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The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
SOLD OKLAHOMA BANK.
]. T. Magruder Returns From Quin-
 ton, Where Called on Business.

Mir. and Mrs. J. T, Magruder and children returned to Mena Saturday evening, coming by auto via Wal dron.
 Mr Magruder was called to Quin- ton, Ok, when the cashier of the bank there of which he was presi- dent and largest stockholder, was called to service in the National Army. Having no other man trained to the duties of the position. Mr. Magruder decided to sell his inter- est, and did SO about a week ago, James Mechanism of Quinton, M. L. Stockton of Indianola and Ben Mills of McAlester being the purchasers.
 Mr. Magruder will now devote his entire time to the First National Bank of Mena, and to any enter prise that is for the upbuilding of Mena and Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
Mrs. R. |. panneIl nend.

Mrs. N. A. pannen. wife of R. l.. Pannell died at midnight Saturday night al the home, 209 Reine street. Mrs. pannell reached the age of 6S years. She had been sick much of the summer. having been n sufferer with hearth trouble. Mrs. Pannell is survived by her husband, one son, w. l., pannell of Lawton, Ok and one daughter, Mrs. J M Dunfee of Mena The funeral services, con- duetcd by the Rev R. D. Osborn, were held Sunday afternoon al i o'clock, at the home and interment was in the White Oak cemetery. Mr and Mrs pannell have been res- idents of Mena for the last twelve years.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
I.ockcsi,urn Team Cnminn.

X baseball game has been sche- duled for Friday between the High school team and the Lockes- burg school team The game will be one of the attractions on Educa- tional Rally day To meet the ex- penses of the game, which it is es- timated will be about $50, the High school students have planned a tag day. Those in the Mena team will be Hubert Knight. E McLemore, Harold Ravenscraft, Bascom Finger, c. E. Bezanson, Robert Sale, Halbert Seoegin, Herbert Bair Harold Davis. and Edward LePclley, with Jen Bell as substitute.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
nnons ma 0.nrl no 1ns.

George Klain who has Teen con- ducting the P c. Booming house for Che Inst six months has leased the upper rooms in th Gardner block on De0ueen strcet from r w.
 'ns end has be i'm Co move furniture Co the new quarters, which he will call Ozark Rooms His lease on the F. Q. rooming house expires on October IS and by that time he plans Go have his new place in read mess.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
FIFTEEN HEADED FOR FRANCE.
Oklahoma Young Men Pass Thru En
 Route Co Training Camp.

Fifteen young men from Adair county Okp passed thru Mena on Thursday afternoon, enroute to san Antonio. Tex, where they will train, they being the third call from that county for the National Army An item of interest to Polk county peo- pie is that Jim Napier, until few months ago manager of Hodges Bros. store at Potter, was one of the num- Der. Mir. Napier has been located at Watts, Ok. and from there was drawn for the army All the boys were decked with flags, and in the best of spirits, for the first leg of the journey to France.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11

Tickling in the throat, hoarseness, loss of voice, indicate the need of BAILARD'S M0REH0UND SYRUP. It eases the lungs, quiets the cough and restores health in the bronchial tubes. Prices 25c, soc and Si00 per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug X Furniture Co.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
THE COUNTS FINANCIAL
 CONDITION EXCELLENT,
Treasurer Anderson's Quarterly Re- port shoues $f,6Si70 in General
 Fund-Other Funds.

The report of County Treasurer Anderson for the quarter ending on September 30 1917, shows a healthy condition of the Polk county finan- ces. The county general fund, out of which the general expenses of the county are paid, has balance of Si,- 6Si.70. Then, there is a further bal ance of s3,0424i in other county funds, distributed as follows: Paul per fund, sI,33i.4i; building fund, SS7495; bridge repair fund Si66.59; record fund S369l9 making an az gregate balance in the county funds of S7,72f.ii. The separate balances in the several funds in the hands of the county treasurer are as follows; Sundry school districts. .S3O,22329 Sundrv road districts. .. 3,7905S Building fund. Sl4.y9 Record fund nd. 36949 General school fund. .... t745O General county purposes. l,6St7O General road fund. ...... 235S3 Individual land redemption TILT State land redemption. 763i Mena special school district S
 City of Mena. 1.65 Bridge repair fund. d.... 46659 Pauper fund............... 1,33i4
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11

if you have chills or malaria get B cen, hottie of Sanol Ch.!l Tonic Nothing better fer chills and mala- eia Get ii al inc drna store. Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
TeNnns to polk CountN.

