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The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16
CONTROL OF FOOD
 IS UP TO WILSON
President Signed Both the Food Control and Food Survey Bills, Making Them Laws.-To Fix
 tbe Price of Wheat.

Washington, Aug. 10. The admin istration food control and survey bills were signed by President Will son this morning and became laws. The food control bill establishes, dunng the war; broad government control over foods. feeds, fuel, fuel oils, natural gas. fertilizer and it's ingredients, tools, utensils and equipment fequired for the actual Iproduction of all such products de- signaieu necessities"
 Tn establishing government con- lrol. the bill authorizes the presi- dent to enter into any voluntary 9e- Irangement, create or use any agen- cy CT agencies, to accept services of any person without compensation, to cooperate with any agency or person, to utilize any department or agency of the government. and to coordinate their activities.
 In pursuance of such authoriza- ton. President Wilson plans to ap- point Herbert C. Hoover food ad- ministrator Control of other neees- saries named may be accomplished thru other agencies.
 Comprehensive powers are given i'll the bill, passed as war measure, to assure adequate supply and equitable distribution of the named necessaries, to facilitate their move ment; to prevent, locally and gen. orally, scarcity, monopoly, hoard ing, injurious speculation, manipu- lation or private control affecting supply. distribution and movement, Farmers are exempted from the hoarding provisions.
 Other provisions of the bill fix a maximum price for wheat beginning next year at not less than $2 per standard hushel; provide for coal and coke fixing, commanders ing and government operation of factories and mines producing ne- cessaries; for government purchase, sale and acquisition of various ne- eessaries and for federal licensing of agencies producing and handling them.
 The bill appropriates fund of Si50 0000,000 to be used in it's admin istration and si0,000.000 for federal purchase and sale at cost of fer tilizer
 The prohibition provisions, a com promise for bone dry prohibition proposed by the House, prohibits the manufacture and importation of distilled liquor for beverages dur ing the war, authorize the President to suspend manufacture of malt fermented and vinous liquors or to limit their alcoholic content and au- thorizes and directs the President at his discretion, to commander distilled beverage in bond or stock whe necessary for re-distillation into alcohol for military or other public defense purposes or to con- serve foodstuffs.
 The bill authorizes the President to requisition, for military or pub lis defense needs, all neeessaries named, and, to guarantee reason able prices to producer and con- sumer, to buy and sell fuel, wheat flour, meal beans and potatoes. The |bill also authorizes the President to- requisition and operate any factory, packing house, mine or oil pipe line, at just compensation, for military or public defense uses.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16
, IS DAY FIRST
 DRAFTED ARMY IS CALLED

Thirty Per Cent Will Be Calle, Then; 30 Per Gent Sept. i5; 90
 Per Gent on September 30.
 Washington, Aug. 13.-Provost General Crowder announced this afternoon that thirty per cent of the men drafted will be called to the colors on Septem- Der ,, beginning the movement on that day.
 Another thirty per cent will be called on September l5, and third thirty per cent will be called on September 30.
 The remaining ten per cent will be called as soon thereafter as possible.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16
FIVE AMERICANS LOST.
Drowned When Ship Struck n Mine
 -Four Were Missionaries.

Washington. Aug i3-Five Amer ican passengers were lost when the British steamer City of Athens. struck mine and went down near Capetown, South Africa, OH August 10, according to state department ad- vices today
 Ten other passengers and four members of the crew were lost.
 Four of the Americans lost were missionaries. They were Mir. and Mrs. Naygan; Miss Robison and Miss Caroline Thompson
 Nineteen other missionaries were rescued from watery grave.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16
Interested But Unreceptiye.

