The Harrison times., 1911-08-05
Little Rock Letter.
LITTLE Rock. ARK Aug. 1st

from the state capitol, Governor "
". Donaghey. Attorney General
Hal L. Norwood, Commissioner OF
Agriculture Clay Sloan, and Com,
missioner of Education George B.
Cook, all of whod9 have been enjoy.
ing a rest in the solitude to be found
in the interior of Arkansas, polit-
ical talk is beginning to break from
a buzz to hum. The hot days OF
August are expected to do for poll
tics what the hot nights do for cot.
ton, and the result will be about
the same, for a part will ripen and
be gathered, while the army worms,
boil weevil and other bugs will kill
off a goodlv portion of the crop OF
would-be politicians.
Gov. Donaghey still remains the
enigma. He will not discuss his
plans for the future, and this is un-
kind of him, for it deprives the can
didates in the contests for the United
Senate, and Governorship, to set
tie down to business. Many be-
lieve Gov Donaghey is laughing up
his sleeve at the discomforture he is
causing, and in the end will an
nounce his retirement from politics,
instead of running for either office.
Clio Harper, formerly editor of the
Arkansas Democrat, now junior
member of the Parke- e-Harper News
Service, which will about the first
of August begin publication of the
Arkansas Free Lance, a semi-weekly
paper in Little Rock, is pow in New
York making arrangements for the
publication in Eastern papers of
boosting articles on Arkansas Mr..
Harper will also visit Washington,
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago
before returning to Little Rock. He
will secure a connection with one of
the leading journals of these cities,
and supply it with the boosting ar
ticles, the data for which is now be-
ing gathered through the press of
Arkansas by the Arkansas Land
Congress.
The Arkansas on Wheels move
ment in Arkansas this year, accord
ing to w. B. Folsom, Of Brinklev,
the originator OF these annual tours,
is entirely different from last year,
for cities, towns and counties of
Arkansas are clamoring for the
spaces, where last year they could
hardly be given to the different COM
The different sections of
the state, through the many immi.
grants traceable directly to the
1910 tour of the train, see the re-
suits and they want to invite this
to their sections. The
are taking as great an in
terest as the individuals this year,
and each railroad of the state will
have from one to three repre- senta-
tives on the train to hand out Ark
ansas literature. The train will be
out 10 days this year, visiting Ten.
nessee Ohio. Pennsylvania, Ind
ana, Illinoise and Kentucky.
footing a horn has become one
Of the accomplishments Of the differ
ent departments of the state govern
nent. Rubbing up against the
departments of more advanced
states, the heads of Arkansas depart
nents found how much could be
accomplished through the issuance of
bulletins, hence the Department ofEd-
ication and that of Agriculture are
now footing their horns in all
sections of Arkansas. These bulle.
tins go outside also, to tell the
people OF the advantages OF Arkan
sas, and they are not without result.
The school bulletins particularly
assist the schools of the state, and
give them broader ideas, Supt,
George b. Cook has now interested
the publishers ofpatentinsid papers,
and from time to time in the future,
the papers Of Arkansas carrying
this character of service, will be
supplied with page of Arkansas
educational matter, demonstrating
Just what the schools of the state
are doing,