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The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
The Idle Poor and the Idle Rich.

Booker T. Washington, admitting the gravity of the race problem, says the second one in importance is the problem of the idle rich of our country. He makes a comparison of the idle poor and the idle rich in which he arrived at the conclusion that the salvation of either is the finding of work for idle hands to do; that it is the idle poor who are fill ing our jails and penitentiaries on the one hand, and the idle rich who are holding the law and the demands of society in utter contempt, on the other all of which brings us back to the well-worn aphorism, 'The Devil finds work for idle hands to do. Southwest American,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
Glory of Blue and Gray.

Rich and prosperous though we are as a people, the proudest heri- tage that each of us has, no matter where he may dwell, North, South, East or West, is the immortal heri- tage of feeling, the right to claim as his own all the valor and all the steadfast devotion to duty shown by the men of both the great armies of the soldiers whose leader was Grant and the soldiers whose leader was Lee.
 The men and the women of the Civil war did their duty bravely and well in the days that were dark and terrible and splendid. We, their descendants, who pay proud homage to their memories, and glory in the feats of might of one side no less than of the other, need to keep steadily in mind that the homage which counts is the homage of heart and of hand, and not of the lips, the homage of deeds and not of words only. We, too, in our turn, must prove our truth by our endeavor. We must show ourselves worthy sons of the men of the mighty days by the way in which we meet the prob lems of our own time.
 We carry our heads high because our fathers did we'll in the years that tried mems souls; and we mnst in out turn so bear ourselves that the children who come after us may feel that we too have done our duty. President Roosevelt at Jamestown Exposition.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
Chastised by Best Friend.

The best and most consistent friend that organized labor has among the great men of the nation is Presi- dent Roosevelt, who is constantly working to abolish the imposition of the classes on the masses. But the President is just as much friend when he denounces those labor lead CTS who preach violence and provoke disorder, and not only work injury to legitimate interests but bring dis credit on organized labor. The President has no favorites in his of the principle of the Square Deal. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

ruption in legislative circles in Little Rock. There have been several prosecutions and one man IS serving term in penitentiary as boodler. Indications are that Speaker Hami- ter has decided to get at the root of the evil has determined to strike at the cause. He is going to get rid of the lobbyists.
 Speaker Hamiter has evidently become thoroughly aroused by some overt act in the house, following the persistent interference in legis- lative matters by the lobby ists. He has been driven to the point where he realizes that the only cure for corruption in legislative circles is to destroy the element that corrupts. He says because of the lobbyists the states business cannot be transacted; that the condition is awful.
 The same fight has been and is yet being carried on in other states. Various remedies have been tried with more or less success, but the best so far is that promised by Speaker Hamiter, put the lobbyists in jail if they don't keep out-cease to intefere with the peoples rep resentatives.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
TWO VIEWS OF PORT ARTHUR

The News of Port Arthur, Tex, has just sent out it's Tenth Anniver- sary Edition, an eight-page illustrat- ed paper, issued by David L. Stump X Son. Among the illustrations are two views of the Manual Training and High School. As shown this school would be credit to city of several times the size of Port Arthur and speaks well for the educational spirit of that town. There are also pictures of ocean shipping, few nice residences and a business build- ing or two.
 The write-up of Port Arthur. tell ing of its numerous advantages, is of interesting character and would seem to indicate a good future for that city, but if even per cent of the business houses are represented by advertisements in this number of the News, there are not many busi- ness establishments of consequence in that place. You talk up manfully for your town, friend Dave, but haven't you even one live dry good house, or a clothing store, or a shoe store, or a drug store not even a hotel, hardware store or bakery? You show a few patent medicine ads, but even they look so worn and old that they might be taken for filters. 7"
 Yes, you make brave attempt to stand up for your town, Dave. but you know, old man, some of us came from Missouri. and if you have any decent business houses down there you had better show
 And furthermore and whereas, if you are going to keep on printing that kind of a paper at the present price of the background for print ing ink, you had better make ar engagements for whack at Carne- gir's hero fund.- or some other tainted wherewithal---and then make your purchases in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
Author of the Arkansas Anti-B Bucket
 Shop Law.

