The Green Forest tribune., 1904-02-20

dSSuIIIlS CI0II lt WOulu O6 our pleasure to answer any corres- pondence concerning the coun- try. The courtesy was become ingly acknowledged by all and we hope that not all of them will forget that Green Forest was one of the thousand towns visited during their ten days itinerancy.
 The writer stayed with the ex- cursion on the trip to Harrison and returned with it to this place, and we must say that our neigh Dor city did the handsome thing, sure enough. It was evident from the manifestations made that in the matter of a royal re- ception it had remained for Har- rison to cap the climax for any thing the association had seen. In fact, speaker after speaker of their crowd, including President Hughes, said so in so many words. The table that was spread at 6:30 stood the severe test of the pressure of between 300 and 400 comfortably hungry stomachs, this being the second opportunity they had had to eat during the day, having employed only. a sort of catch as- catch can method of eating while in Selig- man during the forenoon. After all, there was approximately as much left of the Harrison sup per as there were of the loav es and fishes. The beautiful thing about it too was that the grub given them was all such as you have on Sunday when the preacher comes. It was the kind that cures hunger in it's most aggravated form.
 There is no use in talking, the Harrison people simply captured the members of the association. They scored an advertisement for the town the value of which could not be estimated, at an ex- pense of hundred or two dollars, from which would prop erly be deducted fully that sum for the pleasure that the event
 seemed to afford them.
 After supper the crowd assem- bled at the court house where the city was formally presented to the association by Mayor Clendenin and number of responses were made from members of the asso- citation, all speaking in the high est and most flattering terms of the good time that had been shown them, and expressing implicit confidence in the future of this section, especially empha- sizing the fruit and mineral re- sources. Capt. Newman had shown them his fine mineral ex- hibit at the Times office and they were captivated by it.
 The train that conveyed this distinguished party was the heaviest and finest ever pulled over this road. It contained eight tourist sleeping cars and one coach. It took two engines to pull it and neither seemed to be out of employment at any point on the line.
 Irwin Whitaker, our own real estate broker, was one member of the great party. If he hasn't done some great missionary work for this section on this trip he has missed a great opportunity and we have never seen him asleep yet. Although he had one of the choicest berths in the train at his disposal, we doubtif he ever used it. MT. Whitaker was the only man from along this line of rail road participating in this ex- cursion, which is not only much to his credit, but mark of de- stinction for Green Forest. It has not only furnished a great oppor- tunity for advertising our cheap lands and unbounded resources, but has shown the Frisco people that we have people among us who actually believe in going after things, the kind that is s'all right because the Frisco said so."
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