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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
The Han and the Mule.

It has long been claimed that the mule is the most obstinate and con trary of all creatures with which man has to deal, but now the New York Tribune comes to the front with the assertion that the hen can give the mule two in the game and beat 1t in contrariness. It brands the hen as "a stubborn fowl, who keeps her eyes on the market reports and resolutely refuses to lay more than one egg Q week when the price is high, doing her best work when the price is under 20 cents a dozen" We believe the Tribune does the hen great injustice in this matter. We believe her to be a better friend to the consumer of eggs than to act in any such bad manner. On the contrary, we believe that In varying her productiveness she tries to aid instead of injure man kind If she goes on a strike or eur. tails production 1t Is solely when resting after a bold attempt to pre- vent the cold storage man from get ting the upper hand of the market and upsetting the natural law of sup ply and demand.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
TETON SHORTAGE IS Sll0,O0O
DefauIting Cashier Got s5o,o0o From Time to Time--Bank May
 Not Reopen.
on incomes

ripton, Ind, July 29-An examina- ton of the affairs of the First Na- tional bank of this city was begun today by Miller Weir, examiner at large for the treasury department. to determine the exact amount of the losses incurred in the institution of which Noah B. Marker was the as- sistant cashier. Marker disappeared last Saturday evening leaving a note saying he could stand 1t no longer" and that he had taken enough mouey to pay his expenses" Sixty thousand dollars in cash was missing after Mar ker's departue.
 It has been known In the last few days that the books of the bank were In bad condition and that thousands of dollars had been taken from the banks funds through a period of IS months. The total of this shortage, t was said to-day. would reach $50.- 900, and perhaps more. Added to the 'oss of $60.000 in cash. the whole shortage in the banks funds is $110,- poo.
 Until Mir. Weir makes his report it will not be known whether the bank will be reopened or shall be placed in the hands of receiver.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
PRESIDENT TAFT'S STAND
 ON TARIFF BILL APPROVED
Nebraska Republican Convention UP Holds Tariff Revision Downward--
 Would Favor Use of Veto.

Lincoln, Neb., July 29.-The Ne braska State Republican convention unanimously adopted resolutions ap proving President Taft's attempt to secure revision of the tariff down ward and stated that it would approve his use of the veto power on a meas dre which did not accord with ms ideas of tariff revision as expressed In his prediction speeches fayoring downward revision. A telegram was sent President Taft by the conyen- ton embodying the views expressed Tn the above resolution.
 The blanks on President Taft, the tariff and the income tax are as fol- lows:
 We approve, commend. and unquali- fiedly endorse the stand taken by Pres ident Taft in the matter of tarih revision. We are counting on him to see to it that the party's platform promise of revision Is redeemed Dy the enactment of tariff bill accept able to the people, and we would ap- prove his veto on any bill that does not conform to his construction of the platform pledge which he has said means revision downward within the limitations of the protective principle.
 We look to our senators and repre- sentatives in congress to sustain the president in this position and We com mend them for their efforts in support of the party pledge and the presidents policies.
 We approve and endorse the Brown resolution adopted by congress sub hitting to the several states for their action a proposed constitutional amendment empowering the federal government to levy and collect taxes on incomes.-
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05

the information there given. both in type and picture (the publication was elaborately Illustrated with halftone cuts), was of the sort that reliably guides the strangers footsteps Into green pastures and beside the still waters" It gave brief resume of the fish and game laws of Colorado, desls- hating open seasons for all sports; 1t gave the names of hotels, rates, board ing houses. ranch houses, and even the names Of persons to whom one might apply for outfits. tents. camp ing utensils and the like.
 took this little booklet as my guiding star and went into the Rockies. I whipped the churling wa ters of the South Platte ri~ss~ Ia South rssh, and, for an amateur, succeeded fairly well in turing on an average Of eight to ten pounds day of rainbow and eastern trout from their watery abodes. They ranged in weight from three-Quarters of a pound to four pounds. and in some instances larger, but those weighing one. two and three pounds were more plentiful and, it seemed, little easier to hook. I wis tied Twin Lakes, seven miles from the station of Granite on an automo- bile trail. The larger of the lakes is more than mile wide, and very deep. At depths varying from twenty-five to seventy feet We caught Mackinaw trout ranging from ten to twenty pounds. the largest one wei. thing 21 A and which. handsomely mounted, may be seen in railroad ticket office on Seventeenth street in Denver.
 Our party crossed the Continental
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
MEAN METHOD OF ROBBERY.
In Garb of Woe Philadelphia Woman Attended Funerals and Robbed
 the SorroWinq.

