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The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20

Editor News; cut the above special from today's Gazette. Will you explain to your readers why it is that Hampstead and Clark counties use these machines and get more ser wee from one machine than from six mules, while Nevada county, after 'axlng the people to buy a machine oi lhls kind, stores it away to rust and depreciate and sticks to the old team proposition. Again how is it hat blind man can tell the super OFIty of the publoc roads in Clark and Hampstead counties over those Ol Nevada the moment he crosses the
 ne between Nevada and either of In0se counties, Not very long since ! saw Tn the papers where Hampstead ''u bought an additional machine, Haklng several she has in use. Clark 'oun'y has more than one in use, shlle our county has only one and u0Fs not use it. Probably the county lgose could give some information along this line
 under the present law, we are in- . turned the county judge has the power ', ', and authority to take charge is <. u 'ne work on the public roads and .,.', n tue overseers refuse to use the a.. naSnlnery the judge can employ some s'e 'nat will and pay for the work t,', ,ODi the road tax. Our roads are in- S ,s,lOf to those of any sister county. A Asp'e'nlng ought to be done; if not, ,as, ~s people ought to refuse to vote a
 N' TAX PAYER.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20

late in attic, closet or other places on the premises.
 And this, concludes a circular is- sued by the Arkansas Actuarial Bu- reau, is the season which with three other seasons of the year, ought to see us cutting down the fire waste. that taxes us all whether it's our property or the other fellows that burns.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
puG HING POEM WITHOUT
 "" ME BUT WITH A REASON

caa., ta,s is the time of year that:
 ,toraI aieleSS people put away their b,t ,Vs s In damp places. This years fra sa' holes will help make next years gent ,y Otherwise careful and intelH- line people clean house with gaso- CTS a.Suf nnt and ignorant paper hang and su' Su' wall paper over flue holes 'hmneys. ''''''ors build defective iob' ',,Gaest w;.. electricians "skin the tr dane,'n,tth. with low grade materials saa and ,nd dpeIrpoulS frouS wiring in many new r tra,S SSuseholders s' ought to clean o,,+ ds star ana s rubbish if such fire.provoa' ot'
 "'S been allowed to ccumu-
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
Arkansas Medical Society, Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 1st to 3rd, 1917.

For this occasion the St, L. l. M. x IS. Ky will sell tickets Prescott to Little Rock and return for $390. Tickets nsale April 30th, May 1st and 2nd, going passage to commence on dat of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of May 4th, 1917,
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
CONSCRIPTlON AND THE DRAFT

The chief objection to conscription and the draft seems to be the words.
 We fail to see how conscription can jar the ears of anyone familiar with history.
 The word transcription" has to do with enrolment. Its roots are "con," together, and "scribere," to write.
 The Roman senators were address ed as conscript fathers. Those of you who remember your Cicero are familiar with the term. In the early days of the republic, when the minds of our orators were saturated with the classicisms of Rome, now and then big speaker on big occasion addressed our senators, and some- times the elders in a community, as "conscript fathers"
 The word has reverberated down many a mountain side and across val ley in the early days of the republic when the people were wont to gather in some grove near winding river and hear the issues of the day dis cussed.
 A draft is a call upon a state or a community to produce a certain ar ticle in certain quantity, it makes no difference whether the article is men or material.
 An examination of the constitution of the United States will show that the draft was contemplated when the national government. called upon its component parts, the state govern ments would dc certain things.
 Strictly, under the law the presi- dent of the United States in time of war now has authority to call out all the able-bodied citizens.
 If Mir. Jefferson and Mr. Madison and Gen. Washington did not object to conscription, surely their example should sufficiently control the action of our supersensitive members of Congress today. If our members of Congress will closely study the lives of Washington. Jefferson and Madi- son they will find that these men be- lieved that when the republic was in peril that all power was in the eX- ecutive to defend it and to save it. Conscription or the draft that comes from public opinion, under the volunteer system, is really more irk- some than a square out declaration for conscription on the part of the national government.
 The work of conscription was be- gun very early in the life of the Southern Confectionery. The same method was undertaken by the fed eral government during the Civil War but until the end the federal govern ment was hampered by politicians, and instead of drafting men outright, it resorted to the more reprehensible thing of paying bounties, creating that worst of all individual, the boun- ty Commercial Appeal.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
SPECIAL, NOTICE

