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The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
MILLIONS IN PINE LUMBER.

All of our readers who are at all interested in Mena and Vest ern Arkansas will be interested in the following statements of Sen ator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, re- garding timber and pine lumber and the chance to make money dealing in these products so plen- tiful all along the line of the Port Arthur route. The Senaotr is re- ported as saying:
 "The most of my money was made in buying and selling lum- Der. While 1 lived in New York state l could see that lumber was worth great deal. The forests there had been rapidly cut, and the prices of timber had risen. When l came to Wisconsin 1t was . new state. It had vast tracts of pine lands, and ] believed the day would come when these lands would be very valuable. 1 in- vested what l had in pine, and bought more as ] could. Later on l borrowed a great deal of money and bought pine. made a number of good deals, turned my money over rapidly and bought more and more. One time I got hold of a tract for SIG, 000 had a partner with me in that purchase, and we each made more than $1O0,0Oo out of that deal. At another time 1 bought for S1 ,500 some pine lands which l afterward sold for S64, 900. l made other investments which paid me $100,000 and upward apiece, and in this way q fortune was gradually accumulated. Af- ter time l became interested i'll railroads, and made some money in them, especially in the pine lands along the roads. You see ali my life has been spent in deal ing in lumber. :"
 Suppose, Senator, you had to go back to business again. What would you do, or what would you advise young man who has little money to do, in order to make q fortuneg'
 If l had small capital and wanted to get rich 1 should % to the great lumber regions of Ore gon, Washington and California and buy all the land l could carry. There are trees there which pro- duce as much as 75,00O feet of lumber, and on some of the west ern tracts, l am told, there are from 1000, ,000 to 100000 feet of lumber to the acre. In the fir woods of Oregon and Washington l have seen it estimated that the amount of timber on a single acre would turn out 200 cords of wood. and the forests there are of vast extent and very valuable. They will be much more valuable in the future, and the man who can get hold of them will be rich.v
 sHow about the South?n I
 T think the chances for making money in the South are equally good. In Georgia and tho Gulf l states there arc large tracts of pine and cypress. You can get them for almost nothing now in comparison with what they will be worth in the future. We consume m enormous amount of lumber. md we are using more every year. 1 There is nothing that runs into money so fast as lumber, and it will surprise you when l tell you how fast trees grow in value. Why the natural growth of the pine tree is fair interest on the investment" <"
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The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

The closing of the Globe Sav- ings bank of Chicago recently is another object lesson teaching the necessity of postal savlngs bank system being adopted by this government.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
NEFA FIRST THEN THE WORLD.
A SIGN OF THE TIrlES.

From the Springfield tMass.) Republican.
 When State Comptroller James
 A. Roberts, of New York, brought forward his scheme of graduated system of transfer or inheritance taxes, it was denounced as 'pop- ulistic. 'anarchistic" and Bryan istic'' by tho leading newspaper ex- ponents of the opposite tendencies all through the state,ye this plan, embodied in g legislative measure, has passed the New York assem- bly, by unanimous vote.
 The radical nature of the pro- posed taxes makes this result sig nificant and extraordinary. The present inheritance tax laws of New York state impose q levy of l per cent on personal property passing to direct heirs; and , per cent on such property going to collateral heirs. The proposed arrangement provides that on per- sonal estate passing to direct heirs tho rate of tax shall be l per cent as now, where tho estate does not exceed $1, 900, ,000; above that tho entire personal estate shall pay an additional tax of onc-half of 1 per cent on each additional $250, 900 or major fraction thereof up to S250, coo; and tax of 1 per cent on each additional S250, ,000 above that up to $4, ,000, coo, and estates in excess of that sum shall pay not more than 10 per cent. Per- sonal property passing to collat- eral helrs is to be taxed , per cent as now, where not in excess of S5, 100000, and each additional amount of $250, 900 or major frac- ton thereof, will add 1 per cent to the rate, provided, however, that estates exceeding S3, 100000 shall pay no moro than 15 per. cent.
 If the proposed New York rates had been in force at the time of Jay Gould's death, for example, the state would have taken to itself 10 per cent of personal es- tate estimated at S80, 1000, 900, or SS,0o0, ,000 in q lump sum. That will give the reader an idea of the extent to which the proposed law goes.
 Such taxes, of course, will be characterized in millionaire circles IS contiscatory and outrageous al togethcr;but the states which make possible these great property ac- cumulations and protect them in passing down to the heirs may | justly require some such measure | of compensation as is provided in this bill. The unanimity of the New York assembly in favor of these impositions indicates in. d striking manner the spread of the conviction among the people that the immense individual accumu- ations of the time have not been bearing a just share in the burden )f government.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

We fear our fair young maiden, Mena, will be shocked if not de- moralized if the reports are true concerning the conduct of some of our city officials.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

Brave little Greece. Having the righto on her side she defies the powers that have shamefully es- poused tho cause of the blood- thirsty Sultan of Turkey.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
Window shades at Boyer's.
One and Five Acre Lots.

