The Springdale news., 1918-01-18

must follow the orgy of destruction that has cursed the world
 The old order is passing, and there are many things familiar before the war that will have become only his toric on that glad day when peace is declared among all nations, and the curse of Prussian militarism shall be wiped from the face of the tortured earth.
 Arkansas is experiencing the most ! severe winter since 1899, according to the records of the Weather Bureau.
 Add to this the discomfort ir many localities of q fuel shortage that is un- usual, aad the conditions are not con- aueive to pleasureable memories.
 There was eight inches of snow on Jan II, and that night the tempera- ture fell to eight degrees below zero the lowest on record at the Little Rock office Is F below on February F, 1899
 Jan r, 1907, there vas 14 inches of snow, but 1t was not so cold. The normal snowfall for the season in Arkansas is only 5s7 inches, and many winters pass with scarcely any at all.
 For the first time since the oldest residents could remember the street railway system was tied up for three or four days lee had formed on the tracks, sleet having preceded the snow, and snow blows and road serapers could make no impression upon 1t.
 The second day 2 part of Markham and Main streets was opened but the rest of the city walked-and every body wished and longed for the street cars to come back. even if they were crowded bit in rush hours, and got of their schedules occasionally.
 Business was demoralzed Schools were closed. Many stores were clos cd early, if opened at all. Churches remained closed on Sunday, or had on ly one service. Automobiles wheczed along deserted streets or stuck up in snow-drifts. Office forces shivered around disappearing-gas stoves in downtown offices, and then trudged home through. the snow to shiver. Ev erything seemed to bear out the plaint of the pessimist that the world was out of joint anyhow.
 After the stoppage of the street ears, and the freezing of water-mains service pipes with plumbers to fix them, the fuel shortage was the most serious thing.
 A majority of the people of Little Rock depend on natural gas from Louisiana for heating and cooking, and in a season like this the pressure is too low to supply the greatly in creased demands, even with the indus trials shut off.
 The gas company has been advising the people to put in an emergency supply of other fuel, but few of them did so, and, anyway, coal and wood are about as difficult to get as gas, and the prices are beyond the reach of the poor man.
 What is the answer?
 There has been much suffering among the poor people of the city who have been unable to secure fuel Many have actually been forced to go to bed to keep warm.
 The people are not prepared for such weather.
 Arkansas is one of the greatest coal and timber states of the Union, and there is enough wood rotting within five miles of the city to supply all the fuel needed for everybody.
 Bat there is nobody to cut it, and no way to deliver it.
 So in the midst of plenty ee suf- fer, and take out cur spite on the gas company, the water company. the coal dealers, the street railway, the city administration, and the Kaiser.
 Has the individual himself any part of the blame to bear?
 We wonder.
 WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE.