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The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
The Rest Fertilizer You Can Buy.

Far and away the cheapest and best fertilizer we know of is a crop of crimson clover turned under in the spring The seed for planting an acre in crimson clover at present prices will cost from $2 to S250, and the work of seeding and narrowing III will cost 90 cents an acre more. For this investment of S3 we get on each acre, when we turn the clover under, nitrogen that came from the air equivalent in fePtilizing value to i.000 pounds of cotton seed meal or i00 pounds of nitrate of soda, worth not less than S2 or S5. Not only this, but we get also an abundance of hunas that makes our soils mel lower, warmer, more drouth-re- sistans and at the same unloCks and soluble plant food in the soil
 Now when we invest $3 in an S-2-2 fertilizer that sells for SEQ a ton, what do we get2 We get 800 pounds 'of mixture containing 3 pounds of nitrogen worth Si. pounds of pot- ash worth. at prices prevailing be- fore the great war 25 cents and 24 pounds of phosphoric acid worth Sf 20. or a total of S2.45.
 Now, We do not say that the clover turned under is a complete fertilizer. for it is not: but it does supply hu- mus and nitrogen. two of the great est needs ny far of most Southern soils, leaving only phosphoric acid. and in limited territory, some pot ash to buy. Moreover. once we have filled our soils with humus. we can cut our phosphoric acid bill 90 to D per cnt by using the ground phosphate rock.
 Three dollars for SIP to Si5 worth or nitrogen and humns, or s for an S-2-2 mixture; we leave i. to any fair minded man as which is the better investment.--The Progress sive Farmer.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
MAKES MONEY WITH HOGS.
|. 4. Chatham Also Had Strange EN-
 perience With Animals.

L. A. Chatham. living seven miles west of Mena. spent today in Mena on business. Mr. Chatham IS de- voting most of his attention to the raising of stock. being especially in7 terested in Hereford cattle and hogs He makes money in the hog busl- ness by sIaughterihg the animals and selling the 'cqred, meat, sue : eeeding during the. past season .il dispdsing of 5000 pounds of 1oFk which he sold. at ar ay craze pfice of f5 cents per p6dffq, " 's,a ,t p
 Mir. Chatham related ah iTterest7 ing experience he has had with a bunch of thirteen hogs. Last spring after harvesting his oats, he brOt his hogs from the range to be turned into the oat field but sle7 ceeded in rounding up only forty1 odd head when he thot he should have sixty or seventy. When the others did not show up he Geneludr ed they had died from the swine plague which had been more @or less prevalent in that section.r This spring Huston Johnson. on two oe- casions reported that he. had seen Mir. Chatham's hogs, and just re. gently while out driving he himself ran across the whole bunch of thir- teen hogs which had grown to such size as to be ready for market. so he considers himself just their value ahead of the game.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
PERSONAL WASTE BIGGEST TAX
Standard Oil Would Go Bankrupt on
 System Most Men Follow.

Girard in the Philadelphia Public
 Ledger.
 How many mornings does your cook spoil the toast? You don't know.
 Nor do you keep tab on the fifty other apparently trifling things of ev- cry day.
 From the moment you draw an unnecessary amount of water for your morning bath until you have touched the push button and stop ped nat tireless electric meter at night and retire to rest. it is waste plus don't know all along the line.
 If Standard Oil was as careless with its pennies as a man making SEQ week is with his, it would be bankrupt before Christmas. But you know well enough that you've got to be wide awake to snatch even one cent from J. D. R.
 And here is President Rea's rail- road which has run passenger trans three million miles without Killing a passenger. Why2 Because he has made in three and one-half years two and one-half million tests to see that his trainmen observe the rules of safety.
 But heigh-ho. you never test any thing in your smaller affairs to see how many little spigots are pouring out pennies needlessly. Just the same they are taxing you great deal more than your church pew.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
V -'-7'--''''-'---'''''
 CLEAR THINKING.


