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The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
Board Camp Odd Fellows Celebrate.

\ eoodly number of the members of Board Camp lodge No. 2s5. |. O. c. F.. assisted by Rebekah lodge No. 325 and a number of friends and visitors from other lodges. made Saturday, April 26 a memorial day in this community, in honor of the 9lth anniversary of the order. All. gathered m the hal. and the meet ing was called to order by Bro. Price. After a song and prayer by Bro. LoOney. Bro. J. R. Neal made a very interesting and instructive speech on Odd Fellowship. fol- lowed by a speech by Bro. Walker who explained the emblemS of the order. the three links. \ short ad- dress was made by Bro. Price on our orphans home. A short ad- dress of appreciation on behalf of the Rebekah sisters was made by Mrs. Sanford, after which the members were arranged in order and marched. On returning the ladies spread their dinners on the ground and a nicer time and a more orderly crowd never assem- bled. There was plenty of every thing to eat and plenty of lemon ade to drink and all were made to feel welcome. All too soon the time came to bring the day of pleasure tO a close, each one glad they had been permitted to meet and spend the day so pleasantly.
 \ Member.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
LOST WIFE, NOW MUST
 PAY FOR HER BOARD.
Boston Man 0uSted When Husband No. i Reappeared, Was Sued
 by Former Spouse.

Boston, April 23.-An unusual case was decided yesterday when a jury awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Beals, plaintiff, Si,7t2.94 as payment from Milton a Woodbury for his board and lodging while he lived with her as her husband. Woodbury Is a well known Boston restaurant keeper.
 The suit is the outgrowth of an "Enoch Arden" affair. Mrs. Beals' first husband. Charles $. Beals. dis appeared in i89i, and she thought him dead. Woodbury became ac- quainted with her three years ago. he testified, when the wires became crossed while they were both tele- phoning to other parties, and their marriage followed.
 Later Beals returned and claimed his wife. The WOodbuTy marriage was annulled and Mrs. Beals then sued for the cost of her former husbands board and lodging.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
DOUGLAS RUSSELL HAS BIG JOB
Is Using Ton and a Half Paint on
 One Building.

The following article is from the Evening Times-Record at Valley City, N. Dak.:
 Douglas Russell, who is in charge of the work of painting the Russell Miller mill here stated that it is one of the biggest. if not the biggest, jobs of painting in the country.
 Work is being started now with a crew of six men, and will be pushed rapidly for six to eight weeks before the work is complet- ed. More than a ton and a half of lead is used in the work, and the pay of the men engaged in it amounts to nearly a thousand dol lars.
 Few Buildings in the country, if any, have the painting surface to be covered of the local mill. No sky scraper in New York takes nearly the amount of paint and no mill in the Twin Cities approaches it. The Jamestown mill is about half the size, and other mills in North Da- kota do not nearly approach the local concern.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
Us Rinht \ane.

To put it another way, the two million dollars that Rockefeller will pay to the government in income tax every year will make up for the loss of duty on many thousands of suits of clothes for poor mems boys or shoes for the girls, or dresses for the good wife.
 What more rational than that the enormous fortunes of the country, whose accumulation has been made possible by means of favorable Legislation, to put it mildly, should bear some of the burden that their owners have been escaping all these years?
 President Wilson expressed it still more bluntly in his message when he said special privilege must be abolished. A good deal of the trouble about the tariff question in the last quarter century has been that we did not learn to call it by it's right name, and thus did not see that a few were being enriched at the expense of the masses-South- west American.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
FLYER FOLLOWED TRAIN
Mena Parties and Crew Saw Aero plane Which Came as Far
 as Acorn.

Sunday evening when the Traveller was at Page. several of the passengers and the crew saw two aeroplanes in the air west of the station. After a little one of these disappeared, but the other followed the train up the noun tain to Rich Mountain station and then on down to EagletOn and as far as Acorn, when the machine turned to the left and disappeared from view in the gathering dark ness.
 Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Lewis were among those who watched the maneuVers of the flying machine. Mir. Lewis says the man control ing the machine did not appear to entirely catch up with the train, following slowly up the grade, and then quickening the pace as the train came down the mountain. He estimated that the average height maintained was near 1000 feet. The aeroplane was very large and was directly opposite and to one side of the back end of the train when it turned away al Acorn.
 This is the second time aero planes have been reported in this vicinity, the last time being several months ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE,

