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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02
Old Traders
Dope

, 1llE OLD DplIk - NliIl bi'i
! TING TINT We Will have no war with
GERMANY. M says that SINCE /
ONE SHOT of OLD TRADERS DOPE
HAS CHECKED the OF \liliI.L of
our HOME NEWSPAPERS that III
HOPES and rKNNS THAT III THEY
MUST START QCNRHELING AGAIN
TINT THEY WILL III HUMANE
INOtGu 10 PLACE THEIR WRIT
INGS NEAR Tine CENTER of
THEIR PAPERS. NEARBY SOME
ADV. of ECZEMA. DANDHUIF or u
GOOD ADV. FOR u SURE CT RE for
the SENEN-NEAR IrCIIi NOW! II
the OLD DOPIR WINS in GETTING
PEACE at HOME HE WILL JOIN
BILLY BRYAN and MAKE PEACE
SPEECHES all OVER the WORLD.
II FATHER and MOTHER MUST
OF ARIEL thcN SHOULD GO to the
WOODSilt.D. Here they can saN
what they please to each other with
ont MAKING THEIR BABIES CRY,
for OLD DRUM DOES NOT CARE
WHAT THEY S\N. PLEASE LET
THE Sun SHINE UPON TIuE
BABIES.
THEN GERTRUDE Bu1TID IN
and SAID: OiD DOPilN II Nou
FOLLOW BRYAN YOU MUST DRINK
NOTHING but GRAPE JUICE. Then
OLD TRADER SCRATCHED his
HEAD and SAID: GERTRUDE, If Il
was NOT FOR YOU PKJ SSI\N
GERMANS there would he no NEED
az FIGHTING. REMEMBER that
OLD TRADER is not ONLY READY
10 IOILOM our FLAG, BUT iiE -
READY AND WILLING II IT NEED
BI to CARRY the STARS aud
STRIPES and Plant them FIRMLY
ON che FRONT TRENCHES UOR-
GIT IT! FOR lr MUST NOT BE)
Ma, the WHITE DOVE of PEACE
UONIR OVER our NATION ana
SAVE THE BLOOD or OIR SONS.
NOW FOR BUSINESS"!
Old TRADER finds IL IMPOSSIBLE
10 open his store at 100 East second
street next MONDAY for his GREAT
sale OF BEANS. PORN aud BEANS.
CANNED BEANS and all KINDS of
CAR LOAD or ROLLED O\IN
which YOU MUST TNT or the BUGS
will CIR I'M. PLEASE BENl thC
BUGS to 'ININ We have most u car
load or SALMON, SNltDlNES, corn
BItI,F and such STUFF. We like 'cni
but We cannot EAT Tlii.M Nhh.
pTNRS. IIIMS. all kinds of canned
FRUITS and CANNED \IGI.IN-
BIEN, SETTING AROUND RN the
CNK LOAD. PLEASE COME Gltl
I'M NINT WEDNESDAY,.
OLD TRADER \NBIID On the
MNIikIfr L\SI AUGUST and NlP-
TFMBEK and BOJGIlI IIII KI'S
IN nE\NS, r3Nk anI BEANS; M, S,N,li;I,
MON, ROLLED oNIN, CANNED
GOODS of all KINDS. Etc. The
MNI;kIT WENT Sl>NWNHp ana
OLD TRADER WON. Some
HOUSES and SOME FACTORIES
STOOD Ip LIKE MEN aud CONF
CLEAN with OID TRADER But
SOME HAVE PL\NItD the BNR>
ACT aud viii have 20 he SUED
to FORCE THEM to do MliNI
TuIN SIGNED mp WITH OLp
TRADER 10 DO. IT. the PUBLIC
WILL NOW STAND hy OLD TRAD
J,R WE viii MAKE THEM CONF
ACROSS IOR TlIE LAST DOlIa\t~
WORTH and OLn TRADER WILL
SPLIT I1I'N-IIITN with You ON
1I0lll~. wv NNi. Nlsl4 lif WIZ
DOPER nj tOG East second street.
ALWAYS READY TO SWAP.
At LEAST o5 TENTS ana LOTS
SpOkI,N FOR. The pOoR LABOR
ER MUST GIT AWAY FROM ROB
tRN, RENTS and mon TAN. old
TRADER is BUILDING a STOlt3 ai
PARK VIEW PLACE WHICH j. now
CALLED CRIB SIDING, nn the SAM
SPRINGS LINE. = CENTS CAl'
FARE. LOOK THE LOTS ONET
NEXT SUNDAY. POSlTlNELN
NOTHING SOLD ON SUNDAY, Btl
IL YOU LIKE OUR DEAL TALK III
OVER WITH THE Old DOrltR n
Ills OFFICE AT 100 East SECONl
STREET at OLD TRADERS OH
STAND
REMEMBER. MONEY RACK II
NOT PLEASED At ANY TlMl
FROM DATE OF CONTRACT IN
TIL ONE YEAR
TRADERS T
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02

