The Green Forest tribune., 1914-07-31
All Over Arkansas
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esssssOsssesssssssssssssss The summer school of the Universi ty of Arkansas closed last week with an attendance close on to 200, showing an attendance increase of exactly 40 per cent over last year.
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 The Blue and Gray Reunion at Nam moth Springs will be held August r to 22.
 The Paragould City Council has pass ed a stringent ordinance against the sale of morphine, cocaine, opium and similar drugs.
 Frank NJ. Locke of Ashdown has been appointed to a position in the Department of Justice by Attorney General McReynolds. MT. Locke's ap- pofntment came in view of tine splend- i'd work he did in the law department at Vanderbilt University last year.
 The management of the Central Ar kansas Fair Association announces that the fair this year will be held at Carlisle during the week of October 12 to IT, inclusive This fair is held an Neil July 28-31. Distinguished speakers of the Central Arkansas counties.
 The Rev. Jesse Galloway of Mur- freesboro, Ark, has accepted the pas torate of the College Hill Methodist Church at Texarkana, succeeding Revl MT. Mitchell, who resigned to accept B position as reporter or the Daily Texarkanian.
 Arrangements have been completed for a farm demonstration school to be held at Scranton, July 27-31, under the auspices of the Agricultural De partment of the University of Arkan- sas, at which government demonstra- ton agents will cooperate with the university teachers in forwarding new ideas for farming.
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 l.. Shoemaker of Gassville, who is an amateur horticulturist, has just com pleted the gathering of his plum crop one of the most remarkable ever made in that section of the country. From six trees he picked 250 gallons, sell ing 229 gallons at 200 per gallon and using the remainder for home con, sumption. The plums were of the vel. low Japanese variety.
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 Williams Bros. stock men and farm CTS of Pocahontas, have purchased 9 farm of TAO acres lying on Eleven. point River ff,5 ; t.ss- F j;5a.. lS-, tas, for s16,000 ae farm Mas owned by Fillmore Sloan O. Imboden.N and has been known for years as the bes stock farm in the state. The pur chaser will move on the farm and en ter into the stock business on a large scale and do extensive farming. e tS e
 The old Park hotel, erected 28 year: ago at Sulphur Springs, has been solt and will be torn down. The hotel wa: built by Charles H. Hibler five years before Elias Splitlog, the Wyandottt Indian, laid the little railroad which is now part of the Kansas City Southern, from Joplin into Sulphur Springs.
 Newport's White Way viii soon bt completed. The three principal busi ness streets will be included in the White Way district. The posts are 1( | feet high and made of concrete. The! have three-foot base, IS inches square, then tapering to d six-incl square at the top. Each post is wired for five lights.
 J. c. Clary, state labor commis sioner, who visited Fort Smith anc l the Sebastian county mining distric | last week, to investigate the condi tion of the mines at the recent riot between union and nonunion miner and the destructive demonstration agaist the Bache-Denman property, re ports that perfect quiet reigns at tn scene and that the civil authoritie are making a thorough investigation
 The twelfth annual reunion of tn Southwest Arkansas Confederate Vet erans of America will be held at No Neil July 2S-31. Distinguished speaker have been invited to attend and a elaborate program is to be given. Fr day July 31, will be Sons and Daugt ters Day"
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 The Ozark division of the Prise Railroad has organized "freigh claim preventive committee" con posed of men from every departmen of the company's service, and vii hold semi-monthly meetings at Thaye and Jonesboro. The object is to har dle the freight in such a manner tha the cause for claims will be reduced t minimum.