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The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
Those Who Know.

From The Fort Smith Times Record.
 Obligatory military training is ap- proved by those who have under gone 1t. Nearly nine thousand men at Camp Grant voted for and against the proposition and the vote stood: For S.6S0, against, 256. Mili- tary training as preparation against war, be it understood-be fits the young, bodily, mentally and morally-as the work is carried on in the carefully supervised camps of the national army. Boys return ing from the camps all show im- provement in their carriage and de- pertinent. It will redeem and save thousands of boys inclined to go wrong by keeping them under wholesome restraint and giving them regular work and teaching them regular habits. It makes bad boys good and good boys better.
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First it rained, then it snow Then it sleet, then 1t blew, Then 1t friz. then il thew.

HtH ll IIi1s tlftll u IntW,
 Chilling all of us thru and thru, Till little Johnnie said he knew
 Twas the worstest weather he'd
 got into
 Since that winter in Alaska.
 The weather and the war are the chief topic or conversation in Ar kansas, and just now the weather is closer to us than the war.
 The fourth heavy snow of the season fell in Little Rock Saturday, while the greater part of the sec ond and third were still on she ground.
 Below-zero weather. snow-bound communities. impossible roads, riv- CTS and creeks frozen over, four times the normal snow fall for a whole year, industries closing down, churches and schools suspended, business demoralzed, shortage of coal and wood, constant fear of gas shortage in localities that depended upon gas. eggs gone to seven cents a-piece and every other eatable in proportion, pneumonia and kindred diseases on the increase because of the unpreparedness Of the people for such extreme conditions of weather as have prevailed thruout the state.
 The oldest nhahitant has lost his occupation of reminding us of what happened when he was a boy, for all admit that nothing like this ever happened in Arkansas before.
 Little Rock, because of it's de- pendencc upon utilities of public service, has suffered greatly.
 When this is written the people living in the suburban districts of
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the city have been walking to their offices and their work for ten days. The street railway company has been able to open it's tracks only with a pick and shovel, the ice be- ing caked between the rails. Labor is scarce and 30 to 30 cents an hour has been no inducement to negroes who preferred to knock white balls about on a green table in the pool rooms, still there are some who in- sist that it's franchise should be for feited because if is not giving scry- ice. Just how such a course would improve the service, the objectors do not know.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
BELGIAN KING OUTLINES
 HIS FORMULA FOR PEACE
Absolute Independence Is Required By His People, Albert Tells Pope
 Benedict.

Havre, Jan. 25.-King Albert, in setting forth Belgiums peace terms, in reply to Pope Benedict's peace note of last August, declares that Belgium requires absolute, political, economic and territorial independ- ence.
 The note of the Belgium govern ment says in part:
 The royal government, as soon as 1t received the message of your holiness to the heads of the belig- erents, hastened to reply that it would study with the greatest def erence the propositions the docu- ment exposed in such elevating lan- guage.
 At the same time it desired par ticularly to express it's lively and profound gratitude for the particu- lar interest the Holy Father mani fested in the Belgian nation and of which the document was new and precious proof
 At the outset of his message the Holy Father took pains Co declare he had forced himself to maintain impartiality toward all the belig- erents which renders more signiG- cant the judgment of his holiness when he concluded in favor of the total evacuation of Belgium and the re-establishment of full independ- ence and also recognized the right of Belgium for damages and the cost of the war.
 At the beginning of September the royal government informed his holiness that it must reserve decis- ion regarding it's action on the pro- positions contained in the message until the powers at war with Bell gium had clearly made known their war aims. It added that in any case Belgium would make no pronounce ment on general peace conditions and the reorganization of interna- tional relations except in full ac- cord with the powers guaranteeing 1t full independence, that have done honor to it's obligations toward her and whose arms fight with hers for the cause Oi the right.
 Nothing has modified the situa- ton that existed at the moment the royal government made known that point of view to his holiness.
 The integrity of Belgium, the territory of the mother country and colonies, political, economic and military independence without condition or restriction, reparation for damage suffered and the guar antees against the renewal of the aggression of i9i4-such remains the indispensable conditions of just peace so far as concerns Belgium. Any settlement that would not rec ognize them would shake the very foundations of justice since it would forevermore he established that in international domains the violation of rights create a claim for it's au- thor and may become source of profit.
 Since the royal government a year ago formulated its conditions it permits itself tO recall that the reichstag voted resolutions called peace resolutions. The chaneellors and ministers of foreign affairs have followed each other in the Ger man empire, and more recenty in the central empires and have pub lished notes replying to the message of his holiness. but never word has been pronounced and never a line written clearly recognizing the indisputable rights of Belgium that his holiness has not ceased to recog- nize and proclaim"
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EARLY PAYMENT OF INCOME
 TAXES WILL HELP UNCLE SAN
Jack Walker, Collector of Internal Revenue for Arkansas Explains
 Situation.

