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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

The County Commisi oners
held their regular monthly ses-
sion at the Court House the first
of the week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

The Rev. Pratt left Tuesday
to attend a revival meeting
at Dale.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Mrs. W. A. Wilson entertained
the Twentieth Century Club
Wednesday evening,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Orville Eckert came home
Friday from New Castle, where
he had been working.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08
JASPER COURIER

Last Sunday was the one day
il did not rain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

LOST-Gold cuff button, Main
street between Court House and
Postoffice. Letter IS" on face.
Return TO this office.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Miss Bertha Padget, of Affords
willie is visiting friends in Jasper
this week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Hon. Stanley Kreig arrived at
Jasper Tuesday morning to attend
court, to the sorrow of some
crap shooters. Get busy Prose
culOr Kreig.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Jacob Schwenk spent Friday
and Saturday az Alfordsville on
business.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Why. oh why! is it that in
every bouquet the editor gets
there's always a viper WIDE
awake and ready for business!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Miss Marion Grimes, of Des
Moines, Iowa. is in the city visit
ing her grandparents, Mrs. W..
A. Traylor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

There lie nothing wrong in be-
ing a slave to habits-if they are
good habits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

For sale-Two black horses,
ages 9 and Z, weighing about
1000 and 900 lbs. priced right.
Arch Doane, Jasper. Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Leo. Soluble, House Mover
| am prepared to move houses
and do carpenter work. In buSl
nest % years.
LEOPOLD Soluble Sr.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

Courtesy to All
at All Tim eS
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

coal fields OF Missouri. Kansas ami
oklahoma but Intervention of the
fe deral mediators promises to obViate
the disastrous results that seemed i'm
ninent. Thruout the work of the me-
Piators has beer most able and effec-
i've and their success on every hand Is
of more than passing Importance to
the country at large as well as to thls
district
There is an increasing shortage or
help ON the farms, while the mining
districts of oklahoma and COLORADO
are each calling for skilled workers.
Mercantile.
The development of the districts $
oil fields is largely responsible for an
Improvement in general business con-
ditions of approximately 20 per cent
over n year ago. according to authen-
tic reports. Wholesale implement
| and hardware trade has improved az
| least 80 per cent. The sales in num-
| beI OF hocts and shoes and of hats ana
| cans shows most satisfactory in
crease. while those for millinery
| drugs, groceries, and packing house
products have been more than main
| tanned.
Government demands continue
heavy for lumber, cement and all
building material Manufactures oil
mems and women's garments, mar
ness, saddles. tents and awnings ar.
working to full capacity and behind
on orders. The manufacturing or al
kinds of metal goods Is unusually ac'
tiyc. Department stores are enjoyinH
ar excellent trade in nearly every line
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

People are buying literally of bet
ter class of goods than ever before.
Grain supplies enable flour mills TO
run at only about so per cent of ca
pacity. After n month of operation
federal regulation of grain seems to
be working well and more and more
to the satisfaction of the millers.
Financial.
Heavy increases in bank clearlnsS
for fourteen cities in the district re-
fleet activity i'm every line, having
been influenced most by government
purchases and high prices for prod
ucts. For the four weeks from Sep
tember to October 6, clearings were
40 per cent greater than for the same
period year ago, and more than
double the clearings for the same per-
iod two years ago
= Official reports show that the state
banks and trust companies of Kansas
/ have made heavy gains during the
year ending September 1, the increase
| in deposits being 27 per cent.
Demand for money Is good. as Is to
be expected at this time of the year
and there has been no materia
kchange In rates of discount. Appap-
| emily. the absorption of its share OF
the first Liberty loan in this district
made hardly an appreciable check ir
! the fine growth of bank deposits.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

