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The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

or ot months the gamblers of New Turk propaes'eu
 sesad nar;r and did their utmost create cala1Av -
 It was not easy sailing for tune The county w eou
 d o.ant The manic breeders facing uupeeeaenseu e ditous Consumption was larger than pr9ducuon ."S'e VI dread nor drscnten scarcity of anything put , he
 The couny refused be frightened bfu,e o'eS D ,ha used The money changers used their most muueios control of the currency they could lock up the money &
 a u o scarce that legitimate business could not pse By crppng industry and creating distrust they so d as consumntiou make goods cheap naugurate ioenesS' " inc money olu they wanted They used that weapon t
 precisely the process that has been ,n satsd, nuhlic must not be believing tba these men are
 With what they have already accomplished They are no
 There is but one by which they can be eneeEaa arassnn aveed That IS passage Of curens Legislation by the present session of Congress when VI" ~ existing defects in the system .o..es f,ou
 The partial relief now being conceded 10 commerce. comes the interests alarmed the public outcry and earu egislation The money changers rear @ , Sl ole may inform themselves and growing wise VIII gro" "e some. .,
 life o th prosoerity and will succeed in their attempt a less the people force their representatives, in Nonse P medial and reormatory currency Legislation.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
CONFESSIONS OF Doo q,sTon
Topeka CapitaLt

l am willing to do the riel.t thin0 but won't pay for the return of 4 lost dog.
 l have noticed that whcn a ran buys a woman a dog it is one sig ha isn't married to her.
 I have found that being bald ia not nearly SO bad as the fear t,,at you are some day going to b..
 A woman can't See her own eD. bows. and I have always though! 1t probably is just as well tat she can't.
 . l find that no matter how d1ll things are socially. if a man eyan- ing clothes are new he can find a good many excuses for wearing them.
 have been down tO bedrock a good many times, but have ne, r yet touched the point whel co. d make any use of the lsft-hand lip pocket of my trousers.
 It is my notion that some peo; Q talk SO much that they will Tt have enough conversation coming Q them when they die to properly es. press their appreciation of t,a beauties of heaven.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
OIL ON STREETS.

The Star has before advocated the use of oil on the streets of Mena as a preventive of the annoyance and loss resulting from the dust nuisance in the summer months. It should not be forgotten that the same treatment that would obviate the dust evil in the summer months would also make the streets hard and smooth and free from mud m the winter.
 While in Mena recently MT. Wal ter c. Root of the firm of Root X Siemans, the architects for the big railroad hospital to be built here, and also of the 1-2 million dollar city hospital at Kansas City, had much to say of the great success in the use of oil on the boulevards and roads Tn and around Kansas City. He stated that in the past season a saving of $20, 900 had been made by the oil process over the cost of sprinkling. MT. Root was impressed with the idea that the sandy soil here would be especially adapted to the oil treatment, and said that he was sure trial would be made if the subject was investigated.
 Last week the writer called upon the superintendent of parks of Kan sas City, MT. W. H. Dunn, and obtained additional information on the subject. Mir. Dunn says that l the boulevards were given two treatments of oil during the past season, and that in addition to the suppression of dust, a great saving was made because the oil stopped the destruction of streets by heavy rains, the oil and earth forming an impervious, asphalt-like surface. He said that when properly applied it was his belief from experiments made that as good roads could be made without as with the use of macadam.
 The Star believes that nothing can do more to develop Mena and Polk county than good streets and roads, and also that the conditions here especially favor the use of crude oil, and would be glad to hear from others interested in the subject.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
tchioago Newsl

