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The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
PICKED UP
(Bv "Scoopern)

Little 12-month-old May Irene But Ter, motherless, black-eyed and peart is to make her home with Mir. anc Mrs. M. c. Brewer of Two Mile a' long as Mrs. Brewer lives. Her fath. CT, the Rev. Mir. Butler, is preaching at Gillham.
 Thomas Connell, living on Buffalo drops hint: Tn Texas he carried all his water seven miles at great cost Here he has plenty of year round water that doesn't cost him a cent Y'arter hear him talk.
 J. l.. Coleman is hewing out house logs in the McCauley school house settlement and preparing 4 acres of land for strawberries. Good roads thru this section of the country.
 The Rork and Powell families of Hatfield Christmased with the Lou Callahan family on Mountain Fork.
 c. NJ. Davis of West Valley says he sure loves whiskey but has never drank over one quart fin his whole life- time. Claud also loves baked pota- toes and butter and every time he talks about them he gives big hand some yam smile. So this fall he built him modern potato drying house.
 P. D. Keeney, Texan, and hard of hearing, is building a 1000 home on the J. c. Crump place of Cove. It will have two roomy concrete cellars and the porch posts are being built out of white crystal rocks from the mountains out east.
 Boss Miller is building a nice home on the place his grandfather, Ander- son Miller, settled just after the war. The place is east of Hatfield and not far away w. P. Brewer is also build ing new home.
 Times are gettings better. Three couples married in Hatfield in one day last week.
 Polk county is holding her own. During Christmas week very few marriage, births, fights, drunken ness or deaths were reported. In other places it rained whiskey and turned to blood.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
COVE LOSES A PIONEER.
A. E. Colley Passed to Beyond Whil
 Visiting at Dyar-Burial Jan. i.

A. E. Colley Passed to Beyond Whit,
 Visiting at Dyar--BuriaI Jan. 1. Special to The Star.
 Cove, January, 2.--A. B. Colley' q pioneer of Cove, has passed bey0nd
 Mir. Colley died at Dyar, the home q
 his son-in-law and daughter, MT. and
 Mrs. Guy Gray, where he and Ms
 Colley had gone to spend the wintar
 It was thought the change would b
 beneficial, as Mir. Colley was in poo
 health. He lived just month afte'
 going there.
 His remains were brought back tl Cove January 1, accompanied by hi widow, Mir. and Mrs. Guy Gray an'
 Mrs. Archie Silvey. Archie Silvel
 came in on later train. Oscar, h'
 only son, living in California, coul' not be here. The deceased is sur viyed by wife, son, two daughters an' little grandson.
 Funeral services, conducted by tn Rev. D. J. Sossamon of Mena, wei. held in the Presbyterian church, whic' was filled to it's utmost capacity p friends and relatives. The choir san| softly and feelingly, Nearer My Go' 1 to Thee What a Friend We HaN in Jesus" and Shah We Gather q the River" and the minister read aF porpriate selection from the scrif' tures and made short talk, payinl high tribute to the deceased. Among other things he said, he hs'
 know Mr- Colley from young Dla'| hood, that he had been a worthy e'| ample to his family and the commit ity; had always lived clean, hone' Christian life.
 The pallbearers were Fred Gray. Y 1. Golf, Tally NoodeIl. Walter Nlf' Aaymnn Grain, Howard Elliott. The body was laid to rest in " Pleasant Grove csn<feg
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

In Mena, on the Jefferson Highway, is stretch of several blocks already in dire need of attention from main tenance crew, and the longer the delay the more costly the repairs. There is ample evidence, in the first place, that the surfacing material is not nearly so good as that on other parts of the improvement, and the traffic on this section, beginning before it had time to become settled, was little less than terrific.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
Ray Gift Not Guilty.

After hearing testimony offered at a trial Wednesday morning a jury in Justice Tom Fraker's court at Hat field decided Ray Gift of Mena was not guilty of transporting liquor. The defendant was thereupon given his freedom. A number of Mena citizens went to Hatfield to attend the hearing which went to Justice Fraker's court on change of venue from Justice G. L. Clement of Mena-
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

people in a manner that will be ac- ceptahle.
 Finally, let us, with all our heart and all our strength, join in giving our best to the year 1922.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
Mrs. Lacey Underwent Operation.