This week is Clean Up' week in many cities. Spring renovating is in the air. It is just as necessary to clear the human body as it is t3 clean house. After winters indoor life the system is clogged with impurities. Foley Cathart'e Tablets thoroughly cleanse the bowels. remove undigest- ed waste matter, sweeten the stomach and tone the liver Do not grlpe or nauseate Stout persons praise Foley Cathartic Tablets for the light. free. feeling they bring
 Hesterly Drug Store. 6
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20

Mothers know it stops croup because it cuts the thick chok ing mucus, clears the throat of phlegm, stops the hoarse me -tallic cough, eases the difficult breathing, then quiet sleep.
 Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire. Wis, writes: "Foleys Honey and Tar com pletely cured my boy of very severe attack of croup. We know from exper' fence that 1t Is a wonderful remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough"
 WESTERLY DRUG STORE
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
BUYS ROAD TRACTOR.

Arkadephia, April 19.-Judge Green of Clark county has purchased big Rumely oil pull tractor for use on the county roads. The cost of the engine and tractor was $2,4O0. It will do all of the work formerly required by mule teams at an estimated cost of one-half of what six mules would cost.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
Public's Chief Interest.

''The public's greatest interest is in adequate transportation facilities and not so much in low rates. As to most commodities freight rates form d very small proportion of their cost. EX- cluding low grade commodities. the percentage of the freight rate to the cost is so slight as to offer no justifica
 ton for any substantial increase in prices to the consumer. It may be stated with little fear of contradiction that the consumer seldom, if ever, profits from a lowering of freight rates.
 "Extortionate charges are thing of the past, and under the attempt to cut rates to their lowest possible figure the interest of the whole public in the character and standard of transporta- tion is subordinated to the interest of that part of the public only that profits by lower rates-that is to say, the ship rcrs and their agents and not the gen
 nl public, the ultimate consumer.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
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NOTICE

The State Game and Fish Commis- sion has delegated to me the author ity to issue to residents of this state license to hunt and fish and I now have all necessary blanks to accom- modate all those who desire license as provided by the law. C. c. Cal houn, Circuit Clerk
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20

Furthermore, the standing army doesn't wear so many patches on its News.
 If the rush for marriage licenses keeps up, it is feared that there will be none left for the regular June Plain Dealer.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
Annual Camden Cup Conetst of the High Schools and Academies April 25th to 27th, 1917.

For this occasion the St. L. |. M. X s. Ky. will sell tickets Prescott to Camden and return for $2.00 Tick cts on sale April 25th, 2Gth and 27th, 1917, going passage to commence on date of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of April 29th
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
Supreme Lodge Ancient Order Unit ed WOrkmen, Little Rock. Ark, April 23rd to Both. 1917.

For this occasion the St. L. I. NJ. & S. Ky. will sell tickets Prescott to Little Rock and return for $390; tickets on sale April 25th and 26th, going passage to commence on date of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of May 1st, 1917
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
AND ATHLETIC
 ASSOCIATION CONTEST

Little Rock, April 2O.-State Supt. J. L. Bond is attending the annual contest of the Southeast Arkansas Literary and Athletic Association at Dermott today.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20

The April Ladies Home Journal is here and the number contains every thng that you want to see. Call PAP snd get one.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-20
Annual Convention Arkansas Sunday
 School Association. Pine Bluff,

Ark, April 24th to 26th, 1917.
 For this occasion the St. L. I. M. X s. By. will sell tickets Prescott to Pine Bluff and return for $4.S0; tick cts on sale April 23rd to 26th inclus- i've, going passage to commence on date of sale and bear final return linn it to reach original starting point prior to midnight of April 27th, 1917.
 Niko Aluminium Hot Water Bottle they work all night. Buy one from Buchanan Drug Store.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27

