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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18

venerable ex-United States sem
ator who 10 now q member Of the
interstate commerce commission,
celebrated his ssvsnty-thir
birthday On October /.
Stats Beer Inspector Mafshail
has paid into the state treasury
as the fees Of his Office for Sept.
$50, 741.00, ss against $40, ,765. 4S
for the corresponding month last
year. . decrease Of s., ,023.S .S3.
Henry Selles, . wsll.known
and promisnt farmer Of Keystone,
committed suicide Tuesday morn
ing about .so'clock by taking an
overdose Of carbolio acid at bis
home. No reason is assigned for
the act.
Judge James Cowgirl Of Kansas
City, who was the Democratic
nominee for state treasurer In
1904 and went down to defeat
with others on the ticket, will
seek the nomination for the same
place next year.
Mrs. Perry B. Mccormick, Of
P.attin township, Jefferson coun-
ty, has made and sold 1,70O
pounds Of butter and 450 dozen
eggs the past year. Mrs McCor-
mick does not run . dairy OF
poultry farm either.
The county court OF Barry
County has become 80 limited In
thought and intelligence, declar.
% the Mt. Vernon Fountain and
Journal, that it has advertised
for q superintendent Of the poor
home at the lowest bidder.
Bids were opened at st. Louis
last week for furnishing 90 head
Of mules to the Government for
service In the u. 8, army. The
bid for saddle mules ranged from
S16t TO s174.50 per head and for
pack mules s155 to s189.60.
An ear Of corn is on exhibition
at the bank Of Hardin that is 10
1-2 inches in circumference, IL
inches long and weighs three and
ons-quarter pounds. 1t was
raised by Joe Cole on the land
bought from E. 8. Hunt last
year.
The Gumbo mines, owned by
the st. Joseph Lead Company,
have also been closed down
About 100 men were employees
thsre. It is reliably reported
that the majority Of them have
secured employment ut Lead
wood.
| During the funeral serviceI
held over the remains Of his wifi
at Trenton, Hon. T. M. HarbsI
was handed q telegram from hi
brother, J. B. Harber, of Spo'
kane, Washington, announcing
the.death of Mrs. Harbsr Of tina
place. Mr.. Harber did not know
the location Of his brother ant
did not know his brothers. wifi
was Ill.
A Lawrence County man prize
Q wagon which he drove in TIL
great Lincoln parade in Chicag'
in 1890. He was driving tw'
/ yoke Of stesrs through Chiosg'
at the time and got into the pa
lrads accidentally. The wagol
Il ss staunch ~ the wonderful
Zone boss shay and he stil
uses II for farm work. He ha
refused many offers 70 buy Il.
/ Oscar Andrew WAS the cents
IIof attrsctipn on our streets Mon
day afternoon, as he was show
ling Two large pelicans that b
had Just shot on the lake west Q
town. The birds were extra large
Ions measuring sfset ! inch fror
'lHp 10 tip Of wings, and the othe
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
reunion. They had been married
fifty-four years; have had ten
children, nine are living. Have
had twsnty-four grandchildren
% are living ;havs twelve great
grandchildren living This old
couple have resided on the same
farm for fifty-three years.
The War Department 10 taking
. great interest in the coming
balloon race at st. Louis. Here
on the 2tst Of this month there
win assemble aeronsuts from
practically all the civilized coun-
tries ofthe world to compete for
the International trophy that was
won for Amercia last year by
Lieut.. Lahm in Paris. OF course
it is by no means certain that we
shall keep the trophy. Luck has
almost as much 10 do with win
ming q balloon race as Judgment.
But the interesting point in the
affair is that the war department
10 taking 1t seriously and furn-
ishing q squad Of trained signal
corps men to help the foreigners
in their get-wsy work. The
government has not entered abal-
loon, saying that II by airy
chance the government airship
should win It might have an in
hospitable look TO the foreigners.
But the War Department il
keenly alive to the usefulness Of
the sport and contsmplstes doing
Cor America what The Eagllsil
army has just done for Great
Britain, namely construct q
practical airship that will be a
thing to reckon with in case oi
war. Maj. Hershey, an army
officer who has been all the past
summer with the aeronaut, Walter
Wellman, in Spitzbergen, has
come back specially to take part
in the race in his private capao-
ity and not as q representative Of
the government. He says that
conquest Of the air is not q thing
of the future but already an ac-
complished fact, and he Urges
that the United States should
own 9 feet of dirigible balloons
second TO none in the world
From . purely economical stand
point this sounds reasonable. A
steerable balloon costs about S75
900 and battleship costs from
So, 900, 900 to s10,O00,o00 One
balloon may be lost in It's flight Of
itmay account for . whole squad.
ron Of hostile warships. Ths
chance is worth taking as . com.
mercial possibility. It looks a
though II were time for this gov.
ernment togo into theairship bus.
mess, for ws have The men. thu
money and the enthusiasm ant
|it looks like q paying venture
The Dss Moines Iron ani
Bridge Company, which has th,
contract for the construction o
the water tower and tank, have
foroe Of workmen at work at So
vannah, They began the worl
lof putting up the tower severa
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18

