The Forrest City times., 1914-08-14
All Over Arkansas


wy ioi lHe purchase of a federal building site in Rogers. It is under. stood that the department has in view Inc purchase of a site that cost con. siderable more than the first appro- priation of $5,ooO would allow.
 Nofk has been discontinued in the large gravel pits at Naeness. in the east end of InGe9 ndence county. from which thousands of carloads of gravel have been taken in recent years. Nearly all the available gravel at these pits has been removed and the steam shoyels. locomotives. board, Ing ears and other equipment have been removed to Newport.
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 The four utilities in Hot Springs have heen assessed ly the State Tav Commission at $7599o3. apnortioned as follows. Consumers Gas Cnmpanv. $S6,9SS, Hot Springs Water Company. $a3,090; Hot Springs Street Railway Company $245,490; Citizens Electric Company. $332,425.
 
 Nathan E. Williams of Fayetteville, has been employed by the Commis- sion on Industrial Relations to do special legal research work in Wash ington, D. C.
 Maj Pill Stoddara. of the state land office, will be a candidate for Audi. tor of State in the rext primaries. to succeed L. L. Coffman. Major Stod- dard has been prominent in state poli- tics for several years. s. N. Evans, of Little Rock. formerly of DardaneIle, is also mentioned as a prospective candidate. He served two terms as circuit clerk of Yell county, and for several years has been a representa- tive Of the Union Central Life Insur- ance Company.
 In the Oklahoma Democratic pri- mary election held Tuesday Judge John H. Pitchford, a former Arkan- san, was re-nominated over Ad Cop. page of Grove for district judge, an office he has occupied for six years Judge Pitchford formerly was city attorney of Fort Smith and now re sides at Tahlequah About a year ago he married resident of Morrill, ton
 Notice has been received at the city ticket office of the Rock Island in Little Rock to discontinue the sale of travellers checks for use in certain foreign countries, as there is now no payment of them abroad Checks for use in this country and other coun- tries are not affected by the impend- ing war will still be sold The coun- tries for which no checks will be sold include practically every European country excepting England or other British countries.
 Wholesale vaccination of horses, mules and cows was started In Fort Smith and vicinity last week in an of- fort to stop t.e spread of anthrax
 The Socialists of Little River coun- ty will hold D four days encampment in Foreman from August 26 10 29 in clusiye..
 Announcement is made by the post office officials that 100 rural carriers in the state will receive raise in their salaries beginning August 10. The raises range from $4 to S144 a year.
 win Silcr of Mountain Home, re gently convicted in the Baxter Circuit Court of the murder of Mrs. McFad- den Siler. his brothers wife. and sen tenced to e~rye term of 2l years in the Arkansas ptnitentiary, who es- caped frcm t~a state convict farm al Cummin. on July % by feignng sick ness and then sealing the walls Of the stockade, was taken into custody "Wednesday at Aurora Mo-, and re- turned to the penitentiary.
 W. P. Detherow. Socialist nominee for representative in Independence county, who lives three miles from Batesville. owns a Stradivarius yio- lin that is 20l years old, The instru, ment, according to a brand on the in side. was made in the year l7l3.
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 The Arkansas deleeation at the gol- den jubilee of the Elks at Denver was awarded a signal honor in win, ming the second prize of sl50 for the best display in the parade. The pa rade was six and half miles long and 7500 Flks were in line Over 700., GOO visitors enthusiastica- cheered the Arkansas delegation all along the line of march,
 The Fort smith commissioners abOl, ished many offices as a result of the citv's losing the monthly revenue of S2.5O0 the saloons paid for licenses, The offices of city bacteriologist. day captain of police, electrical inspector and stock catcher were abolished. fo,ao