The Green Forest tribune., 1917-06-15
NUMBER 15

progress or tt1t WOIks
 Our state president, @rs. John I. Moore. suggested that ae place small library of books and maeazine5 at Fort Roots for the use of our state soldier boys
 This suggestion appealed to me and at once I was a work. Miss Lyon, Mrs Garrison and Mrs. Roberts ac- cept5d my invitation 10 make a visit to the fort, to find out the best way to give the soldiers an opportunity 10 have good reading material in a con vanient place
 We found tbe roads to the new camp of the First Arkansas Regiment m good condition. and this speaks well for the brawn and muscle of the new recruits. At the camp we were wei comed by a captain and lieutenant, and on learning our intentions they seemed delighted and gave us every announcement.
 The Rev MT. Gee. chaplain of the First Arkansas, who will act as libra rian, has had bookcases made and placed in the tent house that is used as a recreation hall. We have bought and sent to the fort 16O new books by the best writers, all good, clean stories In addition to these we have subscribed to the Sa5- urday Evening Post and Literary Df-' gest.
 The money to pay for these books | and magazines was given to me by private subscription and I will pub fish the names of the donors as soon as the necessary amount has been collected
 Good secondhand books and late magazines will be thankfully received if sent to Mrs. Frank Gibson, 700 West Third street, Little Rock. Ark.
 This library is open to. all of the Arkansas soldiers and the Rev MT. Gee will arrange for the distribution of these books and magazines and all are welcome to the library.
 The contract for the road which is to be constructed of gravel with steel bridges across St. Francis River and St. Francis Bay, will be let July 6. It leads from Wynne to the eastern boundary of Cross county, where 1t fe expected that Crittenden county will continue it on into Memphis This is the principal route for cross country travel west from Memphis.
 The Ouaehita County Truck Crow CTS Association will be ready to ship canteloupes in car lots about July 10 and watermelons few days later. c. w. Tucker of Little Rock, travelling agent of the Wells Fargo Express Company, stated at Camden that he would be here during the rush melon season to help cave for the shipments.
 A negro porter on the White River Railroad is in the Boone county jail in default of $1O0 fine levied against him for violating the bone dry law. He was arrested by a special agent of the company and found with twelve pints of liquor in his possession. He is the only negro at present in the county.
 The Arkansas Ore and Development Company, which has been doing de velopment work for some months on Flowed Out Mountain. seven miles south of Mena. is loading a car of manganese here to be shipped to the i Carnegie Steel Company, with whom the company has contracted to fur. nish a large amount of the ore.
 A. R. Bogard. of Earl, Ark, dug g. potato from his patch before May 26 which weighed 10 ounces. MT Bogdrd is in the employ Of the Farmers Mer- canttle and Gin Company This is another example of what can be done with early potatoes in the St. Francis basin
 Snyder buying lumber and arranging for the erection of a derrick at the oil well here owned by the Louisiana Arkansas Oil and Development Com. pany He says drilling will begin July 1.
 L. D. Nixon of near Ozark sold 26 bushels of English peas on the Kan sas City market at S175 a bushel
 Measles continues in Ozark as an epidemic, but in milder form than recently.
 w. G. Hopkins, railway agent at Beebe, received from St. Louis 36 pig cons. with the request that they be liberated here promptly at II o'clock. He released the birds, and all of them started at once in the direction of St. Louis
 L. T, Murphy is engaged in i'm porting Holstein yearlings from lIi- nois for the benefit of stock rafsers and farmers in Ashley county and families of Hamburg. The owners are enthusiastic over the calves.
 As an evidence of progress and pa. triotism the business institutions and banks of Mariana will close every Thursday at noon until September l. in order that the employees may have half holiday for work in gardens. military duty or wholesome recrea. tion.
 Nearly 200 organized employees of the Fort Smith Spelter Company went on q strike bacausa tho oof,nap, bo1