Hon. s. A. Moore of Independence county, Ark, is the author of the Moore-Heartsill bill which has re- gently been enacted into law in that state. We give our readers some of the views held by Mr. Moore which explained why he championed the bill which drives out of Arkansas the men who operate bucket shops and warehouses. He sends us the following:
 'l shall in brief way endeavor to point out few things that this law will do for the producer and mer- chant. The only way that the farm CT and merchant of the South can ever hope to free themselves from the gamblers of Wall Street is to suppress all future speculation in cotton and other farm products, and it should be the purpose of every Southern producer to consistently work to that end. The bucket shops over the South are nothing more or less than great system to promote the interest and welfare of specu- lators in New York and one or two other places. By means of this string of bucket shops all over the South they reach every town and crossroads. When they do not establish exchanges they have con nection by wire and correspondence in every town throughout our fair Southland, and whenever we invest a dollar with them we are furnish ing means by which they can and will oppress us.
 Tt can not be successfully denied but what these illegal and immoral institutions have been the sources of tremendous profit to the gamb- lers. The records show that this business has carried out of the hands of the producing classes of the South more than million dol lars year for number of years.
 The producer knows not today what he may get for his cotton to- morrow. Think of it, cotton tluc- tuating in price from S5 to Sl0 on a bale in a few hours time, and tell me that it does not affect the pro- ducer The bucket shop advocates almit that there were about 75. .00O,- 900 bales of cotton sold. when as a matter of fact there were only about l3,000.0 900 bales of actual spot cot ton.
 II have never heard it questioned but what the bucket shops and cot ton exchanges were the cause of the luctuation in the price of cotton and other agricultural products. and have never heard it seriously con tended but what the fluctuations in
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
GET A HOME.

ssI am no longer an anarchist-I have bought a lot and am building home. '
 So wrote Russian refugee to those who had been his companions in that land where there was no chance for him to buy a lot or build house, and because the government under which he had lived made such a thing impossible, he rebelled and followed the course of least resist ance, became an anarchist.
 Doubtless there is no one thing that will turn an honest, hardwork- ing man more quickly against his more successful fellow men, his city, state and country than the inability to get home, a hold on earth. On the other hand there is no one thing that goes farther toward mak- ing good and loyal citizen than to own home. A city where large part of the inhabitants own their homes is city where the best in all things pertaining to civic life can be developed.
 This is equally true of suburban and country life. It is the owner of the home, he who can stand upon a piece of Mother Earth and call it his own his home that furnishes the best unit in any country.
 Mena is such a city, Polk is such a county, and it is a good omen when homes and acre property are being bought freely and by people who intend to improve and use their pur- chases for homes. Through the pride engendered by this ownership they will go out in the world as champions of the city or county in which they have chosen to reside and which they will call their home.
 It is yet easy for any industrious man to obtain home in Mena. It is easy for any man who tries, to get a home in Polk county. Business locations can be obtained at a figure that is low when the present and future of the town and county is considered. There are few loca- tions on earth with more natural advantages. Come to Mena, and when you come get home.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
Dry Weather and Feed Crops.

All through the Southwest the rains have been light through the spring months and many stands of corn are faulty or the young corn has suffered from the drouth. The net result of this situation has been to reduce the prospects for feed crops and to throw a larger acreage into cotton. The damage done to small grain has accentuated this effect. What shall be done with the fields now in this backward con- dition?
 Get seed ready and plant June corn, COW peas and peanuts as staple feed crops. Any one of these is a fair substitute for corn. The acres planted to feed crops will give better returns than any like area planted to cotton, even at II cents pound. One or more of these crops should have place on every farm in the Southwest. They will grow and thrive in the face of the most trying conditions where many others will fail. We cannot say that each is a safe money crop" but better than that. each is life saving crop" No stock will need to s'be sold for a song" in this country this fall if the fields contain crops of COW peas, June corn or peanuts. Of millet some good things may be said, espe- cially for the far west. but this crop will wait a full 30 days for planting ing and then succeed. Farm and Ranch.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

never seen a pay check until the saloons were closed.
 Hast May our city officials were figuring how they could spare the money to enlarge the city jails, but today we have no use for those we have. The doors swing idly upon their hinges, with no inmates, the guards at the rock pile have been dis charged, and drunks and dis orderlies have largely dis appeared"
 Temperance Legion.
 The L.. T. l.. will meet durin 2 the month of May at the M. E. ch urch, South, every Friday afternoon after school hours. They had very interesting meeting yesterday afternoon. Below is a paper, written by one of the little girls, on Temper ance:
 Dear Boys and Girls:-I want to say that saloons are doing more harm in Mena than most people think they are. They are running the boys and men of our town and we must fight them. The tobacco is being bought all over Arkansas and you cant guess how much is being speni for tobacco-S700, 900, GOO, whicf is more than is being spent fol
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

the prices of the different commodi- ties worked against the producer,
 and if anyone is to have the strong arm of the law of protection thrown around him, 1 certainly think it should be he who produces the wealth of the South. If there is any class of people on earth entitled to recognition by way of legislative enactment. they are entitled to it. !"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
Cave Was Home O. Outlaws.

