The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-15

ADOul SSI ,oJOi QUO was pdlu bS iit0 Bluff cotton dealears to the farmers of this section during the past season, which closed August l. The total re- ceipts were 150,14 bales, and the av craze price was 28.50 cents
 Agricultural clubs are being organ ized all over Cross county with large memberships. The clubs are under the supervision of County Agent Cook and Miss Frances Dyer, home demon stration agent.
 The Hope School Board has pur- chased from the Hope Catholic church the property formerly known as Our Lady of Hope" convent The build ing will be used as the east side gram mar school
 The farmers one-day chautauqua cuorse, by food and crop exports of the cooperative extension officials, will be given at Pea Ridge school house about the middle of this month.
 The Rev. James w. Marshall. re gently of Junction City. has accepted call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at Camden and the Presbyterian church at Mt. Holly.
 Fines and court costs were imposed hxt ,N,NI on 10 farmers for failure to dip their cattle. Of those who were fined, all paid except one man, who appealed Mothers of high school girls at Harrison have by unanimous vote adopted blue skirts. middy blouses, low heeled shoes and cotton hose as the uniform for next year at school. Young ladies of Springdale are making an effort to make enough glasses of jelly to present at least one glass to each of the 325 soldiers now in training at Fayetteville. Captain J. C. Hogg, a Confederate veteran of Big Springs, Tex, who las5 visited Huntsville AZ years ago, is spending the week with relatives at Huntsville and St. Paul. The Continental Mining Company | is preparing to build a new concen- l trating mill on the site of the one recently burned at the mine. three miles east of Harrison.
 The Jackson County Red Cross l Chapter has sent it's tenth shipment of finished knitted goods and it's sixth shipment of hospital and surgical dressing materials.
 The annual two-days old settlers picnic was held at Mountain Home ! recently. The crowd was estimated at 4,000. H. B Wolf acted as master of ceremonies.
 The r. F. Connolly Paving Company has completed work of paving Main and Oak streets at Russellville and | loaded it's machinery for work in oth- CT parts.
 Mena and Polk county are suffering l from the worst drouth on record and. except in favored localities, the corn crops are ruined and cotton badly l damaged.
 The residence of Charles Hawkins, near Whiterock. was destroyed by fire recently, together with the contents. burned.
 The leaves on the trees at Fordyee are falling off. owing to the extreme l dry weather All shrubbery and grass is dying and gardens are burning ur.
 One hundred and eighty cars of cantaloupes have been shipped from Horatio, 50 of them by express. The total value is about s150.000
 The report that alligators had been seen in Woodward lake, near Camden, caused more or less excitement until it was found thst the witness saw fish known as alligator gars. and his report had been garbled into alliga- tors.
 The Jefferson County Council of De fense has requested the Pine Bluff City Council not to issue license for pool rooms in Pine Bluff after the ex- piration of the licenses now held by several pool rooms i1 the city.
 Uniforms and equipment for the Judsonia Home Guards have been re- | ceived and the members are drilling 4 IAnrtilara nR