A few more one, two and a half and i've acre lots for sale in St. John sub- division of the Eureka addition to Mena. Apply at the Star office. #
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

The new rolling stock which is being bought by the K. C., P. & G. railroad is of tho highest quail ity. Their coaches are truly palaces on wheels.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
Fishing Tackle.

All fishermen should know that they can procure the best of fishing tackle at the hardware store of Sneed .& Jones, or Mena street.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

The way Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gibson dropped the "blind tigers" one would be in- clined to think they had sure enough claws.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

Pennsylvania is following Gcor- gla by her legislature adopting a duplicate of the antitrust bill now the law in Georgia.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
cMuRcH SERYrcEs.

M E. CHURCH sOUTH-Preaching each sunday . Ham. and 80 D. III Sunday sch Q ol at l0a. m: Fpworth League , 80 D. m.; Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
 J. Y. CHRISTMAS, Pastor.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
ARKANSAS.

men 1t this county, used to tell a story of the war of the rebellion and tho way it started was about as follows:
 After Lincoln had been elected president of the United States and Davis chosen president of the con federaey, Dayis concieved the idea of trying to settle the trouble without war, and with that end in view, sought and secured q conference with Mir. Lincoln. His proposition was that each tako q certain number of states and quietly go ahead with the govern ment of those states and thus avoid all the horrors of a bloody war. To this Lincoln acceeded and each one proceeded to write down a list of the states he would take. They then commenced to compare the lists and found that neither one had chosen Arkansas. Mir. Davis insisted that Lincoln should take Arkansas, and Lincoln declared that it belonged to Davis and he must take it. The discus sion grew warm over this point and finally as neither would yield and take Arkansas into their pro- posed Union, they sepcrated and the war commenced and was fought to bitter end. This was in substance what "Old Jim Ward" called his history of the cause of the war.
 Arkansas is held in derision, despised and misrepresentcd by many who do not know her and by few who think they do the same as other states have been. It is claimed that she has within her borders some people whom a respectable colored man would not be to blame for looking down upon with ill-disguised feelings of contempt and disgust as ''misaable po' white trash,n but there are many others who cannot be excellcd in any state for their inborn nobility of character, gen. tlemanly feelings and kindly friendship.
 Her mountains are grand, and upon their lofty crests the stately pines, hickories and oaks nod their evergreen and shaggy heads, and the winds of Heaven wait their pure health giving aromas down over the foothills into the valleys. The rivers and creeks, fed by soft water from never fail- ing springs, show life and vigor and are beautiful beyond the power of pen to describe or brush to paint.
 Her fruits, from the modest huckleberry, dewberry and grape, to the mountain sides, to the more prctetious and luscious peach and red ripe apple grow. ing to perfection on the table lands and in the valleys, convey pleasure tt to the eye and and ssattiissffac ssattissffac- tion to the Epicurcans taste.
 Her valleys are rich, producing abundantly of the agricultural I staples Cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs roam at will and fatten on the grass and mast on ten thousand hills.
 Her mines yields an abundance of the various minerals needed in commerce when worked with in- tellgence and skill.
 Her climate is unsurpassed, giv- iDo pleasure and health to all E
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

Property in and around Mena is selling rapidly and at advanc- ing prices.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

This county will have big crop of fruit this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

Come to Mena to get good home and get it cheap.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14

Carpet sweepers at Boyer's
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
Railroads and Their Earnings

Oshkosh Northwestern, January
-, lS07,--rhe manner in which the
states finances are dependent upon
the success of the railroads is shown
by comparison of the states reve-
nues for the past few years from that
source. Under the law which re-
quires the railroads to pay into the
state treasury -four per cent OF their
gross earnings, in lieu of all other
taxes, the state virtually becomes "A
partner in the business without as
Stunning any of the bother of their
management or any of the liabilities
for their operation. As the governor
well says in his message, this is Il very
simple arrangement, but it is an ar
rangement whereby it becomes the
states interest to make the gross
earnings of the railroads as large as
possible OF course the four per cent
tax must come from the people
through their patronage of the rail-
roads, but coming SO indirectly, the
people 40 not realize that il is a tax
upon themselves. Moreover as it
comes mostly from those who can af-
ford to travel and pay railroad fare,
and those who pay railroad freights,
il touches principally the more we'll
tu-do and relieves to that extent the
poorer classes, The amount OF taxes
received from the railroads for the
fiscal year ending Dee. 30, 1896, was
.%ll72,792, This was more than one
half of the states total expenditures
for the year, Generally speaking the
taxes from railroad, telegraph and
telephone companies and sleeping
car companies have usually fur
uishcd enough revenue to meet the
ordinary expenses of the state gov
trumvnt The receipts from those
sources have naturally decreased
considerably in the past three years
owing To the depression of the times
land tbe falling OIL of tho gross rec
leelpJ- of these corporations. Iorthe
|a-eal year of 1894 tbetssg, from ,nt
Iui#aI- umoUusas 10 iHH~-ao, 81
la1aut -WNuD more than tm tho pas.
/ fiscal y.ar Iha atagy sc Illinois de-
|Iyg~ g- entire revenue nom sa-
source and &c is avery large oaa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
PROM ISES
;;::FOR 1912:

