The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08

most in Polk county to know we had the largest delegation there. Also the | plans of Prof. Middleton's building
 were approved and out of many of- | fered, it remained for his to be accept ed and the writer heard the state
 manager ask for 40 copies, saying | that for price and convenience his
 were unexcelled. But then this is | Polk county product.
 A trip with the boys over the capi- | tol building, ground floor to dome, then to the penitentiary, where the | principal feature to many was the electric chair and most of the boys | took a seat in it for an instant, as one lad said, "Just to see how 1t feels" While waiting for car to take us | back, nearby store provided means | for again stocking up on pocket food as it had been nearly l 1s hours since eating dinner. From here street car | took US near the insane asylum. While going up the hill to the buildings one | little chap tagging behind was asked | the matter with him and he replied,
 "a headache Asked what it cost him
 he replied, 'Thirty cents worth of candy" Here we found the attend ants courteous and willing to go to some trouble to show us around. While we were resting on some benches on the lawn a motherly look | ing soul slyly told us to make our | selves at home. A street car from here met us at the door of our board | ing house, where, after an almost | interminable wait of perhaps half hour, we had supper, then for our camp at the fair grounds. But wait, | in the fullness of our belts we nearly | forgot the future. A boy remarked, "We can't starve," so a nearby bak- cry. and the last, was visited. NO rolls or doughnuts, only bread, so 80 | loaves, loaf each was purchased, all so 8 pounds of bologna and all were again on our way and passing some slot machine, where few got bite of something for small coin, noth- 1 ing more was indulged in that night. The next day the fair opened, 50 bows were wanted for ushers, ticket | takers, messengers, etc. Here IS where our professor showed ms ag- gressiveness, tho there were several hundred applicants, he got every one of our boys on. See the fair, see the shows, and dollar a day 0, boy! | Wherever you went on the fair grounds for the next two days our boys with their semi-uniforms on were in evidence and they filled their positions in a way that the manage ment expressed regret at their leav- | ing.
 Breakfast at o'clock, steak, saul sage, potatoes and hot cakes. One | little fellow ate only 19 but thought he could stand it until noon. Car trouble delayed us at Hot Springs. We decided to run 20 miles to a point beyond that night, all got hot lunch for the chilly ride. Three or four little chaps were slow, and returning to find them, they were shivering and drinking a cold strawberry pop, but a hot chile corrected that. Profiting by experience, we carried a supply of grub this time. It consisted of 40 loaves of bread. No meat could be had, but bacon and dogs tlarge weinies). Sure enough about ID miles out our truck decided to quit and call it a day A convenient house gave room for our beds. A boy was
 given charge of the bread and told he would be responsible for 1t. Next morning he produced the bread but the loaves looked like fapjacks. We asked hom come, and he said he made his bed on them. To be sure of 1t, however, they quickly disappeared with long strips of bacon crisped over coals. A bucket of cocoa and two of coffee completed our last meal on the road. At Mt. Ida our truck gasped, died, and refused to move. uni versal joint gone Credit is due Carl II x.rtaa ,,s,rca1 4his crinf1lQ over and back, also his staunch help CTS. Poole, Pottorff and Johnson, who maintained unfailing good humor and
 willingness in most trying circum- stances. A couple of small trucks
 were secured by Prof. Middleton and l the tourney home was completed without incident or accident. All the boys came home in perfect health and kept their expenses within the fund
 allotted for the trip. Our hats off to the professor. Who could arrange to take these boys and show them the fair, with board at an expense of ap- proximately, we'll the price of rail- road ticket one way. What these boys saw, the experience and self re- liance gained are worth more than years schooling, and listen parents, these Smith-Hughes boys will have, now have, a big, big advantage. Tho new institution, it's mark could be seen on the other boys at the fair as we'll as our own class. This is all in addition to our regular schooling. Some seed, of course. falls on barren soil, but the most are coming.
 Observations on the Trip.
 Looking in a tent to see if all were snug for the night, we saw two little urchins trying to light a stump of a candle from a fashlight.
 Produce on the farmers roadside