The Green Forest tribune., 1894-03-22
Green Forest and Carroll County.

AS the best target shot with the
rife finds the estimating OF dis
tance a source of error that he can
never wholly master when shoot
ing at game, SO the keenest fore
sight fails to masters that provok-
ing variety Of distance known as
time. The eye of faith is true, the
atmosphere is clear, the outlines OF
the game can be seen. Through
the mirage of heated imagination 1t
dances entrancingly near, and the
labor Of the day is steake perhaps
upon single shot which falls Il
long way short.
Wha: the county seat night
have donc for Green Forest is use
less now to inquire. The boom
died after awhile, and day after
day the bright sun shone upon the
quiet village. During the past few
years few have expressed what they
hoped would be the future uf the
town. Still our citizens chung with
undying faith to their investments
and siIont hopes.
They found in the soft at
mosphere and promising future a
comfort they could not hope to
enjoy elsewhere.
For a few years people have been
coming to Northwest Arkansas on
account OF its climate, and many
are attracted to Carroll county by
by the healing properties OF its
numerous springs. Of the perma-
nent Immigrants to this county
Green Forest and vicinity receives
a goodly share.
Our land is in steady demand.
There is a lack of improved trans
portation, yet land is bought and
improvements made and the prices
are raising. 1t is becoming plain
to those from the north that they
are buying comfort, immunity
from piercing winds and slcet-clad
street. from sultry days and sleep
less night, from drought and cy-
clones.
In the matter of mineral the
resources of the country are yet
quite unknown, while the number
of places where quartz lodges are
known to exist indicate that under
proper methods the county may de-
velop profitable mining business.
While somewhat rolling the soil
is very productive and large crops
are the reward OF those who till
their farms diligently. Carroll
county is comparatively new, and
it agricultural resources have
scarcely received a test to show
what wealth may abound to those
who persuc farming tor a liveli-
hood.
The county is fast becoming rec
ognized as one of the foremost in
the State in educational facilities
and Green Forest is making long
strides towards becoming the edu-
cational center of Carroll county.
Our citizens are fully awake to the
necessity OF good institutions OF
learning and will not hesitate to
assist in any matter pretalning to
education.
Prices of living are not as high
here as in many other sections OF
the United States. Taxes are
much less than in most parts Of the
east. Whom properly titled our
land will equal in production, acre
tor acre, any lands in the North
Central States. There are other
lands where one can spend a winter
with comfort, but the chief glory
of Arkansas climate is that one
may enjoy the winters and instead
drumming away may stay and be
as we'll pleased as with the sum-
mer.
When you stay long enough to
see the solid realities of the land,
you will begin to like it as Il home.
Year alter year an affection which
you cannot and would not resist
winds itself around you. There
are so few breaks or jars in the
train of comfort us the long line
of pleasant days rolls on; appetite
and sleep hang round you so WOO
ingly in the constant out-of-door
lite that yon are en,hrallcd before
/, on know it. You feel yourself
enslaved, but it is a slavery from
which you would not escape.
The few who leave it are glad to
return to their chains after spend
ing a few months in other states.