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The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
Edwards Davis.

Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. H. Young On the south side,
occurred the marriage of H. d. Davis
OF Port Lavaca, Tex. and Mrs. Ella
M. Edwards of Hatfield. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. H. L.
Waters of the Baptist church. The
groom is the father of Lloyd Davis, a
former we'll known Mena resident.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis after honeymoon
spent with relatives and friends in
Texas and Arkansas. expect to make
their home in eastern Oklahoma
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
JAMES N. COX AND
F. D. ROOSEVELT
The Team the Democrats Have Chosen
TO Lead the Party in National
Campaign-Forty -four Ballots to
Choose Presidential Nominee.

San Francisco, July 7.--James NJ
Cox, three times governor of Ohio,
was nominated for the presidency ear
ly yesterday morning by the Demo-
cratic national convention in the
breakup of one of the most prolonged
deadlocks in the history Of national
political parties.
II took forty-four ballots to make
nomination, and with its choice
made, the convention adjourned until
noon to name candidate for the vice
presidency.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

]. A. York has curiosity in chick
en- with four legs but only one head.
The fowl was found dead In the shell.
having failed to hatch. Mr.. York has
the body preserved In jar OF alcohol.
There are two perfectly formed bodies,
which unite in the back and join the
single head.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

In every home where there is baby
there should also be bottle of Nc
GEES BABY ELIXIR. 1t may be
needed at any time to correct sour
stomach, wind collie, diarrhoea or sum-
mer complaint. 1t is wholesome REM
edy, contains no opium, morphine or
injurious drug of any kind. Price 25c
and SOC per bottle. Sold by jack
son Drug Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
DISAPPOINTED IN ROADS
Former Resident Finds Them Worse
Here Than Years Age.

After an absence Of dozen years
M. D. Cummings, Of Paris, Tex, re-
turned to Polk county and found the
roads not SO good as when he left. The
young man who was born and reared
in the Rocky neighborhood drove
through from Texas in his car for a
visit with his brother, Luther Cum
mings, at Hatfield. He spent a few
hours in Mena Wednesday. Where he
lives in Texas good roads are ,consid-
cred necessity and the former Polk
countian was disappointed in not find
ing real highways in the hills. He de-
clared before leaving that he might
not come back again unless Polk
county furnished better roads to ride
over
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
stokes-shIrisx.

County Judge H. w. Finger was
called upon Tuesday morning to per-
form his first marriage of the month.
The contracting parties were Jesse
H. Shirley and Miss Lee Stokes, both
of whom live on Route 4. The cere-
mony took place at the court house.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

After an absence of weeks wish
10 state 70 my friends and customers
chat an ready to serve them in the
auction Business. Will endeavor to
please ii The future as have in the
past, and stand ready to meet all con-
dit1ofls and prices. See me or either
0l IT, hanks of Mena for dates. Yours
Il Ile4se w. Fl. Clover, Auctioneer.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
MENA DOCTORS RAISE RATES.

Meet Old III. c. l..
Mena physicians feel the pinch Of
H. c. L. like other folks, and after
practicing for several years at the old
price have decided on advances OF
from 50 to $3.50 for day calls and
from S3 to $3.50 on night calls. Per-
haps the most important change, how
ever, is in obstetrieal cases. The old
fee for aid given in populating the
world was SIS and ups This has been
raised to $25 and up.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

The county election commissioners
on petition from interested parties,
have established another voting pre-
cinet in Freedom township This box
win be at the Mcbride school house
near Mountain Fork.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
EASTERN OKLAHOMA

UNUSUAL BARGAINS IN LOW
PRICED FARMS FOR SIS TO SOS
PER ACRE ON COON TERMS.
GOOD DEEP RICH SOIL. NO
WORN OUT LAND. GOOD
SCHOOLS. NEAR GOOD TOWNS.
SEND AT ONCE FOR COPY OF
OUR FARM BULLETIN WITH THE
FARM BARGAINS.
STUART LAND co.
Heayener. Okla.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

When you feel lazy, out of sorts and
yawn a good deal in the daytime, you
can charge it to torpid liver which
has allowed the system to get full of
impurities. HERBINE cures all dis
orders produced by an inactive liver.
1t strengthens that organ, cleanses the
bowels and puts the system In good
healthy condition. Price 60c. Sold by
Jackson Drug Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
Sample Of Town-Grown Clover.

