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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28

Mrs. Claude Smith motored up from Cove Friday.
 The state inspector of fertilizers was in town Friday interviewing our merchants.
 Miss Otus Henderson was home from her school at Vandervoort over Sunday.
 G. C. Monroe, The Candy Kid, is back in Hatfield. He is farming with J. D. Henderson.
 Mfr. and Mrs. A. c. Blake passed thru Hatfield Monday, from Smith viIIe to Ft. Smith.
 Ed Whipple has recovered from the pneumonia sufficiently to go to Mena last Sunday.
 Mrs. T. B. Cree, Mrs. c. V. Cough enour, Mrs. J 0. and Miss Althea Lacey were Mena visitors Monday.
 Ira McGowan was called to Fore man Saturday to the bedside of his son. Ira McGowan. IT, who has pneumonia.
 Mir. and Mrs. LeRoy Trigg passed thru Hatfield Sunday, enroute to West Texas, where they go for Mir. Trigg's health.
 ]. H. Roberts of Cleburne. Texas, has bought the Elias Lindsay farm and moved in, Mir. Lindsay moving to place near Potter.
 Mrs. w. B. Gibson has sold her residence in town to J. II McCook
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
POTTER PICK-UPS

J. L. Oliver went to Mena Monday
 w. k. Jones is fencing some this week.
 Tut Harris is giving his new barn coat of paint.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Nash were Mena visitors Saturday.
 Mrs. paralie James of Mena is vis- iting friends here this week
 There will be services at the Baptist church Saturday and Sum- day.
 Mr. and Mrs, Ivan Hunsaker spent Sunday at Cove with Mr. and Mrs s. P pieg.
 Farmers of this community are busy breaking land, sowing oats and planting gardens
 Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Gordon and Mir and Mrs. w. E. Jones motored to Bethesda Sunday afternoon
 Miss Ola LittIepage of Hatfield visited with her sister Mrs. Tut! Harris, from Friday until Sunday.
 Lias Lindsay has sold his farm near Hatfield and has moved to the l.. K, Heath place southeast of Potter
 The four-year-old daughter oi MT. and Mrs. Baldwin, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is much inn proved.
 Mrs. Mabery Thomas and baby arrived Saturday from Woodsboro Tex. for a visit with Mrs. Thomas parents. Mir. and Mrs. J R. Berden.
 Mr. and Mrs. Cook from Fort Sill, Okla, spent Thursday night with Mir. and Mrs. N. F. Gam. They are here looking after their property.
 Misses Amy Butler and Beatrice Cargyle spent the weekend with Miss Buffers parents and attended the contest in Mena Friday night and Saturday.
 A. J. Smith, emergency farm dem onstrator, was here Monday night and Iectured at the school house. He is also interested in the canning poultry and pig clubs.
 Quite a number of Potterites at- tended the contest in Mena Friday night and Saturday. Miss Mary V Borden convinced people that Pot ter is on the map by bringing back first prize in map-drawing. Haskell Gordon won second prize in spelling and Miss Mazelle Crossland second prize in reading. We're proud of our young folks.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
OLD COVE


 iirs. j. il. Fair is reported quite sick.
 E. c. Little has traded an organ as part payment on a piano.
 Mrs. Lena Lane of Womble was here visiting friends and relatives a few days.
 R. II. Stockton purchased a nice pair of mules from J. w, Howard of Two Mile.
 F. c. Little has sold about 50 bushels of fall crop Irish potatoes at s2 per bushel.
 The neighb0rs are building a dip- ping vat one mile south of this place on the old line road.
 Melvin Givens left last week for Nebraska. where he was called for examination for war service.
 Jim Rose, formerly of this neigh bprhOod, has decided to move back with Us again. He has rented MT. Boyds farm,
 Vii Belknap, who has been work ing for Mrs. Boyd for about three years, resigned and is moving on his fathers farm. Will has farm adjoining his fathers place, but has no house on his. He intends to farm both his and his fathers farms. We had a business meeting here Friday night the 18th. Dr. Getz of Mena made nice talk on tick erad- ieatien and the building of vats. etc. Prof Dodd of Hatfield made an elo- guent talk on farming and the pig club. Also. Mir. Smith, the govern ment demonstration agent, made a talk on his line of work, which the farmers appreciated very much.
 Early Riser.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28