good crop Of apples. Noah
Thompson, who bought the Allen
farm near Bedsion q few months
ago, has about I25 bushels Of
Ben Davis, 30 bushels Of Jona-
thsns. That's pretty good this
kind Of . ysar-a regular bonanza.
--Nodaway Damoctat.
After all the fun that Is made
of woman's inability to throw
straight, . woman living near
Carthage should have known
better but didn't. While milking
one COW another bothered her
and she hurled . stone at il. The
COW she was milking got It's FORE
head in the way and was instant-
ly killed.
Henry Ball, 9 14-ysar-old boy
at Excelsior Springs, was accid-
entally shot by his brother who
was fooling with an "unloaded
gun" last Thursday. The, bull
ct performed some dental work in
the mouth and ranged up the jaw
and came out below the eye. 1t
is thought they will unload the
gun the next time they fool with
| it.
A New Madrid county farmer
has invented q cotton picking
machine that requires two horses
and two men to operate it. When
perfected il may pick 800 pounds
a day. Such an invention has
been tried for several decades in
the south, and failed. But per-
haps it depends on great South
east Missouri to make such q
wonderful invention 60 forward
to success.
One Of the tanks at the Prairie
Oil a Gas compsny's pumping
station just east of Buckner was
struck by lightning on last Thurs
day and set on FIRE. About four
teen feet OF oil was in the tank
and the fire continued 10 rage un-
til the last gallon was consumed.
At times 1t is said the flames
would leap a hundred feet into
the air. People for miles around
were attracted to the scene.
DR.. Pence, of King City, owned
a tract Of stumpy, brushy land
near that place, and last spring
he offered Mr.. Marshal q crop off
the land il he would clear out the
stumps and brush and break II
up. Marshall did this, figuring
THAT 1t was worth about sS an
acre TO clear up the land, and
this would be reasonable rent for
the place. The other day he re-
fused $500 for the crop on the
thirty-two acres.
John Moore, Q section hand,
was killed Friday while driving q
COW from the track near jones'
boro. He saw the Frisco fast
mail coming and knew that If Il
struck the oowit might be dsrail-
ed. Running up to the COW ne
yelled at her but she did moi
move. The train struck her be-
fore Moore was close enough te
hit her, and killed her. The
train threw the carcass agsinsi
Moore with such force that both
his arms were broken and his
body crushed. = Howell County
} Gazette.
It makes no difference how old
slaw may be, or how long It maj
} have been ignored, Missouriani
! have . profound respect for i
whenever their attention is CALLED
70 is existence. This was aptly
illustrated in New Madrid county
last week when the matter o.
buying and selling anything OF
Sunday (exceptthe actual neces'
stiles Of life required for imme'
: dIate unsl oarna fn the na1hlin AZ.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18
'RoUNDABoUTTHEs STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Mad by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Soms Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The first state primary win BE-
held August 4th, 1908.
The exact number Of negroes
in Lawrence County Is SO. Thsy
most all live in and near Mt. Yer.
non.
About 1000 miners in the lead
belt in st. Francis. County have
been discharged in the past two
weeks.
In 1900 there were 500 cream
seperators in use In Missouri; in
1905 this number had increased
TO $4,000.
Mrs. Mary A. Emmons. Of
Mexico, Mo-, aged II years, fell
down the stairs at her home and
was killed.
At Macon City last Friday
Judge Shelton sentenced Robert
Alexander to the penitentiary for
life for numbering Aggie Vivian.
The second crop of, army
ms have made their appear.
anos and are playing havoc with
the alfalfa fields near this city.
---csruthsrsville Democrat.
The General Associa tion Of
Missouri Baptists viii hold its an-
nual convention at Lexington, be-
ginning Tuesday, October ~, and
lasting thsrsmaindsr Of the week.
Secretary Of Stats John E.
6wanger reports having received
ana psid iass the state treasury
taxes and fees for the month Of
septsmbsr to the amount Of s1S,
B25.45.
Over in Web City they had a
fashionable hay ride recently and
the result il q controversy in the
local papers about who started
the fight and which was the
drunkest.
The sarcoxie Packing COM
paay broke the record Saturday
putting up more tomatoes for the
number Of hands at work than
ever before. Over 1000 cans
were put up.
G. B. Corwin of jefferson City
is the victim Of the usual mistake
which 10 carelessly mads--gas-
clinein q lamp instead of coal
oih Furniture and carpets dam
aged about s275.
Atchison County can boast Of
more automobiles than any other
rural county in the state. Theirs
are five Of these vehicles owned
in Fairfax, and several more In
the community thersabout.
Three men were killed and two
were fatally injured by the col
laps Of 9 new building at Spick'
ard, Mo, Thursday. The dead
men wsre laborers and their
names hsvs not bsen learned.
The body u Hiram Hoffman,
supposed % have lived It 6ieg.
tried, Pa. Wa found II the rivsl
above Cairo, last week, and bur.
led st Charleston. In the pockstI
Of the olothss was $500 IN bills.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18
s.yond n. pr.ar,s q Ayarles. !

