Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-07-21

the state. I will be of any assistance to people wishing to put propositions before this company"
 The evident readiness of the people Of Arkansas to organize for better az riculture and their desire to develop the states great resources, was the consideration that finally influenced Dean J. H. Miller to accept the posi- tion as head of the division of univer- sity extension work of the University of Arkansas, according to President J. c. Futrall.
 This years experiment with wheat in Monroe County has been so sue cessful that there will be a large in- crease in acreage next year. The land from which this years wheat has been harvested has been planted to Mexican June corn and to peas. The same land will again be planted to wheat next fall
 The catalog number of the Hendrix College Bulletin at Conway, which will be issued next week by the publish CTS, contains important new regula- tions which will be in effect at the opening of the thirty-second annual session of the college on Septem- Der 15.
 Half of the 155 Arkansas high schools receiving aid from the con- mon school fund may be closed as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court in granting an injunction against the payment of s50,000 annually from the school fund for the aid of high schools, according to George B. Cook, state superintendent of public instruc- tion.
 Some Of the wheat planted as an experiment in Mississippi County this year averaged 39 1-2 bushels to the acre. Near Bassett an 80-acre field of thin, poor land yielded 16 bushels to the acre There will be big increase in the wheat acreage in Arkansas next year.
 At one of the most enthusiastic ever held in Yell County the Democratic Central Committee of the Fifth Judicial circuit declared A. B. Priddy the nominee for circuit judge, and found that he received a majority of 1,50S in the primary election held July 3.
 The Wilson Mercantile Company of is operating a new flour mill of the Midget Marvel system, having 3 capacity of 25 barrels a day. The wheat crop in this section is large :.
 Orchardists are now hauling baskets and crates preparing for the Elberta peach crop, which will begin moving in car lots from Russellville about July 23.
 W. F. Clifft, 58, of Huntington, sui. fered broken neck and died iri- stantly when he became overloaded and fell off scaffold while working on a house.
 Wolves have been killing hogs and young calves in the vicinity of Darda. nelle and big wolf hunt has been organized for the 18th and 17th of July.
 It is believed there is an oil field In Grant county around Belfast and de- velopment work is now being done there.
 Seventeen Confederate pensions a. S100 each were granted by the Faull- ner County Pension Board.
 The entire tax collected this year in Lawrence County amounted to s143,S1S.13.
 More than a quarter of a century ago the first Blue and Gray reunion ever held in this part of Arkansas was in by several hundred vet. erans, who met in a two-day celebra. ticn at Heber Springs. Since that time this reunion has been an annuai occasion every August.
 The contract for new school buiId- mg a. Houston was awarded by the School Board as result of school bonds fioated by the district re- cartlx