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Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

John Scuse, white farmer of near
Cheswold, became intoxicated on
Dover's dry streets last week, and
was arrested on chare of drunken
ness. When taken to Jail a loaded
revolver was found in his pockets,
and now he will have to stand trial
before jury for carrying the gun.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

H. D. Boyer, real estate broker,
has sold the property of Mrs. R. C.
Brockson, of Blackbird, consisting of
store and dwelling and II acres of
land to Royden Caulk, of Sassafras,
Md. Consideration. 81, 500.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

The ]. E. Tygert Company have
arranged with the Smyrna Steamboat
Company to handle their full line of
fertilizer at their warehouse at
SMYRNA Landing. All orders will
have prompt attention. See ad in
this paper.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

The Canning season is on in
Smyrna. Hoffecker's Cannery made
their initial run last Thursday and
started up again this morning. The
prospect for large tomato crop is
favorable.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert johnson
wish to thank their friends and
neighbors through the medium of the
Times for their kindness during the
Sickness and death of their little son,
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

Get soft coal for threshng at
Smyrna Landing-Smyrna Steamboat
Company.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

Swift's soap, six cakes for 25
cents at George W. Turner and Sons.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23

Pure Italian Olive Oil, rs cents a
quart at Cummings. Pone 139.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-23
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

Short Items of General Interest Gath
cred During the Week.
Fresh fruits and vegetables at
Cummings. Phone lS9. -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
TOO COMMON A STORY.

Jim Washburn had worked in a
pottery for ten years. The dust was
beginning to tell If he stayed it
was only a matter of time until the
dread disease" would claim him.
Jim had wife and three little
children. For their sake he gave up
the job in the pottery and took less
remunerative one on a dray line.
His new work was to haul loads
over the main streets of the town
to and from the railroad yards. The
streets were paved. but seldom swept.
Mother nature ran the only sprink-
Ter; when this was not working
clouds of fine dust We're picked up b.
the frequent gusts of wind. Those
clouds of dust carried millions of di-
sease germs. Again and again they
attacked Jim Washburn. only to be
repulSed.
Finally little tuberculosis Mi
crobe lodged in his lungs. 1t took
root and grew. Then Jim, who had
Quit the pottery for the sake of wife
and children, went home a helples,
invalid. and that wife and those lit
tie children were left to struggle
on through life as best they could.
Such is the common story o. a
City's unwashed streets
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
CHICAGO DAIRY SHOW \ hit"
President Taft. Dairymai'is' ChOruses
and FrOIicking Calves Helped.

At the National Dairy Show in Chi
cago. Kentucky State University took
majority of hOnOrs in the student
judging contest. The Kentucky boys
took first place as a team, with ten
teams competing.
Russell Jensen of South Dakota
Agricultural College had the highest
individual score in the contest.
President Taft visited the show
and personally presented the Taft
cup to Mr.. Jensen, for the best indi-
vidual work in the student judging
contest. The President was intro
duced by H. E. Van Norman, presi-
dent of the National Dairy Show. At
ter speaking on the dairy industry
as it appears to him the President
sampled the six ton cheese and pro-
nounced it first class.
The dairymaids' chorus was the
hit of the afternoon and evening pro-
grams, each of six girls dressing to
represent one of the six dairy breeds.
AT the night shows Johnny Hands
band furnished the music. Athletic
contests, basketball games and foot
races were held. The girls milking
contest had the crowd on it's toes.
The frolic of 100 calves in the ring
each night was especially amusing.
The University of Illinois had q
practical display, which was interest
ing and instructive to all farmers.
Saturday was children's day. Free
milk. free ice cream, pony shows,
calf frolics, music. the cows and arm
loads of souvenirs made the day one
long scene of merriment for them.
They had been given holiday from
their books to see the big show.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
WORKMAN, SPARE THAT BRIDGE

