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The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
No Surrender.

It is no surrender for the shippers and the Commission of Arkansas to hold conference with the railroads,
 All the shippers and the commis- sion want is a square deal-they do not want to reduce the business of the railroads to point below a req sonable earning capacity.
 The litigation that is threatened may be interminable, and therefore anything that offers a possibility of settlement should be seized upon eagerly.
 It can do no harm to confer with the railroads on the possibility of a settlement. a compromise that will be mutually acceptable, an arbitra- ton through mutual concession that is alway preferable to the perpetua- ton of a bootless struggle through the courts that must always be at
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
THAT nENA RING.

The speeches made at the court house Saturday night were all of a character to appeal to good citizen ship, and while generally of a politi- cal or even partisan nature, they were far above the petty biekerings of small politicians as are the words of statesmen above those of mar row, office-seeking demagogue.
 Hal l.. Norwood's entire address was of the highest order, but the following sentences contain thoughts appropriate to any day in the year:
 One of the most regrettable features of the campaign is the fact that certain parties have scattared circulars stat ing that there is a dirty political ring in Mena, and in other ways have tried to create a prejudice upon the part Of the people of the county against the people of Mena. l have lived here for ten years and I know of no ring here unless it be ring of progressive and public spirited citizens, who have built city of the first class where there was nothing twelve years ago except an old log house and pile of rocks; ring of people who have tried to cultivate the most cordial and pleas 1 ant relations, commercially and other wise, between the people of the whole county. The people of Mena have not only been interested in Mena's ad- vancement, but of the county general l ly, and may cite in proof of this statement the fact that the people here have, in order to encourage the agri- cultural and horticultural interests oi the county, paid out approximately six thousand dollars in premiums al our annual fairs, secured by the voluntary contributions of Mena' 6 citizens. Gentlemen, know the peo- pie of Polk county, knew them be- fore did the people of Mena. They are an intelligent reasonable and conservative people, and the result oi the election Monday will demonstrate the fact that political agitators canno influence them by appealing to theii l preiudices
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING of
 CREDITOR.

In the District Court of the Uni'o0 States for the Western DiSiric' v Arkansas, Fort Smith Division in in Bankruptcy. In the Matter of Hial r. Robie, baiA rupt. {, To the Creditors of Hial F. kopie Ul Mena, in the County of foih '"~ District Aforesaid, Bankrupt. ,ha Notice is hereby given that osS on .Se .Ss 9th day of September, A. D. lsool Al said Hial P. Robie, was duly auJart srst cated a bankrupt and thai lne .ld at meeting of his creditors will be nslu s,s;ng ~ my office in the Federal court paiiuasI oi,6 in the city of Fort Smith on tne i0 day of September, A. D. 1903, m lime o'clock in the forenoon, at wIicn sore s the said creditors may attend, pv,e ps,ae their claims, appoint a nsset examine the bankrupt and transI transrIy such other business as may propS' come before said meeting.
 l.. II. Southmayu,
 Referee in BankruPo'0''
 Fort Smith, Ark, Sept. y, lsVo'
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
For Winter Pastures.

The farmers of Arkansas are awakening to the importance of diversifying their crops, of taking every advantage possible of the pro- ductlveness of the soil and raising everything that can be grown on the farms.
 They are realizing that they can be independent if they will; that the farm may be made to yield practi- cally every thing necessary for home consumption, besides a profit that will make the business one of the most desirable.
 What is most needed is more science and thought and less blind faith in the certain yield of seed planted at any time and under any conditions.
 One of the conditions that should force itself upon the attention of the progressive farmer is that of pro- viding winter pasturage for stock, so that it will not be forced to rely wholly upon that which has been grown during the summer.
 A Louisiana farmer calls attention to the fact that Oregon winter vetch fulfills this requirement, being of hardy growth and most nutritious and fat-producing.
 It is a true legame that catches and stores the vast amounts of free nitrogen that would otherwise go to waste.
 It will produce from l5 to 20 tons of green feed per acre and can be grown when the land is not being utilized for other purposes, making requisition on qualities of the soil that have not been exhausted in the growth of other plants, and thereby conserving the soil energy.
 This is the true secret of profit able agriculture getting the maxi mum of soil values from a given area, and, by a proper diversified ton, keeping the soil active at all times, but in a way that will not exhaust the productive powers. Arkansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
THE CANNING FACTORY NEED.

