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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27

Wanted:-We want first-elass
solicitor for this city and vicinity,
Have very attractive proposition,
either on salary or commission basis.
Call and investigate. THE TINES.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
Tea-Drinklnq Festival.

The great annual tea-drinking festi
val in connection with the churches
and chapels OF Blackburn, England
was celebrated recently, the number
of the participants being estimated al
$4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
Rev. /. W. Williams Testifies

Rev. I. w. Williams, Huntington
W. Va, writes us as follows: This
is 20 certify that I used Foley.s Kid
ney Remedy for nervous exhaustion
and kidney trouble and am free to
say that Foley's Kidney Remedy
will do all that you claim for it.
@. ". Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27

Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for organ
ic disease. Burdock Blood Bitters
purfies the blood-cures the-cause--
builds you up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27

During the long, dreary winter
months mothers become tired, worn
out, can't eat, sleep or work. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is the
greatest blessing for mothers.
Makes them happy, healthy and
strong. Fox Bros. Phar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
- The -
Scrap Book
Yes, he Was Hurt.

There had been a barroom fight in a
frontier town. One man was fright
fully mangled with bowie knife. The
surgeon said that he could not live
and described his condition in the
technical terms of his profession, tell
ing Of injuries to certain cartilages.
membranes. and so forth. When he
had gone away n friend Of the dying
man called to Inquire II he was really
In danger. asking. rs Jim much hurt?"
els Jim Joyce hurtT replied one Of
the crowd. rs Jim hurt! Why. man,
the doc says that all Of the Latin part
Of his bowels Is gone"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
Goodby.

Goodby.
We say 1t for an hour or for years:
We say 1t smiling. say II choked with
tears:
We say 1t coldly. say 1t with kiss.
And yet we have no other word than this
'Goodby.''
We have no dearer word for our hearts
friend.
For him who journeys to the worlds far
end,
And scars our soul with going; thus we
say rera
AS unto him who steps but Ger the way.
"Goodby."
Alike to those we love and those we hate.
We say no more in parting. At LIES gate
To him who passes out beyond earth's
sight aa1
We cry, as to the wanderer for a night.
''Goodby."
-Grace DEMO Litchfeld.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
Proceedings Of the County Board


CONTINUED Last Week.
Upon motion vote of thanks was extended Miss
Smith the splendid report of the condition of the schools
of the County
The bill of the of Bayfield, for taking of small
pox patients amounting $2688O presented and was
upon motion allowed The County CLERK directed to
draw order for same The bill Of the Town Lincoln for
fare of consumptve patient Petra Peterson) amounting
1923 90 presented and upon motion allowed and
County Clerk directed to draw order for s5
The following report of the expenditures of the County
Board the year ending Nov 1s 1909 and
ordered filed.
Salary of Co. officers. .&lO 646 sc
Salary and expense Supt. of schools ], 283 AZ
Salary and extra Supv of Assess 789 SIS
Salary of Highway Commissioner 9a9 Sc
Per diem mage and Com work Of County Board 12356O
Expense OF Superv of Assess. 49,
Expense OF purchasing agent 1896
Postage 900 IL
Blank books $4,000
Stationary and printing for all Co officers and
outfits for all towns 7l7O5
Legal printing including delinquent list
and Tax Deed notice lO75. 40
Election prtg ballots and election notices 1895. 80
Statistical reports including auditor 148 10
lState school library 7l4.51
Lawsbooks for Courts 1925
Law expenses clerk of COURT Dstt Atty 55l 48
County roads and bridges including mill tax 1888 t8
Illegal and Comp 734. Is
Care dependent children 1O6.79
Expense maintaining Co. Buildings
Fuel $3.50
Lights 3S2.7
Water l66.OO
Telephones including tolls rental for part last year 237 GA
Permanent fixtures 3745
Supplies 112. 80
Insurance 1880
Rents l245l
Coroners iuquests 1913. 80
Transient poor 46] IA
Contagious diseases
Boarding prisoners and insane 1893. 81
Obtaining evidence and transporting prisoners 1853
Transporting insane to State institutions 10000
Clothing prisoners and insane for part of last year @ 40
Medical attendance for prisoners and insane 339. 48
Insane at County Institutions 1901
First Municipal Court 2O8.3
Seconn Municipal Court 289. rs
Justice Court $780,
BAYFIELD, County Fair Association 100000
Repayment of tax collected to Towns 25O2. 81
Total $46. 875. 20
All of which is respectfully submitted
Nes M Oscar, County Clerk
The following resolution presented and was upon
motion adopted.
by the County Board of Bayfield, County annual
assembled this 9th day of Nov 1909 that the following
County Taxes be levied the taxable property the
County of Bayfield, for the year 1909
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27
The Shake.

