davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
COUNTY MONEY
FOR new Pixies
PULASKI LEVYING COURT Ap-
PRoPRlATES $4,000 FOR THE
CAMP PIKE AND PlCRON
HIGHWAYS.

The Pulaski Levying Court Tuesday
morning appropriated $4,000 to pay
the deficit on the Camp Pike road or
to be used to aid in the building OF
the picric acid plant road at the dis
erection of the county Judge.
Judge Miles told of the four propos-
ed routes and the distance of each.
The routes proposed are as follows
BY Seventeenth street and Frazier
pike, total length 284 miles; Seven
teenth street by Fourche Dam pike, to-
tai length $40 miles, Sixth street by
Frazier pike, 2.49 miles, and Sixth
street by Fourche Dam pike, 2G5
miles.
The estimated cost for the road is
$4,000. The cost of the proposed loop
will be $4,000. The financing of
the road will probably be secured by
the Highway Commission appropriate
ing $4,000, the War Department $25,
000 and the city of Little Rock $15,-
600. The funds appropriated by the
county will go to pay the deficit on
the Camp Pike road.
The debt on the pike road is $25,-
900, but the cost of carrying the debt
will be $4,000 year. 1t will be nee
essary for the banks of the city TO
carry the warrants for two years, un-
til the county can care for them.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
PULASKI HEIGHTS
FEDERAL LAND
BANK A JEWEL
PULASKI COUNTY FARMERS
HAVE AVAILED THEMSELVES
OF ITS OFFERINGS, BUT TO
A TOO SMALL EXTENT.

R. w. Porter, secretary and treasn-
fer OF the Mabelvale National Farm
Loan Association, is starting an ac-
tive campaign to arouse greater inter-
est of the farmers of Pulaski county
in the Federal Land Bank System. of
which his organization is the local
representative.
Mf. Porter points out that the gov
eminent has all the money the farm
ers of any section of the United
States need to produce their crops
improve their farms, or pay off mort
cages, and at rates much lower than
those offered by individuals or corpo.
rations. The Federal system of let
ting out money to the farmer is a
very interesting one, and one which
should be most attractive. The farm
er desiring assistance makes appIica-
ton to the Mabelvale company.
! through its treasurer, who is to be
found at 200 West Second street, Lit
tie Rock. Appraisers are then sent
to look over the farm and the per cent
OF its value that can be borrowed is
much higher than offered by individ-
uals or private corporations. The APP
plicant must pay for this inspection
Of his property, but this is all the
cost he is subjected to in the trans
action. He is required to pay no
brokerage, though he must take stock
in the association to which he ap-
plies for loan, to the extent of 5
per cent. This is an excellent invest
ment for him, however, for when the
loan is paid out, he receives a return
of this money, as well as his part of
the profits of the institution during
the years he has been a stakeholder
The interest on the loan is IL per
cent, and the borrower does not need
worry about the mortgage coming due
at any particular time. It runs on
indefinitely, the borrower paying a
small amount on the principal at each
semi-annual period, if he SO chooses.
Mortgages given in these transac-
lions are tax free and if interest rates
are reduced at the end of the war,
these rates are also reduced.
Mr.. Porter feels as though the far
mers of Pulaski county have a great
opportunity here, and if they take ad-
vantage of it their farms will be soon
increasing in value much more rapid
ly than they have in the past.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
.FIPMIN HAS HARD
TIME LANDING PROJECT

George Firmin, secretary of the
Board of Commerce and Pulaski
Heights citizen, is expected to leave
Washington Friday night for Little
Rock, after having closed the contract
that will cause the erection of a half
million dollar warehouse for the avia-
ton service in East Little Rock Mr..
Firmin left here over three weeks
ago to be gone less than a week 1t
was Supposed at the time that the
project was settled and all that was
required was confirmation. There
then arose a question over the puT-
chase price of the land desired, and
this delayed the closing Of the deal
This has been temporarily settled by
a number of Little Rock merchants
guaranteeing the government that it
would get the land at its price.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FAMILY REUNION HELD AT
HOME OF MRS. W. D. BASS

There has been quite an interesting
reunion at the home of Mrs. w. d.
Bass during the past week. Her aunt,
Mrs. Mike Schrudder, Mr.. Schrudder
and ten children, who reside in Logan
county, made the trip to Little Rock
in four Ford cars. One of the sons
of the Schrudder family is at Camp
Pike, and a considerable OF the time
was spent in his company. This was
the first time Mrs. Bass has seen her
aunt in 40 years. The Schrudder fam
lily departed for their home Friday
morning.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12

