The Harrison times., 1915-09-11
FASTEST GROWING
CITY Of ARKANSAS.
Harrison aad Its Trade Territory In
presses Worlds Fair Writer as Much
Out of the Ordinary
Arkansas And Her Resources

| If one were to ask the writer to
name the fastest growing city in
Arkansas, be would uuhesltatiugly
say Harrison, the county seat OF
Boone county" Just as Harrison is
growing, so also are the many other
towns in Boone This is due, in a
measure to the advent of the MIS-
souri, & North Arkansas Railroad, a
railroad that has done more for its
particular section than any similar
road has ever done for any other sec
ton of the United States.
Boone County IS one of the ban
ner counties of North Arkansas, the
third county from the western line,
and on the Missouri line. 1t has a
population of about 1000, white,
and has 100000 acres iu cultivation
the crops including everything
raised in the temperate zone, as well
as wheat, corn, oats, hav and to-
bacco. Fruits are uuexcelled in
Boone, and pears apples and peaches
have ever been prize winners at the
big expositions Of the country,
Grasses are a feature, and alfalfa is a
particularly prolific crop. Corn
will make from 40 to so bushels per
acre; wheat 20 to 80; oats 80 to so;
and cowpeas 20 to 25 bushel per
acre. Cotton in the southern part
of the county will yield from a half
bale to three-quarters of a bale
per acre. Red top makes one ton to
the acre, timothy two tons, and
millet and Hungarian, two tons.
The soil is chiefly a sandy loan and
decomposed lime rock among sandy
substance and there is little subsoil.
One-third of the surface is level; there
is much rolling prairie and about
one-fourth is rugged and billy.
Boone County is particularly we'll
watered, with springs everywhere.
Limestone water is in abundance,
which is said TO contain medicinal
properties.
High-grade mules, cows and hogs
are raised in every part of the
county for market as we'll as blood.
ed horses
,This county has the distinction of
being one of the most prosperous
in Arkansas, and IS one of the few
IN ich everything is bought and
on a strictly cash basis.
finds hickory and white oak in
y section of the county, and the
}ortunity for small wood work
and manufacturing concerns is
at. As matter of fact, ia the
lany good towns over the County
)ne huds a uumber of mills and
other manufacturings enterprises.
/ Boone County is particularly
healthy and it is perfectly drained,
There are in consequence few mos.
quitoes and no malaria. Mild, de-
ightful winters, cool summers and
even rainfall are in a measure
responsible, too.
There are many substantial banks
in Boone, fine churches and IS
school districts, with from Que to
three schools houses in every district.
+ One finds commercial orchards in
every section, carloads of fruit being
sent to contiguous markets every
season, and commanding the highest
prices.
Land in Boone county is a tride
higher thau is the rule in other
counties, due to the nature Of the
soil, Improvements, railroad facilities
and uearness to markets In the
valleys, land can be bought for from
$50 to rs per acre Fruit aud grain
lands in the uplands from $40 to S25,
There is little cut-oyer land, but tim
ber land can be bought for from $40
to SIS, while pasture lands can be
bought for from So to $40 per acre,
There are 3,340 actes of government
\ land in Boone County subject to
sptry.
There are many minerals in Boone
County, and Harrison is the main
supply and Quitting point for the
mammoth zinc and lead mines OF
Northwest Arkansas. It is by far
the most important town in this
wonderful mineral belt, Just now
being developed.
There are many good towns in
Boone county, but there is no town
in Arkansas, Of the same size, any
better than Harrison. The follow.
ing facts were submitted by the
secretary of the Harrison Com
mercirl Club.
N Population: 5000; no negroes.
Location: Center of Boone county