Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
MANSFIELD, THE GEM CITY
OF THE OZARKS.

of the best. This prosperous and
growing city of 1000 people is 10.
Gated in Wright county on the
main line Of the Frisco System,
and is the northern terminus of
the Kansas City, Ozarks & South
ern Railway. \ rock road is be-
ing completed between Mansfield
and lIartvillc, the county seat,
and a motor line will Don connect
these cities.
Mansfield possesses a splendid
public school system; three
churches: elective lights; two
banks; bottling works; canning
factory; good telephone service ;
a number of up-to-date stores, car.
rying good stocks of goods; three
wholesale produce houses; three
hotels; two mills; creamery sta
tions; three restaurants; bakery :
five real estate firms; professional
men, stock buyers, and the var
ious business enterprises usually
to be found in an up-to-date city.
The Young Mems Business club
is a wide awake commercial or
%ganization, always boosting for
the advancement of the city.
Mansfield has a beautiful park,
with granitoid walks and curbing,
macadamiZed streets around the
public square, and granitoid side
walks.
Mansfield has a complete and
up-to-date printing Office which
does all kinds of commercial print
ing.
The Mansfield Mirror is a week.
ly newspaper giving all the news
of the vicinity and many items of
interest concerning the Ozarks.
The Advertiser is a monthly
publication circulating all over
the United States. containing good
descriptions, with owners names
and addresses, of real properties
for sale and exchange in all parts
of the United States.
The Mansfield Concert Band is
one of the best musical organiza-
tious in South Missouri, and dur
ing the summer months free open
air concerts are given in the park.
Three rural routes and two star
routes from the Mansfield post
Office supply mail, not only to sew
cral hundred families, but also
carry mail to several other post
offices.
Freight and express shipments
for numerous other points IT UNI
loaded at Mansfield, the gateway
to Wright and Douglas counties.
On account of its location, alti-
tude, climate, pure sparkling ever
lasting spring water, and attrac-
tive and beautiful sites for homes,
Mansfield has brighter prospects
for the future than any other city
of its size in the Ozarks.
Various mines have been oper-
ated in this vicinity and work may
be resumed at this business at any
time.
Being located on the crest or
divide of the Ozark ountains and
owing to the altitude and tOpog-
raphy of the section of the Ozarks
surrounding Mansfield, this is not
only one of the healthiest sections
in the United States, but has all
the advantages Of general farm
ing, stock raising, dairying, poul-
try raising, and fruit growing.
The high altitude and splendid
drainage make ideal conditions.
There is plenty Of timber for
buildings and fuel, and the best
of pure spring water.
Here we have a variety of soils,
the slopes and hilltops for apples,
peaches, berries and grapes, and
the plateaus and valleys for grain,
grasses and garden crops. and the
unimproved lands for pasturage.
There is very little land that
cannot be put to some use by the
farmer, as the hills are not of a
PERCEPTIONS character.
Fruit growing has been for
many years an important indus
try in the territory convenient to
the Frisco railroad on account of