The Pulaskian., 1915-11-12

son, DuSlneSS man of Fayetteville, own 60 per cent of claim to the al- lotment, which is also claimed by Page, who has been operating it for the past six or eight months. Both Page and the Fergusons claim to have received title to the property from the mother of Tommy Atkins. Two sisters claim to have been the mother of Tommy Atkins and each deeded the property
 The property has been producing about $3,000 worth of oil day dur ing it's operation which began when Page assumed ownership, and is re- garded as being worth many millions of dollars.
 On account of a decision of the Supreme Court at Little Rock, pro, posed road improvement in Miller county will probably be indefinitely postponed. After the enactment by the legislature of the Josephs bill pro- viding for the construction of road and bridge, the commissioners of the district decided to build the road and not the bridge. The ruling of the Su- preme Court is that both the bridge and the road must be built, otherwise the procedure will be illegal
 R. B. l.. Wilson of Wilson, Ark, shipped to Memphis seven carloads of corn raised on his plantation. Three cars of the shipment graded No. l. This was the largest consignment of No. 1 corn ever received at Memphis Grain experts say the amount of No l corn grown in the United States is so small as to be negligible.
 Residents of England who are op- posing the purchase by the Peniten- tiary Commission of the Dr. N. B. Beakley farm near that town for a white convict farm may seek to en- join the commission from closing deal for the land, according to infor- nation received from England
 After drilling two wells on the Ever ett Smith farm near Goshen, Wash ington county, in both of which na- tural gas was found, third we'll was drilled and gas in larger quantities was found in it. The well drillers wanted water and not gas. It is said fourth well will not be drilled.
 The Eureka Springs Times-Echo tells of Eureka Springs husband who gave away his two-month-old baby His wife's screams and applications brought the neighbors, and the neigh bors brought the police, who gave the baby to the mother and gave a calling down to the father.
 Forty-eight of the 75 counties in Ar kansas have appropriated $66,725 for farm betterment work during the fis- cal year and it is probable further re- ports will boost the total to 50 coun- ties, according to c. w. Watson, state agent for the United States De, partment of Agriculture.
 Lintless cotton is being grown near Forrest City, but not purposely, al- though the price of seed is very high. The cotton is on display at the office of the Planters Bank and Trust Com pany. The bolls are crowded with seeds and there is scarcely a trace of lint on any one of them.
 The bonds of the special district comprising the town of Dardanelle, amounting to $3O,O00, have been sold at par The proceeds are to be used in retiring old waterworks bonds and the indebtedness on the plant and to make important extensions and nm provements.
 Deposits have been found near Cad do Gap said to contain a large percen- tage of silver ore. Land has been quoted to prospective buyers at S1,- 900 per acre. Large deposits of slate have also been found and freight rates are being asked to Eastern markets.
 The third annual farmers short course in agriculture to be offered by the College of Agriculture of the Uni versity of Arkansas, will begin No vember I5 and continue until Feb ruary F.
 Mrs Sallie Stanfeld Riley has sold the Cleveland County Herald to H. B. Dixon, who has assumed control.
 Mrs. Mary Breckenridge Thompson Of Eureka Springs offers a reward of $25 to anyone who will give her infor- nation leading to the conviction of the person responsible for poisoning her child's dog.
 Ollie w. Bradsger of Harrisburg has just been awarded patent on a