The Springdale news., 1906-04-27
WASHINGTON COUNTY. Continued from first page )

G7eate the minds 0f the youthful offenders who transgressed and made semi-annual ''excurslons from Johnson in days of old. be- fore we all got so good, or sly or ''onto the ropes.
 Prof. Ernest Walker, of Fay etteville, and Capt. Geo. Lincoln, of Bentonville, were out Iii this vicinity Saturday looking at the fruit prospects in Prof. Walker $ fine orchard near Stony Point
 No, we're not going to brag about the fruit and berry outlook, for tis the best that was ever of fered for foundation for extensive castles in the air. and we're think ing that some mighty big local projects will mature If the fruit crop IS success.
 Father Smith does the rural route act for his son Arthur the most of the time while Arthur humps the farm work along.
 P. Kennedy, the pea thresher man, reports that he threshed away over a thousand bushels of peas during the past season.
 ]. E. Vernon and Riley Maxey have secured the job of loading the berry cars. They got in their tow line early so as to avoid the rush.
 Walter Banks came in yester- day from his goose chase to Por- tales, N. M., where q whole lot of Arkansas folks have colonized recently, and from which place there will be poor tales" coming after a summer of drouth and sand-stolms mixed with home sickness.
 Yes, Jeff Mullins and wife are home again from gong to stay for good this time" trip to the state of Washington, but the wandering spirit in MT. Mullins lead him off to that New Mexico ..hayen for home-seekers" last week, and those land sharks will try awful hard to locate h1m away down there ln the edge of greaser land.
 The first rattie-snake of the season was found by the roadside last Thursday by local citizen, and the snake was whopper, too, so II was left all alone in it's glory.
 The almanacs are being con- suited pretty often by folks who are grumbling cause we've had no rain for several days which Is causing the ground to get little dry. and late garden truck loiter along before peeping out of the ground.
 Yes, the papers are already showing advertisement of pub fishing houses that are boosting books which contain ''the only official accounts of the great San Francisco Earthquake, full and complete, and the book agents will be coming in long trot in few days with sample outfits, but they needn't bother Mully.
 Miss Ora Johnson, of Ft. Smith, was visitor in Johnson for a few hours last Friday. She was accompanied by Miss Mary Camp bell, of Fayetteville.
 Clear Creek was pretty we'll worked over during the pretty weather of last week, but the tire less fisher-folks caught no great strings of fish. There was an unusually large crowd fishing Sun oh, last week, guess 1t was Saturday.
 Nell, in answer to your question
 MullY's deaf and Mully'S dumb When folks ask about that fellow
 Who paTades as ''Ompeeklum. J
 Yes, quite a bit of visiting be- ween Johnson folks and Fayette- vile and Springdale people, but telling that wouldn't be news like writing bout people who come m on the ''cars, " so tell Mully about your visitor from away off yonder.
 Capt. G. F. Hanks and Col. B. F. Johnson were down at Fayette- vile last Saturday confabbing with other members of the Repub- lican county committee, and they say that Elm Springs township Republicans will meet over al Stony Point next Saturday even- Ing and hold a township conven- tion to select delegates to the county convention. and to transact such other township business as may be brought before