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The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
THIS BLIZZARD GOT US
''''n' Last Sunday Were North and Sulh. but Yesterday's Hit the
 Middle.

ins storm that landed here We'd
 nssOay, and continued with gradu-
 al.y diminishing force Thursday
 T'sn' not amount to much at the
 worth Pole, or on the western plains
 7, 's Aansas, Oklahoma or Texas, but
 'us us ollzzard." all right, in Mena.
 nnen the weather report was sa'' s"sa out Tuesday. promising un- '''ea ..a weather, rain, much colder sa.i,. s'a freezing" most Mena people
 sal'lsu Tn a superior fashion. and
 ye'aaps remarked: That's one
 here.o 'o'e U gets Du', as Tuesdays sun waned. ;a s.,s .1 began to be suspicious chill
 "e ar, and then little dashes of
 I.a s'' The morning found little
 Ds,. m 0n }, walks, and clouds lowering ,,ia men came more dashes of S.a. a and 4a heavier, turning to sleet.
 vs' sa 'ne little pines on the hillsides Dsa. pendlng under unwelcome sosas.s as' ana by dark the ground was t,s s'eu by a couple of inches of gssn % sleet and snow.
 th,a a' snow continued unabated f uusa S'' <, the night and morning. but M..s as 'sht and fiakey, and sunshine. m as own brand, was in evidence f.ss a' ~ through it all, shines the rsa s. ltis fine for all the crops ; 7hnss, s 'emperature at 6 o,clock aDd ssy ~ morning was 1e degrees ~ noon "A degrees.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
What Are Ton Doingl

I am unloading a car of flour and feed, and also have a big, fresh supply of onion sets, seed potatoes, seed oats and other field and garden seed that l wish to trade for eggs and butter. Call and get prices before buying.
 s4t NJ. K. Peninger,
 Nunley, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24

ion sssa s.,. Potatoes, Seed Oats, Gu.
 IHacker Bros., Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
ROASTING MENA
 AT SHREVEPORT
c...,,l Agent Guy 3. Wood Attend '' land Congress and Shows Up the Good Things of This
 s, S,cti0n.
s,roveport Times.

rom shreveport Times ''1s cn~ E. Wood, general agent
 ,he Kansas City Southern ..;,,oad .s al Mena, Ark, accompa- s;.d by Immigration Agent n.s,,, p' and Horticultural Agent m,,. of the same line, will att
 1 ,be farm Land Congress '' .s r.ets today. Mir. Wood,
 was. up to few mouths .ao connected with the Kansas r,,r Seutbern in Shreveport, IS
 .,lo pleased win his new 2 , and declares Mena to be the had of health aud opportunity. vss,erday be was busy d'stribut- ;oy some very interesting litera- ,ore regarding the Ozark Noun tsin rtgioi Ar3ahsds' MT Wood will attend the congress as . delegate from Mena and Polk couDty.
 aTbe county is as yet only .o.rsely settled, said MT. Wood ,es,erday, "but those who have tried farming on scientific basis have found { section to be equal to auy in the United States -sud the best of all IS that land is cheap-very cheap.
 "Tne valleys afford some of inc richest agricultural soil in inc country and one farmer only 4 few weeks ago informed me that he last year harvested a po- tsto crop of lS0 bushels to the srre. The land has subsoil of red iron which makes 1t one of the b.st fruit and berry-produc- ing countries one can possibly fad. Anotter feature of this country is the high mountains which protect the valleys from the cold winds and enable the | grower 10 place his crop ou the market much earller than other sections of a similar latitude. Another great benefit is the close proximity to the markets of the North and East, allowing all truck to reach the point of | ] consumption while yet fresh and green, and the short haul natur- ] ally being cheaper than one from more distant sections of the coun- l trE
 I There has been considera ble interest displayed iu Polk county ss au agricultural section of late, while there are indications of a number of industries locating there this year We are already assured a creamery, while a num- Der of other manufacturers have become interested.
 "Mena is located 1,200 to l, 600 | ieei above the sea level. It over- tops the malaria district and is free ot mosquitoes, making it an
 Ideal home for anyone,
 Mr. Wood was recently sent. to | heua by the Kansas City South eIn to take charge of it's property | there and to aid in the city and | eounty's upbuildiug. His report | oi 'ne country shows the opinion | oi tue Kansas City Southern of- nc'sls that it has bright future 10 De founded on exc client grounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24

Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, On a.4t Thacker Bros, Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24

m YOU know that croup can be
 ,ayanied? Give Chamberlain pough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after tne crouny eo cough appears and it will pre- vent the attack. It is also certain eure for the croup and has never been Lnown to fail. Sold by all dealers
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-07

The has been found
;$s5 Y Ei {1F5SSSS $$SSSS Count, Commissioners
Examined and approved April d. 1870
County e:s,n ~ of a'ssiNs ssde~;eL :"
Norah Redford, clerk in and for said county,
the aforesaid do hereby certify that foregoing
and statement of the above named Sedgw
Colorado. the 31s day of December A. d. 1909
Seal NORAH B. REDFORD,
County Clerk
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
GIRL IN MANS GARB KILLED
Male Companion Threw Her in Front
of Train After Quarrel,
Police Believe.

Wheeling, West Virginia. dis
covery of the dead body of young
woman about 1S years old, attired in
mems clothing, on the Baltimore G.
Ohio railroad tracks at Brentwood
Junction, points strongly to murder. A
man with whom she had been seen
short time before her death has dis
appeared and the police of Wheeling
and neighboring towns are keeping a
sharp lookout for him.
Railway workmen discovered the
body lying across the tracks, cut near.
ly in two and still warm.
The general impression is that the
man and woman, who had been travel.
ing together, quarreled and he threw
her In front of moving train.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
GETS BLACK HAND THREAT
Chcagoan Told He and His Family
Will Be Killed Unless He
Pays $500.

Chicago, Illinois-Within 4S hours
after Benedetto Cinene had been mur-
dered by members of the black hand
society, and IL hours after the 1914
Italians arrested on suspicion of con-
nection with the crime had been re.
leased from custody, Joseph Noto, a
butcher. who was friend and neigh
Dor of Cinene, received a black hand
letter demanding $500 on penalty of
death to himself and family.
Noto was asked if he had reported
to the police the receipt of the letter.
"Oh, no, no." he said. II am afraid
to do that. They would Kill me just
like Cinene.
81 think the man who wrote this
@tter was locked up in the police sta
ton the other night. They know the
police can not catch them. They won't
write letters like this in Italy because
they are afraid of the law"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
LAKE BOAT CAUGHT IN ICE
Lake Michigan Is Nearly Frozen Up
Declared Worst in Years---ln-
take Cribs Are In Danger.

Chicago, Illinois.-After an all-night
battle with ice in Lake Michigan, the
big steamship Puritan of the Graham
Morton line was caught by ice
foes 20 miles northeast of Chicago.
The boat carries a crew of 20, and
w. Fl. Morton, president of the Gra.
ham & Morton line.
Several tugs sent to her assistance
reached the Puritan and reported that
the crew was in no danger. 1t is
feared, however, that the heavy ice
will batter the boat beyond repair.
The ice in Lake Michigan is the
heaviest in many years, and the city
authorities were compelled to send
out ice crushers to prevent the foes
from wrecking the intake cribs in the
lake.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

When we look at the age in which
we live from any but the grossly ma
ter1al iewpoint--from the viewpoint
OF the things of the highest Importance
do we feel this exultant condescen-
sion of the invention-dazzled person? I?
Do we feel that the world has meas
ured countless leagues of honor, NOR
ality, nobility, ideality, since Philip
Sidney gave the dying man that i'm.
mortal drink of water7 Perhaps some
do. But we fancy the great majority
will feel wonder at the slow progress
OF humanity toward it's goal and hui
m1lity at the thought of the slight su.
perstructure we have raised on what
the "agonies of heart and brain" of
all the ages have transmitted to us.
Thls is wonderful age in which we
i've, as every age before it has been
as every age that follows it will be.
But let us not deceive ourselves. The
deathless laurel waits not for the in
ventor alone. An age which boasted
nothing more important than his tri.
umphs would stand naked and ashamed
forever.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
PRELATE SUFFERED FROM NE.
, PHRlTls AND DEATH HAD
ga BEEN EXPECTED.
WAS CLOSE ADVISOR OF POPE
Had Represented the Vatican at
Washington and Got Red Hat In
America--Was Possible Sue
cessor Leo. XIII.

