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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
ADVERTISEMENT.

State of Arkan5as, County of Polk.
We, +. Nj. Strawn, Charley Mich
OILS and J.. w. Strawn, three citizens
of the county of Polk. and house
holders therein, having thereto been
appointed by w. NJ. Baxter, Justice
of the Peace of said county, have
this day viewed certain pony
shown us by NJ. ]. Gam as an es-
tray. Said pony is roam mare.
blaze face, black name and white
hind legs to knees: about ii hands
high and about IS years old: no
brand.
And we do value the said pony TO
be worth the sum of twenty-five
$500.
Charley Nichols,
+. NJ. Strawn.
j. w. Strawn.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this Fl tn lay OF June. ioii.
w. NJ. Baxter, ]. p.
17I
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
KILLING ENDS QUARREL
After Killing Farmers Hog and
Paying For II, DIR. A. G. Harrison
Has More Trouble and Kills Man

Kensett, July Twill Parker a
farmer, was shot five times by DR..
A. G. Harrison here yesterday af-
ternoon and died last night about 7
O'clock as the result Of the wounds.
The killing was caused directly Ivy
the killing of a hog of parkers by
the automobile of DR.. Harrison on
July d. 1t is said that DIR. Harrison
paid the value of the hog to the
owner, but claimed that he had
been insulted by Parker and a war
rant for parker's arrest followed. 1t
was during the trial of the case on
the warrant yesterday afternoon
that the trouble was renewed. Dr.
Harrison was arrested and taken
to Searcy, where q preliminary
trial will be held tomorrow.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
SURE SIGN OF PROSPERITY.
One Hundred Locomotives Ordered
by Southern Railroads.

New York, July 6.--The last few
days have brought orders for up
ward of 100 locomotives to the
builders. The Missouri Pacific has
placed an order for so Mikado type
engines of 10000 pounds, each with
the American Locomotive Company
The same company has received ar
order for 10 Pacific type locomo-
tives from the Illinois Central.
The Illinois Central has also or
dered 10 Mikado engines from The
Baldwin company, making 60 1t has
purchased since March 4. The
Great Northern has given thu
Baldwin company an order for q
engines of the Mikado type.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
NATION DRINKING MOREI |
Whiskey Bill Increases SS,000,0O0
and 63,00O.000 Barrels of Beer
Were Sold in Last II Months

New York, July 6.--No less than
63,000000 barrels of beer were sold
in the United States during the Il
months ending June 80 last, an in
crease of the previous IL months OF
|6.2i per cent, according to the an
nual report of the United States
Brewers Association.
Notwithstanding the increase,
which the report contends, indi-
Gates prosperity, the spread Of pro-
hibition has affected the trade con-
siderably, it is declared.
The whiskey bill of the United
States for the year, according to the
report, is Sil6,973,000, an increase
of nearly 100000, or 500 per cent
over the preceding ~ months.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
WOMEN SAVE A MuRDEREss.
About 70 Become a Mother, She is
Released by Denver Judge.

Leadville, Col, June Women
and sentiment won a victory yes
terday when the murder charge
against Assunta Capra, an Italian
woman who killed her husband
here six weeks ago, was dismissed
in Judge Vavendars court.
The women Of the state had taken
an interest in the case to the ex-
tent Of besieging District Attorney
Hogan with requests that the wo-
man not be prosecuted, as they said
she was justified in killing her hus-
band.
Mrs. Capra is about to become a
mother.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
STATE TO BUY NEW
$500 ACRE FARM
Purchase OF Land, In Addition 10
That Already Owned. Is Au-
th0rized by the Peniteniiary
Board.

