The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-02-17

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resources any greater now than they
were them
Your local newspapers, whose
standard of excellence is something
for you to be proud of, deserve, as
believe, much credit for having done
so much toward lifting this section
from comparative obscurity and
starting it on the road to fame.
The brilliant pen of Col, DeMalher
is conspicuous for the good fruit it
has borne. The enterprise OF conn
munity may be measured largely by
the patronage accorded its newspa-
pers, and often papers are made
what they are, good or bad, by the
patronage received, or the lack of it.
BY an increasing liberal patronage.
your papers should be encouraged to
continue the good work,
But in connection, and side by side
with newspaper advertising, pro-
gressive cities, such as Joplin, Mo,
Los Angeles, Cal, and numerous
Others, have adopted the pamphlet
as medium, illustrated with good
cuts and maps, and having matter
devoted exclusively to one particular
locality, and in shape to be easily
mailed, preserved, and read at leisure
by busy capitalists abroad.
| heard a wide-awake business
man say; 1--WE know we have won
derful resources; we know emigra-
tion develops and enriches coun-
try; we know that additional or
chards, farms and operated mines
will make additional tonnage for rail
roads; we know that nothing is so
productive of railroads as ready
tonnage; we know that railroads
cause the building of cities, and the
enhancement of property values; but
suppose we make our resources no.
torious by advertising them, will it
bringus capital and emigratiop?' In
reply say, only call up a few events
of the past, and let them answer the
question. Go back to 40, for in
stance-only SO years back, and
listen to the wonderful tale that some
hardy adventurer sent or brought
from California, by word of mouth
only, descriptive of gold diggings in
that sunny cline Then see the ne WIS
spread like wild fire. See old and
young men wrought up to fever heat
by the glowing prospect of wealth
See them hitching up oxen, horses
and mules, and loading carts and
wagons with food and bedding for a
long journey, then bidding perhaps
last farwell to family and friends,
to travel for months over weary
roads, unblazed except by the skele-
tons OF horses and men who had pre-
coded them and fallen by the way
side, victims of fever, famine, Indian
rapacity, or the greedlo f wild, animals
See how those pioneers were spurred
onward by hopes Of soon reaching
great riches, to be found only in d
mountain wilderness, beset ON every
side by various dangers No rail
roads there, no stores, no hospitals
no hotels. No living creatures but
indians, wild fowl and wild animals
See, as result OF that strange boom
the town of San Francisco spring
f up as if by magic. See it leap into
prominence as great city sought
actually sought by railroads, factor.
les, and all kinds of enterprises O
advanced civilization. Soon granar
les are filled, the luscious grape is or
the vine, orchards are making bank
accounts for their owners, and pros
perity is in perpetual bloom, ever
bearing the fruit of wealth, where
families ride in carriages who used tc
walk, and millionaires who used tc
work in overalls are to be found or
nearly every corner.
Now turn, if you please, to pc
riod somewhat later, and listen to
the glowing tales of easy wealth ir
South Africa and hear the noise anc
hustle ofthe thousands who, through
trials, POPULATIONS and dangers
make their way thither, many ot
whom to-day, like Cecil Rhodes, are
multimlllionaires tbs there that suit
fcient men and wealth have accumu,
lated, within few short years, to ut.
ter defiance to supposed tyranny
and even win glory in conflict with
the roaring British Lion, the reput.
ed greatest power on earth.
Next see the rush of humanity and
capital to Cripple Greek Colorado;
and to the now noted zinc and
lead fields in the vicinity of Joplin
Mo; and last but not least, the mad
rush to the distant frozen Klondike
AT noHe ofthese was there rail
road till the tonnage was made
ready, where to-day railroads are in
comparative abundance. Where
natural resources are really inviting,
ON as large scale as is the case here,
homeseekers and capitalists need
but to be duly notified thereof, and
soon they too will be there in great
numbers. 1T is but natural and
business like for men to risk much
in the pursuit OF fortune,
Joplin Mo, Los Angeles Calf, and
cities of such marvellous growth, did