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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

respectively, David r. Francis anu
James A. Reed.
David II. Tra-cis is national hg-
ure having been prominent In STATE
and national politics for many years
He was formerly governor of missouri
president of the st. Louis worlds t'V
and cabinet member under the OieV'-
land administration.
MIR. Reed has held many pubic on .
ces. He is a very brilliant talker ana
creates good impression wherever
he appears.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26
FELL FROM LAuNoeR.

John sarela, a workman employed
by the Dakota Heights company on
the Front street I'LL, sustained pao
fall Sunday while repairing and rais-
ing the launder in which the SAND Is
washed down from the hillside. MT
sarela made a misstep and was pre-
cipitated several feet to the grounu
receiving some bad cuts on his heao
and face, which were dressed by Dr
Roberts. The injuries were not dah
gerous and Mr.. Sarcla was at wor'
this norning with his face bandaged.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

and prevention; criminals. their treat
ment and reformation laws for regu-
lating the punishment of crime ana
the treatment of criminals and many
other questions covered in the general
field of criminology, The object oil the
general meeting is to bring together
experts from the various helds VI
work TO discuss methods and systems
and to exchange experiences.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

Map showing itinerary OF the Amer
lean prisons and reformatores and
dates on which the visiting delegates
will be at each place. Below, Charles
r. Henderson of Chicago, Ill.,, presi-
dent Of the international prison COM
mission. Joseph p. Byers, general Sec
rotary American Prison Association. q.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

yOurWOnder1ulmeu-
icines have done for
me. The doctors said
i had a tumor, and 1
had an operation,
but was soon as bao
againasever.I wrote
toyou foradvice,and
began TO take Lydia
T.. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
as you told me to
do. / am glad TO
say that now / look
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

An attachment by which loose shoes
NAV be temporarily fastened to a
horses hoof until a blacksmith Is
reached has been patented by Ne"
Jersey farmer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26
JEWISH NEW YEAR SERVICES

Notices have been sent out to jew
ish residents of Portage Lake an
'nounclng the holding of services 10 pe
held on the evening of October ana
the day of October 4. to observe inc
feast of Rosh Hoshanah. or the jewish
New Years day of 5671. A meeting
was held i'm the odd Fellows hall II
Hancock yesterday afternoon TO ar
range for the services.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26
At left, James A. Reed OF Kansas
City. AT right, David n. rra"0'S "
ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-. Sept 2e.-The hght
for the Democratic nomination Tor
,-o,,od states senator Is waxing hot
ter every day between the two candi-
dates from st. Louis and Kansas CITY
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26

Mrs. Biodgett. mother of q. f. Blod-
gett of Fifth street, returned today 10
her home in Eaton Rapids after a cou-
pie OF weeks visit here,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26
TUMOR OF
YEARS
GROWTH
Removed by Lydia E. Pink.
hams VegetabIe Compound

Holly Springs, Miss. = Words are
inadequate for me TO express what
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
COUNTY UNIFORMITY LOST
Each District to Continue to Select Its School Books Other Results
 of May Election.

The attempt to have every school district in Polk county use the same text books was defeated in the school election which was held on May zl. County Clerk w. L. Parker has just completed his canvass of the votes cast. The vote cast for uniformity was 425, against it was PTS, What probably caused the amendment tc lose was the failure of 495 of the voters to vote on it.
 The total number of votes cast in the election was 1196 and as It requires a two-thirds vote to carry, county uniformity lost by IFS votes.
 In voting school taxes g dis tricts. voted seven mills, 38 five mills, ? three mills, 10 no tax and 5 districts have not been heard from.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

yearning for joys we imagine other people have, and worrying about the trouble we imagine we are having. that we make of the present---the one thing we are sure of---and end less regret.
 And of all the follies, the limit is to permit some one else to make our standards for us. Haven't we in teIligence Can't we think for our selves? To want things we don't need, many we don't really care for, just because some one else has them, and wouldn't understand if we didn't have them To struggle and strain to make show, when all the neigh bors know it IS only a show, and would respect us a heap more if we had the courage to be ourselves Deaths standards ought to be life's standards. Death does not ask how big a house we hail from, nor how many university degrees we have won, nor what is our bank account. Not what we have, nor what we know, but what we are. And that s our measure of everybody but our selves.---Erman J. Ridgway in The Delineator for July.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
HEED THE WARNING
Many Mena People Have Done So.

