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The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
MENA PREPARING TO GROW

An ordinance was introduced at the meeting of the city council last night, which will doubtless be adopted, providing for street signs and the numbering of houses.
 Mena has grown to a point where this should be done if only for the convenience of her citizens and visi- tors, but there is further benefit that will l.lappeal to everyone-the step is a necessary preliminary to the acquiring of free delivery of mail. It is now thought that this can be secured so soon as the city can get ready for it.
 Another matter along the line of progress that was discussed was the changing of Mena from a city of the second to a city of the first class. To do this it will be necessary to take a census and show a population of 5000 or over, and as there is no doubt on this question there will probably be no unnecessary delay.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Facts About the Mail Order Question

The following is from the Lamar, Mo-, Democrat. Of course it didn't occur in Lamar but the paper states that it was in a little town within a days drive:
 A dry goods merchant was start ing down town when his wife re- minded him of his most important duty during the day: "Now, my dear, be sure and don't forget to send to the city for that new Stan hope, so we can have by Sunday. You know our old buggy is getting so it's not fit to be seen. !"
 Just a few blocks away the mer- chant who handled vehicles and i'm plements was sitting at breakfast with his family. The conversation drifted around to the near approach of school. And that reminds me. John" said the lady who sat at the head of the table. Fl must be gong to the city not later than next week. 1 must get goods for the children's school clothes and then l want to see about a fall suit for myself, and think while I'm up there, that per. haps I'd better see something about
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
No One Hurt.

William Allen White takes this cheerful view of the situation. When country town like Empo- ria, with it's banks full of money, goes onto the check system to pre- vent banks in smaller towns from milking the town dry of currency, no one in town is hurt. The grocer goes right on selling groceries. He gets checks from his customers for his groceries, and he deposits the checks in his bank account and he pays his debts with checks, ano that's all there is to it. The same thing happens to the clothier, the dry goods man, the hardware mar and the druggist. The lawyer keeps on practicing, and the doctor take; out his little grip and make: his calls. Nine-tenths of the busi' ness of little town is done on the cheek system, and it affects no one in town to have the other tenth done with checks. No one needs casf where all accept checks. The only man who needs cash is the man who travels. The result will be that the travel will fall off. People will stay at home and grow rich. If the rail roads brought on this panic to dis. credit the President they have nc more sense than they have in choos' ing rabbits for the United States senators, who fly to the brush every time the people say boo !"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
SIX KILLED IN WRECK
Freight and Passenger Trains Met Head-cn Near Little Rock on the
 Iron Mountain Road.

Little Rock, Nov. 4.-Five ne, sons were killed and score more injured in a head-on collision he. tween northbound passenger train and southbound freigh, train near Higgins Switch. on the Iron Mountain railroad last night. The dead are:
 Gaddy Burke, negro postal clerk.
 Alvin D. .Brumblow, white postal clerk.
 The injured, Alfred Piper, IS years old, of Little Rock, fatally scalded.
 Twenty-Five others were iu- jured, some seriously, but their names are unknown at present. Alfred Piper, the young man injured, died at noon today at St. Vincent's hospital. This makes the sixth fatality. Piper was the son of the Rev. K. H. Piper of Bethlehem Baptist church, now travelling evangel- ist residing at 2S02 Wolfe street. He told his sister Sunday that he was going 10 Forrest City to work. He was only identified at II o'clock today and his sister arrived but moment before his death.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
- SHOULD KICK ttIrI OUT.

Henry Clews, one of the world s financial authorities, declares that The speculator must get out of financial institutions. He says that recent events have made the fact plain in New York and that banks and like institutions have determined to get rid of him.
 And it is certainly time this thing was done.
 There is no more excuse for hav- ing gambler in stocks and bonds controlling the finance of a big cor poration or bank than there IS to have a gambler at horse racing or cards handling the cash of a grocery store or small bank. They should all alike be kicked out.
 It is interesting to remember that at all times during the agitation of the past year or so, President Roose- welt has insisted that no honest man or institution had anything to fear from the investigations being car ried on. It was the crooks only that they were after that had cause to worry.
 But it is doubtful if even realized that these s..me crooks gamblers and spectators working their games to rob the public had the power tc for even day tie up business wher there was absolutely no legitimate excuse when prosperity was in the land, big crops coming to market and farmers were preparing tc meet the demand of prosperou. people for their different lines o1 goods.
 Yes, kick the speculator gambler -out of business, big and little.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Davis Tow Line in Danger.

