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" -S rV SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World MacArhur Given Hero's Welcome; Divided Nation Questions Issues AN AROUSED NATION—No one event in the recent history ol the United States has caused as much comment among the people on the Main Streets of the little towns and big towns of the nation as that of the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur from his commands in the far east. It was a shocked and angry nation that gathered on Main Street when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It was a happy nation that demonstrated at the end of World War IL Bt it was a divided nation that questioned the removal of MacArthur! The storm raged from grocery store to filling station, from hard ware store to the courthouse. Indig nation, sorrow, righteousness, worry, fear and hysteria found their way in to the controversy. The issues of civil power vs mili tary, Europe vs Asia, the personality of MacArthur vs Truman, politics vs statecraft, all entered into the story. For a week it was violent and then the general came home for the first time in 14 years to the acclaim of a grateful and sentimental nation. But by now the first shock and anger of the President's action had given way to considerable sober thinking. For the first time the people of Main Street got a look through the fog of personal grudges and politics at some of the deeper issues. Although it was .a divided nation still, hysteria was abating. There was still confusion, but the people along Main Street were calm er. And many of them realized that they had witnessed a turning point in history. Whether it would be for the best interests of the country and the world they could not decide— only time would telL THE WORLD— Although at first glance it seems a long way from the Main Streets of the small towns of the nation to Europe and Asia, the majority of the hometowners today realize we live in “one world,” and for that reason they were listening to what others had to say about the MacArthur-Truman controversy. This is some of the reaction abroad: London—'* . , . His (Mac Arthur) removal was accepted as an augury of peace”; Paris—“The French feel that his dismissal means less chance of total war . . Bonn—“Most Germans believe that at worst General MacArthur’s impulsiveness would involve the United States in a general war.” THE PRESS—Back of the national scene the home town press took a more temperate view of the incident than expressed by the thousands of telegrams that were received by senators and congressmen. The home town editors were concerned about constitutional rights and which is more important to world peace, Asia, as believed by MacArthur, or Europe, as believed by Truman. A survey of 78 leading newspapers in the daily field showed this division of opinion: Truman right, 38; Truman wrong 26; neutral, 14. The daily press, too, was deeply concerned over issues concealed in the first blast of tempers. New Commanders Lt. Gen. Ridgway Lt. Gen. Van Fleet With tb« removal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur from bis commands in the Pacific, Lt. Gen. Ridgway has taken over Mac Arthur's posts in Tokyo. Lt. Gen. van Fleet assumed com mand of the %th army in Korea, succeeding Ridgway. THE CONGRESS—And while the Truman-MacArthur controversy raged along the Main Streets of the nation, the debate reached the boil ing point in the house and senate. It can be said with all truthfulness that the dispute reached the stage where those two bodies of men, representing the people of the United States, stripped themselves of what little dignity remained after three years of battling over domestic and foreign issues. The debate, for the most part, was along party lines with the Repub licans backing MacArthur and the Democrats plugging the President. Both sides hurled the label of “war party” at the other. There were in dications, however, that the two parties might get together for a sweep ing investigation of the administration's far eastern policy. ANOTHER LONG WAIT—While the nation talked of the Truman- MacArthur controversy, the house passed its version of a draft bill. But the mothers and fathers in the small towns of the nation appear in for an other long wait before they learn the fate of their sons. The measure now goes to a house-senate conference committee that has the senate version of a draft. The conferees face a long and hard struggle to work out a compromise. Long-range training features of the two measures pose the greatest obstacle to quick agreement. There are, however, numerous other conflicts that will require time to adjust. At the moment it appears very likely that a compromise bill might not become law much before July 9. the expiration date of the present selective service act. FARM MACHINERY OUTPUT— The long-awaited cutback in farm equipment output is expected during the next three months, industry spokesmen reported, with