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The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
BIG FORK

C. II. parlement went to Mena last week.
 James Bates of Opal traded in Big Fork Saturday.
 ". $. Bates and son, W. L. went to Mena last week.
 Dad Fritts of Slatington traded in Big Fork on Monday.
 w. c. Benson made business trip to Mena one day last week..
 A large crowd from here attended the funeral of Lemuel Lofts Sun day.
 Our school closed here last Fri day. Several patrons visited the school.
 D. w. Davis and J. B. Wychier of Alder were trading in Big Fork Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Ellison and children of Mill Greek visited rela- Sunday.
 Bob Jeffery of Oklahoma passed thru enroute to Black Springs and Womble.
 Several in this neighborhood have cabbage plants almost large enough to set out.
 NJ B. Fried and daughter, Miss Bessie, went to Mena Friday with load of turnips.
 Miss Mary Cox of Slatington visit cd Saturday night with her nephew, Java Bates, at Dig Fork.
 Mir. and Mrs Ed Burkheart and son. Fred, of Opal visited relatives at Big Fork Saturday night
 Miss Damey Cox of Slatington wis tied her cousin, Mrs. Lorena Bates. at Big Fork Saturday night.
 James Spake and Charlie Beck of Sulphur visited at the w. J. Bates home at Nemsbee Heights Saturday night.
 There will be speaking at the school house Thursday night. Miss Anna Woods and others from Mena will be with us.
 o. J. Smith of Big Fork left for the army as g volunteer last week. Mrs. Smith expects to return to her mothers in Oklahoma.
 William A. Lilies, better known as Arthur Lilies. and Clifford Putnam were the only ones from here that were before the local board last week.
 Lit Abernathy, who has been with his aunt, Margie Long, at the Okla homa and Arkansas line, returned home Saturday evening. Mrs. Long accompanied him and expects to make Big Fork her future home.
 paDa's Helnpr
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
OLD COVE NEWS

Hugh Barton is working for J. II Fair.
 Mrs. Ben Watson received a letter from her son in France.
 Mir. and Mrs. Silas Stockton are staying with his father, J. Y. Stock ton, for few weeks.
 The man that purchased ]. w. Sherman's farm arrived Saturday, making the trip in wagons.
 Rev. Williams of Hatfield, who has taken Rev. Rigsby's place, filled his appointment here Sunday.
 J. F. Stockton and son, Silas, had three bales of cotton ginned Satur- day. Silas will have one more bale.
 Jesse and Miss Mamie Little made trip to Wemble to visit relatives for a few days, making the trip by auto.
 ]. w. Sherman, who sold his farm few days ago, will move within the next few days to Sherwood. Okla.
 Theodore Curator and Jesse Little went to Mena Thursday. the former going before the board for exam ination.
 Melvin Givens. who went to Ne- braska for examination f66r war service. returned Friday evening He was placed in the 5rd class.
 Theo. Cureton. who went to Mena last week for examination was re- iected there. but was sent to De ODeen Tuesday for further exam ipation.
 f& FarIv Riser
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
ysuCKES

J. A. Chilean was reported quite sick with German measles las' week.
 l.. W. Daniel went to Hatfield Sat urday.
 Fred Seals made a trip to De Queen to visit his sister. Mrs Harris.
 Lots of Irish potatoes are being planted.
 Mir. Cook and family have moved into the Carl Caswell residence.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ebert Baker oi Dierks, Ark, are visiting home folks.
 J. F. Joplin and Virgil Henry re- turned Monday night from their trip to Texas.
 Mrs. Joe Sanford left Saturday. for Mooringsport. La, where Mir. San ford has work in the oil fields.
 Miss Ethel Henry, who has been visiting her brother at Kinta, Okla. returned home Saturday morning.
 Mrs. I. l.. Forse left Monday morning for Goodman, Mo, to visit her son, Herman. who is station agent at Goodman.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
HATFIELD HOTsTUPH

