The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-02
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 in extinguishing the 'a
 water loss was suffe,alaa lap .H.r Leader store, then in sp
 ground floor. The onsa DuA
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 for theatrical purposes ss' before this. VssS A Silver Lining, Ma BY
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 nights fires. The Ivr,aa0 Is a0'' -.. is more pleased over jM ths Ikzze theatre was emptied vii Z
 anyone, those witnessin,ssa ,sass;s X -, ing out without a starrss1 I.'.'. - have resulted in injury I0s Y " z unteers assisted in rem,l ~ < movable fixtures, ma1I' sI ll' ll.1s equipment, etc, savine .v , 1 heavy loss. The old Tn,t
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 Carried Hose on Sho,I and ,; ];
 W. E. Holt is one of H oket of the Masonic fratern;s.ss ~ and the starting of the fre ~ arm corner of Sherwood ayanns a 1 fire truck, which refused or ! pushed over by hand. A. not the bumps of the Kansas s \ the ern tracks, the engine sts, t' truck went on under ifs as ne<' l To some distance from V z Mena Hardware Companv W loss. When a section of k,s rem tached to the qlug at tbs .iIe( Jansen avenue, it was suo~ there was no wrench to be A,s ss~ ing on the water. Neithe, < <S-, axes at hand necessary ~
 holes in the roof to get tha ' to the fire. Someone Wan. hardware company's store
 the plate glass in the da.. cured the needed tools. Al. A. Wilson insists the act V, cessary, and declares if k
 called by telephone he en come down in his car and loss of broken glass.
 Visitor Did Fine N
 Harry Holtsman, the ss Hay Brothers sale, ruins, business to help fight th
 not only helped organize s 1 teers who were trying to flames, but also helped
 crowd of spectators from psa1 duly excited. He made an M appeal for help at a critical brought results and later K crowd wanted to start the sale he decided fire fighting N in order, and went out and hs - E he could. N
 Fear that some of the w:.s X ! Commonwealth company mis.l burned thru and endanger the those at the fire, caused the off of the current at the powe ! at about 9:30. When it wal later there was no danger, thI came on again.
 While helping handle the { after the water had been tus{ J. L. Vincent suffered a strahs received by a kick from th straightening out kink. Hs to be included in the list d ~ i jured, however, even tho unabAi the arm Saturday.
 The fixtures in the Farmen l chants drug store are owned h| Daniels, and are not included bankrupt sale of the stock.
 Bremen Worked 12 HOuI
 Bremen poured water on ths the entire night, and the last , smoking embers were not extins | until about 3 o'clock Saturday 1 ing, more than 12 hours after was first discovered. During th the men handling the hose werI 1 good hot coffee and food at th | Cafe, local business men hayi ranged to see that the fire were fed.
 It is interesting that, tho fol three hours four lines of hos l in constant use, there was l change in the water pressur | lightest being S5 pounds to the inch.
 A Little History.
 The Star of October 8, l9O nounced the purchase by Dr. l Davis from Sam Riding of ] building adjoining that of the ! of Mena, now the Farmers an chants Bank, and the deelaral l Dr. Davis of his intention t0 the brick block, already start cover the new purchase, making 1 i'd block 100 feet square, compo four storerooms, 25 x 100 feet first floor. He also stated he construct on the second floor or opera house 50 x 100 feet, [ CT space to be used for offices. Later G. w. Pultz, then a known builder, was employed ervise the work, but on Deeei of the same year, Mir. Pultz q w. M. Palmer, who had just co the residence on Grandview for A. W. St. John, was pl charge. The building was co in 1904, among the occupants 1 storerooms being the Davis Store, the George Powell l Company and Sam Ridling's ' Seed Store.
 Shortly following the rem the Kansas City Southern from Mena in 1910, DT. Davi' the property for a large acr lranch land in New Mexico, owner being W. P. Harman, ' tinued for a time to operate u house, but finally closed 1t profitable.
 Joseph Krikac was the nex and he figured for a time to the second floor into a moder but finally sold it to the prest CT.
 The structure was well built a weakness that finally had do with the heavy damage I from the fire, and that was