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The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19
p,cI<o++ & Er;+c Established by Ed Pucket uNAONI S ASA1 . Pioneer BarberA Team of Live Wire
 BARBER SHOP Boosters for Their Home Town.

Seventeen years ago Ed Puckett dropped into Green Forest foot-sore and weary, having traversed good part of Oklahoma, after leaving his home in Iowa some months before, searching for a location, where fel- low without resources, except that he had bottled up in the form of energy, could make livelihood.
 He tied up here principally because he had reached the end of his ability to go farther He has never regretted it He got hold of an old secondhand tarber chair, rented a shack and open' ed a tonsoral parlor that resembled thirty cents. It was the only shop Green Forest had, however, hence tI readily gained the distinction of being the towns leading barber, and by close application to business, when ona of his fishing or hunting spells was n9s troubling him, he has maintained this prestige until this day aad has proven exclusively that the calling of ? barber is not only honorable, but ln- crative as well.
 The Puckett & Fritz shop, an inter for view of which is presented in this publication, would be credltab!e Tn city of ten thousand people. This e!e, eantly equipped parlor is only small portion of the products of Mr. Puck ett's years of faithful labor. He owns a handsome, little home and some rental property, and is as we'll pre- pared to enjoy true home life as any man in the town.
 Aside from his business as a bar Ter, Mir Puckett is somewhat noted as a horesman, having raised and trained several colts that have commanded fancy prices He loves the compan- ionship of a good horse, and devotes practically all his spare time driving and tutoring. He always has price, however, and ever so often he starts life anew by selling out and buying a new colt to take through the same pro cess, until he is again the owner of an animal that is coveted by every horse admirer in the community.
 If Ed had not been such a signal success as barber, there would be no question but that he had missed his calling in not raising and training horses for a business.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

Eastern cities, where he has com manded the highest consideration as man who knows the tomato game.
 Notwithstanding the fact that he fig ures on such problems as the annual out put of the tomato crops of the United States weeks in advance of their ma turity, the sale of futures by the car loads and all such perplexing questions that engage the minds of fnanciers who sit up in their big offices and play with the markets, MT. Reeves has never gotten away from the sphere of a grower. He contends that the great est profit in the industry belongs to the producer, and you will find him every season, early and late, directing the cultivation of his own field, often with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up doing the humblest job there is con nected with scientific tomato cultiya- tion. He finds it not only pleasure affording deep source of study, but he has told us repeatedly that the profits from his own little field of to- matoes each season is about the only thing that has overcome the affects of frowning providence and kept him out of bankruptcy.
 As the largest employer of labor who has ever operated in this country, MT. Reeves enjoys the utmost confidence of those whom he has furnished ave nues Of livlihood for years. They all realize fully that the profits that generally accrue to contractors have in his operations gone to them in far greater proportions than they have augmented his own bank account.
 AS citizen of the town and Booster of public enterprises, MT. Reeves is ever more liberal than he is in personal dealings, going behind every such prop ostion with a generous offering of his means For years he has been presi- dent of our school board, and no mat ter how busy he may be in the multi plicity of his business affairs, he has scarcely ever overlooked an appoint ment for a board meeting, his services being of such value that the people continue to ignore his earnest and well grounded plea to be released from the duties,
 MT. Reeves position with regard to educational matters is best told by a brief reference to his own family. He has gone his full length in the educa- tion of his children. His son Vester was kept in school until he mastered the art of stenography and book keep ing in such manner that he has climbed rapidly as practical business man until he is, while yet boy, holding
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

growing has been one of our chief in- dustries. Factories now dot the coun- ty over, with the result that many thousands of dollars are annually brought into the country, the bulk of which lands into the pockets of the growers.
 The Green Forest Canning Factory, which is one of the largest and best equipped in the Southwest, was estab- lished by MT. Reeves and under his management many hundreds of car loads of products have been packed and shipped out to Western markets, carrying the name and fame of this country far and wide, for it is an un- disputed claim that the Green Forest High Grade" Tomatoes have few equals and no superors, the most con- vincing proof being that they invariably top the market.
 For some years Mir. Reeves has en. joyed an extensive acquaintance with packers in different portions of the United States his connection with the business having often called him to
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

