The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-15

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 Mrs. J. H. OlIar, of Sims. Montgomery county. arrived in Mena Saturday for sn extended vislt with her son, l.. w. Welch and family.
 Artie B ,les, postmaster aud ticket agent at Rust, accom pau- led by his wife, spent Friday night Tn the city, the guests ot Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Thacker.
 w. l.. Masters of Ardmore. Ok., came Saturday to attend the funeral of his father, ]. P. Mas ters, news of whose death is given elsewhere in this issue. 1 J. w. Head was in from Slat- lngton Tuesday. M. c. Cox. who has been visiting his daug h. ter, Mrs. G. F. Ora wford, return ed home Wednesday with MT. Head.
 Prof. F. w. Moon, who has been teaching at Athens, How ard county, IS in the city visiting hls brother-in-law H. A. King. Prof. Moon formerly lived al Hatfield.
 M. w. Harmon, who has been at Cry, Tex, for the past eight months, was in town Friday, on his way back to his old home al Egger, where he will in the fu- lure reside.
 J. H. Gam, who resided in this country for a numb Der of years, came in Tuesday from Talihina, Okla., his present home, and went down on local Wednesday morning to Rust.
 The family of Milton Williams left Saturday night for Birming- ham, Ala. After visiting there d short time they will join Mr. Williams in old Mexico, where Mir. Williams went to locate some weeks ago.
 w. T. Pettitt of Black Springs, who at one time resided in Mena, was here Fridayl to shaul out a load of goods for B. k. Milan, oi Womble. Goods were purchased of the Cox Wholesale Grocery Go.
 J. L. Wimberly, of Oklahoma City, came in Thursday on No. to attend the funeral of his moth CT, Mrs. Mack Goodner, who died at Egger last Tuesday. He left at once for that place but his mother had already been laid to rest.
 K. w. Logan, who is very ac tive in mining circles near Gran his. was in Mena on business Tuesday. His conversation in- dicates that mines of silver, lead and zinc. may be expected to ere ate a stir soon on Rolling Fork.
 Judge James D. Shaver and Judge J. $. Kelly left Wednesday tor a camping trip of several days. They drove over in Scott county, where they wi fish and enjoy outdoor life on the head waters of the Fourch La Fave.
 F. M. Holman returned Tues day from Quintop, Oa., where he aud his wife went several days ago for a visit. Mrs. Holman will return later. Mir. Holman says he came back because he got tired of Oklahoma.
 k. $. Owen, who was Tn the mercantile business at old Dallas before the advent of the railroad, and one of Mena's early mer- chants, came in Monday from Clinton, Okla, where he now re- sides. Mir. Owen owns some property here which he IS looking af:er.
 NJ. D. Winton, formerly mer- chant of Mena, was in from Rocky Wednesday,. MT Win ton and his brother, Jack, have purchased some large tracts of timber lands near Beach, Ok, aud will at once move their mill, now located at Rocky, to Beach.
 T. A. Butler, formerly of Par sons, Kas, who IS building a summer home at Rich Mountain for his family, came in town Tuesday, bringing with him a young friend, c. B. Sauter, whose home is also al Parsons. The young man was so pleased with what he saw that he will return and try to persuade his father to come and see Mena, with a view to locating.
 Uncle Jack Davis, veteran oi