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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
STATE PLANT BOARD HAS
 BROAD POWERS IN ARKANSAS
Attorney General Utley Advises Geo. G. Becker as to the Law for
 Guarding Against Disease.
Special to The Star

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, Nov. 29.--In response to question by George c. Becker, chief inspector of the State Plant Board. Attorney General utley ad- vises him that the board has the power.
 To regulate or prohibit the move ment into this state of cottonseed, products, articles or substances found to be infested or infected with insects or plant diseases, which threaten an established agricultural industry.
 To define and designate on proper hearing and sufficient facts an infest- ed or infected zone or area, within the state, to cause notice thereof by proclamation of the governor, and to regulate or prohibit within and out of such designated areas, the grow ing, maintenance or movement of any plant, products or substances, so in- fected, except in the manner and method and under such reasonable conditions as prescribed by the board
 To require sterilization of seeds or plants and plant products pro- duced in an infected area before movement into, within or out of the state.
 To require certification of such sterilization.
 To require that movement of such infected seed, plants, products and substances, shall be restricted under route and regulations of the board. It is urged that care should be taken not to make rules arbitrary, but reasonable.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
ROBBERY PLOT LED
 10 MARINE GUARDS
Fighting Men Given Job, Not Because of Isolated Hold Ups. But to Forestall Nation Wide Scheme
 to Get Loot.

Washington, Nov. 26.--A nation wide plot to rob the United States mails this winter, it was disclosed to- day, moved the government in it's de- cision to guard mail trains, mail wag- ons and postoffices with United States marines.
 Details of the plot have not been made public, but Edward H. Shaugh- messy, second assistant postmaster general, in charge of the railway mail service, is authority for the state ment that the two thousand marines now operating with the mail service, were not called upon to fight a few bandits, who might take it into their heads to rob the mails, but to prevent the execution of gigantic plot.
 ''In the Nick of Time.'
 The marines only went on duty in the nick of time, according to the be- lief of officials, and their vigilance will be the one great factor in Stop ping the mail robberies.
 Inspectors of the department have information as to the concerted action PiciiAt0 bO IOO illctil lAdlilo anu lluNkS turnout the country, and believe that they have in custody in New York one of the members of the possible mail robber band.
 Five attempts were made in New York to pull off" the mail robbery, which resulted finally in a haul of more than million dollars. The man now in custody was arrested for an- other crime, it is understood, but later is said to have confessed that he had attempted to rob the truck before, and had been thwarted on each occasion.
 No Action on Shoot" Protest.
 Postmaster General Hayes has con- sidered the letter of protest from Gov ernor Blaine of Wisconsin against the action of marine in shooting at men who attempted to ride on mail cars in that state. But it is understood that for the present 1t is not likely that the department will take any action in the matter.
 The position of the postofiice de- partment, it was learned from high of ficials today, is that the marines are working under orders of the navy de- partment and the commandant of the marine corps, and that the postofiice department, with the information it has as to plans for concerted and de- termined efforts to rob the mails this winter, can do little in the matter but mark time.
 It is felt here that neither Governor Blaine, perhaps, nor anybody in the country, except postal officials, realize fully the seriousness of the situation, nor the menace which threatened them until the marines took charge
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
HS RALLY CALL
 n BETTER TIMES
xs.,<,.3 {5r Farmers Cotton Growers .,5 <<<< Sort of Business Man at Mea& Dec. 5--Marketing Pian
 H 1s Outlined by Experts

Wbat nav prove to be the greatest eorIcuItu<al meeting ever held m paIk co,37Sy is scheduled to take place 5f -r4aV pecember 5 at 2 o'clock at <ks ro1zfhouse. It will be far more +h1,, ;,,et q farmers meeting, as 1t IS 1<-seted tbat most of the business 1S5.ae. In Mena will close while the a,eai3nf Is in session in order that the 1,.,eI4a=I. men of the town be given an sanorfa,n1tv to attend. The meeting E bsine Arranged under the auspices sf tbc Arkansas Cotton Growers Co- 3.,axats,;e Association and the POLK r.onn4v Farm Bureau. The associa- f;on Win be represented by some of K. xoo4k widely known workers, and <Ea 5ner]<eting plan will be presented <,,s5 o,,a1ioed in detail. Every farmer @>.d averv business man III Polk @o11ufv s6ould arrange to be present 6t thIs meeting. n -
 Nhat man is there so wise he can i.r3dict the untold benefits that would 3&cex1se 10 Polk county should the pro-
 