Washington, Aug. i4.- Without ad- vices of any kind from their own governments, the entente embassies were intensely interested in the As-
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

been examined on one of the three days last week, and who had been granted temporary exemptions have been ordered to appear again for further examination, the neces- sity for this recall having come about by the modification of the rule the ratio between the height and the weight The re-em- animation is to take place next lElAiHnrr
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

f
 S5S Joe Philmon Lawson, Yocana 16S Robert Calvin Stipe, Mena. 6l6 Frank Cornelison, Mena. 103 Mack Henry Sims, Mena. 3l2 Fred Duke, Mena. sos Ben Gibson, Potter. 470 Walter Freely Sniker. Hatfield S22 James William Chambers. Egger. 121 William T. Crawford, Big Fork GAP Melton Frank Hendrix Board
 Camp. 552 William Arthur Strawn, Hatfield 620 Linton H. Choate. Mena 760 Walter r. Herring, Grannis 792 Malta Grover Rasman, Grannis 549 Benjamin Wiley Oglesby, Hatfield 1922 Samuel Asbury Taylor, Hatton. 623 Edward Bailey, Board Camp. 356 Fred William Gray, Cove. T04 William l.. Harris, Mena 12S Wesley S. Hendrix, Big Fork 757 Jas. Frachiseur, Grannis. 972 William Marion Blair. Wickes 721 Leonard A. Rosson. Ink. 927 Sidney A. Hoffman, Mena. 487 James Ira Brunson, Mena 433 Virgil Clancy, Hatfield. 420 Sam Wesley Cureton, Hatfield 107 Charles Harry Shell, Mena. 54S Austin Nichols, Hatfield. 509 Frank ode Whisenant. Mena S37 Allen Esaw Fox Ink t99 William F Watkins. Hartley
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

That "alI in" feeling so common in hot weather is not due from heat alone but to an unhealthy condition in the liver. stomach and bowels. To prevent a spell of sickness take priekly Ash Bitters, it is an excel lent system cleanser and regulator. Jackson Drug X Furniture Co.. and Gunnels Drug Store, Special Agents. My
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

Good appetite. vigor and cheerful spirits follow the use of Priekly Ash Bitters, It purifies the stomach, liv- CT and bowels and makes life worth living. Jackson Drug & Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store. Special Agents. s.-Ady.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

For Sale Horse anu Buggy Cheap
 if taken af oncrsR John Graf, Mena Afy. B 2t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE

$t.O0 A YEAR STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
SOME EASILY MADE
AND EFFECTIVE BEDS
BY L. M. BENNINGTON.

A charming hedge Is made by plant
ing scarlet SALIVA in row as a back
ground then u row Of white nicOtiana,
with blue ageratum as a border. Here
we have the patriotic cOlors of our
flag effectively combined.
The blue Of the ageratum and the
scarlet of the saliva would prove u
rather violent contrast If planted next
each other, but separated by the white
of the nicOtiania, their aggressiveness
is toned down in such Il manner as to
produce pleasing effect.
Another lovely hedge is made of zin-
MAS in the back row, then calliOpsis,
with white phlOX as a border.
Fine effects are secured by the lib
eral use of riclnus. This plant will
grow to a height of seven or eight feet
in rich soil, with leaves often a yard
across of a rich brOnze-green, overlaid
with cOppery luster.
Ribbon beds can be worked out with
good effect by using different colOrs Of
the verbena in rows. Such beds are
most pleasing when near the house or
close to the path, where they can be
looked down upon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
FLORAL WORK IN SEASON
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Divide and set peony roots now. Fall
planting is best for them.
Mixing compost rough for flower
pots means without sitting it.
Hurry your order for bulbs and
plants. Have your borders and pots
ready for them when they come.
Roman hyacinths are best for late
potting, as they come into bloom much
earlier than the Dutch varieties. Each
bulb throws up several flower-spIkes.
Are your neighbors' plants finer and
better than yours? If so, there Is q
reason for it, and you should seek to
find out what it is and profit by the
knowledge.
Fall is the best time TO take up, d.
vide and reset old plants Of herbace-
GUS perennials, or TO plant most new
ones. They should become well-estab-
lished before freezing weather as to
root growth.
More herbaceous perennlals are
heavy feeders and thorough enrich
ment Of the lower soil is Of great inn
portance. Top dressing every fall
should be well attended to, and this
should be forked into the soil in the
spring, after the freezing is done.
Winter protection is valuable for all
plants no matter how hardy they may
be. The object of this is not to keep
the plant roots warm, but to prevent
the sun, especially in the spring from
warming and thawing the stalks and
ground, thus exposing the plant cells
to alternate thawing and freezing,
which Is very hurtful to them.
Lay in a supply Of pOtting soil now,
so If the need arises for soil when the
ground is covered with snow or frozen,
1t can be met. Equal parts of good
garden soil, old, well-rotted manure
leaf mold Cor wood sOiD and sand
should be stirred well together, sifted
through a coarse sieve and stored un-
der shelter in boxes or barrels.
Do not let the plants intended for
the window garden stay out too long.
Even a slight chill will hurt the ten
der ones, and do the hardy ones no
good. DO not pinch out the buds after
the first of November.
Do not transfer the plants at once
from tie border to the sitting room.
From the open air to the veranda or a
bench on the sunny side of the house;
from there to a shed or cool room as
the frost approaches, then to some
room where a near fire shall Danish the
actual cold; then place them in your
windows and they will not realize the
change so greatly.
CrotOns do not need a specially rich
soil. Mix together three parts of leaf
mold one of garden soil and one of
thoroughly rOtted manure. Heat and
moist air are essential. Full sunshine
Is liked, except in hot weather.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
Birthday of Byron.

