The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-04

Miss Rosalle Robert left Sunday for Waldron, where she will spend several days on business for the Fitz Lumber Company.
 Uncle A. J. Robbins was with Mena friends Monday, coming up from Pot ter with Dan Allen, driving up with horse and buggy.
 J. T. Philpot and son, Irwin, were in Mena Saturday and purchased the Mammoth Black jack, Ed, sold by the Stuart Land Company.
 Mrs. Virgil Wallin and two children left Thursday for Kusa, Okla, to join Mir. Wallin, who is employed in the smelters at that place.
 Mrs. Nellie Coughenour, who has been visiting Mena friends and look ing after business matters, left Satur- day for her home at Kansas City.
 R. F. Boughan has purchased thru the Kelly-Stratton Company the cot tage at the corner of Ninth street and Walnut avenue, and moved into his new home today.
 R. T. Morrow and son, Ora, came over from Big Cedar Thursday and among other bushes transactions in Mena, stopped at the Star office and renewed his weekly subscription
 Mrs. w H. Schroyer, who has been in Mena the past two weeks caring for her mother, Mrs. L. E. Burtch, left Monday for her home at Tulsa, Ok.
 Word was received in Mena Monday of the death of Mrs. George Sikes, at Springdale Mrs. Sikes was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. ]. H. Sex ton of Rich Mountain. Burial took place at Springdale.
 Miss Catherine Brogan, cashier at the Proctor Smith Motor Company, is one of the latest to become Ford owner. She and others of the Brogan family are now riding daily in one of the new touring cars,
 T. R. Bates and family have moved to Mena to make their home. Mir. Bates has bought two pieces of Mena property on South DeQueen street, one of which, DOT South DeQueen, they will occupy as home.
 w. A. Maudlin of Clarksville, Tex, was in Mena Monday to complete the deal for the purchase of the J. s. Por ter farm near Rocky. Mir. Maudlin is planning to come to Polk county be- cause of better health conditions here.
 Commissioners Ira Smith and J. F. Hood, Attorney J. l. Alley and En- gineer J. F. Haley returned Sunday afternoon from Little Rock, where they had been to open bids for the construction of the Jefferson High way.
 s. I. Wood has added to his hold ings of South Mena street realty by purchasing the lot and building now occupied by the Star Service station. A. w. Davis of Ardmore, who came to Mena to sell the property, returned home Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Dickens and their five children came over from Tulsa, Ok, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dickens father, Uncle Jack Da- wis. Mir. Dickens is acting as circula- tion man for the Tulsa Tribune. He expects to return in few days, but will leave his family here for time.
 J. D. Mills, accompanied by two drivers, drove three Maxwell cars to Mena Thursday from Texarkana, The cars were delivered to the Frost Motor Company, local agents for this make of auto In making the trip Mr. Mills stated they had no trouble in Polk county, but that the roads in Lit tie River county were bad.
 c. Fl. Beauchamp, former Mena citi- zen, but now located at New Orleans, is in the city for a short visit. He came to Mena to meet Mrs. Beau champ, enroute from their former home at Denver to the Louisiana city, and to meet his son, Robert, who is soon to leave for New York city to re-enter the naval service.
 Mrs. A. w. St. John and Mrs. K. M. Green, mothers respectively of Mir. and Mrs. Roy St. John, left Sunday for their homes in Los Angeles, Calif., after spending three months in Mena. Soon after reaching that place Mrs. Green will join her son, Gale, at Clio, where they have summer resort proposition that is growing in attrac- tiveness.
 J. Foltz, Poteau business man, made his first visit to Mena Thursday He looked over the business district the best of the residence district and finished with trip through Jannssen park After looking over Mena's fam ous beauty spot the visitor said it was