The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-10

defVOOrJ was Tn Mena lnurSuay to get piano left behind when he moved recently from the city to his farm. A. w. Youkey, who is chicken fancier in addition to being tele- graph operator, has secured trio of purebred Langshans for his suburban home.
 Hugh Cherry, charged with attempt ing to shoot Carl Ward was given a hearing Saturday before Justice s. H. Smith, who has taken the case under advisement.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Free of Big Fork were in Mena Wednesday to arrange to give deed for land they recently sold to the government as a part of the national forest.
 Dogan Cotton of Talihina was in visit relatives. He was met in Mena by his brother, Ross Cotton, recently returned from overseas service. Mrs. Rose Wasson of Omaha, who has been visiting her brother, James A. Slote of Hatfield, was in Mena to- day having dental work done. She was accompanied by MT. Slote.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Copelin re- turned Sunday from their trip to Oklahoma. They were accompanied to Mena by MT. and Mrs. Virgil Cagle, : who had been visiting relatives at Heavener.
 Judge Jas. D. Shaver and Mrs. Shaver of Texarkana, arrived in Mena Wednesday afternoon to spend the summer. They will be at home at the Stratton residence, Ninth and Walnut streets.
 Mrs. B. P Lichlyter of Vandervoort was in Mena Thursday visiting her niece, Mrs. F. E. Clark of Taft, Cal, whom she had not seen for ten years. While in Mena Mrs. Lichlyter was a I guest at the home of H. Trout
 Bluford Joplin of Hatfield was in Mena Thursday and secured mar riage license from County Clerk Will Alexander to wed Miss Esther Myers, also resident of Hatfield. The groom is 23 and the bride IS. Mir and Mrs. Gale Hume and baby have returned from Sallisaw, Ok, where they visited Mir. Hume's sister, Mrs. L. P. Fesperman, who is in poor health. Upon his return to Mena Mir. Hume reported that crops in the vicin- ity of Sallisaw were best known. ! Mir. and Mrs. H. Young, who have conducted a restaurant on Martin av- enue for some years, have sold the business. E. T. (Bud) Oldham, who recs ntly returned from overseas serv- ice has bought the property and turned it over to his sister, Mrs. Allie Bates.
 W. H. Hammond, who lives south east of Mena was taken to Kansas City Monday afternoon for hospital treatment. He had to make the trip in cot in the baggage car. He was accompanied by his nephew, Elmer Hammond.
  l "Extravagance rots character; train youth away from it. On the other hand, the habit of saving money, while it stiffens the will, also bright ems the energies. If you would be sure that you are beginning right, be- gin to save" ."-Theodore Roosevelt. Some fine specimens of Chinese Cling peaches, large and we'll favored, were being offered in Mena Thursday by Mrs. F. L. Hairgrove, living west of Mena. Mrs. Hairgrove reports her trees have good crop of peaches this year, tho the crop is short elsewhere in the neighborhood.
 \ Mrs. B. H. Frazier of Texarkana, and Mrs. Emma J. Hardness of Ar kansas City, Kas., mother and aunt respectively, of Mrs. w. s. Arlington, are guests at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Arlington at 402 Fourth street. Mrs. Frazier has been quite i'll since coming to Mena.
 Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Gillespie of Wichita Falls, Tex, are guests at the Antlers while spending week in the enjoyment of Mena's climate and scenery. They are being shown around by Charles Lofts, former Polk county man, now in Mena for visit with friends and relatives.
 Grady Forgy, who has returned to civilian life by taking up his pre-war job with the engineering department of the Kansas City Southern railroad, being located at Pittsturg, Kas., spent the Fourth in Mena with friends and relatives, and organized the Mena post of the new soldiers organization, the American Legion.
 Judge and Mrs. H. N. Smith have received word that their son, Sgt. 1st Class Edgar B. Smith, had left Tours, France for the port of embark ation on June 19, and expected to sail immediately. They are, therefore, expecting word any day of his arrival