Cleveland County herald., 1921-10-06

Fair wah held here last week. The farm product exhibits will be shown at the state fair.
 Eureka Springs.-The Sure Pop Oi it's well on the Fuller farm nine miles from here. Experienced drillers are in charge Of operations.
 Fayetteyille-The University of Ar kansas opened last week with what Is believed to be the record session 1 Nearly 900 students were enrolled the first day
 Horatio.-J. J. Lauderdale of Mo. nett, Mo, has bought 700-acre farm near HOratio, and plans to set out a large peach orchard He is an eXper. fenced peach grower
 Conway-Although little cotton is selling here at higher price than during the earlier part of last fall rates for ginning have been greatly reduced.
 Calico Rock-The fifth annual Cal. ico Rock fair closed here recently The largest number of exhibits ever shown here were on display It was estimated that 15000 persons at. tended.
 Stuttgart-The Weaver No. l well of the Moberly Drilling and Leasing Company has been spudded in three miles south of Stuttgart, in 17-3-5. This is the first test well for northern Ark. ansas county.
 Perryville. Dr. J. N Howard county health officer and one of Per " countys best known physicians committed suicide here recently by drinking poison. No cause has been assigned for his act
 Bentonville Former Governor Brough and Virgil c. Petite of Little Rock were speakers at an organiza tion luncheon here of the Benton county branch of the Arkansas Ad, vaneement Association. Much interest was aroused and the county quota o1 $500 was pledged by representatives of Rogers, Bentonville and Sloan Springs.
 Pine BIuff.-Josephus Daniels, for. mer secretary of the navy and Quinn O'Brien. a speaker of national reputa. tion, will speak on civic righteousness at Pine Bluff. The speakers will come here under the auspices of the Mems Bible Class League that was organ. ized here recently MT. Daniels will speak on November 1 and MT. O'Brlen on November 8.
 Little Roek.-Federal funds amount. ing to nearly $100000 were received by the State Highway Department last week for allotment on Arkansas roads The greater part of the money, $S6,. 000 was for the Arkansas-Louisiana Highway, and will be applied on the five Arkansas counties traversed by the road, Chicot, Drew, Desha, Ash. ley and Lincoln. The road is 1858 miles long and II miles are built ol concrete.
 Mountain Home.-Out of a popula, tion of 10,216, Baxter county has only IA paupers, or less than two tor every 1000 inhabitants. This small percen. tage is accounted for by local condi. tions, especially those pertaining to land Anyone in this county who has any ambition can own a place of his own. Land is cheap, and there is also some homestead land that can be had by entering and complying with the homestead laws.
 Harrison.-According to a dispatch received from Springfield, Mo, ]. NJ Kurn, president of the St. Louis X San Francisco Railroad, emphatically denied that the Frisco was contem plating the purchase of the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad. He stated that the Arkansas road had seen m. spected by representatives of his com pany, but that the inspection was made at the request of eastern inter. ests foreign to the Frisco system.
 Little Rock. - Governor McRae has appointed a committee of five to in. vestiagte conditions at the two state convict farms and to recommend re forms and improvements if they find that any are needed. The five are: {: John M Moore, Little Rock; J. NJ. Flu. trell Paragould; Dr. A. c. Millar, Lit tie Rock, editor of the Arkansas Methodist Mrs. Carrie Sloan Troupe Pine Bluff and Mrs. Minnie Ruther- ford-Fuller of Magazine.
 Fl Dorado.-Two masked bandits held up and robbed Mack Anderson and H. B. Lake, employees of the Ed gar Lumber Company of s6,400 at o'clock in the afternoon, about six miles southwest of this city as they were returning to Wesson after hay ing drawn the money from one of the banks here.
 Hope.-Wfth a force of about 5t