production of about 75 per cent of the indus try’s capacity. Production of farm tractors for the first quarter of this year was higher than in 1950, but material shortages are expected to re duce schedules. From January through March, 152,260 farm tractors were produced. In the corresponding months of 1950 the total was 147,972 units. The Increase was attributed to use of materials stockpiled during last fall’s strikes. Accumulated materials have been used up, however, and manu facturers are having difficulty securing quantities to keep pace with pro duction schedules. DEFENSE JOBS GO BEGGING—The people of the home towns of the nation are not rushing into defense jobs as fast as some government agen cies desire. Robert C. Goodwin, director of the bureau of employment security, reported that 50,000 unfilled jobs clog the rolls of state employment of- iices as the nation’s defense program shifts into second gear. The unfilled jobs are for workers in professional, managerial, skilled, service, .clerical and sales, semiskilled, and unskilled fields. Thirty-six states reported openings. DECISION SOON— Since March 5, when deputies of Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States began meetings in Paris in hope of agreeing on an agenda for another foreign ministers’ conference, the people in the home towns of America have waited patiently for an an nouncement that perhaps the big four could get together. A decision should be reached any day now and the democratic nations believe the Soviet Union will agree to the conference. U.S. diplomats believe the Russians will agree for three reasons: (1) To stall, or at least put a brake on the accelerated defense programs of the free na tions of the Atlantic alliance; (2) To exploit and widen whatever differ ence may still exist among the western powers and to divide them on important policy issues, if possible; and (3) To use the proposed con ference, bound to be one of the most widely reported events in recent history, as an organ of propaganda for Soviet “peace aims.” FARM SECURITY TAXES First Farm Social Security Report Due Ike first social security tax and infpnpatian returns for farm and hafttihold employees, together with payment of taxes, was due on or be fore April 30. The social security tax and infor mation return covers the quarterly period of January, February, and March, 1951. The farm and house hold employees involved those who were brought into the federal old- age and survivors insurance sys tern on January 1. Whether or not a farm or house hold employee’s wages are subject to the taxes depends on the number of days worked for the employer and the amount of cash earnings. If in doubt concerning taxes due, farmers are urged to see the near est internal revenue collector at once. Geese Wintering That a good many wild ducks and geese winter in West Virginia is the opinion of Alan W. Souder, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent. Souder expressed this opinion fol lowing a wild fowl count he made in January in cooperation with the Conservation Commission. Approxi mately 12,000 ducks and geese were sighted. The commission’s air plane, with Pilot Edsel France at the controls, was used in making the surveys on Jan. 10 and 11. Do ing the counting were Souder and Chief C. O. Handley of the com mission’s game management divi sion. The plane on the first day flew over the Bluestone dam and up the Greenbrier River and its tribu taries; also the Kanawha and most of its large tributaries. On the Blue- stone 3,500 ducks, mostly mallards and golden eyes, were counted. The Kanawha flight added about 5,000 to the day’s “bag,” most of these being blacks and mallards found near Leon. Thirty-four Canadian geese also were seen. The following day a flight was made over the Ohio from its junc tion with the Kanawha to New Mar tinsville. About 3,000 ducks were sighted. These were in scattered flocks ranging in number from five to six to 100 birds. “There is no doubt in my mind,” said Souder, “that many of these birds are wintering in West Vir ginia. This is indicated strongly by the inaccessibility of the places where they were found.” AAA Proper Retrieve Retrieving the lure should begin immediately when it hits the water. This is done by turning the crank handle which in most cases auto matically engages the pick-up arm. This in turn picks up the line and starts to level wind the line on the spooL The speed of retrieve depends upon the lure used. When a fish strikes, set the hook immediately and continue to reel in the line. The hooked fish will be played from the reel, the drag having been pre viously adjusted to the proper ten sion. This adjustment depends on the weight of the line used. If too much tension is made on a light line, it is liable to break when the strike is made. The fish should be played until it is completely tired, then brought to the angler. If it is necessary to use a net, the fish can be taken in the usual