Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • 1

"TT TT T7TirTrTTr -r THE BAXTER BID AW i iM- XA8 3HT ii aha rprirw VOLUMK Shiras Tul A Bodcnhamer, Editors and Owners. MOUNTAIN HOME, BAXTER COUNTV, AKKANSAb. Al'IML ll, I My SUBSCKIPTIOnpriCK. ER.vriB 1 if rrm ni.i ttb i i i iiiKlJnwttr.H lit SUPT. WOMACK Little Town of Guion De SIOPS III X.WVAY TEAM WILL AID THE TO SPEAK HERE molished By Terrific Storm.

TICK WORK F1w- PAUNKI.I. WILL IS WILL ADDRESS SCHOOL DIRECT ORS AM) PATRONS APRIL 19 AT 9 A. M. Five Dead, Many Injured, By Cyclone Which Went SI DEFICIENCY PRO( LAM A. TION THIS WEEK.

Arkansas Light "and JPower Company Given More Tearing Through Izard County on Wednesday of Last Week. A meeting of school board meniU-rs Franchises In -North h'v Mill Holt of Mippin Kate Couple From Serious Injury. Will Holt, produce man of Flip-pin, probably saved the lives of Ab Young and daughter Pyatt Saturday, when he stopped a runaway team, which was dragging an overturned wagon which they were in. Mr. Young driving in-to his barnyard when the wagon turned over and the team started to run.

Mr. Holt was coming in a truck, and he leax-d out and stop, ped the team. All suffered minor injuries. Governor Pamell Friday night an and other patrons of Baxter County nounced over long distance telephone will be held in the court house at from Dermott. his home, that arrange HjmiT One of the most disastrous storm? Mountain Home Friday, April 19, at 9 a.

m. This early hour meeting is in that ever visited North Arlfnsa other. As it melted ito the other ments practically have been completed for financing a deficiency METHODIST TRAINING order for Superintendent Womack to came rippinir aeiowt White River, on Wednesday eveninir of last week and proclamation for tick eradication, and catch the train. clouds, the air became thick with leav es which it carried in its spout. SCHOOL AT BATESVILLE The ninth annual session of the that the proclamation probably will demolished the little town of (iuion, in It is urged that every school dis be issued early this week.

Batesville District Standard Training ueavy nan leu over a large area in Izard County, and dnirjt lots of dam trict in the county be represented at W. Frame, U. S. District En-iHcr" for" rtw'Vort Smith district, has rfif lhe'rtKt wuek in this ter-ritory'i1Wtigitrng the water flow of the Fork and Buffalo rivers, in connection with proposed water i'wer development. A.

L. Pauls, engineVr connected with the Electric Bond St Share has been investigating water power sites, in Fulton and Izard Counties. At Wheel His announcement relayed by the this meeting by school board members aire between that place and Mount Pleasant. The following articles toll Gazette to Dr. W.

A. McDonald, in School for church and Sunday School workers will be held next week at the first Methodist church in Batesville, LARGEST TAX PAYER and other patrons to hear Superintend ing, five miles south of Salem, the stones reached an enormous size, some ent Womack. Among other matters he the story. spector in charge in Arkansas for the United States Bureau of Animal In I 1 I 1 I April 22-2C. will probably discuss the administra iiauroaa i.raa aii is taxes By Tom Shiras in Thursday's Ar dustry, brought from the federal offi Five courses are to be taught this tion of the Equalization Fund.

kansas Gazette: cial the statement that an order to be of them measuring nine and a half inches in diameter. In an interview here this morning with J. W. Williamson, one of the largest proK-rty owners, he put the in North Arkansas. Fulton County's largest tax payer paid its tax la.t ww when Perry company with Capt.

LeVasseur, local Guion, April II The bodies Mr. Rube Atchison and her sif gin reducing the force of federal tick United Charities of Batesville, assist year by an approved faculty headed by Dr. C. M. Bishop of Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas, who will teacher the course "Old Test radication workers in Arkansas on ed in the registration of the surviv Goodwin, representative of the Frisco ter, Mrs.

