Pocahontas star herald., 1924-10-16

know him. Glen Warren. Anyway he
he was mt our little fair and was de-
lighted with it and has been building
fairgrounds. Ferris wheels. etc, ever
since until we took him to the state
fair last week and he was simply
captivated with it. He asked ques-
tiOns all the time about the many
things he saw and asked if | would
help him make fairgrounds, Ferris
wheel caterpillar merry-go-round and
all those attractions he saw, the race
tracks and horses, negro and mule
and buggy, clowns, actors, etc, and
when we got up Saturday morning to
come home he told us he did not like
Pocahontas, he liked big cities like St.
Louis. Memphis and Little Rock be-
cause they had lots Of r r. street cars,
BIG hotels, state capitol that PocahOn-
tas had only one little old train and it
did not stay long and he wanted dady
to get two trucks and move. SO we
got i'm home late and he did not stop
| i'm the house at all but went on through
| TO the back yard and began building
as best he could the things he saw and
begged me all day Sunday to help him
and hasn't stopped today. 1t would
take half million dollars to complete
the ideas he got there. 1t was a
great inspiration to him. If four
and a half years old boy can get such
visions and inspirations as that why
not adults who can comprehend it all?
! Surely they can.
Let's all work and boost the fair
! for next year and we will surely have
one indeed ] know that | have never
been accused of having much sense and
] | confess Judgment but l do believe l
know as much as some other people |
have met in life. / have always been
an alligator and booster but l could
never get the other fellow to see my
way. Hence l have accomplished but
little. If l should tell you that | was
one of two men first to agitate a drain
age system of the great swamp of
eastern Arkansas, but its true never
theless. One Mr.. Hopkins, who lived
on st. Francis river east of ParagOuld,
and % years ago took up the matter
of drainage system and discussed it
through the SoliphOne of ParagOuld
and later / made an unsuccessful race
for the legislature with the drainage
system as my platform. l made as
able to make and was complimented on
my efforts as | tried to show clearly
my reason for my position which is
very clearly proven now as all eastern
Arkansas is now drained and being
drained but when | was discussing the
question IN the stump the question was
often asked, what would it cost? To
which / would reply that l did not
have the least idea except more than
l could enumerate. That would be
mighty fine but we can't afford the
cost. | then pictured it just as it has
at last come true. Several years after
ward | got the opportunity to sling it
into the opposition. When | wrote an
article to the same paper on the de-
velopment of the county and called
their attention to the fact that what
l had advocated was fast developing,
that a number of dredge bitches were
completed and that there were nine
dredge boats then running and east
ern Arkansas Is now blooming as the
American rose with all kinds of profit
able crops. 1t has been well said that
necessity is the mother of invention
and this Is a case just in line, likewise
in our good road system Good roads
are necessity and we must have them
although | was greatly in the minor
! ity. And do know that a state sys-
tenn is the only way to perfect a system
of highways throughout the state. And
| further know that when its perfect
e dand tried out the people will be well
| pleased.
The opposition came about through
the influence of politicians and not on
merit. l am an exponent of substan-
tial progression and whether we be-
lieve in it or not its here and is com
ing and will continue to come and it
behooves us to get into the line of
march and do our part for a greater
Arkansas and America.
Wonderful developments will be
made within the next 20 to 80 years.
beyond that we are able to think or
comprehend. OF course l will not be
here to see but many of you will and
| don loss will rocon ny, ,,,.od;o4;o,s