Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-05-05

'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All interesting Reading.

and century. and, according to
present calculations, it will never
happen again to the end Of time.
Gov. Hadley vetoed the police
home-rule bill Friday, presum-
ably on the theory that the citi-
zenship Of st. Louis Is of such a
low order that the city Is not ca
pable OF self-government. Osten-
sibiy his objections were that it
would put the police into politics
and thus cripple it's effectiveness
as a law enforcing and order pre-
serving body, in the face OF the
fact that the police is now and
always has been in politics in st.
Louis, the governors contention
is farcical. What Hadley really
objects to is Of the taking the po-
lice force out OF his political ma
chine and placing it in the hands
of the city Of st. Louis, where it
belongs. In denying to the peo-
pie of st. Louis the right OF local
self-government the governor re-
pudiated all OF his campaign
speeches and pledges in behalf Of
home.rule. The governor also
vetoed the bill giving to each
party an equal number Of super.
yisors and election booths in st.
Louis. Not only does Hadiey re.
fuse to make good his home.rule
pledges, but he eats oil Of his
pretty words about fair elections
and square deal for all parties
ut the polls. In order that his
political machine may retain con.
troll of all the election machinery
in st. Louis he puts the stamp of
his disapproval upon a bill that
provides that each party may
name its own watchers and super.
visors at the polls. Could there
be anything fairer than this? And
yet in order to permit the Hadley
machine to manipulate the elec-
tions he vetoed a bipartisan bill
giving to each party the right to
name its own election offioials.--
Macon Times. Democrat.
"Some twenty-five years ago
Roscoe Dean, now postmaster.
lost half dollar bearing the date
Of 1866 in o small crack in the
rear wall OF the Peoples Store,
when he was a barefoot boy at
play" says the Norborne Leader.
"The coin was given to him by
his father and Roscoe was anx.
ious TO see what he could do with
It. The coin slipped in the crack
without any great trouble and for
twenty-five continued to stay in
the wall where it was placed.
After the fire which occurred last
week NJ. H. Lester, who still re-
membered the incident, reminded
Mr.. Dean OF his lost coin in soak,
whereupon Mr.. Dean employed
several boys to search in the ruins
for his half dollar. The explor.
ers were successful in locating
the coin o foot from where 1t was
lost. It viii be placed in the
postmaster's relic box"
Missouri's output OF leaf to.
bscco In the year 1910 amounted
to 7,s75,0O0 pounds and was
worth S945, 900. This yield was q
splendid gain over 1909, when
the production amounted to a.
4S3, $50 pounds and the value was
s57e, 400. These and other figures
and facts found further on indi.
cate that Missouri is coming into
its own again ss a grower OF this
valuable soothing narcotic plant.
The gain In production in one
year amounted to S,442. 900
pounds or over n per cent, and
in the amount Of money brought
|into the state from the outside
world. ss6s. 900. or q par cent.