 3uction of cotton be placed on a S6fs11d business basis,
 jHhat man is there who, Will con- torId that Farmers should be content 7rith the marketing system now m
 EAaf farmer is there who IS satis- fed Uith conditions as they are!
 Tke need is great. It is clamoring .-<<< ftoy, Ac a nubllp SD1r- ited cIffzen your presence is needed at fh;s meeting whether or not you eqer exueek to grow or handle fiber ,of cokton- Whether you are a farmer 3r b41kax cotton grower or cotton bu4ex tou should attend this meet fn <h1 words of the old childhood rhyme. Rich man, poor man, beggar man. thief. doctor, lawyer, merchant, All are Invited and urged to at
 c. W. Broyles,
 County Demonstrator.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
ANTT-FRENCH RIOTS
 BREAK OUT IN ITALY
Are Caused by Reports Premier Bri- and at Washington Spoke Dispar-
 agingly of the Army.

Rome, Nov. 26.-The government tonight was ready to take decisive action to prevent the spread of anti French riots which occurred in sev- eral Italian cities today.
 The smoldering anti-French feeling burst forth with the circulation of a report that Premier Briand of France had spoken slightingly of the Italian army during one of the sessions of the Washington arms conference.
 A quick denial that any such incl dent occurred with removal of a TEin official who did not take proper steps to suppress demonstration there, will head off any further riot ing, government officials believed.
 During the Turin riots, Italian stu- dents attacked the French consulate, breaking windows and damaging fur niture.
 In Venice a cordon of troops was thrown about the French consulate. They dispersed crowd which gath cred shouting against the French.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
TEXARKANA WILL
 HAVE CREAMERY
M. E. Melton, Recently in Polk Coun- ty to Ascertain Available Cows, Re- ports Opening January 1--Means
 True Prosperity.

M. E. Melton, secretary of the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, spent some time in Polk county re- gently in the task of ascertaining the number of cows from which it was probable that cream could be obtained for a proposed creamery at Texar- kama.
 MT. Melton reported that Hatfield had more such cows than any other single community, with Mena second. He met all the best known local own CTS and boosters and was much im- pressed, he said, with the conditions found. That the enterprise is going forward is indicated by the following communication to The Star:
 That dairying in Southwest Arkan- sas and Northwest Texas soon will take it's place among the principal established industries of this section of the two states, according to M. E. Melton, secretary of the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, whose or ganization has just completed com prehensive survey of the territory within radius. of 100 miles of Tex arkana to ascertain the number of cows available for cream production.
 The survey, made as a part of the negotiations of the Chamber with the Southern Creameries Company of Texarkana, which will operate but ter factory in Texarkana beginning January 1, disclosed the interesting fact that $40 cows now producing a surplus of cream that has been pledg- ed to the creamery.
 As an adjunct to the proposition of boosting for better farms and farm ing. necessary to the betterment of living and financial conditions, an intensive small farm dairy campaign will be carried on .in January and February. Motion pictures will be shown bearing upon the dairy indus try and lectures will be given by dairy experts. Financing for the purchase of good cows will be dis cussed in school meetings in all communities to stimulate interest in cream production.
 "A dairy farming community is a prosperous community" Secretary Melton declared today, land the re- suit of the single-crop methods em- ployed by the bulk of farmers in this section for years has demonstrated beyond argument that the idea is fal- lacious, that single cropping is fatal to progress and intelligent initiative. With home market now available and able to absorb almost any quan- tity of cream prospects were never brighter for the farmer to claim a certain and assured revenue on which he does not have to wait an entire year to realize.
 A few good cows, pigs, poultry; feed and pasture for the animals; the use of the manure for the enrichment of the soil--these, supplemented by the cream check to pay the running expenses of the farm, and making more cotton on less acreage as cash crop, will insure uniform prosperity on any farm"
 In this connection statistical com parison on whirh the surplus was conducted disclosed that no territory within the United States could boast climatic and natural resources more ideal for the purpose of dairying in connection with other agricultural pursuits than the territory contiguous to Texarkana.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
GREATEST OIL FIELD. In Fl Dorado Development Has Passed Experimental Stage.

