The Green Forest tribune., 1917-02-02


 olution was passed requesting MT. Brinton to withdraw the bill, and it was moved that he be furnished with copy of the resolution. The local papers were also given a copy in or der that they might be published. MT. from many of the taxpayers of the county, requesting the repeal of the salary bill.
 The School Improvement Associa tion Of Malvern at their meeting adopt ed a resolution approving the legisla tive bill introduced by Senator Hous ton Emory of Garland county empow ering the state to publish and furnish school text books for use in the com that it is estimated the measure should it become a law. will effect a financial saving of 1000 to the tate and will largely increase the attend ance in the schools, especially among the poor.
 When a 12-year-old boy, charged with theft, was arraigned before Judge Dene Coleman at Powhatan, the judge impressed on the boy the severity of the penalty for theft and then continued the case to latter term of court on condition that the boy attend church and Sunday school, that he be obed- tent and spend his evenings and nights at home. The boy is to report to the judge at each term of court.
 The Arkansas Engineering Society will hold it's annual meeting in Lit day and Tuesday, February 12 and 13. Papers on the following subjects will be read at the sessions, followed by discussions: Highway Bridges,@ J. J. Knoch; County Highway Systems, |" D. A. MacCrea; Wood Block Pave ments," Henry Levinson; Machine Built Levees," J. R. Rhyme; Hydro Electric Developments" c. A. Wat kins.
 Discovery of the Egyptian pink boll- worm in Mexico by the United States department of agriculture in Novem- Der gives cotton interests in Arkan- sas one of the biggest problems it yet has had to face. and passage of the proposed plant act, which Speaker Ca zort will introduce, provides the only solution, says George G. Decker, ento- mologist at the University of Ar kansas.
 Mrs. Helen s. Henry, for nine years a teacher in the Fl Dorado school, has been appointed home demonstration agent of the University Of Arkansas extension division taking the place made vacant by the marriage of Miss Carmichael, now Mrs. Murphy, Mrs Henry took up her duties February l. John Overmiller, charged with the robbery of the Missouri and North Ar kansas depot at Searcy December "A, and who escaped from the state peni- tentiary, has been captured by officers at Poplar Bluff, Mo- He, will be re- turned to Searcy as soon as requisi- tion papers can be secured.
 Plans for new S10Q, 900 bath house. to be erected on the site of the pres ent Horseshoe and. >Magnesia baths, at Hot Springs, have been approved by the officials of the Interior Depart ment at Washington, and it is antici- pated work on the new structure will be under way in few weeks.
 That old and well known resource of prosecuting attorneys for tncreas- ing the fees of their office has appear ed at the present term of Circuit the Iron Mountain for the alleged fail ure of trains to whistle at the road crossing just below town.
 The Plainview school district of Yell county sold S17000 in school bonds to Gutter & Go. of Little Rock The amount will be used to erect d school building, on which work will begin at once, with James H. Bliss as architect. Seer & Eaw of Little Rock also bid on the bonds.
 By actual count, 1,502 persons at tended the profitable farming meetings in Johnson county. This is exactly 500 more than attended the meetings of a silimar, campaign in this county one year ago. Also the interest mani fested was indescribably greater.
 A new gas well of the Arkansas Natural Gas and Oil Company will be brought in as soon as the weather per. mits, on the company's holdings, two miles east of Fouke.
 Owing to protracted rains, snow, s1eet and unfavorable weather condi- tions, Contractor ]. c. Jones, who is in charge of the construction of a $30,000 Methodist church building at Forrest City announced that work would be suspended on this building for period of six weeks.
 Governor Brough accepted the presidency of the Tau Kappa Alpha Fraternity national honorary society of colleges and universities for inter collegiate debaters.
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