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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09
It's Natural ResOurces-Its Re-
cent Developments and Its
Future Possibilities.

This county, situated in the north
east corner Of Arkansas, has as many
natural advantages, perhaps, as any
other county in the United States.
Situated far enough south to be free
from extreme cold in winter and far
enough north to be free from excessive
heat in summer, the. climate may be
said to be ideal. This county is divid-
ed into bottom and hill land, it con-
tains five rivers, Black river, upon
which the county seat is situated,
Spring river ON the west boundary of
the county, Eleyenpoint, Fourche and
Current rivers. Black river bottom is
perhaps as fine cotton land as there
is in the state growing from twelve
to sixteen hundred pounds per acre
- 5ut any fertilizer, and from forty
l., sixty bushels of corn, also fine for
oats and hay, crops Of all kinds. Many
men have grown wealthy growing cot
ton in Black river bottoms. The other
four river bottoms grow as fine crops
Of corn as any other in the state, also
fine meadow land.
Besides our rivers we have many
creeks, some large and some small that
are very fertile. The hill country be-
tween these rivers produces corn from
fn I,,.I IL,
cotton from six to nine hundred pounds
per acre with 200 pounds fertilizer.
These uplands produce all kinds of
feed crops to a profitable degree. This
is also a very healthy county, being
practically free from malaria, so pre-
valent in the counties farther south.
Its Recent Developments
The county has in the last few years
experienced a period of development
never before known in its history. In
the matter of public schools we have
made great progress. With county
superintendency, with Professor Mock
at the head OF our schools and with
the consolidation of some of our small.
er districts and more efficient teach.
ing force, our rural schools are doing
better and more effective work than
ever before in our history. Our high
school at POeahOntas is second to none
in the state Of town of 2OOO inhabit
ants. Professor DAILY Thompson is the
principal Of this school. Professor
Thompson is Randolph county boy
of whom we are all proud The other
towns Of the county also have graded
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09
NOTICE TO FARMERS

Notice is hereby given to all who
bought fertilizer from me during the
past season that the notes will be due
oct. 1st, and must be paid just as soon
as possible. Also all who owe on re-
newed notes from last year will please
make arrangements to pay same
promptly. The notes are in charge OF
]. ID. Wells, at the Randolph County
Bank, and you can pay there.
5 IT, Mark Bishop, Agent.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09
A Good Thing DON'T MISS 1T.

Send your name and address plainly
written together with cents (and this
slip) to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des
Moines, Iowa, and receive in return a
trial package containing Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for coughs, colds, Group,
bronchial, 'fu" and whooping coughs,
and tickling throat; Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets for stomach trou-
bles, indigestion, gassy pains that crowd
the heart, biliousness and constipation
Chamberlain's Salve, needed in every
family for burns, scalds, wounds, piles,
and skin affections; these valued family
medicines ior only cents. Don't miss it
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09

The following article was written by LOrne and the
County offered by Joe Baz for the best dscp
yea regarding Randolph county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09

STAR HERALD WANT ADS PAY.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-09

We can always look forward to a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

On a trial in a certain court
in this state, when the wit
ness on the stand was being
subjected to a merciless cross
examination, in answering
one question the witness
nodded. Whereupon the court
stenorgrapher, who was
crowding the limit to get it
all, and could not see the wit
ness, at once demanded, can
swer that question:" to which
the witness answered: 81 did
answer it; l nodded my head"
The steno with a moments
hesitation, came right back
with: ''Well, / heard it rattle,
but could not tell whether it
was up and down, or from
side to side"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Two young kindergarten
teachers, intelligent and at
tractive, while riding down.
town in a streetcar were en-
gagged in an animated discus
sion. In the seat behind them
sat a good-natured, fatherly
looking Irishman enjoying a
nap. Finally one kindergarten
teacher inquired of the 9TH
err:
"How many children have
your"
Twenty-Five" she replied.
"And how many have you?"
ooh, 1 have only nineteen"
replied the first.
At this point the Irishman,
now wide awake with aston
ishment, leaned forward in his
seat, and, without any form
atty, inquired in a loud voice:
"What part of Ireland did
youse come from ?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

