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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
CONTRACTS WILL BE SUBMITTED
TO COMMISSIONERS SOME
TIME THIS WEEK.
ST. LOUIS MEN GET STEEL
Missouri Men and Material Favored
as Far as Possible--Report
on Stone Due in Near
Future.

Jefferson City,-An important ses--
sion OF the capitol building commits
sion will be held this week. A major
ity of the subcontracts will be sub.
mitted by Contractor X. F. Gill for
the approval of the commission. Mr..
Gil may also announce his selection
of the stone to be used In the con.
struction OF the building.
Mr.. Gill has visited all the lime
stone auarries in south Missouri, He
was at Carthage, Phoenix, Ste. Gene
We've. Cassville and in Jefferson coun.
ty. He not only sized up the char.
acter OF stone produced at these
points, but the facilities for produc-
tion In the quantities that will be
needed for the statehouse
1t is practically certain that, all
things being equal, Missouri material
and Missouri contractors will be
given the preference by Contractor
Gill. It seems reasonably certain
that a, St. Louis firm will secure the
contract for all OF the structural steel
that goes into the building. This firm
will not only make the steel, but will
erect It. This will he the fiRt sub
contract awarded and will be the first
presented for the approval of the com
mission when It meets.
H. W, Fenton of Washington. D. c.,
supervising engineer for the Gill com
pany, began survey OF the fouuda-
tion, which was completed by John
son & Son. His report will he filed
with the commission In a day or two.
The foundation was put In at cost
of $4,000 II consists Of 1856 concrete.
piers sunk to bed rock, an average
depth of "a feet. Eighty carloads Of
cements gao carloads Of sand and
more than 5000 cubic feet Of crushed
stone were used In their construction.
II is estimated the steel will be
erected by the middle Of next sum
mer, which will leave two years for
the completion of the stone and other
work on the building.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
A. G. HAGILL,
Professor of Chemistry,
Missouri State Normal School,
Cape Girsrdeau, Mo.

Aso more proof that "them
were the good old days." look
over this from the Plattsburg
Leaders. "While. attending the
r. A. Simpson sale at the James
johnson farm Wednesday we
heard Mr.. Johnson remark that
his father came to that vicinity
sixty-seven years ago and stten-
ded q sale at Uncle Billy Groom's
and bought COW for So and an
other for 81. Standing in the
front yard at the old home, Mr..
johnson pointed t, the east and
north and said: "My brother
bought THE and the spot where
the houAe is for twelve cents an
acre."
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
State Corn Show In Jan
uary.


prizes will be given Missouri corn
and small.grain growers at the
state corn show to be held Janu-
ary l2.18 by the Missouri Corn
Growers Association at the COL
lege of agriculture, University OF
Missouri.
Farmers should prepare their
exhibits of corn, wheat, oats, clo-
yer. cowpeas, soybeans ind al
falfa seed at once" said T. r.
Douglass, secretary of the Mis-
souri, Corn Growers, Association.
Entries close January s. ''No
greater opportunity was ever Of
fered the farmers of the state to
advertise their seed products.
I'll supply every farmer in Mis-.
souri, with premium lists, entry
blanks and information" contin-
ued Mr.. Douglass. "JuS let
each person interested write me
at Columbia, Missouri"
In addition to the prizes Offer
ed at Columbia, the prize vim
ming exhibits will be taken to
the national corn show free of
charge.
The total value OF prizes for
best 20 ears Of white corn is S160
and the same amount will be
awarded for best 90 ears of yell
low corn. A 5000 trophy is Of
fered by the state board of agri-
culture for grand champion ten
ears OF the show.
Trophies are also offered for
grand champion single ear, for
best single ear in the boys class,
best ten ears of Boone County
White, best 10 ears of Cartner,
best 10 ears Johnson County
White, best 10 ears OF Reid's
Yellow Dent, best peck Of white
oats, best peck of cowpeas, best
peck soybeans, and best peck Of
alfalfa seed.
One thousand dollars in cash
and prizes are offered in the
young mems and boys classes.
A gold watch will be given for
first prize in the regular corn
classes for young men and boys.
Mr.. Douglas believes that this
is the year when the corn and
small-grain growers of the state
should make showing, as good
seed Of any kind will be at a pre-
MUM next spring.
A one dollar membership fee
entities each farmer to chow in
any class in which he is eligible.
There is no entry fee for young
men and Toys under 20 years of
age.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
De Soto Citizens Kick.