AMtAko NeH@f
 Political conventions seldom go unbossed.
 The secret of success is 10 aim high and stick to it.
 Be sure you are wrong bet, re yn go away back and sit down.
 We always feel sorry for ths msr- ried man who talks in his sleep.
 It's easier to drive some men b drink than it is to hold them hask Talk Ia said to be cheap, bul mary man has had to pay dear for t4s things he has said.
 Did you ever notice how ma'a easier it is for the average man te ps poor than honestI 2
 Our idea of an odd man isone who doesn't try to get even with s0ns one sooner or later.
 Many a man know from ckp.ill' ence that 1t is far easiert find aw'le than 1t is to lose her.
 Some men start cut so look i'r trouble and then p.cx oui a pia . where there isn't one cl&nse 70 ! hundred of finding !.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOsopl,
tAtchison Globe.i

tAtchison Globe.l
 Some men cannot find u;s. religion that suits them. 'O' a
 Put your energy into your hD.. ness. instead of side issues. ''s''
 We arc all inclined to thinL [. ably of a man when we knaa' sasF' likes us. '" i.e
 When people try to give tha ;,. precision that they are rich t f !. ''a' dead sure thing that t..e, are Y uos, S
 There is one thing al put tba -. who tells all he kIi~ws. he c.n, rsaa tell all you know, if you k ..n 1@'',. vo. mouth shut. 'O1'
 Do you remember thet yon or. believed that if you couls sesa,. S,,s plish a certain thing yoa ;ould d'a i, !. happy; and do you recall th,t wit, vii ' , few weeks after accomplishing ,'' , you were as unhappy as ev,r? 7 Before a man is married he i, have pillow cushions tt ,l.d .lI around him in any girls pallor ! after marriage the act of r.st:, his weary head on cushion 2 i, forth from his wife, "Don't n your head on that Can't you that cushion is too pretty for n mans greasy head to lie on?"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
HIST coMnoN HONESTY.

Senator Tillmau has introduced a bill in the senate that, had the Fed eral government given proper heed to the expressed wishes of states and communities, would be entirely unnecessary. This measure is to put an end to the practice of issuing Federal license to sell liquor in states and communities where peo- pie have voted Cor prohibition.
 lt is well known that in all the years since Kanzas adopted laws making the sale of liquor within it's borders a crime. anyone wishing to violate the state law had little difi- eulty in securing a Federal license. This. with acquiescenee of either weak or corrapt officers made the violation of prnhibitory laws com paratively safe. and put at naught the wishes of the majority of the people and encouraged a disrespeet | for law.
 It certainly has not looked wei for the Federal government to work in partnership with avowed law breakers in this manner. and 1t will be interesting Co see if the majority party in the senate, the Republicans, will defeat this worthy measure simply because it is offered by a Democrat. If such should be the
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

renee of such monetary stringency as that from which the banks are now emerging. This stringency was caused by stock gambling. the &C., tivities of which made such a heavy demand on money as to induce the payment of extraordinary rates for call loans. the result being the with drawal from legitimate business of millions of dollars to be used in
 margin spc .uIation. There IS only
 one wa tho government can inter
 fere h stock gambling and that is to tax tout of existence, and that measure should be adopted, as pro
 posed in a bill now being prepared l bv Representative Hepburn, chair man of the house committee of ! Interstate Commerce.
 Such prohibition would nos inter
 fere with the legitimate market for
 stocks. Outright purchases for investment could be made as now. without restriction and without taxation. And that is the way
 stocks should change hands. The [ proposed taxation would apply Co
 gambling. and only 10 gambling. ! And isn't 1t about time that the
 stock gamblers should be prevented
 from juggling corporation stocks
 and jeopardizing the financial sta Ibility of the country
 | The whole system -or lack of sys- tem-of regulating gambling in thi' , country is about as loose and incon' sistent as 1t can be. Laws are en- acted to prevent card gambling and , race betting, but gambling on mar. gins is unrestricted. The statutes in many states prevent the opera , ton of so-called bucket shops,
 but by immunity make respectable and legitimate precisely the saln' kind of operations on regular boards , of trade. Of the two evils, that o'
 gambling in margins, whether II , stocks. grain or other things o' , fluctuating values. Is vastly mor' g harmful than poker playing or rae'  n track betting. for the simple reasoi 1 that it is far more widely spread ana f has been given an atmosphere o I semi-respectability. It is charged
 that cotton gambling alone cost g this country 100 millions per year l Stock transactions should be con I fined to buying and selling. Bettini e on the movement of the market f and that is all that marginal opera
 tions are-should be absolutely pro n hibited. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
The President and the Financial
 Stringency.