"What did you say last night when
Jack asked you to marry him2"
II shook my head"
sideways or up and down?"-Bos'
BON Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27

There is no piety in keeping an nm
sust promise German Pr0verb.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-27

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Resolved further that the
county clerk is hereby directed
to spread the above accounts
on the tax rolls of the several
towns and cities and collected
as provided by law.
Dated this 9th day Of Nov. 1900.
Henry Wachsmuth.
Upon motion the county clerk
was allowed $500 for extra
clerk hire.
The Chairman appointed the
following members of the Board
to act on the committee on Can
cellation-A. I. Lien. L Bates,
Ole Aune, Geo Mertz and Ole
Ramstead.
Upon motion Board adjourned
until the first Monday in Febru-
airy 1910. Nels M Oscar
County Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
General Shaver Wants to Know.

General R. G. Shaver is a great reader and wants to keep up with the times. He says he has read all about ''squaring the circle" and on perpetual motion, !" and in view of recent events, now wants some one to explain the "dirigibility of the indirigibles." The Star will respect fully submit this to one Walter Wellman, or next to John Pfinning, as a representative of Count Zeppelin.
 Furthermore General Shaver says that it long has been supposed that the Lord allowed wars and pestilence to keep down the population, but in these times of peace has substituted automobiles and aeroplanes-the former to eliminate the millionaires and the latter the fools.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
nonbls the Production.

When the farmer learns how to make twenty acres produce what he now gets from forty he will be a double benefactor to mankind. He will make his own living from half the number of acres with third less work and leave a nice farm for some other progressive tiller of the soil to duplicate his feat. The demand for foodstuffs is far in excess of the SUD- ply. The farmer who practically wastes half his land because he IS producing only 30 per cent of the yield he ought to produce is cheat ing the consumers of half their sup ply-in other words, is putting the world on half rations.
 Idle land or land that is only half cultivated constitutes an economic crime. We are rapidly absorbing this fact, but we will not come in possession of our full measure of happiness and prosperity until in- tensive farming becomes the rule rather than the exception. Para gould Sylophone.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
That Postal Deficit

Last winter the president and the postmaster general, after long con sideration of the postal deficit, agreed that the only feasible way to get rid of it would be by increasing the postage rate magazines.
 The fourth assistant postmaster general, P. V. Degraw, expresses the opinion that a parcels post on the rural routes would convert the deficit into a surplus. With a rate of five cents for the first pound and two cents for each additional pound Mir. DeGraw figured that three packages day for each carrier on rural routes would produce an ad- ditional revenue of 16 million dollars a year. This would take care of the 6 million dollars deficit and leave surplus of 10 million dollars. Be- sides, it would greatly extend the usefulness of the postal service.
 It had been suspected for some time that the administration could find some othey way of meeting the deficit in the Postoffice Department than by assessing the magazines, if it really wanted to.-Kansas City Star
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

