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The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
MORE INFORMATION
 ABOUT INCOME TAXES
Collector Jack Walker Advises Just How One May Ascertain His Liabil- fly For Tax.
ity For Tax.

The income tax collector will be at the post office at Fayetteville all of next month to wait on the people of Washington County and for the in- formation of all below is reproduced a circular letter which Collector Jack Walker has sent out giving further in- formation as to how a person may fig ure his income to ascertain whether he is liable for the tax:
 There is in the heart of every Amer ican Citizen q desire to do something to help his country in the present cri- sis. Unfortunately, not every man can be given opportunity to help in a substantial way, but this opportun- fly is yours and l am sure you will be glad to improve it. Without cost to yourself in money, and at little loss of time, you can very materially help the Government, as no other man can help so we'll; and not only the Gov ment, but your neighbors also.
 The idea prevails in rural sections that the income tax is rich mans tax and that it does no apply to small business men and farmers This is a mistake It applies to every single person who has a net income of 5000 or more, and every married person who has net income off $2000 or more for the year 1917 You will see, therefore, that it applies to most of your neighbors. Now, if they don't pay the income tax when it is due, they will be violators of the law, sub- ject to penalties of 50 per cent of the tax, fine ranging from $2000 to 5000 and imprisonment in case of fraud. It is cheaper to pay the tax than the penalties. By helping the Govern ment get the tax from people liable to 1t. you will serve not only them, in warning them in time so that they can avoid the penalties, but the Govern ment also.
 The shortest way to determine if a person is subject to the income tax is to add all the money tor it's equiva- lent-notes, etc) which he receives from every sonrce during the calendar year 19l7-from January lst to De cember 3lst. Then subtract from this amount the total of his expenses and
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
|. OF \. CADETS RECEIVE
 NEW OLIVE DRAB UNIFORM

Fayetteville, Ark, Jan F Cadets at the University of Arkansas are wearing new uniforms of olive drab supplied by the United States govern ment which have just arrived. The new uniform, which is similar to the regulation United States army uni form succeeds the old cadet gray uni- form which students in the University have worn for almost half century The War Department notified Unver- sity officials that on account of the great demands now being made on the Quarternaster's Department for the uniforming of soldiers, IL would be necessary for the University to buy the uniforms in the open market and later to receive reimbursement from the government.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
ROAD DISTRICT IS
 FORMED IN BOONE co.
Proposed Road Will! Connect With Road Now Under Construction From Seligman to Eureka Springs.

The legal foundation for the build ing of the Jefferson Highway Cutoff through Boone county was laid Mon day, when Judge Freeing made an order establishing the road district as sought in a petition, which he found to have the indorsement not only of majority of the land owners within the district, but also of the land values and of the amount of the acreage.
 There was no protest filed against the granting of the petition. hence the court found 1t easy to reach decision establishing the district
 The road as laid out by the State Highway Engineers enters Boone county al Alpena, following substan- italy the present road via Batavia and Capps to Harrison, thence follow ing what IS known as the Greek route to the Newton county line. lead ing to Jasper
 The survey made few weeks ago shows the road in Boone county to cover 35.27 miles, and the estimated average cost figured by the highway engineers is $4,272. .2G per mile. or total of $f50,6s271.
 Reports from other counties along the proposed highway say that the people are busy and 1t seems that there is nothing much surer than that the road will 20 through upon the route agreed upon at the highway meeting at Eureka Springs. In both Carroll and Newton counties, pre- liminary steps to the organization of improvement districts have already been taken, and practically no opposi- tion has been manifested in either county.
 The money for the building of the forty-two miles across the Ozark Ma tional Forest will be available soon and it is possible that that portion of the road leading from Harrison to Russellville will be the first to be fin ished.-Harrison Headlight.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
FARMERS MUTUAL.
 FIRE ASSOCIATION

