The Green Forest tribune., 1901-05-04

D. Whitaker now occupies the Fam ming property.
 T. D. Bliss has returned home from Carterville. Mo-, Tuesday.
 J. R. Meador and Rev. $. c. Stanhope of Eureka Springs were in town Thurs day.
 w. J. Meador of Berryville has pur chased Claud Stanhope's farm, out north of town.
 All kinds of high class stationery, in- cluding Bibles and novels, at the Green Forest Drug Co.'S.
 James Glasgow, who was sentenced to jail from this place last week for selling whiskey, escaped from the county bastile and is now at large.
 Hon. A. c. Hull and R. M Miles Of Little Rock were here two days the past week Investigating the amount of money our citizens are willing to invest in bank stock. They found other very encouraging conditions here relative to bank, but sufficient amount of stock could not be secured to enable them to open bank here.
 Manager Doherty of the mail stage company was in town Wednesday look ing after the local business of his , line. Since the trains have relieved I the stage company of the carrying of passengers and express, the stage com- is now going in the hole on it's contract at the rate of about S100 month. MT. Doherty had no idea when the matter would be adjusted so that the. mail con- tract would be given to the railroad company.
 A home paper is in no sense a child of charity. It earns twice over every dollar it receives and is second to no enterprise in contributing to the up- building of a town or community. It's | patrons reap far more benefit from it's pages than it's publishers, and in calling for the support of the people of com munity in which 1t is published, it asks no more than in all fairness belongs to it, though it generally receives much less.
 | In accordance with announcement made some weeks ago, we this week | publish blank form for voting for the most beautiful woman in Green Forest. l If you live in Hickory township you are invited to cut out the coupon, fill it up TRIBUNE office. The blank ticket will be carried through each issue in May, and the contest will be confined to the limits of Hickory township. All tickets must be handed in so that they can be counted before the last day of May.
 The latest venture in the matter of town building is scheme to build a town on the line of the St. L. & N. A. railroad, on Frank Plumlee' s and James Hobbs farms, about two and half miles east of Freeman and about five miles northeast of Berryville. The scheme has been set going by party of Indiana men, of which c. c. Urbanett seems to be the leader. The town is to be known as Urbanett, and it is re- ported that the people of the neighbor- hood are very enthusiastic over the suc- cess of the project. A petition is being circulated asking the department to establish a postofice at that point. There is so far no office on the line of road between Eureka Springs and Green Forest and it is quite probable that the prayer will be granted.
 Squire Tanning was called to town Wednesday to hear cause wherein the state of Arkansas was plaintiff and Lee Ray was defendent. Mr. Ray was accused of having been guilty of an as sault with intent to kill and murder up- on the person of G. w. By. The trouble came up at MT. Rays tie camp, out southwest of town on Thursday of last week. MT. Bly received several severe licks with an ax handle about the head and body. The only evidence di- rectly touching the case was that of the prosecuting witness and the defendent, no one else being present. According to one witness it was all one way and according to the other it was all the other way. The court did not deem the