The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-07

lamp farmers IN Mena Friday with
cotton
Residents of Rocky vicinity who
were in Mena Friday with cotton in
cluded j. o. Turner, E. L. Leming,
]. M. Strawn, w. L. Handy and |
Frank Cornelison.
Mark Dover, Frank Lewis, Kim
Floyd and d. E. Myers made up a !
party of Hatfield business men in
Mena Saturday. Mr.. Lewis came up !
to get chemicals for the dipping vat. |
Silas Stockton of Cove was in
Mena Friday and secured a casket
and steel burial vault from j. C.
Frazier for the interment of his ia
Their, who was buried at Cove today.
Among the Hartley farmers who
sold cotton in Mena Thursday were
]. w. Atchley, L. L. Clark, J. D.
Lively, and A. Midkiff.
Byron B. Lee of Egger has written
his father, Dr. ]. F. Lee, that he is
now in the U. S. N. Hospital at Las
Animas, Calf He had been with the
U. S. Aviation forces in France.
C. w. Copelin, local agent for the
Oakland automobiles reports the sale
of No. 6 to L. A. Peugh from near
Potter. Mr.. Peugh was in Mena
Wednesday, driving home in the new
car.
Four stalwart young men in naval
uniforms were seen on Mena's streets
Friday. They were Harold Ravens
craft, Henry Hauert, S. w. Meyer
and A. w. Latiner, all Of whom are
visiting relatives here.
Circuit Clerk w. L. Parker was in
Hatfield Saturday to conduct a sale
of personal property. He was APP
pointed special commissioner of the
chancery court in the suit of Lulu
Ries VS.. Fred H. Ries.
Because of the slowness Of freight
service Of late many of the new
Corners to Mena are shipping their
household goods here by express.
The cost is greater but the shipments
are said to be more prompt
R. L. Norris Of the firm of Math-
ews & Norris, cotton merchants, left
Thursday for a business trip in the
interest of the firm, and will visit
Muskogee, Dallas and other large
cotton markets before returning to
Mena.
Advertising pays in more ways
than one. A pair of fine peafowls
which had strayed from the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Stratton, were
advertised as lost and Thursday
morning the owners were notified
where the missing birds were.
Mailing cases and other furniture
for the new post office were deliver
ed at the building Saturday. Delay in
/ freight and express shipments of 9TH
err articles of furniture is causing the
opening of the building to be put at
a later date than it otherwise would.
J. W. Bradley writes from Chica-
sha. Ok, of renewed interest in Polk
county since the development of the
manganese mining proposition and
the promotion of the Mena-Hot
Springs electric line. He will keep
posted thru the weekly visits of The
Star.
Herman Stevenson of Red Oak, Ok.
who has been visiting his wife's rela-
tives at Potter, stopped IN Mena
Thursday enroute to his home. Mrs.
Stevenson and baby accompanied
him to Mena for visit with Mr..
Stevenson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil Stevenson.
Upon hearing about a 6-pound tur-
nip raised by Guy Beavers, Fin Lane,
living near old Potter, promised to
produce pumpkin that was too
large to go in sugar barrel. When
Fin brings in the giant pumpkin it
will be on exhibition at Albert Rob-
ertson's grocery.
DR.. A. w. Rice of DeQueen, who
will supervise tick eradication work
in Polk county, the balance of the
dipping season, was in Mena Monday
on official business. He directed
the distribution of a supply of chem
icals received for charging watts in
different localities.
Farmers and others who have had
opportunity of seeing the big road
machines at work on the Standing
Rock road all agree that both trac-
tor and grader are the most powerful
of their kind ever seen here. The
machines win be used on the Dallas
road this coming week.
A. L. Willoughby of Hatton, was in
Mena Saturday and when he return
ed carried a 1851 Winchester. A she
bear and two cubs have been report
ed in the vicinity of Hatton and Mr..
wanted the highpower
rifle to make sure he would get his
share of bear steak this winter.
S. w. Meyer of the United States
navy arrived in Mena Wednesday af-
ternoon for few days visit with |
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tony |
Meyer. He has been serving in for
eign waters for the past seventeen |
months on torpedo boat destroyer,
on which he ranks as chief machin-
ist.