The Dermott news., 1917-06-14

mud and slime and deposit II to one
side of the ditch The trees have been
cut from the boats path. but the path
is thiekly studded with great stunps.
For the most part the dredge pulls
these out and losses them to one side
aS though they were matches stuck in
the mud Occasionally. however. a
venerable old cypress stump offers
stubborn resistance and It becomes
necessary TO blast it out
The contract for the road which is
10 be constructed of gravel. with steel
bridges across St. Francis River and
st. Francis Bay. will be let July 6. II
leads from Wynne 10 the eastern
boundary of Cross county where II -
expected that Crittenden county Will
continue IT on into Memphis. This is
the principal route for Cross-country
travel west from Memphis
The 0uachita County Truck Grow.
ers' Association will be ready 10 shir
canteloupes in car lots about July &c
and watermelons few days later c.
w. Tucker OF Little Rock, travelling
agent of the Wells Fargo Express
Company. stated at Camden that he
would be here during the rush melon
season TO help care for the shipments
A negro porter on the White River
-
in default OF 800 fine levied against
him for violating the bone dry law
He WAS arrested by special agent OF
the company and found with twelve
pints of liquor in his possession lie
is the only negro at present in the
county.
The Arkansas Ore and Development
Company, which has been doing de
velopment work for some months on
Blowed Out Mountain, seven miles
south Of Mena. is loading car OF
manganese here TO be shipped to the
Carnegie Steel Company. with whom
the company has contracted to fur.
nish large amount OF the ore
Suit for $4,000. brought BY Frank
Pace. a Little Rock attorney, against
V. c. Richardson and Willie A. Rich
ardson of Batesviile for fees he said
were due him. was dismissed in Chan
Gerry Court by Chancellor Geo. p
HUMPHREYS, and the plaintiff was or.
| dered TO pay the costs OF the suit
Registration day nj Pottsville re
vealed that Clarence Morphis and Miss
Ollie Bowden of near here had been
married for month and were keeping
the fact a secret When registrars
asked Morphis Are YOU married or
single" he was compelled to answer
in the affirmative
A. r. Bogard OF Earl. Ark. dug n
potato from his patch before May 2e
which weighed 10 ounces. Mr. Bogard
is in the employ of the Farmers Mer.
! camille and Gin Company. This is
another example OF what can be done
with early potatoes in the St Francis
| basin.
/ Snyder buying lumber and arranging
/ for the erection of derrick nj the
oil well here. owned hy the Louisiana.
Arkansas Oil and Development Com
pany He says drilling viii begin
! July 1.
l. u. Nixon of near Ozark sold 20
bushels OF English peas on the Kan
sas City market at Sl75 bushel.
Measles continues in Ozark as at
epidemic. but in milder form than
recently.
w. G. Hopkins. railway agent nj
Beehe. received from 81. Louis 36 pig
cons. with the request that they be-
liberated here promptly at IL O'Clock.
! He released the birds, and all OF then
started al once in the direction of st
Louis.
T.. r Murphy Is engaged In i'm
! porting Holstetn yearlings from Hi
nois for the benefit OF stock raisers
and farmers in Ashley county and
families OF Hamburg. The owners
are enthusiastic over the calves.
As an evidence of progress and pa
triotism the business institutions and
banks of Mariana will close every
Thursday at noon until September /,
in order that the employees may have
a half holiday for work in gardens.
military duty or wholesome recrea
ton.
Nearly 200 organized employees OF
the Fort Smith Spelter Company went
on strike because the company had
| discharged Oliver Wolff. president oi