The Mena weekly star., 1916-11-30

from the north, she was glad 10 leave for her home in Arkansas.
 Mrs. H. W. Finger spent Sunday with relatives at Hatfield.
 Mason oldham came in Sunday from Posey Hollow, returning home Monday
 Phil, Lit and Eugene Abernathy and C0rda Cox were among the Big Fork folks in Mena Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ray Kilbury of Falls City, Nebr. who had been visiting at the home of $. II. Kilbury near Potter, left for their home Saturday.
 Minor pipkin returned Saturday night from a trip to Shady, from whence he had made a trip into Howard county with J s. Lawrence.
 Mrs. D. H, Hopkins, Mrs. Hazel Jackson and Mrs. J. H. Brateher went to Page Saturday to spend Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. c. Nj. Hopkins
 Mrs. J NJ. Massay who attended the National convention of the Wo- mans Christian Temperance Union at Indianapolis, stopped here Satur- day to visit Mir and Mrs. H. Bou- chell. She is en route to her home at Greenville, Tex
 S. E. Wallace of the Holly Springs neighborhood was among the farm CTS in town Saturday. Mir Wallace, in addition to looking after his own to The Weekly Star, ar ranged to have it sent to his broth CT, J. A. Wallace, in DeQueen.
 Lit Abernathy of Big Fork and Miss Retta Hilton, daughter of Mir and Mrs Shade Hilton of Egger stole a march on their Polk county friends week before last, by going to Wilburton, Ok to get married. They returned to Polk county last week.
 The Commissioners of Improve ment District No. ? have selected Judge Wright Prickett as the col lestor for the improvement taxes for the ensuing year. This is a position which has been held for several years by H. J. Radcliffe.
 John Bogle and son and daughter Ben and Blake, were her Saturday to shop and attend to business Mir Bogie sold four bales of cotton this year, and says he's not going to pro- duce any more next year, intending to play safe by producing plenty ot foodstuffs.
 w. l. Lauck returned Friday from a three-day hunt near Eagle ton having been with R. ?. Harris and others. Aside from having en- joyed the outing, he reports that the result of the hunt was bag of thir- ty-eisht squirrels and one wild tur- key
 Allen Bates, son of Mir. and Mrs George Bates of Big Fork, returned to Mena Thursday after having served an enlistment of four years in the navy. The chances are that after a visit with homefolks anC friends. he will re-enlist He went to Big Fork Friday to be with hi. parents.
 Mrs. Will S MacLafferty and twC little daughters returned last Satur- day from Cedar Rapids, Ia. havine been away for about two months during which time they visited rela- tives in Iowa and Minnesota. Thcil return home was hastened by tht illness of Master James MaeLaiferty who, however. is improving.
 Dr c. C. Gunnels left Friday after noon for TeXarkana. from whence he will make a trip thru southern Arkansas m the interest of the AL len-Jackson automobile agency, 1T which he and R. Con of this city are interested His purpose is tC establish local agencies for the AL len and Jackson ears in the variou, points which he will visit. L Nj Davis came in from thC Nerba Buena ranch Monday tC bring in Q load of canned goods country sorghum and dried fruit tC be shipped Go his regular customers in Illinois Mir. Davis reports that he has a flock of fine turkeys which he Is getting ready for the Christ mas market They are now being fattened on peanuts.
 R, Osborn came in from Noun tain Top farm Monday, bringing in a coop of fine chickens which had been raised by Mrs. E. c. Trent There were three dozen of the young fowls. which had been matched last September and had at tained an average weight of about a pounds. MT osborn. not being able to get what he thought was a satis- factory price from the local buyers.
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