Mir. Carl Shuey of Kansas Ci ty, largely interested in canning facto- ries in this and other states, is in Mena and will remain here for a week or more for the express pur- pose of installing a cannery here, the purpose of which will be to han dle vegetables and fruits of all kinds. He has, with the cooperation of fruit and vegetable growers, al- ready put in a canning factory at Alma and also one at Prairie Grove, this state, both.of which have been a thorough success.
 It goes without saying that Polk county needs such an institution. Already there are each season many hundreds of dollars of value in fruit and vegetables totally wasted, allow ed to rot in orchard and garden be- cause there is no way to care for them. The money thus lost would, if saved, mean much added prosper ity to our farmers, gardeners and fruit growers, and through them benefit every merchant and business man in Mena.
 Aside from the products already grown that could be saved, there would be offered an assured market for vast quantities additional, and producers would be well paid for acres of beans, tomatoes, etc, that they would grow, being assured of good prices by contract with the cannery.
 Mir. Shuey wants the cooperation of the producers here, guaranteeing good returns on the investment. He has a business-like proposition to make and The Star fully believes it should receive careful considera- ton.
 We need the cannery.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
 GET WHAT WE CAN NOW.

The Republicans of Oklahoma are casting discredit upon themselves in their effort to belittle the law for guarantee of bank deposits put in force by the Democrats of that state. They refer to the measure as a Superficial remedy, and puff themselves up as superior because they stand, in their state platform for postal savings banks.
 These same Republicans probably are of the sort that would rather see the people suffer from a lack of re- lief than see it obtained through another party. They are oblivious to the square deal principle that when a good law is suggested by any party or man it should have the support of every honest man regard less of politics. It is even possible too, tha. some of these same men who beli.tle the Oklahoma law, and the party that put it in force, and talk about the postal savings banks as the real cure for the evils it is desired to remedy. supported Joe Cannon in his fight on that very measure when it was advocated by President Roosevelt.
 Even if the guarantee law of Ok lahoma is mere makeshift, and postal savings banks the ultimate and real cure for the evils it is sought to remedy, the people of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma banks and even interests outside the state are being benefited NOW. Tho estab- lishment of postal savings banks can only be accomplished through the national Congress. and at best it is in the future. Most people would prefer to get the benefit of any good thing while still on earth, to living on promises and facing a chance of dying before they are fulfilled.
 The Oklahoma law has stood the test of the highest court of that state. National banks are giving up their charters in order to reorganize and get the benefit of the provisions, and in the only case of bank failure in the state since it was effective the de positors were paid at once in full. It looks good enough for Arkansas totry at the first opportunity.
 Get that now. and then take the postal savings banks when we can, if they arc better.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

state national banks are finding 1t necessary to surrender their charters and become state banks because national banks are prevented by the present law from giving the guaran- tee, and the people prefer to do business with institutions that can and do.
 The claim that wildcat banks would spring up under law that makes depositor's money safe Tn any bank, is weak.
 Any man knows that when a bank becomes unsafe nowadays, other banks take little interest in it beyond protecting themselves. The public is allowed to go unprotected so far as they are concerned. But when the losses must be made up by all the banks, each one will be watch dog over all the rest, and any care less method in doing business soon would be brought to an end. Wild eat banks would have about the same chance to exist under deposi- tors guaranty law as an unlicensed whisky joint where licensed saloons exist. If the officers in either in stance failed to shut them up, the interested parties would look after
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News

