Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-31

ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Mad by the Shears.
the Pencil md the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
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Observation-Disclosures

thagenian, made a trip into Okla
homa and came across an old
friend, Dennis Gavin, a squaw
man, in the Verdigris River bot
toms. Wood says in letter to
the Press: "Dennis used to be
the motive power behind a pick
and shovel when | was railroad
building in the Choctow Nation
in 1888. OF course Dennis was
glad to see the Boss, as he always
called me. asked Dennis how
he was faring, knowing he had
married a squaw" several years
ago. 'Bedad,' he says, Il am
doing we'll and getting rich fast.
My old woman got 320 acres Of
land and also gets a payment
/ from Uncle Sam every once in u
while, and every kid gets eighty
acres and payment, and | have
been married. nine years and have
eleven kids. Dedad, that is more
than eighty acres of land clear
every year. Now that can't be
bate, at all, at all OF course
no loyal Missourian would be
beat by a measly lrishman Of
Oklahoma, so | said, That's 60
ing some, Dennis, but let me tell
you abou. one Of our Carthage
newspaper men who acts as Sec
retary OF the great slate of Mis-
souri, on the side. Why, if Con
Roach had been squaw man he
would have owned the Cherokee
Nation and Uncle Sam would
have had to issue bonds in time
of peace to make the yearly pay
ments to the kids"
Col. VIM. H. Phelps Of Jasper
county has not touched Il dollar
of his salary as legislator. 1t Is
in the state treasury and tho Cot
onel declines to say whether he
will draw it as the session has
ended or explain why he has not
visited the cashier on the several
pay-days. Phelps, whose anti
discrimination bill was passed by
the senate, says the Pction
saved him from being kicked
down the hill to the Missouri
Pacific station. In his campaign
Phelps told an audience in his
district that he would have this
bill passed within 80 days after
the session opened. 'If | don't"
Phelps told his audience, 81 will
consent to be kicked from the top
of the capitol steps to The railroad
station and out of Jefferson City,
will even hire darkey to do the
kicking" The bill was passed
in fifty-four days.
When Allen Atwood, Of Shell
bina, was jailed in Shelbyville
: for carrying concealed weapons
his dear, faithful wife followed
him, secured domestic work in
Shelbyville 80 she could 60 and
see him every day. While visit
ing the Jail, she met another pris'
! oner, Augustus Sunlief, a gang
led. shanked, two.headed Swede
She sympathized with his trouo'
les, too; and Sunlief's time be-
ing out, she eloped with him. At
wood is still in Jail and his "min'
islering angel" has fled.
As socn as Senator Warmers
salary ceased President Taft gave
, him another job, and Immediately
, thereafter a son OF the senator
, was comfortably provided for il
Kansas City. II there are any
/ more Warmers floating arounc
out of job let them hold up thei
, hands.-Atchison County Mail.
Many Of the tobacco grower
; near Weston are refusing to sci
, their tobacco on the Weston mar
{ ket, but are shipping it to Louis
Vile. The best tobacco at Wes
l.Co il bringing $3.50.