I-ilia Carey, were recover engineer for the concern who has spent the last five years in making water power surveys on these streams. A subsidiary of the Electrict Rond April 15, tomorrow, will be held in ors. railroad handed Sheriff Lanis Ashley cd from the ruins of their home abeyance for a few days at least. The damage at in the town alone. Probably $.10,000 damage resutled in rural sections.

ament Prophecy." Other courses to Though homeless, with all the they owned on their backs, and across White River from this place this morning, bringing the tota order will be held up so that work Share has a permit to develop wat be given are "The Home," "Intermediate-Senior Materials," "The Beginner of Salem, a check for $10,.127.42. The Frisco is the largest tax payer not only in i-ulton County, but in all other counties the road touches in the may not lie suspended as long as there- facing the prospect of a sturgglc The officials and trainmen of the deaths from the tornado which struck er power on the White, Buffalo and is reason to believe provision for tick raise their homes from the wreckage White River Division of the Missouri Pupil," and "Organization and Admin- North Fork rivers and on Crooked eiadication in some counties and pro st ration of the S. ''reek. The Arkansas Light Power Die people of the town seemed cheerful. Their plight was secondary wifl here late yesterday evening up t.

five. The other three are Claud Campbell, Fanny Jane Tilton am! Thelma Tierce. Because the boats liert teetiun for others, will be made, Dr. The daily sessions will be from (:45 Pacific, were among the most prominent in the relief work. J.

W. Daniels, superintendent, Friday morning, Spring River territory. The Missouri pacific is the largest tax payer in the Upper White River country, in those Company, has recently been given McDonald said. them, and they evinced a wonderful 9:15 pm, and while its full expense The governor said that negotiations spirit in asking for news of the injur is borne by the Methodist Church, the counties through which its White Riv had been washed away by high wat had not had his clothes off since Wednesday night, having been on active franchises in the towns of Zinc, Pyatt, Everton, Lead Hill, St. Joe and Western Grove.

It is possible that a move will be made some time later er Division runs. ed quartered in Batesville homes and hospitals. Not one complaint was duty al lthe time. After being on duty all day Wednesday, a tiain crew heard, but rather inquiries were made courses all of which are purely undenominational are open to anybody desiring to take them for credit, attending all sessions and working foi the diploma. Being only a five-day the year tow-ard the development of Rex Arnett of Custer, was here water power in this section.

about their friends and fellow-work era. consisting of C. S. Adams, conductor; Joe McMullen, engineer; Vernon Wednesday, and says that farmers are behind with their work due to the wet weather the past few Jilinson, fireman; and H. E.

Heckart school, it is necessary to have the first News of the path of death and damage in other parts of the state SMITH-G1RKIN Word was received here Tuesday er, the stricken family could not be reached until this morning. Two the Atchison children were also found injured but not seriously. This place of 100 inhabitants, with 150 buildings is completely demolish ed. With the exception of the Missouri Pacific water tank and three houses, which were badly damaged, every other building in town was raz ed to the ground. All day lung hom owners dumb with misery sea rr net and S.

E. bracmen volunteer lessons prepared in advance. For this from the storm which had laid flat purpose text books for any of th of the marriage of Festus Girkin, of ed to man the relief train which was run from Batesville Wednesday night. have been opened with individual banks and that he confident that the deficiency warrants issued under the procalamation will be taken care of. The amount of the deficiency will be increased from the $50,000 proposed by the governor a week or so ago because a part at least of the $25,000 emergency fund appropriated by the 1929 legislature to take care of unusual situations is being used for the relief of the tornado suffers in North and Northeast Arkansas.

Governor Parnell said he expected to have the $65,000 to be raised under the deficiency proclamation supplemented by what may be left of the both legs broken and suffered internal injuries, and her son, Ray; Mr. their homes also was eagerly sought. Their thoughts were of others and above courses can be procured from Mr. Cliff Wood at the First National this place and Miss Clara Smith, of Melbourne, which took place at Mel They worked all night and turned in Bank in Batesville. overtime for their work.

and Mrs. Sim Sheffield and two children; Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Rum not of themselves. The village, one of about 400 popu Rev.

