The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
The WHITE RIVER COUNTRY
a Wonderful Region Where Ma.
ture Is All Alive.
""hrcsa opens 10 Land II
Missouri and Arkansas Noted For
beauty, Fertility aud Health.

The Future Fairgrounds Of the South.
west. is what the White River Coun,r,
has been called. Very earnest and eH
hilarating play much OF this sport !.
TO those who are faded by familiar
scenes OF business life
Nature ia all alive in this wonderul
region-the rushing streams. woodland
sounds OF breezes In the forest the
whirr OF wings where wild fowl nock
TO the waters. the splash OF gamey nsh
tempting the angler. the very color.
OF mountain and river showing moth
Ing of dead. arid waste OF sand apo
stone.
"Semi-Alpine." says an experienced
traveller OF the country. dotted with
growing towns, nestled in the valleys
Of the James and White rivers il, south
ern Missouri and northern Arkansas
One who has trudged through the for
ests or fiCaied down the river from
GalenG 10 Branson and Cotter will be-
sincere in calling the Ozarks "mouu-
tains. yet there IS no danger 10 life
or limb in such a pilgrimage. The
ozone-ladcn air from oak pine. cypress
and cedar. the absence OF mosquitoes
in land OF cold. springfield streams.
cool nights and temperate days. make
il delight to live, and move. in this
favored cline.
There Is always something TO do.
whether OF sport or OF discovery IN
the way Of minerals on land or pears
In the stream. The casual opening az
mussel shell on the lower White
river may bring to light a valuable
gem. Children used to collect these
pearls for playthings till their value
became known
Few regions have charms OF a uiill-
'1iian character as well as unriya'ed
scenic beauty and favorable climatic
conditions One going 70 the White
River Country TO make money finds
health and pleasure as well as wealth.
The worn ont unfortunate who takes
his small savings and here seeks 70
prolong his days is benefited in mind
and body, and besides finds. with new
life, means Of securing a competence
and enjoyable surroundings; the pleas
ure seeker. too often tagged out In
the very pursuit of diversion. sees Il
This enchanted land serious possibl,i.
ties for improving his pecuniary well
fare. and his whole system receives new
inyigoration and tone.
a fairy tale" YOU say? No. Il i
that truth whhh is stranger than &C.
ton. n truth which shows one Who
tries 10 tell II the poverty OF al powers
or description When the spell Of The
beautiful White river scenery Is on
The beholder he is silent. There IS such
a thing as the pathos OF the perfect
In the minds eye there passes III
review the succeeding inhabitants a.
these valleys. and many generations
have left their traces the mound huad-
ers. the early discoveries from Europe
md the Indians How many sonr4 ana
legends have been chanted by primitive
peoples. TO whom these nature WONDERS
spoke with mystic force One is re-
minded Of lines in f. Pauline John
sons story OF The White Wampum
Farther man vision ranges. farther than
Str tchrs the land OF beauty. arches no
perfect SKY,
Hemmed through the purple msts afar
10y peaks that CLEAN like star on star
tho prairie pillows. frettinE hor-
lions line.
Darklv green are siumb'ring Wilderness
OF pine.
Sleeping until the zephyrs throng
To kiss their silence into song.
Sailing into the cloudland. sailing into the
sun,
Into the crimson portals ajar when life
is d0nef
O dear dead raccl my spirit too
Would fain sail westward unto you.
II is rot chimerical TO believe that
the whole valley. now newly opened
up 10 travel between Carthage. Mo. and
New port, Ark. viii in time become
of charming resident and re-
sort communities. with great mineral
aud agricultural prosperity.