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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-03-10

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
c0TTONITIS--
 A DISEASE

ways thought of her-with sincere compassion. For outside of the pris- ons and the hospitals there is no ob- ject more worthy of ones pity than the woman-the wife and mother on one-horse farm.
 1 remember her care-worn face, plainly marked with the lines of si- lent suffering, patient resignation, soul weariness and realization of hopeless failure. Married at sixteen. a mother at seventeen, old and worn out at forty. Her life one of unend- ing, monotonous toll. She knows nc social pleasures. The lighter and brighter side of life-woman's natural heritage-she has never known and will never know. Life to her is all work and but little play. When all her multitudinous household duties are done it is her privilege often to take her rest by assisting the man to chop or pick cotton, and when he has parked his hoe or his blow and called it day, her day is but half done. The man Hays by" his crop and rests, but her work is never laid by until those toil-scarred stringy hands are crosses for her last sleep
 What is the touble here? Are this poor man and this poor woman ignor- ant emigrants from some foreign land Are they newcomers to this America-this big rich land of oppor- tunity. Not at all. They are 100 per cent American. They are the early Americans, people of pure English stock with them ten generations of forbearers who had their home here.
 We ask again why the poverty ana ignorance of these worthy people The answer is-they are afflicted with "cottonitis." They have cotton in the blood Cotton in the blood is inherit able, contagious and fatal.
 When you have cottonitis you raise cotton and buy everything you neeo on credit. Cotton and credit. Fire and flood. Crime and poverty. Battle and sudden death. One can not exist without the other. You can not get credit unless you raise cotton. If you raise cotton you must have cred
 Of course there is remedy. Slow ly and almost imperceptibly we move toward diversifcation. Two steps forward, one back and reverse. One by one we break the chains of slavery to cotton, and as each link is loosed calculate the advantage it will be to the cotton woman of the South. It is to her that my heart goes out. Each forward movement means to me that we are so much nearer the time when the farm-mother may reap her re- ward short of heaven.
 Of course all mothers go to heaven. That IS what heaven was created for --and for babies. I firmly believe that in this mothers heaven the farm mother will be a special guest. I like to fancy that the All-Highest will meet her at the portal and say, Come in and rest, for God knows you de- serve it."
 L. P. Biggs.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
COLOMBIA ACCEPTS PACT. lsthmian Solons Finally Agree tc Take s25,OOO,O0O From U. s.

New York, Dec. 25.-The treaty be- tween Colombia and the United States has been ratified by the Col ombia Congress, according to cable gram received today by the American international Corporation.
 The treaty, which provides for the payment of $25,000,000 to Colombia by the United States, was ratified by the United States Senate April 20, l92l, and by the Colombian Senate October 13. Under Colombian gov ernmental procedure, it was neces- sary to obtain ratification by the Chamber of Deputies as well as the Senate.
 The treaty is an outgrowth of diff 1erences between the United States ana Colombia in connection with the acquisition by the United States of the Panama canal route and Of recog- nltlon of the Panaman republic by the united States government during the welt.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
GOVERNOR M'RAE REMEMBERS
 CHRISTMAS WITH MERCY TO 13

Little Rock, Dec. 23.-Goyernor McRae yesterday evening granted IS communications of long term sentences. most of them for life, and all but one to expire at the end of q years. None of the concentrations expire for sev- eral years. Rube Russell, a white man from Pope county, sentenced to 10 years for second degree murder. was eommuted to 5 years from Nov enlber II, 1920. Russell was one of the conv1cts who assisted in prevent 1nH the escape of Tom Slaughter from the Tucker farm, and the com mutation m his case is in recognition of this service. J. B. Johnson. d Se- bastlan county negro, sentenced to I5 years for second degree murder was 1ommuted to five years. The follow ing convlcts, all of whom are negro uustles on the Cummins farm were recommended for communication by the board:
 VIII Rouse, Monroe county. mur- der, sentenced to 47 years in 1915. committed to 2l years.
 Will Amos, Monroe county. murder sentenced to life in 1915, committed to 21 years.
 Cincinnati Pearson, Woodruff conn., v, murder, 1916, life, commuted to 21 years.
 Sylvester Dalton, Jefferson county. rape, 1916, life, to 21 years.
 Ed Johnson, Desha county, murder 1917, life, to 21 years.
 Walter Thomas, Clark county. 1918 Life. ttc 2l years, murder.
 Willie Caldwell, Garland county murder. 1918, 21 years to 10 years,
 Jarrett Hampton, Lincoln county murder, 1918, life to 21 years.
 Bud Fair, Desha county, murder 1918. Ike to 2f years.
 Dan Jones, Mississippi county murder, 1918, life to q years.
 Lorenzo Mcclure, murder. Gar land county, 1919, life to 21 wears
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

