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▼•LUME XXXVI. NUMBER 10. MENA. ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6. 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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War Prices are Slipping and Some Folks will Get Hurt. The Old Plan of Food and Feed First Is Safest of All and Polk County will Adopt It.
FIRE FIEND VISITS
K. CAM TANK
Nearly 700,000 Gallons of Fuel for the
Railroad Engines Destroyed When
Blaze Starts at Storage Place in
Southern Part of City.
Six hundred ninety-five thousand
and forty-eight gallons of fuel oil
were destroyed by fire in Mena Tues
day when the fire field visited the
storage tanks of the K. C. S. railroad
is the southern part of the city.
A loss of approximately $53,000
was caused and the fire gave Mena its
Biost spectacular blaze for many
years. In addition, the tank itself, a
total loss, is said to have been worth
$15,000.
No cause was assigned for the ori
gin of the fire, which was discovered
shortly after 0 o’clock in the morn
ing.
It began in the waste oil about the
tank, and after burning about an
hour, the roof of the tank, composed
of a wooden frame work covered with
tar paper, caught fire, and since then
the oil within the tank has been afire.
Agent Chas. E. Wells called in the
section crews from the north and
south, and these, together with the
two extra crews at work in the rail
way yards, have built a dam so that
if the tank should burst the oil will
be confined in the pit. Freight cars
in the immediate vicinity of the tank
were moved to safety, and some of the
residents in that locality made all
preparations to move out in case of
grave danger.
Uneasiness was felt for a time on
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and gasoline tanks of the Gay and
Pierie oil companies, located a short j
distance west of the tank, but fortun
ately the wind carried the heat and
flames away from these so that they
were really never in danger.
Guards remained on duty all night
to prevent the spread of the fire,
of the fire.
Residents of Mena and vicinity had
a chance Tuesday night of witness
ing one of the greatest movies ever
staged in this locality, and admission
was free to all.
In the blazing oil tank on the Kan
sas City Southern right-of-way there
wa.- offered a spectacle that was not
only unique, but was a sight that
comas but once in a lifetime to moat
iff tine beholders.
Hundreds of Mena's citizens took
the wa>k along the railroad tracks to
get a close-up view of the seething
cauldron cf flames, while others were
content to sty at home and watch the
great clouds of smoke and fire as they
wafted skyward. The evidences of
the fire could be seen fully thirty
miles away, and at Wickes, anxious
citizens used the long distance phone
to call the county seat and ascertain
the extent of the conflagration.
Reflections of the blazing oil up
on the heavens was such as to illum
inate the entire city and in places the
reddish glow was bright enough to
permit a newspaper being read with- j
out aid of other light.
In addition to affording an unusual
spectacle to sightseers, the burning
oit tank also caused a night of con
cern and nervousness to residents and
property owners living in the vicin
ity of the fire. Several families ir.
dose proximity were kept on the qui
vive the entire night and were ready
to make a hurried exit from their
homes if need be.
In the early hours of the morning
there was an explosion of accumulat
ed gas and the burning oil spilled out
and ran down a small ravine nearby.
The spreading of the blaze created
fear that homes and closeby struc
tures would be burned and a call for
help was sounded. Luckily the dan
ger was not so great as anticipated
and no damage was done beyond add
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nervous systems.
The bulk of the oil has now been
burned and it is not believed there will
be further danger. There will be
evidences of fire for some days to
<ome, as it is expected the ground
around the burned tank will not cool
for many hours after the last flames
die out.
That other property in the city es
caped danger is considered miracu
lous by many. Had the wind be^n in
any other direction that it was, it is
believed that the big gasoline and ker
osene tanks nearby would have been
ignited and caused a still greater
spread of flames.
Had this occurred it is probable not
°aly adjacent homes would have been
destroyed, but the main line of the
Kansas City Southern would have
been blocked. As it was, not a train
was delayed.
-Mr. Hamilton Enjoyed Fishing.
