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The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

A. L. Kirby of Bokehito, Ok, was
in Mena looking after business
Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Miss Halle Averitt Of Hatfield is
visiting her brother, J. F. Averltt.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

several months in Mena about four
wears ago and have number OF
friends here.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mrs. w. A. Raglan of vandervoort
was in Mena Wednesday shopping.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

The thorough and systematic re-
view which we are offering in this
years Normal will be an excellent
outline study Of all branches re-
quired by law for a first grade Ii
cense. This course covers four
weeks and credit is allowed for
same as institute work.
John Trainer.
d&wit w. G. Bryant.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13
Program for Polk County School
Contest Association.

The following program Will be
given at Grannis April 81, S:30p.m.:
Music.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13
w. c. T. u. COLUMN
Bertha Kelley, Superintendent Of Press Department.

The Anti-polygamy amendment
and the White Slave bill passed
both houses of the New Hampshire
legislature. These two measures
were introduced by the w. C. T. u.
The Anti-Polygamy resolution has
passed the Nebraska legislature, af-
ter hard fought battle. 1t was in
troduced by the husband of Ne
braska White Ribboner.
The Central NJ. e. Sunday school
of Hot Springs has a white Ribbon
Glass;" of which Mrs. F. NJ. Will
Jams is teacher. This fine body of
young men set an example to the
entire school by proudly wearing
their emblems and preparing a
beautiful box of 500 white ribbon
bows, temperance literature and
songs for the Rhodes scholars who
left for England last fall. The
opening of the box took place at
sea on Sunday afternoon and was a
glorious occasion, thirty fine.
strong youths singing "All Round
the World the Ribbon White is
Twined." What a picture, what a
strengthening of their faith. Many
delightful letter have been written
by these boys in appreciation of
the courtesy extended to them.
In looking over the work of the
last congress we find one measure
passed which should give entire sat-
nIsfactlon TO all friends of the tenn
perance cause, and which is of more
than ordinary Importance. This
is the appropriation of $4,000
during the next fiscal year for the
suppression of the liquor traffic
among Indians. The u. S. has the
right man to look after the wards
of this nation"
Remember the meeting at the
home Of Mrs. Wilson, corner of
Eighth street and Hickory avenue
April Is. All the w. C. T. u. work
ers are expected to be there and
each bring friends. The program
will be on prison and jail work.
This department requires much
thought, and good resolutions should
be put into action.
o.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

f. r. Hart of Hot Springs, Arlz.
is in the city visiting his grandfath-
er, A. T. Hart.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

fukon's Best Flour at
o&wit Crawford 4 Aekinney's.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

C. n. parson of Kansas City is in
Mena with a view to finding home.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13
d&wtt

List Your Property with the
Homeseeker's Information Bureau,
corner De0ueen and Port Arthur.
32&i4tf
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Henry Bethel of Hatfield was in
Mena on business Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Jack Balentine and sister, Miss
Helen Balentine of Ink, were shop
ping i'm Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13
PERSONAL NOTES

w. A. Daniel Of Cove was here
on business Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Coyle of Gran
mis- were shopping in Mena Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mrs. Tom Allen, who has been
very low with pneumonia, is report
ed much improved.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

w. H. Thralls of Egger was in
Mena Wednesday with Mr.. NJ. E.
She'll Of Alva, Ok, who is visiting
him. Mr.. Shell and Mr.. Thratis were
friends seventeen years ago and this
is the first time they have been to-
gether in that time.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Smith of Ok
mulgee, Ok are in the city visiting
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Babceck. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith spent
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

S. C. Frost and sister, Miss Nellie,
of Mangrum, Ok, were trading
in Mena Wednesday, having come
up from Hatfield, where their faith
er, ]. r. Frost, a retired lawyer, has
purchased good farm and is put
ting out large apple orchard.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

