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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
Apain "First Como FIrst serNedn

The Democratic City Central Committee in second meeting held Thursday changed the method of selecting the order in which the names of candidates will appear on lhe ballot. Instead of deciding the order by lot. il was decided that the names should he placed on the bal lot in the order in which the fee is paid to the treasurer of the com mittee.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
 TEST SEED CORN SAMPLES FROM ALL PARTS OF STATE

Fayetteville, Ark, Feb--I7.--In or der to determine whether the seed corn of Arkansas is suitable for planting, the Agricultural Experi- ment Station of the University of Arkansas, in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Division, is making germination tests with sam- pies of seed corn sent in from all counties of the state. Because of the early frost last fall the seed corn supply of many northern states was badly injured and it is with the view of determining whether the seed corn of this state has been af- fected that these tests are to be made. Two samples of corn will be sent to the Experiment Station by each county agent in the state. The samples will be taken from farmers stocks.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
WORKERS SHOULD
 ENROLL THEN WAIT
It Is Not Wise for Men To Seek Places in Shipyards at Once, but the Demand Will Be Great
 in Coming Weeks.

Little Rock, Feb. l.-Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson, in message to the laboring men of Arkansas to- day, says:
 The shipyards are comparative ly filled, and the man who leaves his present position to seek employ ment in 6 shipyard is likely to find no work. The coming weeks, and months, however, will necessitate the increase of the present number of shipyard workers by several hundred thousand who have had experience in trades used in ship building The Department of Labor, with the aid of the Shipping Board, Council of National Defense, and the State Councils of Defense, now is enrolling in it's United States Public Service Reserve men of those who are willing to go to shipyard when they are advised of a place.
 The Shipyard Volunteers in the Public Service Reserve will be placed through the United States Employment Service of the Depart ment of Labor, which will have full details as to when and where the men are needed, the wages and housing and other conditions.
 Membership in the Reserve brings official recognition of the performance of, or of the readiness to perform a most necessary and patriotic service. It also protects both employers and workers, for it minimizes the drain on industry for the supplying of the shipyards and puts the wage-earner where he can utilize to the fullest extent his abil- ity and brain-power. We appeal to all qualified men to enroll during the coming week in the Reserve and to stick to their present jobs until they are called
 Al counties are now supplied with blanks and the necessary literature for the enrolment of the men. the supplies for % counties having been forwarded by w. G. Sprague, state agent, yesterday Considerable delay was caused by failure to get the supplies out of Washington in time, but it is believed that next week will see the quota reached in Arkansas. Pulaski county has re- ported POO, Garland county i9 and Boone county ,.
 It is not necessary that man should be experienced in ship building to he accepted. as skilled mechanics in 75 various trades that enter into ship-buiding are needed.
 The enrolling officer for Mena is John H. Hamilton.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
RULING NULL|FIED
 BROUCH'S EFFORT
All Taxpayers Who Failed to Assess Within Time Prescribed by Law Must Pay Penalty Cases
 From Pulaski.

Little Rock, Feb. i3.-The many taxpayers in every county who ne- gleeted to assess within the time prescribed by law can get no relief through the proclamation of Gov. Brough relieving them from the payment of the penalty prescribed by law.
 This is the ruling of the Supreme Court in a test case from Pulaski county, concluding as follows;
 The effect of a general amnesty such as is attempted by the proc lamation now under review would operate as suspension of the law and come within the spirit, if not within the letter of the inhibition of the Constitution, and when the provisions of the Constitution are read together it is clear that it was intended toconfine the power of the executive with respect to the re- mission of fines and forfeitures, strictly to criminal and penal cases after judgment, and not to remedial and coercive penalties such as pen alty for non-assessments or non- payments of taxes.
 The power of the executive is, in other words, limited to the ex- tension of clemency to individuals under sentence or judgment for crime, penalty or forfeiture and does not reach the granting of gen. eral amnesties, nor relief from civil penalties and forfeitures.
 We are clearly of the opinion, therefore, that the Governor ex- ceeded his authority in attempting to remit the penalty imposed by statute against delinquent property owners for failure to assess for tax ation, and that such deIinquenis can claim no relief under that proclamation.
 Tt IS too plain for argument that the State Tax Commission possess es no such power as it attempted to exercise in this instance of reliev- ing delinquent property owners from the penalty imposed by the statute The powers of the Tax Commission are limited entirely to the fixing of values, and do not ex- tend to the relief of penalties im- posed by statute"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
----------------rr------ rr - ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
President Directs Probe os Hog Is-
 land Shipyard Deals.

