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The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
VOLUME I, NUMBER 8.

to he selling moonshine. One of the officers lived at Idabel and the other at Broken Bow. No details were ob- tainable.
 Sunday school at the Presbyterian church each Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Everybody come that can. Our attendance is growing every Sun day. J. c. Allen, Superintendent.
 The Rev. MT. Skazzett of Hunting ton. Ark, filled the pulpit of the Pres byterian church last Sunday. both morning and evening. He preached two fine sermons.
 I. Q. 0. F. lodge meets every Thurs day night. All members are request ed to come. Four candidates for the second degree next Thursday night. .E. A. Pierce, Noble Grand.
 The Presbyterian church is expect ing to secure a permanent pastor for the church soon, and will have new man here Sunday, May 25. All are in vited to come out and hear him.
 A. w. Shelton, who bought the Will Dunnigan property, has moved to Wichita Falls, Tex, and expects to return to Polk county next fall and rent farm for the coming year. A. J. Baker of Armstrong county, Tex, was here last week visiting nls father, the Rev. w. H. Baker. He re- turned home Monday and expects to move to Polk county next fall, togeth- CT with others from Texas.
 The Cantaloupe and Fruit Growers Association, thru its board of direc- tors, has secured from the Rebolt Lumber Company their sheds to re- ceive, pack and ship melons for the season. This will make fine place for the business and Mir. Rebolt ex- poets us to furnish him all the mel ons he can eat during the season.
 Attention, Farmers: The secretary of the Cantaloupe and Fruit Growers Association of Cove wants to meet all people within reach of Cove who have peaches to sell. Meet in Cove Satur' day, May IS, and tell us about how many peaches you will have to sell If you can not be here, send some one that will give us this information for you. We have buyer who wants 10000 bushels of peaches and will pay cash for them. He will contract with you for all your peaches at $1.5( per bushel for No. stuff and will have car load of bushel baskets or hand and sell them to you at 1S%c Everybody come to this meeting al town hall at 1 90 p. m.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
REIMs, THE MARTYR CITY.
During the War Population Has De
 creased From 115. 900 to 5000.

Reims, France, March (by maiD. -Reims, which had a population of 115,17S before the war, now has only 8,45S inhabitants, 3,987 men, 3,258 women and 1, 213 children.
 The martyr city" was shelled by the Germans for 1,051 days, and more than one thousand persons were killed, including three hundred wom- en and one hundred children. The ca- thedral was struck by 287 shells up to March 21, 1918. After that no rec ord was kept.
 April "A, 1917, was the worst day of the war for Reims. The lombard ment was so terrific that no records could be made of the casualties and damage done on that day.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
WALTER ELLIOTT. Editor.
EDITORIALS.
FRANK TURNER AND HIS STRAW
 BERRIES.

BERRIES.
 Frank Turner tells us that he has an acre of the best strawberries in Polk county. He has now sold more than s20O worth and has only picked the patch over once Te expects to pick $500 more by the last of this week, and next week $200 more, mak- ing s7O0 from a single acre of ber- ries. These vines are still in blos- som and full of green berries and with few showers later the owner may have another s2OO picking. He tells Jus that these Arkansas Aroma Der 1 ries are the best that grow in Arkan- sas and if this is the case why don't more farmers raise strawberries? !? This is berry country and for qual- ! sity and flavor our berries cannot be beat. Farmers, raise more berries and fruit, sweet potatoes and less cotton and corn and make your land worth $50 to $10O per acre.
 At Gospel Chapel Sunday, May 4,
 assembled large crowd from far and lnear. With well filled basketscmfwyp Inear, al with we'll filled baskets. The | big crowd listened to fine talk from I the Rev McKinlev and anfnved a fine 1 lot of singing, led by a band of good singers from Henry county. After this dinner baskets were opened and a bountiful dinner was spread before the people, and enjoyed as befltted sthe occasion. At he close of the aft !ernoon service there drove up in a gbuggy Charley Smedley and Miss Jen- ! lnie McMilarn and called out Parson Mckinley, who made them man and
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
GOff Bros. X Gamble
 Company, Cove, Ark. At the Big Rock Store

