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The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
WOULD RENEFlT MENA.

On several occasions The Star has advocated tine construction of bath house and swimming pool in Jans- sen park.
 AS time goes on the idea that such an enterprise is both feasible and desirable sticks and grows
 The larger cities are finding it more and more necessary to provide such things for the population The better among them supply parks. playgrounds for children, tennis courts and golf courses for young and old. band concerts and free bath houses for everybody. These things are done because they tend to make better people physically men, tally and morally The world is be- ginning to look upon such things as a duty as well as necessity.
 And it is these very things that attract the young folks from the country and smaller cities to the country and smaller cities to the big cities. It is the LACK of these things that does much to drive the young folks from the country and smaller cities.
 A neat bathhouse with dressing rooms and shower baths could be built on the space between the lower lake in Janssen park and the side walk, with entrance from the side walk. A passage from this structure to the lake could be nicely arranged by a stairway or incline down to the waters edge.
 A view of the lakes bottom. now that it is temporarily drained, shows that 1t would require but little ex- penditlre to fit it into a splendid swimming pool, one that not only would attract the boys and young men, but that would be popular with many a gray-haired man who would drop years from his shoulders as, on summer evenings. he took header into the cooling waters, just as he did when he was a boy
 Such a feature would be an added attraction to visitors, and the more of these we have the better.
 Of course the ideal would be for the city to furnish this free to it's people, But Mena could not do that just now But the enterprise could be handled so that it would pay its own way. hy collecting small fees from the patrons.
 And then, when conditions are bet ter. it could be made free Mena could render one more fine service to it's people
 Think this ever.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
AsKs roR FEpEnAL pENsIoNs.
Confederate Veterans Ask That
 Si0O.0OUO00 Be Repaid to South.

At meeting of Pat Cleburne Camp No. isi0. . C. V, held in Mena last Saturday the provisions of the filllman bill. being House Bill Nc. 41s. was under discussion by the assembled veterans, and a resolu- tinn was adopted mem0rallznz the senators and congressman to give the measure united and individual support The officers of the camp were directed to send copy of said resolution tO each senator and con- eressman, and one Co Gov. Hays {: and ln transmitting it the officers have made the following statement.
 Believing, as we dO that every principle of humanity and justice demands that this measure should become a law. as each and every old soldier composing this camp is as loyal Co the United States govern ment, as devoted Go the interests, welfare, integrity and honor thereof as a like number of citizens of the United States no matter where they may reside, nor in what army they have served can possibly be, and that in view of the vast sums that are annually paid out in the form of pensions Go old soldiers of the eOun- try, we feel that this comparatively insignificant sum should be allowed as provided for in said bill That 1t is but an act of simple justice. We trust that the above matter will meet the appreciation and support of our Congressmen and Senators from this state"
 The Tillman bill provides, briefly, for the payment of pension to Confederate soldiers and to widows of Confederate soldiers amounting to $500 back pay and S30 per month for the remainder of their lives. There is a fund of approximately in the United States treasury which arose first from cap tured and abandoned property; sec Ond, from confiscated property and, third. from the collection of cotton tax from 1863 to 1868, and this fund IS to be paid hack to the South in npnsi0ns
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
GOVERNOR ISSUES PARDON TO NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDER
Cousin of Deceased Man Says John Collins Is Innocent of Crime for
 Which He Is in Penitentiary.

Little Rock, July 7-Gov. Hays has pardoned John Collins. negro, who was originally sentenced to hang, in the spring of 1912, for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Mark Var brough. September 9, i9ti On ap- peal the cases was reversed, and April 9, 1912, he was convicted of second degree murder and given 2i years. The petition for pardon is signed by nearly all county officers and strongly supported by W. T.. Marlborough, a cousin of the deceased, who says that the shot which killed his cousin was fired by negro named Jones, and that it is the gen. eraI belief that Collins was innocent. He had no grievance against the de- ceased. He was with Jones at the time the shot was fired and his worst fault was in failing to report at once to the authorities.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
CARRANzA SENDS
 SECOND WARNING
nc Facto Cooperation in Putting Down Raiders Is Promised U. s.- Ramos Nephew Heading l,oW
 Men Continues Chase in Hills.