With the experience had
during the year past in learn
ing the wants of customers in
my line, | think it safe to
promise that their require
ments will be more fully and
intelligently met in 1897 than
heretofore
As in the past my aim has
been, so in the future it will
be, to keep nothing but the
purest and most wholesome
groceries that money can buy,
and care select. Quality is
my first consideration in buy
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

state in reply to a resolution OF the
State grange asking the commission
ers to reduce the passenger rates in
that state to 2 cents mile. 1t
transpires from the reports of the
roads in that state, that although the
roads have a legal right to charge as
high as 3 cents mile, the commu-
tation rates, excursion rates and re-
duced rates for specific excursions
reduced the actual fares paid in that
state during the past year to ~. cents
| mile which was only a quarter OF "A
cent higher than the State grange de-
manded should be established by law.
In their reply to this demand of the
graugers the commissioners say that
| this is bad time to ask them to en-
force lower passenger rates upon the
railroads, when most Of the roads are
having hard struggle to keep out Of
receivers hands. The reduction, the
| commissioners say, might be borne
| by some OF the stronger trunk lines,
but it would be great hardship on
| the smaller ones and branch lines
that have paid no dividends to stock
| holders, and can with difficulty pay
| interest on their bonds, because of
| the decrease of travel and business.
The commissioners say any reduc-
ton in the rates of many of the roads
would bring disaster to them without
good TO the public. 1t appears from
| the railroad reports of Illinois that
only sixteen out of the forty five roads
| operating in that state paid any divi-
whole there was deficit of nearly
| IS 100000 in their business in the state.
Receipts of passenger departments
| fell 24,66 per cent In the whole
| United States for the year ending
| June 30, 1895, there was total loss in
| the operation of railroads amounting
to $29,Sf5,24l. That is, receipts were
| that much less than operating eX-
penses. Seventy-five per cent of all
the roads in the United States failed
to pay any dividends at all, and there
was n default in the payment of in
terest on II per cent of outstanding
bonds. So it does not look as though
the railroads were doing any better,
or even as well. as other branches of
business. And it does not seem as
though this was a proper time to
! Jump on the railroads when so many
of them are in receivers hands, and
are having hard struggle to keep
up their accommodations to the
public.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
Rusk and Hoard-Then and Now.

Editor Tribune when Jeremiah
M. Rusk vacated the gubernatoral
chair to w. ID. Hoard in 1888, it can
be said that no man in Wisconsin
was so dear to the people as "Uncle
Jerry" Nominated against the pro-
test Of the machine, whose boss said
at was nomination not fit to be
made" he became governor whom
all the people loved. as all soldiers
OF his regiment had loved him dur
ing the war. Rusk was farmer -
OF the people, from the people -a ana
when President Harrison called him
to his cabinet as secretary OF agrI-
culture, the people knew that they
had a friend at the head Of that de-
partment who represented and sym
pathized with outdoor toll. Rusk
never deceived the people. He never
"played horse" with them, and had
Harrison been reelected and Rusk
permitted to carry forward what he
had planned for the good of his
country, pork would not now be sell
ing at 3 cents "A pound and oats at a
shilling a bushel. Harrison said he
was "a most helpful member Of his
official household
Then, as now, another citizen OF
Wisconsin sought a seat in the cabi-
net. Then, as now, he was urged by
Senators Sawyer and Spooner for the
place he sought. Wisely and well
the president listened to the call of
the agriculturalists, and Rusk did not
disappoint him nor the people. When
he died every farmer in the state
mourHed for a friend lost.
Now, in 1887, agriculture is sOrely
beset AS it was with Israels child
rem SO with the farmers Of the United
States. 1t is hard TO make bricks
without straw. Faithfully have the
farmers, north, south, east and west,
labored; honestly have they voted
for the ruler Of the nation who they
believe will lead them out Of the
wilderness Of hard times, and as the
laborers Of Wisconsin secured to
President Harrison an aid-de-camp
who proved by his work that he
would stand by his chief. SO now,
from ocean to ocean, from the lakes
to the gulf the industrial people of
the United States, supporting their
co-laborers in Wisconsin, present to
President Mex inley an equally cap
able, honest and true man, in the
person of Ex-Governor Hoard, and
ask that he be permitted to help
carry forward the work begun by
Rusk -that he be allowed 60 assist in
making the administration glorious
for the country, and re-establishing
unity and good fellowship among
the people. The citizens who ask
this are they who by their efforts at
the primaries secured the nomina-
ton Of the peoples choice, and by
their votes at the polls helped ma
terially in saving the nation from
threatened bankruptcy and dishonor.
PLOWMAN.
The foregoing letter was in type
before the announcement OF the Sc
lection of James Wilson, of Iowa, for
secretary of agriculture. The truths
therein revealed, however, may very
properly be spoken at any time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
G. a. R, Headquarters in the Capitol

