Pocahontas star herald., 1922-04-14
North Arkansas News

to the Herald.
It Is reported that wolves have
been killing stock IN the neighboT-
hood OF Balcb, Jackson county.
1t is estimated it vii! require the
labor OF about 5000 men, women
and children to harvest the straw
berry crop this senson IN the vicin-
ity of Bradford.
A dispatch from Mountain Home
states that a record fruit crop 10
promised this season IN Baxter coun-
ty, where peaches, plums and other
fruits are all now IN fine condition.
W. A.Rdssell was elected mayor
of'Hoxie in the election last week.
John Tilley was elected recorder;
Sam McComas, treasurer; John
Smith, J. w. Kelley, D A. Wallace,
Ed Ring and John Ball, aldermen.
All Of the present officials OF I'm
boden were reelected. tor another
year. B. Duvsll is mayor. H. j..
Miller recorder, L. H. Kaiser treas
urer and J. L. Mckinney, M. F.
Henderson, L. A. Sloan, Amos Gotf
and X. d. Crouch, aldermen.
The municipal election at Success
resulted IN the re election of all the
present officials as follows; Mayor,
Walter Eubanks, recorder, j. o..
Smith; aldermen, r. L. McGrew,
r. l.. Bswer, Clyde Shemwell, JEFF
Thompson. t. g .Snowden.
The municipal election at Walnut
Ridge last week resulted in the cleo
tion of r. @. Surridge, mayor; w.
II. Rogers, recorder; K. l.. Moore,
treasurer; kennard Cooper, Geo
Ponder, Earl Mitchell, K. A. FItz'
gerald, w. l.. Bugg and Orlando
Sexton, aldermen.
A number of farmers have beer
arrested in Clay county, charged
with destroying cattle dipping vstes'
The citizens and those favoring dip
ping have raised fund, and offer
a substantial reward tor the arrest
and conviction of all who take par
IN destroying watts.
The mangled body of Frank Stew.
enson, age 10, who lived near Pow
hatan, was found on the Frisco rail
road track near Hoxie last week
The young man had started tc
walk TO bis home from Hoxie III,
night before and it Is presumed b'
was run over by Frisco passenger
train No. los.
Lois Collins, a young man /!
years of age, went crazy on moon
shine whiskey at Salem one day re-
Gently and terror .zed portion of tb'
town by the promiscuous firing ol
his pistol. He was finally overpow
cred and landed in Jail, where hi
father says he will remain until h'
tells where he purchased his wbis
key.
Government agents, heavily arm.
ed, have taken charge of tick eradl
cation work IN Independence county,
where there is such violent opposi-
tion to cattle dipping. A state of
disorder exists there, and the sltua-
tlou is said to be serious. One mar
has been assassinated, another
wounded and others have beer
threatened, while more than one
barn has been destroyed.
Orien L Wilson was arrested al
Truman few days ago on charge
of writing letter to Robert Lady,
a resident OF Truman, warning him
that unless he put $500 in box and
placed 1t in the FRISCO depot toilet,
he would be killed Lady placed a
box IN the toilet, and when Wilson
was seen to open 1t, he was arrested
Wilson says he opened the box Out
of curiosity. He was bouud over 10
the grand jury.
An attorney has been employed
by the taxpayers of the eastern part
of Baxter county, to resist In the
courts payment of taxes IN Road
District No. / of that county. The
road was supposed to have been
built from CotLer to the state line,
and $Is7, 900 worth of bonds were
sold. This money was expended on
less than five miles of the road lead :
ing from Cotter. The people seeking
relief from this road tax reside 20
miles from that part of the road
completed
A dispatch from Mount Olive,
lizard county, states that at that
place there stands a barn the like of
which cannot he found anywhere
else IN the United Sta,es. The barn