The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-01

w l.. Leaman of Eagleton was a business visitor to Mena Friday.
 I. A. Henderson of Hatfield was a business visitor in Mena Thursday.
 Mrs. w. K. Mershon of Hatfield was in Mena Thursday of last week with relatives.
 J. w. yanwinkle, living on the Rich Mountain was among the farm CTS in Mena Thursday
 J. w. Taylor came in from Waters "Wednesday to get field and garden seeds for the spring planting. w. F. Taylor and son, J. D., and H. L. Myers, all of Cove came up on Wednesday to trade with Mena mer- chants.
 G. (. Smallwood of the Board Camp community was in Mena on Thursday to market peas and in turn took out seed and other SUD- plies.
 Nj. D. Sexton of Fogel spent the day Wednesnesday in Mena getting a supply of wire and other fence building material to make improve ments on his farm.
 Mr. and Mrs. Bethel Bates and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mays, newly married couples of the Big Fork country, were in Mena Wednesday to get furniture and other household SUD- plies to go to housekeeping T. s. McNulty of the Ink neigh borhood was among the farmers in Mena Thursday. Mir. McNulty is one of the farmers who is going to raise most of the necessities of life, let ting the other fellow raise cotton. Tom Mcdonald of Gaston was m Mena Thursday to market peas, which he sold to s. M Riding at S2 per bushel. Mir. Mcdonald went from here to Rocky to spend day with friends before returning home 
 w. A. Christopher came in from Thomasville "Wednesday afternoon to look after business interests in Mena. He reports that he and Mrs. Christopher are comfortably located, but that he has not yet installed his stock of goods.
 Herman Purvis. son of Mir. and | Mrs. l.. p purvis of Board Camp. who had been attending the Mena High School during this year, has given up school work and returned home Friday to assist his father in the store.
 J. F. Taylor and w. M Chamblin of the Potter community were among the farmers here Friday Both of them report that they are well along with their spring work, and they are beginning to get ready for corn planting.
 George J. Meuser. living on the Brady farm near Egger, was in Mena Thursday, having just returned from Evansville, Ind, whither he had been called on account of the death of his father MT. Meuser has been a resi- 1 dent of Polk county for about year. and he is we'll satisfied with farming and climatic conditions. H. s. Hoover of Egger was among the folks here Thursday. Mr. Hoover has been in charge of the A. C.. Bratcher store in Egger since early in January. and expects to continue the business during the year. Mir. Bratcher has taken up his residence on the farm and will make a crop during the coming season. C. l. Walker, former resident of Mena, having at one time been in the employ of B. F. Atkinson. and now living in Rush. Ark. arrived in Mena "Wednesday night. He is inter- ested in mining propositions in Ma lrion county. and his mission to Mena is to endeavor to interest local par ties in the organization of a mining company.
 Rev. A. 0. Nash, who is with the Iowa colony which located east of Vandervoort last fall, was in Mena Wednesday to buy farming imple- ments and other supplies for the spring work. He reports that the members of the colony are getting comfortably located on their home steads, and all of them are going earnestly at the work of carving homes out of the wilderness.
 THE HEN THAT LAYS
 is the hen that pays. If she does not lay, kill her, but before you kill her give her B. A. Thomas Poultry Remedy twice a day for week, and