President Roosevelt has been quot ed as saying that if the present finan- cial stringeney is due to his policy of exposing and attempting to correct bad business methods he is willing to accept the responsibility. Whether this quotation is authoritative or not it sounds plausible. It has the ring of Mir. Rooseyelt's official and moral courage. It is in keeping with a record of thoroaghgoing statesman ship.
 What has the President done that should have been left undone2 Should he have refrained from interfering with the practice of giving and talk ing rebates for fear of the effect of regulation on railway property2 Should he have left the conditions found in the great packing houses stand unchanged lest correction of them would disturb capital invested in the packing business? Should he have allowed the reckless speculation in Wall street and the robbery of railroad stockholders to pass unchal- lenged? Should he have winked at the extortions of the trusts? In short.  would the President have done his duty if he had done less than he has done to eradicate the evils of the business system?
 Some evils have traditionally at- tended periods of great prosperity, and these evils recurred in the high pressure business success of this country in the last half dozen years. But back of these recurrent and al- most inevitable indiscretions there were more are less fundamental errors and dangers in our financial system. So far as these wrongs some of them crimes-are suscepti- ble to administration remedies, and so far as they may be reached through wise legislation proposed and urged by the President, so far is 1t the duty of the Chief Magistrate to use his great office to establish a sound financial basis.
 In the correction of long standing
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

It is hardly considered as worth mentioning that the great American battleship fleet in it's great trip will be at practically all times within reach of the authorities at Washing ton by wireless telegraph. The integral parts of the squadron will also be in constant touch by the same method or by wireless tele. phony. Andyet we will smile wher some man speaks of communicating with Marsl
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
WISDOM OF AN ENTSIeI [
tt3lohe Democrat

ltslohe- DttQefaht
 Even fool can give god adyl 5 Blessings are not always tWin nor vice versa.
 Abuse is no argument. brt Hol silences logic.
 Adam and Eve had Co maFff. There was no one else.
 The person who pleases hla < does hot need Co please evefyboa} It reqaires no great imprgyea s for the average man to da bs tief. The man who Is intelllgef Frai.s < to tell a really good lle is tQ it' i' ligent to tell any.
 The man who works hard i've hours a day is pretty apt tV taAs ''f prayers answered.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
THE PRESSURE RELAXED.

The Globe Dsmocrat announces with flourish that as the financial scare is ended the pressure for legls- lative action in Congress has relaxed and no immediate action is probable. It will be noticed that this is the tone of nearlysall Republican papers that are known to oppose Roosevelt's policies and to favor the theory that present conditions should be let alone.
 From the viewpoint of this class the scare is all over. The big banks of the East and in the large cities of the country have held up the money of depositors, many small banks were forced by the acts of the large ones to follow suit; all have gathered into their vaults largely increased reserves, and for most part are industriously following the same course yet. But they Ire no longer scaredl They, intrenched behind the hoarded money, are safel The pressure has been removed! Congress will probably take no i'm mediate action for relief
 But what about the other side?
 The people, who have amply pro- ven by their actions that they have not been scared, who have gone so far as permitted in their regular paths of industry and production and have tolerated with patience the hardships placed upon them without reason and without justice by the scared" speculators and money institutions of Wall Street-how are they faring?
 The farmers were for weeks forced to hold their cotton because money could not be obtained for it in the markets; sawmills through this section were shut down and hun dreds of men thrown out of work and denied the opportunity to earn livelihood; merchants were made to suffer because people were un- able to buy their goods; almost all kinds of property, real and personal, became almost unstable at any price; thousands of railroad men in Arkansas alone were discharged, decreasing consumption in every line and thus curtailing the number employed in factories and all lines of production. These are the true conditions and the Globe-Democrat and papers of it's sort know it because their news columns tell the story every day,
 [ But the pressure" has been re- movedl Congress will do nothing this session.
 The reason is plain. There are too many lawmakers who are in closer touch with the men who profit by such conditions than with the com mon people-the producers-who suffer from them. But reforms never come from good conditions, and it is some satisfaction to know that the harder the squeeze the more radical will be the cure when it comes.
 The voters will bring pressure on Congress one of these days that will not be relaxed" so easily.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
sTARLETs.

