Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1922-01-26
Arkansas News
In Brief Form
Current Happenings From All
Sections of the State.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Camden-Completion of the locks
and dams on the Ouachita river below
Camden will come up for discussion
at the meeting of the Camden Cham
Der of Commerce. The Chambers of
| Commerce at ElDorado and Monroe
have been requested to send delega-
tions, and these organizations will be
asked to lend their assistance in Sc
curing a sufficient appropriation from
the present Congress to complete this
work
Earle-Itinerary of the countrywide
Investigation campaign in Critten-
| den county, in which Lind sey REESE,
veteran farmer and soil and diversi-
flea ton expert at Canton, Miss, will
! be principal speaker, will begin Mon
day, January %, and continue until
January 2S, according to announce
ment by the local Chamber of Com
MERGE, cooperating with County
Agent E. S. Barrentine in the cam
paign,
Grady-Commissio of the Ar
kansas-Louisiana highway have "a
warded the contract to the Oliver Con-
struction Company for resurfacing the
road from Grady to Gould.
Lake Village.-Lakeside high school
of Lake Village and Monticello and
Eudora high schools will stage tri-
angular debate January 81, each
school being represented by two teams
one at home and one abroad. The inn
migration question will be discussed.
Mountain View-Arrangeme are
being made for the erection Of new
courthouse here for Stone county. H.
S. Mabry, J. L. Lancaster and F. M.
Brewer Of this place were appointed
commissioners at the recent term of
the County Court, and work will likely
begin in the early spring. An APP
preparation of $4,000 was made by
the Quorum Court for this purpose
and the tentative plans are for the
erection of a suitable house of native
stone.
Benton county has
24S,96O acres of improved land in
farms. the improved lands being of
/ greater extent in Benton county than
in any other county in the state ac-
cordng to figures issued by the Cen
sus Department. Benton county also
ranks first in the value of live stock,
/ $3461 491 first in number of horses,
l1116, first in number Of dairy cat
I r. "a
ducts, s645, 496; first ia value eff poul
try, S258.3t3; first IN production of
wheat, 390.562, and first ia the produc-
ton of apples, 3,18I012
Magnolia-The third number on the
local lycenm course was presented at
the school auditorium Friday night
by the Biltmore Society orchestra.
Heber springs.-R. A. Ramer, a
farmer living north of Heber Springs,
has just butchered two hogs that ag-
gregated 1872 pounds dressed, the
larger weighing 665.
Flippin-John Stafford, farmer, liy-
ing a few miles north of this pace,
is cashing in on litter of five red
foxes he captured last spring in a
don. When he caught them he made
wire cage for them and has taken
good care of them. Now they are
sleek and fat and their fur is prime
He has sold one for So and the other
four promise to bring more.
Eureka Springs.-Poultry dealers
in Carroll county last year shipped
poultry and eggs valued at 100000.
The turkey shipments in December
amounted to $4,000
Ashdown-A sale of pure-bred Pc
land China hogs was held one mile
south of town January q by ]. A Nc
/ Donald, owner of the Plainview stock
| farm. This was the first sale of it's
kind on the farm, it was said.
Piggott-The directors of the Bank
of Piggott have authorized the pay
ment of semiannual dividend of five
per cent to stockholders.
Ozark-Work on the county high
way will be resumed as soon as ma
| cnlnery arrives, according to the con-
! tractors.
Leslie.-A. N. Shipman of near Les
lie recently killed a hog that dressed
$50 pounds.
Conway.-C. A. Holland has been
appointed by Prosecuting Attorney
W. ]. Waggoner as special deputy for
this county.
Lockesburg are under way
here to gravel the principal streets of
| Lockesburg The work probably will
be completed within few weeks.
Des Area new $4,000 clock has
been installed at the court house here.
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