The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

commission, now has in his hands all the manuscript for the first volamc of the publications planned by the His tory Commission. He is correcting the various papers and is having them typewriter ready for the prin- ter. The commission has already TO- ceived bids for the printing of tho first volume and the contract will be awarded soon. There will be between 300 and 400 pages in the book and 1t will be ready for distribution by Jan uary l. It Is the hope of the commis- sion that other volumes will follow this first one and that a complete history will be authorized by the state.
 Work on the buildings at Fort Logan H. Roots, opposite Little Rock, Is progressing speedily. and 1t is expected that all of them will have been finish ed by the middle of December, and that shortly afterward two more com. panies will arrive and the post will be battalion station. The companies that are now stationed at Fort Roots are "E" and "F"' of the Thirtieth In fantry, and the additional companies that will be sent to the post are e" and "H'' of the same regiment, which are now stationed at Fort Reno, Okla.
 The tiling plant, with capacity of 14.000 four-inch tiles. per day, has begun work at Harrisburg. The plant Is owned and operated by home capi. tai and cost over 5000. Hon. J. w. Rocks. ex-representative of Poinsett county, is secretary of the company. John Pfeifer Is general manager and erected the main building, which has recently been completed. The recent rains delayed the work good deal. A large number of men will be em- ployed the year round, and this plant Is quite an acquisition to Harrisburg. Jonesboro officers have recently been very active on account of re- i port to the effect that car thieves are operating in the vicinity of Jonesboro, | and the Cotton Belt and Frisco officials are very busy in prosecuting a search after the depredators. The theft of | goods from freight cars has been go- ing on for some time past, and the officers have been keeping a strict watch upon the trains that pass through Jonesboro. One man has been arrested and it is thought that others are connected with the theft.
 Superintendent J. H. Hinemon of the Department of Public Instruc- ton has received a request from the Department of Education of Indian | Territory, asking for the booklet is- sued by the Arkansas department on school houses and grounds. The rapid strides made by the Arkansas schools in the past few years have brought many inquiries from neighboring states relative to the various branches of school work here. Superintendent Hinemon will comply with the request of the Indian Territory authorities.
 Maj. Gen. W. H. Haynes, command. Ing the Ar'.Gnsas State Guard, recent i ly sent a tel~s am to President Roose- welt at Oyster Bay, requesting that Arkansas be given a chance in case any state guards are sent to Cuba. He states that a regiment, fully equipped and well drilled, can be ready to start for Cuba within a week, or a brigade of Arkansas troops within short time, in case it is found necessary to use state troops in pacifying the island.
 At a meeting of the Board of Trade at Batesville recently, 1t was decided to purchase steamboat, to be run on White river between Batesville and Jacksonport, there to connect with the Rock Island system A committee composed of D. D. Adams I. N. Barnett and c. T. Rosenthal was appointed to solicit subscriptions for this purpose. The sum of s900 was subscribed at this meeting.
 The contract for building the found. ation of the hospital which the Ladies Hospital Association will erect in Pine Bluff has been let to the Prather Construction Company, and work will begin at once. An effort will be made to get the county to ap- l propriate $5000 in consideration of the privilege of using several wards in the hospital. as the county has no hos pital at present.
 A company of Northern capitalists have purchased HOO acres of hard wood timber belonging to w L. Con. nery of Lewisvile. The tract lies eight miles south of the town, and is one of the finest bodies of timber in southern Arkansas.
 J. S. Conway's cotton seed house al | Ozan gave way recently under heavy weight of pressure and fell The house | contained from forty to fifty tons of cotton seed and carload of bagging and ties. Three hogs that were under the building when it fell were killed.
 Rabbi Louis Wolsey, who has been leader of the B'Nai Israel congrega- tion of Little Rock since 1899 has accepted call to the Anshe Chesed tScoville Avenue temple) congrega- tion, of Cleveland, O.
 | T. z. Prather of Ozan picked 150 pounds of cotton recently. MT. Prath-