The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-16

with that Of his predecessor, T.. c.
Crow, who served eight years as
Attorney General.
The story Of the man who hunted |
quail with ten-pound cannon may |
be recalled by some az they peruse
these figures, which here follow:
Comparison of appropriations |
made for the office OF Attorney |
General during the eight years of |
the incumbency of +. G. Crow and |
the four years of the incumbency OF |
Herbert $, Hadlcy:
For Grow.
BIENNIAL PERIOD or ls97-1S9S.
For contingent fund i 1000 |
Salary Attorney General,
clerk and stenographer .. 1850
Total .................. .u...... Sl3, 400
BIENNIAL PERIOD OF lS9g-lDO0.
For contingent fund : $500
Insurance Department litiga
ton ............... 900
Missouri Nebraska bound
anytime litigation 5000
y
clerk and stcn0grapher II 800
Total ....... ................... $2l 300
BIENNIAL PERIOD OF l90l-l902.
For contingent fund 8 1900
Salary Attorney General, as
sistant and stcnOgrapher l., 500
Chicago Drainage Canal liti-
CATION ................... $4,000
Total ........... So, 300
In this biennial period the Office
of Assistant Attorney General was
created and the salary fixed at 81
800 per year, instead of the 5000
per year paid the Attorney Generals
clerk.
BIENNIAL PERIOD OF l903-lg0i.
For contingent fund : ALSO
Salary Attorney General, as
sistant aud stcnographcr 1880
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. .... $l7, $50
Total appropriations for
Grow, eight years ......... ! 81, 100
Average per year for Crow
for eight years OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l0,jlSI
Money paid into the State Treas.
ury during the eight years Of Crows
administration from fines arising
from prosecutions under the anti
trnst laws of the state:
From fire insurance com
panies, Nov. "A, lsD9 . s $1,000
From fire insurance com
anics, Dec. 10, 1899 $4,000
From fire insurance com
panies, April >, 1900 ....... 5000
From packing companies in
Beef Trust, Oct -, 1903. 2j,OOI
Total amount of fines paid
into the Treasury ..... $llS,00l
Total amount of appropria-
tiOns eight years for Crow 81, 100
Excess OF money turned in
over appropriations ........ ,S5l
For Hadley.
BIENNIAL PERIOD OF lg0j-l90G.
For contingent fund s I 800. 90
Chicago Drainage canal G,OO0.00
Contingent fund deficiency h53.lO
Deficiency tobacco litigation ,3g2 30
Missouri Nebraska State
line litigation l,OOO.0O
Salary Attorney General,
assistants and stcnogra-
phcr Observation-Disclosures. 81, 800 90
Total S42,24j.4O
Al the commencement Of this hi
ennial period the force of the Attor-
ney General was increased from one
to three assistants, each AT n salary
of 5000 per year, and II clerk ut
II 100 per year.
biennial PERIOD or 1907 1905.
For contingent fund + 10000 90
Kan sas Missouri boundary
line litigation l,00O. 90
Chicago Drainage canal j,O73.lS|
Deficiency contingent fund 7G0.3I
For railroad litigation 1000. 90
For railroad litigation 10000. 90
For Standard Oil litigation 2,373.S
Salary Attorney General,
assistants and stenogra-
phcr characterization. 2j,sOO.00
Total ........ ............. So, 507 -
Total appropriation for
Hadlcy, four years ...... Sl4, 1j2.1S
Average appropriation for
each year Of Hadley - 33,GG3. 10
Excess appropriation each
year, Hadlcy over Grow y, l45. 10
w. II. Lewis and George G. Or
chard have sold their interest in the
Poplar Bluff Citizen to w. b. Hays
and +. ID. Bacon, and the latter
have consolidated the Citizen with
the Democrat of that city. The
name of the consolidated papers
will be the Citizen Democrat.
A negro named Ward chased
Brakeman Pipkin Of the Iron Noun
tain railroad with a knife because
he was elected from the car for try
ing to beat his way. Pipkin reached
n car, got n gun and filed the negro
full Of shot, badly managing his
shoulder.