The log cabin Democrat., 1921-12-22
IA. A. A. DOING BIG
 WORK FOR STATE LARGE PLANS FOR 1922 Millions of Pieces of Literature Show ing Arkansas as the Wonder
 State" to be Distributed.
(By Clio Harper)

II Little Rock Dec. 22.-Much coal | will be carried to Newcastle this year for Arkansas through the Arkansas l Advancement Association will smother | California with things certain to con- vince residents of that far western state that heaven alone is not the only place preferable to California. The annual meeting of the Mystic Shrine, as we'll as that of the Inter- national Association of Rotary Clubs will be held in California in the early summer. The Arkansas Advance ment Association has begun plans California with definite part of an extensive propaganda program to per form. Novel features are being per fected which will leave lasting im- pression and some of the things con- templated are certain to leave the Californians uncertain about the state in which they live, so much 50 that they will be attracted to Arkan- sas, where land is still cheap and 1 where excessive taxes do not eat up the profit.
 This association is also arranging to show Arkansas in it's best bib and tucker before several national meet ings which will be held in Arkansas during. the year. Three such conven- tions will be held in Hot Springs, Y. w. c. A., Lions and the general con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. All delegates to these conventions will return to their homes with not only better understand ing of Arkansas, but with something definite which will always bring pleasant thought of the days they have spent in Arkansas. The general committees of the National Fedora tion of Womens' Clubs will meet in Chicago in January and the Arkansas delegates will carry with them unique advertising, which will convince all who read it that Arkansas is all that is claimed for it, "The Wonder State" | The Arkansas Advancement Asso- citation has distributed 30,000 of the sheet 300 Reasons Why We Are Proud of Arkansas" and has for dis tribution immediately after the holi- days, 100000 copies of the insert for letters, Arkansas, The Wonder State" The more extensive pamphlet has been sent to the subscribers of ! Arkansas papers who reside outside the state on the assumption that all are former residents of Arkansas or are interested in the state. A letter goes with each asking for a reply giving names of persons who may be interested in Arkansas. Thousands of these letters have come back, in- cluding number from the Phillipine and Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Cana da, Scotland France, England, South Africa, Australia, the Canal Zone, Cuba and even China. The fame of | Arkansas is thus being spread broad cast over the world.
 An Iowa farmer who formerly re- sided near Stuttgart writes to the Ar kansas Advancement Association a letter typical of the replies it is re- ceiving. "We had best not returned north," says the letter, land feel that we would have been from $7,500 to $10,000 better off had we remained in Arkansas. We are now contem- plating returning to Arkansas If l ever in the North made a dollar have forgotten it. l, in the south have and anl-so far as 1 can see doing we'll. Corn up here from 17 cents to 27 cents per bushel. Rice down there from S5 cents to S1.35I per bushel Corn off land here val ued at from $200 to $700 per acre. Rice off land that can be had at from $25 to $55 per acre. Corn making from 30 to 50 bushels per acre, rice conservatively from 45 to 90 bushels per acre. Corn shucking costs cents to } cents per bushel A young rice farmer near Stuttgart, formerly from Milwaukee, this year thrashed 85 bushels of rice per acre and sold it at $1.35 per bushel, better than S110I per acre. That's as much money off of just one of his acres of $50 of land as in Illinois, not far from the University of Illinois, got off of 100 acres of land conservatively esti- mated as worth from S200 to $500 per acre, which was planted in oats"
 Just as fast as the newspapers of the state send in their lists, more of these sheets and letters are going out. It is estimated that at least 150 900 of the sheets will be thus distributed and each of them should bring back a half dozen names, giving a circu- lation of over 100000 copies, and in the places where they do the most good. The commercial organizations of the state are supplied with the names of those who express desire for information about any section of the state. The hotels of Arkansas will also, within the next ten days, be supplied with the letter inserts and buttons, q Have Been to Arkansas, and I Like It," to be supplied to the