no damage was done. The oil is the
waste material from the Continental
Refining company's plant.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02
Cheney TUB ShirtingS at SI.25

50 good shirting patterns in this all silk
weave to select from.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02
AT IIENRyETTA-The Kingwood

on company has a 10000, ,O0O-tOOt
gasscr in y. on the j. Monday farm
in G-12-l4. 1t is in the l,700-foot
sand.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02
At JENNINGS

At JENNINGS - The Carter Oil
company is drilling at 2AO0 feet on
the Messing farm in the northeast
conner Of the southwest Of the south.
east of 20-4O-7.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02

At UEAIpTON--Ine Carter Oh
company has made locations Tor Nos
. and on the Pugh farm in 1S-4s-2w
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02

AT KUEFER L. Herring Is
moving in a rig on the northwest quar-
ter Of $l-17-l1 and will start a well
on the rigCr allotment.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02
DRY oNEIN WOoDSoN COUNTY

NN.-Scott ana others have n dry
hole and have abandoned their test on
the Cooper farm in 6-21-1i.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02

AT DAWSON The Clalrowal oil
company has completed a dry one f.
2S-2O-13.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-02

At oKMrLcEE Tho okmulgcc
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
POTTER PICkups.

Several new cases of measles, but none very serious.
 J. w. keener attended to business in Mena Saturday.
 Mrs. Lizzie Taylor is spending thls week here with friends Uncle Bill and Andy Harwell are here from Ringling, Ok. visiting Mrs Pearl Gam.
 Mrs. Bert Stuart and children spent Sunday here with Mir. and Mrs Neal Outright.
 Rev. Jno. D. Freeman. State Mis- sionary from Ashdown. lcctured at the Baptist church Tuesday night.
 Mrs. Mena Stevenson came down from Mena Tuesday afternoon for a visit with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. U. w. Walker.
 Miss Amy Butler returned from Mena Saturday afternoon, where she had been to take examination for a teachers license.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Beavers, Mes danes Owens. Neighbors and Beav- CTS spent Sunday at Hatfield With l Mir. ands Mrs. l.. Lindsay Miss Estelle Walker returned or Saturday afternoon from Haley vile. Ok. where she had been visit ] ing Mir. and Mrs Joe McBee. ! Mrs. ChOnita Gatlin and daughter 1 Velma. arrived Saturday mornlnt 1 from Putnam. Tex, for an indefinite stay with her parents, Dr. and Mrs 1 q. \ Gordon
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
 MICKES WAVES.

B. F. McCauley was here Saturday on business.
 William Long of Mena was in i town Tuesday.
 NJ. A. Nichols of DeQueen sent a carload of hogs Co Kansas City.
 Mir. and Mrs Will Long are the proud parents of a nine-pound boy.
 w. R. Bennington and Jerry Davis went to Dierks Tuesday on business.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harrison Sanford went to Cove Saturday, returning on Sunday
 Rev. Freeman of Ashdown will preach at the Baptist church Frl- day night
 Mrs. Sue Weems and grand daughter of Red Oak. Ok. are here lfor several weeks.
 The baseball boys of Wickes will have a box supper Saturday night to raise funds for a new dutiit.
 The Aazarene church has been holding a series or meetings Tor two weeks. Very much interest is mani fested
 Mrs. George Edmond and brother, 1 Mr. Garrett. accompanied by several | friends. motofed down Saturday lnight for the show. i Miss Anna Wood and Chas. c. De- fancy of Mena were here Tuesday and Wednesday organizing a club for the young people Of the town.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
GRANNIs GRAINS.

