The Dermott news., 1919-09-11

test against the recent order of the regional director in taking out of the service all the freight ears of 40 tons or greater capacity to place them i'll the coal trade exclusively. an order which il is claimed will put stop to load building in Arkansas.
 Greenwood - Resolutions calling upon the Bureau of Animal Husband " to at once appoint an inspector at Fort Smith SO that the interstate shipment of live stock through that gateway will not be held up and resolution opposing the certified herd pian of Wbercuiin inspection of stock unless the entire tate is so inspected. were adopted at the annual meeting Of the Sebastian County Live Stock GroWers' Association here.
 Little Rock-The army worm. a so. ,foas menace to cotton, has invaded many cotton feldz of Eastern south ern and Central Arkansas In Phil. lips and Lee counties, two of the lar gest cotton producing counties in tn state several large cotton plantations are said 10 be literally covered With the worm, while on several planta- fion near Scott. Pulaski counry. and iE several counties in Southern Ark aasas 1t is said the army worm IS making considerable headway
 The State Board or Education Ia snportioned To the various counties n the state he eeaHHeH school faaa emountino to sL7el295. fo. which fu e1ade- s719a 29 received from f4e Forest Reserve fua1H based on faa #ra3 or the NatieH41 Forest Reserve fhe aprortionmer fs based upon I paH capita of = so f##each person f scholastic age in she atat". an fe#. eraaae of 2S ceat##ave veflhe apporaaa- menl of la~t yaar af ss cents
 Li3e Rock. Residents of Nrh=f delahia pmaeaaId Camden and Nee rnet fted With tha Arkansas Corpora #ea Commission petitions aaaa> ftat fine commission inveetj-ate# M. fer and electric plants operated n those towns of the trkansa- L.eat and Power Company ef Pine FtaF With q view 10 estahHshiue iu-s eat#a on fhe commodities furnished
 Mena Receipts of s7l9>7' from II acres of faHd k tse record thus far of W F. T971or. one or tNe pro FfessiYe Polk county farmers ltins near Grarnis Tay'or groV- chiefly truck and fruit crops. and tht- year Lad 25 acres In eaHtaleupcs which drought sl&o an acre Straw berries retted S36o an acre and blackherrles s42S.
 Fayetteville The most importaa. provision nf the new constitution af the Alumni Association of the hi versity of Arkansas k for paid tull. i time secretary appointed by the K ecutiyc Committee whose duties shall he 10 matntain records of the nom berahip. to edit the Alumni Magazine and other association publications 1 and to have charge of reunions
 Melville \ company expects 10 i make test well for oil ard gas in ! Marion county If sufficient acreag, can be leased, according 10 Mir flick. | man. Some good oil prospects have | heen found al several places in the county \ small pocket of shallow [ oil was found several months ago hy drillors. who were drilling for zine. l between Req Valley and Rush
 Little Rock-1 A Horne of NJ. rianna was elected president of the Arkansas Land Title Association I: Is annual meeting here F. L. Ber= ard of Helena was elected vice presi lent; G, T Cunningham of Salem 1. treasurer, ard W. s Holt of LftHa ! Rock. secretary.
 Elythevlle - Mayor Ward has re eeived the plans for the new city res ervoir and will submit them to tne council for aparoval The reservoir will be of 20o100 gallons capacity. | and for emergency use only.
 Harrison Work on the Jefferson highway has reached the Newto, county line. on the south Another crew is working on the east of town. toward Bollefonte
 Fort Smith-R, l. Payne local contractor. is suffering from blooi | roisoning as a result of shaking hands with friend During the handshake the thumb nail of his friends hand made a slight abrasion on Payne's hand
 Bleyins- Cantaloupe growers If Blevins and vicinity marketed 1f2 ears of the melons this season. They l received an average of SIS net per standard crate which is the lowest av- craze obtained during the last 14 years.
 Little Rock.-The 10 per cent sur. charge on fire insurance rates, which | |, ,,,