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The Little River news., 1920-06-12
BIG FARMER DRIVE TO
 BEGIN ON AUGUST 10
Agricultural Advisory Board Decides to Launch Big Drive to Organize
 Farm Bureau Federation.

At meeting of the Little River County Agricultural Advisory Board in this city Wednesday, is was decded to launch big drive in this county Aug. 10 for the purpose of organizing local Farm Bureau Federation Clubs in ever school district in the county. The Agricultural Department will finish speakers, who will explain the pur- tions, which all eady numbers some two million members throughout the country The speakers will go out in different groups, and it is expected that each will hold three meetings a day. The details will be worked out later. During the interval there will be publicity campaign to educate the people with regard to the benefits to he derived from this organization. The Federation is looking far into the fut- ure and expects that it will be years before every farmer is a member, but believes that the time will come and that the growth will be steady one
 There was small, but representa- tive crowd of some twenty farmers present at the Wednesday meeting, They were enthused with the talk of Dr. Lasker, director of the extenticn division of the University and agricul- tural advisor. He explained much about the objects sought, and emphas ized the fact that the success of this organization would work injury to no class, but much good to all through a more efficient and general co-opera- tion.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
K. D. & (. RaiIYead E!aef
 Officers and Directors

Nashville, June 9-(SpeciaD At a meeting of the stockholders of the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad Company, held at Nashville June 9th the following directors were elected:
 w, w. Brown, Martin Walsh, J. w. Bishop, c. c. Henderson, A. c. Ramsey. C. w. Dodson, G, H. Bell, w. H. Poland c. M. Conway
 At the directors meeting held im- mediately after, the following officers were elected:
 w. w. Brown, president
 Martin Walsh, vice president and general manager,
 J. w Bishop, vice president and gen. eral solicitor.
 c. c. Henderson, vice president.
 A. c, Ramsey, vice president
 G. H. Bell, treasurer
 J. w. Bishop, secretary
 Garrett Whitesides, Assictant Secre- tary,
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
NUMBER 46.
COTTON CROP IS LOOKING
 BETTER OVER TKE STATE
Crop Report of Arkansas Gives Cotton a Better Showing, While Other
 Crops Not So Coed.

Little Rock. June 1O.-(Special} = rains occurred in most eastern per tions, with light to moderate showers in the remainder of the State. The soil was not so wet in the south and rains did very little damage except to interfere with cultivation; but in the east they fell on the wet soil, causing further delay in planting and culti- vation Night temperatures were rath- CT low. the mean for the Weeh beng about three degrees below normal.
 The weather was favorable for cot ton except in the eastern portion where the soil has continued so wet that only a small portion of the crop has been planted and scarcely any of that has been cultivated. In other portions chopping and cultivation made good progress, but most fields are quite grassy. The plants are small, but are growing nicely and are of a good color, with good stands reported in most sections, There is some complaint of scarcity of labor.
 Corn is doing nicely, but is still grassy and in need of cultivation Rice growing is well along but a great deal of the soil was poorly prepared before sowing. Some growers have been pumping. Oat harvest has begun and wheat is nearly ready to cut. Early potatoes are being dug in most por- tions of the state, and sweet potatoes are making rapid growth. Truck is becoming plentiful in the market and the fruit that was not killed by the early frost is doing nicely,
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
METEOR SEEN BY LOCAL
 PEOPLE; HIT IN OKLAHOMA
The MeteOrite Which Was Observed Over AshdOwn. Fell Near 0kmuI-
 gee, it Was Reported.