Mrs. o. c. Kirby is not so we'll this week
 Ed Clinton spent Sunday and Mon- day at Hochatown.
 Prof. T. c. Wiggins of Mena was a guest at the Hotel Granniis Saturday night.
 Luke Daniels, late of Kansas City made a business trip of few days the past week to that place.
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert philpot anc little son were up from Gillham OF Sunday visiting with their parents.
 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aston come UT from Gillham Saturday night ano spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. 0 C. Kirby
 Mrs. Keath and daughter of Page Ok, were guests in the home of Mrs keaths parents, MT. and Mrs. k. k Brown the past week.
 Rev. A. $. Daniels of VandervoorI expects to preach at the Baptist church this coming Friday and Sat urday nights and at fl a. m. Sunday
 We learn from Dr. J. |. Philpot ol Grannis that a i0h-pound boy has taken up board with Mir. and Mrs w. A. Long at Wickes, beginning or March F. Mother and boy are doing well.
 Misses Vivian Mathis, Leslie Poe Winnie and Bertha Clinton, Regina Barnes and Gertrude Robinson oi the 10th Grade, Grannis High school were at Mena the past week taking examination, but as yet have mol gotten their examination papers.
 The young people who attend the Baptist and Saints churches, me- together Sunday night at the Baptisi church and organized Young Peo- ples' Union. to meet each Sunday night. Ofncers elected were Mls: Floy Clinton, president; Mesdame: Reaves, Morgan and Moore were ap- pointed on the Program committee and Winnie Clinton. organist.
 The ladies of the Grannis Gene tery Association still meet each Fri day afternoon to plant shrubs ane flowers. Their aim is to make 1t tht most beautiful spot in Grannis. Th' gentlemen who were appointed of the repairing committee are prepar- ing a great surprise for the. ladies one that will make every heart glad as we'll as improve the looks of th' cemetery. NJ. F. D. NJ.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
HATFIELD HOTsTUPH.

Prof U. F. lobe of Mena visited in Hatfield Saturday.
 Chickensl Chickensl Everybody is talking chickens.
 At last ]. c. Allen is driving a new cara Ford of course.
 Mark Dover spent "Wednesday and Thursday at Fort Smith on busi- ness.
 Will Beal. wholesale man of Fort Smith. was down Tuesday transact ing business.
 Miss Alta W0odell and John Par ker spent the afternoon of Sunday wth Hatfield young folks.
 R. E. Bryan reports that the two acres of corn he planted in Febru- ary is coming up nicely.
 Andy Harwel. F E. Martin and Uncle Bill Harwell arrived in Hat field Friday from Ringling, Ok.
 N0T1CE-I will be in my studio each and every Wednesday after noon. R. F. MCCAIN. -Adv.9 1t.
 Dr. T. H Redwine of Antlers, Ok has purchased the Henry Haster Hotel property and will move his 1 family here soon
 Grandma Davis returned iron Mena Sunday, where she had beer visiting at the home of her grand daughter Mrs. Claude Bennett anC l family.
 Misses Johnnie Gipson, Johnni, Henderson and Essie Roberts, ant Mrs. w F. Mershon went down tC
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
EGGER BLOSSOMS.

John Harper of Mena was in Egger Monday,
 Harris Wimberly made a flying trip to Mena Saturday.
 Bro. Kelly filled his regular ap- pointment here Sunday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Marion Wimberly of Mena were visiting relatives a. this place Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Luther Lewis of Yocana spent Tuesday night at the home of Mark Lofts.
 l'om Suits dIii his little dad-h' r Noble, were in Mena Wednesday to have dental work done.
 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gardner of Waters visited Saturday night at the home of James philpot
 James and Robert Darough and sister. Misses Florence and Fannie Thornton were shopping in Mena Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs R. F. Lee were in this vicinity Sunday. They were accom- panied home by Mir. Lees mother who is spending few days with them.
 Mrs. Emma Wood of New Mexico came in Friday to attend the func- lral of her brother, Buster Wimberly who was found dead in his barn on Wednesday.
 Brown Ewes
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22

