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The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Mir. Voter, do you want depository! Let us see if you do.
 What are the advantages to be de- rived from it?
 The president of one of the leading banks of Polk county says the county money is worth to any bank four thou sand dollars per year.
 Would four thousand dollars addition al money be worth anything to you!
 Suppose it be divided among the school districts of the county. This would mean to each district about S50 additional money. It is needless for me to say that this means from one to two months additional schooling for each boy and girl of school age in Polk county.
 You will find on the ticket at the coming primary flor depository" and against depository. fyou vote flor depository" it will only mean that you have designated to your senator and representative that you desire law passed by the legislature requiring pulp lie moneys to be deposited with the bank agreeing to pay the highest rate of interest, consistent with absolute safety of the deposit.
 If you see fit to nominate me for your sheriff, I will immediately upon election proceed to give you the benefits of de- pository law, in so far as the public moneys in the hands of the sheriff and collector are concerned, and not make the same dependent upon the passage of an act by the legislature, which would require year or more to put in- to effect with the consequent loss to you.
 It has been suggested that 1, as sher- if, would have no legal right to make a deposit and you receive intererst omit.
 The difference between loan and a deposit is quite considerable. The law does prohibit the LOANING of money by officers but it is no more a violation of law for an officer to depos- it your money with a contract whereby
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

the railroad game from the ground floor up; the man who has the endorsement of twelve hundred union labJrers in his home town, who is also endors, d by every retail merchant in hts county; man who stands for a square deal" and wants to see a com mission in this state that wiii see that his class gets their rights as well as the special interests get theirs. You want to deal fa,rly by the railroads, because they are very necessary to our states flu. ture development. We must have rates and facilities that will put the least burden on all and at the same time be com pensatory to the railroads. To do this, put ma1 on the commission from the Southern district who has DO strings on him, who will go into office with no promises but to the V hole people; man who is pay; ing his own expenses and has DO Jobbers association paying his bills, nor does he ride on free transportation over the district, which has been furnished for some future favor. Such a ser. want will surely be, and ask you as man who wants his fel- low workmen benefited, to vote for me as your railroad cymmis, sioner. Remember, I am yout neighbor on the north and hayes personal feeling as such for you.
 Yours Truly, w24 d26 l.. F. Lake.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
request-postage paid and free as Arkansas mountain air.
 Better get copy.
WHAT A STRIKE TIGHT DO.

The chances of big railroad tie up through a strike of the fremen are looming up greater instead of growing less.
 How many people in Mena and Polk county have given a thought to the result if the Kansas City South ern should cease to operate for a month.
 The canned goods, the flour, the meal, the sugar, coffee, meat and al- most everything that supplies our tables would be exhausted long be- fore that time had elapsed.
 Each week there are several car. loads of meat shipped into Polk county over the railroad. What would happen when the supply was cut off?
 It would be hard lesson to oui entire people. It would teach them the folly of depending on other states for the necessities that we should produce at home.
 It would be a lesson that would lead to more prosperity for ali of ds and it would be a lesson that would gc far to demonstrate the cause for the high cost of living that we prate SC much about.
 The strike may not come. It is tc be hoped that it will not. Sucf events are always calamities to hun dreds and thousands.
 But think about what it would mean, and of the lessons that ws should learn without having to suffer to do so.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT

There IS no shadow of doubt but one of the best pieces of literature ever written about Arkansas is "A Story of An Arkansas Farm" re- gently published in the Saturday Evening Post-and it tells, too. of how life was made joy in a noun tain home, where green hills rose high and pure water flowed freely just as they do in Polk county.
 This story is history of how a man who knew, did things-a story of success. It should be read by every farmer and farmers wife and boy and girl in Arkansas. It has been read by thousands outside of Ar kansas and will be read by thousands more whose previous conception of our beloved state has been based on the caricatures painted by produc- cers of comic literature whose aim was to reap dollars from those who would read and laugh.
 To laugh is one of the blessed privileges of the race without it the world would as well cease to exist, but Arkansas has been used too long as subject for joking as wise men are finding out. Soon tbe laugh will be on the other fellow
 the fellow who has let his best chances pass by, who sees smarter men reveling in the good things he has failed to grasp in Arkansas.
 And--this is free advertisement the Missouri Pacific Railway Com pany. with headquarters at St. Louis. Mo-. but with many miles of lines in Arkansas. has grasped a good thing and has had printed thou sands of copies of "A Story of An Arkansas Farm" one of which it will mall.to you or anyone else--on your
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
Appreciates Mena.
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
 Dear Sir:---Through the columns of your paper I'd like to express my appreciation of Mena and her citi- zens. It seems to me a pity that your splendid town is not more ad- vertlsed so that the people in general may know of it's advantages even though they don't happen to have some friend living in Mena Personally I'd have never known of the merits of the place if it had not been for friend who stumbled mon information regarding the town and moved here. The town deserves to be rated high among both summer and winter resorts. After personal observation l consider the climate here superior to that of Colorado New Mexico or Washington. 1 came here somewhat broken in health and during the first three weeks I gained seventeen pounds and in two months time feel that l am ready to oo back to my business.
 incidentally, I'd like to say a word of appreciation for the uniformly kind and courteous treatment accord ed me by all classes of business men and citizens of Mena. But. Mr Editor, above all things let the out side world know that the trains do more than simply whistle when theg pass through Mena. People all over this country are just as anxious to know that there is place with such rare advantages as the people of Mena are to have them know 1t. II the Lord permits me to live I'll ba back in Mena next year when the hlizzards begin to sweep Iowa.
 Yours sincerely.
 $. A. Southworth.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
 JUST A LITTLE EXPERIENCE

