The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16
ACORN ACTIVITIES.

musical ripples. and form the head
waters of the Ouachita River. The
valley between the foothills of the
Blackfork and Fourche mountains on
the east, and the Mena and Rich
Mountain ranges on the west, is about
three to five miles wide Along the
benches, foothills and lower mesas,
which are covered with pine, oak, gum
and other forest trees, there are mil
lions Of feet of lumber and ties, which
are being cut and hauled to the saw
mills, and then brought to the new
planning mill at the station. When
this land is cleared, apple, peach,
plum, cherry, grape and berry or
chards and vineyards are being plant
ed, and in future years may resemble
hills of Picardy, Champagne, or those
Of Alsace- Lorraine.
| have stepped across these little
streams many times on foot, and |
have also many time foated across
and down the bays and bayous at
the mouth Of the Ouschita and BLACK
rivers, where they empty into the
Red River, not far above its junction
with the "Father Of Waters" At this
point a railway transfers all its
passenger and freight trains on
railroad ferry boat, eight miles to the
landing a few miles above Baton
Rouge, La These little rivulets have
combined with others and grown into
an immense waterway Of commerce.
The Community Farm Club, with
j. G. Garland as president, and Peter
McWiiliam as secretary, will hold its
annual meeting Saturday night, jan
uary 49,, at the Acorn schoolhouse,
for the election of officers, and other
business. A number of important
problems face all farmers right now,
and all members are urged to attend.
The first item on the program. of the
club is to order a car of fertilizer,
and everyone is requested to give in
his order for the number of sacks
and kind of fertilizer wanted at the
wholesale price secured by the club.
The Acorn Community must also
decide the amount and kind of seed
needed to plant the coming season,
and whether they will combine their
orders and secure the wholesale price
for soy beans, cowpeas, peanuts, seed
corn, navy beans, cane and sorghum
seed, cotton seed, melon seed, fruit
trees, plants and garden seed Fol-
lowing are some of the active farmers
who, with their wives and families,
belong to the Community Club, with
its auxiliary canning, poultry, corn
and pig clubs: j. G. Garland, w. G..
B. Allen, Peter McWilliam, NJ. w.
Roger, Edgar Moves, j. S. Hinson, G.
R. Hale, j. M. McGoarty, F. F. Mon
tier, VIM. G. Gass, Jack Embry, w. A.
Ragiand, S. r. Whisenbunt, R. l.. Bar
ron, Sam Evans, Jack Owens, Homer
Evans, John Owens, E. p Twiford,
R. w. Gilderstrap, Mr.. Newsome, Jim
Hogan, Messrs. Combs and Tuomy.
An important sale Of two or three
of the best farms near Acorn has been
made, and small tracts of land for
gardening, fruit growing and poultry
raising are in demand, and three or
four new houses are needed to sup
ply the men coming in TO work at the
mills.
A new telephone line is to be built
to Mena from Acorn by the Ozark
Ranch, Henry Anderson, P. Reed, Ed
gar Noyes, j. G. Garland, II. E. Fitz,
W. c. B. Allen and w. A. Ragland, it
is rumored.
j. c. Garland is building a new
sheep barn and is preparing to plant
about rs or 80 acres in cotton, cane,
wheat, oats, corn, peanuts, soy beans,
melons and truck The peanuts and
soy beans are to follow the grain. The
commercial fertilizer viii cost about
$500 wholesale.
Edgar Noyes is making extensive
improvements on the Valley Vista
farm, joining the West Water VAL
ley farm on the south, both of which
places are doing lot of ditching and
clearing new ground for cultivation.
Mr.. Noyes has enclosed his new bun
galow with screened porches, and has
painted the roof bright green color.
He is erecting new barn, stable and
silo, and is building a stone floor, to
be covered with cement, and is add
ing cane and feed grinding mill, a
pump engine, boiler; also a wood saw
ing machine, all of which will require
building 46 by ~ feet, and make a
useful addition to modern farm.
In showing visitor over the fields
the other day Mr.. Noyes picked up a
small zinc tag which Judge Garland
had marked with pencil 25 years
ago, when he planted his first apple
trees, and the word "Russet" is still
plainly visible
Speaking Of the weather, the writ
er had some green apples on his table
picked on Christmas, which blossomed
in October.
A plan to organize cooperative
planting and shipping association at
Acorn, in order to secure shipments
in car lots, is coming before the Com
munity farm club, and if carried out,
this may include the growing Of water
melons, sweet potatoes, fruit and gar
den vegetables. A Mr. McCorkle from
Northern Arkansas was in Acorn last
week to interest the farmers in grow
ing 100 acres or more in sweet pota-
toes, and he proposed to furnish all
the seed potatoes for bedding and
raising the plants, to build a storage
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