of Goldsboro, Tenn, and moved tO the ranch at the Narrows.
 At the M. E. Sunday school last Sunday it was decided to have a special Easter program. They also voted to turn each fourth Sunday collection over to the mission fund.
 John White, station agent for the Rock Island railroad at Wheatley, Ark, spent the weekend here with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Ed White. John was the original "Hotstuph" man here.
 W. T. Hammond of Vandervoort passed thru town Saturday with Dr. Getz on his way to Mena. MT. Ham mond recently came from Mt. Pleas ant, Tex, and bought the Dr. Potter property at Vandervoort.
 Mrs. J. D. Henderson drew the quilt that was put up by the Red Cross last Saturday, 434S being the lucky number. The quilt brought SIS and the other articles $f9.97, making a total of S37.97 for the sale.
 Clifton Cranford left on No. i Sat- urdaY for New York. From there he goes direct to Seattle, Wash, where he will again take up his duties as wireIkss operator for the govern menl. He will go on board the s. s. Quinn. Clifton was on the U. s. 5. Jacob Jones when it was torpedoed by German submarine, with loss of over half the crew. It was feared for time that he, to. had been lost, but was saved after hours in the icv water.
 The Epworth League was reor- ganized at the Methodist church Sunday night. The following off, cers were elected: President, E. H. Butler; ist vice-president, Miss Ola Littlepage; End vice-president, Arlie Nichols; 3rd vice-president, Miss Alice Williams; 4th vice-president, Miss Juno Henderson: secretary, Miss Mary Williams. On the 10th of next month they will discuss The Duties and Opportunities of the League.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
VANDERyOORT vERITIES

Professor j. NJ. TOmlin made a business trip to Mena Friday.
 Miss Ruth Wiley went to Mena Friday to be with home folks over Sunday.
 Miss Otus Henderson spent Satur- day and Sunday with her parents in Hatfield.
 A Red Cross meeting was held at the home of MT. and Mrs. B. P Lichlyter on Monday evening.
 Bob Garrett, who for the past few months has been engaged in work at Tulsa, Okla, is spending a few days at home.
 Mir. and Mrs. K. H. Skinner came from Cove Thursday night to be present at the entertainment given by the Vandervo0rt school in com memoration of Washington's birth day.
 Miss Lillie Mcfarland came down from Cove Thursday, having closed three months term of school at Welcome Home. She is now at home with her sister, Mrs. Maude MelIen.
 J F. Campbell, cashier of the Merchants bank, left Sunday morn- ing for few days visit with rela- tives and friends in East Texas, having left the bank in charge of Assistant Cashier Sam H. Nation.
 Among those from here who at tended the contest in Mena Friday night and Saturday were Misses Ed na Beauchamp, Agnes Barnes, Dora Pipes, Ola Garrett, Madge Bonner, Lillie Mcfarland, and Mrs. Press Garrett. Messrs. Golden D. Hamil- ton. Lester Nation and Olin Smith Miss Agnes Barnes received second prize in music and Miss Cleo Taylor second prize in reading.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
Correspondence
HATFIELD.
HATFIELD NEWS NOTES


 Mr. and Mrs. Hoheimer and baby Sundayed in Mena.
 I. R. Bates was in Nandervoori Sunday afternoon.
 Dr. Hilton was called to Grannis professionally last Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. l.. Boyd were up from their home near Cove Monday
 w. I. Richardson has bought the Joe Skeen 20-acre tract on the east side.
 Miss Lima Johnson entertained a few of her friends at a party Friday night.
 Mrs r. C. Mullins and daughter, Catherine, of Mena spent Sunday in Hatfield.
 Street Commissioner l.. w. Hall did some much needed culvert work last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Stevens and
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
$2.OO and $2.25

We have all kinds Fence Wire, Barbed W Nails and Staples.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28

10 members on last Thursday; also three new recruits for her Domes- tic Science class here She is well pleased with the interest being shown by her Hatfield pupils. Mr. kapp and Mis- plunkett left on No. i for their headquarters in Little Rock. Dr. Getz, Prof. Dodd, MT. Smith and Misses Pauline and Mar iorie D0dd went to Old Cove Friday night. where they organized com munity cub with several wide- awake members, Miss Woods being forced to return to Mena on No. 4 on account of suffering from vac- einafiOn
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28
COVE CATCHES