How He Made Window Sashss,
A young Welshman, a woodworker.
applied at the work Of building ma
terial company for job.
what can you DOR inquired the
foreman in charge.
''Indeet, look you," said Taffy. II
can do any joinery work whatefer."
"Can you make window sashesT
asked the foreman.
"Surely!" was the laconic answer.
swell, just take OF your coat and
let me see you make one.
So Taffy set to work, while the fore
man went of round the works. The
first sash the new hand attempted
was a failure, SO planting it under the
bench, Taffy got ahead with second
one, and had just finished it when the
foreman returned and taking hold Of
the sash, said, "Call that sash, do
yer7 Don't believe could fanG q
worse one in the country"
"Indeet," said the wood butcher.
grinning, "you may find ferry much
worse one under the bench made from
your own timberi"
Then he got move on
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

French destroyers sunk two enemy
submarines in the Gulf of Taranto.
British casualties reported in the
week ending Dec. Is totalled 1876 Of
ficers and men.
The Italians repulsed the Austro-
German forces on the Tasson- Col-Del-
Orso front, with heavy losses.
The officers of the Russian army in
France have volunteered as body to
give their services to the United
States.
American submarine FL was sunk
in collision with her sister boat, the
F.3. in American waters. Nineteen
perished. five being rescued.
Ten persons were killed and seven
ty injured in London during Wednes-
day nights air raid. Outside of Lon
don five persons were injured.
Fourteen British merchantmen of
more than 1000 tons and three under
submarine during the week ending
Dec. 10. t.a
All alcoholic beverages except light
wines and beers are denied to mem
bers of the American expeditionary
forces in France by Gen. Pershing, in
general orders. -r
The losses to French shipping by
mine or submarine for the week end
ing Dec. IL were exceedingly light.
Only one vessel under 1000 tons was
sunk and none over 1000 tons.
Comparative quiet still prevails on
the British front in France and Bel
GUM and along the French line run
ming from the region of St. Quentin to
the Swiss border, except for lombard
ments and minor infantry operations.
Seven Italian attacks against the re-
Gently captured Austro-German posi-.
tions in the region of Monte Azolone
were repulsed, the Berlin war office
reports. Italian efforts to advance at
other points on the northern front
also are said to have failed.
Fighting continued Friday at Odes-
sa, and the Ukranian troops have
been joined by the Russian army from
the Rumanian front under the COM
mand of Gen. Stcherbatcheff. The
Red Guards lost 500 men killed and
1000 wounded in six-day fight.
A considerable portion of ground
gained by the enemy Dec. 1S in the
region OF Monte Azolone. on the north
ern front east of the Brenta river, has
been retaken by the Italians. the
Rome war office announces. The po-
sitions regained by the Italians were
held despite the most violent fire from
the enemy artillery.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
WESTERN.

The strike in the Gulf Coast oil
fields has been officially adjusted.
Crop conditions for winter wheat
show greater acreage but condition
poor.
Three British aviators In training
at Fort Worth, Tex. were killed when
two machines collided in the air.
Bandits held up and robbed the
East Seventieth street branch of the
Garfield Savings bank in Cleveland,
Ohio, and escaped with $14,5OO in
money.
At Milwaukee, Wis, five minutes
after Edwin Kaiser enlisted In the
navy, Stonewall Jackson came along
and took a job as mess attendant for
the jackies.
Adolfo Bley, former president of the
Banco de Sonora, now a resident of
San Francisco. was deported to Mex
leo by United States authorities at
Nogales, on the ground that he is an
alien enemy.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
WASHINGTON.

Loans aggregating $29.s24.o0o have
been made to farmers by the twelve
federal land banks in the six months
since the farm loan system has been
In full operation, according to the
monthly report Of the Federal Farm
Loan Board.
Permission for the shipment Of
about 10000 tons Of corn and oats to
Finland by way Of Sweden has been
granted by the Food Administration
and the War Trade Board upon evil
dence that thousands of the Finnish
people are starving.
The army appropriation bill for the
next fiscal year. on which the House
military committee was to resume
hearings Jan. 8, probably will carry
close to $5.000,000
President Wilson will send a mes
sage to Congress recommending en-
actment of legislation to meet the
transportation situation Immediately
after the holiday recess.
Cotton ginned prior to Dec. 13
amounted to 10.142,S6s running bales.
exclusive Of linters and including $780,
25z round bales and 1882 bales Of sea
island. the Census Bureau announced.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
1charIots Of Iron" at oaza.