We predict that our roads
in this neighborhood will be
practically deserted soon un-
less there is something done
for them. 1t is impossible for
the little Fords to get thru
now without dragging their
abdomens in the mud.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Wall Street has figured out
that Henry Ford makes S67
on each car. Now let Wall
Street try to figure out what
the garage men make on each
car.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Apple growers in eastern
Washington are going to CO.
operate, according to a news
item. The first cooperation
between apple growers ended
dismally, both of them being
fired out of Paradise.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

We received a nice letter
from Ed Barg this week.
Ed says it's easy to give
apples away in Milwau-
kee, but it is mighty hard
to sell them.
"Just as soon as / can sell
my apples you will see me
ba c k in K e n n e wi c k.
Things are sure alive here
lots Of big building going
on, plenty Of work and all
that but give me Kenne-
wick winters instead of
these damned billiards."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Dan Smith says it's a good
thing hens don't know what
masons get for laying bricks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
Act L: Save the world
from Germany. Act g: Save
the world by saving Germany.

A lady prison visitor was
going her rounds. 'Have you
ever struggled against the
consequences of temptation ?"
she asked of one ferocious
looking fellow. "Yes, ma-am.
l have" he answered. "Ah!
l suppose if you had fought
just a little harder you would
not be here today?" "Well.
ma'am," said the prisoner
modestly, II did the best /
could. 1t took five policemen
to get me to the station"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Rastus Jackson, a thoro-
ly married negro, was one day
approached by a life insur-
ance agent.
Better let me write you a
policy, Rastus," suggested
the agent.
mo, sah," declared Rastus
emphatically, "Ah amt any
too safe as it is"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

l got a dog. His name is
Tax. | opened the door and
Income Tax.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Some families spend money
for a spare tire when they
ought to spend it for a spare
rib.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

A news item states that
a typewriter weighing three
ounces has been invented and
can be carried in the vest
pocket. But most men are
more satisfied with a type
writer they can set on their
knee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
lage gossip of Uncle jeremiah
Snodgrass.

well, he's got my goat, "
replied Uncle jeremiah, as he
gave the off-horse a vindic-
tive cut and went rafting out
of own.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

COWS yer sons missus
gettin' on on tn farm?"
mo good at all-them city
gals never wus. He'd a dam
med sight better lad spent a
bit more an bought a milkin'
machine"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

We saw a big truck load
of new cream cans come
to town Wednesday for
the Henningsen Creamery
Co. Guess they plan on
buying some cream.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

eff she comes in t'night,
I'll try t. catch her in tn.
mornin' an tell her." SAID
Mrs. Upton Bud, when some
buddy left a message for her
daughter, says Abe Martin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Breathes there a man with
soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath
said,
AS he stubbed his toe against
the bed
BLK -" De So
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Tom-Pa, you remember
you promised me five dollars
if l passed in school this year.
Pa-Yes.
Tom-Well, you amt going
to have that expense.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Sherman Whiting wrote
to us from Corvallis, Ore
gon, last week. He reads
the Dope Sheet and kid
ded us a little about an
error that appeared in
last weeks paper. We said
money waned" instead
of money wanted"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

When a man loads himself
up with worry, he unloads
his chances for success.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