When the kidneys are sick they give unmistakable warnings that should not be ignored. By exam. ming the urine and treating the kidneys upon the first sign of dis. order, many days of suffering may be saved. Sick kidneys ex- pei dark ill-smellimg urine. full of "brick-dust" sediment and painful in passage. Sluggish kidneys cause a dull pain in the small of the back, headaches, dizzyspells, tired, languid feelings and frequently rheumatic twinges.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys only; they cure sick kid neys, and rid the blood of uric poison. If you suffer from any of the above symptoms you can use no better remedy.
 Mena people recommend Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Mrs. c. B. Hayes, 506 Tenth St., Mena Ark. says: s.I suffer- ed from dull ache through the small of my back and other symp toms of kidney disease. A few months ago l was induced to try Doan's Kidney Pills and procured q box | the Jackson Drug Co. The ache and soreness Tn my back soon disappeared and I continued using the remedy until I was re stored to good health. am pleased to recommend Doan's s Kidney Pills"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,. Buffalo, Niew York, sole agents for the Un ted States.
 Remember the name -Doan 's-- and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
Facts for the Farmers.
Farm and Ranch.l


 What is a farm? A piece of land does not make a farm. There must be fences, houses, stock, cultivation and a crop.
 No delay should be made in turn ing the oat stubble while there is sufficient moisture in the soil to hasten decomposition of the vege- table matter. Plant the land in cowpeas, soy beans or peanuts. These leguminous plants will greatly assist in improving the soil.
 Fewer acres, better cultivation, and more system in marketing prod. ucts would greatly increase the profits on many farms. Our experi. ence teaches us that it is poor judg- ment to attempt to cultivate toe much land.
 Beets may be canned or pickled and saved for winter use. When vegetables are scarce they will be greatly enjoyed if saved in this way.
 Constitutional vigor in fowls or even strains of fowls has much to dc with the profits. Some fowls are subject to disease while others ward off disease in a remarkable degree We should select and breed for vigor as we'll as utility.
 It takes genuine interest in little chicks to successfully raise them. Those who raise them for the profit only can never expect to excel those who have sympathy and interest in the little biddies."
 A good dry mash for chickens and one that is more healthful than the wet mash is made as follows: Mix two parts of wheat bran, one part cornmeal, one part wheat middlings one part linseed meal and one part beef scraps.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
SHOULD BE A LESSON.

Polk county's court house escaped destruction last night by a margin so narrow as to make everyone ap- preciate in a measure what might have happened. Had it not have been that visitors coming in on the early morning train discovered the blaze, reported it promptly and then aided in extinguishing it, at least very great damage would have been done. As it is few dollars will repair the damage.
 But there is a feature in connec- ton with this fire that should not be overlooked-a feature that is so common as to rarely cause comment.
 This fire was started from wood en box used as cuspidor, into which it is customary to throw cigar ends. matches, etc.
 And the box from which this fire started is but one of perhaps doz- en in similar use in the court room. They are filled with sawdust to absorb the approximations of tobacco, etc.
 About year ago two-story brick building on Mena street narrowly escaped destruction from an exactly similar cause. In this instance. from some unknown reason, the fire was smothered out after burning a large hole in the floor of an office room. not being discovered until next day.
 In many stores and offices similar receptacles are to be found. They should be abolished at once. and it is hoped that the danger in which one placed the county court house may cause property owners to i'm mediately put an end to such dan- gerous practice.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
COME TO POLK COUNTY.

The St. Louis Times of a recent
 date printed statistics showing how
 hundreds of thousands of American
 farmers, crowded out by the high
 price of lands in our thickly settled
 states, are going to Canada, taking
 with them millions of dollars in
 money and property. Last year 60,000 Americans took $60,000, COG into Northwest Canada, or an aver age of 5000 each. In the same period 7S7.000 immigrants arrived in America, bringing an average of $23 each. One American takes out, therefore, as much as A foreigners bring in.
 This situation, together with the increasing necessity for more food production, makes it imperative that steps be taken to bring to the blow the hundreds of thousands of acres of cheap lands in Arkansas and other southern states. Much of this can only be accomplished through cut ting great drainage canals and car rying out reclamation works so great that they can only be done through state and national assistance. There is movement gathering force to do these things, and certainly there is no reason why they should not be done by the government when it is considered that in the West millions upon millions of dollars are being expended on irrigation projects. The results would be far greater in retaining the swamps of th South, as the soil is richer and t.. far more favorable.
 But. while this is true of the low lalis, don't forget the fertile acre all untouched in the highlands Here the soil may not be quite so rich. and the land is rougher, but it produces wonderfully and the cl- mate is superior to thai of any other section.
 The way to check the immigration by our farmers and producers to is to show them better op-
 
 portunities at home.
 Arkansas can do this. The fertile highland acres are ready for use NOW. They can in a few months be turned from forests to orchards, vineyards, gardens and farms. They do not need reclamation by great government enterprises-on intelligent effort by industrious men.
 Come to Polk county and seel
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
IGNORED THE CENSUS TAKER
Paris Man is Indicted for Refusing to
 Answer Questions.

