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The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
A WALL STREET POKER GAME

Relative to the Interstate Com merce investigation into Mir. Harri- mans methods, statistics lately com piled by Poor's Manuel are interest esting. They show that while the milage increased only IS per cent between 1896 and 1905 the stock in- creased % per cent and the bonds 37 per cent. The interest paid on bonds increased only II per cent, but the gross earnings increased S9 per cent, the net earnings l06 per cent and the dividends l50 per cent. Yet the dividends actually paid only accounted for one-third of the net earnings. During this ten years of unprecedented prosperity the rail ways have passed under the control of fifteen or twenty men and, as has been said, become so many chips m Wall Street poker game. Y Fig ures like these are calculated to arouse thinking men, especially when one road alone hands over 100 mil lions to Mir. Hartman to be used in speculation as he sees fit. In the meantime there is a great shortage of cars and equipment, wrecks art of almost daily occurrence because railroads cannot afford the install lation of adequate safety devices Is 1t possible that the time is neal when the railroads will be used onl, as pawns in the game of frenzieC finance and no longer operated witt respect to public need 2? Kansas Cit. Star.
 All of which is good doctrine ia vorable to government ownership and that paper closes another edl
 torial on a similar topic with tn l following strong statement:
 1 And the people are going to hay a square deal at the hands of tn public service corporations or the
 are going to take over those corpor
 ations some time and in some way.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

mules swim the distance between the island and the bank. and il IS believed that in some manner they were washed from the backs of the animals. The mules reached the shore and return, d to Mir. Ramsaar's home, aud up- on their arrival alone fear wa, felt that some mishap had be- fallen the boys. A search was instituted and the bodies of tie boys were found about twelve feet from the bank. They were drowned in about SIX feet of water.
 The funerals If both boys took place today.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
Supposed to Have Been Washed from Backsof Mules While Swiming River.

Crossett, Jan. 1S. Beujamin Ramsaur, aged 16, and James Ramsanr, aged 8, were drowned in bayou near Saline river, late Saturday evening. The boys were the sons of Clark Rams a well-kuown resident of Ashley county.
 They had gore on a hunt for squirrels and went to an island aoout two hundred feet from the bank of the bayou, which they reached on the backs of their mules. In returning late in tue atu rnoon it is supposed they a gain attempted to make their
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, ATzAKTA. GsA

his q, tions in the past, once earned for him the name of Ere Alarm, < finds himself aligned with that sena- tor from the south (Mr. Tillman himself) who is usually supposed to have broiled negro for breakfast 0aughterl, who is known to justify lynching for assault, and whose at titude, if not that of hatred to the negro, is a feeling akin to it, in the belief that wbite men are made of better clay and that white men alone are entitled to participate in government. And so this alliance is an odd one"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
THE LESSON OF LAfoLLETTR

The passage of Senator LaFol- lette's bill to limit the consecutive hours of railway employees is one of the most remarkable tributes to the force of public sentiment yet wit messed in the Senate. Mir. LaFollette knew he had the country with him. but he fought for his bill as though his success depended on him alone. He had against him every railroad and corporation senator, every member allied with any kind of privileged interest, and even some who were not contaminated by these associations, but resented the Wis consin senator's habit of reading the Senate roll calls to constituents in the course of his lecture engage ments as he did in Kansas in the recent campaign. This strong oI- position tried to nullify the bill with dttACtidttiNAtNS, " iiidht hl tiiIOcSAUiC of enforcement by technical phrase ology, and to prevent it's passage altogether. But when the amend ments failed, and the bill came up for passage, only one senator had the temerity to vote against it, and he seemed to have an honest conyic- tion that it in some way infringed on states rights.
 A man who goes into the Senate without backbone can accomplish nothing for the good of his country; but man who has backbone. pro- p ses measures that are manfestly sound and urgent and appeals to the people for support is mighty strong man, even if he agouses the active hostility of every special int rest
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
SENATOR ADAMS
 WILL RESIGN
Decides That it Is Not Best to Face tue Reception Which Is Reported Has Been Prepared by His
 Brother Law-Makers.

Little Rock. Jan. B. Senator Reuben K. Adams ot the Ninth senatorial district will not press his claim for a seat in the coming legislative assembly. Under the shadow of mountain ot threat ening resolutions, demanding the vacation of his seat in the coming session, Senator Adams last night said:
 sI have concluded 10 tender my resignation aud will submit 1t in writing to the senate after organi- zation."
 "What about statement ol explanation 2" was asked.
 "That will accompany the resignation" replied the sen. to l. II have not prepared that state nent yet, but will do so tomor- row, and will submit 1t with the written resignation of my seat.
 Senator Adams explained iu regard to his resignation that h had conferred with his friends and had reached the couclusion that he had best resign voluntar- fly than be subjected to further fire from the senate
 Senator Adams was witnes, in the poodle eases recently trict in the Pulaski county circul' court, which resulted in the coa viction of Senator Festus o. Butt I According to tte story told a the trials, Senator Butt gave hin $l00 for his vote on the stat capitol measure, promising t l give him $500 more when the bil became law.
 T, stimony was further adducet that Senator Adams kept tn money until the day of the tri , of Senator Covi gton, when h returned the Sl00 to Senate Butt.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION

The call for good roads conven- tion to be h i'd at Little Rock or Tuesday, January %, should attract attention and cause the convention to be largely attended. The recent long continued period of wet wealth CT has caused the roads to become very much demoralized and pre- pared the people to see the necessity of adopting some plan to improve them.
 It will not do to longer follow the reputed Arkansas plan of declaring that it is too wet now to improve them and when it is dry they do not need it. We must lay our plans now and do the work later to insure good roads in the future, or when the next long rainy period comes.
 This is an excellent time to con- sider the question and formulate plans.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

According to report recently re ceived the only wayfor anyone outside employees on the Kansas City South ern Ry., to get a pass over it's lines is to make affidavit that they are dependent on an employee for a liv- ing. This would appear to throw the pass business pretty wlde open at such town as Mena, where large number of people could quite readi- ly swear that they are dependent on the railway employees for their liv- ing. A road which disburses $25, GOO month in town for salaries necessarily causes good many peo- pie to be dependent" on the em- ployees for their living.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
On the Mountain.

Climbing up the mountain On winters day, Plucking wildwood flowers Growing by the way. Air is pine-wood laden, Wood scents everywhere, Mena in the distance Lying white and fair. Oh, this solemn stiffness Fit for stoics boise, Set stone to rolling, Got to have some noise. Seated on the mountain, Seat, fallen pine, Light the pipe of comfort, Get my thoughts in line. We'll, if this is winter In Arkansas the blest, What will be the summer? Have you guess the rest. But this know for certain This beats a frozen zone, Where zero counts for nothing Chllls you to the bone. The mist across the valley Seems falling pretty fast, Think it best to hit the grit This is too fine to last. One last look before I leave On mountain sky and plain, Stiff climbing to this lone retreat, But think I'll come again.
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
Regarding Unlawful Enclosures.
OF THE INTERIOR
 SECRETARY OFFICE,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 sEcRETARY's OFFICE,
 Washington, DC. Jan. }, 1907. The Commissioner of the General
 Land Office.
 Sir:-Referriug 10 the circular of fNstructions or Spvv,al ag~n,v of your office, approved by me on January %, 1904, relative to their duties under the act of February g, 1885 (23 Stat. 32l), entitled "An act to prevent unlawful cc cupancv of the public la nds," you are advised that said circular is hereby amended and modified ss follows:
 Strike out from said circular paragraphs 5 and 0, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
 "It shall be the duty of the special agent on receipt of any charge or complaint or upon in. formation being acquired by him from any source that an unlawful inclosure is being maintained by any person or persons, associati, n or corporation, to at once proce ed to secure sufficient data, includ- ing description of the lands in. C osed, with reasonable certainty, not necessarily by metes and bounds, nor by Governmental subdivisions of surveyed land, but only so that the inclosure may be identified and the person or per sons guilty of the violation, as may be, and by description if the name cannot, on reasonable iu- quiry, be ascertained, and to at once submit such case, with the data thus obtained, to the United States attorney for prosecution.
 "lt shall be the duty of the special agent, and he shall be so instructed, to be alert and vigil lant to detect the existence of un- lawful inclosures in his district and to proceed in accordance herewith as hereinabove directed and that he is not 10 construe his duties as requiring that, before proceeding in the matter of sn unlawful inclosure, there must | first be filed with him a formal | complaint by some person or psr- sons acquainted with the facts, 1 but 1t shall be his duty, as here iuabove stated, to take the initia- tive hirseli."
 la this connection you are further instructed, by direction of tie President, 10 at once notify all of tho special a. ents and re- .eivers and registers of local land offices through, ut tie United States, and to give the wi | st thereto that the pro- 'isions of said act of February $, 1885, for the summary de. ,trucuon of inclosures and ob-
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
EoRAkER AND Tn-I-rlAN.

