The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

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 W. A. Perry returned to Womble Wednesday after several days visit with Mrs. Perry.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Lawthers of Potter have moved into a home on South Fourth street. Miss Winnifred DeLongy, who is teaching at Hatfield, spent Sunday with homefolks in Mena. w. k. Tomlinson of Jennings, La, arrived Saturday to look over Polk county with view to locating. w. n. Risk of Farwell, Tex, was in the city visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. c. M. Allen, last week.
 Mrs. J. c. Wilson returned to Dal- las, Tex, Monday, after six weeks visit with her brother, J. Il. Naler.
 Guy Brewer returned last week from Hot Springs and left Sat- urday for his ranger station near Eagleton.
 Joe Bell of Vandervoort, who is 82 years young and proud of 1t, was mixing with Mena acquaintances Tuesday.
 | l.. c. Wilson of Wickes was look ing after business in Mena Wednes- day He says the Wickes Fruit Farm, of which he is manager, shipped nine cars of cantaloupes this season. Mr.. and Mrs. K. s. Pirtle have moved from Dallas to Mena. They have rented the Palmer cottage on Stilwell Heights.
 Miss Emma Martin returned to her home at Mineral Monday af- ternoon, after a months visit with her brother, W. c. Martin.
 Adolp Knittig, who has been visit ing his brother-in-law, Ben Bigge, for several days, left this week for his home in Logan county.
 Webster Wyatt and family, who have been visiting MT. Wyatt's father, G. W. Wyatt. left last Satur- day for their home near Forum, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. H. Griffith left last Monday for few weeks visit in Oklahoma. They will visit at Shawnee, Muskogee and other points.
 l J. s. Burk of Verden, Ok, was in Mena last week visiting J. l.. Gates. Mir. Burks announces his determi- nation to return in a short and es- tablish a home near Mena. Mir. and Mrs. John Hawley and family and Mir. and Mrs. John Ayle- ward of Greenriver, Wyo., are in Mena to look over Polk county with a view to locating. Mir. Ayleward is an old acquaintance of MT. and Mrs. J. Thinnes.
 Eugene Cox returned last week from Battle Creek, Mich, where he went several weeks ago to take his father, J. H. Cox, to a sanitarium for treatment. When he left there his father was getting along very well. Edwin Cox left last Thursday for Battle Creek to be with his father.
 Mrs. k. s. Stoddard, who a few months ago came to Mena from 1.-Two and located on a farm west of town, has secured the Osborn resi- dence at i408 Hamilton avenue and moved to town. Mrs. Stoddard has long been a grower of fancy poultry, which she will continue in her new location.
 MT. and Mrs. D. w. Rowton of Womble and w. w. Rowton left Monday for Heavener. That after noon they were joined by Miss Alma Crowson and Mrs. Fannie Conley, and left for Kansas City and St. Louis to buy goods for the Grand Leaders of Mena, Womble, De Queen and Heavener.
 The Rev. J. w. Lively of Mar shall, Tex, arrived in Mena Mon- day from a trip from the extreme western part of Texas across the state. He says that the nearer he approached Arkansas the greener and better things looked, and re- iterates his belief that Polk county 1 is chosen spot on Mother Earth. | He will be here a week.
 VI. C. l.. Allen returned last week | from two weeks vacation. He has | been at Salt Lake City and other western points, and says it makes him feel fine to get in a country