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The Little River news., 1919-08-06

1 were based upon pre-war prices, an
 Jhe districts are limited to the funds that can be raised upon bonds that are
 now insufficient. This complicates the difficulties of the commissioners 1 whose desire is to secure the best pos
 sible results for the peoples money 1 This is the condition that has caused
 delay in several instances, and is the source of increasing perplexity.
 The State Highway Department has
 under advisement several plans to meet the emergency, that it may take the necessary steps to cope with the situation. Our engineers arc investi- gating the question thoroughly and comparing prices here with prices in adjacent states to ascertain how much of the advance in prices is justified. It is reported that the contractors have formed an organization, and while it is said they have not organiz- ed to raise prices, this remains to be seen. A comparison of prices in Ark ansas and those in other states, before, during and since the war, will throw much light on the causes, and if it is possible, the Highway Department is anxious to adopt some plan that will ameliorate conditions, and secure maximum of construction for every dollar paid by the people in taxes.
 There has never been such an era of road building as that now in pro- gress. For every dollar expended in the improvement of transportation facilities, the farmer and the man who has anything to sell will receive divi- dend many times in excess. It is an investment for more certain than can be made in stock development con- cerns, for it is a permanent invest ment in a constructive program of community building. Arkansas has caught the step and nothing must be permitted to intervene It is the pur- pose and the mission of the Highway Department to secure the highest eff ficiency and assure the taxpayer of 100 per cent return on his money. Further important announcements will be made later"
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION BENEFITS EVERYONE
Highway Commissioner Says Material Is High, But That Now it she
 Time to Build Roads.
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock, Aug. 5.-W. B. Owen Commissioner of State Lands, High ways and Improvements has authoriz- ed the following statement that vitally concerns every county in the state:
 "The State Highway department is making a careful and comprehensive investigation of the cause and extent of increased cost of highway con- struction. It is a matter of vital i'm portance to the good roads program at this time. The Department and the Commissioners are continually con- fronted by it, and it Is important that the facts be known.
 "It is fact admitted by everyone that all elements entering into the cost of construction have been increas- ter the signing of the armistice, due to the uncertainty of puDfic work in the readjustment following the war. Then the legislature, responsive to a gen eral demand for highway construction, passed special laws providing for ap- proximately 5000 miles of improved roads. This gave a great impetus to road building, and the prices of all labor and material immediately began an upward trend which still continues.
 There are several elements that en- ter into the problem-labor, material and freight rates principally. The tendancy has been toward an increase in the price of all these things, and the advance during the last few months, as reflected in the bids on file in this office from the contractors. has more than exceeded the decline due to the war when all public work was subordinated to military necessity.
 Another feature that is making the situation more complex is the fact that bonds in a majority of the district
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
ACCUSED OF S26,7OO THEFT
Held at Blevins fir Robbery and Breaks
 Jail at Washington.

Blevins, Aug. Word was receiv- ed here over the telephone early this morning from Sheriff R. L. Keel at Washington that Dan Smith, who is charged with having robbed the store of H. M. Stephens of this place and the Blevins posstoffice of $26,70O in Liber- ty bonds, money and notes, on the night of April las., had escaped from the county jail there during the night. He sawed the bars from a window in the second floor and loweT- ed himself to the ground with rope made of clothing.
 Officers and detectives in Arkansas towns and neighboring states fmme- diately were notified. 1t is believed Smith will head north, as he said his home is in that section.
 Smith was at large about two weeks aftel the robbery of the store an1 postoffice on April z. He was arrest ed and placed in a small cell in the isil He later acknowledged his guilt and revealed the whole case, which later brought about the conviction of q pawnbroker at St. Louis on a charge of smuggling part of the Liberty bonds for Smith.
 It is said that Smiths confession gained the confidence of his prosecu = tors and the officers, who permitted him more freedom about the jaii, awaiting his trial on charges of burg lary and grand larceny, pending before the October term of Hampstead coun ty court.
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
WILDWOOD NEWS.

