The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11

making roads to their claims. He is engaged this week in helping some Ukianoma parties locate
 Prof \. Hamiter has moved to Hatfield and is occupying the Ivan Siinscom place.
 Pleas Rowling of Smithville, Ok was iu Hatfield sunday cn route t0 the Creek Nation
 C. q. Tunneii returned to his home at Wickes Sunday after a short visit with Prof R. B. Dodd.
 \ step breaking caused Miss Ihel- ma Ciipson to fall and fracture bone in her arm last week
 Grandma Griffin died Monday from the effects of a stroke of paralysis received Friday night
 T. A. Jordon left for Heayener on Friday. being called there by the serious illness of his son, Jack.
 Dr. Johnson reports the arrival of a fine baby boy January i, at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Davis
 C. A. Proctor and Ira Smith were in town Saturday to deliver a motor car recently purchased through the Proctor X Son agency of Mena.
 Please Rouse is now the owner of a new Ford touring car, having pur- chased one through Proctor X Son at Mena That means another good roads booster
 Hatfield won from Mena in the Basket Ball game with a score of 9 to s. The visiting team with their good nature and pleasant manners made many friends here. A party was given in their honor at the home of J. A. Cobb. There is a well come awaiting them here any time, either as team or individuality
 The Hatfield Loan Association meeting was well attended Saturday. The blank articles of incorporation had arrived. Additional directors were named bringing the number up to nine The association is now on legal footing and it is planned to have the appraiser begin their work this week The boundary lines of the district has not as yet been fully decided upon. Communications should be addressed to Handy Myers, Hatfield, Ark, who IS secretary treasurer and Hattie suggests, for the present at least, to remember the little courtesy of stamp for reply.
 Nothing has been heard lately of the proposed new depot for Hatfield. This matter should not be allowed to drop and the need of it should again be called to the attention of the railroad officials or the Railroad Commission. The passenger waiting room frequently does not afford standing room and is used jointly by men and women-in fact 1t is not nearly so good as this road supplies To the negroes in some towns to the north and south of us. Hatfield is growing and is the distributing and shipping point for a large, rapidly developing territory Railroad men tell us more freight Is unloaded here than at any other point in the coun- ty. We deserve larger and better depot. Let Us go after 1t.
 Joe Allen, with the Bank of Hat field in their campaign for better stock, announces that he can place about twenty-five thorobred bulls if he could buy them right. An odd feature of the situation Is that these cattle are qu0ted much higher in the quarantined district than they are in the tick-free counties, and to have them immune we must get them from the quarantined places. Now, what do you know about that? A premium on tieky cattle Two more shipments of pigs for the Boys Pig Club. Registered th0Tobreds, everyone of them. There is going to be some mighty fine hogs in this To- cality soon, especially if Represen- tative Burnett will do something to help keep those range hogs away.
 Hattie.