lChlcago NeWs.l
 Better light head than a heavy heart.
 Cultivate bad habits and you'll reap miseries.
 Many man makes a fool of him. self by acting smart.
 Even a society bud doesn't care to marry a blooming idiot.
 Don't make up your mind until you hear the other side of the story. The palmist only awaits an oppor- tunity to grasp the hand of fortune. Every time married man starts to settle down his wife stirs him up. It's usually the loud talker who is getting the short end of the argu- ment.
 Every time a man gives a 50-cent present he expects a dollars worth of thanks.
 A man has about as much use for his poor relatives as his rich relatives has for him.
 If people were all perfectly candid none of us would be on speaking terms with our next-door neighbor.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
-------- IT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE.

The past campaign has been one of the hottest in the history of Polk county, and there has been an un- usual amount of feeling between the candidates and thelr partisans. And yet, in Mena. and so far as heard from in the country, there was not thing resembling fight and scarcely so much as a loud or harsh word spoken. More than that there has come no hint of any unfairness in the conduct of the election itself.
 And there are other proofs of the levelheadedness of the people at this time.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
 THE END THE SAnE.

Taft, whose criticism of the plank in the Democratic platform favor ing the guarantee of bank deposits created such a stir, now hastens to approve plank in the Republican platform in Kansas that has for it's purpose the same end. though reached in a little different manner. The former proposition was to FORGE banks to insure their depositors against loss, the latter to ALLOW bankers to voluntarily unite in giv- ing such security.
 The experience in Oklahoma clear ly shows that the result would be the same under either rule. In that
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
FARMERS BODY IN RIVER.
COrOner's Jury Alleges His Son-in-Law
 Killed Him.

Danville, Sept. l2.-The body Of Wal Heron, a farmer, who lived four miles east of Danville, was found yesterday in Petit Jean river. Heron was last seen alive last Monday and was with his son-in-law, Adam Cook. A club was found on the bank of the stream and bruises on the face and head of Heron indicat- ed he had been struck. The cor oner's jury has rendered a verdict alleging that Heron met death at the hands of Adam Cook.
 On Monday night Cook report ed to Herrou's family that Her ron had gone to Waveland and would not be home for day or two. Shortly afterward Cook took his departure and has not been seen In the community since
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY,
tBy F. M. Rittenhouse.)

kDJ r. Ah+ iNlNAChtSN0~t
 If you want to know how old a woman IS, ask her sister-in-law.
 Our idea of a shiftless woman IS one who makes cherry pie without seeding the cherries.
 Everyone makes mistakes, but the weather bureau enjoys a monopoly on having all mistakes published.
 Lots of people fool dollars away, and then howl that the reason they don't get rich is that no one gives them a chance.
 The best singing in the world IS that of the birds, and they don't get up amateur concerts, and bore peo- pie to buy tickets either.
 It is said that a woman would rather have her husbands mother think she is good cook than anyone else on earth.
 It must be very discouraging to a man to be very gallant to his wife in public, and have her look as if she wasn't used to 1t.
 The man who attracts attention once, must attract attention every two or three months thereafter, or become a dead one.
 Tie country needs a fashion maga- zine for common people. Pick up any fashion magazine published at present and you will find the styles suited to millionaires only. Besides the figures represented are so wasp waisted that the style shown would not look well on healthy people. It is the same with cooking recipes. The editors of the magazines seem to imagine that every home has a French cook and English butler, and references are constantly made to appliances that are not found in one home in twenty. A magazine for the ninety-nine out of a hundred, instead of a magazine for one in every hundred, with a few of the ninety-nine copying the snobbish ideas would fill an actual want.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