John H. Hamilton returned to Mena
last Monday after having spent five
weeks at Corpus Christi and other
Texas poin'ts. He comes home much
improved in health, and is enthusias
tic in telling about the fine fishing he
had. He reports spending some time
*>th' Col. C. H. Jett of Wickes, also
Corpus Christi, who made a record
catch of 150 fish in one day. On the
Return trip Mr. Hamilton stopped in
Fort ^Yorth, where on last Thursday
and Friday he was with 24 nieces and
v*ephews.
. child that has intestinal worms is
handicapped in its growth. A few
"°*!f of WHITE’S CREAM VERMI
''E destroys and expels worms;
he child immediately improves and
frkl'y08 wonderfully. Price 30c peri
°ttle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.— j
WHAT BAD ROADS COST.
A Farmer Tells Own Experience and
Then Sees Other Side.
Burt G. Smith, a farmer living just
beyond Egger and less than twenty
miles from Mena, was in town this
week, the first time this year because
before then there has been no time
when he coaid come and bring a load
—particularly his cotton.
Along about Christmas time he
could have sold readily at 33 cents a
pound, but could not get it over the
roads. Tuesday he, having extra
clean cotton, received 23 cents— a
straight loss of near $50, or enough,
he figures, to almost pay his share of
a rock road from Egger to Mena.
Further, Mr. Smith says there are
not less than 100 farmers living in
the territory adjacent to him who
would have spent an average of $100
each with Mena merchants the past
three months if they had been able
to reach the city with reasonable ef
fort—a loss in commerce of not less
than $10,000.
Mr Smith is a believer of keeping
the rocks in the roads. He says that
he has seen roads where the rocks
were thrown out annually for years,
and recites the instance of a neigh
bor, Charles Miller, who, some 25
years ago built a piece of road in
front of his farm—throwing rocks in
the road. That piece, he declares, is
almost as good today as a quarter
century ago, and at either end the
wagons drop down to the axles in
ruts and mud.
OLD RESIDENT DIES AT SUBIACO
Remains of L. Ringgold Brought
to Mena for Burial.
The remains of W. L. Ringgold, an
aged resident and old settler of the
Nunley community, were brought to
Mena Saturday from Subiaco, Lo
gan county, where he had been visit
ing his sister, Mrs. A. Grise, for a
month. He died Thursday night from
KrnnnKiol nnon ntiio 11 i %-> mm .. i
tack of influenza. The remains were
accompanied by his son, John Ring
gold, of this city, who w-as called to
his father’s bedside last Wednesday,
and by Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Clark and
Oscar Ringgold, of Hominy, Ok., who
had also been at the bedside when he
passed away. They were joined at
Heavener by Tom Anderson. The
funeral services were held at Nunley
at 11 o’clock today, and were in
charge of the Rev. J A. Newman of
Big Fork. Mr. Ringgold had reached
the age of 72 years, and is survived
by two sons and two daughters. The
sons are John Ringgold of Mena and
Oscar Ringgold of Hominy, Ok., and
the daughters are Mrs. R. R. Clark of
Hominy and Mrs W. T. Rials of
Board Camp.
EXPRESS ROUTE AGENT HERE.
Carrol J. Wright Will Help Shippers
of Fruit and Produce.
Carrol J. Wright, route agent for
the American Railway Express Com
pany, arrived Wednesday morning
from Kansas City, to get ready for
his work in this territory, which ex
tends from Sulphur Springs to Ogden
on the main line of the Kansas City
Southern and will also embrace the
subsidiary lines. Mr, Wright is tem
porarily fitting up an office in the
freight depot, but later he expects to
get desk room in the exhibit room, ad
joining the office of Roadmaster Ty
son He comes to this territory to be
helpful to the fruit and truck ship
pers, and from the developments that
are taking place in Sevier and Polk
county in the growing of cantaloupes
and other truck products, he antici
pates a busy summer. Mrs. Carrol
and son will not come to Mena until
the close of the school year, the son
being a member of the senior class in
a Kansas City High school.
ZACHARY MOTOR CO. SOLI).
Robt. Connally and Dr. J. G. Hilton
Are New Owners.
A deal which has been pending
since last Friday was consummated
Wednesday evening when Robt. L.
