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The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
Notice of Intention to Confirm Title.

Notice of Intention to Confirm Title.
Notice is hereby given, That the I'M
dersigned claims title to the SWA of
NEA of Section IL, in Township
South, of Range 80 West, in Polk
County, Arkansas; That he claims
title to said lands as follows: That
said lands were assessed for taxation
for the year 1918, and the taxes there
for not having been paid were return
ed delinquent and sold on the 9Th day
of June, 1914, by the Collector of Rev
enue of Polk County, Arkansas, to F.
l.. Johnson and a certificate of pur-
chase issued TO him, and on the 25th
day of June, 1914, the said f. l.. John
son, the purchaser, did assign the said
certificate with all rights accruing
Hereunder to E. w. st. John, and that
the time having elapsed for redemp-
ton, Tax Deed to the said land was
issued to e. w. st. John. and he now
owns said land.
Now, therefore, the undersigned
will present his petition to the Chan
Gerry Court of Polk County, Arkansas,
at its next October Term, 1919, pray
ing that decree be granted him con-
4 firming his title to said lands, and all
persons who have or claim any right,
title or interest in said lands, or any
part thereof, are hereby warned and
called upon to appear in said court and
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of said petition be not granted
and why said title to said lands should
not be quieted and confirmed agains,
all persons on account of any irregu.
larity or informality in sale of said
lands for taxes.
Dated at Mena, Arkansas, this Bird
day of September, 1919
E, w. ST. JOHN.
Adv.-First pub Sept a. 8
last utlh Sent OK 1910
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
ANYTHING for DELAY.

Private Blank" said the colonel Sc
verely, reprimanding doughboy for
a minor breach of military regula-
tions, what would you do if should
tell you that you were to be shot al
sunrise?"
Gosh. colonel" replied the Yank
watching the shadow Of a grin steal
over his officers face, ard sure pray
for cloudy day. Passing Show
London.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
CARNEGIE MILLIONS DIVIDED
WITH UNCLE SAMUEL
Before Any Requests Are Paid the
Government VIII Take one-FIfth
or About 6 Million Dollars.

Washington, Aug. 30.--Nearly So
100000, or approximately one-fifth OF
the sSo,0O0,O00 fortune left by the late
Andrew Carnegie. viii 60 into the gov.
erment Golfers in the form of inner.
itaRce taxes, officials estimated to
night.
On 30 of the Carnegie millions the
government inheritance tax win total
rs per cent, or 5000. 900.
The tax must be paid before any Of
the estate Is divided.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
THE H. c. PROBES.

The average newspaper man ha:
come to have a sinking feeling
about the stomach region whenever he
reads Of proposed probe into the
high cost of paper. This sensation is
the result of experience. The first
Of these probes developed that the
manufacturing costs were not in
creased and the selling costs were less,
bat the selling price was more than
doubled. Another probe" is threat
ened.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
WARNING order

In the Chancery Court OF Polk County,
Ark. No. TAI.
J. r. Morrow, Plaintiff, VS.. John Weav-
err ct al, Defendants.
The defendants, John Weaver, Jane
Asher. Will Weaver, T. A. Harwell and
Harry johnson. are warned TO appear
In this court within thirty days and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court this End day of September.
1919. w. L. PARKER, Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
Warming Order.

No; 742-In the Chancery Court of
Polk County. Arkansas.
Mary Elizabeth Taylor. Plaintiff. VS..
w. II. Taylor, Defendant
The Defendant, w. H. Taylor, is
warned to appear in this court within
thirty days and answer the complaint
Of the Plaintiff, Mary Elizabeth Tay-
lor.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court this 2nd day of Sept, 1919.
w L. PARKER. Clerk.
Adv.--First pub. Sept. 4.
Last pub Sept. %. 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04

Congress is probing the destruction
by burning of vast stores of aviation
materials by army authorities in
France. 1t probably needs probing,
bat the horse has been stolen" and it
is improbable that the guilty parties
that is, the REALLY guilty parties
will ever be punished.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
AFTERNOON SESSION.