Besides what was coming and go- 1 ing all day on recent Saturday, we counted 36 grists of corn. with a few of wheat at one time at keller's mill.
 The Pines plantation will loan without charge bucket, barrel or , power sprayer 10 anyone in the vi- cinity wishing to spray. All they ask is to bring it back when agreed.
 Boyd Coleman has accepted po- sition as manager of line of trucks for lumber company. His classification in the draft makes it too uncertain to plant a crop on his farm this year.
 His friends will be pleased to know it is Sergeant Len Watson now. His brother, William is at Deming, N M.; and his brother, Frank, is in that limbo somewhere i'll France.
 The three gentlemen here from Oklahoma last week say they are having their winter wheat plowed up and will plant a more profitable crop, probably cotton. With all flour substitutes <. selling for more than the flour, they claimed they couldn't see any money in wheat One of the men, however, had tlse grace to say his wheat was not very good. any way.
 The potato market has been get- ting sicker and sicker for the past two weeks and, according to market news, is now dead. Many growers over the United States are facing a serious loss. It is the largest crop on record. Minnesota alone has f2,- 0O0. 900 bushels more than normal Hoover says poor transportation, McAdoO says it is now o. K. Onions are also weak; A,000 cars more at this time than last year and selling at market centers at one and one- fourth to two and one-half cents per ponud, about half what they were worth last year.
 Frank Rork, now in Washington, D. C., is confined in the hospital with inflammatory rheumatism, brought on probably by exposure, as he was out for weeks at a time in the worst weather, bringing trucks overland from factories to Wash ington New York an dother points.
 Raymond Rork will work on farm. this year. recently purchased by his father.
 \ travelling salesman said the present prices or all cotton goods were based on 9 cent cotton and the future prices were based on 70 cent cotton. This sounds good to the grower. but don't overdo it, for what doeth it profit man to have much cotton and no food, And say, Nr. Farmer, plant just a little more food than you intended. It will help some soldiers widow and or plan. and don't forget our old sol- diers who are struggling along with their pittance of a pension against this high price of food.
 Cyril W. Slote will arrive this week to take charge of the farming
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
vANDERvOORT vERITIEs

{Dr. F. A. Lee was in Mena one day lifis week.
 Mrs. Charles Affholter visited rel atiyes in Cove Monday
 FMrs. R. l.. Bonner and daughter, Miss Madge, were Mena visitors on Thursday.
 Rev. A. s. Daniels of Potter spent Saturday and Sunday with Wander voort friends.
 Dr. P. M. Price is having an office room erected adjoining his resi- dence on West Lee avenue.
 Misses Grace and Ruth Hamby oi Wickes visited their friend, Miss Emma Jane Mcdonald, on Sunday and MOnay.
 Rev. J. P. Clegg preached a mos Interesting sermon at the M. F. church Sunday night on "The Sec onh Coming of Christ
 Miss Ruth Wiley. assistant teach CT in the High school at this place spent Saturday and Sunday witt her parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. E Wiley at Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
ACORN
Hattie

The Chris Mathes sawmill began work Tuesday morning.
 Miss Mertice Reid spent the week end with Misses Eva and Hester Hinson on Crows Peak.
 Rev. T. A. Park of Mena will preach at Acorn next Sunday after noon at o'clock. Everybody come.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buinson of Big G6siaK Okla, spent Monday night with Mrs. Buinson's uncle, T. D. ReidAand family.
 Miss Etta Garland, who has taught the past term of school at Board Camp, is home again in time to get to. her farming and poultry raising. P. MeMilliam of Golden Acres re- cAived two purebred milk goats last week. The goats were bought from Dr. R. Schmidt of Hannibal, Mo.
 Mrs. Ole Thorsen and children left Monday for Canton, s. Dak., where MT. Thorsen has been work ing for several months. They ex- poet to locate there.
 : Mrs. A. Smiley left Tuesday for .Omaha, Neb., where she will visit Her daughter Mrs. Smiley has spent the past three months here visiting her sister, Mrs. w. N. Starbuek
 Brother Kelly preached a power ful and interesting sermon last Sun day on Patriotism" at the Chapel. He preached for an hour but many expressed the opinion that they could listen for an hour more. If more preachers would tell their congregations the true state of af- fairs it would be better for all con- cerned.
 School Kid
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

ed Star readers will get a detailed description of it.
 Nick Wilson, the ten-year-old son of Mrs. Jane Wilson, 315 miles northwest of town, was accidentally shot Saturday afternoon by his old or brother, Luther Wilson. While oiling a gun it was discharged, the load passing thru the heel between the bone and leader. making an ugly wound 1t is thought that he will recover without being crippled per- manently.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. F. Cooper of Smithville passed thru Hatfield Monday on their way to Ft. Morgan, Colo. where Mir. Cooper will look after the farm of his son. who is in the draft Miss Joe Cooper, who had been visiting them at Smithville, passed thru Saturday on her return to Texarkana, where she is employ cd as a trained nurse. About the 18th she will leave in the Red Gross contingent for the foreign field
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
HA'-F7r---7'H-'-r--A- - HOLLY HITS

