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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25
Hereford Steers For Sale.

500 head of 2 and 3 year olds, off
my brothers ranch in Wyoming. Sold
100 head to w, III. Golfer, Charley
Axes and Eleck Housh have been on
the ranch. James Cresswell, Decatur,
Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25
Methodist Notes.

Preaching next Sunday at II a. m.
Subject: Jesus
No services in the evening on ac-
count OF the union services at the
Christian Church.
All other services at the usual
hours.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25
Marriage Licenses.

Lewis Evans, Leroy 10
Vetta Boyce, Leroy rs
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25

DR.. o. w. Foxworthy and family
left Tuesday in their auto for an ex-
tended trip to various places in the.
north part of the state.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25

Try one of those splendid meals
which are being served every day at
the Park Hotel
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
ON ONE FARM A YEARS
I. w. Roberts. "A Years. Old Is a Won
 der for Suppleness.

T. W Roberts. who has owned and lived for A years on one farm a few miles this side of Mt Ida, is visiting his son Fred in Mena. MT. Roberts will be "A years old October il next. and challenges any man of his age ill a contest in suppleness. One of his stunts, and one that mighty few men of one third his age can do, is to take a cane in both hands and jump over it between his hands. backwards and forwards. Or he'll try at jumping or footracine. MT. Roberts served in a Texas cavalry regiment which fought under General Price. He lost his wife about four years ago and has rented his farm and visits about with his sons and daughters, all but one of whom live in Western Arkansas. He expects remain in Mena about a month.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
THE l4TH ANNUAL
 FAIR HAS OPENED
Polk County Products On Display People From All Parts Gathering in to See the Sights and Join in the
 Celebration.

Another year has rolled around-it is fourteen now-and the people o Mena and Polk county are celebrating the coming of railroad facilities to this section of the state-and the found ing of Mena.
 The farmers are gathering in ano bringing the best of the crops to make an exhibit that will probably exec anything in past years.
 The fruit display on the start is very promising.
 The first event among the amuse- ments was the trotting race, the leading event of which was two thirds mile trot, in which Alice Daw (owner Oscar Bush). Frank w. (owner James Thornton). and Santa lena (owner Carl Kiene) were enter ed, each horse driven by it's owner.
 The first heat was won by Frank M. and the second by Alice Daw In the second heat Santalena cut her left fore quarter. and the third heat was not driven. The best time was in the second heat, which was made in a 2:24 gait.
 At 11:20 Prof. Elmer Beard. the walker and a contortionist gave a free exhibition.
 At i o'clock in the afternoon. with a whoop and yell, the bronco busters and wild steer ropers opened their exciting performance.
 At 3:30 the ball game between Mena and DeQueen started, and from the line up anexciting game was looked
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
MENA BO0TLEGGER SENTENCED
Albert Wilson to Ft. Leavenworth Pen
 for Selling Whisky On Sunday.

Albert Wilson. the negro bootleg ger who was arrested several months ago by U. s. Deputy Marshal J. l.. Holt, has been sentenced to serve one year and one day in the Federal penitentiary at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.
 When Deputy Marshal Holt ar- rested Wilson he took him to Ft. Smith and turned him over to U. S. Chief Marshal May. When taken before special grand jury he ad- mitted his guilt, and plead guilty to the charge of selling whisky on Sun day when taken before Judge Rog- CTS of the U. s. Court. He will be taken at once to begin his term.
 This case is one that was worked up by Marshal Holt. He spent a great many weeks gathering evil d' nee before the arrest was made.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
WILL INVESTIGATE
 ALLEGED SHORTAGE
Howard County Grand Jury to Probe Irregularities Said to Have Been Found iu Handling of
 Scrip-$1.900 Short.

