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American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-12-03
su.tereups and Gold Mlnes

with many readers brilllancy OF
style passes for nttiuence OF thought |.
they mistake buttercups In the grass
for Unreasonable gold mines under
the ground.-Longfeilow
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-12-03
JUST NEWS.

Basket hall practice is filling the
school with enthusiasm. nova days
Several students who have been book.
worms. are frightening out into snap.
py basket shooters, and there may be
surprises in store
Dramatic club momb re heard their
first plays read. Wednesday at 4 p
m. Parts will be assigned and work
begun at once, for a performance be-
fore the holidays.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-12-03
Wolves and Foxes.

Zach class has Its troubles. Poor
folk have the wolf ut their door; rich
io'k generally have some woman snoop-
ing around trying to lure the cook
away.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-12-03

What has become Of the rat roasting.
he hecatomb. the Greeles festiva, thar
the Freshics were going to stage. WIN
chants out Of the Illind? Weren't a.
fraid OF the smell. were you Fresh
ies' Or maybe afraid you'd catch
cold! .,s.---
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-12-03

Getting along with human nature Is
life's biggest bother Toledo Blade.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-22

tlonaI meeting for county superin- tendents and rural schools. County superintendent A. l.. Jones presided at tnls meeting, which proved to be rapid fire exchange of ideas on the best methods to finance, organize and supervise the rural schools. During this discussion State Super intendent Elsie Toles announced that an effort would be made to get measure through the next legis- iature which will provide for better supervision of small country schools
 John Brown, principal of the Phoe- K Indian school was the first speak CT Of the day. He told with interest ing detail of the work being carried on at the school here. Dr. A. M. Tuthill spoke briefly orf the work of the state board of health. A report of the National Education Associa- tlon committee was made by Miss Toles. and Superintendent of City Schools John D. Loper gave a report on the law committee. concluding the morning session.
 Through some misunderstanding in preparing the program yesterday II was stated that Dr. l.. E. McMullen would address the meeting. whereas he was regularly on the program for today. He will speak this morning at 11:30 o'clock, his subject being The Future Place of the Parent Teachers Association as Relating to Our Schools The Congress of Mothers and the Pr. A. will hold a sectional meeting at 514 Liberal Arts building of the high school at 2 p. m.
 Appoint Committees Following are members appointed to the various committees of the as- sociation yesterday:
 Auditing committee = Supt. John Branigan of Holbrook. chairman; Lulu LeBaron, superintendent of Pinal county; Principal Glen O.. Perkins of Tucson
 Resolutions commitee-J- O. Crea- ger, University of Arizona, chairman: Miss Clare Wheeler. Flagstaff; J. Warren Aver, Phoenix Union High school: Supt. c. F. Phiibrook. Bisbee; and Supt. w. P. Bland, Globe.
 Committee on Constitutional Amendment Concerning the reor- ganization of the state department of education to make the state board an appointiye body of seven mem- bers)- Superintendent John D. To- per, chairman; c. c. Grover. Wins low: Miss Helen Brown, superinten- dent of Cochise county. Supt. W. R. Hull. Clarkdale; and Prof. 4. O. Neale, registrar of the University of Arizona
Arizona republican., 1921-11-22
1,5OO TEACHERS AT TEND OPENING
 IF CONVENTION
Record Attendance Marks Annual Meeting-Pro- gram of Unusual Interest California Educator Praises Work Here
TODAY's PROGRAM

Following is the program for the general session of the Arizona State Teachers association con- yention at the high school audi torium today:
 9:15 to 9:45-Music, Mesa Union High School Glee clubs.
 9:45-"Some Educational Prob lems." Miss Katherine McLaugh- lin, professor of education. Univer- sity of California.
 10:30--'The Health of a Teach er," Henry $. Curtiss, physical education supervisor.
 11:15-"Proper Musical Appre- ciation," Mrs. B. c. Greenwood. Camden, New Jersey.
 11:30-"The Proper Place of the Faren- Teachers Associations In Relation to the Schools" Prin. L. B. McMullen.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-22

