Washington telegraph., 1921-04-22
NcWS From All
OUer Arkansas
An Epltome Of Items Condensed
For Quick and Easy
Reading.

Ashdown.-A special election will be
called by Mayor ]. e. Lock to vote
on a stock law for Ashdown.
DeWitt.-O. J. Carson has been re-
elected superintendent of the Gillette
public school
DeWitt-H. o. Holbert has been
elected marshal of Dewitt by the
city council.
Walnut Ridge.-A School Improve
ment Association has been formed at
Pocahontas. 1t has so members.
Ozark.-Nisitors from all parts Of
the county were here to attend the
school rally and athletic contest
DeWitt-Frosts the past few nights
have damaged gardens in Arkansas
county.
Horaio.-Continued cold we-taer is
ret6rding the berry harvest Eight
cars have been shipped. The first
car was shipped April 6.
Dierks-The Dierks Lumber and
Coal Company has decided TO the town
OF Dierks a tract of seven and one
aalf acres for a cemetery.
Walnut Ridge The City Council Of
Walnut Ridge and the Central Power
q Light Company have agreed upon a
rate Of 16 1-2 cents Tor current
Walnut Ridge.-The street connect
Ing Walnu. Ridge and IIoyio has just
been graded and put INFO good Condi-
ton. The street is one and o@e.half
miles long
Conwcy.-E. p. shumau of Wash
inston. inspector for the office Of Pub
lic Roads. has completed his insDtc-
ton OF the three highways uudrr Con-
struCtion i'm this county
Mammoth Sprinr-Tho Mammoth
lpriig brass band, composed of OT-
Jerienced musicians and several nov
ices. has been organized here. W. H..
Norris is the director.
Ozark Promoters drilling for oil
near Branch will be successful i'm
their venture, whether they find oil
or not. At a depth Of 535 feet they
passed through "a 10foot vein OF coal
Walnut Ridge.-R. S Madison.
cashier Of the Bank Of Portia, at Por-
tia, has been elected president Of the
institution to succeed Or. w. J. Rob
inson, resigned.
Conway-Prof. W. N. Glsdson. dean
of the Engineering Department Of the
University Of Arkansas, spent a day
In Conway. making a survey OF the
proposed Improvement and extension
Of the municipal waterworEs system.
Nashville Johnson and others
OF Nashville are working to secure a
.arre fruit basket manufacturing plant
;or Nashville. and indications are
that a plant Of this kind may soon be
established here.
Mena. Chancery Court has opened
with Chancellor J. D. Shaver presid-
Ing. the principal business of the
term being the disposition of % di-
.orce cases, the largest on record for
Polk county.
Fayetteyile.-A combined peologl-
cal and botanical field trip was held
here recently by the University Of Ar
kansas classes I'm geology and botany.
The trip was made to Fincher's cave.
nine miles east Of here, three trucks
furnishing conveyance.
Fayetteville. - More than $1,000
books We're borrowed from the Fay
sttevlIe city Library in 1920. accord-
Ing to the annual report just made by
Miss Lila Rollston librarian Mem
bership in the library has increased
from 327. TO $40. and owned books
from a total Of 1910 10 over 1000.
Walnut Ridgo.-H. f. Williams II
the Good Roads Department OF the
United States government Us here
checking over the various road im-
provemout districts in Lawrence
county. for which federal aid has been
granted. It win take several days to
complete the work
Joneshoro.-Dr. William B Kicks
Of Nashville, Tenn, general secretary
OF the centenary movement of the
Southern Methodist church. addressed
the congregation Of the First Metho-
dist church here in the nteros, Of the
centenary fund.
Philadelphia and Chi
cago capitalists, who have i'm view the
building OF a large cement plant in
Nashville. are expected here this
week They will begin preparations
for establishing the plant as soon as
they get here, it is said.
Walnut Ridge.-The cottage be-
longing to w. G.. Henry and occupied
by Fred Conman was damaged by fire
to the extent OF about $4,000 which