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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
THE BEST FIRE INSURANCE..

A $7.0O0,000 fire loss was suffered
by Houston. Tex, Wednesday. HOus-
ton is a town of 100000 people. was
well built-as American cities build
and had a modern fire fighting Or
ganiZatiOn. This is one of half
dozen fires of similar extent which
have baffied fremen in American
cities during the last six years.
HoustOn's fire calls to mind the
fact that the annual fire loss of Chi
cago is $6.OOO,OOO. Berlin, about
the same size, has a fire loss of
$500, 900 annually. The cost of fires
in America every year is $2OO,0OO,-
OOO-twenty times greater than it
is in Germany.
Germany has no more efficient fire
fighters than we have. But Germans
believe i'm fire prevention. I'm Berlin
every fire is traced to it's origin.
Nearly always somebody is to blame,
and the guilty person pays the cost of
putting out the fire and the damages.
Wisconsin is trying to pass a law
making any person or corporation
responsible for a preventable blaze
liable to criminal prosecution. Law
makers in every American common
wealth might well consider the ques-
tion of liability for fires. Two hum
dred million dollars is a large pre-
MUM to pay for fire privileges.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
TOGdy's Anniversaries
Sheridan's raid in Virginia began,

Sheridan's raid in Virginia began,
1860.
Russell A. Alger. soldier and
statesmen, Secretary of War under
Mckinley. born 1896.
Henry w. LOngfellOw, poet born
1907.
George Meade. a great merchant of
Philadelphia. one of the original Op-
ponents of the Stamp Act, who gave
much toward financing the RevOlu-
tiOnary War, born ll4l.
Jacob Bungalow. physician and
scientist, born 1897.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Echoes OF Yesterday
Ten Years Ago.

. Walter Williams in Egypt was Sc
lected as envoy to King Menelik
OF Abyssinia, of hundred wives
fame. to invite the monarch to the
Worlds aFir at st. Louis.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

over 40 pounds. This completely
eXplodes Shakespeare theory that
the brainy person must have lean
and hungry look" and that to be a
student one must be "sicklied DER
with the pale cast of thought"
F. l..
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Fifty Years Ago.

Merrills Horse captured $50
pounds of Confederate powder buried
under bushes near Rocheport.
Kansas was declared under martial
law and an attempt was made to
check the activities of the Jayhawk-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Twenty Years Ago.

Newspapers wanted harmony
among the Democrats; a Kansas City
clergyman wanted harmony in the
homes.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Not On the Level.

How can mountain climbers be
believed?"
why nOt?"
How can such thing as noun
tain climbing be on the level?"-
baltimore American.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Thirty Years Ago.

A st. Louis rope and st. Louis
black cap were ordered for use in
hanging Guiteau for the assassina-
tiOn of President Garfield.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Little dabS of powder.
Little gObS of paint,
Make a homely coed
Look like what she amt.

The young women of the Univer-
sity are wondering if so many mus
taches are being cultivated right now
because this is leap year and their
wearerS want to look pretty or be-
cause they are afraid to.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
Concerning Our prOfS,

More brains. less hair on our domes
of thought.
To explain Scientificallee,
The brains punch up against the
roots
And push out the hair. you see.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27
WEATHER CONDITIONS.-The storm tha

ONs-Th storm dnorhe f Texas the
his morning in New Enghn of in ue extends nN North Carolina
e he O. NJ
gales C d cath n t s and
OF h ho o the MunR o the hi ad
lpmg the N est States
the the W
au OF the e pe wi
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

There are anti-fat clubs among the
women students at the University
of Minnesota, Smith and Vassar. To
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

Your grade is + in my heart of
hearts;
What's mine in yours. fair maid?"
And then he sadly turned and left
Next in the alphabet" she said.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

After long period of wet weather,
when the Chinese have prayed in
vain for relief, they put the gods out
in the rain to see how they like it..
We might try that on the weather
man.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

Sophomore Engineers to Meet.
The sophomore engineers will
meet at : o'clock tomorrow night in
the Engineering Building. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to discuss
their stunt.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-02-27

Call 81 for University MissOurian
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

tain At all. The nan vino.
is law abiding because he is
afraid OF getting in Jail is
not a law abiding citizen in
the truest sense Of the.
term. Pull the bride off Of
aim and he will run riot.
Remove the restraint and he
becomes a "bad actor" EdC-
cation, along right lines, is
he country's only saivabioa.
Enlightenmentis the alembic
through which all must pass
before q character is mould
cd that will withstand the
crucial test.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21