There are three bridges on the
University of Missouri campus. They
span a winding, wet-weather branch.
Two of them are of concrete and the
other is of wood.
There is nothing human. nothing
liie-like. nothing friendly or cOngen-
ial about the concrete bridges. There
is no occasion to look at them twice,
no call to linger at the railing, to
pause AMI take survey of surround
ings. There is such feeling about
the wOOGen bridge. 1t has a roman
tic atmosphere about it. an appeal
TO the quaint and rustic. to the SIM
pie virtues in man:
The other day workmen began put
tering about this wooden bridge. All
its friends, and it has many of them,
feared that they We're going to re-
place it with another concrete
parody. Instead. they merely added
to the rustic railing. 1t is to be
hoped that this bridge continues as it
is. 1t is a link that binds the old
University to the new, a touch of
ancient pfimitiveness in a busy col
lege yard. 1t would be sacrilege to
replace il with a prOsaic concrete
span.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
JOE JUST ACTED.

When Joe Marion slipped and
broke his arm he didn't go around
with a sour face and a crouch; he
wore a smile and made the best of
il. Most people are like Joe that
way.
But one day Joe's bank failed, and
his meagre savings of lifetime were
swept away. At first he was down.
east. just as he was when the doctor
told him he must wear his arm in a
sling for a month.
Then he took new hold on life.
He carried his head q little higher
than usual when he went to work the
next morning. He was young again;
the ambition of youth surged once
more in his breast. He put new en-
ergy into his work; he did better
than his best His employer noticed
it.
Then came the rise. the promotion,
the overhead work Joe had sue
ceeded His misfortune had made
him.
And Joe isn't much different from
the rest of us. Only he acted.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
BE AN ENGINE.

Did you ever see railroad train
steaming up a. long slope. doing its
work WELL, and realize what it sig
nifies? The train is made up Of
many cars and one engine. The en-
CINE is the active element and the
cars are ,burden-carriers.
1t is the same way in life. One
man will have the steam and the
strength of will to see, his opportu-
mites and to carry out his plan. 9th
ers will take their orders and carry
them out. because they have not
trained themselves to be self-reliant
or to see their opportunities.
Students, you are here working
and gathering facts. but in a broad
sense it is: not the facts you are here
for. From the practice in studying
you should be able to see the real
meaning of things and have the abil-
i'y to carry out your plan.
These lessons should enable you.
if you have any steam. to be an en-
CINE and not one of the cars in life.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03

sources. This is all we'll and good,
and looks toward the prosperity of
our common country. But there is
another conservation that is even
more important-thec conservation of
I anhood and womanhood.
We have drawn heavily upon our
material resources and they are be-
ing rapidly depleted-thus the call
for conservation. Our material de-
velOpment has been looked after
more assiduously in proportion to
its Importance, than that of the de-
yelopment of good citizenship. But
the greatest and most comforting
thought in this connection is that the
sources from which we draw for the
development of our magnificent man
hood and wOmanhOod are ilimita-
BILE. They are as boundless as the
skies. They are the resources of
There is no limit to
truth. no limit to love, no limit to
the possibilities of loving kindness.
There is no need in this world
so great as the need of loving kind
ness. OF gentle deeds and loving
W lords, consideration for the lives
and feeling of others. These are
the things to live for, these are the
noble acts of life, these are the
things that make life's burdens
lighter and its tasks a pleasure
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03

The marriage. of a Baltimore belle
last month to the man of her choice,
when by so doing she forfeited an
inheritance: OF $1,50O.O00. tends to
refute the cynic who holds that a
modern love affair is very much like
an English plum pudding - very
little sugar and sweetness about it
and largely a matter of dough.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03

