The Harrison times., 1915-05-15
A Few Bare Facts for Those Who Would
Inquire About Our Little City

rural subscribers 25O Metallc city
system. grounded rural system, 7
operators, 8 linenen, plant owned
BY local company, direct connection
to long distance Bell system, cheap
est rate of any town of its size in
Arkansas.
WATER AND SEWERAGE.-Water
system to be extended Immediately
and sewerage installed by an i'm
provement district a a cost approx
imately of $75,000.O0.
BUILDINGS $4,000. County
Building $4,000 Jail 100000
Federal Building. Fifty two and
one story brick, stone and concrete
buildings, some FIRE proofwith steam
heat and plumbing. No desirable
location ever vacant. Business hous,
es rent for from $25 90 to 500 per
month.
RESIDENCES Vacant houses are
rare Many have furnace heat and
are equipped with modern plumb,
ing, Rents moderate.
SIDE WALKs,-Harrison has s
miles of concrete walks,
STPEETS. There are no artificial
pavements but the natural iOrma,
tion is clay gravel causing the streets
to be well drained These streets are
% miles long, Business portion well
oiled,
ADJUSTMENTS One Opera House,
400 capacity. One Motion Picture
Theatre, 500 capacity, One Library.
Three Women's clubs aside from
church organizations, One Mems
club with extensive quarters, Que
Masonic Lodge and Temple. Odd
Fellows and other lodges, One fair
grounds, 20 acres, and half mile
race track Buffalo creek and other
nearby mountain streams afford
good fishing and opportunities for
camping and recreation, Springs
close in and attractive hooks on
Crooked creek and in the surround.
ing hills offer tempting invitations
to picnic, Many miles of natural
gravel roads are alluring to the mo.
torist.
Cry LAND VALUES. In the main
business section lots 80 feet by 15O
feet sell for $500 20 $1,000. Resi-.
dence lots 80 feet by $50 feet sell for
$50 to 81 900,
COUNTRY LAND VALUES Crooked
Creek bottom land is valued at $50,
SO 70 500 per acre, ,'the best up
lands $50 per acre, Much improved
and unimproyed hill land can be had
from $50 to SO per acre,
GOVERNMENT LANp, There are
400 acres OF Government land in
Boone county,
OPEN RANGE-Within a radius OF
five miles of Harrison there is little
or no open range Beyond that
distance the open range increases
offering an abundance OF oak mast,
bunch grass, wild pea vine, lespedza
beggor Ice forage plants and
browse for all classes of stock.
Sous,-Thc Springfield soils com.
prise an irregular band running
from the northeast Gorner OF the
county to It's southeastern eStreml'
lev, In this Harrison lies and in.
cludes the bottom loan soil OF
| Crooked ( elk The rock from
which these soils were derived are
limestone, The group includes n
number OF llmestoncs and one or
| two sandstones, The Springfield
type Of soil is a gray to brown
grayrIly silt to silly clay with Il
variable amouut ol stone scarcely
ever Stone free The subsOil is red
to yeIowish red stony clay to silly
clay, usually rs stony os the soil
| 7 his type Of soil catches and stores
| all the rainfall and permits none to
escape by capillary rise 20 the
surface It stands drought well It
| il not the best grain soil but adapt
ed to red clover and will produce
alfalfa il munured 1t is not a leachy
soil 1t isan excellent soil for small
fruits and grows fruit trees well
also except on south slopes where
summer temperature becomes too
high, On gentIer slopes the soil is
often gfayelly, rather than stony, 1t
Is much better for all crops and
adapted to wheat and corn An ad.
dition 70 clover and lruitS
The following ear load lots were
shipped from Harrison, October 81
1919 to October 81, 1914 Horses
9, hogs 30, mules ., cattle -, sheep
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