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The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
ConnaIIy Funeral saturday.

Funeral services for R. T. Connally Polk eounty's oldest settler, were held Saturday morning at II o'clock Burial was at the Rocky cemetery The Rev. and Mrs. s. J. Oslin had charge of the music at the serv- ices. The deceased was 75 years of age and had lived in Polk county con- tinuously from the time he came here from Georgia with his parents while an infant, year old. He enjoyed a wide acquaintance turnout the county and was considered leader in many of the early progressive movements in this locality. At one time he served as Folks representative in the state legislature. Mrs. Connally died several years ago. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, c. B. Connally, living near Rocky; Dr. Dave Connally of Nolia, Ok, and John Con nally of Antlers, Ok, and Mrs. Jones Carter of Wiilerton, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
Gore Opposes the BilI.

Senator Gore, chairman of the Sen. ate committee, announced that he would not introduce the measure ir the senate.
 "It is broader than l think is neces- sary," he declared q may take it as a basis for another bill which l may introduce"
 Under the bill as drawa, govern ment authority to control grain deal. CTS, millers and elevators ''by license or other like powers" would be con. tinued, and the president would be au. thorized "to create any agency or agencies" to buy the 1918 and 1918 wheat crops, "wheat products and other foodstuffs and feeds" at the guaranteed prices, regulate export and import of wheat; require prefer. ential railroad service as long as the railroads are under government con trol; control grain exchanges and pro. hint trading upon them lat such time or times as may be deemed de. sirahle or proper to meet market con diions and competitive prices of for. eign grown wheat" and 'to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to protect the gov crninent of the United States from pay ing the guaranteed prices aforc. saic for any wheat other than that covered by proclamations.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
LIVESTOCK MEN
 ID GATHER SOON
AnnuaI Convention and Sale To Be Held in Little Rock Feb
 ruary 25-2s.

The annual meeting and sale of the Arkansas Livestock Growers As .oelation will be held in Little Rock on February 25, 2s. 27 and 2s Through the cooperation of the Extension Di- vision of the University of Arkansas. sneakers of national reputation who are recognized breeders of livestock wfIl lecture and give demonstration Ia stock judging.
 During the afternoon of each day uuhlic auctions of pure bred livestock viii be held. Two afternoons will be devoted to bog sales and three eat tle sales will he held.
 Arkansas breeders. who wisn to consign hogs should write to pr. ". M. Bruce, of Blackton, Arkansas. Sec rstary of the Arkansas Swine Breed CTS Association; all who wish to con sign shorthorn cattle should write to Art Lewis, Fayetteville. Arkansas Secretary of the Arkansas Breeders Association. Dr. R. Nj. Cow, of Little Rock. secretary of the Association. will have charge of the con siguments Of Angus and Hereford cattle. Carey M. Jones of Chicago. an autioneer of national reputation, will be in charge of the sales.
 Many Farmers To Attend For Work
 in Judging.
 From the interest now being taken by the livestock men of the state. this meeting promises to be the lar gest ever held by the Association and farmers throughout the state who are interested in better livestock will profit greatly by attending the meet ing, hearing the talks, taking part in the livestock judging and looking over the animals on hand
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
,U. s. to Have Big Surplus.

The Department of Agriculture has estimated that the total import wheat requirements for Europe, including Germany and Austria, would likely exceed 72S,000,000 bushels this year. The surplus stock from Canada, Ar gentina and Australia was estimated at 495, 100000 bushels. From the 1918 crop the United States probably will have surplus of 277000,000 bushels for export and carry-over
 If the total surpluses of other countries are exhausted and Russia is not relied upon for anything this year." said the statement, "the United States will be called upon to export 233, 100000 bushels, and would have carry-over into next year of 44,000,- 900 bushels. This carry-over, how eyer, is likely to be reduced by in- creased consumption in the United States and Europe, following several years of short rations. The 1919 wheat crop in the United States ia ex- pected to give an exportable surplus of 350,00O,000 to 100000, 900 bushels In both 1919 and 1920 the question of price and the ability of European countries to finance purchases are the decisive factors"
 The department also has estimated that European needs for other grains will be so great that the United States will be able to supply only the required amount of oats, falling short of rye, barley and corn.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
GERMANY fIGH s
 HARD FOR POLAND
Huns Win Resist by Every Trick the Independence of That Land, but Poland Mill Re Free, Says
 Edward Nj. Thierry.
From The seuthwest AmerIcan.