The Mena Star is of the opinion that the people of Polk county are nearly all white, and mostly of north ern origin, but it fails to remember that it takes an announcement in black type, Born and raised in Polk county Arkansaw," on candidates card to insure his nomination. Tex arkana Courier.
 There's a good deal of news" in the above editorial paragraph from our contemporary of the Ark. Tex. town The Star is at loss to know what it was based on, but
 The people of Polk county ARE nearly all white all but about 40 industrious, well-behaved negroes. Others not needed.
 The people of Polk county are NOT mostly northerners. but there are many such, and the majority ele- ment-of and from the South---are glad of it, and welcome as friends and neighbors all Northerners, East erners or Westerners who come to live among them.
 And---at last---" Born and raised in Polk county, Arkansaw" is not an essential to the success of a candi- date. Born in any other state is as well if the quality is there, and the candidate has been here long enough to demonstrate it.
 Mayf
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
To the Voters of Polk County:

As candidate tor railroad com
 missioner from the Southern Dis
 trict wish to call your special
 attention to the importance of this office and ask you to give it
 the same consideration as you
 would the gogernorship because It is of the gravest moment 10 you who represents you on the commission. Being a farmer. one of the producing class, know that pay the freight in advance when l sell my products because l get only the market price less the freight to the market. If you are a farmer you can readily recognize this truth. If you are a laborer, man on sal ary or retail merchant you know you have to pay the freight on that which you purchase and in purchasing in small quantities you have to pay freight at the less than carload local rates which are the main source of rev. enue to the railroads.
 The jobber is only interested in the carload rates and if he can have voice in making the car. load rate he is willing for the railroad company to fix the local at any old thing they care to make them.
 The carload freight is not the profit-making business for the railroads because it IS usually highly competitive business and low rates are made to the distrib uting cities of Fort Smith, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and a few other points. By being well organized the Jobbers get theirs, we com. mon everyday people who are not organized continue to be robbed by the high local rates on less than carload quantities. and if ~e wait or the jobbers to fix that end of the drag we will wait long time because 1t is their end of 1t that concerns them and they are making strenuous efforts to nominate J. L. Caldwell of Pine Bluff for Commissioner because he stands for them, draws a sal ary of S200 per month from their so-called Board of Trade and ia having hls campaign expenses paid by them. Remember if is l.. E. Lake whose hide they are trying to get so they can land a man who belongs 10 them and will be bridlewise in their hands
 Now you producers and con. sumcrs stop minute and let this soak in. and then go to the polls and vote for a man who is one of you. Vote for mau who knows
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

and you can underscore the words to your hearts content, that poli- tics has nothing to do with this agricultural school business. The men who have it in charge are not politicians. But they are of, for and with the farmers and producers, and their earnestness is convincing.
 Several of these commissioners have their homes in counties that are hard contenders for this school. Each has pride in his own county and city, and each doubtless would be most glad to see it located there, but the committee that represented Mena and Polk county knows that they will locate the institution where they believe it will do the greatest of good and be the greatest success. Success is what they want.
 There are five cities trying for the school. No one knows what any one of these will offer. But these things are conceded we know:
 Polk county's soils are all that are desired.
 Polk county's water is of the best.
 Polk county's climate is not equal ed by that of the other localities.
 Polk county represents, topo- graphically, great portion of the state not represented in the location of the other schools.
 Polk county people are alive to the value of the training that would be given here because it would teach the boys how to farm Polk county soils and the highland soils of Arkansas.
 But-and here comes the rub. At least some of these things may be offset by other advantages presented by the other counties that want this school-and therefore. we must get up cash bonus that will give us d sure balance in our favor to win. Even if we should assume that the commissioners all lived in Mena. as none do. and wanted to place the school here. they must be able to go before the court of their own con science.and show a reason. The Star believes that the decision on April 6 will be based on merit, and merit only. And don't forget, dollar you thought of adding to the bonus fund, and did not, won't do any more good than evidence an attorney has but does not put before the court.
 And, finally. our visitors admired greatly our many evidences of pub lie spirit, our park. our fine side walks, our good streets and roads. And they want to locate a school where such public spirit exists and thrives.
 Don't let the school go elsewhere for the lack of it.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
MENA AND THE AGRICULTURE
 AL SCHOOL

