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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Here and There

The snow looks good in March.
Lee Pope and S. f. Frye are
working for W. Callicott.
The Spence school will close
Thursday and there will be a
play Thursday night. Herbert
Shelton has taught a good school
and has the esteem of Everybody
Charley beavers is hauling
rails to town. but we don't be-
lieve the town folks intend to
fence themselves in. The rails
will be used for wood.
Sarah and Cora Findlry spent
Thursday night with Minnie
Moody.
Mrs. Will Crippen visited at
Joe Dennis Thursday.
Claud Smith and Alva Hens
ley have been hauling hay from
Macomb.
Thomas and George Dugar
called at Joe Frye'S on business
Tuesday.
The singing at w. Callicott's
was called off Tuesday night,
but as it was not generally
known quite a crowd was there.
Fred Anderson and Mabel
Dugar attended church on Wolf
Greek Friday night.
UNCLE JOE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Hill and Mountain Items

We had some snow Saturday
and Sunday.
Charley Brazeal stayed all
night Sunday with Will Brazeal.
Mrs. George EstuS was a din.
ner guest of Mrs. A.. l.. Miller
one day last week.
Miss Stella GaSkill called on
Miss Flora Estus Thursday.
Hoset Stout worked for Mr..
Roberts last week.
Mrs. Martin Gilley spent Sun
day and Sunday night with Mrs
Rettie Gaski,l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Rice's
baby is sick.
Martin Newton attended sing.
ing at Lead Hill Thursday night.
W. S. Gaskill and wife were
guests of Fred Dennis and wife
Thursday.
Mr.. Mills called on George
E.Stus Thursday.
Martin Gilley and wife attend
ed the play in town Thursday
night.
There was IA large crowd at
the musicale at Tom Frceman'S
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Bette GaskiIl and Miss
Lou Gaskill spent the night with
Mrs. Martin Gllley Saturday.
Wayne Tarbutton spent Sun.
day afternoon with Charley 30.
CART.
Miss Anna Taylor visited her
sister, Mrs. Homer Tarbutton
from Friday evening until Sun.
day evening.
Earnie Gaskill visited Frank
Gaskill Saturday night and Sun.
day.
Bob and Harold Pool called On
Sterling Gaskill early Thursday
morning.
Miss Stella Gaskill called on
Mrs. Hosea Stout one evening
last week.
Mrs. Bette Gaskill spent the
night with Mrs. Martin Gilley
Friday.
There will be singing at No. 3
the first Sunday night.
GlBRS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Poultry Breeders, Attention

Did YOU see those beautiful
Buff Orpingtons and Rhode Is
land Reds from the Ava Poultry
Yards exhibited by Mrs. B. F..
Hays at the Mansfield Fair:
Won first and second on Buff Or.
pingtons, first on Single Comb
Reds and second on Rose Comb
Reds.
Have a Grand lot of Cockerels.
Matched from eggs costing $1,000
to $1,000 per setting direct from
Owen Farms of Vinhaven, Mass
Big, Dark, Brilliant Reds and
Big, Golden Bluffs; sell cockerels
cheap in order to make room for
younger ones.
AVA POULTRY YARDS,
Adv. Ava, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
BILL OF FAR E.

few remarks. Mr.. White was
the principal speaker at the
farmers meeting Friday and
Saturday.
Prof. w. Ii. Lynch, visitor of the
Springfield Normal. gave a pleas.
ing talk, Wherever you find a
booster meeting, YOU generally
find Professor Lych. The word
Ozarks, he said, is of French de
rivation-frOm aux arkS mean
ing to the arkS. au having the
sound of o and X becoming 2.
The professor is a fluent speaker
and a booster for tine OzarkS. for
the Springfield Normal, and for
the newSpaperS-SubScribin
and paying for about rs news
papers.
Other speakers were Arch
McGregor, A d. Milligan and
$. f. Trimble. of Springfield;
John r. Reed, of West Plains.
and Henry B. Bode, who gave an
illustrated lecture on good roads
Much of the success of the af
fair was due to the untiring eff.
forts of +. $. Timberlake, sec
rotary of the Ava Welfare
League, ard a born booster.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Platform Arnold Favors

