The Harrison times., 1917-12-22


the holidays Boone county never fails
TO have plenty of good citizens ready
10 contest for the honor OF serving
their telow-citizens.
F E. Stokes, formerly OF Louis
lana. has taken the Sid Allen farm
east of town and will try hog raising
during the coming year. He has been
an office man the most of his life and
expects the outdoor work and climate
OF North Arkansas will benefit him
physically.
Afternoon trains which have been
coming in from five to fifteen hours
late. have been rather hard on the
Lyric Theatre which gets most OF its
films from that direction. On Wed.
nesday night the theatre was closed
on account of the nOn-arrival of the
train until after midnight.
W. j. BOOdy is in Kansas City Sc
lecting pictures to be shown at Green
Forest and Harrison The chairs from
the Sanford Building were hauled 10
the depot this morning preparatory to
shipping them to Harrison, where MIR.
and Mrs BOOdy will open their new
picture house Monday night,-EureEa
Springs Tiem-sEcho
James Shaw, the demented man
who was found in an old building at
Bergman and has been held the past
two weeks at the county Jail, was
shipped this week to his mother in
Massachusetts who sent money for
his transportation. He was evidently
a tramp and it has been surmised that
his dementia was due to the fact that
he had been registered for military
service at San Diego, California.
Retail grocers are expected by the
Food Administration not only to keep
down the quantity of sugar and flour
sold to the consuming trade, but here
after are requested" not to adytrtise
either sugar or flour the amounts to
tho oitv ouctOp,nrC baipU roctricto1 IN
from two pounds to five pounds of
sugar and 25 to 80 pounds of flour,
while in the country towns the sugar
limit is placed at from 5 to 10 pOdu is
and flour so to 100 pounds.
M. w. SwOpe, of Beaver, was in
the city yesterday and reported the
killing of a panther on West Leather.
wood, three miles from Beaver A far
mer hearing a COmmOtiOn among his
stock went out to investigate and saw
what he thought large dog attacking
a calf. He fired and killed it, when
on examination it was found to be a
large panther that measured eight
feet in length This killing of a pan.
ther proves the truth of stories told of
panther tracks, seeing the varmint,
and hearing tis cries-stOries that
were not believed, and were received
la "camouflage" of a disordered mind,
Springs Tlmes-Echo.
Harrison needs a wood yard to
equalize the fuel prices. The hard"
wood haulers who were able to get to
town during the recent cold spell de-
served some premium but not four
or five prices for their loads Several
ricks were sold for $500 pc rici;,
while one CRATER even asked $500.
that demOralized the mark.
ct, and on one day this week our re.
porter inspected four loads, all ap.
the same size, which
ranged in price from $500, to $3.50,
$3.50 and $4OO. Such differences are
for both buyer and seller
The people Of Harrison generally are
willing to pay fair prices, but exces.
sive figures will soon lead to the burn.
ing of coal and the shipping in by rail
of their other fuels.
If Berlin undertakes to make a sep.
arate peace with all the factions in
Russia the scrap of paper output will
be enormously increased.
A Christmas gift should display
good taste-carefulness