The meteorite which was observed ! over this county Tuesday night is said to have exploded and fell near Okmul- i. gee, Okla. People who were fortu- | nate enough Tuesday night at about o'clock to be out saw light which lighted up the whole country, caused by this meteor. It was in northern direction from Ashdown and seemed to be falling at great speed. Many thought that it fell near Ashdown, but reports Wednesday showed that many towns over Arkansas and Oklahoma thought the meteor fell near them. A report from the Southwest American follows:
 The meteorite which was observed over Arkansas and Oklahoma Tuesday night, without doubt exploded six miles of Fort Smith and judging from observations and notes of the phenom- ena accompanying the flight, it pass ed over Fort Smith not less than five miles away. It is probable the eX- plosion threw parts of the meteOrite in many directions even so far distant as Okmulgee This would account for the many diverse claims of observers as to the direction ip which the visitor was travelling.
 This was the statement of Leon J. Guthrie, meteorological, in charge ot the Fort Smith weather bureau. He had witnessed the phenomenon and it's after effects and reported his obser- vations yesterday to the national head quarters. MT Guthrie stated that he made an early examination of the met eorological instruments in the bureau to see if any of them at 8:49 Tuesday night had made any record of the dis turbance Notable he had expected that the consequent air compressor would result in a record on the official barometer; possibly a record of heat given off by the aerial visitor But no such record had been made.
 The very rare phenomenon caused a myriad of question by many persons Wednesday, One of the most frequent was, Where did it come from The only answer is that it come out Of il- !imitable space; where it may have been travelling for unmeasured years before it came within the grip of gray ity of the earth Once within that grip the little section of maverick world substance would be drawn in direct vertical line toward the whole earth. Until it came within the earth air en- velope it had been a cold dark body. Without a doubt it struck to atmos- phere in a line slightly inclined from the north pole. This gave it its southern movement, once within the grip of the atmosphere.
 It was the tremendous friction Of the air which heated the body to red and finally incandescent glow and which finally caused the explosion of the body within 26,000 feet of the sur face of the earth. During the minutes in which the traveller had been within human eyesight the surface of Ark ansas and much of eastern Oklahoma had been hurled by the earth revol- ution beneath it before it had time to fall the miles through the lower air.
 That the celestial visitor had been
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
LOWER FREIGHT RATES
 ON ROAD MATERIAL NOW
Lower Freight Rates on Road Material Is Ordered by the Arkansas Cor
 pOratiOn Commission.

Little Rock, June 1.-The Arkan- sas Corporation Commission today or dered a 10-cents per to net reduction by all railroads operating in the state on rock, sand, gravel and other road building material consigned to county, state, municipal and federal govern ments.
 It is said this reduction will mean saving of thousands of dallars to the tax payers of the state. This is an order that has been sought by of ficials and others connected with the road building program of Arkansas.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
WILL REBUILD COMPRESS
Ell Dorado Company Planning to Con-
 struct New Compress.

Fl Dorado, June 9.-Reconstruction work of the St. Louis Compress Com pany which burned several months ago. has been started by J. c. Hear ron of Little Rock, contractor, The former plant, worth more than ST. 100000, will be replaced with one more costly and modern in every de- tail. The warehouse department will house 1a,000 bales of cotton and the compress will have capacity of l. 200 daily output.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12

Chicago, June 10.-The republican row over the league of nations sudden ly took on such a furious aspect to- day that for moment it almost over shadowed the nomination deadlock and threatened to upset the whole ten or of the national convention.
 It was stiffening of resistance by the mild reservationists group brought the issue once more sharply to the fore just as resolutions subcommittee thought it had about brought. all ele- mcnts into harmony,
 w. Mrray Crane of Massachusetts, a former senator and old line leader in many preceding conventions, was the central figure in the development. Emerging from the obscurity which hitherto had surrounded his presence here, he gathered about him group of mild reservation advocates and in- formed the platform builders they would make mistake unless they de- clared for league of nations principle as against the principle of no league at all.
 Because of the position senator Crane has occupied in previous party parleys the younger leaders manifest ed no desire to antagonize him. They reconsidered their plan to adopt a plank not containing such an affirma- tive declaration and decided to post pone discussion of the league question by the subcommittee until all other subjects were out of the way
 One immediate result was to fore cast prolonged debate in the sub committee and perhaps later in the full committee, not to speak of the possibilities of one side or the other finally bringing the subject to the floor of the convention itself. The promise of delay also matched move ment to proceed with the nomination while the platform is still in making proposal which threatened to com plicate still more the troubled outlook over candidates.
 Senator Borah of idaho, leading the fight in the subcommittee for flat declaration against the Versailles lea que of nations, declared he was assur- ed of majority of the 13 members, His claim was disclosed however, who said they beputed by the mild reser- vation advocates, however, who said they believed the pressure they were bringing to bear would result in a plank more affirmative in character They have submitted in writing to the subcommittee draft that would sat isfy them.
 The exact source. and character of the movement for immediate nomina- tion of a candidate, leaving the plat form to be adopted later was not ap- parent. It was said, however, that some of the Johnson men looked with favor on the proposal and that Senator Johnson's friends on the sub-commit- tee were counseling against haste in deciding the league questions.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12

