The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-19
SHORT MISSOURI ITEMS

wants BfarY
Missouri 81 the grea.eu aype bear
ius state in The snion
El0cutionary ontest are becom-
Ing popular ia Missouri
Ore az a depth ~ only 1f feet has
been found Ga Barry county.
a stock company is being formed To
Monet 20 erect a packing hOl
Township Organization in % cJzz
ties in Missouri has been abolished
Fifty empioyes ~ the Katy car
shops have been laid OF az Scala
Southwest Missouri edHors have
planned a trip 10 WInnipeE usrt 1ay
Former Gov STEPHENS % Missouri
Is ont in the advocacy 81 q banking
bureau
Missouri has Developed a rev In
{ dustry in the Er0zing q squads to-
market
Thousands 81 miles q oouatT
roads viii De improved ir Missouri
this summer.
Several farmers ia H~srris1u co11
~. have sold their farms and Eoaa
10 Western Canada
AS a hen gathereih her chickens
was the subject Of a Missouri minis
ters sermon sunday
A Springfield philosopher has dis
covered that Iozfers are merely
geniuses out o. a Job
The sample o. spring is al right
says the St Joseph NewsPress and
orders a large supply.
WhoopinE cough Is the latest lad
here. says the Locust Grove cores
pendent 90 the Columbia Statesman
A woman was caught smuggling
morphine to a prisoner iu the JeffeT-
son City prison She declared she
was his mother The drug vas divided
into many small packages The Of
ncials say the woman vas Wh0less[
ing IL 10 the prisoner TO be rer2iled
by him among the others
The jefferson City Tribune scores
e Nevada man because IL AYERS he
done something the Tribune thinks
be did not do. Read. A prominent
citizen az Nevada land ali the Citi-
xeus IN that town are promIneut}
AYERS that be has hatched 1o0 chick
ANE MNAHN ..E EAAE" ..H.A NAHE #.EE
ment be does not admit that be cad
ed any hens 90 20 heip him hsteh the
eggs. or that he fell back on an incahs-
tor-he just simply done she whole
thing himself II he set on the
eggs Pc does hot say SO. bur the rat
ural presumption would be- thar he
did.
Jack Willis clerk ia The office o.
the state board ~ railway and ware
house ccmmlss iouers saws the JEFF
ferson CITY Tribune owns seven
rarors which be cberishes carefully
They are named each FOR q dav 10
the week If by any chance MI Willis
Is prevented from using Monday pr
Tuesday on the DAYS 90 which they
are dedicated they repose On the case
until their proper time rolls around
again Mr. Willis believes Ira the Old
Southern definition Of a gentleman.
"a man who never permits any other
hand than hts own 90 shave hlm and
who never blacks his oWn boots
Some wild animals goodness
ouly knoWs what thew we0e-arrived
in Columbia the other day Here Is
the St8tesman's Ecc1unt az the mat
ter: Tuesday NIGHTS Wabash express
brought in a half doern heavy crates
which contained some new species %
Wild animal and fcr Downright nence
ness they shame q mountain lion DO.
Go what Grover Cleveland would call
"-iaocuous desuetude They are Cow
erred with a sort az reddish hair ard
their sljrht resemblancts 90 a tegcn.
Grated hoE caused one oalocker 90
aHHHraraH She HhHH nmHRhH No. HLaHHHH.
90 from a cross between an Arkansas
razor back ana the missing liuk
this urmaJk Was hotiv resented hf al
old chill end agDe looking sort 90 man
who announced that he vas haru and
bred iu the afonesaid state and that
the swine az HIS native heath werR
a thing ~ beauty aud a SOY forever
in comparison 90 tho hrutes iR qus
tl0u TteS were consigned % aHe
u~aisersity professor
Iader FoX of ne Supreme ooart
was once a winner 5t faoJ racing lie
made his reputation years 8 On
Wayue c0uuty, Be uas but 90 wears
Old az that time and DTS Running
UeiEht uas 500 pounds A tia hefa
gambler came Go Gretnyilig unftr tha
Fu.se 90 a book 1scut ana ano1 ha3
al thc money 30 the sports % the
iowa. aud also woa a c1W and caT
Then o. commenced blowing About
his wonderful speFt and challenged
any maa On the town 90 ran bim a
foof race ludgt Fox acceufed q BET
~ s. % ran tny Years The iadecs
were Co stand at ere end ~ Ihe
course The Eawtlrr was a small,
wirV chan and fclt that De- could
easily distance hC tE3sa When they
started. the gambler rem against thc
iudEe and IhE latter caueht BIS head
under hts gru ana held oa They
ran Ga a half crcla in place ~ the
stratsht8way coarse selected but the
iuiscs kspf aread az them aud shea
thpY finally cams out Irdge Fox vas
declared TIE wiuner by six lnches
That has the iaages iast foot race
We reiivcd Ou bis reoord