412 112 JPV 1 Yesterday and Today in Arkansas .^£A /F/ l412 312 JPV 1 Yesterday and Today in Arkansas ^^m ,zr/::: 1 f ANY ages before such a being as the man of the present order had ever been dreamed of, ev- en before his hairy ancestors swung in the tree-tops or kept watch for enemies from their cave homes, the wonderful coal depos- its, ore-bearing rocks, fertile valleys and rich, black swamp lands of Arkansas were in process of making. The strange creatures that lived when the giant ferns which are now dug up as coal, were waving their tree-high fronds in the hot, damp air, have long since given place to the present- day species, and the storms and floods of the glacial period, which prepared the face of the earth for the habi- tation of man, are remembered only by the scars they left on the rocks, and the remains of prehistoric animals that are found in the caves where they were made prisoners by the deadly advance of ice and snow. By the record of rocks and bones, Nature has been a long time fitting Arkansas for the habitation of man- kind, and the riches of her stores of coal and ore, of pearls and diamonds, of soil and sunshine, challenges the attention of the world. Th^ Yesterday of Arkansas has been a long and busy 0me of preparation; her Today is full of prom- ise,.and the fullness of her Tomorrow is assured. FEB 11 l9ib©ci.A492k:jy ^-^^^ I K X I For information regarding Arkansas or her capital city, address Board of Commerce LITTLE rock, ARK. H YESTERDAY CENTURIES before the white man came to drive him from the forests and streams of his ances- tors, the red man hunted in the virgin woods along the banks of the smoothly flowing Arkansas River, and fished from bark canoes up and down its course. The historic Old State House shown above, erected before the "Territory of Arkansas" was admitted to statehood, stands where was once the quiet burying spot of the red man. The State of Arkansas, which joined the sisterhood of the Union in 1836, contains 52,000 square miles of such varying latitude, longi- tude and altitude that her consequent climate and soil formations make it possible for this state to abso- lutely supply her inhabitants with the products of her own soil and factories without the aid of outside re- sources. The fact that within her bounds such unde- veloped stores of wealth are everywhere waiting the magic hand of Mother Necessity, who in time makes use of all things for her children, holds abundant and sure promise of the future of the State of Arkansas. If the walls of the Old State House had tongues, as well as the ears of story, it could tell great tales of political struggles, of stormy conventions, of fervid oratory, and of tragedies and romances written in no history. ■ // d TODAY A ^^ "^^i fe igm NEW STATE CAPITOL .^OHE Capitol of the State of Arkansas is one of the -1- most beautiful buildings of its kind in the United States, and from its eminent location its stately col- onnades and gold covered domes make an imposing picture. This massive structure of Roman architec- ture is constructed of Arkansas granite from Bates- ville, together with Bedford granite. The classic interior is of white marble. Much progressive legis- lation has already been enacted in the new structure, and its walls have rung with victorious shouting at the passage of some measures which for years had been subjects of fierce contention in the Old State House, notably the prohibition law. The bill granting suff- rage to women was one of the progressive measures passed at the 1916 General Assembly. Governor Charles Hillman Brough, present Chief Executive of Arkansas, whose miniature is shown below, was elect- ed on the most progressive platform ever adopted by the Democratic party of Arkansas. Governor Brough, formerly of the University of Arkansas, is widely rec- ognized as a scholar as well as a man of public affairs, and he is in nation-wide demand as a speaker on moral, educational and sociological subjects. YESTERDAY EAST from the Valley of the Mississippi and north from its delta, the land formation of today is what was once an extensive inland sea or ocean arm. The first rock formation discovered by early day river navigators was on the Arkansas River where the capital city of Arkansas now stands. In the picture above the small rock at the foot of one of the four great bridges that span the river here, was known by its French name. Petit Roche, so called to distinguish it from Grand Rochelle, or Big Rock, now occupied by Fort Roots. The city of Little Rock was chartered in 1835. Her first mayor was an all-around valuable public official, combining the mayorality duties with those of justice of the peace, school teacher, bookkeeper, clerk in the postoffice, sign painter, glazier and general tinker. Little Rock's public and private buildings were few and mostly built of logs at this time, and her total population was counted as a few hundred. So this first mayor had no worries over public utility fran- chises, trafiic ordinances or sewerage and lighting problems. His diplomatic and civil powers were of- ten taxed, however, to preserve peace in his com- munity, owing to the summary way early-day citizens had of settling their own differences with pistols and knives. m and TODAY IN all the long succession of honorable gentlemen who have served as chief executive of Arkansas' capital city, there was never more rejoicing at the out- come of an election than when Charles E. Taylor was elected to this office by a big majority vote of his fellow citizens. The fight had been a spirited one between the moral forces and the social reactionaries. Fortun- ately for the future of the city, the moral forces had selected a man not only holding high moral ideals but possessing in a marked degree fine business and executive ability. The Taylor administration has not been a dis- appointment. Its moral policy, its fairness to labor, its era of construction and its financial management through a period that gready taxed the ablest business judgement, are to its credit. Among its many im- provements are miles of paved streets and the light- ing of entire districts; the establishment of a motor- ized fire department and consequent lowering of insurance rates; the parks and play-ground movement and the addition of the ninth ward to the city. Mayor Charles E. Taylor will go out of office as he went in, with the confidence and love of friends to numerous to count. YESTERDAY AN OLD COUNTY EDIFICE '"P^HE famous "Bridge of Sighs," over which the J- myriad unfortunates pass who travel from "The Tombs" in New York City, to their fate, is not without its prototype as is seen by a glance at the drawing produced above. This humble edifice was, as late as 1878, the Garland County jail. Up its steps and across its front porch passed the victims of the law of that day. At the door a pause was made. The ladder seen at the right was deftly lowered by the sheriflf into the building through the door. The culprit was bidden to descend. The ladder was drawn up and the door closed. Food was passed to the one or many prisoners through the small opening in the front wall and here the friends of the incarcerated might pour out their voices of sympathy. The plen- titude of original fire-water and Bowie knives of these days made the sheriff's life one of activity, and stand- ing room only was often the condition in this early day jail. 11 and TODAY ONE of the finest county buildings in the South is the Pulaski County Court House, built by former County Judge Joe Asher. Among the many offices in this handsome building are those of County Judge Lee Miles, who is building the great new Broadway bridge; County Clerk Dan Quinn and Chancery Clerk W. S. Boone, two popular officials; Mrs. Jennie Erickson, the efficient probation officer; Circuit Clerk Jack Maloney and Sheriff William G. Hutton. Circuit Clerk Maloney, before the voters of his county gave him political preferment, was an "Ark- ansas Traveler" and one of the best boosters in this popular organization of traveling men. Mr. Maloney yet finds time to give valuable assistance to many forward movements in the community. Like Billy Sunday, Billy Hutton was formerly a baseball artist and though he has held no evangelistic services since leaving the diamond, as a prominent official he has openly declared his position on such moral questions as directly concern good govern- ment. As a business man he has come into promi- nence by the transformation he has made in "Beauti- ful Belmont" the new