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The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01
Housina Bill Approved.

Washington. = Final action was taken on the bill authorizing expendi- ture of S5O,0OO.000 by the Shipping Board for housing facilities at ship building yards when the Senate adopt ed the conference report approved last week by the House.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01
Hungary Has Deficit.

Amsterdam.-A Budapest dispatch to the Cologne Gazette says the Hun garian finance minister informed the taxation and other revenue-producing measures, which would yield 927, 7,000,- 900 kronen, would be necessary to cover the deficit of the current fiscal year.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01
Soldiers Have Kits.

Washington. Every American soldier who enters the trenches car ries an American Red Cross comfort kit packed by an American woman.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01
10000 Dead in Quake.

Picking, China Nearly 10000 per sons lost their lives as result of the recent earthquake in the Annoy hinterland
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

While Dad Wessen q negro, was driving along road near Mineral Springs there was an explosion in the pipe he was smoking. investigation disclosed a 32-caliber cartridge shell in the pipe. Where the bullet went is not known, but Wesson was not badly hurt. Wesson thinks the cart ridge was in the tobacco bag when he purchased it, as he said he had Eo cartridges in his possession.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The pupils of the Fifth grade of the Mineral Springs school were playing a wishing game in which each pupil wrote wish without the other pupils knowing what it was. When the wishes had been written the teacher gathered them up and found that ey- cry child had the same wish, although not written in the same words. Each wished that the German kaiser were dead.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Strawberry growers in the White county strawberry district expect bumper crop this year. The plants have not been damaged by the severe weather and the snow has helped them.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Governor Brough pardoned A. P. Smith of Pine Bluff, who was convict ed at the October term of the 1917 Jefferson County Circuit Court for as- Bault with intent to kill and sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The following petition is being cir. culated throughout Phillips county, ana copies sent to every other county In the state for circulation:
 To His Excellency. Charles H.
 Trough, Governor of Arkansas:
 The undersigned, your petitioners. would respectfully represent and show that they are citizens and residents of
 County, in the state of Ark ansas. That since the enactment of what is commonly known as the Bone Dry Law by the General Assembly of tnls state, drunkenness and it's kin. urea crimes, owing to the vigilance ana unt1r1ng efforts of the courts and US officers, had almost ceased until such law was construed by the Su- preme Court in recent opinion hand ed down by that tribunal. That im- mediately thereafter the bootleggers and their travelling messengers began to flood the community with whisky brought in in suitcases and divers oth- CT receptacles until now the condi- tlons have become almost intolerable. That unless some remedy is applied and that speedily, your petitioners are of the opinion that the demoralization resulting from this traffic will cause great and irreparable loss to the com munity, both financially and morally. young men whose habits are not per manently fixed will become so demor, al1zed as to render them useless mem oers of society, when at this particu- lar time the best efforts of all classes of people should be directed along some line of usefulness conducive and In aid of the military establishment and the feeding and clothing of our soldiers engaged in the war.
 They therefore respectfully peti- ton your excelleney to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session at the earliest moment possi- ble, to the end that such a law may be enacted as will cover all defects pointed out by the courts in the pres ent act known as the Bone Dry Law and for such other relief as may be necessary and proper"
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The State Highway Department sent out the plans for a system Of gravel highways in Little River coun- ty that will cost approximately $272,- 723.52. These roads will connect Ash down, Foreman, Mill Ferry and Lewis Ferry and will be 70 miles in length.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

While shucking corn at his home near Subiaco, H. A. Lyle found a white ear that had perfect cross in red grains on it. There were no red grains in the ear except those that made the cross.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Plans were sent out by the State Highway Department for a 15-mile road from Greenwood north to the county line, which will be of shale 14 feet wide and will cost $48,40962.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

