and hope he
will be present to help eat OF the
bIgdinner.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Locals

If you don't see what you want
ask for it.
A. H. Barrett and wife we're in
from Paradise Flats Wednesday.
The county grader has heen
working on the 7. o, G. south of
the Sandy Arroyo.
See the Stroud ad. for fruit
prices and other prices-rock
bottom.
|, Mrs. Monna Collier of Edler
left last Friday for Wichita,
where she will make her future
home.
Fred Speyers is now in posses.
sion of the Wagner hotel. but is
going to take two or three weeks
for remodeling before opening
up.
Maxwell and Williams have
sold the old Christy ranch and
their cattle to a Missouri man
and give possession in the spring.
Consideration about $4,000.
Geo. Poyner returned from
Denver Friday with his son Billy,
who was taken up there two
,yoekS pravip,1S to bn ODpratoO
on for appendicitis. Billy of
curse is week, but is getting
ilong fine.
The Am asesof Boston have GER
tainly had their share of append
.citis-lhree cases in the two
amili,s inside Of three months.
First Vas Frank Ames' little boy,
operated on at Lamar. Then H.
j. Ames' little daughter, and be-
ore she is home from the Lamar
rospital H. G. Ames' wife, who
vas at Lamar to take care of the
ittle girl, was found to be also
,utfering from appendicitis, and
was operated on just us the little
girl was ready to return home.
At last reports she was getting
long nicely. and will also soon
>,e ready to return home.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Ridge

Cutting feed is the order OF the
day and also of the night. |
think there are about four Ian
terms in the fields tonight.
We had freeze the morning
of the 18th. Froze the stuff quite
a bit.
Mrs. Pridemore and daughter
have been picking wonderberries
on the shares for Mrs. c. D.
Wray. There has been Is gal
Ions picked in all. That's pretty
good for dry Baca county.
Mr.. Beason has been cutting
feed for Roy Booth.
Lloyd Elliot is helping John
Wray pull broomcorn this week.
C. D. Wray and family, l. D.
Wray and family, and A. S. HUFF
ford and family took dinner with
Mrs. A. w, Root last Sunday.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Locals
Remember the food meeting
day of the 9th,

Remember the food meeting
day of the 9th.
Stinson Bros. the first of the
month sold 400 head of cattle anc
delivered them, and expect te
sell $50 more for delivery the
first prox.
A-rangeme ents are being made
for the organization of b masonic
lodge at Springfield in the early
future. 1t 1t is believed tha,
th-:re are about fifty masons in
the county.
Frank Brandon, near the chin.
neys, was tried in county court
Wednesday for bootIegging and
fined 1890, attorney Albert
prosecuting. Immediately after
the trial sheriff Long took him to
Lamar where he will be tried for
car stealing, a stolen car having
been found al his place last week.
A stolen car was also found at
the IsreaL store last week, be-
longing to a party at Dalhart,
Tex, Mr.. Isreal claiming that he
traded groceries for it. AS eX-
tradition papers would be requir-
ed iI this case, nothing further
has been done about it.
Frank Maxwell of the Rexall
drug store. left Wednesday for
his home in Houston, Tex. r. d.
Slusher, licensed pharmacist,
will have the general manage
ment of the store. He will fill
your prescriptions with care and
accuracy, and in every other way
you will find him genial and &C
commodating. Call and get ac-
quainied.
An Informal social function was
given at the Terral hall Wednes
day night, samething like forty
guests being present. An excel
lent supper was served in the
hal! at 7:3O, after which the time
was pleasantly passed by the men
spinning big yarns and the la,ties
enter tanning with new and old
time songs. About $3.50 all dis
persed to their homes. thanking
their hos, and their assistants
for tie splendid entertainment
and the enjoyable time of the ev-
ening.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
1WO BUTTES n-.s-4

