Bearden High School - Bear Echo Yearbook (Bearden, AR)

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The lumber zndustrxes can contrlbute to the mamtenance of the pubhc schools and gxve llberal ard to every movement for the up bulldmg of the country The late J H Stout of Menomtnee Wxs was prmclpal owner of Stout Lumber Co and behevmg that h1s sectxon of Arkansas was xdeal for stock ra1s1ng frult and truck growmg he puttna demonstratlon tarm not far from the lumber plant on whlch are now bemg grown sucessfully alfalfa red clover bur clover Japan clover rape vetch peas and peanuts some fme Elberta peaches Improved plums strawberrles blackberrles, dewberr1es grapes watermelons and cantaloupes 1n addxtxon to the regular crops of I.I1d18.Il corn Kafflr corn M110 Malze, oats wheat rye buckwheat etc SOME ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY OF BEARDEN Qabout 19l0j Bearden lb a clty of 1 900 populatxon made up mostly of wealthy farmers and busmess men Has one ofthe very best schools of any town lts sxze III the South teachmg full common and hlgh school courses and employmg the very best teachers The dlstrxct owns a n1ce f1ve room school bulldlng wxth lot 450 to 600 feet and does not owe a cent There IS aKmghts of Pythlas and Masomc Hall w1th entertamment hall beneath We would not have you belxeve that thxs country IS as fully de veloped as some sectxons of the older states If It were the lands that we are offermg for from S8 00 to S20 00 per acre wouldbe worth from S75 00 to 3200 O0 mstead If you really want to own a good farm that can be had at a rea sonable pr1ce and are wlllmg to take It m the rough and help develop the country, and want to pltch your tent among a people who wlll treat you rxght we mv1te you to come and see our country andbeone of us A LETTER FROM A RETIRED MICHIGAN FARMER WHO SPENT THE WINTER OF 1910 AND 1911 IN ARKANSAS Otsego Mlch June 21 1911 Mr J A McLeod, Bearden, Ark Dear Frlend Your letter of the 15 mst at hand and w111 say that we were very much pleased to hear from you and that you would soonbe m M1Ch1g8,H Yes I d1d en1oy my tr1p out through Bearden MIIIVIIIB and Eagle M1l1s as I saw country decxdedly better than lantlclpated Land as good as the best of ours um Allegan County ltell xt over and over agam to my frlends about the opportun1t1es there for the young man to get a home cheap whlch 1S a thmg ofthe past m Mxchlgan I w11l never forget our drlve out over the Arkansas Lumber 81 Dev Co s tract of land where thosemgreat forests loomed up wlth large ' - . . , 1 -1 'Y ' 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' ' 1' 1 ... , - , ' 1 ... , ... ' 1 . . . . ... I YY . 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 . E 1 . 7 Q A . ' 1