Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-07-12

Three Arkansas Legislatures took hand, passing special legislation to solve the problem The first special act was passed in 1909. Then the gov ernment had to make survey in 1912 and the 1915 Legislature, at the instance of K. M. Rogers, author of the famous Rogers bill, passed another
 act, and it was not until this was done that a solution was in sight. Mean time the leading citizens of Desha had the benefit of the expert advice of the
 most eminent engineers, drainage and leyee contractors and finaneiers of the country.
 The taking of dispositions of Deroan township citizens who voted at the election of 1914 to change the Hemp stead county seat from Washington to Hope, which resulted in a victory for Hope, and which was contested by Washington, has been completed.
 The case will be heard before Judge G. R. Haynfe this month. Both cities are confident of winning.
 Arkansas headquarters Of the South,
 western Telegraps and Telephone Company, now in St. Louis, will be es- tablished in Little Rock it was an- l nouneed by Ben s. Read, second vice president of the company who was i'll Little Rock to prepare for the change. Probably the largest honey crop in year, due to the immense red and white clover crops and the big 1 crop of wild flowers. Hunters are To-
 eating bee trees now, but they will not cut the trees until later. Stanley Crandall, who has been the editor and publisher of the Harrison
 Republican, has sold the paper to J. L. Russell, who was formerly editor l of the Green Forest Tribune. MT.
 Russell will edit and publish the pa- l per.
 Fillmore Smith, an officer in Gen.
 w. K. Surridge's Black Rock command during the Spanish-American war, has 1 applied for a commission to organize 1 company of state guard at Corning The Corning company disbanded sev- eral years ago.
 The probability of losing a schol- arship at Harvard University, award ed him two weeks ago, did net stop Robert w. Brown of Adona from en- listing in the Arkansas National Guard
 Will Brasch of Fort Smith, acting
 for large Muskogee cotton firm, has
 purchased 460 bales of 1915 cotton
 from J. N. and J. F. Gardner Of Tpue
 10, in the southern part of this coun
 ty. The price paid was 13 5-16 cents
 The 11-year-old daughter of Ed
 Croft of Banks was almost instantly
 killed when a 22-caliber rife in the
 hands of her little brother, was accI
 dentally discharged.
 Plans have been approved for an
 $1,S00 annex to the Presbyterian
 Church at Monticello, which will be used for the primary department of the Sunday school
 At the conclusion of the services conducted by the Rev. Burke Culpep per at Van Buren more than 50 were converted. 4
 Boy Scouts of Osceola have asked Osceola residents to give them work such as cleaning yards, gardening. moving lawns or running errands. The money earned is to be used in buying tents, boats and other equipment need, ed by the boys for their encampment, which will be held next month.
 Members of the Episcopal Church in Russellville have awarded a con. tract for the erection of a church on McDavid street This denomination has no church in Russellville.
 The Marmaduke Slave Company of | Corning has completed two-mile | spur to their tram road running | northeast to their extensive timber holdings in Clay and Greene coun- ties. It will give access to between 700 and 800 acres of practically virgin I timber.
 The 13year-old son of Alfred Row | land, @ farmer residing hear Hope was instantly killed. MT Rowland was injured and one of his mules was Nil 1A