Washington. July t0.-A second Warning that Villa bandits are headed for the Big Bend district oi Texas was given to the state de- nartment Monday by Eliseo Are dondo the Mexican ambassador de- sienate He told Acting Secretary Polk his government had gwen nim definite information that the ban dits were moving northward towarc Boduillas Tex, and promlseu O. operation of Carranza forces.
 Mir. Arredondo said he had no ln- formation regarding the number ol bandits or their distance from the American line. The information was sent to the war department ano forwarded to General Funston.
 ViIlastas Chased in Durango.
 El paso. July i0.-General Matias Ramos nephew of General IgnaciC Ramos. who was killed in the recent CorralitOs fight, is pursuing the Nll- Ia hand under CalixtO COntreraS ln- to the mountains of Durango, ac- cording to a telegram received or Monday by General Gonzales a Juarez.
 The message from General Ire vino al Chihuahua City. said the Villa men did not give battle at Las Nievas as expected, but continued UT the Rio Florido. Ramos has a force of i,500 men.
 Francisco Villa appeared ln Jim- inez after it's capture by bandits, ac- cording t0 La DemOcrata, a Carran- ga organ published in Chihuahua City. a copy of which was brot t Fl paso by travellers
 The paper state that after anni- hilating the de factO force under General Ramos at Corralit0s, tn. Villa band entered Jiminez, sacked the town and put to death the Car ranza officials and gave the cap tured CarFanza soldiers their choice of joining their party or having their right ears chopped off Calix- to COntreras was then in command the paper says, but later Villa en- tered the town in a carriage. He X pictured as having walked or crutches and as having seemed bad ly crippled in the legs. In this ac. count the Villa force was estimated at 2,000 men.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
RULES FOR EXPENDITURE
 OF THE STATES MONEY
supreme Court in the Fish and Game Fund Case Makes some
 Important Rulings.
special to The staF

Important Rulings.
 Special to The Star
 Little Rock, July 5--ln tying up the Fish and Game Fund. the sn- preme court has announced a deli nite policy toward appropriations that should settle all such questions in the future. It says in part
 The primary object of these pro- visions nf the Constitution and sta iutes in aid thereof is to prevent the expenditure of the peoples money without their consent eX- pressed in the organic law or con- stitutional acts of the Legislature A specific appropriation IS an abSo- lute prerequisite of the drawing from or payment out of the State Treasury of any money there re- auired to be deposited. No money for general, ordinary. special, con- tingent or other expense, no money at all can be legally drawn, there fore. except under the forms of law in accordance with an appropriation properlv made. No General Assem- blv may control or reimburse funds for a longer time than the biennial period. All moneys required to be paid into the state treasury are public funds within the meaning of the Constitutional requirements re- lating to appropriations therefor, and no money coming into such treasury by operation of law can be legally drawn therefrOm ior paid out of the treasury except in pur- suance of specific appropriations in accord with the constitutional re- duirements."
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
PRAIRIE DOCS As FOOD.
6nly the Name Is Unpleasant, a
 Government Expert Says.

From the Cheyenne (Wyo) State
 Leader
 Sheridan Wyo.-As an article of food the lowly prairie dcg is a rival. and strong one, to the toothsome rabbit The only thing against the prairie dog is that he Is called dog
 The authority of the statement is R. T Jackson, who is in charge of the prairie dog eradication work for the Department of Agriculture in Wyoming and South Dakota Mr Jackson backs up his assertion by saying that he has eaten prairie dogs and found them fine. that he has prepared them for others who have eaten them and pronounced them fine, under the impression that they were eating rabbit and that the prairie dog leads a life which fits him exactly for human food In preparing them. Mr. Jackson says. the meat is treated exactly as rab- bit meat is treated
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
REPORT OFFER OF LOAN.
Mexican Papers Say Americans
 Lend S100,OO0,000 to Carranza.

Mexico City, July 8.-Newspapers here today publish a story that a group of New York bankers has of fered to loan the Carranza govern ment Si00,000,000 Editorially it IS said that with this new move the Mexican financial situation is in a fair way to be settled
 There have been reports that Americans might go to the aid of the Carranza government but no announcement to this effect has been made. A recent dispatch from Washington declared Counsellor Polk of the State Department had stated conference he had had with Henry T. Fletcher, ambassador de- slgnate to Mexico. and Paul NJ. War burg of the Federal Reserve Board. had nothing to do with the rumor that the American government would encourage American bankers to loan money to General Carranza.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
AER0PLANEs AGAIN FAIL.
General Pershing Had to Depend on
 Cavalry Patrols as Result.

