The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-04-28


the old Jackson property, aud VIII
in the near future commence theerec-
ton Of eommodious and up.to.date
club house. The location IS a good
one, and they have ample ground for
lawn, etc.
III, perehanee, a copy OF tins pa
per should fall into the hands OF any
who are in search of a new loea.
tion-a place where church, school
and social advantages are given
and where yon can live
out your allotted number OF years
without fear of pestilenee or famine
we say, like one of old Come thou
with us and we will do thee good
without emphasis on the do.
Our next magazine supplement
will contain, besides other interest
ing matter, valuable article on
king Corn in which an expert un
dertakes to tell the farmer how this
crop may be doubled. The ladies
will have special attention in articles
on "a woman's prominence in poll
tics" and "A new field for Woman''
usefulness. Have you read the
"The Conflict" it is the most inter
estine serial we have ever published
Few business men have more to
contend with than an editor. The
only means the editor has oil making
a living for himself and family is by
selling space in the columns OF his
paper. His newspaper columns arr
the same to him as the shelves ofdry
goods are to the merchant. No one
thinks of asking the merchant to
give him dry goods from his shelves
but few they are who hesitate ia
ask the editor to give them few
columns free in his paper.
-Yellvile is to be city extending
from Crooked creek on the south to
the railroad on the north. The wal
between Yellville and North Yellville
is over. Citizens of Yellville have
bought half the stock in the North
Yellville Land Company, and from
now on both factions will work for
one great Yellville. As soon as
proper arrangements can be made
all the land between Crooked creek
and the railroad will be Incorporate
ed into one town and the town viii
be Yellville. - YeIIvile echo,
The handsome little hall OF ouI
Harrison Odd Fellows was crowded
to its fullest capacity Thursday
evening on the occasion of the eel
ebration of the S7th anniversary O
the order. A generous banquet was
the main feature of the evening; b
F. McMahan, acted as POSTMASTER
Rev Voyles gave an interesting adj
dress on the principles and d. IL
Perew on the history of the order
A toast to the Rebekahs was re
sponded to by Capt. X. Newman
and Mrs. c. M. Patterson read an
original poem dedicated to Odd Eel
lowship,
S G. Baughman, in charge of thu
work for Allen & Co., on the lands
adjoining the Denison on the east
four miles below Harrison. reports
ttat at a depth OF forty feet they
struck good ore, and at forty-fve feet
the run is not only holding out but
growing better. According to the
drill record on which the shaft is be
ing sunk this run should continue tc
the sixty foot level, which will Civ,
them 20 feet of ore. They have
steam holster, drill and pumps, and
are now able to handle the water
satisfactorily, although previously il
has delayed mining seriously.
The country is this year to hav'
a visit from not only the seventeen
year locusts, but the thirteen year
variety as well. This announce
ment is made by the Bureau of En-
tomology Of the Department of Ag
riculture. The locusts will begin to
appear in some of the eastern anC
middle states about the last week il
May. Our worst experience in NORTH
Arkansas with these pests, was il
1872, when they took all the foliage
from the trees, and left the woods as
bare in July as they ordinarily are II
mid-winter, The affection in 1885
was not nearly so bad in Arkansas
but was reported worse throughout
the southeast
The rural routes were established
for the benefit of the rural homes, OF
in other words the farmers. They
have proven a greater benefit and
blessing to the farmers than was
anticipated by the most sanguine
A farmer who has once enjoyed the ad
vantage of the rural mail service
would hardly know how to live
without it. 1t did not come to tn,
farmer, however, until he had many
times earned it. The farmers art
our heaviest tax payers. What pro
perty they have is in plain sight ant
is taxed, while the city gent, at leas
many Of them, who deals in note,
and bonds is enabled to hide hi.
wealth from the assessor. For {
quarter of a century the mail hal
been carried to the city home, MOI
once, but many times each day
Finally the big heart Of Uncle Sam