Rome, Italy.-Cardinal Satolii died
peacefully at o'clock Saturday
morning from infirmities due to old
age. He had been critically i'll with
acute nephritis for some time and for
two weeks 1t was known that he could
not survive. Extreme unction was ad-
ministered two weeks ago.
Francis Satoll was born in Marsci-
ano, archdiocese of Uerugia, Italy,
July IL, 1889. He came of an ancient
and noble family.
Sent to the United States.
Satolli was chosen to represent the
pope in America in the fall of 1859
at the celebration in Baltimore of
the centenary of the Catholic hier-
archy in the United States and also
at the Inauguration of the Catholic
University of the United States at
Washington.
Satolli was presented to the presi-
dent and cabinet and became greatly
impressed with the vast possibilities
for the advancement of the church in
the United States. This visit and the
oSSouhtS iS Sdilitu bdch W lue pops
formed the prelude to his designation
as apostolic delegate to the United
States.
While here in that exalted position
Satolli travelled from one end of the
country to the other although his Off
cial residence was in Washington.
Made Cardinal in 1896.
He was elevated to the rank of car
dinal in January, 1896, at the cathedral
In Baltimore, remained in America
some time longer, and finally was re-
called to Rome, where he has ever
since been perhaps the most esteemed
of the pope's clos advisers. He was
often called the american CARDINAL"
a title that pleased him.
He came again to America in May,
1904, on special mission.
Cardinal Satolli was mentioned as a
possible successor to Pope Leo XIII.
when the latter died.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

The Bank of England has raised the
discount rate, which is fair warning to
spectators to go slow. The Bank of
England always takes such action
when protection Of the gold reserve is
desirable, and recent demands for the
metal have convinced the managers
that the action is opportune. Business
conditions here and elsewhere are
sound at heart, and the resumption of
activity in nearly every line of indus
try is evident to all. The big crops
also contribute their share toward
American prosperity. But it is appar-
entity an invariable rule that such re-
vivals are attended by more or less
speculation endangering commercial
stability. The lessons of the past
have no effect, and reckless individu.
ais plunge in without regard to the
risk involved to others as well as
themselves. The putting up of the dis
count rate is signal that should be
needed, and doubtless other institu.
ions willstake the hint.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
RESTORING FARM LAND.

The world will not soon starve. The
fertility of the soil is increasing and
there is no such thing as the exhaus-
tion Of land. The chief of the bureau
of soils Of the department Of agricul-
ture recently wrote a pamphlet or bull
letin which gives negation to the
croaks of soil pessimists, says Wash
ington Star. The productiveness Of
land in the United States is increasing.
The average wheat yield per acre in
this country is two bushels greater
than 1t was 40 years ago, though the
corn yield per acre is slightly lower.
Ignorant or careless tillage has de-.
spoiled much American land of its
fertility. New England has vast
acreage of abandoned FARMS" though
the acreage is not so large as it was
few years ago. This result is due
both to improvement of cultural meth.
ods and to the high price of farm prod
uce. Around Washington, particularly
southwark, is a big area of wornout
land given over to old fields, pines,
scrub pine and brush. This was
brought about by indefensible methods
OF husbandry This land can be re-
stored Goodly patches have been
made fertile. The restoration OF land
requires some capital. 1t costs money
to treat it with commercial fertilizer.
1t also costs money to restore it by
the legume route. Glover seed is not
cheap, and it takes time to get stand
OF clover when the start is made on
poor land. A farmer whose bank bal
ance is not big (and there are such
despite current reports), who has
fields of poor land, faces quite a prob
lem in bringing up this land to a high
degree of fertility. 1t can be done, but
there are difficulties to overcome.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Andree Story Believed.

CcSenhagen, Denmark story
brought back from Prince Albert, Sas-
katchewan. few days ago by mis-
sionary, to the effect that Solomon
August Andree, the Swedish aeronaut
and explorer, had been killed by Es-
kimos and his balloon and supplies
confiscated. is generally accepted as
true. Andree left Spitzbergen, Den.
mark, July IL, 1907, to sail over the
north pole in his balloon. He was last
heard from by carrier pigeon, two.
days after he left, He was then so
degrees and 2 minutes north and was
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

THE little republic of Costa Rica is
ordinarily the most peaceful of the
Central American countries and tries
to get along with the neighbors with
out trouble. But the invasion of Costa
Rica by force of troops from Nicara.
qua may spell little excitement
down that way. Presumably the Mica.
raguan soldiers are in pursuit of in.
surgents who have taken refuge in
Honduras, but that is no way to .reat
a friendly nation, and naturally Costa
Rica will demand an explanation.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
JeWeIer Dead of Poison.

