The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-15


 D. c. and B. s. Evans of Oden were among the farmers in Mena Friday getting supplies.
 J. B. Hendricks of Board Camp was among the farmers in Mena Saturday to market hogs.
 Marion Owens, son of Ben Owens of the Beach, Ok, community was in Mena Friday to do trading.
 J. NJ. Strawn and two sons of Free dom township were among the farmers in town Friday to get SUD- plies.
 Dr. P. R. Watkins went to Wickes Thursday afternoon from whence he went to Duckett to attend to some of his patients.
 J. F. Standridge of Opal was in Mena Friday, taking out with him new hack purchased for the com- fort of the family.
 M. c. Jones from near Rocky was on the market Friday with home cured pork, bringing in two hams which weighed 6415 pounds.
 Mrs. w. A. Baker and daughter. Miss Ruth, returned to Mena Thurs day afternoon after having spent a year in southern California.
 Mrs. A. E. Cranor and children ar Tiyed in Mena Thursday for visit at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Joe Elm erson and other Mena relatives.
 J. E. Joplin, George Hammond and 4. c. Higginbottom of Wickes and R. l.. Bell of Vandervoort were Mena visitors Friday, making the trip in Mr. Joplin's new Maxwell auto.
 MT. and Mrs. J. C. Allen of Hat field were in Mena Friday calling on friends and doing shopping as well as looking after business matters with county officers and others.
 IL " Q <hlAutlSoil Ol l 1WO-Mltb WHO had spent several days in Mena with Judge R. M Anderson, and Mrs. An derson, returned home Thursday.
 J. c. Wood came in from Yocana Thursday afternoon to attend the meeting being conducted by Elder R. B. Mckinley in the Baker build ing on South Mena street
 The stock of the Grand Leader, which was recently bought by the management of the Fair Store. has been moved into the room in the Harman block with The Fair stock.
 w. w. Garrett of the Eagle Gap country was among the farmers in Mena Saturday. Mir. Garrett is breeder of Duroc hogs and he is making an effort to introduce new blood into his herd.
 ii. k. Manning returned last Fri day from a business trip to Fort smith. He had contemplated mak- ing a trip to Kansas City also, but found it unnecessary to do so.
 Dr. B. k. Dunman of Potter spent Thursday in Mena. Mir. Dunman had given up the practice of medi- cine for several years, but recently he again opened an office in Potter.
 Mir. and Mrs. Isaac Saurbaugh and son-in-law, Oscar Cummings, were among the Freedom township folks in town Friday, having come in to do some trading, but more particular ly to market hogs for Mir. Cummings.
 P. c. Rogers, local registrar has just received his certificate for serv- ices during the year 1916, which shows that he had reported 67 deaths and 76 births during the year.
 T. NJ. Duncan came in from Hart ley Saturday to attend to paying taxes and other business in the county seat. He came as far as Nunley Friday night, stopping there to spend the night with his old neighbor, J. F. Smith.
 County Demonstration Agent Chas. c. Delaney and Home Demonstration Agent Miss Anna Woods went to Cove Thursday afternoon to meet with the people of that community and push the organization of boys and girls clubs
 J. A. Wilhite returned to Mena Friday afternoon from Kansas City whither he accompanied the re- mains of Mrs. J. w. Hile, having left here last Wednesday night. The funeral services for Mrs. lille were held Friday in Kansas City, Kas.
 Luke Slangstrom was in Mena Fri day making arrangements to leave for Mountain View, Ok, the home of his father, where he expects to en- gage in farming. He and Mrs. Slangstrom and the children started Saturday night for their new home.
 Artie Lawrence, son of J. S. Law renee Of the Shady community, re- turned last week from Augusta, Kas., where he had been employed for the past six months in the oil fields. He went to his home Fri- day. Mir Lawrence states that he had steady employment all of the tune at good wages, but in the end. after paying exorbitant prices for