The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-05
The Rock Island is arranging to

! Lot Springs. In addition to extra
coaches on its regular trains ,spe-
cial trains will be run to Hot
Springs from Forrest City October
4, from Mansfield on October 5, and
from Sehgman, Mo, and Fayctte-
vile on October 6. There will also
be extra service on the morning
train leaving Little Rock on the 9th.
According to the annual report of
Superintendent of Public Instrac-
ton Hinemon the school property in
Arkansas is worth more than 81
100000. Pulaski led all the coun-
ties of the State in school improve.
ment during the twelve months
shown in the report
Rice has transformed the barren
prairies of the State into fertile field,
lands worth fifty cents to five dol
lars an acre a few years ago now
commanding anywhere from thirty
to sixty dollars an acre. Lonoke
county expects to have a 10,000-acre
crop next year.
Maj. Gen. W II. HAYNES, of the
Arkansas State Guard, recently tele-
graphed President Roosevelt request
ing that Arkansas be given a chance
in ease any state guards be sent to
Cuba. His telegram is probably the
first of its character to be sent to
the president.
The thing plant at Harrisburg,
the first of its kind in the State,
with a capacity of $4,000 four-inch
tiles per day, began work September
%. 1t is owned and operated by
home capital, and cost near $4,000.
Superintendent Piteock of the
penitentiary recently sent $50 con-
VETS from the railroad construction
camps to the State farm to pick cot
ton. The late rains caused consid-
<f3ble damage to the cotton there.
The Arkansas Historical Com
mission will recommend to the nexb
legislature the establishment of a
new department of state govern
ment to be designated department
of History and Archives
The people along the line of the
proposed railroad from Leslie to
Searcy are anxious to see the road
built, as it would give the farmers
and fruit growers transportation for
their products.
The executive committee of the
Arkansas Farmers Union recently
selected James |. Ellis Of Morrilton
as State agent of the union. His
headquarters Will be at Little Rock
\ recent report by experts of the
United States government shows
that Arkansas is rich in cement ma
terial, ineNhaustible supplies being
distributed nearly all over the State.
The Medical Department of tbs
University of Arkansas at Little
Rock opened October |. There was
a larger opening attendance than
ever before.
J. l.. Outflow Of Oil Trough, cut
cottonwood pole and set it in his
yard as a post to hang dinner bell
on. 1t grew, and now has limbs ff-
teen or twenty feet long.
The city council of Fayetteville
has passed an ordinance giving the
city the right to purchase the water
works plant for 500,
Five hundred Arkansaw Travellers
will attend the State FAIR at Hot
Springs on ArkanSaW Travellers
Day, October 6.
Work has been resumed on the
FL Dorado high school building. and
the structure will be ready for occu-
paney January /.
The postoifiec at Polo, Carroll
county, will be discontinued October
Is, and mail will be sent to Urban
cite.
The Baker Lumber Company's
mills at Terrell were destroyed by
fire recently. The loss is estimated
at 500, 600
The first annual fair of the Cen
troll r-opcoc Fair Association will