30 to 2:00-Health Work.
This period will used by representative of the
Arkansas Public Association in presenting a
gram of practical health work.
goo to 2:40-Practica Agriculture
This period will be used presenting program of work
in practical agriculture and home economics)
2:4O to 25O-Indoor Recreation.
80 to 3:3O-General and Special Discussions
This period considered period miscellaneous
work, talks special school problems.)
3:80-C Closing with 10 Minutes Patriotic Song
Program
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04

The habit of putting it off" has
caused the loss of many lives. A dose
Of Prickly Ash Bitters at the first sign
Of indigestion, constipation and kid
ney trouble wards off sickness and
saves money. Price s1.25 per Bottle.
Gunnels' Drug Store and jackson
Drug & Furniture Co., Special Agents.
ADV.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
Reduction in C. c. Of Insurance.

Mena insurance agencies announce
that, effective September /, 1919, the
surcharge-tax of 10 per cent on all fire
and tornado insurance policies has
been removed. Another sign that ey-
erything will come down-some time.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04
Polk County Teachers
Institute
September S-l2, 1919
Daily Program
MORNING SESSION.

s.45 to 9:00-Opening Exercise WORK. 90
~ 10 MANNED to make these exercises suggestive u
regular school opening exercises = 80. e
IN N g.9O-Genera Discussions on QuesViohs "
School Administration.
fTbis perod will representatives OF tne AZ
nanarment of Education presenting such topics as 'he
foIlovyng: community program, county prOsai ins
looking ahead educaI onas' WIN 4
discussions criticisms on sane)
$50 TO 10 :30-Demonstratlon He'o
sons on Same.
fTbis work will charge of specialist IN primary
Methods and the demonstrations will include WORK ~
raadng language other subjects School children
will be in the demonstrations.
,o.90 10 10 .45-Recess- Supervised Play.
Games will be taught 10 the teachers at this tme)
~ AZ to Textbook Review.
THE book to be will be Of the latest and best
books on rural school work.
11:15 TO 1200-Departmental Work
to special work. primary and inter
mediate departments in all institutes, and high school
department where is a sufficient number of high
school teachers to JUSTIFY
70 IN 10 1:3O-Noon Recess.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
DIAMONDS GO UP
ON EUROPE MART

with unh"arl of 2eNt, Many accounts
are settled In America. and even
ther" merchants prefer to he paid in
l rather ;han in money.
II seems certain that the price of
diamonds will continue 10 rise until
the economic condition Of the world
Is better balanced than at present.
IN every country there is an aston
lShlhE number of rich men who are
SUI very nervous as Ia the financial
outlook, especially IN relation to pos
Sihle Labor troubles. These men do
not huy securities aud do not keen
large bank balances. They buy din-
mondS because they know they are
III" safest investment and the easiest
To transport.
tn" fact that Germans have been
the heaviest purchasers of cut and
uncut stones since 1913 is beginning
Ia worry the allies who find in il the
explanation of the apparent optimism
shown In Germany as Ia the economic
future of ia" country. II is said that
the greatest supply of diamonds In
the world is now safely stored by Ger
mans who, when they choose, are in II
position To command the market.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
INJURY DONE TO GOOD ROADS
Autos and Motor Trucks Do More
Harm Than Steel-Tired Vehicles
on Account Of Speed.

There is more damage done to the
roads now by autos and motor trucks
Than steel-tired vehicles eve did, for
the reason Of greater speed Of motor
vehicles and their drivers have the
same fool tracking habit the horse
drivers always had. Driving in the
same tracks never damaged steel tires,
but II Is the destruction of the roads
and rubber tires. The motor vehicle
is worse for the roads than horse rigs
on account Of greater speed. The rea-
son running in a track is damaging to
rubber tires, is a sharp rock will be
set in the side of the track with the
sharpest corner out to nip a piece out
Of every tire, and sharp rocks cannot
dodge or bounce out of the bottom of
the track, but cut holes in the tires and
break the fabric. causing the so-called
stone bruises and rim cuts. even on
properly inflated tires.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
FAT POLICEMAN
IS DISAPPEARING

of both city and state. Experts in tho
department are assigned Ia give lee
lures on their subjects, incl ~ de-
lection of crime. the oper. ms of
criminals. anarchists aud bolSheyiki.
Given incentive.
The length of time in the school is
none too long Ia learn all that n police
man should know when he undertakes
the task of becoming the public's pro
i"ctor. Prior Ia graduation the records
each man has made in all studies are
carefully gone over. and the highest
man Is awarded II regulation revolver.
This is an incentive for them to do
their best in school.
After the preliminary schooling the
ordinances of the city provide that the
commanding officers of each precinct
continue the instruction of officers, and
every day n few minutes is devoted To
rhlisihrnic> under the leadership Of a
sergeant.
The transformation from fat Off
GERS Ia athletes IN the New York de-
partmcnt has been going on for ten
years. Every possible encouragement
l. given the policeman To keep in first
class condition"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
HOME -
TOWN -
ERROR HOME BUILDERS MAKE
viduaIity is a Requisite for
Attractiveness.

