The Van Buren press., 1904-04-16

| ana were purchased Dy ItrCy Alien,
who paid sc. 90 for them. No premium
was offered this year for the first crate.
The Business Index will appear in
| the next issue of the PRESS.
Ed. Matlock is building an addition
to his residence.
Mrs. Castleberry returned from
Topeka, Kas, Saturday,
Mrs. JIM. Walsh is making prepare
lions to move to st. Louis.
VIM. Morelock has been quite Ill this
week suffering from liver complaint.
Born. On Tuesday April 10th to
Mr.. and Mrs. ely Wood daughter.
DR.. Parchman is preparing to enlarge
his residence in East Van Baren.
Dr. 7. w. Blackburn of Cane Hill
spent few hours here Wednesday with
relatives.
The grand council of the Order of
Redmen will meet in Fort Smith for a
nine-day session on the 10Th inst.
Yes, we do Job Printing. And what S
more you needn' be ashamed TO send
our work out. It'll stand comparison.
The Van Buren, Foundry force first of
the week placed in position the iron
front of the Alma electric light plant.
The penalty will be added to all I'M
collected taxes after April Goth. This
is the edict Of Collector Ptcock, and il
goes
Mrs. l.. l. Collins has sold her new
rooming-house to Henry Whitaker and
has gone to Palestine, Tex to visit her
daughter,
Engineer Z. Gipson, after couple
weeks stay here with his family, re-
turned Thursday to the hospital at st,
Louis for further treatment.
There was large negro baptizing of
Van Buren, negroes on the Sebastian
side Of the river Sunday and the ferry
boat was taxed for several trips to han
die the converted, the attendants and
sight-seers.
The stockholders Of the Maumee
mines, most Of whom are residents OF
q "a Buren,, held 4 meeting at the
4 altman Hotel Wednesday evening and
{S7thorIlsd the purchase Of some neces.
Sorx machinery
Our Safety" Liver Invigorator is
giving splendid satisfaction, Only ''2
dimes package at John 0 Kane 4
Drug Store,
The team Of Isaac Johnson. living on
the old Dick Miller farm, ran away
Thursday afternoon while passing
through Logtowu, and the boy who
WAS driving jumped out without receiv'
ing any injury. They ran down the
hill and In front Of j, y. Kagy' resi-.
dence colided with Lewis Bryan 4
buggy, reducing II to kindling-wood
The wagon and team received no dam.
age,
The contractors on the Fort Smith
suburban road have completed their
work but say they will not move their
camps M they have received information
that there IL more than u year \ work
by the Mo, Pacific system IN this section
In store for them This very likely
means the building Of the previously
talked Of cutoff between Van Buren,
and Muldrow via Fort Smith,
A man named Owens arrived here
Tuesday from WfitoHeld, t. T., and
later went TO Alma and there recovered
at n livery stable team stolen from
] Oll1t OWfHNi WIN 10 lhili'h' WV
tractor working near Whitebeld, sen,
one OF his men with n wagon and valu'
able team after load Of hay Sunday.
Wagon and driver failed to return and
Owens started after them on the way
he found that the man, with comran'
ION had attempted to sell the outfit ut
several places but failed, He finally
located II at Alma ut u livery stable
where the men had left u and skipped,
The parties returned TO Alma Thursday
aud were arrested by W,P Pltcock and
brought to Van Buren, aud lodged In
Jail, They give their names IN jim
Simpson and Jeil Hudson,