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The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
ss--------s------- -----------ssl-s----- WAR IS VERY NEAR.

Any hour may bring a declaration of war against Mexico. Not only that, but most folks will be sur prised f t does not come within a day or two.
 We have been looking at this Mexican situation so long, have had so many ~seares" and so many ex- euses for war without war. that we have long hoped without reason. or against reason. that the real con- ilict would not come.
 And. toe We had not felt mu1h dread Of 1t. for common sense tells us that our nation is overwhelming ly stronger than that Of Mexico. and We should quickly prove that su- periority and enforce our edicts.
 Regardless of whatever errors the United States has made in deal- ing with our neighhors, there is no gainsaying the fact that 1t has con- sistently sought to avoid a war. It has seen its citizens murdered. it's flag deseerated, and has submitted all too tamelv to insult after insult. And as a reward for it's patience, 1t now faces nation whose people are almost unanimous in the conviction that we are a nation of towards and poltroons. indifferent to the jibes and insults that have been heaped upon us. and too cowardly 10 resent them. This has produced situa- tion that nothing but going chastisement will rectify. and we can but confess it would be good deal ot satisfaction to convince the Mexieans of their error.
 But--and this is not really sur prise--it develops that a strong and aggressive foreign nation is aiding the Mexicans If this really is true, the United States will indeed learn the meaning Of real war. and our people may learn from experience , the lessons We read about in the hisfory of the awful e2nAiet raging
 a Europe.
 q Mexico should have the aid Of Japan or Germany, or of both. the
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

A well-known Mena mother took her children a few weeks ago to a city south Of here in another state, After a short stay she brought them back and placed them under the care of physician in an effort to ileai them of tine bites and torments of poisonous mosquitoes. It is not pleasant to think that many thou sands of delicate, tender little chil- dren have to stand such tortures with no chance to come up into the Ozarks to be healed.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
HOT WEATHER RULES
 TO SAVE YOUR HORSES
Load lightly. and drive slowly

1 Load lightly. and drive slowly
 2 Stop in the shade fl possible
 B Water your horse as often as possible So long as the horse $ working. water in small quantities Will not hurt hifn But let him drink only a few swallows II he IS going to stand still Do not fall to water hlm at night after he has eaten his hay
 {. When he comes in after work, sponge of the harness marks and sweat his eyes, his nose and mouth, and the dock. Wash his feet but not his legs.
 ,. If the thermometer is 70 de- grees or higher, wipe him all over with damp sponge. Use vinegar water if possible. n not turn the hose on him.
 6. Saturday night, give a bran mash, lukewarm. and add a tableT spoonful of saltpetre.
 q Do not use a horse-hat, unless if is a canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell-shaped hat does more harm than good
 g. 4 sponge on top of the head, or even a cloth is good if kept wet. If dry it is worse than nothing.
 9. If the horse is overcome with heat, get him in the shade, remove harness and bridle, wash out his mouth, sponge him all over, shower his legs. and give lnm two ounces of aromatic spirits of ammonia, or two ounces of sweet spirits of nitre, i'll pint of water; or give him pint Of coffee warm. Cool his head at once, using cold water, or, if necess- ary, chopped ice, wrapped in cloth.
 10. If the horse is of his feed, try him with two quarts of oats mixed with bran, and a little water; {; and add a little salt or sugar. Or give him oatmeal gruel or barley water to drink.
 ii Watch your horse. If he stops sweating suddenly, or if he breathes short and quick, or if his ears droop, or if he stands with his legs hraced sideways he is in danger of a heat or sun stroke and needs at tention at once.
 f2. If it is so hot that the horse sweats in his table at night, tie him outside, with bedding under him. Unless he cools off during the night, he cannot well stand the next day s heat
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
These Are the Men
 Who Brought the CHAUTAUQUA
To Mena

They believe that there is nothing for the good of this town, which, working to- eether. we cannot accomplish.
 They believe in it's Future-in the men and women who will come after them. They believe that out of their hopes and labors now will grow com- munity prosperous and strong. an honor to our State and to our Nation.
 What is Your attitude to your com munity and it's institutions
 The men who brought the Chautau- qua here expect you to BUY SEASON TICKETS. That Is Bc a Citizen. Inei- dentally you yourself get many times your moneys worth out of it.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
PRICE OF BIBLES RISING.
sunday School Publications Also Af-
 feeted by High Paper Cost.