H. K. King is Chairman of the By Noel Cobb in Saturday's Gaz mer and four children, Joe, Eva, Inez ette: Board of Managers of the School, among the ruins for their belcngings lation, nestles between hills in a small valley through which the White and Jack; and J. F. Elliot, Harry Metcalf is Secretary-Treasurer, Guion, April 12.

The desperate pitifully incapable of coping with the river runs. The storm, according to nd I. N. Barnett is Educational Teague and O. L.

Baker. Late this afternoon it was reported that little plight of Guion residents who, for the past two nights, have been forced to situation. Little will be saved from the wreckage. That property which irector. The schcool is held at this those who saw it, was seen more than bourne Sunday.

Mrs. Girkin is the daughter af Mr. and Mrs. R. II.

Smith, of Melbourne, and is well known to the people of this community. She was a student at our local college for several years and was very popular with the students as well as the citizens of our town. Mr. Girkin is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

J. H. Girkin, and was reared hope is being held for the recovery of five minutes before it came over the ime of the year for the first time in was not torn to pieces by the wind Talmadge Atchison. emergency appropriation after the hill to the south. This lapse of time the hope that more will be enabled was water soaked.

The storm cam tornado situation has been alieviated The dead and the more seriously from across White Uivcr, sucking th enabled villagers to seek shelter. The wind cut a clean path through the The governor said that the deficiency injured are in Batesville hospitals and homes. The one hospital there is filled to attend than when held in latter patt of August as heretofore. The usual entertainment plan as heretofore (bed and breakfast is offered by the two river up into its whirling spout anil the town was ravaged by water as procalamation is not expected to pro forrst on the south hill and dipped in and the injured were housed in the vide for eradication and protection ex well as wind. in this community.

He received his boys' and girls' dormitories of Arkan Supplies were sent to this place sas College. Students of the college Methodist congregations in Batesville to all those from out of the city taking courses for credit. cept during the present year and that provisions for next year will be taken care of either through additional de to the river. The stream was struck with such force that water was lifted by the wind and carried to the bluff behind the town, more than a quarter mill! away. The houses and stores of by train from Batesville this morn education at our local schools and for the past few years has been teaching in surrounding communities.

He is well thought of, and is very assisted in caring for the injured ing, and it is expected that the Red seek shelter in sand caves and overturned boxcars, without needed clothing and food, was relieved this morning with arrival of the relief train from Little Rock with Red Cross and National Guard officials and supplies, clothing, cots and tents brought on the train will relieve the emergency which was created cdncsday afternoon when a tornado ru: and completely demolished the own. The scene of devastation, one of plintered, twisted lumber, which ince the storm, had been where the jwn stood, changed within a few r.ours to one with the khaki National iiuaid tent rising from the debris. To the Missouri Pacific Line is due ficiency proclamations or at a special session to be called about the first of the credit for taking the injured to popular among the younger set. the town, numbering about 150, were picked up, in many cases, and dashed Cross will take change of the situation tomorrow. The 40 wounded taken to Batesville last night have been housed in Batesville, where they could obtain the year.

Their many friends wish them a long and happy married life. against the bluff. Some of the large timbers were buried several feet in the ground by the force of the wind. medical service. A special train left here a few hours after the storm with more than 50 injured.

The Missouri Pacific has put its entire facilities at MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS porary hospitals and most of them are recovering. One of the most seriously injured is W. O. Tiltun. superintendent of the Silica Products Com NOTICE Extra fine, quality and productive, CATTLE SUFFERING FROM STOMACH WORMS A large number of cattle over Baxter County and this sectionof the Oz-arks are infested with stomach worms.

Some of the cattle, usually the younger ones die, while others do not develop well, drag along and cause a loss to the "owner by not putting on enough flesh. The treatment for stomach worms Horses and cowa which were tied in he yards were picked up and deposit Methodist Society Holds Conference in the disposal of "the relief committee cotton seed for sale, $1.00 per bu. AUa liatesvile. of Batesville citizens and yesterday ed upon the top of the bluff. None of seed peanuts, Spanish and Jumbo.

