Cleveland County herald., 1918-11-28

councils of defense, one here and one
 at Charleston and S750 for tick eradi- | cation.
 Arkansas postmasters recently ap | pointed are Anlus, Franklin coun- | ty, Mildred Luck; Baker, Phillips
 county, Clara B. Potter; Morriston,
 Fulton county, Charles A. Chadwick;
 Pine City, Monroe county, Joseph E. Copeland address, Palmer, Ark. The Grand Lodge, Order of the East ern Star, elected Mrs. Flora Clark Olney of Mena grand worthy matron. Mrs. Will A. Utley of Benton was elect ed grand matron and Mrs. M. A. Me Crary of Hot Springs associate grand | matron.
 The Arkansas Tax Commission has l completed it's biennial report, which
 shows the total assessed valuation of
 property in the state for 1917 is s411,- l 37S,419, an increase of $96, 6,19o,3o5 | over that of the previous year.
 John H. Parker, United States mar
 shal for Western Arkansas, was in-
 structed by the Department of Jus tfce to intern Carl H. Scibt, member of the l. w. w., and a registered Ger man enemy alien, at Camp Pike, Ark.
 The county Illiteracy Commission organized at Ozark, with H. A. Nickell, chairman, and Mrs. R. w. Wildman, secretary It is the purpose of this commission to organize moonlight school in every district in the county.
 J. F. Nicholson, agrfculturist of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Associa- tion. who has resigned his position to become a Benton scounty farmer. MT. Nicholson and family will reside in Bentonville this winter.
 The Pine Bluff Baptist Association met with Ephesus Church, six miles south of Sheridan, for their annual meeting Rev. w. E. Sherill was re- elected moderator and V. A. Ashcraft of Sheridan as clerk.
 The Grand Prairie Baptist Associa- ton closed a three days meeting near Carlisle. w. H. Gregory of DeValls Bluff was moderator and c. O. Lump kin of Devalls Bluff clerk.
 The Students Army Training Corps will probably be continued at the Uni versity of Arkansas throughout the | present college year according to in- formation just received from the War Department.
 The service flag of the University of Arkansas now has 9S0 stars. Eight i are gold stars iii honor of eight Uni versity of Arkansas men who have giv- en up their lives for the cause.
 David Ford who was born and rear in Ozark, Ark, Franklin county, writes his wife that he has been promoted to the rank of major and that his division was on the firing line twice.
 Crops in St Francis county are not more than half harvested and the se curing of labor is difficult. The in- fluenza epidemic is largely responsi- ble for the shortage of labor, although | the disease has now very nearly sub sided
 County Agent w. B. Wolf of Baxter has called meeting of the farmers to be held December ' to organize a county live stock association. The | purpose of the organization will be | to better the grade of live stock.
 Pure bred Holsteins, Geurnseys and | Jersey cattle to the number of 412 were distributed in northwest Arkan- sas. Most of these animals went to Boone, Baxter, Washington, Searcy, Van Buren, Carroll and Benton coun- ty farmers.
 Plans are being formulated to have made life-size picture of each Frank lin county hero who sacrificed his life upon the battlefields iii France, and l place the picture of each in the court