The Rev. ]. G. Adams Tuesday
purchased through Dennis, Kelly &
Stratton, a ten acre tract of land
in the Braley Second addition to
Mena, which is located in the south
west suburbs of the city. The land
will be improved.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. II. t. Potts of Hat
field were purchasing household
goods in Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Wanted--Boom information any,
nation Rureau 9s&ISl
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

w. H. Terry of Albany, Tex, a
brother-in-law of j. F. Averitt, has
been here several days planning to
spend the summer in Mena. He
left Tuesday to join his family
at Hatfield, and will be back in
Mena as soon as his household
goods arrive from Texas. Mrs. Ter
try is visiting her parents at Hat
field.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mrs. ]. G. Hilton left Monday af-
ternoon for q visit with friends at
Cove.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

w. f. Monahan of Clay county,
Kansas, arrived Tuesday and spent
Wednesday looking over Polk coun-
ty property with a view to buying.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Frank Koler, who recently sold
his farm two miles west of Mena
and is preparing to build a new
home on 40 acres joining, Tuesday
purchased Of Dennis, Kelly &
Stratton another 40-acre tract to
add to his new farm.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mrs. Charles Sanford and her
mother of Board Camp were shop
ping in Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Townsend
left Wednesday for Hiawassa, to
accompany Mrs. Townsend's moth
eE, Mrs. F. A. Banks, to her home
and visit for a short time.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

]. w. Cunningham and f. f. Alix
left today for Kirksville, Mo-, where
Mrs. Alix and daughter have been
for the past two weeks.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

E. r. Bryant, cashier of the Bank
of Hatfield, and t. A. Martin, also
of Hatfield, were in Mena Tuesday
on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

William f. Lunceford of Clarks-
burg, w. Va, is visiting his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Kelly.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Wilcox of
Shawnee, Ok, who recently pur-
chased the Drummond home on
Maple avenue, and Mrs. E. Benia-
min, who has been visiting them at
Shawnee, arrived Saturday after
noon.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13

Miss Ida Norris, milliner OF
Cove, was in Mena on business Tues
day.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
FLYING TESTS FOR BERLIN
Airships Will Start and End Summer
Competition at German Capital
Limited to Germans.

Berlin.-A great flying competition,
limited to German aviators, will take
place early in the summer. The fight
will be over a circuitous course be-
ginning and ending in Berlin and will
include Magdeburg. Hamburg, Bremen,
Dusseldorf and Dessau. The decision
to hold the contest is the result of the
failure of plans for Joint competi-
ton by French and German flyers,
caused by the objections of the chau-
vinists.
Withdrawal of the French aviators
aroused much bitterness in Germany
and the officials Of the Aviation Engi-
neers' Verein. who are In charge Of
the preparations. are on their mettle
to make the independent composition
brilliant success. The contest has
unique interest from the fact that
special attention will be paid to the
military phase of aviation 1t is pro-
posed to offer special prize for ma
chimes carrying two passengers. so as
to admit Of their taking military OBJ
servations.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
M0THER.IN-LAW PLANT WINS
Flower Expert Refuses to CHANG.
Name Of Species at Request Of
Boston Equal Suffragists.

Boston.-Chester l. Campbell, super
intendent in charge of the national
flower show. was besieged by mem
bers of the Equal Suffrage association
and asked to have the ordinary or gar
den name removed from the "defen-
bochia plant"
The common name for this remark
able plant Is "the mother-in-law plant. !"
1t is so called because, it is said. IL
one were to chew up one of the leaves
all power of speech would be de-
stroyed for at least month.
William Robertson Smith, superin-
tendent OF the United States botanical
gardens at Washington. is authority
for this statement. He said that the
one small plant on exhibition contained
enough poison to kill a buffalo, II he
ate 1t. In ten minutes. The name
"mother-in-law plant will not bs 70.
moved.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
DOG CATCHER USES AIRsHlF
Hopes With Aeroplane to Trap Stray
CANNES That Have Become Wary
Has Amassed Fortune.

Montclair, N. J.-David Steinfeld
who is official dog-catcher in ten towns
in Essex, Union and Morris counties
and who has amassed small fortune
from his work, announces that he has
awarded contract for small aero
plane and a large net for use in his
work He adds that he will try it on
the stray and unlicensed dogs in Mont
clair first.
Steinfeld has been hunting dogs so
long in the three counties that the ami
mails recognize him half mile away
and rush for shelter long before he
gets within striking distance.
He has repainted his wagon. put on
false wigs and whiskers and resorted
to other eXpedients in his efforts to
fool the unlicensed dogs. but without
avail. Now he says he will try the
aeroplane. soar few feet above the
ground, load his machine with fresh
beef bones. and then, after all the dogs
assemble beneath his machiHs drop
the net over them and alight and sep
arate the licensed from the unlicensed
dogs.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
NOT ANNOYED, OF COURSE
Capt. Butt Was Merely Giving to His
Friend Few Philosophical
Reflections.

