Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-05

Springfield.-At a, meeting of the
Board Of Directors of the Washington
County Fair Association the fair dates
decided upon were August 8, 8, 10 and
IL. committee was appointed to for.
mulate premium list and prepare the
catalogue.
Tompkinsville.-Oil operators are
busy In Monroe county getting ready
. to drill number Of wells and test this
county for oil, gas and other minerals.
Several hundred thousand acres Of
land have been leased in different sec
tions of the county and 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 Woodmens Women's Circle
Mrs. Myrtle Crawford, of Hazel, was
elected manager and Mrs Jessie
Houston, of Hazel, was made supreme
representative.
ouisville.-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 chez. .ng of the
returned troopers was continuous.
Ashland.-A traction line will be
built to Russell, five miles below Ash.
land, before next fall At a meeting
held by some Ashland business men
they accepted 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
of VIII M. Smith, former sheriff of
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 thar 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 IL
its membership the breeders ant
growers of beef and dairy cattle, hog
and sheep.
Paducah.-Following the suggestion
OF Congressman A. w. Barkley an ap
propriate centennial celebrating tn,
purchase of "Jacksons Purchase
from the Indians will be celebrated il
the fall of 1919 at Psducah. The ide,
was grasped by the Board of Trade
Retail Merchants association ant
Press club, and with other organiza
tions plans will be arranged for Ccl5
bration lasting probably two weeks.
Louisville.-The Federal Farm Loa'
Bank at Louisville is placing itself 1
readiness to save the farmers Of KeI
tucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana a
estimated annual interest bill OF al
proximately $2,6O0,00O. Those state
comprise the district which the ban
will serve. A director of the institl
tion is quoted as having estimated thS
SSO,0OO,O0O is loaned on farms in Kel
lucky and Tennessee at an average II
terest rate Of IL per cent.
Lexington.-Under the watchf
eyes OF Referee ]. r. Milliga
Professor Il. H. wilkins and
B. Finley, at the Kentucky Expel
ment Station, Lady Walnut Hill, Il
white Leghorn pullet that is headir
the individual race in the federal co
test, laid her eighty.third consecuti'
egg and is now declared to be char
pion Of the world. The previous grea
est number Of eggs laid on consecuti'
days heretofore recorded was so.
Observation-Disclosures of d
State Association OF Fiscal Court oi
cials was effected by the election
County Judge ]. II. Wade, of Bo,
county, as president. Addresses we
delivered by l.. t. Haney, OF Lou
vile, field secretary Of the Jacks
Highway Association and Statb Ro