The Star wishes to again empha- size the deep regret that every man and woman in Polk county could not have heard the words spoken last Thursday night by the three commis- sioners, who were here to view our country and weigh our claims to one of the four state agricultural schools. Except for a mishap, great part of these talks would have been given to the readers of this paper. As it is, but a brief summary of a few of the points brought out are published.
 Mena has been favored by a good many addresses by men trained in great agricultural colIeges-men sent out by the government because of their technical book knowledge, and received valuable information But s. M. Sampson, w. F. Tate and P. B. Jackson are Arkansas farmers, who have made their chosen occupa- ton success. They are men who have been chosen by our governor to do great work, because they have
 demonstrated that they KNOW HOW {, farm, and by this study and appli- cation to their work, have proven their ability to help others. This is why they were chosen and it is to the everlasting credit of Governor ponaghey that he chose 80 well,
 | IS well, too, to say right here.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
ONE WEAK SPOT
Most Mena People Have a Weak Part
 and Often It's the Back.


 Everyone has weak spot. x
 Too often it's il bad back,
 Twinges follow every sudden twist.
 Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
 Tells you the kidneys need he 'p-7 For backache is really kidney. ache.
 A kidney cure is what you need.
 Deans Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys.
 Cure backache and urinary ills.
 Good proof in the following statement
 Ms. NJ. V. Wilson, 5O5 S. Ninth street, Fort Smith, Ark. says: 'sAn almost constant, dul. ache across the small of my back, always more severe when l exert. ed myself or caught cold, bother ed me for several months. The kidney secretions were q lso il source of annoyance on account of their frequency in passage. ! finally decided to try Doan's kld ney Pills and had my husband procure a supply for me. Alter l had taken the contents of ' couple of boxes of this remedy, l was cured.
 For sale by all dealers. Price DO cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. r., sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the namc-Doan ; and take no other,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Uncle Joe" has not been deposed from the speakership chair yet. But when the House declared him in- eligible to serve as chairman of the Rules Committee. it took away his "big stick" There is no question but things are turning up that will show President Taft that he got in with the wrong crowd.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
Democratic vote counted.

Democratic vote counted.
 11th-I have always voted with my party, and 1 believe that my every vote and every act as a member of Congress will be approved by ninetynine per cent of the Democrats of this district.
 12th-I have been endorsed
 by the entire Arkansas Dele gation of Congress to appoint Iment to the first vacancy on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, the most sought-after party appointment in Congress, and after only two years service,
 at the recommendation of our Democratic leader, the Hon.
 orable Champ Clark, I have
 been appointed a member of the Committee on Military Al
 fairs, another of the very i'm
 portant committees of the House.
 My opponent has charged that
 l was absent from my post of duty last summer when 1 should have been in Washington. After the Tariff Bill passed the House and was sent to the Senate for consideration, there was nothing for the House to do and 1 came home and remained until the Senate passed the bill. 1 left Washington, however, with the and consent of our Democratic leader, as did nine tenths of the members of Con- gress, and returned to Wash ington on the first train after receiving notice from him to come, and again worked and voted against the iniquitous Tariff Bill.
 l am trying to conduct my race, as 1 have all others, in al gentlemanly, dignified way. Il know nothing of my opponent what he himself says. Since coming home l have met him on the stump at places where it was possible, for me to go, and hope to meet him again when it is possible for me to get away.
 Remember, too, that ever since 1 have been in Congress the Republicans have had a large majority in that body. 1 think the next House will be Democratic, and l want an opportunity to sec what can do for the Fourth District in a Democratic Con- gress.
 l have tried to serve you faithfully and efficiently, and II you approve of my seryie and l
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

my efforts in your behalf, l earnestly ask your vote and support, knowing that with the experience I have gained, 1 can render you better service during my next term.
 Yours respectfully,
 Ben Cravens,
 Candidate for Congress.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

John c. Mabray and thirteen of his gang of swindlers are in jail await ing sentence for their crimes. This coterie of sharps preyed only on rich men, and it is interesting that every man who was heeced entered into the game with the idea that by a "sure-thing" trick he was going to fleece someone else.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Congress still has Cannon on it's hands, and seems undecided as to just what it will do with him. And of Joe, it is only fair to say that he is standing batter" than ever.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Glavis. who stirred up all this row about the Guggenheims trying to steal tho Alaska coal fields. is but 26 years old. Let us hope that he may live to be hundred and con- tinue to try to protect the people from the rich plunderers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Rockefeller's million dollar charity scheme is a record breaker, of course, but that sort of charity rare ly if ever develops strong. self-re- liant men-the ideal American.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

