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The La Jara chronicle., 1910-10-14
MRS. SLAUGHTER DEAD.

Death came last Tuesday night
as a pleasant relief from suffer
ing to Mrs. John F. Slaughter,
who, last Sunday evening, was
stricken for the third time with
paralysis which rendered her en-
tirely helpless and incapable of
taking even a drink of water. Mrs
Slaughter suffered stroke of
paralysis just three years ago
and since has been an invalid al
though at times she almost re-
covered
Mrs. Slaughter was born in
Maysville, Kentucky, and was
81 years and five months of age.
Mrs. C. Z. Hall of Denver, who
with her husband, arrived Tues
day morning, and was present at
her bedside, was her only child.
The body was taken to Den
yer for burial, Wednesday night,
accompanied by her devoted hus-
band and Mr.. and Mrs. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter have
lived at La lara and at their
mountain home near the Alamosa
reservoir for many years, and
hosts of friends deeply sym
pathize with Mr.. Slaughter, whose
noble character is best illustrated
by his devoted care of his wife
during the long years of her af-
Fiction. He never gave up hope
of her ultimate recovery until
those last trying days.
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-10-14

First pub. oct. ~. 1919.
Last pub. Nov. II. 1910.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
TOO HUGH POLITICS IN SOUTH

One of the conditions which the more progressive element of the South is deprecating as they arrive at better understanding of our needs, is the. ultra-devotion of our people to the game of politics.
 It is losing game for the voter as well as for most of those who enter it as candidates for public prefer ment.
 Politics makes a constant drain upon the public resources. energies and ambitions. and leaves nothing in it's place save bickerings and dis. appointments and more bitter poll tics.
 Longer terms, fewer elective of fees, fewer and better laws, less of the personal and more of the general good-these are some of the things that would improve the present con ditions.
 The people have been too long picking other peoples chestnuts out of the fire--let there be reyersa of conditions. Ark. Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
KEPT MONEY IN TRUNK
Robbers Secure Savings of Life time in House of Bud Garrison
 Near London.

London, June 5.-While the family of Bud" Garrison was hoeing cotton about 2 o'clock yes- terday afternoon robbers ransack- ed the house, securing SLY in cash and a razor. The money stolen represented the savings of many years.
 Mir. Garrison never had much faith in bank. it is stated, so utilized an old trunk for a 'strong box" It is thought that the robbers knew he kept his money about the place, although no clue as to their identity has been discovered.
 The appearance of the house indicated that considera ble trouble was experienced before the money was located. Beds were torn up, furniture was overturned and everything was left in a state of confusion.
 Efforts are being made to trace the robbers. Not only the officers, | hnt residents of the community are on the lockout for suspicious characters.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
How to Keep a Wife's Love.

| If your wife does not love you a: she did when you were.married, you must have fallen off in your atten tions. Remember that wife k a sweetheart a few years later Make believe that she is still youi sweetheart.
 When you go home from bushes: have the maid send your name LII just as in the old days. A wife likes these little attentions, and if she is the right sort, she will send down word that she will be down in few minutes. Then put five-pound box of candy in prominent place and wait patiently.
 When you hear her coming, run to meet her and kiss her in manly way as if you had waited all day for the privilege. Then give her the candy. If there is but one chair in the room let her sit in while you stand. Now tell her the events oi the day in the office in witty way that will appeal to her love of fun. When the dinner-bell rings, hand her a bunch of American Beauties pull out her chair for her and tie her napkin around her neck yourself.
 Then, with a low bow, seat your self opposite her and begin to praise the food. Ask her to make spright. ly remarks, and laugh heartily at them. Urge her to tell you about the cooks doings. Just before dessert, show her the. orchestra seats you have bought for the opera for that night.
 Never light cigar until you have asked her whether she objects to smoke. She may always say no, but there is no telling when her taste may change, and no gentleman will smoke when his wife objects to it. Give her twice as much as she wants for an allowance and always fore stall any requests she may be about to make.
 In this way you will retain your wife's love, and forever lead Darby and Joan life.---From Mans Nigga zine Page in The Delineator.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
BITS OF EVERY DAY pHILosopH,
(Atehlson Globe. l

tAtehison Globe.l As rule you'll not have much trouble having your way if you are right.
 When you die will people say of you, Its too bad he didn't die ten years ago."
 If you think it is easy to keep a newspaper full of news and interest, really you ought to try it.
 Promptness doesn't amount to much unless you manage to do some thing after you arrive.
 The next time fakir calls on you remember that if he gets dollar out of you 90 cents will be profit.
 We have quit worshipping heroes who live a long way off; instead, in the future we shall worship the good citizen around home.
 People never have confidence in a big talker. They know his state ments must be cut down but they can never tell how much.
 The great argument in favor of getting married is that man will quit going to see the girls and go to bed at decent our at night.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
GATHERING OF PRODUCTS
Samples of Polk County Fruits. vege tables and Grains Preserved
 For Fair and Display.