Tulsa, |. T., April, 27.--Workmen| blasting rock for railroad ballast op| Turkey mountain. seven miles south of Tulsa, Friday. discovered a large cave in which they found parts Of several human skeletons and many curiosities. On the wall near the en- trance is carved "J A. Cox, lS6t Cox was the leader of band of out laws that operated in Indian territory in the early days. The cave is be- lieved to have been the lair of his band.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
sTARLETs.

"Hahd luck stories makes mighty poh lstenin' n-- Uncle Rufe. "The moral weakness of man is the one thing that makes tyranny possible" There is no tonic equal to success. IL is easy simply work and smile. - Hubbard. The world is my country; mankind are my friends; to do good is my religion. - Henry George.
 Work, don't wait;
 Laugh, don't weep;
 Boost, don't knock
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
A Timber Famine Warning.

Washington, April 27.--The United States forest service has issued cir culsr saying that this country con- sumes every year between three and four times more wood than all of it's forests grow in the meantime and that if this is continued the result will be timber famine A policy Of gov ernment control and regulation is recommended as remedy. The Paci- fic states, it says. will. sooq take the ascendency in timber production
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
LAZY TIME.

I love to lie beneath the trees. And hear the thrushes melodies; l love to~mock the red bird's s song And watch the shadows creep along; My only toil, some simple rhyme Like this, for now it's lazy time. With squirrels playing peek-a-boo, Or gazing into depths of blue, Or dreaming that into my ear The wind breathes things long to hear It seems hard work would be crime 'Gainst natures laws, in lazy time.
 Kansas City Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
John D. Boosts Ais University.

Chicago. April 2s.-John D. Rocke felles lt was announced Friday has deeded to the University of Chicago a tract of land comprising about ten city blocks and valued at $2.000. .000 Within the past l6 months MT. Rocke- feller has given $6,oOO.OoO to the uni. yersity and the total of his gifts sinces the founding of the institution amounts to s2l,4l6.000.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

bread. We must fight tobacco and whisky and ask God 10 help us fight it. l hate the old tobac. co and all the rum. When I go along the street men are standing around with cigarettes in their mouths and there are old box whittlers too; you have heard all about them. Margie Chote.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
A Learned Profession.

Crime has become a business, |" a New York judge says solemnly. He might have added that the de- fense of crime on bubbles and fool technicalities has become one of the most Learned Professions. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

The president of Guatemala is said b have instigated his subjects to stone the American and Mexican legations in Guatemala City. He may not live in glass house. but he's fixing a mighty rocky road for himself
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
ouarreIed Over presidents Letter.

QuarreIed Over Presidents Letter.
 Wallace, Idaho, April 27.-A fatality resulted here Thursday night in quarrel over President RoosevelIs letter on the desirability of Mover and Haywood as citizens. William Quinn, an expoliceman and w. H. c. Jackson, newspaper man. disputed about the letter. Jackson finally left the resort where the trouble occur red and returned with Deputy Sheriff c. c. Hicks. Hicks had words with Quinn and shot him in the stomach, inflicting wounds that caused death| 4 short time after
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

Russia has millions upon millions of starving men, women and chil- dren; it has recently come out of a foolish, wasteful war. China re-
 ports 20,000,000 poor starving
 wretches but is buying vast supplies of munitions of war and training great armies. And both these na- tions are holding out gaunt hands and begging for charity from the world. Not a pleasing picture, is it?
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

If the Republicans nominate Taft for the presidency, and his avoirdu- pois counts for anything, they may have to borrow lot of blanks" to make platform strong enough for their candidate to stand on.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

With prospects good for one of the biggest fruit crops in the his tory of Polk county, and little fruit elsewhere, there was never better time for showing our resources by . big fair.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02

A news item from De Queen re- gently told of the building of a model road" through that city. Mena has a lot of model" sidewalks and some we'll graded streets, but a few miles of really model road would be a source of pleasure, pride and praf,t
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
What Might Have Been. |"

This rain would been fine for the the fruit if it had not already been destroyed by the frost. t.---Trenton (Mo.) Times,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
PUT THE LOBBYISTS IN JAIL

There has been vast amount of talk for months past about the cor
The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-02
THE MENA EVENING sTAn

Is a progressive newspaper furnishing to it's readers a daily service covering eral happenings as well as those items of local news that go to make home paper invaluable to citizens of any com munity. If you want the news in your home each week day. subscribe for The Evening Star. By carrier or mail, 40c per month.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-01

Taft endorse his candidacy LOT the
presidency; and, further,
I'VE declare that the Republicans OF
Ohio overwhelmingly desire that tne
name of Hon. William Howard Tart De
presented to the nation as ohio's can
didate for president and that the he,
nublicans of other states are invited
TO cooperate with the Republicans OF
Ohio to secure his nomination IN
1908"
The amendment to the resolution
was offered at once. 1t is TO the erect
that il is not the intention TO elim'
mate either Senator Foraker or sen
ator Dick from politics in ONO. Inis
was offered by the Taft people ana
was bitterly opposed by the FORAKER
element. The amendment was adept
ed by a vote of IL to 10 and the reso-
luton was then adopted with the
amendment by vote OF 10 to b.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-01
HAYWOOD IS INNOCENT
Found Not Guilty Of COnspiring
to Kill Steunenberg.
Jury OUT TWENTY-ONE HOURS
Appeared TO Ee Deadlocked at Ten 10
Two for Acquittal, but Finally
Reached an Agreement.

