Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-04-16
STILES AND MORGAN COUNTY.
Versailles as q Supply

by man can DC Dan AZ nOInc, anu any
' article desired can be had on short
notice by reason Of fine service to be
had on the railways; passenger and
freight trains being in constant motion.
As to home products We al say
that everything good to eat, and
plenty to wear, can be had as reason
ably as can be obtained in the larger
cities. The homefolks produce in
abundance all the vegetables seen in
the city markets, while fruit Of every
description is abundant and cheap.
Through the tiinbered sections are TO
be found some of the finest orchards,
and all the small fruits in abundance,
many Of them growing in a wild state
such as blackberries, hucklebcrries,
strawberries and pawpaws. Eggs,
milk and butter may also be had at
reasonable prices.
Water-One Of the many attrac-
tons OF this part Of Missouri is the
hundreds Of clear pure springs,
breaking out from nearly every hill
side, and forming some Of the most
beautiful streams to be found in the
United States. We call special at
tention to the Big Gravois Creek,
which is a large stream fed entirely by
springs; also Little Gravois, Big and
Little Buha,o, Indian Creek, Rainy
Creek, and the Niangua and Usage
rivers. while there are other smaller
streams too numerous to mention. !
also desire to call attention to the
numerous big springs to be found
within 10 miles Of Versailles. The
spring at Collins Lake flows 45 cubic
feet per second, and has a fall Of 80
feet. 1t Is now running two -four
mills, and there is a lake at the upper
mill containing six acres. A project
is now under way to build a dam i'm
pounding some fourteen acres Of
water, with which to to develop
power to light Versailles, and Tor
power purposes. This will make one
Of the finest pleasure resorts to be
found in the country.
Scenery--For a country outside
the iar9cr Mountain districts, this
part .. Missouri furnishes scenery
equal 10 that found anywhere. Nor
gan and Camden counties have some
; OF tic most noted caves in the state.
Jacobs cave on the public road from
VCsail!cs 70 GravOis Mills is one OF the
yet uncxplorcd caves. 1t has beer
explore! ior hundreds OF feet, but all
OF lis IapffCallOns have not beer
entered by man. Spear cave is alsf
a splendid res@i. aud i, a wonder If
nature. A spi,ndli canning stream il
a, It's base. and Magnificent bluff
surround II. The b,uh, along tn,
Usage tivEt are especially attractive,
and many visitor, have been attracted
by them. and srcnd many happy day
camping and h,hing along these bluDs
Game and Flsh-To speak q
this locality as a fishing and hunting
resort 1t is probably enough for MS Il
Say that parties have been COMING
here from points as far away as Kan
sas City and St. Louis Tor many years
Several of these people. especial
those from the above named cities
have already bought tracts OF Ian
here with a view Of putting in a pan
OF their time IN these ~plcasurabl
sports. There are all kinds Of sma
game, such as quail, squirrel. Wild tur
Keys, rabbits, cODns, pOssum and a
. occasional fox and timber wolf. FL
: all kinds Of game fish this par, q. tn
stt'e 10 probably as attractive as an
otESH portion Of the state. Our lis
sircarNs are s. we'll known that il