The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-01-14
MISSOURI NOTES


lie probably expects 10 live o. The.
proceeds u ne tsle - Ben Biant
Maryviiis - sueh . healthy towa
that re- Tombstone man seut OFef 70
Parnen ne ether dsy looking Tor b8st
ness.
The Missouri town IN which ns
greatest harmony dseils IL said % -
NeDuts. N0daEay county. Il hasn't
any women
A Paw Paw Corner nan calls his
whisky flask his hot water bottle, not
because IL contains hot water. bu be-
cause Il gets him in H.
Give your old hen a stmulaut-
prepared chicken food. says q Jas
per advertiser, and she wiz lay an
{ egg every day-at cur store.
Three small boys drilled q hole IN
the wall Of the Putnam county tall
the other day and escaped. and the
jail Is supposed 70 be capable q hold-
ing big. strong e
Last spring a Shelby county farmer
bought a carload % steers. He let
them run on grass until fall and then
fed them corn for three months. Then
he sold them and found that be had
cleared exactly % cents On the entire
Transaction. He is spending the win
ter ~~cussing7 the beef trust
Columbia Herald: No community
can afford 70 make itself the apologist
I OF the protector q boodilnE. There Is
no blRcker crime than bribery. and
the swift vengeance Of the Law should
be visited upon IL BY whomsosver
committed The buying and selling 0f
Official trusts are alike criminal. and
when they are condoned or lightly
passed By, civil government a a fail
IRE and there can be neither public
nor private decency. The only way 70
stop boodling e 20 hit H. and hit it
hard, wherever q appears and how
yer unpopular the hitting may BE. !
In spite OF the Tact hat scientists
declare that toes are useless 20 the
human race & Boone county man Is
suing = railroad for $4,000 for the loss
OF one.
Vernon county people want . new
court house and have started q move
ment to build one.
The News and Press says the ST.
Joseph stock yards are making great
inroads~ again
Il must be an interesting sight 20
see Crowder Down. q Jasper small
boy. eat pumpkin pie.
The editor Of the Louisiana Press
Journal prefers 20 meet differences
face 70 face and settle them II you
don't Get the paper, be says. "dont
so out behlnd the house and kick the
dog. Come In and euss Us 70 our
face"
The Southwest Missouri electric
railway running out q CathaEe has
sdopted a new system Of disciplining
It's motormen and conductor The
system provides that a record q each
employee shall be kept each day. and
that certain marks shan enu.ls them
90 merit marks and others % demerit
marks one hundred dement's viii Do
cause for the dismissal % any en-
ployee. As the men have the oppor-
t~unities 70 gain merits which offset
TIE dement's the system sill Vork no
hardshiQs on them. and e vii DO
away with the usual lAyoffs Inflicted
as punishment for Rfrzcuon Of the
ruleE
ST Joseph policemen have beVn pat
on elght-hour shifts Th0y can nov
devote more Attenuon 10 politics.
There are two women living in Ma
con county who have passed Tie leo
year marx. Thsy arc Au- Any Gil
strap and Mrs. Naomi Wright They
were both BORN n 1903
The editor o. the East Lynn News
offers a years subscription 10 his pa
per In exchange for q dos. regardless
% the fact that there isnt a sausage
factory within nny miles Of East
Lynne.
A Springfield negro. while washing
windows TUESDAY morntnE zen IRON
the second story % a building % ue
sidewalk. landing on bis head. bur es
Gaping apparent iniuFy Whcn be hat
picked himself up another negro Who
saW the fall said. John. yoh careless
fool yoh. why dian' yoA hor on Al
bet yoh has a sputun' headache fra@
dat far
ia my hanece cicvcrE Eaid 3
KiTksvillo younE nan the other nlEht
20 reply 20 a eaesuon. way. she has
brains enough for two That Is Why
I'm SONG 90 marry her Thsa he
wondered Why his hearers Anghsd 2
The Carthage powder mul S Eoins
again with a fan force q heroes az
work
Jacob r. Cnstone who Ewes rear
osaec believes that a man shoaia
hattie dsIly. cut q doors No matter
how cold the weather s. Glistnae