Dr. B. H. Hawkins returned Tues day afternoon from Texarkana, whith. CT he had accompanied Mrs. c. L Lacey. who underwent an operation Tuesday morning at Michael MeagheI hospital. Dr. Hawkins reports thai Mrs. Lacey passed thru the operation successfully. and was resting easil, when he left her. Miss Wilma Stern. CT. well known in AenA. is the nurse in charge of Ars. Lacsy's case.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
wICKEs RESIDENTS IN COURT
Kelsey Price Freed From Violating
 Cattle Quarantine Rules.


 A number of Wickes residents were in Mena Tuesday to attend the trial of Kelsey Price, who was charged with violation of the cattle quaran- tine laws. The case was heard by Justice Clement and the charge was dismissed upon the recommendation of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mills, who felt the evidence was in- sufficient. Price is said to have brought a herd of cattle from How ard county to Polk county after the Bank of Wickes had made arrange ments with States Attorney George Steel, but without the consent of Fed eral Inspector Grady Hand, who filed the complaint A number of the cat tie were sold by the bank to Wickes residents and this made them parties to the suit.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
NOTICE TO AUTO owNERsl

Auto License Tax is now due and payable at my office. Taxes not paid hy January 10, 1922. are subject to a penalty of go. as required by law This penalty will be strictly enforced this year by the state department Pay now, and avoid penalty.
 J. A, Thornton, Sheriff and Ex- -Ofsicie
 Collector.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
FRANCE FIRM ON INDEMNITY
No Pressure Can Bring Reduction of
 War Claims. Briand Says.

Paris, Dec. 31.--Premier Briand told the senate foreign relations com mittee this afternoon that no argu- ments or no amount of pressure at the supreme council meeting at Cannes next week will induce France to re- duce the amount of indemnity she claims from Germany.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

Secretary of War Trotzky of Rus sla, in urging an increase of military forces beyond the present IM million men, declares it is necessary to repel
 The lmpadent lmperiaIistir Beasts of Frey As the United States iz defi- nifeiy pointed to as one of these ~lm- pudent beasts.s ~e sAe...Ss ssssy br.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
THANKS.

The following contribution is from one of our million (adv.) friends: There was an Englishman on ths train. He would jump off every time the train stopt and run ahead to the baggage car and ask # his trunk wal all right. The baggageman finally goi sore and said to him, You ought tc have been an elephant instead of 2 jackass, then you would have youl trunk in front of you all the time"
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 I knew a man that was so stingy he married an armless woman to keep from buying the ring-he used to stop the clock at nights to keep from wearing out the works. He would look over his glasses to keep them from wearing out. He used to take long steps when he walked to save his shoes. When he sent his hired man into the orchard to gather cherries he would keep him whistling all the time so he couldn't eat any of the fruit. He took his food in cap- sules to save his teeth. He lost his pocketbook with twenty dollars in it. A fellow found it and returned it to him a week later He charged the fellow interest on the money while he had it.
 I have a weak back.
 How long have you had it? A week back.
 When I was cashier at the police station I counted the coppers as they came in.
 Whats the happiest state in the American union?
 Merry-Land."
 Why can't the regular fellows sit Because they are a standing army.
 %
 Why does the gateman at the rail- way station always punch a hole in your ticket?
 That's to let you go thru.
 POME. Now I lay me down to sleep, Upon my little bed If I should die before I wake How will I know I'm dead?
 Office Cat. If the Office Cat should die in his
 little bed
 Which we know is a six foot cot, He'd surely know that he was dead The place would be so. hot.
 A. c. Couldn't resist the temptation. The country does not need any more dollars, being the richest nation in the world, but it does need a pow erful lot more sense, says local citi- zen.
 A farmer hitched his horse to a telephone pole on Mena street, No sooner had he done so than an irate policeman came up and ordered him to move on. The farmer protested. "Well, what in the Sam Hill does that sign mean, then? Fine for 
 You gotta hand it to Will Rogers. Sez he: q quit the movies with the same wife I started with" Most of lem quit their wives with the same movies they started in.
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 POOR GINK. He stood on the bridge at midnight, And heaved weary sigh;
 He scratched his dome
 And yearned for home But he had no alibi.
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 The Minimum. Slowly the German mark is ap- nroachinor 4ha x-aI,.a of T,cx,o.. CI<..,.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
PRESCOTT MAN MEETS DEATH
 IN PISTOL DUEL WITH COUSIN
Abe Graham, Farmer, Killed by An- drew Stockton, Also Farmer
 Feud of Long Standing.