]. L. Bond, superintendent of pub lie instruction, said that fine reports are being received concerning recruit ing for the Junior Red Cross from Mrs. c. c. Pelham of St. Louis, field agent, who is now in the state in the interest of the campaign. The school campaign will extend from February 12 to P.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The S300.000 endowment campaign of Oauchita College at Philadelphia, authorized at the last Arkansas Bap- tist state convention, has gotten un- der way energetically.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The Tillar branch of the Red Cross has 764 members and is operating a sewing room four days each week. One shipment has been made.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Many of the counties are filling up the quotas asked for men for the shipbuilding service, according to re- ports received by w. C. Sprague, state chairman of the United States Public Service Reserve.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Drilling for oil in Ashley county is showing renewed activity. The well being drilled on the Hamburg -Montt cello road is now 1,7o0 feet deep. and the drillers are determined to make a test well of it.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

According to reports there are now nearly 50 organizations of teachers in as many counties in the state, and J. L. Bond, superintendent of public Instruction, is making an effort sto or ganize the remaining counties.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Ten dead horses and mules were found in one spot in canebrake in Mississippi county after the recent severe weather. They had been starv- ed or frozen to death.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

P. H. Pinnex of Murfreesboro, for merly cashier of the Pike County Bank. has been appointed chief clerk of the State Banking Department, to succeed T. B. Herbey, who resigned to accept a position as manager of a large mercantile establishment at Hope.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The report of the Arkansas Tuber- culosis Sanatorium at Bonneville for January shows that there were 134 patients in the institution February l. Seventeen were received during the month and IT released.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The erection of a canning factory at Olvey has begun under the direc- ton of H. G. Walton and R. E. Mahon of Seymour, Mo. A large acreage has been pledged Tomatoes will be the main product the first year.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Superintendent D. P. Holmes re- ports that the schools at Ashdown now have the largest attendance in their history. The enrolment for this year has reached 425.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Governor Brough announced the ap- pointment of Dr. Lester M. Hill of Lit tle Rock as a member of the Chiro- practic Board to succeed Dr. Burt Car ter.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The Jackson County Grand Jury un- animously adopted a resolution asking Governor Brough to call special ses- sion of the legislature to amend the bone dry law.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

Capt. Cabell Greenwood of Paris is very jubilant over his success in re- cruiting his local company for the Fourth Arkansas Regiment, 131 men having enlisted.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The mayor and council have order ed a census taken at Cotton Plant. It is expected that there will be sufl- cient population to place the city in the second class.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

During a severe wind storm near Marked Tree John Henderson was killed. He was at the home of Henry tore down the Sisk house and a heavy log fell across Henderson, killing him Instantly.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01
Quota of Each State.

Each state has been assigned a quota, based upon the population and industries. The quota is as follows:
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The Conway troop of Boy Scouts. under the leadership of Professor J. w. James, will cultivate the vacant lots in the city again this year.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-01

The right of insurance companies to do business in Arkansas will be revok- ed If agents persist in the practice of offering rebates on the first premium paid This ruling was made by Bruce T. Billion, state insurance commission CT, who says that the practice of of fering rebates is discrimination and therefore unlawful.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
FRESH AND ROTTED MANURE