piping are able to sell at excellent
profit after having had the use of 1t.
Lumber and Construction.
Country dealers have been buying
slowly and very conservatively. await
Inc the time when the farmers Will
have become adjusted to paying pres
ent prices and have harvested their
corn crops.
Wholesalers are very conservative
over the fall trade outlook. More ana
more persons are coming around to
the belief that under the eXtraordl-
nary conditions now prevailing, stapli-
lzed prices. under government regula-
ton. are distinct benefit to the
country and to be desired by the deal
ers even tho the result were adverse
10 some individuals and localities.
The expected ear shortage did not
mnterialiZc. there having been but
lIt;le difficulty in getting shipments
thru
For this district during September
building permits In eleven cities
showed an increase Of 3 per cent over
the same month n year ago as against
n decrease OF ~ per cent for the entire
country for the same two months. To
peka showed an increase OF 345 pet
cent, third greatest reported Tor th'
entire United states.
Labor.
During the past month q score o1
| strikes have been called, but at pres
ent no important one remains unset
/ tied. A strike OF serious proportions
and consequence was called for th'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Ouch!

OUCH!
Staff Colonel-Your reports should
be written in such manner that even
the most ignorant may understand
them.
Sergeant-Well, sir, what part Is II
that you don't understand?
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
PRODUCTION YET
BELOW LAST YEAR
No Time for Boosting About
Crops Warns Manufac-
turer's Record.

Despite the optimistic reports as to
the great increase in grain crops, ex-
cepting wheat, this year over last
year, the total production of wheat
and corn for 1915 and 1917 is 490,-
500, 900 bushels short of the total pro-
drction of the two preceding years of
1914 and 1918, and this. too, notwith
standing gain in population of about
two million people year and the
great increase in demand by reason Of
the European war.
The total production Of wheat and
corn in 1914 and 1918 was 1884. 300,-
900 bushels, as compared with the to-
tai for 1916 and 1917 Of 7,093.500, 900
bushels Here is a vacuum Of nearly
8 100, 900 900 bushels created in the last
two years as compared with the two
preceding years, which of necessity
spells shortage in food and feed.
which can only be made up In part by
the increase in oats and potatoes.
The estimated quantity Of the prin-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
OKLAHOMA WOMAN IS
WINNER IN CONTEST
Canned Vegetable Competition
Results in Mrs. Tim Wood
Getting SIS.

Special to The World
WASHINGTON, Nov ia Mime
sofa boy is listed in the winners this
week of SIS awarded by the national
emergency food garden commission or
Washington for the best canned vege-
tables grown in war gardens. The
youngster is Clifford Elstad of Daw-
prize and national certificate of merit
in a competition with ninety entrants.
Mrs Margaret Baker OF the Boys and
Girls club extension work of st. Paul
did Judging. which was held at tho
Lac qui Parle county fair.
other winners Of the IS prizes out
of a total OF SIS, 900, being given by the
commission as announced by Secre-
tary Ridsdale, follows:
Mrs. Aulton Cravens. Southeast Mis-
souri, fair. Sikeston. Mo.
Mrs. Tim Wood. oklahoma Free
State fair Muskogee. Okla.
Mrs Olive Munday. wabash county
fair. Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Hawley, Clay county fair,
Clay Center, Kan.
Mrs. Sam +. Denomie. Indian Asrl-
cultural fair. Odanah, Wis.
Mrs. Denomie Is an Indian and lives
on the La Pointe Indian reservation.
Il, s. Everett. the agent there, writes
the commission that the fair was the
best ever held.
In Iowa and Michigan the Boys and
Girls club extension leaders. co-operat-
ing with the state departments or
agriculture. will announce shortly a
state wide list OF winners as result
Of the cooperation Of the national
emergency food garden commission
with them In STIMULATING the work
Of canning products of war gardens
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

