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The spectator., 1921-02-11
A Special Chicken Dinner will

be served at the City Hotel and Confectionery ,every Saturday. $ l.. Tompkins. 2-ll-2
 Mrs. Fulmer and little daugh- ter of Coalgate. Okla. arc here looking after a farm she had sold to Prof. Graham, who was later accused of moonshining and left the Harm hastily. The farm is located in Johnson county near Oak Grove.
 Miss Virginia Davidson of Rogers, Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Eastern Star. met the members of that order at the Masonic hall in this city Thurs day evening when q business and social meeting was held.
 Dick Baarden died at his h homc south of the river, Tuesday, at the age of sixty years. He was hurled at Morgan Hill cemetery. He was a good citizen, respected by all who knew him. He left d wife and several children. who have the sympathy of friends in their bereavement.
 MT. and Mrs. lIainswOnth of AltuS were visitors here Tuesday
The spectator., 1921-02-11
Center Point in Line

The Farmers Union here at Center Point is gaining new members. More should come and join. We wish the union success.
 The farmers are making pYer- aratiOns to start another crop. They are going to raise more food stuff here, 1 understand, than they have been doing. That is sure the idea. Leave off so much cotton. they have aplnnty now.
 Reporter.
The spectator., 1921-02-11
Catarrhal Deaines. Cannot Re Crrei

tn diseneea portion V ii,r ear. There Is only one Way tn eur. cs,ttrFhai deaf arss. and that is hy 2 constit tBttonHt frtnedy Catarrhal bcat is rLusrd ly .t tn- famed condition af ttc muCous lining of the EustaChian Tub. When this tube |, inftaIhCd you have lunthiius soui1 nr impe rfect hraring. anu When II is entirely CIns,tl Btstftcss is tht tts4tt tulpss tho innainrla tian can hc dU"td and this tube r. stored tu it's nurm.d rouditipn, hearing will bc destroyed forever il.uS eases of d"aTnts- art ,ausCS lS cItarfh which i5 au inuan,ed C"nditi"4 of thy ulucoas sur i3eos Iiatia tStAfth Cara acts thrn thc hiooL ua titt rlueauS surfaces ,T the osyS- lem.
 W" wii3 aj>r one tinadasd DalIar. for any .arr .' t'ti1trhfi bratht ss that can6ot h. Su.et' f.s HAlts tuturrh f3srr. t3feu3srs tree. tH Brrs iis,. ,r
 .'liE&h=s ,s sn Ta,-sah q
The spectator., 1921-02-11
Post Proof Cabbage Plants.

One hundred acres, thirty million good. stocky lplants ready now. Early Jersey, Charleston Wake fields, Succession, Flat Dutch. Post paid 300, S1.00: 800. $l.50; 1000. $2.50. Express 2O0O, S3.50; 5000, 'S7. 50; 10. 900, $l2.5O. Count and delivery guaranteed.
 Parker Farms. Moultrie. Ga.
The spectator., 1921-02-11
Mill Creek

Well, l presume that people will quit harping about the 2nd or any other day, being ground hog day. Will some staunch be- liever in ground hog day please tell us in which states the ground hog has effect? l the q. H. the ory effects every state in the un- ion, that is still worse. Do you suppose there ever was 2nd of
 Feb. that was cloudy all day in every state? We are what you'd term as a Missourian. who be. lieves only in the Indian sign.
 Did not people of olden times be-
 Iieve in witches. ghosts. etc. ' Uncivilized people worship idols. Will we always cling to that pigs tail stuff. (Bill. you are getting icoler and fooler Much learn
 ing doth make thee mad " We really believe you are like all the rest of those Missouri mocking birds, so putled up with conceit that you think you are far super fer to both of you progenltors. We ber you are one of these young bucks who laugh at us older men for planting four crops in the right time of the moon and killing our hogs at a time when 1t will net all fry 10 grease. Your ignorance would be ludicrous if you were not attacking one Of the most interesting facts of nature, discovered and handed down by those most illustrious men, who established the Fourth of July. Thanksgiving, Indian Summer, and Ground Hog Day. To show that your little learning IS 2 dangerous thing" how could d groung hog influence weather on the Pacific coast or states border ing on Mexico when he does not eXiSt there? His habitat is onlI in Northeastern part Gf our coun- try and Eastern Canada, which would have been a part of the
 United States if the wiSe and brave men whose .weather fore casts you ridicule, had had more men and money. Another thing,
 the sun does not have to shine ALL day. Yes. the old timers" believed in witches, ghosts, etc. ' The etc :. standing for teach
 ing of the holy scriptures as giv. en us from Mount Sinai and by Christ and his apostles. which
 teachings include witches, ghosts, and animals knowledge of the weather. Etc" also in-
 cludes the right of self governs ment and freedom to worship ac.
 cording to the dictates of them own conscience, and establish d ground hog day, if they wanted
 to. As they established the right of free speech. we can not
 put you in jail for writing such slush but we can refuse to print
 old' thread-bare m th-eaten ar
 gument, which We have heard
 each February for the past sixty
 years. but which has not de- throned tbc kirg of weather
 prophets Why, Bill even a ' corn ctalls lnnUss mora o bnnt tho
The spectator., 1921-02-11