Little Rock, July THE pur-
chase of $500 acre farm, in adj
dition to that already owned by the
state was authorized yesterday by
authority OF the penitentiary Board
in session adjourned from Mon
day. IL is required that the farm
be in heaIthful location, where
plenty of good water can be OBJ
tanned, provided satisfactory
tract, upon reasonable terms, can
be obtained"
The resolution authorizing the
purchase was offered by Attorney
General Norwood and was unani-
mously adopted. Authority for the
purchase is found under Section
5S55 OF Kirby's Digest, reading, in
part, as follows:
And said board (the Peniten-
tiary Board is hereby empowered
10 perform any and all acts nee
essary In the purchase or lease and
equipping of said farm or farms"
The resolution contained also the
request that all perosns having such
tracts OF land for sale notify the
board, in order that the land may
be inspected and steps taken to the
end that all improvements neces-
sary for its cultivation in 1912 may
be made.
Revise penitentiary Rules.
Attorney General Norwoods re-
vision of the penitentiary rules was
also adopted. Among the changes
over the old set it allows a convict
to keep writing materials in his
room without permission of the
warden and to communicate with
the penitentiary Board or any
member thereof without having the
communication subjected to the
scrutiny of the warden. The latter
rule is for the purpose of receiving
complaints from men directly. The
wardens are also instructed to as
certain the addresses OF the fam
lilies or nearest friends of their
charges, and in case of death of the
convict, or serious illness, to notify
the friend or family at once.
Quarters are required to be made
free from mosquitoes, and kept so,
the old rule merely specifying that
the mosquitoes shall be eliminated
without being kept in that condit-
ion. Clothes that have been worn
formerly are required to be put in
sanitary condition before being fur
nished to a new wearer.
No bids for supplies will be con-
sidered without the submission of
samples and bids are to be made in
triplicate, one to the penitentary
clerk, one TO the commissary clerk
and one to the secretary of the
penitentiary Board. An itemized
statement of all lumber, timber and
produce sold under the direction of
the board must be filed in tripli-
cate with the clerk Of the peniten-
tiary. the secretary Of the board
and the auditor of state.
Following is the bill of fare pre-
scribed by the new rules:
For Breakfast--Flour bread,
meat, molasses, rice and coffee.
For Dinner-Two kinds of veg
etables, consisting of either Irish
or sweet potatoes, beans or peas,
turnips or turnip green's, meat,
cornbread and molasses il desired,
and milk. If milk can be had with
out expense.
For supper-Biscuits, meats, mo-
lasses, coffee, potatoes and rice.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
HITCHCOCK MAY RESIGN
Postmaster General Out OF Patience
Because of Assault Made ON
His Department,

Washington, July Postmaster
General Hitchcock will soon resign,
according to reports current here
today. The row between Presiden-
tial Secretary Hilles and himself
over the Alabama patronage matter
Is said to have fixed his determina-
ton to quit. 1t is thought he will
enter private business in New York
City
Chief Clerk Weed Of the post
office department, declared that Mr..
Hitchcock will quit because he is
Tired of the assaults made on his
administration and besides, wishes
to engage in business for himself.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13

Do you want sound liver, Wig
orous digestion, strong, healthy
kidneys, regularity in the bowels.
Take Priekly Ash Bitters. 1t has the
medical properties that will pro-
duce this result. w. C. Vandiver,
special agent; Jackson Drug Co,
special agents; Davis Drug Co.
special agents.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13

II your brain won't work right
and miss the snap. vim and energ,
that was once yours, you should
take prickly Ash Bitters. 1t clean
SEES. the system and invigorates both
body and brain. w. G. Vandiyer.
special agent; Jackson Drug Co.
special agent: Davis Drug Co.
special agent.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13

He eats heartily in the hottest
weather who uses prickly Ash Bit
tiers. II keeps his stomach, liver
and bowels III perfect order. w. C..
landlyer. special agent. jackson
DraE Co. special agent; Davis
Drug Co. special agent.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
.LUMBERMEN JOKE
OVER TRUST SUITS
Prominent Men Named in Govern
ment Case Take Part in Inde-
pendence Day Parade Dressed
in Penitentiary Garb.

Springfield, Mass, July 6.-Chas.
P. Chase and Ernest Newton Bagg,
both of whom are named in the
suit recently brought by the gov
eminent against the alleged lumber
trust, easily carried off the honors
in the Fourth of July parade here.
The two men, wearing regulation
prison uniforms with their hair
closely cropped rode III a steel
prison cell, barred and bolted, rest
ing on a float which was drawn by
four horses. The float bore this
inscriptions:
................ .
Local Members of the Alleged :
Lumber Trust Getting Free
Board.
Chase and Bagg sat on wooden
stools. With perspiration rolling
down their faces, they acknowledge
ed by gestures with palm leaf fans
the continuous roar of applause
that followed the float through the
crowded streets.
Mr.. Chase who is president of
the Springfield board of trade, and
also president Of the largest lumber
corporation in Springfield, was for
seven years president of the Mass
achusetts Retail Dealers Associa-
ton, which is one of the defend
ants in Attorney General Wicker
sham's suit. Mr.. Bagg, who is sec
rotary Of the Massachusetts Retail
Dealers Association, is named in
the bill of complaint.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13
For Sale.

have a fine grade Shropshire
ram. one year old last February.
low down blocky build; SHARED 10
pounds last April.
sam L. Barlmess.
So-5 Board Camp, Ark.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13

posts Wanted at once hy Josenh
Roberts Botiling Works. 26tf
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-07-13

Local Members of the Alleged
Lumber Trust Getting Free
Board.
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
THE RECIPROCITY DEBATE.
Senator Stone Says Farmers Have Beef
Fooled.

