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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
OTTAWAN WITH THE
1O8TH ENGINEERS
NOW IN LUXEMBOURG
lContinued from Page -

had lived OIL cats and dogs to keel
from starving. AT this place the Ger
mans had destroyed the dam and
flooded the town, and our company
was detailed to rebuild 1.-THE dam
and two bridges.
We picked up many souvenirs mere.
few days ago, at liaHnOnyille, tive
civilians returned to the place where
their home had been and when theI
saw that 1t had been only partly de
mOished the man and woman Wept for
joy. Poor people! When they come
back to their villages and find moth
ing but debris remaining they viii
need all the courage they possess
No one who has not been over here
can realize what real suffering is
France has an awful burden TO shoul
der. / hope she is equal 10 the oc
casion, To me now the war seems
ages ago and like nightmare. Moth
| ing would please me more than t.
never hear another word spoken on
| the subject. What we have all passed
II
| through these past months seems bu
hazy dream, and often | come Il
| with a start and ask myself, Wa
there really a war? Strange, isn't 1t
! But has the way the aftermath ha'
! left me, and yet have been fortunate
to pull through without scratch ant
very little sickness to speak of.
The scenery about Luxembourg il
most beautiful, truly magnificent
Germany occupied this country. bu
didn't destroy a twig or leaf OF tn
| whole land 1t was a relief to &c
away from the part of France Wher
one saw only ruins and the result 0
war. The people here are most dc
ightful and hospitabie; they canno
do enough for us. They all spea
German, 50 | am IN clover as far a
talking goes, thanks to my Germal
at Lewis. Talk of feather beds, W
have the real thing here.
From the looks of things ! fear
won't be able to get 10 see the folk
IN England, DuL SDillt udS' HhcH !
rich ca man. | can take the tri
the way | should like to.
In the house across the street
dance is going on. A LUXemburge
got out his concertina and is playin
for all he is worth, Ny pals are dom
the Dutch polka with six or seye
buxom frauleins, and from the nois
they are making must be having
jolly time.
our division was to have been a
tached TO the army OF occupation, bu
orders were changed, and what "
re going to do or where we are goin
is more than any of US know. We az
! still marching and drilling.
Excuse me for this lengthy epist
=, but have 50 much to tell that
think you will be interested in. VII
+ love. WALTER
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
True Version of Cinderella.

Cinderella never had 4 glass shoe.
This is sad but true. The pretty
story Of the Cinder Girl came from the
French and the author made Cinderel-
la wear IA ''punt0utle en- vair," slipper
fur. There is French word 'verre'
which means glass, and the translator
mistook 'yaire' for ''yerre" and con
sequently history records Ciuder Ella
as wearing Il glass slipper.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
COMMITTEE OF FIVE
TO PICK COMMISSIONER

Al committee consisting of George
II. Crowden, Freeman Carter, j, G..
I,augman, Thomas w. Smurr and
Ralph Green, was named today by
Chairman George o. Grover of the
South Side Voters organization to
select from their section of the city
a suitable candidate to run for com
missioner at the Spring primary and
election.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
SOCIETY NOTES

There viii be a board meeting OF
the Ottawa Woman's Club Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. IS, at 2:3o o'clock in
library Hall.
A meeting Of the educational and
.ivics departments Of the Ottawa
Woman's Club will be held at the
nome of Mrs. Fred Sap in Eastwood
IN Wednesday, Jan. 20, al 3 o'clock
Mrs. w. d. Duncan will be the leader
If the afternoon and Will have paper
IN Community Health
. d q
Seventeen members Of the Chris
ian Endeavor society Of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church attended the
business meeting held last evening
n the parlors of the church. The
work of the organization for the COM
ng year was discussed, and Miss
Miriam Farnsworth was appointed
chairman of committee to select a
play for the members Of the organ
cation to stage, next month. 1t was
llso decided to take charge of the
evening church service on Sunday
evening, February 2 At the close
If the business session a social houl
vas held and dainty refreshments
we're served by the social committee
y Il d
Miss Charlotte KornOelje enter
aimed a number of young people al
Ter home, $50 Adams street, last ev
ming with an informal evening par
y The evening was spent with must
md games and dainty refreshments
we're served by the hostess.
About one hundred people attended
he special meeting and initiation o
'lornce Rebekah lodge, last evenin'
| the Odd Fellows hall Nine can
lidates were initiated into the order
At the close of the business session
social hour was held and very fn'
| upper was served.
p * p
A special meeting and initiation o
| )liyet White Shrine No. IS, will b,
| l2ld on next Tuesday, January 2Sth
t the Masonic Temple At 4:30 il
| ne afternoon an initiation will b.
| lrld at which time the degrees wi
le conferred by the supreme past q,
icers. A supper will be served a
o'clock in the dining room, and il
he evening an initiation will b
'eld.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25