MT. and Mrs. Phillip VanWaghen and son, Eugene, arrived the latter part of last week from Dallas, Tex, to make their home in Polk county. Mr. NanWaghen recently closed the deal for the purchase of the Kolar farm, located near Divers Chapel west of Mena, and will move to the farm as soon as his goods arrive. He and his family are stopping tempor- arily with Mir. and Mrs, ]. c. Frazier.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
Saturdays Hioh Cotton Price

The high mark for cotton prices in Mena was reached last Saturday when G. W. Petty paid J A. Alls of Board Camp 26la cents per pound The price all day ranged from 26 to 261s cents per pound.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
Mason-Runch.

Kenneth Bunch of Wagoner, Ok. and Miss Beryl Mason of Waters were married last Saturday after noon al the office of the county clerk, the ceremony being per- formed by II. II. Thomas.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11

Do you get up at night? Sanol is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 24 hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol is a guar anteed remedy 35c and Si00 bot tie at the drug store. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS
 MUCH LESS. PERSONAL MORE
Assessnr Hughes Has Made Tabula- tinn for Polk County--COrpora-
 tions Pay More.

County Assessor J. A Hughes last week finished the tabulation of the assessment of the taxable property in Polk county. The total assess ment of all classes of property amounts to S4,6ii,570 as against s4. PFC. 1868 in 1916, an increase of s335, POT. The total of the several classes of property for the years of 1916 and 1917 is as follows:
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-11
Trebled In Ten Years

In Ten Years the Cost of State Government Has Increased From About 8 Million to over 25 Million Dollars a Year Yet the Population Has Increased Only About 20%.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
Bushels wheat

understand the Germans are get
ting to figure each year on spend
ing about $500 an acre on fertilizer
(some of the nitrates we hear sc
much about in the papers) and get.
ting about $1,000 to $500 more per
acre in crop value for the $500 In
vested in fertilizer. If this war lasts
into 1919, this may become a matter
of supreme Importance for the Amer
lean farmer, and the American people
and our allies.
Before l pass on to the next phase
of my subject, and before l drop this
one of capital let me urge you all
most strongly to buy the governm ent
bonds. I hope I have made clear to
you that the amount Of new free
capital available at any one time, is
very rigidly limited. 1t is doubtful if
the annual savings Of the American
people amount to much over seven
billions a year the amount Of our
estimated annual war expenSnj, but
this must come from the people
from the small buyer, multiplied mil
lions Of times. The large number or
to the first iss lie Of the
United States Liberty loan tcom-
pared to the number Of subscribers
to the first loan of other countries In
the war; was magnificent begin
ming, but we want to do much bet
ter in that respect next time. The
last government loan in England was
taken by 100000 people-a figure
which, in this country, would mean
about 100000 people.
Last, l wish to discuss briefly the
matters involved in financing the
war from current taxation, as dis
from raising money by
the sale of bonds. OF course, you
all realize that taxation is putting
the burden Of the war on the pres
ent, and bond issues are putting most
of it on posterity. There are all
shades of feeling about this matter,
from one extreme, saying the entire
war cost should be borne by taxation,
to the other extreme who think, that
as the present has to bear the actual
loss of life and personal suffering, so
the least posterity can do, when the
country is being saved for is by us
now, Is to foot the bills-that is,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

