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The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
CONSOLIDATION MOVE ON FOOT.
corinth, Oak Ridge and Thacker
 Schools May Be Consolidated.
fBy Supt. |. G.I Harrisl

lby oupt. l. d,i tafTlS)
 At the January session of the county court, Judge Finger entertained peti. tion from the taxpayers of Corinth. Thacker and Oak Ridge school dis tricts praying the court to call an election that the question of consoli- dating the same might be voted upon. After consideration. the petition was granted and Judge zFinger named Tuesday, February 17, as the date of election and Thacker school house the place for same.
 The judges who were appointed for same were F. ]. Greiner, w NJ. Elem ing and George Wiles.
 The people Of these three districts are to be congratulated that they are on the road to better schools In all the states where progress in educa- tion is being made, the little one room rural school is being done away with and two, three, and four teacher schools are taking their places.
 From every standpoint~-tha of fi- nancial saving, increased efficiency. greater school interest. making the school a community center and many other things the consolidated school is superior to the single rural school The day is coming when the farmer is going to demand his rights and his chlldrens rights to as good an educa- tion as the town children have. There is only one way to get this better edu- cation. That is to grade the rural school
 What would be thought of Mena or any other city which would have ten or twelve teachers and each and every one teaching all grades from first to eighth? It would be said that the members of the Board of Education were crazy.
 Yet that is exactly what we are now doing in our rural schools. In many cases schools are within a mile of each other and the same work is being done tto the best of their ability) by young boys and girls. Given this consolida- ton and division of the work into grades and a great increase in effi- ciency would result.
 Take the three districts of Nunley Ransom and Pine Hill The territory Is not so large but what it could all be served from a central location like Nunley. By consolidating these three districts which are now paying $1I5 to young teachers with only home training, older and more experienced teachers with normal training could be secured. As matters now are. sev- eral students of school age at Nunley are compelled to stay home as they have finished eighth grade and cannot go beyond this without going away to school By consolidation a high school could be put in at this Seint thus giv- ing an opportunity for higher educa- tion without the great expense. of leaving home and paying board and tuition.
 Board Camp faces a like situation. It is the center of territory now served by four schools. Surrounding it are Oak Hill, Crystal Hill and Hickory Ridge. The sum of $262.50 per month is being paid and each teacher cover identically the same ground as the others
 One teacher is trying to handle nine grades. It is an impossibility to do this and do it properly but the amount of money now being paid out would enable the parents in this com munity to have a first class high school as well as better grades.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

NEW BANK AT oDeN
Sydney w. Duke of Mena Is President
 and Carl Robbins, Cashier.

The Oden State bank, the first fi- nancial institution of it's kind for that lively Montgomery county town, was organized Tuesday. The new bank has received its charter and starts out with Sl1,000 capital stock and surplus. Just as soon as safe can be installed the bank will open for business. The directors chosen are as follows: s. M. Hickey, R. F. Miller, R. w. Neville, Dr. J. D. Robbins, A. ] Plemmons, |. c. Chapman, all of Oden and Sidney w Duke of Mena. The officers for the bank are President, Sidney W. Duke; lst Vice. President A. J. Plemmons: {: End Vice-President, l. c. Chapman ; Cashier, Carl Robbins. Mir Duke and Otho Ozment were at Oden to attend the organization meeting. A number of Mena citizens are stockholders in the new bank. Cashier Robbins is now cashier of the Caddo Valley bank at Womble.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
4ss QUAKEs DURING 1919
No Loss of Life Caused by 97 Shocks
 in United States.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Four hun dred and sixty-eight earthquakes were felt sensibly in various parts of the world during 1919. Of that number, 97 were felt in the United States, but there was no loss of life or serious damage to property from those in this country. Of the earthquakes occurring in other parts of the world, los of life was recorded in that of April 2S in San Salvador and one on June 29 in Florence, Italy.
 Eighty of the 97 earth shocks re- corded in the United States were re- ported from California. The remaind- CT were felt in various parts of the country form the Atlantic to the Pa cific. Kentucky, Arkansas, Utah, Ari- zona, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ten nessee, Washington, Virginia, New Jersey and Michigan all reported shocks during the year.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
NENA MANGANESE, LOUISIANA STEEL
Combination of the Two May Bring Big Development of Polk County 0res-Suppiy Win Last for
 Fifty Years.

