The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-23
Western Assembly
 Notes
EEv F. ! SMITH, Secretary Conner
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 Rev. Charles 0. Ranford, associate rdsfsor of the St. Louis Christian Ad- wocnte. and Assembly Commissioner fram the Missouri Conference, in a Onrzonal letter to Mrs. C. F. Louns- kurv. d member of his church while mt Rrookfield, Mo-, says among other Ahiugs. aI shall surely try to see you whrn | come to Mena in March. 1 waut to say this for Mena, you, iil- Seed. have a good lot of boosters. l am looking forward with pleasure t9 mv visit to Arkansas. The more | wead about the state and the people and the wonderful mountain scenery and climate the more l am interest," xd.n
 n A. Younger and his trail build mi. crew. working under the direction nf Foregt Ranger s. C.. Payne, haS made headway this week on the con- slrl,rtion of the trail to the Peak. Earix in the week that portion of the kral running thru the Watkins pas ture. beginning just before the turn in the Horseshoe drive on this side of the Plateau Fruit farm, was graded up to a good width, and by the use of the road drag this part IS being. put in good shape, but still more work is going to be done on 1t before it is left as finished. The start of the trail cannot be missed, for substantial gate has been built, and another has also been put up at the point where the trail leaves the Watkins pasture and starts up the aide of the mountain on is circuitogs route of l4,400 feet to the top of the Peak. The finest work that has been done by the trail builders IS that on khe side of the mountain. Here Is q ztrutch of over 900 feet has been practically completed, unless 1t should be decided that with the eo- operation of the citizens of Mena the base of the trail be widened so that auEnes can pass over it. The width af the base as now completed varies from four to five and one-half feet, and IS of solid earth, all of the lose dirt having been moved to the lower edge of the trail, leaving the surface of the trail even smoother than Port Arthur avenue or the highway. In this connection, it will be interesting to repeat that the steepest grade on the trail from the postofiice to the Peak will be between the city and the standpipe, there being only one sec- tiou of 500 feet that has 12 per cent grade, the remainder being from 10 per cent on down to a stretch of 1900 feet on the level. With the Federal appropriation now available it is cer- tain that the trail will be completed b she Peak before the work will be stopped this spring.
 The entertainment committee with khe assistance of the ladies of the seggraa churches is getting the pre- Hminaries for the community dinner well worked out. The menu commit tee met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. 0. Owen, settling definitely what shall be served, This committee is now placing it up to the x0liciting committee to secure the supplies. The dinner Is to be served at The Star Hall, and arrangements will be made for 100 plates, at least 45 of these will be reserved for the out-0f town guests, so that there will be from 50 to 55 plates for homefolks. Reservation for these plates should De made at the Commercial Club not later than Thursday morning of next week Should the limit of 100 be reached before that time, reservations will be closed, for the plans are now in the making to accommodate no more than 100. The invitation to make reservation is extended to all subscribers to stock in the Western Assembly Corporation.
 Dozens of Menaites took advantage of the good weather Sunday to make a trips over the completed portion of the trail to the Peak, and many of them while having been residents of Elena for years had never realized that here, within a few minutes drive. Is one of the finest views to be found anywhere in the country. Prac- ticaiiy only four days work had been done on the trail proper and yet Mir. Younger and his force of men had d0ne so well in that time that all the visitors marveled at the work that has been accomplished A greater marvel still was the wonderful pam 0rama that was open for miles and miles iu every direction. save 1irect- ly nurth, and this view will be open when the trail once reaches the Peak. By the time the Commissioners of the Western Assembly reach Mena, the trail builders will have completed about three times the distance of the portion now finished. The building of the trail is a wonderful asset to Mera just at this time, tho it is a fact that the program for it's construction kess been completed for almost two years.
 h addition to the Commissioners. the representatives of the five other cities competing for the location of the Western Assembly, there will be representatives here on March 2 from at least four railways. These will De the guests of Mena at the big com runity dinner The railroads that Edl Ee represented will be the Kansas City Southern, the Frisco, the Mis- zouri Pacific and the Rock Island
 H. W. CardweIl, of the Cardwell- Lyman Sales Company of Oklahoma City has written that his name be entered for $l 900 worth of stock in the Western Assembly Corporation adding that he regrets he at this tIme cannot do more. Mir. Cardwell while resident of Mena, did his part a0wsrd getting people in the notion sf taking advantage of the wonderful climatic and other natural resources which combine to make this an idea spot and healthfui summer resort.
 The technical information commit. Dee eomnnsed of " l. Holt