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The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Hnrrah for Arkansas.

We're a superlatiVe nation, made |up of superlative states. And we're used to states, particularly western states. superlatively footing their own horns. Kansas, Colorado and California have hitherto been re- garded as supreme and unap- proachable in this line. But here's a "blurbn from Arkansas that puts all the rest to shame. We intro duce H. S. Traylor, an inspector of the United States Indian service, who addresses us as follows:
 If all the rice in Arkansas were one grain it would take a Grand Canyon to store it. If all the corn in Arkansas were one ear it would take the combined force of all the stump pullers to extract one grain from, that ear.
 If all.sthe, chickens i'll Arkansas were one chicken it would straddle the Rocky mountains like Colos- Isus and its crow would shake the rings from Saturn.
 If all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog he could stand with his hind feet in the island of Cuba and his fore feet on the Isthmus of Pan- anna and dig the canal with one stroke of his snount
 If all the COWS in Arkansas were one COW she could graze on the |evergreens of the tropics and switch the icicles from the North Pole with her tail, and it would take canal from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico to carry boats laden with her butter and cheese. If all the mules in Arkansas were one mule he could stand with one fore foot on Mexico and the other fore foot on Canada and kicK Che man out of the moon." And now what has any other sovereign. superlative, record-bust- I ing. publicity commons
 wealth got to say2 Shreveport 1 Iournal
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
-tI------------ MRS. W. M. NEESE DEAD.
iIr. Neese Writes That He Will Re
 Delayed In Mining Work.

w NJ. Neese of Independence,
 kas., who on his most recent trip 10 Mena made arrangements to ear Try on extensive mining operations in the Bethesda Springs neighbor- hood, and to that end had secured a lease on the property under the con- |trol of W. A. Baker, has written Mir.
 Baker under date of January 25,
 from Brazil, Ind4 that on account
 of Mrs. Neeses death it has been impossible for him to come to Mena
 IS soon as he had planned. Mir. Neese writes that since leaving Mena several weeks ago, he had been at the bedside of his wife in Brazil,
 Ind, and that after a second opera ton, she passed away He will re-
 turn to Independence, and after adjusting his personal affairs, he will come to Mena to push the min- ling proposition.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
MOIlE 0N H1GH COsT -OF PAPER

1 The Kansas City Star, certainly
 one of the strongest newspapers ir
 the United States. financially and otherwise. has seen the absolute ne- cessity of increasing it's subscription price practically 30 per cent on ac- count of exorbitant prices of print paper. Formerly sold at i5 cents month, it will after February i, charge 65 cents. Tn addition it will cut all exchanges from it's list. The Star has already made sharp ad- vance in advertising rates in order to meet the situation, which. il says, has added S675,OOo year to it's pa per biBs alone.
 With such changes made neces- sary by a paper of the standing of the Kansas City Star, it is little wonder that many well established papers of lesser business and money backing are going into the hands of receivers. And more particularly, when the increased cost of paper to the smaller concerns is 200 per cent and more, while to the larger ones it is less than 100 per cent.
 In these days it would seem that the less subscribers a county paper has the better it's chance to make ends meet.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
ELIAS N. RECTOR DIES IN HOT
 SPRINGS OF PNEUMONIA
Son of War Governor" He Was Himself Prominent in States
 History.

Hot Springs, Jan. 29.-Colonel Elias William Rector died this morning at his apartments in the new Fordyee building, following a brief illness from pneumonia.
 Elias William Rector, son of Gov ernor Henry NJ. Rector, Arkansas war governor" was born in Little Rock June if, i849, at the home of his grandfather, William Field, where his mother was visiting, her home being at Collegeville, Saline county. He was educated at the University of Virginia, and was ad- mitted to the bar at Hot Springs in 1874. He was a member of the leg islature for several terms, and in his third term was speaker. He was twice a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for governor.
 MT. Rector was married Novem- Der fl, 1875, to Miss Rosebud Alcorn, daughter of United States Senator and Mrs. James Lusk Aleorn of Mississippi. His wife, thru her mother, is descended from the Wal tons of Virginia, thru which she traces descent from Baron White ford of Ayrshire, Scotland. MT. Rector is survivel by his widow and six children.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
BANKER FOR GUARANTY LAW.
I. Nakdimen to Little Rock to Work
 for Perfect Meausre.