manner; however, many fish can be taken without using a net as long as the fish are completely tired. Large fish of course should be netted or gaffed, depending upon the situation. AAA The yak, native of Asia, has a pe culiar voice resembling the grunt of a pig. - AAA Deep Trolling Wall-eyed pike go to considerable depths, particularly during warm summer months. They sometimes leave these deep waters to feed in the shallows, more especially during high water and at night, whereas wise anglers at such times are wont to leave their bed and sleep. Yet, even in midday and in August better takes of wall-eyes from sixty and even more feet of water may be secured by the use of deep trolling Monel and for which purpose the twisted or braid ed line is suitable. Wall-eyes are prone to school up in considerable numbers as do their smaller rela tives, the yellow perch. Muskellunge and great northern pike often follow the schools of perch and other food fish into the deeper waters. Both these species of big fresh water pikes are more solitary of nature than are the perch clans. The big pikes have a habit of watchful waiting where food and natural camouflage com bine. AAA Rabid Beavers? A rabies-ridden beaver was killed recently by a Boone county, Mis souri man after the rodent attacked his dog. The incident was reported by the Montana Game and Fish De partment. The farmer, Derby Bass, rushed outside that night when he heard sounds of a vicious struggle, and found his dog engaged in a fight with the mad beaver. Bass made attempts to drive the beast off, but when it tried to attack him, he had to shoot it. University of Missouri veterinary experts said they had never before heard of a beaver having rabies. AAA Temperatures One qf the most important fac tors in/determining where to fish is the temperature of the water. This is true in both lakes and streams. Fish are cold blooded, which means that the body of the fish takes on the dame temperature of the water. Forty years ago, the few fisher men who realized the bearing of water temperature on fishing were ridiculed. Today, thousands of stream jmglers have thermometers in their tackle boxes. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. Over Butter's Future Per Capita Consumption Continues to Decline Dairy farmers throughout the nation, especially in the midwest, are giving serious thought to one phase of the industry—the future of butter. Long the economic foun dation of the industry, butter has continued to decline in per capita consumption. Since 1940 consumption has de clined from 16.9 to 10.5 pounds per person per year, while margarine, with a per capita consumption of 2.4 pounds in 1940, has increased 1940 16.9 LBS. BUTTER T mm mm 2.4 LM r 343 L3S. MAR6A8- MS FLUID * ~ MH-K e3 AMP CREAM 1945 V 10.9 LBS. BUTTER “r A LBS. MARGAR- IN6 % mmmm mm 432 LBS. FLUID MILX AND CREAM 1950 IAS LBS. BUTTER 6.1 LBS. ^ MARSAft INE FT 58^*30 MMH IS&SOf 390 LBS. FLUID MILK AND CREAM to 6.1 pounds during the past year. The war hurt the sale of butter more than anything in recent years. People learned to do without and then when ceilings were lifted the price jumped above $1 a- pound. The price was just too much for the average American family. Shortly thereafter came the but- ter-oleo battle. Industry leaders now believe that was a serious mis take. These are the rea.ons the indus try is worried over their future. @i 2 ? # @2 ^ 80 National Farm Safety Weel Scheduled for July 22-28 If farm residents adopt safe prac tices throughout 1951, accidents may not kill an average of 47 farm peo ple every day as they are now do ing. This will mean an important sav ing of America’s manpower and production, especially vital now in view of the national emergency. Ned H. Dearborn, president, of the National Safety Council, recent ly urged this method of strengthen ing America’s defense measures in announcing that the eighth annual National Farm Safety Week will be observed July 22-28. “The purpose of this week is to encourage all farm people to adopt safe practices on the farm and in all phases of farm life the year around,” Mr. Dearbor nsaid. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the Farmer’s Union, the National Grange, the Farm Equipment Institute and many other organizations interested in farm life and agriculture have joined with the council and the U.S. depart ment of agriculture in promoting the observance of National Farm Safety Week. Turkey Nests To prevent fighting among hens and to check egg break age, a movable section of nests has been devised by a number of turkey raisers. The entrance guards are carefully balanced and rotate on pipe. When a hen enters a nest, the guard closes, giving privacy until she leaves. The top is re movable and the nests are sometimes built on low runners so they can be moved easily. Holstein Holds World's Record for Butterfat The world’s record for butterfat production is held by a Holstein cow. Carnation Homestead Daisy Madcap. This animal