In 1907, on the union Of Scotland,
Great Britain became the official
name of the British kingdom, and so
constituted until the union with Ire
land in 1901. Since January l, 1907,
the official naHe of the kingdom, in
Guiding England, Wales, Ireland and
Scotland, and the,ncishboring smaller
islands, is the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
Nst.te's Great Wisdom.

There is something so sublimely pos
tive in nature. She never kills for the
is tut one step in the vast weaving of
the wen of life. She has no process
of { -struction which, as you turn it to
the other side and look st it in what
you l.now to be its truer fight, you do
no. 5ce to De the process of construc-
tioL.-Phillips Brooks.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
PORTUGUESE BATTLE
SHIP BOMBAROS
MOMARCHiST FORCES

Lisbon, Jan 25-,The battleship
Vasco Dagama and ali Of the batter
les in the Lisbon fort concentrated
their fire today against the monarch
list forces gathered at Monsanto. The
royalists replied The wireless sta.
lion, which was taken over by the
monarchisis. was destroyed.
The banks are being guarded by re
publican troops.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
Fol Exclamation.

Arnold could not bear to have any
thing go smucked of femininity ap-
piled :, = nself or his tiny baby broth
er. Cna .ay Arnold was keeping his
eye on the baby carriage while the
mother STEPPED into the apartment. A
woman pas. iag looked into the car
riage and Sc 'lg the infant said: Isn't
She Il SWEET child?" Arnold, indignant,
replied: "l;e amt no she; it's a him"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
City and Vicinity
News

An announcement was received IN
Ottawa today of the birth Of baby
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. w. 7. Rice
on Sunday, Jan. II, at their home in
Los Angeles, Cal Mrs. Rice was Tor
merly Miss Moreno McCully, well
known Ottawa girl.
William Erdman of Corinth, Iowa
who has been spending the past week
visiting relatives III Ottawa, returned
20 his home today.
Stanley Rummler and Arthur
Thomas Thomas OF Grand Ridge wer'
Ottawa visitors last evening.
Lincoln Bundy of Streator visited
friends in Ottawa last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Bagley OF West
Main street are the proud parents OF
a baby daughter born Wednesday.
Misses Peggy Welch and Lucille
Chalet were among the young peop-e
from Utica attending the dancing
party given by the South Ottawa
Pleasure Club last evening.
Miss Mary Pack, the hot lunch eX
pert of the University OF Illinois, spent
the past two days in Ottawa, the
guest of Miss Helen Glotfelter on
Chapel street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Lucky o
Grand Ridge were Ottawa visitors las
svenng. II
Wilson Mers OF Utica was an o'
Java visitor last evening.
Miss Elizabeth Malcolm of Wes'
ottawa visited friends in Streator to
| lay.
Miss Mary billiard, of the BurroW'
lpaIrments, went to Chicago TINS
| morning for a short visit with iri"""
MIR. and Mrs. c. b, Chapman ahc
| Mrs. Duncan McDOugall attended tht
ilneraI of T.. Ward in Marseilles yes
| erday afternoon.
1T. !. W. Petit IS spending the da'
Chicago on BUSINESS.
f. 4. Mercer was in Utica on bust
Tess this morning.
Al Finley, who is attending Brown
Business College in this city, j
| spending the week end at his home
| North of Utica.
| Mrs. A. p. Hahn and two children
vent to Peru this morning for yisi
With relatives,
Charles Hahn was La Sale busi
less visitor yesterday.
w. A. King of Streator made bus
less visit to Ottawa today.
| Miss Marjorie Kelly of Chicago,
ormer Ottawa resident, arrived i
| ottawa this afternoon for a shor
isit with friends.
Rose Marco of West JetfersO
treet has gone to Serena to spen
he week end with her parents, NJ
nd Mrs. Edward Marco.
Attorney George J. Glenn is spen,
ng few days in Chicago visitin
trends.
George Dieterich of Hayes stree
listed friends in Chicago today.
Edward HoXsey of Dayton visite
riends in Ottawa today
Miss Matilda Kettle Of West Jacl
on street went 10 JOLIET today for
hort visit with friends.
William Davidson of Utica was a
ottawa visitor today.
H. j, Ruckrigal of Post street wer
0 Chicago today on a business visi
Elmer Irwin of Utica transacte
BUSINESS in Ottawa today
w. A, Lane went to Streator on
BUSINESS visit
John lohr has returned to h
home in Trinity, y. c. after a Wis
With his brother William Lohr
Vest Ottawa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25