Senator Davis was over in White county the other day and gave out his instructions as to how the county must go for governor. He also looked little after the interest of his friends who are candidates for the local offices. Wonder if the senator thinks the people of Greene are green enough to need his in- structions about how to vote? We shall see. -Paragould Solophone.
 Not only the Solophone but the Monroe County Citizen and other papers which formerly followed the the lead of the doughty dictator speak in a similar strain. It is be- coming very evident that the dicta- tors tow line has reached tension where breaks are threatened Fort Smith Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
ARE YOU CARING FOR YOUR
 PRESENT DUTIES !?

When judge of a minor court in Oklahoma decided recently to apply for a higher position under the government, he went to Wash ington to see the President about it. One of the first questions asked was:
 Do your court duties need your attention ct home 2"
 There is reported little else said, but the applicant for advancement went back home knowing without further advice that his chances were gone.
 There is lesson in this story for every man who seeks promotion to higher place in the service of the people, be the position he holds ever so small. Men who conduct an office that has been given them as a means to secure higher one is most likely, in these days of pub licity, to find his chances as slim as those of the Oklahoma judge. On the other hand, the man who "does things" with sincere effort to be of value-to do his duty-toward those who trusted him, is sure to receive a publicity that will advance him to a higher place whenever the opportunity occurs.
 It is not only good system, but is the very best.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Just Honesty That's All.

The people are anxious to support with taxes a government that asks for its honest needs. They rebel when they are called upon to feed the nav of the "beast of graft"
 Appropriations should be limited to the states needs and commensur- ate with it's dignity. Extravagance should be discontinued, true economy should be exercised. A tax.bur- dened people cannot be a happv people George w. Donaghey.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
 THE COST OF GAMBLING.

The financial centers of this great nation have been much shaken dur ing the past few days because Wall Street, the center of stock gambling, has overstepped itself and has been largely discredited before the whole world. In other words these big gamblers have juggled stocks to such an extent that the business men of the country have lost faith in them and refuse to indulge in the big game where they have been taught by sad experience that the "cards" are always stacked against them by the professionals. Of course this has also largely been brought about by the publicity that has been given to the operations of such men as Hartman and Rogers and Morgan and their ilk by the government officials, the courts, the newspapers and magazines.
 Now that the little fish" refuse to come into the nets so skillfully prepared for their reception by the big Wall Street sharks, these same sharks can see nothing but ruin ahead and it is pitiful thing that they should have the power to even for day upset the legitimate busi- ness of the nation in their fright and effort to get under cover.
 But it was ever thus. The inno- cent suffer for the misdeeds of the guilty. These gamblers are allowed to conduct their gigantic games under the law-to speculate-to win and to lose. Like the petty gam blers (who, however. play despite the laws). these men would say that it was "nobody's business" if they cared to gamble.
 But it is everybody's business. In the larger instance, the criminal practices hamper the business of the nation; in the lesser, bring suffering to innocent fathers, mothers, wives, children and friends.
 Bringing the matter near to home, it is a. least current rumor that there are two or three places in Mena where gambling is regularly carried on, places conducted as gambling houses by gamblers. It is also said that ruin is facing num- Der of victims of those illegal insti- tutions, and it may be that the grand jury now in session may develop some of these rumors to a point where the officials may recognize the need of some action.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

viding a man to keep constantly at work on the city's streets, has taken a step that will make Mena a better city in which to live, and one that will attract people who might have been kept away by untidy, lll-kept streets. The work of the one man employed during the past month has been worth to the city many times his hire, as any thoughtful per son would testify who spent a little time in fair investigation. It IS doubtful if drain can be found in the city that is not clean and ready to carry off all the water that its size would permit; there are few gutters blockaded by trash, and (this is worth special notice) the main downtown streets are not lined by a growth of weeds as some of them were one month ago.
 Besides that, when the last rain came it was but a few hours until all the crossings in the business sec ton were free from mud. This was a great contrast with the rule in the past, when the excellent sidewalks only led to crossings covered with SC much mud that getting about was unpleasant for all the people of the city, and practically put an end to shopping for hours after rain had passed.
 And these were the things the city council hoped for, even though in the beginning some of the mem bers were skeptical as to their ac- complishment.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
THE EXPENSIVE do.BETWEEN

