The Springdale news., 1907-05-31

k enjoying herself raising chit k. ems. The SpringdaIe friends o
 Mir. and Mrs. Smith will b, pleased to learn that they ar,
 meeting with success.
 The Springdale friends vi Mir and Mrs. Harry Matthews will regret to learn of the death ot their seven year old son Damn, which occurred Thursday, May l6, at their home i'll St. Louis, ol scarlet fever. He had been il
 but short time. .fhe remain, were inferred in St. Louis. Mrs Matthews Is daughter of Alr and Mrs. J. N. Goeaf. residing east of Springdaie.
 The following members of thu local Woodmen oi the World lodge drove up to BentonviII, l Sunday to attend tile ceremonies incident to tile unYeitiH9 ot d monument of q deceased member of that lodge: Gid Elth]ytcr, Bob Morris, Wili Stokes. Bob Mitkles, II J. Atkison, John Woodruff, John Anderson. Jas. i Cox, Will Carter Herbert Stur- divant aud ]. ]. Banks.
 The total number ef deaths and burials Tor this vicinity since the first of January las been ex- trenely small. Sixty tWodtdth~ have occurred in tile town and vicinity Eighteen out ot the sixty two were inside tbe tity limits. Of the eighteen tuly q thlrd were infants and third l died from >eniity. THe4e figures show an average of one death in eight days in population of eight thousand FaeetteH He Da1ly.
 N L.StuekeY las 20 acre piece ol land at Johnson that will be record breaker this year. I he land k planted in straWber- rics and apple trees. Air Stuok- " has gathered a7o0 worth of strawberries aud saf~ that the crop is not vel hall picked Hc estimates tile apple efeP on the land at 6o0 barrels. From the present outlook apples Will be worth at least s2 barrel. Al this estimate tie fe4enae from this tract ot land will b. S2.400. er Sl2o an aere. This k only q sample ol the heavy realizing ia Washington County this year
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 There is deposited in the banks oi Fayetteville today more than II .0oo, ,0oo. Demand Tor money K light. which indicates that the people are HI t prosperous eondi- tion. \ considerable partof this money K revenue From the berry crop, but by ne means has allthe money received from berries been deposited in tile banks Thou sands oi dollars have been dis tributed among pigker> that will never reach any bank. On ac- count of the scarcity of fruit in other sections, and the crop prospects here, the outlook for Washington county k tl1c bright- est in its history. Fayetteville Daily.
 The News recently printed an item to the effect that the Texas legislature had enacted q law which would prohibit growers here from selling apples in that state from the car. E l Wade ot Fayetteeille wrote the secre- tary of state of Texas for iulor- nation on the subject and recciv- ed a reply to the effect that the legislature had passed no law prohibiting the safe oi products from cars Had such law really been passed t would prob ably have had little effect on Arkansas this year, for il now looks as If our growers will be able to sell all their apples at home for a good price.
 C. II. Godfrey, of Michigan, who has leased the Sprlngdale canning factory, was i'll town last week looking after matters connected with the opening of the frctory and left for home Friday. A car load of cans ar rived last week and X. ]. White and Jas. Arnold were left in charge to get the factory in shape. Mir. Godfrey informed The News that the factory would begin operations just as soon as berries begin to ripen. He will make d speciality of canning black berries and raspberries and will be prepared to handle all that are brought in. Apples and peaches will also be put up.
 Springdalc people will be inter- ested in learning ot the marriage of Earl Pctross, which occurred on Tuesday ol last week at Fl Paso, Texas, the bride being Miss Bertha Williamson. Earl is a son of l.. $. Petross, and when the family left Springdale a few years ago he was q small boy in knee pants. He HOW has tle re- sponsible position of telegraph operator in the Union station at Fl Paso, and his many friends here will be pleased to learn of his success and wish him and his bride much happiness, Incident ally It might be mentioned that the wedding ceremony was per formed by Rev. Arthur Marston, who, d number ot years ago, was |