 We are living in very enliaht- |rHed ace, oaa to De p@aad eM h...t the political. religlpusgahd eddca- tlonal discussions wR. heaf daily Ter seals Fhe fact that8cleag, thinking \ rare, the lack of is-6ho os the ehief perils of our gQ~epRment skat- H,r- trained people are putty ia tha hands of shrewd. false leaHeps of every department of life. Na are trying to improve duii minds. by education, but are meeting with poor success. In fact educatiQn seems often to only increase t1e number Of paths for going estray INen bad educated men have fnOre power than uneducated honest ones. and are, therefore, corresp0ndlngly more dangerous.
 The majority area incapable of seeing things from a disinterested point Of view and are defenders of dogmas and customs instead of seekers of truth. precedents. and established customs are chains that yet hold us to the dark ages. What my grandfather said yesterday pre- judices me against what my neigh bor says today China is holding to the past. The only progress ever made in any walk of life has come thru the efforts of few brave souls tearing loose from the past and living in the present Christ, Emerson and Tolstoi are examples. Yet the masses are so blinded by various monomanias that they fail to take any notice of what a man thinks as long as it is not trans lated into action.
 The greatest science in the world is the science of thought. Christ was scientist. And present-day science corroborates everything he said yet pays no attention to the theory of the fall, tine atonement, etc. But tayk this publicity is to become a butt for popular ridicule.
 He who can organize unruly- minded people into systematic ways of thinking will confer one of the highest blessings on mankind. Real thinking is the hardest work known. n.-JOe Lewis.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
HOW MENA SLEEPS.

C. s Tankersley, writing The Star from Gunther. Tex. asks that lit- erature be seat him describing Mena and Polk county and the opportun- ities they have to offer. He says he has found quite a number who would like to leave there, and adds
 God knows I don't blame them land if they ever did get drink of water cut of old Polk county they |sure would stay
 The writer then says that corn and cotton is all that Is raised there, and the dry weather has cut each to half a crop.
 All this is interesting. but it calls attention in most vivid manner to the fact that there is not in exist eree at this time any presentable advertising matter for Mena and Polk county
 There absolutely is no doubt but such condition stands directly in the way of bringing new people so
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
Lessons In Agriculture.

There are a thousand rural sum- mer schools in session now. The Extension Division Of the University of Arkansas and U. $. Department of Agriculture has prepared a series Iof elementary lessons on special topics in agriculture that will be sent free to any teacher in Arkan- sas The first lesson is now ready and 1t is on ~Clovers.n a subject that everybody is studying. The next two lessons will be Injurious In- scets Any teacher may have these lessons by writing and stating when her summer term will end and when her winter term will begin. land giving her address. One copy |only can be sent now. Address Di- rector Extension Division. Fayette- Vile. Arkansas. Reference bulletins Will be sent also if requested.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
The Railroads, Chance.

From The Kansas City Star.
 If the railroads are stating the facts when they say the demands of the brotherhoods cannot be met without ruin to their properties, perhaps the best way they could demonstrate it would be to allow the government to operate the roads and let the results show.
 Here 1t would seem. is the chance the roads have long wanted. If 1t is true that the roads have been regulated nearly to death, that rates are too low and wages too high. that enforced competition. the abolition .oi rebates and government super vision in general have reduced rail transportation to a starving condi- tlon, there could be no better way to prove it than to let the govern ment take hold and burn it's fingers.
 The country has been told, time and again. that only the exceptional financial and executive genius of the gentlemen who run the rail- roads Of the United States have Kept them from going and that in any other hands they would % to smash-and serve the public right. senator Weeks m a speech in the senate only the other day. said something like that and mloted a list Of securities of the leading rail- roads to show the lines were moi making money and that people who AhoW do not consider them good in vestments.
 Now, whether justly or not. the pubfc has assigned very different reason for the financial condition of the railroads. They have ascrihed Y to expensNe reeeiverships. expen- slNe attorneys. expensive lohbvine and comfortable little melon parties ll tilis $ a wrong view. if the roads are really victims of over regulation and If only the untiring exertinns ol supermen. acting from the nur- est public motives, have kept them rom shutting up shop. the eSeeu- llNes who are resisting President Wilson's demands ought to welcome the opportunity his interference of- fefs- These gentlemen ought to jump at tn chance to sho5 inc government up. They know the government has no such geniuses as themselves. and that if the govern ment attempts to run the roads if wlll he run into the ditch. Could there be any better way than to sef the public right and at the same tune make monkey out of tho government than to turn the roads over and let the public control hang itself with its own rope.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
WHY ARE EMPHASIZES RurLTg