hotel at Camp Pike. Mr. Hutton and Mr. Maloney are shown to the left and right below. YESTERDAY APPROACHING Little Rock on any of the bridges that connect North Little Rock with the larger city on the south side, the river front presents a scene of industrial activity vastly different from that of early days. Today the towering walls of office buildings and hotels, of church spires and factory smoke stacks, write the story of progress against the sky line with their blended curves and edges, while the unceasing stream of foot passengers, automobiles and passenger and freight traffic on the different bridges tells the vital energy of modern industrial life. Writing of the view presented by Little Rock in 1832, the author of "Early Days in Arkansas" says, "But little of the capital could be seen from the north side on account of the high and irregular bluffs on the south side which time and the march of improve- ments have greatly lowered and depressed. Near First (now Commerce Street) there was a small group of log houses occupied as dwellings. On the east side of First Street near the river stood two log ware- houses used for storing freight brought by steamboats to this port." The occasional visit of a strange vehicle that might have come in over the old road from Memphis always attracted the attention of early settlers as seen in the illustration. and TODAY THE Masonic Temple, home of the Exchange National Bank, was the first pretentious office building erected in Little Rock. Among its offices is that of Fay Hempstead, poet laureate of world Free- masonry. Established in 1882 with a capital of $200,- 000, the Exchange National Bank has, by sound and conservative management, grown until it has deposits of $2,500,000, with surplus and earned profits of $265,000. Its president is C. A. Pratt; vice-presi- dents, E. G. Thompson and B. P. Kidd; the cashier is R. H.Thompson; his assistants are W. B. Kennedy and E. M. Harrington. Mr. Pratt, shown in the miniature below, has been in the banking business in Litde Rock twenty-five years, during which time he has been prominently idendfied with many of the state's progressive interests. YESTERDAY THE above picture is perhaps the only one in ex- istence of the two-story brick building shown in the left rear. It is said to have stood in ante-bellum days, on what is now Main Street, between Mark- ham and the river. The small frame building to the left was a law office and its close proximity to the big house was not by chance, for in those convivial days when whiskey was cheap and knives and guns were handy, there were many fights, and the fine old brick house got a bad reputation. The stump in the street shows that as yet no pav- ing district had been formed, and the ox-wagon ante- dates the lively auto trucks that now rush about this same corner, by sixty years. There were a few fine carriages in those days, however, and it is told in an unpublished story by a friend of James S. Conway, first governor of the State of Arkansas, that he bought, in New York, a "family carriage" which cost $2,000 by itself, but, with its black footmen and drivers, it represented an outlay of $6,000 in gold. The equip- ages of those days, with the rough roads over which they traveled, are things of the fading past, and the hurrying throng, whose feet press the pavements stretching over the old land-marks, have little time to think of the past, from which they and their present- day surroundings have come. and TODAY ONE of the handsomest monuments to modern engineering sl^ill and the progressive spirit of the New South in Little Rock, is the Boyle Building, whose glistening white walls lift themselves against the sky line, on the corner of Main Street and Capitol Avenue. Admiration for this beautiful building is increased by the "Old Glory" which shakes its folds over its highest point. At night a spot-light on the "Stars and Stripes" keeps it in clear sight as it waves against the dark sky. E YESTERDAY n. S. M AH* I*I¥E From I^ittle Rock to Wort Sxiitti. EAVES every Monrlay Weciixesdaif -AVid Friday JL^ at 8 o'cjock. A. m; Passengers wilf g(> throngh ^by this line in comfort tl)Ie pot^t-Goaches, with excellent btock and carefu: Jrivei-s, iu about JJ//7//0U)- ftowrs. j^-For further iuformatioa, apply at the omce a1 he AnthTTiy Hoitse, to • A. F. HKINK, Agent. i'LtUf Borl-. Feb. 2.5, i5G0. 34— tf. Jflemphis anci Ijittle Mocfc Tri-Weefcly U. & Mail Line. COMPOSED OF THE F0LL0WI2iC ITew and Elegant Passenger Packets: SOUTH BEND, R. L. Haikes, Master. RED WING.sT. W. Smith, LADY WALTON, W. B. Novtland, Mastet. 8. H. TUCKER, Reese Pritohajid, " THE above named Boats have now entered) the Little Rock and Memphis U. S, yixxj^ TuADE Peemanently. One of them will leave! Little Ro.ck every Sunday, Wednesday, audi Friday, At 10 P. M Little Rock & HOt Springs Tbroagk iu Dayligbt Four-Horse Post Coacfies Going to the HOT SPRINGS will find oo Uiis Line the best of COX CORD COACHES. FINE HORSES, ANB CAREFUL AND SOBER DRIVERS. Little Boch mid Wash- iniftmt. Via ROOKPORT t ARKA1>KLPHIA. Through in ThJfti-.-%ix Hours. Office at the Anthony House, litlle.Kock^ ADVERTISING FIRST CLASS PASSENGER TRANSPOR- TATION HALF A CENTURY AGO IN ARKANSAS B nd TODAY THE coming of railroads to Arkansas began a wonderful era of development. How well the Missouri Pacific servesArkansas can belargely demon- strated by the fact that in this state, with an extreme width and length of 275 miles and 240 miles respec- tively, this company has a total mileage within a frac- tion of 2,400 miles, or almost ten times the extreme length of the state. As a large employer of men, the Missouri Pacific means considerable to Arkansas. At present, this company employs about 9,000 men in this state. Figuring an average of three to a family, this would mean 27,000 persons either working for or dependent upon this company for a living, or an average of one in every sixty of the state's population. For wages this company pays out in Arkansas, more than half a million dollars every month. This great army of Missouri Pacific employes in the state spends at least $135,000.00 for shoes in a year, more than $2,500,000.00 for food and at least $1,000,000.00 for clothes, besides their purchases of other articles en- tering into their living. In taxes alone the Missouri Pacific pays nearly one million dollars annually in Arkansas, and another huge sum for ties, lumber and coal. MISSOURh ^PACIFIC; YESTERDAY THE first artist who ever painted an original pic- ture of any note in Arkansas was Edward Wasli- burn, son of Rev. Cephas Washburn, who came to the Territory of Arl^ansas over a hundred years ago as a missionary to the Indians. The son Edward from earliest childhood showed great talent drawing in the sand and on every smooth surface he could find. He was yet young when he painted the "Ark- ansas Traveler," from which original painting the above drawing was made. The young artist painted several handsome portraits now in possession of descendants of the family and a valuable canvas on his easel was left unfinished by his untimely death. The "Arkansas Traveler" was not considered by the painter as a work of art but was hurriedly made from a local scene suggested by the tune played for a traveler. This old tune, which is today played by bands everywhere, never fails to set the most pious feet tapping or the most sanctimonious lips smiling pleasantly, while its effect on a body of men or women is to make them forget for the time that there is such a thing in the world as trouble as they enter into the spirit of the swinging, rollicking, humorous harmony of an undying tune. B and TODAY A NATION is no greater than the total of its units, and each unit is the home. In its use and effect upon mankind, music is, next to food and shelter, the greatest necessity and of all things the greatest blessing to man. Recognition of this fact in Arkansas is evidenced by the successful piano and musical concerns in Ark- ansas, chiefest of whom is the Hollenberg Music Co., the oldest, largest and best in Arkansas, and as a matter of fact equally so, with only a few exceptions, throughout the United States. The business was established in 1853 by H. G. Hollenberg and became well known as the Great Southwestern Music House, Memphis, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1887 the company was in- corporated, and in 1891 F. B. T. Hollenberg, son of the founder, was made president, under whose management the company has merited and received the best patronage. A