The Pulaskian., 1917-06-29


 W B. Worthen farm. I supposed it was so far away from any place that I would find no one there except home folks, but 1 was welcomed by visi- tor and the little daughter, Darcy, ex- tended me an invitation to attend her party that night. There were present Mrs. Leo Yount, wife of the mill man. ager, son, Wright, and daughter, Mar garet, Miss Wright a sister of Mrs. Yount, MT. and Mrs. Edward Reed and Edward Jr., Wm. H. Moore and Holland Huggins, all of the Little Rock Mill and Lumber Company, Miss Elma Meyers and Bryant Good son. Recently the lumber company has extended it's log road out here and erected large up-to-date saw mill. They have a town on Big Mau- melle, q brand new one, with popu- lation of fifty They expect to be four years cutting the timber off their land. It is mostly hardwood. The forest is full of big trees, many Of the big white and other kinds of oak, sweet gum, cypress and others are three feet and more in diameter. They are noble trees. The company runs a good store and are selling goods as cheap or cheaper than the ordinary country store. A number of camp buildings have been erected and more will be.
 Guy Hughes, a colored man, was the only person in the new town to tell me he was running a business Of his own. He informed me that he was running a boarding house and was raising hogs. He bought half dozen barrows. He is showing excellent Judgment in the foundation for his herd, for I know of a number of the largest Texas ranches which were started with one old long horn steer.
 The location of the camp is a prets ty and romantic spot. The numerous mounds scattered about make 1t easy to imagine that once there was big city of the mound builders here.
 The poetry at the head of this ar ticle, which was written by Mrs. Guy Gordon, of the Worthen farm, de- scribes the new town well. They hope to have enough new families in here to start school Their nearest school now is nearly four miles away
 We'll, l have digressed. There was plenty of good music, photograph, piano and vocal. There was splendid ice cream and cake for refreshments, after which were games and conver- sation. A generally delightful time was had and the guests who lived nearby departed at twelve, midnight, for their homes, while the others re- mained for the night. I have found no more delightful hosts than MT. and Mrs. Gordon of the Worthen Farm,
 Mrs. Gordon will find us core spondent who will keep the readers of the Pulaskian posted about the doings of Worthen Wildwood. She has already secured about half dog en subscribers at the new town for the Pulaskian.
 Of course everybody is supposed to know where Worthen Farm is, but Ut is on the Old Military road to Fort Smith, twenty-two miles north west of Little Rock Worthen Wild wood is just back of and across the Big >Maumelle and is the terminus of the new railroad of the Little Rock Mill and Lumber Company This road leaves the main line of the Rock Island Railroad at Bedding just north of Natural Steps. The wagon road leaves the Roland road at the Reese Creek bridge and farmers find a ready market for produce from that neighborhood and the bright side of it all is that when the timber is cut off the bottom land will be put in cul- tivation and the town will probably be fixture.
 tThe following is a continuation of MT. Becks description of the farm of J. W. Stewart, on the Big Maumelle, started last week-Ed)
 Mrs. Stewards garden is fine. She has an onion patch that she has sold many dozen out of at ten cents dozen. She still sells at the same
 
 fill bushel crate. Cabbage heads brought fifteen cents each this morn ing and beets twenty-five cents a dozen. Eggs and butter each brought twenty-five cents, milk fifteen cents gallon. Their garden stuff would have gone to waste or to feed the hogs but for the big new mill locat- ing near by. Their sales amount to over fifteen dollars a week and they have not commenced to sell Irish po- tatoes yet Their vegetables and pro duce are all of such superior quail ity that the commissary buys all of it, so that it does not take over two hours to take it over. sell it and re- turn The mill expects to remain there for four years and by that time there will probably be permanent town there.