Washington telegraph., 1921-07-08


/ county last week have helped the
crops. which were in need Of moist
ure.
Warren. j. Wright, a farmer liv-
ing on the b. w. Martin farm, near
| Warren, has brought the first cotton
blossom in this section this season.
Ozark-The first cotton bloom in
this vicinity was found recently in a
crop raised by three boys, Glenn.
Wayne and Rogers Carter.
Mena.-Pole McPhetridge, John II
Hamilton and ]. II. Mailer have been
named as the Pension Examining
Board for Polk county by Judge Il.
W. Finger.
Bentonville - Bentonvllle Boy
Scouts are planning to erect a sum-
mer cabin on land owned by Bert
Riddle of Kansas City, adjoining the
golf links at Bella Vista.
Hope - The Hampstead County
Teachers Institute was in session
here all the week with an enrolment
Of 149 teachers. J. p. Womack Of
Jonesboro was the conductor.
Bentonville - The J. r. Conelt
home at Centerton burned last week.
It was insured The origin of the fire
is not known. The loss is about 81
900.
Searcy.-Work has been started on
extensive improvements at Galloway
College In the main building all
rooms are being papered and painted
and the floors stained.
Conway.-Dr c. ]. Greene, acting
president of Hendrix College, will de-
liver series of lectures on the Bible
to the auxiliary Of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society Of the First Metho-
dist church here.
Eureka Springs.-A company, with
a capital stock Of S25 600 has been or
gan.zed here and plans are under
way to construct a factory for the
manufacturing Of Yeast-Ole, a food
product. The company consists of G.
II. Mclaughlin, A. G. ingalls,, Dr. T.
S. Allen and B. J. Rosewater.
Camden.-AccoFding to word receiv-
ed from the st. Louis branch of the
Federal Loan bank by G. J. Bensberg,
secretary Of the Two Bayou Farm
Loan Association OF Ouachita county,
the Two Bayou Association is the
only farm loan organization in the
Jurisdiction OF the St Louis bank
which does not have a single delin.
quent account.
Fort Smith, mass meeting WAS
held at Van Buren recently at the
Crawford county courthouse to dis
cuss the question OF the Van Buren,
water supply. The waterworks svs-
tenn has been unable to handle the
situation following the recent rises of
Lees creek, and definite action to
improve the works will be taken at
the meeting.
Bentonville.-The Parent Teachers
! Association Of the Drake school has
elected the following officers: Mrs.
| w. Thompson, president Mrs. X. -.
/ German, vice president; Mrs. II.
| Britt, secretary; Mrs. Chas. Shelton,
| treasurer; Mrs. John Jackson, press
! correspondent The association pleds
/ ed $500 toward the annex being built
to the school building.
I1nesbOro.-A Rice Growers or.
ganiaztion has been perfected here
with G.. J.. Hudson, I. f. Falls. J. l..
. Burns and Louis Kurt as the ENecu
tive Committee. The members signed
mp for more than 80 600 bushels of
rice. The organization will secure a
rice mill here. il possible. A com
. mittee was appointed TO go to Stutt
CART to the lice meeting and make an
INSPECTION of the rice mill there. "
r. Burral0w was selected as county
organizer
Camden-Dr. Adolph Felsenthal of
this place. has been appointed mem
Der Of the committee Of the MississiD
pi Valley Association, which recently
met I'm convention iu New Orleans
The association is working to improve
the river facilities of this section Or
Felseuthal. who has spent the past q
years in an effort to get government
appropriations to make the Ouachi.J
river navigable, is probably the best
posted man on waterways in Ark
ansas
Fort Smith.-The change in tho
county suporintondoncy of Crawford
county schools was made recently
when J. T. Bingham succeeded w
II. Shaner Mr.. Bingham, who has
been attending the State Normal al
Conway was appointed at a recen
meeting OF the Crawford Countl
Board of Education.
WaIdron.-Prof. H. A. Pearson Of