The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
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Farm at White Hal, llllnois. All course of time a shipment of twelve gallons of sorghum made by L. A. Peueh of Potter was made to Mir. Corsa. Hhere is what Mir. Corsa says under date of March :; Upon my re- turn from a somewhat extended trip east I find your valued letter of Feb r.sary 9, and also have letter from Mr. Peugh. The shipment of sorghum ns evidenced by this shipment is dis tspct credit to it's producer and your county. Incleosed please find remit fance in payment for the shipment"
 Is his connection is should be stated that the Gregory Farm is a big lnsti- tution. having a private farm labora- forv in which reproduced hog cholera serum and other products needed on well regulated stock farm. It IS the home of Percheron horses, Berkshire hogs. Jersey cattle and Shropshire sheep. 1t is safe guess that MT. peugh or some other Polk county sor- ghnm maker will find regular market at the Gregory Farm for some of the product
 
 Orland c. Smith, born and reared in the Big Fork community, the son of Mir. and Mrs. W. H Smith, now talk ing vocational framing at the Mag nolia Agricultural school, while a vis- atcr in Mena this week was an inter ested called at Commercial Club headquarters to go over the propo- gition of establishing poultry farm in or near Mena. Mir. Smith is talk ing vocational training in poultry husbandry, and at this time is in charge of flock of 400 s. c. White Ieghorn hens, the property of Super intendent Austin of the Magnolia school. He made plans while in Mena to move here at the close of his work next May, and while he may take ad- ditional work at Saltwater, Ok, he will first start his poultry farm and then leave it in charge of Mrs. Smith. This young man entered the sevice from Big Fork, and while overseas served in the supply department, where. while in the line of duty, he sustained an injury to his back in consideration of which he is being giv- en the vocational training. He never had much opportunity for education, having quit the Big Fork school when he was thirteen years of age and when he had reached point not far beyond the present fourth grade, yet in spite of that handicap he is now carrying the regular course that goes with the vocational training. Such a man starting in the poultry business may be counted on to make a success of the undertaking
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 Robert L. Dickerson, travelling pas- senger agent of the Kansas City Southern railway, was at Commercial Club office Wednesday with A. Nit chell, local agent, to go over the mat ter of caring for summer visitors with the secretary, but more particularly to gather material for the booklet to he issued soon by the railway company h) advertise the summer resorts along s.se line. The company has made an appropriation of from $5,000 to $10,- 900 to be spent in the publication of this folder, and the officials in charge of the work are sparing no efforts to gather the information that will be beneficial to the respective commun- ities that will have place in the book let and to give definite information to those who are seeking congenial places to spend the summer. 1t will be remembered that Mir Dickerson, accompanied by Edwin J. Davisn, com mercial photographer, and c, l.. Gris- com, representative of the publishing company, spent a couple of days in Mena last fall, taking pictures and tkart,,t4 ,aa&n fn ho mead 1T, fhfo ,,,.k lication. Soon after returning to Kansas City, after making his trip over the road, Mir. Griscom was taken sick and died It will be interesting to Mena readers of the Kansas City Star to know that Arthur Killick, bet ter known by his pen name, Fatty Lewis, will take Mir. Griscom's place in writing the story about the Ozark country as an ideal summer resort.
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 Some interesting and amusing in- quiries come to the Commercial Club office, but 1t is not often that such in cidents pile up as they did one day this week. First, a young man liv- ing at the corner of Miller avenue and eve street, made trip from his home to club headquarters to ascertain where Eve street is located. Next came A. Mitchell, local agent of the Kansas City Southern railway to ask the help of the secretary to locate c. B. Smith, about whom Mir. Mitchell had read story in the paper the night before. The amusing feature about this inquiry is that Mir. Smith has been an employe of the Kansas City Southern for many years, having charge of the switch lights and other things in the Mena yards, and going each month te the general office for his pay check. Next came a letter from motherly woman at Gibsland, La, in which among other things was contained an inquiry as to the rail- road fare from Shreveport to Mena.
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 C. l.. Swaty. living on North Mena street, in the building of his green house, is not only erecting a structure, but he is enjoying the realization of an ideal. When Mir. Swaty and fam fly came to Mena a few monts ago. bought the home and. some other pro perty, he was limited in means but he coniided to the secretary that some day he hoped to be able to build greenhouses and be in shape to supply all the Mena territory with potted plants, cut flowers and all other things propagated in an u pto date green house. He started last fall with two cold frames of pansies and three large beds Of frost proof cabbage, and thru a little Judieious advertising secured orders for thousands of plants that he was not able to fill Some of the p&nsy plants went to florists at Lit tie Rock Encoprarad hv thte ax