Lee Rose is working for I. c. Harris.
 The Union Grove dipping vat has completed all the concrete work.
 Ode Wiles, who has been very low with slow fever, is reported as slowly improving.
 Ed kinworthy will soon move to the Sam Cunningham place, which is close to his sawmill Sam will re- turn to, town.
 Rev. l.. N. Whisenhunt and his bride were at Union Grove church Sunday night, where he filled his regular appointment.
 Wm. tnbody, who has homestead ed a forty-acre. tract above G. A. C0nverse's, has moved there and ex- poets to begin clearing at once.
 Dr. Hilton last Saturday, on his way to visit Ode sfiles, met your scribe and expressed the opinion that he had never seen the roads much. worse.
 Jack Cox has been improving his place considerably Besides work ing at the sawmill all winter, he iia, cleaned up about twelve acres ol land ready for the blow. This is ont of the ways to'beat the Germans. Mrs. George Harris, who has beer living on the Slopman place, is go- ing to move back on the John Ear place, as J. c. Jackson has bough the former place to incorporafi with his projected Shorthorn ranch Claude Wynn, son of William Wynn of posey Hollow. who renteI his farm and went to Oklahoma, i back on a visit They went som distance into Oklahoma. but wer unable to rent and started back [ Polk county, but at Howe stumblel onto farm which he rented.
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
ALT ALPINES

Wheat is looking fine after the rain.
 Charles and Elmer Marlborough were trading in Mena Saturday.
 J. NJ. Bowen returned from Mena Friady with load of goods for his store.
 q. c. White and M. B. Goodman were trading with Mena merchants Saturday.
 Mrs. Alex Hughes and children and Granville Bowen are recovering from the measles.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. Nj. Hughes spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. J. M. Bowen, at Clagett.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. o. Bowen visited with Mr. and Mrs. F. L.. Cato at Waters Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs. Pleas Reynolds and children of Snow, this county, are visiting her parents, Mir and Mrs. Chf Car ter.
 Quite crowd of people from here attended the burial of LemueI Lofts at Lower Big Fork Sunday,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
NUlNLEY NEWS

Mrs Ora Cooper is at the home oi l.. o. Cooper.
 Dee Stockton of Reglub was al Nunley Sunday. Let's all get busy and raise lots of produce for next year. MT. and Mrs Jim Wagoner visited the Shirley home Sunday. Osa. the little daughter of Mfr. and Mrs. Jim Heath is quite ill. Jenkins Tibbs has moved on the Grandpa Wilhite place at Nunley. Grandpa Wilhite is moving tc some point in Montgomery county. W. J. Parker and c. c. Horne made a trip to Heath Valley Sun- day.
 Mrs. May Ringgold is visiting her sisters, Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. Shade Hilton.
 H. B. Weaver and children of Board Camp were in this vicinity Saturday.
 Farmers were glad to see this rain. It will bring up their oats and potatoes.
 Arthur Cooper is with home folks this week. He is to be examined at DeQueen Tuesday.
 Little Grady Ellsworth was laid 10 rest in Board Camp cemetery Wednesday morning.
 papa's Helper, am glad you have Joined our happy circle again. If you are everyone's helper, maybe you can be my helper, too.
 Mrs. Lit Abernathy of Big Fork has been visiting her mother for some time. Mir. Abernathy was call cd to the bedside of his uncle at some point in Missouri.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
Correspondence
HATFIELD.

