The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-15

Robert Garrett of vandervoort vis- tied Mena friends Wednesday.
 A. c. Higg1nbotAM ara ". B. Thomas of Wicksa were in Mena On business Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. II. s. Craig of Potter were in Mena buying goods for their new home at that place.
 Grady Embry left Saturday morn- ing for Fort Smith to buy goods for the Randolph Embry company.
 Jesse Philpot, Will Clark and Mari on Francis left Monday morning for Fort Smith to attend the sessions of federal court.
 D. E. Little cf Board Camp was in Mena Tuesday and announced that he had purchased the ]. E. Looney store at that place. f
 !. A. Boren of Hatton was in Mena Wednesday arranging for public sale he is to hold Saturday, January a at his home.
 M. B. Fried and ]. M. Lambert of Big Fork were in Mena on business Wednesday, the former bringing in load of fat hogs.
 Mrs. c. M. BrumIcy and her son. Walter Brumley, left Wednesday for Dustin. Ok, for visit with friends and relatives.
 E. II. Lance and Miss Ruby Cazee, who live west of Mcna. were married Monday at the Presbyterian parson- age by the Rev. T. A. Park.
 Bob Rogers of Odcn was among the county farmers who came to Mena Friday on business In spite of the bad weather
 George Scott, w K. Cox and Depu- ty Sheriff Vol Ellsworth, all of Mena, and II. B. Hendrix of Board Camp, left afternoon for Fort Smith to attend federal court.
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 Mir. and Mrs. 0. II. Hunt, who had been visiting near Oden, were in Mena Tuesday enroute to Dallas, Tex, where Mir. Hunt Is stationed. He is still in military service.
 
 Dr. Charles Sanford of Board Camp pleaded guilty in federal court at Fort Smith Tuesday and received fine of Sl5 and costs on a charge of interfer- ing with federal officer.
 David Ogden, who has been teaching school near Idabel, Ok. was forced to quit because of Ill health, and is now at home with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. ]. K. Ogden, at Dallas.
 H. Ramage and family of DeRidder, La,. arrived in Mena Tuesday to take possession of their new farm home. Mir Ramage recently purchased the Schumacher farm. east of Mena.
 II. C. DeLongy came in Sunday rom Fairland. Ok, to spend a week with his mother, Mrs. F k, DeIongy. Owing to the bad weather. Mrs. De l.oigy and children did not make the zip.
 Tho he is stationed in faraway Si- beria, Private George B. Gillian writes his father. ] R. Gillian in Polk county that he is in good health and enjoying life. Young Gillian is a member of Co. t., 27th Infantry.
 V l.. Mcfarland, who has been liv- ing near Fogel, Ok. was in Mena on Tuesday on his way to his farm near Old Cove, where he expects to engage this year in stock raising and food production.
 
 Lee Bates and Bob Nix, Mena men arrested some time ago by revenue officer, have returned from an attend ance at federal court at Fort Smith. The grand jury ignored the charge made against them hy refusing to re- urn an indictment.
 Fred Fmbry was at Grannis Tues day to attend the first annual meeting Df stockholders of the Grannis bank. Directors and officers were all rc-elect- ad and the bank. tho in existence only since last September, shows busi- ness gratifying to the stockholders.
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 Tho the roads were bad and the was, worse. Tellis Lawrence made the long drive from Waters to Mena Thursday to meet Oklahoma relatives who had come Co the city by train, With the help of new mud chains. Mfr. Hickey believed he could make the return trip.
 Thomas F. Williams, who recently moved to a farm near vandervooft from northeast Texas, was a Mena visitor Tuesday Mir. Williams is former resident of Polk county and comes back, he says. because he can make living easier here. He will keep posted on Polk county happen ings by reading The Star.
 That old statement children never know what their parents do for them was well Illustrated Thursday morn ing, W. l.. Shepherd, we'll known resident of the Rocky neighhorhood. rode horseback Co Mena in the cold. driving rain, to get needed medicine for his infant child. who is dangerous ly ill with menhraneouS croup
 ]. (. Frazier was called to wickes Sunday to prepare for burial the re- mains of C. C. Richardson. arca Ss years. who died Saturday night from pneumonia. Funeral services were held Monday morning with burial at the Daniels cemetery. Rev. Q. Felts oiilelated, Mir. Richardson. who had lived at Wickes about two years. is survived hy a wife and four children.
 
 \ Mena resident while in Fort Smith restaurant few days ago saw ( stranger reading copy of the Mena