Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-14

Great damage was done
throughout Barry county last
week by the forest fires. A very
large amount of fencing waa
burned in many localities. The
heavy wind that prevailed famed
the embers and scattered the fire.
AT a meeting Of the directors
of the Atchison County Agricul-
tural and Mercantile Society.
held last Saturday evening, 1t
was definitely determined, that
Rock Port will have q fair this
fall, and the dates were set for
August 3-4-5-8 thus bringing
this event before the summer
chautauqua.
Perhaps the most notable gol-
don wedding that ever occurred in
this state was that of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel B. Allen of Rothvills.
At the celebration were present
seven children, eleven grand%
children and one great grand
child. The feature of the event
Is that death has never visited
the family.
The fifteen.year- old son OF
Henry Holle a farmer living near
Friestatt was injured Friday.
probably fatally. while talking
over q telephone during a thun-
der storm. The child was at the
telephone talking to a neighbor
when q bolt Of lightning ran in on
the wires, knocked him to the
floor unconscious. He is In q
serious condition.
William Ball, south Of Paris.
will harvest his first crop of gin.
seng this fall. He has . patch
1870 K 80 feet. Someof the plants
are four years old. The green
roots are worth SITE pound in
Missouri but are worth $3.50 when
dried. They are shipped TO Chinss
where they are considered q SOW.
ereign remedy orzneasly svery
human i'll. Mr.. Ball paid 80 q
thousand for the seed he sowed
four year ago. They do not
sprout until two years after being
planted, yielding their first Drop
of seed the third year. Last year
Mr.. Ball harvested 10000 seeds
from his own plants and sowed
all of them in his own ground.
His patch is sheltered by brush
arbor to keep out the sunlight
and beating rains. Many for.
tunes have been made In the cul-
ture of these plants.
Last Thursday night abeut
, nine O'Clock a severe cyclone
fweRt over this section OF the
country destroying and damag-
, ing thousands of dollars worth OF
property. Several people were
injured and many others had
narrow escapes. The storm
struck Dan Emmons place with
full force completely wrecking his
E new store, feed barn and dwell-
, lngs. The large stock Of goods
: which had just recently been in.
. stalled was scattered over the sur-
: rounding country and badly dams
: aged. A large amount Of goods
a has not yet been located and
I parts of the store building have
? disappeared entirely. The dwell.
ings are total wrecks. Mrs,
I Emmons and children and Mr.,
8 and Mrs. Lovan narrowly escaped
z being killed. Mr.. Lovan had hi
o right foot badly injured but i
d getting along nicely now. Oh
o Ten Mile the buildings on Vile!
!, Longs lower farm we're badi,
et damaged and the occupants. Mr.
p and Mrs. John Snider, wer
slightly injured. Mr.. Dougherty
10 place was wrecked and he an
. his wife were badly injured
L Other property on Ten Mile vs.
To- more or lees damaged and d
aIroads were blocked with fallel
10 timber 80 badly that il require
to several days to clear them. Thl
ne was without doubt the wor
m .vciane thai has via;taf3 this aas