A union between Mena manganese and Louisiana steel is one of the pos abilities of the year, if reports from Shreveport can be relied upon. A great steel making concern is planned at Shreveport and the closeness of the manganese deposits in the Mena field make this the logical place from which to secure the needed alloy.
 Within the coming week repre- sentative of the Louisiana Steel com pany Is expected in Mena to make an investigation of the manganese situa- tion here. The Shreveport Times tells of the plan to unite the manganese and steel interests in the following.
 Richard Messall, president of the Messall Manganese Company, of Mena. Ark, a regularly organized corpora tion, has been in Shreveport several days in conference with Col. l. P. Featherstone, president of the Louisi- ana Steel Company, with a view to joining with the Shreveport concern in it's contemplated manufacture of steel at this point.
 According to the reports of John A. Beam and Frank w. Swanson, mining engineers, this depdsit of manganese
 
 is of excellent quality and exists in large quantities in Polk county, Arkan sas. The mines are located within less than 200 miles of Shreveport. and it is estimated by the engineers that the supply is of sufficient magnitude to meet the requirements of the Loui siana Steel Company for at least 30 years, calculations being made on full production of the mill, as now con- templated.
 The importance of this Arkansas de- posit may be appreciated when 1t Is remembered that most Of the eastern plants are importing their manganese from Brazil and Spain and other for eign countries. The Bethlehem Steel Company is now hauling it's iron ore, also, from Cuba, Spain and Brazil
 The iron ore in East Texas, less than 100 miles from Shreveport. the coal and coke at Howe. Okla, less than 200 miles from Shreveport. and now, the opening of manganese mine in Arkansas, all within less than one fifth of the distance hauled from the Eastern steel plants, indicates the very satisfactory position of Shreye- port as a manufacturing point.
 Colonel Featherstone will go with MT Messall, to Arkansas, where they will make a tour of inspection of the properties and further investigation of the extent of the deposits.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
Profit in Town Rossx.

Dr A. E. Wiley tells little story that can but be interesting these II. c. l.. days He says some three months ago he had a family COW that was yielding little more than 9 quarts daily He gave $25 and this COW for an animal that produces q little more than gallons daily and with more than needed, the surplus was sold to neighbors During Janu- ary this surplus brought $16.f0 cash Besides all the milk and cream they want, Dr. and Mrs. Wiley use about '3 pounds of butter weekly The total feed for the COW costs SIP per month With these figures as a basis 1t is not hard to figure that good COW, even in town. is a pretty safe investment It might also be ascertained that fhe $25 invested in better COW WAS well spent.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
LAW SAFEGUARDS
 ROAD DIST. FUNDS
Act No. 15l Requires Commissioners of All Districts to File Reports Oil All Money Collected and
 Expended.

It is inevitable that whenever large sums of public funds are to be expend- ed, either by individual officials or commissions. there are some who are more or less suspicious that some of the money may go wrong-that there may be ome waste from extravagant methods, or even downright graft.
 And, when we have SO fresh in mind some of the stories of wild financing in government circles during the war, ! it is not all strange.
 In any event two phases are devei- oping:
 The people have a right to know.
 The people want to know.
 For this reason The Star takes pleasure in printing in it's entirety Act No. l51, as supplied by Tom J. Terral, Secretary of State, which act bears entirely upon the expenditures of funds by all road districts of what ever form in Arkansas.
 ACT NO. 151-An Act Requiring the
 Commissioners of all Road Districts,
 Drainage Districts and Improve
 ment Districts of all Kinds to File
 an Annual Report on the First Mon
 day in January of Each Year Here
 after.
 Be it Enacted by the General Assem- bly, of the State of Arkansas:
 "Section 1. That hereafter all com- missioners of road districts, drainage districts and improvement districts of every kind where bonds are sold. shall be required to file report on the first Monday in January of each year, dur ing the time expenditures are being made, and said report shall contain a detailed, full and correct statement up to the date of the filing of their re- port, including the amount of money collected, the amount of money ex- pended, showing the date and number and amount of each voucher, to whom issued, and for what purpose, the char acter of the improvement made, the amount of the improvement, and every other detail necessary to full and thorough understanding from the re- port of everything done or accomp- lished by said commissioners and dis . trict Said report shall be filed with the the clerk of the county court of the county in which said improvement 0lctAiNb ic OA VI II CitC tloLllSl or any part of it is in more than one county, then in each county ot said district; and said report when so filed sss shall II 55o kept hs said clerk, subject to the inspection of any taxpayer in said district
 Section 9 If any Board of Com missioners shall fail or refuse to com ply with the provisions of Section of this Act, the said board and each member thereof shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each offense
 "Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are here by repealed.
 "Section 1. This act being neces- sary for the immediate preservation of public health, peace and safety, an emergency is hereby declared, and it shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage"
 APPROVED. October IS. 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
MEM MAIL OUTLET FOR
 MENA PROVES POPULAR
Daily Auto Service to and From Womble Saves Much Time
 Mail East.