"charlots Of Iron" At GAIA.
History repeats itself down to min
ute details, the. London Star reminds
US, and recalls previous operations at
GAIA related in the Book Of Joshua.
It says:
''n that picturesque special coxre-
spondent to whom We owe the narra-
tive of the sul and moon standing still
in the valley Of Ajalon had witnessed
the onslaught Of General Allenby's
auxiliaries, he might have pictured be-
hemoth wallowing on the shore and
leviathan rising out Of the sea. It II
related in the Book of Judges that
though the tribe Of Judah took Gaxa,
they could not drive out the inhabt
tants Of the valley because they had
chariots of IRON ~
ALLOWING for the intervening GEN.
lures which have transformed the
'chariots Of iron into tanks, we see
that in this case the omens are in
favor Of the invaders, and we may
reasonably hope that the clearing out
Of the Philistines will be final and COM
plete."
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
COURT MAKES HUNT EXECUTIVE

SSSns "HNEo ISNs 6N1SoIIV6
Phoenix, Ariz.-The Supreme Court
handed down an opinion in the Hunt
Campbell gubernatorial contest The
decisive feature of the opinion .revers-
ing the judgment Of Judge Stanford Of
the Superior Court was in the matter
Of Douglas precinct No. I, in which the
trial court had counted for Campbell
forty-two ballots which bore marks Of
erasures in the square over the Re-
publican column and had been marked
in the Democratic square The Su-
preme Court restored these ballots to
Hunt and took them from Campbell,
leaving the figures in that precinct
a. they had been returned by the elec-
tion board. The court held that there
was not sufficient proof Of fraud to
warrant either such q transfer Of the
ballots or the rejection of the precinct
in which the returns showed that
Hunt had been given a majority Of
116. This finding alone gave Hunt
the governorship.
Under the rules the contestee,
Campbell, has fifteen days to file .
motion for a rehearing, but has Of
fered to turn over the office at any
time. -
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
SPORT.

Earl Caddock of Anita. Iowa, claim
ant to the worlds wrestling champion
ship, is now full-fledged private in
the National Army.
Ora Morningstar of Detroit out
played Welker Cochran of Chicago in
two blocks of 1872 balkline billiards
and went into the lead, 1900 to 1,134.
in the 1.SOO-point match.
Arlie Bucks, worlds champion dis
Gus thrower and former weight star of
the University Of Wisconsin, at Osh-
kosh, Wis, was blushing groom,
having committed matrimony with
Miss Metha Simpson. sister of Eber
Simpson, Jr., all-western quarterback
for 1917.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
GEN ERAL,

Sales of thrift and war savings
stamps in New York City since the
campaign opened Dec. 3, reached to-
tai of $S23,361 up to Dec. 10.
Alice Nielsen. American operatic
singer and DR. Leroy r. Stoddard of
New York were married in the First
Presbyterian church at Greenwich,
Conn.
The value of farm agricultural prod
ucts Of Kansas in 1917 amounts to
$5O7 ,225. 900. nearly $131 100000 more
than the states next best record in
1914.
Business houses will be given credit
for Christmas gifts and bonuses to
employees in the computation of in
come taxes, the Treasury Department
announced.
That the University of California
was unwittingly to be made the train
ing school for Hindu revolutionists Is
the latest revelation in the Hindu plot
trials before the Federal Court at San
Francisco
Upholding the morale of the allies
is the most important task facing the
United States this winter, asserted
former President William H. Taft, in
an address at Red Cross mass meet
ing at Pittsburg, Pa.
City Marshal R. s. st. Clair, As
years old, was shot and killed when
he attempted to arrest a man charged
with making unpatriotic utterances
when approached for Red Cross sub
scription at Maiden. Mo.
The next loan the people of the
United States will be asked to pur.
chase to aid the government in win
ming this war will be for $4,000, ,OOO,-
600; the bonds will be AZ per cent Is
sue and the offering will be made on
March Is, 1918.
Maury Diggs. who has been serving
sentence in the federal penitentiary
at McNears Island, Wash, returned
to his California home, having been
paroled by the prison parole board
Diggs, with Drew Caminetti. was con.
victed in San Francisco of violating
the Mann white slave act. Caminetti
was paroled recently by President
Wilson.
A contribution of 100000 for ita
war work by the Rockefeller Founda-
ton for 1918 was announced in New
York by the supreme officer, Knights
Of Columbus.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
FOREIGN

