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The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
AFTER THE PACKERS
KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THEY ARE IN COMBINE
 TO CONTROL FOOD PRICES.
TO BRING CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
Suits Are to be Filed on Both Sides of State Line Against the Packers for Their Connection With Kansas City Produce Exchange.

Kansas City, Jan. 19.--The attorney general of Kansas, Fred s. Jackson, declares that the packers are in com bine that controls the prices of poul try eggs, butter and farm products. MT. Jackson, acting on that belief. has decided to bring civil proceedings to fine the packers for violating the Kan sas Antitrust law.
 A petition has been prepared in the office of the attorney general at To peka to be filed In the district court of Wyandotte county. Similar pro ceedings. 1t is said, are to be started in the Jackson county circuit court under the Missouri law against the members of the Kansas City Fruit and Produce exchange and the packers representatives and agents.
 The suits to be brought on both sides of the state line are 10 be in the na- ture of civil proceedings based on dis closures in the recent grand jury in- vestigation in this city. The Armour Packing company. Swift X Company. and several Kansas City, Kan. prod uce dealers are to be made defend ants In the suit in Kansas.
 The attorney general contends that the defendants wrongfully and unlaw fully have entered into trust and combination of capital with one an. other and with their officers. direc tors and stockholders and other per sons, to create and carry out restric. tions In trade and commerce in agri cultural products. including poultry. eggs, butter and farm products. He contends that these restrictions oper ate to increase the price of these prod ucts and to prevent competition in these products.
 The Kansas law fixes penalty of t100 every day the law Is violated. The attorney general will ask for the re- covery of $29.000 from the defendants for alleged violations from April 2. 1909. to January IT. 1910.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
At the Leading Photograph Gallery

For the finest photograph work in the city, also pictures copied and enlarged in crayon pastel. sepia. and Iud,a ink. I carry in stock a complete stock of photo and kodak supplies, also art pie lures with or without frames; made to order, a iine line of mold ing to select from of latest pat terms. Typography material and outfits oil and water paints, art goods, postal cards, albums, ko- daks tor sale aud rent. French oval frames all sizes, pictures. mats, gilt paints, passepartout binding. madoua and cupid pie lures.
 Remember the place, Bert Hil- terbrand's gallery, on DeQueen St. PCT } if
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Henry Maxwell, who is teach ing a school at Washlta, about 70 miles east of Mena, is a reader of The Star and has written letter in which he speaks of hts school, and then says: "I do cer- tainly enjoy reading the articles furnished The Star by Professor John Trainer. I think we do not properly appreciate Professor Trainer, Professor w. T. Adams, John l.. Mcconnell and A. c. Thompson." He also takes much interest Tn the articles on the hog question, as we'll as the news items from over tue country.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

the agreement he proposes to make with the other stockholders and the farmers of the commun- ity, he will pay the market price
 for butter fat and also produce,
 fruits, etc., and operate the plant for a very reasonable considera- tion. Sufficient stock has been to warrant the state ment that the creamery plant will be in opera ton in 30 days.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
QUARTERLY REPORT
 ON COUNTY ROADS
Commissioner Davis Lays Before County Judge Data Showing What Has Been Done in Various Districts
 -Value of Equipment.

B. C.. Davis, con missioner of roads and bridges of Polk county. has recently filed with County Judge Prickett his quarterly re- port for the last quarter of the past year. This report is very complete, giving for each of the twenty dis rlcts the miles of road, number of hands in district, num- ber of days worked by them, num- Der of days worked for pay, teams employed, days worked by over seer without and with teams, with amount paid to each; money expended in each district for tools and materials, mount col lecled, name and address of over- seer, number of culverts, wood and steel bridges. In addition it enumerates the number ot tools and road-making machines, to. gether with present estimated cash value.
 These tools and machines, with values, are given as follows: Scrapers, 3l, value $93; blows. IT. $S5; picks, 63, $37.80; shovels, b5, $32.50; graders, z, $700; mattocks, 35, S17.50; axes, 37, S25; crowbars, i2, S9; rock ham, mers, 25, Sl0; chains, }, g; wheel scrapers, 2, $50; total value, $10b1. 80.
 The road overseers, postoffice addr sses, number of miles ln each district and total amount ex- pended by each during past three l-- c-
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
Free Hides But pearer Shoes.

Boston. Jan 19-The price of shoes is going up. Official announcement to this effect was made by the Nation- al Shoe Wholesalers association. The association says that the existing high prices of leather and materials makes the increase necessary. but that the new prices will be so adjusted as ito permit the addition to each grade of such value as will compensate the wearer for increased costs" The as- sociatlon's approval of the repeal of the duty on hides was unanimously voiced.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
Dissolution Notice.

rhis is to certify that the firm If Rowton Bros. & Bradbury IS hereby dissolved by mutual con- sent, w. T. Bradbury retiring from the firm. The business will be continued by the new fl m of Rewton Bros. All accounts due the firm of Rowton Bros. X Bradbury are due and payable to Rowtoa Bros., who sssame all liabilities. w. w. R,wiou,
 D. w. Row.on,
 w. T. Bradbury.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
Too Cheap to Tell.

