The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21

county officers.
 D. c. Warren of Hatfield was in Mena Thursday to pay taxes and to look after other business.
 Mrs. E. 0. Dougherty and baby left Saturday for pangburn, Ark. to spend a month with Mrs. Dougher- tvs parents.
 w. A. Ragland returned Wednes- day from Wickes, where he had been to get farming operations started on his farm. o Ic, H.V Hoehener, who had been kept from his business for several days on account of an attack of rheuma- tism, is again able 10 be on duty.
 Chester Davis, son of I. NJ. Davis, of Yerba Buena, arrived in Mena Sunday to spend furlough, coming from Waco, Tex, where he is in the army service.
 k. c. Howard of Camp Travis, Tex, where he is a member of the 3i5th Engineers, on his return to camp after a furlough, spent Mon day with Mena friends.
 ldus Beavers came in from HeaV- ener Sunday to spend a day with Carl E. Anderson before the latter returned to service of the U. s. s, Minnesota at Norfolk, Va.
 Dr. H. c. Rushing left Sunday for Little Rock to attend the meeting called by w. l.. Hemingway of the county executives of the Third Lib erty Bond sale. He is in charge of the speakers bureau of Polk county
 D. NJ. Watkins and son, Edward, F.. W, Tomlinson and H. ". Storey made trip to Cove Sunday in the Watkins Dodge auto, the trip being made chiefly to give Master Edward a chance to learn Co drive the car. X. S. Baker of Kinton, Ok, son oi lt the late S. s. Baker, after spending a few days in Mena to visit friends and to look after business, will leave for Dallas, Tex, to attend the Cat tlemen's Association. Mir. Baker is prospering in the cattle business in oklahoma.
 Sidney w. Duke returned Monday morning from Prescott where he has been recuperating at the home of his parents since his recent siege of typhoid fever. He has about fully recovered and began work again eMonday morning in the First Ma tional bank. tBus&
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 A. P. Epperson, in from Mountain Fork Monday reported farmers in his neighborhood are now as busy as they can be with farm work having been handicapped early in the spring by the prevalence oi measles and other sickness. 5 E. P. Oldham, son of Mfr and Mrs Mason Oldham, who is in the quar- termaster's corps in Fort Sill, hav- ing enlisted from Kansas City. ar rived in Mena Saturday to spend 6 sick leave of seventeen days witt his parents and other relatives. Mir. and Mrs. C. w. Copelin and Mrs. c. E. Webb, the latter here from Heavener, made an auto trip to Kings Spur Sunday to visit Mir and Mrs. c. A. Stewart. Mrs. Stew art returned with them on the home trip, and will spend a few days in Mena.
 Mr. and Mrs. Win Christenberry who came to Mena about three weeks ago from Webb City, Mo, re eeived their household goods Thurs day and have moved to the c. w Petty stock farm on the Ouachita river. Mir. Christenberry formerly l lived near Waters, but for the last two years had been employed 1T Webb City.
 
 Mir. and Mrs C. NJ. Richardson arc l here from Mission, Tex, to pros pect for location. They made a trip last year from ocean to ocean and since reaching Mena have concluded that in all of their travels l they have not found another place 1 that suited them better than Mena so they will likely locate.
 1 o. R. Benedict left on Monday for Rogers, Ark, to look after his property interests. He is making the trip at this time so that he may att tend the baccalaureate services al | Rogers Academy, as the sermon k to be delivered by an old friend wht had been professor in the acade- l my when Mr. Benedicts daughter was student.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Spencer anc children arrived in Mena Saturday from Austin, Tex, the trip beins made overland in their automobile Mr. Spencer and family lived 1T Polk county two years ago, moving from here to Sevier county. but since last November they had beer travelling in Texas for the benefit ol the health of their son, Raymond who died last February. They arc now at the home of Mir. and Mrs Brumbelow near Nunley, Mrs