The suggestion of Hal l.. Nor wood that, should the state loan of it's surplus fund to assist in moving the cotton crop, it be loaned direct to the farmers instead of the banks, is not a new idea, but is one that will probably continue to come up for an indefinite time.
 There is no doubt whatever but there is over the country a growing discontent with the methods of the government in handling the money of the nation. The furry of the past week has but accentuated the fact that something is wrong, and it is probable that in the end the people will decide that the wrong is Tn the system by which the money of the country is issued through, and almost completely under the control of a few big bankers, who, naturally, handle it in such man. ner as will bring to them the largest profit, with quite a general disre- gard for the people at large.
 Mir. Norwood's remarks will, therefore strike a sympathetic cord among the common people. the farmers and producers generally, and while the suggestion will not be acted upon in this case. it will have a good influence in setting peo- pie to thinking along the line of eliminating the middle man that reaps rich harvest by acting as a go-between whenever the govern ment issues money for the use of .he people composing it.
 As Mir. Norwood says, it makes
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

a new rug for the parlor ana some lace curtains for the front win- dows."
 An hour or two later the towns 5 leading grocer stepped into the Dank to buy draft, which he was gong to send to a firm in St. Louis for a swell bedroom suite his wife had ordered about a week before. " .How's business ?" asked the bank CT. "Oh, not so very good, re- piled the sugar and coffee merchant resignedly. Things are little dull just now"
 Before the banker finished writing the draft dapper young man wlth grip stepped in and asked now everybody was. The banker seemed glad to see him. He was the repre- sentative of big printing establish ment in another state. He and the banker chatted pleasantly for a rev minutes, after which the young mar inquired casually of his friend behind the window if he wanted anything Well, yes," replied the other gooo naturedly, T believe do. Prln' us 50,00O checks, 800 drafts and { couple of thousand letter heads. The young man thanked him cor dially for the order and hustled out
 That night the local business mer of the town had a meeting in tht town hall to discuss the grow l ing mail order evil. All of thu gentlemen mentioned in this nara tive delivered short talks. They al agreed that the farmers were guilt. of treason to their home merchant when they persisted in buying theil goods of mail order houses, and th' meeting closed by adopting strong resolutions against trading ava. l from home. Pointers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
(Atchison Globe.)

A judgment could be gotten against almost any of us for negli- gence.
 It is easier for an active and mus cular man to lose his temper than it IS for the other fellow.
 If man is treated we'll in a small town, he soon imagines he could do better in larger place.
 Every little while this fact is forced to a mans attention: that a great deal goes on that he never hears of until the explosion comes
 How slow some people are to learn. Some men at forty have never learned that it is not only inn polite to eat with knife, but that a fork is better in every way.
 A man and his wife were fus- sing. If l told what you do J said the man, "any jury would grant me a divorce" And all I would have to do to get divorce" retort- ed his wife, would be to show you to the judge"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
ASSISTING TIE PREACHERS

Will Burns is not a preacher, yet he has caused fifty men to quit swear ing or using profane language along our public roads, and here is the secret l: Mir. Burns so successfully worked seven miles of our public road he converted the tie haulers. There is not rock, stump, chuckhole or crook in the seven miles of road, and profane language is a thing of the past. = Hardy, (Ark.) ] Herald.
 When Judge Prickett adopted the plan of giving certain roads constant care he probably did not count on cooperating with the ministers in the good work of preventing swear ing, but from all reports the effect has been the same as though he had.
 Judge Prickett did, however, in- tend to save money to the taxpayers by giving the roads such care as would prevent them from being washed into gulleys from lack of a few minutes work here and there, from becoming almost impossible because of chuckholes that could have been prevented by few shovels of gravel and dirt; from being a trial to all who used them because loose rocks and bolders were al- lowed to remain in the line of travel that could readily be piled at the roadside or used in filling low places.
 In fact, Judge Prickett intended to make life more pleasant for the farmers who used the roads in con- ing to Mena, the city people who desired to visit the country; save all money by making the life of vehicles longer, creating desire for better turnouts, better horses and incl. dentally and unavoidably better farm life. better city life and better people in country and city.
 And following similar plan. the city council of Mena, in pro,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
New Ynrk Press.

