The Russellville Democrat., 1882-09-07
That Ten Thousand Farmers are
 Wanted to Till

Wanted to Till
 The Soil that Yields the most
 Abundant Harvests.
 Come! Comet. Come! '. Coine.!!!
 For many years, especially in the past decade, the farmers of the old states have had their eyes turned to the Great West and Southwest as the land they will make their future and permanent abiding place, with the hope that their condition will be bettered. In this last respect all who have moved to Western Arkan- sas have realized their hopes to a greater or less degree, and in these lines it will be our aim to show to the prospective immigrant that here he can find the place he is seeking, the Hand of promise" as it were :; but Tn our description we will keep within the houndsd reason, $ and state facts as they appear to us and as gleaned from such data as have come into our hands. In this arti- ele, we will deal alone with Pope county, and what we write of it will be applicable, in the. main, to every county1ying on or cont tigliops to the railroad. Much more could be writ ten of these lands than our space will permit of being published, and that, too, without any exaggeration. Im- migrants are constantly coming to this county from all quarters, and we have yet to hear of 6ne who is dissatisfied. A large colony of Lu. therans from Saxony will move to the county this fall, having purchas- ed 12,000 acres of fine lands near Dover, the county seat.
 AREA OF COUNTY.
 Pope county embraces large area of the choicest lands of the state. consisting of bottom and upland, di- versiied by spurs of the Boston Mountain. Between these ranges or spurs of the mountain lie large, fer tile valleys, well watered and abun- dantly supplied with the finest of timber. But of the soil and timber more hereafter. The southern bound. ary of the county is the Arkansas river; beginning at the mouth of Big Piney, down the river short dis tance below the mouth of the Petit Jean River; thence north thirty five or forty miles to the top of the Bos. ton Mountain, the divide between the Arkansas and White river Wa ters; west on said divide to the Newton county line twenty five or thirty miles, thence south to the place of beginning thirty or thirty five miles.
 SOIL AND TIMBER.
 There are the very finest bodies of river lands in the southern part joined for q number of miles north, with fine productive uplands, finely timbered.A The eastern portion bor- ders on and includes portion of the noted stream Point Remove, with timber of almost every kind. The northern portion sinters persed with smaller streams forming the main streams of Point Remove, Illinois Bayou and Big Piney. The western portion includes the most of the fine lands on Piney. A large district of the western portion from the Arkan sas river to Boston Mountain affords perhaps the largest and most com pact body of fine pine timber in the state, ,--in short, nearly every kind of timber abounds of the best quail. ty known in the western or southern states, These lands are owned re. spectlvely by the railroad, govern ment, and private individuals, and embrace some of the most fertile in the state. The government lands are subject to purchase, or home stead entry; and, where purchased, the price is low--being $l.25 per acre outside the railroad limit and $2.5 50 within the limit. Of this class of land, there is probably not less than 75,000 acres yet untaken, thus affording the immigrant the advan. tage of cheap homes. Of the railroad laud, there, yet remains unsold in Pope county about 80,000 acres, em- bracing some of the best in the coun. ty. These lands lie within six miles of each side of the railroad, and are advantageously located tor the production of allT kiads of crops, and stock raising. Full information in reference to these lands can be obtained by addressing in person Col. w. D. Slack, land commission- CT Little Rock and Fort Smith srail- way at Little Rock, James Potts, Esq, local agent at Russellville, c. S. Barrett, agent at Chattanboga, Tenn, or J. N. Sutherland, agent at Belton, s. c. Much iand is held by private individuals and, no doubt, can be bought in quantities to suit purchasers. The last two classes of lands named range in price from s3