WASHINGTON, July 10. Vigorous sup
port of the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment by Senators Brown of Nebraska,
Stone of Missouri, and Works of Cali
fornia, and a short speech against the
measure by Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
made up today's debate on the measure
in the Senate. Senator Stone arraigned
the interests, which he said had been
using the farmers for the purpose of at
lacking reciprocity. He said Demo-
Gratis could find no excuse for not sup
porting the agreement introduced by
President Taft.
'sThis is part of a great progressive
movement toward a closer commercial
alliance with Canada that will be for
the lasting benefit of both countries, -
said he. "The President is on the right
side; the Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives is on the right side; it will be
a pitiful spectacle if the Senate should
stand as stumbling block.
He said he had been charged by some
Democrats with being an ally Of the Re-
publican President.
81 am supporting the measure, not the
President" he said. AS soon as 1t is
disposed of l am afraid my alliance with
h1m will cease, unless he is willing to
support some of the Democratic tariff
bills"
Senator Stone said that the opposition
of the farmers was in almost every case
artifcially created. The 30,O00-name
petition from Minnesota presented by
Senator Nelson was the result of the
activities of an agricultural paper, he
asserted.
The National Grange was used by the
firm of New York lawyers, Allen and
Grahame, who were summoned before
the Finance Committee, said Senator
Stone to oppose reciprocity for the bene-
fit of other interests that the firm rep
resented. Instead of being lawyers for
the farmer, he said, they were "profes-
sional lobbyists" and represented manu-
facturers.
"The idea was to arouse the farmers
and have them march upon the capital
and Congress-" said Senator Stone.
''But behind were these great interests,
footing the bills and urging them on. -
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
ISLE AU HAUT.

Great work is being done in the church
here. Interesting sermons by the new
pastor, Rev. E. Chuff, are held at 10.45
Sunday morning and $50 Sunday even
ing. The Sunday school follows immed-
lately after the morning sermon. There
are about rs members now and these are
being divided up into four classes. Music
is furnished by the young people, led by
Miss Hattie A. M. Turner and the pas
tor. The usual prayer meetings are held
Wednesday evening at $50. Thursday
evening the music class will meet at the
church to practice the rudiments of
music taught by the pastor. There are
now about II members. The class needs
Is and hope to get them all by the 9th.
The choir meets with Miss Hattie Turner
at 8. 80 every Saturday afternoon. The
young ladies. have organized Busy Bee
Club. 1t has IL members, with Miss
Hattie Turner as superintendent, Miss
Lizzie Rich as president and Mira m
Turner as secretary and treasurer. The
club will have sale and supper at Re-
we're Memorial hall the last of August.
They want everyone on and around the
island to come in, look around and be
sure not to go out until they have eaten
supper. At the end of the season the
money goes to the church.
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

