Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-10

corn or rice. lnlS letter from J. b. Fauntleroy, Elephant Butte, N Mex, is one of the many of similar charac- ter received by the commissioner of agriculture, showing the extent to which Arkansas lands are being ad- Fartised throughout the country. The >tide is setting toward the state as never before.
 Rem0deIing Home.
 Work on the remodeling of the Con- federa1e Home is progressing rapidly. and it is expected that it will be com- pleted in another two weeks. and the veterans be moved back into the buildtne Since the work began six weeks ago they have been living in tents on the grounds. and have greatly enjoyed ne outing, expressing the hope taaT t will may be an annual af- fair. The buildings have been thor= eaghIy renovated and fefurnished, and there will be found none of fhe con= db5iens which made the Home an ob ice of such deserved censure in re- ceat= years. There are about eighty inmates now. Dr. Stinson, the new super.H andent. will remove this week from fae Insane AsNlum where he has been superintendent for the past seven years.
 Juvenile Courts.
 The ju.enile courts, which are be- state under the recent act of the leg islature are contributing large number of bad boys to the Reform School Within the last few days two have been received from Little Rock, two from Hot Springs and four from Fort Smith. There are now about for ty in the institution, and it's capacity of sixty will soon be filled at the present rate of increase. The boys sent up from the juvenile courts are on probationary, Or indefinite terms, and may be released at the discretion of the superintendent, when he be- lieves that they have been reformed sufficiently to be trusted.
 Plan Big Auditorium.
 The Little Rock School Board has in course of construction an auditorium and gymnasium which will cost Sl00,- >000 IL is the purpose of the Board to equip this with apparatus for the use of boys and girls, and this will re- quire S3,000, which is to be raised by entertainments. The first of these en- tertainments is to be given Oct. ,, ill the City Auditorium when the U. $. Marine Band will play for the benefit of the fund.
 Farm Work a Success.
 The work of the U. s. Farm Demon- stration agents has proven a great success, and for the coming year is to be greatly extended. The government has appropriated $36,000 for the 1912 season and will give each county S33I5Q provided the county has an equal amount of funds with which to deffay the expenses of the agent. It is hoped that the present number of 49 demonstrators will be increased to one Tor each county next year rapid growth considering that the work is only five years off in the state. It will be given considerable impetus by the recent appointment of e. w. Watson Who has been made state agent, with headquarters in Little Rock. He will \ nave supervision of the demonstration Work all over the state. Heretofore the general agent has been located at Shreveport. Mr. Watson comes from Mississippi, where he had considerable training in the work, having been county commissioner of agriculture of Madison county.
 Lives of Two Men Saved.
 Two men who have recently faced Fae sallows at close range are this Week at work on the railroad for the state, in the Iron Mountain camp hear Cabot. Both had been sentenced