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Evening journal., 1921-11-09
FIGHT REvEAns MooNsnINE

CHESTER, Pa, Nov. Q. - George
Pelinsky, proprietor of a restaurant
at 225 Market street, and one or his
walters, George Jackson, were inter-
rupted in a catch-as-catch-can
wrestling bout on the floor of the
restaurant yesterday by Captain OF
Police Robinson and Patrolman
Hardman. The men we're arrested
and search revealed a gallon Of
''moonshine" in the establishment.
At the hearing before Magistrate
Elliott. Pelinsky vas fined $50 and
costs and jackson So and costs.
Evening journal., 1921-11-09

Hops were grown this year on 25,-
120 acres in Britain, an Increase Of
more than 1000 acres on 1920,
which shows there will be no dimi-
mutton of beer for the working man.
Evening journal., 1921-11-09

ing. will instruct anyone who wishes
it in the use OF old clothes and ex-
plain the manner in which they may
best be utilized.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
The Early Bird

There are ffty-seven reasons why everybody with patch of ground at his command should grow garden, and chief of these is for the sake of good health.
 Throw away the spring tonic. You won't need 1t if you take fresh vege- tables in liberal doses and there will be no druggist to take the various profits that go with drugs, and they are big ones. The one sure way to have this spring tonic at hand in its most effective form is to grow it.
 Vegetables furnish a large portion of the essentials for the proper up- keep and development of the human system which are known to chemists as the various salts, usually combina- tions of various minerals. iron is one of them and spinach has this element in proper form to tone up the system.
 Three Tonic Tidbits.
 Three vegetables, the earliest to be harvested, go long way towards ton ing up the human system, furnishing it appetizing food which it craves at just the right moment These are spinach, already mentioned for the iron and other elements it contains; radishes and lettuce, the crops which come on the quickest.
 There is great variety to choose from in the seed catalogs and one may please himself in the radish and lettuce line. Spinach isn't so widely diversified, but it is better to get the new improved large leaved varieties because of the more bountiful chop and the tenderer and better cooking quality of it's more sueculent leaves.
 Radishes and spinach can be plant ed in almost any haphazard manner and yield crop, provided the ground isn't a swamp or desert. They will grow in one way or another. but if the biggest and snappiest radishes are wanted they must have little attention in the preparation of the soil, pulverizing it for the seed and sowing thinly enough to give the lit tie roots time to swell into scarlet globes which delight the palate.
 Spinach can be thinned automati- cally as it is pulled for crops, but too. thick sowing cuts down the crop as each little plant must have room if if IS to do its best in developing it's leaves. Sowing in rows is the best plan in order to give chance to hoe the soil and for convenience in bar
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

yesting it for the table. Broadcast sowing IS lazy mans trick and brings the lazy mans reward in de- pleted output.
 The planting season for radishes ranges from January to the middle of April, depending upon the portion or zone of the South in which the garden is located. Radishes do not mind a little frost, so right now is a good time to get them in for the earliest crop. Six weeks will bring a full harvest.
 Don't Crowd the Seedlings.
 In the colder portions of the South radishes can be sown in cold frames for extra early crops. For very best results the seed should be sown in rows about foot to IS inches apart and the young plants should have at least an inch between them for proper development in the earliest time. If the roots are too crowded the maturing is delayed. They can be thinned easily enough if the seed has been sown too thickly It is a good plan to SOW parsley or carrot seed mixed with radishes, the seed being much slower to germinate and the radishes breaking any crust which may form and assisting the less robust seeds to come thru. The rad ishes will be gone in time not to inter- fere with the companion crop.
 Lettuce, cool weather plant, must be sown as early as the crop can be worked to get crop, particularly of the head or cabbage varieties. These should be started in boxes in the house or in frames and transplanted six inches apart for best results. The transplanting strengthens the plant. makes it sturdier and surer to head.
 Lettuce will grow in partial shade. but it must have at least four hours sun and is better in full exposure in the cooler months. There are many varieties of head lettuce and any seedman can indicate successful variety It is hard to go wrong in the improved varieties. and it is onlv necessary to pick types desired in point of season, heat resistance and shape of leaves. The Cos lettuces are gaining favor rapidly, and often sue ceed where the head varieties do not do so well. They have a long incurv- ipg leaf, different in shape from the cnrnloon types and the quality is first class The nature of it's growth blanehes the heart
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
wHACK AT BLUE LAWS.
f a Movie Is Wrong Sunday, It's
 Wrong Monday, C. T. Eyerson.