From the Nail Head
 Farm life is THE life. A farmer is the only happy, free and independ- ent man. Al man may get rich farm ing
 This is what people say abou' farming. That is, some people, those who have never farmed and who quit farming forty years ago. l mention forty years as the probable time re- q1ired for man to forget the actual facts and grow sentimental.
 To those who know and remember however, farming and farm life pres er,ts an entirely different aspect FarnaInR is not necessarily pleasant nor profitable. We have the same human equation here as we have IT any other business or profession.
 TO the naajority-those who owL prosperous farms, good homes and all the comforts thereof, farming IS all the idealists claim it to be. But to the unsuccessful farmer, that one- horse, one-eallus renter, who buys or credit and raises cotton, farming is not n pleasure but a hard necessity Nor is there any degree of enjoyment in living on such a farm, when even the poorer city laborers have more of the comf1on comforts and conven- fences of life. These fellows begin with nothing and end with twice as much of the same. They are poor shiftless and apparently worthless but s1c:1 IS they are God made them and he never makes a mistake.
 On such a farm there are usually three animals. Naming them in the order of their apparent importance they are man, mule and women That IS not counting the children be- cause there are usually too many tt count.
 First, the man. Even with all its deficiencies, the mans life has many cornpeusations. He may hunt ano fish. He can shoot squirrels, tur- keys, rabbits, sometimes a deer, and with good luck an occasional revenue agent AS for fishing, that is the only thing he can't do nothing elst but. tzs can go to the cross roads store and settle the affairs of the
 If, in speaking of the man on the farm, attempt to be humorous ol sarcastic at his expense, it is because believe a man is largely master ot his own destiny The womans case is quite different She has all a woinan's limitation plus those of hei surroundings. There she is and there she remains. She has no more chance of escaping her environment than has 2 bow-leggcd girl to marry in hel home town.
 When therefore i speak of tn, woman on the one-horse farm, I have neither the heart nor the desire te laugh When 1 recall her as I have seen her so often my laughter turn. to sadness, my sarcasm to sympathy and will speak of her as l have al.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
WOULD CUT PAPER COSTS
manufacturers Propose 25 Per Cen
 Wage Reduction fn Men

New York, Dec. 21.-Representa- tiVes or II big paper manufacturing companies in the United States and Canaua met spokesmen for their em- ployes at hearing here yesterday oe1ore an arbitration board appointed Io pass on proposed wage reductions. An adjournment until January was taken after several hours of discus
 Spokesmen for the manufacturers toid the board that wage cuts of ap- proximately 25 per cent were necessi- tated by the conditions of the industry and depressed market nrices
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
Old Lindsay's Weather Guess.

Here IS the latest in weather prog thostications, Old Lindsay, who has mas much right as anybody to guess what the weather is. says it's going 70 De all right. He bases his calcula- tions on two facts. one that the days are growing longer. the second and more vital, that he killed a snake Fri day, the reptile evidently having been sentieed out of winter quarters by the Dalmy springlike temperatures.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
Gave Away a Range.

S. l. Wood, Southside merchant. re- peated his annual custom of givinr cooking range to patrons of the store, and on Saturday afternoon the prize was awarded to Joe Welder. whe Dyes at Egger. Mir Weider happens to be unmarried. but she accepted the Rift and announced he would give the range tc his sisser.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
Stole Two Rilles From Store.

