The Green Forest tribune., 1913-05-09

The Bank of Green Forest has just received its new charter increasing it's capital stock to $500 This makes this bank one of the strongest in Northwest Arkansas. The com bined wealth of the stockholders now aggregates more than a quarter of a million dollars.
 G. L. Gribble moved first of the week to the cottage on South Sprinfield street that he purchased some months ago for home. Mr. Gribble has done considerable work on the property in the way of building cement walks and remodeling the house.
 The rain Tuesday put the clean up business Tuesday to the bad. Mayor Kinney says, however, that much cleaning up had been done in advance and he believes others will follow, and that it will hardly be necessary to designate another day. We hope he is correct.
 Mrs. Sarah Phillips, wife of the late T. E. Phillips, and son Ned came in Monday night from Melville, where she had been visiting her son Mack, to visit her son Bruce. She is en route to Billings, Mo, where she is making her home with her daughter Mrs. Maud Massey.
 c. L Lightburn of Denver, Colo, was a guest at the home of his brother Capt. M. V. Lightburn during the past week. MT. Lightburn was accompanied on his visit here by J. F. Shoemaker, former business partner of Denver, the latter coming along for rest and to take prospective look at the country.
 Corneal Skinkle says he is in favor of repeating the tariff on house clean ing. He says he stretched carpets last week until he broke a hame string. His wife had carpet made for room and made mistake and got it a yard too short one way and she made him stretch the goods until it fit the room. Corneal always was a chronic kicker
 A bevy of Berryvillians led by Miss Virgie Beck hot footed it from the county seat burg to Green Forest city last Saturday morning, making the run in even three hours by the sun. Other members of the marching party were Miss Ollie McNiel, Mrs. Tom Morris, Mrs. Minnie Edens and Miss Matte McCleary. It is said that some of them extended their journey to the fortune tellers. They all returned to Berry, vile by train, however.
 G. M. Etrikin, division freight agent of the Wabash of Omaha, Nebr, and wife were in Green Forest Thursday. taking prospective look at the coun- try with view of investing money in our cheap lands. Their visit here was directly due to an article that The Tri- bune editor contributed to Oak Leaves, the Railroad Magazine, some months ago, in which we portrayed some of the advantages of this country. The incident is a forcible reminder of the value of consistent advertising. MT. Etrikin was highly impressed with the country and in all probability will make some investments here.
 There are two things that happen about Green Forest that are the height of confounded nuisances, and that is the riding on bycicles and the running of Express wagons on the side walks. Many times day the pedestrian is compelled to side track for one of these ''joy riders,' ' who thinks it good manners to mono polize the walk even at the expense of ladies. The other day an Express" coaster tripped up two little girls on Phillips avenue, giving them hard fall on the walk. Many other such incidents could be reported. If the council can't stop this business, we favor the employment of a method that will do it.