The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-10-07

! better crops this season than for sew
! eral wears for which they are receiv-
/ ing good prices. Being prosperous and
/ having raised considerable grain and
/ other produce they are taking an ac-
! tive interest in the fair
The difference between the Fort
| Smith Light and Traction Company
and the Fort Smith-Nan Buren, Bridge
! Commission appeared near an end
when the company submitted writ
ten proposition for two-ycar contract
to use the bridge connecting the CT
ties The traction company asked for
I a six-cent intercitv fare. and agreed
to pay thre"fourths of Il cent of each
fare as rental and TO colleCt 1t with
out expense to the board
The pardoning OF Mead Fentress $
hut elimination Of long series OF
unwarranted pardons. Fentress' az
ton in defying the law and officers
OF the law Immediately upon his re
turn home after receiving his pardon
= Nlltt lldb III al consequence III ldt
abuse of the pardoniug power" reads
| paragraph of a report made to the
Circuit Court by the Grand Jury OF
Fort Smith
The first week Of the University OF
Arkansas closed with an enrolment of
tN2. according to Auditor VIM. II
Crarens. which is four more than WIS
enrolled n the same time last year
Auditor Cravens said he expected
enough students 70 REGISTER to make
the enrolment over 700
r +. Walker. former cashier of the
Rank of lIIen, WAS sentenced to two
years in the state penitoutiary on
charges of cmbe2zlemcnt and faIse
'ntrles The specific eaarge involved
the alleged falsifving oil the accounts
of a Little Rock bank with the =Hazen
institution
Major W G Bradford. officer in
Charge Of the State militia headauar
tors, mailed vouchers to militia
troops Who served at Newport during
the recent floods The vouchers 80
tailed S522.o3 and the money IS to be
taken from the militia departments
appropriations
about 1000 OF the 1000 ties car
riCd away by the recent flood. between
Mammoth Spring and Black Rock.
EaYe been recovered by the Western
Tie and Timber Company from three
drifts near Willford The company
has expended $5ao in retaining the
ties.
Prosecuting Attorney NJ. T. Huddle-
ston Of ParaEould, while in Little
Rock stated that all OF the 1876 men in
dicted for alleged Irregularities in
the Paragould municipal election Will
be prosecuted
According TO the Wilmot Weekly.
the hay crop In that section amounted
to $1,000 75.pound bales. which repre-
sents a value OF about $4,000
The public school at Roxton was
temporarily discontinued in order To
permit teacher and patrons TO gather
their corn crops.
Il is said that not only ticks but
flies have been almost eradieated bv
tho i,ga ~ 1tpp{py Nats ,Dr l,ya ,,,.,.
IN SEWER county
Leases upon land near Foreman ara
being sought by an oil company II
as expected that prospec, holes for oil
viii be bored soon
Hot Springs merchants are eyidenc
ing considerable interest in promoting
dress up" week for that city
The Rrinklev council is considering
m ordinance which places tax upon
all business conduct in that city.
\ new telephone company with
capital stock OF $4,000 is about to he
/ organized al Harrison.
Since September W H. Client. 10
cal dealer. has shipped 81 500 worth OF
slaves from Panghnrn
Drilling for oil and gas has been
started on farm five miles east OF
Van Buren,.
/ Failure to set the brakes on large
automobile caused IL to plunge INFO
little river from a ferry boat at Nor
ris' ferry, south OF EIoratio The car
belonged to Alexander Lamb o. Wiz
throp. II has not been recovered
Real estate in north Arkansas be-
'onging to the estate of Mrs. Carrie
A. Nation. OF prohibition fame. Was
sold M auction recently for little