The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-20

c. E. Anderson of Fl Dorado was in Mena Tuesday en route to Mountain Fork to visit his family.
 MT. and Mrs. J. L. Cameron are parents of a new baby girl, who ar- rived at their home Monday.
 w. A. Worthington left Monday afternoon on business trip to Tex as, going first to Mineral Wells. Postmaster Fete Cox and brother, Ora Cox, of Slatington, were in Mena Tuesday to get supplies for the Cox store.
 John Combs and son, Ava, were in Mena Friday and brought big load of rich pine for kindling at the court house.
 Herbert Campbell of Rocky was ir Mena Tuesday to take the teachers examination under County Supt. w. H. Morden.
 Jacob Standridge of Texarkana was in Mena Tuesday en route to Opal to visit relatives and look after business matters.
 Miss Willie Mount left Monday for Poteau to assist in getting the Fair Store opened for business in it's new location.
 County Supt. w. H. Morden has moved his office into that of County Clerk Anderson while the grand jury is in session.
 Allen Watkins of Mt Ida, official stenographer for the circuit court, came overland Monday to attend the sessions of the October term.
 Mrs. A. E. Morgan of Dallas, Tex, arrived in Mena Tuesday to visit her parents, Mir. and Mrs. G. D. Peake, living on Route 2, west of Mena. . W. M. Smith of Wickes was in Mena Thursday and made final proof on his homestead entry before Cir cult Clerk Parker. He had as wit nesses John D. Hill and Henry Lebo. Mir. and Mrs. B. A. Jones, former Mena residents, but now located at Shreveport, are in the city to attend circuit court. They drove thru to Mena in their car and found the roads rough and dusty.
 William M. Maroon of Wickes was in Mena Tuesday and made final proof on his homestead entry before Circuit Clerk Parker. The young man had as witnesses J. Archie Neal and Geo. Muckelrath, both of Wickes.
 T. G. Green and John Owens left l Monday afternoon for Fort Smith, where they will attend federal court as petit jurymen. They will be joined at Poteau by Curt Shields, the third juror selected from Polk county. Mir. and Mrs. Phil Fronkier, accom- panied by the latter's mother, Mrs. M. A David, and Mrs. Alice Har- rison of Shady Point, Ok, left Tues day morning for an auto trip to Fort smith, expecting to be gone several weeks.
 Prospects of a railroad strike have helped lower cotton prices, and bales offered in the Mena market Tuesday showed the effects of the bearish market. Not many bales were offered for sale but the best brought between IS and 19 cents.
 Miss Olive Montgomery, who has been the guest of Mir and Mrs. c. l.. Swaty in Mena, will return to her home at Shreveport this week. Miss Montgomery stopped over in Mena while en route home from an extend ed trip thru the West.
 Deputy Sheriff w. s. Costelow of Heavener was in Mena Tuesday and asked local officers to be on the lookout for two men who escaped from the county jail at Poteau Mon Jay night. The men were held await ing trial for felonies and made their escape by rushing the guard who brought their supper. The little four-year-old son of Mir and Mrs. R. E. Daley of Hatfield. passed away Monday afternoon after an illness of only two days. Conges- ton was given as the sickness. Aley. Patton was called from Mena to pre- day.