Nashville, Aug. I15.-News that the Grand Jury. which open it's ses- sions here tomorrow morning. will investigate an alleged shortage of $1 300 in the office of the last county clerk has aroused a decided sensation throughout the county. Although no one is named in the report of the commissioners of accounts, upon whose recommendations the investi- gation is to be made by the Grand Jury, it became known today that a forgery charge will also be investi- gated.
 When s. T. Anderson. the last county clerk, made his annual report it was charged that there were ir- regularities in the county scrip and an investigation was started ten days ago by the commissioners of account, c. B. Mills, former state auditor, F. T. Shepherd and ]. c. Grounds.
 The books in the treasurer's office were audited. the present clerk, John w. Logan, lending all the assistance he was able in the work. Anderson s name soon was mentioned in investi- gation. and the commissioners learn ed it is alleged, that the irregularities in the handling of county scrip oc- cured shortly before he retired from office. When Logan took charge Anderson remained for short time as deputy.
 The commissioners allege that four pieces of county scrip has been dupli- cated and that names had been sub stituted in such manner as to war rant a charge of forgery. They turned their findings oyer to Prose cutting Attorney Finnix. and he will present them to the grand jury tomorrow morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
THREE KILLED BY
 POISONED WHISKEY
Fourth. Believed Responsible. Supposed to Be Another Victim Result of Drunken Spree = Wood AL
 cohOl In Liquor.

Fort Smith, Aug. 16.-Word was re- ceived here late yesterday afternoon that three men died in terrible agony at Heavener Ok, about five o'clock this afternoon, as a result of drinking whiskey poisoned with wood alcohol. The dead are: Jack Hughes. watch man; J, B. White, a grocer's clerk; Joe Heavener, farmer.
 A painter named Lewis who does not live at Heavener, but who has been working there for some time and who is charged with having put the wood alcohol in the whiskey. left on Kansas City Southern train at SAY . clock, and it is supposed that he is also dead, as it is said that he drank more of the death potion than any of the others.
 The town is in state of the great est excitement and the only step that has been taken so far toward the ap- prehension of Lewis, if he still lives, IS a message sent to the conductor of the train on which he left the city. The message was sent to Stilwell, Ok.
 Hughes was unmarried and was a nightwatchman at the Kansas City Southern roundhouse. White was d clerk in local grocery store and is survived by his wife and two children. Heavener lived few miles from the city. He was part Indian and owned considerable property
 Hughes and White died at nearly the same hour, about o'clock. Heavener died little later.
 The four men had been drinking heavily for several days, and Lewis is said to have been dope fend. ' Opinion is divided here as to whether Lewis put wood alcohol in the liquor with the intention of poisoning the men or whether he was too intoxicat- ed at the time to know what he was doing.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
SHIP SlNko AfiER A COLLISION
rhirsy-Nlne Lives Were Lost Whom sh< Spanish Steamer MaStos Went
 Down Of Tarifa.

Gibraltar. Aug. 1.-The Spanish steamer. Marios, foundered of Tarffa, oa the African coast opposite Gib- rai,ar after a collision with the Ger man steamer Elsa. Thirty-nine per sons were drowned. of whom g were passengers The survivors were land ed here. A dense fog prevailed d the time of the collision
 Nine of tho victims on tho Martos were first cabin passengers. The oth CT s passengers who perished were h tho stoerage.
 The bow Of the Elsa was stove ir y the collision and its forepealS filled quickly with water. The steamer however, managed to keep adoat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
COTTON SCHOOL HERE
Henry K. Watkins to Open One in Tobia Building on Mouday.
 August p.

Henry K. Watkins, who came here last week from Nashville, has rented the Tobin hall above Paton's under taking parlors and has arranged to open cotton school there on Mon- day, August g. Mr. Watkins has had long experience in the cotton business Ind is well fitted to teach the grading and stapleing of cotton. He has several thousand Samples of every grade and staple to use in his work.
 Mrs. Watkins and her little son are here with Mir. Watkins.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Aunt Betsy Fields Dead.

w. w. Roberts of Big Cedar, Ok was in Mena Wednesday for supplies He reports the death at Big Cedar of Aunt Betsy Fields, who passed away early this week at the age oi 68 years. Mrs. Fields left four sons and five daughters and 8 large mum, Der of grandchildren to mourn hel loss. She lived for many years 1T Polk county near Rocky.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
AMONG MENA FRIENDS
Attorney General. and Mrs. Norwood
 and Children Here for ths Fair.