A joint resolution has been intro
duced in the Legislature mstructing
the superintendent of public property
to furnish accommodation in the
state capitol at Madison for perma-
nent headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic of the Department OF
Wisconsin. 1t is said that the Agri-
cultural society has volunteered to
give up portion of the rooms al
lotted 10 its use to the Wisconsin G.
A, r., pending the completion of the
new Library building, when it is eN-
pected that home will be made fol
the old soldiers in the rooms at pres
ent occupied by the state Historical
society.
Under rule Of the G. \. Il. OF Wis
consiu the headquarters Of the de-
partmont are located at the place OF
residence of the commander. 1t is
proposed at the meeting 10 be held M
Eau Claire In May TO change thi,
rule It is only necessary for the as.
sistaut acknowledgement to remain
permanently at headquarters, and 10y
having them located at the state
capitol the department. would save
about $500 "a year in rent which i,
quite am objectwb considered IN
connection with che Fact hat yhy 6
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
When Hall Begins to Talk.

Milwaukee Journal: Some de-
scendant Of Bobble Burns (who has
probably descended long distance
pasted up the following piece of dog
gerol in one of the corridors Of the
capitol, while the members of the as
sembly were engaged in devisint
means to choke off the anti-pass res
olution presented by Mr.. Hall:
J here is worry in the lobby,
When ghosts uneasy stalk;
Aud weakened members falter,
When Hall begins to talk
Passes lose their luster,
And obecses turn To chalk;
" htle Jobs are hard 10 carry,
when Hall begins 10 talk.
Homes "a long way OF,
when fellow has to walk.
As he'll surely have to,
Now Halls begun To talk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

Ocol,to Reporter:-A Madison re-
port says that members OF the legis-
lature interpret the receipt of large
number of copies of the Congress
sioual Manuel, with compliments
clever and wealthy representative OF
the Third district il candidate for
promotion to the senate two years
hence,
Since they are 50 acute in one par
ticutar, perhaps they can ALSO under
stand the Significance of railway,
telegraph, sleepiug-car and express
company passes. Only ingrates will
ignore obligations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

The Sentinel's Madison cores
pondencc in which the assembly
committees were announced con-
tanned these significant observations:
rs name and it needs no prophet to predict
what n majority of II viii prefer To do with
anti-corporation measures, Mr. Davidson, who
was missed in the distribution of passes, was
also n isscd in thu make up of this committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

Milwaukee Sentinel Mr. Charles
r. Phster Of this city appears 20 be
fairly showering attentions Oh the
legislature. If amiability begets am
liability perhaps the members Will
before long return these attentions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
President Woman's Reading Club.

A FEW months ago, Mr.. Byron
Every, of Woodstock, Mich, was
badly afflicted with rheumatism.
His right leg was swollen the full
leagth. causing him great suffering
He was advised to try Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. The first bottle of it
helped him considerably and the
second bottle effected a cure. The
= and 50 cents sizes are for sale by
all druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
For Ocean Steamship Tickets

Via. any steampship line crossing
the Atlantic, at lowest rates for first
cabin, second cabin and steerage
both outward and prepaid, apply to
y. II. Snow, agent, G. VI. ~ st. i. Ry.
at Mineral Point, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
Republican County Convention.

Notice Is hereby given that Republican
Convention for the County OF lows, IN the
state OF Wisconfin. will be held ut the Court
House IN the city of Dodgevle ia said county
on TUESDAY, the 23d day Of February, A. D. 1897,
at one DEL elk In the afternoon, tor The pur-
pose OF nominating candidate LOT me once One,
Of County .I,;. TO be voted for At the Judicial
election I loo held on the 9th day Of April, 1897
and for the transaction OF such other business
as may come before the convention
Upon the basis of one delegate tor eacl nfty
votes or major fraction thereof cast at the last
Presidential election. the several towns ana
cities will he entitled To representation In SAID
convention "a = follows.