The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-12-02

dents of Hatfield, who are now located
lin Mena.
M. A. Stratton left Monday for Kan
sas City, where he will take treatment
for ten days or two weeks from DIR.
| Tuerman, an ear, nose and throat
specialist.
T. A. Winton has resigned his place
at Moseley & Sons and on Wednesday
/ began work with the Southwestern
Engineering company as an inspector
! Of highway work.
Frank Whisenant is back in Mena
to visit friends and relatives after an
absence of nearly year. He has
been located at Okmulgee and other
1 Oklahoma cities in the interval.
! United States Title Attorney J. w.
Van Hoy has moved his office from
the postoffice building to rooms in the
Lochridge block, and will share quar-
tiers with Attorney Minor Pipkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Embry, who are
spending thes winter in Beaumont,
Tex, with their son, Leonard, write
that they enjoy very much their stay
in the southern city.
c. A. Goodwin and @. A. Alexander
of Fort Smith, and George Brannon
Of Hope, were a trio of travelling
statesmen who made it point to be
| in Mena Tuesday in time to attend
the Postum Club feast.
Col. Clover reports an unusually
good sale for c. B. Sale last Monday,
with more than thousand people in
attendance Everything went for
good prices, corn selling for $l.00 per
bushel, and hay at TIA cents.
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Joe Anders of Hatfield was a Mena
visitor last week. Mr. Anders has quite
a few cattle on the range, and is car
rying an advertisement in The Star
of his brands. so that takers up of es-
trays may easily find the owner.
! X. Taylor of Texarkana WAS in Mena
Monday to look after business for the
bottling works, which is being moved
to the new location on Sherwood ave
nue., opposite the Kansas City South
ern passenger station.
! Lloyd Board became owner of the
Mena cafe Wednesday morning and
will see to it that the hungry of Mena
and vicinity are properly fed. He
bought the popular eating place from
{ Pink Moody and assumed charge at
once.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G, Higginbottom,
Mr. and Mrs. c. Fl. Jett, Mr. and Mrs.
W. b. Thomas, w NJ Lowery and O.
3. Lee composed az double quartet of
Wickes residents who came to Mena
to attend the Postum Club banquet
Tuesday night.
New concrete steps have been buili
ON the Port Arthur entrance to the
NJ f. Church, South. The steps are
a decided improvement and replaced
the wooden steps formerly used. Ar
iron hand rail is used on the new
steps. w. Paulu did the work.
J. d. Chapman and family arrived
in Mena Monday from Talco, Tex.
and have moved into the BallauI
property on Eighth street. Mr.. Chap.
man expects TO make Mena his home
and plans to go into business after
getting better acquainted with loca'
conditions.
President j. T. Magruder of the
First National bank, has returned
from business trip to points in Mis-.
souri, and Iowa. He was told Of
places in these states where corn was
selling as low as 25 cents bushe
with farming communities depressed
CORRESPONDENCE.
DeQueen street now has a barber
shop of its own. c. C. French, one Of
d Mena's new residents, and veteran
at the trade, has opened a shop in the
room formerly occupied by the De
Queen street cold drink stand. Mrs
French has come to Mena and joinee
her husband.
/ Among the east end farmers VIII,
made the trip to the Mena marke
Tuesday in spite of the handicap q
the muddy roads were Joe Reynold,
and Lit Alternately of Alder; Oil,
Lawrence of Waters; H. T. Howell O
Opal; r. J. Alternately and H. Nj
Fowler of Big Fork.
A party of Kansas Nimrods VIII,
have been hunting in the eastern par
~ thc SOuilby near the IaiIS on TIT
Little Missouri, were in Mena Mon
day en- route to their home at indie
pendence. The party, whichNwas head
ed by G. G. Shea, had good luck il
their quest for game, bagging 81,
deer.
County Farm Agent o. L. Hender
son left Monday afternoon for Arka
delphia, where he will assist in dem
onstration of terracing arranged TO
Clark county. About fifteen count,
! agents will join in the demonstration
work. A similar demonstration viii
! be made in Polk county early in TIL
: new year.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Alvey arrives
home. Wednesday morning from tw
months trip that took them into fou
different states to visit relatives
, They went from Mena to Texas. an
before returning visited points /
Missouri. Iowa and South Dakots
They were accompanied to Mena b
one of their sons, Bernard Alvey. o
Cavour, s. Oak, who will probabl
locate in this city.