This IS the name of q new organlZa- ton recently formed in Springdale for the purpose of furnishing to it's mem bers fire insurance The officers are President, Wilson Gardwell; vice president, ] o. Nelson; 2nd vice-pres- ident, Jeff Cover; secretary, Bert Watson; treasurer, C. II. Hewitt.
 For the present the business of the association will be confined to farm property, but 1t may be that later on certain classes of town property will be taken in. It is purely mutual. de signed to furnish members protection from fire at a minimum expense he office and field work will be in charge of MT. Watson, an insurance man of considerable experience, and the other promoters of the enterprise are ousl- ness men who have the confidence of those who know them.
 The News desires to express its hearty approval of the organization Of this enterprise AS a result ol tlie recent raise in rates promulgated by the insurance monopoly in this State there is a prolific field awaiting a properly managed mutual company. The present rates of the old line com panies are almost prohibitiye, on country property as well as town property, and any movement that will give the people relief from this op- pression deserves encouragement A similar organization has been in ex- istence in Benton County for a mum Der of years, and we understand that the results have been highly satlsfac- tory to those interested.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

other authorized deductions. "Ex- penses," however, do not include per sonal, living or family expenses; neither do they include cost of new machinery, new buildings, new silo, new fences, drainage or ditching. Ex- penses do not include any expenditure for anything which adds to the value of the farm. Expenses include only what is actually paid for labor (ex- cept to ones own male children un- der 2l and female children under 18). tools that wear out in a year or two repairs for machinery used on the farm, fertilizer, spraying material for orchards, ginning, thrashing, gaso- line for power on the farm, seed for planting, twine, grease, oil and such like expenses actually incurred in pro- dacing the years crop State and County taxes are also to be deducted. but taxes paid for drainage and inn proVement districts cannot be deduct ed Now. when these expenses are added together and the total amount IS subtracted from the total income the amount left is met income. + as above stated this is $1000 or more in the ease of an unmarried person and 5000 in the case of married person, such person must make re- turn of income between January lst and March 1st, 1918, to escape penal ty.
 There are thousands of people in this state who will be affected by the War Income Tax Law.They may not hear of it, or of their duty in time, unless you tell them, because no one representing the Government will call on them personally The law makes 1t the duty of the taxpayer to call on the Collector
 The purpose of this letter IS to ap= peal to you as a patriotic citizen to tell all the people in your township who are liable that they must file their returns of income with the Collector on or before March lst, 1918. If the in- come tax collector which was sent to the county seat of your county is no longer there, the people who did not see him should then at once write to the Collector of Internal Revenue, Lit tie Rock, Ark, and request blank form upon which to prepare their re- turn of net income This should be done in order that their returns of net income may be filed with the Col lector of Internal Revenue before March 1st, 1918
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
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Mr. Riley Clardy was at the Coger home visiting Sunday.
 Everybody is well around Hickory Flat It IS so cold We can't get out and stay out long enough to catch cold.
 Some of us are without wood and corn meal during these cold days. This reminds us that an ounce of preYen- tion is worth pound of cure
 Miss Josephine Coger who has been visiting her teacher. Miss Noreen Plumley during holidays, is at home again She reports a fine time.
 L. A. Coger and Robert Fitch ex- changed hogs one day last week and l. A got two 100-lb. hogs and Rob ert a 200-lb. hog, so Robert has fresh pork at his house
 Mrs John Meas of Spring Valley is visiting at the Bill Johnson farm on War Eagle, while Bill is away for his health He is at Farmersville, Texas. We hope he will stay until his health is much improved
 We'll. Celsius, don't get wearied in well doing. I think those who have ordered new cars will help you boost your road later on. but remember it takes elbow grease, grit and green backs to build roads and buy land
 Mir Albert Jay of Denison, Texas. has been visiting his brother, Ramon Jay, of Huntsville. also his uncle, Damon Coger of Huntsville and for nearly week he has been visiting his uncle, L. A Coger and family on War Eagle. He expects to go to Rogers soon to take a horse home which he has borrowed from MT Jones. He expects to return to his home in Den ison in about two weeks.
 Zero weather again. We had abont { or 2 inches snow iast Thursday; then the thermometer stood from | to 13 below zero for 3 days, and yester- day Monday. January 14) it showed all day, so now we have 12 or II inch snow, and the boys who feed the horses, hogs, cattle and goats say the snow is drifted in some places waist deep. Some of our neighbors have lost their onions, apples, potatoes and canned fruit, also some of us have had our chickens to freeze to death. Eggs, too, have frozen and bursted. Take care of them. They are worth 45c per dozen.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
UNUSUAL WEATHER
 FOR THIS SECTION
.seu Inch Snow, Coupled "''h ,.o Weather Gives the People a Taste of Real Winter.