Attorney General Hal L. Norwood. Mrs. Norwood and children arrived in Mena from Baker Springs Tuesday and are stopping at the Antlers. They will spend the balance of the week vis- iting with their many friends, and on Friday the third day of the fair. At torney General Norwood will deliver an address at the fair grounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
BAND MADE A HIT
New Uniforms Worn Wednesday First Time Everybody Pleased With
 Excellent Music.

When the w. 0. w. band appeared on the streets of Mena Wednesday everybody turned out to listen and to look--for never had they heard music that sounded sweetcr nor seen an aggregation of musicians that looked better.
 Fine new uniforms were worn for the first time -coats of rich maroon, trimmed in black, black caps and blue serge trousers. They looked as natty as you please, and Mena is certainly proud of the w. 0. w. band. It will play each day of the Fair.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

for. The rain, however, spoiled chance of game.
 Thursday the same program was carried through as to-day Racing at 3 a. m., public speaking at 10 a. m, rope-walking and contortionist act at 11:30 a. m., roping contest at D. m. and base ball game at 3:30 p. m.
 Thursday the speaking hour was devoted to the Arkansas Land Con- gress, and addresses were made by Senator John P. Logan and L. c. Wilson, vice president of the Land Congress.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Back From the West.

Bernard Dunman. who has been in New Mexico and Western Texas for the past three months arrived Tues day and was glad to get back to Mena. He had intended to go on to California after looking over New Mexico and Western Texas, but decided after sec ing what he did, that Mena and Polk County was all right for him.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
OWNER OF DAVIS BLOCK IN TOWN
". P. Harman Will Move Family Here
 About September 1.

w. P. Harman of Kansas City, who exchanged some apartment houses in Kansas City for the Davis Block, arrived Tuesday. He is very much pleased with Mena and is making arrangements to move his family here by September 1. so he can get located and get his chil- dren in school at the beginning of the term
 He will return to Kansas City in three or four days.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Deaths.

One of the 2-week-old twins of Mir. and Mrs. Jake LaGasse died Tuesday morning ...The other died Wednesday morning. They were buried that af- ternoon at ? o'clock at the Odd Eel lows ceretery. The funeral serv- ices were conducted at inc home of the parents,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
N0T FOR ROOSEVELT
THE Ex-PRESiDENT WILL NOT BE CHAIRMAN OF NEW YORK
 CONVENTION.
STATE COMMITTEE AGAINST II
lt Had Been Planned b Have Him Make Keynote epecci, In Open Ing Coavention--s1onos Given to Sherman.


 New York, Aug. l7--col Theodore Roosevclt's nafne was presented foi the office of temporary chairman ol the Republican state convention al the meeting of tho Republican statd committee here.
 Ills selection for that honor wa lest by Il vote of 20 to 15. The or ganization faction of the committe, was against him.
 Vice President Sherman Named.
 Vice President James s. Shermarl was named Gs temporary chairman 0. tho coming state convention by al unanimous vote, following the defeat of the motion to make Col. Roosevelt tho temporary presiding officer.
 The committee selected Saratoga and September s7 as the place and time for the convention.
 The plan to make MT. Roosevelt temporary chairman of the convention came from the progressive branch oi the Republican party in New York It was the intention to have the ex president open the convention and make a keynote speech that woal, express to New York and to tue na ton the latest word in Republican policies
 They Need Roosevelt.
 May Republican leaders in the state believe that the insurgent senti ment Is us strongly developed in New York as in Kansas and Iowa. and that it Is only by putting MT. Roosevelt tc the front that the Republicans have any hope of electing their candidate for governor and returning many oi their Republican congressman.
 Commenting on the action of tho committee in rejecting the name ol AIr. Roosevelt. Mir Griseom said:
 q presented the name of ex-Presi dent Roosevelt after consulting with him. The place of the temporary chairman was obviously his, not only by virtue of his having been president of tho United States. but by the signal services rendered by him to the Re publican party In Now York state Mir. Roosevelt was anxious to engage in the political campaign in this state, slnd his name at the head of the con vention would have lent extraordinary prestige to the meeting and been of incalculablo value to the party throughout the state
 
 Voters May Recent Action.
 "The action foreshadows a great many primary contests, us 1t is ob- vious that those voting to deny him tho office of temporary chairman will have to account to the enrolled Re publicans of their respective districts for their action.
 There was no question of indors. ing or not indorsing the administra' ton If an effort is made to show that the choice of Vice President Sherman is an indorsement. whereas the choice of Col Roosevelt would not have been, It must of necessity fail. as Mir. Roosevelt's views regard ing the conduct of public affairs by his successor are well known"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Founa Roads Bad.