The new star route mail line be tween Mena and Womble is operating successfully and is serving as a de- cided convenience and time saver. This contract was searched by c. B. Harrison and at present is being ham, dled by him with Ford chassis and delivery body. The car leaves Mena each weekday morning at z arrives at Womble, distance of AZ miles, at noon, leaving on return an hour later, and if on schedule time reaches Mena at D. m.
 This route carries mail for Nunley. Board Camp, Big Fork. Slatington, Black Springs and Womble and for points on the railroad out of Womble as far as Glenwood.
 In addition to the mail, passengers are carried, and 1t s understood that this will probably make necessary a larger car in the near future.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
California a Fine Place. but

H. A. Barton of Cove was a Mena visitor Wednesday. He recently re- turned from California, where last September at Los Angeles. he was seriously injured when struck by a street car. Mir. Barton says Califor- nia is fine place for those who have plenty of money, and he has praise for the climate and fine roads. but he has no desire to return
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
Thinks Is Oldest Reader.

T. c. Conn of Ink, while in Mena on Thursday, advanced his subscription date for The Star to May 1, 1925. MT. Conn has been a resident of Polk counnty for 53 years, coming here from Mississippi after serving four years in the war between the states He believes he is one of the oldest, if not the oldest readers of The Star in Polk county. He was one of the first readers of the Dallas Courier, started by Judge Carter in 1885, and has been a subscriber of The Star since it's be- ginning in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
Burial of Mrs. Vandiver.

Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Van m. wife of Dr. w. c. Vandiver, <e held Sunday afternoon at the |4e on Stilwell Heights, and were Ended by large number of friends ! acquaintances. Burial was at Odd lows cemetery. the services at the
 ke and grave being in charge of Dr.
 R. B. Long. Pall bearers were w. Holt. w. w. Townsend, R. A. Mont nery, H. Hoehener, James Pegram E E. A. Smith. Mrs. Vandiver |ged away Saturday afternoon, after ling been sick but a few days from rte Indigestion. She was born in I1t Virginia and was aged 29 years
 E father, James Stafford, died in
 |aa few years ago. In addition to husband. Mrs, Vandiver is sur
 1d by one son about 3 years of age.
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 ns for your farm at the Star office.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
POLk COUNTY HAS
 b|C ROAD PROGRAM
Ri<h the Signing of Acts Now Up to Eoyernor, There Will Be Seven Authenticated histricts Covering
 145 Miles of Improvements.

