The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-14

Iuesuay to mahe final proof Of lis noneslea1 entry.
 Mrs. J. N. Roaen returned Monday rom Thomasyille, Ok, where she nau been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Stay and family.
 Jim Rose and son, Willie, from near Cove were in Mena Monday, having come to get grist ground at the Mena Flour Mill.
 w E, Barton of ort Smith, while enroute from Cove to MomDle, stopped in Mena for a short tllne tuesday to call on friends.
 J. A. Connell this week sold his Smlth form-A-,lruck No. Z to the Mena Flour Mill & Gin Co, to be used for general delivery.
 Bert Ogden, principal cf the Ho- ratio schools, was in Mena Satur- day and Sunday to visit his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Ogden of the Dal- las valley.
 John Filming left on Tuesday for Fort Smith and from there he will go to Ardmore, Ok, to be away about two weeks to look after his real estate and other interests.
 Mesdames k. H. Butler, J. c. Ho- heimer and D. A. Randy of the Hat field branch of the Red Cross, spent Tuesday in Menas with officers and members of the local chapter.
 Clyde Rowe returned on Monday from couple of days with rela- lives at Stewart, Ok. He was ae- companieG on the home trip by his cousin, Mrs. Alpha harnlan, wno will visit Polk county relatives,
 b. L. Taylor writes The Star from Phoenix, Ariz., to have his paper changed to that place. MT. and Mrs. Taylor, since selling their farm last winter, have been on a prospecting trip and evidently have decided to locate in Arizona.
 Mayor Ira o. Smith on Monday received a draft from the National City Bank of New York City for the amount of $40 which had been ca bled from France by Sergeant Peter A. Bain, brother of Mrs. Smith, who has been in France for about a month.
 R. B. and Burl Lane from near Potter were in Mena Tuesday to get farm and garden seeds and to transact other business matters. Tn common with many other farmers, they will put forth efforts this year to raise the biggest crop they have ever raised.
 R. B. Harman and daughter, Miss Julia, and son, Master R. B. Harman, Jr., came in from Egger Tuesday to go to Fort Smith, where the little lad is to be placed under treatment by Dr. lMoulton for ca tarrhal trouble. They left for Fort Smith this afternoon.
 Special officer D. A. Hazel was called to Rich Mountain Monday night to serve a warrant on w. G. Breeding, wanted in LeFlore coun- ty on the charge of murder MT Hazel was met at Rich Mountain by Sheriff Carter of LeFlore county, who took the prisoner to Poteau, Ok, for his examining trial.
 Mrs. NJ. r. Lutes returned Satur- day from poteau, Ok, whither she was called 8 week before on ac- count of the serious burns sus- tained by the nine-monlhs-old baby of Mir. and Mrs. Milton Craig. The little one fell onto stove while the mother was temporarily out of the room.
 Edward T. Bunch came in Mon- day from Nashville, Ark, to be at home until called for service in the national army. He is a regis trant in Polk county and is in Class 1. For some time past he has been in the employ of the Tennessee Ma tional Insurance company, adjust ing claims and writing new busi- ness.
 J. R. Leathers returned to Mena Monday from Port Arthur, Tex, where since early in December he had been in charge of the clean up" gang in the employ of H. W. CardweIl. He will spend a month or longer in Mena, making improve ments on his residence property, and then he expects to visit his brother in North Dakota.
 Sam Riding, Jr, notified his pa- rents on Monday that he had passed the examination in Fort Smith for enlistment in the army, and that he would be sent at once to Camp Pike, where he will be inducted into the army at once. Sam has been talk ing for a long time about enlisting but fearing that he could not ob- tain the consent of his parents, he left for Fort Smith without telling them of his mission.