iCAN RECLAIM
500,000 ACRES.
Meeting of White and Cache
River Levee Improvement
Association at Brinkley.
Brinkley, July 14.—The White
and Cache River Levee Improve
ment Association met in this city.
The meeting was called to order
by President A. F. Mayberry,
who addressed it, stating that he
was highly encouraged with the
future prospects of the great
enterprise that has been under
taken by the association.
J. R. B. Moore and W. B. Gal
loway were appointed a commit
tee to employ an engineer and
have a survey made of the pro
posed levee, which, when com
pleted, will redeem about five
hundred thousand acres of fine
farm and timber land and open
up for settlement a splendid sec
tion of country. The association
adjourned to meet the second
Tuesday in November in this
city, at which time a large and
enthusiastic meeting is expected.
United States Senators Clarke
ifcnd. Berry and Congressmen
Brundidge and Macon and the
representatives of Monroe, Wood
ruff and Prairie counties are in
vited and expected to be present
on that occasion.
LITTLE-LOWERY.
Joe F. Little and Mrs. Fannie
Lowery were married at the
bride’s home near Tuckerman
Tuesday evening and arrived in
Jonesboro Thursday for a visit to
Mr. Little’s relatives.
Mr. Little is well known in
Jonesboro, where he has resided
all his life. He is now cashier in
the bank at Plummerville, Ark.
He is a young man of high char
kacter and splendid business abil
ity. His bride is a verv DODular
(and attractive lady.—Jonesboro
Times-Enterprise.
“FAIR JAPAN.”
For the past few days a number
of enthusiastic boomers of the
World’s Fair in St. Louis have
been in this section chanting the
glories of the pike, as the mid
way there is termed. It is a
strange fact, however, that there
is not one among them but who
I admits that from a standpoint of
educational value and artistic
beauty there is not a spot along
the Pike which can compare with
“Fair Japan, ” the little garden
spot which the well known Jap
anese firm of Kushibiki & Arai
has constructed in the very heart
of the turmoil and glare of this
amusement addenda to the expo
sition.
The exterior of “Fair Japan,”
P with its imposing entrance, pro
fe bably is the most ornate and j
hX picturesque place within the en- !
I tire grounds. One enters “Fair
1 Japan” through the columns and
beneath the towering roof of a
gt replica of the famous Nikkogate- S
I way. Once inside one can almost
m imagine himself in far away
I Japan. The atmosphere, the
$X architectural scheme and the
I landscape gardening are typical
£ in every detail of the country of
i which Sir Edwin Arnold has
X| written so graphically.
There are booths in which one
I may purchase almost anything
Ef from a penny whistle to a $500
| kimono, tea houses in which
beauties selected from the most
popular resorts of Yokahama and
other great cities of Japan serve
tea to t he thirsty multitude. A
I Japanese theatre, the only one of
ill its kind ever erected in Amerca,
jXVwhich fifty-four real Geisha j
girls sing their native songs and
reproduce the dances of their
far away home, a tea garden
and a hundred other attractions
which to be appreciated must be
seen.
From the r eports which have
reached this city it might be well
for those residents contemplat
ing a visit to this fifty-million
dollar show to paste within their
hats the brief memoranda, “Fair
Japan on the Pike.”
FORT SMITH SHERIFF
RAIDS GAMBLING DENS.
Fort Smith, June 14.—Three
or four days ago gambling was
resumed here under the impres
sion that the Law and Order so
ciety would not interfere. Late
last night Sheriff Barry and his
deputies made a raid upon all
the club rooms and captured a
number of the crap and poker
tables, dice, cards and one rou
lette wheel, all of which were
burned in accordance with the
burning law.
Some weeks ago, at the com
mand of the Law and Order
Society, all commercial and
money slot machines were re
moved. They are again in use,
and as no raid has been made
upon them there is an impression
that the society will not seek to
interfere with them, on the
ground that the opposition of
the retail interests to drastic
action in the way of reform de
mands modification of the re
form effort.
MISS STEPHENS’ RECITAL.
