The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-05

 night for Los Angeles to join MT. Garter, who has been there for the last six or seven months. Minor pipkin went to Grannis on Monday to spend Tuesday taking dispositions in a suit in which Gran his parties are interested.
 Otis Alexander came from Fort Smith on Monday to cover a part of his fathers territory as sales man for the Apple Hat Company.
 County Superintendent w. Homer pigg returned Sunday from Little Rock, where he had attended the meeting of the State Teachers As- sociation.
 s. R. Watt of Board Camp was in Mena Saturday Having five sons, all of military age, Mr. Watts is watching the war developments with more than usual interest.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gramley spent Sunday in Dallas. MT. Gramley, as president of the County Sunday School Association, having gone out to attend the district Sunday school lconvention.
 Mrs Aga Penninger, who had spent the last six weeks at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Tibbs, near Watson, Ok, returned to Mena Sunday night, to go from here to her home near Shady
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. Ewing and son, l George, who had spent the winter in Mena as they had done for the last three witners, left Monday for their home in Lexington, Mo, where they will be during the summer. W. c. Benson was in from Mena Sunday from Big Fork and was ac- companied home by NJ. Keeser of Oklahoma City, B. F. Milan of Hugo, and T. A. Burnett of Medill, Ok. All the parties are interested in ore prospects in Eastern Polk county.
 Mack Logan began work Tuesday morning in the grocery department of the Petty store, taking the place of M F. Ratliff, who is spending this week in the Oden and Waters neighborhoods, attempting to re- cuperate after his seize of pneumo- nia.
 ]. H. Ammons was in from the Alder Springs community Tuesday, accompanied by Dink Winton, of whom he has just purchased 10 acres of land for home. He says he has almost fully recovered his health since the loss of his arm some weeks ago.
 Wismon Bohnen, aged 36 and Miss Beer bowman, aged 36, both of Wat son. Ok, were granted a marriage license Monday by County Clerk Will Alexander, and were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace l.. N. Burnett. The contracting parties are both Choctaw Indians. |
 Col. c. H. Jett, c. II. Jett Jr., J. E. Joplin, Calvin Baker and A. c. Hie- ginbottom composed an auto party that came from WicLes Monday evening to look after the payment of their taxes and other business mat ters. They made the trip in the Higginbottom car, returning home Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H. Jennings re- turned Saturday from Waldron, where they had been at the home of their son, Jesse. While in Waldron, Mir. Jennings did some carpentry work for his son in the way of fit ting up the confectionery and cold drink business which he recently opened.
 1 Mir. and Mrs. William Keeshan of Albion, Nebr., who had spent the winter in Hot Springs, were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Per- Irigo, living west of Mena. Mir. kee- shan is a brother of Mrs. Perrigo. They have returned to Hot Springs to start from there for their Nebras- ka home.
 c. c. Mills, who returned the lat | ter part of last week from Fort Smith, whither he had accompanied Mrs. Mills last week, to undergo an operation in St. Johns hospital. re- ports that Mrs. Mills successfully underwent the operation and since he left indicates that she is getting along nicely
 Prof. t. F. lobe returned Monday morning from Little Rock, where he had attended the meeting of the State Teachers Association, and vis- tied at the home of his brother. He reports that the meeting of the as- sieiation this year was one of the i best he has ever attended, and the attendance was a record breaker also
 Mir. and Mrs. F. K. Knowlton of the Yocana community, who recent l ly sold their Polk county holdings. came to Mena Monday to complete preparations to start for Bakers ifield, Cal, where they expect to make their home. They were brought to Mena by H R. Groves, and left Tuesday for their new 1 h ffl1nt fq tt