Cove Sunday and spent the after noon with friends out in the coun- try.
 A large crowd of lodge people came down from Mena Tuesday aft ernoon to attend a call meeting and a supper given by members of the Eastern Star of Hatfield.
 Lee Tunnell knows how to catch chicken hawks. Simple way, too. He ties a couple of ssrub chicks to stakes near his house and places a steel trap near the chicks. lt works, for he caught one that way Friday. Again, did you know that hawk will sometimes carry a chicken for a mile or more and never hurt 1t.
 The town of Hatfield on Monday made deal for two chemical fire engines which are to cost upwards of $500 each. They are of the very latest models and are easily Fan- died. W. H. Crews of Little Rock was in town for several days in the interest of the Northern Fire Ap- paratus Go. of Minneapolis, closing the deal.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22

fly. and Mir. and Mrs. George AL statt of near Eagleton, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alstatt.
 Corporal F. A. Chubb, who is in- terested in the mining business in Slatington, called on Peter McWil- liam of Golden Acres on Monday of last week on business.
 There is considerable improvement being made on the Water Valley farm lately. ditching and more espe- eially the grading of the road from the main road to the Garland home. So you see we have E mile of the Jefferson Highway already.
 School Kid.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
PINE GROVE NEEDLES.

Jim Quinn visited with friends at Egger Thursday.
 Miss Birdie Crawford visited on Friday with friends at Ink.
 Mrs. Pearl RossOn spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. Cottman or Ink.
 Will Cole and daughter, Lola, who have the measles, are improving some.
 Lillie Head of Ink visited the weekend with her friend Miss Ella Crawford
 Ambrose Battenfleld spent Friday night and Saturday with his sister, Mrs. J. P. A. Johnson.
 Miss Counsel Battenfield is spend- ing a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. P. A. Johnson of Ink.
 Mr. Ratliff and son and daughter, Perry and Gertrude, traded in Mena "Wednesday of last week.
 The people of Pine Grove and vicinity are building dipping vat on the H. L. Rosson farm.
 Miss Oma Wyatt of Nocana visited from Friday until Sunday with her cousin. Monnie D. Ross0n
 Misses Pearl and Lillie Edwards of Holly Springs were in this vlcln- ity Wednesday of last week Sam Looney, Luther, Leonard and Frank Rosson. and Mir. Battentield were in Mena last week getting their fertilizer.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Embry and children of Ink spent Sunday with Mrs Embry's parents, MT. and Mrs, l H. l.. Rosson.
 Mrs. H. l.. Rosson and Miss Hattie | Russell spent Friday night at the home of Mrs. Rosson's daughter. Mrs George Embry, near Ink.
 Miss Hattie Russell, who has been at the H. l.. Rosson home for some time, left Sunday for Ransom, to be- gin a music school Monday
 Carl Harper, who has had the measles for some time, is able to be lup again Five other members 9f l the family were taken Monday, Oscar Johnson and Ambrose Bat 1 teniield Willie Holland and EnOch Embry attended the singing at the home of Mir. Kirkland of Holly on Sunday evening. oscar Johnson, who has been working for Mir. Riley of the Holly Springs neighborhood, is back at the | H l.. RossOn home again. He IS em- ployed there for the year.
 Miss Birdie Shelton and Mir. Furey were quietly married at Squire | Coles Wednesday morning of last week, and left here for Mena, where they took the train for Coalgate, Ok, Co make their home.
 Blue-Eyed Girl.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
OAK GROVE.

Trent Shores is very sick with pneumonia.
 Mr. and Mrs. Tsom Cornelison vis- ited at the w. l., Harrison home on Sunday.
 James Earnest of 0ctavia, Ok, was visiting his mother and brothers last week. returning home Monday Sunday school at Center Point ey- cry Sunday morning. Singing in the evening Prayer meeting at night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bunyan Cummings of Muse, Ok. has been visiting rela- tnes, returning to his home on Monday.
 MT and Mrs. DiPah Shepherd from the saw mill near Pilot mountain have moved onto the Henry Shep- herd place.
 Next Saturday night there will be a pie supper, Everybody come and bring money and pies. The money will go to get lights for the school house.
 Mir. and Mrs. Andy Hodges have re- turned from Quinton. Ok. They both returned sick and came to good old Polk county to regain their health.
 ponE
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
ACORN.