Prescott, Ark, Jan. 3.--Abe Ora ham, farmer, aged 45, was shot and killed by his cousin, aged 35, in a rife duel, staged on the main street here late today. The shooting is said to have been the climax of a feud of several years standing. It was the third fatal battle staged in the same block of the main street within four years.
 Stockton was arrested by Sheriff l.. c. Steele and jailed. The Nevada county grand jury, now in session, is expected to begin an investigation of the affair tomorrow.
 The shooting is said to have arisen over traffic in moonshine whiskey. Both men have been indicted on li- quor charges and Graham spent sixty days in jail last year after pleading guilty in federal court at Texarkana.
 h. K. Buchanan, a planter, was within few feet of Graham when the fight began, when Stockton appeared from around the corner of store, with g rife in his hand, Mir. Euch- anan said tonight, Graham espied him at once and sought to use the planter as a shield Buchanan moved aside and on the instant Stockton fired and Graham reeled with bullet m his chest. Buchanan grasped him by the arm and lowered him to the sidewalk, where he expired.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
THE REV BUCK" WILLIAMS
 FAMILY HAS 4 RE- UNION

Rev. Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Williams. Jr., have eight children and eight grandchildren, and they all spent the Christmas holidays with them. Those of his children who live out of Hat field are Oscar Williams of Fort Smith, Mrs. Jack Lowthers of Tali- hina, Ok, Rec. Wesley Williams of Tuskahoma, Ok The others live in or near Hatfield.
 Rev. Mir. Williams has long re- cord of service back of him. He was born at Silver City, Montgomery county, and organized the first church there. But most of his time has been devoted to church work in Polk eounty-all told making record of 43 years.
 In this course of time his records show that he has travelled 42.OO0 miles, preached 5000 sermons. wit messed the conversion of 29,O00 peo- pie in his meetings, married 400 couples and conducted the burial services of 400 dead.
 In appearance he resembles the late Col. Henry Watterson. editor of the Louisville Courier Journal in : great extent, including the heavy ~NefsAN cycoiOWS ana DfuSHX mus tache and goatee. He is still active enough to travel about over the coun. " and preach to large crowds. Last year he relates that he conducted the funeral services of the baby of Car Nichols, which proved to be the great. granddaughter of Polk countv's hrst county judge. Samuel Nichols whose name was mentioned in last weeks Star. lie also saw Judge Nichols buried. His wife is a siste, of Mrs. Dave ConnaIly and of Jin Goodman, formerly of the Rock, settlement. They have nice home in the south part of town and i, becoming place of admiration due ts some fancy concrete work done bv hi, son, Harvey, an expert plasterer.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Stueale and lit tie daughter cf Kansas City. ar, guests at the country home of Ar. an, Mrs- s. J. 0slin and getting acouaint ed with the many advantages of poli county. They may decide to lornt. here. Mrs. stnedle is . sister of Mr. 0Eiln.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
BETRAYED

Strayed-Some cattle marked cru u& left and crop and underbit in ngz with metal label in top part of lti ear. Also one black yearling sIs| same mark but no label. w. \ Mize, Potter, Ark, Route 1.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
[. E. Atkinson Finds Sister Dead.

NPttidI 10 Ine star
 Hatfield, Dec. 2s.-In answer to a telegram L. F. Atkinson of Holcornb Miss, arrived here this afternoon to find his sister, Mrs. A. E. Williams. mother of J. E. Williams, already dead and buried She died on the Z6th and Mir. Atkinson got the tele- gram on the 27th. Death was due to cancer of breast. Mir. Atkinson owns a big plantation and lives on the spot where J. E. Williams was born. He was commissioner of accounts. something similar to our county judge, for 30 years and says Missis- sippi IS balled up with highway en. tangiements just like Arkansas. There, in addition to their regular 3 mill road tax, they nave been levyinq a Ss good roads tax on all persons between the ages of q and 45. But now they have increased this g levy to s5. The oldest settlers they have any record of in his county came there from Georgia and Alabama in the 20's. Our oldest settlers to Poll county seem to have come here i'm the sVs He knows Of Circuit Clerk M 4. Parker. who is also a Misslssip. plan.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
CLAY'S SHOE SHOP