Jefferson City.-o. +. Meeker and
IS other residents Of De Soto have
complained to the public service COM
mission the rates charged BY the cleo
trlc light and power company Of that
city are exorbitant and discriminatory
and the commission is asked to invss-
tigate.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
Purifying Water For Drink
ing Purposes.

| Several requests have beer
made recently for some simple
but sure method of rendering 0
drinking water supply safe thai
is suspected of contamination.
Evidently the first thing to be
done is to search out and remove
the source of contamination. But
this is not always easily MOI
quickly done, and in the mean
time it is often found advisable
or even necessary to use the
water. In that case the follow
ing very simple and inexpensive
method OF publication can he
used with absolute assurance OF
its efficacy: Take one teaspoon
full of chloride of lime. Remove
the excess of the powder by roll
ling a pencil over spoon. Dis
solve lime in one teacup of water,
stirring until all Jumps are Gis-
solved. Add three more cups OF
water and place solution in tight
ly stopped bottle, or well-sealed
Mason fruit jar. This stock So
luton will keep for four days, at
the end of which period a new
solution should be made up. In
using, add one teaspoonful Of
this milky solution to two gallons
OF the water to be purified and
stir we'll. Let stand at least two
minutes. II used in the above
proportions the water will be
without taste or order, while the
free chlorine present (one-half
part to one million parts of water)
will effectively destroy all typhoid
and similar baoilli, including
those causing dysentery and sim
liar troubles.
This method of treatment is 90
effective that water to which liv-
ing typhoid bacilli had been ad-
ded, on being treated with the
chlorine of lime solution, as
ABOVE suggested, always showed
the same results, is, the COM
plete destruction of all living
germs.
This treatment can easily be
applied to wells and cisterns.
The number OF cubic feet in The
well can easily be estimated by
determining the diameter Of the
well and the depth Of the water.
A cubic foot of water 10 about six
and one-fourth gallons. For
every sixty thousand gallons of
water use one pound Of chloride
OF lime. Dissolve he lime in q
bucket OF water and pour into the
well. After the addition of the
lime solution the water in the
well should be strongly stirred.
In the ease of wells and cis-
terms, evidently this treatment
will be effective only when the
sources Of contamination have
heen removed. This method OF
purifying the water is easily ap.
plicable to city water supply,
as the Chloride of Lime Solution
can easily be added at The pump.
ing station.
A. G. HAGILL,
Professor of Chemistry,
Missouri State Normal School,
Cane GiTardanu. Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
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The James boys is now lighted by
electricity.
There is to be considerable
abuzzing around Excelsior. Springs
the middle of December. The
Beekeepers' Association is to
meet there at that time.
Nodaway county shipped more
hogs to market last yesr than
any other OF the ia counties in
the state, the total count of the
porkers being A36,676.
An advertisement in the Alta
mont Live Wipe requests the rea-
,ders to wait for "'Tony the Con-
vict." 1t might have been ad-
visable to add the length of
Tony's term.
"Havs you ever noticed, " ask-
ed Noah Count of Chiggerbite of
the gang in Pete's pool hall, "thst
the most dignifed man in the
world looks like u comedian in a
,burlesque chow If he has dent
in his derby.?"
Richmond has set out to
put stop to high crime. A man
who killed anothsr there last July
was found guilty CT manslaugh-
ter and fined S100 and costs. This
should Va q lessor against indis-
criminate killwg'
Clinton lie in dan2er q having
a millionaire. A woman there
claims to be one of the heirs OF
the 20 million dollar Mountfurd
estate in England, Her little
house near the railroad tracks
may eventually be discarded for
a mansion.
A farmer down at Fayette went
out to feed his hogs the other
morning and saw large eagle
feasting on young shoat it had
Just killed. He went back TO the
house, got his shotgun and cap
tured the bird, 1t measured 7
feet from tip to tip.
A pokor game was raided in
Monroe City recently. The cap
tured gamesters were fined $751;
10. AS s,result of the raid the
county school fund is richer by
the S2S7 10. The great Ameri-
can game is becoming an in
huence in educational circles.
The Potts twins, Charlie and
Billy, who were rearedin Liberty,
have been touring England, Ire
land aud Scotland in vaudeville
the last eighteen months. They
viii fill a seventeen weeks en-
gagement in this country this
winter and will return to London
In July to fill twenty-five weeks
engagement.
A store in Jamesport was rob-
bed for the fifth time the other
night. The Gazette says that
the guilty persons are known.
and that the proprietor of the
store is seriously Considering
taking the matter up with the
authorities. He should at least
wait until they come back the
sixth time. Arrest after the fifth
robbery is little too hasty, say
we.
A man in Gillian bought a
house recently which was former
BY used as hotel The other
day q travelling man entered the
house. hung up his hat. noticed
the place had been refurnished
and sat down TO await dinner.
When the gong sounded he mar
ched into the dinning room. took
q seat and then discovered that
something was wrong. But he
finished eating, nevertheless.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
Two LonnTsrmsr. Parden.a.

