Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-29
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David Fiprs, a farmer near
Montgomery City, believes he
has made a discovery which will
be appreciated throughout the
United States. He has, with the
use OF saltpeter, raised some OF
the largest fruit and vegetables
ever grown in this part of the
world. BY putting a little salt
peter around the roots of an APP
pie tree and washing the tree with
soft soap he has raised apples
weighing two pounds and six
ounces apiece. AS an expert
ment he put saltpeter to two rows
of corn, and one hundred ears
weighed 296 pounds, twice as
much as average corn. He also
put saltpeter around few heads
of cabbage, pumpkins, beets,
parsnips and watermelons. One
melon weighed SO pounds, one
cabbage head weighed 95 pounds,
one parsnip six pounds, one
pumpkin 1870 and one 1872 pounds.
A Kansas City man who pays
only S8 year taxes is found to
have held first mortgage real es-
tate loans amounting to more
than $3.50, 100000. The story ads
that he was a man of "no bad
habits" and was an elder in the
church. "No bad habits" and
yet he is a thief, stealing from the
city and state, his just share OF
taxes. "No bad habits" and yet
he is a perjurer, swearing to a
lie overy time the assessor comes
mo bad habits" and yet he is a
hypocriie Of the rottenest and
rankest brand. That is one
trouble with the church to-day,
it is serving as a mantle for toe
many of these old pious, tax
lodging hypocrites who have
"no bad habits"
After much heated discussion
and wrangling, with a good deaI
Of bitterness cropping out, the
city council of Maryville Friday
night passed the ordinance cut
ting the mayors salary from $500
per annum TO $3.50, and to make
the dose doubly bitter, they com
bined his office with that of the
police judge and stipulated that
fees heretofore paid the police
judge shall be paid into the city
treasury,
In spite of the fact that Cover.
nor Hadley has paroled more
than five hundred convicts from
the state penitentiary work will
begin soon on the new cell house
inside the prison walls at Jeffer-
son City. The building will be
OF modern construction and will
cost $500, 900. A refrigerating
plant to cost $4,000 also will bs
erected at the prison. Much Of
the work will be done by convict
labor.
| Gen. M. F. Boil Of Fulton,
member of the committee appoint.
ed to select temporary meeting
place for the Missouri legislature,
announced Thursday that the
Commercial Club of Jefferson City
is making an effort to carry out
the suggestion of the committee
to build S100, 900 fireproof build.
ing. 1t is the general belief thai
six years will elapse before the
capital building is completed.
Circuit Clerk Eugene Rathbun
of Nodaway county, received
Thursday the mandate of the su
preme court in the Hez Rasce
case from Clerk j. D. Allen oI
that court, setting the execution
day Of Rssco for Tuesday, March
20. A certified copy of the man-
date was given to Sheriff W,
R. Tilson. who carried out the
lorder,