The Pulaskian., 1917-07-13

retary of war, offered the fields to the government during the war Coal could he parked down the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. BRIEF NEWS AND MITES.
 Angle Lee Case of Ruddels, aged l3. has bought a Liberty bond with money she made by raising and sell ing vegetables. She has a garden which she superintends. The heavy work is done by negro. but little Miss Case does the light work. The employees of the Arkansas Lime Com pany of Ruddels are the chief custom CTS of Miss Cases garden.
 Lieuts. Gerald Folbre and Thomas Delayney of Forrest City received their commission from Adjt. Gen. England's office in Little Rock. These Forrest City officers will command the two motor truck companies raised here which will be called into service about August 5.
 Negroes of Marked Tree and vicin- ity celebrated the Fourth of July by hosting large American flag. A pa triotic address was delivered by Rev. H. R. Brunson, negro preacher of Memphis, who urged his people to stand behind the president.
 John Rockley was killed when he fell from load of oats near Gurdon and landed on pitch fork which penetrated his body He removed the fork from his body, took a few steps and fell dead without speaking word.
 Burg Israel who was the first white child born in the town of Wal nut Ridge, died recently at St. Louis, where he was engaged in the insur- ance business. MT. Israel lived most of his life in Walnut Ridge.
 Tax Assessor Homer Harris has is sued notice that the dates. for as- sessing taxes in Hope have been changed. The assessor and assist ants will be in Hope from July 23 to ? August 4, inclusive.
 Little Rock bank clearings for June set a new high record, bankers announced, having exceeded clearings for June, 1916, by $6,3O7201 Total clearings for the past month were S14,971,90
 Buck Swains of near Bethesda brought 30 bushels of new wheat to Batesville and sold it to H. c. Wade, the mill man. This is the earliest that wheat has eyer been marketed in this county.
 Owing to the advance in the cost of drugs the physicians of Conway have agreed to uniform advance in fees, which became effective on the first of this month.
 Notice from the department at Washington says that bids for the new S75,00O federal postoffice build ing at Rogers will be advertised July 20.
 A picnic will be held at Gamaliel July 21. A good program has been arranged and crowds are expected from both Arkansas and Missouri. 
 Manager Lee Giles of the Hemp stead County Union Fair has begun preparations for the fair to be held at Hope October 29 to q, inclusive.
 Peek Bros. & McGaugh of Decatur have produced 29,O0O crates of straw berries on 10 acres in the past two years. The berries were sold for $6,- TOO.
 The Mena City Council has passed an ordinance providing for little less than two miles of paving, and forming an improvement district.
 Mammoth Spring has contributed 42 men to different branches of the army and navy since May 1. The auto truck company has 94 men ac- cepted
 A special meeting of the quorum court at Harribsurg voted, Il to 5, for appropriation to rebuild the courthouse.
 Arkansas newest newspaper is the Trail Blazer. published at Leslie by ". N. Lucy.