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The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

The holly branches one sees on loads of wood standing on Jansen avenue are not premiums offered to induce the householder to buy fuel. Instead they are part of the revenue getters the wood haulers have at tbis season, the holly being in good de- mand as Christmas decorations. Branches with plenty of red berries sell from 25 cents up, depending on size.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

J. Ed Leeper came up from Shreve- port to spend Christmas with his fam fly. He is interested in the new oil fields in that vicinity, and describes Shreveport as the livest town in the world.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Mrs. A. J. Gramley has received announcement of the wedding of Miss Angeline Wood, a former Mena young lady to Robert Gardner. the cere- mony taking place at Port Arthur, Tex, last Thursday. The bride is a daughter Of Capt. D. ]. Wood, whose family resided some years ago on Bethesda Springs road.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Mir. and Mrs. Floyd M. Michael of Omaha, Neb., arrived in Mena on Wednesday for visit with Mr. Michael's parents, Mir. and Mrs. c. P. Michael, on Bethesda Springs road. The young man is in the real estate business in Omaha and has been sell ing farm lands that run from $150 to S400 per acre.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

The heavy mist of Thursday was responsible for a collision during the afternoon between the trucks of the Daniels Transfer Company and the Cunningham Grocery Company. Cecil Crumby, driver of the grocery car did not see the other in time to turn, and in the resulting smashup the Cunningham truck received the worst of it. The incident occurred on Port Arthur avenue.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Henderson and children arrived in Mena Tuesday af- ternoon from Chickamauga, Ga, to visit Mrs. Henderson's brother, J. B. Jones, who lives northwest of the city on Route 2
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

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The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

M. J. McGroarty of Acorn township this year set an example in saving of what is commonly waste product He has filled a 25-ton silo with the pumice from his sorghum crop, the product of three acres. The cane was cut without being stripped, and after being run thru the sorghum mill, it was run thru an ensilage cutter and then into the silo. A little water was added to produce the desired fermen- tation. MT. McGoarty reported at the Commercial Club office this week, that while he had not yet begun to use the feed, casual examination con vinced him that 1t is curing fine and that he expects to carry his stock thru the winter on it in good shape.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Folks are just beginning to realize that cherries are among the surest and most profitable fruit crops for this section of Arkansas. In addition to the plans being made by the pro- motors of the Mena BerryCherry farm to put out an acreage of this fruit, Peter McWilliam of Golden Acres farm reported at Commercial Club headquarters that he cleared three acres of land on his farm to be set to cherries. About the time he was ready to place his order for trees, his neigh bor, Edgar Moves, asked him to du- plicate the order so that he too might set out three acres.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

] c Martiny of Dyersburg, Tenn, and Miss Frances Martiny of Mem phis, Tenn, are to spend Christmas with Mir. and Mrs. M Martiny Mir. Imartiny is a son of the Mena man, and the young lady is a granddaughter.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
PERSONAL NOTES

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The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Rev. T. A. Park and Mrs. Park left Tuesday afternoon for Lafayette, Ind, where the Rev. MT. Park will officiate at the wedding of his brother, who travels from the old home in Tennes- see to wed an Indiana girl.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
Commercial
 Club
 PiChupS
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Here is an example of the good re. suits flowing from the cooperative spirit: When Minor Pipkin recently returned from trip to Texas, he brot to the secretary of the Commercial Club the name of a man at Wellington Tex, who had made inquiry about Polk county sorghum He was sent a sample of seeded ribbon cane syrup and in due time an order came for 100 gallons, which is being filled this week by a Polk county farmer.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

Adv. lst pub December lS lsls Last pub. January 8, 1920
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

E. Sommers left Wednesday after noon for Zwolle, La, where on Christ mas day his wife's sister, Miss Nell Winston, is to be married. Miss Win ston, was until a few weeks ago a teacher in the Mena schools.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14
WHAT Is INTOxICATINGe

The Federal prohibition amend
metn does not enact itself. II leavee<
both penalties and definitions to thes
legislatures. Congress can act IL X.
chooses, or II can leave action to thee
individual States. Whether the big
fight takes place In Congress or i'm
the State Legislature there win h<e
a merry time. n Congressional defc
inition IL too liberal for any Statee
the State Legislator" can add n
stiffer statute; but IL Congress fsr
stiff, no State Legislature can ensNr
the situation. Many legal deftnS-
tions are Involved, but the most tnr-
teresting is this: What liquor iS
intoxicating? IL you can get enougrs
2 per cent nearbcer into your sysS-
tenn without bursting II may intoxk-
cate you, but IL il an Intoxicating.
liquor? And how does II compare
in harmfulness with Ice cream So
da p Norman IIapgoOd in Leslie's.-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14
THE SMALL CROP OF 1909 OVER
$1OO,OOO,OOO MORE THAN THE
4,OOO,OOO BALE BIGGER CROP
OF THE YEAR 1908.