Connally and Dr. J. Q. Hilton became
the owners of the business of the
Zachary Motor Company, located at
the corner of Janssen avenue and De
Queen street The new firm will be
Connally & Hilton Motor Company,
and Robt. Connally will be in charge
of the business. He will be assisted
by Miss Sadie Jones, bookkeeper and
stenographer, and Porter Allen, ma
chinist, both of whom had been in
the employ of the Zachary Motor
Company.
A. A. Zachary, who retires from
the business, will continue as sales
agent for the Willys-Overland Motor
Company, and will make headquar
ters in the room vacated by the Busy
Bee Cafe.
Laymen at M. E. Church, South.
The Rev. F. F. Harrell, pastor of
the First M. E. church, South, an
nounced last Saturday that the pastor
would not preach on Sunday night,
but instead the service then would
consist of songs and addresses by lay
men. Monday he announced that a
large crowd was in attendance and tha
large crowd attended, and that two
good sermons were delivered, one
by W. E. Anderson and the other by
Mark P. Olney, both discussing fea
tures of the Centenary movement.
A Nursing School Here.
Miss A. O’Donnell of St Louis,
field secretary of the nursing depart
ment of the American Red Cross, was
in Mena Friday to meet with Presi
dent T A. Park and other officers of
the Polk county chapter on the matter
of establishing a nursing school in the
county. The plan is to have a trained
nurse in every county, it to be her
duty to conduct the school.
CIVIC BETTERMENT
HAS RIM-WAV
More Street Lights, Street Psving,
Signs for Streets and Increase of
Official Salaries Among Things
Considered by the City Dads.
Mena’s city fathers in their month
ly session Tuesday night to consider
the municipal family affairs contin
ued their progressive program by tak
ing action on nine important items
' designed for the improvement of the
i community.
The nine matters considered were:
More street lights.
Regulation of billboards.
Paving Mena street.
Bridge over Ward creek.
Signs for street intersections.
Conserving city water.
Interest on city money.
Joining the White Way.
Increasing official salaries.
At the request of interested citizens
j additional street lights were ordered
'at Mena street and Dallas avenue;
another at Janssen avenue and Eve
! street and a third on the east end of
| Janssen avenue near Ward creek.
A petition asking for the removal
of the bill board at DcQueen street
and Port Arthur avenue resulted in
the councilmen entering into a dis
cussion of the bill board problem, as
it now exists in Mena. The result
| was that the antis had a monopoly of
i the argument and City Attorney Bur
! nett was directed to draw up an or
; dinance for passage at the next meet
! intr ♦ Vi n fnllrntriniv n/iinfo*
I No bill boards to be permitted in the
i pavement district on DeQuecn and
Mena streets; all boards to be placed
on the rear of vacant lots and to be
j far enough from the sidewalks that
there will be no danger of them fall
ing over and injuring passersby.
Approved Street Paving.
Without a dissenting vote the coun
cil approved the petition for the cre
ation of an improvement district for
the paving of Mena street from Hick
ory avenue to Gillham avenue. Upon
motion of Alderman H. W. Roberts an
ordinance directing the establishment
of the paving district was passed and
the council adjourned to meet again
next Tuesday night to take final ac
tion on this matter and also upon the
paving of DeQueen street
The street and alley committee was
instructed to investigate the matter
of building a bridge over Ward creek
on the east end of Janssen avenue.
Property owners living in that vicin
ity called attention to the fact that
the former bridge had been washed
away, and that another was ■needed.
Secretary Eastin of the Commercial
Club appeared before the council and
brought forth the fact that a recent
survey of the city showed there were
144 street intersections that were not
properly marked with street signs.
Mayor Smith and his associates
agreed this was too important a mat
ter to be neglected and they will se
cure prices on different kinds of signs
and decide at once which kind to use.
The city fathers determined to take
official notice of the White Way and
have a part in this improvement. A
light was ordered placed in front of
the fire engine house on Pickering
avenue.
Proposing Raise in Water Rates.