Marked by the largest attendance in its history, the Arizona State Teachers association opened its thirtieth annual session at the high
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS
DR. GEORGE THOMAS PALMER,
President Illinois Tuberculosis Association, sprl

prevention of the acquired Thousands uccmbng the disease tuercuou infection through developing tuberclous disease consumption
  consequently every development the of the individual and the community community dearded hand entire carelessness the Infected problem preventing infection be solved public all who those things which directly indirectly infection the individual consumFves good conditions he joins with individual child rgdy contact with consumpuve possible consumptve tubuous the individual about chief problem While individual round life without evidence of the disease through lowering his of
 
 of his community those civic conditions community including housing administration ventilation public milk reasonable of public knowledge prevention tuberculosis would 
   of anatora and doctors rather national local campaigns education wholesome
 
 
  scourge with which mankind has been afflicted
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
HOW TO KEEP SAFE
 IN A THUNDERSTORM
Rural Sections Furnish Nine-tenths Country's Fatalities From
 Lightning.

Rural districts suffer heavily in the annual mortality from lightning and according to statistics e-tenths of the fatalities from this source occur Tn the country and in towns and vil- lages of 2,500 inhabitants or less.
 Instructions of a mode of proceed ure during a thunderstorm that meets with the approval of experts have been issued by the Fire Marshal of Louisiana. He says
 Y If you find yourself indoors dur ing a thunderstorm, don't go near the stove; keep away from the chimney. and avoid using the telephone; also don't touch a screen door.
 Cut of dors during thunderstorm the safest place is in the woods. Lightning may strike tree. but if is not likely to be the one under which you have taken shelter. On the other hand the most foolish thing you can do IS to stand beneath an isolated tree An open shed, especially if it is some distance from larger buildings, IS nearly if not quite as dangerous.
 Never go near a wire fence during a thunderstorm
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
-1---------- FOR X FALL CIEAN.IIp

The Star always is anxious to see things done, big or little. that rebound to the credit ard the welfare of Mena. It fairly glories in the improvements in the city streets that have been ac- complished, as on Port Arthur avenue, and those under way on Mena and De Queen streets. Then. too, much is be- ing done in dressing up" the other thorofares- all of which adds to both utility and attractiveness.
 Then new homes are being builded some large and some small, some quite costly and some not expensive, but in each recent instance beauty stands out --the structures are attractive to the eye, the surroundings neat and we'll cared for.
 And, The Star believes the past season has seen more well-kept lawns h Mena than ever before, and, too, an increase in attention to back yards and alleys. And flowers. in windows and porch boxes and in beds in the yards lave been more common, and in many
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
FROM SHIRT SLEEVES TO SHIRT
 SLEEVES.
rom tho Southwest American.


 From the Southwest American.
 It has been said that under Ameri- can institutions it takes three gener- x ions to carry men from snlrs sleeves to shirt sleeves The real meaning of this saying is that the men who toll produce sons and grand sons who do not. In the irrevocabie circle. the men who do not toll, pro- duce sons who by force of circum- stances have to return to toil.
 All over the country the family stories are thick of the fathers who, hv devotion to the toll which brings success and achievement, attained competence. In all too many instances farhers have declared q do not mean that iny son shall have to submit to grinding toll as l did" Sons by the hundreds have been ruined by the very attitude of parents. The con- sequence has been that in hundreds upon hundreds of notable instances, fathers have been compelled to leave in the hands of trustees the share of their fortunes which they knew the sons would squander to the completion of their own destruction.
 The original Pullman was a notable instance and hundreds of others could be cited. The sons are thus compellei to face the world with bare hands. That is the circle-a shirt-sleeve Pullman; a second generation of help less Puilmans getting thru life on allowances" doled out by trustees un- der terms of wills, and third genera tion of Pullmans in shirt sleeves.
 Any encyclopedia will prove to you that for every famous person born to wealth, a hundred were born and reared in poverty. Aesop, great writer of fables, was a slave; James Watt in ventor of steam engines, was the son of a small bankrupt store keeper. Christopher Columbus was the son of a wool comber. The father of Ben jamin Franklin was a candle maker. George Stephenson, inventor of the locomotive, was the son of coal mine stoker. Lincoln was born in a log cabin. Edison was train boy. Rockefeller a bookkeeper; Irving Der lin, noted millionaire musical com poser, once sang songs for nickles in New York's Chinatown. Seven of Chicago's greatest and most notable men were sons of poor farmers in Northwest Illinois.
 It is the plain people that give the nation it's great men of power and genius. Snobs may look down upon them, but they are the real quality people, and their "seed shall inherit the earth
 When a family achieves great riches it usually runs to seed. The fu- ture of your children does not depend on how much money dad packs in his wallet. In fact that very surplus of money sons most dangerous stumb- ling block Dads super six car driven by son does not often travel in the direction of sons ultimate welfare and life success-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
THE TURKS.