Fort Smith, June 19. = The Federal grand jjnry today indict- ed Bert McGraw of Paris, Ark. because he refused to answer questions put to him by census euumerator. William Thurman oj Van Bureu was indicted on a charge of attempting to pass coun- terteit money. The grand jury ignored similar charge against Frank Hudson of Denning, who has been confined Iu jail for six months. An indictment is pend. lug against him in t h state courts here, charging him with attempting to pass bogus coin.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
INTEREST IN REFERENDUM
George A. Cole and George J. King
 Make Joint Tour of State.

Blytheville, June 19. - (Spe- cial. George A. Cole, president of the Arkansas Farmers Union, and George J. King, national lec- turer of the Direct Legislation League, are making a joint tour of the state, and during the last week have covered a large part of Mississippi county. MT. Cole lis speaking on state development, new agricultural schools, the work of the Boys Corn Clubs, and the Arkansaw State Fair, of which he is also president,
 MT. King is speaking in sup port of the referendum and clean government, and declares that the eyes of the nation are on Ar kansas. It is d busy time, but the farmers stopped their work in order to attend the meetings. The week concluded with a mass meeting here this afternoon with packed house. Resolutions for the initiative and referendum were adopted, and great interest is shown for progressive agricul- ture, higher standards in farming and home making, and there is a unanimous sentiment in favor of amendment No. 10. There was great enthusiasm among the peo. pie, and the speakers were loudly applauded.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
Love One Another.
10 the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
 Dear Sir:-I see Mir. Stephen Bates has advertised some of Big Fork s citizens as being lot of professed christians who never missed chance to down everything that did not con- form to their way of thinking. am not quite sure who he is after, but l feel at liberty to deny the charge for the community. as we visit and attend each others meet ings with good feelings as neighbors and friends. As to the charges re- ferred to by Nj. B. Fried, i do not know who circulated them or wheth- CT they be true or not. I don't SUD- pose they are, as to the church peo- pie around Big Fork. They are reasonable minded people and citi- zens who will tell the truth and try to attend to their own business.
 Very truly,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

would result in the establishing of a progressive Republican party, would be tho fulfillment of the aims of the men who are concerned as Judge Lindsey is, in the struggle to estab- fish human rights as against proper ty rights. Such a party would na- turally attract the progressive mem- bers of both the old organizations.
 Names are of no consequence. What is important is to get things done. Whatever such a progressive alliance might be called it would be a new party of achievements party of the square deal.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
New Most Powerful" Locomotive
 Placed in Commission.

Every few months more power full locomotive than any previously built is placed in commission on some one of the railroad systems in this country, and announced as the most powerful in the world. The latest locomotive to acquire this distinction, which it may lose before the end of the year, is a Mallet articulated compound monster built for the Delaware & Hudson railroad. The July Popular Mechanics contains a picture of the new engine. ..
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
IS A NEW PARTY NEARP

Many times this paper has asserted that there must be new alignment of the people in politics. That the strong men who are friends of the people in both old parties must get together or should do so-and place the representatives of the special interests, regardless of party affilia. tions. on the other. In this connec. ton. the.two most illustrious friends of the people, of right and the square deal, have been and are Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.
 Insurgency, as developed in the Republican party in Congress. is but another step-the breaking away from party lines for the sake of principal. All that now is necessary . to bring about the new alignment to create new and powerful work. ing force or party, is for those Democratic leaders who oppose the Cannon-Aldrich-Payn clique foi principles sake, to lend their aid tc the insurgent movement-and the thing is done.
 The following is from the Kansas City Star, one of the most inde- pendent and strongest papers in the United States:
 ''Is not this the logical time tc look forward to new party which shall include progressive Democrats and Republicans? A party devoted to the square deal and led by Theo- dore Roosevelt?
 ''As if in answer to this question, although the reply caue before the question was asked, Judge B. R, Lindsey of Denver, independent Democrat and fighter of political corruption, writes William Allen White:
 Progressive Democrats and insurg- ent Republicans can meet on tLe same ground and fight shoulder to shoulder against common enemy. We are on the eve of the fiercest struggle since the civil war -the new struggle between human rights and property rights. privileges and the people-and in such q struggle 1t is part of the conspir- acy Of confusion by the special inter ests to use the slogan of party advan- tage against the man who rings true. To follow such false trail is not only tie height of folly. but it is the height of treason. consider 1t the duty of a progressive Democrat to support an insurgent Republican who already is in Congress and has stood against Cannonism and Aldrichism, even if that insergent is opposed by a pro- gressive Democrat who stands for precisely the same thing. For, after all, the real party is not the name but the idea-the spirit of protest against piliaga.
 The control of the Republican or 4anization by the insurgents. which
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
 KNOWLEDGE OF VALUE.