Howard Elliott and Dale Young started for Oklahoma City Tuesday evening to work
 Emery Sawyer, Lloyd Hansard and Oscar Silvey went to Quay, Ok, Tuesday to work.
 Oscar Silvey, who has been run ming the drav here for the past two wears, has quit and started for Quay, Okla. Tuesday to find other work.
 Mir and Mrs. c. c. Golf returned from Texarkana Friday. where they
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28

weat to have an operation perform ed on their son, Finis, for tonsilitis which was successful. The little fel- low is getting along nicely.
 Prof. Wood and several of his pu- pills attended the Annual School con test at Mena last Saturday. Miss Josephine Allen of the Cove High school won the first prize on select reading; subject, Flying Jim's Last Leap
 philomel.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-28

ings and vocal and instrumental music.
 Acorn school is pretty well satis- lied, thank you, with the schol con lied, thank you, with the school con-. lamation and reading. They are al-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21
SAVE 100000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHINC
Farmers, Urged by Food Administra-
ton, Provide Seven Extra Loavcs
of Bread fer Every American.

BY adopting cleaner threshing meth
ods and by literally combing harveSl
fields to gather grain formerly vast,
ed, tlr. ShelTnen and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
100000 bushels Of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven one-pOund
leaves Of bread for every person in
the country. This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings of barley.
oats, rye and other grains, is shown by
reports from 33 grain states to the Z
5. Food Administration. Other states.
although not prepared to furnish def
mite figures of conservation in the
grain fields report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
THIS rural food saving achievement,
accomplished in scarcely six mCnths'
time, was in direct response to re-
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked farmers and threshermen
to reduce harvest losses from about
3A per cent.-the estimated average
in normal times--tO the lowest poSsi.
bic minimum. Country grain thresh.
ing committees carried into every
grain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous instances drivers of
racks with leaky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip.
ment and frequently bad order thresh.
ing machines were stopped until the
cause Of waste WAS removed. But in
proportion to the number of persons
engaged in gathering the nations grain
crop, cases of compulsion were com.
paratively rare. The Food Admins
tration freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triOtic service by farmers, thresher.
men and their crews. incidentally
grain growers Of the United States are
many millions of dollars Gin pocket"
as 4 result 0f the grain saved.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21

This was such pretty morning l
started early shopping. l also knew
had better get an early start, as the
stores are getting pretty busy later
in the day of those taking advantage
Of the early days to get their shop
ping done before everything IS picked
over, and while there is no crowd to
worry them.
Salomon's certainly have some nice
things. ANYTHING from bill boo
for tha business man to set of
furs for the lady that likes pretty
clothes.
/ found some of the prettiest silk
bags here. Some made of ribbon and
lace. others Of silk and some of GRO
chot. All sizes and colors, for all
occasions they are.
in thc window there are some Won
darful novelty sweaters. Some in
solid colors and some shaded ones
inst fHe for the High school girl.
And rloves-that always needed arti
Gle hv the particular dresser. l found
some Quality white ones, and they
are so hard to find since the war. Any
ladv would be glad to have a pair of
thoen
What do vou think Of those white
furs for the little one? Aren't they
lust too cute for anvthing-besides
bein~ warm. They would keep off
n "old wind and keep baby's hands
wa"n.
Now that linen is so scarce and high
it is certainly gratifying to find such
a nice line of this here. in towels.
tahlecloths. napkins and lunch cloths
They are beautiful and the prices are
moderate. too.
Then there are silk STOCKINGS. BATH
robe blankets in all colors and dainty
boudoir caps. One reallv becomes
quite confused at the holiday array,
and all practical.
Next went down the street in the
same block and the display in the
window of the furniture department
of the Valley Hardware store caught
nv eye.
Those darling doll bunoies, wouldn't
thew lust please all "little mothers"
Christmas morning? And boxes of
dishes "iust like mothers, and little
tea wagons.
think for the little student those
oak desks would be Just the thing,
in fact all of mothers furniture has
been duplicated and what could please
better? We at last are not depend
ent on foreign countries for onr toys
ar" the result is quite satisfactory
walked further back in the store
and found some beautiful sets of
dishes in all the well-known trade
marks of American and imported
chinaware. A set of these would be
present well enjoyed and appreci-
ated hv anv housekeeper How pretty
that Christmas dinner would look
served on these.
They have a fine line Of phono-
graphs and records. A friends ia
vorite piece of music rendered by an
artist would make very nice pres
ent to the owner of phonograph and
the phonograph would make a nice
present in the home.
There are also some inexpensive
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21
THE XMAS SHOPPER
TAKES YOU ON A TOUR OF STORES