Sometime Monday night bold thief forred the lock on the front door of fhe narrrIson 6 Davis secondhand sfossn on South Mena street and made vee wffh fmn rsfes The doors were esna6 open 1ueadaY incoming. but the nelx goods niaaIns were the twoI e4snnr&
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
NEW YEAR.

suh. naw Year comes- rejoicin'-
 ha olad With .t.s,v snfhems voicin' we greet the " 1.d Let souls that n,...s ~az sorry take up the lively sirain. And every thought we borry De sn;rfh instead of pain, With many a hlesred promise, the risin sun doth sazro I know it's horn of plenty holds precious gifts fer me. l hanisb nineteen-twenty-one, with the <hinrs of used-to-be. =. .h.+
 tI| hesl the Happy New Year, tna. mat ..}a~n@ around the earth! I'm mlgnty
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Tim Chapman, now in business at Fort Smith, was in Mena Thursday while on his way to the old home at Oden to spend the holidays with rela- tives and friends.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

H. J. Elliott of Board Camp was in Mena Wednesday and sold seven bales of cotton to G. W. Petty at prices ranging from 121a to Is cents a pound.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

W. c. B. Allen, who is an enthusias- tic booster for more and better fruit in Mena and vicinity, has opened an office with Allen & McMillan for the sale of nursery stock.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
----~--~-~ - CHECK FOR THE HIGHWAY

tommlssioners of the Jefferson F11enwey received welcome Christ IzEzs present Friday in the form of a z 1e1er4 1id check in the amount of 1At<v.V<, being the second install n1enk on the allotment of road funds for Polk county. 1 iu''us
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

MT. and Mrs. Fred Duke, Mir. and Mrs. T. H. Duke and baby and Sidney w. Duke are planning to spend Christmas with MT. and Mrs. T. H. Duke, Sr., at Prescott.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

A. H. Durham, district representa- tive of the Parker nursery, has re- turned to Mena to spend the holiday vacation with home folks.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Sam Looney of Board Camp was in Mena Thursday en route to Little Rock to bring his little daughter home to spend the holiday vacation.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. M. r. Craig and chil- dren of Poteau are in Mena to spend Christmas with Mir. and Mrs. M. F. Lutes. Mir. and Mrs. Craig are both former residents of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mrs. D. P. WiIhite and son of Vic toria, Tex, reached Mena Thursday for a holiday visit with relatives and friends.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Hilton and baby of Gulfport, Miss, arrived in Mena Thursday to spend the holidays with Dr. J. G. Hilton and family.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Rev. J. H. Huston, formerly pas tor of the Nazerene church in Mena, now located at Danville, is holding meetings at Corinth and spent a few hours with Mena friends Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

was kept busy receiving congratula- tions.
 MT. and Mrs. R. Golf were visitors in De Queen Monday.
 Dudley Lauck left Monday for a visit with friends at Ashdown.
 Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Sapp spent Christmas with relatives at Branch.
 Albert Bates has returned home to Mena, having completed his term of service in the navy.
 Lloyd Morrow of Muskogee spent | Christmas in Mena with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. R. Morrow.
 Ira Anthony of Kansas City came down Sunday for holiday visit with his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. An thony.
 MT. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Og- den returned home Monday after Christmas visit with MT. and Mrs. M. w. Roger.
 pr. and Mrs. E. H. Stake of Paris, Ark, spent Christmas in Mena with Mrs. Stakes parents, MT. and Mrs. H. F. Stubblefeld
 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hungate of Vivian, La, are in Mena for an ex- tended visit with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Willis Hungate. Isaac Lacey of Pueblo, Colo, a former Mena resident, is in Mena to visit relatives and is a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. L. Horner.
 F, l.. Hairgrove came down iron. Heavener to spend Christmas with his family on the farm, west of the city, returned to his work Monday after noon.
 Mrs. M. E. Harmon and daughter, who had been in Mena visiting Mir. and Mrs. s. l.. Brooks, left Monday afternoon for their home near Cabin Creek, Ok.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Whitaker and children of Tulsa arrived in Mena Saturday for visit with Mrs. Whit aker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Worthington.
 Mrs. B. R. Campbell, accompanied by three children, arrived in Mena Monday afternoon to visit her par ents Mir. and Mrs. S. F. Fite, in the west part of the city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Morgan Pride and daughter will spend Christmas at home, having reached Mena Friday afternoon. Mr. Pride went to Texar kama to accompany his wife and baby home.
 Mrs. H. E. Tallman left Saturday for Fl Dorado, Ark, to join Mir. Tall man, who is working there with the hope that early in 20 he and his wife can return and live on their farm near Rainbow Springs
 Mrs. I. A. Axelton and son, Elton, left Friday for New Orleans, where they will spend the Christmas holi- days with Mir. Axelton, who is em- ployed in the express service with headquarters in the gulf city.
 Richard R. Watkins of Wichita Kas-. was one of the three. young men licensed to wed Saturday by County Clerk W. E. Anderson. Mir Watkins took out q permit to marry Miss Eva May Burris of Mena.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roy Hawthorne of Tyler. Tex. arrived in Mens Friday to spend the holiday vacation with Nrs. Ber ririls. i'hls ls NFs Fir flen firsf visii hassss asnns hes nsas .t.ssa E4. a~A E.s E.ssssa4.4 .4Ns l.as4& I
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. Drew Bailey and chill dren left Wednesday for Vandervoort to spend Christmas with Mir. Bailey father.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