zach has been the growth of the ood roads movement in Polk county, taf seven highway improvement dis riets have been inaugurated in less |sxn year for the building of 145 AiIes of~real roads.
 n February, 1919, the citizens of soIk county were only hoping we 1ixht get some day some good roads. 4l1ay the county. has it's largest high |4F improvement almost ready for ac- &<I construction to begin, and six l|z<r projects started
 he highway improvement districts zc{pde the Jefferson highway, the <<field- Oklahoma road. both of which fs proceeding under the Alexander 34d law, and five special districts for 08d improvement, created by act of 1E Special session of the state legisla-
 These five special acts have passed 9<H branches of the legislative body Hit tlOW uD tO dOfCtAtCt oAO0Stl 4f his signature. When the executive 9Hze is attached these bills become HIS and the men named in the meas f&& are empowered to carry out the <6Tisions of the acts.
 10 Representative c. l.. Baker of |34a goes credit for the passage of @<F of the five special acts. Senator |G1 Johnston of Scott county, intro |&ced and helped pass the bill for the I[66a- Big Fork road, which is off Fl known as Highway District No.
 De commissioners on this project &z George w. Petty, J. B. Lilies and
 & Looney. The proposed road is I>5roximately 24 miles in length.
 Hepre sentative Baker introduced nd secured the passage of the acts eating the following highway inn f1Fement districts:
 No. 3-Mena to the Oklahoma line, E Nay of the Talihana road. Distance miles. Commissioners w. l.. Lauck, mmett Rowe and R. M. Berry.
 No. 4-Wickes to Baker Springs, 12 Iiles. Commissioners A. c. Higgin- el4em, c. H. Jett, Sr., representing oik county and M. w. Duckett and tII McC Cauley for Howard county.
 &p. 5-Grannis to Oklahoma line 1d Grannis to Howard county line, { miles. Commissioners w. k. Fay |r, w. H. Jones and c. M. Launder- No. 7-Mena to Cherry Hill, con eexing with the Jefferson Highway 4st of Mena, IT miles in all. Com |;Ssioners k. L. Norris, G. V. Vim erIy and R. k. Watkins.
 District No. 6 includes the Hatfield kIahoma laterals, one of which runs midwest, the other southwest to the ate line from Hatfield. The distance l Fl miles and the improvement is eiug conducted under provisions of Ie Alexander law.
 District No. 1 is the greatest of all. 'hi6 includes the north and south md, known as the Jefferson High 'ax. Commissioners were named last |arch and in spite of delays and court RI1fs actual work on the great high 'a9 Is expected to start next month. lie commissioners are J. F. Hood, lex Coyle, and l. O. Smith. The plans 1he Southwestern Engineering com A-.=. have been approved, bids have zen asked for and on February 26 at as office of the state highway de- artment at Little Rock bids are to be 3cnCd and the contract awarded.
 E is confidently expected by the and others interested ] the highway that actual construc- oll work will start during the month E March.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
CHAS. LOGAN TO FAIR STORE. After Two Years With Duke Magru-
 der, Advertising Man Changes.

Charles Logan, who for the past two years has had charge of the advertis- ing department at the Duke -Magruder store, has resigned to accept a place with the Fair Store. He started on his new duties Monday morning. The change means that the Duke Magru- der company loses live, hustling young assistant and the Fair Store makes corresponding gain. During his residence in Mena Mir. Logan has enlarged his circle of friends and ac- quaintances thru his pleasing person ality and his accommodating ways.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
Wed at Hotel Commercial.

Tuesday afternoon at the parlors of the Hotel Commercial the marriage of w. R Parsons and Mrs Datha Foltner. both of Hatfield. The nuptial vows were taken before the Rev. H. l.. Wa ters cf the Baptist church, in the presence of few close friends, Mir
 and Mrs. Parsons will live at Hatfield.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

Don't neglect signals of distress in ,the kidneys Backache. nervous dis brders, pale complexion, dark rings about the eyes, mean kidney trouble.
 Regiu promptly taking Priekly Ash | IIsittSrs: t isSa kidney remedy of the | first class. Price $l26 per b5sssle. Iisnaels' Us:::g SStsesSS and satksvzs Drug ( Furniture Co. Special Agents.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

H. A. Standridge of Big Fork was in Mena Saturday and drove back home in a new Ford touring car which he secured from the Proctor Smith Motor Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
When the bowels become irr

When the bowels become irregular you are uncomfortable and the longer this condition exists the worse you feel You can get rid of ths misery quickly by using HERBINE Take q dose on going to bed rnd see how fine you feel next day Price soc Sold by Jackson Drug and rurnlIure lo.--,Ady
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

Gas in the stomach or bowels is a disagreeable symptom of torpid liv- CT. To get rid of 1t quickly take HER ZINE. It Is marvellous liver stiml- lant and bowel purifier. Price COG. Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Co Ad
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

Dr. T. Nj. Fletcher-Cox Building. Hours 9 to II a. m. and to 4;30 D. m. Special attention given to diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat. Glasses fitted. Adv. 29-26t 6-4t
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