Originally arrested on a charge of drunkenness, a woman who says she Is Annie Allen, sometimes of Camden, Gloucester and Philadelphia, was ar raigned before Magistrate Gallagher in the Twentieth district police sta. ton on suspicion of being a funeral thief" who has been much sought by the authorities, says the Philadelphia Record. When taken into custody at the Broad street station the woman carried a small handbag, which on be- Ing searched was found to contain more than seventy pawntickets, to- gether with black veiis and other mourning apparel, which the police say she used in attending funerals as professional "mourner."
 The pawntickets found in her pos session bore the names of 24 different pawnbrokers, with places of business In all sections of the city. Many com plaints have been received from houses of mourning where petty rob berries have been committed while he services were in progress, and the police say the woman now in custody admits that she has put on her black veil and mourning raiment and at tended funerals for the purpose of robbery. Pending further investiga- tion of her career and to give the po- lice time to find out the owner of some of the articles called for on the pawn. tickets found in her possession, the ac- cused was held in $500 bail for a fur ther hearing
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
Fought for Other Fellows Girl.

A remarkable duel has been fought to no purpose by two brothers at Vim kovitse, Austria. Holek and Albert Baksho. who lived together on good terms, recently discovered that they were both sn love with the same girl. Neither had proposed to her, but when they discovered they were rivals they agreed that the sword should decide their difference. The combat took place, and Albert, the younger. was wounded by his brother The matter was settled: Holek was free to make his proposal. Meanwhile the all-unconscious Fraulein Schneider had engaged her affections elsewhere, and when Holek went to press his suit. the lady introduced him to her lance The unfortunate man was so overcome with grief and vexation that he went home and shot himself. His brother is recovering from his in- iuries.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
JEROME SPRINGS A NEW
 WITNESS IN THAW CASE
New York Lodging House Keeper Tells of New Chapter in Thaw's
 Life.

White Plains, N. r., July 29.-- Harry K Thaw sat in the SUI preme court here and heard 8 woman's testimony that made his pallid face flush. He saw pearl handled dog whip exhibited and he heard the witness swear that she had seen him weild 1t on the bare flesh of young girls. The prisoners wife. Eve. lyn Nesbit Thaw, heard most of the testimony, which was of such a nature that Justice Mills preceded It's pre- sentation with the warning that mo woman should stay in the court room unless she is willing to hear every thing" Two girls left the room.
 The witness was Mrs Susan Merrill a buxom. pink checked woman of about 8 years, and she opened a new chapter in the life of Stanford Whites slayer She told of alleged acts of his between 1902 and 1905, when he was young bachelor about New York be- fore the tragedy on the Madison Square Roof Garden that resulted in his being placed in the state asylum for the criminal insane from which he is now trying to escape by proving himself sane.
 Her testimony was in marked con trast to that of two alienisis who went rn the stand and gave Thaw clean bill of health, declaring that in their opinion he was sane Summarized, her testimony was that during tho three years named she kept in sue cession two New York lodging houses. where Thaw rented rooms under as sumed names and to which he brought Ut various times more than 200 girls. After Thaw's Imprisonment, she said. she paid these women at least $25,000 as the price of their silence srta. to
 keep them from botkering Thaw's wife or his mother.r One of them. who, she said, passed as Thaws wife, received s7,000 The money came from Thaw
 District Attorney Jerome had full charge of the case and it was he who brought out the damaging testimony. Mrs. Merrill's testimony was stopped when Mir. Jerome intimated that it might injure innocent persons.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
MISSOURI FEUD CASE ARREST
George Giasscock, Neighbor of Clyde Hatfield, Charged With
 the Murder.

Richmond, Mo, July 30--An echo of the killing of Clyde Hatfield at Taits. Ville, in this county. June 13, probably as the result of the Berry feud. came when Etta Swofford. slster-in-iaw Of George Glasscock. Hatfields neigh. Dor and suspected slayer, was brought here from Excelsior Springs. She has made a statement to M G. Roberts. the prosecuting attorney, as a result nf whch Glasscock has been arrested ai TaitsSillo and brought to jail here.
 Warrants charging him with the murder of Hatfield were sworn to be- fore Justice A. J. Riley by Mrs. Lula Hatfield, widow of the slain farmer, ansl strsod on Glasscock. Etta Swof. ford aise is being held, but merely as a uisnass.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
A SUCCESSFUL TEST
oRvlLLE WRIGHT BREAKS THE WORLDS RECORD CARRY
 ING 4 PASSENGER.
PRAISED BY PRESIDENT TAFT
Remained In the Air at Fort Myer One Hour, 12 Minutes and 40 Seconds, Carrying Lieut.. Lahm as a Passen- ger.

