The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-08-09

AS result OF the meeting Of the
apple growers of Benton and Washing
ton counties held at Rogers recently,
the Ozark Fruit Growers Association
and the Rogers Fruit Growers Assoc
citation have been combined to i'm
prove facilities for handling of the
fruit crop this year. Secretary J. w.
Stroud of the Ozark Association will
direct the selling
To improve roads leading out of
Searcy, the first of a series of barbe-
cues was held at Sulphur Spring, to
which point the road leading north
has already been put into frst-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 complet
ed, and Manager Mique Daubs eg-
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 a modern structure.
The Rev. S. w Brown of Warren is
making a canvass of Camden to Sc
cure information to be used in re-
vival which will held there by the
Rev. Ernest House soon.
Mrs. L. B. Merrick of Hattieville
who has son with the American Ex-
peditionary forces, has pieced a beau
tiful quilt and has given it to the Red
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 8rougn at Little
Rock on August "a.
The officers of the Pope County
Poultry Association held meeting at
Russellville recently and made plans
for the annual poultry show here on
November to 8.
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 til
past six weeks.
Work on the new 5000 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.
Madison county farmers have fin
ished threshing wheat and oats and
find only half of a normal yield.
Five victims have been claimed by
a disease somewhat similar to dysip-
terry, which has been prevalent around
Lead Hill for the past few weeks.
The annual enumeration for the
special school district of Batesville
shows that there are 1852 children
of school age in the district.
T. ]. Terral, secretary of state, will
speak at the first annual reunion of
the Sons of Liberty at Huntsville, Au-
gust Is, is and II.
Little Rock will be compelled to
abandon the building of two bridges
across the Arkansas river until after
tbe 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.
Jesse Bird of St Paul, who has
Taught school for the last 40 years.
has become blind