The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-04

for the commissioners whenever they are ready to begin actual construction work The bonds sold for par, to bear six per cent interest and four per cent on daily balances.
 TOLD IN A FEW LINES.
 Encouraged by the success of the Fourth Arkansas Regiment, and the bright prospects for the Fifth Regi- ment, which is now being formed, Governor Brough sent telegram to President Wilson, offering to raise brigade of infantry by voluntary ser vice, providing there is correspond- ing decrease in the draft quota.
 Messrs. s. S. Hargraves, D. c. Webb and J. T. Sanders, representing Road Districts No. l and ? of St. Francis county, have appeared before the National Capital Issues Commit tee and have secured from this com mittee approval of the issuance of road bonds for Districts No. 1 and ? of St. Francis county.
 The biggest gas well ever brought in, in the extreme eastern Oklahoma country, was finished at Quinton, 62 milest west of Fort Smith, in Pitts burg county The well is making from 35 to 40 million feet. The sand was found at 1,6O0 feet.
 G. s. Russ of Southhaven, Mich, has written letter to John H. Page, state commissioner of agriculture, stating he intends to start a muskrat ranch and asks for information con- corning the advantages of Arkansas for such an enterprise.
 At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the TeXarkana Chamber of Commerce it was decided to make an effort to secure the routing of the Bankhead Highway from Washington, D. C., to the Pacific coast through TeXarkana.
 Adjutant General Lloyd England sent a letter to the school authorities over the state recommending course of physical training for boys and girls in those schools that have al ready introduced military training.
 The commissioners of Road District No. 1 met and awarded the engineers contract for the building of the link in the Hot Springs-Mammoth Spring highway across Van Bufen county to W. c. Height of Walnut Ridge.
 Candidates for state offices must file their pledges with Secretary of State Terral and pay their fees to Senator C. c. Calvert, secretary of the Democratic State Central Commit ( tee, on or before April 15. ! Following the food conservation movement and the governors request v for the raising of potatoes, the Peni- tentiary Commission agreed to plant 60 additional acres in Irish potatoes in lieu of cotton.
 The machinery of the Philadelphia Milling Company is undergoing eX- tensive overhauling and much new machinery is being installed for the purpose of manufacturing flour substi tutes.
 Secretary of State Terral has re- turned from northwestern Arkansas, where he has been campaigning for the War Camp Community Service fund He said there were large crowds at every place he visied and that the people are showing increased interest in all war work.
 Surveyors have started running the lines for road from Marshall, in Searcy county, to Sylamore, in Stone county, via Big Flat, in Baxter county.
 Some time early in April. the A. H. department of the State Agricultural School at Jonesboro will have a sale of Holstein and Aberdeen-Angus cat tie, consisting of COWS, heifers and bulls.
 Births in Faulkner county exceeded deaths during 1917 more than two and one-half to one.
 The number of automobile licenses issued to date exceeded the total numb2r for last year.