The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-27

days, returned to thelr home at Hat field Monday.
 Wayman Scott, here from Oden. when he returned home Wednesday, was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. A. V. Pirtle and baby, who will spend week with Oden relatives.
 Deputy Sheriff V. s. Ellsworth took an afflicted man named Cights to the county farm Tuesday, making the trip in Ad Dicksons car. The man had been living all alone near the water tank
 Alfred Robert returned to Mena Monday from visit with friends at Winthrop and DeQueen since taking the civil service examination for rail way mail clerk at Texarkana a week ago last Saturday.
 Miss Gladys Scoggin began work this week in the ladies' ready-to-wear department of the -Magruder store, taking the place of Miss Ethel Townsend, who left last week for her Hofuc III EInfn6IJ, Afk.
 Fred Duke, president of the Duke Magruder Company, and Sidney w. Duke, cashier of the. First National Bank, are the joint owners of a new Dodge Brothers touring ear bought this week thru the F. w. Tomlinson agency.
 Mrs W. w. Tillman. sister of Mrs. Pearl Dean and Mrs. R. B. Board. left Monday for her home in Springfield. Mo, having stopped for visit with Mena relatives on her return from Austin, Tex, where she had spent the winter.
 Mena friends of c. c. Mills learned this week that he is steadily improv- ing in a sanitarium in Guthrie, Ok. where he had been since early last fall, suffering from the effects of in- huenza followed by an attack of men. ingitis.
 Robert Jackson, son of Mir. and Mrs. E. R. Jackson, arrived home on Sunday from Camp Beauregard, La, having been mustered out of service. He was one of the last of Polk coun- ty boys to leave the camp, which will soon be dismantled.
 Pupils of the Sixth grade, Central school were happy today over the re- ceipt of The Book of Knowledge. which they consider fine addition to the school library. The new volumes were purchased with proceeds from the recent Tom Thumb wedding.
 Richard Messall, manager of the Enid Manganese Mining & Milling Company, returned Wednesday from business trip to Oklahoma points. He was accompanied to Mena by Louis Symes of Enid, who will inves- tigate mining conditions in Polk coun- ty
 J. k. Leeper returned Wednesday from his trip to the Burkburnett oil fields of Texas, and left Thursday for DeQueen, expecting to go to Dallas, Tn the interests of the oil company he is organizing. At Burkburnett he saw an acre of oil land that sold for $33, ,000.
 J. W. VanHoy, U. s. Title Attor- ney, accompanied by his stenograph- CT, R. F. Gibson, left Monday for Russellville, where he will examine titles to lands bought for the Ozark Forest Reserve. The tracts aided to the reserve are located in Pope, New ton and Johnson counties.
 pr. c. c. Gunnels of Mena was named as chairman of the committee on medical examinations at the state convention of w. O. w., at Pine Bluff last week. He was one of the four delegates from the local camp. Coun- ty Treasurer W. P. Mount, Robert Norris and Oscar Afford, the other delegates, returned home Saturday.
 George Converse, jr., one of Polk county's young men who has been in Uncle Sam's service, returned to Mena Wednesday, enroute to his home in Posey Hollow. He has been sta- tioned at Camp Pike, where he served last in the Quartermaster's Depart ment. He was met in Mena by his father and brother.
 A. B. Davidson, son of MT. and Mrs $. c. Davidson, arrived in Mena on Thursday, having been mustered out of Uncle Sam's service. He has been attached to the navy department. serving in school for submarine listeners. The young man spent some time in New York City, but of late has been stationed on Puget Sound.
 T. J. Massingill, who has been in the lumber business in Montgomery county, was in Mena Wednesday. en- route to Knox county, Tex, where he expects to farm this year. He was accompanied by his son, k. J. Mas singill, and they are making the trip m Maxwell truck, stopping in Mena at the Connally & Hilton garage for repairs.
 D. H. Watson of Little Rock. spe- cialist in beef cattle in the Exten- County Agent o. L. Henderson, mak- sion Division of the University of Ar kansas, spent Tuesday in Mena with ing the trip to the Watkins farm to inspect the Aberdeen Angus herd of beef cattle. Mir. Wattsan plans to re- turn to Polk county at later date, ] !. IL sI