The Pulaskian., 1916-03-17

This trust company was given a judg. ment for S162,000 in chancery court October 1, 1915. Thos. J. Kavanaugh of St Louis, representing the trust company, bought the property.
 The administrative council of the University of Arkansas has sent to the congressional delegation from Arkar- sas letter giving arguments against the passage of the McKellar military school bill. The principal objections to the bill voiced in the letter are that it is bad piece of educational machinery, it puts very large finan- cial burden on the states and provides a course of study too difficult for the students who would be admitted
 The Supreme Court, in holding that the formation of an improvement dis trict in Craighead county under the Alexander road law was illegal be- cause proper estimates of the cost of the proposed road was not submitted to property owners in the district, ren- dered decision of great importance to road building in the state, officials of the Department of State Lands, Highways and Improvements, believe.
 Contract for between $12,500 and $I5,000 worth of interior furnishings recently was fulfilled by the Arkansas Carpet and Furniture Company of Lit tie Rock for the new Waukesha ho. tel at Hot Springs which has been formally opened. The contract is one of the largest ever filled in the state of Arkansas by an Arkansas house. The Waukesha, it is said, rivals the larger hostelries at Hot Springs for beauty and appropriateness of the f1t- tings.
 William Dobbs of Walnut Ridge, who murdered his stepdaughter, Ber- tie Burleson, last November in cot ton patch by cutting her throat, then mutilating her body, was convicted cf first degree murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life Twenty min- utes after the verdict he was en route to the penitentiary, the sheriff fearing lynching.
 Chancellor J. E. Martineau ordered the sale of the real and personal prop erty of the Veil Packing Company to satisfy the claim of Lloyd England, as receiver of the State National Bank of Little Rock for $63,650.63 and $5,. 996.44 interest, and the claim of the Ravenswood National Bank of Chica- go, $3,S00 and $371.92 interest.
 The officials of the Four States Highway Association of Texarkana, recently formed for the purpose of fos- tering good roads development in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Okla homa, has completed arrangements for good roads convention here Thursday, March 23.
 Fire originating in the kitchen, de- stroyed the Commercial hotel of Eng. land and spread to the adjoining two. story building, destroying it. The loss to both buildings and their contents will exceed $7,O0O.
 The Rev. A. M. Crane has resigned as pastor of the Baptist church at Yellville and will remove to Mountain Home He will take up missionary work in the White River Association.
 Tto frr, oP MoCintv R pontino ct Decatur, Ill.,, has purchased 5000 acres of land lying partly in Missisip- pi county and partly in Missouri. The firm paid $100,000 for the tract.
 Tn the last few days IS carloads of rice have been shipped to Lonoke The rice was raised on the plantation of MT Poroe and Judge Evans of Roe.
 A big crew is at work grading and filling for the narrow gauge road which is under construction from Yellville to Rush.
 boden recently celebrated the 66th an. niversary of their wedding.
 Twenty thousand dollars was paid out at Rogers by Special Deputy Bank Commissioner Charles A. Rogers to depositors in the defunct Bank of Rog- CTS This disbursement represents a IT per cent dividend and is the first payment to depositors. Another pay ment will soon be made. Depositors are assured of receiving practically all their money in time.
 The Rev. E. P. Hummer, a Metho. dist minister of Altheimer, was grant. cd license to practice law.