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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
The Feeder Exodus.

1t remains to be seen what eff
feet the drOuth marketing Of cat
tie at Kansas City the past sum
mer and fall will have ON the
supply of available beeves in this
territory the ensuing season. It
cannot be expected in any rea-
son that a normal number of cat
tie remain after such an exodus,
so that the rank and file of deal
crs would be surprised if a d.
r%inution in receipts were not
had. Still, the contributing ter
r'tory looking to Kansas City for
a market is so vast that no one
can foreteH with any assurance
whether there will be an increase
or decrease in receipts. In an
optimistic way it is easy to claim
that the partial supposed denude-
rIent of Kansas will result in
such high prices at Kansas City
as to draw back from the East
some Of the thousands of cattle
when they are fattened. But
this is only guesswork, and at
tat is based on the assumption
that there will be a shortage in
this territory.
That there is now a shortage in
Kansas City's Immediate baila-
wick seems the concensus Of
opinion, which is borne out in
the excess of thin cattle bought
here the past year for eastern
and northern feed lots. The states
Oh Missouri, illinois, Iowa and
Nebraska took 1912 carloads of
feeders from Kansas City in 1912
but in 1913 they secured IS, 121
cars. Here is an excess the
past year of 5000 carloads, or
close to 100000 head. Acknowl.
edging that the greater portion
Of fat cattle in those states seek
other markets it is at least
presumable that the drouih cost
Kansas City the lions share Of
100000 head.
The only set Of men who can
derive any comfort out Of these
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Government Makes Largest Of
fering of Timber.

u. s. Department Of Agriculture Forest
Service.
Secretary Of agriculture Hous-
ton today approved the disposal
of one billion feet of western
yellow pine timber from the Kai-
bah national forest in northern
Arizona. In order to get this
timber out it will be necessary
to build a railroad approximately
200 miles long. Such a rail
road will connect Colorado and
Utah with the worldfamous
Grand Canyon Of the Colorado,
which hitherto has been access
ible only from the south.
For several years the cOnstruc-
tion of such a railroad has been
considered by various capitalists,
hut it has been stated that the
lack of assured immediate traffic
was an effectual barrier. 1t is
pointed out, however, that a
contract for a billion feet of
timber will overcome this diff
Guilty by providing q commodity
for transportation which, togeth-
er with tourist and local traffic,
will place the project on a pay
ing basis practically from the out
set.
Chief forester Henry S. Graves
made a personal examination on
the ground, and this examination
supplemented by the reports Of
his forest engineers, induced
him to recommend the sale 4
such a large body Of timber In
oder that the country might be
developed through the supplying
Of this resource. Mr.. Graves
says, however, that the Kaibab
forest is one of the most beauti-
full in America, and gives assur-
arce that the marketing of the
mature crop of timber will not
he allowed to mar the scenic
beauty of the region.
In accordance with the timber
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Dancing School

