The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-08

has already been put into first-class condition by F. E. Chumbler, an ex- pert road builder. A large crowd was | in attendance
 The canning factory at Olvey is al- most completed. Everything will be in readiness to take care of the toma- to crop, which has just begun to ripen A large yield is predicted. The work of laying mains for Ri sons water system is about compley- ed. and Manager Mique Daubs ey- poets to have the system in operation
 within the next few weeks.
 E. H. Shinn, editor of St. Paul Mountain Air. who has been under medical treatment for the last six months, has regained his health and resumed newspaper work.
 The Camden high school, which has served young men and women of that city for half century, was torn down several days ago to make room for modern structure. The Rev. s. w. Brown of Warren is making canvass of Camden to se- cure information to be used in a re- vival which will held there by the Rev. Ernest House soon.
 Mrs. L. B. Merrick of Hattievillc, who has a son with the American EIN peditionary forces, has pieeed a beau tiful quilt and has given it to the Rel Cross to be auctioned. Mayor A. l.. Teeters and the Wynne lodge of Moose have received an in vitation to confer the initiatory de gree on Governor Brough at Little Rock on August 24.
 The officers of the Pope County Poultry Association held a meeting at Russellville recently and made plans for the annual poultry show here on November 4 to s.
 The Phillips Spoke Company, near Alpena Pass, is making artillery spokes for gun cassions. These are the largest spokes ever produced in north Arkansas.
 The crop conditions around Bates vile are considered much better than was expected, after the continued drouth which has prevailed for the past six weeks.
 Work on the new $55, 900 high school building at Harrisburg is progressing. but it is doubtful whether the build. ing will be finished in time to open school this fall.
 J. D. Riner of the Arkansas Or chard Inspection Service has arrivei at Harrison and is arranging for a lively campaign against the San Jose scale.
 The officials of the Bank of Jones' boro received telegram announcing | that it had been admitted into mem bership in the Federal Reserve sys- tenn.
 The pumping plant of the Mena wa terworks was destroyed by fire recent | ly and the city is without water sup ply. except from springs and wells. Madison county farmers have hn- | ished threshing wheat and oats and l find only half of d normal yield. Henderson Brown College at Arka'
 delphia has sold several cows of tho fine college dairy herd. Five victims have been claimed by
 disease somewhat similar to dysp- tery, which has been prevalent around
 Lead Hill for the past few weeks. The annual enumeration for the ! special school district of Batesville i shows that there are 1.252 children of school age in the district. T. J. Terral, secretary of state, will speak at the first annual reunion of the Sons of Liberty at Huntsville, Au- gust 15, 16 and IT.
 Little Rock will be compelled to abandon the building of two bridges across the Arkansas river until after the war. according to a decision reached by the national capital issues committee at Washington. Old settlers at Wilmar say that the
 present weather is the driest since | the summer of 1881. ryA hA hn