Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-06

several HuuUTeu I0OuSdnQ acres Ol
land have been leased in different Sec
tions of the county and a number of
test wells are being arranged for.
Murray.-At the recent w. o. w.
convention at Hopkinsville, Mrs. R. T..
Wells, of this place, was elected grand
adviser of Woodmen's Women's Circle.
Mrs. Myrtle Crawford. of Hazel, was
elected manager and Mrs. Jessie
Houston. of Hazel, was made supreme
representative.
Louisville.-Led by Colonel William
A. Colston, members of the First Ken
lucky Regiment, fresh from service on
the Mexican border, passed in review
before thousands of citizens here.
Long lanes of American flags marked
the line of march, and cheering of the
returned troopers was continuous.
Ashland-A traction line will be
built to Russell, five miles below Ash
land, before next fall. At meeting
held by some Ashland business men
they accepted a proposition of ]. c.
Vaughan, of Richmond, Va, who Of
ferd to put up 100000 if the citizens
of Ashland would raise $4,000 to build
this line
Pikeville.-Will NJ. Smith, Jr., son
Il, 80
Pike county, has returned after having
been lost" for twenty years. He was
adopted by a contractor when he was
only nine months old. The adopting
parents took him to Fayette county,
West Virginia, where he grew into
manhood, but kept in ignorance of the
fact that he was not their son.
Louisville.-The Kentucky Agricul-
tural Experiment Station has an
nounced there will be held in Louis
vile soon, one of the most important
meetings of livestock men ever held
in this state The purpose is the or
ganizing of a State Livestock Grow
ers' association, which will include in
its membership the breeders and
growers of beef and dairy cattle, hogs
and sheep.
Paducah.-Following the suggestion
of Congressman A. w. Barley an ap-
propriate centennial celebrating the
purchase of "Jackson's Purchase"
from the Indians will be celebrated in
the fall of 1919 at Paducah The idea
was grasped by the Board of Trade,
Retail Merchants association and
Press club, and with other organiza-
lions plans will be arranged for a cele-
bration lasting probably two weeks.
Louisville.-The Federal Farm Loan
Bank at Louisville is placing itself in
readiness to save the farmers of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana an
estimated annual interest bill of ap-
prOximately $2.60O,00O. Those states
comprise the district which the bank
will serve. A director of the institu-
ton is quoted as having estimated that
100000 is loaned on farms in Ken
lucky and Tennessee at an average in
terest rate of IL per cent.
Lexington.-Under the watehful
eyes Of Referee ]. T. Milligan,
Professor R. H. wilkins and r.
B. Finley, at the Kentucky Expert
ment Station, Lady Walnut Hill, the
white Leghorn pullet that is heading
the individual race in the federal con-
test, laid her eighty-third consecutive
egg and is now declared to be cham
pion Of the world. The previous great
est number of eggs laid on consecutive
days heretofore recorded was 80.
Observation-Disclosures OF the
State Association of Fiscal Court Off,
Gals was effected by the election of
County Judge ]. H. Wade, Of Boyd
county, as president. Addresses were
delivered by l.. T. Haney, of Louis
vile, field secretary of the Jackson
Highway Association, and State Road
Commissioner Rodman Wiley. Mr.
Haney emphasized the value of the
Kentucky state-aid law in road work
ing and said the Jackson Highway
would be ready for travel over its en-
tire length by October /. Mr.. Wiley
spoke briefly on plans for road i'm
provement. Plans were made to hold
a meeting in the fall for reviewing the
summers road development and to
make cooperative plans for 1918.
Paducah.-Prof. NJ. H. Judd, of Nash
Vile, Tenn, has taken charge as prin-
cipal of the Jefferson school, succeed.
ing Prof. e. e. Keener, who resigned.
Prof Judd is a graduate of the Uni.
versity of Kentucky and of Peabody
Institute, at Nashville.
Newport.-The Rev. Father William
Hinnsen, II years old, pastor of Sacred
Heart church, Bellevue, died at his
home. He had been Ill many months.
His death, while not unexpected, came
as shock to his many friends in
Northern Kentucky.