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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

per cent OF the full sl0.93 fixed as the
cost per acre for overflow land. If a
man has n high 90" entirely sur
rounded by overflow land, he pays no
tax If half of his 80" Is overflow
land, he will pay on that particular
tract OF land $2iSGO, or half Of the
$i0.93 an acre,
The county court of Bates county
let the contract for digging the big
ditch to Foohcy g. Sons Of Fort Wayne.
Ind, who In turn employed A. V,
Willis & Sons OF Pittsfield, III; Il. II.
McWiliams Of NATION, ILL.,. and Small
Bros of Iowa, to help on different sec.
tons Foohey & Sons are doing the
biggest portion of the work, about 10
miles. A. V. Willis G. Sons are doing
the deepest portion, at the southern
end Of the ditch.
Though the main ditch is 23la miles
long, two dredge boats of a small type
are busy cutting laterals that will
total II miles In length. Small ditch.
ing will drain lower places into them.
Already the county court has pur.
chased the bridges for crossing the
ditch-one bridge every two miles.
Each of these bridges costs $4,000,
and these must be paid for by the
drainage district.
We have tried to complete this big
Job in the right fashion," said John ID.
Moore, yice.presldent of the Farmers
and Manufacturers bank of Rich Hill.
Tho property owners have already
made money, simply through the fact
that the ditch is being built. | know
of one man who protested against the
ditch and who has since sold his land
for profit Of $1,000 Another has
cleared $4,000. while the biggest oper.
ator is supposed to have put away
about $4,000 through the handling of
this fine land
raised on this soil. 1t Is rich, with the
alluvial deposits of untold centuries.
The overilows from the Marie des
Cygnes have been the only drawback
to the development of this part OF the
country. The drainage ditch clears the
land immigration has already set In,
and Illinois and Indiana are furnish.
ing the biggest portion. They are the
best class of immigrants, for they all
have money. are Industrious and will
make this section of the state more
prosperous than ever before.
when the ditch is completed. which
will be within two years. this land will
be worth as much as similar land in
Illinois and Indiana, Its character is
the same. 1t is close to the markets.
rhe health of the community is al
ready good even with the overfiows,
SO that there certainly will be no dan.
ger from this source. Rich Hill al
ready has felt the impetus of the i'm
migration. The drainage ditch is a
success, and will be more SO as the
years pass"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
BIG BATES COUNTY ENTERPRISE,
COSTING $4,000, WILL GIVE
IMMENSE VALUE TO LAND
THAT is NOW ALMOST
WORTHLESS.

Rich Ilill, Mo.-They're digging IT
deep, wide and long In Bates county
They are inviting comparison with the
Panama canal and are not ashamed Of
TIL home product They do this with.
out using the high sounding title Of in
land waterway. navigablc channel or
river route. They are content to have
their pet scheme known as the drain.
age dtCh--with the accent on the
but they do insist that they have the
biggest drainage ditch in Missouri
lcus,h, depth, width and cost consld
cred
Tho pr,ic Of Dates county in this
immoDsr engineering undertaking
seems to be justified The ditch when
completed will be 23R miles long,
more than half az long as The Panama
canal which is 80 miles long The nav
igablc depth OF the Panama affair is
81 feet The deepest cut in the Bates
county ditch is g feet At It's widest
point, the Bates county channel BIS "
feet at the bottom and l&5 feet at the
wv Va MUS ''' N'Nii W NV b'l
tom is 60 feet with the slope. In on.
Elnnors parlanco onr-toon". meaning
that for every foot in depth. IN" side
must widen a foot This makes the
embaHkmnut have an angle Of IS de.
grors The cost is S&7uODg. raised by
selling six per cent bonds al n pre-.
mium Of $4,000 October 20. 1906
A wonderful feat to be paid for vol.
unfairly by farmers More wonderful,
indeed, Is the accomplishment when #
IS remembered that the deficiencies uf
thu old drainage law DISCOURAGED such
propr.ss Yet a few wide awake men
Saw the opportunity, helped to amend
the old statute and then set to work
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