HAS your new son-in-law
any livestock to begin farm
ing with % inquired the vii
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Wanted: An experienced
aviator to train me to handle
plane. State terms in first
letter. I furnish plane, field
and fool. B. G. Harrington,
Creek, N. c.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Motorist: "It's preposter-
GUS, old man, I'm an expert
driver. What / know about
driving would fill a book"
Constable: "And what you
don't know would fill a hospl-
tai. Give us your name and
address now"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Mrs. McElroy of Richland
says "just because we
made a mistake is no sign
the country is no good. If
we farm it right the coun-
try will back us up"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Trimble says they are
singing a song now entitl-
ed tits Better to Have
Prohibition than to have
No Boose at ALL"
Miss Turista-"Darn it all,
| can't go to the American
Club dance. My trunks have
MT come"
Alleyn-"B1t it isn't that
kind of a dance"
Soph-"You want to keep
your eyes open round here to-
day."
Fresh.-"What for?"
Soph - Because people
would think you are a damn
fool if you go around with
them shut"
An Irishman says: "You
can tell the American people
trust in God, from the way
they drive their flivvers."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Son: ..1s it true about the
ass Disgusting himself with a
lions skim"
Father: $50 the fable goes
but now the colleges do it
with a sheep skim"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Wife: ooh! Peter, l drop
ped my ring off my finger
and l can't find it anywhere"
Husband: Don't worry,
dear; l found it in my trous-
er's pocket"
Tourist-Can you direct me
to a filling station?
Urchin-Fer yerself or the
car?
She was a snappy kid in win
ter,
She had the goods in fall;
When she donned a bathing
suit,
She wasn't there at all.
Casey-"kelly wants me to
tell We he couldn't be down to
work today as the missis is
sick"
Foreman-"An', what's af-
ter being the trouble with
herr"
Casey-"Ah, the poor girl.
She broke two fingers wallop-
in Kelley"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Bill Powell promised to
bring us some real fancy
homegrown rhubarb and
asparagus for Saturday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

"Oh, no." replied the wo-
man. 81 wanted a married
man so as to be sure I'd get
some one used to taking or
ders from a woman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

Once a friend of Mark
Twain's was conversing with
him regarding a terrible af-
Fiction of a person known to
them both. The friend said:
"Can you imagine anything
worse than having diphther-
it and scarlet fever at the
same timer"
"Yes," replied Mark, Il can
easily imagine something
worse than that-for in
stance, rheumatism and st.
Vitus' Dance"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Several cars of Melted
Gems have been shipped
from Kennewick lately.
We shipped two cars out
this week and have anoth-
er car load to ship next
Monday. If you have a
few good gems left to sell
perhaps we could put
them in this car.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Charlie Robertson said a
whole mouthful the other
day when he said 81 never
knew or heard of any one
who had too many
friends"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

An Austrian, an Ameri-
can, a japanese, and a
Russian were all congre-
gated in our store talking
the English language one
day this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

"Jim I see that your mule
has u. S. branded on his
right hind leg. | suppose ne
was an army mule and be-
longed to Uncle Sam?"
'No, sub; dat u. s. don't
mean nothin' bout no Uncle
Samuel. OATS jess a warning.
Dat u. S. jess stands TO
Un Safe'-'at's ALL"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20

All a man is worth is what
he leaves when he dies.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

the third lot was gathered
and sold to us by Miss
Mills on the River Road.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Joe Nadig brot in about
the longest hens egg Won ,
ever saw; Three and one.
half inches long and
weighs three and three.
quarters ounces.
AND
If Gardner runs for gov.
ernor, he will find there
is a whole lot more to pol.
I Itlcs than he has ever pub
lished in his paper.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
Volume II
AN
AND

Mr.. D. Campbell followed
a close second with a fine
lot of grass
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-03-20
AND

Fred Giard caught a six
pound bass this week.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04
Ways and Ways