portion of the main entrance to the beautiful new home of the company at 415 Main Street is shown above. The miniature below is that of H. G. Hollenberg, the founder. YESTERDAY ^OHIS very unusual picture was made in 1908 at the -I- homecoming of a number of pioneers who attend- ed school together during the years of 1848 to 1858. The old log building known as Hawthorn School, is near Farmington, Arkansas. Schools of this kind were early day forms of the present system of non-sectarian free school education, a system not yet perfect but embodying the under- lying principles upon which democratic civilization must be built. The great difference in social condi- tions between countries having free school education and those having none, can be seen at a glance by a comparison of North and South America. Both of these countries were taken by the white man at about the same time. The founders of the United States believed free education necessary to the best interests of the new social order that was to be. Today the United States stands in the forefront of the civilized nations of the world, while South America, rich be- yond computation in natural resources, yet remains, for the greater part, a rich harvest field for such forces as prey on ignorance and superstition. Her founders did not believe in education. To pioneers like those pictured above, the present age owes a. debt it can never repay. and TODAY LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL A COMPARISON of the two buildings above and their splendid equipment with the cabin school pictured on the opposite page tells its own story of the development of the public school system of Arkansas. Educational institutions in the State of Arkansas, other than the public schools, are the University of Arkansas, State Normal, Branch Normal, four Agri- cultural Colleges and many religious and denomina- tional colleges and schools, both Protestant and Cath- olic, among the latter being the handsome new Little Rock College. Arkansas has a uniform text book and compulsory education law and is every year spending more money for the education of her increasing pop- ulation of school children. YESTERDAY ^rrrrr-^.i Embroideries ! Embroideries I IT INEN Cambric Edgings and Inserting*, Swisn JLj and Jaconet BandM, Collars and SleevQp, single and in setts, Infants' Waist Uusqiies and Robos, Linen, Cambric Handkerchiefs, also, a few splendid embroi- dered skirts, Linen cambric. Linen Lawn, Ihifc Lace Colhirs and sleeves, and various other articles oT this klad.jiist recdved at P. HOTZE & CO.'S, 4pril 14, 18G0. Main ., 18C0. BEDBE & rARISn. I l>r, C 1* 111 ^^ at O IV , Office— East Side of East Mam Street, lET^EEN MULBEIIHV AND WALls'UT iUreet 8, Little Rock, Arkatogas, Mail 28. 185». ' 3— if. To W/itttlcrs, >Ei:i3K A PAIUSH have a large assortment pf > Knive.--. SepL 22, I860. CliOCKS! CLOCKS! SMALL LOT OF CHOICE EIGWf DAY Weight Clocks for sale low only'foi'Cash, at ALBERT COHEN'S "^JJ &^P Sl'ADEii.r:5i»a*.^<^\*cl.*^ DEALERS IN Groceries f Provision s, CORNER OF MARKIIAM AND ROCK STS., lITTLi: ROCK, ARKS. ASUPI'LY OF VENISON, TUR-REYS, DUCKS, and Market Produce, always on. hand. 2'!-^ December 8, 18u9. All Ye thatDxink! »EEBE A PARISU have the Rifle Whiskey, » Sept. 22, Is.jO. ADS FROM OLD COPIES OF THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE ■1 >i d TODAY i-'i"^'^'"!i^«'rtCf DU LMffiHE THE GAZETTE BUILDING Vy in THER events have had a more or less marked fluence on Arkansas men and affairs * * * but towering above all these in both absolute and rel- ative importance," says the historian, Shinn, "must be rated the first issue of the Arkansas Gazette, the in- itial beacon to a greater intelligence, the first headlight of a greater progress and the commanding index to the march of improvement and power." On October 30, 1819, William E. Woodruff landed at Arkansas Post with his modest, old time printing press, and twenty days later issued the first copy of the Arkansas Gazette, the second paper to be publish- ed west of the Mississippi River, and the oldest which has had a continuous existence to the present time. When the seat of government was changed from Arkansas Post to Little Rock in 1821, the Arkansas Gazette changed its place of publication to Litde Rock, where it has since been issued. The handsome building shown above is the home of the Gazette today. In this building is a giant press on one corner of which in letters of gold is the name "Wm. E. Woodruff," and here Arkansas' oldest and greatest newspaper is published. Mr. J. N. Heiskell (miniature below) , is its present able editor, Mr. Fred Heiskell, managing editor and Mr. Fred Allsopp, business manager. YESTERDAY '^pHE above picture shows the west side of Second J- and Main Streets in 1863. The site of the building to the left, at that time occupied by the firm of Field and Dolley, is familiar today as the People's Bank corner. To the right, in the illustration, are seen the stores of Ottenheimer and B. Gans. Two or three more frame buildings reached to the corner now oc- cupied by the German National Bank. In the block between Second and Third Streets stood the old Robbins Opera House. Near this was the general store of Mr. Peter Hotze. On another page in this book an advertisement of P. Hotze & Co. at this time, may be seen. A neighbor store was owned by A. O. Hadley, afterward govenor of Ark- ansas, and Mr. Peter Hanger. In the same block was the shoe shop of George Metzgar, a low board house with a big boot hanging out from the roof over the door. The town branch, covered with plank, ran down the west side of Main Street, crossing east on Second. The street was muddy and dusty by turns. There were no street lights and just beyond the village limits the native woods still stood. and TODAY THE Southern Trust Building, shown in the above picture, was the tirst strictly modern office build- ing to be erected in Arkansas, and stands as a monu- ment to the progressive spirit and business enterprise of the late Judge William Kavanaugh. From the day it opened its doors to the public the Southern Trust Company has been a popular bank- ing institution and its growth has kept pace with that of Little Rock's wonderful business prosperity. The success of a banking institution is told largely by the personality of its officials and the efficiency of their trained services. The Southern Trust Company is fortunate in having the following able officers: President, J. R. Vinson; Vice-Presidents, B. C. Powell and C. G. Price; Secretary, J. C. Conway; Assistant Secretary, T. G. Embree; Trust Officer, J. H. Stanley. The genial and popular L. C. Holman has charge of the real estate department of the institution. The sketch below shows the modern office building as pictured above, in course of construction. jKtu >■•■ •On YESTERDAY IT was on the bank of a small stream in what is now Pope County, that Rev. Cephas Washburn, a hun- dred years ago, gave his first religious teaching to the Cherokee Indians. Even before the time of Wash- burn, Jesuit priests had visited Arkansas as mission- aries. But the uncharted wilderness, infested with Indians and wild beasts, was hard soil in which to sow the seed of religious education, and the pioneer mis- sionaries suffered many privations and dangers. With passing time, however, the good seed sown sprung up and has flowered into religious institutions of every kind, both Roman Catholic and Protestant. Among Protestant denominations strong numerically and financially are the Methodists and Baptists, which support many schools and colleges. Presbyterians, Christians, and Christian Scientists also have large followings, and many less strong faiths have their ad- herents. The Roman Catholic church has beautiful places of worship throughout the state, the handsom- est being St. Andrew's Cathedral at Little Rock. The educational institutions of this church include Subiaco and Little Rock College for boys, many convents for girls, and its parochial school system. H and TODAY ,lHrih*ii fc* A*iz. .-crubbiug Brasher ; 10 urow ilalches ; •1 iiarrets Mola-'Sfs ', Foy suit' by W, C SCRUGGS & BBO. lUlli- liQi-k,\u^\t9\, 23. 