Little Rock, Ian 23.--I Nakdimen, president of the Fort Smith City National Bank, is in Little Rock working in the interest of a bank guaranty act. He believes that an almost perfect measure will be con- structed out of those now pending, by taking the important features from each one. Mir Nakdimen was a banker in Oklahoma, having a string of banks there, for a number of years.
 The Oklahoma law at the be- ginning was not perfect" says Mr. Nakdimen, yet it worked out all right. We have never had a depos- itor lose dollar there. I can speak authoritatively on banking meas ures and I will argue the matter be- fore any committee, against and banker who opposes a guaranty bill" * The Senate Bank and Banking committee is now considering two such measures, and there are two in the House.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
EVERYBODY SEES A
 | CHANCE IN FATHER
Farmer Suffered for Over Twenty
 Years and Paid Out Thousands.

My father has suffered from chronic stomach trouble for over 20 years and has paid out thons- ands of dollars on medicines and doctors, said c. w. Slayton, a well-known Cobb county farmer who lives near smyrna, a short d's- tance out of Atlanta.
 We tried nearly everything try ing to cure him, and he went off to the springs. thinking maybe the water would help him, but 1t just looked like nothing would reach his trouble. Then he tried dieting, and lived on liquid food until he almost starved-but even that failed to do any good, and he just kept going from bad to worse.
 T don't guess there ever was a case as stubborn as his, and if there ever was a confirmed dys- peptic he was one of them, and l 1ucss he would have been one yet if 1t hadn't been for this Tanlac.
 ''The first we heard of this med- icine was when father saw an ad- vertisement in the paper from per- ties he knew in Tennessee, who were friends of his, and he knew Whal they said about it was .tc truth-so he got it right away and began taking 1t.
 Well, sir. it acted just like magic and everybody notices the change Ill father now-why, he is just like different man, and sits down to the table and eats like farm hand. Only yesterday, he ate pork and turnips for his dinner, and ate so much we were actually afraid he was overdoing the thing, but he laughed and said nothing hurt him now, and that he was hungry and expected to eat and make up for lost time.
 Now, when a medicine will do things like that, think people ought to know about it, and l want to say right now that l would not give one bottle of Tanlac for all the other medicines and health re- sorts in the country put together v -Tanlac is sold by Jackson Drug & Furniture Company, Mena, Ark; Fred w. Gray, Cove, Ark; E. H. Butler, Hatfield, Ark, and J. A. Gill; lean, Wickes, Ark.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
FACTORY OWNER TO SING SING
 FOR CAUSING TRAGEDY
Failure to Have Trap Door Open or Unlocked Puts New York Man
 in the Penitentiary.

New York, Jan. 26.-Asserting that a sentence in prison should teach a far-reaehing lesson to factory own- CTS and tenants who fail to provide proper fire exits, Supreme Court Justice Kapper Friday sent Samuel Barkin to Sing Sing for from 2la to 51a years. Barkin is partner in a spirit making company housed in a Brooklyn building where nine wom- en and four men, operatives, lost their lives in a fire because the trap door between their place of work and Barkin's floor was locked.
 Barkin was convicted by a jury earlier this week. His partner, Sam uel simon, and the building owners, Mir. and Mrs. Edward L. Diamond, proprietors of a candy company in the structure, are still to be tried on charges similar to that on which he was found guilty.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Prof. Holman bud of Newspaper.

Prof. J. D. Holman, who tive weeks ago assumed the editorial and business management of the Dixie Press, changing the name oi the paper to the Mena Democrat has given up the work since D. E
 Dahlgren bought a controlling in- terest in the paper and assumed the business management of the same
 Nr Holman is getting ready to take the Civil Service examination for rural carrier, and on Friday, Feb ruary 2. viii start out as temporary carrier. of rural route No. to be established out of Mena. Y
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
$51,OOO,O0O BILL PASSED.
House of Representative Approves Appropriation for Coast Defense.

