The Monticellonian., 1916-05-11

The Greenwood district of Sebastian County will construct concrete shale road from the upper township line to the Scott County line, distance oi 29.2 miles, at an estimated cost oi s217,S00. This was decided unapi mously at a most enthusiastic meeting of property owners of the Greenwood district. The estimates from the State Highway Department were pre-. sented, and addresses were made by a numDel' of citizens and visitors.
 Mayor H. C. Read, Commissioner Tom Hays and City Clerk George Car nall of Fort Smith were present by in- vitation and delivered addresses on road building. Freeman s. Gross and L. s. Franklin of Dallas, Texas, ex> pert road builders, representing ee. ment makers of the United States. were in attendance at the meeting and urged construction of concrete shale road. declaring 1t to be the latest development in good road building The concrete shale road, it was ex- plained, consists of nine feet of con, crete and nine feet of a mixture Of shale and dirt. laid side by side The State Highway Department estimates were based on this kind of road.
 John s. McCord of Greenwood pre- sideu over the meeting. On motion of Charles Osborne and second of R. w Mcfarland, the meeting voted un- animously to adopt the road recom- mended and to immediately begin cir culation of the petitions for the for nation of road district Every qual- flied signer present signed the peti- tion.
 The road will extend 37 miles be- yond Mansfield, and will connect on the north with the hard finished road out of Fort Smith.
 J. W. Fulton of the First National bank of Dewitt has collected figures to show that during the 12 months from March, 1915, to March, 1916, the following products, all of which could have been raised in the Dewitt terri tory, were shipped into Dewitt: Grain and grain products. 6,0S9,302 pounds; canned goods, 119,349 pounds; meat, 173,1 pounds; also seven carloads of horses and mules. The figures are be- ing used to further the safe farming campaign in Arkansas county.
 W. A. Welchel, foreman of the grand jury in session at Fayetteville, received letter from Gov. Hays in which the governor stated that he could not permit the original papers in the Whitenor case to be sent 10 Fayetteville for use in the investiga- tion of alleged wholesale forgeries em- ployed to secure the pardon of White nor. Whitenor was pardened after having served only a few weeks of a three-year sentence for the killing of Nathe Anthony in July, 1914.
 What Fort Smith is willing to do toward putting the Jefferson Lakes-to- the-Gulf Highway through Western Arkansas was evidenced in a very substantial way when, with all mem bers save one present, and with both the present and the next years coun. ty judges present and supporting the movement, the Fort Smith district quorum court pledged $45, ,0O0 in aid of putting 30-mile link of concrete road across Sebastian County.
 Secretary E. B. Bloom of the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce was notl- fled by Secretary Earle Hodges of the Arkansas Press Association that about 150 members will arrive here about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of May II. Secretary Bloom is working on plans to entertain the visitors. who will be given an automobile ride, followed by a luncheon at the Hotel Pines.
 Former Governor George W. Dona- ghey threw his hat into Arkansas po- litfcal ring. and from his headquar- ters in the Majestic Hotel, where he and Mrs. Donaghey have been so- announced his candidacy for United States senator MT. Donaghey will oppose United States Senator Jo- seph T. Robinson for reelection.
 Three new hotels. besides numer- ous other buildings, are under con- struction at Rush. They are the Rush hotel. by J. M. Jackson of West Plains, Mo; the Commercial, by Pruett & Williams of Yellville, and the Brockman, by B. F. Brockman.
 H. E. Vandalsen, who has been edi- tor and publisher of the Perry Coun- ty News, has severed his connection with that paper, having sold his inter- est to Dr. A. F. Leigh who becomes editor and publisher.
 The Pine Bluff City Council finally passed an ordinance granting to the Hot Springs, Pine Bluff & Mississippi River Railway a franchise for 37 years over streets and alleys of the city.
 Governor Robert L. Williams of Ok. lahoma will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Arkan- sas Bar Association in Little Rock May 30-31.