From The Southwest American.
 Paris, Jan. 29.--A momentous sub ject before the peace conference is Poland.
 in popular discussion of peace terms, Poland seems to be overshad- owed by the Russian and Balkan ques- tions
 The peace missions are not forget ting Poland, however. It's brought prominently to the front by the reports of clashes between Poles and Czecho-Slovaks in Silesia.
 The Germans will make the most of the clashes. They will exaggerate and they will falsify, in attempts to prove that Poland is imperiaiistic; that she is asking and attempting to grab more than she is entitled to un- der self-determination of peoples.
 Any friction which Poland meets will be made greater by German in- huence.
 That's one reason why a mission has been sent from the peace congress into Poland It's there to get the unvarnished truth, and the whole truth, about Poland, her claims and her rights.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
|l4 MILLIONS FOR
 WHEAT GUARANTEE
Food Administration Asks Appropri- alton So That Farmers Win Re- ceive S2.20 Per Bushel for the
 1919 Crop.

Washington, Jan. 29.--An admins tration bill appropriating $1,250, ,000.- F 900 to enable the government to carry out it's guarantees to the farmer of a price of $2.20 a bushel for the 1919 wheat crop, was transmitted to the chairmen of the Senate and House Agricultur Committees yesterday by the Food Administration
 The measure, which was drawn by officials of the Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture, described by some senators as an om- nibus measure, would permit the president to continue the Food Ad- ministration in operation and to ex- ercise all of the powers conferred up- on him by the food control act.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
HOTEL REGISTER PROVES ALIBI.
Man Accused of Bank Robbery Is Freed Thru Evidence Found in Mena

His name written on the register of the Philpot hotel in Mena, is be- lieved to have been mainly responsi- ble for the freeing of D. c. Abbott from a charge of bank robbery. Ab- bolt was arrested at Bates some time ago charged with robbing the bank at Bonneville. When taken back to Bonneville the prisoner is said to have been identified as the man wanted for the crime. Abbott professed his in- nocence, however, and claimed that he was in Mena on the day the robbery occurred. He said that he was regis tered at hotel unknown to him, but he was able to describe it's location in such way as to give credence to his story.
 Altho indicted by the grand jury Abbott maintained he had no hand in the robbery and on Tuesday he was brought to trial in the circuit court at Bonneville. Jesse Philpot of the Phil pot hotel was summoned as witness. The register of the hotel was taken along as evidence and when the jury heard the Mena mans testimony and saw Abbott had registered on the day of the robbery, the twelve men were convinced the wrong man was on trial and Abbott was given his freedom. Mir. Philpot arrived home last Tues day from Bonneville and brought back the story of the accused mans ac- quittal.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
ALIVE AND ALTOGETHER"
Polk County Soldier Thanks God That
 He Lived to Reach Germany.

Mena friends of Jack Barber of Opal, one of the first of Polk county g fighting men to enter the world war, have received letter telling of his safe arrival in Germany He writes that he is helping guard rail- road at Saarburg, near Metz, at that date, December 30 Among other things he says;
 "I am alive and altogether and I'm thankful to God for it. I'll never for get the eleventh day of the eleventh hour of the eleventh month of 1918'
 Soldier Barber has been overseas since last August and was transferred to the famous s9th Division. In writ ing of his experiences on the front line, the Opal man says when he heard the big shells whizzing overhead, he often wondered if one had his num- Der written on it. He says that one has to have actual experience to un- derstand what war is like--you can't get it from the newspapers. He ex- poets to be sent back home soon, but doesn't know just when.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
OLD POTTER SCORES
First District to Report on Armenian Syrian Relief Drive, and Almost
 Doubled Quota.

