The Green Forest tribune., 1911-03-24
LEAVES FROM OAK GROVE.


 Uncle Tuck Minick purchased acres of land from John Evans, the consider ation being $35 per.
 Frank Baileys new residence is pro gressing rapidly under the directorship of Carpenter John Bailey.
 Notary Public Henry Jones is kept busy these days by reason of the num- erous land transfers near and about Oak Grove.
 Say, if you don't believe we've got a | town here at Oak Grove, come and in vestigate There are four more houses to be built here in the next four months.
 There was a social at the outskirts of town at the home of Thos. Newman last Saturday night The evening was spent in various kinds of games and every one had a pleasant time.
 Jasper Littrell and Rev. w. A. Bailey have traded land. Littrell took l Bailey's lots at the corner of OWnbey and Maine streets, while Rev. Bailey 1 took Littrell's lots on Main street.
 Dr. Harvey is thinking quite serious l ly of changing his location on account of his health. We would hate to lose the doctor from our midst for besides being an exemplary young man he is a most excellent doctor.
 Uncle Franz Plumlee says he will sell eight lots in his woodland in the north part of town very reasonable. 1 tell you this is a bargain too, for Oak is to hinder it? With good country all around and plenty of living water for the public in the city.
 Senator Christian, in the Arkansas Legislature, introduced a bill to abolish capital punishment. Good for you, ;! Mr Christian That was an act worthy of your good dname. There are a whole lot of these Arkansas laws which should be revised. And this, in our opinion is one of them. Any coun- try that professes to be advancing can not afford to cling to an old barbarous custom. Mr. Christian should have the support of every other Christian in the legislature.
 Scientific Farming: Did you know that there's way of education along agricultural lines sweeping over this country that never was known before. Are the people of Northwest Arkansas going to be able to swim when that wave hits them? Did you know that ever since the first settlement of the Miss issippi valley that land has con stantly increased in price and decreas- ed in actual production simply because the land has been worn out. All over the north and east this has become a a soil more easily built up than Arkan- sas soil. There never was a soil that would produce greater variety of l nH yll fO tunities along this line Arkansas will not be long in coming to the front row. In the production of leguminous plants l her soil cannot be eXcelled And such plants make the land good and keep it good
 i (To late for last week.
 Spring is here.
 The farmers of Oak Grove are busily engaged turning over the soil.
 The Oak Grove grist mill expects to start shipping meal in the near future.
 C. B. Barnes of Blue Eye, Mo-, visit ed the family of Tom Lincoln, Monday.
 Mr. James Newman, the blacksmith, l is kept busy accommodating the ever-in- creaslng demands of the farmers.
 Lewis Lincoln is preparing his posts i for one mile of woven wire which he will place on his farm in the near future.
 Lsten Hear about the pubHb well at Oak Grove? MessrS. hammond and Rhodes, lately mnved with new Tractor Steam Well Drill and are at this writing drilling a public we'll at Oak Grove. It will soon be completed Then, whosoever will may come and partake of the water freely.
 Oh, listen The editor ploWed his garden the other day and it was satis- faction to note how the little manure he had applied had enriched the ground and to realize that his garden would not be burned up by hot wind as in former days on the plains of Western i Kansas. Arkansas looks better every day.
 Land is on the upward trend at a rapid rate. John Bailey recently bought six acres of land from John Evans, the consideration being $4000 per acre. l This was timbered land. On the same day Uncle Tuck Minnick purchased from Uncle Jasper Morris tract of cleared land. And we are told the con- sideration was S60. % per acre, or over. I ISddC Ddiley, one Ol Iile IeSlueilCS Ol our town, has rented some land of T. E. l Lincoln and will take his exercise be- tween the blow handles. His brother, Frank, who has just arrived from Springfield, Mo-, will erect new resi- dence on Lincoln St. and Jones Avenue. Mr. Bailey is half owner in Oak Grove grist mill. We wish him abundant sue cess.
 There was an affray took place be- tween some parties out north of Oak 1 Grove and one man was badly hurt. His name we did not learn. We have no sympathy for either side in such proceedings. When a man engages in a fist fight he lowers the standard of man which God placed upon him. Hence we chronicle such things as dog fights.
 John Bailey informs the editor that he will divide his six acres into town lots and will sell the same reasonably. The editor fails to see what will hin- ] der Oak Grove from hecominp one of