The Harrison times., 1917-06-16

| brate the coming Fourth or July, come
to the court house Monday afternoon
and help make arrangements.
-HarrisOn's Chapter, United Daugh-
ters of the COnfederacy, will meet
with Mrs. Roy Milum next Tuesday
afternoon. Roll call will be answered
with verses of southern poetry.
Assessor Jefferson spent this
week listing the taxpayers of Belle
fonte and Olvey. Next week he will
visit Ewing, Elmwood, Gather, Crook
ed Creek and Summit townships.
"A meeting of HarrisOn's business
men is called at the court house at
2:30 next Monday to decide as to
what manner in which we desire to
celebrate the coming Fourth of July
Everybody urged to attend. ~
| The Harrison Mining and Milling
Company, working the old North Star
property three miles east of Harrison.
on Crooked Creek, are preparing TO
ship their third car of jack concen-
trates, which are said to be of unu-
usually high grade.
Due to the high price of oil the
| lIcOmmittee will be unable to oil in
front of business houses not contribu-
ting This will make several spots
about the square dry and dusty, but
there seems to be no other way fair
in the matter
After a long and painful illness,
Mrs. l.. A. ClOugh, of near Capps,
passed away last Thursday morning,
leaving the stricken husband and two
children. She will be buried at the
Harrison cemetery this morning at 10
o'clock.
j. H. Hand, of the Yellville Min
ing Reporter, was in Harrison We'd
nesday en- route to Searcy county,
where he will visit number of the
leading mines. Mr.. Hand has done
fine service for the zinc field by his
efficient reporting of its activities.
DR. Troy Coffman of Harrison,
has been notified that at the Z s.
Dental Examination in St. LOUIS which
he attended several weeks ago, he
won a commission as First Lieuten-
an, in the Dental Reserve Corps. He
is liable to be called into the service
at any time.
Tuesday was a busy day with a
number of Harrison's organizations.
The Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls
nboth worked their gardens, the Mill
tary Girls had special meeting and
drill the Apollo Club had an after
noon meeting and Woman's Suffrage
club was organized.
The Harrison Military Band gave
fine concerts in the court park Sun
day last and Tuesday evening. AS
usual Harrison has a good band, and
the move on foot to have regular con-
certs during the coming summer is
worthy of support from a business
as well as musical standpoint.
The Omaha, (Neb) Commercial
Club offered Liberty Bond as a prize
to every baby born in the city on
June 9th Sixteen babies and one set
of twins arrived to claim their bonds,
fifty per cent over the daily average
They were given such names as Gloria.
Liberty, and others of patriotic char.
acter.
Collector Brooks gives notice that
the water tax books are in his hands
and that the collection will be made
from now until August 2nd These
taxes have been due since the first of
the year but the commission has until
September to make its payments on
the bonds and thought best to start
after everyone had paid their other
taxes.
Shelby Matthews bought the
Temp Brew headquarters on East
Stephenson avenue this week from
e. e. Alix, who left for his former
home at Mena. Mr. Matthews is put
ting in first class lunch room in con-
necti0n with the cold drink business,
and with his well known ability in
that line will make this one Of the
popular places of the town.
The Royal Neighbors of Harrison
met for an afternoon picnic at the
home of Miss Myrtle Reed last Satur.
day afternoon. Those who were not
present missed a good time and a most
bountiful lunch at the supper hour.
The regular meetings are held in the
Woodmen Hall on the first and third
Saturday Of each month, but picnic
helps to break the monotony