THE TRIBUNE regrets exceedingly that this richly embellished edition of our paper has of necessity been largely a flor men only" proposition. We real ize only too forceably that these pages would have been much more attractive had we portrayed the features of Green Forests fair women in place of so many of the sterner sex, and mentioned in these write-ups the many graces of the powers behind the throne" that has weiled so much influence upon the business successes of the men of whom we have made mention, and in order to make a long story short and do ample justice to the "better halves, ' we will admit that practically every one of the subjects of these sketches would not have been what they were but for their wives.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

we have here. thus making this the crowning event of our newspaper ca reer, possible.
 With heart full of gratitude to all who have lent us aid in this giant un- dertaking and with equal good will and respect for those who for any reason have not seen it proper to do so, am,
 Humbly yours,
 THE EDITOR.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

the position as private secretary to the Division Superintendent of the Great Santa Fe system, who headquar- ters at Amarillo, Tex. Another son and his daughter graduated from the local state high school last year and the one is now student in the state university and the other teaching this year as stepping stone to further her educational work.
 It matters not in the slightest what degree of financial success may finally come to the life of J. B. Reeves; nothing along this line could other wise distinguish him than mon ental success in this day and generation, as a man who has done infinitely more for
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

THE progressive spirit is so strong in Green Forest that even those of our business people who did not see their way clear to be represented in this Booster, are now sorry for having been left out
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

WHEN you go to figure it up, there is a good bunch of Boosters now in Green Forest. It was not always thus. Five or six years ago you could have counted them on the fingers of one hand-now you can't count them all on all your fingers and toes and everything else.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

In this issue of the Tribune, the editor has written the obituaries of quite few of his friends.
 Stripped of an occasional attempt at humor and of the common place ex- pressions made use of so freely, the sentiments expressed in the various personal wrte-ups are very much the same as they would be were we pen ming last tribute of respect, when the sweet mantle of charity is unfold ed and the flow of thought is directed alone by love.
 In the economy of human affairs, we are all prone to harbor petty differ ences toward the very people that God has taught us to love, not only rob- ping ourselves of much genuine hap piness, but the burdens of our brothers are thus made heavier.
 The editor of this paper is in thorough sympathy with the senti- ments expressed in the above poem. We believe that flowers were intended by nature for sweeting the lives of the living rather than for covering of the piers of the dead, and that our lives are made brighter in proportion to the number strewn about our pathway.
 It is a source of profound regret to us that we have been compelled in these write-ups to circumscribe our field to mention only of those who responded to our call for financial aid by subscribing so literally for extra copies and helping to boost the circu- lation of this issue to tell peoplein other portions of the United States of what
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19
GIVE THEM NOW.

If you have gentle words and looks my friends To spare for me-if you have tears to shed That have suffered-keep them not 1 pray, Until hear not, see not, being dead. If you have iow'rs to give-fair lily buds White roses, daisies, tmeadow- stars that be Mine own dear namesske)--let them smile and make
 The air, while yet breathe it. sweet for me. For loving looks, though fraught with tender ness,
 And kindly tears, though they fall thick and fast,
 And words of praise, alas can naught avail To lift the shadows from life that's past. And rarest blossoms, what can they suffice, Offered to one who can no longer gaze Upon their beauty? Flow'rs in coffins laid Impart no sweetness to departed days.
 Selected.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

Associated with Mir. Puckett is your friend Bill Fritz, who came to Green Forest two years ago and after a short time formed a partnership with Mr. Puckett and is making exceedingly good both as an artist and in standing as citizen.
 This shop is kept not only clean from a sanitary point, but clean moral ly. The smutty stories that often characterize the crowds that assemble
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

ONE of the most effective ways to Boost is not to suffer yourself even to knock on knocker.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

his fellow man than he has ever ac- complished for himself, even though he might make good the suggestion that once was made of him in Dunn's report that he is calculated to amass million before his death
 Excursion.
 On account of number of people wanting to visit Joplin during the holidays the M. & N. A. will run popular excursion December 22, leaving Green Forest $40 a. m., arriving at Joplin 10:45 a. m. Returning leave Joplin at 7 100 p. m. Fare for round trip $1.7a.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

Roscoe Jordan, who IS the Xii young man you would expect in a shop of such standing. He veloping a light hand rapidly a.. already popular as a wielder of razor.
 The Tribune is exceedingly prouo the Puckett x Fritz barber shop, fe ing that it occupies an important I in keeping Green Forest to the
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-12-19

about barber shops are totally absent here, and in their place are discussed subjects that are calculated to purify the moral atmosphere Mr. Fritz is an Elder in the Christian chur ch and a deVout Christian man, whose in f1uence has wider field for good as he wields the razor, than often comes from the pulpit.
 A third chair in this elegantly ap- pointed shop is presided over by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
HENS MUST HAVE EXERCISE
To LAY, SAYS POULTRYMAN

Nadison, WIS, Nov 19.-Amusement
and exercise for poultry is advocated
the college Of aericuitlre l of the the Uni
Versity OF Wisconsin, as a means of
preventing the annual winter shortage
Of eggs
Fright now poultry houses should be
deeply bedded with dry straw" said
Halpin. and the grain fed should be
worked into this litter so that the hens
can set good exercise and amusement
hunting for it If nothing of this kind
is done. the flock viii huddle together
and lose all interest in life and win
ter eggs viii be few.
1T is well to get the hens to exer-
cising and singing as they work fol
their feed"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
says Baekache is 4 sign you have
been eating too much meat which
forms uric acid.

