The Harrison times., 1915-05-29
What They Are Saying Of Us.
The Newspapers Of Arkansas Talking Of Harrison this Week
in Way to Make Us Proud

iavorite with the members Of the
Arkansas Press Association.
Other members of the association
who reside at Harrison are Messrs
Biggs and Bunch, Of the Daily North
Arkansas Herald, and STANLEY Gran
dall of the Harrison Republican.
All these gentlemen and the en-.
ployes OF their offices showed their
appreciation of the visit of the mcm-
bers of the craft to their city in every
possible way
The News man feels that he was
especially fortunate in the home to
which he was assigncd-that Of COL
w. +. Gordon-and in his fellow
guests, II, {. Brooks, of the Scarcy
citizen, DR. 6, ", Cranberry, Of the
Cabot Guard, and G. =. Newton,
formerly Of the England Courier
and now superintendent of the ConA
Iedcrate Home,
HARRISON AND Boone COUNTY
4, Harrison is the county seat Of.
Boone, Il county bordering on Mis-.
s5nr. The city has near FIVE thou
sand residents, and is one Of the
most substantial cities in the south
1t has had railroad but nine
years the line from Eureka Springs,
the southern extension of the road,
to Nensett and Helena only being
completed about six years ago
Prior to the building Of the rail
road to Harrison, it had the reputa'
tion Of being the most important
and richest inland town in the
United States
The city is supported by mining
interests, agriculture, horticulture
and the growing Of live stock, The
principal crops are corn, wheat,
oats, rye, alfalfa and other feed
crops, but four bales OF cotton being
marketed at that place during the
past season The crops grown in |
that section are fed to live stock of
all kinds, and thus marketed at u !
splendid profit The orchards Of
apples and peaches and the straw.
berry crops also swell the volume Of
business, and poultry plays an I'M
porlant part, two companicsbuyiog |
and dressing poultry for the mar
kcis,
The city has u federal court t s.
land office, headquarters Of the
Ozark Forest Reserve, an exhibit by |
the forestry department being avery |
interesting feature Of the meeting Ol |
editors, u splendid public school aud |
business college, u public library, a
live commercial club, aud u city full
OF progressive business and proIes
sionul men The city is Just now IN
staling Il water aud sewage plant
and many other important public !
improvements are Un the program
for the near future 1t is n great
city in many respects, but greatest
in the hospitality Gifts people,
PREss 'fWp IMPRESSIONS,
One Of the most pleasant features
Of the press Trip was the uppor
tunity Ol meeting old friends IN the
craft, and the new members, and
feeling the pulse OF the state on var
iOus matters Affecting the pcfma'
ncnt prosperity ol Arkansas We
found an optimistic spirit among
the editors az tu the future ol Ark'
ansas, and a growing demand lorI
clean politics and civic righteous
ness, The men and women in the
association are alert to the needs UI
Arkansas, and willing to devote
their best efforts toward the accom-
plishment Of those things which are
really worth while While the eom'
mcfeIal aspect claims the first con
sidcraton Ol some Of the publishers
of the state, the larger papers being
represented principally by men from