Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-03
0P|E REED 10
 MAKE PREPARATION Tells of Arkansas of Today After Picturing the Harm
 full Characters.
TO WRITE AN ARTICLE
In National Magazine He Will AwaH. en, as Rip Van WinkIe, from
 Dream of Forty Years Ago.

NO one man in the United States has done more to form the public mind about Arkansas than Opie Read. The wide sale of his books and the crude characters he selected as types of Arkansas citizens, has created in 1he past an unenviable opinion of this truly great state.
 F1guratiVely speaking, he went to our back yards and told what he saw, with an exaggerated and sarcas- tic humor, neglecting all that was wholesome and generous and superior 1n our common life.
 1t was the first introduction of Arkansas to the reading world. and the false impressions gotten from reading his descriptions of this state have never been eradcated from the mind of the people of the United States
 1t is good news, then, to hear that Opie Reed will make some reparation to our splendid state for his past atro- cities in an interesting and boosting article to appear in the September number of the National Magazine.
 In this article, it is said, Opie Reed like old Rip Van Winkle, rubs his eyes and beholds a wonderful change that has taken place after many years. Arkansas has won the admir- ing attention of the whole United States in the past few years.
 The discovery of valuable minerals ln great quantities, among her hills, the appearance of real diamonds in Plke county, the prominence she has taken in fruit production, the phenom- enal growth of her population, and the leading journals of the country, all these things have accumulated to place Arkansas in the forefront of the national mind. The result has been that she is now considered to be the finest field for either the investment of money or brains in this country.
 
 is the title of an article by w. R.. Llghton, also to appear in the Sep tember number of the National Mag aZ1ne This writer made such a tre- mendous impression through the Sat urday Evening Post by his splendid description of an Arkansas farm, which is located near Fayetteville, that t has created a profound inter- est throughout the United States in this fertile and prospering state.
 MT. Lighton's article will perhaps surpass his previous effort in enthus- iasm and valuable information, for since he wrote his last production he has travelled completely over the state. The possibilities of develop ment, as seen through the eyes of a resident of the state, and a keen ob- server, will have a superior value And when he states that the present duty of Arkansas is to advertise, he hits the keynote of successful pro gress.
 We have land of wonderful prom ise here, and since there are multi tudes of enterprising men and wo- men at the present time in the older settled states who are looking for new fields of effort, it is apparent that we have only to tell them of our grand state to induce them to come here.
 The September number of the Ma tional Magazine will have mighty influence in getting Arkansas prop erly before the American people. If every citizen in Arkansas who reads the coming number of this excellent magazine. will send it to some friend outside of the state, this will be better advertisement than thousands of dollars spent in promiscuous ad- vertising by other channels.