The Green Forest tribune., 1912-09-13
NEW ADDITION TO
 GREEN FOREST
SMITH & HAYES PURCHASE 33 ACRES FROM SMEED AND
 HAVE LAID OUT iOOLOTS
Whole Thing to be Sold al Auction on
 September 2A. Promoters Sanguine of Success

Green Forest is to have new ad- dition. In fact, we already have it.
 Smith & Hayes, the town builders, arrived here last Thursday and i'm mediately closed deal with w. l.. Sneed for thirty three acres in the northwest part of town and began at once to tear up the earth.
 Surveyor w. R. Phillips has surveyed and platted the addition into about 100 handsome building lots, and the streets are being graded up, while the capacity of The Tribune office is being taxed to advertise big auction sale for Tues day, Sept. "A.
 Messrs, Smith and Hayes are men who make it a business to lay out new additions to towns and are remarkably successful.
 "With but single exception, we have not fallen down in one of our propositions of this kind in the five years we have been operating," said Mir. Hayes, in conversation with The Tribune editor.
 Continuing a discussion of their plans of booming towns, Mr. Hayes said:
 We find that the lack of a little ginger and understanding on the part of men who own land adjoining live towns often offers us a good oppor- tunity for our business. Do you know that the very minute such land is laid off in town lots and sold the value is doubled? It is per cent of this pro- fit we figure on. We are entitled to it. We sell at the purchasers s own price and sell for less figures nine times out of ten than the property will ever be sold for again.
 ''We have developed a faculty for weighing up towns where such proposi- tions can be made to go and so far our scales have proven to be quite ac- curate.
 "You don't find us trying to do bus- ness in dead communities. Other people will see the point with us as soon as they have little time to think. It is really entertaining to us to see how cautiously some fellows move when we open up at a place. They want to encourage the proposition, knowing that if it is a success it will be a great thing for the town, but many will tell us they don't believe it can be made success. We move things too fast for them, they simply become dizzy headed
 We like to have people boost, but we havn't time to stop to argue the question. We have to show 'em, that's all. We confidently look forward to a splendid success here in Green Forest, and why not? This is a good town, increasing every year in population with no vacant houses. Buildings must be built. The people know this and will pick up these lots while they are cheap, as an investment if nothing else. You will find values going up in the Smith 6 Hayes addition from the day of the sale on It has been the history of every town we have operat- ed in and it will be here.''
 This town boosting firm is composed of G. B. Smith and R. L. Hayes, both as affable gentlemen as we have ever met, and from the recommendation they have we judge they are as solid as they are pleasant. They carry letter of credit from their home bank at Springfield, Tenn, that is good for any amount within six figures.
 They come to Green Forest and pro- pose to treat our people right. The least thing we can do for them is to reciprocate.