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The spectator., 1921-04-08
Churchill Is Recalled

ondon.-According to the London Daily Express Premier Lloyd George has wired Winston Churchill to leave Egypt immediately for England.
The spectator., 1921-04-08
West Uses Gold Aqain.

Denver. Col For the first time in five years Denver bank tellers are passing out 10 the public gold coins along with the silver and plpe, money
The spectator., 1921-04-08
Oklahoma Solons Quit.

Oklahoma City-By concurrent resolution adopted hy the senate and House. the eighth session of the Okla. homa legislature has adjourned sin. die
The spectator., 1921-04-08

Honest poverty ranks as high with some people as dishonest wealth does with some others
The spectator., 1921-04-08
Lead Price Raised.

New York-The American Smelt. ing and Refining Company has advanc. ed the price of lead from to 40 cents d pound.
The spectator., 1921-04-08

Brains can be trained, but can good sense be taught
The spectator., 1921-04-08

The best thing to do in hurry is nothing.
The spectator., 1921-04-08

To a brave heart nothing is impos- sihle
The spectator., 1921-04-08

There k no gospel in a kick.
The spectator., 1921-04-08

Pride is a hard master.
The spectator., 1921-04-08

Hearts are trumps only on Febru- ary 14.
The spectator., 1921-04-08

Worry is the interest paid on trou- ble in advance.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
THE WRECK Y REG K AGE or WAR

The death of Colonel Whittlssey commander of the Host battalion" is q reminder that all the wreckage of war was not in the bodies of men. It was in their minds as well. There were men who broke down under the strain at the time. There were others, like Whittlesey, who held up while the fighting lasted, but whose souls were mortally wounded
 We cannot wonder The horror of modern war, with all the resource of science at it's command. is beyond words. The men who went thru Bel leau Woods, St. Mihiel and the Ar gonne, went thru hell. An army med ical man passed thru Kansas City the other day who had been in command of hospital camp with forty thous- and beds. A city of woundedl No one can go thru the government hos pitals, peopled with war cripples. with out an overwhelming sense of the ghastiness of it all.
 Poor Whittlesey Standing up over there against overwhelming odds. Re- fusing Go surrender when continued resistance seemed certain death. Com ing home to the greatest distinction known to Americans, the congress sional medal of honor. Finally sue cumbing to the accumulated memo rles. 4 heroic figure. symbolizinp in his tragic career the glory of the soldier, and the destroying power of war.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
NEVER TOO OLD TO DANCE. Grandpa Is Making a Giddy Town of
 London Now.

London, Dec 1.-Stail old London is becoming too giddy for words, what with grandpa taking up the new dances.
 It is fact. dancing masters of the fashionable west end say. that the English dance craze has reached height that sepuagenarians are among their most enthusiastic pupils.
 And they do very well, tco," one of these toddling tutors declares. Some of them come for the sake fexercise, not with the idea of cavorting in the ball room. But they insist, invariably, on being taught the latest thing, even tho they claim to view the dancing class as a sort of modern gymnasium.
 When they take to the cafes or ball rooms, however, they strengthen their domestic ties, for mother, whatever her age, is becoming keener than ever on dancing.
 "The modern husband, whatever his age, doesn't murmur when he has to take up dancing. That is the only way he can keep an eye on his wife,"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
COLDER THAN SIBERIA At 96 Below Zero, It Holds the Ra
 cord for Winter Temperature

