The Spectator., 1916-03-31

Few people know that the Univer- l sity of Arkansas, cooperating with | the Department of Agriculture, has an | extension force in agriculture and home economics of 110 people. This | is all now under one organization, of | ficially directed by the University of Arkansas, though it's division of ex- | tension cooperating, of course, with the United States Department of Ag- riculture. Dean J. H. Miller is at the | head of this big force and the work | is in two divisions, each with an as- | sistant director, w. c. Lassetter in | charge of all specialists and public
 meetings and c. w. Watson in charge of all farm demonstration work. Under MT. Watson are three dis. | trict supervisors, H. F. Kapp, R. c. Davidson and J. c. Barnett; also w. J. Jernigan, who is in charge of all boys and girls clubs. He is assisted l by Miss Emma Archer and Miss Ruby Tennyson with the girls clubs and Fl: K. Sanders with the boys pig clubs. MT. Watson has charge also of the
 
 and wife, who organize farmers clubs,
 boys and girls clubs among the ne- groes, and who secure negro farm demonstrators. Ahere are now 52
 counties with men agents and 2S with | women agents and a total of 5S agri. cultural agents and 30 women agents. Under MT. Lassetter are the follow | ing specialists: J. H. Mcleod, animal | husbandry in the tick territory, and D. R. Forester in the tick-free terri. tory; R. H. Mason, dairy husbandry in | the tick-free territory; Earl Kilpat-
 rick, farm crops; J. s. Knox, horticul- | ture; w. A. Denman, tick eradication;
 Lawrence Foot. meat marketing; Dr. J. E. Gibson. hog cholera control; | Miss Marcella Arthur and Miss Isa-
 belle Thursby, specialists in home | economies. these specialists, as-
 sisted by the district and local agricui' | tural agents, will have held farmers
 ties of the state since July 1, 1915-a
 total of more than 300 meetings, with | total attendance of more than 3S,. 500. If with this were to be included | the attendance at the meetings held l by the county agents, the total at
 tendance would be over 125,200. | Western Arkansas and Eastern Ok l lahoma are teeming with enthusiasm
 over the good roads movement that 1 is spreading through this section CO., 1 incident with Arkansas efforts to get
 on the National Jefferson Highway Manitoba to New Orleans. A prelimi-
 nary survey is now being made for
 the Sebastian county highway, which
 is to connect Fort Smith with Mans. 1 field, on the Scott county line, via
 Greenwood. So enthusiastic are the
 residents of Greenwood over the
 proposition that they have purchased
 the surveying crew an automobile and
 will keep them supplied with all nec- essities at their own expense.
 Fire destroyed the chemical labora- | tory of Ouachita College at Arkadel- i phia, seriously damaged the young
 women's dormitory and menaced the
 main administration building. The high
 north wind made fire fighting extreme 1 ly difficult. The damage is estimated
 at between s500O and sS.0O0, largely
 covered by insurance.
 | After one of the most successful l seasons since the starting of the rice
 culture, the Stuttgart rice mills closed l down for the season. About 100000 1 bags were handled by the mills here this season, representing s750000 l paid the farmers of Grand Prairie l from this one mill.
 The Wildcat Gas and Oil Company | brought in big gasser in the Kibler | fields. near Van Buren. The well is
 said to be 22,OO0,OO0 feet per day | product. The pressure was struck at | 2,100 feet. The Wildcat company has
 already asked for gas franchise in
 Van Buren and Fort Smith.
 P. C. Ford of Jonesboro has secured | leases on oil lands between De Queen ! and the Oklahoma line, and has in- terested several persons here in company. It is expected that drilling | will be started soon.
 The c. F. Liebke Lumber Company
 within the next few weeks will estab- /, fish two hardwood mills at Tucker and Secrest stations on the Altheimer
 branch of the Cotton Belt railroad. ac-
 cording to Alfred Hennen of Helena.
 Southern manager of the St. Louis l concern.
 Two small children of J. D. Waters.
 of Hamburg. while playing in a barn
 with some matches. caused it to be
 set on fire. The smallest child was
 burned to death. The older child
 saved itself by jumping from the loft.