Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-06-26
SIXTH IN Cement
Missouri Has Big Future as a
Manufacturer Of This
Commodity.
OUTPUT RAPIDLY GROWING
An increase Of Ten Per Cent Was
Recorded Last Year--Five
Plants in State.

Five cement plants Of Missouri, two
In 81 Louis county, and one each in
Rails, Jackson and Cape Cirardeau
counties, In 1913 turned out 4,S03,33S
barrels OF cement. which at $l.01 clio
q barrel we're worth S4,SS0,19l. Mis-
souri, ranks sixth as a cement manu-
featuring state, according to advance
information from the 1914 Red Book
OF the bureau of labor statistics just
given publicity by Commissioner John
r. Fitzpatrick. The 1913 output was
an Increase of 1923 per cent over that
OF 1912, when II amounted to 4,335,741
barrels.
The cement industry in Missouri is
but in its infancy. There is great
future ahead of the state in this re-
spect, especially If the Mississippi
river is deepened from the mouth of
the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico,
furnishing cnannel for seagoing
vessels to penetrate as far up as st.
Louis. Mexico and South America
would then become q portion Of the
vast territory to the south which Mis-
souri, now supplies with cement, with
Illinois as the only competing state.
South of here are no states which
manufacture cement in quantities suf-
ficient to ship
This state has deposits Of cement
making material so vast that they are
ineXhaustihlc and plants are so close
to either the Missouri or Mississippi
rivers that theis products can be load
ed directly onto boats The output of
the plant near Kansas city could be
brought down the Missouri on steam
boats and loaded on the s,l-going yes
sells at St Louis.
Missouri cement Is extensively used
an all states Nest of the Mississippi
river, meeting no extensive competi-
ton until the state OF California is
reached. Railroads are using it more
and more every year and there is
hardly a building Of any dimension
erected In the states to the west,
north or south of Missouri in which
Missouri cement is not used for bind
ng purposes.
Druggists Elect.-At the annual
meeting Of the Missouri druggists at
Pertle SPRINGS the following officers
were elected: President, ., ]. Clough-
ley, st. Louis; honorary president,
Louis Grothe, Cole Camp; first vice
president, j. A. Trlmble, Butler; sec
ond vice.presdent, John NJ. Hawkins,
East Prairie; third vice-president, II.
D. Lewelyn, Mexico, treasurer, Will
lam Mittlebach, Boonville; permanent
secretary, Dr II. NJ. Whelpley, St.
Louis; assistant secretary, Jacob Iieb-
erstcin, ST. Louis; council, Edward G..
Shriess. ST. Joseph, u. Y, Whitney,
Kansas City; ALI w Pa,dey, St.
Louis; r. A. Davidson, Essex; Joseph
Klml.enhoard, Lamar.
Joy Riders injure Two.-George
GRAY. 40 years old, was dangerously
Injured and his 15.year-old son was
hurt when the buggy in which they
were riding was struck by a motor
ear containing Joy riders at an inter-
section Of two country roads near st.
Joseph The motorists did not stop.
Plunged Off Bridge. Earl Collier. a
merchant OF Shelbyville, and Edward
Kerrick, a farmer, while going to Pal.
myra on Golfers motor cycle drove
on bridge while driving forty miles
an hour. Both men were severely
injured and II is feared that Collier
has suffered concussion of the brain.
Epworth League EIects.-At the
annual meeting of the Sedalia district
1i the Epworth League, in session al
Warrensburg, these district officers
we're elected: President, II. c. Clark
Sedalia: first vice president, Stella
Mitchell. Warrenshurg; second vice
president. Rev. Ralph Hurd. Urich
third viee.presilent, Miss Nellie Fow
Il Ter. Schell City: fourth viee.president
the Rev. Harry Reed, Dresden; sec
retary and treasurer. Mrs. Harry E
Carpenter, Sedara; junior league su
perintendent lucy Maxwell, Appleton
City. The league will meet in Clin
ton, in 1914,
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Editor Dies Of Paralysls.-o. r
King. az years old. editor of the Malt
= land Herald. was stricken with pa
, ralysis at his office there the othel
: day and died two hours later. ht
: had been engaged in newspaper worG
( I'm various parts of Missouri for tbs
l last twenty-five years,
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: Rest Rooms for 5foekfeld. -rh'
Rrookfeld Civic Improvement league
composed OF women, has voted to opel
rest room with all modern couve
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