The Green Forest tribune., 1911-03-03

Mrs. C. l.. Scott was hostess to a social meeting of the Culture club Fri day night, the occasion being Washing tons birthday. Several contests were engaged iii, plenty of music rendered and refreshments were served.
 Ellis Beck, Denver's enterprising merchant, and his uncle Frank Beck were Tn Green Forest on business Mon dav Miss Virgie Beck, who has just completed a six month term as teach CT in the public school, accompanied them home.
 The homeless condition of The Tri- bune family has created some sympathy already. Waiter Norris came in Tues day and insisted on paying three years subscription m advance. We endeavor- ed to taik him out of it buthe Wouldn t dc it.
 1 will arrive at Green Forest on or about March 25 from Idaho with two fine Percheron stalions which l will keep on my ranch near Yocum. l will want to buy good jack. Address U. s. Priest, box 57, Route 3, Green For est, Ark. 3-24.
 Newb Edgmon and Tom Buell. have stocked their farms with fine Jersey COWS, which they recently purchased at Neosho, Mo. They propose to give the country an example of what can be done at dairylng when the business is conducted for all there is in it.
 A giant orchard sprayer to be pro- pelled by a gasoline engine has been received by L. s. Smbley, who pro- poses to make war on fruit destroying insects in proper manner during the coming season. He will use this equip ment only for spraying his own trees.
 Mrs. John Porter, who lives one mile south of town, is very low with but little hopes of her recovery. The Por ter children have been summoned to her bedside. Her son Lem Porter of Georgetown, Ark, and her daughter Mrs. Walter Norton and husband of Gilbert, Ark, arrived Tuesday.
 Samuel Orebaugh and wife came home Friday of last week after an ab- sence of three months visiting relatives in Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. MT. Orebaugh says he saw lots of fine country while he was gone, but taking everything into consideration he is more than willing to take his chances in Arkansas.
 It is necessary to know how much acreage of tomatoes We are going to have the coming season in order to ar range to supply seeds and fertilizer. We insist that all contracts be made within the coming three weeks. It is not probable that we will buy tomatoes that are not contracted in the usual way. J. B. Reeves, Manager.
 A letter from our former good citizen Chas. Ramsey of Lyman, Wash. tells us that he and Mrs. Ramsey are well and happy, and getting along quite well in their adopted home. Although they have been away from here number of years they still take the keenest inter- est in the doings about Green Forest and think they could hardly get along without The Tribune.
 The past week has been rather quiet one with John Buell.. He hasn't t made but two real estate deals. He bought the post office building from J. l.. Rhodes and the Mathey Dooling place from Jim Reeves, the cash (and credit necessary to land these proper ties being something less than $10,000. John thinks the real estate business will pick up in the spring.
 Walter Norris and family leave Mon day for their future home at Alton, Mo. Green Forest people regret eX- ceedingly to lose these good people from among us, but we feel that we have a little bit better than equal chances on getting them back some time. Distance often lends enchant- rnent to the view of this country, es- peeially with those who have lived here once.
 L. s. Shibley tells us that he con- siders the Elberta crop about "done for, so far as his observation reaches. Pears and some varieties of plums are also killed, but the apple crop is uninjured He says there are scattering live buds of Elbertas, but 1t is questionable that if no further damage occurs whether there will be sufficient blooms to attract bees and other fertiiiZing insects to cause them