I have 120-acre farm, 100 acres level and free of stone, 70 acres in cultivation. 25 acres in bearing orchard in fine condition. This farm is 5 miles from Mena on good road and good neighbor- hood. The terms easy with small cash payment and the price so low ] am ashamed to put in print. See me quick if you want this bargain.
 PSI & 3.tf ]. l.. Horner.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
Sudden Death of Baby.

The six-weeks-old baby of Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Afford died Sat urday night. It's death occurred very suddenly, Mir. Afford being awakened about II o'clock by the baby's crying and death coming a very few minutes later.
 The funeral was held Sun day afternoon. Burial was in the Old Fellows cemetery. Mrs. AL lord IS seriously i'll.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
M. 0. Maxwell Sells Store.

NJ. 0. Maxwell of Rich Noun tain on last Friday sold his stock of general merchandise to H. w. Cardwell. Mir. Cardwell 'hen sold it to w. w I.udlum < Go. of Rich Mountain.
 Mir. Maxwell does not intend 10 change his home, but will continue to look after some property there and IS going into the fur business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
To Pine Bluff Poultry Show.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hopkins left Monday for Pine Bluff, where they will attend the poultry show this week. Mir. Hopkins will, while there, act as representative of the Union Poultry Journal of Little Rock. He took with him Father Gallagher's prize winning pen of
 Black Orpingtons and a pen of Gold en Wyandottes from the Star farm.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

For Sa -4 good young mules, } Of then we'll broke, all good mules. lso 2 good farm 31z milss out, l26 acres lying in the famous [ Has valley. Terms to suit the bnyer. W. D. Durham,
 267-2 3t Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
THE HOT BED
Man Who Has Had Much Experience Tells How It Should Be
 Constructed.

Iu compliance with the request vf the Shippers and Gamers As sociatiou, 1 will proceed 10 give directions 10 make a hot bed tor growing plants. I prefer the south side ot hill, with a good drainage, which is indispensa ble. If can dig a ditch to drain the pit completely l would dig three feet deep, the size of the bed de- sired, then put in some poles oi slats to keep seep water from flooding the heated material. Put in good stable (hcrse) manure at least ten inches deep; twelve is better. Make 1t compact and even on top or let the north side rise to conform to the hillside to get the rays of the suu; then cover with good, rich soil, three or four inches deep, and allow 1t to stand day or two. Then SOW ihe seed aud add another half inch of good dirt: sandy loam and some wood ashes mixed with the top dressing is a good addition. If the bed is all right. you can expect the plants to come within about ten days.
 The Cover.
 1 make frame to fit the bed, then take common sheeting and stretch tightly over the frame and take gallon of gasoline and dis- solve parafne in 1t until t will spread with a brush, which is better done on a sunshiny day, as the gasoline will soon evapor- ate and leave it waterproof and transparent. This is not liable to be broken like glass, but will keep out the cold equal to glass; however, If you have a covering like old carpets or comforts, you can cover over the canvass during cold nights and during blizzards aud not use the parafiue.
 If the ground is level and you cannot drain, you will have to construct the bed entirely on top of the ground and bank up 10 keep the cold out. If in the country, where logs are conven- tent, there is nothing better for the walls, The covering must slant to the south to drain off the rams and catch the rays of the sun. The contents of the bed must be damp, but not too wet. If the bed becomes flooded 1t is ruined, and will never heat the second time.
 The top of the bed should be sprinkled reg nlar every other day to keep from burning the plants up. Raise the top during warm days.
 I put small lump of blue stone in the water about the time tue plants appear, piece as large as a big bean Tn two gallons Of water to kill fungus, if any.
 This will be all until the second leaves appear, then I will finish the direction on cold frames. Al bed 3xl5 feet will hold one ounce of seed until ready to set in cold frames. K. Osborn,
 Secretary of the Association
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
Caleb Powers for conqress.

