The Monett times., 1922-09-01
CONCORDIA MAN LIKES
THE OZARKS

THE OZARKS
w. F. Walkenhorst, Of Cohcordia,
Mo-, who recently visited Mrs. John
Hess at Monett, wrote ali article de-
scribing his trip overland for the Con-
cordian of his town. We copy part
Of his very interesting account in the
| Times:
Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Nolte of Alma,
| Grant Walkenhorst and the writer
| left Concordia on August IA, at 1920,
on trip to Monett, Mo, Ideal
weather, a well behaved Ford and
careful driver contributed much to the
pleasures of the enjoyable trip. Mo-
nett is about ITO miles south of Con-
cordia, but owing to the contour of the
| land and the rocks, we drove more
than AGO miles in going and coming.
We arrived at the home of Mrs. John
Hess in Monett August 16 at 900 p.
m. We had been there but short
time when we were surprised to see
Mrs. Kuhlman, who stepped into the
room. She had come by train and took
us by surprise.
One reason to take this trip was to
see the country over which had
secuted many times during the Civil
War, all the way between Kansas
City and jefferson City. | had the
satisfaction of now and then noticing
an old trail that looked famaliar, but
the change are so great that I may
have beer mistaken. Anyway, memoir
ries would become vivid and | could
see myself again boy of twenty
dressed in blue and carrying SOL
dier's full equipment, mounted on
splendid dapple gray horse, riding
all day with my company and then
lay down without supper--a stone
for pillow-dreaming and thinking
of home, praying "now I lay me down
to sleep;' and, somehow, felt that !
was not alone.
We remained three nights and two.
days in Monet and certainly enjoyed
our stay there. -
"Monett is railroad town of 5000
inhabitants all white. In this respect
the town is like Concordia. 1t has
beautiful homes, lawns and streets
and cemetery. The strike is on there.
Non-union men, guarded, are work
ing in the shops and everything seemed
quiet, as far as | could notice. think
this would be nice place to live IN.
The town is well supplied with healthy
and clean babies. Mrs. John Hess, for
merly of Concordia, and her son Ar
thur, and, her two daughters, Mrs.
Leo Harbeck and Mrs. Galloway live
in Monett and one daughter Mrs.
Conley lives near on farm. .
"a gravel road is being built from
Springfield to Kansas City. We
passed perhaps dozen gangs work
ing on gravel roads. Each county
builds her roads and the State pays
something towards it. Gravel roads
are not bad to drive on. rain dc<s not
effect them, neither are they dusty
or muddy.
81 was surprised to find great areas
of land, some perhaps so miles long
and wide, in South Missouri. One of
these is west of Springfield, and an
other south of Sedalia. There arc
nice homes there. The soil is grey
ish and somewhat sandy and does not
produce as good crops as our black
loan here. I was told that 30 and 40
bushels of corn is considered good
crop, while we raise As and so. The
land excels ours in fruit growing,
and believe that this will be great
fruit country.
"The people all over this country
seem to be happy and contented and
are very friendly to tourists.
"The native lumber consists mostly
of oaks Springfield has whole blocks
lined with beautiful sugar maple
trees. Surely very attractive, Monett
has a kind of poplar shade tree
that does not grow here. They are or
namental and make good shade at the
same time.
"The hazel splitter hog, the long
horned COW and the four-pound fleece
sheep have disappeared and we find
Poland China hogs, Galloway, Jersey
and Holstein cattle etc. in their
places : : :
'T think of the ozarks as Almost
lol;rrhtf,,l and rnrnantic country where