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Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

SCHOOL OF DANCING = Miss. Cathnrine Finnegan's school of Dancing re-opens for the winter term at the Town Hall. Canaan. at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. October 5, 1901 Private lessons by appointment,
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
7 CANAAN <"

Assistant. Services every Sunday morn ing alternating between the hours of g and II o'clock.
 Christ Church Rev. J. P. Smyth, Rector. Regular services, Sunday morn ing service and sermon 10.45 Sunday School after morning service; evening service and address, TOO p. m., Holy communion first Sunday ill each month at 10.45 a. m. Other services as an nounced.
 Pilgrim Church (CongregationaD- Rev. E. O. Gillette, Pastor. Sunday ser vices; morning worship 10:30; Sunday School at 11:45; young peoples meeting at 6:15, meeting for prayer and confer ence. Thursday evening at 7:30.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Mark Twain and H. H. Rogers the ''sick'' Standard Oil millionaire, were nutoing together at New Bedford re- cently. MT. Rogers was chauffeur. Is he becoming professional joker like Twain?
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

At this season of the year there is noth. ing else quite so comforting as the knowledge that some of last winters coal is left in the bin.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS

CHANGE OF DAYS.--.Four Bros oil will be delivered RI Cana, n Tuesdays and Saturday Ont of town orders filled at Wilcox shop on those days.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Morning maps are worth more than $S0 per year in Colebrook river. The postmaster there has resigned, and there by loses the yearly salary of that amount, because the first mail arrives at 6 a. m.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Rockefeller's 1000 per cent. per an mum is bit different from the work ing mans 3 1-2. ..
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
c. N. E. R. R.

c. N. E.. K. K. astbound-7. .42, s. .46 am, 1925 ,12 55, 2.41, 4.17, 6.47 p. m. Sundays (after June 23)- 3.06, S.07 p. m.
 Westbound.-8.23.1 10.34 a. m., 1255, 3.42, 6.47 D. III. Sundays (after June 23) 11.04 a. m., 6.42 D. m.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Soant sympathy does H. H. Rogers of Standard Oil fame get in his Wall street osseS.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

The press reports indicate that :even the worm will turn. A Chicago victim has stabbed the chauffeur who ran him down.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
Trains leave Canaan as follows:

N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
 Northbound.-9.43 43 a. m., 1915, 1.15, 429, Saturday. 6.45 and z 713p. m. Sun days-11. 04 8. m., 12.15 p. m.
 Southbound.-8.21, 8.43 a. m., 1.48, 2.41, 4.35, 5.04 p. m. Sundays-5.37, 6.01, 6.19 p. m.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
Annual M e eting

The Litchfield Northwest Conference will meet next Tuesday at East Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Another "jack-up'' i'll the price o meat is at hand.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Halloween is on the way.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

must be suppressed. Not content with nibbling at the various farm crops. they now enter the gardens and devour the beans and go to the barnyards and milk the cows, at least that's what the Con- necticut dispatches to the daily papers say. As these animals are becoming more and more domesticated, the day is not more than week or so ahead when they will be breaking into houses to play the piano or to go to sleep in the guest chamber As we remark at the go-in, MT. and Mrs. Deer, and the little dear deer must be suppressed. They're getting altogether too fresh.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

Twas the line storm.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
FOR SALE

KEROSENE ENGINE -one.horse Meitz & Weis kerosene engine. Reason tor selling, re. placed by electricity.
 The Canaan Printing Co. Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
1000 PER CENT PROFIT

The facts being brought to light in fully as interesting reading as did the recent probing of the affairs of the life insurance companies.
 The investigation will probably have the effect of still further rousing the feeling of enmity which prevails throughout the country against this gl- gantic corporation. There is no proba- biIity that all the inner workings of the corporation will be laid bare but enough will come to light, in fact enough has already been brought out, to convince the public that it is and has been the most extortionate and oppressive organ ization of capital in the United States.
 It is unnecessary to review the testi- mony in detail to find evidence to justify the belief that the rankest kind of ex- tortion has been practiced. One fact, alone, is sufficient i. G.. that there have been years when the profits reached 1000 per cent
 The company officers and employers will interpose the II don't know" and 'I don't remember" answer to every possible question in the suit brought to dissolve the company as an illegal oor- poration but there are many things which it is beyond the power of the company to conceal and which will work to their detriment.
 They, of course, care little what sf- feet the investigation may have on public sentiment but they have fears of the suit result ill the dissolution of the company and the restoring of conditions under which new companies ,and the companies they forced to the wall, could do business in oil, thus ending the 1000 per cent profit period.
 It is an instance where the entire country would welcome the downfall of a noxious combine.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