The amateur STUDENT of statistics
will rad plen5y tG ponder over in the
figures as 20 the distribution of deaf
muteS Throughout the world. A re-
cent report on this phase of the cen
sus of the Ualted States gives the pro-
portion IA t. :; per 100000. and shows
that in the eloup of countries whose
figures is 30 or less all are English
speaking except HuIIand.-Oregonian
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25

When Baby was sick we gave her
Castoria
When she |as Child she cried for
Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to
Castoria.
When she had Children she gave them
Castoria
Ottawa Woman's Club.
The educational and civic depart
ments win hold a meeting We'd, Jan.
20. at 3 o'clock at the home Of Mrs.
Fred Sapp.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
Ottawa Woman's Club.

A meeting of the board of directors
of the Woman's club will be held
Tuesday. Jan IS, at 23O, in Library
hall
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago market repor: furnished to
the Free 1'rader-Journal by W. L
Etnyre, member of Chicago Board OF
Trade, Moloney building. phone 1C4l
Correspondent Lamson Bros. & Co..
Chicago.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
IL Depends.

Whether a woman is good looking
depends largely on whether you are
speaking of her face or to her face
Wilmington News.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25

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lttendea tho dancirg Marty s;vo, by
he memhare of the South ottav,,
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min fo,. tho do,oi,e
ne Altar ana hosary society OF -
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give d motion picture entitled THE
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-25
Concernlna Minds.

Minds, boui.lou cubes and tlayoring
extracts are very much alike. They
become stronger by concentration.
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FORDS START EASY IN COLD
WEATHER with our new 1919 car
buretors; "a miles per gallon; use
cheapest gasoline or half kerosene;
increased power: STYLES for any
motor; very slow on high; attach il
yourself; big profits to agents; money
back guarantee; 30 days trial AIR
FRICTION CARBuRETOR co, $50
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The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
Would stop Property Destruction.

''N1fA CNSP ACP~Aty 0NoSi hNttOns
 Board Camp, Ark, April 21, 1919. To The Star:
 In regard to the vat destruction, do we stop to think whose property it is and for what purpose the vats were built? We must not take into con- sideration the slackers and those in whose hands it has fallen. The pur- pose is all right, but the way it is run is different. Let me say, boys, this blowing up vats is not the way to do business. You have blown up my property and that of my friends, please quit it. Don't repeat it. Let's make arrangements to settle it when the legislature meets next time. for one am going to dip my stock when they are ticky if I have to build a vat of my own, but I am not going to let some long haired hireling or sucker dictate when or where I am to do it. l am easily told but hell to drive. Boys, let's be fullblooded Americans and do right, treating the other fellow as we would be treated Do not destroy his or her property We can get rid of the ticks and the ticky outfit that wants to run things and still not destroy property. sure ly do not approve of it. Let's not be called bolshevists. I know every man for twelve square miles around. and that includes you. Please stop it and we will fix it at the next election.
 Your friend,
 Charles Sanford, M. D.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
MENA EVIDENCE FOR MENA
 PEOPLE.

