The Spectator., 1916-05-12

son and Lawrence Circuit Courts. The formation of this and other similar districts in the northern and eastern part Of the county wil open a vast region for cultivation which has here. tofore been a mere blank for the mos, part. as far as agricultural activities were concerned. and will be the scene Of activities that will call for the ex- penditure of thousands of dollars on improvements of all kind within the next few months.
 The answer filed to the suit or the Scranton Trust Company of Scranton. Pa. against the Scranton Anthracite Coal Company of Johnson county. to foreelose on an alleged mortgage against the coal company. charges the action is a scheme on the part of former officers of tue defendant com. pany to freeze out" the small stock. holders and secure possession of the property without paying a reasonable price.
 J. B. Goforth. county surveyor of Arkansas Mutual Telephone Company. with headquarters at Norfolk. for s3s. The company's lines were sold under execution on a judgment against them in favor of Miss Ruth Wolf. formerly their operator here. who sued to col. lect her wages. The company owns lines to Mountain Home. Lone Rock. Hand and Calico Rock. They total approximately 75 miles.
 The Lavender Mining and Milling Company at Shelbyville. 70 miles north of Batesville. has purchased two au- tomobile trucks which are being used in hauling zinc ore from the mines 70 Pfeiffer. the shipping point Later the concern will purchase i've more motor truck. according to a statement made by E. (. Cornell of New York. president of the company.
 Russell l.. Ramsey. aged 24 years. was run down and perhaps fatally in jured by an automobile driven by w. F. Bell on Third and Spring streets. Little Rock Bell was placed on bond to await the result of the accident. Ramsey sustained serious internal in. juries and may die at any moment
 Farmers living along the proposed road from Camden to the Nevada county line near Rosston are inter ested in the protest of building the road under the Alexander road law. according to J. W Livingston. a plan. ter of Red Hill township. This will be the first experiment made undef the Alexander law in Ouachita county.
 Eleven hundred and fifty mills pro. duced SOC, 900 900 board feet of ium. Der and placed Arkansas sixth among the lumber states last year. according to the final report of the Forest Sery. ice. issued at Washington. Washing ton. Louisiana. Mississippi North Carolina and Texas produced more timber than Arkansas.
 St. Paul does big business Tn the sale and shipment of posts The st. Paul Mountain Air says that during the past eight years one St. Paul firm has shipped 1,200 cars or 2.400. 00O posts. The Mountain Air thinks enough posts have been shipped from St. Paul to fence every farm in Kan sas.
 With the issue of May the Van Buren Daily Argus entered upon it's twentieth year During the ls years of it's publication the ownership has changed but once.
 At Mount Tabor. northwest of Batesville, the little child Of MT and Mrs. P. Mobley was scalded to death when it fell into kettle containing boiling water
 Many home seekers are entering the 300000 acres of land in Polk coun. ty recently opened for homestead The land is a part of the Arkansas Nation al Forest.
 Edgar B. Merritt of Fayetteville, as- slstant commissioner of Indian af. fairs, has been ordered to San Fran. cisco on departmental business.
 The Vincennes Indiana Bridge Com pany was awarded the contract for the erection of the bridge across Lees creek near Van Buren to replace one destroyed by the high water last fall. It will cost about Sv,000.
 Government land along the White and North Fork rivers has been with drawn from entry and will be resery. ed for water power sites Several tracts withdrawn include homesteads and mining claims, but patents have