1860, WOOD cnURNP- 1 uiui ■-' (Jalloa U;ui'IIe Kc.i,'s ; 5 and 10 Gnliou Iron Bouijd Kegn ; Well Buckets; Buckets and Tubs ; Bread Ti'a.V< and Bowls ; Brooms, a.sfiortyd ? Wanh Boards , KoUing Pitfe : Market Baskets; S'lgar B'jxes ; Clothes' Baskets; A Bushel Mciisiirea; Perk and J-Peck Measures ; Palm Soap No. 1 ; Stiir Candlp=« ; Telegraph Matches ; Pearl Starch ; (A>tton Yam ; Colored Cai7>et Warp ; ^^^lite Carpet Wan) ; Candle Wk^k and Tvrlne ; Coal Oil ; Cotton Rnpe ; Manilla Rope ; _. ]k:d Cords assorted ; Fftic Chcwiny Tobacco; Ciirars and Snaf! ; And manv otlier jurticUs for sale by STEAMBOAT DAY SUPPLIES The above advertisement appeared in the Arkansas Gazette over half a century ago. and TODAY NONE of the ancient landmarks of Little Rock have undergone a greater change than the river front where the flat boats used to steam up and un- load their cargoes. All this river front is today lined with brick walls between which and the river, railroads thread their way. Most of these river front buildings are occupied by wholesale dealers in food supplies. One of the leading dealers in groceries, fruits and produce, is the Cooper-Dickinson Grocery Company, a firm which in twelve years, owing to the unusual business ability of its managers, has grown from an infant industry to one of the largest of its kind in the state. Mr. J. B. Dickinson (miniature below), Sec- retary-Treasurer of the company, is doing a work second to that of no man in Arkansas in rendering his country aid at this time. After a conference with Mr. Hoover, Mr. Dickinson decided to give, with- out cost of any kind, six weeks of service to the Food Administration work. Mr. Dickinson is president of the local Red Cross organization and is also a mem- ber of the National War Work Council. The cut above shows several of the company's trucks loading up to distribute food-stuff" to the city. YESTERDAY OLD BURIAL CUSTOMS ALMOST without exception the primitive people of every age and race have had some kind of a crude beHef in the immortality of the soul, many of them, like the ancient Egyptians, believeing that the body should be preserved for the return of the soul. The original Indians of Arkansas were not an ex- ception. An account of the habits of the early Ark- ansas Indians, made in 1721 by a French priest, tells of some interesting burial customs. One burying place resembled a forest of poles. The bodies of the dead were out on top, safe from the reach of wild beasts, and both men and women made great lamen- tations nearby. Another custom was to keep fires burning near burying places to warm the dead. At a later time the Cherokees, Choctaws and Osages showed their belief in the return of the spirit to the body by placing parched corn, water botdes and smoking pipes in their graves, since attributed to some mysterious mound builders. The illustration shows a mother watching the body of a dead child, which yet swings in its cradle. nd TODAY THE embalming art of the ancient Egyptian, which preserved the mummied remains of the dead for three thousand years, may never be re-discovered. Modern embalming knowledge is sufficient, however, to preserve the human body many years, which, en- cased in the solid copper caskets of today, remains in a state of preservation indefinitely. In every up-to-date city of today, there are one or more establishments which care for the dead in the lattest approved manner and with scientific skill. One of the best known establishments of this kind in Arkansas is the Ruebel Undertaking and Ambulance Service Company, the officers of which, as shown in miniatures below, are, P. H. Ruebel, President; R. F. Drummond, Vice President and Alfred Lymer, Sec. This company was incorporated in 1901. It has grown from a small beginning until today it has the ambulance service of the Rock Island Railway, cares for the dead of the Iron Mountain Railway, and has secured the contract for its services at Camp Pike. The rolling stock of the company consists of two auto ambulances, three large touring cars, an auto casket wagon and one gray and one black hearse. YESTERDAY NO sight that ever greeted the eyes of the early traveler was more welcome than that of the tavern or hostelry that suddenly came into view around some curve in the road, or grew from a dark speck down a long road to a log walled house. In those days, after a long jog in a stage, over a rough road, the road house was a haven of rest. Nor was this all. In those days no pestiferous prohibitionist as yet encumbered the earth, and no bone dry angel had cast the shadow of its Saharah like wings over the wilderness where in the taverns of the day bumper followed bumper, stories such as gentlemen delight in were told and if times grew otherwise too dull and dead, a fight could be stirred up on short notice. One of the best known old road houses in Arkansas and one which stood after many others had fallen into decay, is shown above. For years it was a land- mark at the mouth of the North Fork in the Bates- ville district. Many a pot of greens and plate of corn- bread disappeared from the long pine table as the traveling men of that day gathered about it and many a story was told by the crackling fires in the old fire places. Going from place to place with his early day wares and fund of good humor, the pioneer traveling man did valuable service, bringing community inter- ests together and paving the way for the development which was to follow. ■ and TODAY THE advance guard of civilization lias always been the trader, and his latter-day successor is the com- mercial traveler, and one of the livest organizations of traveling men to be found anywhere is the "Ark- ansaw Travelers," a body of men that has done much to build up the commercial and social life of the state. The trio whose miniatures appear below, George Turner; H. S. Spivey and W. N. Brandon, are char- ter members of the "ArkansawTravelers." Mr. Turner is known throughout Arkansas, and beyond its bor- ders, as a prince of a booster. No advertising special- ist ever did more boosting than he does for the love of old Arkansas and his faith in her future. Mr. Spivey, ex-president of the "Arkansaw Travel- ers," is another able optimist it is good to know. To him the organization is indebted for its splendid in- surance department known as the Death Benefit Fund. Mr. Brandon is not only an honored member of the "Travelers," but is doing much patriotic work. At present his duties as secretary of the Eastern Division Exemption Board demand his entire time. The hotel in the accompanying picture is "Ark- ansaw Travelers' " headquarters. YESTERDAY THE vast quantities of coal, the beautiful marbles in greys and pinks and black and white and red, and the varied and extensive mineral deposits found in Arkansas, tell of unmeasured cycles of time during which volcanic eruptions, erosions and long ages of glacial action wrought mighty changes in the ele- mental forms of the earth's surface. But not alone in the earth are treasures of long making hidden in Arkansas. The waters of many of her rivers hide fortunes in the shape of pearls, for it is well known that among fresh water pearls none are superior to those found in Arkansas. The first pearls found in Black and Cache Rivers about twenty years ago, were sold at prices ranging from one dollar to one hundred. These same pearls would be worth today from one hundred to five thousand dollars. In the early days of pearl fishing, hunters waded the streams in search of prize-bearing mussel shells. Since then the industry has grown to big proportions. Near the pearl-bearing streams are many factories for making button molds, while over 75,000 tons of shells are shipped annually to the vari- ous markets of the world. Nearby other rivers in Arkansas, great sources of wealth are found, as in the inexhaustible material for cement making found in the famous white cliffs of Little River County. The above picture shows raw material being taken from a vast deposit of bauxite. m and TODAY BAUXITE is the raw material from which the finished product, aluminum, is largely made. In the form of clay it is taken from the earth (see picture on opposite page). In addition to her long list of largest natural re- sources, Arkansas has the largest bauxite fields in America. The American Bauxite Plant, a portion of which is shown in the above picture, is located at Bauxite, Arkansas, and is ably superintended by Gen. J. R. Gibbons (see miniature), one of the state's most progressive and patriotic citizens. As Major General, and at this time commanding officer of the Omar Weaver Camp, U. C. V., Gen- eral Gibbons has done this organization able service. At present he is doing loyalty service for his country through the Council of Defense of Arkansas, as Chair- man of the Committee on Protection and Home Guard. In addition to his many and varied public