The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-30
PLAN EXTENSION
OF CACHE VALLEY
Mass Meeting Tonight to Consider
Proposition to Bring New Rail
road to Paragou,d.

(From Tuesdays Daily Press.)
If a dozen Paragould business
men will take an automobile trip
from this city to Light, going over
the country through which the pro-
posed extension of the Cache VAL
ley railroad from Light to Para
gould will pass, and will then take
a trip from Light to Sedgwick over
the ten miles of road now in op
eration-if they will permit their
eyes to feast upon the many thou
sands of acres of rich valley lands,
Iuxuriant with the most beautiful
crops ever grown in this section OF
Arkansas-if they will take a peep
into the practically untouch for
ests of virgin timber with hundreds
of million feet of oaks, ash, hick
ory, cypress, gum, cotton wood and
other varieties of growth-if they
will draw before their minds eye
a vision of the future with the
products of these fields and forests
pouring into Paragould, furnishing
ter of a century and farm pro-
ducts as basis for unlimited in
crease in mercantile lines-if one
dozen Paragouldians would permit
themselves to get glimpse of the
wonderful resources located almost
within a stones throw of this
splendid city, the question of fl
nancing the extension of the Cache
Valley road to this place would be
solved within twenty-four hours.
Practically the entire Cache bot
tom has been drained and thou
sands of acres of fertile land have
been reclaimed and placed in a
high state of cultiva ton. Twen-
ty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre, thirty to forty bushels of oats,
forty to seventyfive bushels of
corn, and a bale of cotton are the
rule and not the exception. Ev-
cry farm product that grows in
this section of Arkansas is being
raised in record-breaking yields in
the Cache bottoms.
The Cache Valley railroad, run
ming from Sedgwick to Light, pen
etrates into the very heart of this
wonderfully rich country, and the
products of the farms and forests
are being transported to Walnut
Ridge, Bono, Delaplaine, Jonesboro
and other points. Practically none
comes to Paragould.
G. w. L. Brown, the general man
ager of the Cache Valley-a thor
ough going railroad msn-has prac-
tically rebuilt the road during the
past few years. Last year he con-
structed a substantial bridge across
the combined river and ditch about
one mile north of SedGwick. Seven
miles of track is laid with fifty
six pound steel, the remaining
three miles with forty pound steel,
The roadbed is in excellent condi-
ton, considering the lack of fl
nances with which the manage
ment has been handicapped. Much
of it is ballastedJ with sand. The
running equipment is far from bad.
In fact, the road in its present con-
dition, is better than the Jones'
boro, Lake City & Eastern road was
few years ago.
Paragould people have dreamed
for years Of securing the Cache Val
ley railroad for this city. They
have been told over and over again
of the rich section of farm and tim
ber lands lying in the Cache bot
I toms. All have agreed that if the
road is extended to Paragould, the
future of this city is secure.
1t can now be stated with GER
tainty that the time for action has
arrived. 1t can be authoritatively
announced that if the people of
Paragould and those residing along
the proposed extension will sub
scribe $4,000 in stock, and do
nate the right of way and terminal
site in Paragould the road will be
lextended to ParagoIld, and that at
pnce. If the stock is subscribed
within twenty-four hours actual
work on the extension will be start
ed within thirty days.