week and of hearing Mir. Roosevelt make a speech. He is not physically as large a man as expected to see,
 but he impressed me as possessing an unusual amount of energy and determination,
 He is not an orator, but is simply a forceful speaker who impresses you as being a sincere man who be- lieves himself what he says. He convinces you that he is honest and if you hold his respect you must be honest. In fact that appears to be a distinguishing characteristic in his make up. He is as big as the big gest man and and as little as the least and the question of honesty is the great leveler which brings both big and little on common ground. think that is the secret of his great ness. He holds it to be his duty as a good citizen to attack dishonest men and dishonest business, no matter whom or what. He is sim ply a plain American citizen and beyond doubt is the most popular man in the world today. He meas ures a man for what he is and not for what he appears to be and this is carried into social, business and political life.
 If he is nominated for President in 1912 he will be elected. Thousands of Democrats will vote for him un- less the Democratic puts forward a mighty good man and convinces the people that the Democrats really mean to return to the basic princi- ples of Democracy and re-establish the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian De- mocracy. Roosevelt himself is tend in that direction, He seems to be getting more and more toward Lin coin Republicanism. The people be- lieve in him and so long as the believe in man they follow him unquestioning.
 Most people do not think at all, as they prefer to have some one else to do their thinking for them. It is easier and they prefer to drift. The next two years will bring some curi- ous alignments and the hope of the people are in such men as Roosevelt La Toilette, Cummings, Bryan, Tom Watson and others, who are on the line of getting back to a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and who want to turn the rascals out of public office. The Waldron Sentinel.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Wheat in Arkansas.

We are not accustomed to think of Arkansas as wheat state.
 And it is not, when compared with the Dakotas, and yet avery cons der able amount of the cereal is grown here.
 And the acreage is increasing.
 There was three-quarters of mil lion nor bushels raised in the state this year than last, and so successful has been the culture that the acre age will probably be greatly increas- ed next year.
 In 1909, Arkansas produced ,721. : 600 bushels and this year the pro- duction amounted to 2,516,000 bush els.
 An increase of 58 per cent in yield in one year is gratifying.
 It shows, for one thing, that the Arkansas farmer is becoming more independent, and determined more than ever to live at home.
 It also shows that the leaven of crop diversification is at work.
 Southern wheat makes q high grade flour, and Arkansas wants the best. and therefore proposes to raise it.-Arkansas Derocrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

road, and felt that after that long it was entitled to at least a chance to build the road or get some inter- est to do so. The people desired to be something more than mere pas sive victims of a "dog in the man. ger" policy.
 But, another thought.
 The Gazette truly states that Hot Springs is as much interested as Mena in the proposed road or should be. And it is.
 Now, how about Little Rock? That city is putting on airs as though it was a real commercial center. It invites the people of all the state to come there to buy goods. It desires to be the wholesale center of Ar kansas, and yet it can never hope to reach into this rapidly developing territory until this Mena- Hot Springs line is completed. To get that trade would be big plum for the Capital City. Will it not help in the picking?
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Tackled the Wrong Man.

There came into the office of Clement J. Driscoll, Commissioner of Weights and Measures in New York City, the other day dapper sales man with brand new scale from Toledo. It's the honestest thing out, he acclaimed as he set it up for inspection. Large dial so the GUS toner can see the exact weight. Magnifying glass and mirror so the computation will be always in sight, and the machinery locked away in a sealed case.'
 Except the tare beam,' quickly added Commissioner Driscoll, and that's right on the job for the store keeper. And here's how you teach lem how to workit.' Driscoll pulled off his coat, and a slight flush passed over the saleman's face. He laid the coat on the scales, weighed it honestly, and then let a weight in one pocket drop down to the tare beam, which bucked the weight nearly three pounds. By this time the saiesman's face was purple. Driscoll took from a drawer in his desk twenty little bags filled with shot. One by one he tossed them on the scales and at 12 cents per pound the twenty of them were worth $1. .36 weighed separately. But thrown on altogether they weighed to a value of only SIPS.
 And when you are selling this scale you tell 'em it throws all the marginal half ounces to the house, Driscoll hammered pitilessly into his visitor, and you tell 'em it'll save lem full dollar a day in velvet.
 Now this city pays $10,000 a year to teach merchants to be honest, and your company pays you $12,000 a year or even more to teach 'em to be dishonest. You can go to your company and tell 'em the games up.
 The salesman was making for the door. Driscoll was all smiles.
 Those little shotted bags, he said as the door clicked, were that sales mans own goods. And that coat trick I learned from him also. Last week two of my men chartered lit tie grocery store for day and had computing scales people come to dis play their wares. recognized this one from their description of him and his way of beating the record. !" From the November American Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Hints on Health.