l. w. R. Shinn, Tax Assessor in and for Polk County, Arkansas. will be at the within-named places m the dates set opposite each place for the. purpose of assessing the Real and Personal Property of polk County for the year 1918:
 Rich Mountain Township. MoD- day, June i6, at Rich Mountain Sta- ton.
 Acorn Township, Tuesday June r. at voting place.
 Washita Township. "Wednesday. June lS, at voting place.
 Mountain Township. Thursday June i9. al Dr. Norris Mill.
 Mountain Township. Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 2l, al Cherry Hill
 Mill Creek Township, Monday June g. at voting place.
 Big Fork Township. Tuesday. June 2i, al voting place.
 Fulton Township, "Wednesday. June 25, al voting place.
 Gap Springs Township. Thursday June %, al voting place.
 Faulkner Township, Friday, June 2G at voting place.
 Ozark Township, Monday and Tuesday. June 30 and July f. at Grannis: "Wednesday and Thursday July ? and 8, al Wickes.
 White Township. Friday. July | at Hatton: Saturday and Monday .luly , and ', al Nanderv0ort, Tues day and Wednesday, July x and 9 at Cove.
 Cove Township, Thursday and Friday July 10 and IT, a' Hatfield Eagle Township. Saturday. July ! l2 al voting place.
 Cedar Township. Monday July li. a' voting place.
 Freedom Township. Tuesday July l5. al Mountain Fork p8~,olnce; "Wednesday and Thursday. July i6 land i1, al voting place.
 Potter Township. Friday July lS lat voting place.
 Center Township. Saturday, July l9 at voting place; at Mena Court house Monday, July 2i to July 3l.
 W. R. Shinn,
 Tax Assessor
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
TIE VOTE. NO ELECTION.
Attorney General Moose Holds That
 Old Officer Holds Place.

Little Rock April 2i-Seyeral days ago Acting Governor Fulrell received an appeal from None,te. Craiehe5d county. asking ior his opinion on the mayoraIly lanslc, which resulted there in the last election when the two candidates received the same number of votes.
 Governor Futrcll placed the mai ter before Attorney General Moose. who pointed out the law re- garding the holding of office by mayors until their successors are elected and qualified. The lie vote does hot elect a successor Co the incumbent and justities him in holding on. according to the attor- ney general. The attorney general. however calls the attention of Governor Futrell to the coming special election, and advises him to place the matter again before the voters of Monette at that time. if he thinks the people there are dis satisfied, or if he thinks it is a just and easy way of settling the difIi- culty.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
ARKANSAS CATTLE IN MARKET

Kansas Ciy Stock Yards. April oe Fairly good receipts of cattle ana hogs came in this week, aboul ,'u s9 0O0 cattle and 45,O00 hogs wbiot was slightly more than arrived bonn b either last week or the same uoai' year ago. Cattle decline ! in ,a cents and hogs l5 to 20 cents ,l though the loss at other markot. was more. Dealers expect lgbte" receipts next week, and for soma time ahead, and there is feeling os confidence that prices will hold mn strong. This is shown by the stronp demand from the country for ston3 cattle at S7.25 to SS.25, prices nos much below the price of fat catIo Country feeders have inquired bere this week for stock hogs. being will ing to pay 10 cents pound finn shoats weighing 80 or 90 pounds That shows strong belief in higb prices ahead. Stock hogs are no, allowed to be taken out of publ%
 stock yards, but efforts are bpino made to permit this through he nso of hog cholera serum. If that coulS joe done, and dealers believe if will be arranged within the next sir months, Some hogs from Easfern Arkansas, weighing 2i7 pounds ay- craze, brought SS.50 here thi, week and some common light hog, from NCna SS.35, Mixed COWS and beifers from Ft. Smith sold at S 10 S5- also a few calves included. a single COW at S6.75, odd heads of steers af S6 No grass cattle are coming io Kansas City now, but packers here would like to see some of that kind coming. They are buying a few at Fort Worth and shipping to their plants here.-J. A. Rickart. Market Correspondent.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
The Arkansas "Razorback. "