FOR SALE-One 5-horse power motor and l corn mill. See
 l.. N. DODGEN
The spectator., 1921-02-11

The Ozark Band will present a musical. at aae Opera House assisted by Miss Sula Kate Benson and Male Quartette, Mir. Leo Paul Base. Harlan Burnes Sop. Raymond Copsey Tenor. Rev. Aubrey Baretone Feb. 23rd..
The spectator., 1921-02-11
Farmers in Alix and
 Hogan TWps. Organized

The Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union of America is the seccnd largept union in America. on the lst. day of February 1921 there was 429, 900 members enrolled and by the lst. of March we hope to reach the half million mark.
 The farmers see the need of getting together and bargaining collectively and they are joining by the thousands. We are glad to report that the farmers of Greenwood. Denning. Stone Hill. and Alix are we'll organized and expect to report q Zone hundred per cent organization in the next two weeks. Farmers in other communities. who have not or ganized, can get on organizer by writing to Local Union .3772, lo. cated at AliX. Ark.
 We are informed that the req son cotton is bringing such low prices is producing too much. In order to remedy this evil the or ganized farmers of Franklin county have adopted the Mem phis plan." which was formulat- ed at Memphis some months ago. By adopting the Memphis plan. cotton production will be cut to one third of what it was last year, ;.and will have a tendency to stimulate the price of cotton that is yet unsold.
 The rent question is the prin- cipal topic of discussion now. 1t has been agreed by the farm CTS of Franklin, Johnson and Logan counties to place rent on a basis of third and fourih-one third in cotton and two thirds in corn and food stuff.
 The conditions under which some of the farmers have been laboring cannot be compared with the days of slavery. The landlord. or his lieutenant. would buy up teams at a low price and inform the tenant that he could have their land providing they would buy a team at an eXh0rbi- tant price. It made no differ ence how many teams the tenant had, in order to get land .he would have to buy Il team. He would also have to agree to plant at least three fourthS in cotton. order to. get land under any circumstances. The farmers in this vicinity have decided that these conditions must stop. and unless the landlords agree to the proposition of the farmers there will be any amount of land lie out this year.
 The merchants in the various towns have signed pledges. agree ing not to furnish farmers who do not rent land according to the above agreement. It is to the interest of the merchants tN cooperate with the farmers in their efforts to reduce the cotton acreage. becau c when the price of cotton declines the merchants suffer as well as the farmers.
 LOCAL UNION 3772,
 AEx Ark
The spectator., 1921-02-11
THE SPECTATOR R. H. BURROW. Editor
 l. L. BURkOW. Publisher

Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Ozark, Ark. and entered at sad postotl,cr as second class mail matter. ac cord!i,g to act of Congress Mch.. 1873. Subscription rate per year Sl.'u Advertisement per inch 70 Local advertisement per line ,iU
The spectator., 1921-02-11
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS

We wish to advise customers. past and prospective that we are well supplied with healthy and vigorous FROST PROOF GARBAGE PLANTS in the following five varieties of our own growing
 Early Jersey Wakefield Charleston Wakefield
 Copenhagen Market. Succession and
 Early Flat Dutch
 Customers who have used eur plants know that they arrive in good order and are ready. to begin growing as soon put in the ground In this respect they far superior to those shipped in from the coast which often arrive 'decayed and badly withered.
 While we have an abundance of plants and think we can supply all orders the first orders received will naturally get the best plants We are accepting orders now for delivery at any date in February desired. We cannot promise delivery after March 10. The prices 300 for $l %, 600 for S2. 100, 1000 for $3. .OO post paid. We do not desire orders for less than 300 but will fill them at 4Oc per hundred postpaid.
 For the benefit of many of our customers We have arranged with the following firms to handle our plants during the season.
 Ozark Feed and Grocery Co.,, Ozark
 j. w. Wood, Altus
 John Werschky. Webb City
 WILLIAM BROS. TRUCK FARM
 ROUTE 3. BOX 4 PHONE 0O2. OZARK ARKANSAS
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
why the blues"
Just Stop and Ask Yourself,
whats the USe?"
Too Many People Seem to Take Pleaa
ure in cuItvating Their Paine
and Grievances.

Among the selfish, expensive and
superfluous luxuries, what are COM
monty known as 1.-The blues'' take high
rank.
1t we call the halt and take the time
to, do SO, any Of US can think of all
sorts Of dismal things that are really
or supposedly the matter with us.
But what's the use? What good does
1t do? Half the time, when we tell
hard luck story, we are telling it to
someone who has ten times as good a
reason to complain.
It's not interesting or fattering to
realize when we're low in our minds
that it may be because we ate impru-
IDENTIFY, or slept too little, or let tritlas
light as air fret us, or broke some
one Of natures wise and well-estab-
lished Ordainments.
Just us mischief in q schooirOom or
iassitude In an audience may be due
to bad air, SO mental depression may
be the result Of a regimen Of life that
is awry.
It's very easy to poke fun at the con-
ventions and kick over the traces of
sleep, and temperance, and three meals
a day at regular hours. si5e
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT
OF COMMUNITY CENTERS

Brother Simeon Fess, of the Ma
tional House of Representatives is
preparing to be an unprogressive
Watch Dog of the Treasury" Lis
ten to his procurement:
Nov that national government
expenses are being heavily reduced,
let us nail the freak bills that will
be introduced to eat up the saving"
Sounds very careful and patriotic
doesn't it? But the truth is that
Brother Fess refers to bills that are
intended to help masses of the peo-
pie of whom the government never
before thought of doing anything
except to govern them. For instance,
the government is building lot of
roads. We have no doubt at all
that some congressman will intro
duce bill providing that where the
nation is building a paved street, it
shall also pave, as part OF the same
project, a few extra cross streets
wherever the work passes through
q community center-that is, a.
small town. And If the bill is any
good at all, 1t will provide that the
government, at its own expense,
shall put in mrOteersws
shall put in storm sewers before
the pavement is laid, and extend
those sewers to the farms in good
time.
Brother Fess would Immediately
denounce that bill as a freak"
but in truth it is pure common
sense. II pavements are laid thru
the open country, the farmer who
drives on them should not find mud
streets at the end OF his drive in the
country town. If he finds few we'll
paved cross streets in the village,
he will come often and nothing will
be better for the farmer, his wife
and his sons and daughters than to
visit the nearby town often. It will
mean for them entertainment,
friendships, extension of education
and more prosperity in their bust
ness. All of which is an asset to
the nation as a whole.
Let the government pave and
sewer (for mere health precaution)
our small towns and-in time
provide power and light utilities for
them. Any community SO helped
will prosper 80 greatly that it will
be able ITO replace the facilities
when the time for replacement ar
rives.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
Embarrassing Moment.

l was appointed sergeant Of decora-
ton for the school hall. had a num-
Der OF assistants, together with some
forty-odd spectators who offered criti-
cisms whenever there was an opportun-
ity.
1t was few hours before the play.
and was hurriedly attending to "last-
minute" preparations, rerched on the
top of the shaky ladder. remember
distinctly, reaching out to untwist a
flag, paying no heed to the "that-a
girl and "go-to-its" Of the onlookers
when the ladder gave way under me
and came crashing to the floor. I'm
agine, how l looked and felt sitting
astride the flattened ladder, hammer
poised in one hand and the trouble
some flag In the other.-Exchange
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, FOOLS GOLD"
It's easy to decry decency and regu-
larity as stupid and Victorian.
nnf <hn,>osc n roocOv,