The Statements of Mena Residents
 Are Surely More Reliable Than
 Those of Utter Strangers.
 Home testimony is real proof
 Public statements of Mena people carry real weight.
 What friend or neighbor saws compels respect.
 The word of one whose home is fa, away invites your doubts.
 Here is Mena mans statement
 And it's for Mena peoples benefit
 Such evidence is convincing.
 That's the kind of proof that backs Doan's Kidney P lis.
 5. Badt, merchant, 606 Seventh St, says: 'Doan's Kidney Pills are certainly the best kidney medicine I ever used and many people to whom
 nave recommended them speak in the highest terms of their curative powers. l suffered with backachs "a, couple of years and finally usad Doan's Kidney Pills. Doars fixed nr my kidneys in good shape p r
 OVER FIVE YEARS LATED Mr Badt said: "We still use Doan,s Kid. ney Pills, always with ths same good results. l am never without this fns medicine in the house.n A"s
 Price soc. at all dealers. Don,t simply ask for a kid1ey remedy -ret Deans Kidney Pills--the same ths, Mir Mir. Badt had. Foster-Milburn co co Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y. Adv'.5a
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
Our Congressman.

From the Texarkanian.
 Hon. Otis T. Wingo, congressman from this district, is an honored guest of Texarkana for a few days. The hand of every citizen is extended in warmest greeting. No man ever held more universal honor and genuine es- teem from his constituency.
 Mir. Wingo is decidedly the strong est man in the congressional delega- tion from the state. This is not said in dispragement of any other able representative from Arkansas, every one of whom is a credit to the state. It is not said in fulsome fattery of an individual It is but the truthful statement of fact borne out by the record of events.
 He has made good at every point, and in every crucial moment, from the day he first entered the halls of con gress at Washington.
 Endowed by nature with a superior type of mental ability. poise and dis erection, grounded upon a developed character of unswerving integrity, he has made no foolish mistakes, but has achieved great things, and grown to national prominence in our nations affairs, carving out for himself a se- cure position of leadership among the safest and ablest statesmen of our country. His proper place is in the Senate, and there comes day that will see him there.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
nYNAMIrINc DIPPING MS.

Polk county. thru the acts of a very enall number who evidently have little regard for law and the property of skeir neishbors. is obtaining a reputa- ssaa that will do much 10 discredit it ;n the eyes of the world, snd at the sssss time cost the taxpayers many Aundreds of dollars. This loss will come from two sources, the destruc- essa of dipping vass paid for from the pockets of the people who built them, and that. in the end. will be rebuilt, and from the fact that such obstruc- .aive tactics will make necessary the proiongation of the tick eradication work from year to year, all at the ex- pense and trouble and loss of time, until such period as the quarantine can be lifted. And. all that time. the stock business will suffer, better grades of cattle cannot be successfully raised. and the animals that are produced will be penalized from $6 to $l0 head on the markets when offered for sale.
 Certainly the losses are heavy.
 This work of eradication of the fever tick did not begin. and will not end, as some would appear to think. in Polk county The movement was started years ago in the states north and enst, and has, year by year, pressed ever soufhward and thousands upon thous- ands of square miles have been cleared 9p and the quarantine removed. Much -sf our state already is in the clean area. and it may Ee stated as certain thing that the work will go forward until the gulf coast and the borders of Mexico are reached.
 it is doubtful. also, if in any county or territory in the entire country the work was carried to completion with out some opposition. but while many time this has delayed the work. it is not of record that it ever stopped it. 1t is not probable that it will stop ii in Polk county. but 1t already has hindered 1t, and added to the people burdens.
 It would seem, then, that the sane and sensible thing to do is for every lawabiding citizen to join in making quick and effective job of the eradi- cation of the stock pest. end the ef- fort in few months, stop the trouble of the frequent clippings. the expense of providing supervision and ehemi- calls. and then grow better stock and % unhampered to the best markets and secure the best prices.
 This is the sort of logic that appeals to The Star. and somehow it feels that is is better brand and will meet the approval of more people than will tha, of the few men who. by their unlaw- fnl acts and encouragement of unlaw- fui acts, undertake to stop a movemen, that thus far has not been stopped, and probably will not be.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
BETTER FARMING HINTS
Do Not Plant Cotton on the
 Ridges.