The following from Jack Walker collector of internal revenue, Little Rock, is self-explanatory:
 Taxpayers are authorized under the law to postpone payment of their income tax until June i5, but may fulfill their obligations to the federal government for the current year by paying their taxes at the time the return is filed By so-do- ing taxpayers will not only relieve themselves of further annoyance, but will render additional patriotic service to our government by re- plenishing the United States treas ury at time when most needed.
 The War Revenue Act of October 3, 1917. authorizes a discount at the rate of 3 per cent per annuam for advance payment of income taxes, but where the tax is shown to be only a few dollars at would hardly justify the taxpayer to figure the discount. For example, if the tax shown to be due is only S20 and is paid on the first of February the discount figured at the rate of per cent for i35 days tor until June i5) will only amount to p cents.
 The payment may be made by check or money-order, payable to the Collector of Internal Revenue, and delivered to any deputy collec- tor or attached Go the return and mailed direct to Jack Walker, Col- lector, at Little Rock, Arkansas; and lit is urgently requested that all who possibly can will avail themselves of this patriotic service and pay their taxes at the time of fixing returns
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SHOT DOWN GERMAN PLANES.
American Aviators Prove Better
 Marksmen in Aerial Battle.

poris, Jan. 2i.-David Putnam, of Brooklyn, Mass, and Austin Trehore of New Jersey, American aviators in the French army, were commended January i9 after both had shot down German aeroplane. Trehore had been rejected by the American aviation officials because of defective ear.
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Horse Meat Served lo EnaIish

London, Jan 24.-At a meeting of the butchers of Morrow yesteday one of their members said the shortage of meat had become so se- rious that the authorities had asked him to start killing horses and he was beginning this week with a hundred head Horse meat, he said would perhaps not be very palatable to some. but it had to come.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
GERMANS TAKE BRITISH TANK
 TO BERLIN TO SHOW HOW RUN
Was Driven Thru the Streets of Berlin Under It's Own Power and
 Is Now On Exhibition.

Amsterdam, Jan. 23.--An undam- aged British tank, captured by the Germans at Canhrai, was driven thru the streets of Berlin under it's own power a few days ago. accord ing to information received here and it is now on exhibition there.
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It is rumored that Ex-Czar Nich- olas has escaped from Siberia and his whereabouts is unknown. Ker- ensky also has faded from view, Lenine and Trotzky will probably soon join the disappearing process sion. Such is the destiny of dicta- tors in Russia.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31

The newspapers of Arkansas paid more attention last year to fire pre- vention than ever before. The fire loss ratio last year was less than ev- CT before. Another tribute to the power of the press" which is real and vital factor in everyday life.
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It is stated that there are before Congress i3,f67 measures to be act cd upon, that came over from the extra session. Of these about i3,367 should be permitted to re- pose quietly "in committee while Congress gives it's attention to the really important matters of the ses- sion.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31

Lame back may come from over work. cold settled in the muscles of the back. or from disease. In the two former cases the right remedy is BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT. Ii should be rubbed in thoroughly over the affected part, the relief will be prompt and satisfactory. Price 25c. soc and @00 per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co-Adv.
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Avoid irregularity of the bowel it leads to chronic con- stipation; a condition that poisons the blood and breeds disease. Prick ly Ash Bitters restores regularity and puts the system in order. Jack son Drug X Furniture Co, and Gum nels Drug Store, special agents Ady
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SOME HOT POINTS.
Clean fues cause no regrets.
A shingle roof covers a multitude of fire possibilities.