There seems TO be a difference Of
opinion as to the value and use of
fresh and well rotted manure. Almost
all authors on gardening recommend
the use of "well-rotted" manure for all
plants.
That well rotted manure is the
safest and best for immediate results
in general farm and garden practice,
is admitted.
But large quantities Of this fer
tilzer is difficult to secure at all times.
Besides, manure which has rotted in
heaps, unless properly handled. has
lost q larSe share of its best fertiliz-
ing properties. The greatest obiec-
tion to the use of fresh manure for
immediate plant growth Is that 1t
burns the crop unless the growing sea
son is very wet.
This, TOO, it Will be admitted is the
usual case; yet the bad effects from
the use of fresh manure arise from i'm
proper methods of applying the ma
nure and the working of the soil after
the application.
Fresh manure may or may not heat
in the soil and injure plants, accord
ing to the way it is worked into the
soil. Fresh manure. of course, under
goes decomposition and produces heat
in the process; and the more of it
there is In one place, the more heat
there will be given off
Then to overcome the bad effects
of the heat to the growing plants fresh
manure should be well scattered and
well mixed with the soil SO that no
large amount will remain in any one
place.
The soil should be deeply narrowed
and disked, or both. so that all the
manure IS thoroughly incorporated
with the soil particles, leaving a uni
form mixture. Then the decompOsi-
ton will be slow, hence less amount
of heat evolved.
This thorough working or mixing of
the soil will also prove beneficial IL
many other ways, as every farmer and
gardener knows.
The soil in good working condition
for any crop of plants cannot well be
worked and mixed too much. This is
especially true when manure of any
kind Is used.
Fresh manure Is strong, and it's
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
prepared by the United States Depart
tnent of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrlculture)
Many small reservoirs have been
built in the grazing districts of the
West to furnish water for range stock
and household purposes, the irrigation
of land from such supplies being of
secondary importance. These are dis
cussed in this article.
In the Great Plains area and more
particularly in the eastern portions Of
Wyoming and Montana and the west
ern portions of the DakotaS, there Is
little stream flow during the greater
part of the year and the well water
often is so impregnated with mineral
salts as to be unfit for drinking pur-
poses. On the other hand, the native
grasses are abundant and nutritious
but the cattle and sheep which Craze
thereon are not permitted TO feed be-
You'd easy reach of the nearest water
hole. Thus without the use of reser-
volrs or other means of providing wa
ter, the public range can be only par
TALLY utilized and too often the big
stock companies, in acquiring posses
sion of the land bordering springs and
streams, become the sole beneticiaries
of the use of such lands.
Water for Stock.
Other reservoirs of this class have
been built by transportation companies
In order TO provide water fer cattle
and sheep en- route from the range to
the nearest railway station.
The dams for reservoirs Of this type
are Of earth built for the most part in
the beds of streams. Before the en-
bankment is begun the surface of the
ground under the entire base of the
dam, az well as the borrow pit, is
stripped for depth of at least six
inches so as to get rid of all sod and
other light, porous material which
would prevent the earth in the dam
from settling in a solid and compact
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
WINTER THOUGHTS OF THE
GARDEN

Making your plans for next years
garden? Well, plan for beauty then
work for the plan.
Let your light shine in the back yard
that there shall be nothing hidden.
Have grass and shrubhery in the
back yard rather than rubbish
Some of the prettiest things in the
way of plants. vines and shrubs should
be in sight of the kitchen window
Hardy analeas are among the most
brilliant, hardy shrubs
All the spireas, herbaceous or shrub.
are beautiful and hardy.
Let your kitchen window he a pic
ture frame. Let the picture framed be
green things growing.
Let the green things be something
beside burdock, gimpson weeds and
cookie burrs.
Plan to screen the ugly views from
the back door. Vines will do ii.
Get a root of the trumpet-creeper
from the woods, and plant II In the
back yard.
Get a strong stake beside It, and
keep the vine cut back until the shrub
habit is formed. 1t is beautiful
The trumpet-creeper will not spread
uni'ss you cut Its roots. When you
do Sou won't have to import any more.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10

strength consists of valuable com
pounds for plant growth that have not
been dissipated through decomposi-
ton.
In the soil. these plant foods are alb
sorbed and held for plant growth; out
Of the soil, most of them are carried
away by the air and wasted.
The litter in ordinary stable manure
has absorbed much liquid product, and
this litter well mixed with the soil
will give up these fertillzlng com
pounds. and the litter itself will en-
nance the chemical and physical con-
dltion of the soil.
The improving of the physical con-
dltion of the soil is of as much value
as adding chemical fertilizers, for soil
In a good physical state gives up its
plant food readily and makes com
Portable home for the roots and plants.
1t is held by many that fresh ma
nure, of any kind or quality In the soil
during a dry season Is a detriment.
We have not found by repeated expert
ments that this is true.
For several seasons we have ap-
piled fresh manure to the surface soil
Of the garden crops and corn till late
In the summer. working the manure
into the surface soil with each cult
Walton
With corn the manure wagon was
driven down rows In the same manner
as the two-horse cultvator goes, and
the manure applied heavily between
rows.
The good effects were apparent aft
or each rain when the soluble portions
were carried into the soil and taken up
by the roots of the growing crop.
When this manure was cultivated
into and with the surface soil 1t acted
as mulch. increasing the moisture
holding capacity of the soil and dur
ing very wet periods 1t retarded wash
ing, decomposed rapidly without detri-
mental heating results, and promoted
rapid plant growth.
We should use all the well rotted
manure that can be secured for the
garden, but the garden should not be
without manure when only fresh is
available. OF course when fresh ma
nure is used on the garden or truck
patch the cultivation should be done
with horse tools so that the soil may
be worked and mixed deeply to thor
oughly incorporate all fertilizers In
the soil
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
Meet Trouble.

