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The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
WICKEs WAVES.

Bro. Edwards is out of town for a month.
 Pat Burns from Memphis was here on business.
 W (. Bishop is visiting his sister in Dierks.
 W. T. CeHgef Of Ashd0wH m0tored to Wickes Monday
 Rev. Daniels from NanderVOort was in town Monday.
 Miss Marticle Jett returned from TeXarkana Thursday.
 There k a call mass meeting at the Baptist church tonight
 The railroad company is remodel ing the depot here, also a new signal post is being put up.
 Bro. John Freeman passed thru Wickes Wednesday on route to Baker Springs to preach.
 Mrs. John Joplin, Miss Vada San ford and Mir. Mueklenrath were elected delegates to the Vanderyoort convention,
 Mir. Coyle and family of Grannis, accompanied by Mrs Coyle's sister,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
HARTLEY HAPPENINGS.

J. w. Atchley, w. B. Johnston. A. J. Rhodes and T. NJ. Duncan, all had business in Mena last week.
 J. H. Plunkett, a good citizen of Baker Springs, died Friday morn ing from a relapse of measles.
 A. j Rhodes, proprietor of the Home. Nurseries, is enjoying ripe strawberries of the Ever Bearing variety.
 Prof, Barnard of Athens has writ ten us that he will be at Happy Hill the lst Sunday in May, to hold an all day singing.
 Most everybody here is making preparations to plant more food and ieed. since the condition is better understood.
 The Rev. Mir, Nash and Mir. Den Ion or the Iowa cOlonists, were over Saturday looking over the Home Nurseries and expressed themselves surprised to find ripe strawberries al thls season of the year.
 The writer heard a very able talk at the courthouse Monday afternoon Dy the Hon. Monroe Smith. a mem- Der of the State Tax Commission. Tn the talk he explained that is was moi the intention of the commission to raise the taxes. but to edualize them So that the burden would fall on all alike.
 W. B. Johnston of our community. B entitled to the blue ribbon on hogs: He has meat enough for home use. has sold in the last three weeks. so5i;OO worth of hogs. and has B head yet Now these hogs have cost him not over four bushels of corn. as they made themselves on the open range This is only one of tne many chances in Polk county to clear some easy money.
 Dr0naOofnp
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
OWENS CHAPEL CHIPS.

Mrs. T. D. Reid is reported on the sick list.
 Rev. NJ. r. Whitaker preached at the Chapel Sunday.
 There was singing at the ]. S. Hinson home Sunday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sam Whisenhunt spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. A. Fleming.
 Miss Viola Brawley visited Sunday with her friend. Miss Beva Jones of Grow Peak"
 Murchie Mitchell of Elm Springs attended singing at the Chapel Sun day afternoon.
 Jacre Casey of Mena spent a part nf last week af the home of his brother. Alfred Casey.
 Mir and Mrs Jerry Enmon of Ok lahoma City. is visiting with rela- tives and friends here.
 Mrs. J D. Tucker and son, Jim
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
ROCKY RUMBLEs.

The Rocky dipping vat will soon be completed.
 Jack Connally transacted business in-Potter Monday
 C. B. COnnally visited relatives in Oklahoma last week.
 $. P. Pigg and family visited rel .atives at Potter Sunday.
 Farmers are doing some fine farming around Rocky now.
 Ode Turner and father, k. G. Tur- ner, motored to Mena and back on Monday.
 Joe Ogden, who is attending the Normal at Hatfield, visited home folks Saturday and Sunday.
 1 would like to hear from some one thru the Star in regard to sage grass hay. Is it any good and when IS the proper time to cut if?
 Bert Ogden visited homefolks on Saturday and Sunday, and did some work Saturday in the way of burn lng Qn ana preparing a hay meadow on the M. M. Shields farm.
 C. (. Delaney, county farm demon strator, will address the people at Rocky Friday night at $ o'clock along agricultural lines. Everybody welcome.
 some of our farmers are leaving oll part of their cotton crop and are putting in more corn and other cat ables. Surely we would have beep better of if we had thought of that before now. We can't see profit in raising cotton Co buy chops. sor- hum and meat, when We can raise all these and more, too, at home.
 RApkv Eant
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
CoMar.lice.