in earnest. They had land once worth
ten dollars an acre Now they are sell
ing II for SEQ S22 and S25 an acre
and then letting real estate men turn
Il over again to hundreds Of imml.
grants from Illinois anu Indiana. The
immigrants have seen how drainage
paid in their own states and are will.
inp to wait two or three years when
they may decide to sell again-inaliy
for $50, S75 and 500 an acre. They
have seen the evolution and believe in
thc future for experience has taught
thc.n the inevitable benefits of owning
drained land
the Marie dcs Cynges river is the
champion crooked stream Of western
Kansas and western Missouri II be.
gins south Of Topeka and is one of the
attractions Of the ottawa ChautauQua
which it usually oycrnowe about every
other year. From Ottawa II meanders
across the line into Bates county Mis-.
souri, and zigzags across the south
ern part of this county into Vernon
and back again before the Usage river
fina'y captures the stream and pro-
cc"ds on to the Missouri not 50 very
far from jefferson City.
The people of Bates county have
learned to hear Of rain In Kansas with
fear An ordinary downpour In n
DAMP season means that the Marie des
CyEncs, usually an orderly water.
course, will spread over miles and
mlea Of country. There have been
times when during almost an entire
summer 1t was impossible to drive
from Rich Hin to Papinville, small
village ten miles east and south of this
place. Even III ordinary dry weather,
long lakes Of pond lily depth must be
Bkirted by the roads. In times OF
freshcts, the Marie dcs Cynges is like.
ly TO change its course by the erosion
of the soft dirt banks a man may
own acres Of land before rainstorm
and when the overflow from the
stream has subsidized, he may find it
gone, perhaps over n neighbours field
or psrhaps In the bottom of the river
tina; has decided to change its course.
So II was not surprising that few
leyeiheads got together and decided
that the overflow must be stopped.
They engaged engineers and found
thai relief was possible According to
the engineers the 70 crooked miles
that he Marie des Cygnes took In 60.
ing from one line of Bates county to
the other could be shortened by max.
tns straight channel 23h miles In
length. Losing 49h miles of the
crooks In this river was almost too
good to be hoped for. Now the reali.
cation is only few months in the
future.
The steps in securing relief show
what persistence may do. Under the
old drainage law. district for defray.
ing the expenses of ditch could only
be secured by means of an election.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
No Danger In Tariff Revision.

Tariff revision. by its real friends,
will not even disarrange the nations
fiscal revenues, because an honest
tariff will yield as much revenue ul-
timately as dishonest one. The
"standpatters" would risk future ma
tional prosperity for the privilege of
allowing extortionate trusts to rob con.
sumers. That is the essence of the
claim that the present tariff needs no
revision.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Two Drown Fording Usage.

Linn Greek Ed Foster and Mrs
David KidwrlI. Of Versailles. Mo, we're
drowned in the Usage River, twelve
miles north Of here, at Wilson ford
The body Of Mrs kidwell was recov-
cred at Peters Cable ford, two miles
from where they attempted to cross
The body Of Foster has not been
found They wrrn instructed rs 10
whore to ford the river. but did not
heed. and IN attempting TO cross at
a different place the buggy was over,
turned.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
NEWSOF MISSOURI
Free TO Flint Sunday Play.

Kansas City-'rhe supreme court at
jefferson City denied the writ of pro.
hibitiOn filed on behalf Of the theater
managers, cigar dealers and others in.
diced for Keeping open on Sunday to
prevent Judge William II. Wallace
from having further cornizanoe OF
these cases Hermann Erumback, pre-.
siding Judge of the circuit court. de.
MED an application for temporary in
junction to restrain tho county mar
ahal from raiding the thaatcrs on Sun
day and dissolved the temporary re-
Straining order that WAS made against
the marshal by the circuit court six
weeks ago
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Biuamist Pleads Guilty,

Sedalia.-A. Hunter Hall, held here
to await a second trial on charge
Of bigamy preferred by the relatives
of Miss A. Smith of Dyerville, Tenn.
disregarded the advice of his attor
neys. entered plea of guilty, and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
two years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Cuba Girl Wins Medal.

Cuba-ln the South Central Mis-.
souri, Teachers Association oratorical
contest between high school pupils OF
Cuba, Steelville, Salem, St. James,
Rollu, Dixon and Richland. Miss Bes-
sic Mattox. Cuba, won first and Miss
Grace AIRY Rolla, second prize.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Nude Body Found in Pool.

Elsberry-An unidentified man was
found dead in eighteen inches of wa.
ter at the Oasis Club at Elsberry.
The body was nude, and the mans
linen, which was found in the road
near by, is snarked III. Nclva." The
authorities believe the man was muir.
dtrel
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
cracksmen Get Church Fund.

New Cambria Safe blowers who
dynamited the safe of Roberts G.
Thomas, merchants, secured the
Thanksgiving collection for the poor
taken at the different churches, and
amounting to $500.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Drys Win at Liberty.

