The Green Forest tribune., 1908-08-14
TWO DAYS IN EUREKA
A Few Things Observed by Tribune Editor Last Week

Eureka Springs during court last week was the means of The Fri bune editor making a few obser- ,, vations some of which may be worth mentioning.
 The city of perpetual youth is not very flush with visitors this season. The big h half of the customary number of health and pleasure seekers there during mid summer has been left behind this year. Old timers say the present crop of visitors is the nearest a failure that has happen ed since '93.
 The cause is ge nerally attribut' ed to the financial panic. Pros perity is all off in Eureka Springs when the visitors come not.
 There are yet many visible effects of the bank failure there more than a year ago. The if. nancial loss has oppressed many but the most deplorable feature of the whole affair is the bitter. ness that has been engendered The fire of hatred among in. viduals and factions is kept fam ed into a flame all the while ano nearly every element of soci. ety and business is disturbed i not absolutely injured by it.
 Few people have been fortunate enough to steer clear of identifi cation with one faction or anoth CT. The establishment of gooc fellowship in Eureka Springs would seem more desirable thar a hundred fold increase in the number of visitors.
 There is a strong probability of liquor being voted out in Eu. reka Springs at the forth coming election. Temperance folks say that fair election is all that is necessary.
 Fragrant violations on the par of the saloon men has added special reasons for driving then out of business. The closing sa. loon doors in Eureka Springs vii be news hailed with delight al many places along the line of Mo. & N. A. road, frequented by the Eureka Springs "drummers, , who take orders for jugs to be delivered by the express com. pany. 4
 County politics is being agitat- ed some more than unusAl thus far in advance of the election Usually the people over there lie still until few days before the election and wake up to find that the bosses have already "fixed' things.
 There are a number of voters VOW they are going to be at the fixing" this time. That differ ent Democrats to those chosen for election commissioners were not named by the state board is no fault of large element ot Dem ocrats of Eureka Springs They protested hard and are still protesting. A representative of the "rebels" was sent to Little Rock to plead for new deal and the failure to secure it has not helped their feelings one whit upon the subject. Republicans have become so accustomed tc taking whatever comes in cleo. tion matters that they are having little or nothing to say.
 In advance of the opening o. court Prosecutor Horseley hac more than a score of gamblers arrested and permitted them te plead guilty in the J. P. court il one case each. This plan ha. become a custom on the part o. our prosecuting attorney. Costs and all in each case amount tt about $40. 4 semi annual ta1 of this size places gamblers Ii. cense at something more thar S75 year. The bunch included some of Eureka Springs elite No list has been published.
 Work on the Western distric court house is moving along The stone walls of the structure are now complete and it looks as though that the building nigh be made ready for occupancy al the next term of court. We arc not advised concerning the in.