Lexington. Ky. Jan. 1S--Caleb Pow. CTS, three times convicted of the Goe. bel murder and finally pardoned. is making fight against Don c. Edwards in the Eleventh Kentucky congress sional district for the Republican noGs nation for congress
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Wanted at 0nce---l00 teams to haul pipe from Hatfield into Oklahoma at $4 to S5 per day. Oklahoma Pipe Line Co.,, head quarters at the Hatfield Mercan- tile Co.,, Hatfield, Ark. d3w1
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
New Jersey Revoked 1,272 Charters

FtW JeTsey HeVuKeu II<7z CHaTtrfs'
 Trenton. N. J.. Jan. 19.-Gov. Fort revoked the charters of 1.272 corpora tions which had failed to pay the statd taxes for the year 1907. It is custo- mary to give these delinquents three years grace and then If they do not make good their charters are forfeit ed. The charters revoked are princi- pally those of purely speculative com panies which were formed. not for actual business. but rather to conduct transactions on paper only. Most of them failed in the forming.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
PERSONAL NOTES

TGnS0FvfAG NVtE9
 c. E. Kelly of Oden was here Saturday trading.
 D. J.Griffin of Noah, Ok, was here Monday on business. Dan Trigg was here Saturday from Hatfield on business. ]. c. G )odner of Waters was in
 Mena Saturday on business. Ike Henderson was here from Hatfi.id Monday on business. Henry Stockton of Hatfield, was here Molday on business.
 A. ]. M:Bridc ot Bethel, Ox.,
 was here Wednesday trading. w. D. Stockton of Cove was here Wednesday on business. Dave Friar was here from Olen Wednesday doing some trading. Dr. E. D. Smith of Gillham, was here Tnursd.y on business. Jim Fair and Rufus Belcher os Oden, were here Flu sday trading Judge Wright Prickett was in De Queen yesterday on business. w. T. Blackwell of Board Camp, was trading here Wednes- day.
 Lee Reece has accepted posi- ton with the Watkins Hard ware Company.
 A. c. Mckay and J. w. Bro wn of Oden, were trading in M=na Thursday. # Mir. and Mrs. D. F. Hogan of Egger were in town on business "Wednesday.
 K Tom Watt of Nella, ana Tom E lwards of Big Fork were in trad,Ig Saturday. The Woman's Literary Club 8 met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. #S. D. Shrewsbury. w. F. Iugham of the Ingham Lamber Company was in Mena Saturday on business.
 Michael c. Cook of eleton, was here Tuesday making final proof on his Homestead. # Tom Young of Board Camp, and Jim Ray of Nella. were trad ing in Meua Wednesday.
 J. T. Epperson, a merchant. at Blansett, Scott county, was here buying goods for his store.
 Will, Young and Worthy Mo Kinney have returned from their bunting trip. They did not kill much game, but found a bee tree, only in this case it was bee log. They did not disturb the log, but
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Frank Mcknight. auditor of the Iugham Lumber Company, arrived here last week from Ok laboma City to make his home here. He has rented house on Ninth street and will bring his family here soon. Mir. Mcknight is weel known as he lived in Mena several years ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

T. Fl. Hines. proprietor of the Egger Drug Company of Egger, vas in town Monday getting sup plies for his store. He states that the roads are so bad that only those who are compelled to do so leave their homes.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

J. J. Vaught was here from Wnitesboro, Ok, last Friday buying groceries for his store. IL IS four times as far from Whites ooro 10 Meua as it is to Talihiua, put It pays to come here.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

G. A. Norton of Big Fork, came in today bringing home his his daughter, Mrs. W.u.Lsswell, who has been visiting there for several weeks. MT. and Mrs. A. K. Hurd returned home with Mir. Norton for visit. Mrs. Hurd is MT. Norton's daughter.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Mrs. A. J. Goodner and son, Joe, returned Tuesday from a visit with kinfolks. at Oden.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

" w Townsend has just re- ,eived of Texas Seed Oats.
 3-2t
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Galvsnized Iron Flues are safe, durable and cheap. Made by W. A. Tomllnson. d-wsi
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

marked 1t and expect 10 go back after the next se son when |; i, full of honey.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

pr. P. K. Watkins reports the birth of compound boy to MT. and Mrs. Will Hadaway.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

A ID arriage license was issued Wednesday to. Homer McDa niels, age 24 years, of Hatfield, and Miss Arrie Williams, age l6 years, of Vandervoort.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Or. Davis reports the birth of a l2-pouud baby boy at the home If Mr- and Mrs. K. Anderson, corner Sherwood avenue aud l2th street.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

l. paws to buy ali kinds of seeds from w. w. Townsend, Mena St.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

c. E. Kelly of Oden was here Saturday trading.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20
"BABY' WARD KILLS
 HIMSELFAT ROGERS
Former Well Known Citizen of Mena Takes Own Life Because of Finan- cial Distress-His Mother
 Goes to Poor House.

