Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-21
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE OF INTEREST
TO MiSSoURIANs.
Brief Mention Of Matters as They
Occur at Jefferson City,
Official and Other.
wise.

Jefferson City-Missouri's new CAPT.
tol building probably will be built
out of the savings from the stockings
of the Missouri farmer and business
man. Judge James Cowgirl, the state
treasurer, has been asked to investi.
gate the feasibility of selling by popu-
lar subscription the $500, 900 issue
OF bonds the state voted recently to
erect a new home for it's seat of gov.
eminent.
Another point Judge Cowgirl is to in
estigate Is whether the bonds should
all be sold at once or from time to
time as they are needed. Gov. Hadley
suggested that the bonds might be sold
as they were needed. That would
give an opportunity to submit
an amendment at the next cleo
ton e%xempting the bonds from tax
alton which would assure success of
the plan to sell by popular subscrip-
ton.
K. w. Stephens of Columbia called
up Gov. Hadley and said that the de-
claration made by John II. Botnwell
of Sedalia, to the effect that the south
ern route intended to build it's road
before the central is completed and
then ask the legislature to enact a
law making it the official state road,
has stirred to greater activity the pee.
pie along the central route, which was
designated co~nditionally the official
cross-state highway.
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A. +. Fout, secretary of the Missouri
Automobile Association, was here gath
ering information and suggestions for
a log book of the three trCss state
routes, which he has been instruct
ed by the association to publish.
Besides maps, information as to
conditions of the roads, hotel lists for
log book will contain illustrations of
the scenery and places of interest Oh
all three routes.
Gov. Hadley has just commissioned
the members of the bipartisan election
board at Kansas City and designated
Rush c. Lake, Republican,, chairman.
and Albert y. Gossett, Democrat, as
secretary. The other two members
are Robert B. Middlebrook, Republican
and Frank p. Sebree, Democrat. The
members are commissioned for a term
Of three years from August 81.
Governor Hadley has appointed Earl
c. Rock of Mound City superintend-
ent Of the public schools of Iloit
county, vice George y. Reavis, resign
ed. The latter will take a place in the
office Of State superintendent Of
Schools Evans. succeeding Prof. /. N.
Everard, who has been made dean Of
the faculty of Missouri Valley college
at Marshall, Mo.
Gov. Hadley and Mrs. Hadley have
gone to Spring Lake, y. j., where the
governor will attend the annual confer.
ence of governors, and address the
gathering upon the power of the states
to regulate interstate rates.
Capt. Meredith T. Moore, a veteran
Of the Mexican and civil wars, one
of the few survivors of Col. Doni-
phan's celebrated command of Mis-
sourians, is dead. He was IS years
old.
Hadley has announced the APP
pointment Of delegates t. the third
national conservation congress-, to be
held in Kansas City, September 25. 28
and q.
Comptroller Pearson and City Coun.
selor Park of Kansas City registered
100000 Of city bonds which have re-
Gently been issued and sold. The is
sues include $685. 900 for the tubercu.
losis hospital, $6O, 900 for lsvees, $780,
900 sewer, $4,000 w%orkhouse. Judge
Park says that these bonds have been
sold and will net something like
$1,000 in premiums.
o.
The governor has paroled Irvine
Wells, who was convicted in Henry
county last May on a charge Of car.
rying concealed weapons and sentenc.
ed to two years in the %penitentiary.
He is dying Of tuberculosis, hence his
release.
. Paroles were granted by Governor
Hadley to John McAnsDy, from Green
county under sentence of eight years
for robbery; Charles McAtee, from
Wayne county ten years for murder
In the second degree.
Lieutenant QoYernnr T. EmelInh