Besides minor considerations. thera are three main factors that determine what the possible minimum tempera- ture of any place may be. These are latitude, altitude and distance from the ocean. We see at once that the North Pole has in high degree only one of these three qualifications for being extremely cold. Certainly if is at high latitude. But the North Pole does not lie high above sea level for it is located in an ocean which Admiral Peary, at the time he visited the pole, found to be more than twelve thousand feet deep. And if it is moi above sea level, neither is 1t far away from the ocean for it lies in the ocean. Possessing only one of the three main qualifications for being extremely cold, 1t naturally is never extremely cold.
 In accordance with the principle enunciated above, we see that we have always known that Montana ought to be colder than the North Pole for of the three factors which deter mine extreme winter cold-latitude altitude and distance from the sea the North Pole has only latitude while Montana is reasonably far north. is reasonably high above sea level and even in the towns where people live is far away from any ocean. The com bination, accordingly, produces ex- tremely low temperatures in winter.
 A moments thought will show, how ever, that on the basis of these fac tors the coldest point in the northern hemisphere cannot ever be in North America, for the same factors have a higher value on the larger continent of Eurasia Accordingly, we find the cold pole of the northern hemisphere in Siberia. north of Yakutsk. where. bv figures published by the Royal Geo. graphic Society of Great Britain, the temperature goes down to 92 degrees below zero in winter Other sources equally respectable give the minimum tempeFsture at 96 degrees below zero. And this is a settled community. They do not cultivate tropical fruits, nor. indeed, wheat or Indian corn, but thev do have oats and baTiey and rye and garden products, and some of the peo- pie are the blend type of European. very much like the rest of us in com plexion and characteristics, altho showing possibly just now a slightly higher percentage of bolsheyism.-- Yilhiamur Stefanson in the Worlds Work.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
ENGLAND AND IRELAND AT
 PEACE
The world grows better.

The world grows better.
 The day of peace, if not the mil- ieuium, draws near
 Early recollections of men now past the half-centry point in life-and no telling how much longer have to do with the tyranny of the British in Ireland, the martyrdom of the Irish, the age-long conflict, starvation, evic- tions, bloodshed, death.
 And, all the years between the Irish question has been living ques- ton. 1t has not only tormented Eng land and Ireland, but has often been reflected in the national affairs of the United States, and in the internation- al affairs of the world.
 And, DOW, with the great armament conference seeking a world solution of the vast of war preparation, and other forces. looking toward the heal ing of the worlds war wounds, out of the murk of bickerings and eonten- ti1rs that seemed doomed to end in c ;. comes the announcement that Er land and Ireland have found peace terms that are acceptable to both.
 Not since the signing of the Armis- tice, November II, 1918, has word come across the Naters that was so welcome to the United States-a an innocent bystAnderp in an affair that all are glad to sec at an end.
 Thanks be-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
SECOND TRIAL FOR FATTY"
The Jury, Unable to Agree After
 Forty.Four Hours, Discharged.

Forty-fOur Hours, Discharged.
 San Francisco, Dee. 5.-Roscoe Ar buckle will be tried second time for manslaughter
 That was announced late today af- ter a jury had disagreed following forty-four hours deliberation over his case and had been discharged.
 It was said twenty-two ballots were taken formally and that many verbal polls were had.
 Judge Louderback, who presided at the trial, set January as the date when Arbuckle will be called into court again.
 We are ready at any time" the defense announced The state said the same.
 But for one woman on the jury of thirteen representative American men and women-who refused to al- low her fellow jurors to discuss the evidence or reason with her, and who would not give any explanation of her attitude" said a statement issued in writing by Arbuckle, "my trial would have resulted in immediate acouittal.
 While this, thru the technicalities of law, Is not legal acquittal, moral ly it is such.'
 District Attorney Brady, in for nal statement, denied Arbuekle had been vindicated.
 "ln my opinion, the disagreement does not vindicate Arbuckle." Brady sad "Vindication could come only after a quick, unanimous verdict"
 Both Arbuekle and the district at- torney talked of propaganda in their statement.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
POLK COUNTY SCHOOLS.

As most readers of The Star know, Polk county has, in Prof. W. H. Nor den, superintendent who takes an earnest interest in the schools and all that goes for their development. As enc means of enlarging his field of influence Prof. Morden quite regular ly has a School Notes" column in 1sia Star.
 These netes always are good, giving as they do, survey of the education- al activities of the county, and some times we'll thought-out opinions.
 The "School Notes" in this issue appeal particularly to the editor. and believe they carry ideas that will have an influence on the readers, particu- larly those men and women who have uponstheir shoulders the responsibility of the education of the boys and girls in the various districts.
 But, whether you are school di- rector or not, or even parent of children of school age, you should as q good citizen, keep up with those things that affect the coming genera tions, and our national life.
 Read the "School Notes"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
CORN BREAD AND PELLAcRA.