yourself how much you rave gained.
l have seen dozens Of nervous run
down people who were ailing all the
while, double their strength and en-.
durance and entirely get rid of all
symptoms Of dyspepsia, liver and
other troubles in from ten to four
teen days time simply by taking iron
in the proper form. And this after
they had In some cases been doctor
ing for months without obtaining any
benefit But don't take the old forms
of reduced iron, iron acetate or tine
ture of iron simply to save a few
cents. You must take iron in a form
that can be easily absorbed and as
simulated like nuxated iron If you
want it to do you any good, other
wise it may prove worse than USE
less. Many an athlete or prizefighter
has won the day simply because he
knew the secret of great strength
and endurance and filled his blood
with iron before he went into the
ARRAY, while many another has gone
down to inglorious defeat simply for
the lack of iron.-E. Sauer, M. D.
NOTE-Nuxated Iron, recommend
ed above by DR.. E. Sauer is not pat
ent medicine nor secret remedy, but
one which is well known to druggists
and whose iron constituents are wide
ly prescribed by eminent physicians
everywhere. Unlike the older in
organic iron products, it is easily as
simulated, does not injure the teeth,
make them black, nor upset the stom-
ach; on the contrary, it is most
potent remedy, in nearly all forms
of indigestion, as we'll as for ner-
vous, rundown conditions. The
have such great con-
fidence in Nuxated Iron that they
offer to forfeit $4,000 to any charit-
able institution If they cannot take
any man or woman under 60 who
lacks iron and increase their strength
100 per cent or over in four weeks
time, provided they have no serious
trouble. They also offer to
refund your money if it does not at
least double your strength and en-
durance in ten days time. 1t is dis !
pensed in this city by Wilkinson &
Co. and all good druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Not long ago
q man came to me who was nearly
half century old and asked me to
give him preliminary examination
LOT life insurance. I was astonished
70 ind him with the blood pressure
Oh boy of 20 and as full Of vigor,
slm and vitality as young man; In
iact young man he really was, not
outstanding his age. The secret he
saia was taking iron-nuxated iron
aaa nlled him with renewed life. At
oV ne was in bad health; at 46 he was
sareworn and nearly all in. Now at
" after taking Nuxated Iron mir
acle OF vitality and his face
Deaming with the buoyancy Of youth.
a.: :As | nave said hundred times over,
nun Is the greatest of all strength
wSa ls. If people would only take
-.uAated Iron when they feel weak
VI run down instead Of dosing them
s s.s with habit forming drugs and
91tllnuiants and alcoholic beverages,
am convinced that in this way they
toula ward off disease, preventing it
"scoming organic in thousands Of
. .ases and thereby the lives of thous-
anus ANY, might be saved, who now
cri, ySeA LioLl
SIP consumption, kidney, liver
mn, nu neart trouble, and other danger
Gus nus maladies. The real and true
W. Muse which started their diseases
y vas nothing more nor less than
bv weakened condition brought on
~, lack Of iron in the blood.
enah,. is absolutely necessary to
Into ;, your blood to change food
mst. hVing tissue. Without it, no
rn,,,. er now much or what you eat.
will aood merely passes through you
dom DONG you any good. You
ne get tho strength out of it. and
ns,o consequence you become weak.
h. Ina sickly looking just like a
in in IVlng to grow in a soil deficient
we,i ioh' If you are not strong or
tba s: you owe it to yourself to make
ran ioilow1ng test: See how long you
with WORK or how far you can walk
two reious becoming tired. Next take
uuU, 1Ve-srain tablets of ordinary
aftan iron three times per day
test i meals for two weeks. Then
'our strength again and see for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so took a second
and third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham g Blood Purifier, and now I am
just as well as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any of the, afcre-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE j. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York St, Paterson, N. j.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confdential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
| and how complete this mobiliza,.

and how complete this mobiliza,.
can be made.
Another interesting point to note,
IN passing, regarding the new capl-
tai situation in England, is the fact
that the application of new capital
for the years 1915 and 1916 combined
was about $780, 00,000.O0 above the
average for the year 1914. This sum
was realized largely from the sale
back to us of United States securi-
ties. In case of need the United
States would have no place to turn
to sell its foreign securities; first,
because we have Nvery little such
property, and, second, because no
one would or could buy them now
If we had to sell. The British gov
eminent was able, however, to get
together over a billion dollars simply
by the mobilization of American
securities.
3. The third point 1 have for your
consideration in connection with capt.
tai, is how far reaching the effect
on our country at war is going to
be as to whether each community
conserves its spare capital for the
nation or invests it locally in fixed
forms. By spending, l do not neces-
sarily mean wasting, but simply the
fact that every dollar invested in
but the governm ent during
the war is a dollar taken from the
government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
Forced Out of Ruts,

War is the greatest power in the
world to force people out of their
! accustomed mental ruts and it will
be found when it is over that the
process has been decidedly stimulate
ing. One of the rutS we must get
out Of during the war is to expect Ia
make the same profits as in time OK
peace. None of us should expect to
go on making money now as FORM
erly. While this war lasts, our PROF.
perity belongs to the nation, not 70
us. We are simply the gatherers and
distributors of it for Uncle Sam SO.
The great Red Cross campaign,
which is going on this week through.
out the country, is a case in point.
1t must be met, not like the normal
peace time charities, but in a large
way. This is an EN- Urgency of the
greatest and most vital kind and
must be met in that spirit. If -FOUR
family should be invaded by some
serious illness to some member of it,
none of you would hesitate for a
moment to strain your resources to
the limit, for doctors, nurses, medi-
cine, change Of Climate-anything to
meet the emergency-and leave to
the future the matter of clearing I'D
any financial obligations involved.
Our country Is in just that condition
1t is in war of life or death with
the greatest military autocracy since
Napoleon. So let us all open our
purses to the occasion, just as we
should in our own families-for to
US, Uncle Sans family is the world.
and nobody can help him but you
and I and all of us.
To recapituIate briefly: The war
has suddenly produced a change in
point Of view, way of life and pros
poets, as radical as ever happened
to this nation. Modern war requires
the cooperation of each individual,
as it never did before We should
dedicate every thought and effort to
this one end, until the war is won
The nation must come first in every
consideration Of policy, in every
question between two alternative
courses of action. We must from
now on think of ourselves as citi-,
zens Of the United States, and put
in the background Lee county and
Iowa except as component parts OF
the nation.
We must also look on the bright
side of things, the spur to efficiency,
the amalgamation of all parts of the
into one mind aud one pur-
pose, the lessons of thrift, Loyalty
and unselfishness. which the war is
teaching and will teach-all these
are very valuable and very tangible
offsets to the suffering sorrow and
death which are bound to come.
TO- q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

