The Springdale news., 1914-01-30
JOHNSON.
Last week.

of Vale spent Friday night with relatives here
 The local song warblers are meeting every Sunday afternoon for a songfest.
 Section foreman Hunt is doing quite a bit of grading today near the local depot road crossing.
 Arthur Smith left this morning on visit to the vicinity o1 Springtown, Ark, where he owns some farm property.
 Several home seekers have been trying to buy property in this vi cinity during the last week, but no sales have been reported.
 Prof. J. L. Harris came out from Fayetteville last Wednes- day evening and taught school Thursday and Friday for his sister.
 Orlan Greenhouse IS carrying the mail on the rural route while Carrier Arthur Smith IS doing some work on his farm near Stony Point.
 Mrs. Frank Cardwell and child ren went up to Lowell, Ark, Fri day on the evening train, and visited with relatives until Sun- day afternoon.
 P. Kennedy and Bob Garrett are doing business again with their improved pea thresher. They threshed several crops around here last week.
 The Johnson t'ruitmcns In ion will use the Standard Ameri- can Ventilated 24 quart crate during the coming season. The crates were ordered last week.
 John Boswell IS building a very neat addition to the north end of his grocery store, and when the improvements are com pleted he will have a very snug business house.
 John Lichlyter and family re turned last week from a sojourn of nearly a year near Persons Kansas They are going over to Springtown. Ark, in day or so to visit Mrs Lichlyter s par ents.
 Edward kunkel. or " Shorty the little foreigner who has been working at the lime kilns since last berry time, quit his job Fri day. and left Saturday to hunt another job oyer. the hills and far away.
 The weather for the=past week has been mighty eomfortafle,.es peciallY for folks who have -tc buy high priced wood for fuel The roads are drying up. and getting in good condition after many weeks of slush and mud.
 During these recent pretty days dozens of homeless wanderers have been passing north and south along the Frisco. They have all sorts of hard luck stor- ies to tell. Many of them are old. gray headed fellows. while some are only beardless boys.
 Miss Mata Maxey is gradually getting little better She is being treated by Mrs. Josie Pat terson, of Elm Springs. Mrs Patterson is best known to old time Johnson folks as Miss Jos ie Mccoy. daughter of John Ne Coy. who lived north of Stony Point a long time ago.
 W. c. Hanks and family moved |o..t from Fayetteville yesterday and will reside with Capt q. P Hanks and wife. Capt Hanks Is arranging to journey out to eastern New Mexico before long and he says that he don [ know just how long he and Mrs. Hanks will visit around out there.
 Dad Settle has completed tne building of that new four room frame residence over or tle farm that he purchased re gently from Mrs. Sally Chryst It Is nice home, and adds quite bit to the looks of the valley there below little Eureka Springs where Uncle Will Null ins lived for so many years.
 Charley Mayes' folks were busy all of last week fixing IT to keep house on the hill in the Carl Mayes residence where the rooms were all re-papercd, and lots of other tasks. so they were not looking for shiveree - but lot of the local folks wis tied them Saturday night, and had short eharivari before Charley opened the door and in vited them in for a pleasant L