The Little River news., 1915-08-14
Little River County, Ark, in
 Arkansas and her Resources

red clay subsoil, which is very fine for corn, cotton, vegetables. melons of all kinds, berries, sugar cane, potatoes, as we'll as other staple crops.
 "The climate of Southwest Arkan- sas is very mild, making it an excep- tionally nice place to live and very nice place for farming and stock rais- ing cf all kinds. The spring and au- tumn seasons are long and the sprins and autumn rains cctme so close to- gether that it is not very hot during the summer, and the winters are so mild that the stock run at large on the range all winter This climate is very helpful to tnc fs--.ner, for 1t enaD- les him to get two crops of potatoes and ether crops per year and to gath CT vegetables out of the garden eight months out of the year, and besides, he has no hard winters on his stock. Thousands of head of horses, cattle and hogs run at large on the range ali the year, practically free of cost Arr kinds of stock do we'll here, cattle ana hogs being especially profitable. We have about two months we call winter. We often have frosts, but seldom ice or snow. The soft, cool breezes fro11, the Gulf temper the summer heat and the nights are cool and pleasant, even in the hottest weather.
 "All the leading denom nations ars represented here and have houses or worship both in town and country. We hare strictly prohibition coun ieS ard all cur Citizens believe in the Ii. \ building of the county. The schools are of the best, each district having at least from six to nine months free school each year, and the special q S. tricts have a nine months scnooi every year.
 The water here is of the best ana can be gotten in abundance at a depth Of from IA to 25 feet. We never know a water famine. Stock water is al- ways available from the river, as we'll as the small streams, which never go dry.
 Tn order to set the mind at rest that there 's no rock or hard-pan to be found within the borders of Little River county, Arkansas. Wells can be dug or driven anywhere withon. coming in contact with stone. There is not big hi!! in the county, and yet the land IS generally we'll drained
 "It is conservative to say that the truck raiser can realize from $500 to $500 per acre any year in our country. How dces th;s compare with the country where you now live? Think of it! You can buy land now tha; will produce these fabulous returns for from IS to 25 per cent of what your land is selling for.
 'The West no longer holds out any special inducement tc. the homeseeker.
 He must turn elsewhere and the South just now holds out the most alluring and tempting offer.
 we can only give a general idea of prices. as they vary owing to the quality and character of soil, improve ments and proximity to railroads and towns. Prices range from $10 to $60 per acre. This includes all land and highly improved alfalfa lands. Terms in nearly all cases can be made to suit the purchaser.
 Colonel Trice has been most con- servative in every statement he has made. However, that is character istic of him. He wants people to come to Little River county. but he believes in getting them only by sticking" strictly to the truth. However, he did omit to say that at White Cliffs, Little River county, are inexhaustible depos- it's cf cement, rising 150 feet above Little River, waiting for development.
 The following is what the writer learned after he asked If grasses do we'll in Little River county:
 This county is the home of the Bermuda grass. It will produce from two to four tons of hay per acre, which is not excelled for feed by any grass except Alfalfa; it Is tenacious by nature. eating it's way into the scil like cancer into the human flesh, never ceasing and untiring until the battle is won. We make the seeming ly extravagant statement that one ac- re of this grass will furnish pasture for three to four head of stock the entire season, and we feel that if we are able to substantiate these truths, our battle should be won. II order to do this we make the fellow ing offer: To pay the railroad fare of any person here if we are unaaIe to prove the above facts upon your in- vestigation. And we further state that there is not an acre of land in .itflo River c0untv that will not nrr,