Washington, Jan. 29.-The admin istration sso0,QQ0,O0O defense budget began to take final shape in Congress today, when the house passed the Qualifications bill carrying more than S5i, 100000 for coast defenses and the House Naval Committee com pleted it's 1918 naval appropriation bill for more than S35i, 100000.
 The army appropriation bill still is in the House Military Committee, which is expected to complete it next week. Estimates for the army reach more than S360,000,000, exclu- sive of many deficiency measures resulting from the border mobiliza- tion and the rising cost of war ma terials.
 The only other military legislation pending is the universal military training bin before a Senate sub committee which will conclude it's hearings this week. It is not ex- pected that Congress will take any action of the universal training bill lat this session.
 For the three scout cruisers still awaiting satisfactory bids the com mittee raised the cost for hull and machinery to 6,0O0,000 from s5O0O,- 900.
 Another new provision raises the number of appointments annually to AnnatAnlir fa kn .la I, listed personnel of the navy from 9 to 100. Appointments may be made whenever vacancies occur.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Commissioners Sale.

Notice is hereby given, That in pursuance of the authority and di- Fections contained in the deeretal order of the Chancery Court of Polk County, made and entered on the 18th day of January, A. D. 1917, in certain cause (No.4t2) then pending therein between F. w Rivers, complainant, and c. Allie lShockley and Gladys NJ. Shockley and Ellen B. Shockley, defendants, the undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bid der, at the Southeast door or en- trance 'i the County Courthouse. in winch said Court IS held. in the County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on Saturday, the 2ith day of Febru- .ary A. D. 1917, the following de- scribed real estate, to-wit. The South East Quarter of the North West Quarter and the North East Quarter of the South West Quarter .of Section Twenty Eight 2S) in Township One CD South, of Range Thirty-two (32} West, containing eighty acres, more or less, in Polk Bounty, Arkansas.
 TERMS OF SALE: On credit of three months, the purchaser being required to execute a bond as re- Guired by law and the order and decree of said Court in said causr, with approved security. bearing h. 'eresi at the rate of ten per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the pay- ment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 3oth day of January A. D. 1917.
 W. l.. Parker,
 Commissioner in Chanceryl Adv. First pub. Feb. |. Last pub. Feb 9, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Commissioners Sale.

Notice is hereby givtn, That in pursuance of the authority and di- rections contained in the decretal order of the Chancery Court of Polk County, made and entered on the 18th day of January, A. D., 1917, in a certain cause, No. 423, then pend ing therein between Joseph H. Scott, B. NJ. Babcock, and Nora Babcock, as complainants, and Verdis Miller and Roy Miller as defendants, the undersigned, as commissioner of said court, will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bid- der at the Southeast front door or entrance of the County Court House in which said Court is held, in the County of Polk, Within The hours prescribed by law for judicial sales on Saturday, the 24th day of Febru- ary, A. D., 1917, the following de- scribed real estate, to-wit: All of the SWA of NEA (less. a, strip of of the east side ten rods, wide east and west and 80 rods long north and south, being acres in said strip also all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter described as follows, to-wit: Be- ginning at a point on the east line of the Kansas City Southern Rail road, i8 rods southeast of where the said right-of-way crosses the west line SEA of NWA, thence north S5 degrees, east 3i rods and 7 feet, to point i2 rods south and 32 rods and I feet west of the northeast corner of said tract. Thence south to the southeast corner of said SEA of NWA, thence west 70 rods, thence north on a parallel line with the west line to the right-of- way of the Kansas City Southern Railroad to the place of begin7 ming; also all of the NEh of. .SWA except a strip off of the west side 10 rods wide east and west, and 80 |rods long north and south Also all lof the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter except that part described as follows. to-wit,s Der ginning at the northeasf corners thence west 20 rods, thence south to the east line of the Kansas City Southern Railway right-rf-way. Thence southeast. with the, right-of- way of the Kansas City Southern Railway to the east li-t Thence north on the east line to- the plaeeo of beginning And all of the Northeast of the Southeast Quarter that lies west of Buffalo creek, in Section 10 in Township South, of Range 32 N est, in Polk County, Arkansas, containing in all about i09 acres.
 TERMS OF SALE: On credit oi three months, the purchaser being Irequired to execute } pond as re- quired by law and the order and de- cree of said court in said cause, with approved security, bearing in- tcrest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until palnl, and lien being retained on the sad premises sold to secure the pay ment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 3otp day of January, A. D, 1917.
 w. l. Parker, Commissioner in Chancery. Adv. First pub. Feb
 l Last. pub. Feb. %, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
--------.i----- ----------7---------- TAPPING POLK COUNTY.

