The courier-index., 1920-07-16

resented the Second district in Con-
Dress since 1909. arrived last wees
fo look after his political tsaeos -
a candidate for another scTns at
has two opponents, II. A, NeTsa.
cut of Salem and W, A, Hodges q
Raid Knob, who arc making a. AZ
tive canvass az ere district
All reporeS received Nv &srse@s-
tural agencies Of ihe STAKE saescAse
very gr@ssfyseg improvement q
crop conditions daring me AS teW
weeks The crop w'sS several wees ss
1 late on 2eeo@~t ef the ana&poTaole
spring season. s@t shiS Is beng rap
idly Overcome Ay tAe Aof GAYS ana
nights and the Se&sonaAle rams OF
lsst waansh. As aSaa4 ID appears
.has sNera ha& been more alarm
over the prospect thar was lustlfled,
ard thss She Sszso viii produce an
excellent erar af Sll its staples,
WITH the POSSIBLE exception OF
peaches. which were practically rum
ea hy The las. frOsts.
During the war the government
discovered that it needed a much
LANCER supply of oil from castor
beans than was in sight. An ap-
peal was made by the Air Division
of the War Department for farm
ers TO grow castor beans, and a
was designated in each
state to have general supervision of
the growth of the product. I. 0.
Branch of Little Rock was named as
the Arkansas contractor. A large
acreage of the castor beans was
planted by the farmers all over the |
state, but, for various reasons, the
venture was not a success. The
government, however, assumed re-
;ponsibility, and an act was pass
ID by Congress to rebate to the |
'armers amounts covering their ac-
ual loss. There were about 500
growers in this state and Mr..
Branch is having great difficulty in
occurring from them statement of
heir claims. The time has been
extended by the Department to
August Is, but the claims should
,e submitted to Mr.. Branch by the
irst of August that the papers may
re properly filed.
Chas. Haltzell of FIT. Smith, one
# the best known division super
ntendents Of the Frisco system, has
,een made chairman of the Boys
Work Section of the state Y. M. c.
\. Mr.. Blatzell, who is an athlete
himself and does not know the
meaning of physical WEAKNESS, is
thoroughly interested in the devel-
'pment of the Arkansas boys and is
irving much time and attention to
lie subject. He says there are "a
100 boys between the ages Of IL
md 10 years in Ft. Smith; $4,000
/. arkansas and 10000 600 in the
lnited States. "These are the fu-
IRE citizens of our country" said
lie. "and no greater work can be
lone than to provide for them the
and training that will
lualify them for citizenship.
1.-THE business men of Fort Smith
ave agreed to raise $4,000 year
or a period of three years to equip
md conduct boys camp in which
We hope to enlist practically all the
,oys of this age in the city of Fit.
Smith"
One of the most remarkable COM
in Arkansas is located at |
3auxite near Little Rock. Bauxite
S the site of the mine which has |
! weekly shipment of 10000 tons
# dried aluminium ore per week. |
t is the source of the greater part |
# ore from which the aluminium
product of the world is derived.
There are two district communi-
les near Bauxite in which the en-
,loyes of the company reside. One
If them is known as Mexico and
he other is Africa. They are sew
,ral miles apart so that racial dis
inctions are carefully conserved.
Late in March 357 Mexican work
men arrived at Bauxite, but it was
found that there were no accommo
lations for them. For severalweeks
he ylived in a village of 81 tents
which had been purchased at Fort
W oItn, DuI the IeHIs- "eIe SUM us
placed by a town of AZ family
houses; two bunk houses, an adj
building, a recreation
nall and bath house. Each house
two families 1t is
to build a similar town
-or the negro employees of the COM
oany and this has been named Afri-
"a.
The American Bauxite Company,
owners of the mine are doing much