If you don't see wliaa you want
advertised here, call on US, or
write to US. We can suit you in
town or farm property.
If you have property to sell,
list it with US.
West Liberty offers splendid
opportunities for Investment. &
live, growing town, good school,
natural gas, surrounding terri
tory Geod farming, near vast Goa
debosits, on Licking river.
Property steadily advancing il
price. Let us serve you.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Complaints continue to
pour in upon us from Caney
that our subscribers are not
getting their paper regular
ly. If those compliments
would take the matter up
with the Post Office Depart
ment direct it would be much
better. However, if they
insist, the information can
go in from this Office, and
when the investigation is
is once begun-well you
can surmise the rest.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21
THE COURIER suggests

THE COURIER suggests
that Governor McCreary
call a special session OF the
Legislature and limit the
call TO the good road queS-
ton. To the people Of East
ern Kentucky that matter
is of suprence Importance
and we believe that it is OF
sufficient moment to the
State to justify an extra
session so that the leg.isla-
tors can take up and solve
the road problem unvexed
by other matters.
Much has been said about
what the newspaper can do,
and we now move that the
newspapers of the State
take up this question and
work for a special legisla-
tivesession devoted wholly
and solely to the good road
question. We people of the
mountains want a road law
that will permit us to build
good roads. The law we
have is worse than a farce,
criminally idiotic.
We call upon the country
editors, especially of Eastern
Kentucky, for assistance II
the agitation Of this ques.
ton, and ask them to keeY
the matter prominent il
their columns until we get
what we want. Demand a
special session of the legisla
ture for a road law alone
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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21
Notice.
try merchant.

Persons desiring to use water
from my wellregularly will here
by take notice that after the first
of March, 1912, a nominal charge
will be made for the privilege.
This APPLIES only TO persons
carrying water away, not to per,
sons who only set a drink.
J. II. Cole.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Did you hear what the
Court said to the Grand
Jury about vote selling? If
we remember correctly
there were a number of in
dictments made for this Of
Tense at a former term of
this court, but where is the
man who was tried and con-
victed? The Judge can't do
it all by himself. There
must be a screw loose some
where. a
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21


W@2have number on
in town, all wellM
and well improved. We can
mention lev in this ad. If you a y.
ceiling either town or farm property
you win End that we can supply you.
"Te nave lie best.
list No. 100. Large business lot On
Main street, noarly opposite Court
loose. Known as the Maxey Prop
rty. Best business location intowr
list no. III. House and two-acre
lot in West Liberty. Ten room house
newly built and finely finished, gas
outbuildings, etc. Garden large an
would make fine market garden.
List No. II. A splendid farm, sho
ditance' from town. Consists of
acres, six-room residence, barn, on
buildings, good orchard. Cheap
sold quickly.
List No. 106. A one-acre lot just
out OF town, three room cottage and
outbuildings. Big bargain.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

We are authorized to announce
JOHN PATRICK, Assessor john
of Grassy Creek, as a candidate
for the nomination for Assessor
of Morgan county, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Some of the CoIn-Club
boys are making pre-
)arations for the contest.
We hope to see at last fifty
inter. The more the mar-
Ter and the more interest
ag The finish will be.
Get in boys, and show us
what you can do.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

The concensus of opinion
is that a hell-scared Christian
is about as bad as no Chris
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Humble yourselves in tn,
presence Of God but be d. d
&rsful that gou don't bow
he knee TO scme "salteC
amt" here On earth.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

We are authorized to announce
REV. w. II. LYNDON
of Insko, as a candidate for the
nomination for Assessor Of Nor
gan county, subject to the act
i II of the Democratic party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

That little incident up al
1illville, Va, a few day.
go has about convinced Il;
hat the shooters don't al
i've in Kentucky.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Look Out, game hogs, pot
hunters and violators of the
game and fish laws, you'll
p 'obsbly get a little more
attention from the officers
OF ,he law hereafter. A
good stiff Gre and a few
ickets good for meals at
he COMBS hotel" will be
handed you in appreciation
If the service you have been
rendering your country.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Morgan is in the Ninth
Congressional District now
md The district is safely
Democratic.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Suppose the sun does
shine out occasionally,
there need be no cause for
alarm.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21
The farmers Educational

The Farmers, Educational
-eo-crcrattl ss''Al------.-'
chewing byleapSand bounds.
The farmers are awakening
TO their interests and It's
well they may. They can
ges what they want il they
20 after it in the right way.
Organization and Cooper
alton is their only hope and
Union should be their slo-
g m.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

FRANK KBlJlJAlRD

tkANN hbNNAIIGO
of LogyilIe, as a candidate fc
the nomination fer County At
tornoy of Morgan county, subjoc.
to the acton CT the Democrat
party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Plenty OF the candidates
n town this week. Sons
Of them have not yet for
naliy announced, so they
re not bona iide caadi-
iates.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