Idle Land Shows Where You Stand.
There is too much idle land in Ark
ansas. Plant something right away
Soy beans and peanuts will be very
profitable if plant now. Sorghum
will do fine and provide plenty of
forage. The amber sorghums will ma
ture in ninety days. Broadcasted they
may be sown with cowpeas which
will make good hay or silage. Drilled
in rows three feet apart and cultivat-
ed, the yield will undoubtedly be
greater.
Must Save Home Grown Seed of
All Kinds.
Save plenty of seed oats and wheat,
Varieties that have made good in
your locality are to be preferred TO
seed from a distance of unknown
qualities It is also not only extrava-
CANT but. dangerous to buy and bring
in seed every year, It has been re-
ported by a number of county agents
that 80 per ,cent of the seed oats
brought into the state last spring had
Johnson grass seed in it. kept out
the weeds and save money by saving
your own seed from wheat, oats, rye,
corn, clover, alfalfa and vegetables.
Plant Fall Potatoes.
Arkansas needs a crop of Irish po-
tatoes for next winters home use
and one that will keep for the best
prices. Fall potatoes should be plant
ed July Is to August 1. Two or three
weeks before planting seed potatoes
should be put in a sen1i-shady place
piled not more than four inches deep,
covered with old straw and leaves
and kept moist until they begin TO
sprout. AS soon as sprouts are one1
fourth of an inch long, plant LITTLE
deeper than is required for the esEly
crop and cover as soon as possible to
avoid damage from the hot sun.
Not Late To Cultivate Corn and
Cotton.
Cultivate corn shallow until it be-
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
PRESERVE EGGS FOR WINTER
USE.

According to Miss Minnie t. Allen,
County Home Demonstration Agenr,
now is the time to preserve eggs for
winter use. During the spring and
summer months the hens of the coun-
try lay about fifty per cent of the 20
tai production for the entire year. At
this season of greatest supply prices
are very low. By storing these eggs
in water glass solution, which can be
bought at any drug store, eggs may
be kept though the entire summer
season and sold in the winter when
the market is high. In 1917 eggs
sold during the summer season, when
very plentiful for as low as 20 cents,
While in the winter they sold as high
as so cents per dozen. So if you
have not already started begin now
to preserve your eggs in water glass
solution to be sold in the winter
months when best prices prevail. The
preservation Of eggs is no longer an
experiment or new practice. For
many years they have been preserved
in such materials as bran, oats, sand
and in salt, but the water glass meth
cd has proved most satisfactory and
full directions may be had by writing
Miss Minnie Allen, Old Court House,
CITY. or Mr.. H. B. Landson, Poultry
Specialist, Old State House, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Eat More Cottage Cheese, Sell
the Milk.
Hundreds of Arkansas farmers are
either wasting their milk or feeding
If to animals. The specialists of the
Extension Division, University OF Ar
kansas are conducting a campaign
and urging our people to eat more
cottage cheese, and Miss Allen IS es-
pecially urging all the women IN Pu-
laski county to use more OF the
cheese dishes in their homes. She IS
conducting cottage cheese recipe den
onstrations in all of the ladies clubs
over the county and all the women
and girls who have not been attend
ino these meetings should ayall
themselves of the opportunity OF
learning how to prepare t he new
diets. which at this time becomes Q
necessary war measure in every NOME
both city and urban. You can an
dress Miss Allen, Old Court House
little Rock, Ark, and she will gladly
send you any literature on cookery
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FARMERS ARE PROGRESSIVE.

Dr.. ]. T, Rocker, of Little Rock,
representing the Nitre A Germ Sales
Company, of Savannah, Ga, reports
business beyond his expectations. He
says that 95 per cent of the farmers
that he calls upon buy incubation for
some kind of legume, such as the COW
pea, crimson clover, alfalfa, vetch,
soy beans, etc. He predicts that some
farmers viii next year try to raise
more hay and less hell.-Cabot Guard.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FAILED TO DIP CATTLE.

John Lee, farmer, of Brushy Is
land, north of Little Rock, was fined
81 0and costs in each of the 10 cases
against him by Judge Woodruff. Lee
was arrested by members of the
sheriff's department. He was charg-
ed with having failed to dip his cat
tie. The cases were appealed.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
WAR TIME MENU.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Barnwell, of
Cabot, celebrated their eighteenth
Wedding anniversary June %. The
dinner conformed strictly to wartime
regulations with exception of one
item on the bill of fare, which was a
glass jar of blackberry jelly which the
late Mrs. Sallie Gingles presented to
him on his wedding day eighteen
years ago. The jelly was in perfect
state of preservation and of delicious
flavor.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FROM A FRIEND IN FLORIDA.

Dear PulaSklan:
/ have not forgotten you all and it
has been long time since I wrote to
The Pulaskian, but we find SO many
things to do here You can have y
garden here the year around. We will
plant our garden in a month or six
weeks now and have things to eat all
winter such as radishes, greens, let
tuce, onions and beets. Our water
melons are just about gone now. We
have peaches here, but you know that
in some parts of Florida they can't
have them, for they just bloom all
the time and don't have any fruit.
was down pn the east coast six
months. They have cocoanut, lines,
grapefruit and guavas. We have here
oranges 9ehey are fine, SO sweet, not
like any ever saw before. They did
not have many last year, but there
will be big crop this year, oranges
and grapefruit Florida is land Of
lakes. Little bodies of water are scat
tered all over the commonwealth from.
one boundary to another 1t has been
estimated that there are at least thir-
ty thousand of them. These vary in
size from Lake Okeechobe, to the pic
turesque little lakelet with less than
q hundred square feet of surface.
None of them are stagnant, but all are
filled with waters fresh, clear and
wholesome, even though there is no
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
Two in One Family.

Mrs. Sarah Emma Nicely, aged SO,
and her grandson, William Allen Nee
ly, aged five, died Wednesday morn
ing three hours apart. Mrs. Nicely
died at $3.50 at her home, HOG Deni-
son street, and her grandson at 1880
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Nicely, IT'S West Twelfth
street. The interment was in Cabot
Cemetery.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
OPENS NEW eRIsT MILL.

Heber H. Holland announced that
he has established a grist mill
eight miles south of Little Rock at
Cypress Junction, near the Mabelyaie
pike. for the benefit of all who want
to follow the old custom of going to
mill with their own grain.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
ON HIS WAY TO FRANCE.

Mrs A. T. Martin, who resides on
Route No. 3, has received letter
from her son, Private Joe Martin,
written on his way lover there" He
was in good health and expected to
reach port in about two days.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
visible outlet.

visible Quiet.
There are a number of springs in
Florida which are claimed to be the
real springs searched for by Ponce de
Lean. One of the most marvellous of
all the springs is the Silver Spring
near Ocala. The deepest place is
eighty-five feet beneath the surface.
The water is so transparent that the
smallest object is plainly visible in its
lowest depths Fish and turtles on
the bottom can be seen just as plainly
air. A fish near the bottom will cast
a shadow when the sun is shining and
you see all colors like the rainbow
I never saw anything so beautiful.
The boys, Frank and Charlie, and
l went to Ocklawaha river and spent
a week camping We had some of
the finest trout / ever ate and one
morning while we were fishing We
heard alligators hollering, about five
of them at time My, but they made
some fuss. We all like Florida fine
There are such pretty places here, big
live oak trees here with moss hang
ing all over them On each side of
the road never forget you all and
will write again soon. Mr., Cotton
and I are going to take a trip in the
car to Tampa, Fla, about $50 miles
from here. Will tell you all about it
soon. With best wishes to you all,
Mrs. W. J. Cotton.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
BOYS, CLUB OUTING.

The Little Rock Boys Club cele-
brated July in the woods near Pin
nacle Mountain, where they were
taken in cars by the Gunnels-Riley
Motor Company Three large ma
chimes were used to transport the
boys.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
WANTS TO BE AN AMERICAN.

Heinrich Wilhelm Gassdorf a ma
chinist of Levy, filed a petition for
naturalization with the United States
district clerk. He came to this coun-
try from Bremen, Germany, in 1912.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FIND DEPOSITS OF PYRITEs.

A deposit of pyrites, mineral used
in making suIphuric acid, the base of
picric acid, has been found on the
Levi Storhz property near Benton.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
OUTING AT SPRING LAKE.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roth and
son, Mr. and Mrs. A. BrizZolara, ST.,
Mr.. and Mrs A. Brizzolara, ia, and
son, and few friends, enjoyed all
outing at Spring Lake on Monday
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
RaIbina Rarnarzek.

