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The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Let Them Lie Where They Made
 Their Red.

Here is the story of many of the big ranchowners of lower Califor- mia lMexico) who have recently suffered at the hands of the iil- surrectos and now demand that the United States shall intervene for their protection.
 They bought vast tracts of land a few years ago as low as 30 cents ali acre. II was almost worthless without irrigation. Irrigation was provided, through no enterprise of their own, by means of the Colo rado river. The land is actually worth, today, Si00 an acre, more than 300 times what they paid for 1t. Potentially, 1t IS worth much more President Roosevelt, in urg- ing Congress to appropriate miI- lions to protect these and adjoining lands of the same character in the United States, said the property would be worth Si,500 an acre in small farms under intensive culti- vation..
 Even al present prices, one of bitcC AlilCliIdli 1llNtHtlitllo Ol Si50,000 is worth $50,000,000. What ever the fortune of war, nothing beyond temporary and comparative ly triiling damage has been done or can be done to these properties Their enormous value lies in the silted soil of the delta, in the vast natural water supply, and in the extraordinary climate. These will outlast the war.
 The American speculators bought cheaply because the prop erty was under the Mexican flag. They took their chances under that flag. It is to that flag they should look for protection, yet they yell lustily for Uncle Sam.
 Will Uncle Sam respond? Will Congress permit it? Or will these spectators be told: You made your bed in Mexico; Now Lie in It. t.-Arkansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
ALL FOR GOOD ROADS.

Arkansas is awakening. That's true in many features, but in none more than in the desire for and de- termination to have good roads Hardly day passes without a re- port from some county, or town where real work is being done, or preparations made to do it. h Ozark on April i7 County Judge Stockton presided over a good roads convention, composed largely ol farmers, and they are going to se- cure competent engineer anc begin building roads right.
 Get in the game. Mena and Polk countyi
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
A Great Mans Early Years. !.

Written for The Star by Special Request.
 There has been so many deserv- edly kind things said of late of Tom Johnson, former mayor of Cleve- land, Ohio, as public spirited philanthropist, that I feel few per- sonal incidents might not be amiss.
 As our families in Kentucky have always been closely connected, his uncle, Colonel Jilson Johnson, mar rying my aunt, and our fathers owning neighboring plantations at Laconia Circle in Eastern Arkan- sas on the Mississippi river, and our mothers were as sisters, it was but a natural consequence that we should be thrown very much to- gether in early life. In those days he, his brother Albert and I, fre- quently rode the same pony, held on by dusky hands-at least Albert and were held on, but Tom scorned such help and rode in front.
 Later Colonel Johnson, finding conditions so hard, the war demor- alizing everything, moved back to Kentucky, and years afterwards, when visited my aunt, Mrs. John son, at the GaIt House in Louis vile, Ky. Tom asked me to go to the theater with him, and I recall now how his mother and my aunt tested at our expense, wondering where the raise in finances came from that could afford theater tick cts, carriage, flowers, etc. Later by ten years, as the guest of his moth- CT, Aunt Helen (who, by the way, in her young days ranked among the most beautiful women of Ken tueky), recalled the incident, Tom counted his wealth by the million. He was the inventor of the fare box box used in the street cars many years ago whereby the passenger dropped in his own fare, saving the expense of conductors. He was, as most well bred men are (and all should bel. singulafly unaffected and unassuming in manner, and considered his vast wealth simply as q channel through which good to humanity could be accomplished. A mutual relative was telling me not long since that n friend told Mir. Johnson that he very much re- sembled the late Governor Luke P. Blackburn of Kentucky, and MT. Johnson thanked him and remarked that "to be thought to resemble so great and good a man was the highest compliment that could be paid him.
 In speaking of him his mother said: Only his own. dear. know his true worth. His home fife is beautiful. You know Maggie. his wife. Is his first and only love"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Little Rock, Hot Springs, Mena.

