The Pulaskian., 1916-10-27


 viaduct to span the distance between the west end of the Harahan bridge to the St. Francis levee to Ball & Pe ters, contractors. The contract price was S147,000, and the traffic-way will be two and one-half miles long. The contractors have four months in which to complete the work.
 Only two of several contests sched- uled for the first annual Faulkner County School Contest, which opened at Conway, were held on account of a misunderstanding as to the date. The contests originally were set for September 15. The prize winners were: Miss Tommie Lee Smith of Mount Vernon, reading, and Miss Joyce Atkins of Mount Vernon, piano The crowd was not large.
 Fire if unknown origin caused an $1S,000 loss at Thornton, when the big warehouse of the Stout Lumber Company was destroyed. The loss is covered by insurance. Included in the loss were 115 bales of cotton and quantity of groceries and other sup plies for the company's store.
 Blackleg has killed IF head of cat tie in Haskell township, in the north ern part of Saline county, within the last few days It is thought the dis ease has been checked by the use of vaccine. More than 100 head have been vaccinated in the last week.
 A jury in the St. Francis Circuit Court at Forrest City decided in fa- vor of the railroad suit for $100.000 brought by relatives of Storey Woods and his father against the Iron Noun tain. The two men were killed by a train several months ago.
 Edna Leister, 15-mo1ths-old daugh- ter of Mr and Mrs. Edward Lesiter ing In some manner unknown to the parents the child got hold of tablets containing the poison and died soon afterward.
 Forrest City public schools, through the efforts of Supt. G. A. Sullards, have been provided with a waste pa per baler and waste paper brigade will be organized soon.
 The Eagle Corners schoolhouse at Sloan Springs was destroyed by fire. Most of the books and furniture were lost. The insurance expired few days before the fire.
 Students of the Pea Ridge Masonic College will present the temperance play, "The Seven Blasts" here and at several other places in the county before the election.
 c. B. and Jack Connolly, farmers of Polk county, sold two bales of cot ton at Mena for 19 cents, the highest price paid at this point. One bale brought $10S.30.
 The Prairie Oil and Gas Company will sink a well near Fouke, 16 miles south of Texarkana Leases have been secured and drilling will be started early next week.
 The Rev R. l.. Jackson of Conway has been appointed pastor of the churches of Gravette and Decatur. Mir. Jackson is a graduate of Hendrix College.
 The Fort Smith Commission Com pany has established branch house at Mena under the management of Luke Thacker of Mena.
 The Rev N F. Skinner of Corning and a party have made a canvass of the western district of Clay county against Act No. 2.
 The Cave Springs Star has aga1n dimmed for the second time this year, and the local business men are hunt ing new editor.
 E. F. Brown of Paragould, referee in bankruptcy, has sold 4,300 acres Tn Cache bottoms in Greene county, be- longing to E. J. Smith, bankrupt, to John Martin of Jonesboro, for $65,- 000 MT Martin owns other large tracts in Cache bottoms and says he will divide the lands into small tracts and colonize them.
 Robert Perry, wealthy Colorado mine owner, who was kidnapped by band of bandits recently, is a cousin of Mrs. H. D. Ravenscraft of MAna.