The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-08-14

day.
Tom Embry and S. L. Looney of
Board Camp were in Mena on business
Wednesday.
II. ]. Gam of the Blackfork Lum-
Der Company at Stapp, Ok, spent
Tuesday in Mena on business.
Chas. H. Penninger, here for a week
having dental work done, left Wednes-
day for his home in Ida, Ok.
Miss bessie Jones, teacher IN the
West Valley school, returned to her
work Tuesday after having been off
duty for several days on account Of
sickness.
Miss Louise Durham, after spend
ing vacation of two weeks with
Mena relatives and friends, left on
Wednesday afternoon for her home in
Kansas City.
Capt. p. II. Miller, taken about
three weeks ago to Texarkana hos
pital to undergo a very dangerous
operation, is recovering nicely and is
expected home Friday afternoon, ac-
cording to advices received by Mrs.
Miller
Clyde Cunningham returned Sun
day from trip to the Desdemona oil
field. He reports that the well ore the
holdings of the Mena folks had reach
ed within IL feet of oil sand, and it
was to be brought in as soon as con-
struction on tanks was completed.
Mrs. w. C. and Mrs. India Mat
thews are spending the summer at the
Ozark Rooms. The ladies are from
Texarkana and have spent several
summers here, feeling that the sum
MGR is not complete without a visit to
Mena, and enjoying the cool nights.
I H. V. Beasley and son, Everett, here
from Texarkana on business returned
home Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Beas-
/ ley is director in the Longmont Cop
I per Company and had been here to
take up some matters with Chas. R.
Montgomery, resident manager of
the company.
Mrs. T. McClelland chaperoned a
camping party to the Ouachita below
Oden Saturday afternoon, remaining
out until Sunday evening. Those in
the party were Miss Hortense Lati-
mer, Viola Blakestad, Agnes McClel-
land and Messrs. R. H. Laid, Joe Nc
Clelland and Lieut.. C. d. Wilson.
Col. Pole McPhetrige and Judge w.
n. Martin are just completing the alb
stract and brief in the Polk county
road case which has been appealed to
the Supreme Court by j. F. Lewis and
others. The abstract and brief on be-
half of the appellants is to be filed in
the Supreme court on or before Au-
gust 10.
Mrs. G. d. Chewing and four chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Bagley and
Pearl and Robert Holman, who came
from Ashdown last week, to camp at
Bethesda Springs, left Monday for
Lockesburg to attend the reunion of
Confederate Veterans. They were at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Dun
can at Bethesda.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Launius of Hol-
~ Springs, Dallas county, here to visit
Mrs. Henry Harrison, sister Of Mrs.
Launius, at Board Camp, were in
Mena Wednesday to start on the home
trip Thursday morning. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and
daughter, Ozella, who will spend some
time in Dallas county.
C. S. Rockwell returned Monday
from Lockesburg, where he had
bought bunch of cattle from J. C..
I Holcomb. The cattle are to be placed
on the range beyond Mountain Top
farm. Mr.. Holcomb came to Mena
with Mr.. Rockwell and spent Tues
day calling on friends and former res
idents of Sewer county.
Grady Hand, in charge of tick
eradication, went to Grannis Wednes-
day afternoon to head off a shipment
sof cattle which were brought in from
Oklahoma. The cattle were the prop
erty of A. Ashford, who was unaware
that he would not be permitted to
bring cattle from tick infested terri
tory and ship them out of Polk coun-
ty
Mrs. G. w. Petty is in receipt of a
card from her sister, Mrs. Walter
Nichols of Texarkana, who is at Bat
tie Creek, Mich, with her son, Alden,
who is at the sanitarium for treat
ment. Mrs. Nichols writes that the
lad has been under treatment for a
month, and while he is improving, he
will have to stay at least month
longer.
T. AZ Allen has force of men at
work building concrete foundation
for wagon scales and an office to be
located on the lot with the flour mill.
He will also build concrete crossing
and culverts on the street approaching
the wagon scales, and then finish up
the job by raising the grade of the
lot for several feet around the scales
and office.
Manager J. w. Patton of the Heav-
ener Blues, in letter to The Star,
expresses the thanks of the team to
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