Washington. July 29.-The worlds aeroplane record for two men, as to both time and distance, was broken in beautiful flight of one hour, 12 min utes and 10 seconds-upwards of 90 miles and at speed averaging about 70 miles an hour, by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, with Lieut.. Frank r. Lahm of the army signal corps as passanger The former record was made last year by his brother. Wilbur, joint inventor with him of the machine in which both achievements were performed. at Le Mans, France. with Prof. Painleve, of the French Institute, as passenger. That flight was one hour nine minutes and 31 seconds.
 You just Scotched your brothers record without really damaging 1t much" remarked newspaper man to Orville after the flight.
 That's all we meant to do," replied Oville with smile which his big brother appreciativeIy duplicated.
 The cheering which heralded the set ting of new mark in the conquest of the air was led by President Taft in person, who had sat an intensely in- terested spectator throughout the flight, and who insisted at it's conclu- sion upon personally congratulating the brothers upon their success. This success was all-important to the Wrghts in that it completed the first of two crucial tests of their machine imposed upon them by the United States government-the so-callcd en- durance test,' which required them to remain one hour continuously in the air with one passenger. Orville did nearly 13 minutes better than that. and could have kept on indefinitely three hours and half, the limit im- posed by the gasoline capacity of the supply tank.
 The other ter. that for speed, will be complied with to-day, weather per hitting, when Orville is to take Lieut.. Benjamin Foulos of the signal corps pn cross country flight to Alexandria, Va. and return, total of ten miles over measured course, and at a speed required to average 40 miles an hour Orville could have made that flight last evening, but it was almost dark when at last he alighted, after a flight which would have carried him almost twice across the English chan nei.
 Until o'clock, the prospects of a flight appeared very slim A high wind had prevailed all the afternoon and the apparently adverse conditions un- doubtcdly kept away many hundreds of people who otherwise would have journeyed to Fort Myer. As 1t was there were at least $500 people pres. ent when the tight began Just before sunset there vas a sprinkle of rain and after that the wind died down and when the flight took place. the condi tions were Ideal; only the gentlest zephyr from the south stirred the leaves of the trees.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
MAKE PART OF MISSOURI DRY
Signature Will Be Obtained for Sub mission of Prohibition Under hi
 tistive and Referendum.

Jefferson City, July 30.--The sigma
 ure of 22.7e9 qualified voters of the state are necessary for the submission 1f statewide prohbiticn measure mder the initiative and referendum Ut the next election, according to g. e;ter which Secretary of State Roach 'ent to Rev. Charles E. Stokes of Kan Sas City. This number. the letter states. represents five per cent of the legal voters in two-thirds of the con gressional districts.
 The letter adds that the petitions must be prepared by districts. Mir. Stokes asked the secretary of state several days ago for figures on the f'rst. second, third, seventh. eighth, i Inth. thirteenth. fourteenth, fifteenth taa sixteenth districts. None of these embraces any part of the large cities of tie state and 1t Is believed, there lore. that Mir. Stokes and his asso- e'atcs VIII seek to obtain the neces- sary signatures for submission from .he eeuntry districts only.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
CALI LDERHEAD NEARLY RUN DOWN
Senator Borah Saved the Kansas Rep resentative From Injury in
 Washington.

Washington, July 50.-Representa- tive Calderhead of Kansas had a mar row escape from a runaway horse here. He was standing behind Sen ator Aldrich's motor car in front of the Senate office building talking with Senator Borah when horse drawing a trap took fright and dashed toward them, Calderhead and Borah were just going to cross the street and Cal derhead failed to see the horse. Borah caught him and dragged him back. but the margin was so narrow that the shaft of the trap grazed his sleeve.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
PLACED HER MONEY IN AN OVEN
Then Mrs. James Williams of ke. vance, Ill.,, Burned Up More
 Than S1 1000.

Kewanee, H., July 29.-When Mrs James Williams of this city left her home to go to the timber for an out. ing she placed the family strongbox containing cash and notes to the value of sl.000 in the cook oven. She was late reaching home and started quick fire in the stove to get supper. for getting the money. When the odor of burning paper was discovered she opened the oven to find the box fallen to pieces and the paper money de- stroyed, only ashes remaining of all the bills except one $20 denomination. Some papers were legible. although badly scorched.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
sla Kansas Wheat Yields.