We have just received car of Mixed Feed which we are selling at the following prices
 OATS (4 Bu.), per sack. .S39o CHOPS, per sack .S3.65 HORSE and MULE FEED. $500 SHORTS, sack .........,...S3 .S3OO You will find our store with a fine lot of the most Up-to-Date in Shoes and Dry Goods of all de- scriptions And we also want to call your attention to our Grocery departments of which we are justly proud Our Goods are always fresh and up to the minute. We order our stock each week, thereby keeping fresh line on our shelves all the time.
 ATTENTION, FARMERSf On account of certain conditions pre- valng in the Egg Market, we are going to share with you. We are going to pay in trade Friday and Saturday 35c per dozen for Eggs. We want all the COUNTRY BUTTER that you have for sale at 40c per pound You will find our store paying the highest prices available for Country Produce
 We haze for sale eUerythinq gou have to buzz, and bug evergthimg gou Have for sale.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
NEwsBoY GUARDS A PRESIDENT
Uruguay Urchin Has Become Execu-
 tive's DoOrkeeper.

Montevideo, March 6 (by maiD - One of the first acts of Dr. Baltasai Brum on assuming the presidency of Uruguay was to substitute a little street urchin for the brightly uni formed military guard that had beer sent to his residence, in keeping with custom of long standing. The boy used to sell lottery tickets and news papers to Doctor Brum at the Central Railway Station. Three years ago he told Doctor Brum, "When you get tc be president, I want to be your door keeper"
 Doctor Brum smiled at the 'prophe- cy and said if such thing ever hap. pened to him he would not forget the request. Just before his inauguration Doctor Brum sent for the boy anc kept his promise.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

The people of this part of Polk are all dipping their cattle. We want to do what is right. We are citizens. We are honest and industrious and want to live right before our fellow man. We expect the quarantine law to be raised next fall and then we will be able to get the best price for our cattle.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

Polk county has the best prospect she ever had for big peach crop. The trees are overloaded. This is not only true of peaches, but the apple crop is fine where orchards have been taken care of. The early potato crop looks good and all kinds of berries, especially strawberries and blackber- ries, promise yield never before seen in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08
BRIEFNESS


Cannot but carry instant conviction for the store ad that is few in words, yet conveys to the reader full knowledge of the message. In this busy age print stuff when only few words would tell the story We believe in being brief, yet courteous to our trade.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

We want to paint the Welcome Home school house soon. Anyone de- string this job see T. H. Chapman, B. B. Fisher or W. Elliott, school direc-
  tors
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

Farmers were never as busy as now. Corn up and ready to blow and cotton planting all at the same time, so improve this fine weather and work early and late.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

Get your business training at the Mena Commercial School. Excellent courses in Stenography, Bookkeeping and Accounting. Tuition per course, $500 per month.-17-tf
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14
HOlStein Sale

The Stevens County Holstein
Breeders Association will hold a sale
at the Fair Grounds, Morris, Novem-
Der 25th, beginning at 100 o'clock
sharp.
The consignments will be made by
E. ]. Jones, Henry Johnson, A. c.
Welfare and the West Central School
of Agriculture and probably others.
1t will consist of registered Hol-
stein bulls and about rs or 80 grade
COWS, heifers and calves. Anyone
wanting to get into good grade Hol-
stein stock should attend this sale.
One of the Holstein bulls offered
has exceptional breeding. He is a
son of Sir Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes
41st, the bull that sold last June at
Moorhead for $65,0OO.00 and his
dams sire is brother to the bull that
sired Luetske Vale Cornucopia, the
COW with a yearly record of 31,246
lbs. of milk.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14

The winter has now set in and it
is about two weeks since we had our
first snowfall, and we have been hav-
ing great sport hunting big game,
and so my rife practice while ip the
army comes in handy for good marks
manship. I had seen two elks this
morning in my brothers pasture but
1 didn't happen to have my rife along
so closed the gate on them and
hope they won't jump the fence be-
fore 1 get back.
1t is about 80 miles from here to
the big timber where the saw mills
roar but I haven't had time to go
there so far. have met number OF
boys former acqaintances" that have
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14