Those folks that saw sweet clover
won't grow in Polk county, should go
over on DeQueen street, opposite Cum
ningham's grocery and see the growth
that John James cut down Thursday.
The legume is growing at the edge of
the sidewalk and one large stalk of
clover has pushed its way thru a
crack in the concrete and looks like it
is growing in solid rock.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

CuBANS TO HOLD SUGAR
Growers Agree Not to offer More
Till Price is % Cents.

Havana, July Cuban cane grow
ers, sugar mill owners and brokers,
claiming to control the sale OF $780,
900 sacks of unsold sugar, were on
record today as definitely pledged not
to offer any more sugar for. sale until
the price had reached "a cents
pound. the level reached during the
last half of May. This decision was
reached at mass meeting held last
night
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
Mr.. and Mrs. T. DeLos Mullins. VIII

were for few months at the head Of
the Acorn schools, but more recently
having conducted the school at Dem
ton, Tex, have returned to Polk coun-
ty, and soon viii be settled in quar-
tiers at Acorn. Mr.. Mullins expresses
himself as particularly pleased to
again be back in Polk county, and is
enthusiastic over the prospects at
Acorn, which he is sure will retain it's
high standing in educational circles.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

Ii YOU feel @blue, No account"
lazy, you need good cleaning out.
HERBINE is the right thing for that
purpose. IL stimulates the liver.
tones up the stomach and purifies the
bowels. Price 60c. Sold BY Jackson
Drug Co.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

Lost Pocketbook-O road from Mena
to Caddo Gap, from mail hack.
Small pocketbook rubber band
around it; contained $4,000. Return
to A. ]. Robbins, or The Star for lib
eral reward.-Adv. 160&28
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

ARE YOU using costly stationery
for scratch tabs? Get regular
scratch tabs at The Star office.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
Very truly yours,
Reed District For. ter.
BY Il. 3. stahler. f.ctina

by II. =. oJdUItTl leCtIH9
The estimated cost OF the "a miles
between Opal and Big Fork vas $685.
600, and the local Forestry officials
have recommended that the depart
ment pay for that the department pay
ment pay 80 per cent Of the 3.4 miles
between Big Fork and the Caddo road
Official notice has also been re-
ceived that $16.500 had been appro-
priated to this district by the State
Highway Commission. this. Of course
contingent on the work being in pro-
gress this year.
AS before stated, however, this en-
terprise is tied up, very much as Is
also District No. 3.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

One black horse mule. VT. 600 lbs;
one ear split.
One cut Jack, mouse color; thyroid.
Will pay $500 reward for infor-
nation leading to the finding the
above stock. Andrew Blalock,
Adv. 26-1t Hatfield, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08
70
FOREST FEDERAL AID WAS
READY FOR ROAD DIST. z.
G. w. Petty Commissioner, Receives
an interesting Letter About
Onal-Bin Fork Secfion

The Star has stated that the Ma.
tinal Forest department was prepared
to build the troublesome section of the
proposed Mena-Big Fork road, now
tied up by the action OF the people
who had contracted to buy the bonds.
The following letter tells the story:
United States Department Of Agri-
culture, Forest Service DIST Z, Wash
ington, d. c., June 20, 1920.
Mr.. g. w. Petty, Commissioner
Road District No 2, Polk Co., Mena,
Arkansas.
Dear Sir: With reference to your
conference with Supervisor PiymaIe
and Assistant Engineer Fox at Mena
on the night OF June 8.
The Forest Service has always felt
that a good road should be construct
ed between Hot Springs and Mena
and has believed that the parts within
the National Forest should. be built at
the expense of the Forest Service.
The road passes thru National Forest
land at three different points, namely:
3.4 miles between Big Fork and Opal,
miles in the Caddo Valley and 3
miles between Silver and Crystal
Springs. The Crystal-Silver and Cad
do Valley roads have been completed
at Government expense, altho both
were badly damaged during the recent
high water but viii be repaired. MIR.
Fox expressed the attitude OF this Of
flee when he informed you that the
Government would also construct the
3.4 miles of the road in the Forest be-
tween Big Fork and Opal, the con-
truction of which, however, cannot be
undertaken until additional funds for
road building are appropriated by Con-
gress, and II is hoped that this ac-
tion will be taken at the regular ses-
sion next December.
aid In building the "a miles out
side the National Forest between Big
Fork and the Caddo road will depend
entirely upon the extent of the funds
appropriated by Congress but it Is
hoped that arrangements can be made
in time SO that the road can all be fin
ished while the contractor is on the
ground.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

r. -Pre-bred, Barred Rock
3 8 III n bred to lay stock. Phone
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

