The Harrison times., 1916-05-13

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ST. Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway is preparing TO pave foui
Wholesale district. a work which will
cost approximately $4,000; the en-
tire Arkansas side of tse city has
been included in street paving dis.
I triCt. and 81 blocks are TO be paved
guttereG and otherwise improved at
an estimated cost of between $500.
600 and 100000 This work is to
start within the next four to six
weeks, it was stated. Other improve
ments, either now under way or con.
templated, include the double track
ing OF their line TO Fulton by the Iron
Mountain; the building OF so miles
of improved highway from Texarkana
to the Red River crossing al Fulton;
another highway TO the Louisiana
/ line. and in Bowie county, the Texas
Siuc vi luo CITY aH expenditure VI
more than 100000 is TO be made in
the building of public highways, so
that Texarkana will soon be the huh
of a perfect network of good roads.
-Four national highways are TO pass
through Texarkana.
One of the greatest advantages &C.
| cruing to Texarkana is the fact that
it is situated in the very center OF
/ one Of the greatest producing belts in
this entire section. The variety and
( quantity Of products cannot be ex
celled anywhere. The soils are gray
sandy loam loan and clay, merging
into brown and black sandy loans.
and clay in the river bottoms. Fruits.
vegetables, garden truck Of every
known variety feed stuffs-al are
prolific producers in this soil. The
growing of grapes is an industry
which has had q wonderful progress
during recent years, and this luscious
fruit bids fair to become one of the
chief products of the soil in that sec.
tion.
Farm lands in the vicinity Of Tex.
arkana range in value probably lower
! than anywhere in the United States
in proportion to their productiveness.
The average value per acre in Miller
county is Sl413 with a yield of s22.04
per acre, while in Bowie county the
average is forty cents per acre higher.
During their stay in Texarkana the
editors were very forcibly impressed
with the conviction that Texarkana is
on the map, commercially, financially
and socially, and that the Twin Cities
are well prepared to meet newcomers,
entertain them and hold them after
getting them there The Texarkana
commercial organizations are working
I industrously to make Texarkans
/ known to the world as one of the
premier cities Of the great South by
reason of its natural environment and
the aggressiyeness Of its citizens in
dividually and collectively.
A very pleasing part Of the editors
meeting there was a reception and
organ recital rendered the guests in
the Congregational Church. Mrs. Co
zia Hynson Case, an organist whose
welEearned reputation is not confined
to the boundaries of Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, conducted
the recital on the echo organ, one of
the finest instruments ever introduced
in this section of the country and the
! second one in the entire South, the
only other one being at Dallas. Mr..
Edward Johnston, manager of the
Little Rock branch of the Western
Newspaper Union, sang several solos
that added greatly to the occasion
and the ladies of the first families OF
the Twin Cities were in the receiving
line to bid the visitors welcome. The
recital was such as few cities could
present, and the visitors and their
wives were profuse in their expires.
sions Of appreciation.
Tuesday evening the magnificent
Texarkana Country Club was thrown
open to the editorial delegation, and
dance and reception was enjoyed.
The banquet Monday night was one Of
] the greatest affairs Of its kind ever
attempted by Texarkana, and was a
crowning success to the efforts Of the
local newspaper men there Hon. Lee
j. Roundtree, president Of the Ma.
tional Editorial Association, was
among the visitors, and made brief
talk at the banquet, as well as at the
business sessions Of the convention.
Another prominent visitor at the meet
ing was Walter b. Whitman, publisher
Of Hollands Magazine and president