The Springdale news., 1914-05-08

they decided to come here to make their home.
 Geo. F. Butcher and family left Wednesday afternoon for Orange City Iowa. They formerly resided at that place and will spend the summer there. Mir. Butcher having a building contract at that place.
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 The city council has abolished the position of street commissioner and has assigned to the city marshal the duties of looking after the street work, increasing his salary to $G0 per l. tA The News believes this is a e2 I plan and will save the town @eney. Marshal Lichlyter has been 5ag some splendid work on the streets recently, the most notice able improvement being on the stre leading out towards Fayette- vile.
 IL is said that new time card will go into effect on the Frisco the l7th inst, and rumor has it that two fast through trains from Texas to St. Louis, which have formerly been running through Oklahoma, will be routed over this division. The route this way is slightly shorter, and it is said the Public Service Corpora tion Of Oklahoma has been causing the road some annoyance by requr- ing these trains to make unnecessary stops at small stations.
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 The household goods of F. C.. Townsend arrived this week from Fort Worth, Texas, and they will make their home in Springdale in the future. Mir. Townsend is a piano tuner, of several years experience. and was formerly connected with Martin Brothers, at Fayetteville. He has been travelling for the past sey- eral years, and comes to Springdale to make his home, with a prime pur- pose of enjoying life. He will en- gage actively in his line of work, and carries the very best of references as to his ability.
 John Sehulte ard his son-in=law, Michael Haider, of Zell, South Da- kota, spent several days here re- gently looking over the country with a view Of locating. They were well and Mir. Sehulte purchased the S0=aere farm of J. G. Webber, near Tontitown. He expects to erect new buildings and otherwise improve the property and will move here the coming fall to make his home. Mr. Schalte is GermanzGatholic and he reports that quite a colony of these people will probably move into this section at an early day.
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 Contrary to expectations the straw berry crop in this section promises to be better than was anticipated soon after the freeze a few weeks ago. New crowns are coming on to take the place of those killed by the freeze, and while the crop will be a Little later than it would have been otherwise the yield promises to be good. The acreage in this locality is not so heavy as in former years. It is expected that ripe home grown Der ries will be on the market the latter part Of this week and car lot ship ments will probably begin next week. Growers below the mountain began shipping last week.
 The drill given by Company A, on the high school campus Sunday af- ternoon served to attract a rather large crowd, and the crowd seemed to thoroughly enjoy the drill given by the company. A hike from Springdale to White River is plan ned for the company in the near flu 5ure, going out one day and back the next. The trip is given to en- able the various members of the company to become acquainted with camp life in the army, as is really is. Nothing will be taken along but the regular camp equipment, and pos .oly some members will slip some fishing tackle in their haversacks, but the trip will be given over mostly to regular army duties.
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 Vern Davis, who had an encounter with the negro porter on No. , Thursday mornino of last week, mem tion of which was made in last is sue, entered plea of guilty to as sault and battery in Squire Atwood court Tuesday and was fined $100 and costs. The greater part Of the fa,. Daputv Drac-