Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-01-17
The Ozark Fish aud Game Pro-

tective association will ask the
state Legislature to increase the
number Of deputy game wardens.
What is particular needed is not
necessarily more game wardens,
but officials who will do their duty
and not ''play politics" all the
time.-Henry County Democrat.
Mile. Adelns Genee, the great
French dancer, says that she
carries $50 pair of shoes on hands
at all times and frequently wears
out pair ii single night. This
leads the Joplin Globe to suggest
that Mile. Genee could save a
whole lot OF money by becoming
a barefoot dancer.
Sixty years ago the Hannibal
& st. Joseph Railroad was offer
ing $50, 900 acres of land to pros
pective homeseekers who were
willing to settle down and work
the soil. The railroad company
got the land from the government
as a bonus to build the line. It's
the same land that is now selling
for from S100 10 5000 an acre, and
hard to get at that.
I 1t took ah Albany letter from
December Goth to December 29th
to reach Grant City. When We
got it the letter seemed tired and
looked like it wanted Woodrow
Wilson to make it easier for let
ters to pass through the mails
without making them SO tired
Well do our part to help thes,
tired letters get rest after Marcel
4.-Worth County Times.
Judge Evans, while on thu
bench here last week, made tn,
statement that thirty-one year
ago he walked through Ironton OF
the railroad track, without cen
in his pocket, and said he was n,
"hobo" either. The Judge wa
resenting the statement that be
cause a man was travelling
through the country without an!
money in his pocket was conclu
sive evidence that he was a tramp
1t all depends upon the man b,
said.-Ironton Register.
Judge Capshaw says that CO,
peas were raised and the ha,
cured in Dunklin county in 1870
year before that Mississipp
county man claims to have start
ed them over there. His father
B. w. Capshaw, and Matt Tim
herman and Major Rayburn q
) raised them in 1875, and Jimm
} Owens, later county collector
, moved the crop raised on wins
} is now the Dock Miller farm, fo
= Rayburn and Timberman. Th
l idea of utilizing the vines for ha
a seems to have been arrived {
, here in 1875, as stated. .-Dunkli
Democrat.
r During the noon hour Thurs
/. day, Judge W. D. Rusk OF Divi'
ion Nc. 2, of the circuit cour
annulled the marriage of Ducl
worth Tootle and Zanoni TraveI
. who were secretely married
y Troy, Kansas, Tuesday. I'll
I, proceedings were at the instan'
u of the contracting parties parent
u as neither Of the couple we're
:. age. The proceedings were
IL chambers and outside of the pa
= ents and attorneys there were |
: witnesses. At the conclusion
a the proceedings the mother OF d
, bride announced the engageme
" of the couple.-St. Joseph o
server.
10 B. M. Clark and son killed
"a immense wild cat near the B
y Ditch on the Big Four Farm o
l. night last week. 1t was one
y the largest cats that was ey
y seen In this section. They we
N out coon hunting when the do
70 ran on to It and began the fig
+, which was . fierce one while
l. lasted. The two dogs stood tn
l. ground. however, and soon h
ss Mr.. Bob cat gasping for breal
ID and his nine lives began 10 des
). him one by one. It was in Il