Only one of the two autom obiles s. A. Arnold and w. P. Clark ordered from Hot Springs to be used in carry ing passengers too and from the fair grounds succeeded in getting here. It arrived Wednesday afternoon with a broken spring, but was repaired and is ready for service today The other car give up the trip and turned back the other side of Black Springs.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Tokio, Aug 16.-With hundreds .,,,ed fin the collapsed structures in inc east part of Tokio 600.p0o Japan aso homeless and near 2.000,000 starv' ,,r in the districts adjacent to TokIc and Yokohama as the result of the Toods. prayers for mercy arc ascend. Inc to Buddha iu a thousand temples of Japan.
 government Efforte Futile.
 The governments efforts to aid the shelterlcss hordes of men. women and children have been futile. From Taka- sad and Kareiieawa on the north, bor. derina the swollen Tonegawa River. to shlduozoka on the south, the sea has reached out and claimed the land, having great stretches of water over fertile fields, destroying lives. wiping out homes, demolishing residences and fu,ther impoverishing tho peasantry.
 The total number of the dead cannot De sscertained until communication with the interior is restored. The most cOnS<fFdttVc tStiindtc tE tufcS thousand Rain continues to fall in torrents.
 The last reports were that the in habtants of Karuisawa. the summer resort patronized by Europeans and Americans, had fled to higher ground aad tha; the Tonegawa was eating away the foundation of tho dike above TokIo. threatening to loosen tho flood upon the higher parts of lie city.
 Soldiers on Duty.
 Thousands Of soldiers are on duty On Lower Tokio and ln the interior, while men from the warships in the harbor have given aid
 Traffic on the Tokaido tgovefnment ne) Railway is paraiyEed and food md snppliee arc being moved 10 cie nfugecs on raftB and small boats.
 rhhe extent of th5o fiovsis, tine inac possibility of the places submerged afd the lack of organized relief make the government officials fear that hun drsds will de of starvation o9 exup sure before aid comes.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

E. M. Basye of Carthage. Mo, who has spent several months in Mena in the engineering office of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, has been transferred to Mansfield. La. He left Tuesday afternoon fer his new place
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Hotel Men al MInneapolIs.

Minneapolis, MInn.. Aug. 17.-Tht Northwestern Hotel Mems association ufrd out with taking care of convcn tons, have come to this city for con Vention of their own, which they tt gan today and will last three days.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Astronomers Are In eessIon.

Cambridge. Mass, Aug. I7.--Ths eleventh annual meeting of tho Astro nomical and Metaphysical Society O america opened at the Harvard ob seftatory today with President Ed ward c. Pickering in the chair.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

A marriage license has been issued to Byrd T. Smith and Mrs. Lily Suegs of Wickes. Mir. Smith is 27 years of age while his bride is only IT. She was married the first time when only IS years old. Her first husband is dead.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

A. J. Strickland of Board Camp was in Mena Monday. accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. c. I. Masters of Harts- horn. who left for her home this after noon, after pleasant visit at her old home.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Mark P. Olney. Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Arkansas. returned Saturday from Chicago. where he has been attending the 3lth Prienniul Conclave of the Knight s Templar of the United States.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

R. Dusenbury came down from
 Eaeleton Tuesday and spent Wednes. daylooking after business and returned home that afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Dr. W. P. Parks reports tine birth of a baby girl. weighing about ten pounds, to Mir and Mrs. William Weir, August l6.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
DISASTERS IN JAPAN
|. oons CAUSE HAVOC iN THE VICINITY OF TOXIC AND
 YOKOHAMA.
HUNDREDS LOSE THEIR LIVES

|. Addition to the Dead There Arc soo.oOo Homeless and Nearly 2,o0o,. ooo Without Food-The Govern ment ls Powericss.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Wanted to purchase--Two fresh cows, Inquire at Star office.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

