The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
Correspondence
wIcKEs WAVES.


 J. F. Joplin went to Afena Tuesday.
 Mrs. C. P. Hillyer, who is sick with fever. is reported to be some better.
 Col. Jett and wife went to Baker Springs Tuesday.
 Mrs. Bessie Jett from Baker Springs was in town Tuesday.
 J. E. Joplin went to Fort Smith last Wednesday, to buy dry goods.
 B (. Davis ef Mena visited at The home of W. II. Darwin Sunday night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sammy Adkins visit cd homefoIks near Duekett Sunday
 Miss Ethel Henry left last Ties day for Muskogee, Ok, to visit her srotIier. Reece Henry, and family.
 Virgil Henry and Leslie Turner are going as volunteers 10 the army this week
 Mrs. Lawrence Caldwell left last Tuesday for Carlisle, Ark, io visit aer mother -in-law. Mrs. Caldwell
 Joda Siegular returned home Sat nrday from Kansas, where he has 6een working in the harvest fields.
 Water is getting scarce and sey- eral are having theii wells made deeper
 Wallace Oldham went to Allen. Ok. 4aHt Nttk u NAcAA It3AAAfNct iEttAAsttAk home Saturday.
 Every home in this community has put up enough fruit to run them thru until fruit time again.
 Crops are suffering for rain. Late corn is ruined. but the earlier corn made all right.
 Mrs. Ben Mucklerali after spend ing a week with her parents, re- turned 10 her home at Mooringsport, La. Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs Will Spencer of De- Queen spent the past week with Dr. D. |. Rollins, visiting and canning fruit.
 W A. Long sold from his little orchard 161 bushels of peaches. which brought him total of s17315. Mir. Long has good crop on his place.
 Canteloupe shipments have been cut short on account of the dry wealth. CT, but still all report that those who raised for market have done we'll
 The question has been asked as 10 how many canteloupes a crate should contain. The standard crate is 45, and the fiat crates l5, of Rocky Ford can teloupes.
 Several families from other places have taken advantage of the bounte- fuI lot of fruit here and have come and stayed with friends and relatives and canned their fruit.
 Fred Mills and family attended an zee cream social Saturday evening at the home of Walter Bunch. All re- port having a fine time, and lots of good music an ice cream.
 The Home Guards meet for drill- ing every Saturday afternoon from 2 Efll 5. All huisness houses from now cr will close so as to give all chance 10 drill
 Mrs, w M Darwin sold 100 bush els of peaches from a little orchard cf so trees. receiving S177.40 for the same, and keeping an ample supply for home canning and drying.
 The Rev. Mir. Williamson, a Metho- dist minister from Horatio, began a protracted meeting al the Baptist church Saturday night. Everybody is cordially invited to come out and help in the meeting
 Mir. and Mrs. D. A Smith, accom- panied by their little granddaughter, Tlnpy Smith, returned from Oden where they have been with their aaughter, Mrs Roberts. who was i'll but is much improved now.
 There were 5lf head of cattle and l7 head of horses dipped al the Wickes dipping vat Saturday. We have the most cattle dipped at our vat cf any other district which has made any report vel, There are some cattle in our district we would be glad 10 nave numbered
 |. s. Sanford shipped 500 worth of eanteloupes the past week from three- fourths of an acre of very rough and hilly ground. Mir. Sanford raises can teloupes for the market every year and he says he has never had better success with them than this year. as his melons were all average size and good, firm melons. He also sold more than Sz00 worth of black and straw berries this spring from only a small patch of ench. He says it pays to raise such things So if your corn and cotton crop fails you will have some- thing else to depend on.
 Madge.