The Green Forest tribune., 1895-05-23
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
AVERY ENJOYABLE MEETING OF That BODY
AT MAMMOTH SPRlNG.
Some interesting Notes Made by The TrbuDe's
Representative.

The annual meeting of the Arkan-
sas Press Association at Mammoth
Spring, Fulton county, last week was
one of the most pleasant, if not the
most profitable the association has
has ever enjoyed. 1t seems that the
enjoyable features of these meetings
enerease with each succeeding year.
The beautiful and enterprising little
city of Mammoth Spring is an ideal
place for holding such a meeting and
coupled with the untiring efforts to
make their visitors feel pleasant, made
it gathering never to be forgotten by
the appreciatiye editors of Arkansas.
Leaving Eureka Springs at 4:59, p.
m., Saturday May IL, TIE TRIBUNE
presentatives were landed in the
hustling city Of Springfield, Mo-, at
500 that night, where Sunday and
Monday were spent in the most pleas
ant manner imaginable, with the
family of r. c.. Smith, formerly citizens
of Green Forest, 1t gratified us much
to find Mr. Smiths folks all in good
health and enjoying an abundance of
the comforts of life, and we must here
acknowledge ourselves deeply indebted
to them for their kindness to us.
Springfield is surely good town.
Every kind of business there gives
evidence of prosperity.
Monday night, near the hour of II,
We landed in Mammoth Spring, where
reception committee met us and
assigned us home during the sitting
of the Association, where we were
welcomed and royalty en- tertained
There are few, if there are any
towns in the State, that contains more
enterprise and push to the aquare
inch than does the city of Mammoth
Spring. Blessed with numerous natur-
al advantages, they have in short
space of time built a city that nov
stands without peer as a manufacture
ing center in the State. The immense
sprlng gushing forth, from which the
greatest in all the world. 1t boils up
at the foot OF hill and sends forth
a river of pure, clear water. 1t covers
about 20 acres with debth of from II
to II feet and stationary temperature
of CO. the year round. The main
boil is 20 feet by 100 feet in diameter
1t is estimated that it sends forth
80 900 cubic feet of water every minnle.
The Mammoth Spring Cotton Mills,
which are run by water power Is less
han 800 yards of the head of the Spring,
consumed 5000, 900 pounds of raw cot.oa
last year and will probably use a
million this year. BY the side of this
great factory stands big roller mill
with a capacity of 400 barrels of flower
per day.
The town is lighted with electricity,
which is also manufactured by power
from this stream.
Prominent among the leading enter.
prises of this mammoth young city Is
Hotel Nettleton, which is massive
structure erected at a cost of 500 ,09J.
1t can accommodate abouGupe hundred
guests. 1t is modern in al! its app
pointments. Everything else being
equal there is, nothing that adds
more to a town than good hotel aecom-
modations. In this respect Mammoth
Spring is exceptionally fortunate Tor
there are but few towns in this part OF
the State that have not suffered Tor the
want of good hotel.
It's impossible for us to give men
ton of the various enterprises Oh tho
city, but We cannot close witho05
saying something for her enterprlsing
newspaper men to whom belong, We
are sure, q large share of tue credit for
the building OF the city OF Mammoth
Spring. No town every progressed
very much without The aid of gold
newspapers. In this parscular also
Mammoth Spring is also exceedingly
lucky. Both the Democrat and Monl-
tor are representative papers and tue
height of their ambition is to do some-
thing for the advancement OF their
town.
During the sitting of the association
the citizens coulpi,nented the news
paper people with reserved seats 10
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