W. 4, Warrington of Cove spent Wednesday night in Mena,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Sam P. Jones, for several years a farmer near Winslow, this state, IS in Mena. Mir. Jones mission here IS to buy farming land in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Walter Pack and Miss CaIlie Collins of Potter were married Tuesday by Justice of the Peace " J. Hay
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

] w. Hill and granddaughter Jo are here to stay during the Fair with MT. Iflp's daughter, Mrs W L. Pryor and family.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

Mean maximum S6. Mean minimum 6S. Average for week Sl. Maximum AT, August s. Minimum 65, August g.
 PRECfPITATIoN. Total 3.3l inches. Greatest in 2i hours, l.09 inches on August 9.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
PROSPERITY BASED ON BETTER FARMING
J. A. Evans Tells of Present Conditions, the Future Outlook, and of Won derful Results of New
 Methods.

Last Saturday. there being a teach CTS meeting and a picnic scheduled for Egger. at the request of A. E. Wear, county agent for farm demon stration work, J A. Evans, state agent for Arkansas and Louisiana, drove to that place.
 By unanimous consent of the teach CTS. at about 10:30 a. m, they granted Mir. Evans the privilege of addressing those present After some pleasant introductory remarks about schools and education, Mir. Evans stated that 1t was not unusual to find prejudice against what was termed book farm ing, which was without good reason. as farming should properly be placed under two heads. or in two parts. First, the science or theory of farm ing, which should be taught in schools, and second. the art of farming, which must be learned by actual experience. In other words, complete farmer can only be turned out by combination of science and Dractice
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18

clover. etc. On any land where one of these crops grows one year. there will be better crops the next year.
 How Nature Produces Fertilizer.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
Temperature and Weather Con
 ditions in Mena. Week Ending August i6, 1910.

Weekly Summary. For week ending Sunday, Aug. IL, p. n.
 TEMPERATURES.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-01

Many subjects pertaining to the well
fare of the city and the county were
today at the weekly lunch
con of the Commercial association
managers. In point of interest and in
the multiplicity of topics under con-
sideration the session today was the
best since the luncheons were started.
The subject Of a DAD directly down
the river from the city to Barnhart
was discussed and the matter will be
presented to the county cour by w.
e. Brock, of the roads committee. 1t
IS the desire to utilize some of the o..
r.. & y. roadbed after the line changes
are made and by doing so provide a
o to Barnhart that will surpass
the present hill road.
A proposition from the United Or
chestra and band for the giving of
weekly band concerts during May,
Tune and July was presented by Will
Ingram, but was referred back to the
musicians for further consideration.
A report from the committee that had
charge of the entertainment of the In
land Empire teachers convention was
read. 1t showed a balance of SAT In
the n of the committee and this
money will be held for use in enter
tanning future visiting delegations.
A communication was received from
the Walla Walla commercial club an
%nouncing a proposed visit to this city.
This communication is being held for
consideration at the monthly meeting
OF the association Tuesday evening.
The managers are now discussing
the proposition of raising a substan-
tial fund for meeting community pur-
poses so as to avoid the taking up of
frequent small contributions from
business men. No definite plan has
yet been worked out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-01
PROMINENT BOTANIsT WILL
WORK OUT FROM PENDLETON

William c. Cusick. a botanist of
note, who has already devoted on
siderable time to the flora of eastern
Oregon. is spent the summer between
the Cascade and Blue range OF noun
tains. He is now here, the guest Of
President w. II. Bleakney of the PEN
dleton academy and while he expects
to leave soon for southern Oregon he
Will maintain his headquarters during
the summer at the academy.
Prof. Cussick has been at the Uni
versity of Oregon during the winter,
systematizing and r%earranging the
herbariam at the state school. Nearly
the whole of his life has been spent
in botanical work and about 1000
plants have been named in his hon
or.
As usual this spring n summer
will be devoted entirely to field work.
He will work in the vicinity of Pen
dleton for a few days now and will
then go to the southernp art of the
state to return and work the Pendle-
ton country later, With the excep-
ton of two trips taken by himself and
President Bleakney of the academy.
the western slope of the Blue noun
tains has not been examined for flow
ers and plants and it is the intention
of Prof. Cusick to spend the greater
part of the summer in going over the