- r 1nd Mrs J. C. Hauerwas of Fez<{ Hollow were in Mena Chris,,,as eke. 1n<nding the night with Miss p~. X Crl4er and assisting with sh.
 -: as<znHs tree given thirty littie
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
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glad to be here, to celebrate it's birth
 The wintry breeze is stingin' but it can never last-I'll think of what it's bringin' to crown the doubtful past. 1 love the hour that's due to me, because 1 know it's mine; there's nothin' comin' to me, from the days of old lang signl Then, here's to New Tomorrow, our cycles youngest son.
 May all replace their sorrow with gladness by the ton!
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. P. P. Claypoole of Smithville, Ok, were Christmas shop pers in Mena Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Col. and Mrs. W. H. Glover are ex- pecting to have as Christmas visitors their son, T. T. Glover, and family from Hobart, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. A. M. Powers of Heav- ener and Mrs. Blanche Bond of Lit tie Rock are Christmas guests of Mir. and Mrs. Clyde Cunningham.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Arthur Richardson of Deer Lodge, Mont, was in Mena Tuesday seeking home for his mother, who now lives at Page, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
PERSONAL NOTES

Wm. R. Rabb of Dierks is spending the Christmas holidays with Mena relatives.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Wardner Warren, former Mena res ident, but now located at Coffeyville, Kas., is spending holiday vacation in the old home town.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mrs. A. B. Cranor of De Queen came up Monday for visit with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Sam Smith, and to see her sister, Mrs. R. A. Laughlin, before her return to New Madrid. Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Olen Riding, who had been located at Breckenridge, Tex, is visiting rela- , tives and friends in Mena before go- ing to new location in Louisiana.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

B. w. Profit of Fort Smith spent Christmas in Mena with his mother, Mrs. M. Profit.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

J. s. Hinson and Sam Tatum, who have been working with the Kansas City Southern construction crew at Beaumont, Tex, arrived home Friday to spend Christmas with their families.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

members of the faculty of the Tyler Business college.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Harvey of Oden were visiting old time Mena friends Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

MT. and Mrs. Ed E. Souels and daughter of Shawnee, Ok, arrived in Mena Friday for a Christmas visit with M. F. Lewis and family, Mir. Souels being a brother of Mrs. Lewis.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mena's lodge of Woodmen of the World are Goodfellows, too, and their secretary, J. F. Bullion, has added S5 to the Elks fund for the relief of the hungry at Christmas time.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Sossamon will spend Christmas with friends at Cove, where MT. Sossamon will deliver the Christmas sermon at the church.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. J. k. Johnson of Og. den, Ark, arrived in Mena Friday to spend Christmas with MT. and Mrs. M. W. Roger at the Berry-Cherry Farm.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Fred Salyers, who came over from his Montgomery county home to go to Fort Smith, was taken sick while in Mena, and was forced to remain here at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gus Emerson. He was some improved Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

S. s. Lane of Perry, Ark, former teacher in Polk county schools, was in Mena Saturday en route to Gran his to spend Christmas with Mrs. Lanes parents.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