Recently occurred the one hundred
and twenty-ninth anniversary of the
birth of Lord Byron. The poets fam
lly on the paternal side, traced its
origin back to the time of William the
Conqueror, and on his mothers side
he was related to the royal family of
Scotland His father, Capt. John By
ron of the Guards, was so notorious
for his gallantries and recklessness
that he received the nickname of
Mad Jack" After squandering the in
heritance Of his wife, Mad Jack" de-
serted her. and died few years after
the birth of George Gordon Noel, who
early became Lord Byron through the
death without issue Of his grand
uncle, the fifth Lord Byron. He con-
trlbuted some notable works to litera-
ture and introduced a style of roman
tic poetry that was to set the fashion
for many a day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23

Does it pain you very badly? You
look tired. l am afraid it was an i'm
position for me to come this after
noon"
"Oh, don't worry about that" put in
Connie anxiously. "She wanted you
to come. She's been getting us ready
for you ever since the doctor left.
think it was kind of silly for me TO
wear my blue just for one caller"
The twins glared at her. realizing
that she was discrediting the parsOn-
age, but Jerrold Harmer laughed, and
Prudence Joined him.
"It is quite true" she admitted
frankly. "The mule and l disgraced
the parsonage this morning, and |
wanted the rest of you to redeem it
this afternoon" She looked at him
lnqulringly. "Then you had another
coatP
mo, l didn't. 1 saw this one in
window this morning, and couldn't re-
sist it. Was the ride very hard on
your ankle?'
was not lack of funds which brought
this man on foot from Des Moines to
Mount Mark, halfway across the
state! He did not look like a man
fleeing from justice. What, then, was
the explanations
"You must have found it rather a
long walk" he began tentatively, his
eyes on the young mans face.
"Yes l think my feet are little
blistered. have walked farther than
that many times, but am out of prac-
tlce now. Sometimes, however, walk
ing is a painful necessity"
"HOw long did it take you coming
from Des Moines to Mount Mark?" in
quired Carol in a subdued and respect
full voice, and curious, withal
From Des Moines," he gasped.
Good heavens | did not walk from
Des Molnes Did you" He turned
to Prudence Questioningly. did you
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
SOME HINTS IN SEASON
BY E. VAN eENTHUYsEN.

Give your garden crops just the fer
tillzer they prefer. Remember that
plants furnish us with edible leaves or
stalks, flourish II given nitrogen; when
the fruit, root kernel or bulb, Is the
edible part dose with ashes, potash or
phOsphOric acid.
Keep an eye on the hotbed when the
sun shines brightly. Too much heat
will make the plants weak and splndly.
Get the brush for the peas and poles
for the beans when 1t is too wet to
work in the garden.
If you have no hotbed, sow seeds
in shallow boxes placed in the south
window. Provide drainage, and water
them when the soil feels dry to the
touch.
DO not pillow too early in the spring.
Walt until the ground Is dry. Follow
with the harrow until the soil is finely
pulveriZed.
Let the rows run north and south :
this gives the most sun exposure.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
Reused From Her slumber.

