The courier-index., 1919-09-05

! AS RiSo h8SC pOCH .lOuilu with fish, which must soon perish if left there. The Commission has a force of men at work rescuing the fish. The bass and other game fish are transported in great quaniti- es to streams and other bodies of water elsewhere in the state, which are being stocked with them. The cat and similar fish are put back into the adjacent rivers. In this manner many thousands of fish are rescued and are being placed where they are most needed.
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 1 There is a notable increase in the demand for Arkansas securi- ties of all kinds. Millions of dol lars are coming into the state on highway, drainage and levee pro- jects, and this tide has only com menced to set toward the state. l A few years ago an offer of loans secured by Arkansas farms would not have found many takers in Eastern or Northern financial markets, but now it is different. The Arkansas farmer is. adopting better farming methods and is mak- ing more money than ever before. He is adopting a safer system of farming,-that is, he is not depend ing so much on one crop-and loans secured by farms that are operat- ed by good farmers are in demand.
 There are various agencies en- gagged in the promotion of better Agriculture, such as the University, the four agricultural schools, the State Department of Agriculture, the Profitable Farming Bureau, progressive implement houses, and business concerns generally. The extent of the cooperation with modern methods of production and these forces, and the adoption of marketing, will measure the pros perity of the state and the several communities.
 There is a mutuality of interest being established between the Ark ansas farmer and the Arkansas business man that is making for the betterment of all interests.
 One of the gratifying reforms that promises much good IS the movement for standardization of products in preparation for the market-friut, potatoes, melons, etc. Cotton continues staple, but Ark ansas has in the last few years made tremendous strides in becom- ing a diversified farming state. The Arkansas farmer is gradually find ing himself, and finding that he has greater resources than he had I imagined a few years ago when he was living too much unto himself. | ***s*
 Ira Hopper of Caddo Gap, recent | ly returned from service on the front line in France, and c. P. Newton, Speaker of the House of Representatives, are the only avowed candidates for Secretary of State, to succeed Tom J. Terral, who is a candidate for Governor. Mir. Newton announced last March that he would be in the race, and | is now making a still-hunt campaign. MT. Hopper, who was in the thick of the fighting at St. Mihiel and the Argonne, secured his discharge from the Army last week, announced definitely that he is in the race to stay.
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 ] Arkansas returning from Chicago, lNew York and some of the other larger Northern cities, agree that there is an evident purpose on the part of large element to discredit | the Prohibition movement. They say that there is no difficulty m securing liquor, except that it is not sold quite so openly as 1t used to be. and that it costs more.
 | This condition is recognized by the Prohibition press, which IS 1 seriously asking those questions:
 "Is the Prohibition act becoming a dead letter generally throughout the United States?
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