Balbina Barnarzek, aged 6, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barnarzek, died
Sunday at the home of his parents in
Marche.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
DEATHS
Jake Newman.

Jake Newman died Sunday at the
home of his daughter in Little Rock
and the remains were taken to Marche
Cemtery for interment.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
FARMING HINTS FROM THE COUNTY AGENTS

gins to tassel if it has been well work
ed and is clean. 1t will probably no.
pay later than this except where peas
or beans have been drilled in be-
tween corn rows when light cultiva-
ton may help these crops greatly
without serious injury to the corn if
care is taken. Cotton can, in the ex-
perence of a number of our best Ar
kansas farmers, be cultivated with
profit until the cotton begins to open
if there are no weeyil. This is bas-
ed on the fact that where there are
no weevil cotton will keep on making
bolls until frost comes.
The Pulaskian., 1918-07-12
dipping Cattle a War Measure"
Says Hoover.

Dipping cattle is a necessary pa
triotic duty which must be pushed
during the war because clean cattle
thrive best, grow larger, and put on
more meat in the shortest length of
time and with the least amount Of
feed per pound of gain. Anyone re-
fusing to dip his cattle must be count
ed an unpatriotic citizen, according
to a recent communication received
from Mr.. Hoover by the State Food
Administrator and the State Veteri-
marian.
Build a Storage House.
eft is time for us to consider the
buildingtof that sweet potato storage
house now" says J. S. Knox, Horti-
cultErist with the Extension Division
of the University of Arkansas. do
not let another winter put your sweet
potato crop in the rubbish heap A
house of 500 to 1000 bushels capacity
can be built for $3.50 to $780, Plans
will probably be available within the
next few weeks.
Storage RIOTS of Sweet Potatoes
is the title of Bulletin No. LA Just
issued from the University of Arkan-
sas. Write for a copy to the Expert
ment Station, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
4 E f Iza g. +,

sometimes none at ALL This service is in
sociology, at 503 Kent Hall, Columbia Univer
sity.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the
President, who is we'll acquainted with the
problem of how the government can best be
'got over" to the people, who are a part of
it, is enthusiastic in support of this plan, and
has worked out system which should bring
it to it's fullest efficiency.
"The great city of New York." said Miss
Wilson recently, "can do it's full quota of war
work only if it takes the trouble to organize
carefully in systematic way that would OBJ
viate the present confusion, duplication and
competition in war work in this city. 1t seems
to me that here as we'll as elsewhere the cart
is being put before the horse; that there is
striving for certain definite material results
before the machinery for attaining the maxi
mum results has been created.
"Supposing that in each neighborhood of
New York City there organization
responsible for all the civic work in that
neighborhood, with subcommittee RESPONSE
BILE to it for each separate activity, would it
not be easier for the food administration or
any other governmental agency to get CO.
operation from the cltlZenS OF this city thus
organized than as they are now, divided into
thousands of small private organizations, each
perfectly responsible far as cooperation
with the rest Of the community is concerned,
but interested only in it's special little job?
"The only way l see for New York to or
ganize for work is to focus all civic work
in the school buildings. In each school building
there should be one organization in authority
and it should be open to every citizen residing
within the limits of the school districts.
"This organization should be responsible for
all the work being done in that school build
ing, and should be the only one having the
right to the use Of the building Of course,
this one organization would have many sub
committees and subdivisions, as have all other
organizations, but each subdivision must al
ways be responsible to the parent organize
ton and have only as much independence OF
action as is given by the parent body.
Zach neighborhood organization should
have one elected executive officer, and these
officers should be paid by the city, so that
they may be recognized as distinctly public
officers, with responsibility publicly fixed on
them 10 agents Of the people. There should
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
F)k EVt&Y DAY WILL BE WFEATIESS BYE AND BYT

they one and all settled down to the business
OF the hour, and for two weeks or more there
has been very little rest for the weary chef
Morning, noon and night these important per
sonages have sat in their spotless Offices cvoly-
ing recipes or stood at the long marble mix
ing board, or before the oven superintendinq
the mixing and baking of wheatless pastry or
cake or bread. Recipe after recipe has been
tested and the end is not yet
saw an interesting exhibition in the office
OF one of these chefs of the different kinds of
bread which have been baked in the kitchen
during the experimental stage. The first loaf
was Nsoggy and most unappetizing, so much so
that the chef laughingly remarked that he was
saving that for munition if the Gemans should
come to New York. But the loaves cot better
as they went on until the final product a well
raised loaf about the color of light graham
flour and fine in grain was reached.
1t is perfectly possible to make pastry or
cake without wheat flour. In point of fact a
number of the hotels have been making wheat
less pastry for long time and the patrons have
been none the wiser. If the pie crust is a
little darker in color, owing to use of rye
flour in place of wheat, this is laid to the
baking. Cream for filling eclairs and the like
has for long time been made of powdered
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