very large body was evidenced by the inconceivably strong incandescent light which it spread over much of two states, as we'll as by the further fact that it's substance had so powerful ex- plosive qualities that it hurled it own fragments scores of miles, with thunderous earthquake-like detona- tion heard for long distance. The vis- itor will rouse deep interest in scienti- fic centers.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
WAR ON ENGLISH SPARROWS
\ Cash Reward Will be Given for the
 Scalps of SparrOws.

Texarkana, June 9-The Texarkana Civic has declared war on the English sparrows, and has inaugurated a crusade for their destruction. Their efforts are to be seconded by the Chamber of Commerce which has an Eounced that it will pay cash rewards fer wings and eggs of the birds. In re cent years the sparrows have increas- ed greatly in numbers until they have become a veritable pest
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
DEATH TUESDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Eliza Hadaway, Aged 55, Died
 in this City Tuesday Night,

Mrs. Eliza Hathaway, aged 55, died at her home in this city Tuesday night. nesday afternoon in this city. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. c. S. Wales. The deceased had been here but short time, having moved here from near Pine Prairie, She is survived by three sons and two daughters.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
MORE WELLS SPRING UP
Vicinity of Constantine Literally Gov. 
 cred With "ImitatOrs.'

Fl Dorado, June 7.-Minature gas wells today continued to spring up at various places near Che Constantine gasser. It was estimated that nearly 1000 of the "imitators' developed dur ing the past 24 hours. The area of a quarter-mile surrounding the big gey- ser is literally covered with the small wells.
 The big crater which "blew in'' Saturday night increased in size today and tonight it was nearly 30 feet in diameter.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
LEAGUE OF NATIONS PUTS
 REPUBLICANS IM THE AIR
Old Guard Leaders Makes the Young sters Step Lively in Chicago
 Convention.

San Francisco June 10-A delega- tion in favor of ratification of the treaty of Versailles will be the main
 plank ill the democratic platform, ac- cording to Homer s. Cummins, chair man of the democratic national com mittee, who arrived here late last night to prepare for the national con- yentiOn
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
Notice.

The w. O. w. and Circle will have a reception Saturday night, June 12. All members Of Holly Camp No. 87 are in- vited.-I. H. Phillips, John Keeth, Will lie Potts, Committee.
The Little River news., 1920-06-12
Dr, York to Graduate.

News reaches this city that Dr. M, w. York, brother of Dr. w. w. York of k lis city, will graduate at Tulane Uni trsity at New Orleans He will grad ete from the medical department.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
Hudson Stuck.