Columbus. N M, July s.-General Pershing today was again forced to rely on cavalry patrols for recon nolsanees around his advance base. Yesterday the single aeroplane with the expedition was put out of com mlsslon. A propeller blade went to pleces during a scouting flight bv Lieutenant Christy and an observer. put the two men brought to machine down safely.
 At the Columbus base camp. i2 aefoplanes have been lying out in the open for two months. lacking propellers. A rush shipment of spe- clal blades required is en route here.
 The discovery that military infor- nation was reaching Mexico fhru the indiscriminate taking of photo- graphs here caused tho placing of a strict censorship on nictlres
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Save the Cnms.

Almost the greatest calamity that has fallen upon Arkansas this year is the sale of thousands of young COWS and heifers. This country and the whole world is facing a meat fam inc and we should have kept more .of these COWS Then with the scrub cows and pure bred bulls our farm CTS can make money and by keep ing the best heifer calves they can build up good herds in few years.
 The greatest thing Arkansas farm CTS can do this season is to sell the scrub bull, get in pure bred bulls and get into the business of grow ing cattle for tho northern mar ket- Breed beef cows to freshen in March. dairy COWS Co freshen about October and keep meat calves to seven or eight months of age or possibly up to weight of about seven hundred and sell to northern feeders. Male calves from dairy cows, born in October may be- slaughtered in few weeks. or if of good form may be kept at a pro- fit for one year. Write the Exten- sion Division of the University of Arkansas and U. s. Department of Agriculture at Fayetteville. or Lit tie Rock for bulletins on cattle.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
BELGIAN VETERAN GONE.
Enlisted With Harrison Company
 Now Stands as DeSerter.

Little Rock, July 7-Co. M, of Harrison, would like to know the whereabouts of Latresse, the Bel gian veteran who enlisted with the company at Harrison. He left camp early in the week, saying that he was going to the hospital. But he did not report at the hospital, and he has not returned to camp. It looks like case of desertion. An example will be made of him if he is found.
 Latresse is said to be a most like able fellow He was great favo- ite with the boys. He sang in five languages. and gave most entertain ing accounts of his experiences on the firing line in Europe. One finger was shot oil. and he bears the sears of other wounds gotten at the front He was in the bloody campaign about the Ypres salient and judging from his wounds must have been in the thick of the fray.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
PRICE OF BIBLES RISING.
Sunday School Publications Also Af-
 fected by High Paper Cost.

From the Philadelphia North Amer
 ican
 The high cost of living has reached Bibles and Sunday school literature.
 Prices of book paper, which have doubled in recent months, are quoted as the cause. Unless con- ditions improve certain religious publications may be discontinued al- together and others cut down to minimum of cost Several de- nominational publishing houses have cut down the size of their pub locations. Others have increased subscription rates.
 The American Bible Society has announced that. owing to the dif1i- eulty in obtaining paper, cheaper Testaments, usually selling for five and ten cents and the i5-cent Bibles will be discontinued in part. The society has found 1t almost impos- sible to obtain Bibles which hereto fore have been printed in England.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Down With Fashion.

From The Fort smith Times Record.
 Rebellion Bloodll Revenge ' Down with fashion. Its tyranny is intolerable Now why should wom- en be permitted to wear no collars at all and expose their necks for several inches and men have to wear stiff collars. Talk about being slaves of fashion. where is there a woman as slavish as men2 A col- lar is barbarous yet all the men lutionU-nafJwa. gata onoaBY- wear them II is time for rebel lion that will amount 10 B revolu- tinn
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
 Diarrh0ea Remedy.