Old Potter is the first district to report returns from the drive for re- lief of the sufferers in the Near East, Secretary Eastin of the county com mittee was notified Saturday morn ing that Old Potter had almost dou- bled it's quota of s25, having raised $40.05, and still working.
 Of the amount already secured $l6 came from the box social held at Oli- yer Chapel's school by Miss Beulah Neal, the teacher. The Sunday school is also planning an addition to the district fund.
 The committee in charge of the work in Old Potter consists of Asher Cunningham, Monroe Crawford, ] F. Pigg, W c. Phillips, John Barron and Robert Stipes
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
PROXY MARRIAGE UPHELD. Judge Advocate General Says Sol diers Overseas May Wed Here.

Washington, Jan. 29.--In an opin- ion rendered today in the case of Wales T. Hawes of Cambridge, Mass, member of the American Expedi- tionary force, the judge advocate general of the army held that the mil itary authorities in France might fa- ciIitate the marriage by proxy of sol diers abroad to their sweethearts in the United States, where such mar riages did not contravene state stat utes. A previous opinion had disap- proved such marriages. Hawes was married to Miss Annie Hiscock of Roxbury, Mass
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
ned Cross Magazine at Library.

The Red Cross Magazine has been added to the list of publications found on the reading table ct the Mena Public Library. It is one pub lication where the subscriber not only gets his moneys worth in good read ing, but also helps worthy cause. A campaign is now being waged in Mena to increase the number of readers of the magazine and a committee con sisting of Mrs. W. j. Lauck, Mrs. w. D. Welch and Mrs. s. M. Riding, has the subscription work in charge. The Red Cross Magazine sells regularly at g. per annum, but those who have taken out a Red Cross membership for 1919 can secure the publication for s1.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
COULD BUY TOWN WITH SOAP.
Arkansas Soldier, Related to Mena
 Resident, Says Huns Hard Up.

ATkaHsds OOiuief, hcthtru bO mehd
 Resident, Says Huns Hard Up.
 Maxwell Lyons of Little Rock, a cousin of Mrs. Jesse Badt, of Mena, is one of the American Army of De- cupation in Germany. In recent letter he says:
 "The people thru this section of Germany, where we are now travel ing, seem to be very poor. Potatoes and apples with very heavy black bread seems to be the only food that they have and with couple of cakes of soap you could buy whole town. We are now located at Honnegan, which is about IS kilometers from Coblenz. Our section was lucky enough to get good billets and we ought to be perfectly happy, but l will never be happy until l set foot in Little Rock once more. do not know how soon we may start for the States, but it seems to me that the Marines will uphold their old tradi- tion of first to land and last to leave"
 Young Lyons, who is known as the smallest Marine, and who distin- guished himself as runner and dis patch bearer with the famed lost bat talion in the Argonne Forest, has been recommended for the Distin- guished Service cross, one of the highest military honrs. The Arkan- sas Gazette of Sunday contained 2 picture of the Mena lady's relative, and credited him with being the sec ond fastest machine gunner.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
Missed Two Chances.

Walter MeCracken, who has been stationed at one of the camps near Atlanta, Ga, with the artillery, ar rived home in Mena Friday morning having been mustered out of service The young soldier had two chances to go across on overseas duty, but missed both. The first time an at tack of pneumonia held him hack, and on the second effort the signing of the armistice prevented him from going to France. He has been in service since September, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
United States Tires
 are Good Tires
ROADS NOT so BADr
In Two Days Motor Truck Made
 26 Miles.

