The Nevada County picayune., 1921-01-06

local farmer, has imported a pur6 bred Jersey boar, Brilliant Cherry King.
 DeWitt.-Many hunters from va rious parts of the state are expected to spend several days in Arkansas county. Game Is more plentiful here this year than ever.
 ingdale.-Luke Buttry of Pea Ridge has purchased the property of the Rogers Milling Company at Rogers from Frank Patterson and c. l.. Howe and will take charge February 1.
 onesboro.-The choir of the First Methodist church rendered a Christ mas cantata. The soloists were MT. Young and Mr Wood and Mrs. A. P. Patton.
 Cotter-P. F. Wiseman, manager of the pencil slate factory here, which was closed down about the middle of December, has announced that he will resume operations early in January.
 gdale.-John L. Campbell has resigned as manager of the Industrial Transportation Company at Prairie Grove to accept a position as travel ing salesman. He will be succeeded by w. E. Wallace of Fayetteville.
 Jonesboro.-The Knights of Pythias lodge here has begun raising money to build a lodge with clubrooms. The plans will be drawn soon and the con tract will be let for the new build ing.
 Bentonville.-R. c. Whayne, who operates a bakery on East Eleventh street, has purchased the Bentonville bakery from c. E. McPeek, and will consolidate the business of the two bakeries.
 Cotter.-The tracks of the White River railroad, which were covered by landslide, have been cleared. About 600 tons of rock and dirt fell from bluff over the railroad, delay ing the northbound trains.
 Beatonville-The Rev. A. B. Mo Mullen, for eight years a missionary of the Presbyterian church in Siam, delivered an address at the First Presbyterian church here Tuesday night The Rev. MT. McMullen is making a series of addresses over this synod in the interest of the mission ary work of the church.
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 FayetteVille-The new gas wells in Union county are the subject of the first bulletin of the Engineering EX- pertinent station recently created at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Harrison Hale of the department of chemistry, and Dr. Gilbert H. Cady of the department of geology lnvesti- gated the wells.
 Conway.-Rain put stop to the work on the highway from Conway to Palarm, link in the road from Little Rock to Fort Smith. Much progress has been made on the grad ing The work of placing the hard surface on the road probably will be started early in March. Work on the grading will be resumed as soon as conditions will permit.
 Warren.-Dean Bradford Knapp of the College of Agriculture of the Uni versity of Arkansas and Turney Wright of the Arkansas Division of the United States Marketing Bureau, spoke to a large crowd of farmers and business men here. Dean Knapp urged the eurtail:aent of a large part of the acreage planted to cotton. He said that every farmer should play safe' by raising his own food and feed stuff.
 Parkdale.-The Parkdale Women's Missionary Society elected officers here as follows; Mrs. l.. A. Finch, president; Mrs. C. C. Morscheimer. vice president; Mrs. c. w. Slocum, corresponding secretary; Mrs. F. l.. Maehen. treasurer; E. D. Gregory, sa- perintendent of publicity; Mrs. A. F. Monrotus, superintendent social serv- ice; Mrs. J. II. Sawyer, superintendent of young peoples work; Mrs. c. Simp- son, voice agent.
 Magnolia.-About 75 per cent of the cotton burned here a month ago in the compress fire was covered by insur- ance and all but two of the claims have been adjusted. Adjustments were made on a middling basis The high est price paid was F cents and the lowest l5 cents pound. E. c. Peters, insurance agent, says that by the end of the week all the claims will be adjusted. The fire destroyed 2,600 bales.
 yetteyille.-Between 250 and 300 farmers were present at the Farmers