The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-03

ton, Ok, locking after business mat ters.
 W. H. Darwin of Wickes was in Mena Thursday on business with county officials and others.
 Eustace Davis of the Watkins Lum- Der & Mercantile Company, at Hat field, was Mena visitor Friday
 MT. and Mrs. Peter McWilliam of the Golden Acres farm near Acorn was in Mena Thursday to do shopping and to pay taxes.
 H. F. Hauert went to Beauchamp, Scott county Monday to look after the erection of monuments at the graves of his father and mother.
 Mrs. Henry Maxwell and brother, Bert Farless, and J. M. Free of Alder, were in Mena Monday to get supplies and look after business.
 Mrs. E. H. Butler, Mrs. A. Casper and Mrs. K. Morrow composed a par ty of Hatfield ladies who were shop ping in Mena Wednesday.
 J. F. Cottman of Ink was in Mena on business Saturday. He says that he and Berry Crawford and other neighbors have suffered annoying losses recently from sheep-killing dogs.
 ] Corp. George Bunyard, who has | been at the remount station at Camp Beauregard, returned home Wednes- day, having been mustered out of service.
 Dr. J. c. Hilton announces the birth i of boy to Mir. and Mrs. E. M Taylor, at the home of Mrs. Taylor's parents in Mena. Mir. and Mrs. Taylor live at Rocky.
 K. M Reed, who recently came to Mena from Nebraska, has bought thru the Allen & McMillan agency, the Payne farm of 40 acres, four miles east of the city.
 T. E. Borders, now with the Wat kins Hardware Company, has been appointed janitor of the new post office, and will take up the work the first of next week.
 Will Roe, who has been in service at Camp Beauregard, La, arrived in Mena Wednesday on his way to his home at Cherry Hill, having been mustered out of service.
 W. W. Philpot and son, Roy, were in from Egger Thursday for supplies They report that wheat and oats and other crops are looking fine in the Egger community in spite of the late spring.
 ]. A. Dupree is transforming a portion of the Farmers Wagon Yard on the south end of Mena street, into store room and is planning on open 1 ing feed, flour and grocery business especially for the rural trade.
 MT. and Mrs. A. L. Callahan of Cedar township spent Sunday and Monday in Mena as guests of Judge W. N. Martin and Mrs. Martin. Mir Callahan also brought wheat to be ground at the Mena Flour Mills.
 Mrs. J. S. King and daughter, Miss Ruby, left Saturday for their home in McAlester, Ok, after having been visiting for three weeks at the home of Mir. and Mrs. s. L. Brooks, parents of Mrs. King, on Bethesda avenue. |
 l The first person to get mail out of the new postofice was County Judge H. w Finger, and the first money or der was issued to Bert Hiltebrand. H. T. Potts was tn efirst to get mail from the general delivery in the new office 1 w A. Harwell and son, Smith, were over from Ringing, Ok, Thursday, to pay taxes and look after business matters. They left for Hatfield in the afternoon, expecting to spend about a week among relatives and friends.
 Will Byford, living near Boles, Scott county, who has been at Camp Beauregard, La, was in Mena Thurs day, enroute to his home. He was among the last of the fighting men from this vicinity to be discharged from service at the camp. J. R. May, living just south of Mena, was in the city Thursday, sell ing home grown Lookout Mountain potatoes for planting. He reports tha~ last year, in spite of the drouth, he raised 100 bushels of these potatoes from three bushels of seed.
 Mena friends of Mir. and Mrs. M. c. Trumbull, who left last fall for Mansfield, La. have been advised re- gently that MT. Trumbull is recover ing nicely from an operation for ap- pendicitis, which he underwent some time ago. He had been reported in very critical condition at one time. 1 George Ralph, J. k. and J. A. Hun ter, F. J. Greiner, D. w Barton, c. B. Lyons, w. J. Patterson and Tobe Har- wood were on Monday added to the list of cantaloupe growers by Secre- tary Eastin. They represent total of 22 acres, which brings the grand total acreage in the association up to 167 acres.