A. The 15th session of the Women's brought food and clothing to the vil the larger animals were killed but scv Near the Missouri Pacific tracks the J. Pickens near Salesville, address, Missionary Society of the North Ar eral bodies of dogs and chickens were headquarters tents of the Red Cross Arkana, Ark. 4-26 kansas Conference, Methodist Church mixed with the wreckage of the hous ind the Arkansas National Guard arose, and to them came the survivors, es South, held its annual session at the First Methodist church in Batesville, of cattle, sheep and goats is copper sulphate (bluestone) solution. For Miraculous escapes from death were ho recounted their immediate needs.

EPWORTH LEAGUE For April 21, 1929, 7:45 p. m. A nrozram will be given at the st week. About 125 representatives field kitchen, in chi rge of jiij- pany's plant at this place. Hopes, how.

ever, are held out for his recovery. One viewing the left by the storm could not see how a cat could have escaped death, and the death list would have been much larger if the citizens of the town had not sought safety underground. Many went into storm cellars, while a largi number of others hurried to the tunnels in the big sand quarry below the depot. The storm came out of the wot fol cattle it is as follows: Dose both well recited. The stories came only after manv promptings as the survivors were in attendance.

ISM Infantry, Arkansas Nat- and infected animals. Remove to fresh Mrs. E. F. Ellis, of Fayctteville is to avoid telling of their part oral Guard, of Batesville, was con pasture after treatment.

Deprive ani in the catsatrophe. H. W. Uither re president. Mrs.

II. Hanesworth of Augusta, recording secretary, Mrs. W. ructed within a few hours, and at mats of fed for 16 to 24 hours and lage. The railroad also furnished means of transportation for the Gazette reporter-photographer to reach the village.

A freight train caried him from Little Rock to Newport, where a motor car was waiting for him to take him to Batesville to catch a relief train at Guion. The motor car was in charge Tif W. S. Stienburgen of Diaz, special section foreman. First press dispatches to the Gazette were sent over the railroad wires ihrough the courtesy of Missouri Pacific officials.

J. M. Matlock, operator it Batesville, routed the messages by von servpvd a meal to survivors and they uiiould receive no water on th; lated that he attempted to run from the storm but that he was caught by Oliver of Marianna corresponding tenet workers. secretary, and Mis. W.

A. Steele of the wind and carried more than 75 Today marked the first steps in day they are dosed until several hours after tei dosed. For drenching, a long-necked bottle or a drenching v'an Buren, treasurer. Methodist church at the church hour Sunday evening. Some special numbers will be given and a number of talks by young people in our League.

The purpose of the program is to strengthen the tie that binds youth and adulthood together. The church needs youth and youth needs the support of the church. An offering will be taken at the close of the program for Epworth League Extension work. We hope the yards and landed upon a storm cellar linking plans for rebuilding the town. lowing the courses of two hollows or.

At the first session welcomes were door. He crawled inside as the storm Immediatelv after the storm Wednes- the west side of White River, to the burst sending a demolished house, lay afternoon, and all yesterday, in- tube may be used. Bluestone (coppcv sulphate) solution is prepared as follows: Take one pound (avoirdupois) extended by various organizations and an address was made by Miss Esther Case, secretary of the Foreign Depart twisted trees, and other debris upon seemed stunned and littl river, then tearing through this place and out on west ever the hills. It was about one-half mile wide. Leaving this place it continued on east to the top of the cellar.

J. L. Coates. Missouri Pacific sec ment of the General Mission Board of "ffort was made to establish homes r.om the ruins. Today several of the ay of Kansas City into Little Rock of pure bluestone (copper sulphate), powder it finely, and dissolve in as direct wires of the railroad from families gathered the twisted and widely scattered remains of their congregation will feel impressed with the need for the ffering and will con- Mount I'lea-sant, devastating farm after farm in its course.

