The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-13
H|)|NE FOLKS PUT
 PHEP IN ROAD WORK
rews Led by Thad Reid and .1S<fps Bell Doing Big Job in arry-Mena Folks Take Day
 to See Results.

t<rd work, directed and led by fi'kad Reid and Nj. l.. (Fate) bell. uE;la they were at it the town folks .<..,.,:4sa for picnic luncheon, and ttss 4nread on a spot of the pretty rr~-& af the Forest Station, was all {s%< <nnld be asked. Steaming hot s.1Tss made and served under the dl- <5sfinn of the ladies and Fred Smitn, ,.Ss<3<&Iized the quite snappy breezes ffsf rolled down from the north. ,,
 Thc narty drove north on the old <.fn road. and the drive was a +,Ioe4anf. one. the road quite good and ev47vone enjoying the scenery on the
 Acorn. which, by the way seemed <;.zsazfed. B. s. Petefish not showing s.ss <>szhaps because he was studying 'aax<l1nas preparatory for the annual z5.z5, Hanouet. the machines were tsS5o4 into valley toward the road <21t IF years has been the terror of .1= {xavelers, tourists, commercial f.1,<s and just folks. The road had been <,rs7ed--this was the first time such {6inr had ever happened. It was mt finished, but had been well pre-. z,1red for another "going over, svhich Is soon to be given.
 4t point some three miles above 4ro1n. the roadmakers, to escape a crses1 he'd that has continually been ho1e}ess as a read, had changed the ro35fe. Here all but the drivers left fhe e4rs and, led by Judge Finger, efarted bv foot over the new road. Yba sdrivers pushed ahead, found the ofher Intersection and took the back 4r6e]< meeting the walkers at point urhere% Thad Reid and his crew were brid<ing a gulley that, at some sea- V ,s5sse- carries quite a volume of Soifflv running water. Every man ,z;aE working, and getting things 31f1 fhe main efforts at the time be- 5u1 5u placing the heavy timbers. fi'E;< brjdge, stoutly built, will be 8o6r1fl for 56 feet, and has ap- rsr4,arhes. or fills of some length, and fhe snrprising thing to those who s:s4, jk in the morning, is that it was <a fz4 completed in the afternoon ]. fh&t ears could have passed over it.
 This crew has two more like bfld4es to build within quarter of a I.fIe. The timbers are taken from fHe Forest Reserve by special orders fxo5fs the department, these coming fhru Forest Ranger s. c. Payne, xhd has, incidentally, put in many xobd work days with the road gangs oI1 the job.
 Eroni this first bridge north for 1bol1t half mile, the route of the ueu road. all cleared and ready for tie earth work, IS along a steep hillside steep that the pedes- frian2 were pretty careful to avoid slipping and falling q goodly dis tance to the creek bed below. The surprise here, if we consider the wonderful scenery as merely com nnouplace, as it is in Polk county, is lint 0verseer Reid says he can, with his crew, complete the grading in two < @1eIEs. Such an estimate speaks vol UIa6s for the kind of men doing the York. and the spirit that drives them o1I, When this bit of road is done, 1t WiN be most attractive stopping nI1x1 from a scenic viewpoint, and I13 the fact there is fine water at M116 It would be a great thing to @& two or three spots cleared to i1lE4 camping possible, and sign or IX0 placed for the information of The men on this job are citizens of EGlk county, are working more for a f6U&e than for mere wages, and here X<< Their names:
 ! <od Reid, P. Reed, G. R. Hale, Sam
 ID, George Allstott, Lonnie Bar
 Ethan Garland, A. Morrison, D. 1&om, Ray and Frank Roop.
 1ving this interesting work and l6c&Iity, the party drove on toward 1I i=tton, some of the road being 100
 eent boulders, ranging from few 11If<s to a foot in diameter At one NQIQt the road runs around a nice l<x1l field, hugging the foot of a x<2&R hill, and bad place for travel. I0e owner of this level field has in- e5fed the road builders to drive in at hIs Front gate, close to his residence, and put the road where they want it. Fms is going to split his level land, 4N< Will do wonders for the road, sav- IAE dlstance and much heavy work
 Near Eagleton a small crew with @u and "rooters" was loosening the z6II and gravel at the road side pre- <fory to the grading.
 Ter the hill-that steep, rock I'll and rock-plated stretch of so- 2 7z=:;== =5::==== road north of Eagleton, was t44 E6ute that lead three miles to the Hx<<<y Forest Station-and pretty it both in buildings, wire fences, 1aWns and the surroundings. App preaching this point the road, q mile Qr go, had been "manicured" by that 7zllled road builder, Fate Bell, and his czeH We drove up with dash, all {qx4zher, and parked" in front of the 4z4z4ence.
 had been expected that Ranger
 x1e and Mrs. Payne were to be at
 LII, but they were called away on
 Mt official business, phoning the
 4mercial Club, however, to invite folks to come along and make 4selves at home, and while Sec
 M Smith and the ladies made cof- md prepared the dinner. most of
 uenfolks drove out over the new
 traded road toward Black Fork,
 fENeer Bell going along to consult
 Judge Finger on some details. 9@ aflve to the Scott county line was
 0e Ion high," and in quick time, 4 At the line crew of Scott coun-
 @en were found busily engaged <I<nring a new right-of-way toward Down of Block Fork. They
 ed the same spirit that has actu-
 the Polk county folks, and were z A. z4n Mena and Black Fork would o6l road.
 1re let it be said, that when this accomplished fact, Polk county
 can readily reach Fort Smith
 points north, and points in Okla z|z ana west over roads that are