There is not much noise about it, but the men who are serving Mena by working for the agricultural school, are right on the job.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

The California lemon crop prom ises to be big this year, and many an Arkansas candidate will get This" next week.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Peary now proposes to take his proofs to London. Why don't he also take himself there and let it go at that. And, while he's at it he has our consent to take the North Pole with him.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

Senator Davis asserts tss that that his his present unpleasant predicament is due to the work of some political enemy" As it was his own words that got him into it he evidently banged the nail on the head the first tinno
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

The trust that the trusts place in Aldrich and Cannon is what makes the people place these men in the distrusted class.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
An Open Letter From Ben
 Cravens

bAAN CAA VII NCAAo trict
 I came home on the 9th ot March, after having pared With a Republican in Congress so as not to lose a Democratic vote, and 1 came to assist my father, William M. Cravens, who IS candidate for Circuit Judge ot the circuit in which he lives. This is the first office he has ever asked for, although he has lived here more than forty years. He has done more for me than any man in the world and if were ungratetul enough or so lacking in love for him as not to come to his assistance when 1 can be of help, l would not consider myself worthy to represent you in Congress, nor worthy of your respect and friendship. He made many sacrifices for me when l was dependent upon him, and now I am going to do all can for him in his race for Judge, and II do not believe there IS a father who loves his son, or a son who loves his father, in the whole Fourth Congressional Dis trict who will blame me.
 I understand my opponent for Congress advertises himself as an orator of national repu- tation, and that 1 am afraid to lmeet him on the stump. To those who have heard him speak, this statement needs no answer, and those of you who have read his literature, but have not heard him, 1 ask that you will talk to someone who has. 1 have met him in three counties where it was possible for me to go without taking too much time.
 He charges that l am un- popular at home. 1 was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and have never lived anywhere else, and to this charge l am going to give the vote of my home, Fort Smith, in my first race for Congress: Cravens, 1868, Byrne, 424, and this was after 1 had served as Prosecuting Attorney, an office where man naturally makes enemies.
 My opponent also says he knows of nothing l have ac- complished as your member of Congress. should not like to be held responsible for all my opponent does not know l am, however, sure that you know | better than this. but for his benefit 1 will cite a few of the things that occur to me now that 1 have accomplished:
 1st--I induced the President Iof the United States to name lone of our greatest battleships after our great state of Arkansas
 2nd-At my own expense toured the entire Fourth Con Igressional District in the interest of the farming element with three experts from the Agri- cultural Department. and ac- complished much good.
 3rd-I helped organize the Red River Improvement Asso- citation, which h already secured an appropriation of S160, 900 for the improvement of Upper Red River, which runs through my district.
 4th-I helped secure from the United States Drainage De- partment an examination of the overAowed parts of the Red and Sulphur River valleys in my district, and from this examination a recommendation has been made that money be Appropriated to do this work. which will reclaim more than 10000 acres of fine farming lands.
 5th-I have secured the issu- ance of Patents to numberless poor homesteaders, whose claims were held up and sought to be cancelled by the Forest Service.
 6th-I have secured pensions
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-06
MISSION MEETING PROGRAM

Program for the Fannie r. Gary Mis-
sionary Society meeting to be held at
the Baptist church Thursday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.
Opening hymn, ITO the Work.
Bible reading, Power for Service
Jno 1-12; Acts Is; Phil. 4-12:13: lisa.
40-29:31; Heb. 4:12-16.; Matt. -2S:1S-20.
Prayer, for personal concentration.
Questions and answers on Japan by
Miss Maud Bowen and Miss Alta Pear
son.
Japan Beautiful, Mrs. Paul Durand.
The Japanese Mind, Character and
Environment, Mrs. John Edwards.
Japanese Homes, Mrs. J. H. Dean.
Christmas in Japan, from the Lady
Of the Decoration, Mrs. j. G. Spurlin.
Duet, Miss Marguerite Porter, Miss
Mary Gates.
The Religions of Japan, Mrs. r. A
Burford.
Japan Needs Christianity, Mrs S A
Standby.
Solo, Miss Leta Camp.
Our Missionaries in Japan, Mrs. ]
II. livingston.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-06
IMPORTATION TO IMMIGRANTS

Several of our business men circu-
lated a notice on Saturday calling for
a meeting to be held at Mr.. Scott's Of
flee to discuss the matter of furnish
ing information of a reliable character
to would-be settlers and providing a
vehicle through which desirable land
could be offered to the large influx ot
newcomers.
The concensus of opinion was that a
corporation with reasonable amount
of capital should be established and
that the policy would be to get all the
solid business men of Ocala and the
county at large to cooperate in the
good work.
Messrs Boozer, Clarkson, McIver and
Chambliss were appointed to lay the
plans before the merchants and others.