The Dermott news., 1917-07-12

| construction of the Twelfth Division. | al National Army cantonment The contracts were given to representa-. I lives of 25 Arkansas lumber mills. I The contracts were proportioned in | accordance with the output capacity | of the mills.
 All the lumber is to be at the can | tonment site within 45 days. Ship | ments will start at once. A schedule V ill be arranged however. to prevent | congesting the railroad facilities. On | ly enough lumber will be shipped for | the next 10 days to keep the car | penters busy, as the spur track to
 ed until then.
 II Is estimated that between 20 000. 900 and 25.000 900 feet of lumber will be required in building the can | tonment All of 1t will come from Arkansas.
 It is possible that an aviation school will be established in Little Rock in addition to the concentra-
 tion camp. w E. Smith. president | of the Board of Commerce. tele-
 graphed to Congressman H. NJ. Jaco- | way asking him to ascertain the re- 1 quirements of the government for
 site and grounds. Mir. Jacoway con l ferred with the chief of the Signal Corps at Washington. and sent a re- 1 ply to Mir. Smith, which said that | GAO acres of practically level ground
 near railroad with water supply
 and electric current will be the prin- cipal requirements, and that he be-
 lieves Little Rock has an excellent 1 chance to secure one of several
 schools. The probable selection of
 Memphis as a site for one of the
 school will not interfere with Little
 Rocks prospects, Mir. Jacoway said.
 Two teams were drowned in Short
 Mountain creek near Bonneville last
 week. The creek rose rapidly after
 hard rain. Joseph Willman. accom- panied by his family. drove into the
 creek at the ford northwest of Paris
 and his team and wagon were swept
 away. He saved himSelf and family
 and later was able to >aN -,the har-
 ness from his dead team h., fol- lowing day Sid Eoff attempted Nvn 1 cross the creek at Sykes ford and lost
 his team. a fine span of mules. X Madison county correspondent of the Fort Smith Southwest American
 tells of two-legged pig owned by J, l l. Crumpacker who lives near Petit.
 grew The pig. which weighs about i 90 pounds balances itself when il i walks It waddes like duck. but
 manages 10 get around very we'll. Mischievous boys changed the tags
 on shipments of gasoline and coal oil at Ratclifr and several automobiles
 with coal oil charged tanks had to be | lowed into their home ports. The
 casulaty list from the use of gasoline | where coal oil should be used have { not yet been completed.
 Green Bean, a negro exslave aged ' S3 years. who was we'll known in | Crawford county, died last week. Be | fore the war he was the property of
 Mark Bean who owned and operated d large wooden mill in Washington
 county. Green was employed as
 machinist in the mill.
 | The Prescott City Council has adopted resolution providing that all employees of the city who volun- i teer their services 10 the United States or who are drafted during the 1 war, upon their return will be ten dered their present positions terrell Davidson. l3-year-old daugh- l ter of Mir and Mrs. J II. Davidson.
 of Eureka Springs. has won town
 lot in Atlantic City. Md. in puzzle
 conducted by development com.
 pany.
 The Johnson county peach crop was | tity is normal. Prices offered for
 car lots f. O. b. Clarksville reach S150
 per bushel Record shipments are ex. peeled,
 Most of the farmers of Grant coun. ty have the blues on account of the dry weather Corn and nearly all
 vegetation Is burning up for the past
 week and no indications of rain.
 Mrs. Y. C. Warren of Bentonville
 recently sold to Hiwasse 375 gallons of huckleberries. The berries are
 sold at 90 cents gallon. and may
 be picked in almost unlimited quan. titles.
 Arthur LavasQue, who has been foreman of the composing room of the
 Morrilton Headlight. has leased that
 paper from V. A. Beeson. editor and