The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-12

I Mena visitor Sunday.
 Lewis H. Johnson, Hatfield banker was in Mena on business Monday. Marion Bunyard and wife left Fri day for Wichita, Kas., where they will work during the great wheat harvest
 s. E. Pottorff and two children were up from Hatfield Friday night to see the New White Way and attend the movies.
 Mrs. M. J. Crosson was made happy last week by news that her son. Dov had arrived from overseas, and would be home soon
 "Parson" Reed was in from Noun tain Fork Friday enroute to Oklaho- ma, where he will work during the wheat harvest.
 Judge H. W. Finger officiated at the wedding of A. o. Mill and Miss Mary Mounts, both residents of Ali, at the courthouse Saturday afternoon. i To Edgar Nash goes the distinction of being the first to have a soldiers discharge recorded in the new record for this purpose in Circuit Clerk w, |. Parker's office
 Forest Ranger T. T. Hall, who has been at Hot Springs attending a rangers meeting, returned to Mena Friday and on Saturday left for his fstation at Shady.
 Ollie Wolfenberger of Posey Hollow Was in Mena Saturday and secured a license to wed Miss Way Posey, also of that neighborhood. The groom is 23 and the bride IT.
 Mac Logan has purchased the Moore lot on Ninth street, near Southerland avenue, and plans to replace the house burned down some years ago, with an up-to-date bungalow.
 The annual tax sale of delinquent property was held at the courthouse Monday morning. Sheriff J. A. Thornton was in charge. Bidders were present from a number of points out side of Mena
 Clyde Miller of Rocky and Ross Cot ton of Opal, both of whom have just returned from overseas service, were Mena visitors Saturday, renewing ac- quaintances that were severed when they were called to the front
 Mayor Ira o. Smith received wire Saturday morning telling of the safe arrival at Newport News of Sergt, Pete Bain, brother of Mrs. Smith, and one of the first of Polk county's fight ing men to get chance at the Huns.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Hawthorne were called to Dierks by news of the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Jim Robbins. Mir. Hawthorne has re- turned but his wife will remain until Mrs Robbins is able to return home to Mena with her.
 John J. Tootle, retired capitalist of St. Joseph, Mo, arrived in Mena Fri day to spend an outing on the Cossa- tot with his old time friend, W. A.. Ragland. The two men were taken out to Shady Saturday morning by J. B. Lilies in his faithful Ford.
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 Finding it impossible to get enough hand workers to. harvest his small grain, Grover Murphy came to Mena Monday, bought a moving machine from NJ. M. Shields. and hurried back to his farm near Bigger to get it to work just as soon as possible,
 M. B. Fried and daughter, Miss Beulah, were in from Big Fork Fri day night, and hurried back home as soon as the former disposed of busi- ness matters. Mir. Fried reports that the wheat crop in his neighborhood is sorry this year, but that the oats are the best ever.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. D. Wilson of Des Moines. Ia., are guests at Hotel Mena. MT. Wilson has crew of salesmen working in this section of the state selling buggies and decided to make Mena his headquarters. Mrs. Wilson arrived Friday to join her husband, who plans to be here for some time.
 The Farmers & Merchants Bank has added the third former soldier to it's clerical force. The latest is Sergt. Lloyd Leeper, son of J. E. Leeper, and late of the M. T. c. He succeeds Grady Green, who resigned to join his fath- CT and family at Nogals, N. Mex. The other former soldiers in the bank are Nun Martin and F. H. Sapp.
 IE. Lindsay of the Lindsay Jewell rv Company, accompanied by Mrs. Lindsay and child, and his brothers children, Ray and Lorena, started Sat urday afternoon for Shreveport in the family car. After visit in the Louisiana city, the Mena folks plan to % to Vicksburg, Miss. expecting to be cone a fortnight and have as good time as possible.
 Argus Bain. son of Jerry Bain of Board Camp. arrived in Mena Satur- dav morning, enroute to his home aft or having been in Uncle Sam's serv- ;ea more than a year, and overseas for