activities and patriotic work, General Gibbons finds time to write an occasional magazine article. The American Bauxite Plant is one of the largest and most interesting of the big industries of Arkansas, and visitors are always welcomed with the old-time Southern cordiality, which is not yet a lost art with the manager of the plant. YESTERDAY AFTER untold thousands of years, the discovery by the man-animal that metal could be fashion- ed into weapons in place of flint and rock, marked a new era in the progress of the human race, which by this discovery, passed from the stone to the iron age. The development of the race during the iron age was not so slow as during the stone age, and at the dawn of civilization a number of weapons and tools were in use. The tools and machinery of the pioneers, so simple in comparison with those of today, were many and wonderful compared with what had preceeded them. To expedite labor the pioneer invented many devices. A story is told of a young farmer who met a sad fate back in the days when Arkansas was yet the home of many wild animals. In Saline County, in those early days, salt was obtained from the water and salt licks were provided for the cattle by means of pumps. The pumping apparatus was operated by a mule hitched to a shaft. The young farmer had gone out at night to look after his improvised plant, when a hungry panther sprang on his mule, tearing his flesh badly. Before the young man could reach his gun, the panther leaped upon him, striking him on the head. The mule died before morning. The man lived three months. ■a' and TODAY IN the days of universal human slavery, the slave was in fact, as he was called in Rome, an "articu- lated implement." It was not until slavery began to be abolished that human intelligence was quickened by necessity, into the discovery of such machinery as would do the work formerly done by man. With the use of machinery, even though crude at first, civil- ization took long strides. The soil and climate of Arkansas are only waiting a more general use of modern machinery, to bring forth astonishing results. Corn, cotton, oats, cow- peas, sugar cane, sweet and irish potatoes, and all manner of fruits and vegetables make prolific growth. The famous rice belt produces 5,000,000 bushels of fine rice annualy. The present year's corn crop is estimated at $90,045,000; wheat, $6,451,000, and oats, $6,283,200. This yield is but the beginning of the harvest that will increase as modern machinery sup- plants the old, and the wonderful drained lands which produce two and three crops per year, are cultivated. One of the leading concerns in Arkansas distribut- ing modern machinery, is the Southwestern Supply Co., of Little Rock, of which Mr. Joseph Lyons (see miniature) is president, and Mr. Milton Loeb, secre- tary. Every piece of machinery sent out by this firm becomes a potential factor in the development of the state, and men thus engaged are as certainly benefactors to society as are preachers of ethics or teachers of art. YESTERDAY IT HAS COME! H 9) H . H. HIDE, OPP. STATE \'Vill Tell YoLi All About Ii, A FORTY-YEAR-OLD AD a (f! THE latter-day writer of smart advertising who thinks the art was born with the present genera- tion, would do well to study the above clever ad de- sign which appeared in the Arkansas Democrat over forty years ago. Successful advertising, from the time savage and uncouth man bartered his surplus bear hides and war clubs for a wife or two, until the start- ling announcements and lurid display of the present- day circus, has depended on publicity. Whether the publicity be that of a warped and slow moving slave, a glaring bill board or a metropolitan newspaper, the better the publicity the more successful the advertising. The Arkansas Democrat, for two score years the lead- ing afternoon daily of its section of country, has been indispensible to Arkansas, and its qualifications as an advertising medium seem, like rare wine, to im- prove with age. m and TODAY "HORTENSE" WHEN John Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press, destined to enable the human race to educate themselves, he could not fore- see the perfection his simple invention would attain. And yet, the same system of specialization that has developed from a single cell, that most complex liv- ing organism known as man, has developed the modern printing press. The above drawing was made from a Goss sex- tuple printing press, the largest in Arkansas, having a capacity of 60,000 twelve-page papers per hour. This press was recently installed in the commodious new Main Street home of the Arkansas Democrat, a news- paper plant where every appliance known to the newspaper world for facilitating the rapid and pains- taking production of a great afternoon daily is to be found. This leading afternoon daily of Arkansas was estab- lished about 46 years ago. Under its present man- agement it has made a wonderful growth and the nine trains that leave Little Rock daily after the pub- lication of the Democrat, take it to all towns within a radius of 120 miles, the day of publication. Mr. Elmer Clarke, owner and publisher of the Democrat, is shown to the left below; Mr. K. A. Engel, business manager, to the right. The big press "Hortense" is named for Mr. Clarke's daughter. YESTERDAY THE historic building shown in the above picture, known as the Garrison, was a portion of old Fort Smith which survived wreckage until after the war between the states. During the civil war it was used as surgeons' headquarters, and many thrilling inci- dents happened during the days of its existence. One of the exciting times during its latter days was during the uprising of the Pin Indians, when they attacked the fort. Only surgeons were left at the Garrison to care for the sick and wounded and those too old to get out, but many women were hurried into the fort and taken care of while bullets whizzed over the streets of the border town. As the little stone building of the past has made way for the wonderful modern hospital, so has scien- tific research changed the methods of surgery until blood-letting and leech-sucking are no more. Litde Rock has a number of both private and pub- lic hospitals and quite recently a movement was launched to build a new $200,000 city hospital. The medical department of the University of Arkansas with its free clinic, is in Little Rock, and several medical men and surgeons of Arkansas have written their names high on the scroll of fame. m and TODAY NO changes come in any established system of ethics or practice without pioneers, and the fore- runner of an innovation receives more scorn than praise from his fellows until the merit of his conten- tion becomes established. The great humanitarian who first used an anaesthetic was looked upon as a charleton and fraud by his fellows, who believed the ethics of their profession would be forever violated if a patient was held on an operating table by any other means than that of man power, brutally applied. Owing to the disrepute into which advertising has fallen because of its illegal use by medical impostors, publicity is not considered ethical by the medical profession as a whole. Changing opinion on this subject is, however, establishing a revised standard of ethics. The pioneer physician in establishing this new order in Little Rock is Dr. A. W. Jernigan, who is a graduate of one of the best schools in America, and a practicing physician of unblemished reputation. The constantly increasing use of Dr. Jernigan's pro- fessional services is its own efficient endorsement of the change he has made. YESTERDAY SAINT John's College was a Masonic military school incorporated at Little Rock in 1850 and was for many years one of the finest schools of its day. When Brooks ousted Baxter, during the Brooks- Baxter war, the latter repaired to St. John's College and placed himself under the protection of the com- mandant. Major Gray. The students were formed into a bodyguard for Governor Baxter and with guns in hand moved with greater alacrity than they had shown when armed with books, according to the historian, Shinn. Governor Baxter was placed in a student's room and guarded night and day until he moved his headquarters to the old Anthony House. During his stay at the college several im- portant conferences were held by such men as Judge U. M. Rose, Judge Henry Caldwell, Judge Sam W. Williams and Judge Compton, who, recognizing that a state of revolution existed in Arkansas and civil war was imminent, sought to