From the Philadelphia North Amer
 ican
 The high cost of living has reached Bibles and Sunday school literature
 Prices Of hook paper, which have doubled in recent months. are quoted as the cause. Unless con- dlti0ns improve certain religious publications may be discontinued al- together and others cut down to Ia minimum of cost. Several de- nomlnatIonal publishing houses have cut down the size Of their pub llcations Others have increased subscription rates.
 The American Bible Society has announced that, owing to the difli- eulty in obtaining paper. cheaper Testaments, usually selling for five and ten cents, and the f5-cent Bibles will be discontinued in part. The society has found it almost impos- sible to obtan Bibles which hereto fore have been printed in England.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
WHAT HAPPENED IN MEXICO
 WHEN TAFT WAS PRESIDENT
Before Wilson Entered the While
 House.


 From The Arkansas Gazette
 November s. iQi0-Riotine in Mex ico City. American flag torn to plec- es. windows of American residences and business houses smashed. street cars containing American school children stoned. son Of United States Minister Wilson assaulted Disturbances continued turnout No- yember g.
 November 10. igi0- Rioting ill Guadalaiara; American flag burned windows of American banks and stores smashed Disturbances con- tinued turnout November fl.
 November 10, i9i0-Rioting at Ciu- dad porhrio Diaz; American con- sulate wrecked: records of consult ate destroyed.
 November iS, i9i0-0utbreak of the Madero revolution.
 March I, i9ii-Tweniy thousand | United States regulars mobilized along Mexican border.
 April fl, f9ii-Rebel force attackt Agua prieta, half of town Of Doug las under fire of Mexican guns, seven American wounded; Govern or Sloan of Arizona asked president for protection of Americans: Pres ident Taft replied, declining to take military action.
 May and 10, i9ii-Rebels as- saulted and captured Juarez: 1000 American troops patrolled American border; five American skilled and i7 wounded ill El paso.
 May i2, t9ii--Secretary of State Knox sent note to Mexico City de- nying rumors of intervention.
 May 29 i9i2-Ritles sent to Amer ican legation in Mexico City for pro- lection of American citizens, Amer ican colonists in northern Mexico flocked across border to save their lives; great damage Co American property by rebels
 April ii, i9i2-State Department warned Madero and 0rozco against further outrages to American lives and property.
 December {, i9i2- President Taft, in message to Congress, praised pol icy of patient nonintervention' in Mexico
 February 9, i9i3-Uprising against Madero government in Mex leo City, several days Of street fight ing followed; several hundred civil ians killed, including two Ameri- can women.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
Constipation and Indineslion

have used Chamberlain's Tab lets and must say that they are the pest have ever used for constipa- tlon. and indigestion. My wife also used them for indigestion and they dld her good, writes Eugene S knight Wilmington. N c. Chamber lains Tablets are mild and gentle in their action. Give. them trial
 You are certain to be pleased with the agreeable laxative effect which they produce. Obtainahie every where -Asiv.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
A Fittinq Window Deeoration

Aubrey Bolton has worked out 8 patriotic idea in the window decora- ton of the Lochridge Dry Goods Company, using flags, bunting, mus kets, cannon and revolveFs to typi- fy the stirring times of f776. 4 fig ure, draped 10 represent Liberty, and the muzzle of the cannon capped and on the cap the inscription
 Peace on earth, good will toward men. being symbolic of the purpose cf this country to be /. world power for peace and liberty. I.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
Rural Route Out of Potter.

Rural route No. i out of Potter was started on June % and covers much of the territory on Mountain Fork west and southwest of Potter and between the rural routes run ming out of Hatfield. Jake Butler is the carrier on the new route, and for the present there will be deliver les only thrice a week, !. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
Younq Folks to Camp.