year the straw being rank which nat
urally makes hard threshing. The
small gasoline rigs were handicapped
because of lack of power and there
is lot of grain standing in the shock.
The crops are fairly good up here
this year, the wheat running from
20 to % bushels per acre, oats 40 to
60, barley from 80 to SO and the fax
averaging about IL bushels per acre,
although have seen fax fields yield
ing as high as % bushels to the acre.
The farmers up here have not made
practice of raising corn. There are
some experiments but the climate is
little too cool for the corn to ma
ture.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14

terest to my Stevens countv.
to hear from one of their a.. U7
Sash " g am PACK up here in northern
noomtbs nave Deen here about two
~ Ln, l came up here from Morris
TO help my brother Edwin rnn MI his is
threshlng outfit as help is " uar1
scarce and men are hard to get m
mere In Canada. We managed to r,,p
with small machine crew b,,+ 80
the machine is a big steam outt5+ wo
finished our run in good time Th,S
country here especially the di0+riot
where I am located have baon oo. ~
into small gasoline outfits 81 % he
present time the country is infected
with the little tea pot tanning
mills as they call them and this
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14

returned from the service abroad and
they have some thrilling experiences
to tell from "over there as some OF
them have been there from the very
start of the fight. They give warm
praise for the Yankee boys t. =
have met while over there. Retu1
men here are will looked after by -:N
Canadian Government as they NJ
ceive a bonus of $1,000 month
six months, a free education and \
loan of $4,000 if they want to go l.
to business for themselves.
1 am sending you a money ordel
for which please send me the TIL
bune.
Yours respectfully,
Walter L. Bengston.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14
Trick Hair.

Ny little brother, Bobby, always
liked to have Mr.. L call, because
De could perform an act which awed
as we'll as amused him greatly-wrIg-
gle his hair. One evening, during such
q performance, Bobby said wlstfully,
'sYou can 'wriggle yours, sister can
take hers clear off and lay It on the
bureau, and I can't do a thing with
mine."- Chicago Tribune.
-.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14
New STYLE Mousetrap

Niels M. Nelson has mover way
If catching mice and says it works
like a charm. His trap is a piece OF
sticky fly paper which he places on
the floor, properly baited with a piece
Of cheese or some other morsel cal
cnlated to tempt Mr.. Mouse. Nlels
saws the mice sometimes muss them
selves up somewhat but that they
most always put up losing hght-
the harder they fight the worse they
get tangled up.-Hutchinson Leader
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-14

Letter From Walter Bengston
Marchwell, sask., Oct. 29th, 1919
Editor The Morris Tribune:
7 thought it would be of some in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
WINTHROP

[enneDcc Pomona met Wednesday,
with Winthrop Grange. /. Of H.. No.
2O5. al tho Grange hall, West VIM
throp, ami enjoyed one Of the most
interesting and enthusiastic meetings
that has been held for a long time.
kcnnebcc Pomona, which is n wide
awake, progressive and UP to date
Grange. was we'll attended on this
oco aston and the day was thoroughly
enjoyed by all present. Tic forenoon
was occupied with the usual business
session and the working Of the 9TH
degree. One Of the finest dinners ever
served in the hall was Dar;akcn OF
ut noon served under the direction Of
Mr.. and Mrs w. y. kimball, Nj. ana
Mrs Lewis Millspaush ana Mr. and
Mrs. McIntire. The dining room was
tastefuily decorated for the occasion
with decorations appropriate to the
cay and with Lincoln favors at eacn
plate. This was in charge Of Mrs.
W. j. Laughlin. The afternoon SEES
sion presented the following program:
Address of welcome, f. L. Clifford:
response, Brother Lowell Of Cobbos-
see Grange: piano solo, Brother
Freer of Rcadtield Grange: vocal solo
Brother Allen. Cascade Grange, Oak
land; piano solo, Brother Washburn
of Litchtield; address on Seed I'm
prc9cmcnt" BY Charles White Of
Bowdoinham; vocal solo. Brother
Lewis Millsplugh: reading. Mrs.
Helen Grant: reading. Pauline Par
ker: remarks by different members.
Nrc r II Mailman wont 10 Mon
mouth Wednesday to install the Of
ficers Of the Relief Corps of that
town. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Z. p. Libby, who acted rs conduct
ress, and by Mrs. j. A. Foster, Mrs.
c. II. Shaw. Mrs. r. f. Webb and
Mrs L. T. Carleton, who acted as
color bearers. Mrs. c. w, Taggart
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
Cony High Notes

