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The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
s. C. Nj. A. Notice.

The regular monthly meeting of stockholders of the Shippins Canning and Manufacturing As, sociation will be held at the courI house Tn Mena, Polk county, Ar. kansas, on the first Friday in each month at 2 p. m. All mem bers should attend as there is business of importance to consid. CT. Everybody invited to come and investigate our association and see what we are doing; and join Us if you will, iu pushing Polk county to the front row on the markets of other states. Our directors meet monthly on Tues day prior to stockholders meeting. Canteloupe seeds must be d.s. and money made up to order at Unce.
 A. l.. Durham, Pres.
 R. Osborn, Sec'y.
 J. L. Gates, Manager.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
OPAL NEWS.

Mrs. Larie Cotton is very sick K. D. Roberts of Alder, was here Monday.
 The Gift boys are on the lum. Der hall this week.
 Ace Reynolds of Alder, was here Monday and Tuesday.
 Frank Wimberly of Egger wat here Monday buying hogs.
 J. F. Standridge made a busi' ness trip to Egger Monday.
 Elmer Barber of Mountain Forl is with kinfolks at this place. Gene Dayis of Mena visited al the home of w. K. Lackey's Wed. nesday night.
 Miss Joe Lackey, Frank and Opal Staudridge haveS all been sick but are recovering.
 Mrs. Martha Wimberly ol Mena, was laid to rest in the Big Fork cemetery Saturday. Dr. W. W. Philpot and Dr. L. A. Simpson was called Tuesday morning to see Richard Lackey, whose broken leg was hurting again.
 Blue Eyes.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
STRANGE GOOD FORTUNE
Box of Hot Ashes Start Fire in Attor- ney Pipkin's 0ffice-Burn Big
 Hole, Then Goes Out.

Sometime during Monday mig ht Mena came very near to having bad fire in one of its office build ings. It was in w. M. Pipkln's law office over Nails book store iu the Farmers and Merchants Bank. building that the fire start ed, but contrary to custom 1t went out without the aid of human agencies after burning a hole more than foot across in the floor. It was some hot ashes that started the fire and it must have gone out from lack of air, as the room was closed up tight. Mir. Pipkiu had taken the ashes out of his stove Monday afternoon and put them Tn wooden box. He neglected to empty them be- fore leaving his office for the night. The ashes were hot enough to set the box on fire and it in turn started the carpet and floor to burning. The floor uow has hole in it about two feet long and a little over a foot wide.
 The 2x10 joist holding the floor IS burned about halfway in two, but there the fire stopped.
 When Mir. Pipkin opened his office next morning there was a great black hole in the floor par tially filled with the ashes he had taken from the stove the evening before, but there was no fire.
 If the ceiling of the hook store had been anything else beside sheet metal the fire would have probably been more serious. As it is the only signs of the fire that can be seen below are a few brown spots where the paint ou the metal ceiling has b e n scorched.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
- - COVE CATCHES.

Joe Hadaway is dangerously illwith something like typhoid-pneumonia. The peach buds were seriously damaged by the zero weather last week, and one-half of the Elberta crop has probably been killed.
 Instead of having $65 raised for the school library fund, as reported in these items last week, the total amount was $70. In addition to this amount several books have been contributed.
 Since the rush of homeseekers to this part of the country began about one third of the male population of Cove has engaged in the curbstone real estate business, but not one in ten of these enterprising citizens ever invested dollar in the booster movement.
 The w. o. w. band gave another open air concert last Sunday after noon and made some fine music that was appreciated by large crowd. The next boost for the band will be rustic Woodman bandstand in 8 little park that has been reserved on the railroad right-of-way near the depot.
 If the farmers in Polk conEty, who want to sell their farms, would stay at home and improve their places, instead of loafing around town wait ing for some unsuspecting home seeker to buy their run-down-worn- out farms, they would stand a better show to sell out. As one Ne braska man said to a group of anx- ious sellers here the other day, What is the matter with this coun- try that so many of you fellows want to sell out ?"
 Fisherman.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
NorIcE oF REcEIvERs sALE