The naval bill authorizing the ex- penditure of nearly one-third of a billion dollars for more war vessels. has passed both houses of Congress and probably will be promptly ap- proved by the President This lends a good deal Of interest to a recent fight carried on by Robert M. I.a- Toilette, senator from Wisconsin. and few others, to which friend called The Stars attention recently. IL seems LaFollette. together with Socialists and anti-militarists gener- ally, have asserted with considerable heat that the navy measure was more for business aggrandizement than for national defense. This was de- nied, of course. and LaFollettc. call- ing the turn, introduced the follow ing amendment to the appropriation bill:
 That no battleship. battle cruis- CT. scout cruiser. torpedo boat de- stroyer. or submarine herein ap~ prnprlated for shall be employed in any manner to c0erse or com pell the collection of any pecun- iary claim of any kind. class or nature. or to enforce any claim of right to any grant or concession for or on behalf of any private citizen, partnership, or corpor- ation Of the United States
 After two days spent debate. the amendment was voted down, ~ 10 s. All Of which would seem to indi- cate that this government like those Of other nations, cling somewhat closely to the idea that its people should ha hacked np n their deals with the peoples of the world. II is an old idea, marking back to she eus- tom that once prevailed Of trading beads and trnkels to Indians for horses. lands or other valuable things, and then when the Indians tire Of the practice force inc deals with guns
 The whole practice and theory is
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
THE OASIS" NEAR CORPUS
 CHRISTI Is DRY
Lest Remaining Wet" Precinct in south Texas Dry" Territory of
 Six Counties Into Line.

Corpus Christi, Aug. is.-The lasI remaining wet" precinct in the south SIX counties, joined the prohibition column today. Aransas and Duyal counties are now the only wet counties in this immediate section of the gulf coast.
 The precinct which goes dry to- day is commissioner precinct No ! Of San Patrico county. which voteo dlor local option prohibition on JnlS .. mere IS one saloon in the dis
 Fms place was at White Point
 near Corpus Christi's gas aeld
 eighteen miles from the civ Ii was Frequently visited bv Cornns Christi people and was popnlarlS known as the oasis
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
HOW CANADA DOES.

Strikes are handled better in Can- |ada than in this country. They have |the same narrowing experiences that
 have bothered us and have partially
 overcome them. The law prohibits, under severe penalties, strike or a lockout until certain requirements
 of the act have been compiled with.
 There must be at least thirty days notice of desired change of condi- tions by employees or employers, as the case may bean increase of
 wages or better terms of employ ment on one hand, or proposed re-
 duction on the other. If, then. the parties are unable to come to an agreement, the one contemplating a strike or lockout, is compelled to lay the case before the government
 and call for the appointment of a Board of Investigation. The minis |ter of labor notifies each party to the dispute to name a member of the board, and they agree to a third or the third member may be appointed by the minister of labor himself. A public inquiry follows, the board be- ling empowered to summon witness es and compel testimony It is not ar arbitration board. Its purpose is to bring the actual facts before the 1 public. But in the course of it's in- lvestigation it does all it can fo effect an amicable settlement, and it's final report is in the nature of a recom- | mendatiOn to one or both of the parties involved. After it's findings
 are published the employees may
 strike or the employers may lockout Tiff they wish, but the recommenda-
 tions of the board have been, as {
 rule. accepted.--Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
DR. TEACHERS Liver and Blood Syrul

