The Harrison times., 1917-03-17
PERSONAL MENTION
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
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line railroad connection with the
White River road" writes a travelling
man this week, "she can positively
secure it by getting into the harness
promptly and cooperating with in.
terested parties through Colonel c. f.
Goldman, of Fort Smith" This is an
instance wherein Harrison needs an
active organization of her business
men. Why not re-organize and re-
vitalize our Commercial Club?
%. E. Coiner and wife arrived this
week from Babb, Montana, and are
spending a few days in Harrison
equipping themselves with all neces-
slry household and farming articles
before proceeding to their new home
"a farm two miles west of Compton,
Newton county. Mr.. Coiner is favor,
ably impressed with our country so
far and will enter on his new work
with the vim Of pioneer.
-Loammi Beller sold his 160 acre
Crooked creek farm this week for
$4,000 to ]. T. Eoff, son Of Garrett
Eoff. This is one Of the best pieces
OF land in the county, is six miles
south of Harrison, and was entered in
1882 by Peter Beller, grandfather of
Loammi. Mr.. Beller has been living
in town for several years and has de-
cided to quit farming.
B. F. Pyle, of Denver, Colorado,
who will put in the new Dry Process
Concentrating Mill at the Ponca City
mine, has been spending several days
in Harrison after visiting Zinc and
other portions of the field. He ex-
presses confidence in the efficiency
OF his process in handling the North
Arkansas ore.
II. E. Dollahon field manager of
the Arkansas Mines Locating Co., and
superintendent of the Speers mine,
near Yardell, Newton county, was
looking after business matters in Har-
risOn the first of the week. He has
offices now with the Farmers Bank at
Olvey.
Otis Davis, the member of our
state guards company who has just
completed five months in the hospital,
arrived from Hot Springs Sunday,
having been permanently discharged
for general disability. In spite of all
this he looks quite hearty, and left at
once for his home near Jasper.
In Europe, man well known in
court circles would be a member of
the royalty, but in this country he
would probably be a crap shooter.
Fifteen of this sort were gathered at
single roundup in Harrison this
week.
Sloan Springs is installing a city
swimming pool for the summer. This
reminds us that Harrison needs
natatorium quite as bad as she does
a pool room or dance hall. Why not
build one and enjoy being clean this
summer?
The sad news comes to friends
here this week that Clarence Cofley,
son of our former citizen, Spencer
Coffey, who has been a member of a
Canadian regiment, was killed recent,
iy at the front in France.
Owing to the increase in the vol
ume of work necessary to dispose of
their growing business, the three
banks of Harrison have arranged to
close daily at 4 p. m. instead of 4;30,
commencing yesterday. ~
Two thousand three hundred feet
of casing for the Batavia oil drilling
project arrived Monday and has been
taken out to the drill this week. 1t
is understood that operations with
the drill will be resumed next week.
Mrs. w. A. Bower, Of Harrison,
led in the tenth month roundup of
the State Butter Making Contest be-
ing conducted at the Arkansas Agri-
cultural Station at the University at
Fayetteville. She scored 93.5.
Edwin Robbins, the popular NJ. &
n. A. agent at Searcy, was in the city
on business Monday and Tuesday.
While here he was the guest OF Train