The Pulaskian., 1917-02-02

 ed to Hope and placed in a rented building Last spring the Supreme Court, in a case growing out of the election, held that returns in two townships indicated there was fraud in the election because many more votes were recorded than there were voters registered on the poll tax books. The court threw out the vote of these townships. which gave the decision to Washington.
 SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.
 Gov. Brough appointed former Rep resentative J. Monroe Smith of Ash ley county a member of the Arkansas Tax Commission to succeed F. E. Brown, whose term expires. The gov ernor also appointed J. R. Alexander to succeed John w Blackwood as one of the representatives from Pulaski county. MT Blackwood resigned on account of illness.
 The Benton County Record, week ly Republican paper. formerly publish ed at Gravette by w. H. Plank and Will Plank, has been moved to Ben tonville Bentonvi11e has two papers already, the Benton County Demo crat. weekly, and the Benton Coun- ty Sun, which issues both a weekly and daily
 T. Paradis and Richard Worth, from Pierre, s. D., who took a lease four weeks ago on a tract of land at Dodd City, have mined a carload of free ore without putting off blast in the ground Pay dirt was entered with the breaking of the surface ground.
 At a meeting of the Bentonville Community Club, resolutions were passed urging the state legislature to pass the Arkansas Plant Act, drafted by the State Horticultural Society for the protection of the fruit inter ests of the state.
 Sheriff R. E. Alorn, of Lake Vil- 1age, has offered reward of $150 for the apprehension of John Robinson, negro, who is alleged to have killed c. E. Dunn about four weeks ago. Dunn was slain with an ax at log ging camp.
 J. N Marks, of Kingsland, an ex- Confederate and supposed to be the oldest man in Cleveland county, being in his ninety-second year, suffered a light stroke of paralysis few days ago, but is recovering.
 All schools are closed at Lake Vil- lage, Jennie and Eudora on account of an epidemic of measles. Few new cases are developing, but when the schools recessed about 75 cases had been reported here.
 The Mena Democrat, which was the Dixie Press up to few days ago, has a new owner in the person of D. B. Dahlgren, who will change the name of the paper next week to the Mena Gazette.
 Paris will enforce it's curfew law hereafter Boys and girls under the age of IS will not be allowed to loiter on the streets after p. m.
 A federal farm loan association was organized at Perry with 20 mem bers and $40,000 in loans subscribed
 A piece of ore which seems to be nearly pure lead, has been found at Dyer, Crawford county.
 Near Durian, Hot Spring county wolves have entered door yards and attacked dogs recently.
 J. o. Livesay, mayor of Foreman, has resigned.
 w. H. Richards of Cotter has an al- manac and pocket memoranda book which was published in 1838 The book contains pictures of the most prominent politicians of that time. It was sold for one shilling when pub lished.
 The executive council of the Arkan- sas State Bankers Association met at Little Rock and selected Hot Springs for the annual convention of the as- sociation. April 25 and 26 were the dates agreed upon.