The Green Forest tribune., 1904-02-20
cox A PEEP OUR TOWN.

wcr Three Hundred Im1nigra- ? ton Agents Here Sunday. \ The greatest train of immigra-
 on agents that ever toured the -outhw estern country were
 uests of Green Forest for 8 hort space of time Sunday after
 oon.
 The Frisco Land and Immi-
 ration Association, made up of Tore than 300 representative real state dealers, including sixty
 ditofs, from 35 different states
 nd territories pulled into the Sal station at about 4 o'clock
 nda brief informal reception
 as tendered them by those of -ur people who happened to be
 ufiiciently informed of the time If their coming to be present at he station. The train was about
 2 hours behind scheduled time 7oing through from the west,
 series of delays having made it
 impossible to depend upon them
 olning at any certain hour. In
 actsour people did not so much -s know that we were to be hon.
 red by a stop of any duration .t this point at all.
 Fl As the train came to a stand
 till, however, the master of cer- monies of the association 7rought out the celebrated K. ?. band of 21 pieces of Ridge
 Farm, Ill.,, which immediately ftruck up one of it's popular spe- Vialties and E. c. Cooper was |lshered into service for an ad- lress of welcome. Mounting a
 ruck on the depot platform he delivered few highly appropri- Lte words welcoming the distin- yuished gentlemen to our town. lr. Coopers remarks were fol- owed by 8 brief and enthusias- ic talk from s. A. Hughes,
 he president of the association, vho is also at the head of the mmigation bureau of the great Frisco System, who knew where lewas ''at" having visited our own and stayed over night here 'ome two years ago. MT. dughes' remarks were very en- ,ouraging to the people of this country. He assured us that it 8 the purpose of the great rail- 'oad system which he represents oinclude Northwest Arkansas n that portion of the southwest which the Frisco is pushing with a great expendi- ;ure of money and all the energy md enterprise it can command. He said he was happy to have 'ha people of Green Forest to join him in the great immigra- lion movement that is to put de- velopement on double-quick movement here in the immediate furture. MT. Hughes was fol- owed by E.. B. Guthery. an agent of the K. c. S. road, who also made some very timely remarks and suggestions upon the same line. At the request of the master of ceremonies in be- half of the ladies the band rem dered ''Dixie' in the most pleas ing melodies we have ever heard and the brief but important and highly pleasant meeting was all over
 Just here we will remark that Green Forest people were made to take special interest in this band for the reason one of it's Eeading members, John Buell., wassthree years ago a teacher of the Green Forest band and is we'll known to a great many of onr people. Frank Buell., a brother, is the director of the band. Both have scores of rela- tivee here. none of whom the latt0r had ever seen before.
 Being anxious to become ac uainted with as many excursion ists as possible, THE TRIBUNE editor went on board the spec : ial at Berryville and canvassed the train before it reached Green Forest, informing all that Green ISS~<