There are people in the cotton
country who make Jest when they
are told that the South can get more
dollars out Of ten million bale cot
ton crop than out of a fifteen mil
lion bale crop-in short, lots of peo-
pie don't believe it-although some
do. Then, the element of selfish
ness enters in---thousands of people
figure that as others will reduce
acreage, they'll Just slip in a big
one. and profit by the higher prices.
The only trouble with this is that
too many people figure that way and
the crop is bigger than ever and the
price low.
The statistics show very plainly
that the highest price accompanies
the lowest yields, conditions being
normal, and unaffected by such
things as wars. One cannot fairly
take any of the past three years as
a criterion on which to base conclu-
sions as to the probable price Of cot
ton. 1t is enough, though, to study
the figures and see what has hap.
pened to us all along through the
years.
or the seven years from 1908 to
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14
Cotton Brings Better Prices
in Years Of Low Production

iSl4. inclusive, the largest crop was
mat of 1914, when 16,135,OOO were
raised and sold for S591,OOO, 900. an
average price of 6.8 cents a pound. i.
the lowest price within the memory
OF the present generation. Con-
versely. the smallest crop of the sew
en- years was in 1909. when 10000.
oOO bales were raised and brought
$6SS,O00,000 ($97,OOO,O 900 more
than the bigger crop of 1910 an
average price of 1873 cents q pound.
There are exceptions, however, to
a general rule that the smaller the
crop the higher the price. In 1910
the crop was slightly larger than In
1909, and brought an average of a
a quarter cent higher price. We
must not be misled as to that, for
trade reports will sight us to a de-
mand in 1910 which was greater in
proportion to the 11.5OO,OOO bale
crop OF that year than was the de-
mand for the 100000 bale crop
or the year before.
The News is printing below the
iigures on cotton production and the
prices for the past eleven seasons.
giving yield, gross money receive 4
Tor the crop, and average price per
pound. a study of which will prove
without doubt the truth Of the as
sertion made by officials who arc
bending efforts to induce smaller
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14
Build Home For
Young People
Mcthoiists to Erect Public Mcetin =
Place for the Young Folks, With
Reafting Room, Swimming Pool.
and Other COnvcniences.

The First Methodist Church will
Immediately commence work on n
new building, to be located immed-
lately east of the church edifice on
Beech street, to cost between $1,000
and $4,000. which Is to be used for a
combination Sunday School room
and sort of recreation and reading
room and gathering place for the
young people of the church.
Plans have been prepared by Ar
chitect Jewell Hicks and are being
exhibited this week.
The plans, as now contemplated,
are for a large auditorium for var
ious meetings and entertainments,
with library room and other facili-
ties calculated to attract the young
folks, including swimming pool,
rather on the order of the Y. NJ. &.
A., but not embracing so many fea
lures, and being strictly a church
building.
The primary factor that caused
the plans to be made was the need
for more room for the growing Sun
day School of the church. The need
pie might gather and spend their
time in wholesome and improving
recreation also had something to do
with it, and the present plans are
the result.
The new institution, while part of
the church, is intended, this paper
is informed, as q place where all
young folks, regardless Of church or
Sunday School affiliation, may go
for an hour or an evening when 1t
suits them, and it Is believed will
fill a great need and really accom-
plish much good for the young peo-
pie Of the city.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