FOR SALE-Cheap team work horses. w D.
 sheldon, Canaan, Conn. Telephone 105.--l.
Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26

ness in this county. New proposition; special inducement; permanent. c. R, Burr & Co., Nnrserymem, Manchester, Conn.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

hanced by it's magnificent pos- sibility and probability of doub- ling and perhaps trebling in population before the close of the present decade.
 Like all growing towns or countries, the needs of the public outstrip the ability for their pro- vision, but wise legislation, look ing to the general good, provides for more urgent needs as the ma- terial substance increases. With the foundation thus laid, the stu dent of cosmogony can see tn at by an unerring, universal law, Green Forest is bound to become, one of the leading towns of North west Arkansas. The large area of fertile lands surrounding the town is one of the best evidences of the wealth and prosperity of the people. Few other towns have so much ric h territory from which to draw their trade.
 To the east the first town of im- portance is Harrison, distance of twenty seven miles: to the west Berryville, 10 miles; while 10 the north and south it's trade remains unuisputed for many miles; and in the territory embraced in this area, the people recognize Green Forest as a first market ard trade center for their sup plies.
 The s'ores IS rule carry heavy stocls and display other wider ces of l larga annual bnsi- ness. The residence part of the town is really ahead Of he busi- ness in the way of erecting hand
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

doing; and they further realize the necessity of educating and preparing the younger generation into whose Land the guiding reins .of commerce and sound standing of our city and county will be placed. With this fact in view they have erected handsome school building, and have secured the services of the very best educators that can be had, in preparing these young people for the great responsibilities they will some day assume.
 One of the first things to be considered by any one who con- templates a change of home to a distant state is, '.What is the climate? This is something he cannot change but must leave it as he finds it. He can drain the swamps, clear the forests and irrigate the plains but he cannot change the climate Northwest Arkansas rejoices under a eli mate so mild and favorable to propagation, growth and cultiva- ton of farm crops that every day seems brighter as it passes. The rainfall is abundant but the days of suns hine far outnun Der the cloudy ones. Ths seasoa of saedtime is | ng and mild and out. door work can b. clraied oa tn, N hols, year round.
 Taa soils of this district are varied, ranging ft,ln black to Ii sht srty Ia T anl very rro- dactive and wien properly car' q for hpll their rrofucsiveu almost indefinitely. This has very great advantage over the
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

some buildings. It is a mater of common remark that Green For est has more substantial, hand some homes than other towns of it's size, and it is creditable that the residents take so much pride in beautifying their homes, as it adds much to the good appear ance of the city as whole.
 Our people fully realize that there is power supreme to mar, the Giver and Creator of all things, and they have not for gotten in their struggle for ex- tending their commerce, to erect in memory of Him houses of worship wherein they gather and render their thanks for His bless ings in guiding them 10 such a goodly land in which to live and labor. There is so much happi- ness and prosperity where the people walk handln hand for tie 3etterment of mankind and where the opportunities for add ing to their worldly holdings are so great. Green Forest las three religious denominations all of which are we'll organized and have beaaliful and comfortable edifices in which to worship.
 The people of Green Forest are thoroughly molern in every re- spect, and they understand that the present hands, which guide the destiny of our city and coun- ty, will not always remain to per- form the good work they are now
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22
Green F crest
 A TOWN OF
 Good Schools
A TOWN OF
A Splendid Normal and Business College and a Magnificent Syslam of Public Schools.

One of the. first questions ask ed by the intelligent home seek CT about any place is "What about it's schools?" Green For est is far above the average in this line. The Ozark Normal, founded three years ago by Prof. W. D. Crawford, has taken rank with the best private colleges of the state and is prov ing by it's work to be the most valuable institution of the town.
 It offers thorough Courses in commercial work, telegraphy, shorthand, Normal work, scien- tific, and Music. This institution is alr, ady furnishing the greater part of the teachers fir the sur rounding country and it's sphere of influence is widening constan' = ly.
 Discipline is strict and the class of pupils in attendance is i'll morals and manners as we'll as earnestness of purpose of the very highest. Training of character ard conduct as well as intellect is an absolute essential ;n eN erJ good school and the Ozark Norn al has always insist ed upon this.
 The Commercial Co Irse here is as thorough and complete as can be had at any business col lege and costs much less. Dip lomas are granted upon gradu : ation and every effort put forth to assist worthy students to 1 positions.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

citizens of Green Forest have amassed a competency, but man IS never quite satisfied with his acquisitions, and in conversation with some of the older citizen the writer has frequently heard them remark that if their foresight had
 been as good as their hindsight,
 they would have become more
 wealthy. Those who have suc-
 ceeded in this city have been the
 men who have possessed clear
 conception of the value of Il cir
 surroundings and have had the
 good judgment to understand
 that with the applied industry of man Green Forest has the natural advantages that go to make up what is required 10 build a prosperous city.
 It has not been a prophetic vision that has induced the men of this city to invest in it's realty and grow in wealth with the growth of the town, but knowl- edge that they would realize one hundred cents on every dollar invested at home and the same opportunity is presented today. While the future of Green For est is very promising, one com ing within it's gates and desiring to identify himself with the pros perity of the substantial little city, that is the pride of it's buila- CTS and the envy of it's rivals, is not expected to pay for blue sky; nor will he find values en-
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

