The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-29
Don't be a knocker.

down from Osage Wednesday.
 Major Dennis is entertaining a cousin, Mir. Hendricks, of Hackett, Ark.
 Harry Nunnally is up from St. Joe spending few days at the home of his mother.
 Dooling & Grim have sold the old telephone exchange office to Jim Tabor who will use same for a meat market.
 Disconnected telephone wires has made it impracticable for The Tribune to secure a report of the deliberations at the meeting of the county meeting of the Farmers Union last week.
 A bunch of sweet violets grown out in the open air was among the bouquets presented The Tribune editor yesterday. Who could wish for milder wealth CT in middlings of the winter?
 The Green Forest Canning Go. is now ready to make tomato contracts for the coming season. If you wish to make some of your land yield you an income of $50 per acre next seoson talk to c. l.. Scott.
 The local telephone has been out of commission since Tues day while the exchange is being moved and overhauled. The work is under the supervision of w. G. Hanbury. The novelty of doing without a. telephone grows old fast.
 w. R. Kemp, president of the Great Western Oil Go. and s. E. Francis, a book keeper of the same concern are here from Little Rock assisting in the open ing of the branch office in Green Forest, which is under the man. agement of J. R. Crawford. Green Forest is now the distri- outing point for territory cover- ing fourteen counties.
 CARD of THANKS: We wish to thank the people of Oak Hill and Douglass settlements and of Green Forest for their kindness. We had scarcely nothing to eat and they gave us provisions. We also thank the neighbors for cutting us so much firewood. May God bless them. Mrs. Bet tie H. Ragsdale. Mrs. Willie J. Glasgow.
 pr. Erton Poynor of Osage took the train in Green Forest Saturday night for Pomroy, Wash, whither he goes to lacate in the practice of medicine. Dr.. Erton is a successful physician and withal a splendid young man and we have no doubt that he will succeed in his new home. His family will follow in the course of a few months.
 A. J. Cox had the pea hullers, Jones & Watson, with him Mon- day and he gives them big send off for the character of the work they did. More than twen- ty bushels were threshed out in a few hours by their hand ma chine. MT. Cox says that raising peas for the market is a paying proposition and he hopes to see farmers all selling peas instead of buying seed to SOW at a fancy price.
 John Bartlett of Oak Grove was in town Saturday carrying his left arm in sling, the result of a serious accident that over- took him on Dec. 23 last. He was working for a school building construction company with head = quarters at Muskogee, Okla., and as he went to alight from a moving train on his return to the city he fell in manner that did him up completely. His left arm and shoulder, while no bones were broken, were so seriously bruised and strained that he fears permanent injury has been sustained.
 "One who was there" reports a surprise birthday dinner at the home of H. H. Stanhope on Route 1 which occurred Sunday, the IT. The event was in honor of Mr. Stanhope's 55th anniver- sary. Those present were Andy Cox and family, G. P. Gordon and family, Volie Stanhope and family, Sterling McNiel and family, Mrs. Lucy Harbert and little daughter Edna Lee, Oliver Stanhope and his sons Glen and Fred. All children and grand children were present except Charles Harbert and sons, Mrs. Oliver Stanhope. who was sick, and her little son and daughter An excellent time and good din- ner were eported.