Insurance doesn't brink back to earth the grain that has gone up in smoke. It doesn't restore any other kind of wealth that the flames have consumed. Fire is the worst waist or
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With ali the loss and damage growing out of the war, it is en- couraging to know that those con- gressional salries have suffered nc curtailment at the hands of the in- come tax collector.
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When you have backache the liver or kidneys are sure to be out of gear. Try Sanol, it does wonders for the liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial 35c bottle will convince you. Get it at the drug store. Adv.
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CompeIIed by Weather.

An embargo on everything but food, fuel and munitions has been under consideration for several days. Up to last night however, the di- rector general was not favorable to a general embargo, believing that railroads soon would be able to move the entire volume of accum- ulated freight This hope was shat tered last night by the continuation of bad weather and snow almost ev- anywhere east of the Mississippi.
 A threatened serious coal short age in New York also is said to have hastened the decision.
 Indications today were that hard weather would continue thru most of the week and railroad adminis- tration officials intimated that they looked for little improvement in the transportation situation before Sat- urday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
For Indigestion, Constipation or
 RiIiousness

Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAx-FOS WITH PEpSfN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and reccr 3mendcd to the public by Paris Medi- ciac Gc,, manufacturers ofLaxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's TasteieSs chill Tonic.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
FREIGHT EMBARGO
 ON EASTERN ROADS
On Director General McAdoO's Or ders Only Food, Fuel and War Munitions Will Be Moved
 Step Compelled by Weather.

Washington, Jan. 23.-An embargo on all freight except food, fuel and war munitions on the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Ohio east of the Ohio river and the Philadelphia and Reading was authorized today by Director Gen eral MeAdoo.
 The action was taken on recom- mendation of A. H. Smith, assistant director general in charge of trans portation in the east. No reference was made to the recommendation for an embargo submitted last night by Fuel Administrator Garfield. The embargo is temporary and is expected to last only a few days.
 "0n account of the extremely se- we're weather which has particular ly affected operation of railroads crossing the Alleghany mountains, said the railroad administration committee. Director General Me- Adoo, upon the recommendation of Regional Director Smith has au- lhorized him to place an embargo upon all freight except food fuel and such war munitions and war supplies as are specifically approved by the war department upon the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts burgh. Baltimore X Ohio east of Ohio river and the Philadelphia X Reading for the purpose of enabling those lines to continue specializing upon coal for the double purpose of supplying the acute conditions. in New England and the harbor of New York and elsewhere and in the pro- vision of empty cars for mines and coke ovens.
 The practical effect of this order will not greatly change conditions of the last few days, it was stated by railroad administration officials, since local embargoes already have been declared by many eastern rail- roads.
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piIes Cured ln 6 to | 4 Days.

Your druggist will refund money If pAzo OINTMENT fails to cure any case Of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles In to i4 lays
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Expenditures of Polk County

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ToIIiver Puneture-Proof Inner Tube
 Guaranteed 5000 miles without a puncture-if you do get a puncture you get a new tube free Investigate. Proctor Smith Garage.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-07
BUSINESS THRIFT AND
SOUND JUDGMENT HAS
GOVERNOR NORBECK