This famous old, reliable remedy sry directly on the Liver. which is the na Ruler of the stomach and bowcs.
 When the Liver is made active, and .s flow of bile is properly regulated, ta stomach and bowels just can't help dorg their work as they should.
 If you want a keen appetite, fl VI want your food to taste good, ifyou val your food to digest properly, and D strengthen you, if you want to De fra from all the pains and discomforts oi ind. gestion. by all means let this wmded medicine take hold and help you NOV.
 Your dealer sells 50-cent and sl0o ba, ties. Start on the road to good heasa to-day. a,
 TEACHER MEDICINE COMPANY, Chattanooga. Tennessee.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
smile n Smile.

Our smile still holds it's wonted place, due east and west across our face; and sometimes it seems half inclined to reach around and tie be- hlnd. We cannot dance, nor can we sing, but we can tote a smile. ny jingl Sometimes we push 1t from it's place. but that is when we shave our face; and when we have done shaving, then. our smile is on the job again. Worms may kill our to- mato plants. hot irons may seorch our Palm Beach pants: laupdries spiflicate our shirts and fix our cel- lar so it hurts; neigbb0r's dog may kill our eat. but our smile stays right where it's at: and being such a happy cuss makes the old world smile hack af us Misfortune can not get your goat if you have got a smile to tote.-Judd Lewis in Hous- ton Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
Just the Thing for Diarrhoea.

About two years ago I had se- were attack of diarrhoea which last cd over week. writes w c. .Iones
 Bnford, N. D. T became so weak that l could not stand upright X druggist recommended Chanher- lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy The first dose relieved me and within a few days I was as well as eyer Many druggists re- commend this remedy because thev know that 1t is reliable. Obtainahle efery"nefe- Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
RUSSIANS INTEND THE ANNI-
 HTLATI0N OF AUSTRIANS.
Tactics Being Employed Have Had No Precedents in the History of
 the Wars of the World.

Vienna, Aug. iS.-The Russian of fensive against the Austro- Hungar- ian troops is being conducted, ac- cording to Austrian officers re- turned from the front with tactics that hardly have precedent in the history of the wars of the world.
 These tactics are, briefly, to an nihilate the Austrians by forcing Russian soldiers to advance in their own artillery fire, drawing the Austrians from the bomb and she'll proof shelters into hand-to- hand combat, and then moving down both Austrians and Russians by a whitening dPumfire. Great Russian losses. 1t is claimed, are due to this method of warfare.
 The Russian method of attack in the Bukowlna and Volhynia. the Austrlans say, consists of artillery preparation lasting from 24 to 4S hours. Then come the first Russian infantry troops, in from six to four teen rows, driven forward by Rus sian machine guns and by Cossacks armed with the dreaded "Nagaikas'' or lead-tipped whips.
 As they advance the Russian ar tlllery fire abates somewhat but be- tween it and the Austrian fire from 40 to 90 per cent of the troops sometimes reach the trenches. Their arrival naturally forces the
 ustrians to abandon their shelters. and as soon as they do so the Rus slan drumfire begins again.
 In both the Bukowina and the Nolnynla offenslNes If IS estimated that the Russians use up about two million shells every twenty-four hours-shells of Russian, Japanese and American make, and thrown from every calibre of gun. including naval pieces apparently dismounted from Warshins
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
MOTORING AND THINKING or
 OTHERS.