The house which is the real home,
beautiful and yet intimate, whether its
possessOr be rich or poor, is hard to
find.
Go among the dwellings of the rich,
and you will find thousands of hand
some places, INTELLECTUALLY correct,
supplied with every convenience, and
yet lacking something. Something
which you are puzzled to put you fin
ger On-the home note withal.
Cities of the country have numbers
of handsome residences of the more
expensive type. Some of them are adj
mired accidentally for their correct
ness and their magnificence; they APP
peal TO ones sense of the beautiful and
to ones civic pride, but of the thou
sands of these houses there are only
a few that bear the aspect of real
homes to the average man.
Wander among the houses of the
poor and you will find row on row Of
dingy habitatiOns, crowded one on top
of the other, perhaps painted a gray
Due-and sadly in need of another
coat. Not a tree, a shrub nor a flower
near by. Houses and grounds so much
alike that a man might go into any one
of a dozen Of them for his own, In a
MT OF Observation-Disclosures.
Yet the wner could be no more pos
sessed of money than he is and still
W a much more attractive place. His
initial mistake was in picking a house
OF the same pattern as all the others
IN the street. He could have picked
one, not more expensive but less com
mon. If he had tried harder. One. too,
that had an inviting coat of paint on
1t, Then he should have proceeded to
develop II front lawn and garden, to
plant some trees, if needful, AS well
as some vines to decorate the house
and redeem it from the commonplace.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26

We have much to learn from other
countries, and the general plea for the
fruit tree along highways Is not so I'm
practicable as many seem to think.
Japanese cherries are famous the
world over for the beauty of their
flowers and foliage. Community spray
ing would at once change the posi-
bilities of fruit raising and lessen the
number of decayed orchards of which
we hear, Many n township might
easily become famous through the COM
munal fruit II might raise along its
roadside and induce lis farmers to take
up as well, sending ia the markets only
the perfect fruit and preserving the
rest in marketable form. A farmer,
observing a dozen fine Baldwin apple
trees on the roadside by his place bear
ing a full harvest Of perfect fruit. will
not long resist the temptation TO try
some over his fence.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
MODEL VILLAGES IN ENGLAND
Country Is Recognizing Necessity Of
improvement in General Hous-
ing Conditions.

1t Is said that the average English
mlddle-class home is 81 ugly it ought
TO be just burned down, and English
mel are just beginning to realize this
fact, with the result that all over Eng
Ian plans are afoot to build model
villages and model suburbs.
Brighton is the first to lead the way.
II Is building a super-suburb, consist
ing OF 900 houses. SO planned that
there will be not more than ten TO the
acre. This will allow each house a gar
den of IL rods-or $40 feet.
The suburb is to be built in an or
chard setting. Fruit trees will line
the roadway. There will be no walls,
the gardens being divided by hedges.
There will be recreation grounds, al.
lotinents and COMMON Fairgrounds.
The houses are to be built on modern
and artistic lines, the internal arrange
mlents being the last word in house
comfort.
The only fly In the ointment Is the
question of the small boys. VIII they
be model enough to inhabit a model
suburb, or will they help themselves to
the fruit that abounds in the public
thoroughfares? II is hoped they will
become imbued with n great respect
for communal rights and thus grow up
first-class democrats.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
DOUBLED LIFE OF HIGHWAYS
French Engineers Find That Simple,
Surface coatings Of Tar Were Of
Much Benefit.