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned' as receiver in the case pending in the ohan. ' cery Court of Polk county, whereii tns Ingham Lumber Company IS piaintiif ana w. D. Allen is deferdant, will on the s,n s,' day of March, 1910, at Rust station m TOE r1s county, Arkansas, between the hours PIT yided by law for judicial sales, oher ana ss,, ssn to the highest and best bidder, all an1 Sn, n gnlar the property and effects belonging V the aid defendant which have p9en .s.,. san., nf
 into my hands as such receive T. consist,tDfi m, i2 acres of land at Rust, togs tner w,,,nnt provenents thereon, store hx u.es, ssave ing scales, cheese cutter, oii tann, ,y,sf
 lamps. blacksmith shop ana ocis' otS nS ksIf mill five wagons one mum Der ,wu s.n n"n n,aner Miss ssippi pianer and one Fay Egan g PWatsr Plans, and one saw mill, one Ii by ona g,nes town engine, one boiler, 4R by 10 it i, land and Douglas 80 saw gin c or, w
 press, feeder condenser, eealau ,,d suction ono re-saw, edger, blow Dine fa atg ,t lufn Der buggies. three cant booi s a,s Suow pump, fixtures for steam drv kiin 155. .OOa fl, cloak and pine lum Der, I25 da6a teat of foak and pine logs on the yard one Watt saw mill, one by l2 engine and one Se hy d boIler To- eated in the country.
 This safe is to be for ona third cash in hand ana the remainder to be pad in ninety days WIT VIII. note and approved st curlty, together l., MI @ teh per cent interest. Tho land to pV sold separately.
 February, 1910. A IT. Sl oQRtn. feb2i Reeeiyer.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
FOR THE CREAMERY
F. C. Wilsey Spends the Day in Mena With Business Mems Committee
 Looking Into Details.

F. c. Wilsey of Siloam Springs, who contemplates cooperating with the business men of Mens, in establishing creamery here, came up from Cove Monday night and spent tuesday until train time going over the situa- tion here. G. w. Petty, A. l.. Durham and H. w. Cardwell were the members of the commit tee who were appointed by c. A. Smith, president of the Mena Cooperative Development Club, to ge over the matter with MT, Wilsey. MT. Cardwell was out oi town yesterday, but the other members of the committee wen into the details of the proposed enterprise with Mr. Wilsey. They investigated the price of ice ant also looked at one place on Soutt Mena street that had been rec commended as a good location The building they looked at wa' the one south of the Arkansas wagon yard.
 Several of the prominent busi- ness men of Mena have expressed their willingness to give fiuaucia support to the creamery. It is Mir. Wilsey's intention to take charge of the creamery and make it success, if the people of Polk county will do their share. He left yesterday afternoon for Cove and is going to get up a written proposition to submit. This IS expected to be received here in a few days, when the arrangements ts will probably be closed up.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24

west of town last week to MT. Sullivan of Indiana.
 The Rev. Moore has been hold ing meetings for several days and has had few professions.
 We are glad 10 see little Well liugton Hamby back in school, after an illness of several days.
 Oh, yesl We are having some more winter. It seems that win. ter and spring compromised with snow storm.
 Misses Pearle and Grace Ham by have returned home from Board Camp, weere Miss Pearls has been teaching.
 Mir. Wolf was thrown severa feet :nts some rock while working with stump puller. Luckily hs was not seriously hurt.
 The land seekers or home seek CTS are still coming to Wickes 1T great numbers. Several men art selling or trading their farms.
 E. w. Hamby spent the latte part of last week at Board Camp where his daughter, Miss Pearle has been teaching school for tn, past few months.
 Grady Forgy was with hi mother, Mrs. Christopher, Satnr day and Sunday, returning t Mena Sunday evening, where h is attending school. Mrs. Vance has returned fron Morris, Ok, where she has beer at the bedside of her son, Powell who has been ill for several week with typhoid fever. His man friends will be glad to know tha he IS recovering.
 Wixie.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
WALDRON MURDER CASE
Smith Jones, Wanted for Killing of Dr. Thomas Davenport, Is Arrested at
 Magazine.

Fort Smith, Feb. 2l.-Smith Jones, the fourth man wanted for the murder of Dr. Thomas Daven- port of Abbott, Scott county, was arrested at Magazine, Logan county, today and was lodged iu jail at Waidron tonight. The authorities had been searching for him for two weeks. Jones stepfatber, Henry Boynsfon, and Boyuston's two sons, Matthew and Robert, are in jail at Waldron iu connection with the crime. The former was caught at Maga- zine few days ago. Robert was arrested at Howard, Ok, and Mathew at Mister, Ok.,
 Davenport and Boynstons guar reled over the settlement of bill. Davenport was struck on the head with a weight and his skull was fractured. He fingered a lew days and died. The grand jury returned indictments against the four men at Waldron. out the in- dictments were suppressed until the men were captured.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
BOULDERS FROM ROCKY