produced 1,412.6 pounds of butterfat from 34,553 pounds of milk, showing an average test for one year of 4.1 per cent. This is equivalent to 1,767 pounds of butter and 16,071 quarts of milk. On one day of the test the animal produced 123.3 pounds of mlllr. Serve Family Breakfast That Tastes Wonderful And Looks Good, Too « a - COULD YOU RESIST a breakfast that smelled irresistible, looked good and tasted wonderful? Could you pass up a well-balanced meal that someone cooked with en thusiasm, and hummed happily while they did it? No, chances are /ou couldn’t, end neither will your family if you set this pleasant pace every morning. Almost everyone agrees they should eat a good breakfast, but they have • all sorts of reasons for not doing so: a few more minutes of sleep, lack of time, lack of ap petite and interest. What’s more, they know it would do them good, but they just don’t get around to it. Every homemaker can help her family off to a good start by plan ning this first meal as they do the others. When delightful odors come from the kitchen early in the morn ing, they can do more good than an alarm clock. If the meal is varied and interesting, she can have the family practically tumbling over each other getting to the table. Start things off with a peppy eye- opener: plump, luscious strawber ries, tall glasses of tomato, grape fruit or orange juice, juicy halves of grapefruit, colorful cranberry or refreshing pineapple juice. Follow this with a bowl of steam ing, fragrant cereal served with raisins and brown sugar and cream or crisp, already sugared prepared cereal with fruit-in-season. If the family likes a hearty break fast, try bacon rings with eggs or poached eggs in sausage nests. Maybe they’d like fried mush with apple rings, pancake drizzled with hot syrup, French toast with cherry preserves or plump omelet with Canadian bacon. • • • •Fluffy Scrambled Eggs (Serves 4) 6 eggs, well beaten % cup light cream 94 teaspoon salt 94 teaspoon pepper 94 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, if desired Combine eggs, cream and sea sonings. Cook in double boiler until just lightly set, or in a lightly greased skillet, stirring frequently. Serve on buttered toast with crisp ly cooked sausage, Canadian bacon Circles or broiled bacon. • 0 • Golden Mush PACKED COOKED cornmeal mush in tin can which has been rinsed in cold water. Cover and chill thoroughly. Slice and brown in hot fat in skillet until golden brown. Serve with sausage patties, glazed apple slices and hot syrup. The mush may be prepared the night before to chill thoroughly. Slow cooking gives the patties the desired crispness. • • • Crisp Badon and Eggs (Serves 4) 6 slices bacon, chopped 1 cup soft bread crumbs 94 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 3 eggs, beaten Fry bacon until crisp. Remove lean; add bread crumbs to the drip pings and *heat until the crumbs are crisp and brown. Add milk and sea sonings to eggs. Scramble in bacon drippings. When nearly set, add crumbs and bacon. Wake up to a really good morn ing and get a running start on the day's work with a breakfast of fruit, cereal, appetizing hot bread, eggs and beverage. With a fresh and attractive table set ting, you can enjoy breakfast and take time to enjoy it. LYNN SAYS: Imaginative Tricks Make Foods Delightful t.«t» crab cakes? You’ll like them even more if you roll the cakes in finely chopped nuts before frying them. Try egg balls for garnishing soup the next time you have guests. Moisten the sieved and seasoned yolks of two hard-cooked eggs with enough raw egg to moisten. Shape in tiny balls and drop into the soup during the last few minutes of cook ing. Whiffs of fragrant pineapple kuchen will send the family run ning to breakfast. A bread such as this which uses nonfat dry milk, rich in portein, calcium, riboflavin and lactose is a good way of adding nutrients to the daily diet. • LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Chilled Orange-Grapefruit Juice Sugar-Coated Cereal with Strawberries •Fluffy Scrambled Eggs Canadian Bacon *Popovers Beverage •Recipes Given IF YOU WANT your popovers to be crusty and crisp, use the oven for them alone. If anything else needs baking, do it first. You’ll like these for a gay breakfast with strawberry preserves or honey: •Crusty Popovers (Makes 6-8) 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup flour 94 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted shortening Beat eggs thoroughly. Add milk, then sifted dry ingredients. Add shortening. Beat until smooth with a rotary beater. Fill oiled custard cups one-half full. Bake in a very hot (450 a ) oven for 15 min utes, then re duce he at to moderate (350°) and bake until firm, about 30 minutes. Two or three minutes before removing from oven, prick to let steam es cape. • * • Pineapple Kuchen (Makes one 8”x8”x2” cake) • Cake: 294 cups sifted flour 3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk 94 cup sugar 394 