From the Kansas City Star
 Prof, C. T. Everson. evangelist and Bible lecturer, last Sunday lectured on Why Jesus Christ Would Have Been Sent to Jail if Sunday Laws Had Been Enforced in His Day. at the tabernacle, 27th street and Ben ton Boulevard
 If it is a legitimate thing to view a motion picture show or see play on Monday, why not crime to see the same thing Sunday? Professor Everson asked. It certainly cannot be question of protecting the public from contamination, for if the play IS immoral it is equally detrimental to society to permit it to run the other six days of the week.
 Why should it it be contrary to the law to read a newspaper or to see a baseball game on Sunday when on one objects to either on Monday9 upholders of the blue laws" say Sunday newspapers, theatres, movies and baseball are criminal because the gentlemen engaged in these pursuits make money in carrying on the same. They say that if the monetary con slderation were eliminated not one of the projects would continue to operate on Sunday
 This argument" he continued. might just as well be used in en- deavoring to discourage other lines of activity. It it quite likely that a geod many churches would be obliged to close their doors if the clergymen occupying the pulpits were refused compensation for the sermons they preach. Doctors might be less in clined to visit patients on Sunday if Sunday calls were on the free list.
 The Constitution of the United States plainly declares that Congress shall make no law respecting an es tablishment of religion or prohibit ing the free exercise thereof. No government, as yet, has invaded the realm of conscience and succeeded in benefiting it's citizens. Hisory is full of such experiments and they are all tragedies of the most appalling kind.
 T maintain that when the amuse- ments of the day outdraw the church that 1t is time for the church to find out the cause of the weak hold it has on Its members and the community !"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
HOW TO ENJOY
 YOUR RHEUMATISM
lBv Walt alastnl

The country is full o people who
 are scattefina, sunshine at sy mucn
 per scatter kNW of tne sunshine
 eNperts work for love of the game.
 And 1 doubt whether there's one able
 and eloqueut man who makes q busi- ness of featuring on Thrift; and what this country and its people need more
 than anything else under the sun IS . thoro grounding m the rudlments of thrift Most of tho old sports in the poorhouse were born optimists.
 For years ] have been addicted Go rheumatism, considering 1t one of the most attractive diseases in the alma nae. am quite convinced that there is such a disease as rheumatism, and that it hurts like thunder, and l have no patience with professional opti- mists who say it is but a figment of the imagination.
 There is no standard disease that is entirely enjoyable; they all have their little drawbacks. But by being pre-. pared for them you minimize those drawbacks. And the first thing ne- cessary in the way of preparation. is money in the bank. In the dark hour of affiiction and suffering there s no comfort like that of knowing that you have some guilders in pickle.
 When l am due for siege of rheumatism l lay in a big supply of detective stories and phonograph rec ords and other luxuries; and l can do this because I have the price. And l have the bulliest time when am sick, and my feet are wrapped up in poul- tices, for then l can read and smoke in comfort and nobody asks me to go to lectures. or visit the neighbors, or attend an uplift meeting at the com nunity house, or anything else. And if bores come to see me, have good excuse for sending them away.
 There really is great deal of fun in being sick, if you are properly equipt; and if you have practiced thrift, your equipment is all right. 1t is better to have a bundle in the bank than noisy faith in the theory that the ravens that fed Elijah won't turn you down.
 Optimism urges you to go to the store and have things charged Thrift impels you to pay for what you buy when you buy it.
 Optimism inspires you to buy piano and an automobile on the in- stallment plan. and from that day forth greasy collectors will make your life burden; and you'll be so busy making the payments that you won't have time to go to church or to the ball games.
 Thrift induces you to buy nothing you can't afford. Better play a tin whistle amid the jeers of the populace than pay $5 a month on piano for the term of your natural life. Bet ter walk until your feet need retread ing than ride in an automobile bought for S25 down and S15 a month for two hundred years.--in February Hearst's
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Fordson
A N N OUN NCEMENT

