The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1907-02-02
HERE AND THERE.
DOinSs That Have Taken
Place in Lac1e<le the
Past Week.

Inc ol aasKlns company at the
opera house Wednesday night had a
good house but the play was hardly
up to expectations.
People of all classes that need help
are looking about for intelligent, in
dustrious, well.behaved, gentlemanly
boys. A boy of that kind is laying a
good foundation for success in life.
THE BLADE is publishing series
of articles on "Trade at Home" The
second installment will be found on
the second page to-day and your at
tention is invited to it. The articles
are valuable to every citizen and
should be given careful reading.
The amendment to the present state
game law recommended by the house
committee abolishes the Office of game
warden and makes it obligatory on
sheriffs to enforce the law; allows the
sale of game during open season in
county where it is caught or killed;
allows persons to hunt without license
in county where they reside, but re-
quires license fee of $3.50 in other
counties where person may hunt.
Tow quickly can you tell live
town from dead one by simply look
ing over its newspaper A poor skim
milk sort of a newspaper with a few
small advertisements, and those look
ing as though they were run at half
price, betokens a dead town just as
sure as corpse indicates a funeral,
while good, lively, well-printed news
paper, filled with good, fresh ads, and
locals, shows that the town is prosper
ing and thriving. 1t never fails.
The Modern Woodman held
special meeting Tuesday night and
put three policies in force, adopting
John Bryant, George Haight and
Walter Gates. Bryant was given the
limit and proved to be an excellent
rider. The other two were reserved
for thenext meeting when the fraternal
degree will be conferred upon them.
Two new applications were also acted
upon at Tuesday nights meeting.
The camp is enjoying splendid
growth and the meetings are we'll
attended.
A dollar bill may carry to its receiv-
er the vilest infection. It is a sponge
that takes'up filth and disease germs
from every hand through which it
passes and from everybody with whom
it comes in contact. We hope our
delinquent subscribers are not holding
their dollar bills for fear they may
carry some contagious disease to us.
If they are, we assure them we are
safe, having had the mumps, scarlet
fever, whooping-cough, measles and a
variety of other diseases. So bring
along your dollar bills and we will
give you nice clean receipt for them.
The Chillicothe Normal and Busi-
ness College is moving right on with
evidence ofincreased prosperity. The
present management has enriched the
course and greatly strengthened the
faculty. Especially is this true of the
Department for Teachers, and uDiver-
sity Preparatory course. The school
now enjoys its maximum enrolment,
and students are enrolling daily. F.
B. Brady, the business manager, has
been with Prof. Moore II years, and
is fully acquainted with all the busi-
ness interests of that great school.
A Hen Moore, Jr., is president. He
has been in Normal school work, and
serves to keep the name at the head of
he school. F. j. Maxwell is the vice
president He is well known through
,ut the state as successful educator,
laving had 80 years of successful
practice. He was former president of /