Miss Gilkeson will arrive in
Lexington January 18th. She
viii organize and give the first
dancing lesson Wednesday even
ing, January 14th, at 80 O'Clock
in the Amusement hall at Went
worth Military Academy.
The first lesson is most impor-
tant. The informal dances
will be held as usual, every Sat
urday evening Immediately after
the lesson, beginning at 9
o'clock. The first one will be
Saturday, January 18th.
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The course Of the Washington
Government IN giving advice and
wholesome intimations to the
Telephone and Telegraph Trust
as a good piece OF business for
the country. Another method
would have thrown the officers
of this concern, all Of whom were
probably acting in good faith,
into long and costly court pro
eeedings. The rule of reason
! prevailed, however, and the de-
sired end has been achieved with
out the expenditure Of one cent
of the public money, with no
less of time and no agitation.
This country has passed
through a business revolution Of
gigantic and unprecedented pro
crtions. Methods have chang-
cd, and it is not too much to say
that half Of the business men
in this country are familiar in
appreciable measure with the
49,
laws touching combinations. We
are confronting the same situa-
tton in relation to the income tax.
The best friend of the people in
this country is the policy that
VIII apply ''the rule Of reason
to the big commercial issues of
the hour.-St. Louis Times.
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sale policy of the government the
srumpage viii be disposed of to
the highest bidder. In order to
sttract a sufficient Investment to
assure the building Of the rail
road and of the necessary llm-
Der m;lls at least q billion feet
IT timber had to be offered. The
investment necessary to make
this timber accessible will amount
Ito more than $3, 100000. BY
placing this quantity of timber
1efore the lumbermen of the
county the officials Of the for
lst service believe that the de-
yelopment of extensive areas in
southern Utah may be looked for,
because the necessary railway
win render accessible resources
which have heretofore been UNI
developed. The whole region is
rich in agricultural land, in cat
tie and sheep range, and in coal
and copper deposits, as well as
in timber.
Bids for the timber will be re-
ceived up 70 the middle of June,
1914, and three years will be al
lowed for the building of the
railroad and mills, and twenty
five years for the cutting of the
timber. The stumpage rates,
however, will be readjusted at
the end of each five-year period
of the contract, the readjustment
Icing based on the then cur
rent lumber prices,
By the end of the contract pc
account of ill health. He has
young trees left on the area first
cut over will be ready for cut
ting, so that by the system of
numbering which the government
will require, operations can con
tinue permanently in this lum-
Ter belt. The annual cut will
be not less than Forty million
feet, most of which will be read
lily sold in the large consuming
lumber markets in Utah and
Colorado.
The Kaibab forest is one of
the most heavily timbered in the
southwest, the stand of timber
being broken only occasionally
by beautiful meadows or openings
locally known as parks. Lumber
men who have visited it consider
the country ideally adapted to
logging. There are, altogether,
two billion feet of timber, of
which more than one billion
feet mature and ready for cut
ting.
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Notice to Readers.

This paper and the Daily
Drovers Telegram both one year
for $500, the regular price of
the Telegram alone. The Tele-
gram gives you the telegraphic
news of the world every day,
complete daily market reports,
and is the best farmers news
paper in the country. Do you
get it,
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figures are those who are fatten-
Ing stuff for the local market.
The Daily Drovers Telegram.
One Thing at a Time.

In pushing legislation PreSiden
Wilson and the leaders Of his
party in Congress have achieved
4. high measure Of success. One
secret Of their good fortune is
that their leaders have been
content with pushing one measur
at a time. First they finished
WITH the tariff, and put that bill
on the books. Then they took
Up the banking and currency
question, and seemed to be on
the point Of placing the final
touches on it when the extra SEES
sion ended by limitation and the
regular session began.
The big pieces Of legislation OF
the regular session, as marked
out by the President and his
party chieftains in House and
Senate, are currency and bank
ing, which were before Congress
as unfinished business, and the
trusts. still to come up. In re-
.lative Importance, according to
the President s own appraisement
these questions stand thus-tar-
iff, banking and currency, trusts.
Many other issues have to be
kept in mind, aside from That in
which Mexico is involved, but
with this exception, they are
II inor matters, and can be taken
Up when leisure offers itself.
The Mexican question, Of course,
is always with us, and is very
grave.
All fair-minded men will con-
cede that the Democratic leaders
have shown a good deal of intel
ligence in keeping each Of the
dig questions from interfering
with the others. One issue has
been dealt with as a finality be-
fore the others were taken up.
Much of the credit for this sue
cess must be given to President
Wilson himself. He has been
the impelling force of his admin
istratiOn. He ordered the at
tack on the tariff. The work
on the financial measure was
very largely inspired by him. SO
was his party's persistence in
dealing with it. Thus far the
President has not been very
successful in handling the Mexi.
can issue, but that is as complex
a question as any president has
ever encountered since the civil
war, and the outcome is still un-
certain - s.
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Let Us Launoer Your ourtains.