The permanant display of Polk county products, fruits, vegeta. bles, grains, etc, is growing slowly at the headquarters of the Mena Development club. It alrerdy is worth seeing, and the public is especially invited to do so. and to show it to visitors also.
 This display will occupy a prominent place at the big fair and celebration ia August, and will then be cared for at the club rooms, where it will be maintain. ed for time. Later it is plan ned to make it part of an exhibit to be shown all oyer the United States in special car, advertis- ing Polk County far and wide.
 All public-spirited citizens are requested to aid in this enterprise by bringing iu anything good in the way of Polk county products. Those of every season, from early season to late, are desired.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

In New York City only three fami- lies in every LOO own the houses ir which they live-97 paying rent to the few wealthy people who can af- ford to own the high priced ground This means clearly that 97 families who, should misfortune come anc they could not pay the landlord would be thrown out in the street tC join those thousands who are home less in the greater sense that theN have no roof over their heads say, that furnished by charity. If th' thcary is correct that the strengtl of I nation depends upon.its owner. of homes, the great rich city oi New York is a weak spot in oul armor.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
The Delays of Justice.

According to the statistics of the American Bar Association, new trials are granted in 46 per cent of all the cases in our courts involving a penitentiary offensel And in 60 per cent of this number the new trial is granted, not because of a question affecting the possible guilt or innocence of the psisoner, but be- cause of purely technical point of dispute in the conduct of the case Do you grasp the significance of this statement? In nearly half of the criminal cases in American courts it requires two or more trials to convict the prisoner And in 60 per cent of these cases his guilt is plain. He is given a new trial, be- cause the higher court holds that there has been an error of pleading and practice" either on the part of the lawyers or the judge.
 There were l31.95l murders in this country between the years 1885 and 1904. In only one case In sixty six was the perpetrator executed by law. In other words, in only 2. 900 cases in the entire list was the death penalty decreed by the courts. But we are not done. In 2,000 more cases the death sentence was decreed and carried out by the people.
 In these nineteen years as many persons were lynched for murder as were executed by law
 And in many states, the number of murderers that were hanged by
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

The thought that only small per cent cf the people in the large cities own their homes and are at the mercy of a landlord should sickness or loss of employment come, should make the man who owns little farm or little home think seriously before he allows it to go from him, And if one does not own such, the cheap lands of Arkansas are his salvation.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

the people was twice as great as the number hanged by the courts i.
 In England the percentage of new trials is only little more than 3 per cent of the total cases filed in court. In the United States it is more than 46 per cent. In England the aver age murder case is finished in two days. while in the United States it consumes two weeks and then often ends against a stone wall. In Eng land one in every four murderers is hanged. In the United States, at the most conservative estimate, only one in fifty suffer punishment of any nd.---The World Today.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

field and killed herself eating corn. Hearing the racket the wife ran, upset four-gallon churn of rich cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the whole flock. In her hurry she dropped a twenty five dol lar set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled through the cream and into the parlor, running a twenty-dollar carpet. During the excitement the eldest daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven setting hens, and the calves got out and chewed the tails off four fine shirts. Kansas City Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
Moral-Buy You Own Paper.

A man who was too economical to subscribe for his home paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over four-dollar stand of bees and in ten minutes looked like warty summer squash. His cries reached his father. who ran to his assistance, and. failing to notice 8 barbed wire fsnce, ran into it, breaking it down. cutting handful of flesh from bis anatomy and ruin ing tive-dollar pair of pants. The old COW took advantage of the gap in the fence and got into the corn
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
BOODLER HAD HONEST
 STREAK.

Daniel Holstlaw. member of Hi. nois legislature, who confessed tc accepting bribe for his vote foi William Lorimer for United States senator, in explaining why he con. fessed, says he did it because he'd rather be known as boodler than 6 liar. He has a reputation as ar honest man and his explanation tha, he took the money because it was just being passed around is probably true. Anyhow, his present stand entities him to more respect than most boodlers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
The Man Ahead.

