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The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
CORRE ESPONDENCE
ALF ALPINES.

March is here, with lots of wind.
 Henry Morris went to Gaston Sat urday.
 Cliff Carter spent Sunday with homefolks.
 J. NJ. Beck went to Womble on busi- ness Saturday.
 Sunday school was organized at Union Hill Sunday. g c. c. White was trading with Wom- ble merchants on Monday.
 R. N Moore and Jim Hoyle took crossties to Wonbie Saturday
 Mir. and Mrs. Chas. Ottoul went to Mena the first of the week to trade.
 N. Hoyle, who has been ill for some time, is able to be up and around nowadays
 w. O. Bowen and wife spent the weekend with their daughter, Mrs. F. L. Cato at Waters
 Mrs. Ella Munday and little chil- dren from Opal spent Sunday at the J M. Beck home.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wayne Beck spent Saturday night at the Bowen home near Sulphur Creek.
 Miss Nora Farless and brother, Roy, of Kates Creek, spent Sunday with friends here.
 Misses Martha and Malinda Abee spent Sunday as the guests of Miss Mayme Reecer at Red Hill.
 Mrs. Elmer Marlborough and daugh- ters from near Blood Springs, spent Sunday with Mrs. R. N. Moore.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clip Edwards are residents of our little burg now, liv- ing in the Edwards tenant house,
 Real Estate Agent Davis was up from Womble the first of the week looking after minerals in our locality.
 Robert Carter and sister, Gerty, spent Saturday night and Sunday with their sister, Mrs. David Beck at Slatington.
 Mir. and Mrs. Marlin Goodman and Miss Rosa Riser went to Mena Mon- day, the ladies to have dental work done, while there.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Morris have moved back to their homestead, after living in the house with Mir. Morris s mother for the past months. MT. and Mrs. Sam Riser, who re- gently came from Piedmont, Mo. ! have moved to Mill No. 2, beyond Red bird, where MT. Riser has employ ment.
 Most all of the earliest gardens are made. The people are all anxious to see an early springs on account ot shortage of feed and shortage oi cronS last yaal-
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
NOTICE TO CONFIRM
QUIET rIrLE

NOlEl IiTLe NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Thu A J. Fair has on this day filed b my office his petition to the ChanceY Court of Polk County, Arkansss wherein he claAns title to the follow ing described lands to-wit:
 The southeast quarter of sectios eight (s) in township four (i) sout, of range thirty-one C3D west, in PoR County, Arkansas, and therein prus the court to grant a decree quieths and confirming his title in and Q said lands.
 NOW, THEREFORE, All person who have or claim any right, tiik or interest in said lands or any psH thereof are hereby warned and raH ed upon to appear in said chancsT Court within six weeks from this das and show cause if any there be, VII the prayer of said petition should not be granted and why the title to sad lands should not be quieted and cca firmed In the petitioner.
 Given under my hand as Clerk { the Chancery Court of Polk CouniI Arkansas. on this 27th day of Januar 1919. w. L. PARKER 2-30 S-6 clers
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
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 a friend or neighbor says compels respect.
 The word of one whose home is far 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 Ills.
 s. Badt, merchant, 606 Seventh St., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are certainly the best kidney medicine I ever used and many people to whom have recommended them speak in the highest terms of their curative powers. I suffered with backache for couple of years and finally used Doan's Kidney Pills. Doans fixed up my kidneys in good shape"
 OVER FIVE YEARS LATER MT. Badt said: "We still use Doan's Kid ney Pills, always with the same good results. am never without this fine medicine in the house."
 Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kid.ey remedy -get Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that Mir. Badt had. Foster-Milburn O.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.-54
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
WEST VALLEY ITEMS.

Everybody is busy farming and get ting ready for the big 1919 crop. Miss Leila Nichols spent the latter part of the week in Mena, having den tai work done.
 We will organize our agricultural club for 1919 this coming Friday We plan for bigger and better club. Our big debate at West Valley was we'll attended. There will be a de- bate every other Friday. Everybody invited.
 Cap and Bud Nichols came in Fri day from southwest of Mena, where they had been for some 10 days buy ing cattle. They report getting 139 head
 West Valley Bow.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
RIC NEWS FOR ARK KANSAS.