The recital given at the Hazel
Thursday evening by Miss Janie
Stephens, assisted by Misses Mae
Whittaker and Imogene Bandy,
was a success in every particular
and was highly creditable to
these gifted young ladies, each
of whom possesses rare talents
which have been highly culti
vated and proven a source of
AA Oil HA 4"A 4-Vi aii» mnmr
friends since their return from
school. Miss Stephens is a very
gifted reader and her interpreta
tion of Eugene Field’s thought
demonstrated her talent in this
first requisite of elocution.
Miss Whittaker’s piano solo
was highly appreciated, while
Miss Bandy’s vocal solo, “Little
Boy Blue,” was well rendered
and brought forth much applause
from the large audience present.
BRADFORD RETURNS.
’Commissioner H. T. Bradford,
who has been spending several
weeks as host at the Arkansas
building at the World’s Fair, re
turned to Little Rock Thursday
to spend two days at home. He
reports that Mrs. Bradford, who
has been quite ill in St. Louis, is
now greatly improyed. He says
the Arkansas exhibits are all
first class and are attracting |
much favorable attention among
visitors from other states and the
Arkansans are all very greatly
pleased.
$10 REWARD.
Estrayed— Black pony mare,
mane roached half way back, old
shoes on fore feet, with black
horse mule colt following. One
flea-bitten gray pony, been
roached. $10 reward for return
of same or information leading
to recovery. B. H. Campeell,
Tuckerman. Ark.
TONIGHT.
A dance will be given at th.e
opera house tonight by Mr. and
Mrs. Gibson. Everybody is in
vited to attend.
DENIES CONNECTION
WITH ROCK ISLAND,
Little Rock Board of Trade Rais
ing Bonus for Proposed Road
to Gulf.
I _
j Little Rock, July 15.—Presi
■ dent H. S. Shaner of the St.
Louis, Little Rock & Gulf rail
road has put up the $1,000 bond
required by the board of trade
as an evidence of good faith in
requesting the raising of a bo
nus of $100,000 for the construc
tion of the proposed road to this
city and the location of the shops
and the general offices here.
Messrs. George R. McLean and
Chas. S. Stifft are among those
most actively interested in the
raising of the bonus, and report
very satisfactory progress.
A surveying party in charge
of G. W. Dalgarn arrived yes
terday from the south, having
finished the locating survey be
tween here and Sheridan, the
first forty miles of the road.
They went out to run another
line of three or four miles near
Ironton, in order to make a
choice of the most desirable
route.
President H. S. Shaner said,
in denial of the rumor which has
become current that the Rock
Island is behind the project:
“I desire to state to the public
and all interested that the Rock
Island positively has nothing
whatever to do with the road.
It is an independent company
and no road in the state of Ar
kansas has anything to do with
it.” _____
THORNTON SUSPECTED
OF HORSE STEALING.
James Thornton, a suspected
horse thief who was bound over
in the justice court of Esquire
Kelly of Breckinridge township
Wednesday, now rests behind
the bars, having, been brought
to the county jail Thursday by
Constable Millard Hardin, who
made the arrest.
Thornton was bound over in
the sum of $700 to await the
grand jury’s action and the state
is said to have made out a strong
case against him.
Several horses have been stolen
near Tupelo recently and last
Sunday night a negro named
Willis Anthony lost a mare,
which was found next day tied
in a thicket. Thornton was
caught later going in that direc
tion with feed and a bridle and
told such a peculiar story of his j
intentions that he was forth
with arrested with above result.
OVERFLOW DANGER
HAS BEEN PASSED.
Little Rock, July 15.—From
present indications little danger
is expected from a further rise in
the river. The stage Wednes
day was 24.6, a rise of .5 of a
foot over the previous day. The
danger point is 23.
Officials of the weather bureau
stated that a slow rise might be
expected last night and that in
all probability the river would
come to a stand today, with the ,
indications of a gradual fall, be
ginning tonight.
There is considerable water in
the river between here and Fort
Smith, and it is improbable that
a big drop will take place for
several days.
There are no indications of
heavy rains that would cause an!
additional rise of importance,
although the general indications j
point to slight showers today and
possibly tomorrow.
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