For Sale-Two Jersey Cows, with
young calves. See Mrs. Roddy
Stafford ADV. 161-3t
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

Service Car, Day and Night, Any
where. Herbert r. Parker. Phone
AZ or 157.--Adv. 1926.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-08

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Mrs. Blue Stockings-What are
your favorite tales. colonel?
Colonel Booze-Cocktails madam.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
WORLDS FIRST TOY RIOT.
American Relief Workers Arouse Mon
tenegrln Boys and Girls.

rvoD, the Junior Red Cross Bulletin.
During four long years of war and
invasion not toy had reached Podgo-
rita. Montenegro, from the outside world
The stock on hand when war broke out
lasted less than a year. When II was
rome the children watched In vain with
the coming of each Christmas for new
playthings. Rag dolls became so ragged
from ceaseless fondling that in the end
they were scarcely recognizable, even TO
their devoted little mothers" Tin SOL
d,ers. brave as they were, finally went
down TO defeat. destruction and oblivion.
Three years Of war found the children
Of the brave little nation Of the Black
Mountain quite destitute Of any toys at
all, either new OF old.
There was no question OF toys In Pod
eoritza when the Junior Red Cross
reached the scene. The preparation Of
the new war orphanage by the American
relief workers went on quietly. No whis-
per of what was in store for the children
reached their cars until therday assigned
for the opening OF the orphanage. on
the eventful day the directress of the
orphanage took into her confidence n
handful OF random little stragglers en-
countered in the main street Of the town.
Through an interpreter she let the ire
mendous secret strike upon their as-co-
ished ears. Old in the ways of Monte
negro, she knew that no town crier need
make public proclamation OF the treat
in store. Within the hour every child
inside ten mile range was running as
fast as his legs would let him TO the
gates Of the orphanage.
Admission 10 the courtyard was al
lowed to only hundred at time. These
were further divided into squads of
twenty. who flied into the magic confines
Of this new wonder house Of delight It
required four American officers, six
Montenegrins and local policeman to
keep order. During the waits between
admissions the great iron gates, besieged
by the mob, groaned on their hinges
under tho pressure Of the small bodies.
The toy riot was on.
From early afternoon TO dark the chill
dren came, an endless succession OF
pinched faces and bright eyes. until not
a toy was left from the heap which
CLEANED 30 enticingly a few hours pre-
viously. Podgoritza's toy riot, the first
and only toy riot on record. had given
way to the joyous shouts of playing
children.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
sufierings Caused by DrlnL.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: / also
am an American woman, born and bred
OF a family on both sides dating away
back into the sixteen hundreds, and want
to- answer Mrs. J. u. Smith Of Brooklyn.
who defends home brewing on the ground
that IL involves the question of personal
liberty.
Because neither she nor her family has
ever suffered this hell or worse than
hell on earth liquor curse, is she so self
ish and Indifferent to other peoples suf-
ferings that she wants to Wish this awful
curse and woe on us poor women again
while she sits in perfect security from
this terrible affiiction2
American women should help the suf-
fering and not infict such awful pun
lshment on the innocent who cannot help
or find relief from this drink curse
Think OF the little children who have
lain wet and cold in their homes In win
ter crying In their agony and the poor
mother powerless to keep them warm on
account of men willing to sell their very
souls for the money her drunken hua-
band would give them. Does Mrs. J. Il.
Smith want 20 bring this hell on earth
back again? HELEN J. BRowN.
PLA1NFrrLD, N. j., November 30.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22

