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Show W"?filMBMiwJ aj(. . . n Unusual Vocations Taken Up by Two Young Ladies One, Longing for Open-Air Life, Is Cultivating a Farm in the Wilds of Ozark Mountains-Teacher, Mountains-Teacher, Unable to Get School, Takes Up Blacksmithing. kittle Hock, Ark. Out of St. Louis to tho virgin wilds of tho Ozarks has como Mlas Amy Hoscmary Mlllor, a city-bred stenographer, who has bo-como bo-como a homesteader on hor 80-acre squaro tract. Single-handed sho entered en-tered Into tho project, nnd If determination, de-termination, health, strength and grit count for anything shu Is going to transform tho wilderness Into a cultivated culti-vated region. Tlmo was when business men In the Century building, St. Louis, sought hor as tho most rollablo nnd accurate means of transcribing tholr letters. Uut tho crnmped and conventional llfo of tho city palled upon her. Unaccompanied by relatives or friends of tho malo sox, Miss Mlllor started for tho Ozarks, erected a modest mod-est homo of rough hown logs, nnd Is now living there nlono nnd unmolested. Doforo selecting tho government land which was afterward allotted to her, Miss Mlllor took counsel from older old-er hends and selected a woll-watored tract, heavily timbered and near a public pub-lic road In order to obtain tho rural dollvcry sorvlco. "Clearwator," as Miss Mlllor has nnmed her farm, in Is tho shapo of a squaro, 80 ncros long by 80 acres In width. This Is tho most economical shapo, requiring tho least amount of fencing material. Steel's crook, a branch of tho IHg Buffalo, runs through "Clearwater" from south to north, making n huge fork near tho ccntor, cutting tho farm Into threo pnrts. Tho creek roars down over sovoral waterfalls In Its winding courso, disappearing dis-appearing lmro and thoro In tho denso-ly denso-ly wooded part of tho farm nnd emerging emerg-ing to trnvorso nn open space with Its banks lined with maldcnfcrns and violets. vio-lets. There Is a flvc-acro tract as lovol as a tnhlo between tho prongs of tho fork In tho stream. This lovol spneo has boon cleared and plnntod with B0 cholro applo trees and a large number num-ber of grapovlnes. On other cleared parts of tho farm MIbs Miller has planted Btrawberrlcs, raspborrlos, Concord Con-cord grapes, poach, plum and cherry trees. Tho hillsides of tho Ozark country are remarknbly well adapted to tho growth of tho Arkansas black applo, and Is tho homo of tho famous Elbcrtn poach. Tho conditions for a vino-yard vino-yard aro Idoal. With tho oxtont of slopo of mountain sldo facing tho south nnd protected from tho biting winds of tho north by tho hugo hills, vines of ovory variety thrlvo and hoar abundant fruit. Out of hor big tract, Miss Miller selected se-lected 1C0 acres on n hillside and contracted con-tracted to have erected thoro a log houso, 10x10 foot, having ono window. Whon tho houso was completed In September, Sep-tember, bidding farewell to St. Louis, - Miss Miller Handles a Plow with the Skill or a Farmer. Miss Mlllor pucked her two trunks with dishes, kettles, boddlng nnd other household necessities nnd moved to tho now homo In tho forc3t. Mlos Mlllor'a mothor was her guost for tho first two or threo weeks, during which they spent much tlmo each ovonlng barring and bolting tho door and window against a possible In. trudor. Lack of any call from unwolcomc visitors has Induced Miss Mlllor to leavo tho window unbarred and open In fair weather, and tho door Is closed only against prowling dogs. At ono tlmo sho spont nine months alone In tho llttlo log cabin without a thought of fear. MIbs Miller says tho easy familiarity of tho mountaineers Is bracing nnd encouraging en-couraging whon tho bluntnoss wears off nnd ono becomes accustomed to bo-Ing bo-Ing addressed as "Howdy, Amy?" Tho first namo Is alwayu usod and "howdy" Is always tho salutation. Introductions In-troductions nro entirely unnecessary, and If ono lives lu tho samo county the prlvllogo of acquaintance Is demanded. Miss Mlllor's bill of expense for the undertaking shows $14 for filing papers pa-pers at tho land olllco preparatory to taking possession of tho 160 acres, $25 for the log cabin and $10.50 for the fonce that surrounds It. Hor living expenses for ono year were $1.50 per week. Sho says sho has no rent to pay, no car faro and no gas bills. Thero aro no ofllco hours, nnd sho Is her own boss. |