While Gov. Norbeck's announce
ment of his candidacy for the
nomination for governor seems a
mere form as far as the necessity
for pushing a campaign Is con
cerned, yet 1t is not the nature of
the governor to sit back and wait
for things to come his way. And
while II looks as II he will have no
opposition In the Republican pri-
maries. II is to be expected that he
will express himself as Is right and
fit, in a live campaign.
Peter Norbeck undertook the re-
sponsibility OF the governorship with
the promise Of working out a
multiplicity of vital questions touch
ing the interest and welfare of
every class OF people. To even his
friends who understood his rock
ribbed zeal and capabilities, il
looked like a large order: but the
measures sta mped with the sssur-
ance of his personal and official
responsibility have been put into
successful operation-to the credit
of the governor and the state. The
solution Of the legislative end OF
the work was made easier by pre-
vious legislative experience as mem
Der of the state legislature for two
terms and lieutenant governor for
one term.
For a wonder, no oae has a grudge
against Gov. Norbeck as a man OF
means; on the contrary his wealth
Is considered as indicative OF bust
ness thrift and sound judgment.
He expresses himself on many oc-
casions as being proud of the occu-
patton. well-drilling. which he fol-
lowed until his election as governor.
In war matters the governor Is
iDdefatigable in cooperating with
the government. His trip to the
training camps In the interest OF
the soldier boys, won a warm place
for him in the minds of the people.
His example Of patriotism and 10y
atty is beitting the executive Of
the state of which he Is a native
Salem Pieneer- Register.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-07
Cane Horn Storms.

The waters of Cape Horn have new
er been unvisited by storms for nor
than a week or two at a stretch within
the memory OF man.. Standing on the
outpost Of the world, Cape Horn is the
meeting place Of ocean currents Of
very different temperatures, from the
Icy cold waters Of the Antarctic drift
to the warmth of the Brazilian and
Peruvian return currents. The pre-
vailing winds are from the northwest
md west, and these. coming from the
warm regions Of the Pacific, condense
into fogs which the sailors call Cape
Horn blankets and which are the sure
forerunners Of storms. The extremely
low levels to which the glaciers of
TERN del Fuego descend, soil, the
meeting of conflicting winds OF very
different temperatures. are all direct
causes combining to make this the
most constantly stormy region In the
world
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-03-07

There are no more people in the
world than ever, several million less
in fact, since the beginning of the
war. Mother Earth is just as prolific
as ever although, of course, we lack
labor and power to make our maxi
mum crops.
Only a few months ago it was the
fashion, even in the Agriculture De-
partment OF the United States and in
many of the colleges, to advocate a
smaller rather than a larger produc-
ton, arguing that the greater the
crop, the less the price to the farmer.
Even IN peace times this was the
rankest folly because, while a few
farmers who had the yield could
make money. the others who had no
yield would have to pay the inflated
prices.
But now in war times, America
must stand the brunt of the food
campaign and any mar who does not
do his best upon the acres intrusted
TO his care, Is a traitor to his country
as much as the dastards who are set
ting fire to military and commissary
stores. In ordinary times an ordi-
nary yield would about satisfy our
hunger until the advent of a new
harvest, but in war times it will not
do to live from hand to mouth. We
must have one, two, and perhaps
three years surplus in store to feed
our armies and the stricken families
OF our poor Allies.
Every man must produce all the
food stufs he can and every acre
must be given its quota and held to
its plentiful fulhllment.
The question of raising wheat in
the northwest is one of the greatest
problems of the war. In 1909, &C
cording to the 1910 census, we raised
more wheat on less acres than we did
in 1915, when America produced its
greatest crop. 1t is now up to us
farmers Of the northwest TO prove
that we are the best farmers in the
world, that fifteen or sixteen bushels,
which has been our average yield per
acre shall become our minimum yield
per acre and average showed up
at least another bushel-easily 20
bushels II we but do the things which
we know should be done.
What are these things?
First, we must unite upon a uni
form variety of the seed wheat best
adapted to this climate and soil.
Other wheats are good, but Marquis
seems 10 be the one preferred by the
breadmakers Of the world on account
OF its stronger gluten.