The Springdale news., 1888-06-29
SPRsNGDAkE,
THE BANNER CITY OF N.
 w. ARKANSAS
IN THE RICHEST PORTION or
 WASHINGTON COUNTY
Surrounded by Both Wealth and Beauty.

Springdale which was not orlgin- ally Springdale but Shilo, was plat ted i'll 1868 by Mr. Joseph Holcomb and was until ls8l known as Shilo. In that year, upon the advent of the Frisco Railroad, Mir. Joseph Hol- comb, Tn connection with the rail road company plated a new town adjoining the old and changed the namo to Springdale-a very pretty and appropriate name.
 The town is situated in the north part of Washington county ten miles north of Fayetteville the county seat and 343 miles from St. Louis. It has q population of 5000 indus trious and intelligent people. It has broad streets and good drainage and is finely watered by q large spring from which flows a stream ot crystally clear water, and we'll of pure watel are obtained in al parts of the town at reasonable depths.
 4 large portion of the freight and mail for points distant from the railroad n the north part of the county, and tor Madison county on the east, and south part of Benton county on the north, is distributed from this point.
 It is claimed that the people are so peaeabie and law abiding that only one lawyer and one justice of the peace are needed, and so healthy that three physicians only have found inducements to remsin here, and 50 temperate that a corr esPon- dent wrote: We have no saloons, never had, and don't want any U and requested us to say nothing about q distillery in the township, which out of respect of his feelings, we will not menhon.
 The town IS well built, having numerous and handsome store rooms filled with large and finely selected stocks of merchandise, whilst the residence portion of the town con tains very many cozy and costly homes.
 Springdale and Rogers are two of the best business towns in north western Arkansas. And why not2 Located IS they are on the great national thoroughfarc, in country which in fertility and climate is the best on. c od's green earth. A land where nature Tn her loyeliness has awakened the people of the country to redoubing of thelr diligence and has brought forth from a fossil element dating back more than a half century class of thorough and energetic business people who have the get-up-and-get- second only to the rustler of the great northwest.
 It would be blessing to the coun- try if neighborng towns and com munities, roth in Arkansas and Missouri would pattern alter them and get a move on them. Ii they have not room Tn their stinty old rocky towns and patches to spread out, let them come over to Benton and Washington counties-the butt cut of Paradise, the land of sunshine and promise, where the soft rays o1 the monday sun will straighten out the wrinkles, put chest on their anatomy and a soul in their body Leave your "truck- patches" and come and farm where you don't have to slip the collar over the horses head when you harness him and where they use buckles instead of knot in the hame-string. The people of "God's country stand with extended arms and with plead ing invitation and say to the bow legged fossil of the flint and the jack oak, and the misguided wretch of blizzards and slmoons and the land of the humpback, loose skin. ned and snuff ridden community come to the land of milk and honev, where nature with smiling rever- ence for your former worthlessness, caresses your rock-worn, blizzard shaken and drouth- -begotten frame and bids you have home in q land of peace and plenty. They all say come Good land can be had at fair prices farms ranging from s15 and to $25 per acre, unimproved land at from l S5fo S10 Der nero