The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-05

bottles are in everybody's hands. Yet
while the water is free at the springs
the supply is under the control OF the
city and no one is allowed to dig or
drill a well, though the city is supplied
with a system of water works for gen
eral purposes. The drinking water,
however, is all carried in bottles from
the springs, and from this or other
causes multitudes are restored to
health. The population is a floating
one, although some come to stay. Our
host was dentist who was compelled
to live in Eureka Springs. He was
robust looking man, but could live no
where else.
There is something to see on the
Frisco Line from Monett, Mo-, to Fort
Smith, Ark. The Boston Mountains
are much in evidence, but on the occa-
sion of our visit, Christmas week, we
could see but little going, for we were
on the wrong side of the car, which was
crowded. and ON our return the dark
ness of night was upon us. We spent
three days in Fort Smith, but nothing
of special interest occurred. The city,
however, is growing and is the centre
for considerable quantity of wholesale
trade.
Sapulpa, |. T., is a division point on
the Frisco line. The Red River Road
branches here down through to Sher-
man, Texas. The town has popnla-
ton of about three thousand. Its lead
ing industries are brick yard, a cotton
gin and a cotton compressor. AS the
cotton is shipped from the gin it is i'll
bales, about four and half feet by two
and half, and to handle it appears to
We about as compact as anything can
make it. At the compress works it is
subjected to tremendous pressure,
and after this it occupies less than one
half the space. The cotton industry OF
the Southern States is becoming more
important and profitable all the time.
Not many years ago one Of the great
problems confronting the cotton mill
was how to get rid of the waste, and
he was considered fortunate who could
empty it into a stream. Now hogs and
cattle by hundreds and thousands are
fed almost exclusively upon the cotton
seed. which is also one of the best con-
centrated fertilizers in use in the South
ern States. The prosperous times, how
ever, of the past season made it difficult
to obtain sufficient help to pick the cot
tom, and it was feared that much of it
would go to waste.
The past year was one of the most
seasonable we have experienced in Mis-
souri, for a long time We had plenti-
ful supply of moisture and crops were
abundant; prices for corn and hay have
also ruled much higher than in ordinary
years. Apple crops are often sold on
the trees. either at SO much per barrel,
or at certain price for the orchard.
One year ago | knew one orchard of
forty acres which was sold for $1,000:
but one of the most profitable crops, on
a small scale, of which | have heard
was of a man near Pierce City, Mo-,
forty miles west of here, who received
over 5000 for his strawberry crop of
one acre; but that crop was not mine.
Owing to the pressure Of other interests
| was able to give but little attention
to the farm, and others obtained pos
sibly about as much fruit as l. The
coming season we hope to make more
satisfactory arrangements, or to sell the
land to some one who can take better
care of it. w. II. W.