cipal grains-wheat, corn, oats, rye,
buckwheat rice, etc.-produced in
1917 amounts to 5,S59, 100000 bushels,
which is 1,052. 100000 bushels more
than was raised last year; but as there
was decrease of 1.204.700,0UO BUSH
els in 1915 from 1915, we are still 152,-
100000 bushels short Of making up
last years grain shortage.
The total estimated production Of
grain and principal foodstutfs this
year will reach over 6,633.0C0,0 900
bushels. but this is less by l16.700,-
600 bushels than the production of
1915. We have raised a large food
crop this year, but In proportion to
the worlds demand it will barely tide
us over until the next harvest, when
we will be compelled. as far as is given
to the power of man, to make great
increase over our present production.
Thus, while boasting about the in
crease over 1916, let us not forget
that, despite the urgent call upon the
farmers of the nation to do their ut
most. our production Of these grains
and other foodstuffs is actually 116.
100000 bushels short OF the yield OF
1915, while population has increased
by about four million and Elrope's
demands have enormously increased.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Too Hard Set.

Baker-I thvl- iaZard was deter
mined to join the army?
Barker-He was: he was too deter
mined; he was so determined that the
recruiting officer rejected him for be-
ing flat footed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Taking the Hint.

Taking the Hint.
A fastidious old gentleman was en-
joying a cigar with friend one af-
ternoon.
The guest, having reached the end
Of his Havana, hurled the stump on
to the well-kept lawn.
What made you throw your cigar
there?" cried the old man, angrily.
"See how unsightly 1T is on the lovely
grass
THAT surely won't do any HARM"
said the other, "for nobody would
notice a little thing like that"
my dear fellow" solemnly replied
the old grumbler, "it's the little things
like these that constitute tidiness. and
tidiness is half the comfort Of life"
His friend said no more for a time.
and in few moments he arose hur-
rledly. disappeared, and was absent
for a full twenty minutes.
"Where on earth have you been?"
said his host, when he returned at
last.
"Oh, I've only been across the
meadow to spit in the river"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
We'll Named.

what kind Of vine is that you have
on your wall?"
II don't know Its botanical name.
call IL the Bouncer vine because 1t 10
always throwing out suckers"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10

Rear Admiral Alber. W. Grant, :. s. N., who is in command of the sub- marine force of the Atlantic fleet has had long and varied experience in the naval service. He was born n Maine and appointed to the Naval Academy from Wisconsin. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1877, and as a cadet midshipman served two years afloat in the Pensacola and Lacka wanna. From 1885 to 1908 he served afloat and ashore in various grades with high credit. From March, 1908. to the latter part of 1909 he was chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet. Then he was put in command of the battleship Connecticut and served Tn that station until he was put in con- mand of the League Island Navy Yard in 1910. When the superdreadnought Texas was placed in commission Captain Grant became her first con- mander and he continued to serve .n that capacity until year ago, when he was selected by Secretary Daniels to direct the task of developing for the United States nav ythe greatest submarine flotilla s,rvice in the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
OLD FOLKS NEED "CASCARETS" FOR
 LIVER, BOWELS
Salts, Calomel, Pills Act on Bowels Like Pepper Acts in
 NOstriis. Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious Sick, Headachy and
 C0nstipated.

Get a 10-cent box now.
 Most old people must give to the the bowels some regular help, else they suffer from constipation. The condition is perfectly natural. It is just as natural as it is for old people to walk slowly. For age is never SO active as youth. The muscles are less elastic. And the bowels are muscles.
 So all old people need Cascarets. One might as we'll refuse to aid weak eyes with glasses as to neglect this gentle aid to weak bowels. The bow els must be kept active. This is inn portant at all ages, but never so much as at fifty.
 Age is not time for harsh physics. Youth may occasionally whip the bowels into activity. But lash can't be used every day. What the bowels of the old need is a gentle and natural tonic. One that can be constantly used without harm. The only such tonic is Cascarets, and they cost only 10 cents per box at any drug store. They work while YOU Sleep.-Ady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
Respectfully,
 THOS. NJ. HOOKER.
FOR DELEGATE TO
 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

To the Democratic Voters of Jeffer.
 son County, Arkansas:
 The State Democratic central com. mittee having fixed Apri. If as da,s to hold primary election to select candidates for the constitutional con. vention, l offer as a candidate before said primary for Jefferson county. l believe my experience in the at- fairs of life has fitted me to some ex- tent for this most important position. If the voters of this county think so, and I am selected as one of the menu bers, l shall consider t a very higa honor and will give to them in return the best service there is in me.
 l have neither the time TOT inclna- tion to make scramble for this posi-. tion. The people Of Jefferson county know who I am. The matter is left solely in their hands.
 Respectfully,
 JAMES GOULD.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE Ar LARGE FROM SIXTH CONGRES.
 SIGNAL DISTRICT.

