The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-23
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As an illustration of what a rail- road can do in new territory may be taken the town of Dierks, the pres ent eastern terminus of the De Queen and Eastern, in the northern part of Howard county, 2S miles from De Queen and 16 miles east of Lockesburg. Four months ago the first building was erected there by the Southern Land and Townsite Company, and today there are a hundred buildings, among which are nine business houses, one church with seating capacity of 500, a system gin, a wagon and handle fac tory, bank, a newspaper, two ho- tels and three boarding houses. Temporary quarters for school are reserved in one of the buildings rented for that purpose, and ar engagements are perfected for the immediate erection of a permanent school house of brick.
 The work of grading and cutting the right of way for the new railroad between Sheridan and Prattsville has begun. Two crews are employed and the work will be pushed as rap- idly as possible. The road will con' meet with the Pine Bluff and Vest ern about mile northwest of Sheri. dan.
 The bridge commissioners have received from the engineer the orig inal maps and profles prepared by him in connection with his sound ings for the location of the county bridge at Pine Bluff. Copies of the maps and profles have been for warded to the secretary of war at Washington for his approval.
 A new banking corporation has been organized at Magnolia, with R. s. Warnock as president and J. F. Runyan as cashier. The name of the institution is the Farmers bank. It has capital of $5O,000 and busi- ness will begin durin gthe fall or by the first of January at the latest.
 The Young Peoples missionary conference for the Southwest was in session at Paragould recently. Dele gates and workers were present from Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mis- Souri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
 A reunion of the former students of the Fordyce Training School is being planned for the 4th of Sep- tember. An interesting program IS being arranged for the occasion. Free entertainment will be provided for all who attend.
 Patents have been issued to Ar kansas inventors today as follows: John McNair, Siloam Springs, pruning implement; William K. Stone, Hunt, cotton gin breast hinge.
 Options have been obtained for a site for another planer, sash and door factory, ice factory, water works and new lght plant in For dyce. These enterprises are the promises of the immediate future.
 The calendar of the May and Mo- vember terms, 1906, of the Su- preme Court have been delivered to the clerk of the court. The court will reconvene on September "A.
 Mrs. Joe Wright of Benton died suddenly recently, and her husband was arrested pending an autopsy of the remains.
 The Yell County Association of Rural Letter Carriers held their an- nual meeting at Dardanelle on the 18th and elected officers
 The Arkansas troops at Fort Riley are warmly praised there for their discipline, soldierly bearing and navy manly department.
 The roller-skating disease is spreading all over Arkansas. Bruised muscles and broken bones are its chief characteristics.
 Former students of the Fordyct training school will hold a reunion