The Britisher substitutes fish for mutton In
his pie, and says, "There is a war on" and
lets 1t go at that. The Frenchman fakes his
famous pastry without the use of wheat and
shrugs his shoulders with the words, "C'esf
la guerre." Does America care more for
wheat bread than she does for Liberty?
Tricks in all trades! But at time like this
it would seem that even the trickiest would
forget his cunning and play fair, wouldn't it?
AS have said, the making of pastry and
cake without wheat flour has not been difficult,
nor has the substitution of corn or potato or
rice flour as thickening for gravies and meat
sauces been anything of problem, but when
it comes to the question of wheatless bread,
ah, there's the rub!
1t is all very we'll so far as breakfast muf-
fins and gems are concerned, all sorts of deli
cious varieties of these are made from corn
meal combined with another flour For in
stance, at the Waldorf four varieties of these
are served, each of which contains corn COM
bined in equal proportions with another flour
rice, buckwheat, barley or oathour.
Breakfast rolls are a little more difficult
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21


A with which wehave been threat
II k3Ell ened ever since the beginning of
the war; We have seen it and
tasted it and determined to cat it with a good
race when it became necessary for us to do
20. but we haven't looked forward to this diet
With any great degree of enthusiasm. And
now it appears that we needn't have worried
about it at all, for, thanks to the experiments
which are going on in the kitchen of every
hotel in the city, the problem of wheatlcss
bread will soon be solved and the result, it is
safe to predict; will be a far more palatable
snd appetizing loaf than the soggy black mass
which is being consumed by the populace of
England, France and Germany.
If we had thought about the matter we
should have realized that our war bread could
never have been the same as the European
variety for the very good reason that we
have at least one ingredient which the Euro
pean nations lacks and which will 20 far
toward making our war bread not only more
palatable, but far more attractive to look upon
this is cornmeal.
There are people-of Southern birth or ex-
traction most of them-who decline to look
upon the non-use Of wheat as hardship.
"What is all this here hullabaloo about, any
vay?" queried the manager of one of the
great hotels in his drawing Southern accent
1Isn't there plenty of cornmeal in the world?
] jes CANT understand what the fuss is all
about!
But we weren't all brought up on corn
meal diet, and while corn mullins, corn pone
or Johnny cake are very delicious, there comes
time when we sigh for slice Of real ''riz"
bread, and it is absolutely impossible to mako
such bread of cornmeal alone.
At the recent convention of hotel men held
IN Washington the subject Of wheat conserva-
ton was brought up by Mr.. Hoover and those
present pledged themselves to allow no wheat
used in their hotels after the 18th of April
Can you imagine what tempests there were
amongst the teapots in the hotel kitchens
throughout the city when this news arrived?
Can you see those temperamental gentlemen,
all in white, who preside over these domains,
throwing up their hands, struggling their
shoulders and helplessly murmuring, "Mon
Dieu! Mon Dieu!" Wheatless days and meat
less days and porkless days, shortage of butter
and fats, and dearth of white sugar, all
these were minor hardships which sank into
nsignifeance in comparison with this latest
coup. But after the first few hectic moments
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

until he has done his best to help to conserve
the wheat for the armies over there?
do you think that would use one grain
OF wheat when L. know that our soldiers need
it," said M. dat, head chef of the Ritz Carl
ton. II am grateful that there is something
that l can do for the army For long time
now every day has been 'wheatless day at the
Ritz-Carlton, and there is no camoufage about
it, either. To-day" he continued, 81 went to
restaurant and ordered wheatless rolls.
This is what received" and he broke open
long, narrow breakfast roll. ssYou see," he
said, "thc color is like rye. but it is not rye,
it is wheat roll with little molasses put in
to darkcn ia camouflagc roll, is it not?"