Jefferson City-Two loag.termers
were pardoned from the penitentiary
on recommendation Of the board Of
Inspectors and the prison physician
that both are afflicted with consump.
tion. One Of the men pardoned Ia II.
n. Carson and the other Is Carl VIII
son.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12
wi,l;sr uals .hout Ok war.

William Hale, about 25 years
old, was electrocuted at Lii
bourn . short time ago. He
took hold Of the swit,h in the
engine room of the electric
light plant and was killed in
stantly.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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The agitation for hitchraoks in
Kirksville has come to an end,
The commercial club is installing
three thousand feet of the racks
near the public square for the
use of the farmers when they
come to town. When they in
stall free garages, Kirksville will
be an ideal place for the shop
ping farmers.
Dutch" Whitmore, who lives
down near Gentryville, walked
up near the business end Of q
mule at Kelse Smiths barn lasl
Saturday. When DR.. Barger
was called he found Dutch's leg
80 badly broken that twas neces-
sary to place it in a plaster cast
The injured man was taken to
his home in an automobile.
Five years ago a poultry dealer
in Gait wrote his name on an egg
which was shipped east, says the
Kansas City Star. A few days
ago he received a letter from a
man in New Jersey, saying that
ne had just found the egg among
a number Of others recently pur-
chased, This one egg has had
quite varied career, we imagine,
since being shipped from its
home town Of Gait.
After twenty six years OF mar
ried life man down in Columbia
has sued his wife for divorce. He
alleges that shS tfied to kill him,
used profane language to him,
made his life y burden, and that
he has, because of her dangerous
character, spent years in oontin-
ual dagger of being killed. And
just for that he wants a divorce.
Some persons are 80 sensitive.
A mSn went to the police in
Jefferson City recently with q
story that he had been robbed by
two travelling companions. He
was hatless and his clothes were
dusty and dirty. He said that
the men had left jefferson City
with him and had robbed him in
Sedslla. When asked il he knew
where he was, he answered,
Eyes, I'm in Sedaiis." Then he
was locked up. That was too
much.
The sister of George s. John
son, a wealthy bachelor who
died last August, has transferred
to Miss Grace Rundell of st.
Louis, $40, 0,000 in bank stock that
belonged to Johnson. Miss Run
dell was the fiance OF Johnson
and after his death his sister
found among his papers a note
requesting that two huadred
shares Of stock in the National
Bank of Commerce be transfer
red to Miss Rundel without con.
test. Johnson was worth about
100000.
The Bonne Terre Register
speaks of piece of catalpa wood
that has been received by the
high school there, from New
Madrid, which was cut from a
stump that had been under water
since the formation OF q lake by
the earthquake of 1911. the wood
still being sound. There is q
walnut log that sticks out Of the
earth bank on Bates creek, near
Potosi that must discount the
catalpa wood story many ages,
for the memory of man runneth
not when this bank was formed.
The ailuvisl deposit which coyers.
the walnut log could not possibly
have been formed less than 500
years ago, and ii might easily go
back twice that far. Some years
AGO q silver was cut from the log
and the wood found as black as
ebony and still so hard and sound
Il took finish like ebony.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-12