Terre Haute, Indiana.-W. H.
Holman, who died Monday in his
room at the Plaza hotel, was poisoned
in Chicago Sunday by woman with
whom he came to Terre Haute on a
.rain, according to the statement of
Coroner Leavit. Helman left let
ter for the chief of police charging
the woman with his murder. He add
ed that she had continued on her way
10 New Orleans.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Fund TO Free Slaves

New York City.-Handicapped by
the small fund available for investigat-
ing the white slave traffic, John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., foreman of the grand
jury, engaged in the investigation Of
the evil In this city, is drawing upon
his own resources in the work. Police
Commissioner Baker gives assurance
that his department will cooperate
with the agents OF the grand Jury.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
sPiTzER's "PALs" SENTENCED,
BUT HE GETS DELAY BE.
CAUSE OF ILLNESS.
COURT SCORES THE PRISONERS
Tells They They Would Have Gone
Free If They Had "Made Clean
Breast"--Arrest for Stealing
Wickersham Letter.

New York City.-In the United
States circuit court Judge Martin sen.
fenced Thomas Kehoe, Patrick j.
Hennessey, John r. Boyle and Ed
ward A. Coyle, former checkers on
the Williamsburg docks of the sugar
trust who were convicted of manipu-
lating scales whereby false weights of
imports of sugar were recorded and
the government defrauded of duties,
to one year in the Blackwell's Island
penitentiary.
Oliver Splitter, convicted with the
other four, and declared by the prose
cution to have been the head and
front of the conspiracy through his
position as dock superintendent, will
be sentenced February /. He is now
In the hispital, recovering from sur
gical operation.
Judge Scores Prisoners.
Judge Martin scored the prisoners
for failing to take advantage of his
hint that they make full breast of
the matter and he would have been
leniept with them. He stated that if
they had confessed he would have sus-
pended sentence. but that in view of
the fact that they challenged the truth
oy sticking to their original stories,
although the evidence conclusively
proved their guilt, there was nothing
for him to do but to impose the Jail
sentence. 1t is expected the case will
be appealed.
They Are Sent to Tombs.
The four men were remanded to the
Tombs, and their counsel will at once
perfect an appeal in the cases.
Attorney Lexow later in the day ap-
piled to Judge Martin for stay of
the execution of the sentences and to
have the quartet admitted to bail
pending an appeal. His request was
refused.
New York City.-Thomas P.
Reilly, former employe of the sugar
trust, but now a special investigator
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, with offices in New York, was
arraigned before Federal Judge Hough
Monday on the charge of haying "un.
lawfully taken and published the fam
GUS Wickersham letter and other doc
uments from the desk of United
States District Attorney Wise"
Reilly entered plea of not guilty
and was held in $4,000 bail for trial.
1t is claimed Reilly stole the Wick
ersham letter, dealing with the prose-
cution of the sugar trust, from Wise's
office. A copy of the letter was pub
!ished in the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
The letter was written by Attorney
General Wickersham to Wise and
urged great caution in finding indict-
ments against the sugar trust, declar-
ing that great pressure was being
brought to bear on the president to
prevent the indictments.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
shaokelton to Try Aaain.

Berlin, Germany.-Lieut Ernest H.
Shackelton announces that he has de-
cided upon another Antarctic expedi-
tion. Shackelton succeeded in getting
nearer to the South Pole than any
other explorer.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
A chiId,s pexeIopmsnt.

The development of child's char
acter should not be left to the mother
alone. 1t needs the directing influence
of the mother, the strengthening in
fluence of the father. Often child's
nature. possibilities and growth are
unknown and unmatched by his father.
1t is something he does not under.
stand, because he does not study it.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Diplomacy.

Fanny, your father has been walk
ing around out there for two hours. Is
he opposed to my being in here with
your" asked the young suitor. "Tee,
hee," giggled the maiden, "of course
not. This is the night bet him you
would propose and he's waiting to see
whether he wins or loses"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Truth as a Prisoner Of war

Macaulay seeks truth. not as she
should be sought, devoutly, tentative.
iy, with the air of one touching the
hem OF sacred garment, but clutch.
ing her by the hair of the head and
dragging her after him in kind OF
boisterous triumph. prisoner of war
and not a goddess.--John Morley.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

On the whole, education might strike
out on the original line of instructing
the youth that more worthy objects
for the sacrifice OF their lives than
football can be discovered If sought
diligently. Also that there is no urg-
ent necessity for haste in bringing
their existence to an early close.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

Shooting Americans is going to
prove unhealthy sport for our South
American neighbors. But in the mean.
time all good Americans in other coun-
tries should try to keep out of trou.
bles which might naturally embarrass
their own government
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
state Troasurer-EIect Found Dead.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. - State
Treasurer-elect ], A. Stober was found
dead In bed at his home in Schoe-
neck, in the northern part of this
county. He was elected state treas
urer last November.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14

The number of colleges which put
formidable football teams in the field
increases every year. There is no
monopoly of physical prowess in any
s-ction-which is as it ought to be.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Philosophers PessImlsm

A woman is the most inconsistent
compound OF obstinacy and self-sacri.
nee that am acquainted with. --Rich,
ter
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Woman and TIme.

