The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-01

Polk county happenings thru The
Star.
Floyd Strickland of Poteau visited
Mena friends Sunday.
George w. Burnham Of Wickes was
in Mena on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Rowe motored
over from Caddo Gap, and spent Sun
day with Mena friends and relatives.
w. R. Woodbridge of Tulsa, Ok. came
to Mena Monday to secure leases on
Oklahoma oil land owned by local
residents.
]. M. Jackson of Nashville, candi-
date for prosecuting attorney of the
Ninth Judicial Circuit, was mingling
with Mena voters Friday.
w. A. Denman of Little Rock was
in Mena Thursday in conference with
inspector Grady Hand regarding tick
eradication work in Polk county.
A. C. Higginbottom of Wickes and
B. F. McCauley of Baker Springs were
in Mena Monday in the interests of
the Wickes- Baker Springs highway.
Judge and Mrs. J. l. Alley, Mrs.
VIII Alexander and son are planning
to leave Tuesday for a sojourn at Hot
Springs. They will make the trip to
the springs in the Alley car.
A carload of tents was received in
Mena Monday. They were sent here
for use by government employees who
are building a highway thru the ma
tional forest in Scott county.
w. J. Lewis of Craig, Ok, accompa-
MED by his son, Ed, and his son-in-
law, G. R. Mooney, the latter of
Mounds, Ok, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. S. S. Oslin. While in Mena they
will look around, and should they find
farm to suit will locate somewhere
in the highlands.
Herbert Regain, formerly forest
ranger at Shady, now with the acqui-
sition department of the Forest Serv-
ice at Hot Springs, is in Mena this
week to look after some work in his
department, making his headquarters
with J. w. Van Hoy, U. S. title at
torney, in the Federal building.
DR.. George w. Green of the M. E.
church at Pickering, Mo-, who had
spent his vacation in Mena this spring
and returned home feeling fine, writes
Mena friends that he held up we'll UNI
til last week, since when he has not
been doing so well, hence he is look
ing forward to another trip to Mena.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. (Bud) Lane and
daughter, Opal Clare, of Womble,
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A..
Montgomery Thursday afternoon.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Lit
tie of Cove, mother of Mrs. Lane. The
party left Friday morning for Wom-
Bile. They came to Mena from Cove,
where they had been visiting.
DR., and Mrs. Charles Sanford of
Board Camp were shopping in Mena
Friday morning. They had to hurry
back home, the doctor explained, to
look after their bees, of which they
have a number of swarms. DR.. San
ford also makes speciality of rails
ing deer, and reports that he has
more orders for stock than he can
supply at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Brinkley arrived
Thursday from Horatio to spend va
cation of two weeks in this city. They
are stopping at Hotel Mena. Mr..
Brinkley reports that the prospects
for the cantaloupe harvest in the Ho-
ratio territory are fine, and he is TAX
ing this two weeks vacation that he
may be in good shape to help take
charge of the marketing of this crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Oliver returned
this morning from Texarkana, and
were accompanied by their little
daughter, Gladys, who had undergone
an operation at Michael Meagher hos
pital. They rerort that Mrs. Maud
Newcomer, who also underwent an
operation at the same institution, is
getting along nicely now, but that
she will not be able to leave the hos
pital for week or two.
NJ. Bakken and two little sons, who
came to Mena two weeks ago from
Belle Fourch, S. Oak, left this after
titDI @CA 1AON 0Ptilkos WnClI bHSy
will remain until Mr.. Bakken RECEIVERS
his health, when they will return to
Mena to make their home. Mr.. Bak-
ken has become interested in this sec
tion of Arkansas as a small fruit and
truck growing country, and when he
returns to Polk county expects to fol
low that line Of farming.
Little Riding writes from Fayette.
vile that he is getting well started in
his work in the summer school al
Arkansas University, and is looking
forward with interest to the time
when he will go on duty as teacher
of vocational training in the Reno
rural high school near Van Buren,. He
is gathering information which may
be helpful in getting a rural high
school established in Polk county un