There are ways and ways of cele-
bratirg the Fourth of July. Some Of
us will line the streets Friday morn
ing, watch the parade go by, listen
to patriotic peals of wisdom, help the
Riddles ride on the merry-go-round,
watch the lantern parade and fire.
works and dance until All hour when
on normal nights, rest would claim
you.
Others of us will HE away even
on the night before to the timber
lands and gurgling streams where
flags are Gods green handiwork and
Americanism becomes religion.
But it doesn't matter where we 60
or what we do. The Fourth Of July
will bring home to everyone of us
that here is the typical American holi-
day. Laws can't keep youngsters
from waving flags and shouting or
prevent the annual bombardment from
dawn until dark of the hrecracker
brigade. Laws cannot control the
exuberance OF spirit that manifests
itself when the anniversary of the
Defamation OF Independence rolls
around.
Two more years and this nation,
first conceived upon July 3. 1870, be-
came the promise of what it is today.
Nearly one hundred and fifty years
of unapparalled progress America
and Americans may well be proud.
In forest. countryside or city, let the
eagle scream.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04

grown. the conditions under which
settlement ought to be made in order
to render the projecr feasible. or
If the conditions are unfavorable to
state that the project is not feasible
The surveys will cover every phase
and it is hoped the information will
be available for submission to con-
gress at the opening OF its session
in December. The plan OF these sur
veys follow;
Classification of land.-A soil sur
vey shall be made. and all irrigable
lands classified according TO their
productive capacity. in not exceeding
four classes. No and shall be ex-
cluded from such classification un-
less it clearly appears that it is in
capable OF successful irrigation.
Financial condition of water users.
A census shall be taken on this
subject upon blanks in form approved
by the Commissioner. Such census
shall be for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning the assets and liabilities OF
each water user with the view OF
proposing a plan for refunding the
of individual water users.
other than amounts owing TO the
United States as project charges, at
over interest rates and no more
avorable terms otherwise.
Irrigable Areas.-The report shall
show in each case what irrigable
lreas may be depended upon to re-
urn the charges assessable against
hem, and what must be excluded
from further consideration. This
hall be made as specific as feasible.
( any additional areas may be irri-
-ated from the project. a report shall
C made thereon.
Drainage-Careful consideration |
hall be given to present and pros
ective drainage needs, and the reia-
ion OF this subject to the ability OF
ne farmers to pay the cost
Refractory lands.-Thc topography
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04
SURVEY COMING
FOR ALL LANDS
UNDER PROJECT
Reclamation Service to
Conduct Investigation
New Projects will be
Looked into

Washington-A survey OF govern
ment reclamation projects for the
purpose of classifying the soils, deter
mining the financial condition OF the
water users. fixing the irrigable areas
against which charges may be assess
ed will be made by the Bureau OF
Reclamation, it was announced today
at the Department of the Interior.
The survey will be in accordance
with the recommendation OF the
Special Advisory Committees report
In addition. field Investigations OF
five new projects will be made dur
ing the summer They include the
proposed Owyhee project in Oregon;
the Vale project in Oregon; the Sal,
Lake Basin in Utah; the Spanish
Springs in Nevada. and the Kitti,as
in Washington. A new plan has
been adopted by the Bureau of Re-
clara,ion with reference to the final
recommendations on these new pro-
jects. !, provides for the appointment
OF a committee made up OF one men,
Der OF the Bureau. one recognized
authority in farm management-pre-
ferably from the Department OF Ag-
rioulture or the State Agricultural
College-and ono financial authority
preferable a banker in whom the
State has confidence. to consider the
acts and da.a collected. After con-
'idering them this committee will FIX
he costs OF development. the prob
Ible value OF products which can be |
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04
Just How Far

just what sort OF tyrannical auto
cracy are our county commissioners
building up anyway? Just how far do
they. presume public tolerance is 60
ing to permit them to go with this
malicious and willful persecution OF
Sheriff Mason What opportunity
does the average citizen, in the light
OF these things, 10 present a plea TO
the commissioners with the fainiest
hope that il will be given a courteous
hearing and result in decision based
on anything but political expediencyl
The Tribune holds no briet Tor
Sheriff Mason but IL is well
to bear in mind that the
fact that the attorney general
gives his opinion OF Idaho laws does
not determine that law. Only courts
can interpret statutes Any attor-
ney's opinion can be taken just as
readily rs tina, OF the Idaho atior-
ney general And many attorneys
believe that Idaho sheriffs are enti.i-
ed 10 surplus earnings from the care |
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04
Eyes on the Senators

