The Mena weekly star., 1916-11-30

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 J. A. Alls of Board Camp was a i business visitor Thursday.
 Mrs. C. E. Webb of Heavener is in Mena as the guest of Mrs. C. W. Copeln.
 l Rev. J. II. Patterson left Monday afternoon for Ada, Ok, on a pros pecting trip.
 l W. ?. Harman returned Sunday from California, where he had been for the past three months.
 Lee Alexander spent "Wednesday with Mena relatives and friends, re- turning to Heavener Wednesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. w. S. Standridge and Mrs. James Standridge, all of Opal, were attending to business and vis- iting friends in Mena Monday.
 Mrs. J. c. Allen came from Hat field Saturday afternoon to spend a day with relatives and friends, Mrs, Allen having come also to have some dental work done.
 | w. M Hedges of Wickes, who re- gently made final proof of his home stead entry was in Mena Monday to make additional proof required by those i'll charge of the land office at | Camden
 | Mrs. John Bluitt of the Foran Gap country returned Monday from a trip Of six months, during whicL time she visited relatives in Wis consin, Iowa and other northern states.
 Miss Mary Mershon, who returned | Saturday from visit of two months at the home of her sister, Mrs. Guy l Thornton, in Fort Smith, began work last Monday in the Farmers X Mer- chants bank.
 II Mrs Mable pardue and four chil- dren of Isom Springs, Ok, who had ; spent week at Big Fork at the home of Mrs. W. c. Benson, mother of Mrs. Pardue, left for their home Sunday morning.
 Mrs. Ara J. Smith died at the fam < fly home a mile south of Bethesda Springs on Sunday. The funeral , services were held Monday forenoon by the Rev. w. L. Smith, and burial was in the Dallas cemetery.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. NJ. Watkins left Sunday for Hot Springs where they z will spend a month or more for the benefit of Mr. Watkins health. He had been unable to be at the store for little over week.
 w. NJ. Taylor, who came last week from Faxon, Ok, to visit Polk coun- ty relatives and to look after some matters of business, returned home Monday He is leasing Indian i land in Comanche county Ok, ano he finds that more profitable thar 10 own the land.
 G. l.. Glenn arrived in Mena Sat urday to spend Sunday with hi. parents. Mir. and Mrs. G. NJ. Glenn
 lying on Hickory avenue. Mr. Glenr lives in St. Paul, Minn., and he tra- , Iyels out of Chicago for the Alta, Auto Supply Company. On Saturday last, R. L. Norri, bought the nineteen bales of cottoT which had been stored in Mena bS Willis Wimberly of Egeer. At tn, same time he secured five bales which had been stored by Tom Nor. ris of Opal. He paid 20 cents pound for the entire lot
 w. H. Littlepage of Hatfield come to Mena Sunday and spent Monday looking after business matters. Mir Littlepage is running a saw mil west of Hatfield. just across the state line, and he reports that the demand for lumber is so strong thai the mill is running full time.
 Mr and Mrs Jewell Beavers of tine Potter community were in Mcna , Thursday to market bunch oI : geese and to shop While the price for live geese is low compared with chickens and turkeys, Mr. and l Mrs Beavers consider them profit able any way for the returns that they get in feathers.
 | Fred R. Kinney and son, Lawrence of the Live Oak farm near Acorn were on the market Monday with fine shoats which they sold to Ben | Strauss at SA cents per pound. The pigs had been farrowed in March and had been we'll cared for and fed so that the total weight of the four head amounted to ITO pounds. which makes an average of i92 pounds each
 1 John Combs and son, Ava, of Rocky were in Mena Friday to mar | ket corn. Mir Combs. from the signs of the times has come to the realization that Polk county real estate values are going to advance, and that the time will be when cheap lands will be thing of the past so he is beginning t0 cast about 1 Ia assist his Sanc in oeattino farr,s