B1 EhA bisBt1Ti ht'
 Written in a sincere and kind
 ly desire to help the young who
 do not know, and the older ones
 who sometimes forget. Graft, grand or petty, is moral, IT, nancial and spiritual skldoo for any man who indulges in it.
 .* .st
 Enthusiasm is a lubricant t h a | makes the wheels of trade go round; a grouch is sand in the bearings. Enthusiasm, like factory melanchoi- ia, is catching.
 The Savings-Bank Habit is not so bad as the Cab Habit-not so costly to your thinkery and wallet as the Cigarette Habit. The man with the Savings-Bank Habit is the one who never gets laid off; he's the one who can get along without you, but you cannot get along without him. The Savings-Bank Habit means sound sleep, good digestion, cool judgment and manly independence. The most healthful thing I know of is Saw ings-Bank Book-there ere no mi crobes in it to steal away your peace of mind. It is a guarantee of good behavior.
 The most precious possession in life is good health. Eat moderately, breathe deeply, exercise out of doors and get eight hours sleep. Thoughtless, unnecessary defacing of walls, damage of furniture and fixtures or posted signs and notices, or reckless use of supplies, creates a waste in serious amount and strays pretty close to that disregard of the other mans property rights which the world reckons as dishonest. Conversation about things con- nected with the business should not be indulged in on company time. The house can stand it but you can't,
 .< .ss
 If you work for man, in heavens name. work for him.
 If he pays you wages that supply you bread and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him, and stand by the in- stitution he represents. 1 think if worked for man, I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of his time, but all of his time. 1 would give an undivided service or none.
 If put to the pinch, an ounce of by alty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must villify, condemn and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are out side, damn to your hearts content. But, 1 pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not con- demn it. Not that you will injure the institution not that-but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage your. self.
 And don't forget-"I forgot" won't do in business.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

Hal l.. Norwood went some" in his own ward, receiving more votes than any other man with an oppo- nent. This will be sweet memory to Hal and will draw his thoughts back home long after he has taken up the duties of attorney general of the good old state of Arkansas. There is a real case of mutual es- teem between MT. Norwood and Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
THERE'S A MORAL TO THIS

A young man up in Washington county recently shot from ambush another man who had threatened to give whipping for stealing water melons. When arrested for the cowardly crime he was but little dis turbed, referring constantly to the fact that another cold-blooded mur- der of almost identical kind had been committed but short time before and the murderer had been pardoned after serving but five months in prison. This should be considered
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

tended by more or less bitterness.
 The shippers have a just cause, ana the railroads have cause that sh fair-minded men must admit in thelf soberer judgment is not Wnohs without merit.
 Arbitration is the spirit of the age then why should not this principle be enlisted in the solution of this tangled controversy "A K ans Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
Serve Twn Purposes.

Mir. Hartman this week placed an order for 5000 new box cars, when will be very useful in moving the crops in the summer and fall, and m helping to swell the number ot ldle frieght cars'' for political effect Tn winter. when Congress is in session. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

One by one the senators who helped Joe Cannon defeat the meas ures advocated by the President, are being weeded out. The last to fall victim to the error of his ways is Senator Ankney of Washington. The publicity given by the news papers to the acts of the peoples representatives has a stinger at tached for the delinquent ones.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

There is no town of it's size and strength in the country that has given more effort. more work or more money to build up it's county than has Mena. and the man who goes over the county trying to preju- dice the people against such a town deserves to be put on a toboggan slide leading to everlasting oblivion and it seems most of the people think so.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
ANSWER IT HONESTLY.
Are the Statements of Mena Citizens Not More Reliable Than Those of
 Utter Strangers.


 This k a vital question.
 It Is fraught with interest to Mena.
 It permits of only one answer. It cannot be evaded or ignored. A Mena citizen speaks here.
 Speaks for the welfare of Mena.
 A citizens statement is reliable. An utter strangers doubtful.
 Home proof is the best proof. J. H, Clark, tailor, living on Janssen Ave, Mena, Ark, says: "When l say that Doan's Kidney Pllls are unequaled for banishino dull aching through the small of the back, ridding one of that tir- .ed, languid feeling and toning up the kidneys and system generally. l am only speaking the truth, For about two years my kidneys did not act properly and | had about every symptom of kidney disease. l used first one remedy and then another but received little If any benefit until I beean using Doan's Kidney Pills, pro- cured at the Palace Drug Co This remedy soon strengthened my back and kidneys and restored me to my former good health ; For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents Foster Milburn ca, Buffalo, New York, sole agent, for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
Wedding at Mi. Mena