. tucked away in a corner of Aca
demic Hall is the room occupied by
the State Historical Society. Glanc
ing casually inside, the visitor sees
a rusty gun, dug up by some farmer
and sent to the society. Near this is
an old spinning wheel; further on q
frame containing some of the small
denominations of paper money in use
many years ago. Just to look at the
volumes convinces one of their an
tiquity. They have that mouldy, de-
csying look which labels old books
as such, and on closer inspection one
sees dates on bound volumes of news
papers that go back hundred years.
If bookcase is opened and a vol
Lme selected at random, it may tell
of the travels of some man through
the wilds of the Mississippi river, or
the region surrounding it. Open a
page or two of another and the fol-
lowing is seen: "The site of Columbia
is well chosen with a view to the
convenience of the inhabitants. There
is in this town valuable journal
named the Patriot. This publication
has the advantage of getting it's pa
per from mill near the town. There
are twelve stores and three churches
IN the town. The great Western mail
coaches have their routes through
Columbia, and these pass three times
a week"
Another book from this same case
which is full of information about
the country says that the population
of Boone county in 1880 was $500.
The town is said to be fifty-six miles
from Jefferson City, for in those DAYS
that was the way the location of a
town was given. and jefferson City is
placed as so many miles west of
Washington City. Only twenty-three
of the 113 counties had come into
being at this time. OF education it
was said by this writer that Missouri
had two colleges. a Catholic institu-
ton in st. Louis and a Presbyterian
school at Palmyra. This is the kind
of information the books contain.
and interesting reading they make.
OF Columbia there is a good rec
ord in the Missouri Statesman that
was presented to the society by
Charles Gibson of st. Louis. These
papers are from 1S43 to 1883.
One of the books that draws at
tentiOn is found to be text book on
COnveyancing. law subject. writ
ten in a fine, small script that would |
never be seen today. 1t contains !
314 pages. The regularity of the |
lines and writing make the page look |
as if it were copper plate. In some |
places the writing is so small as to
be hardly readable. In the same case |
with this book are the works of !
Mark Twain and Eugene Field. two !
noted Missouri authors. These are !
treasured works. for in some in
stances the works were given by the /
writer himself.
In a little narrow alley between |
the wall and the shelf of books are !
the works of Missouri authors. Ev-
erything written by Missourians finds
lis way to these shelves if the society
can get it. AS the collection stands |
at present. it is the largest one of
Missouri authors in the world. And
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
The State Historical Library

to look at the titles of these works
convinces one that the writers of this
state We're among the most prolific
that ever lived. Now and then one
comes across an up-tO-date novel,
and this is a relief after looking at
books of the old style. Works in
two volumes are here and next to
them, perhaps. small pamphlet that
is nearly lost in the crush Warn
ings to young men are numerous.
love stories dot the shelves. and the
poet of the state has his effort
crowned with layer of dust.
Around the room in neat metal
cases are the recent files of the Kan
sas City and ST. Louis papers, to-
gether with old papers from Jeffer-
son City. New Franklin, Sedalia and
other old towns in the state. What
is seen here is only a small part of
the newspapers that pour into the
office daily. There is card catalogue
Of all bound newspapers and this
names 5000 of them. At present
there are a thousand volumes which
cover the last six years waiting to be
bound, but the society is ahead of the
allowance. so these will have
to wait. The space occupied by the |
library on the first floor of Academic |
Eall is not large enough, and many |
of the old files of newspapers are
stored in new stacks in the basement |
Of the building.
This society was organized at a
meeting of the Missouri Press AssO-
citation held in Kansas City in 1898. |
A committee was appointed to re-
port on the organization of the State /
Historical Society. This committee !
net at Columbia and the executive |
board of the University of Missouri
gave. rent free, the use of the rooms
Il Academic Hall which it has today.
+ w. stephens of Columbia was the
first president and Prof. Isidor Loeb /
Df the University the first secretary. |
At present there is a total of 49,
SO5 publications. not including un-
bound periodicals. This number has
been slightly lessened by exchanges
with other state societies and other
libraries. A card catalogue has been
added to the library, but this is not
yet complete. 1t is a most valuable
iid to those who use the files of the
library.
The members of the society num-
5er 1.161, divided into honorary
those not in Missouri,
hose in the state. and corresponding
Any newspaper editor
Who sends his publication to the So
,iety becomes a member.
The law of Missouri provides that
he society shall receive sixty cop
es of everything printed by the
state and it's institutions, except the
'ourt reports. for its exchanges Dur
ng the last two years the Univer-
ity donated 1771 pamphlets as re-
luired by this law.
F. A. Sampson is secretary of the
society, and is familiar figure in
he rooms of the society. Floyd C.
graduate student of
he University of Missouri, is assis-
ant librarian.
Err AT.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Forty Years Ago.