vo- the past week this section has baon experiencing the most severe ,,;n+er weather known for years. Sno" fen Thursday and Thursday night oi 1o.+ ,yeek to the depth of about ten :~sbes This was followed by more .now Monday and Tuesday, until II IS abont fourteen inches on the level. Tba snow drifted badly in places n,bicb has made travel of any Kind difficult ,
 Train service has been demoralized, an trains being late, and in sonic ih- sfsnees annulled entirely. No eastern wall was received at the local office from Friday night until Monday night. The local R. F. D. carriers have only boon able to maintain partial ser v;ce over their routes, and this under ,,reat difficulties. In some localities patrons have had the forethought to remove the snow from the road with ;nonrovised drags, which has been of considerable assistance The carrier on Route 2 out of Fayetteville, who cames within short distance Of Springdale, has not served his route since Thursday of last week. The star route service to Spring Valley, in charge of A J. Fitch, is the only one that has continued on schedule without interruption. No mail was received from Huntsville and inter- mediate points Friday, and the first class mail was brought in from that route Saturday night at Il o'clock. No mail vent out on that route Saturday Charles Eocklin, who took the mail to Huntsville Thursday in a Ford car. started on the return trip Friday, but got stuck" at Huntsville and was un- able to proceed. Ghas Henson made the trip to Huntsville Friday with his six-cylinder car, where he was tied up until Monday Both cars got in Monday afternoon. eneountering diff ficuities seldom experienced by mo- torists in this section. The big car came in the lead. breaking the way for the smaller car.
 Friday night thermometers through out the town registered all the way from ten to tweny below zero, but the correct reading was probably sixteen below The temperature has been around the zero mark almost every night Schools were suspended Fri day, and no church services were held Sunday Local dealers have received two cars of coal the past week, and there has been a sufficient supply of wood to satisfy the demands
 It is said the heavy snow will be of material benefit to wheat. and to the soil generally. preparing the ground for next seasons crops
 There has been considerable discus sion the past week as to the date of the big snow which fell in this section more than thirty years ago. Some say it was February 2, 1881, and some say t was in 1886. It is we'll remem- bered by the older residents of the community. Snow began falling in the afternoon, continuing through the night, and next morning was about four feet on the level. If any read CTS of this paper has accurate inform ation concerning the date of that snow The News would be glad to hear from them
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
NO. 6 GOES IN THE DITCH.

Northbound passenger train No 6, due in Springdale at 9:03 D. m, left the track near Lancaster, about 20 miles north of Fort Smith Tuesday night, the entire train leaving the rails, but remaining right side up. Several people are reported hurt but none seriously injured Traffic was tied up about twenty-four hours, the first train from the south, after the wreck getting into Springdale about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

Harry Brogdon, who went to Mem phis, Tenn, recently for the purpose of taking the examination for the aviation service, was unable to pass some of the required tests and will do his bit to help win the war in some other manner.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

C. J. Sharp and son Robert, of Benton county, are spending few days with the formers brother J. $. Sharp of this place. MT Sharp has just recently returned from Tennessee, where he and his two youngest sons spent year. and says that although he did we'll in Tennessee he still thinks Arkansas q good place in which to live.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
The Country at Large.