Water was turned on again
last week and is being applied to
fall wheat. Quite an acreage
was planted, most of which has
sprouted and looking fine.
The late fall has matured a
great deal of broomcorn and
maize which ordinarily would not
have made. AS a consequence
most everybody will have some
grain, and in most cases enough
roughness to carry them over
winter,
Hands for broomcorn pulling
and topping maize much in de.
mand at good wages. From
Johnson City and Ulysses to HUI.
goton and Elkhart farmers are
paying 80 day and board and
still can't get enough men.
Broomcorn buyers working
thru Stevens and Morton county
Kans., are paying from $275 to
800 a ton for good brush, the
poorest often bringing S24O. II
you have good bro omcorn within
two weeks when they get into
Baca county you will have nc
trouble selling for $500 a ton.
Work was begun this week or
the Lent & Holeman store build
ing which was completely wreck
ed in the cyclone. Mr.. Ward
the contractor who built the con
crete bins for ths flour mill, vii
constructit. Tk,: .3ew building
is to be 25 x 100, full basement
cement walls faced with brick
and will be one of the best store
buildings in the county.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
0klarado

Most everybody is busy in this
part cutting feed and gathering
their late crops. *
Will Blodgett plans on starting
a broomcorn seeder next week.
Ben Lynch's folks are pulling
broomcora for Jack Oakley.
Sunday school is progressing
nicely. There is singing every
Sunday night. Good interest.
Prairie Queen Sunday school
visited Plain View school last
Sunday. Everybody seemed to
have good time. Had lots of
good dinuer and singing in the
afternoon.
We understand the petition is
ready to circulate for the rural
route out of Ol<larado.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Oct. IS,

oct. ID,
Most everyone is finishing pull
ing broomcorn.
Everett Cottrel and wife are
the pr oud parents of a baby girl,
born the 9Th.
Henry Furney and Henry All.
phin each have a new well on his
place.
1t froze ice here Thursday
night.
Joe Dunn has been cutting
feed for Lonnie johnson with his
header.
Some in this vicinity say they
engaged their broomcorn fol
$31O last week.
Albert Harris is up and i'm.
proving from his illness.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

In case the court house wind
mill has appendicitis it should b
taken to the sanatoridm ar L
mar. If on diagnosis it Is
found to be simple case O
structure, an oil-opathc docto'
should be called at wonst. What
ever the trouble the poor thin.
should be given a chance for its
life, and an opportunity to hell
make the world safe for democ
racy. Probably it would b,
well for the county to hire an un
dertaker to assist in cases give,
up as hopeless by the preachers
the lawyers and the doctors, sit
ting as aliens on a board of in
quiry, as in such case made anc
provided. Please to sing, "YouI
Never Miss the Water"
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Campbe|Ivi||e 70 90.

Joycoy has had two success
full weeks of school. Most of the
schollers for ten miles around
are wanting to go to school there
because Mrs. Elva Evans is teach
ing.
Mrs. Kendall gave a birthday
dinner to 16 of her neighbors.
Wish some more OF our good
neighbors would have birthdays,
especially if it meant such enjoy
able chicken and such delicious
melons.
Everybody is rushing their
broomcorn pulling and feed cut
ting to the limit, some even
working part of the night.
Enoch Caves father is looking
after the disposal Of Enock' S
stock and crop while he is sol
diering for Uncle Sam.
Will King returned Thursday
from Oklahoma. He says the
crops look better to him here
than they.did down there.
Several land seekers last week,
one bunch of them spent day
in the cedars. Don't know wheth.
er they found location Or not.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
StOningtOn 81: ::;;;;:es

w. A. Thompson went to
Springfield Saturday, where be
cried the measel sale.
Id. Gregory ana Carl Woke
sold their broomcorn last week
for S245. 90 per..ton. We under
stand Mr.. Gregory will have
something near an $4,000 or
100000 crop. Who can beat
1T?
Bert Patchin anG wife attend
ed the Red cross meeting last
Friday night.
Mrs. c. S. Dean, Mrs, Powell,
Lee =. Long are to be commend
ed for the excellent music rem
dered last Friday night.
We hear E. BARTLETT has
cashed his 1917 Drop of broom
corn without the expense of
hauling to the r. r.
l.. w. Sayers and family left
last week for the western slope,
where they intend to locate.
DR.. Nicholson reports the ar
| rival OF son at the home of Il.
Oglesby last Thursday.
The S. e. Walker case was
, called in Esq. Jones' court last
Wednesday, and continued un-
til Nov. 27. A. A. Madison Of
Dodge city appeared for the de-
fendant and l.. H. Albert for
the state.
The Red cross entertainment
at the M, F.. Church last Friday
night vas fairly we'll attended.
Rev dean made one of his excel
ent addresses which was as good
as we have ever had the pleasur G
of listening to Mrs. Ohley return
ing last week from a visit in
Kansas, her daughter accompan-
ing her home for a short visit
here.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
GIG FLAT 14.ss . a.