One of the most important matters
taken up by the council was that of
conserving the municipal water sup
ply. Superintendent George Duganne
of the waterworks department called
attention to the wastage of water
and gave a graphic description of a
class of citizens he termed “water
hogs.” To prevent abuse of the city
system and prevent a possible short
M CTO flnrino> enmmor rnAnfVio Ivu
recommended changes be made in the
present scale of price, and that the
minimum be reduced to 1,000 gallons.
The’ council directed Superintendent
Puganne and City Attorney Burnett
to join forces and prepare an ordi
nance embodying the changes desired
for consideration at the next session.
Want Interest on City Fund*.
Now that the city has real money in
excess of its running expenses, the
mutter of getting interest on the sur
plus funds \vas brought up for dis
cussion. It was decided that this ques
tion will be disposed of at the coming
session.
The matter of increasing the sal
aries of the mayor and the street
commissioner was discussed inform
ally. It was the general opinion that
the mayor was worth more than the
meagre salary now paid, and it was
also held to be unfair that the street
superintendent should be paid less per
day than the men under him. The
men get $2.60, but the boss only
draws $2 a day
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Guest of Webb City C. of C.
B. S. Petefish, in from Acorn Satur
day, returned Friday from a trip to
Webb City, Mo., where he had been
for two weeks visiting relatives and
looking after business. He came
home tagged as having been a guest
of the Webb City Chamber of Com
merce on February 21. Asked if he
had appeared as a representative of
the Polk County ’Possum Club, he re
plied that he spoke strictly in the in
terests of Acorn and its industries,
but that with lifting of the food re
strictions, he was ready to begin agi
tation for a Fourth of July picnic to
be held by the club.
—-———. ....
You are wrong, if you say you don't
need a business training. Ask us to
prove it to you. Address MENA
| COMMERCIAL SCHOOL.—Adv. 10-2
REPORT ON ARMENIAN.
SYRIAN RELIEF FUND
On account of the failure of some
places to make reports and of others!
to make final reports we are yet 'un- :
able to publish a final report of the
donations by the people of Polk coun
ty to the fund for the relief of the
sufferers in the Near East, but we
know that we have raised our quota.
Our treasurer has sent $1300 to
Moorehead Wright, the state treas
urer of the funds, and some small
amounts were sent by several Sunday
schools direct to the New York office.1
A complete report will be published
in one week, and we hope that no
i place will be in arrears
i Since the last report Hatfield has
! sent $34.40, making a total of $160
i for that place that has never yet
failed to meet all demands upon the
people there for patriotic or charita
i ble purposes.
J. R. Connally, the chairman for
j Cedar township, failed to receive no
tice that he had been appointed until
Friday, and went to prayer meeting
at Alder Springs Sunday night and in
ten minutes collected more than the
quota for his township.
Dr. F. A. Lee sends personally $5
to be aided to Vandervoort’s quota, j
John Harkey remits $6 to the credit
of Hatton.
The members of the committees
thruout the county are busy men and
those who have given this worthy'
cause their attention deserve much j
credit. We do not believe that those j
who have neglected the matter have
ignored it, but that we will hear from
them later.
Watch for the final report and see
what communities have responded
most generously for the relief of |
starving humanity.
HAL L. NORWOOD, Chairman.
Ben Eastin, Secretary
Sergeant Sapp to Return to Mena.
A cablegram received in Mena this
week from Sergt. E. H. Sapp, Head
quarters 114 Field Signal Battalion,
39th Division, A. E. F., announces
that he will arrive soon from over
seas. Upon receiving his discharge
ho will rotiim fn Mon:) t r\ a cru i n fulro
a place in the F’armers & Merchants j
bank, in which institution he was
employed for three years before tak
ing the place of secretary-treasurer
of the Buke-Magruder Co. Mrs. Sapp,
who had been at her former home in
Branch, Ark., since her soldier hus
band went overseas, is now in Okmul
gee, pk.
Vacant Lots Sell, Too.
A cablegram received in Mena last
a deal this wefk for the sale of four
lots in the Braley Addition, to J. A.