MT. H. Hartshorn and Miss Elsie I-l:, Euders were married at Wiihelmlna Inn Sunday after noon: Mir. Hartshoru is a ueph- ew of pr, Hartshorn, who is rpn- ,ulng the hotel. Miss Euders' home Is at Shreveport.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRAI,OslhHTr
 GUARDIANS SETTLhM rN ,.,,ou,ine
 Notice is hereby given that tnpdians tn1d wl present their accounts to the fosN 5er approg Court at the october term, l0o' " al, tO-wlt: ,....tx of the es
 Anna k. Hudgins, administI aret annua tate ofJ. q. Hudgins, deceaseo' settlement .hs estate oi
 w. B. McMnIan, guardian ef tne t,ners. v, sec Alex Holder and Jacob Bates, minV Dnd settlement. .,, of said sei tlements esos shomld m d be made before saia af iis bate court on or before the nfst Marlin, next october term, 1908. ". W.e.fe x clerk, 36 ft
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

by those officials in whose hands the public welfare is placed. The path of the man who wantonly takes a human life should not be such as to encourage others to follow in his foatqtpuq
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
THE MENA EVENING STAR

IS a progressive newspaper furnishing to its readers a daily service covering erai happenings, as well as those items of local news that go to make a home oaper invaluable to citizens of any com lnunity If you want the news in your Evening Star. By carrier or mail, 4os
 ,er month.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

The Oklahoma Supreme court has declared the depositor's guarantee law constitutional. The next Ar kansas legislature should take notice.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17

The negroes of Kansas City are arming themselves and race war is feared. Mena is one of the happy cities of the Sunny South where the negro is not a problem,
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
Take Your Choice.

If you take advantage of your op- portunities you will acquire com petence; if you take advantage ot other peoples you will become a millionaire. Life.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
Posts Wanted

Parties who can furnish sever al hundred good oak posts cali at Star office at once. sq 3s
The Mena weekly star., 1908-09-17
ROYCROFT PHILOSOPHY

BY FRA ELBEKIUo Written in a sincere and klnd- ly desire to helpth young who do not know, and the older ones who sometimes forget.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-12-15

Why not patronize a home man when
you know you'll get just as good work.
| can tune to suit you.
A. D. PATTERSON.
The Alliance Store safe was opened
yesterday and everything was found
in good condition with the exception of
slight scorching of the bindings of
the books.
Regular meeting of Manchester
Grove, Woodmen Circle, Wednesday
evening of this week. Initiatory work
and refreshments. A fish-pond will
follow tho regular session.
Mrs. Zumvorde and children left Sat-
urday evening for Chicago where they
were to meet Mr. Zumvorde and go on
East to spend the holiday season with
friends in Cincinnati, Ohio, and st.
Thomas, Kentucky.
One hundred and eighteen students
are now attending the day sessions of
the Oelwein Business University. New
classes are being organized for January
4th, the opening of the winter
term and eighteen students expect to
enter at that time. Ii you intend to
enter then send in your name at once.
Handsome catalogue sent on request.
Address Oelwein Business University
Oelwein, Iowa.
In another column of this issue will
be found an article upon the matter of
hail insurance, advertising the Farm
ers' Mutual Hail Insurance Association
of Iowa, which is being represented in
this county by M. S. Vance of Ossian
and A. A. Smith of Clear Lake. This
is one of the strongest companies of
its kind, and has paid Iowa farmers con-
siderable over million dollars in loss
es. Over $40, 900 in losses were paid
to Howard and Winneshiek county
farmers during the past year. 1t is an
Iowa company and Sin all that is good
Iowa affords the best