A meeting of the Student Council
was held in the library Thursday
noon and the organization of a de-
batting society was completed. 4 con
stitution was adopted and it was de-
cided to meet next Tuesday.
The big game Of the year will take
place this evening in Assembly hall
when the Cony basketball team will
meet kent's Hill. The team from
kcnt's Hill is fast, they having such
experienced players as Horon, Her.
som and Talbot of Bath. but Cony
feels confident that when the final
whistle is blown she will emerge a
winner. The following is the probable
lineup of the local team: Capt. Nc
Courtney, If; Soule, IF: Pierce. c:
Redmond. lb: Toas, RIB. There will al
so be fast preliminary game be-
tween Cony End and the Augusta All
Stars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
BATES CASE
Continued from Page 7

Simpsons face for the most part was
without changing expression. Her eyes
were fixed straight ahead of her and
she made no move during the lager
part of the proceedings. At times in
the Thursday morning $ course Of tes-
timony there were things which came
up which affected her. 1t would almost
seem that she did not agree to some OF
the testimony and a slight iiclnins
of her head in certain manHcr would
seem to intimate that she douhte |
some expressions. Miss Simpson in :
merry mood must be a pretty woman.
for her face, rather rotund in shape,
is we'll shaped and her carriage erect
and gris.,. She is medium height an |
build. Her whole attitude seemed ~
be that of a we'll bred young lady VIII
was very sorry for having to take par:
in any trouble.
Langdon Bates for the most part
Thursday seemed to be in al undiy.
turbed state Of mind. Upon Ieavins
the courtroom Thursday noon he wa3
heard to remark that he would have
had headache if he had had TO sit II.
that try ing position much longer. He
said that il certainly was hard work
to sit there During the forenoon,
greetings were exchanged between
Bates and his family and the members
Of the family were asked by him to
call and see him at the county Jail Just
across the road sometime before {.
O'Clock that afternoon. That they did.
calling at the Jail and coming over to
the courtroom Just before 9 o'clock
and just before the prisoner made his
appearance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
DEX

Carl Wilder Of Cambridge passed
away at the home Of lothian Park
man.on upper Main street late Tues
day evening following Short i'll
ness Of pneumonia. The deceased,
VINO was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Wilder. Of Cambridge, has
been employed in Bath and was en-
route to his home when illness com
PEELED him to remain in this town.
he was 26 years of age ard was a
young man who had many friends
who deeply mourn his sudden death.
Tie is survived by his parents and by
three sisters. The remains will be
taken to Cambridge where funeral
services will be held and where in
terment will take place.
The members Of Rebecca Weston
Chapter, d. A. r.. enjoyed 4 very
pleasant evening recently at the
home of Mrs. Taylor X. !1Ses. It was
the regular monthly meeting Of the
chapter and a large number of men,
bers We're in attendance. The pro-
gram was given almost entirely by
children, and was as follows: Reel
tation, Barbara Edes; song, Pauline
Ramsey; recitation, Richard Ram
sey: song. Allegiance, Arthur Hasel-
tine; fiawer guessing game was in
PRODUCED which caused fun for all.
AT the business session the following
delegates and alternates were chos-
en- to represent the chapter at the
Maine State Council to be held in
Bangor. March 1920. Delegates.
Mrs. a. l.. Atkins, regent; Miss
Mabel Howard. Miss Louise Dearth,
Mrs. w. c. Briary, Mrs. Marion Haz-
eltine. Miss Attalena Atkins, Mrs.
Carrie Sp-ingall, Mrs. Clara Cross
land. Alternates. Mrs. Alice Hutch
inson. Mrs. Sylvia ,Maxtield. Mrs.
katherine Ramsey. Miss Bertha
Leighton. Mrs. Mary Rollins, Mrs.
Eleanor Lincoln, Mrs. Grace Brew
ster. Delegates and alternates We're
also elected to attend the Continent
tai Congress in Washington. during
the week Of April 10 and are: Mrs
A. l.. Atkins. regent. and Mrs. Ella
Abbott. with Mrs. Fannie Crosby,
Mrs. Stanley Plummer. Mrs. Carrie
Springall. Mrs Carrie Brewster. Mrs
Taylor *. Edes as alternatcs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
WEST FORKS