The Kensett Keynote a short time ago published the following dissertation on the Arkansas ra- zorback of fiction:
 Arkansas has a greater variety of hogs and less pork and land than any state in the union. An average hogs weighs about fl pounds dress ed with its head on. and about 612 pounds with it of. It can outrun greyhound, jump a rail fence, climb like a parrot and lives .on grass roots and rabbit tracks. It hasn't much tail or bristles. but plenty of gall. It will lick a wolf or bear in a fight. It is called a razorback because it is shaped like sunfiSh. In hunting a razorback it is always shot at sideways, for there is not a ghost of a show to hit him otherwise. any more than 10 shoot at a split shingle. Ii can drink milk out of a quart jar on account of its long thin head. This type of razorback is known as the stone hog, because it's head is so long that it must be balanced up behind. The owner of this type of hog usually ties a stone to its tail to keep it from overbalancing and breaking it's neck while running, especially in turning. corners at a rapid gait. Care must be taken 10 see that the stone is not too heavy. or it will pull the skin over the hogs eyes and eventually cause to- tai blindness"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
PRAYS TO LORD GOVERNOR.
\egresS Addresses Peculiar Petition
 Asking for Husbands Pardon.

Little Rock. Aprl 2i.-The mail of the governor is an interesting proposition. as everything imagi- nable is requested of the chief ex- ecutive, especially from ignorant citizens. Ii has been only a few days since a boy in Oklahoma wrote and asked Acting Governor FuI.ll to write an essay for him, and tHis was followed by others of similar nature.
 The climax of all the letters is one received "Wednesday from a negroes in Memphis, who appeals to the governor as the Lord of Arkan- sas The husband of the old negress is in the penitentiary for selling mortgaged cotton, and all through the letter the language is in the form of prayer to the Lord of Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
STREET FIGHT AT JONESBORO.
One Man Near Death and Officers
 Seek Another.

Jonesboro, April 25.-As a result of street fight with Epps Banks here yesterday afternoon, Ernest Shaw is lying in St. Bernard's hos pital with a bullet wound near his heart. Physicians believe he will die. Banks escaped, and until a late hour last night had not been captured.
 Banks and Shaw are said to have nursed a secret hatred for each other as the result of a family quarrel. They met on the street here and the quarrel resulted. Of ficers declared that Shaw attempted to stab Banks, when Banks shot him. Banks fled, and when com handed by a policeman to halt, ran the faster, although the officer fired several shots at him.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
OLD CITY WELLS FILLED
Bug for MaterWorkS in 1899, Have Served as Mere Holes Since
 One Sensation.

The three old wells dug in 1899 with the idea of supplying the town of Mena whitewater, have at last been filled up by the street force, under the direction of the board of health.
 These wells were located near Ward creek north of the court house, when the first attempt was made in 1899 to organize a water works district in Mena and secure water works. Joe P. Landes, s. L. Lindsay and J. c. Jackson were the commissioners, and a tax was levied ana about Si,5O0 collected. of this sum s500 was spent in getting levels and other engineering work. Then a boiler and some other machinery was bought and the balance was used in digging the three wells. Each was carried to 45 feet.
 The intention was to dig them go feet deep. then connect with a tunnel, the idea being that by so doing plenty of water would be se- cured Efforts to sell the bonds, however, failed Then Landes left Mena and Lindsay and Jackson, not liking the outlook. resigned and the first attempt to get waterworks in Mena came to an end.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
CONVENTIONAL SOCIETY lS
 ONE GRAND VAUDEVILLE

Baltimore. April 28.-"The aver ac4 society women Is nothing put a ,.5rosjta We live in a twentieth rsainry vaudeville on magnificent
 eaIs You women with incomes Inf 5ecent size know nothing oi the raaI cost of living. Your children da not have to starve your daugh- '.rs are mot driven to the streets and into our houses of refuge your men are not made to work at star vatiOn wages.
 Thus spoke Dr. Scott Nearing University of Pennsylvania, at the Varvland State Federation oi W,o1an's Clubs. His auditors, who were amazed at first, broke into frantic applause as his telling points drove home. a,.-. T
 -I hone" said he once, that | lam in the language of the baseball diamond. getting this over ana their eloved hands ciapped eagerly <, show him. We are all of us riiieul0uslv conventional. If my r.fcbbors across the street get a n3uo. | must have one too. Ii bar children wear silk stockings, mine must do the same. Isn't that s7? Isn't it plain where the real .b1rden of the cost of living falls? W-bv of course on those who can't aet bread. much less silk stockings.
 ~You women ir this hall don't know the real problem. Do your children ever have to starVe. The working mans often do. Are your daughters driven 10 the streets, and do they die in prostitution or live in our houses of refuge?'
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
BO0STERGRAPHS.

