The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-18

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 c. J. Hilton and Sam Harper of the Yocana neighborhood were among the few farmers in Mena on Tuesday.
 J. M. Steward came from Umpire, Howard county, Monday to do trad ing in Mena, returning to his home Tuesday.
 Baxter Bates of Waters was in Mena Wednesday on his return from business trip to Antlers and other Oklahoma points.
 Mrs. Bernard Dunman went to Potter Monday to spend a few days at the home of her parents, Mir and Mrs. R. B. Rayburn.
 J. P, Weddle of the Ransom neighborhaad left last Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn, where he expects to get employment
 s. P. Orrick and Will Harrison made trip to Big Fork the latter part of this week to complete the moving of Mir. 0rrick's goods to Mena.
 R. s. Manley, living west of Rocky, braved the bad weather Tuesday, and came to town to market load of cowpeas which he sold at Si75I per bushel.
 Eugene Blackwell came from Page Monday afternoon to look aft CT some matters of business for the Blackwell, Buschow and Hill Lum- Der Company.
 Mrs. Vivian Beal and baby, who had been the guest of Mrs. Ernest Hopper and family since the holi- days, left Monday for their home in Galveston, Tex.
 MT. and Mrs. Homer Stuart of Paris, Tex, arrived Sunday for a visit of two weeks or longer at the home of Hr. and Mrs. Stuart, par ents of Mr. Stuart.
 Thos Holman Of Egger returned to Mena Tuesday from trip to vis- | 1t relatives in Madison and John son counties, Arkansas, having been away since before Christmas.
 Richard Gruener arrived from Chicago Tuesday afternoon for a stay of week to look after real estate interests of his father Jacob Gruener, who owns 240 acres located on the Potter road. Mr. Gruener is stopping at the Mena Hotel.
 Tine infant daughter aged less than a week, of Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Nichols, died Tuesday at the home near the Trumbull Slave Mill. h. terment was in the Dallas cemetery Wednesday. MT. Nichols is em- ployed in the Trumbull slave mill.
 Phil T. Stevenson closed deal Monday for the purchase of resi- dence in Mena, and he and Mrs. Stevenson are planning to move as soon as the weather mOderates. The | residence bought is located at ili4 Janssen avenue, and is known as the Tanner property
 Mir and Mrs. Thos II. Clark. who had been in Mena for sometime as- sisting Mrs w. H. Ronemus. mother of Mrs. Clark in getting her busi- ness affairs settled left Tuesday for their home in Marshaltown, Iowa They were accompanied by Mrs. l R0nemus, who will make her home with them
 C. w Petty makes freduent trips these days to his farm located on the l 0uachita river east of Mena, where he is wintering about ITO head of l cattle. He reports that all of them, 1 with the exception of a few of the 1 calves, are doing fine, but neverthe- l less, he makes it rule to keep in close touch with conditions from day to day.
 J. Hollister Tull returned Tuesday from Indianapolis, Ind, whither he | had accompanied Mrs. Tull to the | home of her parents, Mir and Mrs. | J. R. Cavanagh, where she will re- main for several weeks. Mir. Tull | will leave again Thursday morning | for Wilton, where a truck growers | meeting is to be held on that day. | and on Saturday he will be with the 1 truck growers in Orretta, La.
 The prevailing cold weather this week is not deterring Mir. and Mrs | T. G. Green from moving to the | Lochridge farm in the Dallas val ley. MT. Green took out some of the Household goods last Saturday. | and Tuesday he had several teams at | work taking out the remainder of 1 the goods. He has concluded that | he would rather take the chances with the cold weather than to run | the risk of muddy roads.
 l.. c. Wilson of St. Joe, Mo, who | had spent several days in Wickes looking after his interests, arrived in !, Mena "Wednesday to spend short | time with friends and to look after | business matters. He started on the | home trip Wednesday night, but will | detour and make a trip to Butler county, Kansas, to visit at the home