The negroes of Boone County Or
ganized an agricultural society.
Colonel James r. Shields divided
the grounds around his house into
twenty-eight building lots making an
addition to Columbia known as
Shields Eastern Addition.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Thirty Years Ago.

The faculty of the University de-
cided to publish a regular quarterly
magazine, the professors to be the
editors.
Columbia citizens objected to the
tOlling of the church bell after fun
eIal services.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
What the Old Grads SG1c
Five Years Ago.

Columbia raised SEQ 900 bonus
to induce the Hamilton Brown Shoe
Company Of st. Louis :" establish
a branch factory in Columbia
Columbias bank clearings for one
day were S15, 5,79S.S4
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Ten Years Ago.

The contract for the erection of
the Dairy and Stock Judging Build
ings on the state farm was awarded
to B. F. Stewart & Sons at $24,S3O.
Miss Ethyl NJ. Fine was appointed
notary public, the first woman no
tary in Boone county.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Class to Roast Marshmallows.

The Sunday School class of Uni
verSity women at the Methodist
Church will have marshmallOw
roast from to s o'clock this after
noon at the home of Miss Margaret
Orumm, 1920 Anthony street.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Heard at Il Picture Show.

occupied seats at one of the moving
picture theatres on Ninth street A
fearful drama was being acted on the
screen.
Il just dearly love these sad stO-
ries." she said.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Twenty Years Ago.

Tie North Missouri Press Associa-
tion met at Moberly. Walter Will
liams replied to the address of well
come by Prof. W. F.. Coleman of the
Moberly High School.
On account of continued dry
weather, farmers had to haul wa
ter for their stock
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03
Doctor COursault to Richmond.

DR.. J. H. Coursalt went to Rich
mond yesterday to attend a meeting
of the teachers association there.
Friday he will go to Platte City and
address the teachers there.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03

Dixie Club to Meet Tomorrow Night.
The Dixie Club will meet in Room
A.. Y. NJ. c. 4. Building, at 1880
O'Clock tomorrow night.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-03

THE GREATEST NEED IN LIFE.
A great deal is being said about
the conservation of our material re-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
Methodist

Sunday school at 10 am.
Preaching II a. m.
Epworth League $50 p. m.
Junior League, Friday at a p. m.
All are cordially invited,
]. o. Hawk, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
COUNTY NEWS ITEMS

A ive-acre orchard tract in Cashmere
was sold last week for $4,000.
There is a plan on foot in Wenat
chez to sell $40, 900 worth of stock at
500 per share to be used in the pur-
chase Of fair ground.
Wenatchee defeated the Queen Anne
High, School last Saturday by a score Of
81 to 0 and they are now considered
the strongest contenders for the state
championship.
One hundred and ninety five cars of
apples were shipped from Wenatchee
last week and the average was nearly
twenty eight cars daily. Over 1900
cars of fruit have been shipped from
Wenatchee this season.
M. Swartout, OF Everett, who is now
an active member of the Lake Chelan
Land company, had large party Of
Everett and Seattle men here last Sat
urday to inspect the company's irrigat-
ed lands. The party came up from
Wenatchee in automobiles and returned
to that city the same evening, -Chelan
Leader.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY
Special Rates On The Leading Magazine
of the West

The Pacific monthly of Portland,
Oregon, is publishing a series of splen-
did articles about the various industries
in the West. The September number
contained an article on Success with
Cherries. The October number had a
beautifully illustrated article on Sue
cess in Growing Apples. Other arti-
Giles shortly to be published are Sue
cess with Live Stock, Success in
Growing Walnuts, Success with Fodder
Crops. These articles are written by
experts, and are not only authoritative
but very interesting.
In addition to the above, The Pa
cific Monthly each month publishes
large number of clean, wholesome,
readable stories and strong indepen-
dent articles on the questions OF the
day.
The price OF The Pacific Monthly is
$3.50 year. To introduce it to new
readers, it will be sent for six months
for $50 if this paper is mentioned.
Address: Pacific Monthly, Portland,
Oregon.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
Notice of Election

