The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-03
QUORUM COURT
 WAS PROGRESSIVE
Unusual Attendance and Splendid Spirit Prevailed-Of All Live Is- sues Considered but Two Were
 Defeated, One Tick Eradication.

The Polk county Quorum court in session Wednesday, October 26, will go down in history as enc of the most earnest and aggressive sessions ever held by that organization. It was remarkable, first for the fact that on roll call at 10 o'clock, 31 out of the 35 justices of the peace were present, threc more coming in soon after roll calh and the one absent member, pr. r. A. Lee, being present for short time in the afternoon. being unable to remain for the session on account of the illness of Mrs. Lee.
 Still another record made by the court was that in only two instances did the body fail to stand up for pro gressive measures. These were the failure to make an appropriation to continue tick eradication, and the failure to adopt resolution forming the county into one road district.
 Refund Money to Citizens.
 The appropriations for all pur- poses, save for farm demonstration, home demonstration and tick eradica- tion were made by unanimous vote of the court, tho the unanimity of the body was also broken on the proposl- ton to appropriate $1625.8l to reim-- purse 42 citizens who had borrowed $500 in May, 1920 to carry on tick eradication pendn the. meeting ct the court in October of that year when the proposition was turned down. The vote of the court this year on the question of making the appropriation to refund was as fol- lows:
 F. J. Greiner, J. c. Garland, w. D. Allen, J. w. McBee, E. T. Avants, J. P. Smith, J H. Welter, G. w Davis. G. l.. Clement, l.. N Bur nett, s. H. Smith, w. J Tucker, R. $. Davis, Tom Fraker, T. J. Lem, B. H. Barton, Jr., M. B. Fried, k. r. Wear, J M Neal and Robert Cook, 20 yeas, and w. A. Carr, A. J. Rhodes. Walter Ba' ], W. r. Cole, A. l.. Price, H r. Howell, J M. Strawn, J. l.. Bedding, J. A. Baggs, W. T. Weatherford, J R. Perry, k. B. Durham, D. L.. Huffman and B. F. Lunsford, IA noes.
 Tick Eradication Is Lost.
 The motion to appropriate $l5o0 to continue tick eradication was lost by a vote of 15 to 16, some of the court being absent when this vote was taken. The vote was as follows: Yeas. F. J. Greiner, J. c. Garland, W. D. Allen, J w. McBee, E. T Ayants, J. P. Smith, J H. Welter, c. W. Davis, c L. Clement, L.. N Burnett, W. J. Tucker, Tom Fraker, A. J. Rhodes, T. J Lein, M E Fried; nays, w. A. Carr, R. s. Davis. B. H. Barton, Jr., w. T.. Cole, A. L. Price, Fl. T. Howell, J M Strawn. J. l.. Bedding, J. A Baggs, W. T. Weatherford, J. R. Perry, k. B. Durham, J Vi Neal, Robert Cook, D. l.. Huffman and B. F Lunsford. Absent or not voting, 5. Il. Smith, Walter Bates and R. F. Wear.
 Farm Demonstration Carries.
 The cleavage between the yeas and nays remained almost the same on the proposition to appropriate. $l2O0 for farm demonstration, tho this carried by vote of 19 to IA with the lineup as follows Yeas, F.. J. Greiner, J c. Garland, w. D. Allen, J. W. Mo Bee, F. T. Avants, J. P. Smith, J. H. Welter, G. w. Davis, G. l.. Glenn ent, l.. N Burnett, w J. Tucker, R. S. Davis, Tom Fraker A. J. Rhodes, T. ]. Lein, B H. Barton, Jr.. Walter Bates, M B. Fried, H. q. Howel: nays, w. A. Carr, R. F. Wear, w. T. Cole, A. l.. Price, J M. Strawn, J l.. Bedding, J. A Baggs. W. T. Weatherford, J K. Perry, R. B. Durham, Robert Cook, D. l.. Huffman, J. M. Neal and B. F. Lunsford Absent or not voting, $. H. Smith.
 Favor Home Demonstration.
 The vote on the motion to appro- priate 5000 for home demonstration was taken without discussion, argu- ments pro and con having been made when the appropriation for farm dem onstration was under consideration. However, the result was not the same. this appropriation being made by a vote of 16 to 15 as follows: Yeas, F. J. Greiner, J C.. Garland, W. D. Allen, E. T. Avants, J. P. Smith, J H. Welter, G. w. Davis, c. L. Clement, L. N. Burnett, w. J. Tucker, Tom FralSer, A. J. Rhodes, B. H. Barton, Jr., M. B. Fried, H. II. Howell, J. M. Neal; nays, J. W. McBee. w. A. Carr, R. 5. Davis, R. F. Wear, w. T. Cole, A. L. Price, J. M. Strawn, J. l.. Bedding, ]. A. Baggs, w. T. Weatherford, J R. Perry, R. B. Durham, Robert Cook, D. T. Huffman, B. P. Luns- ford; Absent or not voting s. H. Smith, Walter Bates, T. J. Lien.
 Turned Down General Road District.
 M. B. Fried of Big Fork, not con tent with the oratory and argument stirred up on the appropriations for tick eradication, and farm and homo demonstration, started things anew when he introduced resolution which proposed the abolition of all road districts now existing in Poll county, and that instead the entire county be formed into one road dis trict Ito be known and designated as Road District No. l." The discus sion disclosed that most members of he court were agreed that in many districts small results were obtained for the money expended under tho present system, but effort to save the official scalps of road overseers and fear that the purpose of the resolu
 jon could not be carried out with ar enabling act resulted in the loss of he resolution by a vote of 15 to 1s The lineup on this matter was sollows: Yeas, F. !. Greiner, w. D Allen. ] ". McBee, E. T.. Avants Il. P. Smith. J. H. Welter, C. IL