Capt. Archibald w. Butt. the presi-
dents military aide, was called out of
bed at nine O'Clock one morning to
answer telephone call.
Archie said his friend on the
other end of the wire, II called you
up to tell you that shall not be able
to keep the appointment I made with
you for eleven o'clock today"
Pm sorry" said Butt, his tone a
trihe chilly
YES. it's too bad" agreed the
other.
There ensued an ominous pause.
You know" remarked Butt senten.
tiously. "telephoning seems to be a
habit. a bad habit, in Washington.
People are beginning to issue their
invitations by telephone. They phone
on the slightest provocation. They
don't seem to know when not to tele-
phone. They even get you out of bed
to talk to you on the telephone"
I'm afraid l annoyed you. and
you're bawling me out" said the
friend.
"Oh, MOI" contradicted Butt in
louder tone. my rep,arks are merely
a few philosophical reflections induced
by the early hour of the morning.
The Sunday Magazine
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
KANSAS FARM LANDS

In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted SO per cent. OF tho
total value OF land and buildings, as
compared with SO per cent, in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was S4S,244 900
in 1910, as against 500 491 900 in 1900,
q gain of s1S,753,00o, or 64 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 43,26i 900 acres, as compared
with Al, ,663 900 in 1900, an increase of
1,59S,o00 acres. or A per cent
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 29,S5S 900
acres, as against 25,041 900 in 1900, an
increase of 4.S17, 900 acres, or 10 per
cent
The improved acreage formed 60
per cent. of the total acreage in 1910
and co per cent in 1900
The average acres per farm report
ed in 1910 were 244, as against 241
in 1900. an increase of three acres. or
1 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as $4007, as against $15.45 in 1900,
a rise of S24,62, or 159 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910, was reported as
$35.47. while in 1900 it was s12.77. the
amount of gain being $22.7O, or 17S
per cent.
Of the whole number. 177,299. Of
farms reported in 1910, there were
175,61S, or SO per cent, opera
ted by white farmers and 1851, or
i per cent. by negro and other non
white farmers, as compared with a
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
CUPID BUSY AT BRYN MAWR
Girls Deny New York clergyman's As.
sertion They Are "Putfed Up
Forty Per Cent. Marry.

Phfladelphia.-The New York clergy
man who recently declared that only
an inflnitesimal percentage Of the
graduates Of the big women's colleges
we're able to find husbands is refuted
by the statistics issued by Bryn Mawr
college, 1t is asserted here.
Figures in the annual register of
slumnae and former students show
that 2S.4 per cent Of the entire grad
uate body. numbering 2,724, have mar
ried, while of three classes graduating
since 1889 more than so per cent are
married, and of seven other classes,
also since 1889, nearly 40 per cent
have been welded, a general average
Of about 40 per cent.
The New York clergyman declared
that graduates of women's colleges
were incompetent in the domestic
arts. puffed up with little super
fetal knowledge and entirely too ex-
penslve luxury for the average man
to undertake to support" This asser-
tion the Bryn Mawr girls Indignantly
deny and point to the statistics to
bear them out.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAN

when my boy was about three
months old his head broke out with a
rash which was very itchy and ran a
watery fluid. We tried everything we
could but he got worse all the time,
till 1t spread to his arms, legs and
then to his entire body. He got so
bad that he came near dying The
rash would itch so that he would
scratch till the blood ran, and thin
yellowish stuff would be all over his
pillow in the morning l had to put
mittens on his hands to prevent him
tearing his skin. He was so weak
and run down that he took fainting
spells as If he were dying. He was
were thin like claws.
He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticura Remedies. I
had not laid him down in his cradle
in the daytime for a long while. I
washed him with Cuticura Soap and
put on one application of Cuticura
Ointment and he was 80 soothed that
he could sleep. You don't know how
glad was he felt better 1t took one
box of Cuticura Ointment and pretty
near one cake of Cuticura Soap to
cure him. think our boy would have
died but for the Cuticura Remedies
and l shall always remain firm
friend Of them. There has been no
return of the trouble. l shall be glad
to have you publish this true state
ment Of his cure. * fSigned) Mrs. NJ.
c. Maitland. Jasper. Ontario. May 27.
1910
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
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Method Of Making No. 1875.

