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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1,1915
NUMBER 10
BAYOU DE VIEW
DRAINAGE DISTRICT
NO ONE
CROSS JACKSON AND WOODRUFF
COUNTIES ARKANSAS
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0'5T^'CT BOUNDARY
Above we show a map of the bayou Drainage District No. 1, comprising a portion of Wood
ruff, Cross and Jackson Counties. The map was made by the Newsom Engineering Co. of Wynne,
and shows the section numbers, county lines, Bayou DeView, the boundary line of the drainage dis
trict, proposed ditches, lateral ditches, ect.
We are authorized to state that the map is not exactly complete as there are about 300 acres
shown in the district which will not be taxed, and about five or six sections have been added to the
district since the map was made.
The district includes about 45,000 acres and the main aitcn win ne aoout is miles long and
the removal of about 200,000,000 cubic yards of earth will be required to dig the main ditch and its
laterals. The main ditch, it is proposed, will be from 60 to 70 feet wide at the bottom with an average
depth of ten feet. The four laterals will be from four to 12 feet wide at the bottom and from four to
six feet deep. Construction will begin about Nov. 1. The commissioners are: Chairman R. J. Kibler
of Hickory Ridge for Cross County, Secretary F. W. Beede of Beedeville for Jackson County and
Jno. F. Shue of McCrory for Woodruff County. The Newsom Engineering' Co., of Wynne, are the
engineers and Geo. A. Burr of Paragould is the attorney.
COUNTY COURT MONDAY
Quite a number of our citizens
will attend the term of County
Court which will convene at
Augusta next Monday. Judge
Hutchins will hold at this term,
no doubt, one of the most im
portant terms of County Court
that any of our County Judges
have had to deal with in several
years. Among the business to
2ome before the court will be
the McCrory Special School Dis
:rict division question, the es
:ablishing of a new road from
this place to Pumpkin Bend and
the establishment of a new road
near Mr. J. F. Barber’s home
south-east of town. We are in
deed glad to have a man in the
Judge’s office at this time, es
pecially, who is equal to the occa
sion and we know our present
efficient and competent official
will do only that which is right,
iust and equal to all parties con
jerned. This is not only our senti
ments, but the frank expression
)f numbers of our citizens who
lave talked on our streets and
elsewhere concerning these mat
ters to come before the Court
lext Monday.
W. A. Bidwell of Wichita,
Kans., arrived Saturday for a
week’s visit to our city.
B. E. Cummins of Prescott
spent Monday here the guest of
nis sister, Mrs. J. R. Piercey.
Be was enroute to Annapolis,
\ld , to re-enter the Naval
^cadamy.
Mr. M. G. Nelson of Hardin,
Ky., is visiting his son, Rev. J.
R. Nelson, at the Methodist par
sonage. Mr. Nelson, although
seventy-two years of age, is still
n good health and enjoys life in
ts fullness.
L'f. anu ivirs. tb. £>. bmitn,
were here last Sunday from Me
mory and many friends were
pleased to meet Mrs. Smith. For
:he present they will make their
lome in McCrory, though we
hope that in the near future they
will move to our city, where Dr.
Smith has considerable prop
erty.—Southern Standard, Ark
adelphia.
Station Agent R. C. Thompson
and family were the guests of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Thompson, near Levesque at a
family reunion Sunday at which
all of the ^amily was present. A
brother of the elder Mr. Thomp
son, Mr. R. G. Thompson of
Whiteville, Tenn., pleasantly sur
prised the party by attending
without letting them know that
he would do so.