Don't complain if the boosting you ought to do js not done.
 The proper use of hammer is to drive home a nail or the truth.
 You don't kn0I how cheap a thing is until you know how good it is.
 The village band makes sweet music, but it isn't in it with the village carpenter.
 If you don't see this towns ad- yantages, how do you expect a stranger to do so?
 Remember that the farther you send a dollar on an errand the long CT it will be getting back.
 Some people seem to think that the way to make this town grow is to help build skyscrapers in Chi cagO.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
MOVING WITH wHEELBARROw.
". T. Waller Reached Mena Frl-
 day on Long Journey

sAbout ? o'clock Friday afternoon there was a mild sensation on me SQulh Side when a man EiNlng the name 'of iW.raT. Waller arrived. lrundling a wheelbarrow contain ing household effects. coop of chick ems. etc. He was moving rom Dierks. in the south part oi How ard county to Sugar Grove, lh north Scott county.
 The vehicle in question was about l2 feet long over all. and Waller was aided in carrying his end of the load by strap over his shoulders. The load, which ln- cluded household equipments, in- cluding a bed, pots and kettles, etc. and a coop of chickens and other luggage, and was estimated to weigh 300 pounds. Waller stated that he made distance of about 8 miles a day with his heavily loaded single-wheelei moving van
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
SPALDING BUGGY co. TO
 AGAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
State Headquarters for Northern Firm Will Be in. Little Rock
 Attorney General Cant Interfere.

Little Rock. April 29.-Attorney
 General W. L. Moose has received
 from Conway a. notice that agents
 of the Spalding Buggy Company are
 preparing to reopen their headquar-
 ters there. and relief Is asked. The attorney general has replied there can be nothing done by the state under the recent reversal of the Ar kansas Supreme court by the Su- Ipreme court of the United States. The Arkansas legislature passed an act prohibiting the peddling of | lightning rods, stoves. pumps bug gies and vehicles. which was fought Iout by the Spalding Buggy Com pany and wrought iron range con- cern. They send agents into the lcounties. who sell the merchandise. which is shipped into them as agents of the manufacturer. and then delivered. The legislature at- | tempted to lax them S20O per rouu- l ty. but the highest court declared it
 a restraint of commerce and that lends it.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
For Sale-6-r. cottage. cor. 9th and
 Magnolia. E. A. Deseve.
Notice of Contest.
Department of the Interior, United States Land office,


 Camden. Ark, April 2i, 1915
 To William l.. POIndeNter ol Grannis, Ark, Contestee:
 You are hereby notified that Obe PolndeNter, who gives Grdnnls, AT kansas as his post-oflice address, ono on April 2l, i9i3 file in this olllce his duly corroborated applcaiioa t0 contest and secure the cancella- ton of your homestead entry Se- ual No. 057i5, made Sept. l6, lsl7 Tor SEX NML, NEA SNA | ana Frl. WIZ SWA, Section ij, Town .Smp 6 S., Range 8 w. 9th Pfln Meridian, and as grounds for hs contest he alleges that the entry man has wholly abandoned llt same for more than six months prior Co the commencement ol lns sulI and never lived on sad la3l more than days, and never llaN any improvements thereon.
 You are, therefore, further nol, fled that the said allegation, Wlll m taken by this office as having Dee' confessed by you. and your salu gl. try will be canceled thereuhuSs,. I without your further right 10 heard therein, either before thls g ice or on appeat if you fat 'o hs m thlS office within twenty de!i after the FOURTH publication this notice, as shown below, your aa' swer, under oath, specifically nlee' ing and responding to these allesf tlons of contest, or if you fall wlsn, m that time to file in this olice uus proof that you have served gVT ol your answer on said cohtes'aa1 elther Tn person or by regisNt,ss mall. II this service Is made Di s delivery Of a copy of your ansSJ to the contestant in person pIvVi sueh service must be either the Ss. sa contestants written achno"leo@ar oar ment of his receipt Of the vVt showing the date of its receipSso Ssom me affidavit of the person by @9ba @.ba the delivery was made Stating VII and where the copy was deiNeoifd II made by registered malt pIpo such service must consist oi tue n ildaNit of the person by whom aei copy was mailed, stating Wien ws the postoflice to which mailed. and this affidavit Illus accompanied by the postaas receipt for the letter. ,rsua You should state in your ',,bifh z the name of the postoflice to wsp. lon. E you desire future notices to p' to you. .,sf
 H. c. Friedheim, hesiS
 l.. E. Rowe, Receiver. ms Star-Date First publicabon ,sT m Date of Second Publication ny k Date of Third Publication M% ,ts, Date of Fourth Publication, M"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
Preston Carnahan.