I an deeply grateful to my many friends throughout this congressional district who have personally and by petition, urged me to allow my name to go before the voters at the Demo- cratic Primary on April filth next, as delegate at large from the Sixth Congressional District to the Consti- tutional Convention.
 The writing of this Constitution for the people of the state will he mans job, and should have the learn ing, the patriotism and the wisdom If the brainiest men of the state to do it.
 It will be a great Eonor to be member of this Convention, and feel that I should not refuse your call to me, and my name will be on the bal lot, and if the democratic voters of this Congressional District want me to serve them, they can say so at the primary election on April IA, 1917. and whatever ability I have will be at their service.
 I am not stockhold7r of any cor poration, and l am rot connected with any corporation ill any way.
 JOHN NJ. ELLIOTT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
BROOMSTICk ARMIES.

Ten thousand Americans are train ing for war in Brooklyn, and in the department of the East-with broom sticks.
 There is a government arsenal at Springfield with a capacity of 1,50O rifles a day. Its daily output in the recent period of near war has been 70 rifles.
 In Switzerland, the citizen army is drilled each year with rifles. Every citizen of military age, every year, must learn anew the lesson of mark manship.
 Craftsmanship is essential in actual war. Training with leal rifles and real targets will make accuracy of aim habit
 Broomstick training might suit in Utopia. But America is nearer to Europe than to Utopia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
! CARD.
March 16th.

March 10th, 1917. Messrs. J. NJ. Hudson, w. R. Willis, W. H. V. Brickley, ". H. Knox, l. H. Goodrich, c. R. Fitzhugh and others:
 My Dear Sirs:
 Being deeply sensible of the honr that you gentlemen have conferred upon mo, in asking ne to allow my name to go before the voters as a delegate, from Jefferson County. to the constitutional convention which convenes November 19, 1917; and ap- preciating tho confidence thus in,- posed in me, I beg to advise that have qualified as a candidate and ac- cept your call for this service If elected az a delegate to this con- stitutiopal convention, I pledge to the voters of the county the best that is in me-
 Very respectfully,
 II. k. TRULOCK.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10

ble as to render campaign or con- test for membership in the conven- tion unbecoming, and I am sure yor agree that our delegates should be selected through the thoughtful, quiet and deliberate action Of the people.
 vas not seeker for the place and in the absence of your petition I should not. of my own motion, have aspired 10 become a member of the convention; yet, at the same time, l believe it to be an honor which any citizen might well afford 10 cOvet notwithstanding the personal sacri. flee involved.
 In obedience to your request and assuring you of my desire to render any service to my state and county of which my fellow citizens may think me capable, I shall have my name placed Of the ballot in the primary ordered by the Democratic party, to which ! claim allegiance; and if l should be selected as one of the norni- nees from Jefferson county i shall comply with the requirements of the law prescribed for candidates in the general election.
 The confidence you manifest in me by your petition calls from my heart the deepest sentiments Of gratitude and appreciation.
 Yours respectfully,
 DANIEL TAYLOR.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
RONF ON MONUMENT LAWN.

