Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-03

State. The Iron Mountain Railroad
Company has on sale 2,0OO,OO0 acres Of
land on the limo of their road, ranging
in price from s26O to $40 per acre.
Colone' wh0tas ysssp-ss..s.,e Rcca,,
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all necessary information on applica.
ton.
COTTON.
"Cotton is King" and n of the
great staples. Tho crop for 1877 was
about 1000, 900 bales of 500 pounds
each. The export value of the cotton
crop alone is over $3.50 to every inhabl.
tant in the State. Arkansas now
stands first as q cotton producing State.
The State In 1877 had loo, 900 acres
in cotton, and gathered 1000, 900 bales.
She spent in cultivation, "a, 200, 900
the mount received by the people Of
the State for the cotton crop was
s5, 500, 900.
LITTLE ROCK.
This beautiful little city, the Capital,
is located near the centre of the State,
on the southeast bank of the Arkansas
river, about 300 miles above its mouth.
II is built upon q bed OF rocks, and is
elevated some forty or fifty feet above
the river. The situation of the city is
dry and remarkably healthful. The
population in 1860 was about 1000 or
5000 ; increased to IL, 1000 in 1870, and
is now over 10000. Its railroad facili.
ties places the city in intimate com
m~unication with st. Louis, Memphis,
the Indian Territory and Northern
Texas. A marked advancement is be-
ing made in improvements, and the
population is rapidly increasing. The
city at once presents to the stranger
on air of brisk and lively business, COM
mercial enterprise and general pros.
perity. The State and public buildings
are generally good structures the
schools and academies arc fiourishing,
and the newspapers are spicy and en-
terpising. The many handsome pri-
vate residences, wide streets, spacious
grounds and gardens, and the profusion
of shade trees and shrubbery, give the
city a very beautiful and picturesque
appearance. The inhabitants are gen.
orally very generous and hospitable
and, in all my experience, | have never
found people more cordial.
HOT SPRINGS.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas are
among the wonders of the Continent.
They are situated about rs miles south
east of Little Rock, and 440 miles south.
west of 81. Louis. counted ffty-eight
springs, ranging in temperature from
SO TO $50 degrees (Fahrenheit). They
discharge yer zoo, 900 gallons of water
daily, sufficient in quantity 10 accom-
modate, with delightful bathing, 10000
bathers every day. This natural earth.
heated water holds in its solution valu.
able mineral constituents. Clear, taste
less, inodorous, 1t pours forth from the
novaculite ridge as pure and sparkling
as the pellucid Neva. The various
springs are qualitatively allied-not
holding In solution, or ireigbted with
too much abusive mineral-and they
are free from all noxious gases. II is
believed that the properties of the
water, especially in the treatment Of
chronic blood diseases, are nnequaled.
Being located between two mountains,
Hot Springs resembles an oil town
one principal street being the avenue
through the narrow pass between the
mountains. A large number of visitors
arrive daily, who are kindly treated
and well.cared for, and the number is
constantly increasing.
TIMBER.
Timber in the forests of Arkansas
has q wealth unknown elsewhere.
There are no less than eighteen species
Of oak, ten Of walnut and hickory, ash
Of various kinds, locust Of both kinds,
while pecan, sycamore, cypress, wild
cherry Of immense size, mulberry,
black and sweet gum, Eastwood, pine,
maple, and cedar, are not only found,
but abound in quantity and quality
equal to any desire, end are admirably
adapted to all kinds Of manufacturing
purposes. Yellow pine is very fine,
and, in many places where we made on
estimate Of the lumber that could be
obtained from one acre OF land, found
it would average about 100000 feet to
the acre. This land can be had at
$3.50 per acre and there is a good
opportunity to get the lumber to mar
kct by water and rail.
MINERALS.
The great mineral resources are of
special interest to all sister States,
especially when we take into considera.
ton the various kinds, their generally
rich quality and enormous quantity.
Here are magnetic, hematite, s~pecular,
carbonate, and other varieties of iron
ore lead, anthony, link, coal, manga.
nese, and associate metals, together
with marble, gypsum, salt, kaolin, stone,
slate, limestone, granite and nitro
earth. The coal field OF the State en-.
braces m estimated area Of 1900
square miles and in the valley Of the
Arkansas river, where the most coal
mining has been carried on, the beds
are from four TO nine feet in thickness.
This coal is similar in structure and
appearance to the Lykens Valley coal
OF Pennsylvania, and its quality by
analysis is very similar to that famous
fuel, and is pronounced fine for manu-,
featuring purposes.
| have given the outlines and q brief.