The spectator., 1922-03-14

mobiles are largely manufactured from Arkansas timbers.
 Arkansas has for many years pro duced excellent whet stones and the supply is inexhaustible.
 Cypress lumber is produced in Ar kansas to the extent of 50,00O,000 feet year.
 Golf sticks, shuttles and bobins for cotton mills and lasts for shoemak CTS are manufactured, from Arkansas persimmon.
 Hundreds of thousands of feet of elm. cottonwood, tupelo and sycamore are consumed in Arkansas annually in the manufacture of baskets, crates boxes and veneer for furniture.
 The round crate generally used in the shipment of bananas originated in Arkansas and is largely manufactured from Arkansas veneer.
 Arkansas has 129 species of native trees. Sixty of these produce useful commercial woods.
 Arkansas mills furnish the veneer from which trunks. advertised as in destructible, are manufactured.
 Arkansas has two of the largest screen door factories in the United States.
 Arkansas, according to the 1920 census, has s13S,S1S,0O0 invested in manufacturing plants. turning out products valued at S200,313 ,000 an nually, an increase of 13S per cent in five years
 Arkansas cuts annually 150.000 feet of osage orange, the most highly priced wood produced in the United States.
 Arkansas leads in the production of oak slaves for tight barrels
 Arkansas has two of the largest plants in the world where railroad ties and piling are given creosote treatment.
 Arkansas has one factory which produces 6o,o00,OO0 feet of oak floor ing. moulding and lumber. annually a record not equal elsewhere.
 The collapsible onion crate used almost exclusively in shipment oi Bermuda onions. originated in Arkan sas.
 Arkansas has the. most inviting field for the apiarist. the clover pastures and wild flowers produce the best honey
 Arkansas has a larger variety of wild nuts than any other State, wal nut, hickory nut pecan, Albert. chin quapin and chestnut Several hun dred cars of oceans are shipped an nually.
 Arkansas crop of wild berries is -blackberries. dewberries and huckleberries. Muscadines and several kinds of grapes grow in pro fusion and Arkansas farmers are un able to gather and preserve more than a small portion of the crop.
 Game. from the squirrel to deer abounds in Arkansas-though large game is rapidly disappearing. There is still excellent quail and duck shoot ing during the open season.
 The second largest hardwood mar
 
 Arkansas has seaport, Helena, { harbor with a minimum stage of 5( feet of water. This is the head ot navigation for ocean going vessels on the Mississippi river.
 The Fl Dorado oil field in Unior county has 3!5 producing oil well: and 15 gassers. The oil wells range from 100 to 5000 barrels daily.
 Arkansas crude oil, from the F Dorado fields. show a gravity test of from IS to 375 at 50 degrees.
 Arkansas farm wealth has increas ed 300 per cent in 10 years.
 Natural gas in the Fl Dorado fields will distill two gallons of gasoline pel thousand cubic feet.
 Arkansas has in it's three natura gas fields many wells which produce an averange of 25.OOO.OOO feet of ga. daily.
 Arkansas has the highest mountain between the Alleghenies and the Rockies. Mt. Magazine, 2.S36 feet high high
 Arkansas has two large furniture manufacturing centers, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. and their product is shipped to an parts of the world
 Arkansas has model law govern ing state banks. Bank depositors are as thoroughly safe-guarded as though there was state bank guaranty law.
 Arkansas bank savings have shown a steady increase with each bank re port, the increase in seven years be ing over 300 per cent.
 Arkansas banks show an increase of 100 per cent in individual deposits since March 1, 1914.
 Arkansas banks more than doubled their resorces in the same period Is there another State that can show over 100 per cent increase in seven years?
 Arkansas has public school prop erty valued at $20.000. .000. and raises