The Green Forest tribune., 1917-11-30


 fowl at night. many men slew ducks at night in order to protect the grain. One rice grower estimates his loss from the depredations of ducks at several thousand dollars.
 William Mechanism of England has just been graduated from the gov ernment electrical school at Brooklyn, N Y, and is now 8 petty officer in the navy. There are 112 members of the naval contingent to which MT. Me Clanahan belongs and not one of them is under six feet in height or under 165 pounds in weight.
 The Cotton Belt has again placed an embargo against the shipment of cotton to the TeXarkana compress, To- cated at TeXarkana. The embargo ap- plies to the company's lines from Pine Bluff to Texarkana, from Mt. Pleasant. Texas, to TeXarkana, and from Lewis vile to Shreveport.
 The Arkansas Light and Power Company of Marianna is advertising for cord wood 10 be used instead of coal. They offer to pay $2.59 a cord and take all that is offered %Eyery lime we use two cords of wood we release one ton of coal to Uncle sam says the advertisement.
 Land in Arkansas is patriotic The other day an ear of corn having red. white and blue grains was discovered in Poinsett county and now one with grains similarly colored has been brought to Green Forest in Carroll county.
 The volunteer fire department at Earle is reorganizing and arranging for new equipment There will be a. public subscription asked of $1,000 with which to buy new stuff. Five new fire plugs will be installed.
 Five stores. with a loss Of S30,0o0. were burned at Tinsman in the big gest fire ever occurring in Tinsman. The origin is unknown. Practically no insurance was carried by the firms i suffering the heaviest losses. President Tabor of Sloan College has rendered his resignation as head i of that institution on account of i'll i health. The resignation was accept ed and Dean Hamilton has been put in charge of the college.
 Mrs. N E. Judkins, mother of Mrs. s. P. Goodwin of Pangburn, is knit ting socks for the Red Cross and is using the same needles she used in 1861 in knitting socks for the Con-N i federate soldiers.
 George Lee Blankinship, who lives two miles west of Newburg, while fighting forest fires, was so badly burned that it is believed he will lose his eyesight.
 Furniture and fixtures for the new postoffice building at Philadelphia are being installed. Ali J. Stilz, contrac- tor, says that the building will be ready for occupancy within two months.
 The Arkmo Lumber Company has bought three lots across the street, from its property at Earle and is pute ting in modern woodworking plan to cost about S6.500.
 Alex Posey, postmaster at Dogwood, Grant county, has resigned and as no one seems to desire the job the post office there probably will be discon- tinued.
 M. L. Swihart has raised $500 bush efs of sweet potatoes on 20 acres of ground near Leachville The potatoes are now selling at S1.00 per bushel.
 Negro farmers of Darysaw, Grant county, are organizing to erect flour mill They will plant considerable acreage to wheat this year.
 Last Sunday morning resident of Searcy was preparing a cheese dress ing for toast for breakfast She tast- ed a piece of cheese and discovere gritty substance. Investigation proved the cheese contained quanti. ties of glass flakes. Turkeys are being bought at Ozark for 20 cents a pound, cheaper than pork, for butchers are selling pork at 30 cents a pound. Chickens are It cents, butter 30 cepts and eggs sa cents.