The Green Forest tribune., 1902-01-11
HORTICUTTURAL MEETING.
Local Society Held an Enthusi-
 astic Meeting on Saturday.

The most interesting ana en- thusiastic horticultural meeting vet held in Green Forest was the one on last Saturday afternoon, the program for which was pub lished in TIE TRIBUNE of two weeks ago.
 The meeting was called to orr der by President L. s. Shibley of the Green Forest Horticultural Society at 1, p. m.
 After prayer by Rev. J. L.. Keener, the first item on the pro- gram was called which was Ben efits of a Horticultural Associa- tion'' the discussion of which subject had been assigned to w. l.. Crow. MT. Crow made the benefits to be derived from an or ganization of this kind very plain. He said organizations of common interests practically control every avenue of commerce in the coun- try and that the maintenance of a well organized horticultural so- ciety is ot the greatest import ance, that by 1t not only are the members assisted by the exper- fence of all other members, but they may go in together and ship putin car or even train load lots. In the course of his remarks Mrs Crow said that a canning factory is to be built in Green Forest in time to handle the products of next season and that the promoters desire to have the people of this locality plant from 150 to POO acres of tomatoes the coming spring.
 The subject 'sOur Horticultur- al Future" which had been as- signed to Manager George West of the St. L. & N. A. R. R. Co.,, was ably and Interestingly dis cussed by R. $. James, the travel ing passenger agent of the road, who came from Eureka Springs as a substitute, Mr. West having found 1t impossible, owing to the pressure of business matters, to attend the meeting. MT. James dwelt long and loud upon the inn portance of an organization both for developing the fruit industry and for marketing products. He declared that 1t is the very mud sill of success that in every locality in which fruits success fully produced and marketed, dates the beginning of it's success back to the organization of a hor- ticultural society which is always maintained thereafter. He says an ordinary citizen might receive slight attention when applying to the railroad officials for favors, but when a man goes to a rail road official as a representative of a big thing like a horticultural society he is taken in perfect con fidence and given the highest consideration, that his mission represents much to the company and it is glad to extend him courtesies and advantages for his society they could not afford for a private individual, hence the best possible rates for the ship, pers are secured. He says tnis country may be underlaid with rich mineral, oil, etc., but people in ordinary circumstance cannot afford to speculate in these things, that their hope of profitable pur- suits lies in the orchard and gar den, that the fruit possibilities are now far beyond the experi- mental stage. The question of transportation having been solv- ed, nothing but time to grow orchards now stands between this being equal to other counties like Crawford, Washington and Ben ton. He called attention to the fact that their fruit crops brought Crawford county farmers fourth of a million dollars the past sea- son and those of Benton almost S1,000, ,0OO. Mr. James argued