Oh, the Polk county roads are not so awfully bad. It only required two days for the big truck of the Enid Mining Company to travel from the company's camp on Brushy Creek, to Mena, distance of about 26 miles Charles Tate, who brought the truck thru, said they didn't need any teams to pull 'em out of mudholes along the way. They used block and tackle, which is said to be better than mules or horses. The truck has been at the camp all winter and this is it's first trip to the city for many weeks.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
BIGGEST FUR SALE CLOSES.
Receipts at St. Louis Midwinter Aue
 ton Total ss,5oe.eOO.

St. Louis, Jan. 29.--The nine-day midwinter auction of the Internation- al Fur Exhibition ended today with total sales amounting to $9,550, 1000. Today's sales totaIed approximately $1 ,250, 900.
 Buyers said it was the greatest sale ever held. More than 5000, 900 pelts, including everything from the house eat to the imperial Russian sable, were sold. Prices ranged from one cent to more than s100 a pelt.
 The feature of today's session was the sale of 1000 GOO muskrats, which drought in excess of $1 1.100.000.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
MONTANA MAN IS
 GETTING OVER HIS
 LIFELONG TROUBLE
Had Suffered Since He Was Small Boy -- Declares Tanlac Has Done Him Whole World
 of Good.

'I remember when I was small boy how I suffered with my stomach said William Preece, weIlknown miner living at 1s3 Wing Street, Butte. Montana, recently. "It just troubled me constantly and as grew older the trouble got worse
 Soon after meal, gas would form in my stomach making it feel as hard as rock The pain would be terrible and would sometime last for days at time. During these attacks would have to lay of from work for several days. I was constantly belch- ing up undigested food and no matter what I'd eat I suffered from heart burn. 1 got so I could hardly sleep at all, would just roll and toss ail night long in agony.
 "Then I read about Tanlac in papers and got bottle and started taking it. It was not long until [ began to feel whole lot better ' have taken three bottles so fir ano from the way have improved so; far, it won't be long until my trouble is thing of the past. I can work regular every day now, my stomach don't trouble me like it did, my appe- tite is better and though haven't weighed. I know I'm getting heavier I am glad so recommend Tanlac, for it has done me whole world of' xood.n
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
GERMAN TOWNS KICK ON
 GIVING UP ROLLING STOCK
Say the Shortage of Food and Fuel Is. Serious, and Is Made Worse by
 the Lack of Cars.

Coblenz, Feb. 3.--Insistence by the allies upon prompt compliance with the terms of the armistiee has brought numerous protests from Ger man communities, which point out that until balance is adjusted, i'm provement in the traffic situation in German cannot be expected
 The business men in Essen explain. that from their district alone in the past few weeks, twenty-four thousand cars, and five thousand locomotives have been delivered to the allies.
 It is asserted that the food and fuel shortage, already serious. has been made more so by inability to move supplies.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
PRIMARY DATE IS SET.
Gov. Brough Signed Bill for Second
 Tuesday in August.

Little Rsek, Jan. a0--tfovsTnor G- H. Brough Wednesday afternoon signed the Joiner bill, changing the date for primary elections to the sec ond Tuesday in August It was the most important measure of the pres- ent session which has become law.
 Wednesday was the quietest day of the present session. the house spend ing virtually the entire day on two bills and the senate not being in ses- sion.
 After fight led by Representative Held against the $70,000 deficiency bill for hospital for nervous diseases, the house, 79 to T, passed the bill The fight was made because the bill was not itemized-
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
Farm Lands Much Sought.

c. D. Baker, representing the Stuart Land Company, of DeQueen, spent one day last week here looking after business affairs. MT. Baker states that his company has no trou- ble in disposing of all the Polk and Sevier county farms they can secure, the buyers mainly being people from the north and west. A branch office of the company located at Cove has been averaging the sale of three farms week, he states
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
FRENCH PILOTS ON THE RHINE
Tugs and Barges to Carry Foodstuff;
 in Squadrons.

