The Forrest City times., 1910-12-09
"ARhANSAS ON WHEELS" STARTS ON LONG TRIP THROUGH THg
 MIDDLE WEST.
WILL BE GONE UNTIL DECEMBER 10
Party of Arkansas Boosters Will Visit Land Congress at Chicago Before
 Returning Home.

" 'tS'i9 lidlll leII NedueS day afternoon over the Rock Island railroad for it's tour of the Middle West. The train will be gone until December 10, and during this time all the leading agricultural states of tle North and Middle West will be visited. The special train. which is pfofusely decorated with emblems ad Nerllsing Arkansas. will spend some time at the Land Congress now in ses. sioh at Chicago. large number of states are represented al Chicago. and Arkansas, aleady well represented there, will receive stnl larger amount of attention when the Ark ahsas on Wheels train arrives.
 Thlrty-fiye persons boarded the train at Little Rock, and this party was added 10 at several Arkansas points. Each section is in charge of an expert dem0nstrator, who in addi- ton to handing out literature. will explain To the people of other states the vast resources and natural ad. Eantages of Arkansas. Several thou sand families from the North and West have removed to Arkansas dur ing the past few years, and the pro. moters of Arkansas on Wheels" are confident that good results will fol- low their invasion of the agricultural states 10 the north and west of us
 Practically every county in Arkan- sas is represented in the train, the most complete exhibits coming from the rice growing and apples districts. The Carlisle exhibit is especially at tractiye. The compartment Is solid. ly banked with full fruited stalks of rice and against the ceiling on a background of red is Eat rice for health. Carlisle. Ark. Grow rice for wealth. outlined in grains of the ce- real.
 Fruits cf every description and grain of every variety. cotton. veg etabies, timber exhibits and minera! displays are arranged in the snow cases and on the counters down the cars.
 Probably the finest canned fruit on the train is in the Dallas county ex- hibit. The section is tastily decor ated with open cotton and holly and numerous jars of different fruits complete an attractive display.
 Yell county has magnificent corn exhibit, several bottles of native wines and large tinted photograph of res idences, schools and a peach orchard near Dardanelle.
 Several of the cities of the state, Lonoke, Carlisle, Little Rock, Brink ley and many others. also have ex- hibits, photographs of residences, schools, public buildings, etc.
 The educational displays are rep resentatiye of the best in the state The Department of Education has furnished the best of the school ex- hibits displa! ed at the St Louis fair in 1903 and hundreds of photographs of Arkansas schools are shown in the educational section
 The display from Greene county contains one product which is entire ly different from the products of other counties-a sample of the great wonder grass" grown six miles east of Paragould The seed for this grass was secured from Central America and this year the grower harvested four crops and the yield was l2 tons 10 the acre Samples were secured of the grass five weeks old at a height of 12 feet and that seven weeks old, which was ! feet high. The advantage this grass has over numerous other grasses is that ii grows on land that will not produce other agricultural products to any eX- tent, and is excellent feed for horses and cattle
 At the end of the last exhibit car a reception hall has been fitted out, containing piano and many palms and ferns and tapestried in the red and white color scheme.
 Books of Arkansas verse, jugs ot Arkansas wine. leaves of Arkansas bread and 2 band of Arkansas mu- sicians will herald to the people of the Middle West that Arkansas is literally a land of milk and honey"