t-S-0-t-0-St-S- = :;
4 FARM AGENTS COLUMN !,
u 3-ss-t:-ts-:;-;$-tt-::-::-tt
(By c. w. Brown, County Agent)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Dipping vats are going in rapidly
now. Two Government men and
two State men are on the job and
they report splendid cooperation in
most sections. The Government
men are Drs. Scott and Ball, ana
, the State men are Gunter and Shir-
ley.
In 1908 the cotton production wa,
13.242,O00 bales, and the average
price was ST cents; in 1911 the pro
duction was 1868. 900 and the av-
erage price was SIS cents; in 1911
, the production was 16, ,135, 900 bales
and the average price was 6.S cents.
| In all other years, from 1908 to
1918 inclusive the production was
below 100000 bales and the
price has ranged from 1919 cents to
27.7 cents. Isn't this good proof
that the production should be held
down this year? How can we hold
the production down? Lessen the
acreage and plant more food ana
feed crops.
For the benefit of several inquir-
ing about formulas for killing trees
am again giving the following:
Two one gallon of water add one
pound of white arsenic and bring
the mixture to the boiling point
The nadd two pounds of sal soda
and boil until the mixture becomes
clear, which will be in 25 to 40 min
utes. To use the preparation cut
| gashes through the trunk in the
bark of the trees and pour about
! tablespoonful of the liquid in each
! cut. 1t should be used during the
early part of the growing season.
Remember. it is poison, and do not
use it recklessly.
Formula for making Bordeaux
| Mixture, to be used In spraying
Copper sulphate 4 lbs. Quicklime 4
lbs, water SO gals. Prepare the cop
per sulphate by suspending 1t In
gunny sack just below the surface
Of several gallons of water IN a clean
barrel. When the sulphate is dis.
solved, which requires from 3 to
hours, remove the sack and stir m
to the barrel enough additional wat
er to make exactly rs gallons OF tna
copper solution. Prepare the hme
by Stacking 1t slowly and thorough
" in a clean barrel; strain and add
| enough "aNOi W
exactly 25 gallons Of lime milk. Pour
the ingredients together into bar
rel, or, better, directly into the spray
tank. Do not put copper sulphate
or Bordeaux Mixture into tin or iron
vessels. Use wood or copper con
tainers. Mix the Bordeaux as need
ed and apply at once. It Is never SO
good after 1t has settled.
Several farmers are going to en-
deavor to raise pure seed this year:
This county has never seen GOOD
planting seed so scarce.
| Garden time Is here and with II,
of course. comes the cut worm. Feed
him . little of the following mt~-
ture and see how soon he VIII dis ,
appear: To one gallon of bran add
one-eighth pound of white arsenic
or Paris green: mix 1t Thoroughly
into a mash with a pint or so OF wat
or into which has been stirred abotu
a ut of molasses. Scatter the masN
among the plants and the work Is
done
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Here is John Wanamaker's Sc
cret of success--"nine tenths of get
ting ahead consists OF laying some
thing aside, There Is no better
way OF doing this than buying War
Savings Stamps.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Too much importance must not be
attached to prices which prevailed
during the four years of the world
war. when ocean freights and insur-
ance had gone to limits heretofore
undreamed OF. and when many other
things beyond control seemed to de-
feat partially the operation of the
law OF supply and demand. which
normally has NOR to do with com
modify prices than anything else.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

A man told us the other day that
he never realized how little he wouh
be missed, until he noticed how soon
friends seemed to forget deceassG
friend, and how soon afterward ms
widow commenced going to the pio-
ture shows again.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

A mans self-estcem and imporE
lance get a severe Jolt after he hnr
been sick for a month, and when no
RECEIVERS finds out that only Atr
family and next door netghhose
knew he was sick
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14
ROUND BOXING ..
LAW Is PASSED IN NEVADA

BY vote of IL to 4 the Nevada
state senate passed the twenty-five
round boxing bill over the veto OF
Governor Boyle and 1t now becomes
law.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Hetty Green knew how to save.
She once said. 81 do nv own buying
because 7 get 100 cents worth for
every dollar. If more people dln
that there would he less talk oi
hard times and che high cost OF
living" She would get s5 worth
for s414 ii she were alive ana
bought W. s. S. now,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

January. February. March. Even
the months of the year start off
with promise of forward progress
March out and buy your War Saw
ings Stamps before you forget 1t.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Not wandering sorrowfully, slow
", but winning sure success--that
what ". s. s. stands for.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-03-14

Thomas Edison says. Waste l.
worse than loss. The scope OF tnrir
,s EmitIess." Get more w. S. 8.
The sun., 1919-04-13

and few others. "There are, of course,
half hundred more minstrels in these
States who please the populaee with their
amiable tinklings. But these have scarcely
a transient claim on our attention" Names
dear to Mr.. Untermeyer, such as Ridge
and Brody, have not much more on ours,
but let us try to avoid this elumsiness of
expression.
1t is to be noticed that the living fact
Of which Mr.. Untermeyer has so much of
praise to say is inseparable from the liv-
ing writer. A contemporary poet who has
given his life for the country in which the
book will circulate is not necessarily men,
toned. Is it, perhaps, expedient that
those nearest the author should come into
The sun., 1919-04-13
Oldfield's Book
for the Motorist