The house and Batesville to Little Rock were down. gals, of water. It is better to dissolve the bluestone first in 2 or 3 qts. of tion foreman, said he saw the storm coming and left his handcar and took refuge under a ledge and escaped The Missouri Pacific officials in homes, and the sounds of saw and tribute liberally to its great cause. barn on the Pressly Campbell place the church.

Thursday night's program was two pageants by the children and young people of Batesville, "Passing the Torch," and "Garden of Youth." Rogers was selected as the meeting place for next year. water, then to add the remaining quantity of cold water and mix without a scratch hammer were heard in all parts of Guion today who assisted in the relief work and who extended the services of Were blown down and the wreckage of the house consumed by fire. The Mrs. W. 0.

Tilton, whose husband is v. hat had been the village. thoroughly. The solution may be given the company's men to the National hTe relief train's arrival with tents, house and Lam on the Leonard Camp superintendent of the Silicia Sand Products Company, pointed out the Guard and Red Cross representatives which were alloted to each family, to cattle in the following sized doses Calves 3V to 4 fluid ounces. Y'earlings 6 fluid ounces.

included: J. K. Hobbs, trainmaster, wreckage from which she crawled aft spurred the workers to renewed ac bell place were also destroyed. Further on it blew down two burns on the Tilton place; houe and burn on the SURVEYORS AT WORK Aurora, J. W.

Daniels, superin er the storm. She was not hurt but her tivity. Many erected tents beside the Two year olds and older 12 to lb tendent, Aurora; J. K. McFadden di husband was seriously injured and place where they intend to rebuil Chas.

Owens place; hnue and barn on th- V. E. Sumner place; hnuse and vision engineer, Nevada, U. A their homes, and with the tent as a their daughter, Thana Jane Tilton, aged four, was killed by the stones of PREMIUM LIST FOR FAIR TO BE OUT SOON Lyle Shoemaker, president of the Baxter County Fair Association, has been hard at work this week on the fair, taking subscriptions for the premium list and selling ads in the premium list book that will be printed soon. Almost every business rjin and citizen that was approached to the fair this year and there is every indication that the fair will be a great success this year.

bi'so, collected lumber for temporary Horn, firidge and supervisor Aurora; W. A. Bender, master mech fluid ounces. Scours is a common symptom of the presence of stomach worms (in the fourth stomach.) HENRY D. GREEN, County Agent.

the chimney of their home. The child State Highway Engineers Relocating a Part of Number 12 E. Sturgeon, District Engineer for the State Highway Department, started work last week on a survey relocating a part of number 12 between Hen met her death with Miss elma Pierce anic, Nevada; H. K. Liewiyn oi ine freight claim department, Little Rock; however, could find no trace their homos and planned to return iiged 23, who also was crushed by the E.

B. Kurtz, special agent, Aurora; falling stones. Mrs. T. J.

Pierce, moth again to spend the night in the sand derson and the Fulton County line. er of Miss Pierce, is injured serious- avrs in the bluff behind the town. and W. J. McGee, wrecking foreman, Cotter, Ark.

AMERICAN LEGION HELPS The new route will cut off about a y. and it was erroneously reported These caves were places of refuge for mile and a half of the distance be H. R. Llewlyn Western Union Tele after the storm that she had been kill- of the people who esacped un graph Company supervisor, Little hurt. Oihers found safety in storm- d.

Hcrshel Stephens, principal of the tween the two towns. They will also locate a bridge site across the North Fork river. Curves will also be length Rock, directed the restringing of wires liars in their yards, but many were SALESVILLE Miss Edith Trunk visited over with her teacher, Miss Foster, at school which was razed, said that the The American Legion in many towns in Arkansas are helping in the Boy Scout movement. The reason underlies support for the boys at our state. Our support is not as many people would have you understand.