The Turks were the first to use cig- arets.
 The law permits Turk Turk so have have four wives.
 : The Turks know nothing of the Turkish bath.
 The Turks adopted the crescent as a national emblem about l543.
 The Turks, while the most temper ate people, are the most barbarous.
 In Turkey bachelors are barred rom holding positions in the civil service.
 nu !; ,: 2:
 The Turks, as a general rule. wear yellow slippers, the Armenians rcd and the Jews blue.
 Hospitality is a striking character lstic of the Turks. No one neediny shelter and lodging is ever turned away.
 The fez is no longer to he the ma tonal headdress of the Turk. accord , ing 10 decision of the national as sembly The "kalpak" will hs sah stituted. The "kalpakp Is made of black cloth or feltine, and is some what similar to the fez, only flatter and broader.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
Voting One Way EkE E1A.A AND
 Drinking Another

Samuel Hopkins Adams in Golfers.
 It is Impossible to study the effects of prohibition over large area and escape the conviction that never be- fore has there been enacted a law which has bred snch widespread cc-- ruption, official and unofficial. To hold the law itself responsible is, of course, the shallowest causistry. The blame must be imputed first to our national spirit of insubordination which bids us refuse allegiance to the will of the majority unless our own private conscience jumps with it; sec- ond, to the attitude, supine or worse, of those who, having promulgated the law, now cripple their own enactment by negligence of the means to enforce 1t. as if man should build and launch a ship and then leave it, masterless, to the disposal of wind and wave.
 Prohibition enforced would be at least an honest and worthy experi- ment. Prohibition half enforced or unenforced is merely an indictment to trickery, lawlessness, blackiaail and extortion. It has matched a precious brood of law-breakers ministering to the unashamed demand for stimu- lants of public which would blush at the thought of tacit conspiracy to nullify any other law; many of these enterprises being adjuncts to other wise reputable trades.
 Then there are the minor fnanciers who find the capital 10 back the rum runners" in their larger operations. stand the risk of the cars, pay the fines ii the operator gets caught, and takes a 30 or 40 or 30 per cent profit on their investment when all goes well.
 One such packer of whom I know is a builder and contractor, at present tied up" by the deadlock in his trade. Another IS wholesale grocer of un- impeached character; a third, a minor, but strong, politician; fourth, a gambler who considers this the best surething game he has yet discovered: :: and still another, the son of a banker and himself promoter in a small way of business.
 All this bootlegging fraternity finds its immediately practical or more re- mote moral support in 'easy" officials jurymen who, despite heir oath. re- fuse to convict; lenient judges and q public opinion potently influenced by the private attitude of those who are officially responsible for the execution or administration of the law: admin lstrative officials who are known to disregard the law in their own private actions; judicial officers whose formal dieta are not born out by their in- formal acts, and that class of con gressmen and state legislators who have made themselves notorious in Washington and other capitals bv voting one way and drinking another.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
Far-Sighted.

A railway employe was in the wit ness box, and was being cross-exam- med ny 3 soTy self important young lawyer about case which had re- suited in a damage suit as the conse- qt anee of an accident on the railroad
 You say that you saw this man fall from the train ?" said the lawyer.
 sl saw him fall, yes,p replied the railway man.
 Yet 1t was night time," insisted the lawyer. And you were at one end of the train and the man was at the other Do you expect an intelli- gent jury to believe such a yarn How far can you see at night ?"
 About million miles, I think re- piled the railway man. sI can see the moon. How far is thatf
 The lawyer retired.--Pittsbur Chronicle Telegraph.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
 The splendid spirit that has c