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg, slightly‘beaten 1 cup water 94 cup shortening, melted Topping: 94 cup coarse graham cracker crambs 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk 2 tablespoons floor 94 cup sugar 94 enp butter 94 cup crashed pineapple, drained To make cake, sift together flour nonfat dry milk, sugar, baking powder and salt. To beaten egg* add water and slightly cooled, melted shortening. Make a well in dry in gredients. Add liquid ingredients all at once to dry ingredients. Mix lightly just enough to combine dry and wet ingredients. Do not beat. Pour into well-greased 8* x 8* x 2* cake pan. Sprinkle pineapple top ping evenly over top of batter. Bake in a moderate (375°) oven until golden brown and firm when pressed with finger, about 40 min utes. Serve warm. To make topping for cake, com bine graham crackers, nonfat dry milk, flour and sugar. Cut in butter with two knives or pastry blender to make crumbs. Combine pineapple with crumbs. Spread evenly over batter. • • • Bacon Muffins (Makes 12) 2 slices bacon 1 tablespoon sugar 1 cap milk 1 egg, beaten 1 cop flour '4 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup cornmeal Cut bacon in small pieces and fry slowly until crisp. Add sugar, milk and egg. Sift flour with salt and baking powder. Mix with cornmeal. Add first mixture and stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full. Bake in a hot (425°) oven for 20 to 25 minutes. You can make simple vanilla ice cream a special dessert by pouring a spoonful of maple syrup over it and dusting with gingersnap crumbs. < Sharp and pungent flavor in your cheese rarebit is the desired thing, of course. Make the rarebit with sharp cheese, then serve it on toast buttered and spread with just a bit of anchovy paste. Doughnuts will do especially nice ly for dessert if you split them and spread with cream cheese and chopped nuts. SCRIPTURE: II Samuel S—8; I Chron icles 22:17—19. DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 89: 20—29. What Is Greatness? Lesson for May 6, 1951 Dr. Foreman set W HAT is a great man? Some men have been called great who were not so; they were only prominent. Hitler, for example, was certainly prominent enough; but he was not great. Men -can truly be called g r e a t for various good reasons. Some may be artists, some may be sol diers, others states men or prophets. Once in a while a man is born who is great in more ways than one. • • • David the Ideal King S UCH a man was David, King of Israel and one of the world’s most famous men. The United Kingdom of Israel had a short his tory, only three kings reigning over it—Saul, David and Solomon. Of the three, David was by all odds the greatest man and greatest king. Neither Saul nor Solomon was capable of holding for a lifetime to a M|rh ideal. Neither was capable of whole-hearted deve- tion to God. Neither one could gain and hold the loyalty of the nation. It was only David who could do these things. It is no accident that forever after, when a Hebrew thought of the ideal king, he would think neither of Israel’s first king nor of the wealthiest, but of David the best and most beloved. */ * * Military Genius D AVID was great, in part because of his power in battle. What no one since Joshua ha<| been able to do, David did: he welded the quar reling, jealous, weak tribes of Is rael into a ‘single sword.” The times called for military genius, and David had it. He gave Israel the military might that was es sential for their peace and pros perity. So, often since David's time, there have been great soldiers who have used their military genius not for conquest in it self bat in order to win some place in the son for peace- loving nations. One thinks of Charles Martel, who saved Eu rope from barbarian conquest; of William of Orange who the Dutch free from Spanish • tyranny; of Washington, /fa ther’' of a great nation; and of many others. # The great soldiers of history have been more than professionally skilled and successful killers of men; they have been like David, men whose skill was used to pre serve nations, not tp destroy them. • • • • Lovable Leadership I N OUR times Hitler brought the word “Leader” under a shadow, because his leadership was in the wrong direction. But there is such a thing aa noble and wise leader ship, and David had this quality in a high degree. It is true, success has some thing to do with H. Men will flock to a winner who would have nothing to do with him if he were a loser. But still it is a fact that most of the world's great leaders who have come np from obscurity, as David did, have arisen at the head of groups of devoted men who have followed them loyally throngh the darkest times. So it was with David. During bis years as leader of the* “under ground” (literally so, since for some time his headquarters were in a great limestone cave), he developed the hard core of the army he com manded at a later time, a core of men who would rather lose with David than