Washington, Feb. if. - President Wilson today directed Attorney General Gregory to investigate the much discussed Hog Island ship yard contracts. which have been adversely criticized before the sen ate commerce committee, and de- termine if there has been any erim- inal misuse of government funds. The president also directed the at torney general to work in conjune- tion with Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board in his investigation About si2000,O0O of government money has been involved in the Hog Island project in which the American International Corporation headed by Frank A. vanderlip, president of the National City bank, has figured.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21

If you don't sleep we'll at night from nervousness, indigestion or urinary troubles, you need Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t purifles the system and relieves the kidneys and blad- der. Price SIPS per bottle Jackson Drug X Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store, Special Agents. adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21

Hard-working men and women who are burdened with a torpid liver, feel tired. lazy and diseonrag- ed. They know they are lazy and they are ashamed. vet it is nothing to be ashamed of, The thing to do is to get the liver started again and to purify the stomach and bowels
 There is no better remedy for this purpose than Prickly Ash Bitters. X few doses corrects the trouble and makes work a pleasure. Price si.25 per bottle. Jackson Drug x Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store. Special Agents. adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
SPECIAL SESSION UNLIKELY
Gov. Trough Indicates "B0ne Dry
 Crack Must Wait Until January.
Special to The Star.

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, Feb. i7.-It is not probable that Governor Brough will call a special session of the legisla- ture to cure defects in the bone dry law, as has been stated. As result of the decision of the Supreme Court, rendered last week, in which it was held that it was not illegal to bring liquor into the state for personal use, the possibility of a special session of the legislature was suggested to the governor, who stat ed that he had not given the matter consideration, but that there was not much liklihood of special ses- sion. Action was also suggested, rel ative to the nationwide prohibition amendment, but inasmuch as the legislature will meet next January there seems to be no haste in the matter.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21
Deferred Appreciation \

Because overlooked, but thosewho failed to hear the address of Prof, Wilkerson at the First NJ. E. church on Sabbath night missed much. 1t was up-to-date with freshness and newness attachments that made it very enjoyable Careful thot, thoro preparation and mastery of subject were evident from beginning to close. One who was present deems this notice deserving and not in the least oyerstated. xxx
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21

YOU will find all the important news in THE STAR. Look if over
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21

The enrolling officer for Mena John II. Hamilton.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
TO DRIVE AWAY MOSQUITOES
Kansas Professor Makes Public Prep
aratIon He Claims ls Effective
Against Pests.

Campers and tourists who are
harassed by mosquitoes can find relief
by use Of repellants, points out George
A. Dean, professor Of entomology, Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
Where time and circumstances will
not permit Of sanitary means Of con-
troll, an effective repellant can be made
by the use Of one ounce Of cedar oil,
two ounces of citronella and two
ounces Of spirits of camphor.
A small amount Of this solution ap-
piled to the face and hands or on a
handkerchief tied around the neck
will keep the mosquitoes away. Equal
ly good results may be obtained II the
liquid is applied to a cloth and hung
near the face when mosquitoes, are
troublesome at night.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
An Unheralded Event,

An announcement has appeared in
the newspapers SO Insignificant that it
has almost passed unheeded. The size
Of the item was altogether out Of pro-
portion to its importance. The single
paragraph was to the effect that the
swinging bridge over the Suez canal
at Ell Kantara, about IS miles south
of Port Said. had been completed. Yet
that bridge affords direct railway COM
munication between Cairo and the cit
les Of Palestine 1t conquers the desert
which separated Egypt from Palestine,
and which has for centuries barred the
march Of nations; 1t joins Asia to A.
rica, and 1t assures the world that the
Holy Land will henceforth be under
Christian guardianship. Xerxes bridg-
ing the Hellespont Is nothing to the
British bridging the Suez canal! Sure
ly the bells Of Christendom ought to
have been rung when that insignifl-
cant announcement crept into the cor
ners Of the papers Christian Science
Monitor.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
RECRUIT BALKS At THE JOB
Declared He Had Only Agreed to Get
Kaiser anS Couldn't Take On
Who.s Germany.