Liberty-Llbcrty voted dry In the
local option election, the vote being
462 for and 100 against. Liberty has
only one saloon, three having been
refused license again during the past
year.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Folk Appoints TWO.

Jefferson city Governor Folk an
nouuccd the appointment of Thomas
=. Reed to be surveyor Of Pulaski
county to fiji the vacancy occasioned
by the death Of R. NJ. Brcedon, The
governor also appointed James A.
Kennedy to be coal oil inspector for
the city Of Poplar Bluf for a term
of two years from October II.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Hunter Shot Near Cuba.

Cuba-Edward Rogers, while hunt
ing north Of Cuba, was accidentally
shot by one of his brothers. He will
recover
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Body Of Versailles Man Found.

Versailles-The body of Edward
Foster, who, with Anna Kidwell, was
drowned in the Usage River eighteen
miles south of here has been found.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Game Sold for Charity,

Lebanon.--One hundred and sixty
quail, four wild ducks and ten wild
turkeys were sold here for the benefit
Of charitable institutions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Shot While Surprising Newly WEEDS.

STTVE FFTTTTN 1UT " T'TIT8 IVY FFVI9'
D"Xicr--As the result of surprise
party cscapade, Miss Lizzie Grojcan,
n young society woman OF Dexter
was shot by Clarence Throwcr. Miss
Groican, with a party of friends,
went to the home Of Mr.. Thrower
who was recently married. with the
intention of giving him and his wife
awakened and fred through the glass
door. The young woman may recover.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Onions Net $500 an Acre
This Is What They Are Raising on Land In South
Texas That You Can Buy-iO to $40 Acres
and Two Town Lots for $40 Without
Interest-PayabIe $40 Per Month.
The Famous Simmons Ranch South Antonio Now the Market
Investigate This and Get Before II is Too Late

MesrsF /. Bettya I Of Carnegie G. A.
Okla, all well
Okla March
DR. C. Simmons, San Antonio Texas.
Dear Strive left Oklahoma the of the 9th Of March
of and
taometi
land all that The Is
the s a al "a
We have brought samples Of soil taken from different places
and Cotton Alfalfa Wheat and Corn that by calling at the
f. Oklahoma This land
planted cultivated
We OF hil in pasture
almost
and
properly ; .ss ., ,oun.,a ~, ro,,.a;o. :. ~ ..,.,
The only thing needed make This great country railroad and
railroad will be built through this land within
for e farm and lot got
o build railroad
a
who will build the road without
We will have anything
about this land u.
YOURS ' " L. BEATTY.
+. SHAM
Carnegie
G.
Mountain Okla
telling Photographic
DR.. CHAS. r. SIMMONS,
25 Alamo Plaza, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

quite interesting aud beneficial.
Misses Mildred Buell. and Edna
Vaughn delighted all present,
the former with a sweet solo,
the latter with an impressive
reading. The hostess then
served refreshments and a
social hour was enjoyed by all.
Every woman in the church
ought to be identified with this
society, for nothing is more re-
fining IN life, and informing in
thought than the work of the
@. W. B M. Then, if all of our
christian women would unite
their strength in organized
efforts to win the world for
Christ, what might we not ac-
complisb. -
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
Not Rich

Is being rich a sufficient rea-
son for proaiagcy. Is being
rich a good reason why the hard
earned dollars Of the masses
should be thrown to the four
winds and put into all kinds of
jJbbery? j
During the past ten years the
expenses of this government
have doubled. 1t has been done
under successive Republican ad-
ministratious aud the only ex.
cuse given is: The country is
rich"
We deny the statement, 1.-The
country is rlch," in the sense
used, for 80 per cent of the rev.
enues are from the outrageous
tariff and it is the poor, not the
rich, who pay it,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
Will Go

George A Hawkins has fiuaI-
ly decided on a northern and
very rigorous climate When
he went to Williston N, D.. his
old friend, John B. Settle.
painted things IN such rosy
hues, in spite of the biting
SHOWS then on the ground, he
decided to try it Z Up. He
and his family will go there
about April 1st.
He is a contractor of no mean
ability, For years he has been
one OF the pillars in the Chris.
tian church and has served from
the days of villagehood, this
city as councilman and men,
Der of the school board.
Ae and mis- family will be
greatly missed.
Miss Georgia will remain
here for a while at least.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

The Sh.lbina Torchlight was
last week sold to e. j. Col
bourn who took charge last
Monday. In the retirement of
Preston Dunn from the Torch
light the Herald editor feels
that he has lost valuable
friend from the newspaper field.
Mr.. Dunn is a good man and
citizen and first-class newspa.
per man. We do not know his
future plans. To the new nan
agement we extend good wishes
Shelby County Herald.-To
the foregoing, the Monroe City
DEMOCRAT says, me too, with a
hearty will.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
Terrible Accident.

