Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-13

Eds Iel.-ArkanSas lies between the
33d and 37th parallels of North latitude,
and contains 81, 1913 square miles. 1t was
admitted into the Union June Is, 1886.
THE LANDSCAPE
is varied. and includes the rich valleys
through which over 5000 miles of naviga-
bic rivers and their multitude of tributa-
ries, course their ways frcm the uplands,
hillsides and mounlain-tops of the Ozark
range. Thus located, with this varied sur
face, an equable and temperate climate is
insured. Arkansas is exempt from the
droughts and winds of Texas, and the cold
storms and floods of the Middle and North
eastern States.
THE SOIL
is as varied as the surface, aud the greater
part of it is unsurpassed in richness by any
locality in the world. The uplands pro-
duce grain and grasses which challenge the
competition of the prairie States of the
northwest The Ozark mountains extend
through the northwestern portion Of the
State, and are capped by plateaus on which
the pawpaw, black walnut, sugar maple
and grape, flourish most luxuriantly. Up
on these highlands of the Ozark range, ap-
Piles are grown and cider pressed, which RI
val the products of New Jersey and New
York. The peaches and melons, in the first
year of their systematic cultivation, drove
from the st. Louis market the fruit of Hi
nois and Indiana. Arkansas cotton carried
the premium over any other State of the
southwest. The vast area, and the inter
positions, near the center of the territory,
of the great mountain range which divides
the northern from the semi-tropical zone,
affords such variety of products as Califor-
MIA alone can equal.
THE TIMBER
is greater in quantity and variety, and su-
perior in quality to that of any other State
in the Union-including five species of oak,
two of pine, both kinds of walnut, all kinds
of hickory and ash, also poplar, cypress,
gum, cedar and sassafras.
The timber of Arkansas is. to-day worth
more than the whole assessed value Of the
State, and it stands as so much unemploy
ed capital, waiting to be utilized and turn
ed into currency. Means of transporta-
ton and markets are ready, but the men
and capital are not here.
THE MINERALS
are of the greatest utility, and produce the
greatest wealth to the State-coal and iron,
lead and zinc Coal is the first, and yields
handsome profit. More than 1900
miles of coal exist in the commonwealth,
in accessible veins from two to seven feet
thick. Contiguous to the coal, are exten-
sive deposits of both earbonaceous and mag
netic iron ore Argentine, Galena, slate.
milestone, limestone and marble of excel
lent quality are to be found here in great
abundance.
MANUFACTURING
is in its infancy; but the factories in opera
tion prove that no State has better facili-
ties, or prospers more in proportion to the
capital and labor invested.
FARMING.
Owing to the great number ofrivers and
their affiuents, Arkansas has the largest
area of rich bottom lands of any country of
the same size in the world. The average
amount of rainfall is about fifty-three inch
es, and with almost daily sunshine in the
growing season, this State has the three
principal requisites to insure large crops OF
grams, grasses, vegetables, vines and fruits
viz, rich soil and plenty of rain and sun
shine.
SToCK-RAISING
is an industry that can be followed here
with great profit, as the grasses are so
plentiful and 9gtHciogss, and the winters
so mild that cattle, sheep and hogs require
but little feed or shelter, the year round.
With 5000 miles Of navigation and 900
miles of railroad, connecting all parts of
the State with the northern, eastern, west
ern and southern portions 9f the ppion, z
ready market and good prices are insured
for all the varied and vast RatHFa, eHlts
waited and manufactured products OF the
State. There is some government land
that may DO hemesteaded or pFe-empted,
and about 1000, 900 acres of railroad land,
on long credit. CONWAY,
Springfield. Ark. Oct. 1, 1876.