immigration which is pouring into Arkansas from the worn out
 fields of the old states. The
 corntry will then be owned by small landowners. Orchards, vineyards, meadows and gardens will receive nore care. Truck crops will be more generally cultivated. Nearly every family will own and care for a little home, and our citizenship will be of that class whose patriotism seeks to raise higher standard of aesthetics, morals and odu- cation. Every conmunit ty will support school and churcl es will abound. Thspresent system of tenantry wills cease and the average citizen will live at home and give a taEe of permanency 10 his surroundings. His children will grow up to love the native heath. Good roads will be con- s.ructed leading to tie store, the school, the church and the market town.
 These times are coming, and  with tlem will come a population r., s n ling in destiny and refine trent those cid and highly eivil ized reGi ns of lh. East. That f iendly spirit of emulation wii pervade our social ranks and le | to the c ltivatiun of the div ne motives in men and women, re- suiting in the very highest r, alEl Of Christian civilization end pranGeur.
 These conditions in their tul- ls~ss nay not come for awlile but tho tendency is that way and thy will come later,
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

Among the notable enterprises of Green Forest, none are dearer to her people and none are. more jealously guarded and generous ly supported than her public schools.
 The building is a handsome two story brick structure, well heated and ventilated and mod ern in all it's appointments. The instruct is of the very best, and discipline is unexcelled any where. The morality of the school is fine and it is a constant care of the faculty to maintain it so. The pupils are looked after closely all the time, and the most influences brought to bear. Their advancement is steady and deep and the thor ough grading and apt system ization of the public schools make it possible for the teach CTS to do the best of work with a large number of pupils. In
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

one-crop country, as all kinds of fruits, vegetables, grains and grasses grow here abundantly.
 It can be truthfully said to the struggling farmers of the north and east, that they can do better here, and they should come now, and buy their own homes. ID the man who waits there is usual ly little left but the dust the more fortunate ones leave in their wake. 'Tis the home of the brave, patriotic and hospitable people, who are always ready to extend 10 the stranger the ria Int hand of fellowship. The bright sunshine, sparkling Water and pure atmosphere. are all potent invitations 10 the hcmeseeker to come and jnin our toundles pros- perily.
 Green For, st has a magnificent. unsurpassed area of agricultural tributary country, some of which Is in a comparatively undevelop- ed state and capable of sustoiniro much more rural ropula ion The time is coming when in- tensified farming will prevail, and where the farmer has here tofore scattered his labor ovel broad fields, he will shortly ti. ol this method, and his power vii be concentrated on few acres tiled with scientific exactness, SC that more will be realized with z minimum of labor. This change will furnish room for the influx o1
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

Eureka Springs and about fifteer miles from the north line of the state. It is in the eastern portion Of Carroll county and is the cen- ter of rich grain, fruit ard stock raising district.
 There was a time, and it was but a few short years ago, when the resources of this country were but little known to the outside world, but that time is passed and today she has awakened to the work of making her great possibilities both known and ap- preciated. Her soul is stirred with tue breath of a new life, the light of q grarder day is falling full and fair upon her face, as she stands upright, full statured and equal to any section of the great Southwest.
 The growth ofthis city has not been that of boom, but has been substantial, the. character of which shows the solidity of foundation which insures per. manency. The founders and subsequent guardians of Green Forest have builded better than they knew.
 About six years ago the Mis- souri & North Arkansas Railroad completed it's line from Eureka Springs to Green Forest. At that time it was small village with but few buildings and those of a very primitive character. Today 1t is nice little city of about 1000 as energetic citizens as can be found anywhere in the United States. always on the alert for everything that will be of interest to them Individually or collectively. They are fully en- dowed with that spirit of thrift so common to the Western reople. rever allowing themselves 10 fol- low, tut lead in every enterprise they may undertake.
 Today it's business buildings are of brick and stone and art built after the most modern style, and the homes of is citizens are an indication of harpine and content, while many of their residences are built from the most ski!Iful architectural de- signs.
 Quite a number of the first
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

fact, the Green Forest Public School is q school that can be unhesitatingly recommended to tPose who desire to place their children in first class public school.
 The faculty for the present term are as follows: Prof, w. H. IngersoIl, Principal, s. P, Caress. Mrs. G. E. Tabor and Miss Grace Kirkpatrick.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