J. Nj. Allen will move this week to Big Cedar, Ok. Emmett Roe made a business trir to Mena Monday.
 J. l.. Horner of Mena, was in our little village Monday. Doyle Hughes of Rust, was in Rocky the first of the week. Mrs. c. c. Earnest and children visited last week with relatives al Rust.
 Miss Mary Freeman of Mena, visited her parents near Rocky, Sunday.
 D. D. Davis, J. E. Mckinney and 0. K. Turner ware trading IT Mena Saturday.
 s. w. Oliver and son had lot of potatoes frozen during tho re. cent cold weather.
 Mack Barber of Opal, passed through Rocky Saturday on his way to Mountain Fork to visit his father.
 Luke.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
CARRIAGE OVERTURNED
Mir. and Mrs. W. I. Bradbury Met With Accident While Travelling In Kan.
 sas-Glad to Get Back to Mena.

Mir. and Mrs. w. T. Bradbury and little sou returned sTuesday from d trip in Oklahoma and Kansas, where MT. Bradbury has been looking for a location. Mir. Bradbury has been travelling around for some time and Mrs. Bradbury met him in Kiowa kas., last Tuesday. On the way from the depot 10 the hotel the cab they were ia ran off an em. bankment and turned over. Mrs. Bradbury was pretty badly bruised and cut. She got a big bruise on her head and one on her arm besides having her left hand cut by the glass in the door of the cab. MT. Bradbury and the boy got some hard bumps but were not injured.
 Several other occupants Of the cab were also badly bruised.
 MT. Bra bury said that Mena looked better to him than any place he had seen on his trip and that he was here to stay sev- eral months at least.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
TO THE PRODUCERS
The s. (. Nj. Association Asks You to Join It and By United Action Get
 What is Due You for Products.

To all who may wish 70 join US and grow truck crops 10 ship and tomatoes and fruit and sweet potatoes to can, and broom corn for our factory, we say, let Us hear from you personally or by letter as soon as possible and we will arrange to meet with any club of people in the couuty 10 talk it over and organize suxil lary associations so that your sec retary can look after your inter ests. We are growing early po- tatoes to ship, tomatoes to ship, and also to can. Want canteloupes grown ia large quantities 10 shlp should have at least 80 aLres ln l one locality 90 as to load car of cauteloupes each day, but mig Int arrange to load the canteloup at two different stations on rail- road, If close together. Will load early potatoes any place wh re one or more cars can be had We want sweet potatoes (yellow yams) to ship and 10 eau and we would like 2.000 acres broom corn for our factory.
 We will have broom corn seed al this place and all stripping can be done on homemade ma chimes, also the Dailing of the bush.
 We order cantsloupc seed for all parties as we must have them all alike to get best prices. Where there are enough people interested we will meet them and see what we eau do. We are legal corporated body of growers and shall do business on business principles and under the laws of Arkansas. Our treasurer is un- der $5, 900 bond.
 Hoping many of the people ot the county may be interested Tn the upbuildiug of their country,
 We are very respectfully, The Shipping, Canning & Maru-
 featuring Association.
 Address
 J L Gates. Manager.
 A. l. Durham, Pres.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
BIG FORK BITS.
Blue Eyes.

Roger Bates visited at Board Camp Sunday night.
 Lon Roberts of Womble, visited here Saturday and Sunday.
 Mir. Benson Bates made a busi- ness trip to Alder Saturday.
 The J. K. Moore saw mill is idle on account of the bad weather. Mir. and Mrs. s. A. Foote made a business trip to Mena Saturday. MT. Bratcher of Mena, was here Friday looking after business matters.
 Mir. Melvin Hilton of Nunley, passed through here enroute to Wcmble Friday.
 Drs. Simpson and Bates report the birth of baby girl to Mir. and Mrs. Lige Lewis.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Ellison of Board Camp, visited at the home of Mr. Jim Taylor Sunday night. Mir. J. E. Bates and Mrs. Vic toria Abernathy went 70 Mena this week for Mrs. Abernathy to make proof on her homestead.
 Guilford Bates, who has been attending school at Board Camp, is at home for few weeks. He expects to enter school at Meua.
 Slim Jim.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
At the Leading Photograph Gallery

For the finest photograph work in the city, also pictures copied and enlarged in crayon pastel. sepia and India ink. I carry in stock a complete stock of photo and kodak supplies, also art pic- lures with or without frames: made to order, fine line of mold. ing to select from of latest pa : terms. Pyrography material and ou1hts, oil and water paints, art goo ds, postal cards, albums, ko- daks for sale and rent. French oval frames all sizes. pictures, mats, gilt paints, passepartout binding, Madona and Cupid pic lures.
 Remem Der the place, Bert Hil. lerbrand's gallery, on De Queen sueee 267.3tf
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
BOARD CAMP NEWS.