For those who have fear that the eating of corn bread Is cause of pellagra, the following from Miss Susie V. Powell, assistant in charge. of home demonstration work in Mis- sissippi, will be of interest
 "Corn bread does not cause pel-
 lagra, neither does our cane svrlrp
 or sorghum. When corn bread is
 eaten with vegetables from the
 home garden, and eggs and milk there is no danger of pellagra. ii is when corn bread, fat meat. and sorghum are eaten in too great quantities and without these other foods to form q balanced ration that pellagra may appear. It is tho lack of balance in the food that causes the trouble. Corn bread never gave anyone pellagra."
 The big crop of corn this year will furnish the corn bread. It is there fore our duty to make tours" the best garden and to feed the cows and poul- try so that there will be a plentiful production of eggs and butter and the Progressive Farm er
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
DOG ON WILD RAMPAGE
 BIT THREE MENA CHILDREN Fearing It Might Have Been Ahlict- ed With Rabies. Head to Be
 Examined.


 Examined.
 Three children residing on the southside were bitten by dog Tues day afternoon before the animal could be killed. The dog was one formerly owned by Gus Emerson and he gave it to Clyde Rowe. The animal was taken to the country, but evidently wanted to come back to it's first home and made the return journey Tuesday afternoon. At the home of Robert Edwards on Eagle Gap avenue, the dog is said to have entered the yard and bitten two of the Edwards chil- dren, and had to be driven away by the brave mother, who was armed with stick. Neither of the children were seriously hurt The dog contin- ued it's trip back to the Emerson home and en route is said to have at tempted to bite the little son of MT. and Mrs. Jess Philpot, and also at tackled the little son of MT. and Mrs. Lee Bates, who was going home from school The boy was bitten in the arm. The dog was killed soon after wards and Mir. Bates and Mir. Ed wards secured the head and sent 1t to the state university to have 1t ex- amined to ascertain if the canine was afflicted with rabies.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
SCANDAL IN THE cApIrAL.
Senators and Show Girls Involved in
 Wild Party.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Oficial and social Washington were aroused and shocked today by published reports that a gay party, enlivened by bad hquor and gin cocktails, and attend Cd by chorus girls and two United States senators, preceded the traqic assee,mpt Of Miss Rita Hall, goddess of love. beauty of the extravagan1a Mecca" to take her life in her thea ter dressing room last Thursday
 Miss Hall, who still is in a critical condition at hospital as a result of taking poison, is said to have haer one Of the participants in "A downtown note motel party before she sought to end her life. With her were several com sa,. panion chorus girls from aMe~ea = The identity of the senators aileesd 70 have been at the party is beIns carefully guarded. hs
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
\ GREAT ECONOMIC FAuLr.

Forty-live thousand packing house employees in IS cities are expected to strike against wage reductions on December 5. A great army of pro- ductiye workers to be idle, with the existence of perhaps l80.000 depend enths of these workers made painful and uncertain. We do not know the merits of the case-the proposed wage cut may be necessary to meet the readjustment in values and prices, interesting to growers of livestock. to Taeking concerns and consumers. It say be an effort to increase profits of 8 selfish interest-but whatever the cause, the fact remains that such con ditions are wrong, and some day, somehow, way must be found to avoid such economic losses to society and the world. Such a solution must be found to safeguard our very civili- xatfon.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
FARM NOTES
Rv JAMES A. SLOTE.