The Rogers (Ark.) paper gives an account of the suicide of w. W. Ward at that place a few days ago:
 A sad part of the story is that the man was doubtless driven to the rash act by poverty and want star ing him in the face. He dled prac- tically penniless, and leaves not only wife and two small children in destitute circumstances but an aged mother and stepfather and uncle all of whom depended on the unfor- tunate man for support. The widow and children have gone to her broth CT at Boonville, who is said to be able to care for them, and the three old people have been admitted to the county home here.
 Ward will be remembered by the older residents of Mena, he having lived here for several years until about ten years ago when he moved to Fort Smith. He was a man who weighed nearly 400 pounds and was as jovial. friendly and hap py in those days as he was large.
 At the time of the suicide Baby" Ward, as he was familiarly known among his friends, was conducting a sort of secondhand store in the building which was also his home, in Rogers. He was AS years of age.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

D. J. Griffin of Noah, Ok, was here Monday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Dan Trigg was here Saturday from Hatfield on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Mir. aud Mrs. A. D. York are here from Vancou yer, Wash, Tor d weeks visit with kinf1iks. Mrs. NJ. F.. Bell returned last week from d ten-days' visit with friends in Cove and Wand .rvoort.
 NJ. E Wnisenhuut aud Jim Tom Herrdl of Snlthville, Ox., were trading ln Mena Saturday. A m arriage license was issued Tu sday to N. A. Harrison and Miss Mluaie Gore of Nella, s ot, county.
 Mir. aud Mrs. James Mcfarland and fam ly left Sunday on sixty day vacation on the Island Iot Cuba.
 J. F. Mccormick, who owns land near Big Fork. but is now ia. terested in the oil fields at Sapul- pa, was in Mena Thursday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

]. c. G)odner of Waters was in Mena Saturday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

w. T. Blackwell of Board Camp, was trading here Wednes- day.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Judge Wright Prlckett was in De Queen yesterday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Jim Fair and Rufus Belcher os Oden, were here Tu ssday trading
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Lee Reece has accepted a posi- ton with the Watkins Hard ware Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Will, Young and Worthy Mo Kinney have returned from their bunting trip. They did not kill much game, but found a bee tree, only in this case it was bee log. They did not disturb the log, but
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Dave Friar was here from Olen Wednesday doing some trading.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Ike Henderson was here from Hath-id Monday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Dr. E. D. Smith of Gillham, was here Tnursd.y on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

A. c. Mckay and J. w. Bro VII
 of Odeu, were trading in Mena Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

w. D. Stockton of Cove was here Wednesday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

A. ]. M:Bridc ot Bethel, Ox., was here Wednesday trading.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

* J. T. Epperson, a merchant. at Blansett, Scott county, was here buying goods for bis store.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Mir. and Mrs. D. P. Hogan of Egger were Tn town on business Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Henry Stockton of Hatfield, was here Molday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Tom Young of Board Camp. and Jim Ray of Nella. were trad
 ing in Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Tom Watt of Nella, ana Tom Edwards of Big Fork were in trading Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

Michael C. Cook of E Etgletcn, was here Tuesday making final
 proof on his homestead.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

w. F. Iugham of the Ingham
 Lamber Company was in Mena Saturday on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-20

The Woman's Literary Club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. 5. D. Shrewsbury.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-01

more than 900 telephones, these tele-
phones will be furnished at our regu-
lar price and an installation charge
made of $500 per telephone. 1 would
be willing to take good block of this
stock and help to organize this COM
pany and will guarantee the stock to
be an per cent investment"
Morsman is now in Salt Lake but
will pass through Pendleton in about
ten days on his way to Walla Walla.
He will either stop here at that time
or come back later to go over the mat
ter with the Commercial association,
the city council and the business men
of the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-01
Pendleton Women Arc Finding Relief
Mt Last

It does seem that women have
more than fair share Of the aches
and pain that afflict humanity; they
must "keep up must attend to duties
in spite of constantly aching backs,
or headaches dizzy spells. bearing
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Mrs. Valentine Stroble, 73S Johnson
street, Pendleton. Oregon. says:
about two years ago suffered from
kidney complaint and when a friend
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did so. This remedy disposed Of
severe backaches that had kept me
awake at night and benefited me in
every way
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
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Remember the name-Doan's-a
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-01
COLVILLE MAN SUES AN
EDITOR FOR DAMAGES

Colville, wash.-Charles K. Beaum-
le, the restaurant proprietor who last
week was acquitted of the charge Of
violating the local option law, has in
stituted proceedings for a damage sult
against A. E. Veatch, editor of the
Statesman-Index, on account of an
article appearing in that pape" last
Friday
The work of improving Main street
is practically completed. A layer of
about eight inches of gravel has been
placed upon the business streets.
The socialists of Stevens county
have issued a call fora mass meeting
to be held in Colville, July 8. The
object of the meeting is to perfect
the organization for the coming coun-
ty campaign, to arrange for ticket
and to formulate a platform. IL is
intended to have some prominent 81
cialist speaker here on the evening
of the 9TH