The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-24

Minor Pipkin was in Fort Smith on legal business Monday. 1 Mrs. Tut Harris of Potter was in Mena Monday consulting a dentist.
 l. c. Lawrence spent Monday near Shady visiting relatives and fishing.
 Roy Miller, now of Kansas City, was Mena visitor between trains Sun day afternoon.
 Claude Ringgold, a member of the regular army, is visiting friends in Mena and vicinity.
 The Rev s. A. Neighbors of Potter was in Mena Monday enroute home from Nunley and Shady.
 Mrs. Mary Bales left Saturday for Heavener, where she expects to be the next few weeks caring for ] patient.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. B. Wallace and Jesse Oslin left Sunday for short visit at their old home at Stigler, Ok. 
 Attorney Arley Woodrow left Sat urday afternoon on business trip to Tulsa, and from there into the Texas o:i fields.
 Ivan Rowe is the latest to join the ranks of car owners in Mena. He has purchased an Overland, which he gave a good tryout Sunday. J. D. Molter and F. J. Greiner have purchased threshing outfit and have prospects of keeping busy with small grain for some time to come. County Judge H. w. Finger has gone to Little Rock to arrange for bringing the two army trucks to Mena l for use in building good roads. G. H. and l.. H. Johnson of Hat 1 field were in Mena Monday to consult with Judge Finger and other county officials on road matters and other af- fairs.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Proctor motored to Hot Springs and returned Sunday with Mrs. Ira o. Smith. They found the roads in good shape and made the journey home in 5A hours.
 Raymond Donohue, who saw aver seas service with the Army of Occu- patton, has returned home, having been mustered out of service. Like all the rest he is glad to get back in Mena again.
 George L. Eddy and M. A. Eaton of Minneapolis, Minn., were in Mena Sun day seeking a location for their fami- 1 lies. The men are engaged in lumber ing near Horatio and want home in Mena so that their families can be closer.
 1 Fred E Hoffman of Hatfield, accom- panied by his uncle, Fred J Hoffman of Monte Vista, Colo, was Mena vis- itor Monday. The first named recent ly sold his holdings near Hatfield and plans to leave next week for Coffey vile, Kas.
 l R. s. McCandless was visitor in Mena over Sunday, returning to Fort Smith Monday, where he is now inter- ested in drilling for gas and oil. Mir. McCandless came to Mena to look aft CT business matters and to greet oll time friends.
 Mrs A. J. Wilhite and two children, ! who had been visiting friends and rel atives near Oden, returned home. They were accompanied to Mena by Mir. and Mrs. Louis Shirley and family, who will be guests at the Wilhite home on Stilwell Heights.
 Sergt. Ray H. Paris, member of the regular army, who had been spending 3O-day furlough in Mena with his mother, Mrs. M. L. Paris, on. Magnolia avenue, left Saturday morn ing for Rockford, H., to rejoin his company at Camp Grant. Teddy Russell, Mena mute left Sunday for Akron, O., where he has been offered position in the great ] plant of the Goodyear Rubber Com pany, which employs about 400 mutes. The lad will get $3.20 day and prom ises to use his wages in helping sup port his aged father in Mena.
 Jesse H. Oslin, who served 12 months overseas with the 29th Engi- neers, arrived in Mena Saturday morning to join his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Oslin, who have moved here since he entered Uncle Sam's service. The young soldier will visit at the old home at Stigler, Ok this coming week.
 MT. and Mrs. Sam Cunningham spent Sunday at the B. Hendrix home near Board Camp and on their return the former reported that he saw some fine crops along the road. While crops are needing rain, Mir. Cunning ham does not believe the farmers have been as badly hurt by the dry spell as they imagine.
 Gregg Purvis, son of Mir. and Mrs. l.. P. Purvis of Board Camp, arrived in Mena Friday enroute home from Dhis service with Uncle Sam's naval | forces. He has been mustered out of service and will take up life again in Polk county. Since Christmas the young bluejacket has been on the U.