New fork Press.
 When you speak of a girls hair as locks she knows you have ideals.
 A woman doesn't think much of present unless it is tied up in pink ribbon.
 What makes woman suspicious of the butchers honesty is her hus- band isn't.
 When the cold weather begins you can save on ice bills for the benefit of the coal man.
 A man could have so much money he wouldn't know what to do with it. but his family would.
 After a girl has hypnotized a young man into buying her soli- taire she begins to wonder what she could have done with other men if it were not too late.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

prophecy is dangerous, predict every state association in New Eng land of retail merchants will recon sider their votes of opposition and all vote their approval As under stood your remarks, tlfe railroads are to have nothing to do with trans porting any merchandise, II lbs. for 25 cents. That will only apply to rural routes
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

little difference as to where such a doctrine originated. The only ques- tion is whether it is one that will do the greatest good for the greatest number, and Mr. Norwood's thoughts are leading him into chan nels that should be thoroughly ex- plored
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

A bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters ket in the house and used occa- sionally means good health to the whole household. w. c. Vaudl- yer, special agent.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
Inntrlt Iaup
Exprttttue Al1tlttu
BY ELLEN r. MILLS.
Author and rIembcr of Soro.is.
institutions.

been as0cd by critics who do not recognize this quality in when
does Women much ability Whenever they
have the opportunity to prove this they do it, The great trouble is
his: Woman executive ability called by that in fact it il
seldom recognized all 1t is regarded merely what She ought TO DO
but if did the thing should certainly hear about it,
Womans life through has been less sheltered
qumy not many proportion to the number of men have mad the
ability will cite which
think will prove that lacking this quality calmly appro-
prate by opinion himself Consider the number Of women
New York city who big boarding houses alone Does that prove
executive ability?
Consider the dmNcrs propctors of big establishments
controlled by themselves.
Consider the mllners the private secretaries and other business
Then think of the women educators big Certainly
there is no doubling executive ability in that quarter.
And then consider the mother with children How many could
she does when upon her ourccs Does not
executive ability mother small children left pcnic
and raise those children, TO keep her family together? W0s
under such circumstances who could do il? Where is
there lack Of executive ability that wonmns makeup
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
Merely Personal

a son was born to Mr.. and M"s
Ray Thomas, of West Church street,
this morning.
Born this morning 20 MIR. and
Mrs. Henry Mctzger Of Cottage
street u son.
Miss Lizzie Kramer of Columbus
will make Maion her future home.
having come to live with her
brmhcr. Noble Kramer, on North
state street
Mrs. Anna Court left Wcdncs-
day morning for Oklahoma where
she win spend the winter with
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Palmer
formerly of this city,
Mrs. Frank Mayer Of Cherry
street left this morning for Hum.
bcldt, Iowa. to"isil friends and rcla-
tiycs rcl. q month. Mr.. Mayer
will join Mrs. MAYER later.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
WORK ON PARKS
TO BE RESUMED
Just as Soon as the Weather
will Permit.
Recent Appropriation of the City
Council will Permit of the
Desired improvements

Within the neXt few weeks work
on the city parks which was dis
continued late last fall because Of
the lack cf funds, will be recon-
mcnccd and several thousand dol
lars win he spent in making the
parks rs near perfection as is pos
siL'e.
The city council at its last
meeting appropriated about $4,000
fer park purposes and expenses,
aud as soon as the weather per-
mrs the Board of Public Service
win order the park forces TO start
work;
AT the east and north end parks
paths and driveways have been laid
out and de-, eled. Crushed stone
will be placed on the drives and
walks and a number of flower
bells will be laid out. Al the
south end park, driycways Will be
cut through md stone arch culvert
will be built over the artificial
Jake which was completed there
hast fall.
Al the two first named parks
ihc brush was cleared away last
fell ana many of the old streets
were clut down and caOted away
The same work will be done at the
sc"'h rarI-
Arrangements ars being made
TO purchase iron benches for thc
shady nooks and to equip the parl;
with othef necessities. 1t is prob
able that park superintendent will
be anpcinted to take entire charge
OF The work of improving and
looking after the park system.
The appropriation made by
council will carry forward the work
until July At which time additional
appropriations will be made in
the event that they are necessary.
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