1t froze a little ice on the night
of the 9Th and killed all kinds of
vegetation.
Mrs. Lock and son made a trip
to the county seat last Friday.
Lucele Lackey is attending
school at Springfield this winter.
Mrs, Mark Williams and son
Merle have gone to Alvo, Okla.
for the winter.
Harvey Lock helped Joe Hines
cut feed last week.
Will Crawford and Calvin Es.
crage traded in Villas Saturday.
Rhae Lackey was cutting feed
at Two Buttes last week.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
We have an aeroplane inventn

We have an aeroplane inventor
here in Baca county who is ap
plying for a patent on a plan,
that can't upset or turn turtle
Like a bird, if turned with it,
back down, it will right itsel+
and fly away as if nothing hao
happened. Rev. Dorman ot
Cam po is the inventor; and wh'
knows but his plane may be tn.
straw that will finally break tn
kaiser's back?
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Mountain View

Mr.. and Mrs. Sewefl haye re-
turned from Fort. Riley where
they went to be with their boy
while he was operated on for ap.
pendicitis.
Miss Louis Dale of Parsons,
Kans., is the Mountain View
teacher.
L. P. Foster has gone away for
the winter. He will visit his
mother and work in the corn belt
about Chicago.
Mrs. Surfoss and children Wis.
ted her parents. the Curtises, at
Two Buttes this week.
The well drillers at Morris say
the rock they have struck is the
hardest they have ever had any
experience with.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

The Pueblo Chieftain seems to
lean to the view that because the
sons of the rich are drafted a.
long with the sons of the poor,
the rich mans little excess in
come should not be also drafted.
However, if it happens that a
man has two sons he gives
both of them, and the fact that
one of them is christened EXCESS
Income shonld make no differ
ance.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
From Fort Riley
Camp funston, 10 Z, 1917

Camp FunSton, lO Z, I9li
Iy Dear Mr.. Konkel:-
We Baca county boys are get
ing settled down now in ournew
v1cation-and do not find mill
5ary life so bad after all.
There is not one of the boys
downhearted or homesick. All
If US are anxious to make pro-
yress as fast as possible and all
ire contented in our quarters
here.
We were lively bunch all the
way dow. and still continue to
le SO. Our officers are very
'onsiderate and have the good
will of every boy in tbs company.
The Baca county boys who were
Already here accorded usa hearty
Welcome, and appear to be con-
tented and making rapid pro-
gress.
There is a shortage of clothing
md blankets at present, buv 9th
arwise our quarters are good,
and the food, while not of great
variety, is bounteous and whole
some.
We have a good photograph
and a pair of boxing gloves here.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

A desperate effort is to be
made by those who haven't bee
placed into lucrative appoln,
ments by Senator Shafroth to d.,
feat hin for reelection. If til
editor of the Herali were goirl
to floor all those who haven
dished him up an appointmeu'
on a silver platter, it would TAX
in the whole push at Washing
ton. 1t is our idea that the sor,
heads will have still sorer heads
when the votes are counted il
next years senatorial race.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Mustang

No frost on the pumpkins yet,
and the late crops are getting
chance to mature.
People are almost through pull
ing broomcorn, picking beans
and cutting fodder.
The fair at Kim Tor TIE Pines)
was al eye opener to some who
believe that dry farming is no
farming. The exhibits were fin
and there are some who insis-
that they were better than som
exhibits from the irrigated dis
tricts.
Mrs Lee Pritchard and Miss
Patsye have gone to St. Joe, Mo
where they will visit relatives.
Jim Frost is attending the fair
at Clayton, N. NJ. this week.
A number of Mustang people
attended the party at the Burton
home Friday night and all report
a very enjoyable time.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Henry Ford, the pacifist who
was laughed at and made fun OF
for wanting to talk peace to the
kaiser, recently when asked by
secretary OF the navy. Daniels
for his factory in Boston, tele-
eraphed his reply in two words,
take it," which shows that a
man can be pacifist and yet be
a patriot.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Fred Harris of Two Buttes has
been appointed food administra
tor-fo Baca county, and as sncl
has called a meeting to be held
in the court house at this place
ON the 9th at 2 p. m, This
meeting is of great Importance
to our people in connection with
the war and should be largely al
tended. Remember the date
tomorrow a week at 2 p. IN.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Judge Dongty, the Arkansas
valley title quieter, was well
come Springfield visitor the first
of the week. The judge informs
us that more money is taken in
at the Lamar depot than at any
other stopping place between
Pueblo and Hutchinson. and has
been for years, all Of which we
believe can be accounted for by
the great growth of their sister
county of Baca.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Pleasant Valley ''-".-

