The Pulaskian., 1916-01-28


 to 1914, inclusive, 1-2 per cent an- nually.
 The suit asks that the tax debts be declared liens upon the land and that these liens be foreclosed to collect the taxes and a penalty of 25 per cent for each year the taxes were not paid. The complaint asks the court to ap- point a commissioner to conduct the sale of the land and to collect the taxes, penalties and interest due.
 The governor appointed J. M Fut- rell and D. c. Beauchamp, both of Par agould, and Lee Miles of Little Rock special attorneys to assist the state in defending against the suit brought by Hal Norwood to tie up the game protection fund and other fn1ds. The suit was nled in the Pulaski Chancery Court in the name of H. F. Jackson of Lonoke. The men appointed are members of the State Game and Fish Commission.
 That the surveys started from Ben
 
 ton to Pine Bluff, from Pine Bluff to Helena and a third from Helena to meet that coming from Pine Bluff are being made with the possibility of the construction of a railroad over the old line proposed by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf railroad, from Dalark via Benton and Pine Bluff to Helena and Memphis is stated by men in touch with the officials of the latter road
 The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Ar kansas has announced the adoption of new curriculum for the degree of bachelor of arts. The new course is the result of an extensive study of the entire question made by a committee of the faculty and lasting for year and a half. The course will go into effect at the beginning of the college year 1916-1917.
 The Supreme Court handed down an opinion construing that part of the law consolidating national and state elections as applied to the election of supreme judges, chancellors and cir cult judges, holding that judicial off cers, whose terms expire in 1918. need not become candidates this year in the event they desired to retain their positions.
 Malaria is the most prevalent dis. ease in Arkansas, exclusive of minor diseases, according to reports for last year received by Dr. c. W. Garrison. state health officer There were G.. 071 cases of malaria among white per sons and 2,154 among negroes. Pella gra was second with 725 among whites and 647 among negroes.
 Chas. M. Clark, who was appointed chief deputy under Secretary of State Earl w. Hodges, has assumed the du ties of that office. Clark is editor of the Southern Standard of ArkadeI phia, one of the oldest weekly papers in Arkansas. He will remain at the nedQ OI luo paper ueI6
 Reports from county health officers for December show that the most SC. were epidemic of la grippe in the his. tory of Arkansas occurred during the month From 200 to 400 cases are re, ported from each county. The disease is being gradually eradicated.
 Dr. c. w. Garrison appointed Dr. H. H. Niehaus of El Dorado as Union Robert Rowland, recently appointed a member of the medical staff of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
 Governor Hays relieved Fayett Parks and Dick Harcrow, Bradley county youths, of paying fines of SIG each for petty larceny. They were convicted week ago.
 Hope Retail Lumber Yard, capital. ized at $10000, incorporated, with J. L. Jamison, Matthew Colster and &. D. Henry as incorporatorS.
 Hollipeter-Shonyo & Go. of Blythe vile, capitalized at $50,000, filed ar. ticles of incorporation.
 Eight cases of smallpox have been reported from Bigelow.
 The Scroggins Lumber Company of Mena, capitalized at $25,000, filed arti. cles of incorporation. The corporators are A. H. and c. P. Scroggins and w, w. McGregor.
 Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana are threatened with typhua fever spreading from Mexico, accord. ing to woro brought by Dr. Victor L. Heiser of the International Health commissioi, who passed through Lit tie Rock on his return from Mexico \ ...Lu~ x--