Bring us your Shoe Repair Work. Our prices are right. coEsisten
 with good workmanship. Mat orders given Prompt Attention
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

ing taxed to send $20,000,000 of our money to that country to feed the vic- tims of Trotzky and his Soviet an- gels of high ideals. But perhaps our money will be found tainted" and re- turned-when the millennium has ar- rivedi
 It is not amiss, The Star believes, to begin early to call the attention of taxpayers to the need of meeting high way and like improvement taxes when they fall due, because the costs that accrue from failure so to pay ire quently are far in excess of the origi- nal tax. Pay these taxes even if it be necessary to delay the meeting of the regular city, county and state levies.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
rnr Cnuntx Iudpe.

The Star Is authorized % announce
 w. L. PARKER as A candidate for the office of Coun- f,v and Probate Judge of Polk county, subject to the will of the Democratic primary.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
4 A Bible Thought % for Today

SURE GUIDANCE:--In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy ths.--Proverbs 3;6.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
POOR GINK

He stood on the bridge at midnight, And heaved weary sigh;
 He scratched his dome
 And yearned for home But he had no alibi.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
The Minimum.

Slowly the German mark is ap- preaching the value of Grover Cleve- land Bergdoll.-Detroit Journal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08

Mrs. Tom Moore. 400 Vernon ave-
nue., is i'll in her home, 1t was reported
Thursday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08
Billy Wh hi
By Frances Trego Montgomery.

Dick raj with all his might in
the direction of the. airplane for the
wind was blowing the fire straight
toward it, and as the blaze spread.
it carried sparks that set the tall
trees afire. And before one would
think it possible. the camp would
be a thing of the past, and soon the
flames would be running up and down
the mountain sides in all directions.
AS Dick ran, he called to Billy to
come, He knew the miners could
escape by running ahead of the fire,
to hundreds of places of safety as
they knew the mountain passes so
we'll, of which. he and Billy were ig-
norant. Knowing that he could not
help them, the thought of saving his
biplane was, Of course, uppermost in
his mind.
Dick had barely time to jump in
to he biplane, see that Billy was
in all right, grasp the steering wheel.
was almost upon them. The flames
swept over where the biplane had
been standing, just as the aeroplane
rose in the air like a frightened bird.
ooh. what a shame to have the
flames destroy all these beautiful
trees, and from the start the fire has,
land with the dry weather we have
had. and the wind blowing in the di-
rection Of the forests, 1 am afraid it
will sweep the whole mountain side,
and maybe spread until it is one OF
the worst, mountain fires there has
been for years." +,
: Dick flew up above the smoke, and
then 4circled back to see If all the
miners had escaped And it : was
lucky he did 1so,y for, had he not, they
would all, have been burned as they
had kept together and were fast be-
ing surrounded by the fire.
Dick, on seeing this. took Billy to
a place of safety across the valley,
and then darted down and took one
of the miners at a time with him, to
safety. He could only take n at
a time. as his machine would carry
no more weight than this.
He was just making his last trip,
! when ne saw that the fire had trav-
eled so fast hat there was scarcely
enough room for him to land, get the
man and rise again without getting:
burned. The poor, frightened China.
man was last. n he was lying flat
on the ground. with face down, to
protect. his lungs from the smoke,
when Dick. arrived. He was the most
thankful fellow you ever saw, for, he
thought, that, being a Chinaman,
Dick would not srisk his own life t.
come back for him.
Much good Mellican boy!2 Chi
neeman no forget him come back!
Chineeman givee life for boy some
day!""
Tomorrow we will hear of Toms
a~dventures.1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08
CRARY NOTES

