The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24

arrive at Stuttgart and Mr. vccr- ster gets them located.
 Major Durham, who had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs A. l.. Durham. and other relatives left last Saturday for his home in Commerce, Tex.
 Miss Carrie Nj. vestal and Mis. Jennie Nestal of Shreveport arrived in Mena Friday afternoon to spend vacation in Mena. They are stop- ping at the Mena hotel.
 Edgar Hon, a printer in the em- ploy of the Reporter at Waldron rived last week from St. Louis anC going from here to Shady for a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. J C0ker.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. R. Stevenson anC children. who had been visiting al the home of Mir. and Mrs. w. A Tomlinson, parents of Mrs. Steven son. returned to their home in Port Arthur Saturday.
 Mrs John F. owens and two chil- dren. who had been in Mena foI several weeks, stopping at the home of Mrs. M. A. Richards on Seventh street, returned to their home 1T Shreveport Saturday afternoon.
 w. A. Ragland left Friday after noon for Wlckes to spend a day or two on his farm. He took with hin some lightning tree killer with which he is going to experiment 1T the matter of deadening trees.
 George Collins, who came to Polk county from Cleveland, Ok. some time ago, and had spent month on his farm on Mountain Fork. has come to Mena to live, having rent ed residence at 1919 Church ave- nue.
 A. L. Seman. who had been run ming peanut roaster and corn pOp- per, having sold his interests in Mena. left Friday afternoon for Shawnee, Ok. He sold his peanut roaster and business to Dr. R. c hdNWeli.
 Mrs. John Dekker, sister of Mrs W. s. MacLaiferty, accompanied by two children arrived in Mena Friday afternoon from Marshall. Minn., td spend the remainder of the summer with MT. and Mrs. MacLafferty al "Hillcrest."
 Mrs. C. A. Beck of Jefferson City Mo, mother of Mrs. M. H. proft. ar rived in Mena Thursday to spend two months with Mr. and Mrs. proft at the Twin Gates bungalow. MT Beck expects to join her at the enc Of that time to spend the winter in Mena.
 B. H. Thomas has been appointed deputy prosecuting attorney for Polk county by Prosecuting Attor- ney Abe Collins. the commission ar- irving Saturday. The county has been without a deputy prosecutor since C. A. Zweng left Mena a few months ago.
 J. C.. Bohmer, brother of Henry BOhmer, living in North Mena. ar- rived this week from St. Louis ana other Missouri points, where he had been visiting relatives. He will spend the remainder of this month Tn Mena before returning to his home in San Francisco.
 Prof. R. B. Dodd spent a part o1 last week visiting the county schools with Superintendent w. Homer Pigg, his school at Potter having been dismissed on account of tho fear of an epidemic of diphtheria The school in Old Potter had also been dismissed for last week.
 Mrs. ]. C. Whitner came from Texarkana Friday afternoon to spend a week or ten days in Mena in company of her daughter. Miss Helen, who has been here for a week. They are at the home oi Mir. and Mrs. ]. c. Frazier, corner Ninth street and Hickory avenue.
 w. NJ. Mathews. who has been conducting a grocery and feed store on South Mena street. has sold his stock of goods to J. l.. Hagan. who mas cufnDlneu tiie same Wlln ills store on DeQueen street. Mr Mathews is shaping his affairs SC that he can give all of his time tC the cotton brokerage business.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred R, Kinney oi fhe Live Oak" farm and B. s. Pete- fish were among the Acorn people in Mena Saturday They report that preparations are going forward for the picnic to be held at the Boy Scouts Camp next Saturday and they hope to have arrange ments so well made that all who come may have a good time.
 John Combs came in from Rocky Saturday. grineing in a sam pie of fine German millet grown as a farm crop on his farm The mil let is from four to five feet tall and the heads are large well matureC and full of seed. To the remark made by someone that millet is not good horse feed Mir. Combs replied that more horses suffer for the want of if than because of it.
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