Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-07-24
MISSOURI
NOTES

:, C. p. LeMire. captain Of the Mis-
souri, Tigers for the football seasol
of 1912. has been engaged to coacl
the Westminster football team tn
looming season. LeMire assisted Til
ton, with the Blue Jays n tho faI
Of 1911.
Marshall. Mo-, July II.
J. P Johnston, Otto Hatton ant
Samos Smith. painters. were seriousl
injured here this morning about II
o'clock. A scaffold 40 feet high on
the West School building gave way,
dropping them to the stone pave
ment.
] Circulators OF the petitions to Sc
I cure a vote on the adoption OF the
commission form OF government fol
Trenton report that the required
number Of petitioners have already
been obtained, thus assuring an cleo
ton for the purpose Of voting on the
question, says the Trenton Republic
ean-Tribune.
Tent shows and circuses are to be
charged s25 per day for license in
Moberly, according to a new ordinance
recently passed by the Council there.
Springfield, Mo. July II.
A white and black tom cat is be-
ing cared for at the Springfield Post
Office. having been sent by the parce
post mail. It was shipped by r. p.
Kerr of rural mail route No 2, at
Cassville. to G. w Carney, Flat
Creek, Mo The postal clerk on the
Missouri Pacific Railway refused to
receive the cat from the Frisco Ry.
mail clerk. and 1t was taken to the
Postoffice here to be sent back to
Kerr. Sending live animals through
the mail is a violation OF the parcel
post rules.
Over fifty families Of Macon, Mis-
souri's wealthlest residents, are
spending the summer in tents on tn
beautiful Blees Academy grounds.
there.
The school enumeration OF John
son county has shrunk 11S.
Thursday Hannibal entertained 200
Bowling Green Fair Boosters who
went to that city. They were met at
the station with a band.
Jefferson City, Mo, July is.
F. A. harrington Seymour (Lord
B%arrington), who is serving a life
sentence in the ~Penitentiary for the
murder OF James p. Mccain near
st. Louis in 1909, has renewed his
efforts to regain his liberty. Barring
ton was convicted in st. Louis Coun-
ty and was sentenced to be hang
ed. Gov. Folk committed the death
sentence to life imprisonment becaus
of the dissenting opinion filed by
Judges James B. CAN'T and Leroy
Valiant when the sentence for the
lower court was affirmed. He will
have a formal hearing before the par
don board soon.
The surveyors Of the Prairie Oil
& Gas Company, which located the
! pipeline through here last week have
! purchased several acres OF ground
from l. Williams, west of Centralia,
will put a pumping station there. A
large tank, holding $4,000 barrels
of oil will be located there, where
oil will be pumped. The oil will then
, be pumped onto the next station
fifty miles from here.
The company will erect three OF
I four dwellings for laborers and will
hire their men in Centralia provid.
ed they can get them Centralia
! Guard.
Kirksville has six groups of camp
fire girls.
Postmaster General Burleson has
announced the appointment of vii
liam L. Reid as Postoffice Inspector
in charge of the st. Louis division
to succeed George Daniel. Mr.. Reid
is well known here where he has
many friends. He Is n of the
most valuable men in the Government
service.
jefferson City. NO., July 10.
Following the killing Of Frank
Black, a negro convict of st. Joseph
by Guard Theodore stuckenschneidei
Wednesday, d. C. McClung, wardeI
of Missouri Penitentiary, issued an o
der to-day requiring all guards in thu
shops to leave their revolvers oil
the outside.
jefferson City, Mo-, July 10.
There is less than 1000 acres o
government land in Missouri, accord
ing to figures obtained from Secreta
ry of State Roach Friday. who cert
fled out Friday to county clerks Il
forty-three counties a list and descril
ton Of all government lands home
steaded within the last five years.
Jefferson City, Mo-, July 20.
Considerable interest has bee
stirred up in political circles in tn
Eighth Congressional District over Il
Cole County Democrat Tribune's ed
!, torial Friday, urging James A. Houc.
. in Of this city to seek the congress
ional nomination against Judge Dor
sey w. Shackleford.
Mr.. Shackleford has represented
the district since the death Of 81
: yer Dick Bland In 1898.
Petitions are being circulated ov'
the State for a special session Of th
Legislature to settle the insurance
question.
The Doeckler Lumber Co., of S
!, Louis, of which Adolph Boeckeler,
brother-in-law Of Mrs. George Ro
!. ertson, Of this city. is president, WI
do away with horses for its deliver
service hereafter and will use mot
trucks. They have already install'
5-ton motor car and will have mo
! soon.
Macon, Mo, July 20.-The wom'
have taken a hand in the good ro'
movement in Missouri. Mr.. and MI
Banta recently hitched two span
: mules to as many drags, and befo
the traffic had fairly begun along Il