small pictures in artistic frames, just
tEc thing for the dainty bedroom; and
art vases of all kinds. Surely all may
find something that would please
them here.
AS it was lunch time by now, I
came home, but will certainly be out
again early tomorrow morning, as
there are so few days left before
Christmas.
The cheerful atmosphere of Err
side of the street, attracted my atten-
zion this morning, so l crossed over
md I was certainly well repaid for
my trouble. OF all the glitter and
bright colors-those Christmas tree
decorations certainly do sparkle and
make one cheerful in spite of them
selves.
There are all kinds of prett
things-tinsel ropes, bangles and sill
yer bells in all sizes. We cannot do
Without these at the price they are
for our Christmas tree.
The games in there would delight
The hearts of the old as well as the
young. Nursery games Of every de-
scription.
There are several sets of metal
fishes for real hard play. They are
luite complete and in prettv boxes.
They would be fine for the children's
afternoon tea. Nothing can hurt
them either. Did you stop to icok
1t those little laundry sets? There IS
tub stand, wrinoor and tub. all II
wood. So nice for dollv's Monday
morning wash. There are nice pres
ents for the Older ones. Such beauti-
fully decopated dishes, that cheerful
bluebird design, so popular, all hand
painted.
/ found a most wonderfully priced
display of real French ivory here.
They want to close this out. so are
making prices to tempt good judges
of this article. All toilet articles YOU
can think of. These will last forever
and KEEP their color. It would be we'll
to take advantage of this sale early
for they cannot last long, as there is
limited amount.
I was so interested I stayed on that
side Of the street. and the next place
entered was the Goza Stationery
store. How attractive it is. They are
showing lovely dark brown purses in
leather. Very practical and rich in
color, to go with that dark tailor suit
for the street. What a novel nut bowl
that is in the window with the nut
cracker Made of native wood, and
it takes such a beautiful polish.
Inside you can find fine selection
of Gift books in pretty leather bind
All of Services books that everyone
loves so, in fact any of your popular
authors are to be found here. Books
make such lasting gifts, as they are
Just as good in years to come as now
Always new and a source of delight
and pleasant hour.
There is a pretty desk set for the
business or club woman. Nothing is
more helpful to her than well ap-
pointed desk. 1t is very good in
brown. to harmonic with any room
decoration. Pretty photo frames, to
be packed in the travelling bag or
placed on the desk, were seen.
Then there is that always welcome
present-good stationery-and they
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21

have certainly outdone themselves
this year. Such deep cream tones and
all other dainty hints. With wax
and seal this makes a complete pres
ent for young or old.
The clerks were getting busy by
this time with shoppers, SO l quit for
the day and will go again in the
morning before the crowd gets
started.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for Ell
Centre property, 10 acres, fear and
clear, with water stock, near Riv-
erside. Price $4,000. Will con-
slider good auto as part payment.
Inquire Room 8, Broadway House.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21

with team and disc
to plow 20 acres lawn. Inquire
Nick Cobb, IL miles west on Will
son ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-21
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-Fox fur stoll, lined brown
silk. Return 334 South Seventh
and receive liberal reward.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20

gT-.1|-H a utLt@G& LEll@N1hNt.& @EtE3tFtef
rented by the hour ana the owner
would sit on a mans doorstep until
he had finished 1t, when he would pass
1t on to receive another fee from the
next customer. Mr.. Gibson referred
to Cardinal. Mepcier as "the splendid
old figure whose work has undone the
labors of many German army corps"
The stories Of arson, pillage, murder,
torture, and m%utilation committed BY
the German invaders ire all too true.
according to Mr.. Gibson. The true
story, he said, will not be told. until
the Germans have been driven out Of
Belgium and northern France, when
the population Of the invaded districts
will show the world the proofs Of the
German atrocities.
German Spies Poorly Paid.
The hordes Of spies hired by the
Germans are for the most part poor
and III paid, according to Mr.. Gibson,
who said that he had the honor Of
having one assigned to follow him con-
stantly. The man would stand in front
of Gibson's house In all sorts of wealth
er and would scan the visitors. Ere
quently Nj. Gibson would inform the
spy that he might leave, as he was
not expecting any more visitors.
Members of the secretary's staff would
use the spy as a messenger, and would
bestow liberal tips on him In return
for fetching cigarettes and other ar
ticles.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20
MADE-IN.GERMANY lies
CIRCULATED IN CANADA

