The Green Forest tribune., 1915-12-17

l luo COulInlSSlOnerS CO0Ce0LeQ tn6f0-
 selves with canvassing the votes as
 laid before them, announced the to- tals and adjourned.
 Near Jethro, Franklin county, off | cers found Mrs. Minnie Tucker and
 her two small children living in a cave. One of the children is a 10,
 month-old baby, which is sick, and the other is girl about years of | age. The children needed food and
 were poorly clad. After being fed and
 clothed they were cared for by resi- dents of the Jethro neighborhood. The mother refused to give up the chll- dren, and they were taken from her | by force. It is stated she may be sent
 to the Hospital for Nervous Diseases. | Free bridge district taxes in lief 1 ferson county this year will aggre- gate approximately S14,000 more than was collected last year. The taxes will total about $54,000 this year, against $40,000 last year. The ln- 1 u CooO Wd0 hCCCoodlJ tO lClll . ooihC of the bonds due in 1916. No bonds were retired this year.
 | Charging that the place is g ruis- ance where whiskey is frequently sold in violation of the law, T. C. Parham, prosecuting attorney, has filed petition in Circuit Court ask ing that the Valley drug store, Fourth and Main, Pine Bluff, be closed. Frank Hancock, Pine Bluff car l penter, recently was notified that he had fallen heir to fortune of $12,000 left by a relative in Athens, Ga. Han, cock spent S60 for round-trip ticket to Athens. Arriving thore he found he had been misinformed
 Graham Burnham, an engineer rep | jesenting JancoWsky, Brannon and associates in the oil business, Tulsa, ! Okla. says he has delivered to his f syu1lGaLe Ieases oY I, ,5U6 acres m PKG | county, on which drilling will start ] January 10.
 1 Leasing land for oil and gas rights in Crawford and Sebastian counties
 shows no abatement and it is said more than 60,000 acres has been leas- ! ed These leases have placed thou
 sands of dollars into circulation. A vicious mule knocked down Frank Robinson, a negro, near Roe, | paved him and then seizing one of i bones in it. It was necessary to am
 putate the foot.
 The North Arkansas zinc field now promises to be one of the best pro- ducing fields in the United States.
 posits of ore has been uncovered by | prospectors.
 | Fire which started in the boiler room and the water used to extinguish
 it caused about $500 damage to the l AIllllS tOll IOlSl tI I1OL SpIluSS. luC fire was confined to the boiler room. c. R. Kirkham of Richmond, Mo, is visiting Van Buren after an absence of 42 years. The Van Buren he knew 1 has entirely disappeared. He found new city.
 A steel bridge which spans the Sa- line river six miles from Warren has been competed and opened to the public The bridge cost $17,5OO. The Creek Oil and Gas Company of Alma offers to give leases absolutely free to any legitimate company that has the capital to develop the lease A chautauqua for Harrisburg next summer is assured through the action of Harrisburg merchants who pledged the sale of $750 worth of tickets We'll drillers at work on the farm of George Hankins, near Greenbr1er, Faulkner county, struck vein of coal four and one-half feet thick
 Lead Hills petition for incorpora- tton has been granted and soon the town will have a mayor and city marshal.
 George McClendon of Philadelphia, wealthy Clark county farmer, charged with assault with intent to kill his wife and daughter, has been adjudged insane and was sent to the State Hos- pital for Nervous Diseases.
 A triple wedding was lebrated at the residence of MT. and Mrs. G. w. Hull of Melrose recently when three of their daughters, Misses Lyda, Lucy and Dixie Hull, were married to Messrs l.. B. Holt, R. k. Harrison and H. c. Lange.