larity as stupid and Victorian.
But there's reason.
The people who complain that their
own nerves torment them and that
life is hard and fate is cruel are not
the people who have worked hard,
lived soberly and obeyed the rules.
They are the people who said they
were having "the time of their lives
which really meant they were throw
ing away the time of their lives-the
precious time, which Is all that any Of
us has to live on.
You do not hear the workers COM
plain Of the petty things that seem to
bother the idlers. The workers have
no time to cultivate their pains and
grievances as If these were flowers.
The workers are busy carrying on"
in place of those who ste 10 and sit
down to examine the bruises and
coddle themselves.
Some friends Of the world are re-
garded as towers of strength needing
no buttress, and founts of sympathy
never requiring replenishment. If
those who depend on them but knew,
these apparently glorious and limitless
human beings often cry from the agony
Of the heart to open space for re-en-
forcement and refreshment. They feel
their weakness and emptiness.
But they do not visit their discour-
agement, their sense Of failure or their
plague Of nerves upon their fellows
They keep their hearts for other hearts;
their faces shine; they are a blessing
where they stand and as they move.
It is what we feel for others, not
what we feel in ourselves that matters.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

And now we are going to spend
100000 good U. S. dollars feed
ing starving Russia. or course, this
indicates truly magnanimous and
Christian spirit Wonder what
would happen to all the starving
nations Of the world (and there
seems to be q new one every fort
mighty if they did not have Uncle
Sans big pantry to fall back on
every time their pants belts get too
loose for comfort. Out of all the
nations to which our Uncle has
stretched forth the helping hand,
is there one that could even par
TALLY repay the debt If we called
for aid? Not one. They are like a
lot of poor relations. They can't
even pay the interest on what they
owe, and because it's great big I'm
Gle Sam who doesn't need it, they
don't intend ito. But as we said be-
fore, it's nice Christian duty and
regardless of the distress in this
country our first duty should be tic
see that the troublesome Bolshevik
is kept quiet with a full stomach.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ART
MINDFUL OF HIM"

The city man, when he gets up
in the morning, turns on the gas,
picks the paper from the front
porch, takes a cold shower eats a
cold storage egg and a slice of
bakers bread toast and marvels
new on the mightiness of man.
The city man, at night, leaves
the heaped 'tombs where men bury
their souls in business, and in his
smooth riding machine rides home,
with arc lights for his moon and
the smoke of thousand chimneys
for his heaven.
Man sworks are all about him
and he becomes highly important in
his own estimation.
Religions and PHILOSOPHERS are
not born in cities; they die there.
The farmer stumbles from his
bed in the dark; no splits his wood
from the tough SIDE of knot, he
draws his water from the depths of
a dug we'll, and, looking off to the
east he sees the day mysteriously
being born again; The pauses mo-
ment and hears the eternal hymn
the birds sing each morning ito the
new sun; he watches the flood of
life-giving light slowly wash over
the rounded hills and gild the mir
ror surface of the pasture stream.
At night, after day in the field,
in the woods, in the hills, some
close to the beginning and root Of
81 ings the countryman comes home
thru the dusk, the moon in its first
quarter swings a silver crescent ov-
er his left shoulder; the afterglow of
tie departed sun touches the tips
CT the tall trees away off to the
vest; the birds are smuggling to
their nights rest with contented
twitter and chirp; the night hawk
whirls his great circles between the
circling bats and the whisper OF lit
tie winds in the forest tell of many
mysteries.
After supper the stars come out,
blazing. eternal stars, vivid red
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
Honor Fallen Comrades.

A new and admirable form Of war
memorial is being instituted by the
Fourth Dragon Guards. A portable
brass plaque has been designed, which
will always remain with the regiment
wherever it may be stationed. It will
form part Of the charge Of the regi-
mental guard and ritual will be es-
tablished. in that the names Of the
fallen engraved on the plague will
be saluted with full military honors
once a day by the guard at guard
mounting. Telegraph
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

Oregon, the President OF Mexico
has graduated himself into an edi-
torial writer with the result that he
is finding the "pen mightier than
the sword" in conquerring the ban
ditto of that distressed country
There must be something to 1T as
Francisco Villa has turned refOrmel
and is operating colony devoted tt
peaceful pursuits. But Mexico has
a long way to- go before the people
north of the Rio Grande will fee
perfectly safe in that land Of sun.
shine and flowers without reliablt
AS in his bootleg for emergenc.
purposes.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
Douglas Fairbanks
THE VERY BEST OF MUSIC
Bingham County News
R. N. LUDI Editor and Publisher
Blackoot Idaho. under Congress 1879