|. Higher education, but no
the kind that drags boys ant
girls to the city; from the plov
and from the wash.tub.
,. A revision of the laws
which have to do with the appor
tionment of public school money.
3 Uniform system of text.
books, alike in all the counties
in the state.
4. Consolidation, where need.
ed.
>. Greater meaning or effici
ency in graduation, by demand.
ing stronger scholarships and
by uniting day by day and every
day the vocational and non voca-
tionaI.
6. A complete change in text
books not oftener than once in
10 years, except in lew in
stances, 2. q. The present war
in Europe promises a change in
the very geography of that
country, and is now modern
history of great Importance.
Fewer changes would enable the
child, of a family where there
are more than one, to use books
that have been used by older
children.
Z. Attenuation in all its forms.
t0) BY years or grades, ~ by
subjects. and (cI by days or
periods. 1t gives the teachers
more time for recitatiOnS by
eliminating one-half of the
classes, yet it does not change
the customary passing mp
through the grades.
:. The individual ownership
of text books and the use of the
travelling library.
9. The education whose key
note is service, not profit; the
education which will herald the
day when there shall be no eX.
ploiter and no exploited: no
master and no slave, but only
free men only one great class
The workers of the world.
ARTHUR ARNOLD,
Candidate for Superintendent
of Public Schools of Wright
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04

4 S. Il. r., had made arrange.
ments for special passenger
service for the accommodation
of those attending the banquet
from out of town, n special train
leaving Ava Friday night at II
o'clock. Division Superintend
ent G. IL. Baltzeil, of the Frisco,
issued a special order for Nos.
l05 and lO6 TIE fast trains to
stop at Mansfield for the accom-
mediation of those from Spring.
field, Mountain Grove and West
Plains who were on the special.
}. w. Byng acted as tOastmas.
ter, after all present had done
ample justice to the FEAST pro
cided. Mr.. Byng is president
of the Ava Welfare League, un.
der whose auspices the farmers
meeting and banquet were held,
and he was right at home in the
role of POSTMASTER. never failing
for an apt word OF Introduction,
or an appropriate word of com.
,meDt.
The invocation was given by
Rev. l.. l., Arnold, of the Gen.
eral Baptist Church.
Mavnr v A DohynS Welcomed
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04

the visitors to Ava in a mos,
cordial manner.
Mr.. Byng then introduced Dr..
IF. II. Riley, president of the
Young Mems BUSINESS Club of
Mansfield, as the man who pnt
Mansfield on the map" The
subject of DR.. Riley'S talk was
"The Disposition Of a Knocker."
and he handled the question in a
manner that elected hearty ap
plause from his hearers. He
also touched briefly upon the
subject Of good roads and other
matters of vital interest to all.
Mayor G. :. Burnoy was in
PRODUCED as the agent Of the
second largest railroad system
running into Mansfield" He
responded to the toast, Pioneer
Methods of Travel"
Hon. r. +. Quisenberry, direc
tor Of the State Poultry Expert
ment Station at Mountain Grove,
spoke of the fame and glory of
the Missouri hen.
Hon. f. S. White. working I'M
der the auspices Of the State
Board of Agriculture, made a
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior, L. ).
Land Office at Springfield, Missouri,
Feb. %, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that John Otto,
of Mansfield Mo-, who, on May 9th, 1910,
made Adjoining Farm Homestead APP
plication Serial No.O4595, for Northwest
Quarter of Southeast Quarter, Section
30, Township % North, Range Is West,
Fifth Principal Meridian. has filed notice
of intention to make three year. Proof,
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribcd, before Clerk OF County Court,
at HartviIlc, No., on the 9Th day oi
April, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ben
Otto, Lum Wilson, l.. o. Nieder and
Joseph Hendricks, all OF Mansfield, Mo.
j. II. BOWEN, Register.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
II. NJ. Norcross
BACK FROM THE HILLS


