The Springdale news., 1918-12-20
STATE NEWS ITEMS
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 li's :"n of the General Assembly will ses,,s sssne on Monday, January lS' 1t '';n sG he an important session. since It wir II, haye to deal with many recon Nii ..a, nroblems. It promises to s'' hard working body, and to get to bpsiness in short order. h. ao". ,.ot;o,s are that the Senate will be nletelv organized the first day, 'O I ;t is not likely that more than sma a,,o days will be required for the or rorization of the House
 When the Arkansas National Guard
 .. started again, and that is to be Tisbt away, it will probably have put '..o effeet a new system of drills .hot wil be distinct novelty. It sas M been devised by Col. Bernard Iontz, of the General Staff, and has hoar demonstrated successfully in the .sorlar Army. Il will be recom- n,a,ed for the National Guard of this state by Adjutant-General England I, anplies an entirely new method of teaching the principles of close order drill and develops the individuality of the men. It is described as CO., ordination of mind and body and bringing into use the sense of hear ing as an aid ia teaching the drill. It simply provides that the instructor or captain tells the company what is to he done, and the men in the ranks give and execute the commands in unison. Each man is thereby made to feel that he is part of big team, everyone sharing equally the respon sibility for the proper execution of the drill movements. When the cap tain gives the commands, as in the present system which has prevailed since the beginning of time, the cap tain alone is the leader, and the men are only automata
 The "bone- head" that was pulled" by a lot of Election Commissioners in about thirty-nine counties of the state in the general election in Nov ember. whereby those counties were deprived of the 3-mill road tax for the next two years, should not be permitted to recur.
 Ha hn thinks there may be some way around it, but that IS not the question. Even granting that there is remedy for it, which is not at all certain, 1t is not business like way of doing business
 The act to permit counties to vote the 3-mill road tax has been on the statute books just twenty years. and it has been constantly growing in favor When once voted by q county, 1t seldom repudiates it. But it has to be voted in each county every two years. And the Attorney gen eral rules that it has to be certified out and printed on the ballots by the Commissioners every time. Just writing it on the ballot is not suf- ficent.
 Just why 1t was left off the ballot in the thirty-nine counties will have to be answered by the Commissioners of each county Just forgot it." is probably the answer of majority of them.
 It will be recommended to the ap- preaching Legislature that something be done so that they will not for get It hereafter. It may be made mandatory upon the Commissioners to certify out the Road-tax. Another suggestion will be that the 3-mill road tax be levied in each county, annually, as other taxes are levied, without havng to submit it to vote every time.
 frobably the greatest era of road building the United States has ever known IS just ahead of us. and Ark snsas will not be remiss in the part We are to play.
 The development of the automobile .ruek IS having a great influence on highway construction.
 U. T. Denmark, of Louisville. Ky, in m letter to Edward N. Hurley, ehairman of the U. S. Shipping Board "ho IS interesting himself in the prob lem of transportation facilities for farmers, says:
 In your idea and plans you want 'o reach every farmer having food s'uii to market, every individual hav- ing ground to raise food-stuff on. sheh don't forget Arkansas. You nave only to turn to your own re- ,o'oS to know what Arkansas has aohe. What We need now 10 know ID what to raise and after we have '"'Sed It We want transportation.