The Pulaskian., 1916-05-19


 nal Construction Company.
 Two other big drainage districts are to enjoy the benefits of this ca nal and community development. One will be a $30O,00O district alreaoy formed. The other, a S5O0,OO0 dis trict, is yet to file it's petition. but will come through this summer There has been the greatest satisfaction among our people over the results gained by the five canal districts completed.
 T will build, open and repair about 200 miles of roads in Poinsett County this year, and am just getting well started for the year with three mod ern tractor engines and lighter equip ment. We also have practically or ganlzed two big road improvement dis tr1cts. No. 1 reaches from Marked Tree to the Crittenden County line on it's way to Memphis, and will come by Gilmore, the home of Judge J. B, Thompson of Crittenden, Turrell and Marion to the Harahan bridge
 There will be seven miles of this hard surfaced boulevard built from Marked Tree under the Morgan Engi- neering Company of Memphis Dis trict No. 2 will build hard-surfaced boulevard from Harrisburg, 10 miles north into the Lepanto country, to connect with the Mississippi County system of hard-surfaced roads. I have n network of roads coming from every direction into Harrisburg. at the low est possible cost. By taking advan. tage of the psychological time TOT cheap labor, we are enabled to build our roads cheaply. Many farmers during the winter put in their teams and time at as low as $2 per day"
 Harry, the two-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. H. l.. Bernard of Russellville, fell into a cistern few days ago. Claude Robinson, the young son of MT. and Mrs. Bud Robinson volunteered to go into the cistern to rescue the child A rope was tied round his body and he was lowered to the water. He caught the child as he came up and rescuer and rescued were pulled from the cistern. After an hours work by physicians the baby boy was resuscf. tated. An effort will be made to se- cure a Carnegie medal for the young rescuer.
 There is every reason to believe that the coming year will be a heavy weevil year." says George c. Becker, of the Entomology Department of the College of Agriculture "The abund- ance of rain last summer gave the weevils Ideal conditions for breeding, and conditions last winter were favor able for Information. The cotton crop must be made as early as possible this year. The bolls must be set and hard ened before the weevils become nu- merous, if we are to get a crop at all.
 A few days ago two passenger coaches loaded with students of Batesville schools turned over near Batesville. The boys and girls be- haved with such admirable calmness and courage when the accident hap pened that silver loving cup has been presented to them by the Iron Mountain railroad. Instead of screams and stampede the stuoents gave their school yells, and gave them as lustily as if nothing had happened.
 The waterworks system being fn- stalled at Benton by the J. B. McCrary completion. Work has been delayed somewhat by delays in machinery, but the contractors say the system will be completed by June l. When it is completed Benton will have one of the most up-to-date systems in the state. It will include machinery for supply ing the municipal lighting system.
 The Postal Department has ruled that statements of the municipal light and water plant of Conway cannot be sent by postal card when past bal ances are mentioned on the card. It is lawful, however, to use card in mailing an account when no past bal ance is shown.
 The old Confederate mine at Gave Creek, 12 miles west of Pindall, which produces lead and carbonate, and which was worked during the Civil war by Confederate soldiers, has been reoponed. Confederate soldiers also operated salt peter mines on Cave creek.
 Members of the Protestant Episco- pal Church at Conway have purchased a lot on Robinson avenue, on which 1t is planned to erect new church soon.