Beyond the Drsans Of Avaries.
The wealth II one Of the most com
Iparative Of terms was aptiy illustrat.
led by an old cclored "mammy IN
Charleston, Q. G. She had been dotng
the laundry work of = certain family
for quite awhile. hut deciding 10
leave the nsishborhood. she had coma
To tell them that me would no longer
b able 70 perform thess duties.
Ths.-lady Of the house, wishins %
secure another good washsrwcman.
inquired Of the old woman q to the
reliability Of another negrsss who she
happened 70 know lived nset door %
TIE frst.
Laws, missus.- replied the old
darksy, dat woman doan' Do no
wsshin': sh's rich. she L. shs's sot
4 dcorbelI to her house
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-18

A group Of New York brokers vsrs
taking about John W. Gates roons
in the new Plssa hotsl. rooms ior
which be pays t(s.eoo . yesr.
sWsll.s SAID IN sidsFiT bachelor. 70
Mr.. Gates bpsiness had AL been en-.
daotsd VIII rou1sn. = - much a
mins d. ks wouldn't ~ living IL such
roouas q thosa
-lfr. 0stss ras einesseias Honen's
ideas about buulneez fke o(1ef nis1t-
He sid W0ma6 u1om - knou
ones maiIe1 her bl6ksr this note:
= sP1ea>e buy 1or ~ eccounf 1.1co
rl,a<ee os p. = 4 q 4 ~ ooll y
~. ard - r1f1 - 66n1 - l&e brcalu
y acse .oels1es. = 2 = go -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03
LAKE TRIBUNE MORNING,

not: for the total output Of Nevada is
given at but $9,sI3.oS5. So that what
might be taken from Utah's total TO
add 10 Nevada 8, is not in fact so added
To it,
But while Utah and other precious
metal miners may Justly plume them
selves upon the product of their mines
being a permanent addition to the
wealth of the world, they are dependent
absolutely upon the lesser grades Of the
mining business for their ability to
produce at all 1t Is true that the gold
and silver which como from the mines
of Utah and other metal producing
States go to swell permanently the
worlds stock of the indispensable
money reserve, to help forward all bust
ness, while the copper and lead last
good while. But coal ls the motor which
makes all the world go around; and
this great fact has Just been impressed
upon all the mine managers, including
those of Utah and Nevada in n way
most anxious and impressive. And all
are prepared to re-echo the old cry,
Great is King Coal,'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03
MIR. MULVEY'S CHANCE.