Broomcorn pulling is the order
of the day. Everybody is trying
to waylay Jack Frost.
Artie Bradley's father, who
just arrived from Arkansas, is
moving onto Artie's place.
A. A Chambers and family
spent last Sunday with M. M.
Akers and family.
Mrs. Silas Carr arrived home
today from Dodge, where she
has been in the hospital.
Mrs. Dean Richards is visiting
Mr.. Richards mother at Rich
ards.
Robert Hunter, who purchased
the Suttin place. just arrived
with his family from southwest
ern Kansas.
Wallace Neihart, son of John
Neihart, was seriously injured
the other day by being kicked
by horse.
Broomcorn pullers are being
needed in this section of the
country at present.
Fred Robinson went last Tues.
day in answer to the draft sum-
mons to Springfield, and from
there to the arms training camp.
Our best regards go with him.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
Besides the Y. M. C. A. furnish


Besides the Y. M. C. A. furnish
es Considerable amusement and a
chance for social inter course.
One thing that stands out mott.
ceably is the sanitary condition
of the camp, and the safeguard
ing of the boys physically.
, You may hear more of camp
life from time to time.-
IGlad to hear from you or any
one at any time].
Respectfully
Jesse l.. Downs,
l94 Depot Brigade, 81 Company,
Camp Funston. Kansas.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

A joint meeting of the Ok iaho
ma Star Route highway and the
D. C. D. is to be held at Hobart,
Okla, on the 25th and 26th inst
1t is desired to have the D. Z. d
towns in Baca comfy well repre-
sented at the meeting. Spring
field should go in force. Ar
rangements should be made foi
half a dozen cars to make the
trip.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Before the end of another year
Springfield should have a first
class flour mill, to the end that
trade belonging to this mans S
town may not be diverted into
other channels. This is some
thing for the commercial club tc
get busy on.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

It looks better for a peace
move as the season approaches
an end; but whether there will
be a conference this winter we
believe will depend on German
ey's willingness to vacate all oc-
cupied territory, inclusive of AL
sace-Lorraine, and to pay for her
illegal killings and destruction of
property during the war, with
some other provisos thrown in
for good measure.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Congressman Heating has been
appointed by DR.. Garfield to
make an investigation of The
coal situation in this state. We
have confidence enough in Keat-
ing to believe that if his sugges.
tions are followed the coal rob,
bers of Colorado will get what's
coming to them and coal prices
will take a drop. Anyway,
here's hoping.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

We believe we can safely say
that Baca county has three as
GOOD doctors and surgeons as
there is in the west. In view of
this. why net sanatorium at
Springfield? One thing is GER
tain, there was never an enter
prise put on foot before the ball
was started rolling.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

Roosevelt's peace terms to the
kaiser are for him to give up ev-
erything that doesn't belong to
him, while the kaiser's publish
ed terms are to give up all he
can't carry away. So near to-
gether. and yet so far apart.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

The proof of the pudding is in
the eating. j. l.. Brisendine
now wishes he had put ten more
rooms to his hotel-turning off
people every night. At least
next year if not sooner he will
have to extend back to the alley,
adding 65 feet to the presen.
building. With two other hotels
in town and three restaurants,
this will give some idea of The
tremendous business done in
this mans town.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19

The tail end ofa blizzard struck
Springfield Wednesday night,
but yesterday morning the skies
cleared and we are again enjoy
ing balmy weather.
The Springfield herald., 1917-10-19
NORTH FLATS ,-s-4.

We had a light freeze Thurs
day night.
Most everybody is cutting feed
Smart and Barr have gone to
Kansas City with cattle.
Jesse Kaufman has his beans
pulled and in the stack.
Alva Adams has finished SOW.
ing his wheat.
Floyd Chenoweth, Fred Chat.
ham and Ouis Smart have been
working south of Springfield
pulling beans.