The Mena weekly star., 1908-07-09
MENA PEOPLE
 ON A HOLIDAY
While Planning the Big Celebration for Next Month Mena Was Quiet Many on Trips to Woods and
 Other Cities.

stores were closed to allow the
 employees 10 celebrate the occa.
 sion.
 Owing to the fact that no pro-
 gram had been arranged for ce.e.
 brating the day in Mena, many
 young people formed outing par
 ties and spent the day on the
 creeks, while others attended the
 celebrations at Janssen, Texar-
 kama and other points. Not a
 great deal of fireworks was ex-
 ploded and no serious accidents
 have been reported.
 The only event in the way of sport was clay pigeon shoot by party of Mena sportsmen who
 were not satisfied with seeing the National holiday pass without any excitement or noise to let the outside world know of their patri- otic spirit: so they repaired to the shady nook on the north side of Quigley Hill where a suitable barricade had been erected and pro- ceeded to have shoot" break ing sclay pigeons; also shooting holes in The air and making a big noise. Following is the official score of which C. s. Morris won the championship, breaking 16 balls out of 20:
 c. s. Graham 12, Burt Todd ', George Vickers I, A. V. Shimp s, E. c. McCutchan ,, L. J. Arch. CT ,, c. 5. Morris 16, k. McCutch- an Is, E. B. Daniels 1.
 A movement is on foot to or ganize permanent gun club. secure a good trap and hold shoot at regular periods.
 Jolly Day at Mt. Mena.
 A number of the young people of Mena celebrated the Fourth in very pleasant, yet quiet way by leaving the noise of city celebra- tions behind and spending the day at Mt. Mena.
 The party left on the Traveller at 7:l0 iu the morning and re. turned home on No. 1. This train was late and while they left Wilhelmina Iun shortly after midnight, they did not arrive home until just as the sun came up Sunday morning. This made 1 a pleasure trip of rather long hours, but every hour had it's pleasure even when 1t came to waiting for the train, for at that hour in the morning there were some in the crowd over whom sleep held no control and their limit for making merry no end.
 The crowd walked up the mountain from the station to the hotel; walked to all the best view points including climb to the roof of the hotel; danced during the evening and then most of them walked back to the station after the more tired ones had loaded the lone hack and a stray burro to their full capacity.
 Dr. Hartshorn, who has the hotel leased was away until late in the afternoon, when he re- turned with a nice collection of fireworks to euliven the evening. MT. and Mrs Maxwell, who are directly in charge, were exceed ingly nice to their guests. The table service was splendid and after the long climb tue Mena party all but disgraced itself by the quantity of turkey, etc., re- quired to satisfy the hunger of its members.
 The party was composed of Misses Anna Lizlie Lochridge, Francis Lewis, Nora Hoge, Alene Gardner, Olive Payne, Gladys Nall, Susie Lawson. Mayme Gilmore, Lulu Clark and Ola Lewis, Mrs. Etta Payne aad Mrs. Roy St. John.
 Messrs. T. P. Graham. ]. N. Dawson, E. E. Cox, J. F. Hurley, Clarence Nall, Robert McCanu, Frank Jones. Arthur Davis, Ed Payne, W. w. and K. K. St. John.
 Fished and Celebrated.
 If outward signs are indicitive of inward patriotism then the merry party that assembled on the banks of the Ouachita last Saturday (the 4th) certainly walked of with the palm. The party consisted of Dr. aud Mrs. Clarence Huston, their mother. Mrs. HustSh, Mir. and Mrs. Rob- , ert Huston, Dr. Harry Huston, Mir. and Mrs. Acrumau. Colonel Hal Norwood and family aud Mrs. Lochridge. After landing some especially hue ''hsh" the able was spread ou the banks of Ihe river artistically decorated with flags aud bunting, picture of George Washington occupying ' he place of honor ia the center of the table. The murmurin2 of the water as II tumbled over the :;