Let Us Launoer Your Curtains.
However you may try you
can't get them just right. We
will wash them very carefully.
starch them to hang nicely and
dry them perfectly straight and
square with the corners and
points properly shaped. You'll
like our work, and the charge is
reasonable. Give your curtains
to cur driver.
CRAWF0RD's LAUNDRY
Phone 1870.
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Don't worry-how or where to
get your family washing done.
Send them to us, your white
clothes viii be whittier and the
colored ones will be clean. We
won't fade them. Our charge is
D cents per pound and we iron
all Of the flat pieces.
CRAWFoRD'S LAUNDRY.
Phone 1870.
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1 have taken the agency Of
0Sckson's Laundry Of Kansas
Cty, and commencing with next
Monday, ] win make two ship
Menta a week Of shirts, collars
end the like. Underwear and
.he like will be done here by
nand. Buttons viii be sswed
ON and patching viii be free. All
work guaranteed, called for
and delivered. @. II. wilcoxon,
Phone 676.
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We hope that the lumber IN
terests of Missouri will not act
hastily in moving across the
river. They are in a position to
serve themselves and the public
much more effectively by sitting
tight and depending on the
fairness and wisdom of our SUI
preme Court and on public senti-
ment to bring order out Of the
existing chaos.
The State of Missouri occupies
a peculiarly unfortunate position
in the eyes Of the other States.
It is taking rank with some of
those very progressive com
munities that grew notorious a
few years ago by reforming
everything and everybody and
by "ousting or attempting to
GUST, everything on which they
could lay hands, This State
went after the Insurance com
panies without any disceruible
results. For months, there was
an agitation that cost the Com
monwealth very dearly in the
bad reputation it gained abroad.
Net results for good were pos
itively negligible. The rail
roads have been hammered and
harassed by this same intangible
but eyer-present public policy,
to the end that two Of them are
IN the hands Of receivers, while
the others are not doing very
well. The public has actually
suffered a loss of good service
by the taking off of passenger
trains connecting the two chief
cities of the State.
These are facts that cannot be
disputed by the most ardent re-
former, no matter how Wild his
eyes or how long his hair.
AS to the lumber situation, it
must be conceded that the lum-
Der owners and managers of this
city have been and are good cit
izens. They own their homes,
give employment to a great many
people. are not vicious or dis
honest, or, knowingly violators
Of the law. We trust that the
matters at issue will not result
in any whole abandonment of st.
Lou's and Missouri by these
powerful, useful and necessary
agents for good.
The entire Missouri question
Is one of policy. We submit that
the people Of this State will be
better off if the present policy is
abandoned and one of reason,
liberation and consideration be
advanced in its place. The pol
icy of the Administration at
Washington in relation to the
great trusts is earning widespread
and deserved commentator.
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W. H. Chiles and William Aull
went to Jefferson City wednes.
day on legal business before
the Supreme Court.
For good service Lafayette
Auto Go, Tenth and Main.
Get a nice fire ahovel FREE
with your first order Of coal Of
TWO tubs. JOS L, Lcug's Feed
Store. Phone Il.
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oOall Coal

Get a fire shovel free with
your first order Of two tubs Of
coal at Jos, b. Long. Phone IA.
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For Sale.

The late James f.. Catrons
residence on North 18th street.
Phone 1873.
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For sac.

R. G. and S. G. R. !. Red Cock
erels, hens and pullets, Phone
447.
MRS. JOHN B. LOGAN,
Lexington, Mo.
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
CIRCUIT COURT ADJOURNS
Jury DisasreeS in Case Henry Taylor
vs.. M. G. N. A. Railroad - Long and
Tedious Term Ends.

What Circuit Judge Reed declares
was the longest and most trying
term of court he has ever held, clos
ed here on Tuesday last after a ses-
sion of fourteen days.
Tom Rector, north Boone, charg.
ed with hog stealing, was acquitted
Saturday.
Monday was taken up with the
suit of Henry Taylor VS., the NJ. &
n, A. Railroad for $25, 900 for inju.
ries received while playing on one OF
the company's cars on the siding,
The jury disagreed and the case was
continued,
The only other case tried was that
OF Roy Greer against the NJ, & n, A,
Railroad, Greer who was formerly
a car inspector for the road sued
the road for wages alleged to be due
him for work performed in the carly
part of June this year which he
claimed the road refused to pay him,
The jury returned a verdict in favor
OF Greer for the full amount Of the
wages claimed and for damages ac-
cording to the penalty system a to.
tel OF about $4,000,
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
An Interesting Meeting with Topics
Of importance to Harrison
Under Consideration.