Under a bill which will be intro duced in the legislature within the next few days, a state highway with Pine Bluff as one temporary ter minal and Mena and Ft. Smith as the other two, will be arranged for under the plan of convict labor for the building.
 Hot Springs should get in on that bill,. Senator Hamp Williams and Representatives Mclaughlin and Wilmington believe they can ar arrange the measure so the road will be constructed from Little Rock by way of Hot Springs, west to Mena, running through Crystal Springs and Mt. Ida.
 If at the present time we had that Hot Springs-Mt. Ida road either un- der construction, or finished, there would be no doubt but that the oth- CT roads would connect with us.-- Hot Springs Sentinel-Record.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

After the battle of Agua prieta, with dead and wounded lying over the battle field, the American Red Cross asked permission of the Mex jeans to go on the field and care for the wounded. Following an ab- solute refusal to permit that act of humanity, tt is reported that Mex ican Federal soldiers went over the field and put to death with bayo- nets the helpless wounded, both insurrectos and government sol diers. With such acts before the eyes of the world, it will be a won der if some nation does not step in and end the atrocities.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
GETTING THE WAR NEWS
Thrilling Experience of Oscar K. Coll While Reporting for the
 Douglas (Ariz.) Daily niSnaich

Getting the news is not always done without risk and strenuous experiences. Here is the story of how Oscar K. Coll visited the bat tie field at Agua Prieta, just across the line from Douglas, Ariz.:
 That the bullets were coming and going in every direction in aDe around the last trench of the rebel army at Agua Prieta is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and were it not the t@uth I would not be here to tel! the tale.
 q crossed the line at q avenue, and after presenting my pass was told by the guard on duty that I had peter duck if saw bullets coming my way. I went to the Mexican guard house, secured a horse and rode into the rebel lines When within about ten yards of the pit, staked my horse and made for the tip, and I can tell you they sure were buzzing all around.
 "I interviewed the rebels in the ditch and they told me that since the fight had begun at 6:i5 this morning at least thirty Mexican regulars had been killed while handling the machine guns and that there were more coming up.
 T remained in the trench for about fifteen minutes, when I thought 1 would make a few ob- servations, and just as I was get ting in readiness to look over the trench, with my field glasses in my right hand, the same being ex- posed over the ditch, it was shat tered before I knew it.
 The Americans with the rebels warned me to keep my knob below the cmbankment, but I would not have 1t that way. So I got out of the pit and crawled to my horse, who in the meantime had been shot i'll the neck just below the mane and while was in the act of mount ing the animal the bullets came buzzing in all directions. and while stopping to get my bearings a bullet burned me on the right temple, and you can bet I made for the international ditch. returned to my horse. and here I am to have the good looking nurse of the Red Cross look after my wound. but as soon as that is attended to | will return and get the balance Of what Is coming to me"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Mena Has to Bow to the Inevitable Scores of Endorsements
 Prove ft.

After reading the public state- ment of this fellow-suffere given below, you must come to this con- Iclusion: A remedy which cured years ago, which has kept the kid neys ln good health since, can be re- lied upon to perform the same work m other cases. Read this: J. A. Burton of DeOueen, Ark,
 says: The cure Doan's Kidney Pills made in my ease iii iGiG5 iIas
 been permanent. You may contin- ue to publish my former testimon- ial, as it still holds good The above was the substance of MT. Burton's conversation when he was interviewed on March 29, 1911. Ills former endorsement of Doan's kidney Pills was in substance as follows:
 Judging from my experience, | can say that Doan's Kidney Pills will help sufferers from kidney complaint if anything will. I had
 tried number of remedies to rid myself of a severe backaehe and other symptoms of disordered kid
 neys. but Doan's Kidney Pills were
 the first 10 help. It took them but
 a short time to effect a cure and since learned of their merit I have
 advised every one I heard complain
 Ing or kidney trouble to give them
 trial
 For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
 roster Mllburn Co, Buffalo. N. y,
 sole agents for she United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-
 and take no other. ]
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
ANOTHER UPWARD STEP.

