The Green Forest tribune., 1894-02-01
FACTS
For the Home Seekers,
Manufacturer, and In
VeStOr.
A r K A N S A S,
TheLandofSunshine,F Fruit,
Flowers, Textile, Tim
ber and Minerals.

done more for the comfort of man.
Investigate, and you will come and
make your home among good
people, where, under your own
vine and fig tree, yon literally
gather your family, rraislng God
you have found that better land.
It has an area OF over 52,OOO
square miles, occupies the most de-
sirable part of the temperate zone,
and her varied altitude gives the
State what equals ten degrees Of
latitude, thus rendering it the most
desirable locality on the continent
for the home Of man. Within this
area is found great variety OF
product, ranging from those OF the
north temperate zone to what grows
in scmi-tropical regions.
Arkansas courts, investigates,
and invites all, regardless of nation
ality, politics, or religion, to come
and help develop this empile with
in itself, and enjoy the fruits OF
their labor. The opportunities
afforded are unequalled, lands of
every class can be had at nominal
price, which in few years will be
out of the reach OF many who can
now secure home.
Climate
Is all that can be desired, In
comparison with the much talked
of climate of California, we find
the mean average temperature OF
Los Angeles is but one degree less
than Little Rock, which is located
about the centre of Arkansas.
Soil.
The soil is wonderfully fertile,
producing all crops grown in this
latitude IN abundance, equalling
any and rivaling many States cele-
brated for their corn, wheat, oats,
and root crops.
Timber.
The State has greater variety
of timbers useful for the mechanic
al arts than any Of her neighbors,
or all the New England States
combined, and with her navigable
waters and railways they are easily
placed on the mark ct.
Grasses.
With over one hundred and fifty
varieties Of native grasses, there
are eight months pasture out OF the
twelve, and the introduction of
cultivated grasses, with all the
foliage plants that can be grown in
the greatest abundance, will make
this State the promised land Of the
stock raiser.
Fruits.
The fact that Arkansas has taken
the first prizes for fruit at New
Orleans, Boston, New York,
Louisville, st. Louis, and River
side, California, needs nothing more
to convince the reader that this is
the home ofthe apple, peach, straw
berry, and the vine.s
Minerals.
The mineral deposits are vast
and varied. With Il coal area of
some two million acres to reduce
our metallic ores forthe use otthe
artisan, and with greater variety
of clays, used in the Generic art,
than has ever been found in the
same space, supplemented by al
most every kind of metallic min
erals, Arkansas needs but skill and
capital to rank with the most fav-
ored in the land.
Springs.
In mineral springs of medical
qualities, Arkansas is without RI
val. The virtues of the Hot
Springs are well known in all parts
of this country and Europe.
Public Schools.
The public school system is
modelled after that of the. more
advanced northern States. Every
child in the State, white or black,
is granted the privilege ofa good
common school education. The
motto of the State is, "An educated
child is the best legecy that can be
left for the perpetuity Of the
country"
Manufactures.
Such abundant raw material ot
every kind used by the manufac-
turer is not found in all this land,