The Tribune has not been consulted
the City Council. and therefore cannot
speak particularly of the reasons which
induced mis- proposal to resign from the
City Council and then induced him TO
withdraw that proposed resignation.
But this, a public Journal can say with
ont knowing all the details and personal
feelings involved in the case; Mr.. Mul-
vey has done we'll to remain in the
place to which ne was elected by the
vote of confident constituency. Resig-
nation of office is indicative of hope
lessness and surely Mr. Mulvey has not
lost confidence in himself nor IN his
fellow-citizens. 1t is his duty 10 re-
main and work out the great problems
which have been entrusted to his care.
1t is his opportunity; particularly so,
since the recent episodc-to be an cf-
fective and binding force in creating
harmony among tho officials 'ot the
American party and in centenng their
determination upon the great measures
of uplifting in this community which
Will make lOT l0C DClleTHeht VI 'N'ilN
Lake and the security of party rule,
Mr. Mulvey is man of experience;
he knows business and he knows poll
tics. When he accepted election to the
City Council Of Salt Lake he was
pledged to serve the city with single
zeal Of devotion to the city's interests;
when through his own personal busl-
ness relations he was made discontentcd
with the city administration and offered
10 resign-and then withdrew his resig-
nation-hc pledged himself anew to
allow no private business affair or as
sociation to intervene between him and
the highest possible service which
man of mis- ability can render 10 this
municipality. The entire citizenship
of Salt Lake has a right to call upon
Mr. Martin +. Muivey to exercise his
great talent solely in the public in
terest. and doing this, we predict re-
suits alike complimentary to Mr. Mul'
vey. helpful to the party. and Of the
utmost benefit to the municipality.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03
OTHER FORMS OF MINING.

IT is quito true. ms Suggested in the
report giving the figures Of the mining
output OF the several States. that we
Of the metalmining regions are prone
TO forget that there are other mining
States than those which produce gold,
silver, copper, lead, and zinc. And
vet. the product Of the mines of the
various States is PrePouderatingly non
metallic. For instance. Pennsylvania,
with a mineral production of 1863 S2S,.
673. far outclasses all the gold, silver,
lead. and copper producing States put
together: her mine products being
chiefly iron, coal, natural gas, and oil.
Ohio, with mineral product Of sl69,-
203,1lo, ranging well mp to an equality
with the total gold. silver, lead, and
copper, her products being also iron,
coal, gas, and oil. Illinois. with mi
ming output of sos .0G5, ,567, turns out
coal and iron, chiefly; and the same is
true of Indiana, with a mineral output
of s4l, Isl .67s, and West Virginia, with
mineral product OF $74 1896, makes
it in iron. coal. oil. and gas; and the
same is true of New York. with min
eral product of 500 ,056.2s7. On the
other hand, Michigan, with q mineral
product of sSl ,16O,l4l, produces iron,
copper. and salt largely. and Kansas.
with S37,97l ,I9s. produces salt and oil
in large quantities.
But in some cases, the estimate of
the Geological Survey is too small for
some of the metal al-producipg States.
Take the case of Utah, as an example;
the estimate of 1906 g mineral produc
tiou in this state is put at but $2s,-
| ~, ,I99. which Includes all forms OF
mineral production. gold. silver. copper
lead, zinc, coal. asphaltum, salt, and
any other mining product that may
have been raised But the metal pro
duet alone was over S40,000,o00, to say
nothing of the coal. and asphaltum. and
salt. which are each material factors IN
the mineral output Of the State If il
be replied that considerable portion
of the 100000 900 in the metals pro
duced as from Utah came as matter
of fact from Nevada and is credited &c
Utah by nus merely because the ore:
were treated here, then there should bc
report from Nevada that would TAX,
account of these ores from Nevada
that are smeltcd here. But there il
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03
TO oVERWHELM ROOSEVELT.

The vast versatility Of President
Roosevelt is not without its penalties.
His dipping into the seven seas of hu-
man affairs is notice 10 all the world
of his desire for multifariousness and
therefore all the world joins in an ef-
fort 10 minister TO his wish Here are
the shippers down in Oklahoma asking
President Theodore Roosevelt to APP
point n receiver for the Rock Island
railroad, or raj her making petition
10 him that a receiver he appointed for
that great transportation company.
That they should turn 90 him in this
hour of car shortage or inefficient rail
WAY service is quite natural. They
have Just entered into the Union and
have now a possessory right IN the
continuous performances of the Presi
dent, and they want their snare of
special entertainment from him.
The petition is not, as one might
think, a ioke-it is seriously made by
serious men on a serious subject, and
it is ,elegraphed by the Associated
| Press all over the world.
The inquiry may come to the ordinary
mind: ''What on earth has the Presi.
dent Of the United States to do, of.
! 6cially or personally, with receiverships
for Railroads.&c. Ample method is af-
foIded under the law for action against
transportation companies or other cor
porations or individuals. Receiver
ships can be secured under certain def
initc conditions fixed by the law and de.
tcrminable by the courts.
But the Oklahoma millmen and cot
| ton dealers seem 10 have forgotten that
| there is such a thing rs law or court or
! anything else in government except
| Theodore Roosevelt. Complimentary as
this may he 10 him, and accordant as
it may be with his own opinion. the
! President may well beg to be delivered
from this kind Of flattering recognition
of his prehenslveness, lest he
shall be overwhelmed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03