When you wake UP with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been
eating too much meat, says a we'll
known authority Meat forms uric
acid which overworks the kidneys IN
their effort to filter il from the blood
and they become sort of paralyzed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels;
removing all the body's urinOus waste.
else you have backache, sick headache.
dizzy spells; your stomach sours,
tongue is coated. and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges- The urine IS cloudy, full Of
sediment, channels often get sore, wa
ter scaIds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult a good. reliable ply
stefan at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful IN a glass
Of water before breakfast for few
days and your kidneys VIII then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of g.Apes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia- and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also 10
neutraiiZe acids in the urine so il mo
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive, can
not injure and makes a delightful
effervescent Whitewater drink.-Ad-
vertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
MOTHER! IS CHfLD's
STOMACH SOUR, SICK?
If tongue is coated or II cross, fever
ish, constiPated give @CaIffOrnIa
Syrup of FiSs.o

Don't scold Your fretful. peevish
child See if tongue is coated. this is
a sure sign its little stomach. liver and
bowels are cl9gged with sour waste.
When Hstless, pale, feverish, full OF
colu, Dreath bad, throat sore. doesn't
eat sleep or. act naturally. has stomach
acne INDIGESTION. diarrheoa, give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup Of
Figs, ana in a few hours all the foul
waste. the sour bile and fermenting
food passes out of the bowels and you
nay nave Well and PLAYFUL child again.
Chlldren love this harmless fruit
laxative, and mothers can rest easy
AFTER giving it. because it never fails
sweet.
Keep It handy, Mother! A little given
TO-DAY Saves a sick child tomorrow. but
get the genuine ASK your druggist
Tor 50-cent bottle of California
syrup iof Figs" which has directions
Tor babies, children of all ages and for
groWn-ups plainly on the bottle. Re
MEMBER there are cOunterfeitS sold
here, so surely look and sec that yours
IS made by the California Fig Syrup
company Hand back with contempt
any other fig syrup.-AdYertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19

We are Offering all trimmed and IN
trimmed hats at reduced prices. Ernests
Millinery, 215 San Antonio street
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
COMMERCE. BOARD
OUIZzES Y0AKUM
Railroad Magnate Explains
Deals Causing Frisco
Line s Receivership.

Washington. D. c., Nov. 19.-The al
leCed partnership of the officials OF the
ii. Louis & san Francisco railway in syn
dicates that promoted small railroads
that later were sold to the Frisco, was
INQUIRED into at the hearing before
chairman Clark of the interstate com
merce commission here as the causes Of
the present receivership of the line.
Yoakum Explains Deals.
F. F. Noakum. chairman Of the Frisco
board Of directors, when the road went
INTO receIvershIp, was the only witness
The syndicate that built various sub
sidiarv lines was promoted by the St
Louis Union Trust company, and IN an
swer TO MANY questions Mr.. HOakum
referred his interrOgatOrs to the records
OF the trust company.
Among the subsidiary lines concern
ing which questions were asked were the
Il Iouis & Oklahoma City. the Iberia
& Northern. the St Louis, Oklahoma &
Southern and the st. Louis & Gulf.
As to the Iberia q Northern svndl-
cate. Mr.. YOakum testified he trans
ferred his interests IN that road to the
Frisco for what 1t cost him plus per
cent interest.
ID E Brown. an examiner for the
interstate commerce commission, said
the records showed S2l2.O0O pald 20
Yoakum Mr.. NOskUm replied that n
that were true. It represented no profit
over the 6 percent interest. On several
other roads. Mr. YOakum could not re-
member the profit. He said he had an
interest in the St. Louis & Gulf, but
did not remember whether his profit
was $4,000 as Mr.. Brown said the rec
ord Indicated
This record. as cited by Brown, showed
that Yoakum invested $4,000 and re-
Reasons for Receivership.
Mr.. Noakum gave his reason Tor the
receivership, which may be summarized
as follows;
One-The failure Of the road to sell
Arizona and New Mexico, lands 1or So
100000 or S7.0O0000. By this deal the
Frisco hoped to get enough money to
meet pressing obligations
TwO-The loss sustained by the Frisco
on an investment in Texas and Louisiana
pine lumber properties.
Three-A loss Of more than S35O.OOU
each wear on the GWnrshlp OF the Chi
cagO & Eastern Illinois railway. This
ownership extended over II years. The
two roads have been severed under the
receivership. Before the Teceivership the
Frisco failed IN an effort to sell hall
interest in the road
Mr.. Yoakum explained the lumber
deal at length. By this deal the Frisco
acquired a large interest in the Kirby
Lumber company of Texas.
''These were the DAYS of combines and
mergers" he said. "The Santa Fe and
other roads had carried out such deals
successfully. It was important to get
control Of the last big patch of pine
timber in the United States. It was
part Of a big plan to make the Missis-
traffic to the gulf. Other railroads had
their ewes on the same opportunity.
Several things combined TO prevent our
success IF we had met success, the re-
Ownership never would have been neces-
sary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
GIFTS FOR JESSIE WILSON ARE
ADAPTED TO HOU SEHOLD NEIiI