One ought. of course, always to aim
TO use as few notches as possible;
that is, in making five, for instance,
to use one notch to represent three
Of the units, and make but two sin.
gle unit notches. Two less notches
are thus used, than IL the Ave were
conceived as consisting of five single
units. While it seems simple mat
ter to make the numbers up to the
best advantage. yet 1t not infrequent-
ly proves quite little confusing and
one ought to take a sheet of paper,
and make drawing of each number
he wants to represent before he
makes any notches Then If as he
numbers each lamb he writes down
the name or number of the eve after
the proper Illustration, he can com
plete this record simply by adding
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
BANTAM BEsTs HAWK IN DUEL
Comes valiantIy to Defense Of Sweet.
heart Hen Like Feathered Knight
Gives Crow Of Victory.

Middleton. N. "a mite Of ban
tam rooster. which few to the defense
of his favorite hen, attacked by large
hawk, won out in great battle at
Twin Lake L. B. Watson heard some
excited cackling in the bushes near
his home and found the little hen ly-
ing crushed and bleeding on the ground
while the rooster was sinking his
spurs into an unusually large hawk In
a battle that made feathers fly. Wat
son went to the house for his gun and
on his return saw the hawk flying
away with difficulty. The bantam set
tied back and gave the crow of victory.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
RECORD LAMBS PEDIGREE
in PRACTICAL MANNER
Far More Busness1ike to Keep Numbers
Black Rely
Glib Tongue of Sheep BREEDER

The writer visited a pure bred flock
not long ago where the lambs We're
not marked and where the owner re
lied on his memory alone to tell him
the pedigree of each lamb. This par
ticular flock was small and the own
ers memory above the average; he
did appear to really know his lambs,
but for the most part If is obvious
that written record is a great deal
more reliable proof of pedigree, says a
writer IN the Farm, Stock and Home.
1t is a mistake for anyone handling
pure-breeds not to number his lambs
and keep q record of them 1t is more
businesslike, to say the least, and GER
ta1nly more satisfying. One would
feel much more certain of u lambs
pedigree if he saw it in black and
white in a book than II it were re-
lated by the Glib tongue of the owner
About the surest as we'll as the
simplest method of marking is that
OF notchlng the ear Metal ear tags
for the most part have the habit of
pulling out, in which case their eff
cheney can be valued as nil, but the
notch il made with the right sort of
instrument is there to stay When
made with a round ear punch, the
two sides Of the notch sometimes
grow together but when made with a
tug punch, the opening in which is
nearly an inch long and about quar-
ter or three-eighths of an inch wide,
they are there to stay
In notching some arbitrary value
mus be placed upon notch placed
in given position in each ear. Ex-
perience has shown that any number
can be most easily made when the
following values are used:
One notch in top of left ear indi-
Gates l unit. One notch in bottom of
left ear indicates l ten; notch in
DIP of left ear indicates / hundred ]
notch in top of right ear indicates 8
units; 1 notch in bottom of right ear
indicates 9 tens: ! notch in tip of
right ear indicates hundreds
The accompanying illustration may
help to make this clearer,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
PROTEIN FEED
IS DEFINED
No Word In AsricuIturaIE EtyIraoI.
o&y Is SO Often Encountered
and Most Frequently Used
In Articles on Food.