Try te secure at least eight hours sleep.
 Your sleeping apartment should be thoroughly ventilated with win dows open.
 Never take a cold bath immediate ly after exercising and especially avoid going out too soon.
 In these deep breathing exercises see that the chest is expanded and the abdominal muscles drawn in.
 You should regulate your exercise and your diet with a certain time every day set aside for the work Never exercise for at least one hour and a half after eating.
 Eat regularly and slowly and mas ticate the food thoroughly. Avoid drinking too much water at meals and midnight feasts before retiring
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
Few Men Remember Anniversaries.

Men are mot so much" when 1t comes to remembering anniversaries. says Erman J. Ridgway in The De- lineator for November. Occasional ly you will happen upon a nan who has been married more than five years who remembers to provide some little surprise for his wife on the wedding anniversary without any assistance from her, but usually it's safer for her to drop little hint a week or ten days before the event.
 Just long enough bcfore so it won t slip out of his mind again. For men are so busy, you know. So busy providing food. clothing and shelter
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
FROM MENA To HOT SPRINGS

Those men from Mena said in effect that they were tired of waiting on the Kansas City Southern to build the long-wanted line from hiena to Hot Springs; so they got a charter from the State Board of Railway Incorpor- ation for the Mena and Hot Springs Railway Company. At the same meet ing the board refused charter to the proposed line that the Kansas City Southern company is supposed to be behind.
 The best way to get a railroad is to build one. Not only would Mena be another city with railroad through to Hot Springs, but Hot Springs would vastly benefit by having rail- road west to connect with the Kansas City Southern at Mena. Hot Springs should not only meet Mena half way, but more than half way in the build ing of the proposed line. A new coun- try would be opened and both terminal cities would be gathers.
 Get your money together and begin to throw dirt. The gods help them that help themselves. So do the rail- road gods.-Arkansa Gazette.
 Tn the above editorial the Gazette shows a correct understanding of the Mena-Hot Springs situation. Mena waited in vain for five years on promises made by the company that held q charter to build that
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
BUT POLK COUNTY LEADS.

The Little River News is not to be blamed at all for bragging a little because it's county won four first premiums and two seconds at the state fair. That's only commend able pride. But Polk county with its big main exhibit barred because SC far superior that no other would compete, yet carried away twelve firsts and seven seconds. Besides that The Star firmly believes had Polk county shown pea hay, peanut hay, native hay and bermuda grass. four of the articles on which Little River county was awarded prem iums, it would have brought home the ribbons.
 Really. the surprise of it is always with us, but it is a fact that cannot be denied, that when Polk county producers really try they can grow most any crop to a perfection that places it far ahead in the race of supremacy.
 And never before have the people of our county made the progress in this line as during this year. This not only applies to crops of the farm, orchard and garden. but to all kinds of live stock and poultry.
 Polk county is not only in the lead of all for health, comfortable climate and beauty. but is to be garden spot of the earth.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
THE HARVEST TIME

This is the Harvest Time for the people of Polk county-and one of the best they have ever seen.
 In most parts crops have been abundant and the market prices good.
 The Star has been faithful for many years. It has been a regu- lar visitor to many hundreds of homes in good times and bad, in prosperity or adv, rsity. When it's readers. or any of them, were hard pressed, it has been wiling to extend every possible accom- modation, taking that which came in a thankful spirit.
 As result, a good many, some from carelessness, some from other reasons. are now in arrears. A few so much so that the post office department may compel us to stop the paper whether we want to or not.
 But this is Harvest Time-the time when most men can best Square accounts" and we trust that The Star, which endeavors to serve at all times, may not be for gotten.
 Come in and pay up what you owe if you can. If you can't, come in and see us anyhow.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