Millwood, Rug. 1.-(SpeciaD- D-Mrs Bell Baker of Red Bluff has gone to Hope to spend few weeks with her brother, John Wheat.
 We are glad to announce the return of Naldie Joyce, who has been in France for some time.
 MT and Mrs. J. R. Fomby of Red Bluff are the proud parents of boy
 MT. and Mrs. Dudley of Millwood gave birthday party in honor of their brother, Callie Baker, it being his 22nd birthday.
 A large party of young folks attend ed the moonlight party at MT. Joyce's Tuesday night. It was in honor of his son, who had returned from France.
 We are sorry to announce that the children of John Machens are very sick with hopping cough.
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
.acO MUST BE RID OF PRESIDENT cARRANzA
0mHy Solution of Problem William Gates Tells House Committee
 Is to Get Rid of Him.

Washington. August 1.-Elimination of President Carranza with the least damage possible" is the only solution of the Mexican problem, the House Mules Committee was told to- day by William Gates, an archeolo- gist of Baltimore who resumed his testimony on a resolution proposing an investigation of the relations be- tween Mexico and the United States
 MT. Gates said Henry P Fletcher the American ambassador to Mexico realized that Carranza was s'impos- sible" and added that the ambassa- dor had not obtained the real facts in the Mexican situation for Presi- dent Wilson. MT Fletcher's coneep- was that of representative of one sovereign to another" Gates said this prevented the ambassaddor from ob- taining all information on the Mexi- can situation NOne conceiying his duty from a different angle, he said, would have got the facts and re- ported them to Wilson"
 @Tf we had had Mrgentohan. a Whitlock or a Hoover in Mexico" de- clared Gates. the German minister, von Eckhardt, would have had to leave Mexico and Merico would have come into the war 9i the side of the allies ;
 American military intervention in Mexico was not favored by MT. Gates, except i'll that he thought some sold iers might be sent in to aid antiCar- ranza forces lin relieving the country Of Corranza. Ninety eight per cent of the Mexican people he declared would approve such action by the Un- tied States if they understood the motive
 2i7 Americans Killed.
 Two hundred and seventeen Ameri- Can citizens have been killed in Mex
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
Warning Order.

In the Little River Chancery Court
 Little River county, Ark. G. w. Coe, Plaintiff vs Bettie Coe, defendant The defendant, Bettie Coe is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, G. W. Coe. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 4th day of Aug. 1919.-Jas. H
 Williams, Clerk. Ben Shaver, Atty
 for Pltf s. c. Reynolds, Atty ad litem. W-65
The Little River news., 1919-08-06
NEGROES WANT TO COME BACK
Chicago Negroes Want to Come To
 Arkansas.

Little Rock, Aug. 4-(SpeciaD- D-The Chicago Herald and Examiner sent the following message to Gov Brough:
 Many negroes who came here for war work are anxious to return south if the south needs them Their spokes- man asked us to inquire how many your state can absorb. They are of the more industrial class, distinct from the bad element responsible for the difficulties here'
The Little River news., 1919-08-06

ice since the end of the regime of Porfirio Diaz on May 25, 1911, the Senate was informed today by Secre- tary Lansing in response to a resolu- tion by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. Claims filed by American citizens ask ing damages becauses of Mexican de- predations during the same time have totaled 942, MT. Lansing said.
The Little River news., 1919-08-06

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The Little River news., 1919-08-06
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The Little River news., 1919-08-06

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
TODAY
statesmen ON PROPERTY
NORTH OF MORNINGSIDE

We are offering a few Broad
moor lots at from $3.50 to
81, $50. Sewer and gas in.
Paving contract has been ad-
vertised; six homes building
and many others just about to
be started. Terms. Come out
today and select a home site.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
CLOVER RIDGE
TODAY
Statesmen ON PROPERTY
TENTH AND WHEELING

