The Carlisle independent., 1917-11-01

| me acuteneSS or the car situation,
the report says. was due to the heavy
movement of troops.
The commissioners OF the Cache
River Drainage District, embracing
portions of Lawrence, Crafghead and
Jackson counties. have filed their re-
port in the Craighead County Circuit
Court, with November as the day
set for hearing the assessments: This
district covers nearly $4,000 acres
along Willow Greek in the eastern
part of Glass and Bird townships.
The Executive Committee of the
Arkansas Swine Breeders Associa-
ton, at a melting decided to hold its
annual meeting in Little Rock Feb
ruary 5 and 6, in conjunction with
the annual meetings of the Southern
Cattlemen's Association and the Ark
ansas Stock Growers Association.
both of which will be in session here
on those dates.
More than 400 Batesville school
children were placed on the honor
rolls of the city schools last month
They were to be neither absent nor
tardy during the entire month and had
an average of 80 per cent in daily
standing and 80 per cent in deport-
ment.
Miss Maud Crandall, one of the
grade teachers in the schools al
Earle, has resigned to accept a gov
eminent position in the Agricultural
Department at Washington. Miss
Irene Crouch will succeed her.
1t has been decided at Batesyilie
TO reorganize the home guard of indie
pendence county under the plan Of
the adjutant general. An effort will
be made to get every able-bodied cit
izen in the county to enroll
Mrs. G. w. Yaney of Paroquet RATS
ed this season on one and one-thirds
acres, $40 worth of onions with
market value of 50 bushel. This
crop was grown on land worth about
s35 per acre.
Under auspices of the Texarxana
Chamber of Commerce, Texarkana
will have a fair next month which
promises to be one of the largest
and best ever held here. The dates
are November 26, 81 and %.
Forty-eight Shorthorn cattle were
sold at auction at Fayetteville by the
Northwest Arkansas Shoithcrn
Breeders Association for a total of
$7,S7G The highest price was 5000
and the lowest 500.
J. II. Davis, formerly of England.
Lonoke county, has purchased from
Col. G. A. A. Deane of Little Rock
his summer home and 20 acres OF
land on Manitou mountain, five miles
west of Ozark
That Ouachita county will be prac-
tically free of cattle ticks by Decem-
Der l is the prediction of J. R. Done
gan of Stephens, who has charge of
the cattle dipping in several town.
ships of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dye, who live in
the mining district near Belfont, in
Boone county, have an unusual and
valuable pet It is a large chicken
snake and it wages continual war on
rats and mice.
The high school bank at Batesville
has been receiving a great deal of
encouragement here since its open
ing. On last Friday the deposits were
more than $50.
The students of the Arkadelphia
High School have begun a new pub
LEGATION called THE Arkite." IL will
be issued monthly during the school
term.
The Arkansas Council of Defense is
sending out circular letters to all the
county councils of defense urging &C
tive cooperation with the county
boards of health in enforcing the law
requiring vaccination in the public
schools.
l. L. Franks, editor of the Imboden
Journal, has been elected mayor to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of r. F. Kirkpatrick, who has
accepted position with a mercantile
establishment at Marked Tree