The Spectator., 1915-01-29

 asked to intercede. It is understood that he obtained a tentative agreement from MT. Hart that he tender his res ignation at once
 The largest appropriation asked by the board is for the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, nearly S330,000. In round numbers, the appropriations asked for the other institutions, fol- low: School for the Deaf, S160,000 School for the Blind, S91, ,000, and Con- federate Home $9S,000.
 The largest appropriations asked for the State Hospital for Nervous Dis eases are for salary for male and fe- | made attendants, medical staff and current expenses. An appropriation of S6,000 is asked for salary for the SUI | perintendent. This would be S3,000 a year. An appropriation of S10,000 is asked for the medical staff, exclusive of $5,000 item for the alienist. Sala- ries asked for male attendants aggre- gate S30,000 and for female attendants | S26,OOO.
 I A S20,000 appropriation is asked for erection of new laundry and S25,000 | for erecting an annex to the intimary. An appropriation of S6,000 is asked for an annex to the bakery and $15,000 for ground floor dormitories. Another | $S,000 is asked to be- used in remodel l ing the laundry room for dining room. Another $10,000 is asked for installation of a female hydrotherapy and other equipments.
 In the budget for the Arkansas Con. federate Home there is an appropria tion of $6,000 asked to make an addi- | tion to the homes hospital.
 Under the Smith-Lever agricultural extension act, passed by the last Con- gross and approved by President Will son May s. 1914, the state of Arkansas will be entitled to $67,255.41 from the appropriation included in the bill for the work of agricultural extension dur ing the next two years, provided the legislature appropriates 47,225.41 for the work during the same period If no appropriation is made by the legis- lature the state will receive S10,000 per year from the national fund. A bill will be introduced in the legisla- ture asking that body to take advan- tage of the provisions of the national act for the benefit of the agricultural work in the state.
 The newly organized State Charities Board, with C. D. James of Eureka Springs as chairman, began a session in the governors reception room to prepare estimates for the Committee on Budgets of appropriations needed for the support and maintenance of the various state charitable institu- tions. None of the members of the old board who were removed by Governor Hays attended the meeting
 All individuals or corporations sub ject to the income tax must file the amount of their annual net income, based on the calendar year, by March l. or be subject to an additional tax Oi cV pDl Ntill anu tt llHt ol uOt l6SS than S20 nor more than S1,000. accord ing to a notice received at the office Of Internal Revenue Collector Jack Walker in Little Rock.
 An effort is being maoe by the stock men of Des Arc to have Prairie county included in the cattle tick eradication district. Petitions have been circulat- ed in Des Arc, DeValls Bluff and Ifa- zen and the indications are that the required number of names will be ob- tained. Cattle raising is becoming valuable industry in this county.
 Twelve cars of fat cattle were ship. ped from Berryville. More than half of the shipment is silage fed and prob- ably will top the market This is the first shipment of silagefed cattle from Carroll county. Buyers in this county have shipped about 100 cars of stock within the last year
 Dorsey Brown. a miner at the Coker Hollow mine of Zinc. killed an i'm mense wild cat near the mine with n shotgun. The cat measured three feet long from tip to tip. and was one of the largest ever killed in this section. Brown discovered the animal near tie pumping station of the mine half mile from the mill His dog started the cat and he shot 1t on the run.
 C. A. Cunning. general manager of the Pine Ruff Spoke Company. return ed from New York. bringing with him an order for 5O,00O artillery spokes for the British and French governments.
 D. M. Goodlett of Ozark has killed a large number of fine hogs in the past few days and will kill about 20 more soon. He ships great deal of meat to Little Rock and St Louis