Some men will urge you to oppose others whom they are afraid to tackle themselves. For instance a few church members will sometimes urge their minister to throw some disliked brother out of the church, who, at the same time are unwilling to have their own names mentioned. 1t is the same with newspaper edi- tor, who often gets calls from vari- ous citizens who want some office holder exposed, but are afraid to do it themselves. The common people need little more nerve along these lines.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
WEST VALLEY yERITIES.

A new organ at West Valley church last week.
 Our rural route from Hatfield IS building right along.
 Carl Nichols attended to business in Mena Friday and Saturday.
 Most of the farmers of this com munity have organized to raise more to eat instead of so much cotton This will, if tried in all Polk coun- ty, help to make Polk county sup port it's people. Bill. Other correspondence on page ~
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
TWO-MILE WINTERS.

Olen Ward and Mark Taylor re- presented this class in the Singing convention at Center Point Saturday and Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs Butler and daughter, Miss Amy. and son. Charles. Mrs. Hill and daughter. Eva Lena, and sons, all of Potter. attended church here Sunday afternoon.
 Next Saturday. April 28. is the day set apart for the working of the Gam cemetery. Everyone come and bring tools. The Decoration will he the usual time. the first Sunday in May.
 The neopIe at this place have just
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
H.TF1rLD NOTES.

Roy Snyder is here from Parsons, Kas
 l.. H. Johnson spent Monday and Tuesday in Mena.
 A choir was organized at the Nj, K, church Sunday night.
 Mrs. Artie Brewer was in town
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
BILLIARD HOPS.

R. E. Watkins made business trlp to Mena Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs H. R. Weaver ai- tended church at Board Camp Sun
 Miss Fannie Watkins of this place spent from Sunday until Tuesday at lsom Perry and family of Yocana home. '''7 Hugh Lofts and Miss Bertha Phil
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
Great Orator Comino.

Mnnday night. April 30 George ". Young, the great Southern orator and reformer, will lecture at the M E. church on the liquor issue Subject. The Paramount Issue Prof. R. R. Dodd has already been chosen as chairman and arrange ments will De made to seat every body if possible. Admission free & O'cIock sharn
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26

about got the full history of Jonah swallowing the whale, as we have had two sermons on 1t. Rev. Phil Abernathy preached on the subject in the forenoon, and State Eyangel- isl John D. Freeman in the alter noon. This duplication was not pre- meditated, however.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26

Mrs. Smothers of Mena, spent Sun day in Bog Springs.
 Mir. and Mrs Geo. E. Edmond of Mena visited relatives at Wiekes on Saturday and Sunday.
 Dental Notice. Dr. Dickson, Dentist, of Mena, will work in Wickes Friday and satur- day April 27 and 2S.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26

Do you get up at night? Sano D surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives rellei in q hours from all hackache anu bladder troubles Sanol is a guar anteed remedy. 35c and Si00 bot tie at the drug store. AnF'
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
MEN WANTED!

One Log Tumbler, s2.00; Edger- man, s2.25; Two Lumber Stackers' Sl75. Apply to John Steele on Iwo= Mile Creek.-Adv 99 Ct 1T t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
For SaIe-0ne

For Sale One 3-year-old colt; iron
 truck wagon; riding cultlvator, section harrow: new-ground plqw and other farming implements Edna Ruppenthal. Phone 2SS, Meha' Ark.-Adv. i7 2t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26

West Texas, moved into the Green leigh house last Friday. Mir. stan defer brought a carload of horses with him and has put them on the range.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
PUBLICSALE
Friday, May {, 1917. Beqinninu at 10 A. m.