A party of young folks chaper- oned by Mrs. W. B. Montgomery went to the '. Nj. c. A. camp on Mountain Fork Monday to spend a week or more on a outing.
 Among those in the party are Misses Clyrene Harrison, Gladys and Hazel Montgomery, Vashti Jackson. Nellamena Roach. Leonora Weir auch. and Messrs. Robert Atwood. Ray Rowton. Ewell Moore, Otto Alexander, and Garner St. John.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

The Star for long years has sought to be paper that would give good impression of Mena, of Polk county and of Arkansas no matter where it might go. That fl has done so has been asserted by hundreds of read CTS. A very pretty illustration of what such a paper means is found in little communication from far-off Idaho. found in this issue.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

Considering the war prices that generally prevail in drugs. there is a missing link in that story about the Iowa National Guardsmen paint ing their comrades with iodine who failed to take the oath of enlistment. The millionaire who furnished the iodine is not mentioned.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

Col. Roosevelt recommends Mir. Hughes mos highly But didn't he do about the same thing for Mir. Taft2 II is safe to say that 1t will take more than Teddy's OK. to pre- vail on the country to exchange MT. Wilson for another judicial 4.s.... ......,.,.ts
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
Exnerf piann Tnninn

Those wanting the best niann work gthe guaranteed kinGl please leave orders at Mena Hotel.
 Was here tuning eight weeks last winter, having tuned tor Mrs Edwin E. Cox and many others Have had factory experience. Phone 42s. Adv. .d&wit ]. Lee Austin.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
coffon Weiuher.

The star is authorized to am nounce
 ]. B. WALST0N. Jn.. of Shady, as a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher. subect to the action of the voters at the Mo- vember election.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

A few plueky men in Mena are doing their best to let the world know about the advantages of our summer climate. IL will be noticed that most of these men are not in business. have nothing to sell. nor any chance to make personal gain by bringing visitors to Mena. There are others who should be in the fore in such undertakings who rarely are heard from.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
New Building for Special Dist. No. 24

K. !. Davis, one of the school off. eers of Special District No. 24, locat- ed A5s miles west of Hatfield, was in Mena Monday to close contract with Gore Bros. for the erection of new huiitanH in the district. The build mgsB to be 36x4S feet. and will be modern in plan and equipment
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

It will do lot of folks good who have complained at President Will sons handling of the Mexican situ- ation to read the summary, in The Star, of some of the things that oc- cured in the Southern republic during Mir. Tafts administration Taft pussy-footed along with all the crimes and insults until he could unload on his successor-and un- load he assuredly did.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

Think this over for minute. Why did these men "go back" of the Chautau- qua. and assume this work and responsi- bility?
 To make money fer themselves?
 Far from it. It was because they be- lieve in this community.
 They believe in it's Pastin the men and women who have gone before, whose toll has made the land productive, whose foresight founded these schools, whose devotion builded these churches.
 They believe in its Present-in the men and women and children about them.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

Public indifference to public af- fairs never yet made a prosperous city. Mena has lots of business men who could we'll keep this iGea in o;obt
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06

United States will quickly drop its complacency It will have it's hands
 fol of trouble. and lots Of il.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
CLEANSES YOUR HAIR
MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL
THICK, GLOSSY, WAvY
Try .this!. All .dandruf disappears
and hair stops coming out.

Surely try a "Dandarine Hair
Cleanse" if you wish to Immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
moisten a cloth with Danderine and
draw it carefully through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time;
this will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt
or any excessive oil-in a few minutes
you will be amazed. Your hair will
be wavy, fluffy and abundant and po-
sess an incompatible softness, lust1e
and luxuriance.
Besides identifying the hair, one
application of Danderine dissolves ev-
cry particle of dandruff; invigorates
the scalp, stops itching and falling
hair.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are t.
vegetation. It goes right to the roots,
|invigorates and strengthens them. It's
e~xhilerating, stimulating and life-pro-
,ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful.
You can surely have pretty, sof:t.
lustrous hair, and lots of it, if you will
just get a 25-ceut bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or tot
: let counter and try it as directed.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
CORN PREPAREDNESS