their income. Many OF them are in
yestors, but as class ehey are not
capitalists, because they do not draw
the major part of their income from
capital invested In business or other
wise. The income tax does not con-
fiscate their earning assets. They
can AFFORD to face the tax collector, or
they cannot escape him.
The increase of $436, 22S,000 in the
total tax for 1918 over the total tax
Of 81 ,127, 721 900 in 1919 does not com
pensate for the increased schedules of
1918 and is further evidence thae much
wealth was driven into hiding.
The practical lesson to be drawn
from the 1913 returns is the one
which has been preached for the last
two years by tax authorities on both
sides of the Atlantic. Tax systems
should be so revised as to leave free
from conflscation the reinvested in
crement of invested capital and the
earnings which are reabsorbed in busi-
ness development.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
HOME BREW.
A Woman's Argument for Sacrificing
Some Personal Liberty.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: If Mrs
J. p. Smith had ever been beaten by 4
q. unlSen husband who loved drink more
than his wifo and children ! hardly
think she would care anything about her
personal liberty In the matter OF home
brew.
We hear too much OF this sort OF talk,
usually from the weak ones. There are
few women who care to NEEDLE or inter-
fere with the wonderful cause OF prohibit
ton as It is being conducted to-day. We
are more than thankful that it IL in the
hands of people of greater influence and
strength than ourselves.
How unfortunate that everybody can
not see end realize the good 1t is doing
for our people and homes. Let US ali
help rather than discourage those who
are working for our betterment. Those
who do not drink do not miss It, and
those who drank moderately will not feel
any great sacrifice. Therefore. isn't il
our plain duty to stand by law that
helps those who will not or cannot help
thenselves--the weak ones-who felt
thfy must have II. no matter who suf-
fered? J. NJ T.
GREENWICH, Conn, November 20.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
GUNNERS IN MOTOR CARS.
They Are Accused Of Wholesale Kill
ing of Game and Birds.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
correspondents letter complaining of the
use of steel traps in our woods Is timely,
but does not go far enough.
There should be some drastic measure
BIZ our Legislature 90 protect game and
birds from the wholesale slaughter which
is now going on in our nearby counties.
We are besieged now in the country with
automobiles filed with dogs. guns and
gayly oaparisoned hunters.
The car is left by the roadside far
from the villages and equally far from
the game warden, if there Is one. Then
the slaughter begins and continues from
morning till dark, the gunners Staying
every bird, squirrel or crawling thing.
Neither animal life nor private prop
erty is respected, and the license to shoot
seems to the hunter to give the right TO
invade everybody else's private rights
which 1t does not do.
AS your correspondent asks, What are
tho Audubon or humane societies doing?
Nothing evidently. except to hold meet
ings and collect revenues.
In the real woodlands far from villages
nothing is guarded and game is being
exterminated.
simple remedy for this would be
for our Legislators to pass law for
bidding anybody to hunt on any land
without first obtaining the written con-
sent Of the owner and to provide a heavy
penalty for violation of the law. This
would protect the fast disappearing
game. Why do societies organized to
protect animal life not consider and work
for such a measure? l.. NJ. d.
PI.EAsANTvILLE. November 90.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1920.
The Democratic Equity In the Re-
publican Victory.

The Democrats Of the North hold
very important equity in the great
Harding vote. OF the total number
of votes cast for Senator HARDING in
the States that went for him, approx
: mately one-third were Democratic
votes.
Never before in our history has any
thing like this happened. It has no
precedent in all our national life. In
other campaigns the Democratic vote
cast for the Republican candidate for
the Presidency has been negligible,
The same is true of the Republican
vote cast for the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency.
These small votes have attracted no
attention, commanded no recognition.
They were not large enough This
year the Democratic vote for Senator
HARDING is large enough--large enough
10 be revolutionary.
A one-third interest in the Harding
Presidency is a holding Of such rela-
tive importance-one part Democratic
TO two parts Republican-that the
President-elect is confronted with a
Eliolly new situation. His solution
of this problem may well have q far
reaching influence In our political life.
THE New YORK HERALD brings this
thought forward for consideration and
discussion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
OUTPUT OF SOFT COAL
IN WEEK NEAR RECORD
Production Almost Meets
Consumption in u. S.

wAsHrNGroN, Nov. 21.--More than
twelve million tons OF bituminous coal
were produced in the United States
during tho week ending November 49,.
the Geological Survey estimated to-day
in its weekly report. Had 1t not been that
many miners were idle on Armistice
ra~. n production record for the year
PROBABLY would have been made, the
Survey .aij
The soft coal output thus far this
year is placed nj 5000. 900 tons. which
Is less than the production during the
same period In 1918 by 3s,000.000 tons.
but approximately 67,0o0.00O tons ahead
of the total for tho first go working
days OF 1919.
Comparison of this years output with
that of the last two years does not
signify much. because Of dissimilar con-
ditions. the Survey stated. IL Is more
significant 10 note, the report said,
requirements were large and production
about equalled consumption.
Anthracite production during the
week ending November 10, the Survey
estimated. was 1,753,000 tons, compared
with 1,415,000 tons for the preceding
week
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
EVENTS TO-DAY.