The undersigned will sell 10 the highest bidder, without reserve, at his farm lh miles south of Mena, Ark. on the Bethesda Springs road, the following Real Estate and Per sOnal Property.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
MY suRURRAN HOME.

consisting of 63 acres, described as follows: 1 mi Co the famous Be- thesda Springs. Improvements: nearly new 5-r. house. solid stone foundation, large pantry and clothes closets, fire place, fine well, orchard, etc. Frame barn, box stalls, room for 8 head of stock; also buggy shed, cribs, etc; all necessary outbuild- ings. Place all under good wire fence and on public road Fine To- catinn. ideal hnma nlace.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

i-year-old anu 6-year-old mares, cows, heifer, bull calf, gilts, IS hens, p young chickens, R. I. Red rooster, 3-inch wagon, top buggy, double harness, 2-horse cuItivator, blows, harrows and farm tools: blacksmith tools 60 rods hog wire, 3 spools oI barbed wire, foo mulberry posts, i20 oak posts, 1000 feet lumber, house. hold goods and many other articles too numerous to mention.
 TERMS. Real estate. F cash, bal ance in one year. Usual terms on personal property.
 w w. Fincher, Owner.
 Col. q. M. Latimer, Aueti0neer.
 Walter Nance, Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
70 ACRES ADJOINING.

fine level land. 20 acres in eutiya- tion. all tillable. No better forty in the county Crop goes with land.
 You are invited to look over this property anytime before the day oI sale.
 The real estate will be sold promptly at l2 o'clock Abstract furnished. Title pprfect.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
100 Years Old !

"The kidneys play a most important
part in causing premature old age and
death-the more injurious the poisons
passing thru the kidneys the sooner
comes decay'-so says a distinguished
physician, who further advises all people
who are past thirty to preserve the vitality
of the kidneys and free the blood from
poisonous elements, such as uric acid
drink plenty of water-sweat some daily
and take Anuric before meals.
This Anuric is put up in tablet
form, and can be obtained at almost
any drug store. For that baekache,
lumbago, rheumatism, "rusty" joints,
swollen feet or hands, due to uric acid
IN the blood, Anuric quickly dissolves
the uric acid as hot water does sugar.
Discovered by DR.. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y.
Prevent premature old age by simply
slipping cup of hot water every morning
before breakfast, taking a little Anuric
before meals and live to be hundred.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
PIPE LINE ACROSS OCEAN
Will Save Shippers a Consider
able Amount of Money Yearly.

An Irish manufacturer has prepared
in detail plan for laying an 16-inch
submarine pipe line between the Brit
iSh isles and America. which. accord
ing to estimates, would transmit oil to
England ut small fraction of the pres
ent transportation cost. The scheme is
described in the Popular Mechanics
Magazine. As proposed, the pipe would
be made of steel ribbon on the helical-
tube principle. so as TO be flexible. The
Overlappings of the ribbon as it winds
round and round itself would be packed
with asbestos Irvine. The tube would
be able to withstand an internal press
IRE of 1000 pounds and an external
pressure of 10000 pounds per square
inch. Around it would be woven a cot
ton casing coated with preservative.
TO give the pipe longitudinal strength
stranded steel cable would be put
inside. Twenty vessels would he enl-
plOyed TO lay the pipe, each being as
signed 130-mile section. The scheme
calls for an outlay of S50,000OO0. 1t
is estimated that the transportation
cost per 1000 gallons per 1000 miles
would be about 80 cents. By tank
steamers it is about $50.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give california Syrup
of Figs"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed, or your child is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
EXCELLENT RETURNS
FROM THE CANADIAN
WHEAT CROP
United States Settlers Becoming
Rich on Western Canada
Lands.

