The Green Forest tribune., 1915-07-16

the petitioners and officials of the road
 President John c. Futra!l of the University of Arkansas announced that Prof. J. H. Miller, head of the University Extension Department of the Kansas State Agricultural Col lege and recognized as one of the lead ing agriculture specialists of the Unit ed States, has accepted an appoint ment as head of the Division of Uni yersity Extension at the university and will come to Arkansas July l3. The appointment was offered Dr, Mil Ter following the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the univcr sity in June. pr. Miller will succeed Prof. w. c. Lasseter, who has been temporarily directing the extension work. Professor Lasseter becomes head of the Department of Agronohy ill the College of Agriculture and agro- nomist for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
 w. A. and Lucian Howard are being held in Leola under bonds of $500 for an alleged assault upon John Bros hears with sticks. Broshears was removed to a Little Rock hospi tai and underwent an operation, in which a blood clot was removed from his brain. He was still uncoE- yrrI,n Jac rI T., {o chances for recovery are considered very small.
 Governor Hays reappointed Thomas Shaw of Midland as state mine inspec- tor, for a term of two years. All though a, delegation of mine operators from Russellville appeared before the governor to urge that he appoint someone else
 Judge James Gould has returned to Pine Bluff from Joncsboro and Osceo. Ia. He bought s5O,OOO worth of road bonds at Jonesboro and S3OO,OO0 worth at Osceola for the first modern highway in Mississippi county,
 J. L. Bond, state supervisor of I'll ral schools, sent circular letters to all pupils of the rural schools who grad uated from the common school course this year, urging them to attend high schools next year.
 jury in Circuit Court acquitted L. F. Lake, former cashier of the defunct Bank of Huntington, of the publica- tion of a fraudulent financial state ment of the banks condition.
 The Layne & Bowler Company of 1 Stuttgart has been awarded 2 gold medal by the PanamaPacific Exposi- tion for a patent we'll screen exhib- ited by the company.
 M. Wolchansky is constructing new gin at Watson. The gin will be used for ginning cotton for the public as well as croppers on MT. Wolchan- sky's farm near Watson.
 Sixty cases of pellagra are reported 1 in Franklin county, 40 in and around Altus and Denning, and more than 20 in White Oak station, 10 miles wes of Altus.
 Dr. H. L. B'Shers, formerly county nd cn of CT chased $50 acres of Lonoke county near Kerr, and will equip it as a stock
 farm.
 Signatures are being secured to a petition for the creation of an inn
 proyement district to build four miles of macadamized pike from the free
 bridge to Pine Bluff. : Assessor w. H. Scarbro of Missis- : sippi county has discovered a farmer who has considerable property. none of which has been assessed during inc
 past IT years.
 Harry Churchill of Pangburn has Pcii SiieeoCd lllS Il. AlllSOD farm. near j. Harriet, for $16,000. It is said there are large deposits of zinc ore on this
 farm.
 k. c. Nichotls who mvsterjousl, l. vanished from Memphis in May. ha; / Just as mysteriously returned to hi. > family at Harrisburg.
 e For the first time in about 10 wears y 1zard County will this year produc, y more corn and feedstuffs than can h, a consumed in this county.
 The first Anti-Horse Thief Leagut h. to be organized in this state was ar -e ganized at Three Brothers, Baxte,
 county. Fifteen farmers joined.