for the body that poor little Cupid is often forgotton-sh -shivering out here in the cold.
 I wish could think of some valid excuse for the men. But l can't.
 They are no buster providing food i, clothing and shelter than the wom- en. They forget, I fear, as dogs delight to bark and bite"--because 1t is their nature to forget. They will tell you that they remember the occasion and it's significance. That it is only the date they forget. .-lhe Delineator for November.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
NOTICE To coNFIRM r1rLE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of October, 1910, Charl Burnett filed in my office his petition to the Chancery Court or Polk county, Arkansas, praying that said Court at It's October Term 1910, by It's decree confirm and quiet his title to the following described lands situate in Polk County, Ar kansas to-wit; NW4 NW4 Section 9, and NEH NEA Section 26 Township South. Range p West. Therefore all persons claim Ing any Interest In and to said lands or any part thereof are hereby warned and called upon to appear in said Court within seven weeks from this date and show cause, if any there be, why the title Of the said petitioner ln and to said lands and every part thereof should not be forever quieted and confirmed
 Witness my hand as clerk of said Court on this 18th day Of october, 1910.
 iO-ot H. J. Green, Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

Judge A. A. Gibson of Hemp stead county, announces that he is going to do some unusual things in looking after road building. Now these things he talks about are only unusual in that they are just plain, careful observance of the laws of the state and of common sense, and if The Star does not miss it's guess Judge Elect Martin will be equally as ef- ficient along the same lines.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

should be avoided. Drink plenty of water between meals and upon ris- ing and retiring.
 If you are in the habit of bathing every day the baths should be of short duration, beginning with warm water and gradually making it cool CT until comfortable.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

It is interesting to note that the same papers that tell of the destruc- tion of Walter Wellman's "Ameri- ca," announce that Count Zeppelin will next month open regular pas senger service between points in Germany with new airship. Then will come little breeze and breezy bit of news to print.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

It may be, as some say, that Ben Cravens is just campaigning !" when he goes over his district with experts on farming, but if it is, it is a mighty good system. Any man who helps to teach the producer how to increase his crops and be more prosperous, is benefactor up-to- date.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
nl74a--In rnresi
Ul7f3--In Forest.
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION apartment of the Interior, U. s. Land

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U, $. Land Onfoa at Camden, Arkansas, Oct l7, 1910 Notice is hereby given that
 STEPHEN BATES
 or Big Fork. Arkansas who on Februarv 10 lg0i: made Homestead Entry Serial No 9lItSl No. 27bS6, for N1S sEI4, Sec. ' and NWil SM ~ 4, section E. Iownship3 South, Range 2s West, 9th Prin. Meridian, has filed notice oS intention to make final five-year proof to establish claim to the Iand above describad nslore the County Clerk Of Polk County. at Der, 19l0 N'Fo"- , Claimant names as witnesses: William Hendrix, Edward Coogan, Elijah B. Rates oeI~ H. c. Friedheim, Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
No Reason At fiji.

Gertrude Atherton says she sees no reason why woman should not smoke cigarettes. No, nor why they should not drink whiskey and "cuss, she might.have added. It's all owing to the kind of woman. Arkansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27
02l54-In Fores,

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. department Of the Interior U. $. Land office
 at Camden, Ark, Oct. i7, 1910. Notice Is hereby given that
 ROBERT D. WOOD Of Shady, Ark, who on March r 1g05 made Homestead Entry Serial No. 02l54), No. 2s57O Tor Wh NW4, SEH NW4 and NlsA SWlf' section D, Townships S., Range g w, 5th rrincipal Meridian, has filed notice of inten. tlon to make final five-year proof to establish ciaim to the land above described, before county clerk Of Polk county, at Mena, Ark. on the 26th day Of November, 1910.
 Claimant names as witnesses: l. M Hat held, J. l.. Arnold and George W. Lawrence Arkansas . Oct. a II. c. Frsedheln Ragt.tar
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

With death and destruction along the Florida coast almost equaling that of the Galveston horror it is easy to. forget the pleasures of coast life in the safety and comfort of the 0narke
The Mena weekly star., 1910-10-27

Anyhow, it's safe to surmise that Walter Wellman and his companions felt mighty fine when they changed their footing from the airship to the water kind.