The Mena weekly star., 1916-04-13
Correspondence
HATFIELD HOTsTupH.

Thompson Bros. shipped a car of hogs from this place to Mena Satur- day. where they will be fed couple of weeks before shipFing to Kansas City.
 Many farmers took advantage of the recent wet spell to try for a mess of fish. While most had good luck getting eels, the fish string was unusually light.
 The past week Joe Lewis has been circulating a petition to the county judge to secure slgners remonstrat- ing against building roads through the county under the Alexander law.
 Call by Order of Directors: Meet ing of the Hatfield Fruit and Truck Growers to discuss further plans for the coming years work. If you are a member, come. If you want to be a member, come. Jas. A. Slote, sec retary.
 At first it was proposed to have the legislature make three or four wire fence a legal fence in this township. Then it was suggested it might be better to vote on 1t at this coming fall election, the possibility 0f which is now being inquired into.
 Old Man Winter returned from the North Saturday. He shook hands with the men, embraced the women and girls, pushed the thermometers down to about 30 degrees, took big frimp iii our woodpile, bit a large chunk out of our fruit and early vegetable crop and was slowly aleading back to the land of old Bo- reas Sunday
 Don't forget to mark on your ber- ry crate before shipping the number of boxes inside and whether dry or wine quart or pint size. The bureau of chemistry IS of the opini0H that they as well as peaches, plums, to- matoes, etc. that are in packages inside of crates constitute food in package form and should be marked accnrdingly.
 sAarew Sanders. son of w. H. San ders of the Agricultural College at Manhattan. kas.. is here improving 21nd looking after their property in fercSiS Mir Sanders is very enthu- siastie over the prospects of this county. He says some say it is a poor country He thinks consider 8ng the possibilities and undeveloped resources. 1t Is one of the Wealthiest.
 Our merchants have bought sev- seral tons of smoked hams, shoulders, bacon and lard from our farmers the paSt few months One farmer re- gently brought in the meat of five hogs nicely cured and smoked and he received very satisfactory price and the consumers are getting their meat a few cents less a pound. All seem satisfied except a travelling salesman, who said it had tenden- cy to demorali2e trade in that line.
 James Mcbride, the veteran straw Derry man. returned to Hatfield last week after spending the winter in Ientraia. III. Mir Mcbride has re- peatedly demonstrated the money making possibilities of growing strawberries here during the past live years. He has had various sized beds in different locations and they did well for him in all places and al- ways made him nice piece of mon ey each spring He does not see why people here do not develop this in- dustry, which IS such sure early money getter.
 One of the principal topics of dis elission on the street Saturday was She necessity of hog law in this township Owing 10 the constantly increasing price of wire many are 00t able to fence against the few hogs still running at large As a consequence many acres will not be planted this spring. One farmer says he had i0 acres of new ground he could not plant on this account. and timber is becoming too yaua- DIe to cut into rails. Did you ever figure how many thousands of dol- lars of hog wire it takes to shut out a few razorbacks? One farmer said If his bog wire money went for yearlings five years ago he she would have nice little herd of rattle now. As it is he has one fence that is out of repair and getting worse
 Hattin