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BENTON. Decatur people will have an anniversary celebration August W. V. Steele of Gentry will erect a businezs house 24x50 feet of cement blocks. The fruit evaporators at Rogers began running last week, paying 15 cents per bushel for apples. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Armstrong. 70 years of age, one of the old residents of Bentonville, died recently. W. A. Hunt, who was principal of the public school at Gravett two years ago, has been employed for the next term. The two and a half months ol child of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rozar died last week at their home near Osage Mills. James H. Corley, an old citizen of the county, died recently at his home at Gentry, being almost 65 years of age. The members of the Baptist church at Rogers expect to hold their first services in their new building next Sunday. Mrs. Pattishall, widow of Rhoads Pattishall, died recently at her home ten miles south of Bentonville at the age of 80 years. The bank at Sulphur Springs will not open until August 6 on account of failure to get the building completed. The Bentonville Sun says the fruit growers of Benton county are afraid there will be a shortage of hands to gather the apple crop. The Rogers postoffice is to be moved into the Burnham building on First Street, the government having taken a ten year lease on same. Harry Morgan, who has been assistant postmaster at Rogers for a number of years, will continue in that position under the new postmaster, W. C. Roberts. The Rogers Democrat says a number of housewives of that city are doing their ironing with electric flat irons, securing the current from the local electric light plant. Of the $30,000 increase in the capital stock of the vinegar company at Rogers Bryan Snyder took $5000, an Oklahoma City wholesale grocery house $5000. and a Dallas wholesale house $5000. Mrs. A1 Kenyou, after an illness of only about twelve hours, at died recently at her home Pittsburg, Kansas. She formerly resided at Rogers and the remains were brought to that place for interment. Manager Bartell was here Monday, the last day of Chautauqua, and announced that arrangements had already begun for Chautaunext season and two promiquas nent lecturers already secured. Bentonville News. J. C. Cooper of Lincoln, Kan., came in yesterday morning and purchased. through Moss Bartell Brothers, the machinery of the in ice plant for $1100, and will to the near future move the same Lincoln.-Siloam Springs Republican. There is now on deposit with the county depository at Rogers funds. $47668.74 of the county's last On the amount on hand month the county received in interest $187.27 It will be considerably more this month.tonville Sun. The Rogers Democrat reports been Mormons who have to hold street were the attempting that the "egged" meetings of boys, one on night recently by a crowd work and the Democrat endorsed says the by a -