The Springdale news., 1908-01-24
nn t1e Gown and County.

IddIeS, Will be instituted the second Wednesday night in February the required number ot members having already been secured.
 Lee Sanders on Monday pur- chased the Cheatiam farm of forty acres two and half miles west of town. II Was oWn- ed by |. k. Payne, who was en- gagged Ill the mercantile business here last fall under the firm name ot Southwestern Mertaf1- tile ahd Salvage Company.
 D. |. Richer, who is It Nan Bnren attending the meeting of tie State Horticultural Society, writes Tho News that .A. x. BroWn.oi Middle Fork, New ork.=is now at that point and he will be in Sprin9dale Satur- day tomorrow and III the after naon wIll give a demonstration III spraying.
 Harvey Mouid>, of CherryfaIe. Kan. came in few days ago To visit with his uncle. Nc l Ouald and family. Mr Moulds K located in tile gas belt and af ter looking over the field here he thinks all indications point 10 gas ill this section and be strong E ly advises that drilling De eon- tinued to q depth of Il least 1.5eo feet
 Bob Breeding has sold his resi- dence property on Johnson Street to Judge j. D. Bever>, but will not give possession until March 15.=Nr. Breeding has not yet de- Htided whether lie will remain in l SPfiHgdale or locate at sone oth- er point. He will be here at least until spring engaged in winding up the business of the old firm of Sanders X Breeding.
 ae Frisco railroad company recently laid off d large number ot section men, and tis sad there are only sixty men at.werk ou the division between | ort smith and Monett, including the o k C C. branch. The on1y man left in Npringdale k the foreman. It would seem that tfie railroad company is willing to ieopardize tue lives of its pas sengers in order to save few 1 dollars.
 Ear Thompson went over To Lincoln Tuesday to assist in packing for shipment q quantity of evaporated fruit tt that place owned bv w. G. Thompson X Bro. These gentlemen have about ls0.ooo pounds of evapo- rated fruit stored at that point, and are making arrangements 10 ship out d couple Of cars. The e7aporated fruit marketis stitien- ing up. and 1t iS expected to go St'll higher later on.
 X number of ladies ot Spring dale met Monday afternoon with Alrs. X. (. Smith and effected an organization to be known as tie Monday Club The officers are. President, Mrs. A (. 1 Smith, secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Clare Farrar. Ii is in the nature of a study club, and the Bay View reading course will De taken up. Weekly meetings will be held, and the member ship is limited to sixteen.
 D. V. Manrose is exercising his decorative genius on tie interior of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. The stairway leading to the upper portion of the building 1 has been moved further to the rear, and d private room IS being fitted up ill handsome style to connect with the main banking room. When the improvements. are all completed the Farmers and i Merchants Bank will have hand- some and convenient quarters.
 The News received q pleasant visit yesterday morning from +. l l.. Cross, Grand Keeper of Rr5- ords and Seal If the \. c. U. ". Lodge, and Arthur Clark, Dep ut Grand Master, both of Bt0- tanYi.le. Mr. Cross k quite | busy man. being one of the pub fishers at the Bentonyifle ; Fl. in addition to his A O. II W work. He says the X. Q 1T. ". in this state is in prosperous condition, having on hand at the beginning of the flew year sur plus of S20,000.
 A three months term of school opened at Fishbaek, east of Springdale, Monday with Roy Reed as teacher. This district