The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-09-12

mission; r. e. Wood representing the
Arkansas Corporation Commissions;
w. r. Fry. representing the engi-
neers; George J. Visard representing
the traffic bureau of the board IF
commerce. and Georges Firnin, 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 40 tons
or greeter capacity to place them IN
nc COL trade exclusively. an order
which It is claimed will put a stop 10
Dad building in Arkansas.
Greenwood. RESOLUTIONS caiHns
upon tie Fureau Of Animal Husband
~ to at once appoint an INSPECTOR At
Fort Smith so that the Interstate
shipment eff live stock through that
gateway Will not be held up and
resolution opposing the certified herd
plan of tuberoulin in~peetion of stock
unless the entire state is so inspected.
were adopted at the annual meeting
OF the Sebastian County Live Stock
Growers Association here.
Little Roch--The army worm a Sc,
'ious menace to cotton, has invaded
many cotton fields q Eastern Sorth
ern and Central Arkansas. In Phil
lips and Lee counties. two of the lar
Pest 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, ana
III several counties in Southern Ark
ansas it is said the armv worm "a
making considerable Roadway.
The State Board of Education has
pportioned to the various counties
IN the state the common school fund
amounting TO S1,724395 40, which in.
cludes S719029 received from the
Forest Reserve funds. based on the
area of the National Forest Reserve.
The apportionment is based upon
per caDita, of $500 fer 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, PaIagould, Camden and New
rort fled with the Arkansas Corpora
lion 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 S7.19S.72 from
Al acres of land is the record thus
far Of w E. Taylor. one of the pro-
gressiye Polk county farmers living
near Grannis. Taylor grows chiefly
truck and fruit crops, and this year
lad 25 acres in cantaloupes. which
brought $3.50 an acre. Strawberries
retted $3.50 an acre and blackberries
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Fayetteville. The most important
provision of the now constitution of
the Alumni Association of the Uni.
versity of Arkansas is for paid full
time secretary. appointed by the FIX.
ecutive Committee whose duties SHAH
be to MAINTAIN records OF tho mem
bershir. to edit the Alumni Magazine
and other association publications.
and 10 have charge of reunions.
Yellvillc. A company expeets IN
make a test we'll for oil ard gas in
Marion county if sufficient acreag,
can be leased, according to Mr.. HiclS-
nan. Some good oil prospects have
leen found AT several places in the
county. A small pocket of shallow
Gil was found several months age by
drillers. who were drilling for zine,
tetween Rea Valley and Rush.
Little Rock A. Horne of MI
rianna was elected president of the
Arkansas Land Title Association at
It's annual meeting here E. L. Ber-
srd Of Helena was elected vice pres.
dent; G. T. Cunningham of Salem
treasurer, ard w s. Holt of Littls
Rock, secretary.
Blytheville. Mayor Ward has re
ceived the plans for the new city res
ervon and will submit them to the
council for approval. The reservoir
viii be of 100000 gallons capacity
and for emergency use only.
Harrison Work on the Jefferson
highway has reached the Newton
county line. ON the south Another
crew is working on the east of town.
toward Bellefonte.
Fort Smith.-R L. Payne, local
contractor, is suffering from blood
poisoning as a result of shaking
hands with friend During the
handshake the thumb nail of ais
friends hand made slight abrasion