The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-27

]. M. Taylor was in from Big Fork Thursday to sell meat and slaugh- tered hogs.
 s. c. Liner, Mrs. B. Gibson and Miss Otus Henderson were among the Hatfield people trading in Mena Thursday.
 Earl Davis, home on furlough since Sunday, left on Thursday to report for duty at Camp Beaure- gard, La.
 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Duncan and baby arrived on Thursday from Boring, Tex, for visit at the home of MT. and Mrs. B. A. Duncan.
 Walter Elliott, livinf three miles northeast of Cove, was in Mena on Thursday. He has a contract with eastern parties to lease 10000 ocres of land for oil prospecting.
 T. R. Bates of Hatfield was in Mena Wednesday to make the trans fer of the title of his Mountain Fork farm, which he had sold to D. 0. Peoples of Logan county, Arkansas.
 Mrs. J. E. Hall of Fort Smith, who had spent the last week visit ing her parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. A, Earl, out on Route No. 3, will leave Friday morning for paducah, Tex.
 The i2-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Willis Fite, living near Nun ley, received a fracture of his right leg and arm Saturday night in a fall from a tree. He also received bad gash on his forehead Dr. P R. Watkins and Dr. J. G. Hilton at tended the lad.
 Miss Eva Converse, teacher in the Heavener schools, came to Mena Wednesday to spend part of the hol- iday vacation with her parents, Mir and Mrs. G. A. Converse in the Posey Hollow country. She was aceompa- nied to Mena by Miss Helen Weir, who returned home Thursday. Miss Mamie Ryan of Little River, Kas, is spending the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. William Ryan of Egger. She plans to re- turn to Little River the latter part of next week.
 County Judge A. E. Wear and Mrs Wear moved this week from the Oakdale farm to the J. W. Bradley farm, located east of the Thacker school, which was bought last fall by Judge Wear.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Lowery re- 1 turned on Thursday from a visit of about a year with relatives in Ohio and West Virginia. They will again live on their farm west of Mena. During their absence the place was in charge of w. c. Bec- ton.
 Miss Johnnie Gibson of tine Bos- ton store left Monday afternoon to spend Christmas with relatives at | Gurdon. She was joined at Hat field by her father, who accompa- nied her on the trip.
 Pat Donohue mad letter Wednes- day from his son, Joe, one of the Polk county registrants located al Camp Beauregard, La. Joe writes that he is cook of his company, the IA Engineers, and that he is on duty on alternate days. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robert and family were in receipt of tele- gram Christmas day from Louis Robert at Jefferson Barracks, Mo, stating that he had passed all ex- aminations and was now ready for the service He will be in the quar- termaster's department.
 w. p. Whisenant of Ransom was in Mena Thursday with a bale of cotton ginned from the bolls The bale weighed 606 pounds, and sold at 2i cents per pound, making a total of si2626, for a product that was not taken into consideration in former years.
 William Ryan, in from Egger on Wednesday. reported that with the help of his betterhalf and i9-year- old boy. he succeeded during the past season in making i9 bales of cotton. tho he says because of the difficulty in getting help at the proper time. some of his other farm crops were neglected.
 J. F. Joplin of Wiekes and Ike Me Donald of Cove came to Mena on Wednesday evening, the first named coming to spend the night with his father. n. B. Joplin, who was taken rather seriously i'll on Christmas, but who was reported better Thurs day They returned home Thurs day being accompanied by w. | Green of the Farmers X Merchants Bank, who made a business trip to