The Forrest City times., 1910-07-01
INTERVIEW. ARKANSAS
Classic Name Given Picturesque Plan.
 tatiOn, Store and Mill Site.

The editor has been strictly in the swim this week, and his staid and regular habits have been relegated to the past, and in lieu thereof he has been minging with bankers, tinanciers. farmers, promoters of enterprises, public and private, getting into so- ciety. and otherwise and variously en- jQying himself and the hospitality and burdens of his friends
 IL all began early in the week. and there has been constant demands upon his time and humble abilities which at intervals were thought to be beyond his vocabulary, to say nothing of his energies, which particularly at this time of year, are considerably en- ervated by reason of the weather. The possibilities Of this present story loom up so great in our minds eye that We are more than ever inclined to be lieve and think that we are wholly and regretfully incapable of doing the subject matter anything like justice So, if those who know the conditions. think 0uE words are tame compared Co the facts, or if those who don't know, think they are extrayagant. then the best way out If it Is for the latter to undertake, as we did, a trip with our friend, MT John W. Naylor to RiVerview, and then they may each tell 1t to the other in their own way and arrive at definite conclusions.
 On Tuesday morning the writer ac- eepted very cordial invitation of Mr Naylor to jump in his buggy and ride down to Riyerview for little re- creation.
 Riyerview is the name of the plan tation, sawmill, gin and store site of the Naylor X Johnson Company, corporation which is capitalized at s30 o00, and the location is on the St. Francis river about eight and one- half miles southeast of Forrest City Their holdings of about 600 acres eX- tends from bank to bank of the St. Francis and Old rivers, joining the Crescent Club site at the latter stream.
 The officers of the Naylor k John son Company are: John W Naylor. president; John N. McCrary. vice president: N A Johnson, secretary and treasurer. MT. Johnson also being the resident general manager !. N Cupples is the bookkeeper and store man Edward Perry k the superin- tendent of the saw mill; Ira Wrinkle, manager of river transportation,b boats etc: A Bird, superintendent of plan tation. John Potter team foreman, and Juue Hodges, uperintendent of timber cutting, etc.
 Tie company employs about sey- enty-hNe wage earning laborers, and its payroll averages about 3l00 per day or 5000 per month.
 Two and a half years ago the site of this splendid enterprise was wilder ness even a jungle-the grounds hay ing to be cleared from the start for sites for the mill, yards, gin, store house, dwellings and other houses, even to place upon which to unload the logs. There are now in addition To these buildings, five nice dwellings, number of cabins for negroes, and numerous "shacks, outbuildingS, etc. A telephone line connecting with the Forrest City exchange gives River view speaking acquaintance and business communication with the world.
 About 300 acres have been deadened and put into cultivation within two and one-half years, POO acres Of It being planted the first time this year. In addition thereto the company has leased the old Jarvis place, now known as the Bird place, containing about l00 acres There are about too acres iu the company'S tract, leaving about =3o0 acres of tillable land yet to be put into cultivation. and this will be done as rapidly as conditions will warrant
 The crops on the Naylor X Johnson leased and operated lands are III per feet state of cultivation, scarcely weed to be seen anywhere, even Ill the fence corners. They say that \. Bird is as particular about his farm ing as the neatest housewife k about her spare bedroom The cotton is the best We saw between Foreest City and Riyeryiew, though that doesn't mean that other farmers haven | got good, clean, promising crops In fact, they have-most of them at least. Jake Taylor has fine crop on the Graham farm, and says he is we'll pleased with it's condition and the outlook. But the Naylor X Johrson cotton is taller, cleaner and in better condition than any We saw. Their corn is fine, but we saw better corn