The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

his family can come back to Polk
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Tucker and
family. who have been living on the
w A. Ragland farm near Acorn for
the last three years are moving to
Mena this week They will occupy
the H. M. Frederick residence on
Refine street
Sergt. Fred Strickland is home in
Mena spending a five dav furloueh
with his wife Upon his return to
his duties at Camp Pike, Sergt.
Strickland will enter the officers
training school, expecting to begin
his studies there November ID.
J. T. Bowman of Boles, Scott coun-
ty. p. D. Hill of Opal. w. f. Upton
of Potter, j. s. Lawrence of Shady.
J. H. Gore Of Ritz and Calvin Allen
and Henry Wilson of Nella were
among the farmers on the market
Thursday with cotton.
II am IS years young writes
Philip G. Carter Of Cape Girardeau
Mo-, in letter to Secretary Eastin
of the Commercial Club, and he adds,
II want the Huns licked and ! want
to bring my family to Polk county,
for | like Mena and Polk county"
Freeman Dover came from Hat
field Thursday TO volunteer his SER
vices to the local exemption board
He was accepted and assigned to the
motor track department, and direc-
ted to report for entrainment with
the other registrants next Monday
James McPhetrige, with the claims
department of the Kansas City
Southern railway, with headquarters
in Heavener was in Mena Thursday
on his return from a trip to DeQueen
Mineral and other points south. He
is just recovering from an attack Of
the "ffl l;;i. "
Inquiries are coming daily to Sec
rotary Eastin of the Commercial
Club concerning Polk county farms,
ranches and manganese lands. The
mail on Thursday morning contain
ed 10 such inquiries, al of which
were responses to advertisements
placed by Mr.. Eastin.
A fine shorthorn male, solid red
in color, came to Mena Saturday
from West Fork, Ark. and win
make his home at the farm of
N. H. Holland near Ink The animal
attracted much attention at the ex-
press office before unloaded and TAX
en- to his new home.
Col. H. w. Knight, promoter of
the Mena-Hot Springs Electric rail-
way, writes Secretary Eastin of the
Commercial Club, from Chicago that
he expects to return to Mena next
week, unless not fully recovered
from the "flu," to put the railway
project to completion.
George Fried, who had spent the
summer and fall on his fathers farm
in Russell county, Kansas, has re-
turned home to await his call to SER
vice under the selective draft act. He
had previously made efforts to enlist
in the navy, but was not accepted be-
cause Of being under age.
Misses Lou and Decie Putnam.
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H..
Putnam Of Big Fork were in Mena
Friday on their return from Glover,
Ok, where they had spent two weeks
visiting their sister, Mrs. j. W. Dill
beck
]. S. Pollard and Emmett Rowe
came in from Rocky Thursday to bill
out a car of cotton seed which they
had loaded out from their gin. The
car was loaded to full capacity, con-
tanning 40 tons, which at present is
worth SGT per ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Cunningham
returned Thursday from the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Earl White, liv-
ing west of Mena, where they had
been since early in the week on ac-
count of the very critical illness Of
Mrs. White, who is suffering with an
attack of "flu."
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Regain came
in from Shady Forest Ranger station
Thursday to be met here by Mr.. and
Mrs. John E. King, parents of Mrs.
Regain, who are moving from Buck
Knob, Scott county to Mena. They
will live in the city until Mr.. King
finds suitable farm property to buy.
While in Hatfield this week, w. A.
Ragland was offered his choice of a
collection OF pumpkins He returned
to Mena with one weighing go pounds
and says he picked out one of the
smallest. Mr.. Ragland stated he
wanted to make sure of having plen-
ty of pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
Ben Owens of Zafra, Ok, was in
Mena Thursday while on the way to
look after farming interests near
Owens chapel. Ben is one Of the
Republicans, who, while
getting little comfort from the cleo
tons in Oklahoma and Arkansas,
was greatly interested in the nation
al returns.
w. e. Clinton of Grannis spent
in Mena on Business. MIR.
Clinton reports being very busy with
ton reports having been busy with
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