ATHEREAS, Ernest R. Colson of Winterport
w Waldo County, Maine, by his mortgage
deed dated Apr 26, 1909, and recorded in Wal
do County Registry of Deeds, Book 1872. Page
240, conveyed to the Bucksport Loan & Build
ing Association, corporation located at Bucks
port, Hancock County Maine, certain real es-
tate thus described in said mortgage
The real estate with the buildings thereon
standing described in the following deeds: A L
Kelley to NJ Colson, recorded in Waldo Regis
try of Deeds, Book 1885, Page $780, deed from
Jessie Nickerson to Martin Colson, Book 12s
Page 81 of Waldo Registry of Deeds deed
from Albert V Cole to Martin Colson, recorded
in Book 12S, Page % of Waldo Registry of
Deeds; deed from Melinda Nickerson to Mar
tin Colson, recorded in Book l44 Page 45S of
Waldo Registry of Deeds; deed from Allah W
Hardy to Martin Colson, recorded in Vol 202
Page ASH of Waldo Registry of Deeds; deed
from Melinda Nickerson to Martin Colson, re-
corded in Vol l2S, Page 6S of Waldo Registry
of Deeds; deed from Albert L Kelley to Mar
tin Colson, recorded in Vol lis, Page IS of
Waldo Registry of Deeds; deed from Joseph A
Baker to Martin Colson, recorded in Waldo
Registry of Deeds, Book 223, Page 262 also
certain piece of land decided to Martin Colson
by Augustus Mayo, November Is 1874 bound
ed as follows: Beginning at the Meadow Bridge;
thence easterly thirty rods; thence northerly
thirty rods; thence westerly thirty rods; thence
southerly to place of beginning, being the
same conveyed to me by said Mayo deed;
also certain piece of land decided me by John
J Baker, for description of which see mort
gage from said Baker to John Cole, recorded
in Waldo Registry of Deeds, Vol 100, Page
1912, to which deeds and records thereof refer
ence is hereby. expressly made for more par
tcuar minute description of the several par
GELS conveyed. Excepting and reserving from
the above described premises rights of way
decided to Northern Maine Seaport Railroad as
recorded in said Registry, Vol 27S, Page lS and
Vol 27S, Page 10; also eight acres adjoin
ing the above right of way decided to said
railroad and recorded in said Registry, Vol 275,
Page 3S1. Meaning and intending hereby to
convey, excepting said reservations, premises
decided me by Martin Colson, in Vol 239, Page
11S, said Registry.
And whereas, the condition of said mortgage
has been broken, now therefore, by reason of
such breach of condition the Bucksport Loan
& Building Association claims foreclosure of
said mortgage.
Bucksport Me-, July II, 1911.
BUCKSPORT LOAN &
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
By WILEY C. CoNARY. its Attorney. 3t29
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
CARTOONS ON PROHIBITION.

The cartoons which are being run day
after day in the anti-prohibition news
papers of Maine are not the work of
Maine artists. Undoubtedly the ideas
are suggested by Maine men but the de-
tails are worked out by men who have no
love for Maine and no particular rever
ence for her people or her institutions.
The men who are paying for these car
toons are affiliated with the liquor bust
ness and it is only natural that the artist
should endeavor to please his employers.
There have been many of these cartoons
which were in good taste and which were
pointed and doubtless effective. All have
been we'll drawn and executed but there
have been several which it is surprising
to think any Maine paper would publish.
One such represented Maine as young
woman in ragged and dirty attire, SLOW
emily in appearance and altogether wretch
ed and woe begone, looking with envious
eyes upon the loudly dressed young
women impersonating other New Eng
land States, where it was said "high IL
cense' had been adopted. Think of a
Maine editor or publisher who would
print such a representation OF his own
State as this. Can he have any love for
Maine, any respect for her people or any
regard for glorious history? Is Maine
wretched, slovenly, ill-attired and en-
vious of the ill-gotten attire of other
New England States?
Possibly this cartoon appealed to the
Maine editors who printed it as extreme
ly witty and pertinent. In their zeal to
aid the cause of the saloon, which pays
the bills, these men overlooked the fact
that there is no State in the Union,
which occupies a higher place because Of
the character, education and nobility of
its people.
Maine ill-attired? No State in the
Union can boast of a garb half so beau
tiful or half so rich as that of Maine.
Maine in rags?
In no State in the Union are the people
so we'll to do, so prosperous and free
from care and poverty as are those OF
Maine.
Maine siovenly?
No where can more beautiful, well
kept attractive homes be found, no
where more noble men or more beautiful
and cultivated women than are to be seen
here in Maine.
Maine envious of her sister States?
No matter how much other States may
boast of their great cities, their great
industries, their appearance of prosper
ity and of wealth, and of their rich garb,
Maine knows that beneath the surface
are the novels of the degraded and the
miserable, the homes Of wretchedness
and despair, of the ignorant and the
criminal. Few of these things are to be
found in Maine. Her people envy no
people on earth, however much others
may boast of their grand appearance.
Let them fight the prohibitory law by
argument, by deduction from false SEA
tistics, by the observations of her people,
by analysing theories-yes, by the dis
tortion of truth and by lies and innu.
endoes, but the Maine editor, in his zeal
to serve we'll those saloon interests which
foot the bills, should hesitate before he
depicts Maine as anything else than the
most beautiful, the most honorable, the
most to- be-envled of all the States in the
Union. Portland Press.
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27