Rise above small things. The wom-
an who lets small things worry her
will be completely undone the first
time she meets with really big prob
lem. 1t is dlsintegratlng to your men
tai and nervous condition, not to men
ton your physical condition, to worry.
You needn't be resigned to fate nor
slip your troubles off as the old friend
ducks back throws water. But you
can meet troubles with will to con-
quer them or adjust them-and, after
that they should worry" but not you.
Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
FACTORS IMPORTANT
IN FIXING PROFITS
Size, Diversity and Productive
ness Are Essential to Sue
CeSSfuI Farm Business.

The factors most important in de-
termlnlng the profits in farming are
size, diversity, and productivity of the
business. according to W. E. Grimes,
assistant professor OF farm manage
ment in the Kansas State Agricultural
college.
"Of these factors, the one which
confronts farmers Is diversity OF bust
ness" said Mr.. Grimes. TOO many
farmers derive the greater part Of
their income from one enterprise,
which if it fails leaves them without
resources.
Seasons vary while the require
ments of different crops are constant.
Seasons which are unfavOrable for one
crop are often favorable for another.
The farmer who is following DIVERSE
fled farming methods usually has
good yield of some crop.
Another difficulty of Importance
to the farmer who grows only one
crop is that he has an abundance of
work during rush seasons and has lit
tie u 10 Ut OlueT LlmeS. OHueT pres
ent conditions labor is scarce. Often
by growing a combination of crops he
can distribute his labor throughout the
summer season.
SIN the wheat growing sections
farmers should plant part of their
ground to crops for feed and keep suf-
ticlent live stock to utilize them. Live
stock furnish work throughout the
winter and often enable the farmer
to hire farm hand for the year.
"Feed crops usually do not conflict
seriously with wheat harvests and
distribute farm labor throughout the
summer season more uniformly. They
will yield a profit when fed to live
stock. Roughage which Is of little
value otherwise may also be fed. Keep
ing live stock Is the most economical
method of maintaining the fertility OF
the soil and only practical meth
cd for nearly all sections of the state.
Better diversity in business Of the
average farmer will increase the
profits, establish farming on safer
business basis and enable the farmer
to safeguard against the danger OF
complete failure In any year and aid
In overcoming the present scarcity OF
labor"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10

on the woman's liberty loan committee.
and to carry the lessons of the Liberty
loan and of the war savings certiti-
Gates TO the women In the fur West.
"Out In California we are 80 far
away from the center Of things that
many of the remote communities know
the thrift campaign of the Liberty loan
only ns n name. The duty of our WON
en-, ns | see II, Is not only to conserve
In large way but to save the small
amounts which the people of the West
are apt to overlook.
1--WE are only beginning to use cop
pers in San Francisco" said Mrs. Bald
win, and they are still only used In a
few Of the shops In California the
copper cent has been regarded hereto
fore as too Inconsidernble n trihc 10 be
given my consideration, The war and
It's emergency measures, such as the
war savings certificates and the thrift
stamps. will change the Californinn's
attitude toward the modest penny.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
RATlONlNG IS SYSTEM URGED
British Workingmen Demand Better
Distribution Methods for Food
Supplies.