So lots in this beautiful tract
at from $500 to $615 for cor
ners. Close to schools, car
line and jitney. Ground is
selling as high as 81, 800 a lot
within a stones throw of Hill
crest. Come out today; $50
down.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
A PICK UP

six room modern cottage, close In on
East Hodge. full size lot Price
$500. $4,000 cash. balance easy.
Rents for 345 per month
h. Il. WARD REALTY co.
Ala Mayo Bldg. Phone 5Ol2.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
NORTH SIDE
SOUTH SIDE


on the south side, in best residence
district, the most complete and
prctticst bungalow In the city, Let
us show you this Monday
T.. B. WARD REALTY co,
Ala Mayo Bldg. Phone 5Ol2.
Evening star., 1919-03-12

COLE EIGHT-Late model; frst-class condi-
tfon; owner leaving city and must make quick
sale. Call Cleveland S15. 13s
.c0LuMBIA touring. light six: with i've wire
wheels and extra tire and tube: run less than
2,J00 miles; looks and runs like new. 1924
Gnllatin st. NV. Col. 1853. 13s
Evening star., 1919-03-12
APARTMENTS TO LET.
FURNISHED.

A VERY attractive front apart
ment; in hrst-class apartment
house; has 5 very large rooms
completely furnished for house
keeping; northwest section: $l75
per month. Address Box 152-E,
Star Office.
Evening star., 1919-03-12
FOR RENT-HoUsEs
FURNISHED.

SIMPLE. 0LD-FASHIoNED, 2-STORY AND
basement brick house; Z large rooms. baths,
Sleeping porchss. giassed-n; has been re-
modelled throughout; large south piazza, over
looking charming garden, completely furnished
with rare antique furniture srum the col
lection in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
u uniqre place. Apply at stadio on premises.
10 WALLACE BRYANT 133a " st NV
Evening star., 1919-03-12

JERSEY BULL and heifer calf !;
thoroughbred; eligible for regis
tration; price, S35 each. Apply
T. L. Cox. 934 New York ave.
NV. Fr. 5593.
Evening star., 1919-03-12
THE F. n. SMITH COMPANY,
6l5 F1FTEENTH STREET.

FURNIsHED OR UNFURnIsHEn.
ANY GORDON. APARTMENT ePDCIAI.Igr.
/ to rooms; fur. and unfuf.; msnth q pear.
$40 Colorado Bldg. Main 583.
UNFURNIgHED.
THREE LARGE .EROST. BoOAls AND HAIH,
heat and gas. so month: near Capitol. 208 G
st. a.e4 Immediate posssrc!es. -
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

city to be brought into the high-school
building step toward the "six-and-
six" plan of organization now grow
ing up all over the United States. The
advantages of this, as well as the
equally imperative needs along other
lines not mentioned here, will be dis
cussed at another time. We hope that
the patrons of the school will take the
interest and time to acquaint them
selves with the facts pertaining to our
aims, our efforts, our facilities, our
needs, our possibilities, as school.
E. F. MONROE,
Principal High School
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

"Seemingly possessed of the power
to change its form and shape, this
parasite devastates the grain fields
first in one disguise and then in an
other. The farmer knows it as black
rust and as red rust, the nurseryman
encounters it as barberry rust, while
the scientists is familiar with its five
microscopic spores and its invisible
fungus body.
people who live double lives are
sooner or later exposed and punished.
Stem rust with its many-faced exist
ence is meeting the same fate. It's
vulnerable spot has been discovered
and punitive measures are being
taken.
"All the different forms of STEM
rust occur in regular succession. They
are dependent upon each other as are
the links of chain. If one stage is
destroyed, the others cannot continue
and the disease will cease to be Sc
rious. During one of these phases
the rust lives entirely upon the COM
mon barberry and would die with the
determination of this shrub. The
remedy is simple: eradicate the com
mon barberry, a cheap ornamental
shrub; save the millions of bushels of
grain being wasted by this pest"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

history of the government under which
we undertook to delegate the power
of the government to any other power.
There is no parellel whatever in
the history of the United States for
the transfer or delegation by the gov
ernment of the United States to an
other tribunal, not of the power to
do specific thing but of the right to
assume the unlimited powers of gov
ernment within the sphere of its juris-
diction of the subject matters which
are defined in this (The League's)
constitution" And right there is
where the argument of the chief pro-
ponents of the League falls down. To
adopt the pact as it now stands means
delegation Of powers which congress
is wholly incapable of handing over,
according to Senator Poindexter.
Only the rules of the Senate pro-
hibiting applause from the galleries
prevented the listeners from applaud
ing wildly, and even then the trench
ant Americanism of Poindexter caus-
ed them on one or two occasions to
burst out with hand-clapping so that
they had to be admonished by the Vice
President. 1t was a notable speech,
remarkable for its fearlessness and
patriotism. 1t was the first of many
to follow in defense of the Constitu-
tion of the United States and the
model Republic of the Universe.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05
Think For Yourself.-certain admin