Now is the time to prepare for the
corn crop. The army wants only fit
men, it selects them carefully. The
same be done with corn. Planting a
kennel Of corn that is dead is like ex-
pecting a dead man to make a good
soldier. Planting a kernel of corn
that is SO weak that it can only pro-
duce a stalk but not an ear is also a
waste of time. Every ear of corn
planted should be tested. Five Or six
kernels from each ear is enough. If
these grow, the rest will likely do as
we'll. A half pound ear of corn per
hill will make a yield of 26 bushels per
acre and four one-half pound ears per
hill will make 104 bushels per acre.
But remember that it takes a kernel
with rood strong termination to pro-
duce a stalk with a good ear on it.
Now is the time to prepare for a good
corn crop.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
STOMACH ACTS fine!
NO INDIGESTION, CAS-,
HEARTBURN, AC|D|TY
"Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick, sour,
upset stomachs in five minutes.

You don't want a slow remedy when
wour stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it
with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; it's certain, unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of ire in indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy--get a large
fifty-cent case from any drug store
and then if anyone should eat some
thing which doesn't agree with them,
if what they eat lays like lead, fer
ments and sours and forms gas;
causes headache, dizziness and nausea,
eructations of acid and undigested
food-remember as soon as Pape's
Diapepsin comes in contact with the
stomach all such distress vanishes,
Its promptness, certainty and ease in
overcoming the worst stomach disor-
ders is a revelation to those who try
it.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
SWEET CLOVER-THE NEW
NORTH DAKOTA CROP,

Probably no announcement of a new
crop for North Dakota has awakened
such wide spread interest in the state
as the information concerning Sweet
Clover, which has been worked out in
Grand Forks county. The reason for
this is simple. Sweet Clover may be
grown upon the poorer lands of our
state. It can be grown upon alkali
lands and its use upon the cheaper
farm lands of North Dakota, and it's
utilization in feeding cattle will bring
millions of new dollars to North Da-
kota farmers in the next few years.
Sweet Clover will probably become
the best pasture crop that the state
can raise and when the farmer has
found how to use this crop he will be
an enthusiastic supporter of it. Sweet
Clover must be pastured before ii
grows too high as the plant becomes
woody when it is older. If used al
the proper time cattle will eat it as
they do ordinary red clover.
A booklet upon this new crop has
been prepared by North Dakota far.
mer experts. This booklet tells of the
new crop, where it will grow, how t,
plant and tend it, and what use tt
make Of the crop. 1t also discusses
the seed and seeding problems. NORTH
Dakota farmers interested in swee'
clover can obtain a copy of this book
let without charge by addressing tn.
North Dakota Development Leagu,
Press Bureau, C. w. Graves, Secretar.
Grand Forks North Dakota.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
VACILLATION D--~2OYS
WILSON'S INFLUENCE.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Special Cor
Observation-Disclosures is no visible EVIL
dence here that the Presidents speech
es in the Middle West have produced
any reaction upon his rebellious fell
low Democrats in Congress which a
be translated into votes for his pre-
paredness legislation. On the con-
trary, the leading malcontents among
the Democratic majority seem to have
been stimulated in their opposition by
the Presidents attempt to arouse the
nation.
No sooner had Mr.. Wilson delivered
his first speech at Pittsburg and it be-
came evident that his appeal for sup
port was to contain vague and threat
ening g%eneralities, than the recalclt-
rant Congressman proceeded to hire
a hall", as the President had previous
" counselled in his New York speech.
They took the largest theater in the
city and proceeded to flood the town
with hand-bills bearing the striking
heading: Don't Be Scared" When
the meeting was held it was found that
the crowd in attendance was a record
breaker and six Democratic members
of Congress proceeded to voice their
opinions of preparedness and of their
Presidents position with reference to
it in language of hostility which
could not be misunderstood.
In this particular the speakers had
something on Mr.. Wilson, whose
speeches seem to require a common
tary or a gloss Of some kind to de-
termine just what he is driving at.
He has spoken everywhere in terms of
vague and general alarm, always how
ever, qualifying his menacing words
with phrases which deprive his most
solemn warnings Of all their force. In
a word, the President has lacked his
punch" in what he said to the Middle
West. His speeches have been cloth
ed in elegant diction, as Congressman
Kitchin has said, but they have SEEM
ed to be the effort of an elocutionist
who is speaking a piece" rather than
the hot and heartfelt ~utterances of a
crusader. In short, the Presidents
speeches have not rung true.
And in this state is the great weak
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
TWITCHELL WILL
TALK ON CREDITS

