The Pulaskian., 1920-04-08

H. A. DeImer and J. c. Coleman have each built new houses. MT. Coleman has got nice orchard start ed and has a real nice place. He is a cooper by trade and has one of the finest water kegs I ever saw. 1t is made out of the best of white oak and is double walled.
 The Arl<-wa Land, Timber and DeveI-
 opment Company.
 Under the management of George R. Burberry, the president, the above named company is developing the tim Der, mineral and other resources of their 1,S4O acres of hill land. The machinery for an oil well is at the Jacksonville depot, and the casing is on the way A shaft dug at the com mencement of the civil war by an Englishman by the name of Singer for mineral was cleaned out about fifty feet deep. The postoak wedges he used were found and are lying on top of the ground and do 1fot appear to have been cut over six months. Other timbers he used are in as perfect state of preservation. His tools were found, too The assay from this mine showed gold, silver and zinc. It is intended to develop it during the com ing summer.
 The oil derrick will be 8 feet high and the timbers are being gotten out for it now. One piece is 18x18 inches and 32 feet long. On this main sill will rest 16,00O pounds of machinery. H. Sinners, foreman and head driller, and o. D. Adams, fireman, are now on the job drawing pay They are pre- pared to go 5000 feet, though they expect to strike oil at about 1.500 feet A sawmill is in operation, or has been, and will be resumed as soon as the roads will permit of bringing out their new engine. The land will be cleared and put in cultivation as fast as the timber can be disposed of. There are a number of tenants al ready on the place who are well pleased with the extra inducements given them. Cotton is the main crop, but orchards will be set out later on.
 The land is pleasantly located on both sides of Bayou Meto, with some fine valley land in it. There are some of the most romantic bluffs on it to be found in the county and much fine timber.
 The Missouri and North Arkansas Highway runs for mile and a half through the land The residence is about twelve miles from Little Rock. When the road is completed they an- ticipate marketing their products in Little Rock by trucks. They will soon have a town here and may offer for sale town lots. A Presbyterian Church will be built soon. The com pany is capitalized for $150,000, which is selling at par-$1O0 a share It is incorporated under the laws of Iowa, with the main office in Des Moines, Iowa. Expect to be drilling by May 1.
 The most prominent residents are two fine gray mules, Maud and Beck, and another team is on the way from Iowa. The ranch will be stocked with cattle and goats.
 
 MT Butterworth, who was living on the place at my last visit, moved away and left his great grandfather's cannon. It was used during the civil war and later helped to celebrate the grand and glorious Fourth. It was cast in England, is about nine inches long, and two inches in diameter. It is gun to put to shame the great German Berthas.
 MT. H. A. Bolin, who is the head farmer, also has an ancient relic in the form of his wife's grandmother's snuffbox. She did not dip snuff, though; she was too ladylike for that, but sniffed it up her nose.