The Green Forest tribune., 1902-08-02
cpEAT FRUIT COUNTRY.

Tn a recent issue Ol Cilo Ohla- m. a monthly magazine publish
 in Omaha, Neb., there ap- B.red an article from the pen of lr popular townsman, Hon. r. Butt. from which THE TRIB- 2ls is pleased to take the follow b extracts: R7This is a sketch of the Hand inc big red apple, much read |hle and little red bull, of the nd whose fruit at every exposl- bp of recent years has uniform carried back to it's people first i5es: whose people although Fizens of much berated Arkan- s. are not only church-goers d church-supporters, putin a ilv life are as civil and respect ble as the ordinary run of mor- litv; who SC live stock ought to better than it is, but isn't; It what it lacks in quality in is line is amply made up in lantity, and this, in an age of lef trusts becomes a merit, the bre so since even the quality being constantly improved.
 s.The widespread drought of 01 was an experience among e most trying ever felt by the ctions in which it prevailed, dnot to be desired by any far br the second time. Through t the United States, corn, leat, cotton and every other bp of the field was cut short, tn a result of almost absolute Btress to many in the winter Et past. Yet, though stricken tn the same blight as all her ter states, there has probably k,ter been a time in the history the state, when the citizens of s same land of the big red ple,' North Arkansas, had Ire money in her banks. The ly trouble has been that 1t was there subject to the check of (ny of those citizens, but only a comparative few. That few s the fruit raising class; men b for the time at least were hewing corn raising law, pol s and medicine, or at the best owing them for recreation and it raising for revenue. Their berience has proved them wise their day and generation. The counties of Benton and lshington, lying in the north st corner of the state and tra- Fsed by the Frisco railway and feeders, please the eye of the rist upon every hand by lir great stretches of green es laden with fruit. Before the Fent of this road it was land y, raised passable crops, with wing for it's occupants, and in ny instances a good living.
 This is about the extent of nmendation that could be en at that time. The condi- h today is a marked contrast. ery farm has in it the possibi-
 and many of them the reali- ion of actual fortunes. In se two counties, owners of ty-acre orchards sold their ps on the tree for sums rang
 from S3,000 to S2o,0O0. In hton county the crop of 1891 he sold for S1, ,110,5 This ans only the figures as shown the records as the various way shipping points, and not take into account the usands of bushels for immedi- home consumption, and the er thousands of bushels dis etly canned away and dried winter use, after the manner rugal housewives. Think of hgures! It means from the le crop alone-thirty- five ars for every man, woman
 child in Benton county. slder the per capita circula-
 added by single crop in
 own county, whatever it
 De and cease to marvel that
 year of drought there should
 sosperity and plenty.
 AaJolning Benton county on east lies Carroll county, very
 liar in all respects to her
 ern neighbor. Like Benton,
 natural fruit county. but.