If there is any better way to teach virtue than to practice it, do not know it.--Hub- bard.
 have lived long, and learned that much has been forgiven me. Bismarck.
 All that ministers to human happiness is divine. - Ebert Hubbard.
 The pure in heart are slow to credit cslumnies. Jane Porter.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

and deeply rooted evils f.
 able that innocent individr,i'' - ~. institutions must suffer n,oso s's arl but such correction is inn.s - 'sss' and the longer it is dela,'as s'lS greater the reaction against s as blameless victims of suct. eyils r ns President can well afford to ... ne responsibility for existing ccnd;s;aa aa,ae 80 far as they are due to evT, 0's brought about by him. KansVs VsSu's c' Star. MY
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
THE SEWER PROBLEM.

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 There is in Mena considerable opposition to the ordinance requir- ing property owners to connect closets, sinks, bath tubs, etc., with the sanitary sewer.
 There is in any community an element that opposes any such regu- lation, but in this instance there is another reason for the hesitancy to comply with the provisions of the law.
 It is not as yet a settled fact that Mena has water supply sufficient in the dry months to make the use of the sanitary sewer always possible.
 Under such a condition, and with the experience of last summer fresh in the memory. it is not strange that even the most progressive citizens hesitate to spend considerable sums to make improvements that may next summer be worse than useless.
 The fact remains that Mena must use a sewer system if it is to grow and maintain its good name as a healthful city. The need was real ized more than four years ago, and one effort after another was made to secure sewers. The franchise that was accepted and resulted in the construction of the present sys- tenn was the second, the first having never been accepted by the parties to whom it was granted.
 The oft-heard objections to pri- vately-owned sewer have no bearing in this instance. All realize that it would be far better for the city to own it's sewers, but it is equally well known that under the state laws Mena was wholly unable to secure funds for the construction of such an improvement. It had to grant a franchise and secure private capital or go without. The thing to do seemed to be to get a sewer system, and then make such provision for the future as was possible.
 This was done by incorporating in the franchise a clause giving the city the right to purchase the plant at the end of five years at ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
 That was as near to municipal ownership as the city lawmakers could get at the time. and criticisms and faultfndings at this time can serve no good purpose charges of graft" are even worse than use ess-they are foolish.
 Now as to present conditions:
 The public generally is aware that the water commissioners have made attempts to provide water for next summer by making extensive repairs on the reservoir dam. They believe that these repairs are successful and that the dam will now hold water as intended. If they are correct-if their last attempt proves success there is little question but Mena vii be amply provided with water for al purposes next season. even if tn, summer months are as dry as last year, when a goodly number of other Arkansas cities were also short oi water.
 With this condition before tho people it would be'much better foi the people, especially in the dowr town district, to at once comply with the laws of the state and the ordi nances of the city and make connec. tions with the sanitary sewer, and then if the worst should come ard the water supply be inadequate. put forth united effort to remedy that difficulty.
 The Star believes that such course would do much more for the upbuild ing of Mena than to fight an improv ment that all citizens know is ; necessity.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

During the past week four fright ful accidents have occurred in big mines in the United States, involv- ing the lives of almost a thousand men and perhaps four times as many women and children who have been made widows and orphans. And yet some people think it strange when miners ask for more wages or better conditions.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