Houbcu FROM Flef olumpeTs
At twenty minutes to four, the par
sonuge family clustered excitedly In
the sitting room, which the sunshine
flooded cheerily, They were waiting
for the hero of Prudence's romance.
"Oh, Lnrl,ie, will you run upstairs
and bring my lace handkerchief
Would you keep these pearls ON.
Fairy, or would you take them off2'
Il would keep them on, Prue. You
do look so sweet but your face Is very
flushed. am afraid you are feverlsh.
Maybe we hud better not let him see
Prue today, father"
"Falryl" exclaimed Prudence. Lis
ten, listen, girls Look, Fairy, and see
II that is he! Yes, 1t Is, | lSnow-I
can tell by his walk" Warm rich
color dyed her face and throat, and
she clasped her hands over her heart,
wondering II Connie beside her could
hear its tumult.
"Tll 90 to the door" said Father
Starr, and Prudence looked ut him
beseechingly.
Il am sure he is all right, father.
I-you will be nice to him, won't you?"
Without answering, Mr.. Starr left
the room. He could not trust his voice.
Listen, girls want to hear" whls-
pered Prudence. And she smiled as
she heard her fathers cordial voice.
"You are Mr.. Harmer, aren't you?
am Prudence's father. Come right
in. The whole family is assembled to
do you honor The girls have already
made you a prince in disguise. Come
back this way. Prudence is resting
very nicely"
When the two men stepped into the
sitting room, Prudence, for once, quite
overlooked her father. She lifted her
eyes TO JerrOld Harmer's face. and
waited, breathless. Nor was he long
in finding her among the bevy of girls.
He walked at once to the bed, and
took her hand.
my little cOmrade of the road" he
said gayly, but with tenderness. I'm
afraid you are not feeling well enough
for callers today"
"Oh, yes, l am" protested Prudence
with strange shyness.
He turned to the other girls, and
greeted them easily. He was entirely
self-possessed. Miss Starr told me so
much about you that know you all to
begin with" He smiled at Fairy as
he added In fact, she predicted that
| am to fall in love with you. And So
very likely, | should, if l hadn't met
your sister first"
They all laughed at that, and then
he walked back and stood by Prudence
once more. "Was it a bad sprain2
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
(To BE CONTINUEDJ
COPPER is ALASKA'S STAPLE
Shipments of Metal to United States
Now Run Far Ahead of Canned
Salmon and Gold.

Sales made by Alaska to the United
States in the fiscal year 1916 aggre-
gated nearly $50,000,00O, according to
a report ON the imports from Alaska
for that period, just issued by the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic COM
merce of the department of commerce.
No longer do salmon and gold occupy
the first places among Alaska's export
staples, having given way to the ex-
port of "copper" which in the present
fiscal year had a total value of $685.
4SS,OOO, compared with S5,1S2,000 in
1915, and S3,S76,00O in 1914.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
WOMAN'S BEST ERA
CHANGE WROUGHT BY lNDE.
PENpENcE As WAGE GARNER.
She Always Worked, but Until Recent
ly the Money Al Went Into Fa-
TIERS Pocket as His lie.
GAL Right.

Il was just a little piece ~ news
paper poetry published on the editorial
page. Doubtless many thousands read
IL, for IL was well phrused. Probably
most OF the men who rend II were
pleased, for Il was an appeal 10 mems
chiyalry and protection, confession
Of feminine weakness ana selfiusuf-
hclency.
The burden OF the poem was a faint
wall that women were forced 10 leave
the home where II was alleged they
an wanted 10 stay, and 60 become
wage eurners. Men were appealed &c
10 treat the unhappy creatures kindly
ana make up 10 them by pollteness
what they had lost when they ceased
to be domestic workers.
IL Is a little hard on those brave
pioneer women who made Il possible
for the girl Of today 20 get a job, who
forced open the colleges that women
might educate themselves for business
and the professions, 10 be thanked In
terms like these.
Surely they never expected that
when the time came when women
would have their choice, ut good pay,
Of the work they should do that they
would sigh over the necessity Of work
ing.
The trouble with the business girl
who thinks she would be better or at
home embroldering doilies, is that she
does not know that work has always
been the portion Of women. Long be-
fore there was a factory or a typewrit.
or or "a power-driyen machine women
worked for wages. They had to. The
worklngman never supported his fam
lily. He was never able TO support
them.
The difference between then and
now is that In the old days women did
not collect their own wages. The mon
ey went into fathers pocket. He had
a legal right TO the services Of his wife
and children, and thought he had also
moral right to whatever they earned.
There has never been a time in his
tory when women were as happily sit
uated as now. And the change has
been wrought chiefly by the fact that
WImen are increasingly becoming in
dependent wage earners. They are in
position now TO marry whom they
please, whether the man has money or
not They can grow and develop to
the very limit Of their capacity. They
are as free as women have never be-
fore been free.
The woman who finds the business
world uncongenial is free to go into
domestic service, unless she is too
much of a snob. But the chances Of
living a parasitic life Of sentimental
idleness are as slim now as in the
earliest Victorian times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
Bobby Was 4FIxed" for the Job.