Monday night about ten
o'clock Charlie Street and Fred
Fischer attempted to Ford
North river at the Wrightmyer
ford, one, If not the most treach.
erous ford on the river.
The bank is steep, the horses
lost their footing and the
swollen stream washed them
away. AS they swept by an
overhanging limb, Fls c b er
caught it and IN some manner
which he cannot explain reach
ed the shore more dead than
alive
The next morning the team
was found. One horse drowned,
the other expiring shortly af
terwards
Charities body had not been
recovered up to yesterday after
noon
1t was only a few short
months ago that he married
Miss Rose Fischer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

Shipments for week ending
yesterday. Barger and McClin.
tic 3 cars of hogs; Henderson
and Son l car live poultry, 2 of
eggs aud of feathers aud 225
lbs of butter; Pond Poultry Co
1 car live poultry and 2 of eggs.
Total 10 cars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
ST. STEPHENS
Up Ia Smoke, Down in Ashes, lRdiaR
Greek SOrrOwing For It's Church.


christians worsbiping at st.
Stephens Sunday March 10,
1907 and talking of the de.
struction of their beloved house
of worship, just thirty one
years before, dream that on
the morrow. once again their
house of worship would be TAX
en- from them.
Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock
during a thunder storm, the
lightning struck the beautiful
spire of St. Stephens at Indian
Creek.
In moment the flames burst
forth and then for more than an
hour slowly ate their way from
east to west across that great
roof that has sheltered thous-
ands Of devout christians as
ever worshiped their God
A portion of the furniture ln-
cludiug the organ. was saved,
but in badly damaged condi-
tion.
This city right at the start
was appealed to for assistance
in their time of need, but we
learn that it was simply impos-
sible to send the fire engine
there.
AS explained to US: The
weight of engine and condition
of roads would have barred
four horses from making the
trip in an hour and what was
worse the engine would have
been useless after the first jolt
into a rut, because the exhaust
| pipe is only ten inches from the
fleor and a drop into a rut
would have meant the tearing
off of the exhaust pipe aud
placing the engine out of com
mission.
There was only $4,000 insur-
arce Twenty-Five hundred on
the house and five hundred on
the furniture
1t is doubtful if the building
today could be replaced for
(Sl2 900, for it had one of. if not
the largest audience chambers
in the county.
St. Stephens was the parent
church of the Holy Rosary of
this city and of St. Johns at
| Stoutsville.
| AS this data furnished US
through the kindness of Rev. FIR.
P F Cooney priest in charge
OF ST Stephens c)earlv shows,
st. Stephens might justly be
called, the Christian Cradle of
Monroe County. Missouri.
Remember Irdian Greek was
first named Swinkey, after its
founder. Then changed in hon.
or of his wife, to E EIzabethtowu
Indian Greek coming later.
The first jesuit came here
85 years ago." 1.-THE first resi-.
dent priest 80 years ago"
THE first marriage now on
record Is" "Tbos. Yates to
Eliza Pierceall 1835."-They
were the parents of W. f,
Yates, Presideutuot the F. & M.
Bank and John, Thomas and AL
Yates of this city.--"The
first baptism, Washington Green
slave of Clement Green, March
1882" "These are not the first,
but first on re:ord." 1.-The 9th
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
ITEMS FROM.FARMERS