If your reason and your
nherited or acquired pre-
JUDGES are at variance which
are you going to follow?
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

r. '.'.. ,;a.' -..'. -. e-i:2i -, 49,, Z, 80 :
chez pr market.
Oh! the COILS .stency Of you EEL
low S who preach Tic doctrine Of
individual eit5l With lis ac-
comp2nyiUg law OF the "sulv-
val OF the ii,test!" Bces not The
spirit Of that doctrine say: Pro
tect ourseli; Guy iii tie cheap
est market?"
- Il
All the howl about EecIing Tie
money at home is tWiddi3-do-dae.
The country merchant has t.
send most OF it III to the money
conter5 anyway; the only differ
ence is that he gets his pcIeent
age of what the people have to
pay, and while he may spend a
part Of it at home, his customers
pay vastly more in higher prices.
The sentiment that we should
patronize home first is q beauti-
full sentiment, and where it is
reasonably possible, should be
practiced. 1t is equally senti-
mental to yearn for the good old
days when the farmer produced
practically every thing that he
used, but they will never come
again, The association Of CAPT
tai and the employment Of mod
ern methods Of business have
Eproduced conditions that are
!, crowding the nan with small
capital to the wall.
Don't blame me for stating
facts. It will not help matters
/, for the fast-sinking individual
ist" to pour out his wrath upon
nv head. I might lay aside my
:, conscience and. like The popular
:, preacher. saw .things that tho
+ people want to haar, regardics.
J Of the truth, and have more
money. but | prefer an approx.
: ing conscience. The man who
as an editor or contributor to tht
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

Other matters Of seeming
" more importance togethel
with the bad weather, has
caused a fallingoff OF enthu-
siasm in the work OF the
Commercial Club. But it Is
not dead, nor is the side
walk proposition abandoned.
Some legal obstacles that
puts the matter a little
further Of, caused a cessa=
ton Of the agitation, but the
question is yet alive. And
why not? Mud. is So deep
that many Of the citizens
have to go several blocks oui
Of theft way to get out from
home, Yawning, dangerous
gaps in the unsightly board
walks andno crossings at all.
make getting about a tasl
in West Liberty, ought to b
sufficient to cause the people
to demand good sidewalks
before another winter.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

THE COURIER desires to
say to the members Of the
Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union that it is
IN hearty sympathy with the
effort to ameliorate the con-
dItion of the farmers, and
that it will do all in its pow
or to aid them in carrying
out the objects of the organi-
lation. Before this organi-
lation YVES, The COURIER
had been demanding proper
recognition for the farmers
and laborers, and will still
continue to do SO. The liber-
al support that the farmeres
Of Morgan county are giving
this paper shows that the!
recognize and appreciate thC
work we are doing for then
and their cause. To MAKE
lhis>work more effective W,
trust that the Union will Sc,
10 it that more member
read the paper regularly.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

When in town call in and
see how we are growing.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21

The situation in a nutshell is
that the express companies are
"forninst" this measure because
it will abrogate their power to
rob the people, andrhe only adj
vocate they have is the eopntry
merchant. 1t is a.fact patent to
all that the country merchant
can neither buy nor sell in COM
petition with the powerful mer-
camille combinations of the city.
The trouble is, is that they are
Istubbornly refusing to recognize
the truth of the situation that
the day of the small merchant
the one man business-is past
never to return. Because the
turn of the wheel of economic
evolution has brought about a
state where the little fellow must
90 down because he can't COM
pete with the big fellows, a how
goes up that his neighbors must
be denied the privilege of q
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-03-21
II. G. C0TTLE, EDITOR.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14
RULE
is WIPED OUT
ELECTION IN NEVADA MAKES
CERTAIN RENO WILL STOP
DELIVERY OF READY
MADE DIVORCES.

Reno, Ney-One of the many sur
prising results of the recent elections
is that after next January Nevada
will no longer be the divorce center
OF the United States. Complete re-
turns show that the next legislature
Will have a majority opposed to the
present lax divorce law, which has
brought thousands of ome and
men into the state for the sole pur-
pose of freeing themselves from bur
densome matrimonial bonds.
Many of the bona fide citizens of
the state have held that the frivolous
divorce colony of Reno was a public
scandal and more restrictive laws was
made a campaign issue. 1t is almost
certain that one of the first acts of
the new legislature viii be to amend
the divorce laws and o fix the resid-
to obtain citizenship at one year
instead of six months.
State Senator w. ID. Jones of Reno.
father of the time-lock divorce law.
and regular democratic nominee. was
defeated for reelection on the di-
vorce law issue by a practically un-
known farmer nominated by petition.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14
CORN SHOW
FOR THIS YEAR
PROF. HUME SAYS PROGRAM FOR
MEETING HERE IN JANUARY
is MOST ATTRACTIVE
YET.