Mars, the consultations gem the
purple vastness above, and the cool
ing earth invites to rest.
And the farmer understands how
the ancient felt when he exclaimed:
What is Man that Thu Art Mind
full of him?"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23
FRENCH DEMANDS
ASTOUAOS MANY
SERIOUS TROUBLE TO BODY IS
THREATENED BY PROPos.
ED NAVAL PROGRAM
Frenchmen Ask Before Naval Subcom.
mittee For Authority To Build
Fifteen Capital Ships OF
$4,000 Ton Capacity

hingtOn-AnnOuncem by Brit
ish spokesman that France has asked
before the naval subcommittee Of fiji
teen for authority in agreement with
the other four naval powers to build
ten 35,OOO-ton capital ships struck arms
conference circles Friday with stun
ming force.
The proposal was so wholly out of
accord with theories on which the ma
val conference have proceeded I'D to
this time that there was a strong in
clination in British and American cir
cles not to take it seriously. The feel
ing was said to rest in part on what
Premier said at the second plenary
session In regard to the American pro-
p0sals for naval Limitation. ~
Referring to Secretary Hughes bold
stroke for an agreement for naval re-
auctions, NJ. BRAND said:
"You have shown us the way: YOU
nave shown us that it is no longer
question of cropping for a way out of
the difficulty; you have struck boldly
the opportunity for us by setting the
example. l may say Mr.. Secretary.
that we are back of you"
Washington - Arthur ]. Balfour.
head Of the British delegation. gave no.
tice Friday that Great Britain would
propose to the arms conference the
total abolition Of submarines. r.
The announcement also said Mr..
BalfOur would take the submarine
question before an open session Of the
conference. SIDE
British spokesman have said, how
ever, that British acceptance Of the
5-5-3 ratio plan was in no way con
tlngent upon favorable action by the
conference on Great Britain's proposal
that submarines be abolished as law
full naval weapons.
The British contend that the uues-
tlon of the use at all of submarines
involves world policy.
Naval opinion in American. Japa-
nese, French and presumably Italian.
groups is understood to be in opposi-
ton to the British contention that sub
marines are Of necessity "weapons of
assassination" a. :
WaShingtOn-The British Spokesman
said Friday that the French proposals,
II acceded to, would throw out the
whole naval program" He declared
Vt had met with distinct disapproval'
from the British delegation.
The British spokesman further de-
clared that Italy did not approve OF
the French proposition, for II it were
carried out italy would be obliged to
build In the same amount. This meant.
he said, In addition of 100000 tons to
the European war fleets, and both
France and Italy would spend f1OO,-
OOO. 900, or half billion dollars, in the
ten-year period beginning in 1925.
The American delegates, the British
spokesman said, also had taken
strong ground against the French pro-
position. the First objecting for eco
nOmic reasons.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

Local charity committees are
busy getting the :aings together to
give to the poor and needy Of Black-t
roto honest to goodness Christ
mas. 1t is expected that forty-five
families will b takeen care of and
the Christmas things are being
gathered together at THE CONNER
cial club rooms where they will be
prepared and dispatched 70 the
needy in a short time.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

With Christmas but 4S hours
away, how about it? Are you all
ready? 8 Is the last article bought.
Has everybody been remembered,
even ito the little four weeks old
brother that came along just in
time to get into the Christmas game.
IT'S an uncanny feeling to get up
Christmas morning and find some
one was overloaded In the last mad
rush to buy gifts. Such things hap
pen, you know, and now Is the best
time to go over your list and see
that no mistakes have been made.
There is just time to remedy this
error before the curtain falls for
ever on Christmas buying for 1921.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

1t looks as though the Irish free
State is still some distance from
being free. If the discussions de-
t"r.orate into !aag,.a of nations
squabble, the number of Irish sym
pathizers in this country will be
greatly increased.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

''Fatty" Arbuck1e has been vindi-
Gated, at least the woman who
swore out the complaint on which
he was arrested and tried for MUIR
der, has been found guilty Of big
amy and given sentence. It has
looked for some time as though that
whole bunch OF roisterers were bad
actors.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-23

While the marine guards on the
mail trains are being heard from
frequently, their shooting seems to
be in the direction Of innocent by
ISLANDERS on depot platforms rather
than toward the mail bandits who
are evidently keeping out of the
line of fire.