Little Rock, Nov. 29.--Commission- CT Jim c. Ferguson has returned from Fl Dorado. He says the development of the Union county fields is marvel ous. New wells are being brought in so rapidly that they cease almost to be matter of interest. He reports that lands which would have been bought at $200 an acre a few weeks ago, cannot now be bought for a thousand dollars. The development has settled down to steady advance It has passed the boom stage, and is recognized by all authorities as the greatest oil field in America.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
Supply
GLASS MAKERS
 UNDER 51 INDICTMENTS
It is Charged That Producers and Workers Union Conspired to Main
 tain Excessive Prices.

tdtA AAANCootft fheNas
 New York, Nov. 29--The federal grand jury late Monday returned an indictment charging ffty-one in- dictments and ffty-three corpora tions in the window glass industry with violation of the Sherman anti trust law. Joseph NJ. Neenan, presi- dent of the national glass workers union, also was indicted on similar charges.
 In naming President Neenan, the indictment charges conspiracy be- tween the labor union and the glass producers to limit production, thereby enabling the defendants to arbitrarily maintain excessive prices for the commodity.
 The Johnson Brokerage Company, an alleged selling agency, also was named in the indictment. This agen- cy, the indictment declares, was part of "a price scheme to enable the de- fendants to combine, to dictate terms of sale and to eliminate competition"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
CARRIED DEBRIS 25 MILES
Wickes Storm Distributed Wreckage
 Over Shady and Hartley.

J N. Hatfeld of Shady, who was | visitor in Mena Wednesday, con- Armed . report that debris from the tornado <t Wickes had been found on Bie Earle Mountain near Shady
 Mn. H1<I<cl3 stated that several pieces so{ buildings had been found. Shady Is fully 25 miles from Wickes. J. M. Watkins, merchant at Hartley. also a Nena visitor Wednesday, told of articles blown away by the storm be- iax found near his town. One man found feather bolster in top of a tn]l tree q E miles south of Hartley, and aHofher found part of mat treSs nan Giilham Springs, north of fhe settIement Finding of these etorm r6d|ts indicates the course of thc forna5o was northeastward from
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
COTTON FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
Mena Is Place Where Buyer Is Always Ready.

Cotton from all directions out of Mena was offered in the local market Tuesday. From the south was Jeff Morris of Hatfield, from the west Perry Rowen of Muse, Ok, from the east E. Barnard of 0den, from the north E. B. Whisenhunt of Blackfork. Mena is one of the few places in the southwest where a bale of cotton can always find buyer.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
palley View Community Club.

Ih& sGtting for our club Thanks n6 dinner was in the home of R. 111 Hrs. Morgan, where a 15- <o0k t6hI4 was bountifully spread by TIT I46| who had selected this oc- (tIon M have their husbands and [5 md few invited friends f|k <f6m. An invitation had been 8t61I}|<d to. Mrs. Mary Austin, our {as6&< in home economies, who had a prax56oz Invitation, and County Dem- on61E4t0r Broyles and his family, and WE &&r6 sorry the indisposition of Mr HfoyIes prevented his attend After the ladies in charge had the EehI6 eei with chickens, stuffed saul &Hx4. Hf4Vy, two kinds of canned beans, earn. beets, tomatoes, stuffed 1Ieeu S4ppers, jelly, pickles, salads, cr6l1E6fri3a, pies and cakes n things; bEe6a IiEht and corn; tea, coffee, mil oc4uut and COW butter, sweet 8IIA I<Ish potatoes and all raised on {1 {4rr1s of some of the club mem- 6c26 with the exception of the bread @E1I| fe1. coffee, and spices that are 0ct f4ieed here and cranberries, h<&s being set, Mr. Broyles, Sr., re- f(1rfed thanks for the manifold bless ju1S and 4 you have an idea our men fnI<s And visitors did not like our <1I1uzfY endeavors you have another zlzI the 15-foot table had been
 W6II cared for the president
 |6 of the club, in few words, X welcome to husbands and : X 5<I6 spoke of the many bless
 <4 community, had in face
 1et trials others had been
 61 70 bear, for tho death had 5 15 ' messenger to nearly every
 LITE were taken from the im-
 olne of our community and
 11y trials have been borne,
 HIT many blessings also.
 1Tt X<re different responses and LIT &IH visitors and as the shad- 1z &fed the 24 present sepa-
 <lng to meet again, after Y M ent happy day in the 1Eo 1 I9fne.
 M I5(ferson, Mrs. Morgan's m xprised her daughter by ar- zzI [ln Kansas the day before
 rdner was detained at 46 fast with rheumatism.
 1other greatly interfered aher getting out.
 .. Mrs. Filly of Mena were l1he Seitz home over Thanks
 Autumn T.eavas
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
UsURY CHARGE SUSTAINED.
Supreme Court Affirms Chancery il
 McHenry vs. Taught Case.