Herbert w. Durgin. the newly APP
pointed deputy sheriff, arrived home
last Friday Mr.. Durgin has been
in military service at Camp Devens
for the past six months. and received
his discharge January 18th.
Mrs. Percy Durgin Of Bingham is
visiting with friends in town
Leslie ]. Durgin Of Camp Devens
arrived here Monday Mr.. DI:gin
has been honorably discharged from
the service. and expects to work al
the S. ID. Warren camps.
William Wharf of Carratunk was
in town Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

ficers of Juanita Temple, Pythian
Sisters.
At a recent meeting of the Willing
Workers with Mrs. F. p. Shaw. the
following officers We're elected for the
coming year: President, Mrs. Ethel
Kinney: vice president. Mrs. Mil
drcd Libby: financial secretary. Mrs.
Annie Berry: recording secretary.
Mrs. Nellie Shaw; treasurer, Mrs.
Sarah Allen. The next meeting will
be held with Mrs Kinney, Feb. Is.
Mrs. i. l.. E'itzgcralI Of Pittsield
visited "Wednesday at tue home Of
Ter sister. Mrs. G. j.. Gilmore.
David Reynolds, who has been i'll
for soy eral weeks, had a severe i'll
turn last Saturday and continues to
be very sick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
MERCER

Mrs. Belle Works has been confined
to the house the past week by i'll
ness.
Bert Decker mas returned from
Oakland where he passed the week
end with friends.
Frank Wade has been III Farm.
ington thi; week helping Il fricn.
with his work
Mrs. J. y. Smith who has been very
i'll is very muck better.
Phyllis Williamson Il student OF
New Sharon high school was at home
for the Week end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14
BURNHAM
Theodore Cole

The death of Theodore Cole &C.
Cured Wednesday at the State hos
pital in Bangor, where he went a
few weeks ago and about week
ago lie suffered q paralytic shock.
His age was about 66 years. He had
always been resident Of this town.
Mr.. Cole is survived BY a widow,
two sons. Harry Cole Of Waterville
and Albert Cole of this town, and
five daughters. Mrs. lnez Goodwin.
Mrs. Eva Neevens. Mrs. Hattie
Hunt. Mrs. Eta Hunt and Mrs. Ida
McAllister. The remains were
brought to Burnham Wednesday
night and funeral services will be
held from the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Hunt, Saturday.
Thomas Vose Of Freedom is pass
ing a few days at the home Of his
sister, Mrs. Ethel Vose Kinney.
Mrs. Maude F.. Mudgett, district
deputy, went to Freedom Wednesday
evening where she installed the Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Thursday morning was almost an
other zero morning, and while the
thermometers about town registered
on the average from two to seven
degrees above zero. some Of them IRE
said to have gone down as low as the
cipher. So far as feeling goes how
ever it is doubtful if any could have
told whether the mercury was down
to zero or five above.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Larilda Poulin Of this city under
went surgical treatment late Thurs
day afternoon at the Augusta Gener-
al hospital. following an attack Of
appendicitis. Her condition last eve
ming was reported as favorable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Prayers for the late Mrs. Frances
l.. Themes will be held at 4 o'clock
this Friday afternoon at the home
OF her daughter. Mrs. George w.
Leadbetter. IL Western avenue, and
the remains will be taken Saturday
to Rockland. where funeral services
will be held on the following day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Officer Charles r. Witham of the
Bath police force, who returned Mon
day to Bath after having been i'll for
short time past at his home in this
city, was in town Wednesday, having
come to Augusta for the purpose of
committing an insane person to the
State hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

The ROBBERS Williams Club of the
Winthrop street Baptist church will
hold a food sale at Mrs. Bragg's store
on State street. Saturday afternoon,
at o'clock.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Mrs. Carrie Clark Of Augusta was
admitted Wednesday to the Augusta
General hospital for treatment Of a
fracture Of the hip, which was due
to Il fall which she received that day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-14

Patients admitted yesterday to the
Augusta General hospital were Mrs
Annie Young of Skowhegan and
Mrs. Laura Barnes Of Waterville.
One patient, Miss Maud Siblcy Of
Vassalboro, was discharged.