The Harrison times., 1917-04-14

Buren,, has been thoroughly tested.
Manager Booking and Superintendent
WhiteSide are highly pleased with
the result. They will at once enlarge
the experimental plant to meet the
needs of the five-block smelling plant
now operating here.
In the party were Judge w. A. Tav-
lor Of Arlington and Judge B. r. Nit
er members of the Shelby County
court, which will vote next Monday on
issuing bonds to make proposed int.
proyements at Bolton. George z.
James, vice chairman of the board u
trustees of Bolton College, and Hugh
Critz, principal of the school, also
were in the party.
Sentiment favOring the flotation OF
$l5O,0O0 worth of bonds for improve
ments at Bolton College. near Mem
phis, was solidified at JOnesbord by
an inspection tour of the First Dis
triCt Agricultural College of Arkan-
sas by a party of Is residents of
Shelby County, who are interested In
development of the Bolton school.
A bill passed by the last Legis,a.
ture, abolishing the Offices OF secre-
taries, treasurers and collectors of the
Improvements districts in Fort Smith,
and comforting their work on the city
clerk without extra pay or assistance,
was declared illegal by City Attorney
Harry P. Daily, because it contained
no enacting clause.
Gustave Kellar, a German real es-
tate dealer of Mountain Home, who
has been in this country since 1905,
thinks that the German people Will
rise and overthrow the kaiser. Nj
Kellar says that he does not think it
will be longer than four months be-
fore this happens.
Arkansas-LouisIana Highway COM
missioners met at McGehee and out
Of 10 applicants selected the firm Of
Ford e McRae Of Little Rock to be
engineers for the highway, which is
165 miles long and extends from
Grady, Ark, south to the Louisiana
line.
c. Y. Wortz, president of the Fort
Smith Biscuit Company, operating
plants at Fort Smith and St. Joseph,
Mo, offered both plants to the United
States government for any purpose
whatsoever in the event of hostilities
with Germany.
Marcus Turner of Egger killed a
buzard recently that had a tin boz
lid wired to its neck with a broom
Wile From the appearance the buz-
zard had worn the ornament for some
time.
d. G. Watson of Mantle, Madison
county, was at Huntsville recently
and as spry as young man in spite
Of his 81 years. He is the father Of
seven children, the grandfather of 81
and the great-grandfathe of 62.
Patents were granted to two Arkan-
sans Horace Crisler Of Doylevile has
received patent on a mail-catching
device, and Guy M. Hatfield of Fort
Smith has been granted a patent on a
potato harvester.
The eight-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas King of Dewey was
instantly killed at their home, when
her 14-yearold brother, Grady King,
accidentally discharged a shotgun and
struck her.
The Harmon stock farm of Martin
town, Iowa, shipped to Clarksville and
sold carload Of shorthorn cattle to
the farmers Of Johnson county.
"ljone dry, no cases to report" is
the statement endorsed upon two quar-.
terly reports filed by Faulkner county
justices Of the peace in the office Of
County Clerk John Reeves.
Work has begun on planting l60
acres Of strawberries at the Bert
Johnson peach orchard north Of
Nashville. This will be the largest
patch Of berries in the county.
Ivan Lopez, q Mexican, claiming
Joplin as his home, was arrested at
Sulphur Springs and lodged in the
Benton county Jail, charged with boot.
Logging.
A plow boy at work near Russell.
vile plowed up a green apple which
had been embedded in the earth last
summer
A resolution commencing the stand
Of President Wilson, and pedging
themselves to answer the call TO arms
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