a verdict for $500. One
more case where silence would
have been golden.
A woman was arrested in CAL
latin recently on the charge OF
bigamy. She was married to a
man in Des Moines last Septem &.
Der. Shortly after this she went
to Gsllatiu to visit her mother,
and wrote her husband for $40.
He investigated this sudden call
upon the family exehequer and
discovered that she used the
money to obtain a divorce from
former husband. So husband
No. 2 had her arrested on big.
amy charge.
Thirty years ago Joseph Nit
chell, now an auctioneer of Tulsa,
Okla, stopped q runaway team
and saved q neighbor and his
wife from what appeared to be
certain death. This occurred
near Mexico where Mitchell for
merly lived. Mitchell had al
most forgotten the incident. He
received word last Friday that
the neighbor had died and left
an estate worth S75,000 to be di-
vided between Mitchell and the
neighbours daughter, Mrs. VOL
ter Mills, of Tulsa.
A justice of the peace in Mo-
nett was startled from a deep
sleep the other night by shot
which rang out on the still night
air, as shots always do at night;
there was a crash of falling glass;
bullet embedded itself in The
wall of the ]. P3s bedroom. Re-
solved to uphold the peace at
night as well as during the day,
he grasped his revolver and sal
lied out to meet the marauder.
And then he learned that fes-
tive night watchman had bean
shooting alta dog, as night watch.
men and policemen are wont to
do.
In the money vault of the Far
mers Exchange Bank is q bundle
Of old.fashioned currency. The
bills in color resemble the back
of a rattlesnake, and most any
merchant would refuse to accept
one of them now on account OF
not being the fashionable color
used today by Uncle Sam on his
money. The amount and the
date, 1874, when made up and
entered, and the initials of the
clerk, Homer Osborn, are still on
the package. This is several
years before the present cashier
of the bank, Homer Feurt, made
his appearance up in the jane
son country without any clothes.
-Gallatin Democrat.
According to the Hopkins Jour-
nal, Freedom Gates Of that city,
has a note in his possession given
to his father in 1894 by s. M.
Smith, father Of the Norman
prophet, Joseph Smith. The
note is for s45, and reads: "Pay-
able in Mormon script in three
days after demand" The senior
Mr.. Gates was Mormon elder
back in Vermont when the church
flourished in the East, bat quit
the organization when the church
sanctioned polygamy. a great
grandson of the giver of the note
now lives in Independence, Joe
Smith, Jr.. and Freedom is going
to send him the note with the re-
quest that he at least pay the
principal. The note was given
seventy nine years ago and the
interest on the $40 was computed
the other day the result ehowing
that it now amounts to S3,e40.
On the other hand. il the con-
science of Mr.. Gates should get
to bothering him, he might want
to paw the taxes on this note
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-04
ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS
ON UNION STREET

Petitions for the improvement Of
Union street from Water to Capitol,
which were presented to the city coun-
Gil one week ago, and refererd to the
street committee, were last night re-
turned with letters attached from T.
q. Billingsly, of the local lines of the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railroad
Co., and Assistant Engineer Wagner,
of the same company.
A difficulty arose when the petit
tiopa. ,ere first presented regarding
the width of the improvement, The
railroad company holds a franchise on
the street for a single track, and also
the right to build such sidings and
spurs as may be needed It was con-
tended that the company would need
the full width of the street. In the
communications from the officials Of
the company, which were read last
night, however, 1t was stated that the
company would not object to the re.
duction Of the width Of the street to
40 feet.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-04
WILSON'S INAUGURATION MOST
SPECTACULAR IN OUR HISTORY
"S NOT DAY Of TRIUMPH IT IS DAY Of DEDICATION HERE HERE ST
NOT THE FORCES OF PARTY BUT THE FORCES Of HUMANITY
WOODROW WILSON'S PERORATDN TODAY
The Days Program in Detail.