The liquor traffic is the most prolific
and potential source Of insanity, pauper-
ism and crime. Their connection with
the subject under discussion is close
enough to warrant examination and
analysis in this connection.
In 1903 Maine had 1856 insane in its
hospitals, 1858 for every 100, 900 people.
Massachusetts, had 8,679, or 1855 for
every 100, 600; more than twice as many
as Maine, Notwithstanding the fact that
the death rate in Massachusetts, for in
sane in hospitals was l,025. with only
Sc in Maine, nearly II times as many
when there should only have been four
times as many. Maine shows decrease
of the number of insane, since 1880 of
1928 in every 100000 people, while
Massachusetts shows an increase of in
every 100000.
In the Maine almshouse there were,
December 81, 1908, 1852 paupers, or
1881 for every 100000 people, and in
Massachusetts 1894, or 1878 for every
100, 600; and here again the death rate in
Massachusetts was 1893, and only 1S1 in
Maine. Maine shows from 1890 to 1903
a decrease in paupers of 9, and Massa-
chusetts an increase during the same
time of 1,209.
Names death rate from alcoholism in
1900 for every 100000 people was 2.2;;
that of Massachusetts was 6.S, three
times as great. Names rate is lower
than that of any other State in the Union
except New Hampshire's, which is the
same.
June 80. 1904, there were of prisoners
for drunkenness in Maine l20 and in
Massachusetts 2,l10, a proportion of
more than 10 to l, when if parallel it
should be four to one. This is record
with which Maine has no occasion to be
discouraged.
These are splendid and unparalleled
results, and demonstrate an actual pro-
gress in Maine markedly in excess of
Massachusetts and elsewhere. Whether
these results are attributed to the usual
intelligence and the natural energy, en-
terprise, thrift and capacity with which
the people of Maine are fortunately en-
dowed to degree not found elsewhere,
or whether they are to be accounted for
by the fact that, because of the policy
Of prohibiting the liquor traffic, they are
able more effectively to conserve anc
utilize their energies, or both, leave tc
be answered by the critics.
The facts exist. If the critics pro-
pose to eliminate the prohibition of the
liquor traffic as an important and con-
trolling factor, the burden is upon them
to do so. What is the differentiatins
cause? 1t ought perhaps to be said that
an opinion upon a question like this i;
not entitled to any great weight when i
is based simply upon flying trip through
the State, stopping at few of its hotels
or upon willing away an elegant leisure
On the comfortable veranda of some
luxurious summer cottage, reasoning
from superficial and sometimes imagin
airy premises, nonchalantly ignoring al
careful investigation of the essentia
facts involved.
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
The Verona Campmeeting.

The 2sth annual campmeeting of the Penob-
scot Spiritual Temple association will be held
at Verona Park. commencing August 9Th. and
continuing eight days. Wellman G. Whitney
of Massachusetts, an able and popular speaker
and test medium, has been engaged for the
first six days, DR.. ]. A. Stacy and wife Of
Lewiston, both of whom are talented as speak
ers and mediums. and Mrs. R. G. Strout OF
Bangor, fine test medium. have also been
secured to assist in the meetings. Other
talent is expected. The hotel rates for board
and rooms are very reasonable. Cottages are
also available and the management will spare
no pains to make visitors comfortable anc
happy. Albina Warren is president of the
association and Freeman w. Smith, Verons
Park, Bucksport, is secretary.
The Republican journal., 1911-07-27

THE great bulk of opposition to the
prohibitory law said Mr.. Littlefeld,
after citing the above judicial opinions,
1come from men who do not want less
rum sold, but from men who want more
sold. They want to increase the amount
of LIQUOR that comes into Maine. The
sinews and backbone of the present
movement come from men of that char
acter.
'The brewing interests frequently
have their mouths full of remarks about
the inefficiency of the law, but they have
never failed to vote against it.. Ii they
really believed it would broaden their
markets don't you suppose they would
vote in their own interests? Seventy
five or eighty per cent of the men com
posing the opposition have a selfish IN
terest in the matter. They do not have
the interest of Names yeomanry at
heart; they have their own individual IN
terest. 4.
"We come now to the question to
whether prohibition prohibits. l know,
and you know, that it has not eliminated
the sale of liquor. That is a. standard
that cannot be applied to any OF our laws
of civilization. 1t would be simply ash
nine to assume that as the standard.