The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-11-21
|IIDC[ CONNENDS
| CATTLE DIPPING
cu.rs;ng Grand Jury at Opening
Court. Presiding Jurist De-
,lares Tick Eradication I'm
portant Work.

-, hesitate to indict" was the
"a the statement Judge j. S.
80 of DeQuecn gave the grand
- at the opening of circuit court in
80 Monday morning, in making a
.recial charge to the body regarding
~ Importance of tick eradication.
Iudre Lake classed the work OF
.,;ro;pating the cattle pests as essen
! !, and declared those who oppose 1T
va -Sn-+bv of attention Of the grand
s1rv The jurist was moved TO these
Excavations by reason of the oppo-
s;.;on to tick eradication throughout
" district. He praised Polk county
having a progressive and fore
.htod people who had decided to
a1tipue the work until the quaran-
tine was raised. -,
He explained how it was possible
few who refused or neglected
Ain their cattle according to law
,s0ulations, to nullify and make
IA bv such act, the work of an en-
H. s community. Having gone as far
No have. the judge declared, we
~ not afford to permit few to
destroy the good that had been ac-
eomplished
p;s Honor gave of his own personal
.xneriences as proof that dipping was
= advantage. He told of an acquain-
t.rce taking a car load of cattle to
~ Kensas City market. Being in a
hi country, the cattle went into the
quarantine pens. There the cattle
nan had only one buyer to bid on his
*attle. while over the fence on the
free side 400 buyers bid against one
another. This man, Judge Lake
stated, declared his carload of cattle
5rouoht him $500 less than it would
have. had it been over in the free
market
ma certain section of his own
county the Judge said they have been
dipping regularly, and while on a re-
cent two days trip running land lines,
il emerged without single tick on
bis person. Before dipping started
the same trip, said His Honor, would
have resulted in gathering thousands
81 seed ticks.
Judge Lake also charged the grand
Jury to give attention to the compul-
spry school law, and the regulation of
the health board requiring vaccination
of all school children. The jurist stat
ed il was the duty of school directors
10 call the grand jurys attention to
violation of the compulsory attend
ance measure. He said that no child in
Polk county should be permitted to
grow up without full opportunity of
IN education.
Regarding the vaccination order the
Judge stated that the supreme court
bad decided in three cases it was le-
gal, and that the responsibility was
ppon the parent, the teacher and the
director alike.
In closing, Judge Lake scored the
peddlers of whiskey and paid his res
poets to the man who sold it and
those who bought it, in no compli-
nentary terms.
The grand jury began its work with
a. c. Higginbottom of Wickes as
foreman. w. l. Green was the only
member of the regular panel excus-
81, and Ed Moore took his place.
Owing to the illness of Prosecuting
Attorney Dulaney, Judge Wright
Pickett had charge of the legal end
q the jury's work Monday Attorney
Dulaney's assistant, George Steele, is
expected to take the work the remain
DER Of the session.
Sheriff Finger named J. E. Will
BANS as special bailiff to work with
the grand jury.
Only four prisoners appeared be-
iore the jury while Judge Lake
sharged the body with its duties. Two
me guartette were Tom Ham
nonds and Miss Irvine Grammar. who
vie arrested in connection with the
,seent bank robbery at Vandervoort
SOhe Of the four challenged any of
" Jury Judge Lake dispensed with
y usual stereotyped charge to the
suly and made only references to
sgsslai matters which he felt demand
ne oody's attention. This will be
Ing Lakes last term of court as
Presiding jurist.
Music in the Court.
eo, - sne suit Of the Beasley Music
- Sa'psny against T. S. Fry of Gran
$50 ~ sne attorney for the plaintiff
mt mt = ruling that the piano in dis
saiS ! y brought to court. Fry is
H., nave purchased the piano
fajlsa s !. IeSarkana company and
] VIM, 70 complete payment for it. T.
nam ,IiDanks and ]. W. Howard were
nst ,su 70 go to Grannis and bring the
rana a to Mena, on which err
noon. Nspareed Monday AFTER
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