The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-01
day celebrating washington's birth

day celebrating Washington's birth day.
 | N0TlCE--I will be in my studio each and every "Wednesday after noon. R. E. McCANN .--Adv9 4t
 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Slote and baby, James T., returned Co theit home at Heayener Saturday after three weeks visit With home folks. 1 Farm Demonstrator Charles C. Delaney will be in Hatfield Thursday and Friday and will meet the farm CTS at the auditorium Thursday night,
 That genial salesman. Ralph Buckley. of the Atkins X Willis Hardware Company of Fort Smith, lcalled on the merchants in Hatfield Thursday.
 J. R. Calvert and David Bowers went out east to their manganese mines Friday. where they are dig ging car of ore for shipment to be assayed
 Sheriff II. w. Finger, Mrs. Finger, and Bascom. and Miss Johnnie Hen derson and Miss Johnnie Gipson were down from Mena Sunday pay ing social visits in Mr. Fingers new Ford.
 Drew Colley and daughter, Mrs. Guy Gray and her little son, Fred came up from Cove Thursday anu spent the day with Mrs. w. II. Me- Donald. proprietress of the Star Hotel.
 Miss Ola Littlepage, Miss June Henderson and Bascom Finger of Mena, attended the wedding of kel- sic Skinner and Miss Bess Cecil, which took place Sunday at the brides home at Vanderyoort.
 Prof R. B. Dodd drove out in the country Saturday in the interest of the Boys Pig Club and visited three of the members of the club, Marvin Evans, Fletcher Richardson and Freeman Dover, and was very much pleased with the way the boys were handling their fulllblood Poland Chinas.
 Three wagon loads of Hatfield folks attended the school exhibition at Two-Mile Friday night In one wagon were Prof. and Mrs. R. B. Dodd. Misses Pauline and Marjorie Dodd, Misses Linia Johpson, Alice Williams and Ola Littlepage Alex Parsons and Mir Rear The second wagon. Misses Isla Cox, Thelma Gip- son, Ethel Rouse, Bonnie Pool, Jetty Stinscom and Lillie and Hattie pletz- kow; Messrs. H. c. Watkins, Ole Bates, .Athur Cobb, Penn and ]. B. Williams, Jr., and Emerson Oaks. | Mir and Mrs. j. A. Cobb and Misses Myrtle Cobb and June Henderson made the trip in livery hack.
 Several good buildings are planned | for Hatfield this summer.
 An interesting program IS prom l ised for the last day of school.
 J. H Dupree has sold his farm on | Two~Mile Co A. Osborn of Texas. l Frank Hamilton. who has been working the place will move to 1 Gomanche county, Texas, this week l
 Several farmers were marketing hay in town the past week. The ! quality was much better than that 1 asaaily shipped ii.
 Packers cans for March delivery | are quoted at about S5.00 per f.0sa ] above last year for No. 3s Labels l are Si00 Der 1000 higher
 scatter some kind of litter over the ! strawberry bed so the berries wont I lie on the ground Do 1t now while l
 plants are coming thru
 The screw was given another turn 1 last week when freight rates were { advanced. We do not know why pr l who ordered the raise but We have { a huneh We know who is going to 1 pay 1t. Dig up,
 If you haven't trimmed your grape | vines yet. don't put 1t off any longer | If you want to start new vine, | leave rather long runner on. dig mp a spading of earth close t0 the main stem. double the runner down in the hole and cover tight with earth This will root. Next spring you can cut 1t on and set where 
 Present indications are Hatfield will have the biggest and best annu- al fair in its history Inquiries are coming in from Fayetteville and other parts of the state and some exhibitors are already smoothing up their stock. Someone is going to get a premium of S5000 in the live stock exhibit, and other departments will have premiums worth trying for.
 Start a few cabbage and tomato plants in hot bed or even in a box in the house. A good plan is to heat the dirt first to kill the insects and weed seed. Can or kraut the sur plus cabbage As Dutchman once said, "A barrel of kraut was a mighty good thing to have around in case of sickness He also said, Any man what don't like saur- Sraut was liar"
 Hattie. For Sale or Rent-i0 farm, miles
 west of Mena about 25a in cul- Iivation. Mrs. Mary Koler, Route 2, Nena. Ark.Adv.,9 9 1t.
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