The Harrison times., 1915-05-15

whites. No negroes.
LocATIoN-Center of Boone coun-
tv of which il is the county seat, in
the Ozark Mountains with an eleva-
tion Of 1850 feet above the sea level,
20 miles south of the Missouri State
line on Crooked Greek; where the
Ozark Dome ends and the Boston
Mountain Plateau begins.
CLmATE.-Rainfall 1873 inches
annually we'll distributed through
out the year. Snowfall u inches
average annually Each snow dis,
appears within a week or ten days,
Mean annual temperature $50 de-
grees +. Lowest temperature OF
of record 3 degrees below zero.
Highest temperature of record so
degrees. Killing frosts from Octo-
Der ! 5 or 30 to April 10,
TRANsPoRTAmoN.-On the Nilsson
ri & North Arkansas Railroad
which runs between Joplin, Missou-
ri, and Helena, Arkansas, and cross
es the following railroads: Kansas
Cily Southern, Frisco, Iron Noun
tain, Rock Island and st. Louis
Southwestern, Harrison has two
garages and so or more privately
owned automobiles; 4 livery barns
one of which maintains 40 head OF
horses; daily automobile stage ser
vice to Bergman, Arkansas II miles
northeast on the White River Divis-
ion of the Iron Mountain railroad;
daily stage service % miles south to
Jasper, Arkansas, county seat OF
Newton county; 4 rural free delivery
and 3 star routes.
ScHooLs,-One High school, cost
of building $4,000, constructed
1913; 240 pupils; three instructors,
Two grade schools, Eagle Heights,
cost of building $40, 900 constructed
1914; 200 pupils; four instructors.
Grammar school, cost Of building
$4,000; constructed 1895; 500
pupils; ten instructors. Third ward
school now in progress of construc'
tion, cost OF construction $4,000;
ready for occupancy September
1915.
CHURCHES Christian, cost OF
building and grounds $4,000; mem.
bcrship III; Sunday school enroll
mcut I75, Methodist Episcopal
South, .cost Of building $4,000;
membership 23j; Sunday school
attendance i75. Methodist Epis.
copal North, cost Of building $40.
600; membership l54 sunday
school attendance 1875, Presbytc
rion, cost of building $4,000; mem
bcrship 100; Sunday school attend
ance l5l Baptist, cost of build
ing $4,000; membership 1876
Sunday school attendance 1872
Episcopal, cost Of building $4,000
membership 80; Sunday school at
tendance 20, Cumberland pIesby'
terian; cost of building $1,000
membership No. Sunday school at
tendance 20,
MANuPAcTuRlNG INDUSTRIES One
80 ton Ice plant 80 tons Relrigera
tor capacity 10000 cubic feet
storage capacity, One 23lO Volt
age Electric Light plant $40 horse
power Two Flour and Corn mills
combined capacity 1875 barrels flour
lS0 barrels meal grain storage
10000 bushels, flour storage IL
cars, Three Concrete block plant,
1000 blocks daily capacity with
gravel and sand bar for local use
and shipment One Ice Cream and
Butter factory, daily capacity SOC
pounds butter 300 gallons ice
cream one Planning mill dali,
capacity I ear load one l'ottIiog
works daily capacity 200 dozen
bottles, One Mission Furnlur,
Factory, annual capacity l,ooC
pieces by hand One harness factory
annual business $4,000 one can
merry annual capacity q ear louds
One Steam Laundry employs $ tc
10 hands, annual pay roll $1,000
No other town Of this size has q
steam laundry Value Of plant
$4,000,
BUSINESS. One Wholesale Grocery
carries $40, 900 stock, travels three
men Fifty retailbusiness houses
Three Produce houses annual busi'
ness Sls5,OOO,OO, -Four lumber
yards Six hotels
NEWSPAPERS, Weekly Harrison
TIMES and job office Weekly Re
publican and job office, Dali,
North Arkansas Herald, job office
and office supplies,
M,uIyyUu Nnvth Apl n.ngas