growth of a city and we will tell you the qualities of it's people.
 There are reasons, many of them, why cities that have once started never stop growing, chief among which is their favorable location and natural advantages.
 Another important factor in the growth of cities (and we be- lieve it 10 be one of the most im- portant) is the energy and enter prise of the citizens, the energy and enterprise of men who are willing to aid every public in- .dustry, men who are alway ready to speak a good word for Hhsir town and tell of it's ad- svantages, men who are willing to invest their money in the town swhere they have made and are Still making it. It is such men las these that make towns and cities.
 x May we be delivered from the town where the people are willing to sit down and do noth- dng for its material advance nent and growth, adopting the policy that the town will grow nyway and they will reap their hare of the profits. Also de- liver us from the town that is He'd with croakers, men who do Nothing and produce nothing, 4 Ut who are always ready to tell ,M the hard times in their town and to predict it's failure. The Might of the ambition of the s&Oaker is to counteract and undo Hhat the more ambitious and !1terprising ones are endeavor- A ng to accomplish. No town can
 It them; nothing can please Hbem. Green Forest is fortunate u having but few croakers and
 tremely selfish men within it's
 its. Few towns are wholly rid Ethis class. but we are gratified & the state meEt that large
 joiiiy of our citizens are gen.
 bus, liberal and public spirited believe in q bright future for
 { r town.
 They are here to stay and to
 that the town keeps it's place 7 >ng the front ranks of North Arkansas towns; in fact, to . hat it leads them all. These
 tres, together with it's location
 e ofthe largest as wei! as ore
 e richest agricultural, fruit
 stockraising sections of
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22
A Good Town
 SURROUNDED BY A Better Country
Facts Concerning thc History, Growth, De- yelOpment and Future Prospects of Green Forest and North Arkansas.

Arkansas, are what have made Green Forest what it is today, and what will cause it to make still greater in the next few years than it has in the past.
 Green Forest is situated on tie Missouri & N crth Arkansas Rail L. road twenty. five miles east O
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

The history of the growth of a town or city is always the written or unwritten history of it's people. It always marks the measure of their thriftiness, of their success, of their failure, of their pluck and energy.
 Write us the history of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

In speaking of Prof. ". II, Ingersoll, who recently took charge of the schools, we do not do so for the purpose of intto- dacing Linn to the people of this district. He is too well ard favorabIy known to need intro duction. being one of the favored sons of no less favored section, and one who was reared beneath the blue skies of Carroll county, and is well known as an educator, he having taught a number of years in this section of the state. He was educated at the State University. A student by nature, cultivation and habit, in- domitable in the field, both of thought and practice, genial, who e-s uld d companion there, you have the personality of one of the most successful educators in Northern Arkansas.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-02-22

RY; giv' worstcase hent FREl LANTA,G.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-10

tend to understand the psychology Of
the question, facts will nevertheless
bear this out.
"Of the great number Of requests re-
ceived by charitable institutions Of this
city for children for adoption the ma
jorlty Of those who specify ask for the
blue-eyed. golden-haired type. So, you
see, the inheritance Of such colorlng Is
a sort Of open sesame to good home.
This curious prediction was much
more marked ten or fifteen yeafe ago
than now. but 1t still crops up occa-
sionally and In certainly an interesting
trait"
The figures and letters obtaInable at
charitable institutions contain infor-
nation corroboratIve Of this statement
For instance, In the records of the New
York Juvenile asylum, an institution
which for the last fifty years has given
real home and useful training to
some 10000 children who would other
wise have grown up In the slums and
has placed 5000 Of them In outside
homes. mostly In the West, there is a
multitude Of letters asking for children
to be adopted. Some of them show this
curious blue and yellow choice.
"Can you send child out here for
adoption" says one letter from West
ern State which every year receives
many children from the institution. IF
80 have you a little girl with blue eyes
and curly golden hair?"
1--WE should be glad to give a good
home to little boy" saiys another.
I'VE prefer one with light hair and blue
eyes"
OF course. a brunette complexion IL
no handicap TO the child for which the
juvenile asylum Is striving to get a
square deal. But those who wish to
adept lisht-hnired children generally
specify on this particular point, since
on other points the judgment Of the
asylum authorities Is regarded as suffi-
cient.
One man WHO has long watched the
work Of this ard other institutions of
a similar kind insists that the psychol-
ogy Of selection Is simple. According
to his theory the West, where a real
chance is found for many Of the chill.
dren. has population made up in large
part from Northern European coun-
tries, where blue eyes and light hair
constitute the prevailing type. Natur-
ally enough when adopting a child one
Of such coloring is preferred. all Of
which. while directly opposed to the
theory Of attraction Of opposites. serves
to emphasize the value Of blue eyes
and light hair to the New York waits.
New York Tribune.