The Arkansas supreme court has affirmed decree of the Polk county chancery court in the McHenry vs, Vaught case. Notice to this effect was received in Mena Monday. As a defense to an effort to collect pay ment of money loaned Vaught set up a charge of usury, which the lower court upheld. An appeal to the su- preme court resulted in an affirma- tion.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
NOTE s

Attorney E. C. Lake of De Queen was in Mena Wednesday on legal busi- ness.
 Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Cocoa nuts, Prunes, Raisins and Fireworks. -at Ponder's Grocery pl 49
 Walter Elliott of Cove was in Mena Tuesday on business for the federal farm loan association. visit from Henryetta, Ok, where he has been working the past two months.
 County Clerk w. E. Anderson on Tuesday issued marriage license to Wesley Earhart and Miss Jewell Wiles, who live east of Mena.
 B. Wilson, former Mena resident, who has been conducting the Grannis hotel, has announced that the hostel ry will close for the season Wednes- day.
 J. D. Bryan of Chickasha, Ok, re- turned home Saturday after spending several days with w. M. Tomlinson at Board Camp, where he has property interests. MT. Bryan is assessor of his county.
 Jodey Little of Board Camp, stu dent at Magnolia agricultural school, arrived in Mena Tuesday on his way home, where he will rest and recuper- ate from an injured foot received while playing football at the state school.
 Frank Rork, Sr., of Hatfield was in Mena a few hours Wednesday,, and for the first time took first hand view of the Star office and it's equip- ment, and insisted on leaving. that he had learned something worth while of Polk county institution.
 M. A. Spencer and Miss Myrtle Hudgins returned Tuesday from Hot Springs. leaving Mrs. Spencer and little son, William, at the hospital. The child underwent an operation for relief from a nasala trouble and it is expected he will be able to return home the last of the week.
 J. O. Butler and M. R. Butler of Black Springs were in Mena Wednes- day exchanging farm products for needed articles and meeting old time friends and acquaintances. They brought in both wheat and cotton. The wheat was exchanged for flour and the cotton sold to local buyers.
 MT. and Mrs. Grady Embry and lit- tie son, who had been visiting rela- tives and friends in Mena and vicinity the past week, left Wednesday morn- ing for their home at Hominy, Ok, where MT. Embry is manager of large company store in the oil fields. They made the trip in their motor car, going by way of Fort Smith.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
EAGLE PASS ROAD WILL BE KEPT OPEN
Funds Quickly Provided by Mens Business Men and Overseer Thad Reid Began Needed Work
 Tuesday.

Mena business men responded quickly and literally to g call for funds to repair the ravages of the recent heavy rains on the new Eagle Gap road, as brought to their atten- tion by The Star last Saturday.
 Early Monday afternoon sufficient donations had been made and paid in to justify Thad Reid, overseer and road builder, to start a crew on the important work Tuesday morning.
 This is the only practical outlet for Mena to and from the north and west. The lack of it has for years blocked trade that would have come from the rich Blackfork valley, and the almost impossible roads have shut out hundreds and thousands of tourists desirous of visiting or pass ing thru Mena and Polk county from Oklahoma and all points north and west.
 This condition had become almost intolerable, and a few weeks back Mena people provided several hun dreds of dollars to open this road Judge Finger, with available county funds, joined in the work. Thad Reid of Acorn and M. L. Bell of Wander voort two of Polk county's best road men, were put in charge, each with a crew. In addition to cash, many do- mated freely of labor and some of materials.
 In the effort much new road was made, and heavy earth work done, The road looked well, and on one day thirty bales of cotton passed over it to Mena, and many auto parties passed to and fro.
 But the heavy rains caused the earth to settle in places, and devels oped wet and seepy spots. Unless these were cared for, the road was near useless, the expense and effort come to naught.
 And here is where, as always, the Mena spirit came to the front. Fol- lowing is a list of the donors and the amounts given, all of which has been placed in the hands of Judge Finger, to be paid out as the work is done:
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
M. F. Whitaker in Serious Condition.

