The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19
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About twenty business men ol Melville have agreed To get a sub >cription of $20.000 in stock ard right of way for an electric line from that place ta the mouth of C. dar creek on Buffalo river. a dis tancc of twenty miles The building of the road will mean the opening of fine Rush mining district which i~ sand to bc rich in ziuc ores. 1t Is said that twenty mines will be put into operation at once if the line 5s built The district Iu the heart of the Ozark mountains and 8t prc>. cnt it is almost impossible to make use#of the resources of that section as the railroads do not pa-~ through that district Produce of all kina have to be shipped in a-=it is im- possible to grow anything in that territory.
 After delibcrating thirtF-sjX hours the jury in the trial of 4. W. Gov lngton, president of the State Seq ate of 1905 on charge If perjury, were unable to agree. and have been discharged The trial of CoTington on the charge of perjury was the result of statements made bv the de- fcndant in the trial last July. when he was accused of bribery Proseeut- ing Attorney Rhoton declared that the former president of the Senate pcriured himself in tcstifving that he had never received a hrlhc and immediately after his release last year he was placed under bonds of s3.000 and held to answer at the present term of the Pulaski Cir cult Court.
 N 1Iatton Gap in western Arkaa- sas. the highest point on the km~as City southern Railway between Kansas and the Gulf, preliminary work k on foot for the development of a summer pleasure and health resort, which it Is hoped will be opened this season. !. C. Johns, the Shreveport capitalist and officers of the railroad aIc behind the enter prise, and their plans comprehend not only the usual hGtcl and summer houses, but embrace a big sanitari- nm. chautauqua, university trades school and a large hunting reseree. Some of the finest springs in the West are embraced in the property which has been acquired.
 The members of the Nevada County Medical Society are consid~ ering the question of establishing a Sanitarium at Prescott and of a farm near that city for consump- tivcs. It is proposed by the PhysI- cians to take stock in a company which when organZcd, will purchase . suitable location and erect ihcre- on modern sanitaHum IL is also their purpose to establish in the mountain- a farm where persons af- tlieted with consumption may make their home. do light work. be treat ed by physicians in the hope that q permanent cure may he effected. The promoters of the enterprise believe that the farm could be >eIt-sustain- ing.
 Henry Webb. an old and respected citizen of Ozark died recently after m illness extending over period of several years of stomach trouble.
 Joseph Stewart. a negro who hyes near Cornic, in Uunien county. was killed by some unknown person re- gently. He had just finished eating his supper and was sitting at the table when someone fired d load of huckshot through the window He was struch by nine shot. which en- tered his face and side, causing in- stant death.
 Several Joplin and Kansas City capitalists have been in Mountain Home examining the mineral pros poets of Baxter county, and are pre- pairing to open up mmber of pros poets in the western part of the county. in what k known as the Bruce Creek district.
 Parties from Indiana will estah- fish an excelsior plant at Batesyille.