1t has been the experience of the
French engineers in building roads dur.
ing war times that simple, surface
coatings Of a tar preparation more
than doubled the life of the road. This
being true, It would seem advisable In
the construction of all country roads.
to the surface with some crushed
rock or gravel. and then use the heavy
tar preparation, because the binding
effect prevents the material from slip
ping to one side; il holds the material
intact and gives the road a hard-sur.
faced covering that is not only lasting.
but adds to the efficiency Of the road.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
HOLD RECORD FOR PROPOSALS
Hamei Sisters, Knights of Columbus
Workers, Received 234 Offers of
Marriage in Europe.

New lork.-The Hamel sisters, Sim
non and Clarette. X. of &. workers
Just back from Europe. hold the rec
ordS for proposals.
In travelling through Europe for
more than a year Simm0ne received
ia proposals of marriage and Clarette
l20.
THE Irish are the best prOposers
and the English next" said Simmone.
I'VE received offers also from ROu-
manians, Frenchmen, Americans and
one Dutchman. Most of our proposals
came from army officers, but there
were Il few civilians mixed in"
The Misses Hamel are to be in New
York only II short time. Then they
are going home To Hamilton, ont.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
GB[1C
KAIN
TEST ROAD MATERIALS FREE
Machinery for New Laboratory In
stalled at Colorado Agricultural
College.

by o. v. ADAMS. Colorado Agricultural
College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
The experiment station of the Col
orado Agricultural college at Fort Col
Inns has just completed the installa-
ton of the machinery for a new labor
atory for the testing of road materials
and is now fully equipped to make all
the standard mechanical tests on rock,
broken stone, Stag, gravel. sand and
top soil.
The laboratory has been installed
for the purpose of aiding the people
OF the state In their bodybuilding
problems. No charge is made for the
testing Of any material; the sample
must, however, be of sufficient size to
enable complete Investigations to be
made.
The first systematic attempts to de-
termlne the value of rock for road
building purposes by mean Of labora-
tory tests were made In France in 1873,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
Gardens in Cities.

1t is the city dweller who needs the
garden most. Anyone who has a back
yard and refuses to urn IL into a gar
den has a burden on his soull Be.
sides yourself many people look down
into a city back yard-they can't be
shut off like q country estate-it must
speak Of ugliness and neglect and dis
enlargement to many-or it may sing
at morning. noon and night a fresh
hymn of hope and beauty, Of freshness
and new MISUNDERSTANDING.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A~griculture.)
Misleading pictures and other de
vices appearing on the labels of fOod'
is a form of m%isbranding against which
housewives will do well to be on theil
guard, say the officials Of the bureau
Of chemistry, United States depart
ment of agriculture, in charge of the
enforcement of the federal food and
drugs act. Many prosecutions and
seizures are made in the enforcement
Of the law to prevent this subtle form
of misbranding.
IncOnspicuOus statements in fine
print are placed on the illustrated la
tensibly the misleading features of the
picture or other device. However, as
the picture or device attracts the at
tention at once. while the incOnsplcu-
Gus corrective statement can be see
only by a most careful scrutiny of the
label, the purchaser Is certain to be
misled unless attention is directed to
the exact wording Of the entire la
bel.
The picture Of an olive tree and a
map of Italy on the label of a bot
tie of oil leads the average housewife
to expect an italian olive oil, hut a
careful reading of the fine print on
the label will enable her sometimes
to discover that the bottle contains
%cOttOnseed oil made in America. Cot
tOnseed oil Is a wholesome product /;
is well able to stand on its W mer-
its, and is cheaper than olive oil.
Oranges Pretty, but Deceptive.
The picture of a luscious Orange on
the label of a bottle of imitation or
tiveness of the label, but helps to hyp-
nOtize the purchaser into the belief
that he is getting the real article, not
withstanding the fact that there Is
tucked away somewhere in a mass of
fine print a little statement to the eff
feet that this most excellent beyer-
age Is but m imitation.
Many asking and paying
for Arabian coffee accept a package
on the label the picture Of an
Arab mounted on a fiery steed and
imagine they are getting the aroma
Of the delightful beverage of the far
East. although there is on the label
an incOnsplcuous statement that the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26