nave made me well
and healthy. Some
time ago 1 felt so
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. I read your
a advertisement in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20


r1fice at home as we are asking our
boys to show on the firing line, feel
ing well assured that the great OBJ
jective sought is fully worth the cost
to any OF us in comfort or pros
perity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

posterity cannot fight, SO it must do
what it can do--pay.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
WOMAN NOW IN
PERFECT HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. J. -"I thank you for
the Lydia =. Pinkham remedies as thew
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
British Investments.

British investments.
To illustrate (taking again the
| figures from English eXperience), in
1914 the amount of new capital APP
piled to municipal loans and public
utilities was $S2,000,000.00. That
was probably invested largely before
the war started in August, or for
the completion of work which had to
be finished. In 1915 the amount had
dropped to $5,000,O0000 and in 1916
to $3,100,OOO.00. The difference be-
tween 80 million in 1914 and the 5
and million of 1915 and 1915
amounting to 1856 million) repre-
scented money available for the prose
cution of the war, which would not
have been available If either the sell
fishness of the people. or the weak
ness Of the government, had allowed
its diversion into the channels 1t
would normally flow into in time of
peace Translated into local condi-
lions for us in Lee county, this
bridges and all other public works,
cut down to the lowest possible
point-preferab borrow nothing at
all during the war for public i'm
provements, and confine the collec-
ton of taxes to the lowest amount
possible.
This policy has already been
inaugurated by the public utilities of
which I have charge; and, although
certain work, started before we got
into the war, has to be completed,
yet the undertaking of anything new
will be kept as near nothing as pos
sible.
4. My fourth point Growing out
of the fact that increase in capital
available for the government, may be
due to increased production, as well
as elimination of waste) leads me to
say word about increased produc-
ton on our farms. l don't pretend
to know anything about practical
farming, but l do know that the yield
of grain per acre in the United
States, for the last decade average
for which figures were available,
1910, shows that the only nation max
ing a poorer showing than our own,
as regards production per acre was
poor, benighted Russia. This means,
that with our great wealth and re-
we are doubtless the most |
prodigal people in the world-tor |
Russia's people, in the decade in |
question, were vastly poorer than |
we in capital for improvement. The |
figures l mentioned showing bushels
Of wheat per acre for the last decade
are:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
Like Boy at so Bubbhng Ouer
With VltaLity-7aking Iron Did Ii

Doctor all Strength
per cent Time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20
Wealth Of United States.

The wealth of the United States is
estimated to be about $250,000,OO0,-
10000. This is about equal to the
combined wealth Of Germany, France
and the entire British empire when
the war began. That means that the
United States could go into debt to
the extent of about $4,000, 900, 900 90
and still have a smaller mortgage,
per dollar of wealth, than some of
the belligerents in the present war
now have.
How is Uncle Sam to go to work
to tap this huge reservoir of wealth.
owned by his hundred million citi
zens? He would hesitate to confis-
cate 1t, and most of 1t would do him
little good if he did confiscate it. The
point l wish to bring out is, that
practically all Of this wealth is in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-20

Use a Gate City want ad
The St. Johns herald., 1917-12-13
HoW's This 3

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
 Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years. and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi son from the Blood and healing the dis eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi- cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-12-13
Stomach Trouble and
Constipation

Those who are afflicted with stomach trouble and constipation should read the following: T have never found anything so good for stomach trouble and con- stipation as Chamberlain's Tab lets. 1 have used them off and on now for the past two years. They not only regulate the action of the bowels but stimulate the liver and keep one's body in a healthy condition" writes Mrs. Benjamin Hooper, Auburn, N. Y.
 Adv.