Born to Mir. and Mrs. Tom Gil. lam, baby girl.
 Fred Strickland made a busi- ness trip to Mena Monday.
 Mrs. I. o. Smith is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Tom Gillian Bunyan Hilton aud Grady Fun. bry made business trip to Alder, Ark, Sunday. Messrs. Fred Strickland and Bunyan Hilton Left Tuesday for Womble, where they enter school. Miss Oma Strickland is spend. ing this week with her grandpa rents, MT. and Mrs. A. J. Strick- land.
 MT. and Mrs. Everett Riggin spent Saturday night and Sun day at the home of Mrs. NJ. A. Riggin.
 Miss Irene Nation of Wander voort, spent several days at Board Camp last week visiting with friends.
 Messrs. Frank Strickland and Duff Hilton made business trip to Montgomery county the first of the week.
 The school at Board Camp closed Friday night with a nice program. A large crowd was in attendance.
 Messcs. Willie aud Erve Egger visited friends and relatives at Board Camp Friday night, Satur. day and Sunday.
 Golden Hair.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
HEARD FROM AGAIN
A Directors Meeting. for Road Planned FromlHarrisou Through Mena to
 Paris, Tex.

Several months ago The Star printed the report of a railrord project, which included the ex- tension of the St. Louis Air Line and Mineral Belt railroad from Salem, Mo-, down to Harrison, Ark, and on down from there through Clarksville, Paris, Wal dron and Mena, to Paris, Tex. At that time W. A. Squires, geu- eral manager, wrote to Meria par ties, saying he was coming down here to convince us that the road would be built.
 Nothing more was heard of the project until Monday, when John H. Hamilton received from MT. Squires clipping from the Harrison (Ark). Times, which was call for a stockholders meeting on February 27, of the Harrison Mineral Belt Railway Company. The purpose of this meeting is to authorize the board of directors to "survey and locate the line of the Harrison Mineral railroad from Keener to Harrison or Belle fonte in Boone county to Comp ton in Newton county, to Red Star in Madison, to Fallsville in Newton, to Clarksville or Spadra in Johnson, and through Paris, Waldron, Mena, to the Oklahoma line, through Oklahoma to Paris, Tex; and to authorize the board to issue bonds to the amount of S32, 900 per mile on the above fine of railroad from Pontiac, Mo-, to Paris, Tex; also to give the board the right to consolidate with the St. Louis Air Line X
 Mineral Belt railroad, now char tered to run from Pontiac, Mo, to a connection with the St. Louis Belt Line in St. Louis, do.," etc, This call is signed by J. K
 Newmau, president, and J. A
 Flynn, secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
Wants Bids to Paint Bridges.

To paint three bridges in Polk county, Ark. Ouachita, Iron Fork and Board Camp, make bids 1 To paint with red lead aud lin.
 seed oil.
 p To paint with good bridge
 paints.
 } To pant and county 10 furnish
 paints
 4 To paint by day and county to
 furnish paint at bridges.
 The old paint on bridges, where 1t has scaled and blistered, must Dc brushed and scraped.
 Bids will be opened on March 10, and all bids must be in by noon of that day. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Submit bid by mail to me at Mena, Ark. B. c. Davis; Commissioner Roads and Bridges. 299 8 2wks.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
Back to the Farm. 1"

MT. and Mrs. J. E. Leeper, old residents of Mens, who have been living in Joplin, Mo. for a couple ot years, returned to Mena Tues day.E They have not had good health while away and are glad to get back to Polk county. Mir. Leeper owns farm five miles west of Mena and he states that he IS going on that farm 10 make 1t one of the prettiest spots on earth and then stay there the balance of his life.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
MOUNTAIN FORK NEWS.

