The Ozark spectator., 1917-01-24

OZARK, ARKANSAS.
 oil which, according to analyses made by chemists in Memphis and Birmingham is rich in paraffine and vaseline has been discovered on zinc lands in Baxter county, in Northern Arkansas, owned by A. J. Mathews of Houston, Miss.
 MT. Mathews, who was in Memphis en route to his home from Buffalo, Ark, said he believed the oil existed in paying quanties and that a com plete investigation of the supply would be made. The discovery was made while MT. Mathews was pros- pecting for zinc. After he had tun- neled into a mountain and blasted for ore, the oil appeared in rocky crev- ices. A sample was sent to Birming- ham for anlysis and another test was made in Memphis. The flow appear cd on a tract of 520 acres, which is owned by MT Mathews.
 MT. Mathews was accompanied by R. F. Brand, also of Houston, who is interested with him in the erection of zinc mill at Buffalo, Ark, which will have facilities for crushing 150 tons of ore per day.
 Ore has been discovered on the Fur key Mountain property near Buffalo. which. according to MT. Mathews, as- says 40.S9 per cent metallic zinc. The mill will be located only 2.10O feet from the railroad station at Buffalo. The product from the Turkey Moun- tain mine can be delivered at the de- pot for $250 less than the output of neighboring mines.
 MT Brand and Mir Mathews depart ed for Houston, of which city MT. Brand is mayor. He has been en. gagged in the hardware and implement business there for years.
 -Four miles of pecan trees, dis tance of 100 feet apart, is the expec- tation of the students in the Arkadel- phia public schools. Ben Condray and William Pearce, seniors of the high school. planted nuts this week from here to the Caddo river, four miles away, along the public road Other roadways to and from the city may be planted to nuts. It is esti- mated that in 20 years the trees will be bearing.
 The s5,000 damage suit brought by $. D. Neil of Gentry against the Frisco railway has been compromised for s1.000. Neil was suing for dam ages because of the death of his son Ross in the wreck at Lebanon two years ago. The son was on his way home after graduation in a St. Louis medical school He was to have been married when he reached home
 The output of the zinc fields of l northwestern Arkansas during 1915 was 800 per cent greater than the output of 1914. During 1915 many new mines were opened and there were many heavy additional ship ments. It is believed that final fig ures will show the 1916 output larger by greater per cent over 1915 than 1915 was over 1914.
 The biennial meeting of the head camp of the w O. w. of Arkansas. to be held at Hope March 1915. will be the largest fraternal convention ever held in Arkansas. with more than 900 delegates from the w. O. w. and many more from the Wood men Circle, the women's auxiliary. Postmaster w. l.. Greer of Hor&tio ciaims to have located the meanest man in the person of a subscription solicitor. who sold a years subscrip- tion to national weekly to a blind negro near Horatio. Not a member
 A man who died suddenly in a Shreveport Ual hospital last week has been identified as the man who robbed J. w. Fraey, an aged Texan at Ashdown. He died within a few olAGs Ht udu IOpDtu IQe OlU man.
 Mrs. Celia Melton, aged 22, wife of oscar Melton, who lives two miles east of Newberry was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from a heating stove She was alone with two small children at the time.
 While digging well at Three Brothers. Baxter county. the drill ran into heavy run of lead ore. Pieces of lead as big as grains of wheat were shown in the cuttings made by the drill
 One hundred and thirty sick and wounded soldiers from the Mexican border arrived at Hot Springs on tho governments second special hospital train to be sent to this city.
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