render service. The St. John's College was closed by reason of this war in 1874. The historic college building was destroyed by fire at this time and all records of the school are supposed to have been burned. The picture above was repro- duced from a drawing printed from a stone plate in an Eastern magazine. It was somewhat changed in detail in the drawing. and TODAY WOMAN'S first demand for college education was considered by the anti of that day, a certain forecast of the utter ruination of the home, should such demand ever be granted. But the calm and majestic forces of social evolution stop not for the cry of any anti. Higher education for women has long been here and the home yet survives. One of the leading educational institutions in Ark- ansas for women, is the Little Rock Conservatory and College for Women, the main building of which is shown above. This institution, which has an excep- tionally fine faculty for doing both Junior College and Conservatory work, has at its head the three Cline sisters of musical fame, Mrs. Effie Cline Fones, Miss Martha Cline and Miss Sarah Yancey Cline (see miniatures in order). Mrs. Fones is president of the college. Miss Martha Cline is director of the piano and pipe organ department and, because of her special system, numbers among her pupils many music teach- ers and instructors in colleges. Miss Sarah Cline, vice-president of the college, has charge of the voice department. She is widely known in musical circles as director of the Little Rock Music Festival. YESTERDAY SOME 45,000,000 years ago, more or less, the soil and atmosphere that produced the present day forests of Arkansas, were vastly different, and in the warm ooze and steamy atmosphere of that time, giant ferns, tree high, flourished in wonderful profusion. The remains of this prolific plant life of the carbon- iferous age are found in the shape of coal, unmeasur- ed tons of which lie hidden under the soil of Arkan- sas, where small portions of it are today being mined. Succeeding ages have changed the species and vari- eties of vegetation, and after the discovery of fire by primitive man, tree wood, where it could be obtain- ed, came into universal use as fuel. The discovery of coal, and later of its near kin, natural gas, as fuel, did not come too soon to render help in their own way, in the very necessary conservation of natural forests. The above picture shows a bit of wood-splitting done by Nature, which, using a storm for both split- ting and driving, put the large splinter through a tree. The growth about the splinter tells that the work has been done some years. "H" and TODAY Back in the days when witchcraft notions prevailed even in the wilds of Arkansas, the suggestion that a man might sometime stand at Old Fort Smith and talk to a man at Little Rock would have been sufficient proof of mental unbalance, and any man giving ut- terance to the mad imagination that a whole brass band might sometime send its strains from a small box in the corner of a small room would have met the fate of those said to be possessed of familiar spirits. Yet with other wonders of modern science have come the telephone and telegraph to link the distant points of Arkansas together. And that other marvel of scientific skill has come so that in the sitting room of the old farm the latest Broadway opera is heard while the grinning farmer picks the hay seed from his hair. One of the necessities of modern times is natural gas as a fuel. When this prize product of nature's skill is found far from the haunts of man, it is taken to urban places by engineering skill. In the illustra- tion above the tireless wizards of force are seen, which for the Little Rock Gas and Fuel Company, night and day the year around, pump gas from the distant Caddo fields to Arkansas. The minature shows Mr. Henry M. Dawes the president of this efficient public utility organization. YESTERDAY THE first craft of any description to ply the waters of the Arkansas of which accurate information is recorded, was a fleet of keel boats and barges used by adventurers from New Orleans in their search for gold in 1809. These first boats were slow and labor- ious in their travels. A rope was attached to the boat. One end was carried ashore where a portion of the crew towed it while others kept it from grounding by the use of long poles. The first steamboat that ever ascended as far as Little Rock reached the cluster of log houses making the village, on March 22, 1822, according to the Gazette printed at that time. The name of this boat was the "Eagle." She was seventeen days out of New Orleans and was on her way to Dwight, up the river, a village long since fallen to decay but which at one time came near being the capital of the State. Among the necessities brought to the setders of olden days was various kinds of hardware including simple implements for tilling the soil, fire-arms and the always necessary ax of the woodsman. The illus- tration above is from a drawing made from life during the period it pictures. and TODAY HARDWARE HEADQUARTERS ONE of the big and progressive modern times business establishments, which dates bacl^ to the year 1878, when it was founded by W. W. Dickinson, is the Rose-Lyon Hardware Company, of Little Rock. The handsome annual catalogue sent out by this company shows clearly and accurately the stock of tools and implements for farm and plantation that it carries, and no better recommendation for the state's agricultural development can be found than the con- stantly increasing record of goods distributed by this company. Under its present management the Rose-Lyon Hardware Company has made a wonderful growth, its president and secretary who are in active charge, being especially well trained efftciency men in their lines. The ofificers of the company, whose headquar- ters is shown above, are: G. H. Lyon (see miniature) , president; C. C. Rose, vice-president; Robert C. Bossinger, secretary, and Frank Lyon, treasurer. YESTERDAY ONE of the oldest and most historic buildings in Little Rock is located on what for many years has been known as Third and Cumberland Streets. The exact age of the old place is uncertain, but it is supposed to have been built sometime in the early twenties. The building was originally a log structure built by a German named Jesse Henderliter, from which it took its name, who occupied part of it as a home and kept a grocery store in the other end. Aside from its age, the building possesses historic interest because of the fact that the last meeting of the territorial legislature was held within its walls in 1835. At this time the total population of the Territory of Arkansas was something over 40,000. Little Rock's census showed a total of over 600 citizens. Two years after the last territorial legislature the building was again used for state purposes, this time being the temporary prison of John Wilson, speaker of the House of Representatives, who killed J. J. Anthony, a representative from Randolph County, in memorable combat which occurred on the floor of the House of Reprentatives in the new state house. The time stained building is at present surrounded by modern business structures. m and TODAY OFFICE SUPPLY SOURCE THE requirments for office work in older days were simple. Since the simple has grown into the complex, the multiplied volume and detail of modern business has created a demand for office equipment devised to save time, labor and the ever growing strain on man's supply of nerve energy. To this end, wonderful inventions have been perfected for writing letters, counting money, copying contracts and keeping files, while art in making comfortable and convenient office furniture has reached a high plane. One of the largest and most complete stocks of office furniture and supplies in the southwest, is found at the house of Parkin-Longley. A visit to this ex- tensive and throughly up-to-date office supply source is not only of interest to the office man, but is of dis- tinct educational advantage to anyone interested in the achievement of human genius and art. Mr. Harry Parkin (see miniature), known as an expert in his line, is president and active manager of this import- ant business institution. YESTERDAY IN its total annual output of cotton, Arkansas stands among the first in the list of cotton producing states, and no state produces a higher quality. The value of the present year's cotton crop is estimated at $125,000,000. The Little Rock market handled 200,000 bales, valued at $25,000,000. Growing the fleecy staple in Arkansas dates back to pioneer days, and as slave labor was introduced the cotton producing area was extended, plantations of thousands of acres belonging to land owners and bringing in great wealth. Like a fading dream, the glory of the Old South is fast passing. The romance of its chivalry; the grandeur of its aristocracy, and the plenty and pleasure of its plantation life are told in story only, while the children of faithful old slaves, handicapped by the limitations of an inferior race, have become a factor in the serious labor problems of a new age. The cotton fields remain, however, and when the bolls burst in the fall-time, pushing out their snowy fulness, negroes, young and old, gather, and leisurely making their way down the long furrow as their dark fingers pick the overflowing fruitage from the crisp, brown shells, they sing. Melancholy and sometimes wierd, these songs, yet voice a great hope, as expressed in the popular refrain — "For my little soul's gwine to rise and shine, Shine lak a star in de mornin'." B and TODAY TT was many years after cotton fibre had been used 1 in the production of staple cotton goods before the commercial value of the so-called waste products was recognized. Today, from seed to hull, every por- tion of the raw cotton is utilized. Among the new and important industries turning out its product "where the cotton grows," is the Jop-pa Mattress Co., with factory and office headquarters at Little Rock. The advertising matter of this concern, which is seen in the best magazines, states that Jop-pa Mat- tresses are made from the best Arkansas 100 per cent pure cotton, especially selected for its live, resilient, bouyant quality and so constructed as not to mat or lump. Layer upon layer of this specially prepared cotton felt, every ounce of which is cleansed of foreign substances, results in the best cotton mattress money can buy, regardless of price. Very much of the rapid and substantial growth of this industry which is reaching out into many states, is due to the able management of its president, Mr. Q. L. Porter, whose miniature is here shown. YESTERDAY PIONEER FARMING THE above picture was printed from a drawing made back in the days when red men, on their pilgrimages west, sometimes stopped to look with wonder at the iron implement drawn by the oxen, which turned up the soil. Occasionally, too, an in- quisitive bear made his way to the clearing to see the strange sight. In those days dynamite as a labor saving remover of stumps and rocks, had not been heard of nor had such a diabolical agency as a "corner in wheat" been dreamed of. The great problem for the pioneer to solve was how to wrest his daily bread from the soil. That he might do this he planted only small tracts of food- producing cereals and grain. If he succeeded in growing more than needed for his own use, he might trade it to some neighbor for some other necessary food-stuff or exchange it for labor. The distribution of wheat and other food-stuff was direct from producer to consumer when the producer did not consume his yield. The middle-man considered so necessary in the complex distribution of our present system of supply, would have been looked on askance in early days, and the honest pioneer would have questioned his methods of business. The pioneer farmer was recognized as the main- stay of all social life. The latter-day farmer is not less so. D n d TODAY **T ESS cotton and more wheat" has been a slogan -Li by those interested in diversified farming in Arkansas. The increasing acreage in wheat shows that the sound advice it contains is being put into practice. The different soil and climatic conditions of Arkansas make it possible for her to feed herself, without necessity of calling on the outside world, and wheat growing is receiving more attention every year. One of the best known flour distributing agencies in Little Rock is the C. E. Smith Grain Company, distributors of the widely advertised Orris flour, made from the soft winter wheat of the famous St. Mary's Valley. This flour has won prizes for five years in all bread and cake baking contests in Little Rock. Mr. C. E. Smith, miniature below, has had an ex- perience of thirty years handling flour. He has held different positions of honor and preferment in his city, and is at present president of the Rotary Club of Little Rock. YESTERDAY THE State of Arkansas is famous the world around for her springs. Not only is the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas, with its numerous palatial bath houses, one of the greatest health resorts in the world, but Arkansas has within her bounds the largest spring in the world, the wonderful Mammoth Spring, of Fulton County, fed from an underground lake, the area of which has never been ascertained. But no spring was ever of more service than the spring under the spring house on the old home place. Here in the cold, clear water, milk and but- ter were kept. Ice was superfluous, and the haunting fear of germs never gave any trouble as the clean, cool milk came to the table. m m and TODAY MODERN MILK FARM IN grandmother's day the housewife canned her own fruit, baked her own bread, knit her own stockings and milked her own cow. Today factories and machines do the canning and knitting and many a city milk consumer never saw a cow. With the developement of city life and its mass society has come the problem of health, for the deadly germ in myriad varieties has been discovered working like a multitude of kaisers on mankind. Milk has its own peculiar form of germ life and since milk is so important a food product, its purity is essential and the dairyman whose business com- plies with the strenuous legal measures taken to guar- antee its output has proven the old law of "the sur- vival of the fittest." The Terry Dairy Farm, one of whose barns and milk houses is shown above, with its tested cows, its well screened concrete buildings, its electrical milkers and its water and electric light plants is considered a model, and the pasteurized milk, cream and favorite brand of ice cream that come from it are in increas- ing demand not only in Litde Rock, but throughout the State. This splendid business has developed under the efficient management of Mr. William Terry, its president, whose minature is presented below. YESTERDAY ON yesterday in Arkansas, miles of travel along the pleasant country roadways might be taken, with no evidence that the fertile fields would ever be used to grow anything beside corn and cotton, or the rocky hillsides be made to blossom with peach and apple orchards. But time has wrought great changes and the diver- sified farming idea is growing, while the fruit industry in Arkansas has already reached a stage of commer- cial importance. Elberta peaches grown in Arkan- sas challenge competition in any market in the world and some of the largest orchards in the world are in Arkansas, one at Highland in Pike County having three thousand acres of fine trees. The apples of Arkansas are equally famous, "Arkansas Blacks" having won numerous prizes at World Expositions. The strawberry industry in Arkansas is of growing importance, while many a barren hillside has been changed into a vineyard of commercial value. Black- berries and raspberries yield paying returns at a min- imum of expense, and huckleberries grow wild. B and TODAY TO turn a rocky hillside into a flourishing vine- yard or orchard, requires the combined effort of God and man. One man, who in Arkansas has rendered efficient assistance in transforming a wilder- ness into a garden, is the late Joseph W. Vestal. Mr. Vestal in 1863 opened a small place near Little Rock for the sale of nursery stock. In 1880 this busi- ness was moved to the north side of the Arkansas River, where it has grown until today the many acres of gardens and greenhouses that make the place, are known far and wide as "Vestal's." No business enterprise ever established in Arkansas has meant more to the development of the entire state than the pioneer enterprise of Vestal. During his long and useful life he saw waste places literally blossom with the rose and the fruit industry grow until one county has 7,000,000 apple trees, yielding fruit of nation-wide fame. Not only has the fruit and berry harvest come to be a great financial asset to the state, but floriculture has grown to be a great industry. Vestal grows every- thing from violets to lilacs. Vestal's speciality how- ever is "Vestal's roses," and Little Rock's title "City of Roses," owes much of its right to the title to Vestal roses which are grown to grow. The miniature below is from a portrait of the founder of the Vestal and Son business of today, of which Mr. Charles Vestal is president. YESTERDAY ONE of the first handsome Southern homes built in Little Rock was that of the famous poet, author and lawyer, Albert Pike. At the time it was built, this splendid home was in the outskirts of a frontier village and was surrounded by native forests, some of which was cleared away to make place for gardens of roses, a flower growing in such profusion in Little Rock as to give it the title, "City of Roses." The name of Albert Pike is written high on the list of Arkansas' men of fame. Born of poor parents, young Pike obtained with difficulty, some schooling at Harvard, after which he made a trip west and reached Little Rock, coming down the Arkansas River with a birch-bark canoe load of furs and hides. After teaching school a time he took editorial charge of a newspaper. Here his literary talent found ex- pression, his poems gaining publicity as far away as Paris. One of his greatest literary works was the translation of the Zend Avesta and Rig Veda with annotations, in twenty-two large volumes. As a soldier, Albert Pike won honors fighting Indians. As a lawyer he became judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. The home he built has changed hands several times during its seventy years of history, but yet stands in its classic beauty, admired by all who pass its wide gateway. H and TODAY \.. ,>. - A ,«,»•.. ALBERT PIKE CONSISTORY THE Albert Pike Consistory, named in honor of the illustrious Albert Pike, who, as a Freemason, became the highest of his order in the world, is the headquarters of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Valley of Little Rock, and is one of the handsomest buildings of its kind in America. Its stately exterior gives no adequate idea of the beauty of its interior, however, and no finer stage scenery is to be found than that used by the order in putting on its work. It is to the educational method of the drama that Scottish Rite Freemasonry owes much of its suc- cess as a powerful social and fraternal organization. The Camp Guard of the Consistory is composed of thirty-second degree Masons and is a well drilled company. Much of the wonderful development of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Valley of Litde Rock and throughout the Southern Jurisdiction, is due to the undring labor of Charles E. Rosenbaum, thirty-third degree, whose miniature is shown below. Mr. Rosen- baum is Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Su- preme Council and Sovereign Grand Inspector Gen- eral in Arkansas. YESTERDAY THE suburban residential districts of no city in America surpass, nor do few equal in point of beauty, the natural scenery of Pulaski Heights, Little Rock. To the south the blue mountains stretch in undulating lines. To the north, Big Rock looms up, the river washing its feet and taking its shining way between its willow-fringed banks. On the near-by hills the pines stand always like evergreen sentinels. Pulaski Heights is a garden of wild flowers from the time the dog-wood spreads its white lace blossoms over the spring green of the valleys and the violets carpet the roadside, until the near-by hills turn orange and scarlet and the golden-rod and aster bow their heads beneath the touch of frost. That this beautiful place of hills and vales, of pure air and plenteous water, would some time become a populous commu- nity was a far dream. But there was a man who saw the vision and staked both business judgment and fi- nancial resources on realizing it. The many miles of paved streets and the hundreds of beautiful homes with every modern convenience that today make Pulaski Heights, are their own substantial evidence that dreams come true. One of the indispensible factors in the develop- ment of the Heights has been the electric street rail- way shown above as taking its way through the pines. H and TODAY A MODEL FIRE STATION '"p^HE handsome structure shown in the above illus- J- tration stands on a central corner in Pulaski Heights, not only as a model fire station, but as sub- stantial evidence that the promises made Pulaski Heights by Mayor Taylor during the time her consent for annexation was being courted, have been kept. This fire station is one of several, including the splen- did new Central Fire Station, built during the Taylor administration and supplied with the equipment that has put it on the map as the first Southern city to have fire departments with all motor-driven apparatus. Mr. L. H. Bradley, one of the most popular busi- ness men in Litde Rock (see left minature below), was the honored mayor of the Heights when it became a part of Little Rock. He is now a member of the City Council. Mr. H. F. Auten (to the right), known as the "Father of Pulaski Heights," is one of the State's leading citizens, and has been for twenty years a moving spirit in measures tending toward the social betterment and material development of the com- munity in which he lives. THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL My lord rides through his palace gate, My lady sweeps along in state, The sage thinks long on many a thing. And the maiden muses on marrying; The minstrel harpeth merrily. The sailer ploughH the foaming sea. The huntsman kills the good red deer, And the soldier wars withouten fear. But fall to each whate'er befall. The Farmer he must feed them all. Smith hammered cheerfully the sword, Priest preacheth pure and holy word. Dame Alice worketh broidery well. Clerk Richard tales of love can tell. The tap- wife sells her foaming beer, Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere. And courtiers ruffle; strut and shine, While pages bring the Gascon wine; But fall to each whate'er befall. The Farmer he must feed them all. Man builds his castle fair and high, Wherever river runneth by, Great cities rise in every land. Great churches show the builder's hand, Great arch«-s, mouments and towers. Fair palaces and pleasing bowers; Great work is done, be't here and there, And well man worketh everywhere: But work or rest, whate'er befall, The Farmer he must feed them all. — C/ias. G. LeIanJ. This poem is reproduced from a fifty-year-old publication. To date the farmer has been on the same old job. ^M)i LIKE a thermometer, the number and condition of banks in any commonwealth indicates its average of prosperity. Over four hundred and fifty bank combine to make the Bankers Association of Arkansas. The banks whose an- nouncements appear below are representative of their kind, whether in village, town or city, and their officials are pro- gressive in all that the term means. C. C. Kavanautfh, Pretident T. W. Mattially, Vice President I). B. Renfro, Caihier H. W. Anderson, Mtfr. Insurance Dept. E. E. Walden. Mfir. Real Estate Dept. Central Bank U. S. Depository for Postal Savings Funds Little Rock, Ark. Banking, Insurance, Real Estate Como Trust Company E. N. Roth, President John P. Dick, Cashier Hot Spring, Ark, Geo. P. Murrelt, President O. H. Davis, Vice President O. H. Beasley, Cashier Linnie Hill, Assistant Cashier " Bank of Cabot Cabot, Ark. Capital SSO.OOO Surplus S4,S00 W. L. Furlow, President D. F. Wilson, Vice President N. N. Wood, Cashier Directors— W. C. Ribenack, C. S. McCain, W. L. Furlow. D. F. Wilson, D. W. Bass, C. L. Poole, W. H. Furlow. The Bank of Hampton Hampton, Ark. Capital Stock ilSMO Moorhead Wright, President C. P. Perrie, Vice President E. J. Bodman, Secretary Chas. M. Connor, Treasurer L. J. Gibson, Trust Officer Sam W. Reyburn, Chairman of Board E. G. Thompson, Vice President Geo. B. Rose, Vice President Union Trust Company of Little Rock, Ark. Surplus anil Profits $290,000 Capital $250,000 W. L. HeminiJway, President W. P. Feild. Vice President F. J. Schmutz, Secretary and Trust Officer S. C. Couch, Assistant Treasurer C. B. Maxwell, Assistant Secretary Mercantile Trust Co. Little Rock. Ark. Capital and Surplus $550,000 Jas. H. McCoIlum, President S. R. Ofilesby, Vice President P. A. Tharp, Vice President Jesse N. Riley, Cashier Roy Anderson, Assistant Cashier The Hope National Bank HOPE, ARK. Capital $50,000 Surplus $75,000 Hugh McCain, President V. G. Savajje, Cashier Directors— F. M. Rogers. J. P. Fcndley. W. J. Massey, E. M. Vaughn. Bank of Arkansas City Arkansas City, Ark. Capitol Stock $50,000 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 647 958 3