The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1899-05-11
As Others See Us.
FORSYTH. No., MAY 6, '99.

ToISt III, MO., MAY e, ~.
To the Editor of THE RHruBLIcAx:
As you are passing the columns of
your paper aronnd for the use of those
that have good word to say for
Taney county, will embrace the OPP
portunity of addressing few words
to your MANY readers, especially those
who are now non-residents, but who
are desirous of getting to a country
where they may make a home and
better their condition. To all such
would say come to southwest Mis-
souri, and first to Taney county.
Here you will find everything that a
man needs for building up a home.
Nature has put all the material here
that man needs, il be will only uti-
lize it.
First-nature has so built this
country that 1t is net only produc-
tive OF every thing you may want to
raise, but it has embellished the face
of the country with natural scenery
that is pleasing to the eye of man.
Nature has made the hills and valleys,
built cliffs of rock, covered the hills
and valleys with timber of all kinds,
interlaced with wild grass, orna-
menied the cliffs with cedar and
pine dressed in living green, scat
tered wild flowers of all hues- and
colors, from the very common yell
low COW slips 10 the most beautiful
of all flowers, the wild running rose.
In fact you will find scattered over
hill and dale, all the species of wild
flowers here, that can be found in any
of the northern or eastern states.
Then in every dale and hollow you
will find clear. ripping stream OF
pnre spring water ripping along
over their pebbly bottoms, fed by
living springs that can be found
bursting out of some crevice in the
rocks; from the bottom of the hollow
at the root of some grand old elm OF
bard maple tree or from under a
ledge of rock maybec $50 or 200 feet
up the side Of the cliff or mountain
side-water that is as clear as crystal
and very cold. Follow down Que OF
these rivulets for from one to five
miles and it will bring you TO q lar
ger stream; perhaps the Swan or may
bee the ROark, Beaver, Silver creek,
Bee creek, all flowing into White
river, and many others, any one Of
them fine streams of water, fed by
springs whose waters are SO clear
you could see ten cent piece at the
bottom 20 feet deep. These streams
run over solid rock bottoms, inter.
spersed with gravel beds, but nc
places where you will be in danger
of miring down in bed of treacher-
Gus quick sand.
You will find scattered through the
timber, wild strawberries. black
berries, sarvice berries, wild plums
muscald grapes, paw-paws, black
haws, and many other wild fruits il
abundance.
1t is proven beyond dispute thai
clover. blue grass, timothy, orchard
grass, in fact all kinds of grass will
grow here in great luxurance. Tht
only reason that the hills and valleys
arc not covered with q rank growth
of any one of them is because they
have never placed the seed there te
give it chance to grow. All kint
of fruits will grow and do well here
if man will plant the trees and take
proper care of them. This surely il
a poor mans country. If you wan
| a homo and have but small amount
of money, come to Forsyth and cell
on any of our real estate men
all of whom know every
foot of Taney county and can take
you out into Uncle Sans domain anC
put you on a home of 16O acres OF
less if you want it, or can show yOr
improved homes that can be bough
OF very low figure when compared
with the price of farms north of the
| Missouri and east of the Mississippi
rivers. What has been said Of tht
Ozark country does not do it full
| Justice. Come and see. More anon
Iowa.