A step to militarize the Boy Scout organization. injured while running to the cellars. ened. along the railroad right of way. A line from Guion to Little Rock was placed in operation about 11 last night." barn on the Orville Jones place; hon and barn on the Lee Hall place; house on the Pot Holland place; house and ban on the Ernest King place; house and barn on the Irving Lewis place; house and barn on the Tom Chick Moser place; gin and bain on the Al-vin Caraway place; and the old Barren Fork church near Mount Pleasant.

Nearly all of the occupants of these houses received minor injuries, but none were killed or seriously wounded. Other tornadoes were seen at several places in hard County yesterday aftcinot.n. People between Melbourne and Calico Rock, sa two form. One drifted out of sight toward the lu.itheust, turning slowly. It was hiKh in the air and no damage wbh reported from it.

Another smaller one gathered about two miles from there, ad brok up for some cause ct children, had been dismissed at 4 and barely had time to reach their homes before the storm swept over the village. He escaped without injury, CHANCERY COURT The Batesville committee which is Maj. C. R. Barham, quartermaster the Arkansas National Guard, was charge of distribution of the tents other with Capt.

Lee Casey, directed erection cf the field directing relief work for Guion is headed by George Rosenthal, local Judge Williams of Harrison Presiding. News reaching here from Batesville But it is given because we believe in the Boy Scout movement. We believe that it builds manly, courageous chairman of the Red Cross and a di Average Docket. Chancery Court convened at this listed the most seriously injured as follows: Lee Campoell and small kitchen und supervised the preparing of the noon meal. rector of the Chamber of Commerce, men who are willing and able to ac daughter, Rentha Campbell; Tal- XiU Henrietta Wilkins, National cept responsibilities when responsibil place Monday morning with Chancellor Sam Williams of Harrison, presiding.

The docket is an average one and adge Atchison, son of Mrs. Reuben and G. T. Cross, Chamber of Commerce secretaufc The officers of the Chamber of Commerce were used as headquarters for the Relief Red Cross representative; Miss Ktta Lee Gowdy, Red Cross nursing representative, and Mrs. J.

W. Parse, pio-hation officer nnd secretary of 'he ities arise. Mountain Home Alley-White Post No. 52, by Legionnaire Newman. court will probably close before the Atchison, who was killed; Mrs.

Pearl Upton and small daughter, Imogene Upton; Mrs. Dick Caraway who had end of the week. Hand. Wylio Baker and friends were turkey hunting, also Charley Wolf of Mountain Home. The turkeys seem to fce about exterminated.

Mrs. Nate Ware and sons, Faye and Ray. came from Shawnee, on Friday for a visit with relatives. There was a good attendance at the L. W.

Walter home on Thursday nieht. The largest hail the writer has ever seen, fell here on Wednesday afternoon, many of them beinsr over two inches in diameter. Jap Wilson had a cow killed by hail. Mr. and Mrs.

Frank I'kkcns were trading in Mountain Home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ritchie had a very narrow escape from drowning in the flood waters of Morton Creek.

They were rescued by some of the mill men. C. L. Blice, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Reason, and W. A. Trunk were transiting business in Cotter Saturday. A. L.

Unirer lost a valuable cow THE FEATHERHEADS By Osborn I'HINl Two Hours Past Supper Time HE COOLS LEAST WiEh" -S I I 1 1 HE 1 1 They 6 bin shenanigans, dand, jr.fiiUt 7:.. soi5 toft (JOLLY i VU: -i EI64T O'CLOCK fl v. 1 1 1 mi WHAT AMI t0iNS li.il Pi Mi I VEC iMll' ih fl i rwiR WAS WAT fuNKrV X'lllll lil ll i IM1! t' lI MUST OAVfc '3l kfk' UM WS MAN WUO WCEATEME0 i 'i. JrS Willi 0EMMtWUTTOAiD 'rrim lyUvCuTW HEART OUT 111, klS I VM rV') -r ft 1 V'V' IV' -p Spin pi -T L-Sc'vl! r'l -hi i i ll' week. Our school clos'c with an prcjrram under the direction of he Uacht-r, Miss roster, on nuay nifrht, April 19.

Mmm Cretonne, and at Everybody 4-1U rty.