With the Christmas rush over many Southside stores have started taking their annual inventories of stocks. A few started Monday and before the week is over it is expected that near ly all the local merchants will have completed their inveAtories.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29
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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Richard Wimberly and Miss Ethel Van Horn. we'll known folks of Egger, came to Mena Saturday and after se- curing q marriage license from Coun- ty Clerk Anderson, were married at the courthouse by the Rev. T. O. Owen. the new minister of the NJ. F.. Church. South
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. E. II. Sapp spent Christmas with relatives at Branch.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

MT. and Mrs. G. M. Thomas of Ink were in Mena Friday to attend to business and do Christmas shopping. As they have a family of eight little folks this latter task was not a small onp
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Dudley Lauck left Monday for 3 visit with friends at Ashdown.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

MT. and Mrs. R. Golf were visitors in De Queen Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Albert Bates has returned home to Mena, having completed his term of service in the navy.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

was kept busy receiving congratula-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Lloyd Morrow of Muskogee spent Christmas in Mena with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. k. Morrow.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

c. W. Fisher and A. c. Anderson were among the farmers of the Muse community who were in Mena Wednes- day with cotton and who went back home with supplies and Christmas gifts.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hawthorne of Tyler. Tex. arrived in Mena Friday to spend the holiday vacation with Mrs. Hawthnrne's parenfa Nf and Mrs Bert pirile 1his ls Mf< Fir fle'n fifst vlsit hanss atnex hes nsas riaes. She and he4 husls4n& ssx helh
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Ira Anthony of Kansas City came down Sunday for holiday visit with his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. An- thony.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Mir. and Mrs. B. R. Westbrook haven't been residents of Mena long, but they have done their part in in- ereasing the city's population. A fine baby boy arrived at the West brook home on Gam street Monday and the proud father. senior member of the firm nf Nastbrook & Price.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

WSIt NlStbllk oiu tlHle Mefd 1TleHuS Saturday.
 B. w. Profit of Fort Smith spent Christmas in Mena with his mother, Mrs. M. Profit.
 Arthur Richardson of Deer Lodge i Mont, was in Mena Tuesday seeking home for his mother, who now lives at Page, Ok.
 Wardner Warren, former Mena res ident, but now located at Coffeyville Kas., is spending holiday vacation in the old home town.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Powers of Heav- ener and Mrs. Blanche Bond of Lit tie Rock are Christmas guests of Mir and Mrs. Clyde Cunningham.
 Olen Riding, who had been located at Breckenridge, Tex, is visiting rela- , tives and friends in Mena before go- ing to new location in Louisiana.
 Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Sossamon will spend Christmas with friends at Cove where MT. Sossamon will deliver the Christmas sermon at the church.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Og. den, Ark, arrived in Mena Friday to spend Christmas with MT. and Mrs M. W. Roger at the Berry Cherry Farm.
 S. s. Lane of Perry, Ark, former teacher in Polk county schools, was in Mena Saturday en route to Gran his to spend Christmas with Mrs Lanes parents.
 Mena's lodge of Woodmen of the World are Goodfellows, too, and their secretary, J. P. Bullion, has added $5 to the Elks fund for the relief of the hungry at Christmas time.
 J. S. Hinson and Sam Tatum, who have been working with the Kansas City Southern construction crew at Beaumont, Tex, arrived home Friday to spend Christmas with their families.
 Mrs. A. B. Cranor of De Queen came up Monday for visit with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Sam Smith, and to see her sister, Mrs. R. A. Laughlin, before her return to New Madrid, Mo.
 Fred Salyers, who came over from his Montgomery county home to go to Fort Smith, was taken sick while in Mena, and was forced to remain here at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gus Emerson. He was some improved Tuesday.
 With the Christmas rush over many Southside stores have started taking their annual inventories of stocks. A few started Monday and before the week is over it is expected that near ly all the local merchants will have completed their inveAtories.
 Richard Wimberly and Miss Ethel Van Horn, we'll known folks of Egger, came to Mena Saturday and after se- curing marriage license from Coun- ty Clerk Anderson, were married at the courthouse by the Rev. r. O. Owen. the new minister of the NJ. F.. Church. South
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

MT. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Og- den returned home Monday after Christmas visit with MT. and Mrs. M. w. Roger.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-29

Richard R. Watkins of Wichita Kas., was one of the three young men licensed to wed Saturday by County Clerk W. E. Anderson. Mir Watkins took out q permit to marry Miss Eva May Burris of Mena.