An enterprising grower from Neb- raska brought carload of potatoes for sale here recently, the freight on same was considerable over $500. The car contained 600 bushels.
 Frank Rork butchered beef and hogs last week for his winter supply of meat. MT. Rork is a practical farmer and thoroly understands the curing of meats as well as the making of various sausages and other by pro- ducts of meat.
 From a tree blooming late in sum- mer, Ed Muldrow now has green ap- ples about the right size for pies.
 On car of hay shipt in here re- gently the freight charges were $35 more than the cost of the hay.
 Mir. Farmer, what about the mer- chant so called, who refuses to buy your butter and ogers the oleo sub stitute for sale, or perhaps IS burning coal when there are farmers who would be glad to trade him a load of wood for some necessity, or perhaps again he refuses to buy your home cured meats when he knows this is the only way of marketing your hogs, and at the same time he is helping other states by buying packing house meats. Mr. Customer, not alone the farmer--this sort of merchant is of little use to you and absolutely none to his community Starve nm out. It's up to you.
 While awaiting our turn at gro- cerg counter the Saturday before Thanksgiving our attention was at- tracted by q rather prosperous look ing farmer who was offering a couple of pounds of nice butter for sale. The grocer said he was supplied. Asked if there was anything else, the farmer replied, 'Yes, but he would trade where they would take his but ter.", He went to another merchant. Same result. He tried third. (We followed). Sure says this grocer, Anything else ?" The farmer read off a list and paid cash for bill of something over $26 for the coming feast, probably. Our heart warmed little to this merchant and he caught our order for a nice sum. 1t then occurred to us there were many clerks and but few salesmen.
 Space in the new Slote building has all been engaged, upstairs hall and office. North front, cream sta- tion and dairy supplies; west front, farm products, canning orchard and other supplies.
 Considerable complaint is heard of dealers selling reground bran for shorts. They probably sell it by the same name as they buy it, but some of it will scarcely color the water 1t is mixed with. A word to the wise, the dealer, also Mir. Feed Inspector.
 g: :: ::
 What is wrong when such condi- tions as these exist. Mir. Ussery, an expert butter maker near town, for want of market made his butter into soap the past summer. Live fat hogs are Sc and Sc on foot, shipt in bacon 25c pound; corn 40c per bushel; chops $1.50 per l00l
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
A WAY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOY.
 MENT.

From the Kansas City Star
 President Harding, it is predicted from Washington, will recommend to Congress at the session just begin- ming, to reduce the higher surtaxes. He will do this, not in the interest of the rich man, but in the interest of American industry and all the people who depend on its prosperity for a livelihood.
 It is a case of plain arithmetic. The record shows rapid falling off in the incomes liable to the heavy surtaxes because people are investing in tax free bonds. Such bonds in general do not finance productive enterprises. A married man without children, with an income of $100,000, now pays an income tax of $31, ,190. If half his in- come comes from municipal bonds his lax is only $9,190. The system of- fers such man a premium of $22,- 900 a year to refuse to help finance productive business, to refuse to fur nish money for farm operations, to refuse to invest in expanding the transportation system.
 Just when we need money for in- dustry, to produce more goods and furnish men employment, we offer men big rewards to keep their funds out of industry.
 It is the most foolish policy possi- lbe. 1t doesn't hurt the rich. They live on the same scale as usual. It simply takes out of industry the mon- ey on which industry always has de- pended. President Harding will be championing the cause of the Ameri- can worker, the American farmer and general prosperity if he urges Con- gress to get away from this destruc- tive system of raising money
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
Mena Get Rotarv Clnh-

Mena is to have a Rotary Club. word having been received Saturday that the city had been allotted a loca- ton on the organization map. The international president has appointed Claude Williford as organizing chair man for Mena, and it will be his duty to select four men to assist in the organization At least 15 members are required to start Owing to the approaching holiday season it is not likely the work of organization will be started until the first of the new year.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
SOME TLRNIPs THESE.
One Weighing 5K Pounds Was Ten der and Sweet, Another Ss4 Pounds.

 One Weighing 5K Pounds Was Ten der and Sweet, Another Ss4 Pounds.
 It's an open secret that Polk county turnips are most always exceptionally well favored and desirable, but the year 1921 seems to have records all it's own. As a result the plebian vege- table has come to have a place on al- most every table, and is found so sweet as to almost attain the place of fruit.
 And the size developed is immense.
 A few days ago Guy Beavers brought a beauty to the editors desk, and asserted definitely he had left it for the editors wife. It weighed 515 pounds, and a slice, raw, was found tender and very sweet. And, cooked, favored with a bit of pork and other fitting flavoring, it was well, with a cut of real Arkansas cornbread and a supply of buttermilk, it wouldn't have made any difference if there hadn' t been another thing for dinner that day And the editors wife only cooked half of it the first day, and didn't even get half of that, MT. Beavers.
 And early Tuesday morning Bob Allen, the boss over at the postoffice, handed out another Polk county tur- nip, with card attached saying it was Prom" H. R. Jacobs of Grannis, Ark, and For" The Mena Star, Mena, Ark. This sample of Grannis fruit" weighed 8% pounds, and no one knows what it tastes like. Prob ably it's as good as the other.
 But just imagine, can you, what a Missouri turnip half as big, would be likei
 But, like our Polk county sorghum you can't judge the Polk county product by the standards of other lo- calities,
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
coon OLD DAYS IN MENA.

