The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-04-06

| A DEED was filed In the office of Cir
cult Clerk K. NJ. Willis of RusseIlvtlle.
conveying to the United States gov.
eminent lots No. 7, No 8 and No. 9.
block f, J. NJ Shinn's addition to Rus.
sellville, Ark, which was selected
about one year ago as the site for the
new federal building The property is
on the northeast corner of River and
ST. Mary's street, 120 by 120 feet. an.
the price was $4,000.
The contract for the second pipe
line system from the bigIKibler gas
fields to Fort Smith was awarded by
the Wildcat Oil and Gas tompany of
this city to The williams BROTHERS
| Construction Company of Fort Smith.
1t will cost $4,000 TheI pipe con.
tract was awarded to MieSter Broth.
! ers and Bracht of Fort ninth. and
will cost 100000. Work fwiu com.
mence at once.
More cotton will be grokyn in Sc.
| bastian county this year I'll n last ar.
cording to c. NJ Tuggle. Government
farm demonstration agentE The acre.
age, however. will be considerably
less than that of 1914 Nj Tuggle be.
lieyes. however, that the farmers of
this county will raise sufficient
amount of other produ KS to feed
themselves. ii
A telegram received at KIort Smith
from the Rev ?. V. Fern usop o,.
nounced his acceptance of Be- nostor.
ate of the First Baptist hureb q,
this city to succeed the me Fin,ey
F. Gibson, resigned, noY : pow1tnc
Green, KY. The Rev fagr'' F ep1Ison
will preach his firsY .ent. 'rmon bore
June l.
Miss Mamie Mill ., or e. >,
Central Gramma1 PA, a. Texar.
kama, was shot 80 Owe vitb hea,
shooter by ON y the -, smaller at1 nu D
at recess. ie missile, small stone.
broke ne[ Syeglass and drove the
pieces III her eye. She probably will
lose eii9 sight of the member.
~
n. and G. A. McWilnams, drain
agWcontractors, digging over $1,000.
go OF canals In Crittenden county
&Mistricts, announce they have the con.
Ftract for digging the bitches in the
Cypress Creek district of Desha and
| Chicot counties, on which $1,000, 00O
will be spent.
A Joint meeting OF the Cypress
Creek Drainage Board and the tax
payers of sub-district No. 1 of the Cy.
press District to discuss levee i'm.
provements will be held at Watson
April 10.
The fruit prospects in Crawford
county are very promising. If moth.
ing happens to kill the fruit between
now and time for maturity, a brs
crop is expected, especially peaches.
William Haas & Son will establish
a shovel handle factory at Pine Bluff
as soon as site is secured. The mill
is seeking 250.O00 feet of second
growth ash timber.
A new postoffce has been estab
| hshed at Diaz, three miles north Of
Newport on the main line of the Iron
Mountain.
The cotton crop in Crawford county
will be the smallest grown in many
years.
The Huffaker Mercantile Company
of Russell is Offering liberal re
ward for the return of a note book
and two large envelopes containing
notes payable to the company. These
papers were taken by safe blowers
who robbed the safe of the Huffakei
| company on March 10.
Land owners and taxpayers in and
went on record favoring strict en-.
forcement of the Rogers law in the
construction of levees.
A storm that visited Leslie did
considerable property damage. One
business house was partially unroofed
and the stock damaged. A dwelling
was blown from its foundation and
several houses were also partially un
rooted.
1
]. B. Queen of Fort Smith pleaded
guilty in the United States District
Court to charge of robbing the post
office at Paris. Logan county, month
ago, and was sentenced to serve L
years in the penitentiary.