Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-22
GENERAL NEWS NOTES y

By the contracts made with five
Gould lines, the WelIs-F Fargo & Co
Express adds 10000 miles of railroa
to its service. When it makes con
tracts with the Rio Grande System
the Western Pacific and the Interna.
tional & Great Northern, 1t will &C.
quire 4,S06 miles additional. The to.
tai additional service will approximate
$4,000 miles, all on Gould railroads.
Jefferson City, Mo-, June Is.
Five more members OF the Mis-,
souri, delegation in Congress have ex.
pressed their views in writing to the
Missouri Capitol Rebuilding Commit
tee concerning the advisability OF
the people voting bonds to build a
new State Capitol.
Among them is an Endorsement
from Champ Clark. Representative
Catlin would prefer a bond issue of
$4,000, 900 to one for $S,5OO,OO but
does not deem the former advisable
under existing conditions.
Some days ago letters were re-
ceived from Congressman Lloyd, Alex
ander, Dyer Barthold and Russell,
all commencing the proposed So, $780,
900 bond issue. In addition to the
present members of Congress whose
replies were received to-day, were
letters from former United States
Senator William Warner and former
United States Representatives Heard
Of Sedalia, Ellis of Kansas City, Cow
herd of Kansas City and Keeper,
Clark's reply follows:
II am In favor of building a State
Capitol in consonance with the pres
ent greatness and future glory of
Missouri. We cannot afford to lag
behind or to be niggardly in this IN
dertaking,
Champ Clark"
Kansas City, Kan, June 16.
The Kansas State Free Employment
Bureau has sent a call to the cit
les for harvest hands. The men
were needed last Thursday, although
harvesting already had started in
some of the counties.
P. w. Morgan. secretary of the
] Kansas City (Kan.) Mercantile Club,
sent letters to the county seats OF
all the counties asking how many
men will be needed by each county,
Thirty-eight counties replied ten of
which reported they would need no
outside help.
The following asked for men;
Barton, 1900; Comanche, so; Clark
200; Cloudy, 1875; Decatur, $3.50; Ed
wards, 500; Ford, $50; Harper 42O;
Hodgman, 70; Harvey, rs; Kiowa,
200; Kingman, 400; Mitchell. 200;
Mcpherson, 800; Ness. 80; Osborne,
So; Pratt, 900; Pawnee. 1900; Phil
lips, $50; Reno, 100; Rush, 1000;
Rocks, 225; Rice, $40; Sheridan, $50;
Stafford, 1900; sedgwick, so; Saline,
/, 900, and Smith, 1916, making a total
of 13,2O2.
Thursday afternoon, June 10, there
was a million dollar fire in st, Lou
is, which swept eight acres in the
factory district. The Hutting Sash &
Door Company, for which A. S. Hous'
ton, of Mexico, travels, was destroyed
President Hutting announces that his
plant will be rebuilt at once. 1t is
claimed that the fire started from a
spark from a locomotive.
The total loss is estimated at ST.
O00, 600. The district burned is
bounded by Manchester avenue,
bounded by Manchester avenue,
Missouri Pacific tracks and Talmage
avenue. At midnight the fire was
still burning. 1t was thought sew
eral small residences would be de-
stroyed. About 100 families in the
line of the high wind moved their
goods into the streets. /.
Property Destroyed by Last
Nights Fire,
The damage as estimated by the
police is:
Huttig Sash and Door Company, No
1906 Old Manchester road, loss OF
stock and building, 100000, fully
covered by insurance.
Koken Iron Works foundry, No
1014 Old Manchester road. Loss OF
stock and building, $4,000, covered
by insurance.
Missouri Stair Company, No. 1861
Old Manchester road Loss of $25,
900.
Fathman & Miller Planning Nil
Company, No. 1O45 Old Mancheste.
road. Loss on stock and building
$25, 900.
Mound City Box Company, No
1868 Old Manchester road. Loss o.
stock of 2 5000.
No officers of the last three com
panies could be reached last night Il
a statement as to plans for tn
plants.
Houston, Tex, June IL.
Perhaps the most unique maneuver
in the history of the United state
army have Just been concluded !
Texas. The maneuvers were partic
pated in by the First Provisional Br
gade of the Army of Occupation !
Texas made up entirely Of regiment