The Pulaskian., 1917-09-21

risburg, stated in his argument that e give them all they claimed they would yet lack 97 of having enough on their petition to secure an election but lie did not grant that they were entitled 10 anything like that. Figuring aii that they disproved of those that had been asked 10 be taken off as stated above. they still lacked TBS Of having enough to secure the calling Of an election.
 Instead of using cotton seed meal as fertilizer Arkansas farmers should feed it to their cattle and then use the manure. according to De r. Hunderford, assistance professor of agronomy, College of Agriculture, Uni versity of Arkansas. Professor Hun gerford asserts that by doing this the value of the meal would be increased from 50 to S5 per cent.
 Ralph Graham and E. S. Skidler. bankers and ranchmen of Kaw City. Okla, purchased Of the Neimeyer Lumber Company of Little Rock 20, GOO acres of cutover land in Pulaski county for S50.OO0 The owners III stock the place at once with 2000 cat tle. Future plans of the purchasers call for 1000 cows and 50 bulls for breeding purposes
 D. B. Nivens, active vice president of the Citizens Bank at Pine Bluff. who has returned from visit to the Carolinas, where he inspected the cot ton mills, particularly the Loray mills. al Gastonia, N. C., came fully prepared 10 initiate movement Is organize q company for this purpose. and to organize q pulp or paper com pany
 The Bald Knob Fruit Growers As sociation met at Bald Knob and held very enthusiastic meeting. Raising of wheat was the main theme of dis eussion A large number of the far mers said they would raise wheat tho coming year Arrangements were made to get prices on seed.
 J. M. Putnam, Todd Webb and Frank Patterson of Pea Ridge have purchased and placed on their farms carload of registered Shorthorn breeding cattle. They will soon buy another carload
 The Marion County Fair Associa- ton has decided to hold two days exposition at Melville, October 12 and 13. The last day will be in conjunc- tion with the Marion county school fair.
 The interior work on the new S50.- 900 postofice building at Philadelphia is now occupying the contractors Practically all of the exterior work and stone work has been completed
 The Jonesboro school board has planned for an educational rally in that city on the evening of September 28. to celebrate the opening of the elegant new high school building now nearing completion.
 A watermelon grown by George F. Sewell of Shuler Union county, weigh ing 85 pounds, has been on exhibition at the Pye-Taylor Drug Company at Fl Dorado the past week.
 Fred Hutchinson of Perryville, for mer treasurer of Perry county, has three acres of Japanese honey drip cane, from which he expects to get 500 gallons of molasses.
 Byron Shaw of Conway has been notified that he has been accepted on the administrative staff of Lieuten- ant Friedmann of the Arkansas Ma tional Guard
 Thomas B. King. for some time field agent of Galloway College, has ten dered his resignation, and on October 1 will become general field agent of the Tri-State Hospital at Memphis. c. W. Butts and T. L. Brummett of | Pine Bluff have purchased rom A. L- l Bartmess of Dermott 1000 acres of good bottom land near Dermott. pay ing $20,000.
 The contract for the s70,000 federal postoffice building in Rogers has been | awarded to Charles Weitz Sons of Des Moines, Iowa It is to be com pIeted by Stepmebr 8, 1918.
 Work on the Earle sewer system has begun in earnest. J. W. Wells and w. A. Caradine of Memphis are in charge.
 | Several Benton county fruit men l are selling their apples direct to the consumer. Some are only offering especially choice boxed fruit. sent to the consumer by express, while others