The Springdale news., 1908-06-12
'neigbborbood 'news
JOHNSON.

Cause of the rainy weather
 tbrowin our crop time back
 The weeds are up. an growin'
 hidln our rows of corn.
 And Clear Creek is kept brimmin =
 Which IS why f'tn so forlofn
 The creek is too full for fishing
 The ground Is too wet to blow,
 So please don't ask bout the weather
 We're havin in Johnson now.
 H. H. Saville made business trip to Kansas City first of last week.
 B. F. Johnson and wife visited at Elkins latter part of last week.
 Mrs. Ina Sisk and daughter, Corinne, returned to Johnson Sunday after spending ten days with relatives at Elklns and Har- ris.
 Uncle Jimmie Boatrie ht and wife were over from their Madi- son county home the first of last week. Uncle Jimmle Is S7 and his wife is SD years old, but they enjoyed the long drive exceeding ly well.
 Hugh MeGuire returned Fri day from an exploring trip to the Peeos Valley, away out in New Mexico. He is not saying much about that wonderful country 'eept that there is a scarcity of rain.
 The blackberry growers are eX- pressing eonsignnents of fine berries to the northern markets and are expecting to realize handsome returns from tie ship nents.
 Mrs. Matt. Thompson and little son came in Sunday even- ing from Hazel Valley 10 visit her parents Alr. and Mrs. John Stokes.
 Uncle Bob Parish hasn a tele- phone but lie has new grapho- phone which is affording him more real pleasure.
 \. N.Hanks went up to Bright water Sunday evening to make lime barrels for the lime plant at that place.
 Rev. Y. \. Gilmore was over from Elm Springs Sunday and conducted morning aud evening services for the local congrega- tion.
 The increased attendance at Sunday School IS very gratifying as 1t is d good indication that Morbus Sabbat tieus is losing it's grip on Johnson folks.
 NJ. Foust returned yesterday evening from visit down to Prairie Grove. Mrs. Foust and the children visited relatives near Harmon Saturday and Sunday. The Free Will Baptists have a church organization over at Ap- pleby school house where Rev. Will Webb presides as pastor. After services Sunday the con- gregation journeyed over to Clear Creek where five converts were immersed.
 Several Johnson folks have been attending the commence ment exercises of the U. of X.
 The storm notes are eagerly looked for by those who are not Ing the papers for Jews of the ripenlug of the Kansas wheat They're planning to go to the harvest fields To reap the Kansas grain, Then when they've made pocket of cash hey II f}de home oil the train.
 The two local ice cream SUD- pers at the berry shed and audi torium were we'll patronized Friday night
 The Frisco is handling an un- usual number of trains since the big floods have paralyzed traffic through Oklahoma, and the pas senger trains are seldom on time on account of the rush of freight beslness from western roads whose tracks have suffered from the rayages of Texas and Okla homa floods.
 Miss Fannie Nail is visiting relatives out near Muskogee. Okla.
 The oat and clover crops are promising splendid yield, wheat is i'll fair condition, peaches a plenty and apples and other fruit scarce. Some corn is far advanced while other fields await dry weather before the corn can be planted.
 MULKEEPMO.