The Nevada County picayune., 1916-05-18

lion, this work 10 cost SS0.V90, the S1. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway is preparing to pave four blocks along it's right of way in the wholesale district, a work which will .oa a9pro<mato., $40.o0 The eu .te Arkansas side of the city has -,eu included in d street paving d,s .rlct and 52 blocks are to bs paved. guftrrad and otherwise improved at m estimated cost of between $500, aa0 and $400 coo This work is to sar' within the next four to siI "a vsks. it was stated Other improve .a"nts either now under way or con t.upfatcd. include the double track Hg of their line to Fulton by the Iron Mountain, the building of 60 miles of improved highway from Texarkana 70 the Red River crossing at Fulton Aro.hnr highway to the Louisiana iue. and m Bowie county. the Texss siie of fhe city. an expenditure Of more thau sto000O is to he made in the building of public highways. so that Teyarkana will soon be the hub of s perfect network of good roads Four national highways are to pass through Trzarlsaua
 one a. fhr grnal est advantages ae. .rutne to ta>afk4ua i' th. fact that t Is situated Tn tb" 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 oams. and clay in the river bottoms Fruits vegetables. garden truck Of every known yarielN feed stuffs all are prolific producers in this soil. The growing of grapes is an industry which has had wonderful progress during recent years, and this luscious fruit bids far to become one of the chief products of Inc soil in that sec tion
 Farm lands in the vicinity Of Ter arkana range in value probably lower than anywhere in the United States in proportion 10 their productiyeness The average value per acre in Miller county is $14.l3, with a yield Of S22 04 per acre, while in Bowie county ths average is forty cents per acre higher
 During their stay in Te1arkana ths 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 Texsrkans commercial organizations are working industriously to make Tsxarkans known to the world as one of the premier cities Of the great South by reason of it's natural environment and he agsressiyeness of its citirens in 1ividually and collectively
 A very pleasing part of the editors meeting there was reception and organ recital rendered the guests in the Congregational Church. Mrs Co Eia Hynson Case. an organist whose well-earned reputation is not confined o the boundaries Of Arkansas. Texas Iab I .l 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 ths only other one being at Dallas Mfr Edward Johnston, manager of the Little Rock branch of The Western Newspaper Union. sang several so!os that added greatly to the occasion and the ladies of the first families oi tho Twin Cities were in the receiving line to bid the visitors welcome Tn, recital was such as few clties could present and the visitors and theJ wives were proluse in their eNpres sions of appreciation
 Tuesday evening tNc masuIGe,nt reVarkana Country Club pas thrown open to the editorial de!cGariou and dance and reception was enjoyed The banquet Monday night was one ot the greatest affairs of it's kind eveJ attempted by TeXarkana. and was s rrowning success to the efforts of the local newspaper men there. Hon. Lee ! Roundtree, president of the Ma .ional Editorial Association, was among the visitors. and made a 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 of the Texas Press Association
 The citizens of Texarkana showered themselves with laurel wreaths in