The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20

Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Worthington. while in Mena Friday to attend the highway meeting, were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. R. Goff.
 Misses Gertrude, Kate and Lucy Outright returned to their home near Potter Monday after having spent couple of days with MT. and Mrs. B. J. Stuart.
 Frank Moore. Lonnie Cooper Earl and Otis Smith from the Nunley nelghborhood were in Mena today to join the crowd of workmen that is going to Little Rock to work on the cantonment.
 Ar. and Mrs X. j. James and baby of Womble were in Mena on Tues day on their return from Combs. Madison county, where they had been with relatives. They left to- day for Womble, where Mir. James IS stationed as Forest ranger.
 F. D. Pierce and Carl Gam ar rived Monday from Quapaw. Ok, having made the trip in an automo- bile, and coming by way of Fort smith and Waldron. Mr. Gam is now associated with his brother ill the retail lumber business in Qua paw.
 E. k. Blackwell, on his return to his home in Heavener from Hat field, spent short time here Satur- day. He hopes soon to move to Mena, so that he will be nearer his work and So that his children may have the advantage of the Mena schools.
 Presiding Elder J. X. Biggs of the M. E. church, South. after spending a day in Mena with Mrs. Biggs. who Is here for the summer. left Tues day for TeXarkana to again take | up his work in the district. going from Texarkana to Winthrop and other points.
 In the appOrtionment of the Coun- lty General school fund, which has been completed by Deputy County Clerk w. P Mount, Mena Special school district will receive S3.0l6. The enumeration in the district is l,0i0, and the apportionment was made at S2.90 per pupil.
 l Mir. and Mrs. N Hoyle. who came in from Clagett last week to find a location in Mena closed a deal with John Bell for the purchase of his residence on South Mena street. They plan to move to Mena as soon as they succeed in getting their bus iiness in Clagett shaped up. G. V. Merryman, living on the De- Longy farm west of Mena last week lost the registered Shorthorn bull by tick fever. The animal was shipped in about June i5, from the Patterson herd in Fl Reno, Ok, and was said to have been a fine type of this popular beef breed
 The Fort Smith Times Record of Sunday printed a picture of a squad of student aviat0rs who are in train ing on the Wright Field near Day ton, o. Little Riding is one of the lsquad of about dozen. His friends easily recognized him as one of those standing in the front row
 s. P. Hodges, brother of Mrs. Le- | T. Oal~ with Mr. and Mrs. Neal, returned to his home in Bonham, Tex, last Saturday. He has decided to come back to Polk county to live, and to that end has rented the E. F Hoff- man farm on Mountain Fork west of Hatfield
 Mrs. c. H. Russell, sister of Mrs. | F. C. Roberts, returned to her home in Dallas. Tex. last Saturday after spending a month in Mena Mrs. Russell has been in Mena during several summers and each time she 1 is better pleased than before, so that now she is planning to make this her home.
 l R. L. Norris, who will be among lthe cotton buyers on the Mena mar ] Iket this season is arranging to buy lcotton seed He is planning to erect 1 a storage house which will be locat- ed near the Mena Flour Mill in the seed buying he will represent i the Union Seed and Fertilizer Com pany of Fort Smith
 Mir. and Mrs. J, S. Wood of Yocana were in Mena Monday to shop and visit their two daughters, Mrs. w. D. Harper and Mrs. Eugene Harper, and numerous friends. Mir. Wood says he has not been in town for nearly year, just staying at home resting" and looking after his crops, which he says are fine
 B. s. Petefsh of Acorn, accompa- nied by A. c. Bare of Kansas City, spent Saturday with Mena friends Mir. Bare came from Kansas City on Monday to join Mrs. Bare at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. B. S. lpeteflsh. She had been with her parents for the last six months. Mir and Mrs. Bare returned to Kansas City the first of this week. Mr. and Mrs. H H. Bair and son arrived Sunday from Allerton, Ia, | to make their home in Mena. MT Bair, for sometime, has owned a