In almost every newspaper you pick up you are pretty sure to find a lot of gush about the man behind the counter and the man behind the gun, the man behind the buzzsaw and the man behind the sun, the man behind the fence, the man behind the whis kers, and the man behind hls fists. and everything is entered on tEe list. But they have skipp- ed another fellow, of whom noth- ing has been said-the fellow who pays for what he gets, whose bills are!always signed. He's banned sight moro important than the man who is behind All the edi- tors and merchants and the whole commercial elan are indebted for existence to this honest fellow man. He keeps us all in business and his town is never dead, so we take off our hats to the man who is ahead. .-Anonymous.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
Medical inspection in Virginia.

Sent out by the National Committee School Patrons.) An important feature of Virginia's s system of medical inspection is the instruction in prevention of disease. Each teacher is provided with a pla- card on communicable diseases, which reads in part.
 These diseases are due to germs which grow only under certain condi- tions. The first problem is to de- stroy their harboring places---dirt, filth and dust. To contract germ disease, two things are necessary: The presence of the germs and 9 bodily condition conducive to their growth. Therefore keep germs away from the body or keep the body so healthy that germs will not grow therein"
 Then follows a minute description of the daily symptoms of diseases. On the reverse side of this placard are instructions for children. This placard in bold type is in each room. How to keep well and prevent con sumption:
 Fresh air and sunshine are neces- sary to good health.
 Breathe only through your nose. Night air is as good as day air, etc.
 FOOD.
 Live on plain food and eat regu- larly.
 Eat slowly, chew thoroughly,
 Have your own drinking cup, etc.
 EXERCISE AND REST.
 Regular exercise is essential to lealth.
 Go to bed early and sleep with indow open, etc.
 CLOTHING.
 Wear only loose clothes. Wear no more clothing than you need for warmth, etc.
 CLEANLINESS. Consumption and other diseases are spread by careless splitting. Keep clean, etc. Without knowing why, the pupil forms proper habits. There is no expense involved except for print ing. Intelligent teachers do the rest.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
The Man to Do It.

Teddy make the British gasp for breath when he addressed them in London the other day and told them plainly what he thought about their colonial policies. but shock of that kind once and while will do them good and we can think of nobody who could have administered the needed tonic so well as Roosevelt = Carthage (Mo.) Press.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
Treachery?

Golfers Weekly quotes a United States senator who is not Demo- crat and was not an Insurgent until the Rate bill was introduced, as say ing in private conversation: "The man who drafted that Railroad bill in the form in which it was intro duced in the senate is the greatest traitor to the American people since Aaron Burr"
 And the men who prevented the consummation of the treachery were the Insurgent Republicans allied with the Democrats. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

No agricultural country on earth can long prosper without stock rais- ing. This is not original but it's true. A creamery at Mena will be the ''puller" to bring more stock and prosperity to Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Rudolph Spreckles. the San Fran cisco banker who furnished the means necessary to the big fight on grating and corruption in that city, says he is going to devote his life to reforming politics, business and la- Dor of this country. If he takes them in turn. he'll never reach the others, even if he lives a thousand years.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers $30.000 as a prize to the aviator who first flies from New York to St. Louis. more than 1000 miles. And, what is more. it probably will not be a year before the offer will have to be made good.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Lockesburg is getting ready for a Clean-Up Day, when tin cans, goods boxes, weeds, etc, must get off the streets and alleys. The Mena street commissioner and his force are put ting the weeds to flight today and the general cleaning will come next Monday
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Just to show times have changed and great men with them. President Taft invited William Allen White, the foremost insurgent editor of Kansas, to the White House and fed him, instead of inveigling him into the cellar and chopping his head off.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Dr. Cook announces that he is about to return to Etah to get his instruments. and proofs which he then will lay before the Copenhagen scientists. If he should.at last make good his claims, it would be even a greateri shock than his first an- nouncement.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Did you think the weather little too warm some days the past week. Just over the line in Oklahoma the temperature ranged from l02 to no in the shade. The best we could do in Mena was a mere 92 degrees.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Halley's comet has disappeared at last. but Roosevelt is about due. And he'll be closely watched by cer- tain big politicians with good deal the same terror that some ignorant negroes watched the coming of the comet
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Conventions, whether in politics or other things, are supposed to rep resent the wishes of at least good percentage of the people. Too often they are manipulated by one or two or three smooth tricksters with axes to grind.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
WHY WOMEN SUFFER
With Piles and How to Find a Lasting
 Cnre.