An extraordinary session Of the
Peruvian Congress convened to dis
cuss financial projects.
Complete restoration Of the terri
tories taken by the enemy. together
with compensation, was demanded by
Premier Lloyd George in explaining
the war aims Of the government in
the House of Commons in London.
The Berlin Socialist paper. Vor.
waerts. commenting on the alleged at,
tempt to open preliminary peace dis.
cussions between Great Britain and
Germany, demands that the govern
ment tell the German people what II
intended to communicate to Great
Britain.
A proposal that the province of
Quebec secede from the confederation
of Canadian provinces was expressed
in motion Introduced into the pro-
vincial legislative assembly by J. N.
Francoeur, deputy from Lotbiniere.
Quebec is the only province which
voted against conscription at the re-
cent election.
"A bthlC VI oAC6C h0o uCCu pIO-
claimed in Petrograd and the Ukran-
ian Rada has refused to obey an ul-
timatum presented by the Bolsheviki
government. Disorders in the capi-
tai, due, 1t is said, to the looting of
wine cellars and shops, made neces-
sary the proclamation of a state of
siege. ~
The bulk of the American expedi-
tionary force did not get its expected
Christmas dinner. A submarine at
tack forced the ship which was carry
ing cranberries to turn back, and
through some unknown circumstances
two ships which were carrying the
supplies of turkey left the United
States so late that it was impossible
for them to arrive in France in time
Under the heading Secret Treaty
Between Japan and Russia for Joint
Armed Demonstration Against Amer
lea and Great Britain in the Far
East" the. Petrograd Izvestia pub
fishes what 1t says is the text of the
secret treaty drawn up last year pro-
viding for joint action by Russia and
from achieving political dominance in
! China.
| The forward gun crew of an Am
erican liner reaching an American
port destroyed submarine the morn
ing after leaving British port on
the voyage, according to stories told
by passengers. Maj. Gen. Hugh L.
Scott, former chief of staff of the
army, who was a passenger. is said
to have stood behind the gunners dur
ing the action and complimented them
on their Workmanship.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
Many Hurt in Pueblo Race Riot.

Pueblo.-Pupils at the Columbia
school, on the South side, engaged
in a race riot following discussion
of an assault committed upon Grip
pie Austrian girl and the subsequent
arrest and attempted lynching of Lee
Smith, a negro. AS result, Joseph
former alderman, is in critical con-
dition and more than dozen other
children, both white and negroes. are
suffering more or less severe bruises.
J. F. Heating, superintendent Of
schools, has suspended twenty negro
pupils, pending an investigation.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27
Man shot by Jealous Woman.

Denver. "A momentary pang Of
jealousy. engendered. she says. by the
sight of her lover in the company of
another woman, coming as a culmina-
ton to a two-weeks' desertion and the
spreading of alleged slanderous sto-
ries about her by the man, led Mrs.
Laura Furneaux, aged 25, Of 1855
Welton street, to press the trigger of
her az automatic revolver and send
three shots into the body OF William
Potter. %. The shooting took place
ut the homo of lgfs. Nora McGraw.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27

Re-enforced Concrete Dry Deck
The completion Of the first dry dock
made of REINFORCED concrete was cele-
brated at Moss, a city in Norway. This
dock Ii in the nature Of an expG1-
ment, as It will receive ships Of only
100 tons, 80 feet long; but It 10 said
to be successful and much cheaper
than steel and more quickly built. The
shipyard that built this dock 10 now
receiving inquiries for docks up 10
5000 tons.