Five South American republics have signed a peace agreement, and and there is much rejoicing. And yet the wars down there were a comparatively harmless amusement alongside our football games.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

The element in this country that is trying hardest to discredit Roose- velt's square deal" policies is doing the very thing most likely to make W. J. Bryan the next President Would not that resemble a fall from frying pan to fire for the high fnanciers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

The fact that the United States was strong first in the big peace congress of the year does not tend to lesson the interest of foreign countries in the movements of her fighting machinery.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26

case it will seem to show that parti- sanship in that body is stronger than common honesty.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
The Cause of Panics.

"A Remarkable Editorial in the Philadelphia North American of December That Was Submitted to the United States Senate Last Week by Senator Cuberson of Texas
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-26
Tax the Stock Gamblers.

The country expects Congress to do all they can to prevent the recu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-29

The most serious situation Salt Lake
merchants have experienced in years pre-
walls here this morning as a result of
the strike of the street car men.
Managers Of the big stores declared last
night that a continuation of the street
car tie-up for any length of time will
mean a loss OF hundreds of thousands Of
dollars to the store owners. When it was
learned late last night by the managers
that the strike promises to last several
days at least, efforts were made to FIND
out to what sn extent the stores could
depend on the street car company for
light and power. General Manager Wells
of The street car company issued repeat
ed assurances that the power houses OF
the company will not be affected by the
strike OF either the electrical workers or
tie street car med-
Managers OF laundries, repair shops,
bakeries and every other esta blishment n
the city using electrical power made ev-
cry effort last night to find out just how
serious the situation Is with regard te
the possibility of the electric power be-
ing shut off. All are exceedingly anx-
ious and tie-up of the power plants
would cripple the citys commerce and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-29
STRIKE is A SERIOUS MATTER
FOR MERCHANTS OF SALT LAKE

industry, causing a loss in dollars and
cents to merchants and manufacturers
rot easily reckCEed
Hundreds of clerks, office girls and
stenographers trudged long, weary miles
to work this morning and they may have
TO walk home tonight after q hard days
work on their feet Business men came
downtown in carriages, automobiles and
cabs. Private conveyances of every de-
scTiptiOn are carrying heavy loads on the
streets this morning. Express and deliv-
cry men. are carrying passengers when
ever possible and charging from 10 to 3
cents
Every line of business in the city is af-
fected. Real estate men declared last
night that they Will suffer a heavy loss
If the cars are not running in a very
short time.
The most serious situation, however
prevails with the retail merchants 1t
will be utterly impossible for the great
body of feminine shoppers in Salt Lake
to get TO the big stores with the car SER
vice suspended or running in a hapliaz-
ard way and liable to attack. The cessa-
ton of this trade will cause an immense
loss to merchants.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-29
FALLS OFF THE WATER WAGON
AND is LOADED UPON MILK WAGON

toward town on the part OF any Of the
three able to navigate at all always
resulted Ia a rapid return trip.
Evidently 1t was imperative that some
means Of transportation be Obtained, and
that soon, for although the efforts were
not steady, there was a great deal of
spasmodic energy directed toward secur-
iEg some means of transporting the now
inanimate form of the fourth member
just at this stage the milk wagon OF
the well known Jake Smith hove in sight,
and baiiing the driver a hurried coiloquy
took place between the vender of the
white liquor and the various bearers of
the other liquids The Vender demurred.
but the more he protested the more de-
termiDed became the others. Finally all
the pockets of the three were emptied in
an endeavor to convince the milk man
that the courtesy would repay him, and
with many protests, he consented. The
sleeping youth was loaded none too care
fully on top of the milk cans, one of the
remaining trio was carefully balanced on
top in order 10 hold him in place, and
the trip toward TIE west began. The other
two holding eacn other Up in an easy, 60
as-you-please in the same direction.