The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24

kas., Is in Mena for visit at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Peter Mild felt, living in west Mena-
 Aubrey Bolton left Friday after noon for Port Arthur, Tex, where he will enter the employ of the Crowel X Clifford Furniture Com- pany.
 Sheriff H w. Finger left Saturday afternoon for Little Rock, having in his custody Burk Edwards, whom he conveyed to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
 Mrs. H. P. Allen came from Kan sas City Thursday afternoon to spend vacation of two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. $. Allen and with other Mena relatives.
 Mrs. D. NJ. Watkins and son, Ed ward, left Tuesday for Sulphur Springs. Ark, for an extended visit at the home of Mir. and Mrs C. NJ Kelley, sister of Mrs. Watkins.
 John J. DuLaney, brother of A. D. DuLaney of Ashdown, spent Saturday in Mena in the interest of Central College and Conservatory of Fine Arts, located at Conway.
 B. c. Smith. living near Egger, came to Mena Friday to meet Mrs. Smith. who returned from a visit at her old home in Ravenswood. Va, having been away since early in July.
 MT. and Mrs. J. J. Coker and baby returned last week form Waldron, where they had spent a week with relatives. MT. Coker is in charge of the forest ranger station near Shady.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lawless and daughter. who had spent a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Dil- ley, left last week for Dodge City, kas, where Mr. Lawless is em- ployed in the Santa Fe car shops.
 J. C. Garland was in from Acorn Thursday with load of fine melons Among the lot he had two that weighed 48la and i91a pounds, re- spectively, and there were many which weighed 10 pounds and over
 Oscar Bohnstehn, brother of Mrs C. A. Welch, arrived Thursday aft ernoon from McAlester. Ok, expect ing to make his home hl Mena. Mir Bohnstehn is blacksmith by trade and began work Friday morning iIl the John Harrison shop.
 A. K. Titus, who had spent almost n year with his parents in the Dal- las valley, left Wednesday after noon, with Buffalo. N. Y., as his ul- innate destination. He plans to make stops at pittsburg, kas., Kan sas City, Chicago and Fort Wayne.
 Miss Ruth Kelley. who had spent a month or more with her brothers lat Oklahoma City, returned to Mena Wednesday, After spending a month here she will leave for Ash down near where she will teach school during a term of eight months.
 A. McMillan, who is visiting Mena friends, is getting some mighty tlattering reports concerning the colts from his percheron horse, Selain." In a letter recently writ ten, his son, Egbert. writes about a colt owned by Luke Hubbard of GlenwOod, which at four months of age weighs $50 pounds.
 Mrs Ed Jones came from Ash down Thursday afternoon to join her husband. who has been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Demp- sey. for the last two weeks. MT Jones came to Mena sick. and he had planned to camp at Bethesda Springs, but he has not been strong enough to undertake the trip.
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 ]. D. Budd and Phil Connell went to Neosho, Mo- Thursday afternoon for the purpose of bringing back Mir. Budd's 0ldsmOblie, which Mir. and Mrs. Budd had driven as far as Ne osho on their trip from Clinton. Mo, to Mena. Mir Budd at the time did not care to take the chances of driving the car thru the mountains.
 Ira Williams. who had spent a month at harvesting and threshina in Oklahoma. and then went to the oil fields in Augusta and other Butt Ter county. Kansas. points, later go- ing to Joplin returned to Mena lasl week. He does not evince much enthusiasm about the chances for a laboring man in the oil fields. and seems perfectly content to get back to Polk county.
 Neal Riding returned last Fri day from Colorado Springs, where he had recently enlisted in the Field Artillery. His battery was en- camped near Golden. where it was expected to be in training for three months. At the end of that time the battery was to be taken tO the Phil inpine Islands. and upon learning that Nears parents withheld their consent to his enlistment.
 Mrs. L. E. Fogel, of Fogel, Ok. and her mother Mrs. Allison. visit ing her from Illinois. spent Wednes- day in Mena to do some shopping and to look up the matter of rent ing homes. Mrs. FOeel is fhinkine of coming to Mena to give the chil- dren the advantage of the schools and Mrs. Allison and husband arc considering the proposition of mak- | ing Mena their permanent home.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ernest V9ersier ans children arrived "Wednesday after. noon from Jacksonville Tex, where MT. Wooster has been in the emplo, of the Cardwell Construction Com pany Mir. Voerster left Satur- dav for Stuttgart, where Mir Card | well has another contract and Mrs yoerster and children will remair in Mnna n1nfiI fheir household gnnds