Mir. Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, gives out the following statement:
 The price of the FORDSON Trac- tor has been reduced from S790.00 to f $625. effective immediately.
 This price change has been made possible thru lower costs of materials and the fact that we are now located { in our new tractor plant with greatly increased economic manufacturinp facilities in immediate connection with our foundry and machine shops and ] large blast furnaces where iron is poured directly from the ore. giving us maximum efficiency with the power to reduce cost of production. and down comes the price in line with our policy to market our products at the lowest possible figure without in any way affecting our high standard of quality.
 We are particularly pleased in be- Ing able to bring about this big re- dactlon in price at this time because the farmer needs all the help we can give him and this big cut in price will be the means of placing valuable power unit within the reach of prac- tlcally every one of them, not to men tion industrial and commercial con- cerns which likewise have benefited thru its use and are already realizing to a much greater extent, its value as a power and hauling unit. But partic ularly has the FORDSON Tractor proved most valuable factor in the saving of farm labor, at the same time increasing the per acre cror5 yield as well as making possible util- lzatlon of previously uncultivated land, to say nothing of removing no end of drudgery
 There IS no question that the use of machine power on the farm is the greatest advancement made in the development of agriculture, not only m money saving and money making results. as well as raising the stand ards of living on the farm to much higher level, but because of its proved value in making every type of land more productive, and consequently our desire to place the FORDSON within the reach of all.
 THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE PRESENT FORD CAR AND TRUCK PRICES. which are already at the lowest possible figure and now with rock bottom reached on the tractor price a further reduction in price of either the car, truck or tractor is out of the question; in fact, the big price cuts have been made in anticipation ot continuous maximum production and increases may be necessary be- fore long if a large volume of new business is not obtained. Therefore. present prices of Ford products can not be guaranteed against possible in- creases."
 Ask for the book, "The Fordson at Work which will be supplied free of cost. Let us demonstrate the value of The Fordson on your farm. in vour factory. lumber yard. coal ward ar in ,generai haulino or nawer work v,u have to do and let us have your order for Fcrdson,
 PR0CTOR-SMITH MOTOp c0
 mena, Arkansas
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
HATCH CHICKS EARLY
 TO GET MOST MONEY

Poultry raisers thruout the conn try should not lose sight of the fact that 1t pays better to raise standard bred poultry than the common barn. yard or mongrel fowl" says Fl R Lansden. poultry specialist of the ag- ricultural Extension Division. Uni versity of Arkansas.
 It cost no more to raise. house or market the standard bred fowl thar the monerel The standard hred eats no more but less than the mon grel and lays better. Standard hraa IS more uniform in size and color and when dressed for market brings het- ter price than the mongrel. Stand ard bred poultry can rough if ne well or better than the common harm yard fowl. We therefore advise all who possibly can to raise good strong vigorous standard bred birds.
 Tn raising good standard hraa poultry there is no question about the auvisability of the early hatch cam naign that was so vigorously nushea last. spring, and which win be waced agam this spring. Early hatch' means early lay and summed mn means more money to the producer
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
HOW MANY OF THESE
 NINETEEN VEGETABLES
 IN YOUR GARDEN NOW
From the Progressive Farmer.

