The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03
PERSONAL NOTES

Lon Scott and son of Black Springs. We're Tn Mena Friday on business.
 Houston Johnson of Hatfield was a business visitor in Mena Tuesday
 l.. o. Day, merchant at Blackfork, was Tn Mena Tuesday on business. I E. K. Torbett, income tax collector Will complete his work in Mena Thurs day at noon.
 W. s. Capeheart, cashier of the bank ot Vanderyoort, was in Mena Thurs day on business.
 1 Albert E. Trautwein of Gerald, Mo. arrived in Mena Wednesday to look after property interests.
 John T. Tisdale, federal prohibition enforcement officer of Fort Smith, was Mena visitor Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Carl Thinnes and chil- dren of Shawnee, Ok, arrived in Mena Tuesday for visit with relatives. P True, with son, Perno, and daughter, Miss Artie, motored up from Hatfield Wednesday to shop and visit friends.
 ] J. A. Latta, one of the young sol diers now stationed at Camp Pike. arrived in Mena Tuesday for a visit with his brother.
 Miss Evelena Hill of Potter was a visitor in Mena Tuesday while en- route to Poteau, to which place her family has recently moved.
 l. M. Davis, the peanut man, was in from Yerba Buena ranch Friday de- livering orders of shelled peanuts and canned goods to local patrons.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Babers and children of Hatton are visiting friends in Mena and taking advantage of the bargain sales of local merchants. ] Mr. and Mrs. w. B. McAdams of Grannis, were in Mena Wednesday on business connected with the new home they are establishing near that town. ! Mrs. Pearl Pettus of Hatton and her nephew, Pettus Ruffin, were Mena wis itors Wednesday and sought medical advice regarding the young mans health.
 i John T. Taylor is another Scott county man to come to Mena to get cement for building a dipping vat in ] his community. Mir. Taylor was in Mena Wednesday.
 1 J. J. Coplan of Cove was in Mena i Tuesday and drove back home in a new Ford truck bought from Proctor 1 & Smith for the use of Coplan & Son, merchants at Cove.
 l John Shorter of Bog Springs was in Mena Tuesday and secured portion of the reward money paid by the state for the arrest of men convicted of dynamiting dipping vats.
 Deputy Sheriff Hazel was at Cove Wednesday to summon parties to att tend juvenile court in Mena Saturday. Officer J. s. Hinson was in Rich Noun tain on similar mission.
 Mena friends of Mrs. Amanda Me- kibben, wife of John McKibben, have received word that she died January 24, at the home of her daughter, Georgia, at Los Angeles, Calf. 
 S. P. Quisenberry of Hatfield was in Mena Thursday to make final proof on his homestead entry before Circuit l Clerk W L. Parker He has ss wit nesses Mel Dale and Ray Dale, both of Hatfield.
 1 J. A. Feds and little son, Ted, of the Opal community were in Mena Fri day. While here Mir. Feds renewed his subscription to The Star, which has been a visitor at his home for a number of years.
 Work of moving the Ozark Poultry Yards to the new location on Picker ing avenue started Wednesday. The firm will be in the new building oppo- site the passenger station, recently built by J. A. Alvey.
 l E. R. Sapington, J. W. Widener and Jess White, were trio of Van Buren men in Mena Wednesday to try and arrange a bout with Dummy" Bar rington The match could not be ar ranged as White was overweight.
 E. P. Titus was in from Dallas Fri day, bringing a load of lumber cut on 1 his place. He says so far as he can observe the fruit buds have not swollen materially and he believes the fruit has not been endangered by warm weather.
 Henry Tucker, Mena lad who en- listed in Uncle Sam's military service not long ago, arrived home Tuesday for ten days visit. The young man is stationed at Camp Pike and likes the service, the training having helped him in a physical and other ways.
 A road improvement that will in- terest local motorists and others who travel in that direction is the dragging of the road between Mena and Bethes- da Springs. The road is said to be Tn excellent condition save for one bad hole inside the city limits near old Jack Davis place.
 James Pegram returned Thursday from Talihna Ok, where he spent several days Investigating the work of oil development in that vicinity. He found that leases were in demand and little land in the neighborhod of Tai- hna that had not been leased.
 Amos Musgrave of Hatfield was Tn Mena Friday having stopped over on his return home from Muskogee' Ok, where he had been attending federal court. He was witness for the gov ernment in several eases of men iiving