Think For Yourself.-Certain admin
istration spokesmen, who will sup
port the President in putting through
the League of Nations pact, are re-
ported to have said that "the league
will be indorsed by the American peo-
pie in a grand campaign of enthusiasm,
no matter how seriously it might en-
danger the fundamental structure of
American institutions" That is a
pretty spirit in which to approach the
matter, is it not? And those spokes-
men have sworn to support the FEEDER
al Constitution. The people have got
to do some tall thinking on thcir own
account with respect to this League
pact, and they must not let any grand
campaign" of political propaganda, the
chief motive of which will be to save
Mr.. Wilson's face, stampede them into
hasty decision.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05
WASHINGTON NOTES
Poindexter Opens Debate.

Washington, Mar. 4.-(Special cor
respondence) 1.-THE Government can
not destroy itself. The trust of gov
ernment is for the maintenance and
protection of the Government" thund-
cred Miles Poindexter, to whom his
tory will accord the honor of opening
the debate for the opposition against
a pact which threatens the sovereign
ty of the United States, runs counter
to the Federal Constitution, and would
destroy the spirit of nationalism which
has welded us into the most power
full republic in history. "No govern
ment can transfer its powers to some
other government over which it has
no control" doomed the Senator from
Washington. "That is what is attempt
ed to be done by by this constitution
of a league of nations"
1t was one of those tense moments
in the Senate of the United States
which occur once in a decade, but
which communicate themselves like
electric currents to every metropolis
and hamlet in the country, causing a
clenching of the fist, a narrowing of
the eyelids and clamping of the un-
der jaw of every rugged, red-blooded
Americans who is willing to give his
life for his country, if need be, but
who would hesitate considerably be-
fore offering that life to settle a
boundary quarrel between Italy and
Jugo-Slavia, or to determine what sort
of government should be imposed on
the Ahkoond of Swat.
Brushing aside the gag which Mr..
Wilson had attempted to force into the
mouth of the Senate. until after he
himself had initiated his League pro-
prganda in the very home of the COM
ing Republican chairman of the SEN
ate Committee of Foreign Relations,
Mr.. Poindexter gave notice the day be-
fore his analysis of the constitution of
the League that he would on the NOR
row address the Mecca for tourists at
this time of year, the Senate galleries
were packed to the doors to hear what
Poindexter had to say. People from
every State in the Union could be
found in that audience, and from it
one could get line on the psychology
of the Nation with respect to the
League of Nations pact which Mr..
Wilson brought back from Europe by
the scruff of the neck.
1t is a pity Mr. Wilson, or even Joe
Tumulty, could not have been there
to see the audience point thumbs
down. Word by word, paragraph by
paragraph, article by article, wherever
this monster, sired by unquenchable
ambition and damed by a PROSTATE
Europe, ran counter to the express
provisions of our Federal Constitution,
Poindexter indicated it with unerring
finger. When the suggestion was
made by a Senator that the United
States was as capable of becoming
party to the League pact as to any
treaty, Mr.. Poindexter replied: "The
treaties to which the Senator has re-
ferred are assumed to be valid trea-
ties. Now, the argument here is
whether or not this treaty is valid.
There never has been treaty in the
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

books before the constitution of the
league of nations becomes effective.
After that time eight other nations
will have voice in determining what
restrictions we shall place upon the
movements of citizens of other lands.
There are several nations harboring
carriers of red banners whom they
would be glad to see emigrating to
this land of the free and home of the
brave.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05
DANGEROUS CROP PEST
HAS THREE DISCUSSES
Wheat Rust "Raffles" of Vegetable
Family-Favorite olive" is Com
mon Barberry.