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the
qualified voters of the City of Leavenworth,
city on the 4th day of November 1911, for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified
waters the following propositions:
The question of ratifying or rejecting the
plans nd'specifcations for the construction
of a water works system for the Town of
Leavenworth, according to the plans and
specifications prepared by O. III. Green, en-
gineer, which have been approved by Ordi-
nance of the Council of the Town of Leaven-
worth and are now on file with Clerk of the
Town of Leavenworth for inspection.
Also the question ofissuing the negotiable
coupon bonds of the town of Leavenworth
to the amount of Forty-four Thousand Dol
lars ($i4,UO2 to provide funds for the con,
bonds to be payable twenty years from date
thereof with interest at the rate of per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually, to
bear date of their issue and to be of the de-
nomination of One Thousand Dollars ($lOOO.)
each.
The voting places at said election shall be
as follows: At the City Fire Hall in the
Town of Leavenworth on the north side of
the Great Northern Railway Oompany's
aight of way situate on lot seven ~ of block
six (6) Leavenworth Gardens Addition to
the Town of Leayenworte; also at the City
Hall in the Town of Leavenworth situate in
block eight (8) of said Town.
All residents and qualified voters residing
north of the Great Northern Railway Com
pany's right of way may vote at the polling
place situate on lot of block 8 of Leaven-
All qualified voters residing on the south
side OF the Great Northern Railway Com
pany's right of way may vote at the City
Hall in the Town of Leayenworth situate in
block eight (S) of said Town.
The polls at said election shall be opened at
8 O'Clock a. IN. on the 4th day of November,
1911 and closed at O'Clock p m. of said day.
The following named persons shall act as
Judges and Clerks at said election, to wit:
At the polling place above named situate
north OF the Great Northern Railway Com
plny's right of way at the City Fire Hall on
lot Z, block 8, of Leavenworth Gardens, the
following: Bert Gutherless, Inspector: O.
&c. Hamilton, and Glen ID. Marble, Judges;
H. X. Featherstone and f. A. Reynolds,
Clerks.
At the City Hall: George A Blocksedge, In
spector; A. Pesch and Butler Sampson,
j. ID. Wheeler and Max Kringel,
Clerks.
The ballots to be used at said election
shall be for each proposition, respectively
as follows, to-wit:
"Shall the City of Leayenworth adopt for
the construction of the proposed water
works system the plans and specifications
prepared by O. H. Green, engineer, which
have been approved by ordinance of the
city council and are now on file with the
City Clerk?
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
THE LOCAL MARKET
RETAIL PRICES

Eggs. per dozen Acc, 45c
Butter, choice, per ID. 4oc
Potatoes, new. per cwt. s $50
Wheat, per cwt. l.9o
Oats. per ton 5000
Barley, per cwt. l.35
Alfalfa. Der ton 1900
Timothy, per ton 24.00
Sugar, cwt. o.25
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-27
Unite for Good of Northwest

The Seattle Town Crier recently
presented to the people of that city a
program of public endeavor in which
every citizen could unite regardless of
his opinions or affiliations in other mat
tiers. With the elimination of few
purely local features this program might
well be adopted by every community
in the Northwest. The Post-Intelli-
gencer and the Times joined in strong
commentator of the movement, which
has attracted much attention. The
people are urged to work for the follow
ing:
/. For the opening up and de-
velopment OF Alaska.
Q. For the completion of the Paci-
ic Highway.
8. For the reclamation of logged-off
lands.
4. For the development Of the
Olympic Peninsula.
S. For the further development Of
Mount Rainier National Park.
6. For continuous work on good
roads.
7. For the upbuilding of a great
commercial harbor.
8. For immediate and continued
increase in aids to navigation along the
Alaskan and Northwestern coast.
9. For the success of the Golden
Potlatch.
10. For publicity.