Clay Center, Kan. July 29.--Judging from the wheat yields on fields where the grain has been threshed, it ap- pears that Clay county whea. will average this year about 25 bushels to the acre. The best yield yet re- ported was 43 bushels on 8 acres north of town, owned by F.. H. Swen. son and farmed by Peter Matson The lowest yield yet reported was 20 bush. els to the acre, while number ol farmers stated that their wheat had gone S5 bushels and one other who had 40 bushels.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
Stories of Colorado and
 The Rocky Mountains
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT oFMg MANS SUMMER OUTING.

Divide west of Leadville. and nsA.,
 he entire length of the famed @Fr,,s Pan" river. about thirty miles in ar
 This stream runs down a narrow v., sy and between lofty peaks r.
 Tout here are dead game" in ,1' ' Arnacular of the fisherman. ana oas { nighing two pounds will give tha ' an ]. ]. sr tussle that Is pretty apt to cars, ~ to exaggerate in telling about f Y e isn't real careful. It requires from " minutes to half an hour to lanl U dependent upon the anglar,, nNledge of the trout's fighting nro' Y peltiee and the distance from th, There the fish takes the fly. Ws III ioa splendid rustic hotel and cam ie Ins ailjties all along the Frying pa, IT N've also available furnished cabins O. rh Thomasville we journeyed os
 no' Eek to Woods Lake, a distance
 Ul se miles from the track. HerA 'r- '. '' glebrecht runs a rustic hot4I hS anu is Furnished cabins and co,. is, sases Housekeeping. We put in I oo week .le. leaving our heavy baggage In- HI oaie' the agent at ThomasyIlle ne he spo there was fine, though ws ut oIsahiAe Fishermens Ananias clah
 a wi'n sevu prominent persons ss as charter nlbers--but 1t would be tall. 'e- ing 'aies of school to go into dc. Ip- tails. " ed After a art soiourn at c,oru..,
 springs, We We stopped at one oi la the prettiesand best conducted he ed tels in the Sld. The Colorado" ani he enjoyed man a plunge in the man sn. v. moth bot wal pool We went to RIa.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
Many Want Land.

Spokane, July s0.-So great is tho rush of applicants for Indian reserva tion lands to be drawn August tha' land department officials have place an order for 50,000 more registeratioi blanks, 10000 powers of attorney ant 60.0o0 colored envelopes. With litil more than half the time for registera tion passed, Superintendent Wittei has received t4S.955 applications. is figured that there are about GAO homesteads available on the Kalispe Spokane and Occur d'Alene reserves.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
tBy Lane orrick)

pauwav corporations, aided aN th .,o,.ad bv the National and State GosP, comments. are today disseminating mora useful information concerning outdoor sports and general recrea'io,,a than is sent forth to the world Dy ar inc hotel proprietors, lake resort keep, ars and forest reserve custodlans m the country combined. In the nrse place. a railroad must nowadays Do ready and willing to give such lhloi nation. reliable in character and ml' mute in detail, to the prospective traN- eler. The State and National Goverh- ments supply fish eggs and fry, propa' gate and protect wild game and inform the public what 1t Is doing through the prescribed channels of periodical OH cial reports. So the three work 10 gether for the common good.
 The writer recently came across little booklet, just the size of an or dinary letter envelope, and bearing on the front cover the title: Fishing Hunting and Camping in the Colorado Rockies" It was not with any Ian guid feeling that l started reading thu subject matter between the covers. bu confess at the beginning l had just [ trace of prejudice. feeling that l wal going to read an out and out advertise ment was refreshingly disap pointed. While the book was issued by the Colorado Midland Railway.
 did not find a single one of those ia miliar references to the fact, alleged or otherwise, that this road was "th' best ever." etc. etc. On the contrary
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
If Constipated
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Every year intelligent people are dressing more lightly and pav;no more attention to their health. If 2 person eats what is sufficient for his podiiy requirements he will give the blood plenty of strength to warm the Iemotest points of the body.
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
Offers a Purse of s25,ooo.

Seattle, July 30.-President J. E. Chilberg of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition telegraphed to Louis Bleriot and the Wright brothers offering a purse of $25,000 for an aeroplane race between them. This is in addition to the purse offered to numbe of aeroplane flyers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05

When the digestion is all right, the action of the bowels regular, there is natural craving and relish for food. w hen this IS lacking you may know that you need dose of Chamberlain S Stomach and Liver Tablets. They strengthen the digestive organs. inn prove the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-05
Mrs. Lonaworth wlIl EIy.

Washington. July 30.--Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of ex-President Roosevelt, has become an enthusiast about aeronautlcs Her attendance upon the trials oi the Wrights' aero plane is almost constant; and now, fl IS said, she is determined to make a flight herself. not in the aeroplane, though it is said she even expressed her willingness for that. but In a bal loon.