The Harrison times., 1915-11-13
Social Life of Boone County.
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student in the Capps School.
Boone County is one Of the north
ern tier of counties, living between
Carroll and Marion Counties and
south OF fancy County, Missouri,
situated in the Ozark Mountains
with an area Of CHS square miles.
The White River crosses Boone
County on the north and the Buffalo
on the south Boone County is not
in debt. 1t has a mild climate, good
water, good lands. good railroads,
school and church facilities, a good
citizenship, who welcome with
open arms, energetic and desirable
emigrants, with or without capital.
The climate is delightful and the
altitude assures comparatively cool
nights in the hottest part of the
summer. The temperature seldom
goes higher than eighty.fve degrees
for more than few hours a day.
The Springs and Autums are long
and the Winters are comparatively
short. The rainfall is sufficiently
distributed to insure against drouths.
The climate, altitude and water and
mountain scenery make Boone
County a delightful region for sum-
mer rest and recreation. In an early
day here the people depended more
on getting their living by hunting
and trapping as wild game abounded
over most parts of the county and
nearly all of their clothing was
made at home. This being the case
there were not any persons that
felt that they were any better than
their neighbors. The earlier settlers
originally came from Tennessee and
Kentucky.
The chief occupation is farming,
and mining is carried on to a great
extent. The products of Boone
County are like those Of the north
ern counties such as corn, wheat,
rye, oats, potatoes, hay, forage and
fruits of all kinds. All the grasses
such as alfalfa, timothy, clover, or
chard grass, bluegrass, and lespedza
do unusually we'll Four cuttings
of alfalfa have been gathered in one
season. Cotton is raised to a great
extent. Stock raising is one of the
growing industries ofBoone County.
An average of twenty-five bushels
Of corn to an acre on the uplands,
and an average of forty bushels on
the low-lands has been obtained.
The mineral resources of Boone
County are possibly its most valu-
able asset, consisting largely zinc,
lead and marble. Some of the rich
est strikes in the North Arkansas
Mining District have been made in
Boone County. Progress has been
retarded until recently, by not hav-
ing sufficient transportation taclli-
ties, but now since that has been
met a great future has been predict
ed for the mines of Boone County
Now the mineral district is crossed
by two lines of railroad both con-
Meeting it Immediately with the
Joplin market, aifording quick and
cheap transportation, Many mines
are IN operation now and much
high grade ore is being sent to the
smelters.
There are schools scattered all
over the county. There is a school
population of six.thousand-three-
hundred sixty-one and about
thirty-thousand and three hundred
dollars was spent for teachers salary
in 1914. The High School at Har-
rison affords unusual advantages
Boone County is well represented by
the different denominations OF
churches. All the denominations
have churches in the different COM
munities throughout the county.
There is something going on nearly
all the time for pass time for the
Young folks. There are all kinds of
societies, parties, dancing and many
kinds of sports, such as basket ball,
football, base ball, lawn-tennis,
fishing, hunting and many Others.
The young also take great delight in
musical entertainments, such as
singing conventions, singing schools
and musical parties OF all kinds.
The social, educational and re-
ligicus advantages of Boone County
are unexcelled,
During the last few years Boone
County has made wonderful pro-
gress in road construction, which is
of great benefit to any community.
The excellent railroads facilities fur
nsh a ready market for all crops