The Springdale news., 1907-03-29

full bloom and corn planting k al its height, in fact some far mers are done planting. Tine season has been very favorable for farm work. and never did the people of this section have brighter prospects for bounti- ful yield of everything grown here.
 The shipment of strawberries from the Van Buren section be- gan first Of the week, about one
 month earlier than usual. Grow CTS here say berries in this sec tion will be at least two weeks ahead of ordinary seasons. The plants are at present white with blossoms and good sized berries can also be found. The yield here will hardly be as large as last year on account of the patches being year older and not many new plants were put out. Ne ought to have ripe home grown berries bYApril 20.
 Rev. H. $. MobIey. pastor of the Christian church at this place, who has been in hospi- tal at Kansas City for the past few weeks, returned Monday to his home al Prairie Grove. He has been general manager of the Farmers Union m this county al- most since its organization but has decided to give up that work on account of III health and his resignation was presented at the county meeting at Zion Tuesday. Rev. Mobley will be in Spring dale next Sunday and fill his regular appointment.
 The Springdale Berry Crow CTS Association and the Fruit Growers Union will load and ship strawberries together this season under the management of C. ]. Chapman and W. A. Claypool. Both these organizations shipped last year with the Ozark Fruit Growers Association. but will not do so this year. and the prospects are that the 0. F. c. 4. will do very little business in this section in the way of hand ling berries. Excellent results. were obtained last season with the berries, but the apple busi- ness which followed was d fail- ure, and II is said the association IS considerably in debt
 Mir. and Mrs. K. A. Burriss. of Port Arthur, Ontario, were in town latter part of last week visiting Mrs. NJ. E. Ward, sister of MT. Burriss. MT. Burriss for merly resided at Peirce City, Mo-, but has been in Canada tor more than fifteen years past and IS citizen of that country, being in the employ of the Dominion. Mir. and Mrs. Burriss and Mrs. Ward and daughter, Miss Fern, were pleasant callers at the News office. MT. Burriss talks interest ingly of that country and is we'll pleased with 1t. Port Arthur Is city of 14,000 people, and they own their own telephone, electric light, street railway and water systems.
 (. E. Behm, representing the Woolson Spice Co.,, gave a dem- onstration for his company at the establishment of Bennett X Dyes Saturday, being assisted by Miss Bertha Atkison. All visi- tors. and there were many, were served with cup of Vienna coffee. In jar partially filled with water were placed num- Der of coins of various denomin- atlonS, and prizes were given the one guessing nearest the amount of money in the jar. ]. ]. Banks won first prize, five pounds of coffee. his guess being $40. H. F.. Bennett was second and was awarded fifty pound sack of four, S4s.37 being his estimate. The third prize, three pounds of coffee, was won by J. w. Craft, who thought &37 was about the amount. After being counted Saturday evening the exact amount proved to be S40.95. The News iS indebted to Mr. Brehm for can of his excellent coffee.
 Death of Miss Susie Keefer.