Constipation is a most frequent cause of piles That is why women suffer more of ca from piles than men. Indoor work and tho like of exercise brings on the attacks.
 Jackson Drug X Furniture Co. sells Hem-Roid, an internal, tablet remedy for piles, on the understanding that you can have the money back if dis. satisfied. Slo0 for large bottle. Dr Leonhardt Go. Station B. Buffalo, N. Y., mail booklet on request
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

With a creamery established a newcomer can land in Polk county most any season of the year and wite a few cows be sure of a living not having to wait for crops to be matured to secure it. That's req son why Mena business men are, or should be interested.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

The city is having the weeds cut wherever they have cropped up along the streets and alleys. When that is done, all property owners will be expected to do their part.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

The more the big hotel proposi- ton is agitated the better Mena peo- pie like it. And to speak of it to most business men is to have them say: T will tio my share"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Mir. Ballinger Continues to deny that he will resign. Perhaps Mr Ballinger has written himself a let ter with MT. Taft's name to it say ing that it is unnecessary.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

The idea that the employer should be loyal to the government that pays him rather than to the officer who can fine him does not suit Ballinger at all
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

It is one of the anomalies that Roosevelt, the one of the most fear lessly aggressive fighters of the Amer ican nation, should also head the peace movement of the world as be seems fated to do. Teddy is sone of
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
The Greatest Woman.

The greatest woman is the wom- an who brings to man a home. She IS greater than the suffragette or the female temperance lecturer. ."- James R. Day.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What a Heap of Happiness it Would
 Bring to Mena Homes.

Diih6 tV HSud uuWcss
 Hard to Go housework with al aching back.
 Brings you hours of misery at leisure or at work,
 If women only knew the cause that
 Backache pains come from sick kidneys,
 'Twould save much needless woe.
 Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys.
 Many residents of this vicinity endorse them.
 William Foster. Van Buren Ark, says: Il had kidney trouble an l every time l attempted to lift or stoo p, q sharp pain darted through my buck This trouble gradually grew worse and was of constant annoyance. Hearing so much about Doan's Kidney Pills Iprocured q box and had taken only q few doses before 1 was re- ieved. Before 1 had finished the contents of one box, the pam in my back had ceased. | can re commend Doan's Kidney Pills hlghly.'
 For sale by all dealers. Price DO cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan' s and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Better get ready to have that refuse hauled away free on June 6. That's one way to dance without paying the fiddler.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

A St. Louis girl is said to have chased the-Hugger" six blocks. It is not stated why she wanted to catch him.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
EI
Washing Powder Rres

With each 6 bars of SIX n, Dover soap, will give free 2 pack ages of Hlpo Washing Powder. This IS q new thing worth ttyiug
 Thacker Bros,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

Curtiss made the trip from Albany to New York by aeroplane faster than the swiftest railroad trains ever did, and this was the first at tempt. Who dares guess whatten years may bring forth. Darius Green never dreamed half that's come true.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
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The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

the men who loves peace-of the right kind and is ever ready to fight for it.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09

It is rumored that Ballinger is about to retire. How delightful
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
D. Swift X Co, patent lawyers of

D. Swift X Co.,. patent lawyers of Washington, D. C.. report that they have secured a patent for cotton chopper for R. T. Simmons of Wynne, Ark. That may be impor- tant. but the boy behind the "chop- per" is what generally makes the most worry.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR sIrRvFyOR.

The Star is authorized to announce
 |. R. LAMBERT " of Egger as candidate for the office of Sur Veyor of Polk county, subject to the decision of the voters at the next general election.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-17
STRASSBURGER CONFIRMS
PIONEER MIDWAY SALE

BAKERSFIELD, June 15-The deal
for the Pioneer Midway property for
5000, 900, of which one-half was cash,
has been confirmed by the former
owners.
OF the deal I. Strassburger, the prin-
cipal stockholder, says: Yes, the sale
has been made and the Associated Oil
company has already taken possession
of the property. This was the prop
erty of the Pioneer Midway Oil COM
pany, controlled by myself and asso-
ciates, and 1 regard it as the most
valuable piece of ground in the Mid
way field.
"The whole section Of $40 acres was
sold. When l started working there
two years ago there was not derrick
or stick of timber within three miles
of the place. l was drawn to that
section by intuition, and 1 worked upon
it, feeling that my efforts at develop
ing a rich territory would be crowned
with success.
"Pioneer Midway No. 2 proved that
my intuition was right. The Associat-
ed Oil company has made a good bar
gain"
Word comes from the West Side that
Mr. Strassburger dealt most gener-
ously with his employees. Superinten-
dent Ben Stroud received a check for
$4,000, and all the other employees were
handsomely remembered.