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 11.-Hon. Tread
we'll Twitchell left for Washington to
appear before a committee of the
house of representatives which is con-
siderine the subjects of rural credits.
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, chairman of
the rural credit committee of the
chamber of commerce of the United
States, who has given much attention
to this subject and has prepared a bill
embodying a system which is carefully
thought out, has invited Mr.. Twitchell
to give his views.
Mr.. Twitchell, who is one of the best
known farmers in North Dakota, and
of great experience in all phases of
rural life in the state since territorial
days, is also a thinker upon the eco
nomic side of farm life and without
doubt will be able to make sugges-
lions which will be of value.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
MAN
wins PREMIUMS

NJ. M. VanOsdel of Edmore is quite
a chicken fancier, and during the past
years has been n of the exhibitors
at the Mid Winter fair and has never
failed to carry off many prizes for his
fancy Rhode Island Reds. This year
he shipped his birds from here to Far
go, and he is now feeling pretty good
over the fact that at the Fargo poul-
try show he won sweepstakes for the
finest bird in the bunch of over 800
birds exhibited from all over North
Dakota and Minnesota. Besides the
grand sweepstakes he won several
other premiums on his pen of birds.
It is quite an honor for Emore and
this county.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
BUY SEED CORN NEAR HOME.

Do not get excited when you see a
catalogue from a distant seed house
advertising seed corn that has produc-
ed marvellous yields. Very probably
the seed offered for sale would not pro-
duce the same results when planted
under North Dakota conditions. The
Better Farming Committee of the
Commercial Club of Grand Forks has
found that in most cases the best ma
tive corn gives a fourth larger yield
than the prize-winning variety from
another state. It is safer for the
Western growers to use their native
seed than to try that from another
section of the same state. In any case
however, it should always be tested.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17
HOW TO MIX
CONCRETE

In the course of his duties Of his
State Engineer ]. w. Bliss has
been asked a great many questions
concerning the use of concrete for con-
purposes on farms, particu-
larly regarding it's uses when skilled
concrete workers are not available,
and as to- the liability of failure. In
reply the state engineer would say
that the use of concrete for construc-
ton purposes on farms is indeed sue
cessful, and when a few rules are
strictly followed excellent results
can be obtained, even though skilled
labor is not available. Further, if
farmers and others would take time to
become familiar with such rules be-
fore attempting to do any concrete
work, failures would practically never
occur.
The state engineer therefore sub
mits the following brief instructions
concerning the essentials of good con-
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-02-17

(crushed rock or gravel)
should range in size form IL to 3-4
inch. For larger work, such as silos,
barn floors, ordinary foundations, etc.,
aggregate should range from
/ 1-2 inches to 3-4 inch.
4. The sand used should be coarse,
hard and clean, and graded from "a
inch to fine, the larger size FREEDOM
mating. Use great care in hand mix
ing. It is economical to buy a small
machine mixer if the farmer intends
to use c"c:- crete in large quantities.
Hand Mixing.
Proper methods when concrete is
mixed by hand, using a two-bag batch
of 1924 proportions, are as follows:
1. Size of the measuring box for
sand should be 2 feet square by 1 #,
high, thus containing 4 cubic feet.
2. Load sand in wheelbarrow and
wheel onto mixing board.
3. Fill sand-measuring box, hift
box, and spread sand 4 inches thick
over board.
4. Take two bags of cement, place
contents as evenly as possible over the
sand.
S. Turn the sand and cement ovel
until thoroughly mixed, so that NJ
streaks of cement or sand appear.