The contract for the highway north and south thru Sevier county will be let February |. This high way win tap Polk county at our south line. And, note especially that word tap" for that is just what 1t will do. It will draw the trade from South Polk county to DeQueen, i2 miles away, just as truly as the con- tents of barrel can be drawn out thru a hole. There's nothing that draws business like the easy access furnished by a good all-the-year round road, but if Polk county folks don't want to hold their own in this |day of progress-oh, well, they are the ones to have the say.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
BIG PUBLIC SALE.

A public sale will be held Tuesday, February 6, at the c. l.. Emery farm, 3 miles west of Mena. The sale will consist of horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, househould goods, grain and hay. All articles will go to the highest bidder, for this is closing out sale Robt. S. McCand- lass, Owner. Adv. 4-2t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01

and more would be the need and de- mand for foodstuffs.
 Perhaps the logic here set forth may not prove all sound. but if it is sound, now. not in a month or two, is the time to apply it. and now is the time to give it to our readers.
 And, in any event. if it be all a groundless fear, the man who needs it and looks we'll to his food crop, his garden. his livestock, will not be far away from safety and right.
 This is The Stars idea of Cotton and the Year i9i7."
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Will Winter in Austin, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. s. D. Shrewsbury, Miss Annie Barlow and Miss Ola Shrewsbury plan 10 leave Thursday for Austin, Tex, where they will spend the remainder of the win ter with Mir and Mrs. H. w. Card we'll They are expecting Mir, CardWell to arrive in Mena Wednes- day night and he will accompany them to Austin.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
 TO PUT BRITAIN ON RATIONS.
Labor Member of Parliament Says
 System Will Reqin Soon.

London, Jan 29-William c. An derson, labor member of Parliament, speaking today at Leicester, said he was giving away no secret in stating that the population of the United Kingdom would at a very early date be put under a ration system.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01

The Federal government has nearly F million dollars ready to be used in Arkansas for good roads, and it is up to our legislators whether the state gets it or not. If it does, then it will depend on what the diff ferent counties do in road building as to which one gets the government
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Meetina at Nazarene Church..

The Rev l.. L. Isaac opened the meeting Monday night at Nazarene church, having good attendance considering the short notice given. The minister made splendid i'm prCssIon and fine results are expect ed from his work Preaching al fl a. m. and 7:30 D. m. daily
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
state of Ohio. City of Toledo.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Ia senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney X Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore- said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
 Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 9th day Of Uecem- Der. A. D. 1886. A. ". GLEASON tSeaD Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Cf tho System. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo, O.
 Sold by all druggists. T5c.
 Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
STOLENi

From my residence, 603 Tenth st., one male Collie puppy, 3h months old. narrow white collar, dark tan color. Reward leading to return of pup and conviction of thief.
 25-2 5-f w. K. Wooten.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Truck Growers to Meet.
The members Of the Polk County

ttC HfVtfh'Vto VI OAAS ANAA '~tA~'"J Truck Growers Association are to hold another meeting next Saturday afternoon in the courthouse at the office of Charles E, Delaney, county demohstrator. This is the final meeting to be held before orders are sent in for the cabbage plants, so all the growers who expect to go into the cabbage growing proposition are urged to be in attendance. Other matters of interest will be taken up before the meeting, which will tend io bring about closer organization among the growers, and the branch ine out into other lines aside from the growing of cabbage.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
Have a Bottle Handy !!