Yes, and ore conditions are steadily
improving. We're steadily working a
good crew Of men-and everybody who
sees our excellent layout" wants
more stock.
NOTHING BUT MONEY.
the real coin Of The realm goes for
our stock now-and no exchanges or
trades will he considered.
THIS WEEK
we expect to take some investors TO see
and examine our ground again-better
plan to GO.
PRICE SOON ADVANCED
Yes, il will he advanced soon. and by
the number OF people who are trying
hard to raise money to put into our IN
ought to be able to take
our stock off the market soon.
so FAR IS TONS
So lar this company has shipped over
IS tons OF its own low grade near sur
face ores to the smelters. and nearly 40
tons to customs mills-and the returns
are very satisfactory.
WAIT TO SEE
us Ship our candy" ore, and pay sew
eral times the present price. A card
will do.
THE MUTUAL COOPERATIVE
MINING COMPANY
400 Exchange Bldg. Denver. Colo.
Phone Main 1872 Cable. ''Mutado'.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Macomb Mentions

This weather doesn't look
much like summer.
Harrison Babb, wife and baby
Lois spent Thursday on Prairie
Hollow with his sister. MrS.John
Short.
Mrs. Osclr Coday of Mansfield
spent Thursday with hel sister,
Mrs. VIII. Brake.
S.H. Robertson was in Spring
field on business Thursday and
Friday.
Sam Hart, wife and children
came in Thursday morning from
Nebraska for "A visit with rela-
tiveS and friends. This is their
first visit in almost seven years
Mrs. Nathaniel Tyson and son,
Will, of Olathe, were visiting here
Thursday.
r. d. Findley and wife spent
Thursday with Mrs. Findiey's
sister, Mrs. Frank Liggett.
Chris Tyson and wife spent
Thursday night at S. Fl. Robert.
sons.
Elmer Findley was Il Mans
field visitor Tuesday.
John Garner and wife attend
ed the show in Mansfield Friday
night.
Mrs. w. II. Brake and Miss
Jewel Hoover spent Thursday
night in Mansfield; they drove
back Friday morning.
Arthur and Edgar Freeman
we're Norwood visitors Saturday
evening.
MA. Graves and Chris Tyson,
who intended to leave soon for
California, have decided thai
Missouri is the best place to live
and have called off their sale ad
vertiSed for March ..
Quite a crowd of young folks
gathered at the home of Miss
Mae Nelson Friday night to help
celebrate her 18th birthday ami
versary. The evening was spent
in playing games. Ali departed
at "a late hour wishing Miss Mae
many more happy birthday. A
fine time is reported by all pres.
ent.
Mrs. H.. X. .Iunod and Mabel
were Mansfield visitors Monday
morning.
w. Fl. Brake was in Mansfield
Monday night.
Terry Doyle and baby are both
on the SIGH list.
Ralph and Russell Robertson
spent a few days at l.. NJ. Roy's
this week.
Mrs. John Robertson is rcal
sick at this writing.
Most every body is suffering
with severe colds.
SUNSHINE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Young Men Wanted

To prepare for L. S. Civil Ser
vice examinations. Our course is
thorough and fits you to pass.
Good positions always open. pa
large pages, sent postpaid for
only $500. HultSch Publishing
Coz; Springfield, Mo.-Adv,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Will Trade One or Both

Two l60.acre farms in Eastern
Colorado for land in Southern
Missouri or Northern Arkansas:
price, $1,000 each. What have
you to offer: f. l.. Bickerton,
Sutherland. Iowa. ADV
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04

West Plains, Mountain Grove
and Mansfield should sub lit
their case to a board of arbitra-
ton. Each persists in calling
their town the Gem City of The
Ozarks. Ava Enterprise.
Mansfield is 1T.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Notice to Correspondents.