York. The lots are the property of
C. A. Braley of Kansas City, who was
one of the original promoters of the
Kansas City, PitUbarg & Gulf Rail
way, now the Kansas City Southern,
and at one time had considerable
property interests in Mena, tho with
the sale of these lots to Mr. York he
has only a few more remaining in
Braley Addition and a few in Hyde
Park Addition. Mr. Braley is now
president of the Sinclair Refining Co.
Saw Had Roads Elsewhere.
J. A. Connell returned Thursday
from Texarkana and other pointsj
south, and remarks, aside, that Polk
county is not the only place afflicted ,
with bad roads. He viewed one mud-1
I hole near Texarkana, he relates, |
\ from which one man stated he had
j pulled not less than twenty-five cars |
! in recent days. Jack comes ^ome;
j filled with enthusiasm over the good j
things he see for Mena when ’ the1
good roads reach here.
Co-Operation in Shipping Hogs.
W. Homer Pigg, ex-county super-1
intendent, and now county agent of j
Hempstead county, in co-operation j
with J. H. Tull, marketing specialist i
with the University Extension Bivis- j
ion. last week shipped the first car
load of hogs out of Hope under the
co-operative plan. The plan took so !
well with the farmers that 23 of them j
brought in hogs which they were un-1
able to ship on account of lack of!
. .*
Wants Polk County Sorghum
Secretary Eastin of the Mena Com
I mercial Club has quite a number of
! inquiries from other states relatives
i to the 1919 crop of Polk county sor
| ghum, and in order to answer these
inquiries intelligently, that is to get
a line on w-h»t may be expected in the
matter of cane acreage, he asks that
every farmer who expects to produce
. molasses to report to him the number
I of acres he will cultivate during the
I present season,
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Southside Ready to Pave Mena Street,
Alderman J. B. Goss has been tak-!
ing the initiative on the Southside in ]
the matter of paving Mena street. He
reports that every lot owner inter-;
viewed, is in favor of the proposition. I
and all of them favor making the
improvement and paying for the same
at once without the formality of form
I ing an improvement district, and pay
ing the cost of paving in thy form of
taxes.
Son of Mrs. A. C. Briggs Burned.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Briggs were no
tified Friday by telegram that Ben
Dotson, son of Mrs. Briggs, burned
in the acid plant of the Cosden Refin
ing Company at Tulsa, Ok., had been
taken to a hospital for treatment. No
particulars were given as to the seri
ousness of the bums. Mrs. Briggs
will leave for Tulsa Saturday morn
ing to be with her son.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I wish to say to the people of Mena
! and Polk county that I have opened an
office opposite the new postoffice in 1
Mena for the purpose of practicing ]
las Attorney and Counsellor at Law
' and Solicitor in Chancery. Business
| in any of the Courts, State or Federal. ■
intrusted to me will be appreciated!
und will receive aiy careful attention.'
Adv. 56-6 10-1 H. N. SMITH. |
BILLS AKL KILLED
Ml EILIBUSTER
Important Measures Fail of Passage
as Congress Adjourns—Sherman
Held Floor Three Hours—The
Wheat Bill Passed.
Washington, March 4.—Congress
adjourned at noon today in the midst
of a Republican filibuster in the sen
ate that killed a long list of import
ant measures.
Among the bills that failed was the
appropriation for the railroad ad
ministration. The spokesmen for the
administration declared that the fail
ure of this measure to pass necessar
ily would mean the almost immediate
return of the railroads to their own
ers, because the government can not
retain and finance them without the
appropriation.
There was no turning back of
clocks. The Democratic leaders real
ized the situation was hopeless, and
the gavels ending the long, great
war session of the Sixty-fifth con
gress actually tapped at the noon
hour.
Just before the adjournment of con
gress, President Wilson authorized a
final notice to the Republicans that
their efforts to force an immediate
extpa session had failed; that he was
unshaken in his determination not to
call an extra session of congress until
his work at the peace congress is
done.
The adjournment today marks the
passing of Democratic control at the
capital, as the Republicans will be in
the majority in the next congress.