Canada is also having trouble with
Made-in-G Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation &C
cording to an Official statement re-
ceived from the Canadian food con.
troller by the United States food ad-
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada n
Of the same general character as those
the United States food administra-
tor recently denounced In this coun.
try, such as the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives stocks Of home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller est.
mates that when the people listen to
and pass on such stories, each one
has the power Of destruction that lies
in a battalion Of soldierA
"Stories without even a vestige Of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast" said the Canadian statement
"Nor have they come to life casually.
They have started simultaneously In
different parts Of the country and In
each instance have been calculated to
arouse public indignation.
"They are insidious, subtle, persist.
emit Bit by bit they dlssipate public
trust, the great essential in the work
Of food control.
1T lies with every individual to for
bear from criticism; to refrain from
passing on the vagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effectively
to cooperate In work which 10 goine
to NEAR more than the majority Of
.eople yet realize"
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20
/! ! g / IS | As l.
OUTW|T GERMANS
Hugh Gibson Says Governor Gen.
eraI Gets Suppressed News.
paper Regularly.
SPIRIT REMAINS UNBRokEn
Stupid ProcIamatlons Of German Com
Ananders Cause Much Amusement
Among eeloians-says Stories
81 Atrocities Are All True.

New York.-Up to the entrance Of
the United States in the war against
Germany, approximately $1,000 Bel
gian civilians had been shot, taken
Into Germany as prisoners. or fined for
offending the German authorities in
Belgium in various ways, according to
Hugh Gibson, former secretary of the
American legation at Brussels and at
present chief Of the division Of foreign
Intelligence Of the state department,
described with many poignant details
the sufferings Of the Belgians and the
~lrrepressible and buoyant spirit Of the
people, which, he said, has not been
auenched by the Teuton invaders.
!, The stupid proclamations Of the Ger.
man commandments posted daily and
,oftener on the buildings and boardings
of the streets of Belgian cities caused
the population considerable amuse-
ment at first, Mr.. Gibson said, until
1t was announced from German head
quarters that any one seen laughing
around an official bulletin would be &c
,verely punished. Thereafter persons
reading the bulletins would munls
themselves up in neckcloths that con-
,eealed half their faces and laugh to
themselves.
All the Belgian newspapers were
suppressed, and the population ~
,eeived its news from publications IL
sued by the Germans, which told Of
their military victories, MI. Gibson de-
,clared.
Papers Published Secretly.
"In spite of this fact, the Belgiaps,
under the very nose Of the governor
general, published clandestine newspa-
pers," he continued. 1.-THE governor
general would get his copy regularly.
Sometimes he found 1t under his plate,
sometimes it came into his home with
the vegetables, sometimes 1t was
mailed to him in an Official envelope
Of the German military headquarters
itself, but, in spite Of the fact that he
offered 100000 marks for information
leading to the arrest Of those con
eerned in publishing the paper, It
availed him nothing, and when I left
1t vas reported that every time be
sew q copy Of one Of the Belgian se'
,cret newspapers he fell into a tan
trum."
English and Dutch newspapers wers
smuggled into Belgium. Mr.. Gibson
continued, though a copy Of 4 Londol
paper sold as high as $50 at a timt
when the German authorities we're do
ing their utmost to stop the SNUG
Cling. The papers smuggled in were
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20
Will be the last day Of our big sale 50 get busy and get your shar,

6 Bars Crest Toilet Soap Csc
Baking Chocolates per ~ lh. .18c
8 Bars Beat EN- all Soap Csc
3 Cans Lye Csc
3 pkgs. Macaroni, Spaghetti or Vermicelli ....25c
8 Cans Medina Pork and Beans ..............5 Soc
6 Cans good Peas soc
Z Cans Fowlers peas 100
Giant Brand Pineapple per can .............2 csc
4 No. l Lamp Chimneys for ........... ......25c