rom the Progressive Farmer
 How many kinds of vegetables are now growing in the gardens of the south 7? Recently in particular community, We tried to find out. Col iards and turnips (for greens) were the most common, and were in twen- tty-three out of thirty-one gardens we inquired about. A few had cabbage. scme mustard and rape. and siv had onions or shallots. One lady insisted that collards and turnips were the on- " vegetables that could live thru the winter. When told that a neighbor two miles away had nineteen vege- tables growing outdoors fright now she lost interest in the conversation and refused to believe a word said
 This neighhor has now in his car aeen and ready for use at will the fol- lowing vegetables:
 Beet Chinese Cabbage, Kale, Mus tafd, Parsley, Rape, Turnip, Cabbage. Soiiard, Leek, Onion. Parsnip, Sal sly. Carrot, Garlic, Lettuce, Shallot. Radish, and Spinach.
 This neighbor should also have some celery growing for vegetable -N0t GN.
 Some of these twenty vegetables wlii not survive very low tempera- lures, others are quite hardy, while still others require just a little pro- lection to stand our severest winter temperatures. "ssa
 suppose you and Mrs. Farmer check up and see how many of these nineteen vegetables are now growing Tn your garden--and then see how many of them you will make up vour mlnd to have ready for your table when next winter gets here?
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
BACK TO THE FARM"
 JUST BOARD WILL DO
fRv Internatioral.Navs !

tBy International News Service.3
 kalispell, Mont, Feb. 1.-With black sateen shirt replacing the gor- geous silks he sported a few weeks ago, his shoes worn out at heel and toe. his trousers torn and greatly in need of taiior's goose, a ranch hand appeared at the ranch near here of " F Foote, few days ago. He left the place six weeks ago with his summer wages of $500 tucked away in money belt. The only evidence of his former grandeur which re- mained on his return here from a brief sojourn in Spokane, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco was a wide-brimmed Stetson hat which con- Itinued to flop defiantly in every breeze.
 The ranch hand was informed that there was no work during the winter. altho his efforts during the summer had been anticipated and he had been an invaluable man and willing worker.
 "Oh, l am not worrying about my wages; give me my old job back and I'll stick here during the winter for my board" the prodigal informed the surprised foreman.
 Such request had not been heard m this section of the state since months before war was declared. The drop from $100 to $50 a month for sheep herders which went into effect q few weeks ago did not diminish the number of applicants for jobs, but Tor a farmland to ask for a grubstake during the winter is something en- tireiy new in Montana and according 70 prominent farmers and stockmen in this vicinity is an indication of lower farm labor costs next year.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
DON'T RR A GLooMY GUS.

We think 1t is up to every business man and who is not business man in good old America Ito strike a hopeful keynote in his advertising.
 We say this to our local men of business, to our farmers, too, and to every man who sells what he has, even if all he has is his daily labor.
 Because there has been a slump on the price of this, that or the other commodity. it is the poorest reason in the world for talking hard times. PeSsimism never won anything. Gloom is a thing of the grave; it is not for the living man with a future before him.
 The times may have been bad for a tot of us for some months past. but as everything changes, going from one extreme to the other and striking nor uaalcy in between. We all know that there are good times ahead-and not very far ahead either if we all put the best foot forward and the best smile to the front.
 The man who recovers first iron, the gloom of his bad business. or poor wages, or whatever it was that hit aim. is the man who is going to have the most prosperity in the better times that are on their way, that are on. their way just as sure as the sun comes np and out of the east every morning. He is going to have tho most prosperity because his effort Sill stretch over larger period than the fellow who slouches gloonily until he good times are so apparent tha, they hit him in the nose.
 Therefore. we say to the bushes man who advertises: Put optimisn, tn your ads. To the farmers and othe, workers. whose tongues are their ads we gay; Talk good times; thev're ss<b1hg aud soon.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Wireless Sfafinn Here

Mena has a real wireless station at the home of Albert Robertson on Ninth street. where Albert Robert son. jr, has prepared himself to re- .celve messages from the ether. The lad IS interested in electrical work and has decided to specialize in wire less telegraphy. He IS learning how to receive and send messages and is already able to take those sent ont from other stations, thu not able as vet to send to any great distance.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

The Arkansas State Plant Board eyinces deep concern over the danger g Che pink boil worm to cotton in this state. But at the worst this pest would hardly destroy as large per ral3 of the crop as has been left to rot in the fields this season.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

Despite the fact that three-fifths ok Arkansas is comprised of hills and snunntain country a trip out of the ukzke brings to mind that our state generally is looked upon as mainly sx4mpland. populated by negroes. Eith due regard for the richness and viare of these lowland sections, it will be the beauty and healthfulness of the uriands that will attract the most peo- nie to Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
NOTICE! KEEP OUT!

