The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-06-06
.TOWN and C0UNTRY IN BRIEF
NsighbOrhOOd News Of the Past,
Present and Near Future

Lawn mowers, the kind that cut,
at Patrick s. Adv.
You can always get fresh bread
at Denbo's restaurant. ADV
Paints, linseed oil and varnishes
sold by j. b. Patrick ADV.
Judge o. b. Libby has been at
tending circuit court at Linneus
this week.
Get yonr -four, chicken feed, etc.
at the Mill. Buy wheat and rye
ground for pigs ADV.
DR.. j. Fl. Kittredge, dentist,
will be at the Anderson house the
18th and 26th of june, ADV.
A social meeting Of the Epworth
League will be held next Tuesday
evening, June 10. at the home OF
MIR. and Mrs. "A. M. Walker.
7. D. Mouser has been using his
big engine this week to pull the
grader on the road from Laclede
about three miles south and when
he is through they will be in fine
condition.
w. S. Savage aud family took a
trip to ChilIicotho IN their Stude-
baker car Monday.afternoon. They
found the going father rough, as
the roads were being worked near
ly the whole distance.
G. E. Hilton q Son, local agents
for the Studebaker automobile,
last week received their new
Studebaker 49, and have since
been enjoying the good roads
around LaeIede which Mr.. Hilton
has done so much to make good.
Prof. Paul S. Lomax returned
home from Hannibal the last of
the week to spend a few days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Lomax, before going to Columbia
for the summer term at the state
university, which begins June IL.
John Hetrick took charge Of the
Laclede postoffice Sunday and with
the capable assistance of Miss
Roxana Rankin, clerk, and Mrs.
f. F. Pratt, assistant postmaster,
has the business of the Office run
ming smoothly. He succeeds A.
j. Caywood, whose time had ex-
pired, who after twenty three years
spent in business in Laclede, will
take needed rest before engaging
in any other line of work. Mr..
Caywood has given excellent ser
vice in the years he has been post
master, just as Mr.. Hetrick did in
the four years preceding, and as
he will again do now.
The school board purchased from
the holders two more school bonds
of $458 each last Monday and
burned them according to law.
Only one bond, for the same
amount, remains outstanding now,
and it win be paid from the coming
years taxes, leaving the district
out of debt. The bonds were issued
in 1901, when the new school
building was erected, and were not
due until 1921, but with consent of
the holders have been paid as
rapidly as the levy for that purpose
would permit, and will be entirely
paid seven years before they were
legally due, so that after this year
there will no tax levy for sinking
fand and interest, which will make
a material reduction in the school
tax
G. e. Hilton, E. B. Allen and
DR.. f. w. Burke went before the
county court at Linneus Monday
morning with q subscription list
showing that about $500 had been
donated by citizens of this town
ship for the improvement of the
roads north Of town and across
Locust creek bottom on the Mead
Vile road. and asked that body to-
appropriate $500 for that purpose,
which was promptly done. This
amount viii probably be sufficient
. nut those roads IN first class
condition, Is great deal Of work
lad been done on them last year
.nd this. but there are afgw places