The Green Forest tribune., 1915-03-26

 | Trustees of the l. O. o. F. Widows
 and Orphans Home at Batesville is H. legal, new board was appointed and organized. Proceedings will begin i'm | mediately to oust the present board, according to Grand Master c. w. High fill of Paragould. The new board Is composed of six Odd Fellows and three members of the Rebekahs, the women's auxiliary to the lodge. The grand master and grand secretary are ex-officio members.
 Notices were sent to the members l of the board now in control, of the action of the grand master in appoint ing the new board and asking the res ignation of the members of the old board Unless they resign, custer pro- ceedings in the courts will be fnsti- tuted.
 The action of the Sovereign Lodge in annulling the amendment to reduce 1 the membership of the Board of Trus- tees was taken some time before the expiration of the term of MT. Highfill's predecessor, according to MT. High fill. The former grand master, how ever, allowed the board of three mem- bers to remain in control MT. High | fills action was the first definite ef- fort to place the home under the con- trol of a board as provided in the con- stitution. So far the old board has refused to relinquish the control of the institution and the members have denied the charges made against them.
 H. c. Graham, secretary of the new board, when asked if court proceed ings would be instituted at once, re- piled:
 Were going to get them out if we have to go that far
 "The courts can only decide on the i legality of the board, as based on our constitution and bylaws, and the mat ter has already been passed upon by our Sovereign Lodge, and the courts could hardly do other than sustain that tribunals decision" he said. | Citizens of Hot Springs who have in charge the litigation which will follow Governor Hays veto of the Sawyer racing bill, announce that suit will be instituted to test the validity of the veto. Injunction proceedings will be instituted in the Pulaski Chancery | Court to compel Secretary of State Hodges to issue charter under the | icin of I@; I; s1 I,, nied, which is generally conceded, an appeal will be taken to the Supreme l Court for final settlement A number of prominent citizens who were in the | governors office at the time he is said to have signed and vetoed the bill, will appear as witnesses in the Chan cery Court proceedings. They say they will testify that they saw Governor Hays sign the bill and that the gov ernor accepted their congratulation. They will also testify, they say, that tie personnel of the racing commIs- sion had been agreed upon between the governor and themselves. It was to consist of Capt R. R. Rice of Var her, Frank Kitchens of Helena and George R. Bedding of Hot Springs Senator Harry Harris of Clarendon was to get the position of secretary of the commission, Captain Rice says.
 The appointment of Tennis Martin of Cross County. to succeed 0. N. Kill tough, president of the St. Francis Levee Board, means the passing of MT. Killough as director on the board and will end lis labors as a levee board official when his term as president ex- pires.
 The general game law passed by Eie Legislature was signed by Gov. Hays and takes effect at once. It is the first general game law placed on the statute books of the state and will prove of unusual interest to adjoining states, as it particularly affects non- resident hunters.
 Judge Robert E. Jeffrey of Newport recently appointed United States nin- ister to Uruguay, and Miss Nita Hooss of Heber Springs, were married at the Jefferson Hotel. Judge and Mrs. Jef- frey departed for Washington and South America.
 The first turbine wheel ever used in the Ozark mountains to generate wa | ter power, is handmade wooden tur- bine that was installed years ago at ] the Will Alvey mill on Spring creek. l It is still in use.
 The three-year-old son of MT and Mrs. M. J. H. Burks of Wilmar lost one of it's hands in an explosion of a dynamite cap. The child was playing with the cap when it exploded. l Hugh R. Carter, state highway en. 1 gfneer, returned to Jefferson County where he is engaged in making pre- liminary survey of a new road to con- meet Pine Bluff and Star City. w. c.