The Springdale news., 1913-04-11
JOHNSON

Dick Liehlyters alfalfa fields are getting mighty green. Sever al other folks are going to raise alfalfa here.
 Rev. Jesse Loving, who now re- sides at Fayetteville, has an ap- pointment to preach here on Sun day, April 20
 Gene Avis hasn't been in town for a long time. He lives away down on Clear Creek, and it may be that he is fishing
 The fruit growers say that pros poets are very bright for a bump CT crop of all kinds of fruit, as no serious damage was done by the recent cold snap.
 Strawberry blooms are coming right along, but wise folks say that the bulk of the crop will be late this season, and no car lots will be shipped before the middle of May.
 A lot of local folks were in hurry last week to plant their po- tatoes in the moon. Arthur Sm1tA planted a part of his then and the balance to-day, so he will see which was the best time for plantng
 Gid Lichlyter and wife, with lot of the little Eichlyters, We're visiting down here Sunday Gid lives up near Don't Worry's reser- vation, but he's just as common as when he used to live down at Johnson.
 The local telephone subscribers get the daily weather reports. but We also have several old fashioned folks Who prefer to consult the al manac which, so they say. makes about as good guess as the gov ernment observer
 The Stony Point folks are going to make strong effort to build public hall in the near future They want new school house down there and it is very probable that the hall will be in the second story of the school building.
 Mully appreciated Roy Reed 8 letter mighty we'll, and he oughtto write more frequently, as lot of his acquaintances are readers of The News. If that correspondents meeting is held this summer we'd all be pleased to have "ory Dree' 10 be with Us.
 Arthur Smith had his assistant carrier on the mail route a couple of days last week while he stayed at home to help Contractor Powers move Grandma Smiths cottage ey- CT to the rear of his dwelling The two buildings make one very com modious residence
 Frisco Agent. Val Phillips, who has been spending a vacation with his family at Washburn. Mo. re- turned to Johnson to-day He says that he had seven cases of measles at his house at one time while he was at home He had em long time ago, so he had the pleasure of taking care of the others which kept him pretty busy
 Clint Bray, former lime work CT who has been away from here. for several years, has been working al a lime kiln away over in east ern Arkansas, but is seeking a To- cation here again as he don't like the country over there. Clint is a great big fat man, and was foreman of the Tom Black kiln here, be- fore Mr- Black opened up the plant at Brightwater. where Clint was foreman for long time
 A whole lot of folks are going 10 raise eane9 this year, so there will probably be sorghum enough 70 go around at 1assts maxim time, as George Thompson is go- ing to try sorghum making this year. Perry Cossairt has an out fit at his place, so has Jim Banks, whfe Virgil Luallen and Frank Cardwell are going to renoyate the Tommy Austin cane mill and make up their cane with it.
 Capt C. P Hanks has sent in his resignation as postmaster at John son, and the department will ar range for his successor as soon as possible The office is under the Civil Service rules, and competi-l tive examination will be required. Capt Hanks has been our post master for long time, and has filled the place ably and well, but advancing age made the work so tiresome and arduous that he de eided to retire.
 A press item in the daily papers recently stated that Grant Leslie. wife and little boy, had been burn ed to death in prairie fire near