The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-05-11

KIND WORDS, AND HELPFUL.


Publishers of newspapers gen.
orally manage to get plenty of Gus
sings" for their shortcomings, or
for what others think are short
|comings, as the case may be, but
if they really Try with any degree
Of intelligence to work for the best
interests of their community, and
publish a paper that represents
with credit their town and county
and state, they sometimes receive
words of praise.
OF this latter The Star has re-
ceived its full share, and possibly
more. Recently kind words have
been coming in like showers of fra
grant flowers, especially since the
last and long-wished for improve
ment made possible by the instaIa-
tion of the Standard Mergenthaler
Linotype, with which this article
and practically all ather reading
matter of the paper now is put in
form for the press. These kind
words, as a rule, are cherished in
the hearts of the publishers only,
but the following letter from a dis
tant friend is so full Of well de-
esrved praise for Polk county, so
full of the helpful, uplifting spirit,
that 1t is thought proper that the
subscribers of The Star generally
should read it.
If you live here, catch the spirit,
and more fully appreciate your OPP
portunities. If not, ponder over the
truth expressed by the disinterest-
ed writer and take your first chance
to profit thereby, and come to Polk
county.
To the Editor of The Star, Mena,
Arkansas.
Dear Sir:--Am enclosing check
for 81 that The Mena Weekly Star
may continue to twinkle at the
Berry habitation, Si3 South Glen
wood, where it is read and reread
with great interest. | want to ex-
press my personal qualification at
the improved appearance of The
Star, and of your enterprise, in sub
stituting a "Merg" for the hand
typos. | hope The Star will eontin-
ne to shine brighter and brighter as
the days so by, and that your peo-
Pile will more fully realize the great
light you are throwing upon Polk
county. They should appreciate
the fact that persistent advertising
is the only method by which Polk
county can attain the large popula-
ton il deserves, and that The Star
is the greatest harhinger of the
good news there. So keep up your
boosting, and continue to tell the
world of the many opportunities in
and about Mena. You folks down
there on the ground have no idea
how closely the outside world is
watching Arkansas, and how close
ly the progress of your city and
county is watched. Your successes
are good tidings of great joy to the
Northern men and women who are
waiting for an opportunity TO get
hold in the great Southwest. For
this reason hope you will continue
to tell in The Star each week the
stories of your peoples success in
business, in farming, in education,
in religion, and in all that which
goes to make for the betterment of
mankind. 1t is this advertising of
the peoples success that has made
other localities great, and if Mena
and Polk county want to get in the
worlds banner class, they must do
likewise. Other Arkansas counties
are getting Northern wealth and
Northern men and women for citi-
zens, and there is no reason why
Polk county should not have its
share. Personally | know of no
better place to live than there, and
some day | hope TO be numbered
among the residents of your county.
Don't fail to- remind me when
owe for The Star, for want il to
come regularly for my own pleas
ure and that of my friends to whom
love TO tell of Polk county.
Yours truly,
Robert NJ. Berry.
Springfield, Ill, May 4.