The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-12-30
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T. B. Hampson of Fredonia, Kas.,
interested with his brother in a saw
mill located in Montgomery county,
near Big Fork, was a caller at club
headquarters Monday, making in
curry about the mineral deposits in
Polk county, and also seeking infor-
nation as to the possibility and prac-
ticality of an Electric line between
Mena and Hot Springs. Mr.. Hamp-
son viii be in Mena again after max
ing a trip to Big Fork to look after
his lumber interests.
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w. B. Coke Of Shreveport, La,
spent Monday in Mena on a prospect
ing trip, having previously had cor
respondence with the secretary in
reference to possible openings in this
city. While he was unable to locate
just what he wanted, at this time, he
had about concluded when he re-
turned home Monday to make plans
at once to move to Mena 50 that he
might have a part in the era of devel-
opment that is surely coming to this
section of Arkansas.
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Ebert Montgomery, who during
the last season farmed near Heaven
er, but still owns his farm in the Hol-
ly Springs community, was in Mena
Monday to find a market for corn and
alfalfa, products of his Polk county
farm. He brought in a load of fine
corn, ard offered for sale several tons
of alfalfa from his four acre patch,
from which made our cuttings dur
ing the last season.
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MIR. and Mrs. w. NJ. Heines, new
corners in this county, having last
spring bought the Pierce farm near
Old Potter, are making plans to inn
prove their farm this spring by put
ting out family orchard. They were
callers at club headquarters this week
to get information about reliable nur-
series, preparing TO patronize a Polk
county institution if there be one.
These folks are ready to join the ber-
ny growers Of this community in buy
ing crates and shipping strawberries
comparatively next spring.
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G. Straub, living east of Mena on
the Boberg place, is going to put into
practice the intensive agriculture he
learned in his youth. He is a native
of Switzerland. coming to the United
States some fifteen years ago, and
coming to Polk county last spring
from Dallas, Tex. The Ozark country
appeals to him, being much like Swift
zerland, but he observes that agricul-
ture conditions are much more favor
able here, and yet he says it is the
intensified farming that makes Swift
zerland a prosperous country. Farm
operations carried on as they are here
would mean starvation for the far
ner in the Alps, ne says.
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Harold G. Davis, son of Mrs. NJ. B.
Legate, writes the secretary under
date of December %. from Camp
Funston, Kas, where he is a mem
Der of the A. C. e s., and one of the
clerical force in Division headquarters
Of the Seventh Division, which he
saws is soon to be moved to Camp
Meade, Md Speaking more speeifi-
callv of his work he writes: 81 am
a craftsman in Division Headquart-
ers. and my work runs to designing
recruiting posters and drawing typo
graphical maps. 1t is interesting
work, and liberal education in it,
self.
III am rather proud of my outfit.
and have cause to be, since we are all
high school graduates, and besides
that each man must be specialist in
order to get in. So you see we have a
tradition to uphold, and must al
ways keep on our toes or be trans
ferred back to a line outfit" He
closes BY sending Christmas greet
inps to all Mena friends