The Ozark spectator., 1916-10-21


 some of his Jackson county land in the land sales book kept by Commis- sioner Page. A short time ago he wrote MT. Page asking that 1t be with drawn, as it had been sold.
 Il am not selling out in Jackson county" MT. Valentine wrote, flor am buying quite a little additional land there. l am simply shifting my holdings to get them into one body as near as possible. l am getting noth- ing but good reports from Jackson county and everywhere I go people are beginning to talk Arkansas
 MT. Valentine related an incident of north Missourian who invested rather heavily in Arkansas farm lands through loan agent with whom he was acquainted. More out of curios- ity to see if he could get his money promptly than anything else he called in his loan. The demand was met | once, and he was sent a draft for $2,500 within the week. As he had no immediate need for the money he came to Arkansas to inspect the real ty offerings in person. He reinvested his money before he returned with considerable addition to the sum, and later returned with a relative, who l also bought farm lands.
 MT. Page said that on 40-acre farm in Jackson county owned jointly | by Associate Justice J. C. Hart and | himself the tenant last year made | S1,700. This year he has met all ex- penses and made first payment on a | s4,20O farm of his own.
 The United States Stone Company, l after years suspension, has resum | ed work in its rock quarry five miles | west of Ozark on the Iron Mountain railway. This company employs a I large number of hands. It ships sev- | eral thousand carloads of rock an
 nually to the Mississippi river for | government use for levee and bridge 1 purposes.
 1 The Ashdown forces Tn Little River | county against the repeal of state wide prohibition are waging an active speaking campaign over the county. Seth C. Reynolds is chairman of the
 county organization. The speakers
 are: Judge J. s. Steele, Prof D. P.
 Holmes, Seth c. Reynolds, A. D. Du-
 Laney and Judge J. T. Cowling.
 A strong effort is being made at Ozark to secure large majority for
 Amendment No. 12. A campaign of
 education will be kept up until the election. The children of the city
 schools were given a holiday which
 they utilized in selling campaign but
 tons and soliciting pledges of voters to support the amendment
 The deposits of two of the banks of Pine Bluff have just passed the $2,0OO,0O0 mark. and all of the banks
 have greatly increased deposits. The
 merchants are doing the greatest bus mess in their history, and the high
 price of cotton is putting the largest
 amount of money in circulation here
 in the history of the city.
 Six automobile tourists from Hot
 Springs are going over the schedule route prepared by the Glenwood Com mercial Club. One route runs through ] Glenwood, Nashville and Ashdown to
 Texarkana, and the other through Glenwood, Caddo Gap. Mena and Fort | Smith. Great interest is being taken in good roads here.
 Records in the office of Circuit Clerk and Recorder A. M. LecDetter Of Con- way show that more than 1000 mort gages were paid during September. | This is said to be more than 10 times the number paid in the same month
 in any previous year. Practically record have been paid.
 Montrose and vicinity is enjoying the most prosperous times in years. With cotton bringing l6la cents and | seed $40 per ton, a majority of farm. tiS, iuSiuuluS iChNSiS, oi C oui oA utpt ! and have some cash with only part of their crops sold.
 A three-day booster club chautau' qua will be held at Hamburg the last week in October. It will be Ham burg's first chautauqua. Efforts are being made to have the annual Boys and Girls fair at the same time. Jasper Hutchinson. tick eradication inspector in Izard county, said that nearly all of lzard county will be re- leased this year from quarantine. and that another years work will clean it up entirely,
 The big plant of the Ozark Cider and Vinegar Company of Rogers Is working to capacity. For the past l5 days an average of 100000 pounds of