The Green Forest tribune., 1915-05-28

claims and that more than s1 ,O00 bo. been paid during the year to honos ciaries of the widows and orphans, fund. More than 400 of the membo.. of the organization have registered ., ready at the present convention
 Fort Smith was selected as th. place for the 1916 meeting.
 Greatly reduced prices paid for Ar kansas cattle on the big markets on account of the cattle tick in tho State has called attention anew to tha tick eradication campaign, which waa lnaugurated by the last legislaturo The recent statement of Col. ! Little. after big sale at St. Tou;s that he would have received S5 ada; tional per head if the cattle had haon out of the quarantine district shows the value of dipping vats.
 Il would like to recover by next Christmas enough back taxes and stata lands to pay off the states indebted ness" said Representative Jo John. son of Fort Smith, appointed by Gov. ernor Hays as one of the assistants to the attorney general in recovering such property. ''If I could get all that belongs to the state, and I believe in the end I shall, the amount would ha more than enough"
 Maj. Gen. J. R. Gibbons, commander Of the Arkansas Division of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans, announced two additions to his staff which will attend the Confederate reunion to be held at Richmond, Va, on June to :, inclusive. The additions are Miss Norma Hutton of Little Rock, herald. and Miss Louisa Boone of Lonoke, maid of honor who replaces Miss Bes- sic Trimble, resigned
 The first official visitation and in- spection under the recently enacted ir. spection law was made at Mena when Sheriff H. w. Finger, accompanied by County Health Officer C. P Dunman, inspected St. Joseph's Academy, fol- lowing the presentation of a petition asking that an inspection be made. No report of the inspection has as yet been filed.
 The Pine Bluff City Council adopted an ordinance imposing a street tax of $3 per year on all males between the ages of twenty-one and forty-ive. Alderman Veil was the only member Of the council to vote against the measure. The tax was made neces- sary by the loss of saloon license A, street commissioner will be elected.
 The executive committee of tho State Farmers Union of Arkansas has just closed two days meeting at At klns and audited the books of J. IL Fry, state secretary, and found them to be in good shape. Little Rock WAS selected as the next place of meeting. the first Tuesday in August.
 B. B. Eslinger and wife of Berry Vile have started on a trip in their automobile by way of Kansas City, Denver, Santa Fe, San Diego and then on to the fair at San Francisco, stop ping and visiting their relatives along the road.
 The comptroller of the currency has approved the application of j. T. Howard, J. E. Applegate, A Moore. w. E Kefauver and w. A. Miller, to organize the American National Bank or Rogers, Ark, with a capital of $50,000
 The ladies of Warren have formed Charity Board to take care of the needy in Warren and vicinity and to see that only the needy are cared for.
 Ten thousand black bass from the government fish hatchery at Mam- moth Spring have been put in the Ouachita river at Philadelphia.
 
 Helena is to put on a motorcycle po liceman for the purpose of breaking automobile speeding in the city limita
 Judge V. c. Bratton has a cherry grove near Baker which will yield 2s 50 gallons of cherries this year.
 A plant for the manufacture of con crete bricks and concrete blocks has been established at Glenwood.
 Several farmers near Arkadelph1a are abandoning cotton altogether.
 The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias elected James s. Mcconnell, grand chancellor; J. l.. Goodbar, grand vice chancellor; Charles A. Darland, grand prelate; George J. Gray, masterI arms, and Frank Hartry, grand outer guard. Pine Bluff won the 1916 con vention.
 John Haag, who recently came to Newton County from California, has bought 80 acres of land ond will raise