The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16

| CTS nave let the contract for two Sseel
 bridges in this county to the Reeves l Construction Company. One of the 1 bridges will span Kin's river at the l Quinn Ford near Grandview, and the other will span Long CSeek at Den- | yer.
 Mountain Home. The Mountain | Home College recently purchased a | large brick residence which joins the campus. It will be remodeled into a | boys dormitory and will be completed ! in few days. A big force of work men is at work on the new girls dor | mitory, which will be completed in about six weeks
 Strong.-Several young women and | ffen of Strong will attend college this year as follows; Mazue Clark, Roy
 Phillips, Ware Murphy, Henderson
 Murphy and Harry Shade, Ouachita college; Robertlne Murphy and Thel- ma Wheelis, St. Mary's Academy, Lit tie Rock; w. T. Coleman, University i of Arkansas
 1 DeWitt.-The Rev. Daniel E. Kelley l Of Hattiesburg, Miss, one of the fore most evangelists of the South, has ] been engaged to conduct tWo-weeks revival in Dewitt Professor Milan, a song leader of note, will direct the music assisted by the choirs of the various churches of the town. 1 Conway.-Edward Brennan, son of 1 Postmaster and Mrs. k. A. Brennan. l left for San Francisco. where he will enter the navy as an apprenticed sea- man. Brennan last year was sopho- more at Hendrix College, and took civ l il training at the Great Lakes train l ing camp this summer.
 Washington.-A charter has been is 1 sued to the Farmers & Minerals Ma tional Bank of Hartford, Ark. The comptrollers of the currency announc- ed recently. The new institution. which is capitalized at s25,000, has for its president, l. H. Nakdimen, and cashier, David Moore.
 Scranton. The first bale of new cotton has been received here. It was grown on the Ed Cravens place and sold to the F. N. Thompson Company i for 28 1-2 cents a pound. A premium of $20 was given to MT. Cravens by local business men.
 Bentonville - Ray & Sweeney, ap- pie buyers, have purchased the Holi- day orchards near Gravette. paying l S26, 300 for the land, stock. feed, all equipment, and the apple crop now being harvested. The place includes 172 acres, and the apple crop is esti- mated at about nine cars.
 Mountain Home. Mayor DeLapp is having the streets of the town re-
 paired. On the north side of the square they are being filled 10 level with the eurbing ditch of the new concrete walk Repairs are also be- i ing made in other sections of the town.
 Strong-The Southwestern Bell i Telephone Company made extensive l improvements at it's plant here. About i BOO feet of 100-pair cable has been 1 strung, all grounded circuits changed to metallic circuits and new switch
 board installed.
 Bearden.-The recent rains in this county have caused considerable dam i age to late cotton. but early cotton is I opening fast and picking is progress sing rapidly. The cotton ginned this season Is being held by the growers. | as there is no market for it here. Mountain Home-New corn is be- ginning to come to the grlst mills in this section of the state. Out of 24
 grindings of corn that came to me
 Miller mIll here. % were Of new corn. The corn crop promises to be larger than for the last !o years. Huntsville Dan Apple of Van Blu ren. Modern Woodmen oi America dis triet organizer has been engaged in this county recently A lodge of 30
 members Was organized at St Paul, and one of 40 members at Delaney
 Conway The Rev J. F.. Claunch and the Rev R. Simmons arc con ductinE revival at Greenhrier. Tho
 meeting began August 29, and inter est Is so great that no plans have
 been made Co bring it to a close. HuntsvilIe. -F T. Parker Of Jap
 ton has turned a rough mountain farm
 into a roE ranch. and he Is now ship.
 ping fancy breeds to various parts of the country He has many orders from
 distant states
 Pine Biua Local Elks have made
 preliminary arrangements for the
 EIks' minstrels Clint N. Draper. who
 directed the minstrels last year, will
 be in charge of the show. which will
 probably be given al the Hauher the