The Star is, beginning with this issue, making changes which it is very much hoped will be pleasing to all it's patrons, readers and ad- vertisers alike. These have been made possible by the installation of the new Standard Linotype ma- chine, costing, set up in the office, close to Si,000 the greatest inven- tion the world has ever seen for fa- cilitating the spread of the worlds knowledge through the channels of newspapers.
 Like any revolutionary change, it will take some time to bring this to approximate perfection, but The Star, following the steady and con- tinual upward course marked out by it's founders nearly sixteen years ago, will keep in the front rank of the affairs of Mena and Polk coun- ty, ever endeayoring to publish a paper that will not only be useful to it's readers, but that will rebound to the credit of the community it seeks to represent.
 In doing this The Star expects, as in the past, to receive the approval of all right-minded people -all peo- pie who strive to aid in making life better m every phase-who live to be useful.
 When you think we fall short, aid us by pointing the way. The eff fort will be appreciated whether opinions are thus brought into a parallel course or diverge there fnnsa
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
ATTORNEY GREAvEs DEAD.
Well Known Hot Springs Lawyer
 Succumbs to Uremic Poison.

Hot Springs, April 23.-The Hon. Charles D. Greaves, one of the ab- lest attorneys in the state, died last night of uremic poisoning. He was stricken in his office in the morning and was taken home in a comatose condition. The deceased has been ill for the past two years and was incapacitated from pursuing his law practice. He leaves widow and two children. For years MT. Greaves was one of the states lead- ing attorneys and was at one time a candidate for governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Good Time for This Recipe.

This is the time of year when everybody should clean up and join with nature i'll making things look fresh. Whitewash can do won ders in this line if properly ap- piled. and here is . famous recipe:
 ITO make the whitewash which has been used for more than thirty years on the White house at Wash ington and on the lighthouses main- tained by the government along the coasts. take half bushel of unslacked lime. slake it with boil- ing water, cover during the process to keep in steam, strain the liquid through fine sieve or strainer. and add to 1t a peck of salt. previ- ously dissolved in warm water: three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hot; half a pound Spanish whiting and one pound of glue, previously
 dissolved by soaking in water. and
 then hanging over in small poi
 hung ln larger one filled with
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
The FIy's Trail of Disease

If your eyes were as good as a
 fly's you could see that wherever
 he walks-on your food or across
 your baby's face-he leaves a trail,
 a sort of milky way of tiny specks.
 Again, if your eyes were as sharp
 as a microscope you could see that
 each of these tiny specks was mat ters Unless you are chemist you might not be able to- tell just what this matter was composed of, but If you know anything about the habits of the fly you could make i a pretty good guess. It would be i filth of some sort gathered in the garbage can or other unhealthy place. Why make such a fuss about washing the baby's hands and face, and allow the dirty fly to leave his trail at will? Swat the fly, and swat him early, because if
 he gets a start he will reproduce faster than you can swat. Better
 one swat in April than a hundred in May.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Consider the Fly; What a Dirty
 Fellow He Is.

If a fly could be trained to wipe his feet before coming into the house he might be tolerated as domestic pet. Most author ities agree. however, that the fly couldn't learn such manners in a million years. He has very low order of intelligence. as may be judged by the fact that his chief pleasure IS in wading around in a garbage can.
 Consider the bee and his clean, sweet life. and then look al the fly and you will see what a dirty fellow he is. Yet scien- lists. with a turn for figures. tell ss that the fly, in propor- ton to his size. can carry as
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
askinnlna. ihe LeaisIators.

The resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution to
 include the recall to the initia- tive and referendum was killed in the House last week by a vote of 29 for and B against the recall" ]" Those who opposed it denounced it as very dangerous socialistic doc- -trinc. Such donkeys as that did not use the strongest argument against the right of the people to vote on public questions. The peo- pie who elected them to the legisla- ture did not vote inteligently. That may account for the opposition of these legislators to putting into the hands of the people the right of re- call. If the people understand what the right is they can usually be re- lied upon to do the right, and if in- advertently or from ignorance they do wrong they will correct the wrong at the first opportunity. These fellows know that the peo- pie made mistake in eleeting them, and they are afraid if they had the right of recall they would terminate their term of ofiice.- Waldron Sentinel.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Is a New parix Due.

It is a fact not without interest, and perhaps not without slgniil- canoe, that every eighteen or twen- ty years new party has been formed that in a general way rep resented the rights of the people as against special privilege and that attained considerable propor- tions. In 1854 the Republican party was born. In 1874 the Greenback party came into existence. At one time it boiled nearly one mil lion votes and by fusion with the Democrats elected several govern ors and members of Congress. Tn 1892 the Peoples party appeared. Two years later it boiled almost two million votes. At one time It had half dozen governors, as many senator's and in the neighborhood Df twenty members of the House Df Representatives. Eighteen years from 1892 brings us to 1910, or II twenty years he considered the pe- riod, that brings us to 1912. This consideration is lent added force by the striking circumstance that at this very juncture the country is discussing and seemingly expect ing new party and that the pro- gressive movement has arisen in much the same way that these otfl- CT movements arose and represents in a general way the same tenden- cies. In all except name it is really in itself a new party. All that re- mains to make the parallel com pIete is for it to declare for inde- pendent political freedom.-From Will There Be a New Party?" by James A. Edgerton in the American Review of Reviews for March.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

great weight in the air as the bee or any winged creature. But all he carries is germs and filth, and he isn't satisfied to carry his load anywhere except to the house. If the fly carried honey he would have sense enough to go and hide it, but as he is only q scavenger he dis tributes his possession free.
 Swat him.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
New Newspaper for Polk County.

Cove, April 2i--B. A. Darrow of Broken Bow. Neb., has purchased the printing plant formerly used in publishing the Cove Weekly Herald and will begin the publication of a paper under the same name the first week in May. Mir. Darrow has had considerable experience in newspaper work and comes to this town with the best of recommenda- lions as good business man and a good citizen. He has already been assured of the liberal support of the hnsiness men of the town, and has secured the old subscription list of the Herald, which was established in November, 1905, by T. P. Fulton.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

He left in the midst of his useful ness. but not only those prominent in the great business world, his family and friends will regret deep ly his going, but many old darkies down on the old plantation will re- call "Marse Tom," the bright, hap pv. big-hearted boy who spent many of his early years down in Arkansas on the old Mississippi river.
 In memory of those old days.
 Mary Blackburn Wigstrand.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
LEAPED INTO THE OUACHITA.
\ Kansan Committed Suicide Under
 Sensational Circumstances.

Hot Springs, April 23.-William Black, of Kansas, committed suicide yesterday under sensational cir stances near here. He and his bride of three weeks recently came to Hot Springs. He was prosecuted for issuing checks on a local bank without having funds. His bride raised money and satisfied the claims and the prosecution was dropped.
 While driving with his bride along the 0uachita river road yes- terday Black without warning Jumped from the buggy and into the river forty feet below.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

for their own protection to organize into unions are not the class that believe in violence, and more than the average member of a church be- lieves in violence to bring outsiders to his views. It is, however, as re- gretable to have a bad man get al the head of labor union as at tht head of any other body of men, re- ligious. social OF industrial.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

A girl at Indpendence, Mo-, eloped the other evening with her lover and seven trunks. Her success in escaping paternal vigilance is ex- plained by the fact that pa was out in the back lot tinkering with his automobile.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

II seems that to raise Sio0,000 in a hurry to elect perfectly safe senator from Illinois to serve the big interests requires nice discrim- ination. One is likely to approach the wrong man sometimes.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
rnE MnNA EVENING sTAn

Is a progressive newspaper furnishing to it's readers a daily service covering the most important of the worlds gem eral happenings. us we'll as those Items of local news that go to make n home paper invaluable to citizens of any community. If you want the raws In your home each week day, subscribe for The Evening Star. By carrier or mail 40c per month.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

What is the thing in the back of the average mans head which be- cause a political boss or two is will- ing to get behind him, makes him think that he is the choice of the saaonla9
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
people?

