Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-09-22
MISSISSIPPI IS HEALTHFUL

SlSSippi Land development Hssocid-
ton is making strong and persistent
Efforts at an earnest campaign OF ad-
vertisins the resources Of the State
and is sending literature with this OBJ
iect to men and points beyond the
borders Of the State where the adver-
tising will DO good. To better obtain
and disseminate information. the SEQ
retary Of the association. L. E. Davis,
Of Na,chez. Miss, has addressed a
circular letter to Boards Of Super
visors. Mayors. Boards Of Aldermen
and commercial bodies requesting
lem to furnish such information as
ey may have on their respective
ptions which the association will
il free Of cost, having established
complete mailiaE bureau ioF that pur-
pose. All matter giving a description
Of the locality or any inducements
which the residents Of any town or
county may be willing to give to new
settlers or new enterprises will be
cheerlully received and mailed to
hundreds and thousands Of men
throughout the whole country whose
eyes are turned now on the lands OF
the South.
All railroads entering the State have
been requested to furnish the secre-
tary their homeseekers rates to points
in Mississippi.
The Land Development Association
is growing and is becoming daily bet
Ter and better known, and facts laid
BY it for consideration Of the public
are receiving cereful attention. It asks
the earnest cooperation Of all pa
uiotic Mississippians in its efforts to
tell the world all about the great State
and to dispel many Of the wrong i'm
pressions which still prevail in some
sections against US. AS an example
Of misstatements it cites the general
idea current abroad that the Missis-
sippi climate is uncomfortable and
that the rainfall is abnormal. A care.
lul examination the official records Of
the temperature and rainfall BY the
Climatological Service Of the Weather
Bureau Of the Department Of Agri-
eDlhre shows the mean annual tenn
perature to be 64 degrees Fahrenheit
while the annual rainfall is not quite
So inches. This BIT Of information is
Of the utmost value. coming as it does
from official sources and made up from
the records kept by the United States
government for a period Of more than
ten years. Information on other things
Of interest to the prospective settler,
such as the nature and the variety Of
our soils. the things for which the dif-
lerent soils are suitable, etc. viii be
forwarded from time to time. as fast
as il can be compiled or as fast as
received from individuals or bodies
who have been requested to furnish
the information to the secretary.
Efforts have been made by the sec
retary 10 obtain data in the line Of vi.
tai statistics in the State for the pur-
pose Of showing the world that the
rate Of mortality in Mississippi will
compare more than iavorably with that
in the bleak North. It is to be re-
greted that such statistics cannot be
had from official sources in the rural
districts; such as have been received
from many parts Of the State certainly
speak well for the salubrity Of the eli
mate and the general health conditions.
The proceedings Of the convention
held BY the Mississippi Land Devel-
opment Association in jackson last
June. together with a number Of the
speeches delivered on that occasion
viii soon be ready for distribution.
Copies viii be furnished on applica-
ton 10 any number; only one condition
S atached-give or mail the copies to
parties who now know nothing Of the
great State Of Mississippi and who are
willing 10 learn someihing Of the
boundless resources Of the Soaih. 10