Paris, Fob. 1.--French pilots, for first time in forty-eight years, will soon be guiding French and German vessels up and down the Rhine. The men will De recruited from among the helmsmen and pilots of the high sea rover fleets of the French navy, and are being instructed under the juris- diction of the ministry of marine.
 The pilots will take charge of the steamers, tugs and barges loaded with fooestuffs destined to the armies of occupation, and will also command squadrons of light gunboats charged with the "watch on the Rhine"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
Good Advertising for Polk County.

That's good advertising for Polk county Mena man said last week as he pointed to three young pigs in crates at the express company's of fee at the Kansas City Southern de- pot. The pigs were awaiting ship men to Oklahoma and the three were valued at SITS. The animals were Q T. c's being shipned cut by the Go'drn Rule Form The Golden Rule Farm is spread FNe f~mc of Polk eruntv thru nsrv sta+es by its ship -ee-+s rf rur s~rs raultry and fall blood swine
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
HOW MUCH COTTON IN isfsr
By Bradford Knapp. Chief States Ro lation Service, South; U. S. De partment of ARriculture.

By Bradford Knapp. Chief States Ro.
 lation Service, South; U. S. De
 partment of Agriculture.
 How much cotton should Arkansas farmers plant in 1919? This may De answered as follows:
 If the cotton farmer of the South will only remember his experience since 1914, he will be assisted in de- teimining upon plan for the future. He should remember that often in the past twenty years his greatest profit has come from actual misfor- tune, namely. a bad season and a short crop brought high prices. while good season and a big crop brought low prices He has seen disaster an 1 great financial hardship from the boil weevil, from drought, from cotton wilt in some sections, from the red spider in others, from the outbreak of the war in Europe and from threat ened legislation. These experiences should be enough to convince any thinking man that speculation by the farmer in cotton acreage is an unproftable business. While the gross return per acre in cotton raising is the largest of any single n-perish. able farm crop. 1t Is important to note that the cotton farmers do not stand near the top of the list in aver age wealth. and any comparisons be- tween the all-eotton territory and highly diversified agricultural sec tions are all in favor of the diversi- he'd sections against the cotton area.
 No One Knows Future Demand.
 No man can say definitely what amount of cotton the world will need In the next eighteen months The immediate demand for cotton, due to the close of the war, must be satis- ned out of the present crop. In the face of the uncertainties of the pres ent time. when world trade has been seriously disturbed and when the whole of civilization seams to be in period of Aux, is 1t not wise plsn to develop an agriculture which Is safe for our farmers and which will maintain the supremacy in cotton production by safeguarding 1t by a better balanced system of agricuL ture?
 Play ssfe-some Things To Do.
 The acreage in cotton for 1918 was next to the highest ever planted, the highest in 1s13 being only few thou sand acres greater Had 1t not been Tor the unfortunate season we would nave had very large crop of cotton m 1913 Any incrt.ase in the acreage planted in 1919 over 1918 with good season would produce an enormous crop Of cotton with all of the attend ant risks which abnor,nalIy large production has always brought to tho cotton planters. good average ac 'eage well tended. with good season conditions, will produce large crop More attention should be giv- en 10 the securing of better seed. bet esI preparation ar n ;oii- coTiTTiufi- y production of uniform varieties ana cooperative grading and market ing Of the product. rather than the naphazard speculative planting Of iarse crop. poorly tended and of inr ferior quality.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06
: Always Leans Menaward.

W. F. McCandlass of Kansas City, who is known to many in Mena, is back in the city again for an indefi- mite stay. Mir. McCandiass explains his return this way; "No matter where I go and what I am doing my nose leans Menaward and the first thing I know, everything else is dropped and I come backr Mir. Me- Candlass was interested in oil the last time he was here. He has not given up hope there is something worth while in Polk county, and inti- mates that he may move his family back to Mena soon.