The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-20
COMMERCIAL
 CLUB PICKUPS

weeyiI has been at work in some of the cotton patches. Then, it will De remembered that not long since $. Ii. Hawkins of the Potter community arouoht to the Commercial Club apeeimens of his Kafir corn, the seed of which was being ruined by some worm new to everyone heseabouts. Samples of the Kafir corn were sent to the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, and Prof. Dwight Isely, entomologist. being un- able to determine ana classify the nest sent the samples to Washington, D. C.. receiving and transmitting re- turns to this office this week as fol- lows:
 q have received determination from Washington of the grain worms affacking kafir corn which you sent to the Experiment Station September 24. This is the sorghum grain worm, Or web worm Apparently, very little i is known about the insect, by the spe- ciaiists in this group, leading us to ! judge that it is not generally as de- structive as it has been this year.
 Still another insect pest, the rav- ages of which are worse this year. than usual, is the hickory twig girdler This is a black beetle, about three- fourths of an inch long, having long antenea and other characteristics ! similar to the borer. Ordinarily this { insect attacks hickory and pecan and nut trees only, but this year work is being done in persimmon trees, pear and other fruit trees. A spe- l cinen of the insect has been left at l the Commercial Club office by c. H :. l Webster, who found the pest at work
 on his persimmon and pear trees. lie
 has also left two twigs that show how
 neatly the insect girdles the twig, [ but before starting on the job of rirdling the insect takes the precau- tion to perpetuate his species, and on , each twig will be found places where eggs have been deposited for the brood ! to come on next year. There are two , methods of combating the insect, one 1, lis to spray in the fall with Bordeaux mixture and lead arsenate and the other to gather the fallen twigs and 7 destroy them by burning,
 There are few who realize that the I range of information sought at the : average Chamber of Commerce or
 Commercial Club is as wide as the range of human wants and exper-
 fence. The fact it there are many y who look upon community activity or r community service only from the ' standpoint of dollars and cents. A letter in point recently came from the
 secretary of the Chamber of Com t merce at Denton, Tex. It touches or r a matter that may seem trivial, and
 yet it shows the animating spirit
 back of the men who are in this work
 Here is what was written:
 z There was a young fellow with red hair and crossed eyes that came into
 his office today hunting for informa. : tion He stated that was his purpose : in calling, and when we told him we |. were at his service, he put one up tc us that almost stumped the whol, ' shooting match. He wanted to know . was what the prospects were foi trapping in and around your city
 Said that he was trapper of parts
 and much skill, and wanted a ground
 that was filled with fur-bearing war 2 hints on which he could exercise
 that skill. We have never piked yet on any task set for Us, and we are now trying to make good with this fellow with the eyes that do not l track and the hair that is blond. Car } you give us expert information as tc , the opportunities for catching the various and sundry wild animals un.
 awares and annexing them to the . fashionable world in the future
 Kindly advise what the outlook fol 7 trapping is, and what the laws con. corning it are in the state of Arkan. k sas. Now, we must have this infor. , nation within ten days or make de. s fault and so acknowledge when the
 young fellow calls. If you don't helF us we will fall down and lose oul
 standing as a reliable source of in. 5 formation as to where the sly coon
 abides and the skunk and possum
 have their habitat Putting it up to you, and anxiously awaiting your re- ply"
 4 former Menaite, who still claims
 this as his home, tho for the last five
 years he has been travelling over the
 states of the west and southwest
 covering the territory from the gulf
 to the Pacific, writes to the Conner
 ciai Club as follows:
 'I sincerely hope Mena will make a
 go of the summer resort for that is
 undoubtedly the one big thing in
 making Mena town known to the
 outside world, and it will also do
 wonders for the material interests of
 Mena l also notice some agitation in
 regard to camp grand for auto
 tourists. If the Jefferson highway is
 completed, Mena should certainly es-
 tablish place of some sort for tour
 lsts to camp, To those in Mena
 where improved highways are not
 yet an established fact, it is hard to
 conceive the amount of auto tourist
 travel that will come over good
 road during. the summer season, and
 the town that furnishes adequate conveniences for the comfort of the tourists will always be pleasantly remembered In almost every town
 of over 2000 population that we have passed thru this summer there has been camp ground of some sort. I . thlnk that Stilwell park would make nlee place for this. but it w0uld
 need some improvements. There
 should be number of electric liohts placed ground in the park, sanitary tollefs should be established. there should be rest room for ladies. sev-
 erai water hydrants, and if possible small house with a few small stoves to provide for cooking on ralny days or in cool weather
 think that the wood and vvafer sho,,I5