Next time some willing worker in their behalf is presented with an important public job by admiring special interests" the recipient should see to 1t that the price tag has been removed from the gift. Ask I.nrimar
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our most heartfelt thanks ib the many friends for the kindness and sym pathy so generously shown during the recent illness and death of our wife, daughter and sister, Mrs. T. A. Allen.
 T. A. Allen.
 Mir. and Mrs. ]. w. Miles.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. W. Allen.
 Mrs. Charles Webb.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

That story of dynamiting and oth-
 CT slllainy traced to the door of one of the leaders of union labor in this country is an awful arraignment- not Of organized labor. but of the
 depraviiy Of some men that have managed to get into places of power. The great body of men in the United
 States who have found il necessary
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

A Connecticut expert is asserting that Eve tempted Adam with a pear. And the average nigger boy would as we'll assert that it was a piece of watermelon.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

water. Add five gallons of hot wa fer Co the mixture, stir we'll and let it stand a few days covered. u should be applied hot, for which purpose it can be kept in porta- ble furnace.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

Senator La Toilette, being de- prived of some thousands of dol lars which he might have earned on chautauqua platforms in the coming coming weeks but Tor this special session of Congress, purposes to have all the fun that is coming to him anyway, by making life bleak and generally unattractive to the predatory interests and their spe- eial representatives in the Senate. And he's the man that knows how fo dn if.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

Of course Uncle Sam has per- feet right to object to the fighting Mexicans sending bullets over into his yard, hut when the Americans at Douglas knew exactly what was happening, why should they delib- erately act the role of the tinno- cent bystander' if they didn't want to take chances of getting hurt2
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

Indigestion is the direct cause of disease hat kills thousands of per- sons annually. Stop the trouble al the start with a little Prickly Ash Bllters;; t strengthens the stomach and aids digestion.
 Jackson Drug Co, Special Agent.
 W. C. Nandiver. Special Agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

The Star has said repeatedly that if Polk county would build a good road to the Montgomery county line there soon would be one to Hot Springs. Now it looks as though Garland and Montgomery counties would get their road first.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

Tn Indiana the courts are ilning the drinkers as well as the sellers when booze is handled contrary to law. Why not?
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

Since the storm I have been com pelled, on account of room, to move my stock of goods on DeQueen street in the Hope building, across the street from Daniels Livery Barn. I realize this is little inconvenient to some of my customers as well as myself, but I am going to make
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
FEDERAL INCOME TAX RATIFIED BY HOUSE
Both Branches of Legislature Now Favor Constitutional Amend Ment-WO0ds Tax Bill Adopt
 ed-Will Increase Revenue.

Little Rock, April 22.-The House today ratified the Federal income tax amendment to the national con- stitution, concurring in the Senate ratification resolution passed ear Her in the week. The matter now goes to the governor. The action is regarded as unusually important in view of the fact that Arkansas is one of the "pivotal' states in the ratification.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
County Court Not Final.

Another important House action was the passage of the bill by Sen ator Woods, making a radical amendment to the present county assessment machinery by giving county equalization boards the right to appeal from the findings of the county court to the circuit court. Heretofore, the findings of county courts have been final in assessment matters. It is believed this bill will largely take place of the Hurst-Bradham bill, recently defeated in the Senate, as this right of appeal from the county court by the equalization board was regard ed as a cardinal element of that hill