Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-09-11

Llltle hocK.-A Ilttle ROCK de1ega
ton, composed of T. j. farrell, repre-
senling the good roads bureau of the
board of commerce.; w. B. Owens,
representing the state highway con-.
mission; T. E. Wood, representing tho
Arkansas Corporation Commission
w, X. Fry, representing the engi-
neers; George ]. Visard. representing
the traffic bureau of the board Of
commerce, and George Firmin, the
Little Rock Board of Commerce,
visited Washington to present a pro-
test against the recent order of the
regional director in taking out of the
service all the freight cars of 90 tons
or greater capacity to place them in
tie coal trade exclusively. an order
which it is claimed will put a stop 10
load building in Arkansas.
Greenwood. = Resolutions calling
upon the Bureau of Animal Husband
ry to at once appoint an inspector at
Fort Smith so that the interstate
shipment of live stock through that
gateway will not be held I'D and a
resolution opposing the certified herd
plan OF tuberculin inspection of stock
unless the entire state is so inspected
were adopted at the annual meeting
oil the Sebastian County Live Stock
Growers Association here.
Little Rock.-The army worm, a Sc.
iious menace to cotton, has invaded
many cotton fields of Eastern South.
ern and Central Arkansas. In Phil
lips and Lee counties, two of the lar
gest cotton producing counties in the
state, several large cotton plantations
are said to be literally covered with
the worm, while on several planta-
ton near Scott, Pulaski county. and
III several counties in Southern Ark
ansas 1t is said the army worm is
making considerable Roadway.
The State Board of Education has
pportioned to the various counties
in the state the common school fund
amounting 10 s1,724,395.40, which in
cludes $7190.29 received from the
Forest Reserve funds, based on the
area of the National Forest Reserve.
The apportionment is based upon
per capita of $3.50 for each person If
scholastic age in the state, an in
crease of % cents over the apportion-
ment Of last year of 20 cents.
Little Rock. Residents of Arka-
delphia, Paragould Camden and New
Port fjled with the Arkansas Corpora
ton Commission petitions asking
that the commission investigate wa
ter and electric plants operated in
those towns of the Arkansas Light
and Power Company of Pine Bluff,
with view to establishing just rates
on the commodities furnished.
Mena.-Receipts of $719S.72 from
Al acres of land is TIE record thus
far Of w. E. Taylor, one of the pro-
eressiye Polk county farmers living
near Grannis. Taylor grows chiefly
truck and fruit crops, and this wear
lad 25 acres in cantaloupes, which
brought $3.50 an acre. Strawberries
Eetted $500 an acre and blackberries
s428
Fayetteville. The most importan.
provision of the new constitution of
the Alumni Association of the Uni
yersity of Arkansas is for a paid full
time secretary, appointed by the Elk
ecutive Committee. whose duties shall
be to maintain records of the men,
bership, to edit the Alumni Magazine
and other association publications,
and 10 have charge of reunions
Yellvillc. = 4 company expects to
make test well for oil ard gas in
Marion county if sufficient acreage
can be leased, according to Mr.. Hick-
man. Some good oil prospects have
heen found at several places in the
county. A small pocket of shallow
oil was found several months ago by
drillers. who were drilling for zine,
between Rea Valley and Rush.
Little Rock-J. A. Horne of Ma
rianna was elected president of the
Arkansas Land Title Association at
10 annual hiSo'iHS hclc' II. L. Der
ard of Helena was elected vice pres.-
dent; G. T. Cunningham of Salem,
treasurer. ard w. S. Holt of Littl,
Rock, secretary.
Blytheville. Mayor Ward has re
ceived the plans for the new city res
ervoir and will submit them to the
council for approval The reservoir
will be of 100000 gallons capacity.
and for emergency use only.