The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-09

poration, all monies paid to the Vest ern Assembly to be used for further development of the site.
 For your information it is stated that after donating 250 acres for an Assembly Site, the local corporation will have approximately 620 acres, all | of which lands are now under option and which will be bought and deeded to the corporation. In addition to this acreage under option, we have 165 acres located between the proposed Assembly site and the townsite of Mena, which have been donated to the corporation, and from which may be platted some of the most valuable property for building purposes on ac- count of the favorable location with reference to the city and the Assem- bly, grounds.
 Granting that the lands will be platted into residential lots of 50x150 feet in dimensions, or say from 3 to 5 per acre, and allowing for walks and drives, it is estimated that there will be total of approximately. 1860 to l3100 lots.
 In making this proposition it is mu- .ually understood that the Western Assembly will not sell any lots in the proposed Assembly site of 250 acres, but will use said lands strictly for Assembly purposes.
 It is further proposed and mutual ly agreed that the Commissioners of the Western Assembly or their repre- sentatives and the officers and the directors of the corporation will have control of the lands in the Assembly grounds, that they are to have control and govern jointly the sale of lots, which are to be for residential pur- poses only, that they are to govern jointly all the activities that may be carried on on the Assembly grounds, except that the Western Assembly Commissioners, or their representa- tives, shall have exclusive control of the 250 acres donated strictly for As sembly purposes.
 Respectfully Submitted,
 R. Golf, G. w. Petty, D. M. Watkins,
 Committee.
 By Fred J. Smith, Secretary.
 Mena folks do not fully realize the splendid asset they possess in refer ence to the location of the Forest Re- serve adjacent to the lands embraced in the proposed assembly grounds. There are approximately 25,000 acres lying north and northwest from the lands under option, extending to and beyond Mt. Mena, with the right-of- way of the Kansas City Southern rail way as the eastern and northeastern boundaries. Most of this vast area is destined to remain in the virgin state, while a large part of it will be de- veloped for recreational purposes just as fast as there is demand or need for such recreational uses. There will be no need for legislation along that line, nor will there be any necessity to do any "log-rolling" to secure de- velopment along these lines. The For est Service stands in readiness now to respond to the demands and needs of this community as fast as they arise. The program is to build trails and roads, to open springs, to open ter ritory for summer camps, and to do any other legitimate thing that will bring about the ideal of making of this portion of the National Forest a playground of the nation. Charles A. Plymale, Forest Supervisor, of Hot Springs, was in Mena this week, and with the committee representing the Mena citizenship, appeared before the Western Assembly Commissioners to give them at first hand the assurance of the cooperation of the Forest Ser vice. not only in the strengthening of the spirit to be built up and fostered by the Assembly, but in the material way of developing the adjacent forest