Newport daily independent., 1905-06-30

the savings of previous crop may not
 be entirely required to withstand bliz-
 gard seventies of long winters. In Ar
 kansas there is mixture of the ele-
 ments, which Is so agreeable to vege-
 table, as we'll as animal, life that our
 climate seems the compromise of one in-
 terest to the other, working in harmony
 their greatest composite good. The win
 ters are never severe, ice rarely freezes
 sufficiently for skating and then but for
 few days, when the Northern winds re-
 treat before gulf breezes. The springs
 are often seasons of frequent showers
 which bring high water, owing to poor
 drainage and lack of levee protection; ];
 but these needs will soon be remedied
 and hundreds of thousands of acres of
 tillable land reclaimed from the swamp
 and river lowlands. These rains are not of
 the continuous kind, suffered by the Pa
 cific slope during certain seasons, and are
 not more excessive than visit states of
 the North. March winds have no ter
 TOTS for the Arkansas woman; they are
 unknown, which IS blessing to many
 sections that possess sandyf soils. The
 summer is not tcharacterizedfby any more
 extreme heat than in illinois, or Missouri and our mountain resorts are accorded temperatures that to excel, Nthe Rockies or Alleghenies must be climbed. The highest elevation between the two great systems is our own Mount Magazine with aIlya1titude of 5000 feet. Autumn is siDxfar to that period in the North flo Warmer, but ideal in its perfection.
 To the voice of the climate urging "come" is the propitious beckoning of development that dates back for sew eral years, yet points to the future for more glorious achievements. It is eaSier to join in the march of progress than face the opposition when the tide of battle is turned into retreat; the invest ment of capital in developing our re- sources, in building railroads and estab ishing industrial enterprises, Is mani festatior of confidence upon the part of :areful, long sighted men in the future If Arkansas and the endowed wealth of 'ur grand old state IS beginning to re- eive that attention and cultivation which will make her people prosperous nd her realms to blossom as flower arden
 Since her admission to the Union irl 836, Arkansas has made gradual strides onward. Never once has she suffered .he reactionary effects of boom Prac- Eically all of her lands are available for some purpose. With 25,ooo,ooo acres of agricultural lands, only one-third are in cultivation; 100000 acres of fruit lands and only one-twentieth utilized; 33,ooo, GOO acres her total area most of which was once in forest, there is still within her confines vast wealth of cypress, walnut, hickory, oak, gum and other valuable woods. With only the saw mills at present, why not the factories soon to employ labor and contribute their wealth
 From the mines of the state we have coal, zinc, lead, iron and other minerals granite, marble, roofing slate and the fin est qualities of building stone; .clays that are available for brick, beauxite, asphalt, manganese, saltpeter, rock salt and gyp- sum, that serve in many useful ways, all contributors to our natural wealth
 In limited description, 1t is not possi- ble to portray fully the numerous items that make lip the sum total of our riches. Come and see for yourselves" is the message that Arkansas sends to people