The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
border with the 2nd Arkansas Nation al Guard regiment.

border with the End Arkansas Nation al Guard regiment.
 R. E. Weems of Egger was among the east-end farmers trading in Mena Thursday.
 Mrs. J. N. Roach of Stapp, Ok, is in Mena visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ivan Rowe.
 Mrs. W. s. Wooten has gone to Cleveland, O., to join Captain Woot- en, now located in the Ohio metropolis.
 Coleman Leonard of Waters, Mon roe Leonard and W. J. Martin of Highland were in Mena on business Friday.
 R. E. McCann will be in his Studio all day Friday and Saturday until 4 o'clock, in Jackson's Drug Store.- Adv 133-3t 23-1t
 Dr. T. M. Fletcher left Wednesday afternoon for Little Rock, where he will look after business matters and also visit his son, who is attending college in the state capital.
 M. w. Roger returned Thursday afternoon from visit to Horatio. While there he saw many acres of cantaloupes growing, some of the vines showing lots of blooms.
 Sam Riding, who has been on fishing trip along the Ouachita near Ink, has returned to Mena. Tho he didn't bring back any fish, he asserts enough were caught for eating at the camp.
 Arley Nichols, Edgar Whipple and Ray Snider were a trio of Hatfield's returned soldiers who came up Thurs day night to see the formal opening of the White Way. While in Mena they were guests at the Hotel Commercial.
 Robert Atwood of Heavener will be the new ticket agent at the Kansas City Southern passenger station. sue ceeding J. A. Middleton, who resigned the position. The change will take place as soon as the auditor can check up.
 Judge and Mrs. J. I. Alley left Thursday for an extended trip to Tex as points, where they will visit rela- tives and look after business matters. They expect to stop at Dallas, Wichi- ta Falls and Oklahoma City before returning.
 A hollyhock which bears two diff ferent colors of flowers on the same stalk is the floral curiosity that is at- tracing no little attention at the home of J. H. Naler on Eighth street. One row of flowers Is crimson, the other almost pure white. Dr. J. c. Hilton, who has been talk ing postgraduate course in a Chica- go medical college, is expected back in his Mena office Monday. Dr. Hilton has purchased an up-to-dae X-ray equipment in New York and expects to have it installed in about thirty days. 
 s. I. Wood and a party of friends who were fishing on Mountain Fork near the Oklahoma line, returned home Friday. They found the recent rains had made the river too muddy for fishing and besides the frequent show CTS caused the outing to be unpleasant. George ". Petty and Oliver Harri- son were disappointed the other day in the honey content of a bee tree they located in the mountains north of Mena. They only found about two ounces of honey, but they captured a nice swarm of bees, which are now at the Harrison place.
 Victor Messall, son of Richard Mes sail, is making his first visit to Mena, having joined his father Wednesday,. The young man has been living in Joplin since his return home from Un- cle Sam's service. He was overseas and had some interesting experiences while on the front line.
 Ira Eddleman of Ink on Friday pur- chased the Dr. c. C.yGunnels home on South Mena street. Mir. Eddleman has also contracted to cut the timber of the Gunnels and Petty lands near the Ouachita bridge, it being esti- mated there will be better than two million feet on the two tracts.
 Frank Woods, for some time living at Shady Point, Ok, came over Friday to visit his father, J. S. Woods, and other relatives at Ink, and was at- tending to business matters in Mena Saturday. He was accompanied by A. Hensley, also of Shady Point, who may make investments in Polk county.
 Word reached Mena Saturday of the death of T. J. Lingle at his home in Clinton, Mo, which occurred Friday afternoon The deceased was an un- cle of Mrs. M. A. Stratton and Mrs. v. w. St. John, and, with Mrs. Lin gle, who passed to the beyond about a year and half ago, visited his relatives in Mena little more than two years ago.
 MT. and Mrs. Oscar Blakestad, who started from Minnesota to Mena by the overland route, finished the trip by train, reaching Mena Thursday. Their Dodge car had to be abandoned near Siloam Springs because of the terrible condition of the roads. Mir. Blakestad will be associated with his father, E. Blakestad, in the hardware