Jimmy had seen a steeple climber in
action and upon reaching home he i'm
mediately tried to initiate the feats he
had seen. Picking out large tree, he
began to climb up it's rough trunk, but
ere he had gone his height his small
hands loosened their hold upon the
scaly bark and he came to earth amid
a shower of brilliant stars. Manfully
controlling his ready tears, he walked
thoughtfully toward the house, con-
scious Of a rapidly growing bump inn
medlately under his cap. AS he en-
tered and passed the pantry door he
spied his smaller brother busily en-
gagged in transferring the contents Of
a jam jar into his tiny stomach. As
Jimmy surveyed his besmeared and
sticky little brother he smiled through
his tears and said "Gee, whiz Bet
you cud held onter that tree, Bobby !"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
Folly in Grievlng.

One class of feelings can be extin-
guished only by the creation Of anoth-
er; one sentiment banished only by
inviting the antagonism of another !;
one interest supplanted only by the
stronger occupancy of another. So
long as this is unperceived the over
grieving heart will seek in vain to
discipline itself. Thinking of its sOr-
row as too much, instead of its sense
of duty as too little, it fails to meet
Martineau.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.


Sick headache, biliousness, dizzf
ness. coated tongue. foul taste and foul
bresth-slways trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged In the In
testines. instead OF being cast out
OF the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue II causes con-
gestlon and that duh, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse tha
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases. take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
tho constipated waste matter and
poisons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
GANADA'S BONUS
TO FARM LABORERS
Offering 100 Acres to Farm
Hands.

Canada today, with the great de.
mand that Is made upon it for food.
stuffs, finds itself almost in the throes
of a labor famine. A novel means Of
solving the problem has been evolved
by the Canadian Government at Ottawa
on Wednesday last, when it was de-
cided to practically bonus every farm
hand going to Canada, by giving him
I60 acres free as a homestead, and to
allow the time he would be working out
for, the good wages offered, to count as
residence duties on the homestead.
Western Canada has been a big pro-
ducer Of grain and it is estimated that
there is a shortage of over thirty thou
sand men, necessary to produce an av-
erage crop in 1917. This shortage has
been caused by so many young men
having left the farms to go to war, and
it is essential to make an unprecedent-
ed offer of this kind, to fill their places
on the land at once.
1t has been required in the past to
do three years duties on homesteads
to get title, but an additional induce
ment has been offered by practically
reducing this term to two years. AS
explained by an official of the Canadi-
an Government, Canada's need for
farm labOrers is intense, and excep-
tional inducements are being offered
to get the needed farm workers at
once. A farmland will make his en-
try for one Of the 160-acre farms, sat
lsfy the Government that he is work
ing for a farmer and that time will ap-
ply as residence on the land filed for,
Just the same as If he was actually
living on ft.-Adyertisement.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
CYCLAMEN

Given the proper conditions, the cy-
clamen is remarkably easy to grow.
When well-grown it is difficult to find
a more useful plant for room and win
dow decoration. The soil best suited
to them is a fresh, turfy loan, with a
fourth to a fifth Of well-rotted horse
manure, to which add some clean sand
If the soil is heavy. Plant so as to
leave the top of the bulb just below the
surface. The flowers vary from deep
red to pure white.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-23
PERENNIAL LARKSPUR

One of the plants which has bene-
fitted much Of late years from the sci
entific attention of growers is the del
phinium, that perennial larkspur"
which gives such a grateful bit Of
shaded blue when grown correctly.
A bed or border Of delphiniUms will
often remain in full flower over pc
riod of three months, and they form
one of the small but gallant band of
plants that will endure much bad
weather.