Railway mail service was estab- lished on the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf railroad between Siloam Springs and Mena," says the Arkan- sas Gazette's Twenty-Five Years Ago Today column. The next item tells of a deputy United States marshal bringing in three moonshine stills the largest of which was 50 gallons capacity. Cotton was priced at 6la cents.
 All of which prompts a remark about the fellows who are forever harping about the good old days. The mail service today goes much farther south than Mena and lots further north than Siloam Springs. Cotton is worth almost three times the price, and when it comes to stills they don't bother using little things like fifty gallon ones nowadays.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
Strong and Well at Sd Years.

(. E. Cole, who for more than a quarter of century has been a resi- dent of Mena and is one of the real genuine old settlers here, observed his s0th birthday Friday by working as usual To see him move about one would not hardly believe he had passed the three score and ten mark In life. MT Cole was born in Indiana and has been a resident of Arkansas more than half his life, spending l6 years at Eureka Springs before com ing to Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
F. X A. MASoNs ELECT
New Officers Will Be Installed

New Officers Will Be Installed on
 St. Johns Day.
 At the meeting held Saturday night of Dallas Lodge No. 12S, r. &. A. Masons, the following officers were elected for the coming year; Ellis Goss, W. M.
 D. D. Clement, s. w.
 F. P. Sanders, J.W.
 W. l. Green, Treasurer.
 Mark P. Olney, Secretary. W. l. Green Trustee.
 The following officers were ap- pointed by the new Master; c. L. Baker, s. D.
 J. W. Hardy, J. D.
 George Emerson, NJ. c. J. W. Maloney, M. c.
 s. Picchi, Tyler,
 The new officers will be installed on St. Johns Day, December 27, and will likely be installed jointly with the Eastern Star Chapter. Officers for this latter body will be elected on Thursday night.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
LEGAL N0TIcrs
COMNIsS,ovrn,.''''.l

;n NOTICE ,,Il,l.. IS HEREBY cIVa N reetions contained in rtil4l tss a. der of the Chaucery 'fi r,Ss sss1 County, made and sntsrsS' yi''' <, <. oay of October, A. D IssI ' ' tam cause (No. 97lj , tIss <. therein between T. R s N. plainant, and Willis Tbss.,..s.. N !, < , Thompson, Andrew Ejsss,'. Oklahoma Farm Mortgsg's T,., defendants, the undeFsIess,,s' ',' { S| missioner of said Court l,'ii| v;i N sale at public vendue lo X. X, \ bidder, at the SEE door Or " the County Courthouse, iu IVY M { Court Is held, in the Cous., N within the hours presriba for judicial sales, on the sls < December, A. D. 1921. the N, described real estate to vii: N Sec. 20, the Nh NEA and \ K NV F., Section %, Townshis ' Range 3l West, iH Polk Cerss' kansas.
 TERMS OF SALE: 0nam three months, the purchassr x,I quired to execute a bond ss M by law and the order and da! said Court in said cause VI proved security, bearing intn the rate of 10 per cent pd [ from date of sale until paid, tnlI being retained on the premiis { secure the payment of tks F' money.
 Given under my hand this 6 of December, A. D. 1921.
 W. L. PARMl
 Conssaissioner in cAs 1st pub. Dec. 8; 3rd, Dee. 4 '
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08
NEW NJ. E. PREACHERS
 CAN'T USE TOBACCO

Pine Bluff, Dec. Candidates for the Methodist ministry were told to- day by Bishop E. D. Mouzon, presiding at the annual central Arkansas con terence here, that use of tobacco will par them from the ministry.
 me bishop said he opposed passage 9l tnls law by the general conference, Dut that since 1t was law, it would be enforced.
 A resolution requesting the next general conference to change the name, of the church from the M. E. church, South, to the Episcopal Meth odlst church, was referred to the com nlittee on memorials. Four ministers received into the general confer ence were elected late today.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08

Some of the stories coming out Of the big cities that tell of illicit dis tilling plants certainly make the mountain district efforts look like the work of the veriest pikers in the busi- ness. In fact, it Sometimes seems whiskey-making is taking on some of the clements of a substantial, if somewhat precarious. business.