bas Johnson was over from Beach Saturday.
 Mark Johnson was over from Smithville Monday.
 Frank and Austin Lewis were Mena visitors Monday.
 Prof. and Mrs. G. M. Woods were up from Cove Saturday shopping. Drs. Johnson and C0nnally attend cd the Medical Association at Mena Friday.
 Col. s. s. Mallicoat, the Cove auc- tioneer. was in town Saturday on businesss
 C. A. Proctor was down from Mena Saturday delivering R. E Daly's Ford car.
 Fay Martin, paint foreman on the K. c. & S., spent Sunday at home He is now working at flanagan. Mo, Erie Hulsey moved Tuesday into the Dug Walker property and Buck Sanulin to the place vacated by MT. Hulsey. Am Dr. C. l.. Baker was called from Mena on Sunday to attend horse 'ef Ike Henderson's, suffering with Blind Staggers.
 Mir and Mrs. T. A. Curry, after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. ]. H, MeCook, left Monday for their home Mt Baird, Texas.
 Buck Sandiin and Helter Little Rage have bought the livery busi- ness from Ira Keller. They took nharge Tuesday. Strased.--0ne black Poland China sess, eeeeep and tsso splits in left, 4Fop and split in right. Reward. s. A. Hines, Hatfield. adv-f0tf-Hcor The ladies of the Red Cross from the west side sew on Tuesdays, with Mrs. Boyd Coleman as forelsdy. The east side ladies sew on Thursday, with Mrs. John c. Hoheimer in charge.
 < representative of the City Tail- eEs ef Chicago spent Monday and Tuesday here, with the Dover Mer- aantiie Co. assisting them in push ing the spring made-to-order cloth ing sales.
 There will be preaching at the Baptist church on Friday and Sat- i1rday nights before, and on the fifth Sunday at if o'clock in addi- si6ii tto tto the regular appointments.
 X telegram was received here Friday stating that Homer Johnson was critically Ill with smallpox at Ringing, 0klas Dr. Johnson left Saturday morning Co be at his bed- sides
 Joe Allen relurncd last Thursday night from Durant Okla. where he attended the Williams Highway meeting. This is the road that was intended to come via Hatfield, but %e offered nc inducements and 1t viii 20 hv Potter and Mena.
 Mrs. U. F. lobe and children of Mena and Mrs. Bonnie A. Parks of Lewisburg, Tenn, visited in Hat field Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Parks is a sister to Prof. lobe and is visiting while her husband is in Tle training camp at Greenyille. s. C.. John T. Floyd has invented an ap- aratus which he claims will make khe submarine torpedo harmless. Mr. Floyd says when he gets it com nIefed he will offer it to the U. S. government gratis When complet-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
EGCER ECHOES

Dat sowing is all the go here. Mrs. Heron is reported quite i'll this week.
 J. W. Philpot and children made a business trip to Mena Friday.
 Mrs. Mary Lee Of this place visit cd her son. Raymond. at Waters last week.
 Rev. Williams of Texas will preach at the NJ F. church Sunday at fl o'clock.
 Miss Ora Lovelace, a missionary Will preach at the Nazarine church Saturday night.
 Rev. Gilhert of Mena filIod his regular appointment at the Naza- rine church Sunday.
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

(Other Correspondence on Page 4.)
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
TWO MILE WINTERS

There was singing Sunday night at the home of D. A. Daniel. Houston Anderson and George Ping left Monday evening for Pick CT, Okla.
 Mrs. l. E. Nichols spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother, who is reported very ill, at Six Mile. Bill Daniel came in last Saturda, from Towanda. Kans., where he hal been working in the oil fields. T. w. Anderson went to Mena on business Friday evening and attend ed the old soldiers meeting Satur- day.
 Mrs. Fred Ping and daughter, Lu- eille. of Pittsburg, Kans., are here visiting at the home of I. H. Bron- don.
 YaWana
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in last week on account of the mail route being changed.
 Dr. and Mrs. Heron of Amarillo, Texas, came in Friday to visit his mother, who is very sick
 Several from here attended the funeral of Lem Lofts at Lower Big Fork Sunday evening.
 Miss Vera Wimberly of Mill Creek spent the latter part of last week al the Levi Wimberly home Mrs. and Mrs. Charley Goodman of Owens Chapel spent Saturday night with Mrs. Goodmans brother, Henry Dickerson.
 Juanifa
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

end of the Pines plantation, which otherwise would have lain idle ow- ing to the attention the orchards will require. These were somewhat ne- gIected last year as MT, Slote was right in the food drive, but this year it will require all of the proprietor's time with the trees and fruit. A hiat from the State Plant board may be useful to some: Take care of your fruit trees. The time is prob ably near when all uncared for or defective trees will be destroyed. Tue board already has this power. Better get busy in time.
 Hattie
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
HARTLEY NEWS

