The log cabin Democrat., 1908-07-02
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 ton county teachers resolutions were adopted requesting the legislature to enact the following laws for the bene- fit of the public school system. Max ing the term of school longer in Ben ton county; raising the standard for teachers certificates; increasing the revenue for school purposes; permit ting officers of a school district to draw on the state treasury for suf1i- cient money to maintain an eight months school, providing the school district has voted the 7-mill tax and the taxes thus raised, together with l the 3-mill state tax Is sufficient to maintain school for eight months :; debaring a school district failing to vote a local tax of at least , mills from drawing the 3-mill state tax available for school purposes; to dis tribute the revenue collected from railroads among school districts In the county according to scholastic population instead of permitting dis 'tricts through which the railroads pass to depend upon the revenues from the railroads to maintain their schools; to tax every dog $1 per an- mum, the revenue to be paid direct lv into the school fund of each coun- ty.
 In pursuance of the general plan of the Bureau of Animal Industry to extend the work of tick eradication in north Arkansas, John P. Gaston of Odessa, Mo-, and Dr. l.. P. Fanteck of Kansas City have been detailed to prosecute the work in northwest Ar kansas, with headquarters at Rogers. They will work in northwets Arkan- sas, with headquarters at Rogers. They will work under the direction of Dr. W. H. Fry.
 Five sons of Mir. and Mrs. F. R.. Warren of Rogers and their families spent last week with their parents at the old homestead. All the sons are doctors, one being a practicing phy- sician and the other four being den- lists. Dr. Homer Warren Is locat- ed in Chicago, Dr. Frank Warren at | Chickasha, Okla, Dr. Fred Warren at Galveston, Tex, Dr. Bert Warren at Houston. Tex. and Dr. William Warren at Dallas.
 Plans for a new 100-room hotel to be built at Rogers were completed Saturday and presented to the Rog- CTS Building and Loan Association, which proposes to finance the enter prise. It is estimated the building will cost about $4O,00O. Of this amount $30,000 has been pledged by nonresidents if the citizens of Rog- CTS will subscribe $10,000. About one-third of this amount has already been pledged.
 At the recent meeting of the Cross County Teachers Institute, resolu- tion was adopted requesting the Cross county representative in the legislature to advocate the passage of an act ordering the observance in the public schools of a day to be known as Arkansas Day, for the purpose of collecting and preserving historical relics and teaching the history of the state.
 The ice plant at Paris, installed by the Logan County Cotton Oil Company, is now in operation. The capacity of the plant is ten tons per day. E. c. Parker is manager of the enterprise.
 Up to the present time four miles of concrete sidewalks have been con- structed in DeQueen. More than three miles of concrete walk is now in course of construction.
 The large heading mill and two dry kilns of the Reich Lumber Company at Nettleton were destroy ed by fire Tuesday night. The fire is supposed to have originated in the shaving room. The two kilns were filled with headings. The loss is estimated at from $10,000 to $15,. 900, upon which there was no insur- ance. The heading factory will be rebuilt at once. More than forty men are employed at the factory.