Archdeacon HUDSON STUCK. whose
death Is reported from Alaska, win
be longest remembered as the man
who climbed Mount Mckinley and
proved incidentally that DIR. Cook.
the ubiquitous romancer, did not make
the complete ascent of that highest
American peak.
But DR.. Stuck was great also as
an explorer of the human soul. IL the
angel still makes II a practice to
write at the top of his list the names
Of those who love their fellow men.
HUDSON STUcK's Is well up In the
Yukon he had to look through dirt TO
find souls and he did not pretend that
the dirt wasn't there. fIfsthere was
anybody that Archdeacons STucK did
not love Il was the tourist who went
10 Alaska and found fault with the
natives because they were not clean.
II hold no brief for dirt" he said ut
Columbia four years ago. but II I
had to choose / would rather be hu-
man and dirty than inhuman ami
clean"
Like all good missionaries. DR..
Stuck knew TINT the best tools of
his profession were the natural ones
Of faith, patience and work. He can
dldly expressed his dread of trained
sociologists" and psychological peda-
gogues" He feared that with their
laboratories, card indexes, filing cnbI-
nets. statistics, categories and curve
plotting "they we're always In danger
of evacuating the human personal ele-
ment out of their work and thinking
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
THE GREAT HOUSING NEED.
Tenants and Landlords Urged to Agree
on an Equitable Basis.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Every eff
fort should be exerted to bring the land
lord and tenant together and heal the~un-
fortunate breach which has been widen
ing for the past few months.
There is a great deal Of right and
some wrong on both sides. Only addi-
tional injury and hard feeling will be
generated unless some constructive sug-
gestions are made and put into effect.
Recently what promises to be power
full organization of real estate interests
has been formed and eminent counsel
employed. Tenants will do well to fol-
low the same course and when the
proper time comes both interests can be
properly represented and the problems
solved in a dignified manner.
With real estate in disfavor, capital
will witndr and all of the community
will be the sufferers--the city, the owner
and the tenant.
The coming era should be one of ac-
cord and cooperation, rather than discord
and comeback. The world at large mas
been surfeited with war and we are now
entering into period of reconstruction.
Let us start by establishing peace at
home, here in our own city, and solve
our problems upon an equitable basis.
With both the owner and the tenant
properly represented. whichever way the
decision goes 1t should be abided by.
All should feel that every effort has been
made to obtain equity for every one con-
cerned. JOSEPH P. DAY.
NEW York, October 10.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
Again Sarajevo.

The little Bosnian capital OF Sara
jevo would seem from all outward
appearances TO be a town to which
intrigue. plot and assassination we're
foreign. Through 1t lazlly flows a
shallow mill stream and on Its sur
rounding hillsides are little Turkish
houses, in the spring half hidden In
the bloom Of plum trees and In sum
mer ablaze with roses. No milder APP
pearing folk could be found than the
SaraJevo townspeople and the meek
Bosnian peasants. Before the world
war even the Austrian army of occu-
patton could not gather enough Of
tenders to keep the Sarajevo jails
open or to pay the jaIlers.
Yet, according 20 message from
Montenegro. an attempt was made
there Tuesday TO Kill the Serbian
Crown Prince ALEXANDER, Who since
the illness Of his father has been the
Serbian Regent. Two OF the toylike
cars of the narrow gauge train on
which he was q passenger were
wrecked by bombs. Six years ago
another train over the same little
railroad brought the Austrian Grown
Prince, the HapsDurg heir. and his
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
WASTED FOOD.
Possibilities in Sharks, Dogfsh and
the Flesh of the Kid.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The flesh
Of sharks when cooked is not unlike
coarse halibut, but l prefer dogfish,
which is smaller species. Sharks hide
makes an ideal leather and the fins a
first class consomme.
In the far Off Pacific have seen the
Kanakas catch the sharks, strip off their
fms and leave the carcasses to be de-
voured by other sharks. In Galveston /
have seen sharks caught and hauled up
on the wharf to be stripped Of their ver-
tebra and jawbones for curios and not
even skinned.
There are lots of good edible fish handy
TO these markets. but 1t seems to me
that few people or restaurants know how
10 cook them in a>palatable manner. 1
have never seen fish cooked here in the
came appetizing manner as in the South.
gay In New Orleans. Mobile and else
where, or even in San Francisco. The
Spanish, French or italian knack has not
been acquired
1t is also a wonder to me why there Is
such prejudice against goats flesh. A
good ragout of kid prophrly cooked is a
dish At for the gods. Millions of goats
OF the common hardy variety can easily
be raised in the waste rough mountain
scrub lands Of many of our Southern
States. as is done in Missouri to some
extent. The hides are valuable, the meat
is good. and children raised on goats
milk are singularly healthy and rugged.
A ragout OF kids flesh cannot find I'M
less In Latin America G.. II.
NEW YORK, October 10.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
REASONS OF A WOMAN.
She Tells Why Her First Vote WIN Be
Cast for Harding.