The splendid spirit that has caused community efforts for road better ment-the old line road to Potter and the Bethesda Springs project in par ticular, is the spirit worth while. Such things as these make better citizens, inculeate a healthy civic pride and neighborliness in good cause. But let's not lose lot by leaving the jobs unfinished. Let's put few men on each to see that the first or following rains do not wash away the work. Constant attention is what is most needed on these and all other roads.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
SOAP SUPPLY FOR WORLD
 IS CLAIMED FOR ARKANSAS
Elmer Bird, Mining Engineer, Asserts Has New Source of Wealth in
 Saponite.
From the Arkanaas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 Little Rock, Sept. TITO Arkansas deposits of fine diamonds, to its late ly explored beds of gold, silver and platinum ore, probably rich. but as yet unproven, has been added another mineral, which, in the opinion of its discoverer, will play no little part in enriching the mineral wealth of the state. Not only is its discovery the source of an unlimited potential wealth, but, according to mining au- thorities, the state will be able to claim the distinction of its exclusive production.
 This mineral is saponite, natural soap, and its discoverer is Elmer Bird, mining engineer, in charge of the lab- oratory of the Engineering Explora- ton Company with offices in the Donaghey building. A vast bed of the mineral, so vast that no estimate of 1t has been made, but believed to con- tain several hundreds of thousands of tons, has been discovered in the mountainous sections in northern Ar kansas, the exact location of which Mir. Bird does not wish to divulge at present.
 Mir. Bird believes that the saponite he has discovered has a commercial use as a cleaning powder much the same as Bon Ami and Gold Dust. So great IS his faith in the potential use of the mineral as soap that he has practically completed plans for min ing the saponite, converting it into a cleaning powder and placing it upon the market.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
Preemptorily Plucked.

Ernest Bingaman, assistant at the mill at Garfield, had a thrilling ex- perience when his clothing caught in some gearing of a drive shaft at the mills and began winding about the shaft. Fortunately he was able to reach the leg of the elevator, and he threw both arms around this and lit- erally pulled himself out of his clothes, escaping with several bad bruises and a wrenched back. After freeing himself from the entangle- ment he took an invoice of the clothes he had left on and found one sleeve, a necktie, one sock, one perfectly good leg of underwear, and a look of as- tonishment.- News.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22

instances very beautiful. Shade trees. too. have been trimmed up and cared for.
 Under the care of Commissioner Dodd, Jansen Park has been brought hack to it's old standard of beauty, and improvements have been made, with many more in contemplation. And the idea of Gus Winter in building equipment for a playground for the little folks. all at his own expense, has made the park even more useful has contributed many happy, health fui hours to the lives of the kiddies.
 This sort of spirit is contagious. An attractive house, well-kept lawn. a pretty flower bed, can but have an up- lifting influence on ali thoughtful persons who see them. And certainly no such person could in comfort live in premises insanitary and disorderly adjacent to those of a neighbor whose home was wholesome, clean and we'll kept
 Probably Mena's park has been the note that has set many a home owner 70 work beautifying his own premises --and from each of these the good work has spread to others.
 Despite all this, many patch of weeds has been grown in Mena on va cant lots that would have produced 25 or 50 bushels of sweet or white pota- toes, or other valuable foodstuffs. A good many blocks of perfectly good concrete sidewalks are banked on either side by weeds that even crowd ed the pedestrians. Front yards yet can be found that have been neglected, and back yards that are untidy, per haps unsanitary. Weeds that should have been cut earlier have now ripened seed for another crop.
 But while many will not think of it, these untidy places will be no less unattractiye when the weeds turn sere and brown In fact, the turning from green to brown will but make the premises look more ragged and un- kempt.
 Some of Mena's folks already have caught the idea. They are cutting the unsightly weeds, and putting their premises in good order for the winter months, the time of year when verdure ceases to grow. This is a fitting thing to do. Tidy up for the winter, because when the leaves fall and the grass dies down, the neglect is but accentu- ated.
 A lot of this work should be done by the city, but keep in mind that the city cannot pay for all such that is needed to be done. We do not supply enough money to do it. And it won't hurt any property owner very much to cut the weeds in the adjacent alley, or even next the street. All such effort helps the entire com munity, It gives better standing with all visitors, and homefolks feel a pride that leads to better thinking and better living. Beautiful surround ings are not at all conducive to evil thoughts.
 The usual thing is to have cleanup days in the spring, but good house. keepers keep their houses clean every day, the best way, or do thoro job spring and fall.
 Why not give Mena a good cleanup this fall? A good job well done now would leave things looking mighty good all winter,
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
A FASHIONABLE nITry