Are you willing to go across and
fight the Germans" asked an inter-
viewer In the nastering office in for
mer cafeteria No. 2 of young Florida
negro at Camp Xix, whose personnel
record he was completing, the query
being one Of the formal questions put
to every recruit.
."Ah don't know bout dat, boss 7"
answered the colorc'l boy. "Ah thought
yur jes' wanted ire to go get the
kaiser. Bin a-hank rim to fix that ole
Rat Face, but does yuh mean yuh
want me to lick da whole gang?"
The interviewer explained the situa-
ton. The young ncgro's home board
had told him they were going to send
him to Europe to "get the kaiser" and
he came to camp thinking 1t was a
single-handed job. His face frightened
when he found that in his personal
part he would have the backing of
several million allies.
The personnel QUESTIONABLE made
out in the mastering Office brings some
amazing answers from the southern
negroes recently brought there for
training One couldn't remember where
his father was born.
swell, was he born in the United
States!" asked the interviewer. mo.
indeed, sub, no indeedy!" replied the
recruit. "He was born in Virginny"
The same recruit wanted to show
that he could qualify under every ques-
ton. "Are you member of any lodge
or fraternity?" was a query put to
him. Good Lawd. boss, 1 should say
I wasl Use pallbearer."
New uniforms are being Issued to
these Florida recruits and they are
the proudest soldiers in the camp.
They have taken to the military game
like ducks to water, and officers are
amazed at the cleverness they are
showing in learning drill orders in ele-
mentary army work.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
LACY-TODHUNTER

A very pretty home wedding took
place at the ranch home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. P. Lacy, Wednesday evening,
when their daughter, Erma, became the
bride of w. J. Todhunter. Only the
immediate members of the family, Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Smith and Miss Ida
Smith were present.
Miss Myriel Tibbetts, as bridesmaid,
was dressed in suit of black cloth
with fine silver stripe, and wore q
black picture hat.
The bride wore a girlish suit of bat
tleship gray, with hat, shoes and
gloves to match. Her corsage boquet
was of pale pink carnations.
Master Paul Lacy, brother of the
bride, acted as groomsman.
Rev. VIM. Pepper of the Methodist
church officiated with the ring cera-
mony, after which an elaborate five
course turkey dinner was served by
the Mesdames Lacy and Smith. The
color scheme of decorations was car
AASu Out Win dutuHiA llUWeES ana
leaves
Those present at the wedding were.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Todhunter, father
and mother of the groom; Mr. and Mrs.
c. P. Lacy, father and mother of the
bride; Mr.. and Mrs. R. Smith, Miss
Ida Smith, Miss Myriel Tibbetts, Mrs.
P. S. Ross, grandmother of the bride,
Ida Lacy, sister of the bride, and
Masters Cecil Smith and Paul II. Lacy.
The young couple are both we'll
known in Glenwood, the bride being q
graduate of the 1917 class of the Gar
field County High school.
The newlyweds left Wednesday night
for their home in Rangely, Colorado,
where Mr.. Todhunter is manager Of
the Mcclure Mercantile company's .
store.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
RED CROSS ANNUAL MEETING

The bylaws of the American Natiou>
al Red Cross provide that the annual
meeting of each chapter shall occur
during the month of October; the pug
pose of such meeting being to elect
executive committee, considering and
acting upon reports of committees;
transacting such other business as may
properly come before the chapter and
the amendment or substitution of by
laws.
The above meeting of the Garfield
County chapter, which was to have
been called for October %, has besn
postponed, by resolution of the sxeeu-
tive committee, from the date author-
lied by the bylaws to November 30,
at 8 O'Clock, at the city hall. The
action being taken rs precautionary
measure against the spreading Of la
fluenxa, and upon specific authositn
from division headquarters.
ADA RITTNAYER, Secretary,
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
FUNERAL OF LEO oBERTo