The deepest snow in several years. and the coldest weather known in from eight to fifty years, covered the plans states area in the last seven days In Kansas they called it a To- mlllion-dollar snow, it was worth that Tn moisture to wheat and other crops.
 Ii It was worth that to Kansas, 1t was worth untold millions also to the agnenltural lands of all the Middle west, for the snow covered like a blanket all the country between the Alleghenies and the Rockies.
 Covered Kansas Wheat.
 Last Thursday the snow, five to sev- eh inches deep, covered the wheat of central Kansas, and that night more snow fell. The Santa Fe had to use snow blows to clear the drifts and ev- efy"here, not only in Kansas, but m Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma. and even m Texas, trains were delayed, ana often stalled for hours by snow drifts
 snow Even in New Orleans.
 ohoW fell even as far south as New ofleans. It was the first snow storm .nere In twenty years. Chicago was Da, iea m snow which came on a 40 'niie gale and below zero tempera- ture. from Nebraska came the report ,'a saa' snow had fallen deeply on every wheat field in the state.
 me storm extended from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

 atures ranging from 37 degrees be- low zero at O'Neill, Neb, to 12 above zero at San Antonio, Tex.
 Zero Weather Came With It.
 Zero weather fastened it's teeth into all the region between the Mississip- pi and the Rockies. That part of the district producing enough gas to cook for, heat and light the whole Missis sippi Valley, properly distributed, was begging for wood choppers
 Telegraph and telephone communi- cation went the way of rail service.
 With a steady decline beginning Thursday night at 9 o'clock Friday night the temperature had reached 15 below iii Kansas City The lowest temperature reported was 37 below Friday at O'Nell, Neb. At Spring field, Mo, it was II below; at Charles City, la, it reached 20; at Des Moines. 1G. The below zero wave reached as far south as Lawton, Ok, and Fort Smith. Ark, which reported and below.
 At Topeka Friday night it was l5 below, while stiff wind was blowing over the flats at Camp Funston dri4= ing in the temperature of % below.
 Tn Camp Doniphan, Ok, where 26, 500 soldiers are quartered in tents, the men had great difficulty in keeping warm Most of them doubled up so they could get the combined use of ali the blankets possible Ponchos, rub Der coats and overcoats were piled on the cots, newspapers placed in between the blankets, and every bit of available clothing piled on top to help keep out the cold. Many of the men slept in their clothing There was no actual suffering, but the extreme cold made 1t very inconvenient and unpleasant
 Deaths and Injuries in South.
 In places in the South the storm be came q tornado. which swept through Eastern Alabama and Central Georgia and took toll of sixteen lives and in= jured more than one hundred per sons. Wire communications over great area was paralyzed, scores of small towns in the interior being iso- lated while Savannah. Charleston. Jacksonville and other cities along the South Atlantic Coast were cut off from outside communication
 Coal Shortage Acute.
 Because Of the train delay, which ted up coal en route, the coal short age, already threatening before the storm, became acoute in the cities. Tn Kansas City the fuel administrator or dered all churches to stay closed last Sunday night, every ward school was ordered to remain closed throughout the week, and saloons. pool halls, theatres and all moving picture shows were ordered to get ready to close t5 save coal
 Cattle Perished In Colorado
 ne huge pdehtnG plants oI Armour < Company and Swift < Company h Chicago were shut down Monday be cause of the inability to obtain coal The employees were armed with shov- els and set to work clearing railroad tracks entering the stock yards of snow Hundreds of cattle and hogs are reported to have perished on stock ears because railroads were unable to move them
 The Tennessee River at Knoxville was frozen over for the first time in fifty years. The Arkansas River at Little Rock was frozen So that peo- pie could skate
 FARMERS NUTUAI.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

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The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

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The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

Rocky Mountains to the Alleghenies, and was accompanied by low temper atures ranging from 37 degrees be- low zero at O'Neill, Neb, to 12 above zero at San Antonio. Tex.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

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The Washington herald., 1918-01-30
The Baker Rebuttal.