A woman thinks clocks were made
for the purpose of enabling her to
tell just how much she is going to be
late.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-01-14
Norway to Have Expositlon.

Early historic times in Norway are
to be illustrated at an exposition to be
held at Bergen next summer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
SPELLACY STANDS
FOR CIVIC PURITY
Bells Running Mate Develops
Into Finished Orator, to
His Own Surprise
WAS FORCED ON THE TICKET
Democratic Candidate for Lieut.
Gov. Is One of Most Popular
Men in Entire State
WAS FORCED ON THE TICKET

| No candidate now participating n
| the state campaign has attained any
wider or more hearty popularity than
Timothy Spelacy, the running mate
Of Theodore Bell. The good will al
ways extended to him in Los Angeles
has spread over the state, although for
! years he has been prominen aua |e4
| liked in California affairs.
/ 1t was not until this year however
and much against his pei ana. in
clination, that Mr.. Spellacy arpearel
as a candidate for an office 3e had
been urged for months to become his
partys candidate for governor, but
he reiterated his reply until 1t he
| came famous.
IT am for Theodore Bell replied
Mr.. Spellacy over and over again to
the opportunities that came from al
parts of the state. And he stood solid
! ly for Bell for governor. For p time
the indications were that he would be
nominated over his own opposition,
but he was insistent that he would
consider nothing but the nomination
of Mr.. Bell.
Mr.. Spellaey was in no sense q can
didate for any nomination, and he
| imagined tat he had escaped alto
gether. But, although he would no.
take the first place on the Democratic
ticket, was not permitted to retire al
together. An avalanche Of importuni-
ties, including those of Mr.. Beu nim-
self, forced him into the fight for the
lieutenant governorship: Once IN,
with a characteristic energy he began
continuous fight on which he will
accompany Mr. Bell until the last day
of the campaign.
In no time at all he astonished him
self by his oratory and the ease and
force with which he presented Demo
cratic arguments. His friends were
was in him. Now he is Acknowledged
one of the most finished speaker in
the campaign and the crowds delight
| in his speeches.
Some of hissfriends like to say that
Mr.. Spellacy is so unctuous because
! he is natural-born oil man, and thai
! Theodore Bell likes to say that he
has private information from Penn
sylvania that Spellacy was dipped in
a Crawford county oil well when but
a baby. For, although now ona Of the
biggest oil operators in central Cali
fornia, Mr.. Spellacy is pioneer of the
| Pennsylvania and Ohio oil regions. He
was born in Crawford county, Penn
sylvana, nearly half century ago.
Politics is not an unfamiliar game
to Democracy's candidate for lieuten-
ant governor, for he has taken more
unofficial part in the partys affairs
for years and has served as chairman
| of the Democratic state central COM
mittee He has also been actively
/ identified with movements for civic
and general public betterment, to
which he has not hesitated to give
freely in both time and money.
Tim" Spellacy is extremely popU
lar among workingmen, for his gem
! ial, unassuming manner is of the very
stamp that makes friends among hon.
est men anywhere. 1t has been said of
him that he has helped more men
down on their luck than has any other
l rson in California.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
CENTRAL COMMITTEE LAX
IN FREDERICKS FIGHT

The present attitude Of the Repub-
lican county central committee on the
IVoolWine charges against Captain J.
D. Fredericks is to let Mr.. Fredericks
shift for himself and fight his own
fight The combined efforts of MI
WoolWine and the rank and file of the
party promise, however, to make this
attitude rather a warm one for the
committeeman.
1.-THE committee can hardly be ex-
pected to handle all the personal re-
sponsibilities of every candidate said
Secretary Morrison yesterday after
noon. Nothing has been done about
the Woolwine statements and l don't
know that anything will be DONE Cap
tain Fredericks has been in Mexico and
is not expected back until tonight
Perhaps there may be a conference
Monday"
CaItain Fredericks could not be
found last night.