Crary, N. ID. Sept. 8.-The Misses
Pearl and Alice Forslof motored to
Lakota Tuesday to be guests for the
day OF Mrs. Herman Goldammer.
Mrs. j.. A. Snyder entertained at
her home Friday aftern BON a group
Of little children in celebration of the
fourth birthday of Mrs. snyder's
daughter. Addie.
! The ladies of the w. c. r. U. con-
vened for their regular fortnightly
meeting last Wednesday afternoon at
the residence Of Mrs. f. w. southam.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Kenneth Chamberlin returned
Thursday evening from Fort Smelling.
Minneapolis, where he was enrolled
in the citizens military training camp
during the month of August. Mr..
Chamberlin won very good rating in
the athletic e which were con-
Quoted prior to the breaking up Of
camp. At this time the men were
their ability and Mr.. Chamberlin
made class l in every instance.
Mrs. Laura Beach, after a fort
nights visit with relatives in Crazy,
Doyon and Devils Lake. departed
Monday for her home at Winnipeg.
AT her home Thursday afternoon
Mrs. B. A. Reiter was hostess to a
number of little children and their
mothers, the occasion being the first
birthday anniversary Of Mrs. Refers
baby. Mary Josephine. Mrs. Reiter
dren and in serving by Miss Marie
Stratmoen.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
held its quarterly supper last Thurs
day afternoon and evening in the
church dining room, a large number
of people patronizing the event. The
committee Of women in charge in
cluded the Mesdames Kate Ryall,
John Crary. j. r.. Shand. S. j. Dean,
c. M. christensen and r. w. South
am.
Miss Lillian Smith of Grand Forks
was a guest several days his week of
her sister, Mrs. J. A. Snyder.
The local school opened Tuesday
with the following staff of teachers:
Miss Rebecca Calderwood of this
place in charge Of the primary de-
partment; Mrs. Kate Ryall of Crary
teaching the third and fourth grades;
Miss Lillian Hendricks of Bottineau
in charge of the fifth and sixth
grades; Mrs. D. C. Schnabel of Grand
Forks as teacher of the seventh and
eighth grades. n as instructors in
the high school Miss Irene Thompson
of Reynolds. Miss Florence Mcintosh,
and Superintendent D. c. Schnabel Of
Grand Forks.
Rev. Father Churchill of this place
has announced that he will leave
next month to be rector of the Cath
Ole church at Nekoma. Father Hig-
gins, who is now the pastor at Ne
koma. will succeed Father Churchill
in this parish.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08

The coat dress for fall is favored
for street wear. 1t is fashioned of
twill cords or soft fabrics and fea-
lures one sided effects and fur trim
mings.- This model is made Of black
duvetyn. 1t is a we'll tailored gown
made with a long slim line skirt and
a long, loose blouse. The popular
one sided effect is obtained by the
use OF a single row OF covered but
tons down the entire side Of the skirt
and by a side fastening It the hip.
The blouse is made somewhat on
the surplice style with a roll collar
which is outlined with monkey fur.
one Of the most popular of the fall
trimmings. 1t is used on frocks.
hats and wraps. In addition to
forming a side trimming and. outlin-
ing the collar tho monkey fur is set
in the a Of the. sleeve from, wrist
TO elbow. .AllSthe lines and Trimmed
features Of THIS gown blend together
in making a vefy. artistic as well as a
practical! street costume. Note the
return OF slippers with colonial
buckles for street wear.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08
Sorority Girl
Bride AT Simple
Home Wedding

Miss Camilla Hendricks, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. J. A. Hendricks of
Crookston. a graduate of the Universe
ty of North Dakota, and a member of
the local chapter of Delta Gamma So
rority, on Wednesday became the
bride of Earl E. Eames of Morris,
Mimi. The ceremony took place in the
home Of the brides parents in Crook
ston, and the Rev. l.. A. Roseland Of
f1ciated.
There were no attendants, and only
close friends and relatives of the
young people witnessed the ceremony
Following a wedding breakfast. Mr.
and Mrs. Eames left for a honeymoon
trip through the various lake districts
of Minnesota and Wisconsin. They
will be at home in Morris November /
Out-of-the-city guests at the wed
ding included the following: Mr.. and
Mrs. H. o. Eames of Morris, MI. and
Mrs. Paul Eames and son Duane OF
Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hille.
stad, Francis Ericsson and Mrs. r. E
Bake of Fosston, Mimi. and, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank SuitoS Of Cass Lake.
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