win against him. • • • Leader in Faith D AVID had yet another quality of greatness, and for this he ia perhaps best remembered. He was a man of deep religion. But religion for him was not merely a personal matter; he carried his faith into public life, he made his faith con tagious. He did his best to make faith in God central, as it had never been, in the life of his na tion. Religion for him was not a stick with which to beat other people about the head, bat a rod and staff to lean upon. It was not a secret locked in his own heart but something he de sired to share with all his peo ple. It was not a device to keep his subjects contented; it was an acid test for his own life. And though he sometimes slipped and terribly fell, he could always rise again, for his religion gave him that rarest of all qualities in great men: humility before God and man. Foreign Polity Grass Roots Vote Killed ROCKFORD, 111.—Plans for a grass roots referendum on Unit ed States foreign policy in the Rockford city election April 3 were killed by the city council. The council, which had ap proved such a public opinion sampling at a previous meeting, decided that it wasn’t a good idea after all and reversed the vote. The reasons for the decision not to hold the referendum in cluded unfavorable reaction by the public, expense of such a poll, and the idea—expressed by one alderman—that ,“we don’t need a poll to determine how the Republican majority in itockford feels.” — Citizen's Committee In Small Town Bars Court From Meeting BENTON, Tenn. — A “citizens committee” of several hundred gathered at the Benton court recently and prevented the quai ly court from meeting. Benton the scene of election violence 1948 in which three persons Polk county has been divided i two political camps since 1948, the Good Government Let dominated by many former swept the long entrenched cratic organization from pov The national guard was order Benton, population 600 and the county government, on that tion day after three persons shot to death and others The new clash followed exchange of political author time from the G.G.L. to crats. The league won last fall’s tion, but G.G.L. member frt ery was unseated as state sentative after Democrat T Johnson filed a contest cl fraud. One of Johnston’s first act push through the state lef laws to remove the county ment from the G.G.L.-instaUed mission to country court. Oth< originated by Johnson offices held by G.G.L. m< The only G.G.L. member ing a major office is Shei Edwards. The league committee that court chairman W. A. ‘ and a new member, C. E. / resign. They also asked the rc tion of the entire school supervisor and the cqun If these conditions were the Democrats, the “citizens mittee” was reported ready to the court meet# mi Staff of Weekly Pi Takes Off to Go Fis OKEECHOBEE, Fla.—The town 'Of Okeechobee (po; 1,600) Was Startled recently the town weekly newspaper its office for a week and the staff took off to go fishing. Its edition that week carried ing but advertisements and photographs which had app* previously in its pages. The cuts carried no captions. “Everybody -knows evei else anyhow,” explained a front page note to the readers. The note by publisher Ammon Clellan said: ? t). ^ “The wanderlust struck the tire news staff this week. They all down in the Big Cypress ai . . . Cady, the janitor, will 1 charge of the news office week. “The paper this week isl with pictures used in the past . we didn’t want to bother with stories that go with these pictures since everybody has read them once and there was no use in boring you —anyhow, we want to go fishing.” (Copyright INI by ChrUtUn Edaeatloa, the DItIsUb •( %/nristuMi NBtteaal C«mm«U •f th« CacrehBS •( Christ la ths Units* aisles sf America. Belesss* by WttV restores.) Sparta Motorists Give Rides, Shelter to Gl's SPARTA, Wis. — The town of Sparta, located near Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, decided recently to do something to help the soldiers. The town announced it planned to construct four roadside shelters where the soldiers may get protec tion from the rain and snow while waiting for a sympathetic motorist!'® to come along. Hitchhiking is against the law in Wisconsin, but that didn’t prevent the Sparta Rotary cluh from agree ing to put up one of the shelters and urging other civic clubs to do the same. Soldiers have to ask for rides to stretch their pay, it was explained. The Sparta high school max arts department will assemble buildings at a cost of $100 each. Flash Floods Destroy Numerous Farm Animi ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — A flood in the Arkadelphia area cently caused thousands of in damage and considerable livestock. A large ranch a few miles Arkadelphia reported the lose head of fine hereford steers at between $3,000 and $4,000. hands were able to save 45 < that took refuge on an islax.d Ouachita river. Other losses were reported county as streams rose raj ar a record five-inch rain.