Miss Etta Garland of Water Val lev farm attended Sunday school at Owens Chapel Sunday
 A. R. Palmer of Twin Oaks farm and NJ. ". Roger of Needmore farm, were Acorn visitors Sunday after noon.
 The party given at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Wm. pettigrew was quite a success. Everyone reports a pleas ant time.
 Misses Edna and Pearl Barron at tended the party given at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Fleming of near Ransom Mrs. c. E. Anderson and two chil- dren spent Sunday with Mir. Ander- sons brother, Henry Anderson and family of near Oak Grove. Mrs. Thomas Heaslett and little tson. Clarence, of DeQueen spent the weekend with Mrs. Heaslett's father and mother. Mir. and Mrs. B. s. Pete l fish.
 Mr. and Mrs. Pat Buskirt and fam
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
HATFIELD.
Gonn RnAns c0sT s0METHING.

The Jefferson Highway is coming anyway, is it9Maybe so. But there is one thing many land owners are overlooking. The cost to keep up a good highway is very expenSlve especially since the advent of the automobiles You cant fix a mac adamized road with just any old material It must be repaired scien- tiflcally or else the work is thrown away. Many countries traversed by highways have permanent road crews like a section gang on rail- road. Automobiles eat ruts in even the best of roads, and have got the best engineers of the world puzzled as how best to repair them. Of course there are not many automo- piles in Polk county, but they will be here nevertheless when the road is once completed. And it is at this point where q great injustice comes in The very men who want the road the worst and who use it the worst are the men, for the most part, who dc not live in the county And next to the great army of automo- bile dealers there comes another class of men equally as determined to have a road built. whether or no no matter what the farmers say. They are the men who have made their money easy--all Of which is exempt from taxation. The Alex ander Road Lay specifics land shall only be taxed to build road. Sure, some of these moneyed men own land, but they are not like the men who own land and till it for a liv- ing. When man earns his taxes by working on the farm he knows what it means to get in debt. This bond business is paralyzing many countries and nations.
 Good road enthusiasts will tell you what a highway will do for a cOun- try: they will point out countries, to show how they have been built up by them, and say that the same can be done here. This may be so and 1t may not. All depends upon what you mean by the words, built up.' If you mean automobiles. high priced land and high living, this is SO. But, dear reader we have too many "built-upn countries today. It is just this thing of high living that is causing all our modern trou- bles. We need good roads, certainly, but can we build them now We need good homes, good stock and q thousand other things just as had. Let us put our money i'll full blood stock and in building up our soil and we will get a road alright-don' | worry about that. We arc top- heavy-all the time getting the cart before the horse. If we want a thing. sell bonds or borrow money is the first thing thought of We are losing sight of the old-time idea of hard work and good management. Work. my, who would stoop to such a thing. This is not only the case with 9 tteae-, Ssit tsfti yijody IS iIii- plicated and parties to the crime of layiness. the bond fever etc.
 Tho world is suffering today over a thing that would be easily reme- died Capt. John Smith of our CO., lOnial days was wise to it. He made the law that He wlio would moi work could not eat" He had the idea. but we haven't,
 Al present when things begin tc
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22
BIG FORK BITS.