Nothing has occurred in Congress for long time to show how lines are being wiped out, or how two fire alarm and 9 fire eater" one from the north and one from the south have gotten together and are fighting side by side on negro question, or the Brownsville vaffair, in opposition 70 the President.
 In proof of this we quote as fol- lows from Senator Tillman's speech where he classes Foraker and him. self as counsel for the defense" :" It is good reading:
 And for the defense, if it shall be so considered, when I get through I will be put in the record as aiding the distinguished senator from Ohio (Mr. Foraker Of course, being nothing more than a cornfield lawyer, my contribution to the legal discussion of the question will be very limited; probably com paratively worthless. My colleague and brother attorney (Mr. Forakerl himself realizes that so far as legal assistance will go, he will get little or no aid from me. and thus far do not think he needs any.
 But the iidiculousness of the situation is again apparent when one considers that the senator from the north, by reason of his radical and aggressive utterances and probably
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

President Rooosevelt's hint that he may nominate negroes for sew sral Federal positions in Ohio and see if the senators will vote to con firm them is taking mean advan- tage. The Southern negroes, not the Ohio negroes, are the ones for whom the hearts of Foraker and Dick bleed. Kansas City Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

server in the chamber. The people are having more to say about con gressional legislation now than they have had in long time, thanks to the members who take their cases directly to the public. Kansas City T,rnpc
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

Public confidence in Governor elect Little seems to be great, and every loyal citizen of Arkansas hopes t13aT nc win cssVw nsSsnccsf ~o nuvc merited it and that his incumbency of the highest office in the state will witness the greatest stride forward that Arkansas has ever taken. Hot Springs Bulletin.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

The proposed improving of the road leading east from Mena by macadamizing it. as suggested by the mayor and city council, should receive the hearty encouragement of all business men. The more good roads we have leading out of town the more trade we will receive from people coming to see us.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17
TheSOuthern Realty Co.

Successors to Legate Realty Col
 Has combined the business inter- ests of the Legate Realty Company and Capt. j. F. Todd and is now op- eratlng more extensively than ever in REAL ESTATE.
 We make a speciality of handling City Property, Fruit Lands. Im' proved and Unimproved Farm Lands. Stock Ranches, Colonization Tracts and Mineral Lands. Large and small tracts Of FINE PINE AND HARDWOOD TIMBER.
 Owing to the rapid growth of this section Of the country we have placed ourselves in touch with capit- al seeking investment and home seekers from aliparts of the country.
 Legal Papers Drawn. Abstracts of Title Examined. Gel tctions Made. Loans Negot'at se. Notary in Office. WE GET RESULTS"
 0ilice in Postofiice Building.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

Thus far this winter has not been very favorable tt the Coal trust, but possibly there will be cold weather later on.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

If the devil were in Washington, personally" says Carrie Nation, The would vote the Republican ticket Carrie evidently believes the devil is every bit as black as he has been painted. Post Dispatch. Or possi- bly, as black as the negro who votes the Republican ticket.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-17

structions existing in violation of said act will be rigidly enforced on and after April l, 1907.
 Respectfully,
 E. A. Hitchcock,
 Secretary of the Interior.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23

in the estimation of his white fellow citizens of the south and that the
 great problem which has burdene6 the south will be largely solved.
 "The fifteenth amendment does no require that every negro should vote All that 1t requires is that he should not be excluded from voting because he is negro. If he lacks educationa
 qualifications. property qualifications or any other qualifications that ths state may lawfully impose as rule oi eligibility for its voters. then he may be excluded. provided that every oni else who lacks similar qualifications | equally excluded. The fifteenth amend ment is merely intended to secure him in his political rights from race dis elimination by the states. It is not in- tended to give him affirmative privi- leges as a member of his race. Its strict enforcement does not involve an amalgamation of the races. has noth- ing to do with social association or equality. It does not involve so called negro domination. and to permit the question at this late day. forty years after the war, to control the votes of Intelligent men in respect to issues that are living is to indicate lack of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23

sense of proportion, which, I cannot think, will continue to manifest itself in the south. If only under the infiu- ence of President Rooseyelt's admin istration some of the southern states, including Kentucky. could be led into the Republican column In accordance with the real sympathies of the voters of those states 1t would be crowning glory of his administration. It will not necessarily work for the benefit of the Republican party in the end, because the closeness with which the southern states have united in support of Demo cratic candidates has introduced sim liar cohesion among the northern states, and we might expect much more independence of voting at the north If the vots,e there were not con, fronted with tss solidarity of the
 south. As an American citizen and lover ef my country long for the time when the south shall be received again into the councils of the nation and when the people of that section shall resume the influence to which they are entitled and which they deny them selves by being frightened at q mere ghost of the past" On the question of greater congress
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23
THE PENALTY OF ovERWORK.

