The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-05

favorable location could be found near the M K. church building. Hat field. at the least district confer lence, was cut off from the Wander yo0rt circuit, and the town was left unprepared for parsonage accom- m0dations. other than rental prop erty, and the Rev. w. B. Arnold and family have had to rent since com ing on the work.
 r. Holder reports his alfalfa iii fine shape.
 Several mining claims changed hands for a good round sum last week.
 Mrs James Scott spent the week end with several friends near Hat ! field
 l The past two weeks have been fine i for polienizing plums and pears gen. erally have set heavy crop.
 Tandy Myers planted 35 acres to lcOrn last week. He is preparing to plant several acres to Feterita.
 Albert Calhoun and wife. of Rear lney, Nebr., are here visiting several of their former townsmen for a few days.
 { i m gOon shape. Crop will be little late. A few early blooms got brown eyes frost.
 Mir. Harker was hunting labor saving machinery Saturday. Says he must cover more ground with one going over.
 Jas. A. Slote is setting out 5000 cabbage plants to furnish cabbage for canning, and kraut. which will also be canned
 According to farmers questioned Saturday. more than 1000 acres were planted to corn in this yicin- ity last week.
 John Ogden of Rocky was in town Saturday, making arrangements to place his sons, Roy and Joe,s in school at this place.
 w. H. Howard is preparing to plant much larger crop of tobacco than common. Sweet Pryor will be the variety grown.
 Dr. Gibson, with the bureau of animal industry, is planning on giv- ing demonstration of vaceinating hogs against cholera this week John Griffin from west of town re- ports planting progressing finely, altho several were delayed by for est ilres which burned several fences.
 s. R. Hynes, who got so many pre- miums for produce at the fairs the past two years, says the prospects are fine so far for a good truck crop this year
 The Pines Plantation has planted and reset i5 bushels of Dahlia, Glad iolas and Gamma bulbs, also many Caladrums and peonias. Tn winter the increase goes to seed houses and for premiums.
 Asparagus, onions, radishes, let tuee greens, etc. are beginning to appear on the table, but it will be at least month before spud Mur- phy will be with us again.
 & pottorif has bedded out : bu of potatoes to furnish plants for his plantings this spring. Mir. pottorff always raises large crop and has no trouble in disposing of it.
 The K. c. S. Railway Company, thru its agriculturist, J. Hollister Tull, say they will make an exhibit at our fair. 1t will be along edu- cational lines. showing packages, how to pack and when to pack. Itob HISS It.
 Tandy Myers. secretary of our local land loan association, received word from the St. LOnis Regional bank that per cent would be about what the interest rate would be Something over S60,000 in applica- tions are now in.
 C. Y eneil, who is making handles here says we have the kind of hick- ory he wants If he can just get the farmers interested enouah to sell him the wood he will bring a crew here and make the factory a permanent industry
 Two cars were set out here Sat- urday for hog shipments. Buyers were paying Sc Two farmers sold 220 pounds of home. cured hams at 22c per pound. ands iS7 pounds of bacon al iSc per pound. at Hatfield and Cove. Read this over again
 Reports from west of town indi- cate the Elberta peach crop did not suffer from the recent freeze quite as much as east of town. The pres ent outlook is about i0 per cent of a crop. Clings, seedlings and most other varieties will have enough fer a good crop