The Carlisle independent., 1915-05-20

Although admittedly the Arkansas Supreme Court decision which knock. ed out the bond issue plan to build he wagon road approaches and via ducts to the lew Harahan bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis ai- so knocked the breath out of Critten- den County officials and property own. CTS, they do not propose to delay a month in finding a new way to finance t;'p improvement.
 There seems to he a general mis understanding abolt the effect of the supreme court decision" said Judge j. E. Thompson, county judge of Crit tendent county. We had reached an agreement with the railroads to build he wagonway and rootways across the bridge on the basis of a 52-foot stage of water, and this will be done
 At the end Of the bridge approach proper the wagonway will be 12 feet above the ground, What we proposed to do was to build concrete and steel viaduct from that point back to the leyee. a distance of two and half miles, to give clearance to stage ot j2 feet of water
 The estimated cost of this viaduct vas from s25e000 to s325, 900. We had planned to issue s350.000 bonds, and to take $24,000 year from the county road fund to retire the bonds. Fullv 90 per cent of the people were in ia. Eor of this plan, because it gave us an opportunity to do something with out increasing our taxation
 Within the next few days We will hold a meeting in Marion to decide definitely how we shall proceed T am quite sure, however, that we will rroceed to organize road improvement districts under the Alexander ac7 This provides fo.' a betterment tax and applies alike to land and rail roads. But it means an increase in 1 taxation, and that is the thing we were trying to get away from.
 We probably shall organize four road improvement districts, one par allel to each of the four lines of raiI road in Crlttendent County. The districts are organized by petitions, handled through the county court, and there is not the slightest doubt that practically everyone in ehe county will sign the petitions.
 Judsonia had shipped 96 carloads of berries of this years crop up to the night of Tuesday. May H. TweE. ty-ive carloads were shipped last Monday and 13 last Tuesday Up tc May 13 of last year 67 cars had been shipped. Crawford county shipped more than II carloads of strawber ! il1es last Tuesday.
 The McGehee Printing Company is Lew printing firm in MeGehee, corr. l posed of H. R. Downey and ]. L. S9arks. former Iesees of the Desha 1 County News. The new firm will shortly begin the publication of weekly newspaper. The office is To catod on Front street in the Kimple building.
 x. " Loba. president of the Ozarks Railways Company, which will build line of railroad through this sec t1en, says their Chicago representati1 3 wliI riace an order for rails this weeE. He first purchase will cover enough td lay the first 10 miles, Htich will 2ring the road into this town.
 Since shortly after t death of Judge W. M. Kavanaugh on the Fist cf February, the board of trade has been receiving letters from all parts of tie country suggesting that 1t take charge of public movement for the erection of monument in Little Rock to his memory
 \ petition of c. o. Collins aud more than GOO other taxpayers was filed in county Court here, asking for the for. nation of an improvement district to tlild 16-mile road from Jonesboro to Otwell and thence to the county line of Craighead and Poinsott coun- ties. One firm at Cotter has sold 125 binders and p threshing outfits dur 1;g the past month for use ia the Cot ter territory in harvesting the larges. wheat crop ever raised in the upper White river country
 The mayor of Greenwood warns | boys and girls under IS years of age that the curfew ordinance will be en. forced. Under this ordinance no boy or girl under Is years of age can be on the streets after o'clock at night. The recess appointment Of George NJ. Walter, formerly publisher of the l Judgonia Advance, to succeed F. c. Bliges as postmaster at J'.dsonia. has 5een announced. The office pays sf