Washington, D. c., Nov 19-Gifts in
great numbers have been received at
the white house in the past few days
for Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson and
Francis B. SayTe, who are to be mar
rfed Nov. %.
Most of the gifts are of a useful
nature. more adapted to household
needs than ornamental. Miss Wilson is
busiIy occupied in writing personal
letters to the givers-
Several of the presents have come
from the embassies and legations Cut
glass furniture, dishes, silver services,
and bricabrac and a variety of domestic
articles make up the bulk of the gifts
thus far received. though some beauu-
full jeweIry mas also been received
Some of the white house clerks are
busy preparing a list of several thou
sand announcements which viii be
mailed in a few days
The senate's wedding gift is. a silver
service of IS pieces with its CHIEF
feature a. tea set Of five pieces. It also
contains a hot water kettle, large sery-
ice tray. chocolate pot, ice cream dish,
two compete dishes and four candle
sticks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
Cannot Atone By Giving
People in Moderate Circumstances
Think the Very Rich Profit
at Their Expense.
DR.. Charles II. Pnrkhurst
rR. FRANCIS PEABODY made a

rR. FRANCIS PEABODY made an
MI exceedingly compact and telling
4 " statement at the service held in
memory Of the late Robert c. Ogden
when he said: Money prodigally be-
slowed does not atone for money
criminaIy gotten" There Is nothing
original in the thought, but few could
have expressed it so conclseiy aIiG
pungently. The way a LEing IS sald
makes out half Of its effect.
The truth Of DR.. Peabody-s aphorlsm
viii pass across the mind OF peopIe ~
comfortable circumstances without
leaving very deep impression, buI II
means a great deal to poor man
whose life is a continual struggle Win
the problem of ways and means, ana
who bellows rightly or wrongly, Ihal
some of the funds that are dealt out
in large masses Of charity by lhe ca
fremelv wealthy included money that
really belonged to himself ana Lhat
the great fortunes accumulated IN
these days and prOdiSally expended
are made I'D in considerable part OF
wages due to the laboring man, but
unjustly withheld.
The way the matter is considered by
the poor is expressed IN unmlstahaole
terms by the writer OF letter tnat
recently came to hand.
Il would not advise any boy how TO
make millions of dollars, because no
man ever maze MS ulllliOHS WAtAOut
deDriving the poor of what belonged
to them; and no matter how much they
fool around with their socaned charity.
giving a little here and a little there OF
what they took, which IS overplenty'
they never do full justice.
How One Poor Man Views Philan-
fhrOpisfs-
Giving a million dollars or so 10
some institution or college that poor
boy can't 20 to because ne has to pay
10 enter. and then lowering the poor
mans pay or going up cent on
gallon of oil or raising the price on
some other article in order TO make IL
balance. is a nice thing 10 do and cali
it charity. Going to church and pray
ing to God and asking His forgive
ness Is not going to make their deedS
any better neither is 1t gong to bring
to lie the many poor souls VINO
through their fault have passed
away"
a man cannot be generous till he IS
just. and TO give in charity the clip
pings cut from WOrkinSmen's wages
is hypocriticaI fraud practised both on
the working man and the public, Dut
too transparent to escape detection OF
the eye OF Him who seeth not as man
seeth; for man Iooketh on the out
ward appearance, but God looketh on
the heart"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19

Wallpaper saIe-5O percent off New
designs. Yelton Paint Co.-Advertise-
ment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-19
SOME DoN'Ts
For Stomach and Liver
Sufferers

Don't take medicine for your
Stomach ailments morning, noon ana
night, as usually such medicines only
give temporary relief and simply al
gest the food that happens to be IN
the Stomach
Don't permit surgical operation.
There is always serious danger IN OPP
eratiOns, and in many cases Of SIom-
ach. Liver and Intestinal Ailments the
knife can be avoided If the rlgnI
remedy is taken in time
Don't so around with a foul smelling
breath caused by a disOrdered Stom =
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