coffee in that particular package was
produced in South America.
The picture of a maple leaf on a
can of strip carries the fancy to the
delicious flavor and sweetness of the
product from Vermont, inducing pur-
chasers to pay more than they would
pay If they noted the statement In
very small type on the bottom of the
label that the product is corn strip
favored with cane
When Quantity Is camoufIaged.
The use of panel bottles which ap-
pear to have a capacity of four I'M
of favoring extract. but which on ac-
count of the thickness and contour Of
the sides cannot be made to hold more
than two ounces. is an old practice to
deceive the housewife in regard to the
quantity. Even when the quality of
contents Is marked IN the bottle, the
purchaser is likely to judge the guam
tity more by the size of the bottle,
which is so apparent, than by an In
conspicuous statement, which can he
seen only by close observation.
A more recent device for making a
little bit of pepper or spice look like a
whole lot Is n siX-Ounce tin package
with a shaker top which, because 1t
cannot be removed without destroying
the package, prevents the purchaser
from observing that there are only two
ounces or less I'm the package.
Deceptive devices appearing on the
labels of foods or drugs subject to
the Jurisdiction of the federal food
and drugs act are In violation of that
law. The question as to whether any
given device is deceptive, and wheth-
or the deception Is removed by cor
receive statements appearing else
where on the label, is one to be deter
mined by the facts In each case. Many
seizures have been effected and many
prosecutions maintained because of
the use Of deceptive devices held to be
misleading. Some forms of devices,
although deceptive, which do not ap-
pear upon the labels, have been held
not to be covered by the provisions of
the federal food and drugs act.
Action will be taken In all cases
believed to be in violation of the law.
say the officials. In the meantime con
sumers can avoid being misled by de-
ceptive devices by carefully reading
the labels of all food and drug pack
ages.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
USE FOR MUSCADINE GRAPES
Pulp Left When Making jelly or Grape
Juice Furnishes Ideal Basis
for Paste.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
All kinds of fruits make delicious
pastes which are more wholesome than
candy and which may be served in Its
place. One of the b~est-iavOred varie-
ties of fruit paste is made from the
Muscadine grape. When these grapes
are available the wise housekeeper
uses some for that purpose. The pulp
left when making jelly or grape Juice,
furnishes an ideal basis for the paste.
Full directions on how to make 1t and
different ways to utilize 1t may be had
by writing the United States depart
ment of agriculture for Bulletin No.
1893.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26

WaShington's Office RS in the Revolu-
tionary war. was honored in the city
he had founded.
In st. Luke's charch. Rochester. is
a bronze tablet. in memory Of a Colo
mel Rochester. A replica will be
placed in the Episcopal church here.
II will bear this inscription:
In memoir of Nathaniel Rochester.
Company Il. 30Sth United States in
fantry. Born Nov. :. 1897 Killed in
France while fighting for the Lost
Battalion Oct. :. 1918
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
For Town Improvement.

New England has an organization
known as the cleanup campaign COM
mittee whose work apparently cover
all the six states. II offers as a prize
each year a loving cup to the town or
city showing the best results in the
way Of neatness and Identification.
The award has just been made for this
year and the cup has gone to Maiden.
Mass, for the third time. Other towns
which have received 1t are Manchester,
n. H.. which won the prize twice; and
Hartford, Conn. ,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-26
0 I: + Es.lNrrREsr
HOUSEWIFE

After peeling onions hold the hands
and knife In cold water for a few min
utes; the smell will go.
To SINCE a chicken. hold It over a
saucer of burning alcohol. This method
does not leave SCOT on the flesh.
II flies get into the house close each
room In turn and burn a small formal
dehyde candle in each room where
they are.
To clear beetles out Of cupboards
and larders. sprinkle a little benzine
over the boards and 1t will kill the
eggs as well as the insects.
II you have decided to paper white
washed walls you can satisfactorily
accomplish this il you wash the wall.
with strong vinegar before applying
the paper.
In making biscuits. cookies or dough-
nuts the dough should be as soft as you
a possibly handle it when turned
out on the pastry board and you will
have much better results If you han
die it sparingly.
To clean a fiatiron, place a piece of
beeswax between two old pieces Of
flannel, and when the iron is hot rut
1t IN the flannel. Dirt will thus be re-
moved from the iron, which will be
found to run very smoothly afterward-
To remove mud stains from black
silk or wooden dresses, first let the
material become perfectly dry and
then brush eli the mud. Any stain
that remains should be washed with
a piece of flannel dipped in hot coffee,
to which q little ammonia has been
added.