Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-02-12

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
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but Nearly All interesting Reading.

authorizing an appropriation for
the Improvement of the Little
Black river, which he has been
pushing for a long time in Con.
gress, will be complied with, ac-
cording to information sent from
Washington. The committee on
rivers and harbors has promised
the Missouri congressman that
money for the bettefment of the
stream will be appropriated in
the emergency river and harbor
bill, which will be reported short
ly. The success of the congress-
man was unexpected, owing to
the financial stringency, but he
urged the matter with such stress
before the committee that it
promised toincorporate the meas
ure in the emergency bill.
Prosecuting Attorney Gossam
says this ''pistol toting habit"
has got to stop in this city and in
this county, and he says this also
applies to these winged angels
from Arkansas who have that
foolish way of shooting out of the
car windows on their return home
in the afternoon. He says some
of these times a few of them are
likely tomiss their train and wake
up the next morning in a big jnil
where they might pass a few
months. In passing we might re.
mark to a few of the rough citi-
zens of this city that the judges
remarks apply to all localities
and even if you do live here you
are going to be prosecuted as
hard as if you did not.-Caruth.
ersville Democrat.
If reports are only partly true a
condition exists about BirdsPoint
} and perhaps other places in this
county that need attention. 1t is
said that there are forty cases of
small pox at the Point, and that
no restrictions are being used
whatever; that man broken put
, with the disease actually went
through the train there one day
this week. The disease was
brought in from Cairo where it Is
very prevalent, and quarantine
is needed before the whole coun-
ty is threatened. What is the
matter with the County Board ol
Health? If we haven't one the
Comfy Court should attend to il
next week, the fret thing
Charleston Courier.
The deed Of what is probably
the largest transfer OF land ever
! recorded in Southeast Missouri
! has been filed in the county re.
corder's Office here. The deco
was made by the Holladay-Klot,
Land and Lumber company to tn,
Wayne Iron and Lumber com,
pany, and calls for 100, 900 acre.
of land in Wayne county at I
consideration Of S400, 600. Thi
marks the passing Of the old Hol
laday- Klotz Land and Lumbe
company, at one time the larges
; lumber company operating il
Missouri. .-Gresnyille Journal.
. Thirty-sevsn years ago a festi
wal in which the '.poss office"wa
an important feature was given Il
; Charleston. Miss Bette Hise,
! was postmistress, assisted b,
! Lewis Danforth. On st: valen
} tines evening . similar affai
: viii be given there, and Mrs
Bette Hisey Haean win be assist
ed again by Lewis Danforth i
) the distribution Of letters.
81 r. O. Ranney has taken pos
P session Is Judge of the Court q
. Oommnnp pleas at Caps Girardeat
: His father v. c. Ranney, we
the first Judge 10 I'Il that position
u when the court v4e created.