d5y CHARLES g. WENrZLER.l
NO word in agricultural etymology
is SO often encountered as protein.
To person not versed In farm
chemistry the term is more or less
confusing and to many others il has
no meaning at all To such people it
is just an empty. technical phrase.
The word is most frequently en-
countered in articles on feeding.
Protein is the opposite of fat. 1t is
about the same AS albumen.
In feeding we have two principal
classes of foods. One Is the carbon
aceous or starchy foods. These go to
fat The other is the protein foods.
These go to make milk, eggs and
meat The protein foods are tissue
builders.
In balancing rations we have to
see, therefore, that the animal does
not get too much Of one kind OF food.
In feeding COW, for instance, we
cannot feed her corn alone as this
goes to fat rather than to milk. There
is some protein in corn but not
enough. On the other hand 1t would
not be advisable to feed COW food
like alfalfa, whose conteAt Is practic-
ally all protein. To begin with fat is
the principle on which an animal de-
pends for bodily heat and energy So
COW, for this reason alone, should
have corn or other grain or hay in
which there is starchy matter, Then,
| too, she needs some carbonaceous
food for the milk as there Is con-
siderable fat and sugar in milk.
If, however, we feed too much
protein some of 1T is bound to go to
waste. She will use half OF it for
maintenance. One quarter Of 1T goes
to milk From the other quarter her
digestive organs extract the fatty
principle if there is any, if not some
is held by the system in reserve; the
rest passes out of the system.
| or course, in feeding, we have to be
guided some by temperament, in
dividuality, and other conditions in
cluding metabolism. Metabolism is
the way the food is assimilated, or
rather, it refers to the chemical
changes that the food undergoes in
the stomach We can't say here is SO
much corn and depend that 1t will
make just so much fat or feed SO
| much protein with the idea that 1t
will be converted into an equivalent
amount of milk. Some of the fat.
making elements may combine with
still other elements and be converted
into meat while the protein may be
converted partly into fat. These
changes, however, occur only when
there is such a serious lack OF balance
in the food, that the well-being of the
animal is interferred with. In such d
case Nature steps in and makes a
Herculean effort to correct the mis-.
take in part. She can't make q com
plete balance but she can save the
animal
But when we want to put on fat
we feed corn or something that car
ries the same elements. When we
want to put on solid flesh we feed
skimmilk, legumous grasses like al
falfa or clover and by-prodncts like
bran.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04

A gambrel roof win be sufficiently
strong for barn 81 feet wide. Use
2-inch by 6-inch by Ia feet for first
rafter From plate to hip Of this raft
er is IL feet inches. This rises II
feet above plate and drops in feet
This leaves span % feet. Use @
inch by 6-inch by 13 feet, giving about
a 7-foot rise and put in a 2 by g.
inch plank for ridge. Use / by g.
inch board and spike on at hip as
shown in plan, at each side of rafter
You can get two pieces out of BY
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
Not Exactly Patriotic.

He was. let us say. Irish. was among
several men of other nationalities, and
had imbibed several beverages. He
was extremely anxious, moreover, to
uphold the glories of Erin, but was
not quite SO sure of what was going
on about him. A foreigner near him
remarked:
"An honest man is the noblest work
of God!"
The Hibernian didn't quite catch
what was said:
Get out! an 1rishman isl" h,
roared.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
roared.
A Herford Bon Mot.

Oliver Herford and a friend were
strolling through section of town
that was plentifully strung with pull.
ley lines on which many a family
wash" was waving in the wind. Mr..
Herford's companion called attention
to the manner in which these gar
ments shut out the sky and otherwise
disfigured the landscape. Mr.. Herford
gazed at them thoughtfully and then
gently murmured: "The short and
simple nannels of the poor"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04

total of 73,o9S in 1900. of which ILL.,
232, or 80 per cent, were conducted
by white farmers, and 1856, or i per
cent. by negro and other nonwhite.
The increase in the number of farms
of white farmers during the decade
amounted to 1856, and the decrease
in the number of farms OF negro and
other nonwhite farmers to 1S5.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
p.rafan KILLED Woody LJce.

An English fruit grower declares
that he has been able to preserve his
apple trees from the woolly aphis by
scraping OF the loose bark and apply.
ing thin coat Of paraf1in. Each tree
requires about one pint Of paranin and
the application Is made three times
a year.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04

the name of the sire, and the date
of the lambs birth Such informa.
tion copied and filed neatly away
will prove very valuable to him 1t
will be Il great deal more indisputable
than would q statement made from
memory
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
Well Known.

Blobbs-Is Harduppe pretty well
known in your town?
slobbs-I should say he is. He's 90
we'll known he can't even borrow IN
umbrella--Philadelph Record.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-04
$40 crematjons in Eno:snd.

London.-Eight hundred and forty
cremations took place in England last
year--a decline Of fifteen from the to.
II: for 1909.