The Monticellonian., 1916-02-24

This opening will be made an occa. ] sion for half holiday. It is probable there will be some special ceremony at the grounds. either at the main entrance or on the track, commemo. rating the revival of racing in Hot Springs
 The fact that city and county on. cials are cooperating with the officers of the league to make the meeting a success by waging war on bootleg. gers" and places of i'll repute, clearing the way of any trouble that might ma terialize, is generally commended. The activity of officials since that time, the close scrutiny they have given to places under suspicion, the thorough searches and a few arrests, indicate that the officials are determined to carry out the wishes of the people as expressed at the meeting, and elimi nate every feature that would detract from the success of the race meeting
 With one vast sheet of water ov- ering the greater part of the area of 10 counties in Southeast Arkansas with a remarkably small loss of life so far reported. with a loss to build ings, live stock, se4d foodstuffs and farm implements estimated in the millions, conservative business men bankers and merchants who are in touch with the situation are of the opinion that the greatest harm done by the flood of January and February, 1916. will be to put the small land owner and the tenant farmer back on a credit basis, by wiping out of ex- istence all the profits he had accumu- lated because of the practice last year of the farm dlversification plans. County Circuit Court at Van Buren by the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Com pany of Fort Smith against the Wild cat Oil Company of Fort Smith for possession of oil and gas rights on the 40-acre J. B. Cox farm, Crawford county. The Wildcat company re. gently erected a derrick on the farm preparatory to drilling.
 Acting upon petition presented by Mayor J. A. Frisby for the residents of Morrilton and taxpayers of Con- way county, Circuit Judge A B. Priddy granted temporary re- straining order and an injunction was served upon the experts account ants, H. w. MeDermott and w M. Martin of the Leathem Company, Memphis, preventing further audit of the books of county and city officials.
 The continuation of the fight of To- cal officers to enforce the statewide prohibition law came when Sheriff Jarman, Chief of Police Clancy and Constable Bailey, with an injunction from Circuyit Judge J. M. Jackson, closed temporarily the business house ol the Helena Wholesale Gro cery Company, one of the largest and best known business institutions in eastern Arkansas.
 The Hot Springs, Pine Bluff S Mississippi Railway Company, capi- talized at S3,5O0,000 and authorized to build and operate a railroad from Hot Springs Q some point on the Mississippi River east of Dewitt, in Arkansas County, filed articles of h. corporation in the office of Earle w Hodges, secretary of state
 The Wildcat Oil and Gas Company made application to the City Commis- sion for a franchise to sell gas in Fort Smith. This company was organ. ized as a result of the recent diseov- cry of the big Crawford county gas field. It has no producing wells, but recently made a location between well No. l and test No. ? of the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company
 While Tom Pelham was bringing ters near Stony Point, Johnson coun. ty, the children fell out of the boat. He jumped into the water and res cued them, but was unable to reach the boat with them. He and the chil- dren clung to some bushes until help came.
 Aunt Levina Whorton the only ne gro in Boone county died at her home with Mrs. J. D. Wilson. of Harrison. She was past so years of age, and Is said to have been a slave
 At a meeting of the Polk County Jefferson Highway Association it re- quired only 10 minutes to raise s500 for the survey for the Jefferson high way through Polk county.
 The Buffalo Creek Lead and Zinc Company, with headquarters in Buf. falo, N. Y., is opening mines just across the Oklahoma line near Wat son, and flas just received a car of mining machinery. The work is un. der the management of J. P. liar pending.