The Commercial Club, at its Tues,
day noon meeting, listened to an in
teresting talk on the Power OF Co
operation" BY Rev. d. T. Waynick
who handled the subject in his usual
interesting and original style. He
reminded the business men that
our present competitive system,
wherein every fellow is for himself,
is quite in contrast with the princi-
pies of cooperation, and much of
the ordinary sehshness must be
laid aside il movements tor the pub
lie good are to be made effective
His advice to the club was altogeth-
er wholesome, and should bear good
fruit.
After a brief explanation of the
movement now under way to secure
farm demonstrators for Boone
County who would receive extra
compensation'irom the Government,
Judge Hudgins introduced the fol-.
lowing resoluton which was unani'
mously adopted by the club
We, the Commercial Club OF the
City Of Harrison, favor the appro
priation by the Boone County Levy
ing Court, at its October term, 1914
the sum Of 500 for the Farmers
demonstration work and $500 tor
the girls canning clubs of Boone
county,
A motion was introduced by
Francis kiefer, to inauguratc a sys-
tematic campaign to educate the
people in the district to be reached bv
the Harrison Jasper highway, He
also stated thatt isprobable n road
constructed by the Forest Service
will carry the highway south of the
mountain, to connect with the great
east and west highway in contem.
plation for the Arkansas Valley.
Reports were made by the Good
Roads committee on the Jasper
meeting, last Saturday which evi'
denced that on this, as well as on
other matters the Club has taken
hold of, success is assured,
The next meeting Of the Club will
be held at krausu's on Monday
evening next, when the ladies are
invited to he present and pNrtiei'
pate All interested in the future of
Harrison are invited,
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
Boone County in the Lead.

Boone county is planning TO hold
a big fair next fall and the citizens
are pushing the movement. Over
SO, 900 in premiums will be awarded
on farm products and live stock, be.
sides 81 600 on races The directors
of the fair have fenced in the grounds,
graded hall-mile race track, com
pleted a large grand stand and an
exhibit hall and made all other ar
rargements for grand exposition.
Boone is going in for county fairs
like Marion county should do, but
the idea seems to be on the lag over
here and we are going to let our
neighbors reap the beni6ts we might
have obtained. YeHvMe News
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
81 DEAD AND "a
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Missouri & North Ark. Motor
Car Has Head-End Collision
With X. c. S. Passenger.
MISTAKE IN READING ORDERS
200 Gallons of Gasoline in Motor
Cars Reservoir Explodes and
Flames Destroy Car and Victims
of the Wreck.

Harrison was horrihed Wednesday
night by the news Of the terrible loss
of life caused by a head.on collision
between a Kansas City Southern
passenger train, running as a freight
with the south bound motorcar one
half mile south Of Upton Ford, north
of Neosho, on a sharp curve
With supposedly a clear track a
head, the passenger train plunged at
full speed into the NJ otor car, which
was coming from an opposite dlrec'
ton. Each is said to have been run
ming 80 miles an hour. The motor
car was telescoped, and its gasoline
reservoirexploded, throwing burning
oil over the wreckage, The heavy
train crushed the motor car like pa
per- and the crash was Immediately
followed by the fire, which spread
heath and injury to almost everyone
on the motor car,
The motor car was showed back
three hundred yards by the train, and
was left suspended over the locomo'
tive.
As the fire spread many perons pin.
ned under the wreckage begged TO be
killed. The fire spread so rapidly it
was impossible for the uniuiured to
aid them,
The motor COZ rev is said to have
had orders to pM , the north.bound
passenger train at Upton Ford, The
train crew had similar orders, In.
stead of waiting for the train to pass,
however the motor is said to have
proceeded south, and upon reaching
curve n mile beyond, the collision
came,
The motor car was in charge OF
Engineman Herbert Ratclitte Of Eu.
reka Springs, aud Conductor 5, A,
Nicholas OF Harrison, Ark, Frank
Bradley Of Eureka Springs was the
brakeman, All three are among the
dead
1t isa matter Of surprise that aside
rom Conductor Nicholas and II L,
Littlcton no Harrison people we're
aboard the Inflated motor, The list
y f dead reported 50 far Includes
T, o, Luseomb, No, f33 MoIlett
avenue, Joplin,
L. L. Gathright Nevada, Me-
Pullman conductors M, x n A.
travelling as q passenger
Faye Harmon, daughter of Mrs
NJ, Harmon
Mrs. Loren MeClarey CNrterville,
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
ALL EUROPE At WAR
us. TO Be NEUTRAL
Matters Growing Worse Every
Day.as Fighting Progresses
England To Protect France.

