The Spectator., 1916-01-07

TlOlll tIle Iiduy ueW HILLS IiIdt di just being developed. and which will not figure in production until next year, it is quite safe to say that the 1916 output from the field will run above 30,000,000 During the later months of the year operations have been spreading from the central camps and operations are general now in all the mining counties, which are Boone, Marion, Baxter, Newton and Searcy. The influx of new operators, still continues, and leases are ID strong demand.
 An assessment of s1,566 on 60,000 acres of land lying in the Cadron Levee and Dam District of Faulkner and Conway counties, has been levied claim for that amount held against the district by the state of the late George H. Burr. The board, which is com, posed of D. o. Harton and M. C, Turner of Conway and Dr. A. J. Nes. bit of Plumerville, has accepted the
 
 raising the fund, and it will be sub. mitted to Chancellor Jordan Sellers. Chancellor Sellers will then order the collection of the tax
 Arkansas 1915 production of ! peaches was the largest peach crop produced by any state in the South in that year. according to government reports compiled by the Manufactur CTS Record. According to these fig ures the Arkansas crop approximated 5.94O,OO0 bushels. or 6lO,000 bushels more than produced by her nearest competitor, the State of Georgia. Tex as ranked third, with 4.235000 i bushels.
 The first issue of the kingsland Leader has appeared. The paper will be published at Kingsland. town in Cleveland county several miles south of Rison, and it's editor is the Rev. k. l.. Cabe and the publisher is Frank N. Henderson. It is a sixcolumn S-page newspaper. At present there are on ly two newspapers in this county, the other being published in this city. Did you have la grippe during the holiday" was the popular greeting among students who returned to the Fayetteville university. The majority answered in the affirmative. President Futrall received several telegrams from students who are suffering from la grippe and cannot return for sev eral days
 The safe farming campaign of the extension forces of the University oi Arkansas. cooperating with the State and National Agriculture Depart ments. and the development bureaus of the railroads. will be reopened Jan uary r. according to Dean J. II. Mil Ter of the extension division of the university.
 The ievce protecting the City of Newport has not been repaired. The gaps created to let the water out from the August overflow stand open. That part of the leyee within the city has been repaired. but outside the city the protection Newport has enjoyed TO longer exists.
 w W Cochran of Alabama arrived al Joneshoro and has acceYied a DO sition as farm foreman at the agricul tural school. succeeding w. F. Simp son. who resigned Co accept a similar position on the JohnsOn-Berger Com pany's farm north of the city.
 Austin Chaplain. aged IF. captured s5 prize at a recent meeteing of tha Lawrence county Teachers Associa ton. held at Hoxie. for being the best spsiler present.
 The s-year-old daughter of Win Roach of Emmett has picked moro than a bale Of cotton this fall
 Jenny Lind. the oldest coal mining camp la Arkansas. located i6 miles southeas, of Fort smith. wlll add new ! life Go its already active operations, according to the announcement of the mine operators. h was reported in December that the company would abandon the old mine. 
 Twice in the State Hospital TOT Nervous Diseases and preferring ,o die rather than go again. ". F. Sex. ton. a farmer. hanged himself in his i. barn near MePherson.