The defense of the Secretary of War may safely
be left to make its own way with the country. 1t
appeals to the future for vindication of the War
Department policy. II is essentially plea for
suspension of judgment.
Mr. Baker does not deny that he has made
mistakes, does he defend apologize for
them. He contents himself with saying that the
substantial achievements Of the United States as
war-making nation in the past nine months so far
outweigh the blhnders and the delays that the lat
ter ought to be left from the reckoning and dis
missed altogether from the thought of Congress
I'VE have done. very well, gentlemen" says
the Secretary, in effect that it is really
sary for you to inquire to whether could or
should have done better" He says that Senator
Chamberlain's address in tie Senate left the i'm
preston that the shocking conditions therein
veaed characteristic rather than occasional"
That was exactly the impression that Senator
Chamberlain intended to convey, and he stated
that he had scores Of letters similar in tenor to
those that he read with such dramatic effect
Mr.. Baker makes stronger impression when
he tells how the decision reached to recham-
Der the Enfield rifles; when he tells of Gen. Per-
shings views regarding the Lewis machine guns
when he tells of Gen. Woods views regarding the
rapid creation of army. He did not, how
ever, reach the heart of the criticism which is
being leveled at him.
The Secretary of War has used his day in
court to send message Of reinsurance to the
country. He has done this partly by generaliza-
tions, at which he is skilfu, partly by defending
his own Judgment disputed points by showing
he had the expert advice of his department behind
him, partly by saying that mistake is made
more than once and that rigid inquiry is made of
all dcreliction and wrongdoing.
He has said nothing about reorganization,
nothing about red-tape methods, nothing about
speeding up" He takes it for granted that
eral OF the changes recently made-such as the
appointment of Maj. Gen. Goethals quartermas-
ter and of z. R. Stettinius surveyor general Of
Purchases-has disarmed his severest critics To a
certain extent this is true but final judgment will
be held in abeyance until the exact scope of the
authority granted the latter appontee is revealed.
Lord Northclife says that Mr.. Stettinius is the
ablest business organizer in the world today, and
that his appointment purchasing chief of the
American army is the best that the allies
have had in many day. A of this type will
not endure the limitations of red tape and of cir
cumscribed authority for many days
Mr.. Baker has, however, won his point-he will
be granted a suspension of judgment, as he shows
decided ability to profit by his mistakes, although
tardiy and somewhat grudgingly. He has not
gone far as his critics would like but he is get
ting around to their point of view slowly.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-30
"Why We Must Win the War"

At meeting of the members council of the
Merchants Association of New York, held last
week, Maj. Grayson NJ. P. Murphy, of Gen. Perish
ing's staff, delivered an address that made pro-
found impression. He told these hard headed
business men some truths in responding to the
rubject "Why We Must Win the War" He said
There is no need of my going into any
explanation as to why we have to beat the
Boche.
I'VE have got to do it. We have got to
do it, not for any romantic or altruistic or
crusading reason. We have got to do it as a
cold, hard business proposition.
I'VE have got to beat him now because
II we can't beat him when we are all together.
we will never be able to stand up against him
singly.
"We have got to beat him because there
has been developed in Germany since tbe
Franco -Prussian war a brutal, beastly selfish
spirit that is threat to the liberties of the
world
Il don't care myself about great MANY of
the fine sentiments that people mention in CON
nection with this war, but l do care very much
that no other country shall tell nv people or
my boys when they grow up where thew Shall
trade, how they shall trade; where thew shsiI
live, and what rights they have.
we are fighting today the battle for u.
diyidual liberty. for peoples to, live a, they