The Nevada County picayune., 1918-11-14

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 Satisfactory progress continues with the listing of the states eutover and wet lands for the governments great colonization scheme, according to D. c. Welty, agricultural commissioner of the Missouri Pacific railroad, who is in charge of this work for the Ar kansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce.
 The State Highway Department has completed plans for a 11-mile road in Perry county, to be of graded earth and to cost $32,147 This includes Q few concrete culverts, wooden bridges and culyert pipes The road is to be constructed from Perryville, by way of Thornburg. southeast to the Pulaski county line.
 JN Wasson of Caddo Gap present. ed to John H. Page, commissioner of agriculture. what is probably the lar gest radish ever grown in Arkansas. Tt is nearly four feet long, weighing l2 pounds. It was grown in MT. Was sons garden from ordinary white rad ish seed It is on exhibit at the capi- tol
 If the Republicans succeed in gain ing control of the Senate. as all dis patches seem to indicate, Senators Robinson and Kirby of Arkansas will be deprived of chairmanships of im- portant committees on March f. when the Republicans become the majority party.
 Governor Brough issued pardon to Casey Jones, convicted in the April G915) term of the Monroe County Circuit Court of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life impri5- onment in the state penitentiary.
 The Heber Springs High School opened after having been closed one mcnth While there are few cases of influenza in the county, none are serious and the situation is well in hand
 l.. E. Delight, living two miles north of Delight, brought to town a sweet potato that weighs eight pounds and measures 22 inches in circumference. The sweet potato crop is much better than was predicted
 A large service flag containing 5 stars for the white men of Huttig now in service has been unfurled in the Union Sawmill Company store here The material was donated by the em- ployes of the store
 Neeley Hollobaugh died at his home at Leslie of pneumonia, following in- fiuenZa He was the last of his family, his wife and small daughter having died a few days before.
 Ross Griffin, who lived near Cush- man, was hauling logs when the wag on in which he was riding turned over anu ut NdS lIiO II Ouls A HtdNy lOS rolled across his body, killing him instantly.
 Another adjourned term of the Faulkner Chancery Court will be held on December 31, 1918, Judge Jordan Sellers announced Race war broke out at Lewisville between negroes and Mexican labor CTS in railroad camps, One negro used | shotgun. wounding several seriously.
 According 10 the report of Special Agent W. R, McHenry, the number of bales ginned in Faulkner county 10 | October IS. this year, was S.536. This represents a ginning of only 4,204 bales from September 21 to October 1S the smallest number in many years.
 A wild cat still. seized by Sheriff Ia tum Plant of White county several weeks ago, has been taken to Little Rock by deputy Uunlted States mar sinai
 The residence and general merchan- disc store of Mrs w. H. Clark Of l Woodson was destroyed by fire, the loss being approximately $6,500.
 The Grand Lodge of F. and A. Ma sons of Arkansas will meet at Masonic Temple in Little Rock on the 18th day of November. at 10 a. m.
 Congressman s. M. Taylor arrived in Pine Bluff from Washington for a short visit with his family, and 70 vote.