The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-08-15

WI ilAhl AAlil HAA aAAlNs ~ - 1AN~h
warmest month in 80 years in 1881,
So degrees; coolest month in 1879
76 degrees highest temperature reg
istered August |, 1896. 105 degrees
lowest temperature registered Aug
ust "a, 1891, 50 degrees average
precipitation, 35l inches; average
number of days with precipitation
of OF or more, 8 greatest precipi-
tation for month in 1888, 11.13
inches; least precipitation for month
in 1902, 10 inch greatest amount
Of precipitation for one day on Aug
ust 1924, 1879, 4.06 inches; aver
age number Of cloudy days, 10 part
lY cloudy days. 10; cloudy days, 5 !
prevailing wind. northeast; average
hourly velocity, 4.O8 miles per hour;
highest velocity on August %, 1899,
80 miles per hour, from the north
west.
T, E. Harper, a Rock Island
brakeman, fell between the tank and
front ear of a work train one mile
west of Leola Thursday afternoon
at II 80 and the moving wheels pass
ed over him, resulting in instant
death. His body was badly mangled
There was an echo of Saturdays
fight between Mrs Clark and Mrs.
Stella Sheppard, when Bob Clark, a
son of Mrs. Clark, was fined $40 and
costs in Police Court at Fayetteville
Thursday on charge Of assault. The
assault was made on Charlie Shep-
pard, a brother-in-Iaw of Mrs. Shep-
pard, the trouble between them grow
ing out Of the first trouble. The wom-
en- have also had a second fight and
further trouble is anticipated.
Fifty-two carloads Of peaches have
been shipped up to date from Spring
dale, netting that community about
$4,000, -Four of the cars were ship
ped by the Farmers Union and the
remainder by the Peach Growers
Exchange. Practically all the peach
es were sold on the track, the price
ranging from so cents to SIPS, the
bulk of the crop being disposed of at
the latter price. Growers near
Springdale realized better prices
than growers in the southern part Of
the state, as the crop there was ready
70 rthe market just at time when
there were not many peaches being
shipped from other sections.
\ number Of worthless checks have
been passed upon the merchants of
Fort Smith during the past week.
Thursday afternoon check for
$3.50 was presented to the First
National bank by Mitchell Lawson.
The check proved to he a forgery
and the cashier had Lawson placed
under arrest. \ number of checks
similar to the one presented at the
bank have been circulated about the
city during the past few DAYS. Har-
ry Fisher is being sought by the po-
lice. He is alleged to have defraud-
ed several of the merchants who CASH
ed checks ranging from $40 to $2j.
c. +. Moser. J. W. Rusing and
G. n. Nation of GAINESVILLE have
proposed to the business men of
Ozark to establish and operate an ice
plant in that city if they will sub
scribe $1,000, of the $4,000 stock
necessary for the organization Of the
company. The proposition is regard
ed with favor and the stock is now
being spoken for. Ozark is the only
county seat between Little Rock and
| Fort Smith on the Little Rock and
Fort Smith road that has no ice
plant. The town consumes annually
about 3t5 tons of ice.
John S. Thurman of st. Louis, is
in Pine Bluff negotiating with the
Board of Trade in regard to the es-
tabIishment in that city of plant
for management of a cotton-picking
machine. 1t will require an invest
ment of $25O,00O to establish the
plant. Mr.. Thurman claims his ma
chine will pick seven times as much
cotton as the best contemplating field
hand can pick. The machine gath
ers the cotton by means of va
CUM chamber.
Government engineers are survey
ing the Arkansas river above the Iron
Mountain bridge at Fort Smith for
the purpose Of protecting the ripraps
and ictties on the west bank in or
der 10 throw the current back to its
old channel on the Fort Smith side
of the river
Eliza Lewis, postmaster at Big
Fork, is suffering from an attack Of
lockiaw as the result of having step
| ned upon nail Saturday