Leon Schwartzman arrived Sunday
night from Everett, Washington, accom-
panying the remains of his friend, Leo
Oberto, who recently died in that place
from Spanish influenza.
The funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon and were largely attend
ed. Owing to the closing order prevail
ing in the city no church service was
held, the religious service at the grave
being in charge of Father Garrigan Of
the Catholic church. Company L., G.
N. G., of which the young man had
been an ardent member, fired the mill
tary salute and sounded taps as the
body was consigned to the grave.
Father Carrigan g words of encour.
agement to the living as he referred to
this young man who had placed himself
in the service of his country in the
shipyards, he being under draft age
were an Inspiration to those present.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
SHELTON FUNERAL

The funeral of the late Jesse w
Shelton took place last Sunday morn.
ing at the flagpole at the corner Of
Eighth street and Grand avenue. The
services were in charge of Rev. VIM.
Pepper of the Methodist church. who
spoke in high praise of the deceased.
Mr.. Shelton lad been q residcn OF
Glcnwood for rany .ears and all who
knew him or had business relations
with him are proud to testify to his
worth as man and neighbor. Jamea
Shelton, brother Of the deceased, cams
from his home In Missouri to attend
the funeral.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
GARFIELD COUNTY BOYS
ENTRAIN MONDAY NIGHT

The following Garfield county boys
left Monday night for Fort Collins
where they will enter Uncle Sans SER
vice and take the technical training
course at the Agricultural college:
Dewey Williams, Rifle; Raymond Hop
kins, Glenwood; Robert Holder, Glen
wood; John Breen (captain), Glen
wood; John H. Fitzgerald, Glenwood; !;
Kelton Williamson, Glenwood; Fred
Eakins, Rifle; Chas. Longlaw, Grand
Valley. The same night Emmett Bar
row of Carbondale left for Vancouver
barracks, at Vancouver, Washington.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
THE LIBERTY LOAN

Tho Liberty Loan drive has Jagged
Garfield county and Glen wood Springs
has not hnen fully reached as the Post
goes to press. although it is fully be-
lieved that Glenwood's s quota of $l42,-
500 will be reached before the drive
closes today, there being a shortage of
little less than $4,000 as the Post
goes to press.
The Post is not able to secure ac-
curate figures on the county drive at
the time We go to press, although it as
known that Carbondale is well over the
top, and it is believed that the full
quota will be reached before the drive
closes tonight.
Much impetus was given to the drive
when Ben White drove down from Ea-
gle Monday evening, bringing two sol
dier orators who had seen service on
the battlefields of France. These were
introduced by Rev. Pepper, and they
surely walked our people up to the ne.
eessity for helping Uncle Sam to care
for the boys who are fighting our bat
ties over there.
Tuesday evening we were visited by
the Rio Grande Liberty Loan train.
On this train were Sergeant Alvin T.
Smith of Denver and Sergeant Major
Wakefield of the Canadian forces. both
of whom have seen much active service
on the battle fields of France.
Both of these gentlemen pleaded
earnestly with our people to "Lift till
it hurts' and thus make this Fourth
drive the success which it should be
and which the boys in the trenches ex'
pect us to make it. At the close of
their addresses Mr.. McMurray Of the
Rio Grande legal department made an
appeal to the employees of the road and
read letter from Mr.. Brown, urging
all to do their utmost to make the
drive success.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
Good Business

Some one with an eye to business
has had the good idea Of establishing.
outside munition factory in Great
Britain, milliner's shop with the lat
est in hats and blouses for girls. After
long hours Of work, 1t is easy to i'm
aglne how attractive such shop win.
dow would appear to the girls; the
difficulty is, probably, to find sufficient
shop attendants at the busy hours to
sell hats and blouses to eager buyers.
The idea is the same. of course, as
the tuck shop outside the school gates.
Christian Science Monitor.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19

i'll health and who has been living with
his nephew, F. Brauton of Aspen since
that time, was brought to the sanitari-
um Tuesday evening. DR.. Kemble had
been very sick for some time with
heart and liver trouble, and died few
hours after he entered the sanitarium.
Miss Virginia Carpenter of Fredville,
Kentucky, but who has been ill in Den
yer for the past two months, entered
the sanitarium Tuesday morning. Miss
Carpenter is a sister of T. c. Carpen-
ter of Snowmass.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
AUSTIN SMITH LAID TO REST

