The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

field would average so bushels pes
acre.
w. D. Philpot and family of Egger
were in Mena Thursday on their re,
turn home from visit at Stuart ana
Ashland, Ok.
Rev. F. F. Harrell was called to
the court house Monday to unite In
marriage B. v. Spears of Ink and
Mrs. Agnes Wear of Egger.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Henderson have
returned from Fayetteville where
i thew attended the farmers short
course and the agents meeting.
Guy Beavers, for Ia years carrier
I on r. +. ID. No. l out of Mena, began
his annual vacation Thursday morn
/ ing. Miss Dora Anderson substituting
on the route during the time.
I Capt. and Mrs. Joe Miller and chill
dren of Duraiit, Ok, passed thru
Mena Thursday on their way to Oden
to visit Capt. Miller's parents.
IT. Winton was one of the westend
farmers in Mena Saturday. He re-
ports crop prospects are of the most
promising nature in his section.
Judge H. w. Finger has caused the
population at the county farm to be
reduced by having Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
per Mcdonald sent to the old soldiers
home at Little Rock. The old folks
! left Mena Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Cramlet who ar.
rived in Mena last week from Nelson,
Neb., after considerable correspond
ence with the Commercial Club, will
be at home in Mrs. J. l.. Nelson's res
idence on Grandview Heights, hav-
ing rented the same last Saturday.
Argus Rowe of Rocky was in Mena
Saturday. He is preparing to take
the place of his brother, Doyle Rowe,
as agent for the Kansas City Southern
and postmaster at Potter, about Sep
TENDER 1. The latter expects to go
away to college to prepare himself for
the ministry.
Oliver johnson received word late
Saturday that his brother, Clarence
johnson, had died at noon, at san
itarium in st. Louis, where he had
been taken about FIVE weeks ago. The
young man had been sick about a
year. He was the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Johnson.
M. B. Fried of Big Fork and Guy
Beavers living on Bethesda Springs
road, are among the Polk county
sorghum makers that are getting
lined up for the manufacture of a lot
of the ''long sweetening," and are
early getting in touch with market
conditions.
I f. J. Greiner and NJ H. Profit are
among the Polk county sweet potato
growers that have applied to the
Arkansas State Plant Board for the
inspection of their sweet potato
fields. Geo. G. Becker chief inspector
of the Board plans to be in Meaa on
September 9 to make the inspection.
Mrs. d. C. Golf, mother of R. Golf,
who had been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Golf and family, left Wednesday for
Cove, accompanied by Mrs. G. G. Golf,
who had also been in Mena. Before
returning to her home in Fort Worth,
Tex, Mrs. Golf will visit at the homes
of her sons at Cove, DeQueen and
Richmond, Ark, and Eagletown, Ok.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H. Profit and chi.
dren have returned from jefferson
City, Mo, where they had been visit
ing Mrs. Profits relatives and friends.
They are enthusiastic in talking
about the improved highways over
which they travelled in the vicinity of
jefferson City, and they are sure
when that line of development gets
under way in Polk county there will
be no place like this.
William Taylor, grandson of DIR. and
Mrs. M. r. Regain, who has been liv-
ing with them for a number of years,
left Saturday for Kansas City, where
he will meet his father, and they will
go to Chicago to meet Mrs. Taylor.
Following a visit at Detroit, the young
man will go to Howe, Ind, where he
will attend the Howe school.
Mrs. b. f. Jackson to Hospital.
Mrs. B. F. Jackson living near Opal,
! who attempted to end her life with a
razor some days ago, was found to be
in need of mental treatment, and the
county court directed she be taken to
the state hospital. Mrs. j. A. Thorn
ton, accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Irene Thornton, took Mrs. Jack
son to Little Rock Monday morning.
w. z. Disheroon og Paris, Tex, ar
rived in Mena Saturday morning to
spend a few days with his brother, J.
e. Disheroon, whom he found very
much improved from a quite serious
sickness. Mr.. Disheroon said, fur
Their, that he couldn't stay away from
Mena more than a year anyhow" and
figured just now he had good excuse
for doing what he wanted to dc.
The Rev. ]. w. Middleton, who with
his family had been visiting in Mena
with his father, j. w. Middleton, left
Friday for Oklahoma City, Mrs. Mid
dleton and children will stop for a
visit at Acorn before joining Mr..
Middleton. who exDacts tn locate in