Correspondents will please send
items Monday or Tuesday. So
many items arrive late tlat it is
often impossible to use them until
the next week. Please send items
Monday i Mt all possible.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
The New Store

Next Door to Bank OF Mansfield
Good Zoe Rice, > pounds or........l 5c
Reg Soda, > pounds for. ........ &c
Good Chunk Meat, per pound ...... i0c
Good Grade Fat Meat, per pound l3c
Coal Oil, > gallons 45c
These are only a few samples
We solicit a continuance OF the patron
age OF those we have served in the past
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
Money to Loan

n. j. CRAIG HAS SOME
MONEY THAT HE DESIRES
TO LOAN ON GOOD, I'M,
PROVED FARMS IN ETH.
Err WRIGHT OR DOUGLAS
COUNTIES.
ADV n. ]. CRAIG
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04

C. A. MINGUS, Duncan, Mo.
Cooperative Meteorological Observer,
U. s. Department of Agriculture, CHM
biological Service of the Weather Bureau
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04
THE WEATHER

Figures in first column denotes high.
est temperature; second, lowest; third,
precipitation in inches. Last column
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-03-04

Mansfield Mirror and Weekly
Kansas City Star both one year
for 81 20,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12
Pine Ridge Notes.

Mr.. BarlJN VArnadc, rear
Aurora, has tine dist'"cti1n OF
having had ,,lhe Sec'nj bale OF
cotton ginned in This Parish. tie
had his ginned on Aug. 5,
The revival meeting at Ca, aan
BaDtist church began last Satur'
day. The meeting is being car
ried on in the good old way
Several visiting preachers are
doing the preaching.
Messrs. Ezra CnrEern ant
Murphy Sylvest, boys OF tint
Pine Ridge community and later
students in the Frankllnton tilgE
School, who have been attending
the State Normal at Natchitoche
returned home last Monday
Ezra will return to the Norma
in a few weeks and Murphy wi
teach school.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12
Franklintcp Produces E"s'
Bale Of I.ouisisna Cotton

Robert M. McElveen shipped W
New Orleans last "Wednesday ''e
fret hale of cotton raised in Lou
isjana. The cotton classed as
strict middIing and brought 10
cents per pound.
Superstitious as to the luck 'na'
ooes with the first tangible EVIL
dence of the years YIELD inc
brokers We'd for its possession Til
it was finally knocked down to
MILFORD Gack, at 10 cents per
pound.
W. A. Kernaghan, 'x,presioe"'
Of the Dock Board offered MS SER
vices to Mr.. Thomson as anc(loh.
eer. The proceeds between so0
and 800. will be donated tc
charity.
The owner will store the bale
! in the new cotton warehouse
along with the first bale OF INT
Texas crop.
This years initial bale reached
:, the city ten days earlier than tn
! first bale last year. This IS az
a counted for by the unusual ar
, weather, which forces the poll
=. into premature opening I'M
. causes all early, but smaller croF
" simultaneously with the ARRIVE
= O. the first bale, the Dock Boar
issued an invitation to the mem
/, hers of the Cotton Exchange
~ inspect the new warehouse c
August If The tug Samson wi
4 leave the head of Canal Street
vi 1890 O'Clock and luncheon W
4. be served en- rOnte.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12

The Girl, are al right. : is
Myrtle Billings. State Sap Vi
sor of Domestic Science in tie
Louisiana schools, states that so
per cent of the girls in the high
schools have enrolled in the Do
nestle Science courses, Which
proves that the average Louisi-
ana girl is destined to be the
best housekeeper in the country.
Young men, sit up ana take no.
tice.
Booster.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12
TO The Voters of Washing
tor Parish,