Work has been mans lot since the creation. but day of toll should not have it's penalty of pain. Why is 1t. then, you ask. that backache SO often tollowsf It is because the modern tendency is to overvork, to tear flown faster than nature can rebuild. An unnatural strain is thrown upon the vital orEans, and moro especially upon the Kidneys. which have the work of Altering the blood free of waste and poiscn.
 < The heavy tan of overwoyk-the strain upon the back that is % com mon to many trades and occupations, is too great. The kidneys begin tc fan in their work. and there is q double danger to health. The poison ous matter collects tn the system. and fhs kidncys themselves begin to break down.
 PaIn in the back Is only . warning of trouble in the Kidneys. An innsn- nzrton has sst in. and . disortered condition of the urins soon becomes apparent
 loo much or too little urins, with . constant desire to void tks Eecre- tons: gay not.cszble deviation from the nornsi eolori the s7psarznes of . ssniy sediment proves . disor-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23

these and called attention to the devel. opment of the people, starting with the greatest illiteracy and ignorance until they became self sustaining. giving much praise to Booker T. Washington and others who had urged ''the wisdom of making the education manual and industrial" He continued:
 q shall not stop to give you the statistics showing the great progress that has been made by the negro race in the south. We are apt to forget this real improvement in the diatribes that we occasionally hear from men who lack sympathy with the progress of the colored race and who denounce the entire race on account of a com. paratlvely small criminal class that forms the dregs of the southern popu- lation."
 After mentioning the various means of disfranchising voters and declaring that such laws were proper if applied with equal fairness to both white and black, he expressed the hope that as the colored citizens, under the lead ership of such men as Booker T. Wash ington, would become respected business members of the communities in which they live. and when they ex- ercise independence of judgment in respect 10 political issues. we may be sure that gradually the right to vote will be accorded them and they will exercise a far more useful influence as intelligent and solid members of the community than the ignorant mem bers of their race would have exer- cised had they been allowed to vote. In this way. through devious ways which cannot be justified or approved, we may still reaeh c result that will square with the requirements of the federal constitution and will give 10 the negro every political and economic right. The neg-c Is necessary to the south as a laborer-skillsd and un- skilled. The world over today thers Is a demand for labor. and were the negro to bs withdrawn from the south the difnculties under which agriculture would labor could hardly be over. stated. The negro is an American He has no other country than this. and called upon to defend it be lays down bis life with the same freedom that the white man sacrifices his 0urs is the flag hs loves-the oniy one be knows. IL Is our duty to see to il that his path Is made ss easy as pee sIbIe and that bic progress is ss in eessant ss proper enroursgenent eas make q. Ills best fricnd. ths one fhsi esu do most for him snd the ons is many respects vho synpsthissz with him most. is the southern white man He understands his dsfecta He knox1 bis virtBsG And f fhe usgso rsspsuds tD the cppotsunit<s fpr iuprovsnsni sat rs ssa Eu
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23
TAFT IN THE SOUTH
He Discusses Race Problem
 at Lexington, Ky.
SECRETARY TALKS POLITICS TOO.
Asks Southern Democrats to Come Into the Republican Fold ITO Break Solid south Roose-
 velts Dearest Wish,

LEXINGTON, Ky, Aug. 23.-secre- tary of War Taft opened the Republic an state campaign with a discussion of the race problem, general political is. sues from the southern standpoint and an appeal to Kentuckians to aid the Republican party in support of those principles. Calling attention to what he called the south's lack of repre- sentation In the councils of the nation, he declared that this was true because one single issue has made it the per. petual tail of the Democratic party so that, however small the northern head. 1t wags that tail. The south has per. mitted the shadow of an issue thnt circumstances ought long ago to have removed to bind 1t to the Democratic party no matter what principles or can didates that party adopts"
 He called attention to the prosperity of Kentucky's industries and agricul- ture and expressed the belief that many Kentuckians who favored a pro. tectiveN tarlff had bltndIy voted the Democratic ticket because of feeling on the race issue
 Then, taking up the race question, he said:
 T know that the discussion by a northern man of the race question is apt to arouse from the southern Demo crat the objection that be does not un- derstand the question. that be does not know the difcdlties of it and that if be cannot take It up with sympathy, with the attitude of the white man of the south. he had better not take 1t up st all On the other band. he Is liable to sucounfef the criticism of the eoIorod man who. vith c natural ssnsltivene<s rsmsmberi1g tbe vroass and oppree Sioa to vhIcb taslr race has been sub iected. resents any attitude which does rot Involve condemnation of the south sn white nan CT which uanlfssu the sllgttest consideration for bis view. I am not pessinIst vilh respect to the race question. I an convinced that t ls working itseif out. and I En con yipeed rhat nothing hss @ much con tTibutsd 10 itz grsduSI soiul.Qn u the thirteenth. fsursssnfh snd fifteenth amendnertx"
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-23
Longer on Throns Than Eath.r.

King Frederick. of Denmark. pre- sents the curious spectacle of a father who has become king at a later date than his own son. When King Haakou. of Norway. was lately at Copenhagen King Frederick is said to have asked him: How do you like being kingT' T will rather aak you" replied Haak. on. T have been king longer than you have" Haakon vas elected kiag of Norway by the stoFthiag cn Nov. IS. 1905. while Frederick. hls father. did not succeed to the throas of Den mark until Ian @, 1908. On the deztk of King Christian