We, the undersigned, members ci| Glover Leaf" Community Club, here by give notice that we will prosecua any person found hunting on ou'| premises.
 F. J. Greiner. A. E. Wear. Joas Claus, w. A. Long, c. W. Wiles, , U- Mcbride and R. H. Stockton. .|
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Good Printing.

Is the pride of The Star more thgl twenty-four years in Mena, a force dl eleven well-paid employees, moder equipment, and large stock of gotl grades of papers insure you the bea| in the printing line. You are invltnl to inspect The Stars plant. and wh1l you do so you will ever after have q pride in this Mena institution.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

There's lot of talk about the big penalty demanded ofaGermany, and not few believe it more than she can pay It will not De recalled, how ever, that the Germans worried much as 10 whether or not France could pay the stupendous sum the Huns forced her to pay at the close of the Franco Prussian war-a burden that the world believed to be crushing. But France, instead of whining, went to work, and paid.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Catholics and the World War

The film story of Catholic activit;as 7nrlng and after the world war will be ~na"n at the Lyric Tuesday afternoon. Nebruarv & The fi',~,s ~rs sIo.,,,, ,,.s' Ter the auspices of St. Aones church md will be free to All Father Gal s@he~ re"ei~Ad word Wednesday that he films VII beashown before the
 enten season begins.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

Mena is going to need housing facil- ifias the coming summer worse than rref before. If they are not provided every business man will suffer loss thereby People cannot come here and Eve and spend their money without p1ares in which to shelter themselves and their families.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

Germany went into the war with rhe air of man buying an automobile 45Q down, and $50 month for good psf4 of his life. And for the next fnrty-two years she will have about as much pleasure meeting the bills as the other fellow, except that there are no'Joy rides in sight for her
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Address all communications to
 THE STAR. MENA. ARK.

This is the month particularly suited to tht, use of pruning shears on both fruit anA ornamental trees, and not bad time to start the spring cleanup.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

One of the latest steps of progress on the part of The Star is the buying of a big power paper cutter for it's xaueady splendidly equipped plant. Nothing is too good for The Star and for Mena, thank you.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

It probably is a fine thing that there is chance in Mexico to keep Villa busy chasing bandits otherwise he might allow his predominating trait of character to lead him to chase other folks. There is always an element of uncertainty in hiring such man to be
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

There are arguments in plenty for and against military and naval pre- pxat6siness. Among the most appall- snk of the latter is that 95 of each 600 cents collected by the Federal government for taxes goes to the arpay, navy and pensions and but 5 crnfs to all other governmental activ- s1saS
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
EsTRAY

Strayed or Stolen-Light red CON
 built like Jersey; branded small q one bip; swallowfork one ear; swsl lawfork and underbit other; had larg bell on; fresh about January 2l. Lk eral reward for information. Motif Curtis M. Dunbar. Wickes, Ark. II
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Found Hard Coipy bv A,.o

County Farm Agent c. NJ. Brovles drove to Mena with his Overland. ar irving Wednesday morning after spending two days on the road iron, iexarkana. Bad roads caused most of the delay. Aren't Brovles snan. tuesday ni~ht st rove. bein~ ,,nable fp oct ta OH pn4tas --hare .a VI. sehedu'ed te a~oe~- ot .hs eo~,,o,,- s'-- ~'uh ~>>~~.fr ~~o --- ..,...-
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The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03

Glenwood-on-th Caddo is due for a lot of fine advertising when the edio- ors of Arkansas have established a home there And it's but a short fifty zniles from Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
Reached Aareement in Court

An agreement was reached in the nearing of the charges against R F i,ntnam in Justice s. II. Smiths c~urt Wednesday afternoon. Tie l,-ahar lnvoived m a controversy between MT Putnam. and R Anthony u-ss awarded to the 'atte~ ana n h--- of theft araisst pu'n-,n -.-~ a;s- fafssed on his -~an,'ers se ,-s~- 4as lpeace in the future