It is probable that the late freeze this year killed the peaches in more than three-fourths of the Polk coun- ty orchards. These same orchards will usually bear a crop, as such freezes are unusnal in this locality, but the fact that there are thousands of acres where a crop each year is almost a certainty should be of espe- cial interest to all fruit growers. Intelligent selection of location and soil is the first requisite of success full farming or fruit growing.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
GROWING POTATOES
General Conditions Favorable in Polk
 County for This Indus

~~N%ANO@ DA AN NCA0A@
 The interesting communication that appeared in the columns of The Star several days ago over the signature of Frank F. Rose, of Vandervoort, on the potato subject was very timely u d touched upon question that should be one of paramount in- terest to the people of Polk county. Not long ago the hog law proposition and the meat question in all it's phases was dis cussed at some length in your columns and that burning issue is still sizzling in some parts of the country. Now I am glad MT. Rose has introduced topic for discussslon that is almost as much Tn line as a food product as the meat proposition, and in many respects it is similar to the hog matter. The people of Polk county are not producing enough meat, corn-fed, acorn-fed, razor back or any other kind of meat, and it is plainly apparent that they are not producing enough of potatoes for home consumption. Here we are with soil and climate conditions favorable for the production of two crops of po- tatoes for each growing season and yet our people are buying carloads of northern potatoes each year. Mir. Rose seems to want to point out the best kinds of potatoes to plant but favor planting any kind and all kinds just so they are potatoes. What we need most is more ''taters. :" Right here in Cove people who have taken any care of their gar dens have been eating new pota- toes for over a month and yet not homegrown potato has been offered for sale at any of the stores. In fact most of the stores still have stock of old potatoes from in some Northern state which retail at $l.20 per bushel.
 So here we are with a fine hog country and yet buying $700,0o0 worth of packing house meat each year, and country that will produce two fine crops of Irish potatoes each year, and yet buy carloads of northern grown pota- toes. No wonder the county is full of calamity howlers.
 Our friend Rose is on the rig ht track and we hope to hear from him again. Any man is on the right track who advocates more truck and less talk, more potatoes and less politics.
 T. P. Fulton,
 Cove, Ark, June 20, 1910.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
Good Pair to Pass Up.

The Guthrie State Capital calls at, tention to the fact that Senator J. Davis of Arkansas. and Senator Lori. mer (the boodler) of Illinois, are paired, and thinks this perhaps the finest pair in existence---not to draw to. Arkansas will agree to keep Davis at home if Illinois will promise the same of Lorimer. Fort Smith Time Record.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
True Standards of Life.

It takes so long to learn how to live; so long to get even glimmcr- ing of what life is for and what we ought to do with ours. We are so prone to live iii the future. to fret ourselves about it. We are so busy
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Governor Gillette of California has issued orders to stop the Jeffries- Johnson fight Now really. Cover nor. is that just fair? There's some 80.000. 900 Americans and whole lot of other people who are more or less standing on tip-toes waiting for that scrap to come off.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Governor Haskell again is getting lots of notoriety by resisting Uncle Sam. He's been doing this so long in the land fraud cases that new in- stances may yet convince other peo- pie that the governor is right in his idea that he's the whole show.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Two bodies of young men from Texarkana are now encamped n Polk county for recreation and bene- fits to be derived from the pure mountain air and water. There's room for many more.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

There's only one objection to America's non-productive rich men going to Europe and staying there. They continue to live from the prod uct of the American people.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

It is now figured in Washington that if Congress is going to adjourn July 1 it may as we'll do 1t right now. It couldn't get ready to begin to start anything in less than a month.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
rHn MENA EVENING sTAR

Is a progressive newspaper furnishing Co It's readers a daily service covering eral happenings, as we'll as those items of ,ocaf news that go to make home pa ger Invaluable to citizens of any com munity. If you want the news In your home each week day. subscribe for The Evening Star. By carrier or mall, 400 ner month.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23
May Not Know, But

The people may not know what hey want, but they are demanding ne initiative and referendum, and .aey.will just about get it, too.-Ar- kansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Insure your health in Prickly Ash Bitters. Il regulates tue system, promotes good appetite. sound sleep and cheerful spirits. W. ., Vaudiver, special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

The comet will not return for seyenty-five years. 1t is well. It will take it that long to get up enough reputation to make even mild sen- cation
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Governor Gillett says he's ''goine to stop the fight" But he won't
 Jeffries and Johnson will just ster over into another state and have it
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Frank J. Gould is going to desert America and become Frenchman. That's good. America can stand it and be ahead of the game.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

For Sale My residence and business property iu Womble. For particulars address ;. L. Short, Mshaska, Kan.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

Roosevelt has been back several days and Taft's smile has not re- ceded so far as reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

In some places they whitewash the jails, in others the men who ought to occupy them.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-23

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