Woodruff County news., 1902-05-15
New Industries

V Bluff road, to Maynard, will it is understood begin not later than May Is.
 The American Land and Lumber Company of Avenue, has been char tered, with capital stock of $20,- 900. The incorporators are w. D. Lewis, president; l. $. Bowers, l. R. Studdard, D. D. Solomon and others.
 Cooper Mercantile Company, with capital of $3,00O, has been incorpo- rated by Hugh D. McCorkle and others of Blytheville.
 Block Queensware Company has been incorporated, with capital stock of $4O,0O0, and Abe Block, president, Ike Block, secretary, at Fort Smith.
 At Star City the Star City Tele- phone Company, capital $10,0OO, has been chartered, with H. D. Palmer, president, and Isaac Bankston, sec retary.
 Rusk-Zinc Mines, etc.-Capitol City Lead and Zine Company, office 219-22O Bond building, Washing ton, D. C., owning and developing 437 acres of zinc lands in Rusk, Ark, has recently discovered gold and copper, and will erect a large plant; F. $. Coburn, general man. ager.
 Yellville-Mining, esc.-Incorpo- rated: Puritan Mining and Mill ing Company, capitalized at 25,O00, with c. H. Washburn, of Cedar Rapids, la, president; Charles A. Moore, vice president; B. H. O'Meara, secretary, and Edward B. Edes, treasurer.
 A dispatch from Texarkana re- ports that four syndicates from New York, Kansas City and other cities are endeavoring to secure a street railway franchise there for an elec- tric line. Horse cars are now used.
 The Louisiana & Arkansas rail road proposes to build extensions from Stamps to Hope, Arh,, dis tance of twenty-three miles north ward, and from Winfield to Alexan- dria, La, forty miles southward. It is also proposed to build from Winfield eastward to Natchez, Miss, a distance of eighty-nine miles.
 The Ashdown Cotton Oil Com pany, capital $6O,OoO; has been or ganized by A, N. Ward, A. Gold smith and others.
 The city of DeQueen will put in a system of waterworks.
 F. c. Hutch will add new machin- cry to his Touring mill at Pocahon- tas.
 Dr. J. W. Parsons and others will establish a $6O,O0O cotton oil mill at Foreman.
 W. T. Phillips & Go. will add new machinery to their Touring mill at Middle Brook.
 A system of waterworks will prob ably be established at Gravette. James Graham and others are in- terested.
 James Case has sold his manga nese property near Hatfield to Kan sis City capitalists. The, consider ation was $T0,000.
 A construction company, with capital of $100,O00, has been organ ized to do business at Mena. R. NJ. Quigley and others are interested.
 The Conway Cotton Oil and Gin Company, of Conway, has declared a dividend of 45 per cent and will put in new machinery at cost of about $10,000.
 The Arkansas Roundlap Cotton Company, of Little Rock, has in- creased its capital from $200,0o0 to $300,000. Paul Jones Is presi dent of the company.
 A new pearl-botton factory is to be erected at Newport by the Val ley Button Company. The contract | for the building has been awarded to o. |. Hubert.
 c. Voss, William Nichol and others have chartered the Voss-Nich- ol Company, capital $30,00O, to harness, saddles, etc., at Pine Bluff.
 The appointments of Col. A. s. Fowler as marshal of the eastern