Potosi journal., 1914-07-01

county, one at Peoria and the other at
Palmer. |
JIM. Houston Of IronCale was in /
Potosi Thursday evening and gave the
Journal office a good order for loh /
printing in connection with his can
paign for the Republican nomination
for prosecuting attorney.
The transient population of i.'o>i
has been quite cosmopolitan tn i>>t
few weeks. First We had the Neh. "A
Indian base bail players, and the. ;Ae
Chautaugua brought Tyrolean>. q; /
ans, Neretians and 2 JAPANESE
Harry f. Even> {. De Soto has Ca
appoisted cashier Of the new = =! >
| Bank Of Bismarck. Harry is sos #
Capt. ". Il. Evens Of Hopeweli. all
has lately been assistant cashier oi
the German American Bank of De
Soto.
Mr.. W. T. Wooliord ani family Iaft
last Thursday for Michigan. w!"fe
| Mrs. iNoolford ana children will >pe3d
thesummerwith relatives. Mr.. Noo.-
ford will take a two week : outin2 IN
the wilds Of the northern part OF t3aat
Estate.
The Eagle Stamps ball team OF st.
Louis Will play a double header game
here on the July 4th and 5th. This
team was here several weeks ago. and
> defeated, the home team, which hopes
/ to ia ke sweet revenge at the coming .
games.
We are in receipt of card from Miss
, Agnes Shimin, directing rs TO address
the Journal to her at San Diego. Calf.
She writes that she and her mothe:
are we'll pleased with their location,
where the highest temperature is only
20 degrees.
Former Circuit Judge J. F. Green,
now Of St. Louis. has iHst been pro-
noted to the position Of attorney gen.
/ eral Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
: system. Judge Green has for several
years been connected with the legal
department of this railroad.
The dryest, warmest June since 1S"@11
according to the government weathc,
records at the St. Louis observatory
/, has passed, and July was ushered il
q with a good rain here. lasting five
hours, and the indications promise
more wetness. The shower was gen.
- tie and soaked into the parched earti
as it fell 1t came Just in time to save
the corn crop from complete failure.
4 The price of new wheat is not wha
was expected, being only 20 cents PEI
bushel. 1t was expected that it woulc
d be ten or twelve cents higher than tbs
= figure As the Democrats have taker
}. the tariff off ofwheat the price OF whea
in this country is now fixed by Cana
= dian grown wheat. SO our farmers
. can thank the now party in power iol
u the loss of 10 cents per bushel on thei1
wheat.
Ihe remains Of Mrs. Anna North
L cutt Barber, who died at Phoenix
Ariz., on June 22nd, were brought tt
Potosi Friday last for burial, the fun
q eral taking place that afternoon, witt
= services by Rev. e. ". Anderson
t pastor Of the Presbyterian church, ane
she was laid to rest in the Masonic
cemetery beside her first husband, ths
e late Austin NOrthcutt. Mrs. Barbe
r was II years of age and previous tf
II her departure for Arizona some three
years ago, was for many years a resi-
J, dent o! .tis place. She married Mr.
Barber at Phoenix In 1919. Mrs. Bar
Der was the daughter Of Charles anc
Jane Hulsey of this county. Mrs
Perry Bass of this place is one OF hel
oi surviving sisters. She was a very es
l. TINA bic woman ana an esEnest chris
S tan and church worker, and heI
many friends here are grieved ovel
/ her death.