The Springdale news., 1909-05-28
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 ]. E. McClendon and wife re- turned yesterday to Proctor, Okla.
 B. B. Johnson has installed a new pair of Fairbanks wagon scales at the local mill
 John Oliver Crum (Oilie9 left Monday morning to try the an- known ways of travelling berry fields.
 Harry Marr, popular youngster formerly of Johnson, IS learning the ways of ranch life away up at Bingham, Neb.
 Prof. G. A. Cole was at home a few days recently but IS away again this week conducting in- stitptes for the farmers down in central Arkansas.
 Next Saturday will be stren uous day for the Stony Point folks as that is the time for their adjourned school meeting and is also Decoration Day and Spring dale Strawberry Day.
 There is quite difference oi opinion as to the present fish law that applies to Washington and Madison counties. The Editor is quite fisherman and perhaps lie can shed some rays of light on the matter?
 Miss Maggie Reed returned Sunday to McAlester, Okla, where she will continue her studies in the training school of one of the hospitals of that city. Miss Maggie is learning to be professional nurse.
 J. Harvey Pearson, of Striek- Ter, was visiting relatives here some days ago. He owns little farm down there among the hills and is figuring on selling out soon and getting back nearer to "the reservation.
 There will be a big free eclipse of the moon next Thursday even- ing, June 3rd, and erybody Is invited to sec the sight. The event will commence shortly after sunset and you'll not need smoked glasses to watch the performance.
 Some of the local growers are telling fabulous tales as To their output of berries from small tracts of land. The fellow with the small patch well cared for is beating the grower who tried to cultivate large acreage oi plants.
 Local fishermen are complain ing about the scarcity of fish in Clear Creek this season. Now maybe so they don't know when, how nor where 10 fish. 'Tis poor policy to go fishing when the creek is bank full and trying to overflow the bottoms.
 Little Foster has been at John- son for the past ten days and will tarry here several days longer. He is the veteran berry picker who has been making this place every season for the last decade. He follows the berries from the Gulf to the Great Lakes.
 Twentytwo cars of berries have been shipped from Johnson and several more will go forward this week. The heavy rains of the past week have caused lots of trouble to the growers, but prospects are fine today for some clear weather winch will help the late berries wonderfully.
 Two or three picnic parties were woefully disappointed by the misdoings of the weather last Sunday. The fair promises of early morning were dispelled be- fore noon by showers of rain that continued throughout the even ing causing local groves and bowers to be very unpleasant places for picnic folks.
 The showeEv days ended i'll a doWn-pour late yesterday that was d record-breaker for several minutes. The branches were all transformed into raging rivers in very short time and many of the berry growers had to wait several hours for the flood waters to subside before they could get a safe crossing home. Clear