Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-28

as a result of the price investigation in Little Rock was obtained ill Muni- cipal Court for violation of a city ordinance Judge Harry Hale fined the Federal Baking Company $25, the maximum penalty unde: the ordi nance, which provides for the lining of merchants who sell articles short of the weight represented.
 Little Rock. - The automobile licenses issued by the Automobile License Division of the State High way Department thus far this year will net the state highway fund $495,. z12.50 The total number of licenses issued to date is 47050, or 5,492 more than were issued during 1918. The total number issued last year was 1 41,458.
 Helena. - Tn 1905 Richard Higgins left Helena and went to Alaska in search of fortune in the gold fields. Nothing was heard from him, and he Was given up as dead. Entries in the l an estate in which Higgins was in- 1 terested show that he was reported dead. Recently Higgins arrived i'll Helena
 Little Rock.-Rates will be investi- gated by the Interstate Commerce Commission at a meeting in Wash n I,,., 15. Members of the Board Of Com nerce will be represented at this hearing by c. J. Wizard, manager of the Traffic Bureau of the Board of Commerce.
 Pine Bluff.-Arkansas' first bale of cotton reached Pine Bluff frou1 E. E. Moore's farm near Rison, Cleveland county After spirited bid ding the bale was sold for 61 cents per pound. The bale weighed 540' pounds and was classed as one-inch strict middling The total Eaid for the bale was $329.40.
 Washington, D. C-The Arkansas delegation in the House voted solidly to override President Wilson's veto of the repeal of the daylight savings law Every member of the delegation voted aye on the question with the exception of Representative Taylor, who was absent owing to a slight illness
 Little Rock.-Fully 30 per ceat of the shrubs on the state capitol grounds have been damaged by red spiders this year and shrubs in pri- vata grounds in Little Rock, and i'll many other parts of the state, have been considerably damaged by red spiders.
 Pine Bluff Following a series 1 of fires and other destruction 'ot property on what is known as the l M Nichol offered a reward of S100 for information leading 10 the appre- hension of the person or persons doing the damage.
 Little Rock-Mayor Brickhouse said that he will call a meeting soon of the mayors of the different cities of Arkansas at Little Rock and pre- sent to them a proposition that he believes will bring relief to all the cities in the state that are in debt and have not found way 10 liQuidate
 Hot Springs. Senator Houston Emory, author of the Arkansas Cor poration Commission bill, has been engaged by the City Commission of Hot Springs to represent it in the city's suit against the Hot Springs Water Company, which will be heard here.
 Pine Bluff.-The first bale of the 1919 cotton crop on the state penal farms was picked at Cummins in one hour and 40 minutes, ginned 20 min utes later and at midnight was ill Little Rock, where 1t Is to be turned over to the governor by Capt. J. r. McQuiston.
 OZdIk. - h. H. oUtt J6llelS brought six cars of corn to town, measuring from 10 to 12 inches in length and seven inches in circum- ference, the six cars weighing eight pounds.
 Mena-Approval of petitions for 9 highway from Mena west to the Ok. lahoma line has been received from the State Highway Commission by County Judge Finger.
 Bentonville. - The crop of Maiden Blush apples was never better than this year, even neglected trees in the yards of homes in Bentonville having remarkable yields of fine apples. | Pine Bluff.-Building permits fer construction work approximating more than S200,000 in cost. have been issued by the city engineer in Pine Rluff durino tba mast four ynontbe