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county may get its lonsed for electric
Sine before another year rolls around.
The Cleveland 4 Southwestern Elec-
Uric is planning q short line outlet
from Mansfield to Columbus and one
that will go through territory that will
make the line self-sustaining locally.
With this in view preliminary sur.
veying party Is now quietly going over
dliferents routes to determine which
will be the best, the plan being 10
take In Bellville, Fredericktown, Mt.
Vernon and possibly Centerburg IL the
8sefies and distance will permit.
These towns certainly need an eiec.
trio line and the wonder is that 80 val
liable territory has been neglected SO
dong. But the G. & s. w. has been
taken up with It's work in the north.
ern part of the state, especially
around Cleveland, and although hav.
ing these extensions in mind have
postponed their development. Another
proposed route that may be used is q
line running from Wooster to Loudon.
Vile. Bellville Fredericktown, Mr.. Yer.
non and through to J0hnstown. Il "a
claimed that such a line would ore.
vent congestion traffic which might
occur on the line from Seville TO
Mansfield, and yet give through line
from Cleveland to Columbus fully as
satisfactory as the one proposed by
the way Of Mansfed. II this route is
taken the plan is to run connecting
branch from Marion to Fredericktown.
by the way Of Mt. Gilead. In efYec,
this would give Fredericktown an east
outlet and west outlet as we'll as north
and south, and would probably make
this place a division point.
The great amount OF business I'm
Knox county would be Increased still
more by such activities, and Morrow
county would get the development Il
has 80 much needed and of which It
ts capable, II II can only secure the
needed transportation facilities. There
is no better county to be found out-of-
doors than Knox county and vicinity
and G. 4 s. w. will show It's wisdom
by running this work to a completion
before other concerns get possession
Of the territory.
number Of wildcat" propositions
have been worked on the people here
IN the past and our people are bound
TO be little cautious In taking inter-
est In any railway propositions, no
matter who is behind the project. But
the G. & 8. w. people have followed
n different policy in the territory al.
ready covered. They have asked for
M bonus. survey expense or anything
pr that kind, but have sold bonds for
lhe trackage In the counties through
which they pass, and these bonds have
made good investments for the buy
ers, and insured the company of local
interest In the success of the line.
Mrs. G. NJ. Klotz and son re.
turned to their home In Mansfield
on Saturday evening.
Mr.. +. A. Day visited relatives a.
seville, Ohio. on Sunday last
Last Saturday the funeral OF Mr..
Jacob II. Shaffer was hela iu Chester.
villc. Mr.. Shaffer was born IN Ches.
terville March "a. 1851. and died at
the home OF his son, Mr.. NJ. M. ShaiYer
an Cardington. on Thursday, after an
silneas OF five weeks with typhoid few.
er. He was a member of the M. n.
church, the Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges. He Is survived by wife, son.
one grandchild, two brothers and one
sister.
Mr.. X. l., Wolfe. who a couple OF
weeks ago lost his barn by fire, Is
now rebuilding. the new structure TO
be 3Ox5O feet with cement basement.
Had II not been for the quick re.
sponse OF the neighbors To the tele.
phone call for help. Mr.. Wolf feels
confident that their home and other
buildings would Sa7S been burned as
well as the barn.
Mr.. Robert Coulter moved from his
rarm Ia Fredericktown last week, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Watkins moved
TO the fatm vacat by the former.
Rcv. VI M, Strong. a former resi-.
dent OF this county died at his home
on Now 40 at Winston Missouri, and |
the scntipel OF that place makes the
mention;
wIshahtton Maynard Strong was
born iIlKnox county. Ohio. July 90,
1884. dlfN insrWlpston Mo-. Nov. 10.
1912, ats7s yean,$ months. and 20
days, Nps. 20, 1856, ut Mt. Vernon.
Ohio. Niwas. united In marriage to
Miss Raehel A, ckandler. also of Knox
county, sOhlo. Vh me Rhil of 1863. he
moved with hj6 &jre and child to De.
kalb county Mo, just across the