The Spectator., 1915-06-25


 It is the intention of the company to thoroughly develop the section of country that will be traversed by the road. Diversification of agricultural products, dairying and fruit growing are among the industries that will be encouraged by the company.
 Mississippi county is to avail her- self of the Alexander road law. At special meeting of the County Court Judge w. NJ. Taylor granted petition for the Osceola and Little River oad District No. 1. This road will run from Osceola to the Craighead County line, and the district includes a strip three miles wide on each side of the road containing about 7O.oc0 acres.
 Several carloads of oats will be- shipped from DeValls Bluff this year. Usually the shipments of oats and other stock feed are inbound instead of outbound at DeVall's Bluff. and ether Arkansas towns, but conditions will be reversed in various counties this year owing to the work done in the crop diversfication campaign.
 It must be peSsimist indeed. who cannot see the benefits that will this year accrue as the result of the can- paign for diversified farming in Ar kansas. The monthly crop report, re- gently issued by the Department of Agriculture, shows the wisdom of tue movement as increased yields of the products of the farm. garden and or chard are indicated this year.
 Truck growers along the line of the Prescott X Northwestern Railroad arc jubilant over the present prospects, for bumper cantaloupe crop this season. The cantaloupes will be on the market in about 20 days. and growers predict that a general rain within the next 10 days will insure mammoth yield.
 o. K Patterson. who lives near Gentry. marketed 661 crates of straw berries from two and half acres of ground. The gross receipts from the sale of the berries was S90l16. and the net profit was S537.44
 w. T. Barr, who Is manaviug the operations at the Barr X Deener man. ganese mines. a few miles north of Batesville. has lately made the rich. est strike of highgrad manganese ever made in the Independence field.
 Seventy-five one-bushel hampers of green beans were shipped from Jonesboro to Memphis recently. It was the first shipment of garden truck that has been made from Jonesboro.
 While exeavating to place tho foundation for a new bandstand near the famous Basin spring at Eureka Springs biz stream of water was tapped.
 Burley D. Griffin of Vanndale, now a member of the United States Marine Corps. has qualified as sharpshooter. He is serving aboard the U. s. S. Kan sas.
 Harold Mooney. formerly of Stutt- gart, who enlisted in a Canadian regi- ment for service in the European war. Las been killed in action
 nf Irfp to be shipped from Banks will go for ward within Fl few days. It will be consigned to a Chicago firm.
 The Rogers Republican has chansed hands and is now the Rogers Advo- cate. The Advocate will advocate democracy instead of republicanism.
 The Stuttgart Republican a weekly paper. is announced for this city. ani the first issue is to be presented to the public about July l.
 J. w. Thompson of Birmingham, Ala, proposes to establish a manga nese shelter at Batesville.
 Al w. Sullivan has begun the publt- cation Of a newspaper at Truman.
 Fifty-two residents of Jefferson. Desha and Lincoln counties have been named to represent their counties at the meeting fin Little Rock July 3 and 3. when the Arkansas River Iln- provement Association is to be formed.
 Application for charter for the. Arkansas National Flank of Pine Blafr has heen approved by the comptroller of the currency. The bank will hava