The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-03
SHOOK AND GOBLIN
 IN MERRY FRANKS
Some Garbcd in Costume and Others Only in Shadows of Night Moved Bulky Tanks and Pulled Many
 Pranks-Little Harm Done.

Mena was visited by a host of spooky forms Monday night, and like the sprites and elves of fairyland the nightly visitors made merry while mortals slept. The occasion that brought forth ghosts, hobgoblins and kindred spirits was Halloween, and while most of the fantastically garbed night providers were of tender years, there. were some who no longer are classed in the juvenile class, who joined in the pranks and funmaking.
 While most of the visible evidence of annual visitation was of charac- ter that harmed no one, there were some pranks played that caused lit- i tie trouble. For instance a large metal co1tainer that was resting peacefully in the rear of Boyd & Pom tious's plumbing shop, was found next morning covering one of the Civil War cannons in Janssen Park A heavy i iron tank to be used for gasoline at the new filing station on De Queen 1 street, was rolled out in the street and given a commanding position on 1 the Jefferson Highway near the First National Bank. Some of the visitors from spookland must have sweated when they did that.
 There were numerous reports where gates had been taken away, lawn orr naments removed and outbuildings l molested. The park lake had some benches floating on it's surface the morning after Hollowe'en, and in the downtown district a prominent attor- neys sign was shifted to the center of the street. Plate glass windows were 1 plentifGlly smeared with soap and there was big demand for window washers when daylight came.
 But along with the destructive fea- ture of the festivities there was much innocent fun, and Halloween parties in homes were numerous. Others went into the nearby woods and en- 1 joyed big bonfres and eats that in- cluded lot of things from weiners to peanuts.
 A stunt out of the ordinary and one that caused lot of laughs was that created by local citizen, who used a dummy. The voiceless one was placed in position on the porch of the i home selected, and the doorbell rung. When the householder came to the door, the first thing was to speak to the dummy, who naturally didn't re- lply. A repetition of the question gen. orally caused more wonderment, and about the time the puzzled house. holder was ready to shout for help, ths originator of the prank appeared and picked gp the dun; dummy to go seek aIi- other victim. At one period of the adventures of the dummy it was placed on the Janssen avenue section of the highway and the way the pass ing cars konked at the silent figure in rhe middle of the roadway brought i giee to those next to the joke. Later the dummy was laid down at the edge of the highway as it had been struck and injured by passing car. The | feelings of the driver who stopped and I the victim of joke, can best be imag-
 med 1t wouldn't be proper to repeat what was said
 The High school building received full attention, buggy, wagon and COW being installed in this building, despite the careful watch that was kept in the early hours of the night. ] About the nleanest little trick that was discovered was the cutting of the swing ropes in the children's play ground in Jansen Park. Such acts az this are pure vandalism, and the lads who did it probably did not stop to think.
 As a reverse side, one bunch of live youngsters, being told that they had taken a gate from a home where the owners were not able to hunt it up and replace it, carried it back and put it on the hinges, and then went on their way seeking mischief that would do no real harm to anyone.