The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-25

Levi Shaw was up from Grannis Weonesday Co look after matters of i business.
 1 Mr and Mrs. James Barber of Eg- ger were in Mena Tuesday to market cotton and to do trading. 1 Dr. P. R. Watkins reports tha birth of son Tuesday night to Mr and Mrs C. E. Anderson of Acorn.
 D. 0. Miller returned Tuesday from Paradise. Kas.. where he had been since the first of the month looking after his business interests.
 MT and Mrs. ". J. Davenport ar rived from TeXarkana for a visit with their son, w. c. Davenport who lives on the Gady farm west of Mena.
 l Fred II Daniels received a tel5- gram on "Wednesday announcing the Iarrival of 9-pOund boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Daniels IL Hutchinson, kas.
 Mrs. 4. B. Palmer of the Twin Oaks farm in the Foran Gap coun- try, left Tuesday on an extended visit with relatives in Kansas City, Chilicothe, Mo. and Wichita, Kas. G. w. Fisher of Cove was in Mena Wednesday to make final proof of his homestead entry before County Clerk Will Alexander. Walter Ei- liott and Barney B. Fisher were his witnesses.
 F. P. Main of Ackron, Colo. after spending several days in Mena, left for his home Tuesday. Mir. Main prospected for a location, and when he left had several propositions un.- der consideration.
 J. T. Martin. formerly a resident of Grannis, but now living at Broken Bow, Ok, spent Wednesday in Mena on business. He left Grannis about a year ago, tho he still owns his land near Grannis.
 l Mrs. S NJ. Riding returned Tues lay afternoon from Fl. Smith. where she had been with Mrs. K. c. Rob- erts at St. Johns hospital since Sat urday. She reports that Mrs. Rob- erts is getting along nicely after un- dergoing an operation Sunday. l
 w. B. Johnston and Miss Callie Rhodes, both of Vandervoort. who were granted "a marriage license Monday, were married at the office of the County Clerk, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. J. R. Rushing of the M E. church. South. Mir. and Mrs. R. & Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal, arrived in Mena Mon day. for the purpose of prospecting | for location. Mr. Wilson has been a railroad man, but has decided be- cause of failing health to go back to the farm.
 | Judge w " Martin and F. M. | Reeves returned Tuesday afternoon | from DeQueen, where they had at ltended the session of Chancery court for the trial of case in which Mir. Reeves was interested as plaintiff. The ease, however, was not ready | for trial.
 \. D. Breckenridge of Octavia. Ok. was in Mena Tuesday to arrange for a public sale to be held October i2. | Mr. Breckenridge recently sold his farm, and after the sale of his stock. machinery and other things he will return to 0kmulgee, Ok, to work in the oil fields.
 MT. and Mrs, J s. Simpson and Earl Simpson ofsEgger came in on Tuesday to market cotton, and re- malned over day to do trading. They sold two bales at 27.50 cents per pound which Mr Simpson says will net him about $50 per acre on land that a couple of years ago he bought for S2.50 per acre. J. P. Eubanks of the Freedom neighborhood was in Mena Tuesday to take out his household goods which had just arrived from Anson. Tex. MT Eubanks and his family l arrived about a month ago, having come from the drouth-stricken sec ton of Texas. He expects to go ex- tensively into the livestock business in Polk county, his plan being to raise Poland China hogs and Jersey cattle
 w. R. Sossamon of Hot Springs returned home Monday afternoon after having spent Sunday in Nena with his parents. the Rev. D. J. Soss- anon and Mrs. Spssamon, and with his brother, Fred, who has been l critically ill for a week or more. MT. SOssamor is in the ErnigratiOn