The Springdale news., 1915-06-25
JOHNS SON.
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George Anthony, Perry Blake and several other local lads are working in the harvest fields of Kansas.
 Monday was the hottest day of the season and the extreme humidity which accompanied the heat wave, came very near causing several prostrations. Some thermometers registered as high as loo degrees in the shade shortly after noon.
 The we'll drill crew found plenty of water over on the ridge where feet there and are now working down at John Robison's place over among the Clear Creek hills
 Rev. Crawford. of Purdy. Mo, filled his regular monthly appointment here Saturday and Sunday.
 Grandma Phillips of Washburn, Mo, is the guest Of her son, Val Phillips, the local Frisco agent.
 Blackberries are ripening, ard lo- cal shippers are getting very good returns from their early express out put.
 The new school house at Stony Point is beginning to assume a very homehke appearance. and will be very up-to-dat rural school butld- ing when completed
 Alvin Luper has been having serious si ge of humps and is now threatened with all attack of fever. Quite number Of local folks have been entertaining humps during the past few weeks.
 A new pair Of wagon scales have been placed in here by the Johnson Mercantile Company.
 Big Sandy has been running regu- larly through Johnson since the com ing Of the big rains in May, ard ii does not take such an awful biz rain to put the rod crossings in bad shape Joe Reed and sister Lela, drove in just west Of Johnson recently, and the swollen stream oV- er-turned their buggy, and they both came very near drowning. The horse and buggy was rescued with but bit tie damage to vehicle or animal.
 P-rry Cassoirt has just completed job of honse-painting for Hugh Lichlyter. Perry is a veteran of the Civil War, but he is yet niGnble enough to do first class painting
 There will be an ice cream supper at the Johnson strawberry shed Sat urday night, June D. The proceeds are to go to the organ fund. The old school house music maker is getting in such shape that it will have to cal Sunday School and C. E. Society be replaced by new ole. The To- are promoting the supper and large attendance is desired.
 Since berry time Johnson has had a lot of agents of all sorts, and new stoves, buggies, etc. are really "too numerous too mention.
 Mrs. Linda Maxey, who has been seriously ill for several weeks is convalescing slowly Her daughter, Mrs Sylvia Reed, who came to see her recently, will probably visit here for several weeks before returning z to her home in St. Louis, Mo.
 Bert Johnson is unloading a car of shelled corn shipped here from Kan sas
 Dick Lichlyter is wearing a long face this rainy day on account Of having cut that fine patch of al falfa yesterday. and getting the rain before the hay could be put in shel- ter
 Reyburn Peay drives that new Ford like a veteran and some other local folks are beginning to want tt try machine too.
 Not many peaches along the Clear Creek Valley, but many fine acres of loladed trees are in orchards or higher ground north of Johnson. This fruit is in the Springdale peach ter. ritory, and the loading will be iron ye old Shiloh town.
 So much rainy weather has caus