The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-06

HOW HOH-LCo1uSngs
 John Elrod, Mrs. Elrod Taylor and her son, Elrod, arrived in Mena Tues day from Hot Springs, where they have been for the past two months.
 Dr. D. W. Connally of Nolia, Ok, was in Mena Tuesday. He was called to Polk county by the death of his father, Dr. R. T. Connally of Rocky.
 Mayo Robertson of Ashdown, for mer resident of Mena, was in the city Wednesday to visit his father and brother, and greet old time friends.
 Col Malicoat reports that the T. P. Spears sale at Yocana, Tuesday, resulted in the receipts being about S200 greater than MT. Spears had ex- pected.
 Col. J. F. Little returned Tuesday afternoon from a trip to Kansas City where he transacted business in con- nection with mining interests in the Mena field.
 Those folks who have been com blaming of the h. c. of l. ought to buck up Eggs are only bringing 30 cents a dozen now. Two weeks ago they were 60 cents.
 Mrs. James F. Rogers of Wood River, H., who has been in Mena as- sisting in caring for her grandmoth- CT, Mrs. s. c. Davidson, left Tuesday afternoon for her home.
 Mrs. F. A. Lee returned Tuesday from Paris. Tex, where she and Dr. Lee had been called by the news of the death of W. s. Darden, whose wife is sister of Dr. Lee.
 R. I. Anderson, who has been look ing over different points in the West, returned to Mena Monday, having been called home by the news of the illness of his daughter, Gertrude An derson.
 Cotton sold in the Mena market on Wednesday from 24H to 25 cents. J. M. Watkins of Hartley sold four bales to c. W. Petty. W. W. Spears of Black Springs and H. R. Simmons of Big Cedar, Ok, also sold bales.
 J. E. Welch, nephew of J. D. Budd, who was on the first ship to carry troops to France, writes from Ogden that he is home on a short furlough, and hopes soon to be discharged and "get back into civilian clothes and at work again"
 According to the report received by w. M. Chamblin, government crop re- porter, there were 5,120 bales of cot ton ginned in Polk county prior to January 16, 1919, as compared with 5.254 bales in the corresponding time the previous year.
 s. c. Graham and family of Eldo- rado, Kas., are in Mena and plan to make their home here. They came as far as Poteau in their car, but bad raods forced them to finish the trip to Mena by rail. For the present they are at Hotel Mena.
 c. L. Smith, who lives over the line in Oklahoma, west from Hatfield, was in Mena on business Tuesday. Mir. Smith started for the county seat by the overland route, but had enough of the roads at Hatfield, and came the rest of the way by train.
 A. P. Pugh of Big Cedar, Ok, made his first trip to Mena Monday for sev- eral years. He explained his absence during 1918 by saying that early in the year he was taken down with measles, then had smallpox and finally wound out the year with an attack of the influenza.
 w. M Chamblin, who recently pur- chased the Busy Bee restaurant on DeQueen street, has sold the place to John Lanahan, who recently came to Mena from Leavenworth, Kas. Mir. Chamblin will assist the new conner for some time in the management of the business.
 A carload of fine young mules, fresh from the original home of good mules, Missouri, was unloaded in Mena Tuesday morning and taken to the Polk county wagon yard, where they will be shown to purchasers. Gale Hume received the shipment and will handle their sale.
 Asher Cunningham came in from Divers Chapel neighborhood Wednes- day and added another $5 to Old Pot ter's subscription for Armenian re- lief, this amount having been given by the Shady Grove Sunday school. Old Potter's total is now $40.05. or nearly twice its quota of s25.
 Freeman Johnson of Little Rock. former Circuit clerk, reached Mena Tuesday afternoon to greet his record breaking 12-pound baby boy, born on Sunday afternoon at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Allen, where Mrs. Johnson has heen staying. Mother and child are reported as doing fine.
 The latest issue of the Joplin Globe tells of the return home of Victor H. Messall from service overseas and