The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-02-10
ARKANSAS.
The Commercial Appeal on Her Ra-
sources.

In its special, Arkansas edition the
Memphis Commercial Appeal speaks as
follows editorially of Arkansas
"lf the state Uf Arkansas We're walled
In, or II SOME CONFUSION oil nature should
suddenly separate her from the rest OF the
world aud prevent for all tlme TO come
communication with other parts of the
earth's surface, her people would be dis
c0mmOded temporarily, hut they could
live and thrive, be happy and prosperous.
White possessing less of the lllimltaOie
sweeps of territory and boundess area Of
Texas, California aud some other OF the
sister commemorative, she has more OF
the elements of empire. more yarlegated
resources than perhaps any other state III
the Union. There Is no blessing vouch-
safed any other state that she does not
possess. Her mountains are rugged
frowning, craggy, but they contain the
coal of Alabama, the onyx of Mexico. the
iron of Pennsylvania, the marble OF
Maine. the valuable clays and minerals of
the world. Her cotton lands equal the
Mississippi delta, her wheat lands vie with
the Dakota pralries, her fruit lands exec
New Jersey, her timber lands are greater
than those OF Michigan. She completes
with Texas In cattle, with Illinois in corn
and hogs. with any aud all the states Ii
the elements Of greatness. Arkansas is in
her infancy. With an area OF 33.5lS 800
acres and with Is. 400 $50 acres of arabic
land, only l0,240,0O0 acres. or less than
one-third, are in cultivation, leaving
is. 800, $50 acres awaiting the husbandman.
More than 5000 miles M navlgahe rivers
pierce her in various directions. natures
own highways OF commerce, vi railroads
she has 2,6tl miles in operation. In this
respect she is behind, as Will be seen by
reference to the excellent map which ae-
companies this number OF The CONNER
A IA. lN... nttt IN ana
roads have entered, but i'll the vast domain
throughout the central north from Little
Rock tier after tier of counties are await
ing the advent of the iron horse. and prac-
tically the same condition exists in the
middle west from Little Rock. This con-
dition of affairs will not long continue. A
number of railroads are projected and Will
be built without state aid or with 1t, with
private capital or with state capital The
developmental processes that are at work,
the ambitious energy of her people and
the attention which tile state Is attracting
must sooner or later bring every portion
of it In touch with every other part and
with the outside world There is no state
in the Union that can boast a greater va
riety of natural resources. Her rivers are
teeming with fish, her valleys fertile as
the valley of the Nile her prairies are car
peted with rich grasses. and her timber re-
sources are practically ineXhaustible. On
every hand is found the raw material, and
a few years will see it utilized by manu-
featuring enterprises. Every city, town
and community has its schools and church
es, its courts and civic bodies. A high
state of civilization exists-a higher state
of civilization is inevitable. to the poet
and artist the wild grandeur and magnifi-
cent splendors of the OZarks will always
| furnish themes and inspirations, the won-
ders Of her springs and health resorts,
modern Spas and Badens. will ever be re-
garded as chief amO the blessings given
| by providence to mankind"