Cloan's Liniment is assigned it's - place among the trusted family ~ remediesin thousands ofmedi- ,ine closets. Confidence in it is based on the uniform effectiveness with which 1t banishes the pains of rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, lumbago, sore stiff muscles. bruises. sprains and strains. Cleaner and easier 10 use than mussy plasters or ointments. It penetrates and relieves quickly sDffhout rubbing.
 At all druggists, 25c. Soc. and s1.00.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01

Horses for Sale-Several good work horses. exeellen! fer farm use. Will make teams if desired. See
 them at the Mena Ice Plant. Adv4 a
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-01
0ufsttons
 ann Qnsmfrs

This is a standing invitation to every man, woman. boy and girl who reads this paper to ask questions re- Appointments. including live stock prob lens. The answers will be authorita- tive, largely furnished by experts from the State College of Agriculture,
 Editor Mena Star:
 @ How does community pre-
 pare itself for the eradication
 of the fever tick?
 By constructing concrete dip ping vat. The plans are furnished by Dr. 4. w Rice, Bureau of Ami mai Industry, DeQueen, Ark, or by your county agent. Frequently some enterprisine farmer or stockman builds a val and offers it for public service.
 The most common method is for a number Of farmers and stockmer to form a Vat Association, locate the vat at some central point, and each member share the labor and ex- pense equally.
 The chemicals for the dip are fur nished free of charge by the state The vat solution is tested frequently by an agent of the state or federal government, whose duty will be tC see that the solution is kept up tC the proper strength.
 Polk county has about i5 vats il operation. Others to be built in tho near future.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-08
Berlin Is Firm As
 War Looms Nearer

Berlin, via London, Feb. D. Peaceful continuance of German American relations after the de parture of the respective embassies at Washington and Berlin in the sense indicated by President Wilson in his addess to congress, appears to be very slight judging by all the information, some of the highest authenticity, gathered by the As sociated Press.
 It was stated positively in high political circles that the German or ders for the conduct of a subma- rine war could not and would not be modified; that in Germany the determination to enforce the pro hibited zone order was absolute and final, and that the only security for shipping was in avoidance of the prohibited zone.
 A high official stated to the As sociated Press: we can only hope and trust that American ships and American citizens will avoid the danger zones laid down in the Ger man memorandum.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-08
STALWARI CITIZEN GONE IN PASSING OF RICHARD JACKSON

The death of Richard Jackson at his home in this city yesterday morning removes from the stage of lifo's activities one of the most stall wart characters that has ever Graced the citizenship of this county or section. For half century he had been prominently identified with the history of Greene county and had been an important factor in the development of tho wonderful re- sources of this section and in the upbuilding of Paragould. He had always been deeply interested in public affairs and in movements for the bettorment of conditions ma tcrially, ,>rciigioGaly socially and from eiy%e point of view. He was man Of. strong convictions. backed by courage that knew no flinchmg.
 For many years he waged uncom- promising war on the dens of vice that infested Paragould during the early history of the city. Court of ficiais and others charged with the
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-08
TRUTH TRIUMPHS
Paragould Citizens Testify For the
 Public Benefit.

A truthful statement of Para gould citizen, given in his own words, should convince the most skeptical about the merits of Doan's Kidney Pills. If you suffer from backache, nervousness, sleepless- ness, urinary disorders or any form of kidney ills, use a tested kidney medicine.
 A Paragould citizen tells of Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Could you demand more convirc- ing proof of merit?t
 W. R. Stanton, 5'24 F. Poplar St, Paragould, says: f"I suffered from . lame mad aching back, with weak ness through mysloins. My kidneys acted irregularls and the kidney secretions contained sediment. Diz- zy spells and fheadaches frequent ly came on and my muscles and joints were Sore. Doan's Kidney Pills removed the trouble. When my back gives me the least bother now, Doan's Kidney Pills fix me up in good shape"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Stanton had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
 $tf