The big bills that failed of passage
innliiiln Knf t Vi armu oti/l novo an
propriation bills, the only two import
ant measures that ran the gauntlet of
the last forty-eight hours of filibus
tering being the Liberty Loan bill
and the $1,000,000,000 wheat guaran
tee bills.
Sherman the Windjammer.
Washington, March 4.—The filibus
ter of the group of Republicans work
ing for an extra session of congress
continued until the end of the present
session of congress.
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, re
publican, who began speaking at 7:30
o’clock this morning, held the floor for
more than four hours, successfully
preventing further consideration of
the rairoad appropriation bill.
Sherman announced early that he
would speak until adjournment, if
necessary, in order to prevent the
passage of the bill.
Republicans Accused.
Washington, March 4—Upon the
adjournment of congress at noon to
day, President Wilson issued a state
ment declaring that a group of men
in the senate have deliberately chosen
to embarrass the administration of
the government, and imperil the
financial interests of the railroad sys
tems of the country.
No Early Extra Session.
Washington, March 4.—President
Wilson, during a discussion of the
legislative jam with Democratic
Leader Martin early today, was said
to have reiterated his determination
not to call an extra session of con
gress before he returns to France.
Signs Measures Passed.
Washington, March 4.—President
Wilson said goodbye to the White
House officials and employes this
morning and drove to the capitol to
sign the measures passed during the
closing hours of congress before leav
ing for New York, enroute to France
Consider Irish Claims.
Washington, March 4.—The house
early today, by a vote of 216 to 41,
adopted a resolution expressing the
hope that the peace conference will
favorably consider the claims of Ire
land to the right of self-determina
tion.
Wheat Price Guaranteed.
Washington, March 4.—The house
this morning adopted the conference
report on the $1,000,000,000 govern
ment 1919 guarantee wheat price bill.
The bill then was signed by Speaker
Clark and Vice President Marshall,
and sent to the White House for Pres
ident Wilsftn’s signature.
Lodge’s Resolution.
Washington, March 4.—Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican
leader, brought the long senate debate
on the League of Nations to a cli
max last night with the introduction
of a resolution proposing that the sen
ate record itself against the accept
ance of the leaque’s constitution as it
is now drawn.
He read to the senate the names of
37 members of the new senate, which
will pass on the peace treaty, who, he
said, had signed or approved the res
olution
The Republican leaders decided to
make no further attempt to get ac
tion on Senator Lodge's resolution to
record the senate against the consti
tution of the League of Nations, as
now drawn, and as a counter measure,
Senator Lewis of Illinois, the Demo
cratic whip, prepared a resolution
proposing that the senate approve all
proper efforts of the president to ef
fect the League of peace.
Two Holstein Registered Hulls.
That I shipped from Rattle Creek,
Mich. See them for yourself They
will make the season at my barn on
Tenth street. If interested phone 195.
J. H. Cox, Mena Adv. 52-6 10 1
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TO CELEBRATE OPENING
OK MENA’S WHITE WAY
—
j Vice President Fry of Common
wealth Company Promises Band—
DeQueen Officials to Be Invited.
Vice President G. Vf. Pry of the
j Commonwealth Public Service Com
j pany, while in the city Friday, asked
Secretary Eastin of the Commercial
Club to arrange a special program for
the opening of Mena’s White Way,
stating that the company would ar
range for good band music, and that
a special invitation would be extend
ed to the city council and business
men of DeQueen to attend the festivi
ties.
Mr. Fry also stated that he had
placed an order for 140 White Way
fixtures for Secretary Eastin’s dis
posal.
A BLAST WITH A BITE.
I In the Early Hours of Morning Came
Sharpest of Winds.
The Weather Bureau was caught
asleep at the post by the young bliz
zard that drove down from the north
(west, all unannounced, early Friday
■ morning. Just how it came over or
I twisted around thru the hills is un
1 explained, but it arrived.
