The Nevada County picayune., 1918-11-07

Something like s925.o00 has been appropriated hy Camp Pike authori- ties for the reconstruction of the road system All roads are 10 be treated with binder. so as to make them practically the equal of asphalt high. ways. The work has already begun in the new officers training camp area where some s6.000.000 is being expended in buildings.
 Construction has commenced on the new Hostess House at Camp Pike which is to cost upwards of s100,000 It is 10 be of brick and reinforced concrete construction two stories in height and to contain emergency dor mitories, large cafeteria space, spa cious reception and entertainment rooms and be one of the most attrac- tive buildings at the cantonment
 Camp Pikes new soldier paper. "Camy On" the successor to Trench and Camp, will make it's bow Thurs daE. November IA It will be a great success according to reports being made from the camp canvass now Tn progress. Indications point to cir culation of between 35,000 and 40,000 Officers and soldiers will be it's eGi torial and business staff.
 Leonard Matlock of Ralph. Marion county, has patented an airplane for which he claims many improvements. One of the features of his machine is that the propellers are all above the base of the machine, which is said to make it impossible to upset it. It also has a large air chamber which further stabilizes it.
 A baby son was born a few days ago to MT. and Mrs. Leon Hall of Grand Prairie Logan county. Tie child has a living great-great-grand- mother, living great-grandmother and a living grandfather.
 The Batesville Boy Scouts have an organization of 26 members In the recent wind-up work of the fourth Liberty Loan they sold nearly 5000 worth of bonds in one day.
 The Van Buren County Levying Court made the usual levies for roads, schools and county general purposes and sl,000 was appropriated to the tick eradication work
 One of the largest sweet potatoes seen in Newport is on exhibition in one of the local bank windows. 1t weighs eight pounds and was raised by Mrs T. w. Collier of Tupelo.
 A total of 17,000 barrels of apples are now stored in the Bentonville cold storage plant, according to Manager H. Y King, and more are being re- ceiyed.
 Fftyseven carloads of apples have been sbiped from Hiwasse this sea son. and Milt McAllister of that place shipped the first carload of wheat last week.
 Support the United War Work Cam paign for the boys lover There"
 The Rev. John T. Walters, for the past four years pastor of the Junction City Baptist Church, has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at England This will leave both the Presbyterian and Baptist churches there without a pastor
 Out of about 100 cases of Spanish influenza in Earle there has been but one fatality. That was little child A number of the country people have died and there are several cases Of pneumonia in the country
 An excellent automobile road has been made from Huntsville to Wash ington county line. connecting with the Fayetteville road.
 William P. Collins of St. Paul, Minn., has purchased a large tract of land near Loy and will raise hogs on an extensive scale.
 The Boy Scouts of Bald Knob are gathering walnut and hickory nuts for the government, to use in tho manufacture of gas masks.