L. w. Preston of Albany, Wis, and Mrs. Elizabeth Carnahan of Mena were married "Wednesday night about B o'clock at the home Of the Rev. A. p. Gallagher, Father Gallagher officiating Only a few friends of the bride were present Nr. Preston Is a retired business man and has come to make his nome Tn Mena. Mir and Mrs. Pres ton have received many beautiful presents from their friends
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
Farmer Killed in Runaway.

Rogers. April 29-William A. Me Neil, one of the oldest settlers of this town, was killed east of Rogers on White river. He was riding to the field, followed by a team and wagon driven by Will Price, his tenant. The team took fright and started to run. Mir. MeNeil wheeled his mule in the effort to stop the runaway. He was thrown from the mule and the heavy wagon passed over him. MT. Price was thrown from the wagon and across a wire fence. Mir. McNeil never regained consciousness and died in a few mo- ments.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
Serious Trouble From Injury.

David Furry. here with the Reynolds-Dayis Grocery Company. accompanied by Mrs. Furry left this morning for Van Buren, where he will undergo an operation as a result of an injury received last Sunday. While on the Traveller coming to Mena, it is stated that a door slammed shut, cutting off Mr Furry's third finger on his left hand at the first joint. This was treated. and it was at first thought the injury would cause little trou- ble. but yesterday it developed that a bone was split and an operation would be necessary.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
PaIace of Sweets Snld

Chicken York, the famous black-face comedian who recently closed three nights engagement .at the Lyric, and who IS now in- structing talent for the Elks' min strel, closed a deal Friday with Charley Hagan for the Palace of Sweets, corner of Maple avenue and DeQueen street. MT. York states that the place will be conducted as first class resort for ladies and gentlemen, and will not be kept open Sundays if such is a violation of the law.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
READY FOR DELIVERY
Hail Carriers and Postmaster Are Waiting for May 1.-The Routes
 No More 1 Cent Letters.

Ia Will pron and Homer Pigs, the two mail carriers who will handle Vena.s free delivery service begin ming May i. as well as Postmaster Levi Wimberly and his assistants are all in readiness. All the equip meni for use in the service Is here, with the exception of the hall boxes which are expected at any lime These boxes. when they ar rive. will be placed at the follow ing points: k. C. :. depot. corner seventh and Hickory, Fourth anu Martin. second and Martin. tlitn and Martin. Second and Pine. FIi'll ana Naple. Sixth and Pof, Arthur, sixth and Hickory seventh ana Walnut. Ninth and Hickory. Tenth and Jansen. Thirteenth and Church. Twelfth and Hamilton Twelfth and Magnolia.
 The following schedule has been arranged for the carriers:
 S:lO to 9:i5 a. m.
 
 Carrier i-From Jansen avenue between Fourth and seventh, lo Pine avenue.
 Carrier 2-From Maple avenue between Foutrh and Seventh to Magnolia.
 9:i5 to 11:25 a. m.
 Carrier i-From Fourth street between Jansen and Sherwood, tC Reeves avenue.
 Carrier 2-From Seventh street between Maple and Magnolia tl Eleventh.
 If:3O a. m. to 12:i5 D. m.
 Carrier l-From First street t( Petros avenue, and Fourth stree between Martin and Pine.
 Carrier 2-From Maple avenue and Reeves street, between EleNentI and Reine. to SOutherland.
 In the afternoon the carriers re- port at 2:I5 for the afternoon de- livery. and cover all the bushes district and as much of the resi- dence district as possible. ThD postmaster may change the route as the business needs.
 The box at the station will b, opened by the railway mail clerk on each passing train. This will d' away with having to wait for thu train to mail letters.
 The one cent rate for drop let ters will be discontinued as soon a the delivery service begins, and al letters must, after May |, have tw cent stamps on 10 insure thei proper delivery.
 Mr. Wimberly requests that tn patrons of the office be patient fo awhile and overlook any error which may be made while he am his force are getting accustomed t the new work.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-01
JACK JOHNSON FINED
 Si.000 FOR SMUGGLING

Chicago, April 23.-Jack Johnson. negro pugilist, was fined si,00O in Federal court here today, after charges of smuggling a 5000 neck lace had been dropped and the heavyweight had pleaded nolle con- tendre charges of concealing from Federal officers the fact that he had the jewelry in his possession. The necklace was declared forfeit ed to the government.
 The action winds up the lesser of two cases which Federal authori- ties have against Johnson. He is still to come to trial on an indict- ment charging violation of the Mann law.