The large number of United States
settlers coming to the Western prov
inces of Canada are easily explained
q by the case of Mr.. c. Lacy, late of
Wisconsin and later of Alberta.
Mr.. Lacy came to Canada from Wis
conSin in the summer of 1914 with
500 available cash i'm his possession.
He rented a half-section of partly i'm
proved land in Alberta and commenced
summer following. He broke 800 acres
with oats, 20 with barley, and 260 with
wheat Also he had two cows and 20
head of young live stock. He was for
tunate in buying feed at bargain and
managed to rent the adjoining quarter
section as pasture.
A few weeks ago he decided to real
iZe his prOfits-and they amounted to
$4,000 absolutely clear from the crop
and the stock.
w. ]. Winstead, of Brooks, Alberta.
says:
Il landed i'm Brooks. March 18th,
1916, with one car of household effects,
and nine head of good horses, and less
than $500 in cash. / have put $500
worth of improvements on my farm.
have 81 head of cattle, 16 head of
horses, debts all paid, new autOmo-
bile, and a good, stiff bank account.
At present prices. / can cash in for
$4,000. I am well satisfied, and ex-
pect to double this next year.
have threshed altogether 1000
bushels of No. 1 Northern wheat from
two hundred acres, which went from
"a 10 Sc bushels per acre.
Seven thousand bushels of wheat, all
No. 1 Northern. two thousand bushels
Of oats. $40 bushels of fax, 200 BUSH
els of barley-all at market prices
well. figure this out for yourself at the
market price. j sold 300 bushels of
wheat at S1.74%, am holding the re-
mainder for $500. Also all the oats,
barley and fax for higher prices"
Intelligent farming pays always &C.
cording to Alex. Waite, a prosperous
farmer. Some figures to prove his con-
tentiOn that he has made good"
In 1914 Mr.. Waite threshed 40 bush
els TO the acre from a 30-acre crop
This sold for 81 .60% per bushel, which,
after deducting seed, labor, Irvine,
threshing and freight left clear profit
Of $50 per acre. or a total of $780,
From last years crop of "a acres, just
sold, he received after freight had been
deducted 81, S76.94.-Advertisem
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
81 Don't Know"

There is always hope for the girl
who is not afraid to say, Il don't
know" provided, of course, that she
wants to know. If this avOwal of ig-
nOrance is also an expression of indif-
ference, she is no better off than the
girl who tries to look intelligent when
a subject is being discussed of which
she is entirely ignorant. No one will
attempt to enlighten the girl who pre-
tends to know it all. The wisest way
TO find out about the mysteries which
puzzle you is to be ready to say, Il
don't knOw."-Girl's Companion.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

and get rather closely trimmed in the
factories. If the original fur was left
on in all fits bright meadow tints of
roam, bay and piebald, to match the
tweeds that business men wear in
magazine stories, the issue of beauty
would take care of itself as far as
most male footgear is concerned, and
the old injunction tC put your best
foot foremost would then have a more
liberal significance. Shoes also have
lot to stand for: they are poked and
scuffied into all manner of places !;
they enjey no human association or
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
CARE FOR YOUR SKIN
And Keep It Clear by Daily Use Of
Cuticura-TriaI Free.

A hot bath with Cuticura Soap fol-
lowed by a gentle amounting with Cuti-
cura Ointment clears the skin or scalp
in most cases of eczemas, rashes and
itching of children and adults. Make
Cuticura your everyday toilet prepara-
tons and prevent such troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

attention after leaving the shop save
from the lowlier sons of Africa and
the Mediterranean. Only in football
season does the male boot get any ex-
allied place in the public eye and
prints. Woman, in her role as eman-
cipator and innovator, has been CIV
ing the once humble shoe its due place
in the sun these last few years, but
man still lags. So economics, sociol-
ogy and philosophy may collaborate to
find reasons, but, we suspect, the real
answer to that question is feet
Golfers Weekly.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
MEMS SHOES NOT BEAUTIFUL
Only the "Female of the Species,
Seems to Pay Adequate Atten-
ton to the Footgear.

An impassioned commercial person
aises this searching question, in large
letters and quite regardless of ex-
pense: why Shouldn't Shoes Be
Beautiful" Well, why not? One
trouble is that they are made from
che picked hides of deceased animals
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