Washington, April 9.-The war sit uation was brought home to the youngsters of the capital today, when for the first time in nearly half a cen- tury there was no Easter Monday egg rolling on the white house grounds. In view of the fact that the grounds of the executive mansion have been closed to visitors since the interna- tionel situation became acute, it was decided to call off the juvenile car nival. which has been an annual fix ture at the white house since the lat ter part of President Lincoln's ad- ministration. The little folk were not to be deprived altogether of their frolic. however, for during the day hundreds of them gathered on the grassy slopes surrounding the Wash ington monument and there indulged in their customary romp and eggroll- ing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

One Hundred chars Ago. John C. Robinson, dis tinguished war veteran and commander-in-ch:ef of the .. A. R.. born at Ringhampton, N Y. Died there, February IS, 1897.
 Seventy.five Years Ago. Sutherland who livel under all the sovereigns of the house of Hanover, six in num- Der, died in Nova Scotia, age l 116 years.
 Fifty Years .4gO. 1S61-Governor Jenkins of Georgia filed suit in the supreme court of the U. s. to test the legality of the reconstructio l acts of congress.
 Twenty-Five Years Ago. 1S92-Fiye hundred cowboys set out to eXterminate the cattle thieves of Wyoming and Mon- tana.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
UNIQUE EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK.

New York, April 9.-What is pro- claimed as the largest and most radi- cal art exhibition ever held in America" was opened at the Grand Central Palace today under the afi- spices of the Society of Independent Artists. There are about two thou sand pictures and pieces of sculpture on view, since each of the more than one thousand members of the society was privileged to place two exhibits in the show. Cubists, futurists, post impressionists, etc, are represented in full force The exhibits have been placed in alphabetical order, without regard to class or artists reputation. It is announced, moreover. that there will be no jury and no prizes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
Guaranteed to Remove
 Superfluous Hair Roots (Wonderful New Method)

Glorious news for women troubled with disfiguring hairy growths! By means of an entirely new and very simple method you can now remove not only the surface hair, but the roots as we'll! Just get stick of phe- laetine from your druggist, follow the easy instructions-see the hairroots come out before your very eys! Yes, you can hardly believe your eyes, the work is done so quickly, completely, harmlessly.
 Phelactine is non-odorous ,non-pois- onous-couldn't hurt a child to eat it. So effective that satisfaction is guar anteed-money back if you want it, Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10

Instead. of borrowing money and issuing bonds, President Wilson has suggested to congress that the war revenue be sustained by the present generation" The words were nearly lest in the recent measage to con- gress, but it did not take long for Wall street speculators to notice them and take fright.
 A veritable nightmare has seized some of our most efficient specula- tors, especially when two of the lead- ing financial journals seized upon the idea and unreservedly advocated it. This has been a blow from which "the street" is finding it difficult to recover
 The idea of "pay-as-you-enter" was is to tax big incomes unrelent- lessly. The tax being spoken of in the cloakrooms of congress ranges all the way from five to 50 percen. on incomes from $20.O00 a year up, and the bigger the income the heavier the tax. Incomes down to $5.000 year would also be taxed, Of course, but nothing like the heavier ones.
 In situation like the present it Is doubtful if anyone would risk nation al obloquy and condemnation by at tempting to take such legislation for throp through the courts if it were enacted. The present income tax law has already been held constitutional, and additions to the tax in the face of national stress would not meet with much opposition, it is believed.
 The poor and middle classes are already taxed the linn. by the high cost of living. The issuance of bonds would load additional taxation upon these classes for generations.
 There is only one way out of the dilemma, and that is conscription of wealth-the wealth of millionaires, who are best able to bear the bu:- den of war. Wall street and the ricn class that fattens on financial and bond transactions will not like it.; but they would risk the charge of un- patriotism and disloyalty if they at tempted to put anything in the way of such legislation if attempted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
IOUI ESrIEtIU UII1,
 DANIEL TAYLOR.

Since the call published a few days ago in the morning paper, soliciting me to become a candidate for dele gate to the constitutional convention. from this county, l have been consid- cring my reply.
 Deeply appreciative of this unso- licited compliment by ny fellow citi- zens, l have decided to obey the call. In thus yielding to the behest of my friends, have no personal ambition to subserye. I shall always cherish the sentiment which prompted the solicitation; made by men among whom l have so long lived and who have had opportunity to know me best. Ii honored by the nomination I shall SO conduct myself with relation to this high office, that my friends Will have 10 cause to regret their choice.