The Green Forest tribune., 1903-02-07
RAPIDLY ADVANCING.
The Boom of Eureka Springs
 Is Still in Full Sway.

" V oooSI v V W1oIl tJlSsbooi V Vllbo there has been no let up in the almost phenomenal growth of that city has been taking on for more than year past. There is doubt less today more evidence of sub- stantial prosperity apparent in Eureka Springs than there is in any other town in Arkansas. The money that has been in- vested in the construction of fine business houses there during the past few months will actually run up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars; and the end is by no means in sight. Ground is being broken for others of the same character, and the real es- tate dealers report business touching the high water mark.
 The Putnam block, in which the post office has been located for several years past, was until a comparatively short while ago the finest business block on Spring street. When it was first built it loomed up rather lone- somely, being quite distance up the hill from what was then the main business portion. To- day it is completely oyershadow- ed by taller and much more finely appointed blocks in either di- rection.
 The growth of Eureka Springs is stimulating to this entire coun- try. Every dollar invested there adds to the wealth of Carroll county, and no matter how great it may become it cannot detract anything from the importance of other towns surrounding it. It is distinctively self-supporting city, drawing it's wealth from al- most every section of the United States through the thousands of visitors who come there annually in search of health or pleasure, furnishing an exceptionally good market for almost every product of the farm for many miles around.
 With a continuation of the present growth and the persistent pushing of the city as a watering place by the railroad companies and the citizens of the city, the field for progress that contronts Eureka Springs may now safely be considered bcundless, and it is hard to imagine the extent of the advancement it may take upon itself during the next dec- ade. That the Frisco system will stand behind the town is certain, since it is the owner of the Crescent Hotel, now open as an all year round resort. That the future of the city is far more cer- tainly assured than it has been at any time previous is evident to every one.
 While casually observing the numerous Improvements about the city we took occasion to see Judge Tillman set the wheels of the Western district circuit court in motion; to pay our annual personal respects to about two scores of regular TRIBUNE pa irons in the city, enlist dozen new readers; to hail number of subscribers to the Baptist church building fund; to answer forty anxious inquiries, more or less, about the progress of the. work on the sidewalk from the business part of town to the de- pot in Green Forest; to tell a number of friends about the pros poets for the successful enter tainment of the state horticul- tural society; to discuss with many the hows and wherefores Maj. Drought has not resumed mineral prospecting here and transact IS 2-3 other small items of business incident to semi-oc- visit to city that has many attractions for us.
 With all of this program, we found plenty of time to partake of the hospitality of Mother Beld. ing, who not only runs one of the