A GROUP Of articles on how to care
"A for an automobile, by Barney Old
field, which appear to have been published
in newspapers, have been gathered TO-
gether and made into book entitled
Barney 0ldfeld's Book for the Motorist
and provided with an extremely dry &C
count Of this famous automobile racing
drivers life written by Homer C. George.
The twenty-five chapters of the text cover
every conceivable feature OF owning and
running motor car from suggestions as
to the type to purchase, the practice Of
economy (help, helpD, "noises and how
to cure them," the anti-glare problem and
driving suggestions and "Dont's." The
thirty illustrations of the chassis, engines,
&c, are very clear as reproductions and
are most helpfully explained. We are Of
the opinion that this book should have a
place. in the working library of every be-
ginner at the game of owning and driving
a motor car.
BARNEY OLDFIELD IS BOOK FOR THE
MOTORIST. BY BARNEY OIDFIELD.
Small, Maynard & Co. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-04-13

the eircl of light? One may be extL ed,
however, for having expected some men
ton, friGndly if no more, of kilmer. The
mention land the only one) will be found
on page Ill, as follows:
Edwin Arlington Robinson has already
found direct disciples in poets like Joyce
Kilmer (ride his Martini and William
Stanley Braithwaite (SG"dy Star and
Other Verses)."
Mr.. Cntermeyer admits that he has not
''the aloof and olympian attitude toward
art which is so often supposed TO repre-
sent the true poise of criticism.
THE NEW ERA IN AMERICAN POETRY
BY LOUIS UNrERMEYER. Henry Holt g
Go. $2.25.
The sun., 1919-04-13
SPRING BOOKS
Ledc0cE !ScIres
the Kaiser Problem!
The
H0HENZ0LLERNs
IN AMERICA
And Other Impossibilities

By STEPHEN LEACOCK
author Of Nonsense Novels, "E'er-
arg Lopses," "Frenzied Fiction" etc.
Cloth, $1.25 Net
The thanks of many nations are
due to Stephen Leacock, the gifted
Canadian humorist, for solving the
much debated question, What shall
we do with the ex-Kaiser?" He is
coming (they are all coming, Uncle
William, Cousin Ferdinand, Willie,
Lizzie and the entire Hohenzollern
family as immigrants to America.
At least so Mr.. Leacock tells us in
this. his latest book OF irresistible fun
and humor.
The sun., 1919-04-13
Romance Humor Surprises
NURSE
BENSON

By JUSTIN H. MCCARTHY
A,ahor Of "The Glorious Rascal" If
I We're King" etc. Cloth, $3.50 Net
A charming modern novel, full of
bright and sparkling conversation,
refreshing humor and tender pathos,
founded on the famous play by Justin
Huntley Mccarthy, in conjunction
with r. c. Carton, which has Just
passed its three hundredth perform
ance in London, and is scheduled for
early stage production in America.
The sun., 1919-04-13
THE LETTERS
OF AlGERNON
C.. SWlNBURNE

Edited and with an Introduction by
EDMUND GOSSE, C. B., and
THOMAS JAMES WISE
Ttco rolIncs.
Cloth, $500 Net per Sci
This is the first comprehensive
collection of Swinburne's letters to
be made, and they cover practically
the whole period of his adult life,
from February, 1858, to January
1909.
The sun., 1919-04-13
PRESIDENT
WILSON
By DANIEL HAIEVY

Translated by High Stokes.
Cloth, $3.50 Net
Within the limits of volume in
evitably destined for an immediate
Interpretation OF Mr.. Wilson to the
people Of France, Mr.. Halevy has
produced what is little less, in its
way. than a masterpiece. The
Neu Republic.
The sun., 1919-04-13
An,erico's Miracle in France

s. o. S.
Services Of Supply
By ISAAC F. MARCOSSON
Author Of "Ths business Of War"
THE Rebirth Of Russia"
Illustrated. Cloth, $3.50 Net
This book, written under the spe-
cial authority Of General Pershing,
is a piece of permanent history and
discloses for the first time the TO
nance of the Services of Supply,
which fed, equipped and transport
ed the American Expeditionary
Force.
The sun., 1919-04-13