The funeral services over the remains
of the late Austin O. Smith, who re-
Gently died of influenza in an army
camp in Virginia, were held here Sun
day afternoon at the corner of Eighth
street and Grand avenue, with the big
city flag at half mast.
A large audience was present to pay
tribnte to this excellent young man of
whom this community is SO Justly proud.
A choir from the Eastern Star rem
dered couple of selections and Miss
Eleanor Noonan sang 1.-THE Perfect
Day.
The funeral address was delivered by
Rev. William Pepper of the Methodist
church, and he paid a high compliment
to the genuine worth of the young man
and from the text "Though Dead He
Yet Speaketh,' he told some of the
things he believed the young man would
say to the living, if he had power to
speak. And although not able to speak
by andible utterances, Mr.. Pepper
showed that Anstin Smith still speake
by good example and through the
memory Of an exemplary life. The
pastor exhorted his hearers 20 greater
devotion to the country for which Smith
laid down his life, his address being
filled with patriotic reminders of the
duty which the living owe to their
country for which Austin Smith made
the supreme sacrifice.
The services at the grave were in
charge of the Masonic fraternity and at
the close o this service a squad from
Co. i fired military salute and sound
ed "Taps,' and thus was this splendid
young man laid to rest.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
Americana Open Korean Mine.

The Seoul Press announces that an
arrangement has been made to work
n gold and silver mine at Chaidong,
Kuyongmyon. Yangtok district, South
Pyongando, with a capital Of LOCO 600
yen. 100000 yen being subscribed by
Koreans and the rest by Americans,
Preparation is now being made to erect
a refinery. The mine is believed to be
exceedingly rich In gold and silver, the
vein Of ore being from II to % feet
in thickness. and the concession being
5000, 900 tsubo In AREA.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
An Observing Frenchman.

Besides being good fighters, the
French are keen-witted and observing.
In Normandy there is sign up at the
entrance of field: "Horses taken to
grass. Reasonable rates. Horses with
long tails, franc day. Horses with
short tails, so centimes day." On
being asked why he made this strange
distinction. the farmer explained that
a horse with a short tail is so wor-
ried by flies that he hasn't time to
Craze. while horse with long tail
can flick off the flies and eat grass at
the same time.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE

Garfield county has been visited this
week by J. K. Board of Steamboat
SPRING, n talented gentleman of the
legal fraternity, vino n candidate on
the Republican ticket for the office of
district judge. Not only is Board =
good lawyer. hut he is n very likeable
fellow and has made many friends dur.
ing his brief visit to this county. The
more yon see of Mr.. Board the more
you will be convinced that he is mighty
fine material out of which to make a
district judge. Listen to his story and
give him careful confederation, for he
is worthy.
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
REPUBLICAN TICKET

For United States Senator
LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS
For Representative 68th Congress-
STRAUD M. LOGAN
For Judges of Supreme Court
HASLETT PLATT BURKE
JOHN H. DENISON
For Governor
OLIVER H. SHOUP
For Lieutenant Governor
GEORGE STEPHAN
For Secretary of State
WILL R. MURPHY
For Auditor of State
ARTHUR M. sTONG
For State Treasurer
HARRY E. MULNIX
For Attorney General
VICTOR E. KEYES
For Suerpintenednt Public Instruction
FLORENCE NJ. sTOTE
For Regents University of Colorado
CHARLES R. DUDLEY
For District Judge
JOSEPH K. BOARD
For Representative 22nd General As
sembly, Garfield and Rio Blanco
Counties
JOHN L. NOONAN
For County Clerk and Recorder
OLE THORSON
For County Sheriff
R. P. MALABY
For County Treasurer
J. A. MacRAE
For County Assessor
8. h. COULTER
For County Surveyor
F. F. PARK
For County Superintendent of Schools
NELLIE D. BROWN
For County Coroner
L. G. CLARK
For County Commissioner lst District
L. F. GRACE
The Glenwood post., 1918-10-19
sAN1TAR1uM NOTES

VIM. Mccoy of Grand Junction came
to the sanitarium Sunday, threatened
with pneumonia, but was able to leave
Tuesday.
Miss Emma Meehan Of Leadville, who
was operated last week for gallstones,
ia showing very nice improvement.
DR.. Kemble, who left his practice in
Denver three years sso On seeount Of