The courier-index., 1917-08-03

and silver near Russellville has caus.
 ed a furry of excitement among the citizenship and visions of great
 wealth by the promoters, Mart l..
 Vim. c. M. Williamson and D. P. | Ritter The find" is at Cagles Rock. l four miles northeast of the city. and
 an assay just received from Walter
 k. Burl1ngame, chemist and assayist. | Denver, Colo, shows 292 ounces of gold and 1.80 ounces of silver per ton; total value, per ton) gold at $2O and
 silver at 70 cents per ounce) s59. .66. The vein is near the surface a good | depth, and it is claimed that $2O ore could be mined profitably here. The | promoters will organize stock com | rapy and put a small amount of stock on the market to develop the mine. Ii IS proposed to put in modern equip ment and mill the ore on the ground The surface in the vicinity of the mine is of most unusual formation. a | perpendicular bluff or cliff similar to i 5hose seen along the banks of streams
 rang perpendicular from level grcuNa 10 the height of tree. Many ca~v'r"s on rock surfaces in the vicin- fly and the mysterious appearance even in recent years of Indians, who would prospect around the cliffs a while and then as mysteriously disap- pear, were the basis for rumors of long standing that an old Indian or Spanish mine was hidden there The
 men who have at last discovered the hidden vein had been prospecting for several months, and Mr. Ritter, who has had 35 years mining experience | in Mexico. New Mexico and Colorado. says he would not be surprised to see the ore run to $500 per ton or even more as the vein is penetrated furth- CT. He says it is the mother vein in this filed, lays almost perpendicular and extends to a depth of hundreds of feet. The ore which was assayed was taken at depth of 36 feet. Granville and Granville Mutt, stu dents at the State Agricultural School at Jonesboro for the past three years, and twin brothers who have never been separated, enlisted in the Unit ed States army. Both were selected in draft drawing and, fearing that they might become separated, decided to join Uncle Sam's regular forces. w. A. Sweet, a merchant of Crick- cit has small pet chicken that fol lows him around like a dog. In the store it perches on the rounds of his chair When he goes out it is at his heels. He has become very much at tached to it, and says that it is one chicken in the flock that will not find it's way to the skillet.
 Harry Fritzus of Blytheville, IS years of age. probably is the young est noncommissioned officer in the American army. He is corporal in Company M of the First Arkansas, and is now stationed at Fort Logan H. Roots.
 All hands are busy at Cumberland College at Clarksville. For dormitory use 1000 cans of peaches are being canned. Two acres of beans and to- matoes will soon be ready for gather ing and canning.
 James Evrard, formerly deputy cir cult clerk at Blytheville, has entered radio school to study for service in the navy. His brother. Marcus, Is in the navy, and he is halfbrother of Major Curtis Little of the First Bat talion, Third Arkansas.
 Dr. Keneth B. Huffman of Bates vile has received a commission as first lieutenant in the United States Medical Reserve Corps. Dr. Huffman graduated in the Medical Department of St. Louis University in 1910. Dr. Hugh l.. Rains of Jonesboro will perhaps be the first man from Craig head county to land in France. He re- gently was selected as a volunteer surgeon and notified that his commis- sion would be issued at once.
 The Misses Ruth Gabriel and Eu- genia Ramsey of Fayetteville are opening an outdoor summer school for children at Eureka Springs. The children will be taught folk games, songs and story telfAg.
 H. E. Kyler, proprietor of the Stutt- gart Plumbing and Sheet Metal Com pany. has perfected a new storm eel lar. which is built out of sheet metal
 It can be inserted in the ground at any place.