Every family without exception should keep this preparation at hand during the hot weather of the summer months. Chamberlain's Collc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy IS worth many times it's cost when needed and is almost certain
 to be needed before the summer is over It has no superior for the purposes fer which it is intended. lsuay 1t now Obtainable everywhere.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
COMMIsSIONER'S SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that ln pursuance of the authority and d. Irections contained in the decrek order of the Chancery Court of Poll County, made and entered on the 29th day of June A. D., 1916 in s certain cause (No. 328l then pend. ing therein between John E. Furlong. complainant, and David W ConnalIy Mamie L. Connally and J. H. Choie and l. NJ. Davis, defendants, the un- dersigned, as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at publi vendue to the highest bidder, al the southeast door or entrance of the County Courthouse, in which sah Court is held, in the County of pQh within the hours prescribed by lax for judicial sales, on the 29th dsy0 July, A. D. 1916, the following de- scribed real estate, towit SEX ol SEA of Section 10, and the SR .Oi SWA, the NEA of SWA and SfA of NWA of Section if, Townshp 2 South, Range g West. containing 200 acres, in Polk County, Afkansas l Terms of Sale: On a credit Oi three months, the purchaser benF required to exeente a bond as re- quired by law and the order and ds- cree of said Court in said caust with approved security, bearing In- terest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until pae and a lien being retained on lhe premises sold to secure the paynleni of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this iiih day of July, A. D. 1916. \
 FREEMAN L. JOHNSON,
 Commissioner in Chancery ] lsf nnh Inlv la last InlY 21 i9ih
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
property of tho Kansas City South ern railway

Mena has fine waterworks Dur ing most all the year thousands and thousands of gallons Of water runs Co waste daily lt has been saggest- ea that tho establishment of one or more sanitary watering fountains for horses would be a humane and popular thing Why not2
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
sIpPoRTING THE sCH00I $.

Nebraska leyies 8 mills for school purposes and Oklahoma 24. and vet some are opposing Amendment No. 12. which would only make 1t pos sible. by majority vote, to increase our rate a maximum of 5 mills. The state which pursues a niggardly pol icy towards it's schools can never march in the vanguard of progress
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
TRAINsIEN MILK THE cows.
From the New York Herald.


 The COWS of Georgia are to re- ceive no quarter in the future when they get in the way of tue snorting trains of the Central Railroad of Georgia. Joseph M Pagan, freight agent of the company has issued an order that any COW standing, lying or galloping along the systems route is to be pursued, and thoroly |milked by the trainnlen. despite any complaint of the owners or passen- gers.
 Recently hungry trainmen have taken to the practice of milking COWS on a charge of trespassng. This treatment aided the meals of the trainmen and greatly angered the farmers, who previously had been entirely indifferent about the habits of their live stock.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Three Mexicans Arrested.

Columbus. July t0.-Three Mexi- can residents of this place were ar rested Monday charged with con- cealing dynamite and fuses about their houses in violation of the law
 The Mexicans are being heldpend- ing further investigation which may have to do with a part they are al- legged to have had in the Villa raiC of March q
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13

The Civic Committee of the wom- ans Literary Club. in an effort to beautify the city, caused a number Of flower beds tS hs planted at de- sirable points. The lamentahle feat ure is that the committee has nov to put forth extra effort to secure means to keep these flowers and plans from being hidden completely by grass and weeds. Some Of these spots are adjacent to nice homes and one is down by the depot. on the
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13

Notice is hereby given, that la pursuance of the authority and a, rections contained in the decre@s order of the Chancery Court Of PoA County, made and entered on lB certain cause (No. 373l, then peIo- 29th day of June A. D., 1916 ln 2 ing therein between l.. NJ Wimberg- complainant, and Mamie undernll' defendant, the undersigned, as Coar missioner of said Court, will one for sale at public vendue 10 M highest bidder, at the southeast oogl or entrance of the County CquIEI house, Ill which said Court IS hsl@ in the County of Polk, within lls lnI hours prescribed by law for JualclSe sales, on the 29th day of July. A. pi 1916, the following described req estate, to-wit: Lot !, Block ~, m , the town of Mena. in Polk Coull" Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale. On credit .Is @ three months, the purchaser DeIs required to execute a bond as ae quired by law and the order ana as us, lcPee of said Court in said csus'' with approved security, bearing a, m, terest at the rate of 10 per cent p9 IS annum from date of sale until psSS pSs and a lien being retained on Ms ni premises sold to secure the payll's'' lof the purchase money. ,sh
 Given under my hand thls " day of July, A. D. 1916
 FREEMAN l.. J0HNSON,.
 Commissioner in ChancsdI;as sd;s ist pub. July f3, last July 2l.t IVY
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
BRITAIN AGAIN SEIZED NAH

berlin July (via wireless to Say vile The entire first class mai on the Scandinavian-A American liner United States, bound from New York Tor Copenhagen, was taken from it Dy British authorities at Kirkwall the Overseas agency announced to- day. The mail matter seized com prised 9iS bags.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Notice to school Directors.

