Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-17
RICE BOOSTERS
 WORK OVERTIME COTTON BELT AGRICULTURAL AND PRESS DEPARTMENT OPEL
 GALS VISIT CITY
SPECIAL WRITER, TOO
V. W. Dudley. Special Magazine and Newspaper Man, Talks Encour-
 agingly of Conditions.

A special car arrived in Pine Bluff Saturday morning with railroad off, cials and writers who are booming Arkansas in general and this section in particular. Especial attention is be ing paid to the rice industry. The trip has been made to demonstrate to Winfield w. Dudley, of Chicago, the possibilities of the state and prove to him that the spirit of progress has awakened and is working overtime. MT. Dudley is writing a book and has a commission to write a number of magazine and newspaper articles on the rediscovery of Arkansas
 The general officers of the Cotton Belt railroad have taken pains to make Mir. Dudleys trip a success and placed at his disposal the private car of Guy l.. Stewart. agricultural and industri- a agent of the Cotton Belt. Mr. Stewart accompanied Mr. Dudley on his trip and R. F. Bassett, advertising manager of the road was one of the visitors with him. During the greater part of the trip through this part of the state C. s. Yost, Sunday editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat was with Mr. Stewart and to see that Mr. fost and MT. Dudley had every accom- mOdatiOn k. W. LeBaume. general pas t9enger agent of the Cotton Belt, and aN. C. Peeler, district passenger agent at Memphis. travelled with the ear from Jonesboro to Stuttgart. Pictures were taken for use in Alr. Dudlev's book and articles by w. l. Bell, an ex- pert photographer of the firm of Bell X Falfrew of St. Louis.
 T have been impressed throughout my trip, said Mr Dudley today. With the appalling percentage Of outsiders who are reaping the benefits of the newly discovered opportunities in Ar kansas. The Arkansas people have not yet realized what they have at hand. This is not true so much of the Pine Bluff section as it is of sections farther north. The Jefferson county people appear to be alive to what they have and seem to be pushn" their country for all it is worth 1 think Pine Bluff must be the Chicago Of the middle southwest
 In MT. Stewards car waen it ar rived this morning the gentlemen aboard were met at Union station by Tracy Mills, of the Jefferson County Req lEstate Association; Meyer Solm- son, editor of the Pine Bluff Graphic; J. s. Wylie, city editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial; County Judge Jas. Gould who introduced rice growing into Jefferson county, and others. Mir. Dudley was taken about the city and shown it's industries. He met most oi the leading citizens. MT. Dudley re> turns to Chicago tonight on business. but almost immediately will return and make tour of the west side or the state, particularly through the Ozark section.
 Mir. Dudley has just completed an extensive tour of the far northwest and Canada and says he believes the opportunity for the homeseeker from the southeast and middle states are as great if not greater in this part Of the country than anywhere else in North America. It is with the inten- tion of comparing the possibilities of fruit growing in the Ozarks and along Crowley's Ridge with what is being done in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Rx