The Star is in receipt of special announcing that the State Highway Department has received word of an increase of from $1 ,250,000 to $4,615,- 900 in the Federal apportionment to Arkansas for roads during the years 1919, 1920 and 1921. In order to make this sum available, however, under Uncle Sam's help-those-who- help-themselyes doctrine, Arkansas ssust match, dollar for dollar the Fed eraI fund, and if this is done, it means that in these years our state will have practically 10 million dol lars for roads, in addition to the 3-mill tax levied by the various coun- ties.
 This means an era of good roads building such as Arkansas has never before known, and the entering into an era of development, commercially, educationally and morally such as can scarce be estimated.
 The urgently vital thing for any ambitious community at this time is 60 get in line for it's part of the bene- fits, and it is splendid thing that Polk county is enthusiastically pre- paring for the good time coming.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Weather is fine and farmers are sowing oats.
 Uncle w. L. Ringgold passed away ot the home of his sister, Mrs. A Grise of Subiaco, Ark, and was laid to rest in the Nunley cemetery Sat. urday.
 Quite crowd attended the candy breaking at the home of Fred Gar. rison Saturday night
 Mir and Mrs. J. L. Shirley visited the Brumley home Sunday
 Quite crowd of young folks of this place went to Standing Rock Sun day and had an enjoyable time. A number of people from here at tended prayer meeting at the Asa Gatlin home Sunday night.
 Farmer
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
MENA MAN IN BOMBING sQUAn
Sergt. J. P. Cornell Writes Homefolks
 of Flights Across Hun Lines.

Sergt. J. P. Council Writes Homefolks
 of Flights Across Hun Lines.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. Cornell are in receipt of a letter from their son, Sergt. J. P. Connell of the 163rd Aero Squadron with the A. E. r. in France, which in a measure is a great relief to them and yet the news it conveys makes them shudder to think of the danger to which he has been exposed, For some time in his letters he has been evasive as to the nature of his work, but now that it is all over he makes a confession to his mother. He writes:
 "For some time you have been ask ing me what l have been doing, and I think that I have not given you a satisfactory answer. We'll, 1 had very good reasons, and now that the reas- ons have been removed, "Ill enlight- en you. Mother worried so much about flying, that I was afraid to tell her just what I was doing in England. l had charge of flight, but just be- fore 1 came to France l started to take instruction in flying. Then, just before 1 finished my course, the order came thru London headquarters that no more fiiers would be commissioned but there was very few observers and that there was chance for the enlisted man with rank of sergeant to train for that. I took the training and stayed with my old squadron We arrived at the front on September 20, and l went Gil flying status Octo- Der l, and was so engaged uhen the armistice was signed. We are a day bombing squad and had worked with the First and Secand armies. made total of IA trips over the lines, and we bombed eight different objectives The funny part is that am still here to tell the tale" Sergeant Connell adds, however. that he had plenty of excitement, but that he will reserve the best to tell when he reaches home In closing his letter he reassures his mother that she need no longer worry about him, since he had been taken off the bying status and was again back as first sergeant of his squad. ron.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
Alleged Kidnappers Released.

The case of State of Arkansas vs. Mrs. Homer Davis and Harvey Grun- dy, on the charge of Kidnapping, was dismissed Monday by Justice s. H. Smith after having granted two con- tinuances last week on account of the illness of the states witnesses. The witnesses were still unable to be in court on Monday, but as a further ground for dismissal was the recom- mendation of Deputy Prosecuting At torney w. Prickett, who found upon investigation that Mrs. Davis had re- ceived a registered letter from the foster parents of her son, asking her to come after the child.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
c CANTALOUPE GROWERS
 TO ORGANIZE IN MENA