Andy Hamby of Big Fork, v:s- ited relatives here last week. Mrs. Iyens of Slabtown, was the guest of Mrs. Sarah Wilcoxen near here Sunday.
 The people in this section are mach interested in the hog law discussion in The Star.
 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Iyens near Slabtown Sunday.
 The boys of this neighcorhood had great time rabbit unting after the recent big snow.
 Tucker.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24

their items were both under the same heading (Egger) and signed Brown Eyes. No one hurt by the mistake I suppose. (No one but the editor who dislikes errors.
 Miss Maggie Smith has re- turned to stay awhile with her grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Ben Eisenhower.
 Many were saddehed Saturday morning, hearse passed with the remains of Mrs. Martha Wimber- ly, who died at Mena.
 Jack Mitchell, who has been in the United States navy for two and half years returned here Friday and is visiting friends. Jack seems to be proud of being a sailor, sailing around the world, but he is much prouder of being able to return to his old home in Polk county.
 Brown Eyes.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
BULdER BITS.

Aunt Lizzie Stinnett is sick. Marvin Gam was bitten by a civet cat and may lose finger. Ben Stinnett caught four coons and two civet cats last Saturday. John Wyatt has lost 20 head of goats, they being killed by wolves. The report comes in that the Rev. Mir. Stinnntt was attacked by a panther on Mt. Fork recent ly, which he only succeeded in killing by the aid of his mother, who came to his rescue with an ax.
 Si Hayseed.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
INK SPLASHES.

E. Templetou visited near Hol. ly Springs Sunday.
 The Driscoll sawmill is taking rest, the owner being sick.
 D. Lunsford and son B. P. were trading in Meua Monday
 Mrs. Wade Robinson is recoy. eriDg from very painful rising iu her head.
 Doc Martin and family have moved on the Mrs. Edith Wood. mansee place.
 Archie Barron of Acrou was a guest at the c. l.. Harris home Sunday evening.
 "lt's quite a joke ou Brown Eyes and the Egger writer for
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
Wants to Come Back.

The Rev. I. K. Turner, wei known as ali old citizen of Polh county, now located at Sulphur Springs, Ark, writes The Star that "If l knew that my friends would not laugh at me, I think by next fall I would land back al good old Mena, for I would rather live there than here" Mr. Tur. ner says that he has rented a little fruit farm near Gentry and as soon as the cold weather is over he will move onto it. lie says, further, that while there is so much talk about high prices, the farmer should make a greater ef- fort to raise all that he needs. That is the best way to counter act unreasonable high prices iu the markets.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
ItemSOf Interest
 -.As Gathered By The Stars. Correspondents
QUITO QUlLLs.

The snow last Sunday caused the Sunday school exercises to be omitted.
 Alvin Turner of Pike county, is visiting his uncle aud aunt, Mir. and Mrs. Townsend of this place. Boss Edwards visited his sister, Mrs. Fl. E. Chambers, at Ink Sat urday night and Sunday.
 Brokenheart.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
WIcKES WAvELETS.

The Nazarene organized al Wickes Monday.
 Jim Hoover is just recovering from a few days illness.
 A siege of sore eyes has broken seriously into our school work.
 Reecy Henry has been very sick for the last few days, but is out again now.
 Fred Mills of De Queen, is vis- itiug with his sister, Mrs. ]. A. Lewey, this week.
 MT. Derryberry sold his farm
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
Itch Relieved at Once.

That terrible itch disappears with the FIRST DROPS of a simple com pound of oil of wintergreen, thymol and glycerine mixed in D. D. D. Pre- scription: This soothing, healing To tion, used externally kills the eczema germ instantly.
 Heretofore the D. D, D. remedy has been sold only in sl.00 bottles: but as special offer, any sufferer in this town who has never tried D. D. D can now try this remedy in special bot tie at 25e. It cures the itch instantly. WE KNOW this. Sold by Davis Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
Pure Bred Hogs and Poultry.

Have registered Poland IChin, boar, service $2.50 or pig. Rhode Island Red eggs, S1 i [ Is; cockrel for sale. Penn X Holmes, Frank Gam place, lB miles wes, of Potter. s 2t
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
WARNING ORDER.

J: l.. Harris plaintiff, vs. Jocey l.. Harrs' the Polk Chancery Court
 Inc defendant, Jocey l.. Harris, Is Wal ne 70 appear In this Court within thirty da3fes J. l.. Harris.
 February is, 1910 II. j. Green, dltS3t Clerk
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
NATIONAL UNION SPEAKERS
0. F. Dornblaser of the Farmers Union Executive Committee Will Speak
 Ia Mena March z.

M. F. Dukinson, state secretary Of the Farmers Union has seat cut circulars announcing that O. F. Dornblaser of Texas, who is a member of the National Union s executive committee will make a tour of Arkansas and deliver a series of addresses.
 He will speak in Mena Monday y March 7.