All eyes are on Washington JUS
now.
Congress. it is true, has adjourned
But Idaho is watching the Senator's
capital IS" If you please. Those
Senators are not solons but baseball
players. the Washington team fighting
for pennant in the American league.
Idaho is interested because Walter
Johnson is with that team. And
Walker Johnson, il you must know,
started his baseball in Idaho-with
Weiser. to be exact For IS years
he has been playing with Washington.
And not once has his team come close
to pennant Despite that fact.
Johnson is smashing records every
time he pitches. He has never at
tempted to desert his team for more
profitable fields. Ranking as one-if
not the one-outstanding baseball
pitcher of all time, Johnson has gone
steadily along, year after year, build
ing his reputation with a second class
team.
A year ago, he was a 'has been"
Today he is once more pitching the
kind OF ball that he used to pitch.
Better ball really. because he is help
a wonderful arm with the canniness
of Is years experience. And brains
go just as far in baseball as they do
elsewhere.
All this week Washington has been
at the top in the American league.
A team Of veterans and youngsters.
the Washington outfit seems to have
that spirit which overcomcs obstacles. |
Having established the fact that it |
can win, the team is quite likely to
continue to win.
Idaho hopes that it may so that,
toward the close of his career, Walter
Johnson may get one chance in
world series.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04

OUR BOY REPORTER

Todays 4th of July but am on the Bird because
omorrers holiday It's holiday all the U. States
They had there fire works in n York last week sted OF
this week the cheef sed. Nobuddy WIS hurt
| jim dash
Mary Newell down to the Working girl club to eats
to Nampa- Jess a gessed She din make talk CESS
L don't what Mister Jess Governs gon to do when
he gets red of ben postmaster Maybe he's saved up enu
because posmasters get dandy wages and vacashun also
with pay.
| jim dash
Mister Hiram Barretts in trubbe. Sumbuddy found a
13 gallon still in shack and blamed him for it. Next time
he viii get IA gal my father sed he gessed Ennyhow
had put up 81 thousand doers stay out sted
gon in Judge Harger made him.
jim dash
Mister and Mrs A. l. OReilly and the kids and Leone
Stoddard and Agnes Schubert have Vancouver
watern CESS Mister ORely will have plenty of
drivn from the back sect with three 3 abord my
father sed.
jim dash
Mister W. c. Dyer turned all the citys munney to
Judge Boyes when he away Mites well ennyhow my
father sed because Judge Boyes puts of the munney
Mister and Mrs Ernest Boone also When Mister Dyer
went on vacashun mean. Trends CESS
jim dash
Mister Cleve Groome down to Mt Home shakn hand
bizness but don when. He told my father he
lie has losa bznes My father sed he wished he
lad kind of work to take him away from home wunct
n vile and my Mother sed amen
Jim dash
Lettie Weymouth down to Marble front had Emma Smith
to visit her from Weser jess trends CESS. So CESS
Lee will be down to Weser pretty Visitin Emma
jim dash
Mister Cash Nckle away visitn relashm but
ack To Jerome Mrs Fred Miller His sister. And family
Jim dash
Clarence Sloan up Portland seen the sites and
eashuns witch is asst cashier down to the Commercial bank
lie got his full wages CESS Banks have plenty of munney
pay there help with vacashun CESS
jim dash
Ruth Hall and Pearl and Ruby Dillon went to Seattle
go school to brush up They to Portland
also the prade wich CRATE my ant sed witch
went Also She visited my grand Mother up Seattle
lint cost her nothn for bord ennyhow.
Jim dash
Doctor and Mrs L. D. Blondel had Mister Harry Atwood
Town there house for eats WITCH preeched down the M
g. Mehdss church about the constooshun sumhn like
hat. pleasant time had by all.
thirty