The first notice came in a gust of
hard driven rain, that about 4 o’clock
rattled against the ■windows almost
like a sleet. At 6 a. m. the windows
still were rattling, and there was
nothing in the sounds to tempt folks
from warm beds. At 7 a. m. the
thermometer registered 19, an hour
j later 17, and dropped to 16 before
the upturn, which took it to 32 at 1
o’clock, and from that on the south
west wind was almost balmy,
| And, speaking of the slips of the
I W’eather Bureau—the forecast Friday
. called for a cold wave—probably re
ferring to the one that got in ahead
I'U VilllC,
WAGONS “MADE IN MENA
! And They Are as Good as the Itig
Factories Turn Out.
The R. Anthony Carriage and Auto
Shop is one of the institutions giving
“Made in Mena” a real meaning, thru
! the products being manufactured. The
! institution this week completed two
I ice delivery wagons for the Common
I wealth Public Service Company, one
of them to be sent to Vian, the other
; to Sallisaw, Ok. Still another is to be
I manufactured and sent to DeQueen.
The wagons have been on exhibit a
couple of days at the carriage shop on
DeQueen street, and all who have ex
amined them pronounce them equal
to the products turned out by the big
factories, and G. W. Fry, the general
manager cf the Commonwealth Public
Service Company, must have thought
the same thing, for he put his “O. K."
on them Friday.
The auto hearse built by this firm
for Alex Paton, has also been com
i pleted, and is ready for delivery.
i POSTOFFICE NEARLY READY.
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| Supt. II. A. Goodrich Makes Request
for Final Inspection.
H. A. Goodrich, superintendent for
the contractors on Mena’s new post
office building, informs The Star that
he has made a call on the government
for final inspection on March 10, after
, which he believes it will be but a few j
l days until the structure will be ready
for occupancy.
At this time, Mr. Goodrich states, i
he has received all the materials need- !
ed to finish the job except a small j
amount of hardware, and this should I
come any day.
He was inclined to joke the report-!
er who stated that Supt. W. H. Horst
man, who moved in yesterday, was ]
! the first occupant cf the building, Mr. I
! Goodrich having maintained his office
(there for about month
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RECEIVE COTTON ANY DAY. j
“Sailing Day” Rules of K. C. S. Do j
Not Effect This Product.
Charles E. Wells, Kansas City
; Southern agent for Mena, in refer- 1
j ring to the “sailing day” regulations j
| now in effect here, says that they !
have caused some apprehension
| among marketers of cotton, who as-1
j sumed that if they came to the sta- j
J t ion. for instance, to ship cotton'
j north on Tuesday, Thursday or Sat- j
unlay, it would not be received, or
I vice versa.
Agent Wells says farmers need
I have no such apprehension—that cot- j
ton will be received on any day it is j
brought to the station.
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Lockesburg Man Buys Mena Home.
A real estate deal consummated
last week means the addition of an- '
other Lockesburg resident and his [
family to the citizenship of Mena, 1
was the sale of the D. W'. Carter retd- I
jdence at 1100 Port Arthur avenue to
IC. B. Grady of Lockesburg. Mr.
Grady returned to Lockesburg on ,
Wednesday and after spending about
a month closing out his business af
fairs, following the.sale of his mer
cantile business in lockesburg, will
come to Mena with his family.
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Shows German Helmet.
A German helmet pierced full of
bullet holes is on display in the show
window of the Wh E. Holt store, and
a placard attached to it calls atten
tion to the fact that bullet holes in
dicate the excellent* marksmanship of
the allies. The helmet was sent to
Mrs. M. J. Crosson by her son, Doy
Crosson, who is in overseas service.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
ikuftUsti refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls
(ocarsI'Mne H i"l.l Bleeding er Protruding Piles.
| 'unl ~ ' "*3 lC' h’n," Piles, and you rau get
' ‘ ' . KtaaVr.
Lost—Tuesday, between Egger and
Mena, auto casing and rim (30 x
3 Ys). Liberal reward for return to
1 0. L. Henderson, Courthouse, Mena.1
—Adv. 55&10-lt
GRANTS PETITION
FOR BIG POLK
COUNTY HIGHWAY
OF 1728 PROPERTY OWNERS IN
DISTRICT, 1285 HAVE SIGNED
FOR IMPROVEMENT.
