Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-07

, Mansfield is noted for its mines,
its substantial business buildings. its
beautiful shaded streets and its ex-
cellent granitoid sidewalks. 1t Is
finely located on high and rolling
land, which gives the. city a good
drainage and renders it u very heal
thy place to live. 1t is regularly
laid out, and adorned with many
handsome private residences and
commodiOus business buildings az
ound beautiful and well kept city
park. 1t is easily leader. of all
it's sister cities, being most advanta
geously located. 1t has become the
natural distributing and shipping
point for an extensive and wealthy
farming and stock raising communi
ty. Among the principal products
shipped from Mansfield are lead, zinc,
silicate, live stock, cream, poultry,
butter, eggs and fruit. with consider
able small grain, feed and hard wood
timber. The agriculture and stock
raising around Mansfield is alone suf
ficient to insure always good ana
thrifty, prosperous city, and has
been mainly responsible for the pres
perity VIC have So richly enjoyed. bat
the mineral wealth has played no
small part in the making of Mans
field and is to be one Of the main
causes for the greatness and grand
porous cities in this part of the state
1t is truly to make Mansfield tna
Gem OF the Ozarks' in every sense
Of the word. But the mineral out
lcok we will treat separately in this
a.':ber lii another coiamn. ana mois
skensively. III
The school facilities OF Mansfield
are among the best, the building be-
ing large two-story brick with an
able corps Of teachers in charge. The
eSui 90 VI otuoy ~ WY SouIEl0lS ouu
approved by the state. The citizens
have taken great interest in the up
building and advancement of the
school and the board OF education
has been untiring in it's efforts to
make it thoroughly up-to-dats and
abreast of the times. Therefore We
justly feel proud of our school, our
school board going on the theory
that nothing is too good for Mans
field.
One of the very important features
Of the city of Mansfield Is her
churches, there being four lsnomi-
nations repres nted-Missionary
Baptist, Christian, Methodist Episco-
pal and Cumberland Presbyterian.
Each maintains Sunday school. the
Baptists have B. Y. p. U. and the
other churches Union Y. P. 8. c, E,
and community chorus
The Mansfield Fair is one of the
leading organizations Of the city
which has wrought great good for
the general community. al we'll as
for the business interests Of the city
There have been six annual exhibi-
tions always looked forward to and
we'll attended. The fact that it
stimulates interest among the agri-
cultural and took raising class is
sufficient to keep the people Of Mans
field busy keeping up the organiza-
, tion. Mansfield, like most cities, is
dependent upon the farming popula-
tion for business and a livelihood and
. her citizens are quick to eprceive
his, thus keeping to Il high tide the
interest of the fair. The farming
population has contributed q great
deal of energy toward keeping UP
this very important feature. In fact,
Mansfield is one town where they
have the good will and hearty coop
Grafton of the country people. This
is not the case with all towns. but
you will agree with us that 1t is very
essential where the towns and coun-
try around reach the highest state
Of development.
The city park. which Is very
beautiful and well kept, is one of
the things in Mansfield which hec
citizens should feel very proud Of.
It would do credit to town many
times its size. 1t is we'll shaded and
has a large number of seats scatter
ed about; beautifully set in blue
grass, with a nice band stand located
in the center around which are beds