To THE New YORK HERALD: pre-
sumo you have'very many letters on the
political situation. but my Quaker ances-
tors, i think. impel me 20 speak out.
i have watched Mr. Harding's career
In the Senate for some time with great
interest, because he has seemed to take
hold of the questions which agitate us all
with great efficiency and true patriotism.
II the President of the French Republic
should act In the interests OF the United
States of America rather than those OF
France; If King George should throw
the weight of his influence to his former
colonies, instead of using IT for the bet
,erment of the British Empire; II that
splendid MAJ the King of the Beigians
should overlook the requirements or MS
own people in favor of us, what would
we, most of us. think? ! fear we should
6espise them.
II Mr.. Harding is elected, as ! pray
God he may be, think he will make one
or the best and most efficient Presidents
we have ever had.
He Is not afraid OF great or talented
men. He has none of the idiosyncrasies.
cbstinacies and petty qualities OF which
we are SO tired. He will create Roose-
welt Cabinet, he will summon to him.
with the privilege of acting upon their
own Judgment, the best men he can find
in our grand old Republican party, ire
spective of section-and he will act him
self periodically and in the true inter-
ests OF the people of the United States.
I take OFF my hat to Warren G, Har-
ding and hope. as have registered, to
cast my first Presidential vote for him
MARY STEVENS FARRAND.
MoNTcLAIR, n. j., October 49,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
An Extraordinary Day In sport.

1t is unlikely that any other single
day in the history of sports ever held
such intense interest as Tuesday held.
The proof of this was the front pages
of yesterdays morning newspapers,
every one of which carried the stories
of the respective victories Of Man
O. War, CARPENTER and the Cleve-
land baseball team.
We name the horse first because he
was the most important of all the
athletes. Men will see better boxers
than CARPENTER, better pitchers than
CovELEsKIE, but a century may yass
before the turf sees another Man o.
War. Since Captain O'KELLEY made
his classic comment at EPSON $50
years ago-"Eclipse first, the others
nowhere"-there has been no such
surprising engine on shoes as the
young son of Fair Play proved him
self to be when he left the gallant
Sir Barton staggering behind him at
Windsor. The public was highly in
terested in Mr.. RIDDLES colt, not be-
cause 1t doubted that he could win
but because 1t wondered how easily
he could win against the best handi-
cap horse Of the time.
In the case Of the French boxer
there We're mingled curiosity ana
doubt, and these CARPENTIER at least
partially satisfied. In the baseball
event some little doubt remained as to
the superiority of the Ohio players;
and this concern, mixed with the
general baseball fever which burns
America, made the seventh and last of
the world series games a matter Of
wide interest.
But 1t was indeed extraordinary
that on rather cold day in a month
which usually sees no outdoor sport
except football the American public
should be engrossed at once in racing,
boxing and baseball. 1t seemed as II
the country had suspended for six
hours the Presidential campaign and
all the other important problems to
which it returned yesterday. Ger
tainly for the moment those three
sport events owned" the public.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-14
New York's Fraudulent Death Rate

The New York city Board Of
Health's mortality summary for the
week ended Saturday noon, October
2, gives the death rate as sos and
for the corresponding week of 1919
as 95S.
These rates are figured on an esti-
mate Of population which assigned
to New York city 0,141.445 inhabi-
tants as of July 1, 1920.
New York never had 6,141,4 in
habitants. 1t had in January of this
year half million fewer people than
this estimate gives it. <, 1t hasn't
GIL ,445 inhabitants now, and 1t will
not have that many for long time
to come.
Consequently the death rates fig
ured out by the Department Of Health
are a CHASTITY jest, a meaningless
mystification.
AS the death rate of New York city
honestly figured would not be dis
creditable to the community 1t is i'm
possible to see why this fraud is kept
up. The taxpayers who support The
Department of Health are entitled to
an honest record Of the mortality Of
their community.