A good many folks who drive cars seem to do so with the idea that the faster they go the harder they bump the bumps, the closer they can shave danger and wrecks, and the more dust they can kick up to settle upon other people along the roads and adjacent homes the more they are getting out of 1t. The idea seems to prevail that they hope by much hurrying to catch up with some fleeting or fleeing pleasure.
 In contrast to this too general condition is a story told by a couple of ladies who recently were out with horse and buggy for the sake of the rest and pleasure that can thus be had on a pleasant evening.
 These ladies had driven over some of the downtown streets. They had met and been passed by good many cars, most of them rushing by. leav- ing great swirl of dust and con- sequent discomfort in their trail Most of these, in all probability. give little thought or heed to how other folks felt about it--they were en- toying their legal right to use the streets and kick up gas much dust as conditions made possible. But the ladies in the buggy droN, out into the residence district, anc on pleasant street After a while the strong light from an auto wa: flashed on them from behind ant they "set. themselves" for the rush ing car they expected to come hurt ling down upon them.
 It didn't come; but as the horse logged along, the light continued t( play on the vehicle and street. Aft CT few moments a fine big car owner at wheel and family at eas, and rest in seats, came quietly UT from behind, and as the buggy Wal drawn to one side. rolled on dowr the road
 It was a picture of peace anf restfulness, of true enjoyment il every phase. It was as peaceful a' drifting before a breeze on the bos. om of lake. There was no per ceptible dust no harsh noise, nc rush nor discomfort either foi those in the car, for others in tho street, nor for those who might bt resting on their own lawns or ve- randas,
 This little story is true, even the rare in Mena. Tn fact it is rare 1T most places.
 But is it not worth thinking about and following?
 Is all the pleasure in those fine motor cars confined to riotous rush. ing, to burning lots of fuel, to dust ing and punishing those who are not riding in them?
 Motor cars are with us to stay They are useful and fine. But is il not possible that they would be more popular with all the people and even more pleasure to their owners. if used in a more quiet way, and With more consideration for the feelings Of those who from choice CT necessity five and travel other ways?
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
L0CAL nRUGGIsT TALKs.

l have now procured prepara- ton which l can recommend to all my friends as being a splendid rem edy for all forms of stomach and bowel trouble, indigestion. bloating, sick headache. heartburn. etc, and those suffering from being sick at the stomach
 Natol Pineapple Pepsin Compound IS sold on a positive guarantee of satisfaction or money back. It is made from fresh pineapple juice and pure scale pepsin. ] ask every man and woman in Mena and the surrounding country who has stomach trouble of any kind to call and examine this splendid medi- cine All druggists and W. c. Van diver. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24
DREAMS OF GOOD ROADS
 COMING TRUE IN ARKANSAS
office of Highway Department Is a Busy PIaee--Feaeral Aid
 Lends Impetus.

Little Rock. Aug. is.-0ne of the busiest workshops in the state eaplt- al is the office of the Slate Highway Engine fslh anplace3 where the 6ond roa is theories and dreams of wears are be.n- visualizcj. Al last good roads ars being built n AAnlNan- ! sasoo and aJ,., merely aGikssi aDpnt' aRaradly aresthe counties being made "A network of modern s highways, producing communities are being brought into touch with. the mark cts. and spledid lines or roadway across the state are being connected ,up...sga o.a large force of draftsmen and engln- eers at work-ten in the office and four in the field-workiffg on plans for roads and bridges The work for the first time in the history ol the state has been systenlatlzed un- der the guidance of central power; Plans are being standardized, and the best methods known to the country have been adopted. Ell ciency in management and the full- est value for money expended are being required.
 If was the Alexander Road Law passed by the last session of the leg, islature, replacing the haphazard system previously in vogue, that gave the new impetus to road work, bringing about construction that must be measured by the millions, giving employment to thousands, and providing business for the SUD- plv men. The value of the work is inestimable.
 Now comes the plan of federal aid which will provide hundreds ol thousands of dollars during the next five years for systematic road inn provement. With all these agencies actively at work, the people have been given an example of what good roads mean, and they are ex- pected to adopt the good roads amendment at the November elec- ton by an overwhelming majority. There is nothing that adds so much to net results of agricultural effort as ease of transportation to market. It required many years for Arkansas to learn the lesson. but it has been learned well. The proposed law will enable counties to issue thirty year bonds for the construction of roads, thereby spreading out the cost over a long period of years, and making the burden relatively light for any one year. County judges and pro- gressive farmers and business men throughout the state are behind the amendment. and it seems probable that time. in which instances the ton to it at the polls.