London. Resolutions calling on the
government TO Introduce system OF
rationing and asserting that n grave
crisis is approaching in many of the
working class districts were adopted
hy the Workers National committee.
which includes representatives of most
" the large trades unions. Robert
Smith. president of the Miners Fed.
Grafton, Is chairman of the committee.
The resolutions shy that In some
working class districts women are com
PEELED 10 wait in front Of shops and oft.
en- are unable TO obtain ten. sugar,
milk butter, bacon or margarine A
bad system OF distribution Is said to be
largely responsible for this state Of
affairs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
SMUGGLING ON SWISS BORDER
Party OF Fifty Germans Attend Mask
ed Ball TO Obtain Con-
traband.

Berne.- Smuggling of foodStuffs in
TO Germany Is still practlced in Inpe-
NOUS and unexpected ways. The 9TH
or night party Of about fifty persons
crossed the frontier TO take part in a
masked ball IA little Swiss town.
Toward midnight they returned in au-
tomohiles which were warned 10 stop
AZ the frontier,
No notice being taken of the warn
Ing the sentinels fired and brought the
ears Ia standstill The OCCUPANTS.
most Of whom were discovered 10 he
German soldiers, succeeded In making
their escape, but the cars. In which
were hidden large quantities Of SOAP
chocolate, butter, leather and fats
were seized by the authorities.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10

living playwright Of great and talent
cd people is now acknowledged Its
greatest living warrior Of the air.
Fifty-three years seems an appropri-
nte age at which 70 attain distinction
I'm literature or art, but the greatest
flyers of other nations are men in their
twenties. Mature age Is supposed to
have unSteadied the nerves and so
cooled the enthusiasm as 10 unfit n
man, in n large measure, for brilliant
work above the clouds. D'Annunzio
has diSproved this theory.
In addition to his triumphs ms an
euthor and aviator. D'Annunzio has
shown marked ability as politician.
The career Of this remarkable man
began In his fifteenth year. While he
was studying at Prndo he published a
volume of poems In which he display
ed such marked ability that he attract
cd the attention of literary critics
throughout Europe.
II is upon the "spcynesS" Of his
themes that D'Annunzlos enemies base
their most severe criticisms, but the
esteem In which he IL held by the Ital-
ian public was shown wildly in the I'M
certain days of 1918. AT this time
GIoltti the Italian ex-premler, was the
lender of the pro-German element in
Italy.
Al critical time Giolitii visited
Rome and attempted n coup which
would have committed the nation to
activr participation In the war on be-
half Of the nations with which she Is
now locked in IA life and death strug.
gle. D'AnnunzIo's voice, which was
the real voice Of ltnly wns raised
against such q move and So stirred
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
BUILDING cossLEsToNE WALL OF RESERVOIR.

water from the reservoir is pumped.
The reservoir is IA by IS feet in area,
I feet deep and has removable cover
in order that the silt may be cleaned
out periodically. The walls are inches
thick throughout and the bottom 3
inches thick. The tank has capacity
of $3.50 gallons and this quantity of
water serves 100 head of cattle and
also provides for all domestic uses for
a period of three days. A wooden der
rick supports the tank at an elevation
of 81 feet above the ground and pipes
of black iron IL inches in diameter
distribute the water contained in the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10

prank Cooper, chief of the Informa-
uon bureau of the office of the district
attorney of New York, received word
that through the death of his elder
brother, Sir Horace Cooper, he sue
ceeds not only to the English bar
onetcy of his brother, but also to the
family estate in England appraised Mt
half a million dollars. Sir Horace's
only son. who would have become the
baron was killed in the battle of the
Somme. A full-Aedged citizen, he will
not. he declares. exchange that citizen
ship for the title Mr.. Cooper or
Lord Cooper, Is a nephew Of the first
Lady Dufferin. and younger brother
Mai. Charles Cooper Is now governor
of the Western Soldiers home, near
London Mr. Cooper since becoming
an American. has been a newspaper
man and an actor.