"At one time it was believed that
there were three different parasites
preying upon grain and the common
barberry. Recent investigations have
demonstrated, however, that they are
one" says E. L. Sargent, of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, Fort Con-
Inns, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05
DemObilized Instanter.-!

Demobilized misunderstanding to
reports, Secretary McAdoo stepped
out of $4,000 government job into
100000 private job. The President
demobilized him when so requested.
There are some hundreds of thousands
of men in the army still drawing $50
per month who have been trying to
get into their private jobs, but with
out success. They should have be-
come relatives of the President or of
members of the cabinet before enter
ing the army, so that it would be
easier to get out when the war was
over.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

to 1.-Those good Americans who
are advocating restrictive legisla-
tion on foreign immigration would do
well to get their laws on the statute
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

Talk Is Cheap.-If every Democrat
who talks against this administra-
tion would assert his intention to vote
against it, there would be few Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress in 1920.
The leaders of the party are confident
that party loyalty will cover the null
titude of sins of which they are guilty.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

Smoked Out.-After holding it for six
months, the President has made pub
er on the meat packing question. But
for the discussion of the subject in
Congress, it is doubtful whether the
Hoover report would ever have been
given to the public. Discussion of the
League of Nations may bring out some
surprising information before long.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

Farmer First Loser.-About the frs
material reductions from war-tim
prices were those in the prices paid t
farmers for eggs, butter and mill
The eight-hour-day wage-earners il
the city was the first beneficiary o
return to peace conditions. And tn
l2-hour worker was the first loser.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-05

Kansas COnsistent.-TheK Kansas State
Senate adopted resolution by unan-
imous vote protesting against care
less, improvident and extravagant
waste in the expenditure of federal
funds. That was merely a repetition
of the way the Kansas people voted
last November.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
THE TOWN CRIER.

The Bcard1sf fcducatiea will meet
this afternoon at 4:3o o'clock at the
F'ranklfn School
! EMembers of the executive COM
ymittee Of the League of Republican
Clubs will meet at the City Club,
1884 l street. tonight at s o'clock.
Chevy Chase CItizens' Association
will meet tonight at o'clock at the
Elizabeth V. Brown School.
War Camp Community Service
! Will give 4 dance tonight at 1914
Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Tonight Is girls night at the BIue
Triangle Club. Twentieth and b
streets northwest
Illinois Club will meet Mt the
Wilson Normal Community Center,
Eleventh and Harvard streets
northwest tonight at o'clock.
KaIlipoIis Grotto. No. X. Is stag
ing good time tonight at Liberty
Hut, opposite Union Station.
A dance will be given under X.
of G. direction tonight at the X. of
! {. Hut. Washington Barracks, from
! 7:45 to 10:45 o'clock.
A Bible conference will be held
tonight at Epiphany Parish Hall.
1917 street northwes., from 7:3o
to s:15 o'clock.
Washington Council. No. 2:4,
Knights Of Columbus. will meet to-
night at st. Mary's Hall for the first
time under the newly installed Of
| ficers.
The Installation services Of tho
| Federation of Mems Church Clubs
| of the District of Columbia will be
/ held at the New Bethel Baptist
Church. Ninth and S streets north
west. tonight at s o'clock. The ad-
! dress will be delivered by Rev.
Emory B. Smith. Music will be
furnished by male chorus.
Small paintings are being ex-
hibited at the Landscape Club, 1921
Fifteenth street northwest, from 2
to o'clock daily and from to 9
on Sunday. The public is invited.
Mount Pleasant Girls Club will
meet tonight at 7:45 o'clock in
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, Columbia road near Four
retary of the National women's
4 Trade Union, will speak.
The Illinois State Society will
give a dance tonight at the Wilson
Normal School. Eleventh and Har-
ward streets northwest, to fellow
/ Illinoians and all members Of other
State societies. Dancing will COM
me nee at $3.50. Illinois people who
are not members qS the Illinois
State Society are especially invited.