M. F. Whitaker, who recently re- turned to Mena from years stay in Texas, was stricken with paralysis while at the Planters Bank Friday and was removed to his farm home east of Mena in serious condition. He showed only slight improvement on Saturday and his children in Texas were advised of their fathers condi- tion.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
GLAD TIDINGs FOR THE DAY

Christmas is coming and the price of coca-cola has been dropped to 6c at Mena soda fountains. Announce ment of the reduced price of the pop ular fzzy drink was made Wednes- day. The old price was Sc, or two for 15c.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
2.14s Bales Cotton Ginned in Polk.

W M. Chamblin, official cotton re- porter, has received the official report whide shows that up to November Ii, there had been ginned in Polk county total of 2146 bales of cotton as com pared to a283 bales for the same per iod last year.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
ALDER SPRINGS DROPS.

The pie supper here Friday was well attended.
 Jake Wallace of Rocky attended the pie supper here Friday night.
 Sunday school Sunday morning and prayer meeting every Sunday night at this place.
 MT. and Mrs. Dan Roberts visited with MT. and Mrs. T. H. Horton of near Potter Sunday.
 Miss Ora Horton of near Potter sent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Maude Crawford.
 Mrs. Carrie Whipple of Hatfield spent few days last week here with her son, Edgar Whipple.
 Mrs. Nettie Brown, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Weather ford, left last week for Oklahoma
 Speaking at the school house last Wednesday night was not very well attended on account of bad weather.
 T. H. Horton and family, Misses Verna and Beulah Nash of near Pot ter attended the pie supper here Fri day night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Allen, Mir. and Mrs. Amzi Winton and children of Mena and Miss Verna Bennett of Fort Smith spent Thanksgiving with Mir. and Mrs. Edgar Whipple.
 Dewdrops
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
WICKES RELIEF S3S2.OO
Contributions Continue to Come to The Star-All Sent to W. B.
 Thomas.

The Wickes relief fund now has reached the hands of w B. Thomas, head of the relief committee at Wickes. Mir. Thomas has personally received good many contributions, all of which have been given in the printed list. Following are the last
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
Described.

And what do you say she's like ?n
 "Well, she's this kind of a girl: When you are dancing with her she talks to you all the time, but when you're alone with her she just sits and looks at you."-Columbia Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
Autumn Leaves.

E M. Crump of Montgom- 2 was a Mena visitor on i, coming over to attend the two Big Fork men charged Nhining. Sheriff Crump &ontgomery county is soon
 yote on the question of
 new courthouse, a public 1k long needed. The vot- o decide whether the eoun- M be changed to Womble.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01
Charles Beck Held on Liquor Charge,

Deputy Sheriff F. 2. Davis of Big Fork was in Mena Tuesday, having brought in Charles Beck, who is charged with manufacturing liquor. Beck is said to be the one who es- caped when Deputies Hazel and Hun gate captured still near Big Fork last week. The accused man gave bond for his appearance Thursday be- fore Justice Smith.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01

Jack Winton made business trip to Mena Monday.
 Robert Powell and family have moved to his mothers farm.
 Misses Helen and Susie Rush of this place attended singing at Rocky Sunday evening.
 Mrs. Nettie Brown left last Thurs day for Kansas City, Mo, where she will make her home.
 Mrs. Reuben Crawford and daugh- ter, Belle, and sons, Custer and Mar win, were shopping in Potter last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. B. Roberts and little daughters, Ethel and Nettie, and Mrs. Ozie Embry spent Sunday at the A. s. Roberts home. ', Brown Eyes.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01

In addition there are several sub not yet paid in. These will be printed later.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01

B. Wilson, former Mena resident, who has been conducting the Grannis hotel, has announced that the hostel ry will close for the season Wednes- day.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01

County Clerk w. E. Anderson on Tuesday issued marriage license to Wesley Earhart and Miss Jewell Wiles, who live east of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-01

J. D. Bryan of Chickasha, Ok, re- turned home Saturday after spending several days with W. M. Tomlinson at Board Camp, where he has property interests. MT. Bryan is assessor of his county.