The Days Program IN Detail
$3.50 mPresdenteec Wilson and family breaked
i. Wilson, Hotel
1O30 Presdenelect vcepredeneect formed
hotel headed Grand Marshall Staff.
1890 m.-Wlson Marshall left White House.
1O45 mde from White House
HOO mPresdenta party arrived
in VicePresident Marshall and new senator's
11;45 m.-March to capitol reviewing stand.
11:55 mo- administered o President Wilson
12, noon--Presiden begins inaugural
1:2O p m-Parade o White begun
1:45 p m.-Arrival at White
145 245 m-uncheon
dent families guests
245 to $50 mParade through avenue
presidential party White House.
family dinner party at White
700 mFrewors display begins
salute of 1O1 bombs presidential of 21 guns
500 mFewo and numinaions by president rear
porch Of White
1000 mClose Of fireworks with display
ing portraits o Wilson Marshall
1920 midnight-Public carnival
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-04
WILSON TAKES OATH
AND IS PRESIDENT
Toook lust 30 Seconds to Take
the Oath and Kiss the
Bible.
BRYAN GETS AN OVATION
Wind INCREASES to Gale as He De-
llvers Address and Few Could
Hear 1t.
BRYAN GETS AN OVATION
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Washington, March 4.-Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey, Democrat,
became the twenty-eighth president of
of the United States at 1877 o'clock
here this afternoon, 1t required just
80 seconds for him to take the oath
and kiss the Bible. More than $4,000
persons witnessed the ceremony.
Wilson inaugural address was read
to the winds. None standing over a
hundred feet away could distinguish
the words and not more than 20O0
persons could hear the sound Of his
voice.
The crowd, which had been held
back a hundred yards, was permitted
TO break through the line of soldiers
when Wilson started speaking, and
rush beneath the platforms. Shortly
before the Official party arrived at
the stand the wind strengthened and
when Wilson started taking the oath
of office, 1t had increased to a gale.
At 2:Oj o'clock the new president
entered four-horse carriage and re-
turned to the White House, He took
the right hand scat. To his left rode
William II. Taft, the retiring presi-
dent Opposite Wilson sat Senator
Bacon Of Georgia, and opposite Taft
sat Senator Crane of Massachusetts,.
Crane and Bacon were members of
the congressional inaugural commit
tee.
When William j. Bryan Of Nebraska
appeared on the Capitol platform he
was given an ovation. He bowed to
the right and to the loft. The men
who are to compose the new cabinet
were seated on a stand before Presl-
dent Wilson and Taft. All were pres
ent except James G. McReynolds of
Tennessee.
Before he took the oath of office
Wilson carefully examined the Bible
Immediately after Justice White had
administered the OATH Wilson began
his inaugural address.
The crowd gathered around the Cap
itol was estimated at $4,000 and hun
dreds of others swarmed the roofs of
the Capitol library and adjacent build
ings. Moving picture photographers
got reams of films.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-04
LEGISLATURE MEETS
AND HAS A QUORUM
Fifty Members Answer to
Names on Roll CaII---Ad-
journed to 2 p. m.
THE REPUBLICANS CAUCUS
Adopted Resolution COngratulating
the People ON Inauguration Of
President Wilson.

With just so members present, the
house met this morning, the organi-
cation rolled up its sleeves and ex-
hibited big bunch Of muscle, shook
Its fist under the nose of Reames Of
Jackson, and adjourned until this af-
ternoon. The Republican members
Immediately went into caucus over
the muddled condition Of the legisa-
tion passed in the recent session, The
The senate adjourned without the
transaction Of any business, and the
Republican members Joined the house
members in caucus.
The occasion for the demonstration
against the Jackson county Democrat
was a resolution to adjourn sine die.
The document stated that as the chief
reason for coming back in adjourned
session was to insure the validity Of
the laws passed by adjourning, that
the session should now come to an
end. by vote Of 35 to II the resolu-
tion was put aside to die a natural
death.
Then Hagood, tho Portland Demo-
crat was on his feet
Mr. Speaker" he shouted, 81 also
desire unanimous consent to intro
duce a resolution"
The first one had been expected,
but nobody seemed to know anything
about Hagood's measure. Immediate
ly a loud protest arose, The organi-
2ation would have none Of It.
Speaker Macarthur told Hagood that
he might explain what his resolution
was.
"Oh it Is a very harmless one, as"
sure you" said the progressive Dem.
oCrat," and he read IT, It merely con-
graduated the people Of the United
States on the inauguration of Wood
row Wilson as president. The pro-
test subslded, and the resolution was
adopted under suspension Of the rules
Speaker Macarthur announced that
The Republicans Of both houses would
hold q secret caucus right away and
motion TO adjourn was made
"Mr Speaker" shouted Reames
Before YOU put that motion, would
like to make an announcement.
want to say that the Democratic mem,
bers Of the house will not hold a eau.
GUS
Then the organization rested on lbs
arms.
in the senate Dimlck Of Clackamls
Ncuner Of Douglas and Won der Hell
lem Of Jackson were absent All
three were excused for the day on ac.
count Of Illness.
The legislature on caucus this af-
ternoon agreed to transact no busl-
ness other than acting on yetocs, and
correcting an error in state fair bill