What has become of the stovepipe hat that hourished in days agone i? 9n the Fourth pf July, or days like that, We ginerally had one on. And. there amt no doubt that it done its part as only stovepipe can, to fasten ene triumph. of ancient art on the principal end of mani
 and what has became of the long ..iiea coat, with it's sperit of digni- Jude Has t went the way of the SfannRer vote, or gone with the babee m the wood 7 Has it drifted avs,, wlth itz erlnkle and flop, to the vallev oi no-man's-place1 Does it mesn
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
POEM RY3KN|
 JINGLE JOHNk@l

that the price at tailor shop has es- tablished a change of base?
 And what has went with the fiowin beard, and the reverence which II heltg There ain't no objections that ever l heard, to a dignified, whiskery peltl When the uglicst face m this fair land. can furnish it's own disguise, feller may bow to fashions demand, but honestly, is it wise?
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
For Three Per lent LOEnS On Farms or town property, or lOOr p''' 7 INVESTMENTS
 SEE W. I. GREEN a O. Back of F. & NJ. Bank
Warming Order.

Warning Order c In the Chancery Court of PSlA S'y E,, ty, Arkansas Berry-bssaa. '. < < Goods Company, Plalnunib ib's.i1ssI v, < Penninger and Alice fs'-
 Defendants. z psuui.s The Defendants, M. h. lr..ssl l.'- , and Alice Penninger, Alc ,.t;s fltsI appear in this court wl.'i,a ula;Tt 4 \ days and answer the comPcls1.ii Pcaais I]jD Plaintiff, Berry -Beall Dry VVYS
 Witness my hand and lns Is,l;,:'!!.s! l:!s '; < said court this 10th day ,po ol SsiSs i1',s 1921. w. l.. rAnhnIta An nIrta Minor Pipkin, Atty. for s.i. r1psgs pssat ]. w. Van Hoy, Atty. for Ds's' r fsi irst Pub. E, Sept; Sept Last Pub. D., October n:--
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22

We lamped the following advertise ment recently in a Dover, (N. J.) paper:
 FOR SALE One Ford car, with piston ring, Two rear wheels, one front spring Has no lenders, seat of plank Burns lots of gas and is hard to crank,
 Carburetor busted half way thru; Engine missing, hits on two Three years old, four in spring Has shock absorbers and everything. Radiator busted, sure does ieak; Ditferential dry, you can hear it squeak
 Ten spokes missing, front all bent, Tires blown out, ain't worth a cent, Got lots of speed, runs like the deuce, Tires all off, been running on rim, But darned good Ford for the shape it's in.
 Nowadays things move so rapidly that the man who says "it can't be done" is interrupted by someone else doing it.
 -~OO--
 1t-. iidWhluS says cQlIuIe IS some thing that enables a corn fed girl to sit down without looking like she was straining something. WE CHRISTEN THEE "BLINKETY
 BLANK"
 The open muffler dingwumuus af- fectionately dubs his mount Betsy" or the like. Everybody else, however. calls 1t and him other names.
 --oO-
 Miss Gertrude Fisher of Philadel- phia, six years ago adjudged the pret- tiest girl in America, is to wed soon It seems to us that men are very. very slow to make the prettiest girl wait six years to be married. But. then, maybe Miss Fisher is very par ticular.
 Calling man liar is the last word in wasted talk. If he is a liar he already knows it and you are springing old stuff on him. If he isn't one, you are and he has found it out. ~ There is no use denying that some of the 1921 bootleg liquor would make ideal snakebite medicine-if it could be applied to the snake in time Kansas City Star.
 Minor Pipkin says some of the hard.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
No nannar

hope you are not afraid of n1i- crobes," apologized the paying-teller as he cashed the school teacher.s check with soiled currency.
 Don't wsriy." said the young laav. A microee couldn't live on my sal ary. The Seamen's r-srnal.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22

The news stories tell of snow and freezing temperatures in the north, and weather prophets--nature and otherwise-talk of an early winter but summer continues to finger in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-22
Enxx TalL

Am l the only girl you have ever loved?"
 "Oh, no. But my taste has been im- proving right along ."-Touisville Courier-Journal.