T. M. Duncan of Hartley went to Hatfield this week.
 C. M. Duncan of Hartley went to Vandervoort last week.
 Mir Keller and MT. Terry of Hat field were at Hartley last week.
 A Texas man was at Hartley last week looking for location.
 W. +. Faulkner of Hartley was visiting friends at Athens last week.
 Robert Anderson of Hartley has sold to Mir. Martin from Duncan. Okla, MT. Martin will move here soon.
 (Other Correspondence on Page 4.)
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

who died February 28 at the San Antonio aviation camp.
 Master Glen Daniel and little sis ter, Pauline, who have been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. E. D. Good man, and other relatives for the past two months, returned to their home at Pnifer Friday.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
WAR LABOR BOARD GIVING
ENCOURAGEMENT TO WORK
Organizations Of Employees in Manufacturing In
dustries Will Seen Be Absorbed BY
International Unions.

WASHINGTON July n-So rapidly is the National War La
Dor board whipping into line the former annon employers of
the country that the trade have
with the ob AS the board itself starting
ganze the and of the big manufacturing indus
tres plant by plant industrial rather
going straight the task of giving mpoy the right of
collective bargaining through his elected with
the employer This enterprise called for lack Of better
establishing industrial government
One Of the first instances in the of the
Schenectady and Pitsed
places in the east The employers agreed to deal with elected
ees from their plants They wanted the meeting held in the
plants under the of the Bosses The workers. only partially
organized wanted to meet trade union hall The
promised the matter by ordering that the employees
lie school building and there form their plant organization
their various committees.
The trade union movement will absorb all of the workers
these plants simply because the element will stick
geher and control action taken The board making
short cut bring all Of the employees into the getting
them to take part in the local activities Of unionism.
At the Bethlehem Steel plant Bethlehem, Pa the
Of the crafts have been carefully
few months and the War Labor board finds itself
PEELED to show the thousands of employees how
rights of selfgovemmen It is going conduct election
shop committees and it is then going government Off
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
WAR LABOR PROBLEM IN
U. s. BECOMING ACUTE

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Ameri-
cas- war labor problem is becoming
acute. Hundreds sof thousands of or
dinary laborers and skilled mechanics
in all lines must be obtained immedi-
ately for Industries throughout the
country if the war program is to be
carried out completely, according to
an announcements by the United
States employment service Of the de-
partment of labor,
Between 100000 and 400, 900 labor
ers are needed, the officials estimated.
In addition there is lack of workers
for coal mines, which alone imperils
all other war production.
$50 serious is the situation consid-
ered," the department of labor an
nounced, that the United States en-
ployment service, in which labor re-
cruiting for the war work has been
centralized, is endeavoring to complete
it's recruiting machinery so that whole
sale relief may be given before the
ban against private labor recruiting
goes into effect on August IT,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-13
FARMERS GIVEN
CLEAN SLATEbY
SUPREME court
Gases Against Two =konpaftisan
League Officials Are
Dismissed:

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 1.-THE
Minnesota anti-farmer gang was ut
terly routed, its attempt to destroy the
Nonpartisan league by securing the
conviction Of President A. c. Town
ANONYMOUSLY squelched and the dis
honest and vicious character of the
political prosecutions exposed on July
S, when the supreme court of Min
nesota, by unanimous decision, threw
out of court the faked-up charges of
disloyalty against President Townley
and Manager Gilbert.
The case was the most important
brought against the league by its po-
litical enemies. It was the supreme
attempt to destroy the league by
showing that the two separate league
resolutions contained matter opposing
the war and tending to discourage
enlistments. The league itself was
placed on trial in the person of it's
two principal officials. Had these
cal gangsters whose power has been
threatened in Minnesota, believed that
they would have the league completely
outlawed and unable to continue its
work.
The decision of the supreme court
is notable. It effectively disposes of
all future attempts to convict the
league as whole on trumped-up
charges, aidHsit shows how far pros
tituted politicians and the sinister in
fluences behind them will 60 to de-
stroy an opponent they dare not fight
openly. The decision put these gang
sters in bad light. It shows they
are capable Of attempting to destroy
a political opponent by methods that
will not stand. the test of a fair court
decision. In doing this it discredits
the entire attempt Of a. few politicians
to monopoltze e ali the patriotisrn. of
the nation BY making false accusa-
tions against others.