Boise, Ida, July 29.-After twenty
one hours deliberation the jury in the
trial of William d. Haywood secre
tary treasurer of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, on trial for conspiracy
in the murder of former Governor
Frank Steunenberg, returned verdict
of not guilty.
The probability of verdict Of &C
quittal had been freely predicted since
Judge Fremont Wood read his charge,
which was regarded as strongly favor
ing the defense.
1t was also freely predicted that in
the event of Haywoods acquittal the
state would abandon the prosecution
of his associates, Charles H. Meyer,
the president of the federation, and
George A. Psttibone of Denver. State.
ments from counsel and from Gov.
ernor Gooding dispei this view Of the
situation.
Harry Orchard. the self-confessed
murderer of Governor SteunenberG
and the witness upon whom the state
chiefly relied to prove its claim OF
conspiracy, when told that Haywood
had been acquitted, said:
We'll, have done my duty. have
told the truth. could do no more. |
am ready to take any punishment that
may be melted out to me for my crimg
and the sooner it comes the better"
The jury, which at first had been
divided to and then seemed dead
locked at 10 to 2, finally came to an
agreement.
Haywood wept when the verdict was
rendered. Tears welled to the eyes
Of the man who during the eighty days
of his trial had sat with stolid indif-
ference written upon every feature.
Influenced by Judges Charge.
Inquiry among the jurors after their
dismissal revealed some of the ele-
ments entering into their decision.
Samuel ID. Gilman, the last man to be
won over to the defense, declared that
a majority of the men seemed con-
WINGED that the general tone of the
SOuiI iAoLluSIlOuo luuISdlSu IudI lnc
defendant should be freed
Finley Mclean, who voted constant
ly for acquittal from the first, declared
that the judges instructions seemed
to settle all doubt as TO the course he
should take.
Juror James Robertson, the good
natured Scotchman at whose home in
Boise Governor Steunenberg boarded
for more than two years, said:
Il could not reconcile myself to vot-
ing any other way than with the de-
Tense from the very first and | think
that under the law and the evidence
there was nothing else for us to do.
The last fellow who held out against
acquittel belongs to the same fraternal
organization that | do. There was
some talk of compromise on Sec
ond degree verdict, but we would not
stand for that-it either had to be
acquittal or would have stayed there
forever"
Juror Samuel II, Russell, the senior
member of the panel, said:
There was nothing against Hay
wood but suspicion and inference and
when we came to dovetail the evi.
dsnce In the juryroom somehow it did
not f1t."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-01
ASKS TO BE LOCKED UP.
Prominent Kenton (o.) Attorney Sell
Confessed Forger.

Kenton, O., July 29.-Thomas BLACK
the most prominent lawyer In the
city, a leading Republican politician
and mayor for two terms, is in jail on
a charge Of forgery. He gave himseii
ND TO the sheriff and asked to be
placed beh.nd the bars. Black &C
knowledges the forgery Of papers In
yolving the sum of $4,000 His OPP
erations extend, he says, over period
of nine years. Black was entrusted
with the business of many clients
One of his clients and a trusting
friend was DR.. F. w. Sapp, wealthy
man of Columbus, who owns mucn
property here. Black acted as the
doctors agent in Kenton and had ex-
ecuted a large number of mortgages
for him dating from May 80, 1899, to
July OF this year. Ii is stated that
the forgeries were committed in con-
nection with these mortgages.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-01
TAFT's FRIENDS WIN OUT
His Candidacy Endorsed by
Ohio State Committee.

Columbus. o., July 30.--Sscrstary
Taft's friends won handily at the
meeting Of the state Republican CEN
trail committee. . resolution being
adopted by the committee endorsing
TAFT for the presidency By vote Of
Is to 8.
An amendment proposed by the
flsnds Of Taft and opposed by the
friends Of Foraker was adopted by q
vote OF IL to 10 saying In effect that
there Is no intention to eliminate SEN
ators Foraker or Dick from politics in
Ohio. The resolution endorsing Taft
for president was as follows:
I'VE believe that the great majority
OF the people of Ohio. convinced Of
the high character, great ability and
distinguished services--of Secretary
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-01
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Is Often Made by the Wisest of
South Dakota People.

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