A Frenchn,dn's Vietr Of
The sun., 1919-04-13

OF ALL BOOKSELLERS
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-29
RETURNED SOLDIERS
MUST Be EMPLOYED
BUSINESS MEN AND OTHER EN-
PLOYERS ASKED TO FIND
PLACES FOR THEM

Western states are facing new
problem in finding jobs for their ex-
soldiers. The summers work is
about ended and thousands of returned
fighting men umst change from tenn
porary or outdoor occupations to
factories, shops and offices, with the
resultant large labor turnover. The
War Department has just completed
survey of this territory, and this
sudden job-shifting is the burden of
the report to Major General William
G. Ham, head of the Service>and In
formation branch, in charge of soldier
employment, made public today.
Sample figures from representative
cities for the last four weeks show
for positions and 1916 have been put
in jobs. San Francisco alone has
more than half this number with
$500 men applying and 5,252 placed
In Portland, Ore, the outlook is
very good with practically all returned
men at work The American Legion
is conducting the employment work
with excellent results. In period ex-
tending over four weeks time $50 dis
charged service men have been placed
in jobs out of 200 seeking employment.
Oakland, Cal, placed 1913 men out of
1924 registering. The situation at
Cheyenne, Wyo., is progressing salts
factorily with 311 men placed out of
1923 applying. At Los Angeles, CAL,
there has been decided improvement.
In four weeks 872 men registered
This number were placed and in adj
dition $50 more who had registered
previously secured employment,
total of 1922 put in jobs.
Encouraging figures come from Mis-
soula, Mont. Out of 238 men looking
for employment 214 we're placed.
WASH, reports practically
all service men at work. Phoenix,
Arfz., has also made fine record dur
ing recent weeks. Advices from Seat
tie, Wash, indicate that the situation
is improving and that nearly all dis
men are securing employment.
The American Legion has now TAX
en- over the entire burden of the work
in Arizona.
In Idaho there is no state apprOpria- I
ion for soldier employment work and
he American Legion in conjunction |
with the various welfare organiza-
ions is handling the situation. How
ever many men are employed on out
loor work which is fast ending, and /
he need for the continuation of the
service is considered urgent.
General Hams representatives have
made a special plea to the War Camp
Service to continue it's eff
icient cooperation in the work.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-29

Gods measure of a Man. Moscow
heard with the price of admissin a
thrilling recital adorned with humor,
pathos, imagery and sound philosophy.
eff man keep the whole law and of
fend in one point he is guilty of all"
A Moscow man has been to DR.. Bull
gin and expressed himself as feeling
that this was an injustice DIR. Bulgin
promises to deal with it tonight. The
lean, tall form of the speaker is ex-
tended as he hooks folded newspaper
over the wires above him and says
"This is chain holding you over the
pit of hell. Every link is hand forged
steel. But one is cast iron and rotton
1t breaks. The chains strength is the
strength of it's weakest link" Your
fingers in your arm holes and saying
II am moral man and will be alright
with God" Only two moral men.
Adam gefore the fall and the man of
John l. If you sin once you are doom
ed to he'll We believe in law. Unless
you are an anarchist or a heather.
Irishman was loyal. One of first to
and queen one breasts When DR.. re-
markell dDOut HIS pdITlOIlSIu lie Sdlu,
"But / am sitting on Won Hindenburg
and the Kaiser" We will sit on the
lawless element in the u S. Moses got
his 10 points drought but there was
no U. S. senate. A law without a
penalty is just good advise.
DR.. Bulgin announced two divisions
to his sermon Sinai and Calvery Each
one of the ten commandments were
taken up in order and discussed He
showed how essetial it was to a well
ordered state that this code be fol-
lowed and how we did not observe it. !
How the moral man was equally guilty
for after all thare was no one moral
All were therefore under condemna-
sion The biggest sin is not murder,
reason, stealing or ought else. 1t is
lnbelief. God says thou shalt have :
10 other god and the man who will not |
lave Jevovah is a great sinner. The |
speaker said he was present when
was shot and heard his last
speech. II fear the God, of Gold for
AMERICA" said Mckinley. Men boast
# never swearing before women.
Think more of them than of God The
here takes little excur-