The cantaloupe growers who will market their product thru Secretary Eastin of the Commercial Club, will meet at 1:30 o'clock, Saturday, March s, to effect permanent organization, and arrange date for planting seed, as we'll as transaeting such other business as may come before the or ganization.
 Every farmer or truck grower in- terested, especially those who do their trading in Mena, is asked to attend this meeting and have the growing of this crop explained to him. There is no obligation contract asked of the grower, other than that he plant a certain variety of seed at a certain time, and to work in unison with the organization to plant together, work and market together. The market has already been secured.
 Those who have already signed acreage are: J. N. Field, M. KeeSee, G. D. Purcell, J. R. Ogden, H Cramer, Frank Warren, Kaylor & Wyatt, w. R. Long, R. E. Watkins, Chas. E. Smith, Tom Taylor, George York, Claude Clark, J. Y. Starr, c. W. Rain water, J. D. Molter, J. H. Schumacher, F. R. Scott, J. Nj. Bass, A. J. Har- rison, Virgil Wallen, John Myatt, H. E. Crofford, O. P Klein, c. H. Col lins, C. D. Mullinax, W. D. MulIinax, L. T Gothard, J. W. Candy, J. NJ. Pennington, R. H. Dixon, A. Nelson, c. s. Rockwell, c. R. Outright, c. F. Chamblin, W. A. Fitch, A. H. Elem ing, J. F. Brumbelow, Whitsn Barry, D. w. Cannon, J. E. Chambers, W. T. Whittenburg, E P. Titus, J. H. Roger, A. H. Elliott, C. S. Barr and J. W. Holiday
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
BRING TICK ERADICATION
 WORK TO DECISION
Dr. C. A. Jerome of Little Rock, in Conference With Polk County Cat
 tlemen and Officials.

 Dr. c. A. Jerome of Little Rock, in
 Conference With Polk County Cat
 tIemen and Officials.
 Dr. c. A. Jerome of Little Rock, as- sistant inspector in charge of tick eradication, was in Mena Tuesday to meet with representative cattlemen on the matter of continuing the work of tick eradication in Polk county in face of the temporary injunction which restrained the County Judge, County Clerk and County Treasurer from using any of the funds appro- priated for this purpose. The meet ing was held Tuesday afternoon in the office of County Judge H. W. Finger, and was attended by Dr. c. A. Jerome, Grady Hand, in charge of the work in Polk county, G. H. Johnson, Ed. My CTS, W. J. Davis, Harrison Gam, w. E. Watkins and others.
 After thoroly going over the situa- tion two lines of action were decided upon so that in any event the work might be begun at once and carried to cOmpIeIlOu JHlS SedSOus Ohe PAoii is to employ counsel, get in touch with Judge Steel and ask for an im- mediate hearing in chambers on the merits of the injunction, without awaiting the regular April term of court. The other plan is to order a supply of chemicals, guarantee pay ment for the same, and in the event the injunction is dissolved, to look to the county for repayment of the amount expended.
 [ It will be remembered in this con nection that early in February Judge Steel granted temporary injunction restraining County Judge H. ". Fin ger, County Clerk Will Alexander and County Treasurer W. P. Mount ! from allowing claims, drawing war rants or paying the same out of the appropriation made at the adjourned session of the quorum court on No vember IS for the purpose of defray- ing expenses of tick eradication. Mo. Phetrige & Martin, attorneys for Ber Hawkins, J A. Hunter, w. V. Daniels and R. T. Payne and others, secured the temporary restraining order
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
NOTICE TO CONFIRM AND

QUIET IT'LL
 Notice is hereby given, That Ea E. Bales has on this day filed in Hl office his petition to the ChanesT Court of Polk County, Arkans@ wherein he claims title to the ioleF ing described lands to-wit;
 The west half of the southves quarter and the southeast quar'd the Southwest quarter, Of secton 7 in Township 1 south, of Range SV sm in Polk County, Arkansas, and Iass s' in prays the court to grant asc's quieting and confirming his JUS \ and to said lands.
 NOW, THEREFORE,, All persOn. who claim any right. title or ihIslm z in said lands or any part tnefsos s' .s hereby warned and called upon ss @A pear in said Chancery Court ". .. six weeks from this date ana sss, cause if any there be, why the pis,s .,s of said petition should not pc slsuasi Isa.s and why the title to said lanos 2. s.Vas ,N not be quieted and confirmed III petitioner. .,.,t 4
 Given under my hand as Ss rsn,,, the Chancery Court of FOX .ysIr' rssIs Arkansas, on this 22nd day o' "" ary, 1919. ,.pKEe l-zf ot Clerk
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
SAYS POLK COUNTY IS RICH IN MANGANESE AND COPPER
J. B. Dickinson of the Federal Mining Company, Says Will Put in Big Mill.