held one of its annual encampments
upon Southern soil, to be welcomed a.
least as universally and Hospitality az
ever it had been welcomed on North
ern soil. And the Confederate veterans
are to advance in what force remains
TO them upon Washington, with no
other thought than that it is their cdpi-
tai, the mecca of the true American,
the holy of holes of the freeheaTt'S
hope and home. A Confederate SOL
der, appointed by Republican presi-
dent, is chief justice Of the United
States. Two Confederate generals who
honorably wore the blue have died on
the retired list and payroll of the Army
of the United States.
Verify the war of states and sections
is over. The dream of Abraham Lincoln
has been fulfilled. The mystic chords
of memory, stretching to every living
heart and hearthstOne, have swelled
at last the chorus of the Union,
touched not only by the angels of OuI
better nature, but bound by the blood
ties of kindred origins, principles and
affections.
It did, indeed, seem a long timo
coming. AS far back as 1859, speaking
primarily for the soldiers of the Con"
federacy, 1 had proposed that the three"
war amendments 20 the Constitution
be accepted and ratified as the treaty
of peace between the North aud the
South. There followed pretty wran'
gle. Maryland especially those who
had not been actually in the war--weTe
unable to see or unwilling to admit
that the head of the South was In tho
lions mouth, and that, unless and until
it could be extracted, nothing was very
much worth while.
SectiOnalism f1ourished apaca Oh
either side Of party lines. The Confed-
crate brigadiers made kind of common
cause with the valiants of the bloody
shirt, both out, as it were, Cor gate
money. Thus the politicians played
comedy while the people suffered trag
edy. Although the Greedy campaign
in the long run perhaps shortened the
distance across the sectional chasm, il
did not show any immediate fruitage.
and it remained for an apparently I'M
important personal event to make the
first serious impression upon the solid
wall of misunderstanding and prejudice
which divided the two warning parts
of the half-restOred Union. This was
the death of Charles Sumner and the
eulOgy of Lucius Lamar.
1t was an epoch-making speech, The
North recognized its fidelity and its
truth, and warmed to 1t. Thencefcr'
ward the South could see its way
ahead. Instead of sprinkling salt on
raw places, it began to be the fashion
to pour Oil instead of twisting the
lions tail to pat his name. Later came
Grady with his wondrous appeal-re-
sistless-for who cOul6 stand out
against the cogent reasoning and sim
pie pathos of that big-brained. great
hearted, that immortal boy, pleading
i'm the name of a new generation for
a united countryf-Louisyil Courier
Journal
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
Against Women's High Shoes.

There is a great cry in England
against the high shoes of fashion, be-
cause Of the leather they consume, I'M
necessarily. One manufacturer an
nJunces publicly that although he is
not in sympathy with the style he
must make them because women insist
upon having them.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
Books of No Avail.

Billy's teacher had written a prob
lem in multiplication on the board and
asked: What table do you use for
this?"
The multiplication table" said
Billy. What do you use for this?" in
quired the teacher
You use your head" responded
Billy.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

Acid Stomach, Heartburn and Nausea
quickly disappear with the use of Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial box
TO 372 Pearl St, New York. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

Would that the spirit of the Illus
trious dead whom we lament today
could speak from the grave in tones
which reach each and every heart:
My countrymen! Know one anoth
er and you will love one another -
Lamar on the death of Sumner.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

HE LINES of thought and
feeling which led to the
reclamation of the birth
place of Abraham Lin
coin and the peaceful
scenes and unity of pur-
pose that attend its trans
fer from the ownership
of an association to the
possession of the govern
ment of the United States
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
Suggestive Signs.

II presume this gardener of yours
is Carranza sympathizer."
What makes you think that?"
Because he has Mexican roses for
the border"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
One of Them.

Guide-Oh, that's Castle de Tourney.
That's the first place where the young
Duke dor was killed.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

The less she means it the louder {
woman can laugh
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

BarrOom generosity is only skin
deep.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

Spain devotes 100000 acres to
olives.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09

Substantial Token.
Have you anything on hand to
make your engagement practical?'
'Sure, pa. A diamond ring"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29
Much loo Much.

We eat too much We heat too much.
We try too much to beat too much.
We growl too much. We scOwl too
much. We play the midnight owl too
much.
We ape too much. We cape too
much. and daily with red tape too
much. We treat too much, and cheat
too much. and fear to face defeat too
much.
+ We buy too much. We lie too much,
and SWIVEL and deny too much. We
save too much, and slave too much,
with one foot in the grave too much.
We sit too much. We spit too much,
wear shoes too tight TO fit too much.
We mess too much and dress too
much; In sixteen suits or less too
much.
We spite too much. We fight too
much and seek the great white light
too much. We read too much. We
speed too much, hit dope and use the
weed too much. We drink too much.
We prink too much. | think we even
think too much.-Oscar Schleif, in
Health Culture.