The Pulaskian., 1916-04-28

tHe Kansas figures represented Is wells while the 35,00O,OOO feet of Ar kansas represented only three wells.
 The present production in the Kib- Ter field in Crawford county, near Van Buren, is nearly 50,000,000 feet daily, as follows: Clear Creek No. I, 15,000,000 feet; Grove Oil and Gas Company, 10000,000 feet, and the Wild Cat Oil and Gas Company, 21, ,267, ,OoO feet. Next to these big producers is the Massard Prairie field in Sebastian county, which has about 100 wells, the largest of which produces 4,500,. 900 feet daily. This field has been producing for the last 12 years.
 Judge Paul Little in the Sebastian Circuit Court denied the claims of former Fort Smith liquor men who sought to recover on liquor licenses issued them in 1f314 and 1915 and which were later declared illegal on the ground that they had not com piled with the liquor license laws. The claims amounted to approximate ly $70,000, which represented that part of the license pald for and not used. The claims were disallowed in the county court and will now be ap- pealed to the Supreme Court.
 There is now no doubt that the $12,- 100000 sanitarium proposed for this city will be built. This was the em- phatic statement of C. N. Roth, when he returned from conference with Colonel Onffroy in the East who is one of the chief promoters of the American Thermae Company Officials of the company will be here not la- ter than May 15 to clear up all titles to property desired for the sanitariiim, which will occupy site in the heart of the city, Mr Roth said.
 Petitions were filed in the federal court by J. M. Logan of St. Louis, as receiver for the defunct American Ma tional Bank of Fort Smith, asking the court to grant an order allowing the search of four lock boxes in the bank vaults. The petition alleges two or the boxes contain property of P. A. Ball, former cashier of the bank, and that the others contain property of Andrew s. Dowd, former assistant cashier.
 The explosion of a gasoline tank on an automobile tire vulcanizing machine in the garage of T. R. Doug lass & Sons of Conway, started a blaze that caused loss estimated at $20,OO0, with insurance of $11,050 The Conway Volunteer Fire Depart ment prevented spread of the flames, which threatened an entire block.
 Eugene V. Rice, postmaster at Whitelow, was arraigned before United States Commissioner A. l.. Burnett of Pine Bluff on charge of misappro- priation of postoffice funds. Postof1ce Inspector William O.. Kelley of Cam den recently visited the office at Whitelow and says the records showed the postmaster to be $850.10 short in his accounts.
 Scarcely a week passes that some much needed improvement is not made at the Arkansas School for the Blind, Eighteenth and Center streets, Little Rock. Two concrete walks were made last week from the front of East and West hall to the sisterns, thus allowing the unbroken lawn and preventing the mud.
 Sheriff Baker has declared that "cider drunks" are becoming too nu- merous on the Texas side of Texar- kama. He fears there is an unlawful amount of alcohol in the cider. Re tailing cioer was outlawed on the Arkansas side a year ago by order of Chief or Police John Strange.
 The Anthony sawmill, about four miles northwest of Thornton, burned. The loss was total.
 Approximately 40,000 acres of land in Logan and Johnson counties have been leased by FranK Ingles, formerly of Sapulpa, Okla, now of Fort Smith. He is now organizing company to develop the field.
 Former Congressman s. Brundidge of Searcy, while in Little Rock, turned over to the printer copy of the primary election bill which will be submitted to the voters of Arkansas at the coming November election.
 Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of Memphis, has purchased the V. A. Mayberry farm one and one-fourth miles west of Hardy. The tract, which contains 206 acres, will be used as a camping ground by the