 Planting cotton on ridges is ob- jectionable in spite of the fact that most of the cotton in the South is planted in this way, according to ex- periments conducted by the Arkansas Experiment Station. It is true that ridges warm up more rapidly in the spring, but they cause the soil to dry out rapidly in dry weather and high ridges interfere with the prop CT use of the horse-drawn cultivating instruments. The latter condition makes necessary excessive hoeing. These objections may be largely over- come by dragging the beds down to the proper heighth with a section harrow or other implement just be- fore planting. Only a low ridge is necessary on ordinary land. A good "water" furrow between rows is suf- ficient and on sandy, well-drained land level planting may be safely practiced if the seed are not cov- cred too deeply.
 Have Plenty of Forage for Hogs.
 In order to have plenty of green feed for hogs, plant soy beans, cow peas, sorghum or peanuts any time before the first of July, planting each crop in such way as to have plenty of feed at all times. Plant soy beans at the rate of one-half bushel in rows or one and one-half bushels broad cast. These will mature in 90 to 12O days. Cowpeas seeded at the same rate mature in 75 to 90 days. Sor- ghum planted at the rate of one and one-half bushels broadcast will ma ture in from so to 90 days and it is sufficient to plant one and one-half bushels of unshelled peanuts to the acre. Peanuts can be counted upon in 90 to f20 days.
 Teachs Boys to Cook.
 Fourteen boys from 9 to 15 years of age are learning practical cookery under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Peck Mcleod of the Extension Divis- ion at Little Rock. These boys, who are classed as truants, are looked after by the instructors of the De- tention Home in Little Rock and are said to be making remarkable prog ress and are taking keen interest in their work.
 One Acre Nets $1,537.34.
 That crop rotation pays is shown by the fact that MT. Will Nickles produced on one acre of ground dur ing the last year strawberries enough tc bring him S937.34 clear profit. This spring he dug all the plants from this acre and sold them for resetting. These plants gave him a profit of $500. The berry crop and the sale of plants from this one acre netted him $1,537.34 in twelve months time. He will soon plant this same acre to corn, which will be expected to produce from 35 to 40 bushels of corn.
 To Grow Pigs for the Market.
 The fattening of a pig by each boy or girl member in Arkansas for CO., operative market is the phase of the Boys and Girls Pig Club work, which is now being stressed by W. J, Jernigan, club agent of the Agricul- tural Extension Division, University of Arkansas. It is the plan to have the club members purchase uniform pure-bred grade pigs that will weigh from 100 to 250 pounds in the fall and then market them comparatively.
 Solves Help Problem.
 The help problem can be solved on
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
;,, HOWTO. GROW
PEPPERS.

The large sweet peppers are rapid ly gaining favor as garden vegeta- ble. Their culture is comparatively easy; however, the plants must be started indoors and transplanted to the garden.
 The seed is sown and the plants handled in the same way as tomatoes. Where the cultivation is to be entire ly by hand, the plants may be set about eighteen inches apart in each direction. For horse cultivation they should be placed in rows three feet apart and eighteen inches apart in the row.
 Peppers require a rich soil il order to make rapid, tender growth. If the growth is slow, the pods will be small and lacking in crispness.-- United States Department of Agri- culture.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24

the farm as we'll as in the city. A family living in Lafayette county has a modernly equipped country home. They have installed a Delco electric plant for power. The housewife has an electric iron, vacuum cleaner, mo- tor for sewing machine, an electric washer and wringer, lights, an auto matic pump, freless cooker, re- frigerator, an oil stove, and has or dered an electric dishwasher.