Brookings, S. D.-The Annnal
Corn Show is Il great force il in
proving the corn crop of SoEt& pa
kota, asserts Professor Hume la g. J.
ing attention to the mex meetiNS at
Mitchell. January Is to is.
There is a good deal of good seed
in the state" he says, whether
or rot there is enough stored away
to plant next spring" Secretary
Hume has issued a letter. urging the
farmers to store up good seed corn
and from all reports, more good
South Dakota corn has been set aside
for seed than ever before in the his
tory OF the state.
Now the thing to do said DIR.
Hume, lis to take some OF this good
corn to the Annual Corn and Grain
Show and School, which Will be held
at Mitchell, January 13 TO is inclu-
sive. The premiums are big, more at
tractive than ever. The program is
now in press and is even better thar
ever before. Join the South Dakota
Corn and Grain Growers Association
now, and be already eligible to eX-
hIblt in your state show. Come
to the big union meeting. Meet and
be met by everybody. Be more than
ever n of the people of South pa
kota Send for program and premium
list
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14

URGES SUPPORT OF
LOCAL

Aberdeen, S. D-The Lennon Sig
nal. a weekly paper published at
lennon. in Perkins county, prints
a vigorous attack upon the large
central creameries in eastern states,
claiming they are paying farmers in
northwestern South Dakota more
than the market justifies for their
butter fat, in an effort to drive the
local dealers which have sprung up
all over western South Dakota
and southwestern North Dakota, out
OF business. The Signal beseeches the
farmers to stick to the local cream
cries. warning them that if they sell
to the big eastern concerns AT prices
the local creameries cannot meet, at
TINS time, later on when the local
are forced out of business
the farmers Will be at the mercy Of
the cent? allied concerns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14
ILLNESS
PROVES FATAL
MRS MARY MCCORMICK DIED
LAST NIGHT AT HER HOME
IN THIS CITN-HURIAL
MONDAY.

Mrs. Mary Mccormick aged about
IS years died last night about eight
O'Clock at her home in this city fol-
lowing a great many years of sickness
with gradual paralysis. She was the
widow of III. Mccormick who died
the day before Thanksgiving last wear
and who was for many years con-
nected with the Mitchell National
bank.
Mrs. Mccormick came TO this city
in November 1885 in company with
her husband and has lived here ever
since. She is survived by one daugh-
ter. Miss Fannie Mccormick who has
spent the past year at home looking
after her mother, The funeral ser
vices will be held at the home. G22
Second avenue west, next Monday
afternoon and interrment will be at
Graceland cemetery in this city.
The body will lie in state at the
residence tomorrow afternoon from
300 TO 4:3o and friends wishing to
view the remains may do so at that
time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14
INJURED
IN SMASH-UP
MRS. q. ". COURSEY is CAUGHT
UNDER WRECKED BUGGY AND
HAS BOTH ANKLES IN
JURED.

Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Courscy, Mr.,
~Coursey's father and Mother, and
A.. c. Mullen, of Hawarden, Iowa,
had a serious accident while out
riding Sunday afternoon. About five
miles southeast of the city, while
driving on n slow trot down hill. the
left hind wheel of the carriage sud
denly broke down, overturned the
vehicle, threw out all of the occu-
penis and injured Mrs. 0. w. Coursey
quite seriously. AS the buggy over
turned she made an effort to jump.
but the casting that held the car
riage lamp caught her skirt and pull
ed her under the rig. In the miX-up
which followed she had the small
bones ~disarranged in her right foot
and all of the tendons tore loose in
the same foot, while her other leg
was badly bruised and she was other
wise injured. Mr.. Coursey ran to John
p. Carlson's farm for help. but failing
to get a buggy he vent on to Mr..
CIRCUITS place in Hanson county. Here
he met Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Miller, of
this city, in their automobile. They
fastened to the scene of the acct
dent and brought the two Mrs. Cour-
sey's to the city. while the men
returned in Mr.. CIRCUITS buggy. DR..
Freyburg vas summoned and he
soon had the patient resting easily,
while Mrs. ID. f. Coursey was taken
to her home in the western part OF
the city. She also had a badly bruised
ankle which was bleeding consider
ably. The parties all had their cloth
es more or less torn. They had "a very
spirited team, but as the rig turned
over, O. w. Coursey, who was doing
the driving, made a vigorous leap,
cleared the smash-up entirely, land
ed on his feet, field fast to the lines
thus prevented a runaway. Mrs. O. w.
Coursey will no doubt be confined to
the house for two or three weeks.