The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

The paths in the Court Park are
being nicely grayeled by street super
intendent Kennedy. i
I(-Newt. Milum, of Lead Hill, is
building two nice residences in the
outh part OF town.
The great trouble with our big
development reports these days is
that half of them are not true.
The greatest drawback to Har-
rison's growth just now is the high
prices asked for all her real estate.
-Harrison's Public School is do
ing most excellent work in spite of
the crowded condition of some ofthe
rooms.
Notice the card of the Dodd City
Hotel in this issue, and remember it
as the place to stop when travelling
that way.
4 Contractors are figuring on six
new business buildings, the erection
of which must begin within the next
sixty days.
-Boone's last school fund appor-
tionment from the state, SIS, 742.75,
was received by the County Treas
urer this week.
-Harrison's second nine" base
ballists took defeat at the hands
OF the Valley Springs club last Sat
urday on score OF 10 to 5.
4 Zinc" is the new postoffice just
established on Sugar Orchard with
John Keener as postmaster. 1t is on
a new short route from Keener to
Powell.
-Messrs. Rowland and Parker re-
turned Sunday from Fayetteville,
where they placed John Blair in the
Washington county jail to remain
until his trial on the 18th prox.
Rev Creighton, who has been
holding a series of meetings at Dodd
City returned this week, and will
meet his regular appointments at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow.
The law library of Crump & Sea-
well has been increased this week by
the arrival OF Mr.. Seawell's library,
from Little Rock, making it now
probably the largest in North ArE
ansas.
I The small building just west of
FSaffer's new stone was torn away
the first of the week to make way
for Ceph. Parker's two-story bust
ness building which is already in
course of construction.
The Green Forest division of en-
gineers have practically completed
their work here and, we areinforned.
have been assigned to work on the
last ten miles leading to Harrison.
They will probably move next week,
Tribune.
-Chas. Morris, former proprietor
of the Harrison Telephone Exchange
has secured the franchise for an ex-s
change to be established at Sapulpa,
Ipdian Territory, and will start con-
struction work on his lines early
next month.
w. w. Bearden, Jasper's hustling
real estate man was in Harrison
Monday. He says Jasper is to have
an up-to-date democratic paper in
the near future, which will also look
after the mining interests and devel-
opment of Newton county. y
Mr.. J. M. Webster, late of OAR
danelle, and formerly watch inspec-
tor for the Gulf road at Springfield,
Mo, has decided to locate in Harri-
son and will open business in the
front portion of Watkins & COT
mans Drug Store. He will carry a
stock of jewelry.
Attention is called to the card of
George W. O'Neal in this issue. Be-
ing known as straight forward and
enterprising in all his dealings, in
Harrison Mr. O'Neal needs no intro
duction. In addition to his real es-
tate and insurance business he is pre-
pared to secure loans on good city
or farm property.
| "A handsome quilt containing
22,56S pieces faultlessly put together
was exhibited in the TINES officelast
Saturday by Mrs. Mollie Brown,
who lives ten miles north of here.
Mrs. Brown has been two years
working on this quilt, and has ex-
hibited marvellous patience as well
as good taste in putting all its tiny
blocks together.
Geo. w. O'Neal and Estes Bros.
this week purchased from Messrs.
Glines and Huntington, 10 acres ly-
ing one block north of the Railroad
Depot site, and about blocks north
east OF the public square. This tract
will be plated at once and made an
addition to the town as residence
lots, and will be sold at reasonable
prices. Watch this addition grow.
One of the most delightful social
events of the year in Harrison was
the entertainment Of the ladies ofthe
Woman's Book Club, and their hus-
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