The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-04-03

cncc on the price Of land. As the pas.
turagc on the range became ~caHt, farm
crs commenced selling OIL their stock to
local buyers or driving ii away them
! selves tO the markets or Ia places where
they thought feed would be- more plcn-
,iiul. Frequent trips were mudc by the
stock buyers to the northern markets
with drovcs of hogs and hundreds of
Nccccs Of wool. One sheep man bought
200 bushels II corn NJ scyonty.Gvc cents
per bushcl from farmer near Forsyth,
for despite the drought, there was some
corn. nay, oats, etc, raised in the Inn
mediate ncighhurhp0d. AS | said he.
fore, there l. such diversity Of soil as
TO render total failure almost impos-
siblc. | have in mind field adjoining
the town of Forsyth. a portion Of it
along the river, being light ANA sandy,
dried out and the crop was II failure;
hut in most Of the field good corn was
raised
\ stail correspondent Of the Lead and
Zine News. published In ST. Louis, Wis
tied Forsyth some time in september,
and IL was his observation that Tancy
county seemed to withstand the effects
NJ the drought better than many 9TH
crs of the localities lie had visited. Ilo
noted the various natural rcsoNrccs--
mineral and otherwise and 1t was his
opinion that the country Is assured Of "a
bright and prosperous future with tho
coming of the needed railroad facilities.
/ OF the people it mny be said tha;thcy
ARE hospitnhlc, liberty loving and pa
iroiic y number Of ruuoy county boys
served Their country In the war with
Spain and in the Philippines, and some
were killed in battle. u little incident
soon after the death of President Me.
Kinlcy impressed me with the patriot
ism q! these residents of the Ozark hills.
a friend and were Onr day travelling
through the rugged wilderness 'somc
miles north Of The great gnnc preserve.
As we cnmo around bend in tho dusty
road We bchcld through the intervening
spaces between the tree tops the bright
cOlogs Of the noble stars and stripes way
ing gently at hall mas, on tall flag
s,ail erected near settlers cabin home
IA mute reminder Of these peoples de-
vo,ion to their marlyrcd president. The
people are also noted for n reasonable
amount of religious zeal, IA Is shown by
the fact that while there ARE no church
brilding- outside of few OF the villag-
cs, every country school house aplacc
Of worship, and last summernrbors wero
bull, Of houghs cut from the trees in the
groves in several districts where tho
school houses had been burned and not
We, been rebuilt Under these arbors,
In the summer time, Sunday school
services were regularly held. The Sun
day schools are well organized into n
county Sunday school association, and
annual conventions are held. II is also
notable that the w. G. 7. u. is well or
ganiacd in many Of the south Missouri
towns and conducting an active cam
paign in the cause Of temperance and
night living.
| | note what different correspondents
have written to your columns from var
| ious localities in the Ozark country,and
that the different Impressions conveyed,
Of the country and people, are almost as
varied und many ns tho number of cor
respondents. With the writer's utmost
efforts to be accurate this would be only
natural rcsu, In discussing region
Of sorgreat diversity, | aU willing 10
admit that there il considerable truth
in some OF the dcroga,ory statements;
bu, FOR my part believe that the good
greatly prcdomnatcs and 500 no rem
son for not looking forward 10 II bright
future for region ,ccmlng with such
varied natural resources.
Thi. drought may have temporarily
depressing effect on the progress ot the
country: but believe II should react
favorably rather than otherwise, for IL
has shown the great resisting power OF
the country and its people TO pull
through successfully in spite Of the most
trying ordeal that could have been
brough abtu by adverse conditions OF
the weather Elmer Walter.
Il A Nearly Fatal Runaway