The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31

R. F. N ear and son, Bonnie, Of Ink, were among the farmers in Mena Friday.
 Among those up from Potter Fri day were c. D. Owens and w. M. Owens and son.
 I. D. Jones came in from Womble Friday morning, having made the trip in his automobile.
 j. l.. Lyle was in from the Foran Gap country Friday to call on friends and get supplies.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. G. Lawrence re- turned Friday morning from their goods-buying trip to Fort Smith.
 Jeff and Jack Lowther and J. M. Taylor from near Potter were among the farmers in Mena Thurs day.
 J. NJ. Allen, despite the bad roads was in from Big Cedar Thursday with cotton. selling one bale for STA
 Dr. P. R. Watkins reports the birth of son last Thursday to Mir. and Mrs. Hamp Cunningham, living on the Bethesda Springs road.
 
 Uncle Sam Looney of Board Camp and son, H. L. Looney of Big Fork, came in Thursday to get supplies and to call on friends, returning home early Friday.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. Barnard, living on Twelfth street were notified last week of the death of Mir. Barnard's brother, Levi which occurred at Museatine, Ia. The deceased suc- cumbed to siege of pneumonia.
 l. A. Hunter has reason to think hog raising profitable. He killed one animal last week weighing 100 pounds, dressed. He had no difll- eulty in selling the meat at 20 cents per pound
 Harold Palmer of Chillicothe, Mo-, nephew of A. B. Palmer of the For an Gap country, after spending two weeks with his uncle and family at Twin Oaks farm, left for his home Thursday afternoon.
 B. ]. Stuart returned Thursday from Ashdown where he had been since Sunday attending the Little River Circuit court. Friday after noon he went to Watson, Ok. where he had law suit to try.
 W. L. Lunsford, postmaster and merchant of Yocana. returned on Thursday from a businehs trip to Fort Smith. He is making plans to branch out in his business by in stailing a grist mill to do custom grinding and feed ehopping for the neighborhood.
 Ben Atwood came in Thursday night from Hot Springs, where for the last year and a half he had been with the Garland Flaming Mill The interesting thing about the matter is that he returns to Mena to stay. Mrs. Atwood and son, Robert, will arrive some time this week.
 w. French returned on Thursday from twO-days stay in Kansas Citv. He reports that the fuel con- scrNation program is being carried out So effectively in Kansas City that the city is only partially light ed and many of the business houses are closed a portion of the time.
 B. R. and c. c. Perry of Fl Dora do, Tex arrived in Mena Wednes- day to spend some time prospecting far- locations in Polk county. They came overland in their automobile from their home to NeAlestpr, Ok, at which place they abandoned the ear on account of bad weather.
 Word came Thursday from Fred Fried with the Pol, county boys at Camp Beanregard, La, that he had secured a furlough of eight days that he might come home to per init both his parents to go to the bedside of the other son. who is reported critically i'll at the Great Lakes Training station
 Miss Mildred Steel returned to Mena Thursday evening from near Standing Rock where she had been for the last month taking care of Wade Thompson, who had been sick for that length of time, but is now steadily improving. Miss Steel went to the Thompson home just the day before the death of Mrs. Thompson.
 Mfrs. Jennie Peters and son. EaTl. were in from Board Camp Thursday to trade. They found soon after their arrival that the young man was coming down with measles and they did not tarry long in town. Mrs. Peters reports that her son, Edgar, is now stationed on the ship oklahoma" but she does not know definitely where he is located.
 Guy Hawthorne, now located at Miami, Ok, wrote his parents the for the last week that he had just recovered from an attack of the smallpox, and had been released from quarantine. Thus far Mrs. Hawthorne and the baby have escaped the disease. Guy is in the