WITH THIRTY DAYS IN WHICH
TO FT F. OBJECTION NO RE
MONSTRANCE MADE.
COMMISSIONERS WERE
HEARTILY CHEERED
W. I. Green and Ira O. Smith of Mena
and Alex Coyle of Grannis Were
Chosen to Put Thru the Big
Enterprise.
Polk county's portion of the great
Jefferson highway was advanced to
its second objective Wednesday morn
ing when County Judge H. W. Fin
ger granted the prayer of petitioners
and named the commissioners, who
are to direct the work of the improve
ment.
When Judge Finger announced the
commissioners were to be
W. I. Green of Mena,
Alex Coyle of Grannis, und
Ira O. Smith of Mena,
the gathering of property owners
manifested its approval by applaud
ing the jurist’s selection.
Not a dissenting voice was heard
when the formal hearing of the peti
tion for the creation of the improve
ment district came before the court at
10 o’clock.
Judge J. I. Alley, legal representa
tive of the petitioners who have asked
for the creation of an improvement
district for the building of a modern
highway thru Polk Bounty from North
to South, appeared in court and di
rected the property owners’ side of
the question He asked that J. F.
Hood of Mena be sworn and give tes
timony regarding the preparing of
the petition.
Mr. Hood stated that he had been
a resident of Mena for 18 years and
had directed the work of assembling
the petition now under consideration
by the court. He said the petition
bore the namer of 1286 separate prop
erty owners anj that a careful search
of the tax books had shown there
were 1728 property owners within
the district.
Walter Nance was sworn and cor
roborated Mr. Hood’s statement in
regard to the number of signers.
Attorney Alley showed that the
engineer’s survey had been made and
paid for thru the generosity of inter
ested individuals. He also directed
attention to the fact no remonstrance
against the creation of the improve
ment district had been filed and ex
plained that objectors had thirty
days in which to voice their disap
proval of the court's action.
Upon the showing made Judge Fin
ger stated that it was apparent a ma
jority of landowners as well as a ma
jority of acreage were represented on
the petition and that the court thinks
it proper to form the district. The
absence of any signature representing
the railway was explained by the
statement that the railroad company
was not asaen to sign.
Previous to making the appoint
ment of the three commissioners,
Judge Finger stated that he had giv
en the matter most careful consider
ation and sought to find men who
would look to the general interests of
the public thruout the county, “men
who will stand together and work to
gether.” In making the selection the
judge said he had laid all thoughts of
friendship, religion and politics aside,
and had endeavored to get three men
who “will work for the best interests
of the road; men who will fill the bill.”
He then named Messrs. Green, Coyle
and Smith, and the audience gave
demonstration of its approval.
The three commissioners met im
mediately after being sworn in by
County Clerk Alexander and organ
ized for their work by selecting W. 1.
Green as president and Ira O Smith
as secretary.
Hatfield Delegation Missed Hearing.
L. H. Johnson, J C. Hoheimer, W.
H. Littlepage, Mark Dover, Marion
Sumner Pilcher, Warren and Ober
Rowe, Joe Lewis, J. E. W illiams, J. A.
Cobb and Fred Hoffman composed a
delegation of citizens from Hatfield
and community in Mena Wednesday
to attend the hearing on the highway
petition before County Judge H. W.
Finger The delegation came on the
local freight, but reached Mena after
the hearing had been concluded.
A scald, bum, or severe cut heais
slowly if neglected. The family that
keeps a bottle of BALLARD’S SNOW
LINIMENT on hand is always pre
pared for such accidents. Price 25c,
50c yMid $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
Jac Rson Drug Co.—Adv.
For Rent—Four good farms, one 40a;
one 30a; one 80a, and one 120a.
Good houses and plenty of water on
each. Cash or Grain rent. W. J. El
liot, Cove, Ark.—Adv. 10-2t
If you want to sell your Liberty
Bonds, see N. R. Oneal, office of
Prickett & Pipkin. - Adv pi 55-6t 10-1