The unexpected has happened,
and in spite Of the advancement Of
our civilization, which many felt
would forever bar a great war, all
the great nations of Europe are
ready for wholesale murder and pre-
pairing to slaughter each other with
the most modern machinery.
At this distance it is difficult to
find sufficient reason for this terrible
condition A month ago a Seryian
anarchist who could in no way
have been justified by the Servian
government, assassinated the Aus.
trian Archduke, incidentally killing
his wife also. Austria Immediately
sent an insulting ultmatum to little
Servia, and because she ialtered 10
humiliate herself hurled her great
army at once in quest of revenge.
The Servians are Slavs, aud SO are
the Russians. Russia was determin-
ed not to allow Austria to crush
her kinsmen, and began to arm to
90 to the help Of Seryia Germany.
Italy and Austria had an agreement
to stand by each other in case of
invasion. Germany did not wait
for Russia to attack Austria, but
Immediately declared war on Russia.
This gave Italy an excuse to stay
out of the fray, because neither
Austria nor Germany were being in.
vaded when they declared war.
There was an alliance between
France and Russia, and a friendly
understanding with these two coun.
tries and England. When Germany
declared war against Russia, France
began to mobilize her troops, and
this gave Germany an excuse TO also
invade France, So now, the great
nations of Austria, Germany, Russia
and France are in a death grapple,
with little Servia and Montenegro
helping France and Russia.
In oider to rech France the Ger
man armies would need to pass
through Belgium whose neutral
territory she used without regard
to international law, England
resented this and declared war on
Germany and Germany in turn de-
clared war also on Belgium
The latest Developments indicate
that Germany is getting the worst
orthc struggle so far, and will have
cause TO regret her haste in Offend
ing her great neighbors, The con-
dition generally is the worst in his
tory,
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
State Guards EnCampment.

Harrison's State Guards Company
will leave for Little Rock by special
train next Monday at l0a. m, to-
gether with the companies from
Fayetteville and Springdale, which
constitute Maio Fred Greene's first
battalion Of the 2nd Regiment
Due to the illness Of Capt, Frank
Greene, the company will be IN
charge of lst Lieutenant Homer
Freezing, The company will remain
in camp until the 25th.
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
THE BOSS SAYS:
"Cut 'en1 loose"
Fayetteville, Ark July 20, 1914.

Fayetteville Ark, July %, 1914
PRICE CLOTHING CO.,
Harrison, Ark.
Mr., r, l.. Crowdus, Manager,
Dear Sir.
Your report on Number Of Suits on hand just re-
ceved and in reply will say you have certainly had great
success In your clearance sale But you still have too
many suits on hand for this late IN The season and ands
in order to make room for your LARGE FALL STOCK
which will be shipped August Is. ! would advise you
TO make ONE GRAND SWEEP, by offering absolute
choice of any suit in the house worth up to $780, for S2b
Reserve nothing, let The tail 20 with The hide you
will also include all your english mohair suits IN this sale
Look carefully through your entire stock and sec see what
you are long on and put price on them tha VIII move
against The rules Of the company to carry goods from
one season to the other Bu to open each season with
an entire new stocl0 You had better take your loss
now than later FIJI your windows full and advertise
Respectfully yours,
II. S. PRICE, Pres,
P. S-Begn this season on Saturday, July 25th. and
continue until every suit is sold.
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08

Mo.
Mrs. c. l.. Eshleman, Dewey, Okla
Misses Morgan, sisters, Neosho.
Bert Johnson, Oklahoma.
Herbert Ratlif, Eureka Springs,
motorman.
S. A. Nicholas, Harrison, couduc'
tor.
Ernest Wright, negro, Neosho.
Mrs. Alice Lindsey, No. III South
Galena avenue, Joplin.
Horace Lindsey, son of Mrs, Alice
Lindsey.
Mrs. George Johannes, Nevada.
". II. Embray, Cranky, Mo.
Henry Swope, Saginaw, Mo.
Charles Clear, Joplin.
William Clear, Joolin
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08
Depot Till Robbed.

Between q o'clock in the morning,
when the night man goes of, and 3
o'clock, when the day agent takes
charge, at our Passenger Depot last
Sunday some one picked the lock on
the door and pricd open the money
drawer securing about $40 in cash,
No clue was left, and so far no trace
of the burglar has developed.
The Harrison times., 1914-08-08

After week $ visit with lIarri-
son friends, Mrs S, Il, Bair left We'd
nesdoy for Eureka where she will
spend several days before returning
Co her home in Cheeotah Oklahoma,