Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-08-01

Discovery of rich veln Of gold and silver near Russellyille has caus. ed a furry of excitement among the citizenship and visions of great wealth by the promoters, Mart l.. Vim, c. M. Williamson and D. P. Ritter The "find' is at Cagles Rock, four miles northeast of the city, and an assay just received from Walter E. Burlingame, chemist and assayist, Denver, Colo, shows 2.92 ounces of gold and 1.80 ounces of silver per ton total value, per ton) gold at $20 and silver at 70 cents per ounce) $59.66. The vein is near the surface, good depth, and 1t is claimed that $20 ore could be mined profitably here. The promoters will organize a stock com- pany and put small amount of stock on the market to develop the mine. It is proposed to put in modern equip. ment and mill the ore on the ground The surface in the vicinity of the mine is of most unusual formation, perpendicular bluff or cliff similar to | these seen along the banks of streams rising perpendicular from level srcund to the height of tree. Many carvings on rock surfaces in the vicin- ity and the mysterious appearance even in recent years of Indians, who would prospect around the cliffs while and then as mysteriously disap- xNH long standing that an old Indian or | Spanish mine was hidden there. The men who have at last discovered the | hidden vein had been prospecting for several months, and MT. Ritter who has had 35 years mining experience in Mexico, New Mexico and Colorado. says he would not be surprised to see | the ore run to $500 per ton or even more as the vein is penetrated furth- CT. He says it is the mother vein in | this filed, lays almost perpendicular and extends to a depth of hundreds of feet. The ore which was assayed was taken at depth of 36 feet. | Granville and Granville Mutt, stu dents at the State Agricultural School at Jonesboro for the past three years, | and twin brothers who have never been separated, enlisted in the Unit ed States army. Both were selected in draft drawing. and, fearing that | they might become separated, decided | to join Uncle Sans regular forces. l
 w. A. Sweet, a merchant of Crick- cit has small pet chicken that foi- lows him around like dog. In the store it perches on the rounds of his | chair When he goes out it is at his l heels. He has become very much at tached to it, and says that it is one chicken in the flock that will not find it's way to the skillet.
 Harry Fritzius of Blytheville, IS years of age, probably is the young est noncommissioned officer in the | American army. He is a corporal in Company M of the First Arkansas, | and is now stationed at Fort Logan H. Roots.
 All hands are busy at Cumberland College at Clarksville. For dormitory use 4,000 cans of peaches are being canned. Two acres of beans and to- matoes will soon be ready for gather ing and canning.
 James Evrard, formerly deputy cir cult clerk at Blytheville, has entered a radio school to study for service in the navy. His brother, Marcus, is in the navy, and he is a halfbrother of Major Curtis Little of the First Bat talion, Third Arkansas
 Dr. Keneth B. Huffman of Bates vile has received commission as first lieutenant in the United States Medical Reserve Corps. Dr. Huffman graduated in the Medical Department of St. Louis University in 1910.
 Dr. Hugh L. Rains of Jonesboro will perhaps be the first man from Craig head county to land in France. He re- gently was selected as a volunteer surgeon and notified that his commis- sion would be issued at once.
 The Misses Ruth Gabriel and Eu' genia Ramsey of Fayetteville are opening an outdoor summer school for children at Eureka Springs. The
 children will be taught folk games songs and story telling.