The Springdale news., 1918-10-25
sTATE NEWS ITEMS
nv Clio Harper
Oct 21-With the ex-

L''' e an occasional note OF as
eep''o .;on there is no opposition &c
sa'iSiA constitution, which is to be
the new .ss.a n the people on Dec. IA
s sui ths other hand there is ra aP ny
On 'ns s,u O, sentiment in favor OF It's
increasing ;ts terms and provisions
sacome better known ,,.oa comics
Inc -" .enort of the Committee on
with tf 'ns a l'5 submission, will be dis
Aaa,ss1 this week. As rapidly IDLY oa as
POSSIBLE the entire issue Of hro 1oH,oDt
poses. is to be scattered oroaaeas'
COPE. 80 state, and an itensive news
paper campaign is to De r .laus vii will,
SO '1a' .ongbly informed before he
De ~ the polls to cast his vote.
sV That the instrument is great I'M
Inv -, over the old Constitution,
p,1st was used as basis for the new
VIM. i admitted by all who have CIV
o VI !, ;, q careful and unprecedented study
" That it will be adopted is the opin-
- those who are in close touch
with public sentiment throughout
the state. -,
- Tbsre are half dozen radical de-
- rtures improvements over exslst-
mo conditions that have been demand
ed by the people that should alone be
enough to insure its ratification.
The Spanish influenza last week
claimed among its many victims os-
wald Ludwig, who had been in his
.,oy nrominent in the political and
journalistic affairs of the state. For
several years he had held clerical
nosition in the United States Senate,
and had gotten out of touch with the
conditions in the state he had served
for six years as Secretary of State.
"Lud" as he was Familiarity called
nv his intimates, was an uncompro-
missing Germaniphobe There was
no pacifist blood in his makeup. He
took a keen interest in the progress
Of the war. He was poet, gen
uine poet, one who wrote real poetry,
and not versifier. The day he was
stricken with the epidemic, eight days
before his death, he wrote poem,
the last he ever wrote. The final
stanza follows:
IN another month or two
Kaiser Bill
You will stir the DEVILS brew,
Kaiser Bill;
You can sit upon his throne
Ruling devils all your own.
You and Hindehburg all alone.
Kaiser Bill"
What is coming after the war?
1t is question that is being ask
ed already by many. and it has passed
the academic and entered upon the
practical
Whatever the future may hold, here
is one thing that is certain: The
Government has under consideration
some tremendous big plans that will
mean much for Arkansas, in the re-
clamation of the wet lands and the
constantly increasing acreage of cut
over lands
Federal engineers of the Reclaim
alton Service have already started an
investigation of available land in other
states, and Arkansas must do its part
IN assisting the Government in Sc
curing the necessary information here
Secretary Lane is personally inter
ested in this great enterprise which
VIII be as great, eonstructively as the
war has been destructively. 1t will
furnish employment for hundreds
OF thousands OF returning soldiers
as We'll as furnish them homes al
terms easily within reach of all
ihose who are working out the de.
tails see in the plan the possibility
oi the greatest constructive work
ever undertaken in The United States
America is talking in millions now
ana billions, and when it has beer
possible to secure billions for carry
ing on the World War, it will moi
DC SO difficult to secure millions fol
project to make every foot of Unit
ed States soil available for product
i've use.
mere are hundreds of thousands OF
acres OF land in Arkansas that cannot
now be utilized. In order that {
uelihite census may be taken of tn,
waste swamp and cut-over lands Of
tue state, D. c. Welty is acting fol
sAe Arkansas Profitable Farmin,
bureau and the Little Rock Board OF
commerce in the collection of data
Suesuonnaires are being sent owe
we state upon which are to be listet
si' areas of 5000 acres and over. will
ea'a IN as acurate form as possibl,
'eiative to condition, acreage, owner
sup and location of lands that can b,
available d, for home-making.
The following message from Sec
.'afy Lane was received in Littl,
- .O'A Monday, and the direct bearint
;. viii have upon Arkansas eondi
Tons is apparent:
:, The committee on Public Land
=. u me !. Senate has unanimously report
- N iaver of the bill appropriating
s. million dollars to make SURVEYS o
, farms for returning soldiers. In it
rep0lss the Committee says the pro
posed posed legislating is for providing a,
th pp0ftunity to procure homes TO