The Pulaskian., 1917-08-24

w. 4N. AudIlS, general manager OI the Philadelphia Milling Company of Philadelphia, has authorized the Ar kansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board ef Commerce to announce that his com pany will pur- chase all merchantable wheat offered in Arkansas this year and next at seaport prices, less the freight. The Profitable Farming Bureau hopes that this announcement will encourage the sowing of wheat in Arkansas, because it assures the producers of a market for any wheat that they may produce above their own needs.
 So far this year we have been able to pay Arkansas planters an av- craze of 10 cents a bushel more than seaport prices after deducting tho freight" wrote MT. Adams We ex- peet material increase in the wheat acreage next year. We would not be surprised to see Arkansas produce six or seven million bushels next year. However, we will be prepared to pay the highest market prices for every bushel of wheat offered in Arkansas. We have secured export rates from all points in Arkansas, which are lower than export rates from either Kansas, Missouri or Illinois. With the government guaranteeing a mini, mum price of two dollars bushel at terminal markets next year. it seems to us that Arkansas farmers are talk. ing absolutely no chances in putting in a big wheat acreage.
 At the present prices, Arkansas wheat crop this year is more valuable than was the states rice crop last year This years wheat crop was worth around seven million dollars. while the value of last years rice crop was $6,500,000."
 While Mrs. T. R. Burks was play ing player piano at her home in Stuttgart lightning struck the house. entering over an electric wire and following the wire to the piano. The music roll, which was turning for ward, was reversed and turned back ward rapidly. Mrs Burke was not injured nor was the piano damaged.
 A company made up largely of St. Louis capitalists and some residents of Nashville, in Howard county, are planning to locate a large manganese and iron ore smelter in Nashville to handle the ore from the mines in north Howard county. The company will spend $50O000 on the plant
 The appeal of Missouri Pacific Rail- way against Road Improvement Dis trict No. 1 of Faulkner county, taken from county to circuit court was for mally dismissed This ends all litiga- tion against proposed construction of the Saltillo road and leaves the com. missioners free to proceed.
 More than 450000 acres of land In Fort Smith trade territory in eastern Oklahoma will be sold at public sale between October + and October 31 by Gabe B. Parker, commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes, The land belongs to the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Indians
 There is reason to hope that the proposed new highway from Conway to Saltillo will be completed before the end of the year, according to one of the commissioners. The Missouri Pacific railroad has agreed to with draw it's opposition to the project.
 4 conference of the leaders and or ganizers of the Ozark Trails Associa- ton has been called by the president to meet at Monte Ne Tuesday, Sep tember 4, when the campaign for the coming year will be mapped out and and tentatively agreed on.
 Jake Graf of the Farmers Supply Company of Walnut Ridge slipped and fell on a sidewalk there few days ago and broke kneecap, which had been broken in fall several years before. He was taken to St. Louis for treatment.
 The Sebastian bridge commission CTS of Fort Smith set August 30 as the date for opening bids for half mil lion dollar concrete bridge to be built across the Arkansas river at the foot of Garrison avenue.
 Earl Best of Dota, Independence county, has been awarded a ton Of fertilizer by the Union Seed and Fer tilezer Coompany of New Orleans for having grown one of the banner acres of corn in the state
 County Judge George B. Ewing of McGehee has purchased a traction en. zine, which will be used in building roads drought Desha county The tractor is now in use on roads near Dumas.