" rounds Shreck md Gardner ham
mcred each other: and the joyous glcam
in the prophet s eyes indicated how
quick and accurate was his apprecia-
tion Of every fine point in the contest.
When both of the fighters were COW
cred with blood, il is to he supposed
that the gentle prophct-who loves all
men-thought how happy could he be to
sec all his "cnemies battling with
each other in this CORY fashion; and
when his favoritc. Shreck, stunned
Gardner, knocked him scnseIesa and left
him lying as one dead at the end Of
the twentieth round, the supernal light
of savagery which animated the proph-
ct s countenancc was indicative Of the
wish that thus might he treat all who
oppose the great work of God in this
last dispensation.
1t must have been n sorrowful day
at church headquarters when the proph-
ct learned that a wicked Sheriff had
mcddled with Mike Shreck, after
Shreck had received divine approval
through the attendance Of the prophet
When Shreck knocked out George Gard.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03

Tribune made for still greater advance
ment and still higher protection Of
the public right. Il is a part of the
American right to speak freely concern
ing American government. The Tri-
huDe saw plainly that there were de-
fccts-that there was too much Of sell
6shness and too little of harmony; that
some of the officials were not serving
the public according TO the high cx-
pectation which was entertained when
free citizenship elected them 10 Office.
Observing these things and believing
that after ono year cf American admin.
istrntion it was time to give counsel for
the highest possible achievement of
party men serving the public under
party name, The Tribune was as quick
To speak to American officials as It
would have been earnest in demanding
better service from party opponents.
The manner in which many American
city officials have accepted the advice
rendered by The Tribune in behalf Of
the public is the best proof of their
worth. They recognize that the heart
to heart talk was timely: they admit
that harmony and unselfshuess and
scrupuous regard for the people s need
must characterize their further labors.
In this respect The Tribune has not
been disappointed If there he any ono
among the officials who rescnts the
straightforward Communications which
The Tribune extended on New Year s
day, his feeling is not greatly to his
credit.
So far as party opponents are con.
cerned they should conceive higher
regard for Americanism from the fact
that party organ can speak plainly
10 party officials concerning advance in
municipal government-bundcrs made
and injuries committed upon the pub
lie welfare; and from the fact that of
fcials elected by the party Will accept
such suggestion in the true spirit OF
American citizcuship-Getermiued tc
make in the coming year a remedy fo
the mistakes Of the past and still
higher advancement of the People Z
Cause.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-03
MORE HEART TO HEART.

The other newspapers of the city are
quoting literally from The Tribune s
heart to heart talk with the American
city administration of Salt Lake. In
so doing they deserve the gratitude of
their readers. But in the construction
which they place upon The Tribune s
attitude. some Of them are willfully in
error. One of the sheets intimatcs that
The Tribune sees ruin in front of the
American party: another says that it
must have required a great deal OF cour-
age for Tho Tribune to deliver these
sentiments to officials Of the American
party: and the Descret News, ever
mindful Of its own shaky condition, as
serts that The Tribune has the aguc.
There was nothing either to astound
the public or To indicate fear or .tremb.
ling on the part of The Tribune, in the
editorial which was directed to the gen
tlcmen who were elected to public of
fee by the American party or who
were appointed by the elected author
ity of that party. However. the won
der of some of the particular news
I'p'lH III iu'Hll'u W Ht'u nave ''lAi'
mentcd upon The Tribune, was to be
expected-for they would not repre-
hend impropricty in their own party
or its officials, no matter what public
suffering or general injury might be
cntailcd. Take the Descret News for
instance; absolutely conscious of the
evils inflicted by the leaders of the
church, it would no more dare to adj
dress them on tho subject of their pub
lie duty than Chinese eoolie would
dare to gaze upon the face Of the En-
peror. Bound by the sins of its cccle-
siastical dircctors--it has no indie
pendcnce. it has no character as a jour
nal for the public, and, while Knowing
well the wrongs which are being pcrpc-
trsted, it is devoted to a perpetuation
of those wrongs by defending them aud
BY misleading the public mind concern
ing them.