l.. Sir William Muloch and Senators Thomas
OF Colorado. Moses of New Hampshire and
FerrAld of Maine win speak at a dinner
given by the New York State Society OF
MaS lower Descendants in the Waldorf-As.
toria. Z p. NJ.
Grove Street Grammar School, No. 3. f03d
anniversary celebration at the school. Grove
and Hudson streets, p. NJ.
Republican workers OF the Third Asseubir
District. victory dinner at the Gonfaroae
Eighth and Macdougal streets. 7 T. M.
Vasa Prihoda, violinist, VIII make his
American debut at benefit concert for IN.
Camp Fire Girls, Inc, Carnegie Hall.
New York Chapter Third Division Society
A. T. T.. reunion, Engineering Societies
Building, 30 West Thirty-ninth street. s
+. NJ.
Red Cross women workers. Atlantic Divl
sion, reunion dinner at the Hotel Biltmore
this evening.
conference for school children of Queen
county at p. S. So, Long Island City. $3.50
=. NJ.
Joseph King will lecture on Intimate
Portraits OF Jewish Writers in America, ="
at Labor Temple, Second avenue and -Four
teenth street, 3 80 J.. NJ.
New York Academy of Sciences, section a.
anthropology and psychology, meeting
Seventy-seventh street and Central Park
West. =. NJ.
Alice T. Coseo will talk TO high schoo,
classes on THE Age of 1vanhoe at the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art, =. NJ.
Employing Printers Association. dinner.
Hotel Astor. =. NJ.
Lords Day Alliance OF the United States
meeting, 1856 Fifth avenue. 10 \. NJ.
Professional Woman's League, meeting.
Waldorf-Astoria, II. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
No Billion Dollar Tariff Revenue
Possible.

Senator CUBT1s Of Kansas is said
to believe that the new Congress can
put billion dollars a year into the
Treasury in tariff duties. Men of
business experience, men OF financial
grasp and men OF economic sense will
not agree with him. Congress can
not put that billion year into the
Treasury because the billion isn't
there to put.
It viii be q long time before this
country will have in its service any
body of clearer brain and profounder
knowledge Of revenue legislation in
general and tariff legislation in par
ticular than NELSON DINGLEY. 1t will
be a long time before this country or
any country viii know n stronger
financial genius and a sounder founda-
ton builder than NELSON w. ALDEIcH.
What statesmen Of their callbre could
not do and never dreamed 1t was pos
sible to do is not going to be per-
formed by Senator CURTIS Of Kansas
or anybody else that tries it.
Under the best customs laws that
natural tariff talent coupled with in
finite patience for industrial details
could devise this country never got
more than a third Of a billion Of dol
lars out OF import duties. Up to the
time the tariff law OF President VII
soN's Democratic Congress went into
effect the high spots in the customs
! revenues ranged as follows:
In the fiscal year ended June 80,
1906, $500, Psi ,S77; 1907, 1882 ,233, 1853 !;
1909, $500, III ,934; 1910, $333, $3.50, 445 /;
1911, S314,497, OH; 1912. 1911 ,321 ,672 ;
1913, S31s,s91 1893.
And something that no tariff maker
wants to forget about the high spot
years Of great revenue producing
measures of minds like DINGLEY's and
ALDRICH's is that those wonderfully
successful schedules were in operation
during periods when many Of our own
industries now come to ripe develop
ment had nowhere near fun capac-
ity to supply our own wants in manu-
features and various other commodl-
ties. Foreign goods could come in
then, and did come in, with heavy
duty payments on them because the
American market wanted the goods,
had to have the goods, and could OBJ
tain them in no other way.
In recent years, however, particu-
larly since the war drove us to maxi
ing potash products and other chemi-
Gals MS we never made them before,
dyestuffs as we never made them be-
fore, glass and crockery and silver as
we never made them before, our own
products in such lines have come 10
be very live competitors with foreign
products in our own markets. Like
wise we have so perfected and ex-
banded our own manufactures Of steel.
tin plate products and many others
that when labor costs are not pro-
hibitive they fight foreign producers
for the very home markets Of those
foreign producers.
This country cannot get billion dol.