The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-11-20

nav afternoon TOT baV uii'"'
NJ and Mrs. John Rogan of Egger
ere Mena visitors Wednesday
Isl Hassell left Wednesday for a
,,siness trip to Comanche, Tex.
son was born Sunday to Mr.. and
Ms Paul Grifiths at their home on
Hickory avenue.
DR.. F. A. Lee of Vandervoort was
h Mena Wednesday, and left for Fort
smith on business trip.
o. Shepherd of Rocky, was in
Mena Sunday enroute to Salllsaw,
Dkla.. where he will work for month.
Mrs. w. A. Eddleman and son, Eu-
rene, left Wednesday for a visit at
Nickes.
w. M. Fleming, living east of Mena,
reports having dug sweet potato
from his potato field that weighed
#71a pounds.
Rev. M. L. Anthony left Monday
morning for his farm near Wander
WORT. to spend several days working
and enjoying outdoor life.
Mrs. Joseph Bowers of Dallas, Tex,
&former resident of Mena, arrived in
the city Thursday morning for visit
with Ben Strauss and family.
]. H. Lawshe of Oxford, Miss, is
guest at Hotel Commercial, and is
Booking over Polk county with view
to locating here.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. v. Smith, who were
married in Mena Wednesday night,
4 left on the night train for their future
home near Bonanza, Ark.
Mrs. Jennie Montgomery and M. A.
Bunyard spent Sunday in Cove with
the formers daughter, Mrs. Bunyard,
who is teaching school at Cove.
Dee Harrison, who has been work
ing in the oil fields near Ranger, Tex,
returned to Mena Saturday, for a
visit with friends and relatives.
G. f. Mcdonald and Mrs. J. f. Nc
Donald Of Enloe, Tex, arrived in Mena
Monday to take up their residence on
farm recently bought near Men.
Two carloads of sweet potatoes
grown by Mena truckers and farmers
living close to the city, were loaded
out Wednesday and shipped to Texar-
kama.
Miss Freda Riley after short
visit with Mena relatives, has gone
to Haworth, Okla, where she has ac-
cepted position in the First Nation
al bank.
Fred C. Embry left Wednesday aft
ernoon for Caddo Gap, where he open
ed the new bank on Saturday. He
made the trip by rail, going by way
Of Ashdown.
Cecil Preston and Louis Goddard
are preparing to leave Mena and go
into the oil fields near Sweetwater,
Tex. where they say there is lots Of
work at good wages.
Circuit Clerk W. l.. Parker has re-
turned from his trip to the farm on
Mill Creek. where he assisted Mrs.
Parker and the young folks in moving
back to Mena for the winter.
G. B. Tyler. formerly of the Rocky
neighborhood, but now living near
Big Cedar, Ok, topped the Mena mar
ket with cotton Thursday, when he
sold bale to G. w. Petty for 40 cents
Mrs. T. McClelland, who has enter
ed the commercial whirl once more,
and who has been travelling thru Ar
kansas and Louisiana, returned to
Mena Thursday TO spend the weekend
with her family.
7. X. Jones, T. r. Jones, jr., J. Rob
ert, and Will p. Jones, the latter of
Sloan Springs. returned Sunday from
hunting trip on the head of Mill
Creek. They had fine outing, but
found no big game.
Secretary Fred Smith of the Com
mercial Club is receiving numerous in
quiries from residents in other states
about land and other things in Polk
county. On Monday he forwarded the
desired information to parties at Tul-
sa, Ok, and Kennedale, Tex.
b. H. Morris of Opal was on the
Mena market Wednesday with a bale
OF cotton which sold to Rupert Steel
aU 431a cents a pound This was the
highest price paid during the day, but
a number of bales brought Al cents or
better.
Robert Connally has returned from
Big Heart, Ok, and is again a Polk
county resident. He plans to farm
next year near Rocky. Thursday he
was in Mena with bale of cotton
from the Connally farm, which he sold
to Rupert Steel.
D. l.. Bolton and family of Garden
vile, Mimi, and d. w. Bolton and
family of Northwood, Ia, who drove
their cars as far as Mena on their way
20 Florida, decided to finish the trip
ny rail. After having waited here
Tor two weeks hoping road conditions
would improve, the cars were left at