The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-17

Two travelling sign painters did the town this week and painted a number of signs for our business men. All kinds of seasonable drinks, hot 1 lunches and the best confections and fruits at George Buel's.
 Miss Rita Meador Of Eureka Springs is visiting at the home of her uncle J. k. Meador, out north of town.
 Mrs M. A. Russell has been visiting at the home of her brother James Co., forth near Berryville this week.
 Pair of good work horses for sale at bargain. See Joe Reeves, blocks north of the depot, Green Forest.
 Talk with T. M Buell. about fertili- gers. To get the proper results it is necessary to use the right kind at the right time.
 Work is progressing rapidly on Hen derson Phillips suburban home. This will be very handsome residence when completed.
 Dave Reeves left on his return to his post of duty at La Junta, Colo, Mon day evening after weeks visit with homefolkS.
 Lost, strayed or stolen: One 130-lb. black gilt. Reward will be paid for in formation leading to her recovery. George Buell..
 Capt. L. E. Harbert made business trip to Harrison Monday relative to a tract of land in Boone county that he recently purchased
 Ben Harbert and wife spent the lat ter part of last week at Golden, Mo. MT. Harbert was looking after the in terests of his store there
 Carrier A. A. Backus is unable to be out on Route 1 this week on account of an affection of the right hand that has proven avery unsatisfactory pet :"
 E. E. Stires writes us that he has changed his residence from Oasis to Protem, Mo-, having disposed of his business at Oasis and bought an inter- est in the Bank of Protem
 The Touring mill proposition is still in the air. It is to be hoped that active l enterprise will materialize at an early date, as this is a question that interests all the business men of Green Forest greatly.
 Frank Braswell has sold part of the Bailey farm northwest of town to Les lie Owens. It is understood that MT. Owens will take up his permanent resi- dence on this place. He is at present car inspector on the A. T. & $. F. at Raton, N. M.
 Congressman J. c. Floyd, candidate for reelection, will address the people of Green Forest (today) Thursday, Nov. Is at 8 p. m. Congressman Floyd is an able talker and you should hear him discuss the issues of the Congress- ional campaign.
 Hawkins 6 Rusk, the Oklahoma stock dealers who were here with a car load of horses and mules, took their herd to points east of here Monday They did not find very brisk market for their stock here. Their prices did not command ready sale.
 Prosecuting Attorney Claude Fuller now says that he is convinced that the quail shooting season does not open un- til December i. He says he will not prosecute those who began shooting un- der his advice, but that all who have done so must get busy and quit, else there will be something doing.
 Dr. Fry, the inspector for the Bureau of Animal Industry, was a passenger east Monday. He tells us that the quarantine has been lifted upon Madi- son county, putting it north of the government line and on equal footing with Carroll and ten other counties that have been adjudged free from Texas tlcki Infection.
 Ben Harbert has parties now figuring on putting up building to take the place of the one destroyed by fire. His plans are for a much bigger and better building than the old one. The winter season is so uncertain for laying brick that it will probably be we'll along in the spring before the building is com pleted. 1t is MT. Harbert's intention to be back in business within a few months.
 Our weather man was in ''peck of fixes" for while last Saturday. The wind blew as it had never blown before nearly all day Saturday, but the tenn perature remained at a comfortable ebb until few minutes after i've o'clock when within five minutes it fell nearly forty degrees with the wind blowing at sixty mile clip. The change was so sudden that everybody was aware that something unusual in the weather line had happened and Saturday night was by far the coldest and most disagreeable night that had been experienced in this community in several years. The freezing point was passed several notches, rain, sleet and snow followed at intervals during the entire night. In the residence of J. B. Reeves the water pipes froze up and when fires were built Sunday morning the pipes bursted and for several rninu- tes the Reeves home was flooded with water, the water system being com pletely disabled for the time. It seems now that the storm struck here in it's mild form as general cyclonic blz- gard prevailed at Springfield, damaging property and playing havoc in general. Frame buildings were wrecked by the score and the temperature fell 54 de- grees in less than one minute, present. ing to Springfield one of the worst t.t