Show THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRY in the opinion of one who has trav aled much and observed closely the most truly and rightfully contented people in the united states to day are the small landowners in what Is known as the upper white river coun try anywhere from newport ark to carthage mo they are contented be cause their surround are ideal and until recently the great uneasy dis quieting world with its artificial need and inadequate compensations has been to them but little more tangia e than a dream here still existent and by reason of their very rarity at this day and time moie delectable than in the past are the condit ens which have ever appealed with irra sis tible force to the lent spir cited anglo saxon every man is the supreme ruler of 1 is own little i ci acl now no master save the law and possibly his fern anine helpmeet cringing to no er asking no favors from the world save those that his ne ghiors fadely extend and expect aa freely in return he lives in a latitude where the extremes of heat or cold are never known and at an altitude that insures perfect health the richest bounty of nature has been showered upon him with unsparing hand but it is a question whether he more than dimly realizes the tact he accepts as a mat ter of course the fertile soil which produces in abundance every cultis able growth common to the north temperate zone the surrounding for ests of valuable woods and the under lying stratas of precious minerals the springe and streams of translucent purity on every hand the wealth of fish and game at his very door such as less favored mortals annually travel hundred of miles to find he Is con tented but small clebit is his for that tor how could he well be otherwise than contenta 7 it is sad that such idealistic conditions may not con dinue but it Is written that the pres ent possessors of this favored land must soon give place to others more appreciative of its incomparable tea tures A railroad has recently cut its way through the best of this region and the unaccustomed rustle of bank notes and chink of coin will eventually tempt the hill dweller to part with his birthright so it has always been in the world s history the things that are ours without price invariably pass from our hands before we come to understand their value the white river country will shortly be dincov ered anew by a class ot immigrants better capable of judging its pos sibil aties the men who seel modest homes where the lay of the led will effectually prevent crowding by too close neighbors where their cat tie can fatten on free range where the aeo th of forest and mine awaits development by intelligent workers and where the game and fish en recreation to all who hae leisure and inclination for sport |