 Big Mill
 From the Southwest American,
 Slowly but surely Arkansas is coming into her own. can say with out hesitation, speaking from experi- ence, that Polk county is one of the richest spots in the entire southwest, so far as mineral resources go, and predict that re long, Mena will be the Mecca for mining men," said J B. Dickinson, of the Federal Mining Company, last night at the Hotel Main. Mir. Dickinson is widely known as the Original Tulsa booster" and drilled the first oil we'll there nearly twenty years ago.
 Not only is Polk county a great mining field, but this might be ap- piled to other sections of the state, said Mir Dickinson. "The Batesville manganese district is all right but the formation, or geological structure, is totally different from the Mena dis trict. At Batesville they secured ! manganese by a washing process, while in the Mena field they find it in large Assure veins which requires mining and milling similar to the method so long in vogue at Joplin. Crushing and jigging is necessary ir the Mena district
 Manganese and Copper.
 "The large Assure veins near Mena are destined to yield very high value in copper as depth is reached. This opinion is shared by practically every geologist and mineralogist familiar with the geological formation. In fact considerable copper is now being found near Mena.
 Our company expects to build a mill capable of handling 200 tons per day There are several strong com panies just entering the field and will, I understand, build concentrating plants soon. Our holdings are only four miles from town, with excellent roads, but as one gets farther from town the road question becomes a problem. 9 rss
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
Rest Room at nuke-ATagrudcr's.

The carpenters and painters have put the finishing touches on the ladies' rest room being installed on the upper floor in the Duke Magruder Company store, and in few days the room will be opened to the GUS toners of the firm. Fred Duke, the president and manager of the firm, has secured the furnishings, consist ing of a writing table, dresser, rock ing chairs and couch, and upon the receipt of a screen and rugs the fur nishing will be complete.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
q Route Agent for Mena.

In the readjustment of the manage ment of the American Railway Ex- press Company, Mena has been desig- mated as the Headquarters fer g route agent. Clarence J. Wright of Kansas City has been appointed for this place and is expected to arrive this week to take up the work.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
LEG AL NOTICES.
Warning Order

No; 688-In the Chancery Court of
 Polk County, Arkansas. W LIiiie Miller, Plaintiff, vs Joseph Mil
 Ter, Defendant.
 The Defendant, Joseph Miller. is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, Lillie Miller
 Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 4th day of March. 1919. w. L. PARKER, Clerk. Adv. First pub March 6. Last pub. March 27, 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
sergt. Pricae Parker in Germanx.

Sergt. Price Parker, with the Amer, ican Army of Occupation, in overseas service for seven months, writes his mother that while he is in good health and feeling fine, he is longing for the time when he can return home and again enter civil life. As an evidence that he is being we'll cared for, he says that he now weighs t94 pounds as gainst 160 when he entered the service.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Some folks claim one ol the prob iems of the day is What to do with the surplus pork?' It occurs to The Star that there's a lot of folks who would help answer the question if they could buy 1t at a reasonable nries
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Mutt calls attention, in a recent cartoon, to the fact that Russia is the first nation on earth to adopt prohibit tion--and Jeff's rejoinder, "Yes, and look at it now" is all to the good as a joke, even if it has nothing to do with the real merits of the case.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Its going to be tough on the rul- ing class of Germany" says 8 Pung- ent Paragrapher, If the new govern ment is able to go thru with it's latest ruling that those who eat must work ? And it would be equally tough on a lot of our own would-be rulers and general human leeches if the same rule could be applied in the United States. But for all that the rule is far from being bad one. Produce or be of service to the producers is a mighty good doctrine, and an emin- ently fair one, and applies as well to the nabob as to the I. w. w.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED.
February 27.
Auto Hearse Is ComDleted

Alex. Patton undertake, announces that with the acquisition of the motor hearse. he will still retain his horse drawn hearse, and the matter of use of either will be dependant on the choice of the persons requiring the services. The charges will be the same in either case.--Adv. 52S 10-1t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MENA.