The law provides that the direct 0rs of the several school districts of the state shall make the annual enu- meration report not later than July 20 All directors are urged to make the report not later than the above make the report will receive their date as only those districts that make the report will receive their share of the state app0rtionment.
 w HOMER pIGG,
 22s-it County Superintendent
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
COMMIsSIONERIs sALE.

LtDM MMiSSIONERfS fS 6Al5g. n
 Notice is hereby given, ,has J rections contained in the derIV% di S- pursuance of the authority an1n noIL Jt order of the Chancery Court ol fg's ,be County, made and entered en t, v I 29th day of June A. D. 1910 nnd n certain cause No. 36i), then pash pen1h ing therein between E. hoas o1Isn. complainant, and w. Q. LeWsSlsuI~ SnsI- defendant, the undersigned as vJIsr "asr missioner of said Court, VIII 0t the for sale at public vendue U aom ~ highest bidder, at the southeast do,'y, uTa or entrance of the County ghen house, in which said Court ls ihe m the County of Polk, witlllls ls;risI hours prescribed by law for Juul'iD0 D sales, on the 2Sth day of July, A real 1916, the following descrlbe91 oetio0 estate. to-wit: The NEA ol oog"sI sa 9 |2i, Township 4 South, Hanso
 West, in Polk County, Arkansas. l;. ii
 Terms of Sale On d efephns phsirg three months, the purchaser s rs. required to execute a bona S aS de- quired by law and the order anu na,,ss cree of said Court in said ssai.;n@ eeY in. with approved security, beai idnt i,,s pel terest at the rate of 10 per geps ,;i snasid sid annum from date of sale uilln unn ib and a lien being retained un ,,e.l premises sold. to secure the la' =
 of the purchase money. 4s.,,,s "A
 Given under, my hand tiil' F day of July, 4. D. f9f'6. ,,rcol k
 n FREEMAN I.sI pHtsnU' !: ss, ,r, Commissioner Y .c. ist pub. July i3, la "
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Farm Wanted,

| want te. purchase one Or two |mofeesmalhs1leap farms: n,nst. have some lmpfdvernents. must hn' ehaap, kansas. oats
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
ORIGIN OF THE WORn aNEWs.v '

The word news is composed of the four letters used to designate the cardinal points of the compass. Originally newspapers printed this sign on the front page:
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13

to indicate that they published the news from all quarers oi the globe Later the letters were arranged in straight lne-NEWS.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
Takino Rio Chances.

lt is a great risk to travel without a bottle of GhamberIain's Colic. Cholera and DiaIfohea Remedy. as this preparation cannot be obtained oil trains or steamships. Attacks of bowel complaints are often sudden and very severe. and gHyeryone should go pfeparedo for ftiiern. sOb- tainable everywhere.--Ads.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13

T A. Allen, lumber for streets i6.05
 The fire department was allowed payment for work at three fires dur lng the month. aggregating a total of SAL and in addition l.. W. Snow was allowed $250 for taking hose cart 10 the fire at the Nix property and c. c. Tate for taking hose care to tka Fletcher fire
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cotton Wei0her

The Star is authorized to an- nounee
 J.B. wALSTON. Jn. of Shady, as a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher. subeot to the action of the voters at the No- vemher election
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-13
WARNING ORDER

$. B. Harper, Plaintiff ys Graea r
 Light, Defendant. ase r' m the Ehancery Court of Polk
 County, Arkansas. V'N
 The defendant, Grace F 1,ioht ;s warned to appear in this court with Allfhlrty days and answer the com 2 2. iAIpt of the plaintiff, s. B. Harper Fms July fst; fet6Je.,,s. ,. F. |. Johnson, Clerk. ist pub. July 6, last pub. July 27:
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We, c. H. Barnes, Vice President ana J. E. Campbell. Cashier, of the apove named bank, dc solennly swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. .
 c. H. Barnes.
 Vice President. j. E. Campbell, Cashier.