A scald, burn, or severe cut heals slowly if neglected The family that keeps bottle of BILLIARDS SNOW LEN1MENT on hand is always pre-. pared for such accidents. Price 25c, soc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by the Jackson Drug and Furniture Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

distance of 85 miles, part of the dis tance being over mountain roads, but Mir. Earp stated they saved enough in buying goods in Mena "to pay them big" for the long journey.
 Frank Lilies, living near Big Fork, while in Mena Thursday, exprest dis approval of the manner in which the good roads advocates are going about to secure the building of the Mena- Big Fork highway. Tho his brother, J. B. Lilies. is one of the commission CTS on the proposed improvement, the Big Fork man declared he had $50 to spend in defeating the project.
 E. 0. Crandell of Vicksburg, Miss, after few days visit in Mena, has de- cided he need look no further for a healthful home, and has arranged to stay here. Mrs. Crandell and children have been in Mena for the past few weeks, and they, too, are enjoying the new home. MT. Crandell is desirous of escaping from the malarial condi- tions of Vicksburg.
 c. F. Self of Hatfield was in Mena Wednesday seeking trace of three head of work animals which had strayed from his place. Mir Self is one of the new settlers in that vicin- ity of Hatfield, and desiring to know the happenings of Polk county. had his name added to the Stars list. He was accompanied by the Rev N. O. Hornsby, who has just recovered from two-week's seige of influenza,
 
 Mir. and Mrs. Freeman Johnson and children have returned to Mena to make this their home again. They ar rived on the delayed northbound pas senger Tuesday afternoon. and have taken possession of their old home on West Port Arthur avenue. They make |the change from Little Rock because Mena is more convenient for Mr. Johnson's headquarters while working for the state department of agricnl-
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05
Groves TasteIess chlII Tonlc

scstorcs vitality and energy by purifying and en- richIne the blood. You can soon feel its Stfennth snine lnvisorstins Effect Price epc.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

Mrs. Shade Hilton of the Board Camp community, was in Mena Tues day evening to leave for Camargo, Ok, in response to word of the serious illness of her niece, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Raymond Isom, former Polk county residents.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

The open season for quail ended Saturday, and local Nimrods will have to forego the sport for a while Some good bags were reported by Mena hunters this past week
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

The o.aasae That Docs Not Affect The siesd
 Becapse of It's tonic and laxative effect. I-AxA- I'VE BkOMV QUiNihE Uabiets) can be tAkcH by anyone Hifaou. causing ncrvousness or rfnktnx
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

E. A. Lewis and son, Charles, were in from Big Fork Friday. After hay ing been without The Star the past year, MT. Lewis resolved not to be caught that way again, and while in the city renewed his subscription for five wears.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

distance of 85 miles, part of the dis tance being over mountain roads, but MT. Earp stated they saved enough in buying goods in Mena "to pay them big" for the long journey.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05


 M. w Roger and family have moved from Gam street to the Cherry-Berry farm on Bethesda Springs road, of which MT. Roger will have charge for the promoters. They will continue to keep abreast of things newsy by read ing the Evening Star.
 Hens are money getters these days. W. A. Mize, living west of Mena, brought dozen Riddles to market on Tuesday and received $21 for them at Johnson's. The hens weighed 75 pounds. A few years ago the same number of hens would not have brought fourth the present price. B. s. Petefsh, who came down from Acorn Saturday, reported mad dog had been seen in that community a few days ago The animal escaped be- fore it could be killed. No one was attacked by the dog, but another canine was bitten and this dog is be- ing watched to see if rabies develop.
 Mrs. w. T. McMilIan and her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Williams, have returned from Fl Paso, Tex, to make their home with Mir. and Mrs. J. H. McMillan on Magnolia avenue. Mrs. McMillan was called to Fl Paso last November because of the death of her granddaughter. Miss Thelma Will jams.
 The Golf store at Egger, which has beeen under the management of H. F. Hoover, has been sold to w. w. Phil pot and James Van Horn, two we'll known young men of that community. 2 R. Golf returned Friday from Egger, where he assisted in the invoicing of i the stock and turned the business over i tc the new owners. i W. B. Earp and D. c. Cook of Mine ola were in Mena Tuesday buying sup
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

Legal Blanks Legal Arkansas
The Mena weekly star., 1920-02-05

". B. Earp and D. c. Cook of Mine ola were in Mena Tuesday buying sup plies for themselves and neighbors.