What is the present population of Mena?
 Everybody knows all the houses are filled up, and people are doing more or less shifting and doubling lup to get places to live-and, better 1 yet, talk of building is getting to be common.
 Different, quite, from recent years, and quite satisfactory, too. But what is the present population of Mena?
 Probably few people can come very near answering the question correct ly. It has been above five thousand before the railroad division was moved, and it has been-well, the last census gave us 3,953-and since then but let's pass that and figure on the now and the future.
 The Star feels it can state with as- surance that within a very short time-a few weeks at most-it can tell just how many men, women and children live in Mena. The figures will not be based on guess-work, nor on the work of census taker who may get in hurry and skip portion of the city, as was quite definitely proven to be the case in 1910.
 The present figures will be based on a canvass now being made for Mena City Directory. Every house on ev- cry street will be visited, and the name of every adult and boy or girl of school age will be recorded, as well as the number of babies under school age. Repeated checking will be made to prove out any doubtful point, and when all is compiled Mena will have one of the most complete directories possible, and all may know the exact number of inhabitants.
 And when this is ascertained, The Star will tell it-just as it is. There will be no estimating or "abouts, j just plain figures, something like this:
 On the = day of March, 1919, the population of Mena was
 Now just to add little interest, The Star will make a present of a City Directory to the man, woman or child, who, on or before March 15 has filed at the Star office the number that most nearly fills correctly the blank at the end of the above para graph.
 Now, all together: How many peo. pie in Mena?
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Despite the efforts to prevent it, it is becoming evident that there were a good many crooked deals, and a good deal of graft and favoritism in the various war activities. It is interest ing, now that the war is over, that Uncle Sam is doing some digging that promises a cleanup of the guilty ones.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

It is said that competition is the life of business, but if you are not trained you will be but poor com petitor Get your training at the Mena Commercial Cchool. Thoro course in Short Hand, Bookkeeping and Typewriting f0-2t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Will pay cash for Liberty Bonds, War Savings or Thrift Stamps. Can offer good proposition to ladies or men to increase their earnings during spare hours. Lehman Brokerage Co.,, BOA Main St, Ft Worth, Texas.-Adv 55-3t 1O-1t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Vice President Fry of the Common wealth promises to have good band in Mena to celebrate the opening of the White Way. That's the sort of thing that helps put ''pep" into life. Yes, Mena needs, and should have, a hand
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

0, the penalty of selfshnessl Our Southern farmers by the thousands are selling their cotton at fifty dol lars less per bale than they could have had if they had failed in their efforts to block price setting by the government.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
Grove's TasteIess chlIl Tonic

restores vitality and energy by purifying and en- richne the blood. You can soon feel it's Strength enine, Invieoratins Effect Price eoc
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

For Trade A large COW with eight
 months-old calf, for small Jersey that will be fresh soon or giving milk now. Must be a good one. See E. B. Wallace at The Eureka Music Store Adv. 55-3t fO-1t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
WARNING ORDER

WAHINiNS . A Tn the Circuit Court of Polk 00''' Arkansas.
 A q FITZGERALD, Plaintiff
 vs. , NELSON J. MORRIS, Defenoaus BANK OF HATFIELD, Garnlsu'. ls.,. The Defendant. Nelson j. MV,~ {. s,ht warned to appear in this court ,.'a' s'TI e 30 days and answer the coiHp the Plaintiff, . s.a Witness my hand ana .pv ',..,nst said court this 8 tn day oi ngrp 1919 Clert 2-13 3-6
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
Danger Far Removed

If should kiss you what would happen?"
 "Pd call father.v Then I won't do it.H But fathers in France.p
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06

Let every man be occupied, and ac- cupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best--Memoir.