OF Farmers, For Farmers Aud PestsinlnS
TO'rarmers.
Good white oak posts and
cord wood for sale.-F. d. Proc
tor. If.
Money to loan at S per cent
on farm security.-Meriwether
& MeriW Wether. If
White Plymouth Rock Cock
erel for sale.-W. ]. ROUSE.
B. P. Rock eggs for sale. SOC
per setting.-RoY G. NELSON.
B. P. r. eggs Is for 25 cents.
Mrs 1. l.. Owen Jr.. F. & M.
Phone 154a, r. F. d. No. 5
Monroe City, Mo. 1928.
Plymouth Rock Eggs for sale.
30c per setting Mrs. Martin
Pike.
Node Green reports the sale
of the Judge w B Drescher
farm of 80 acres in Marion
County to Chas @ Sharp. Con.
sideration $4,000.
For Sale.
Four full blood Partridge
Cochin Cockerels.
CHARLIE WHITWoRTH.
Barred Plymouth Rocks ex.
clusively. Eggs for sale from
high scoring birds. Orders
promptly filed. Correspond
ence solicited.
MRS. CLARENCE DEARING,
Palmyra, Mo.
Partridge Cochin, Black
Langshan, White Wyandotte
and Golden Seabright Bantam
Eggs. SOC TO $10o per set.
Ting. Mrs. B. J. Rubison. Ali
F W Wadsworth and Son
have received two fancy bred
Hereford heifers from Platts-
burg. One of the animals was
tlte premium yearling at the
State Fair last fall.
AC Boarman is putting in 60
acres of oats.
Jno L Owen has shipped in
car load of beeves, bought 9
head from Will McGraw, sold 4
to N Nelson and sent 20 head
to the Hannibal market, Mon
day.
There was a big error in last
weeks shipping report. Iu
the Pond Poultry Co., credit |
for having shipped 2 car loads
of live poultry when it should
have read / car. Our aim is to
have the shipping report ex-
act. Kindly remember that in
giving us information.
Aaron Boulware aud Q M
Sullivan have bought the John
Yates 800 acre farm west of the
city, the one occupied by j B
Thomas last year, for a invest
ment.
Arch Owen has bought a
brood mare from William
Thackery.
While talking Oats, with sew
eral farmers Saturday we learn
ed that the following had SOW
ed some: Del Hagar 30 acres
and those going TO sow, John
Thomas on the e S Boulware
place, 80 acres, John Great
house 20, James Settle 40, Mad
den Bros so, James Hagar 40,
Bud Jones 40. Byrd Bros 20,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
interesting News cOnceTalng the Differ
eat Determinations.
his Column Closes Promptly at 3 a. m.
Each Wednesday. Don't Forget II.

his Column Closes Promptly at a. N.
Each Wednesday. Don't Forget 1t.
Rev, FIR. P. F. Cooney,> of In.
o'an Creek, was with Monroe
t'iAnds Thursday afternoon.
Rev. c.. A. Lehnboff spent
F day with Hunnewell friends
Rev. FIR. Lambert Kendrick,
Of ot. Louis. assis ted Rev. FIR
d. F. Sullivan at the Church Of
Immaculate Conception in Han.
nibal Sunday and then came to
this city Monday to visit his
brothers, John and Henry Ken.
drick.
Rev. King, of Elsberry, has
been called to and accepted
the call to pastorate of the
Bethlehem Church of southeast
of the city.
HOLY ROSARY.
Rev. FIR. Mullen was with st.
Louis friends the first of the
week.
The Young Mems Sodality
will give dance at the opera
house tonight.
FIRST BAPTIST.
Regular services Sunday by
the Pastor. Subject of morn.
ing discourse: THE Tests of
Life" Evening: Limitation
of Life"
The Woman's missionary So
ciety will meet at the parson-
age at 2:30 Friday afternoon.
METHoDIST.
Rev. M. F. Grove has arrived
and will preach every evening
this week. There will be a
special song service each even
ing commencing at 7:15. The
regular service will commence
at 7.3O.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed TO The public to attend all OF
the services.
ST. STEPHENS.
Services at Indian Creek
every Sunday in Town Hail at
S and 10 a. N.
METHODIST-CIRCUIT.
! Preaching Sunday at Mt.
Vernon al IL a. m. anu Sharps.
burg at 1880 p. m.
| CHRISTIAN.
Services as usual at the Chris
tan Church.
Bible School at 9:45 a. M,
Hugh Stevens superintendent.
He will be glad to welcome you
next Lords day.
Morning service at II o'clock.
Subject: Some Things the
d sclples of Christ Believe and
Teach" A sermon especially
for the members, but every One
invited.
Evening service at 7;3O. Sub.
| ject: wilt Thou be Made
Whole"
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.
m. Subject for @. E.: What
is Success. Prov 3:1.8. You
are invited.
The Auxiliary to the Chris,
tian Woman's Board of Missions
held its monthly meeting last
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

Mrs. D. Hugh Stevens was
with Hannibal relatives the
first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

John Clark and sisters. Misses
Jennie and Sarah, of Quincy,
came over yesterday to visit
relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-14

Sheet music \at Dimmitt's
J, wely Store,