 Lester Mays of Big Fork went to Mena Monday on business.
 T. ?. Dixon of Free Valley has put ir a barber shop at Big Fork.
 Mrs. Lola Thompson of Big Fork visited at Opal last Wednesday.
 w. l.. Bates of Big Fork made a business trip to Mena last week.
 Rev. Andrew Foster of Opal will preach at Mill Greek next Sunday.
 Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Beck of Sul- phur are moving this week to Big Fork.
 Uncle Billie Hendrix of Mill Creek valley is very sick and has been for two weeks.
 Rev. Jerry Newman of Big Fork will preach at the CaddO school house next Sunday.
 The Big Fork Literary Society will meet next Saturday night al the school house. 0. A. Cox of Butcher Knife went to Mena Monday with a load of hay for Phil Abernathy
 Rev. Phil Abernathy of Mena was visiting friends and relatives the lat ter part of last week.
 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maxwell and Grandma Free of Free Valley, were trading in Big Fork Monday.
 Miss Linnie Lilies visited Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Artie Putnam of Haunted Hollow. The Watkins Lumber Company of Mena is putting saw mill at the Lilly Flat. west of Big Fork.
 Rev. J. B. Lilies preached last Sun day at Mill Greek and the most of the Big Fork singing class attended.
 Mir. and Mrs. Columbus Ferguson of Waters visited with relatives in Big Fork the latter part of last week.
 Grandma Hendrix of Big Fork went to Black Springs to visit with friends and relatives. Aunt Martha is 84 years old
 Mir. and Mrs. James Lilies anc daughter Miss Lula, and son. Grif- fin. visited Saturday night at tho John Lilies home at Mill Creek. | Mir. and Mrs. Java Bates and son of Rock Grove, visited Saturday night with Mrs. Bates parents, Mir and Mrs. s. H. Spake of Sulphur.
 Mir. and Mrs. s. V. Heath and son ! V. gc.s Ol Htdtil Ndllty, NtSitcu cdO' urday night with Mrs. Heath's sister Mrs. Eliza Putnam of Haunted Hol- low.
 Grandma Ferguson of Waters, wht has been visiting her brother, Uncl' Jacob Standridge of Opal, visited ol Friday night at the Thompson hom at Big Fork.
 Miss Vinez Fowler of Greas. Spring. and Misses Lula and Ethe ! Abernathv of Fairview Farm yisite' Satnnsdass, day F night 1t at st the John Pat home at Mill Creek.
 w. $. Bates of Big Fork went ove to the home of C. A. Norton of Mis souri Falls the first of the week am robbed seven bee hives. There wer more than 300 pounds of honey talk en. MT. Norton sold some at f21 cents a pound
 T. P. Dickson has a Brown Leg horn hen that his family and other witnessed her laying at 10 o'clocl one morning, at 7 o'clock that even ing and at 10 o'clolck the next morn ing That's what we call layin three eggs in twenty four hours Can anyone find her match2
 Papa's Helper
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22

after the appointment of a new post master to succeed D. G. Edwards, who has resigned.
 Mir. and Mrs. William J. Bates and little son, Harold, of the Big Fork community visited the home of Mrs Bates parents, MT. and Mrs. ;. H. Spake. Saturday and Sunday.
 The Rev. Howell presided Satur- day at the regular monthly confer ence of the Baptist church. Satur- day night. according to previous an- nouncement, the singing class met and enjoyed a singing. The Rev. Mir Howell made a very appropriate talk to the class. eomplimenting the singers and added that it is one part of the devotional service oi which nothing else would take the
 Clagett Chirographer.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22

get A little stale with the educated, business and professional classes, they either call for a boosters club, bond issue or a waf-just any thing t0 change the monotony Of things and 10 keep on living with out work If they can't get it they will fight. No people so crazy as the leading elassesl But how can you blame them when they live such an artificial nerve-strained life. God is calling them to the soil, the place from whence they came but they will not listen.
 The farmer is the coolest and sanest man living today He may not be doing much. and he may be backward in taking hold of progress sive ideas. but what he does do is permanent and in harmony with the laws of nature. The educated and ruling classes will build things up all right but they will at the least provocatlon tear thing down as rap idly Come back to the soil, you city misilts. and you good roads lovers and we will get together and work out enough money to build a road Work. and more of it, that is what we need Labor is the only thing that ever built up a country.
 Again. the highways that have been built 80 far do the reverse to what they should. They have a tendency to build up large towns and weaken rural population. Doubt less. if the road was put thru now, Fort Smith and Texarkana might be benefited some and possibly Mena and DeQueen, but at whose expense? At yours and mine, of course. So it may pay us to get together and talk these things over. Some of our smartest men are highly in favor of the road. But smart men do not know all. If they did, they would have stopped this war long ago-yes, they would have prevented it.
 Joe Lewis.
 Hatfield, Ark. March i9. 1917.