7 am in the race for reelection
to succeed myself as Sheriff Of
your Parish.
I have eaJeavored to cond"r'
the office honestly co,>clpn'I u
all according to my interp 'A,.-
ton of the law. No man t. per,
feet and | may have made MI
takes, if so | have the assurance
that they were honest ones.
No one can say or show Wher"
any individual, firm corporat!"'
or state HIS suffered by il seen
ing mistake OF mine. either IN
criminal or civil matters during
the three years of my h"ldlng
the office of / herif aid Tax Oh
Iector.
[ executing the various du-
ties of the office | have tried to-
treat each and every individual
fairly and squarely, and no one
can say lruthfully th't | awe
ever used the Office either t"
persecute an enemy or reward d
friend but | have at all times
tried to be the Sheriff II III thn
people. I expect to c;'l>uct my
campaign o. y tl|Ln V''liP "nU
not to attempt to ride in office or
the dement's Of my opponents,
they are all gentlemen vel
:, known to the voters vi tnr par
ish. [ am making appeal 'or rt
election direct to the n)i '>5 ut
untrammelled citizenship Of The
y parish. and I promise Wat it you
see fit to honor me VITA re 81 -
, ton | shall continue t. "nnIlct
the office as The law directs.
1t has been a time honnTet
! custom heretofore to give
Sheriff a second term if his re
- cord shows an honest effort t
4 do his duty.
~ | feel that [ am not Roasting
a when l say that my every eff TT
,a as we'll as my desire has bnen tt
o perform the functions Of the OF
flee fairly, honestly and lnptrt1
! ally, and therefore submit t IA
in all fairness the custom sIou)
"a be adhered to and | should h
again chosen by the people.
| hope to be able =, meet eyer
!, voter personally before ~ 90
aary. s.ni I ask iua. you ~
my candlIacy consideration
Thanking one and al fpr sup
pot g'fen me, AIN,
CT Respectfully,
H. Thomas J. Simmons
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12

Spring, W. E. Banister and H. ~: W.
Smith draft plans and sp9o'tlc*-
tons for same.
On motion by f. L. Sanford
duly seconded by Il. II. Spring
and carried board adjourned ''
meet Sept 7th, 1913.
W. L. Smith, Pres.'
W. E. Banister, Src'y'
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12

At regular meeting of the
Baptist Missionary Society held
at the Baptist church on Thurs
day, Aug. 9th, 1t was unanl :
mously resolved, that the thanks
of this society be rendered TO
the citizens of the town of Frank
linton and vicinity, for their Wig
or,ls outspoken and earnest
condemnation and dlSapprnv4i 81
a Near Beer saloon in the tow
Of Frarkllnton'
b, it fur''ns resolved ttls
J copy uf III ant Npre"
anon our u.iuutes End ata'a1,y
lie furnished the Er" Leader to-
ID. bIication.
Baptist Ladies Missionary Union
Mrs. j. Vol Brock. Pres
Mrs, Della H, Carter, sec
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12
Sunday EXCURSION and Weekend Fares

Week end fares from above points
TO New Orleans and return, gong
Saturday or Sunday returning Mon
W.
Vor further particulars call on agents
write NJ. j. Mcmahon, G.. T. A.,
New Orleans
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-08-12

]. |. Blackwell cuILln9 lOuf lIoVo
OF rOad...... .........'.. -
e. +. Burch feeding prisoners .2S2 W
]. Vol Brock Dist Atty. fees. ...loo W
Boston Store mdse. for jail.... + -
n. 0. G, n, r. r. Co. lease on
right OF way for road...... W
G. Burcn road work lat ward. Is W
A. NJ. Scnilling building bridge Il oo
4. B. Moore, road work. D W
Hood Light co. light bill June
and July. ...............'. " w
+, e, Bateman salary Bs Janitor 80 90
r.. J. Simmons bill rendered.. II II
DR.. L. ". Br ock services as
Health Officer ,...........' ~ w
J,V. Rabb Demonstration Agent S@
Salary July.............''. 70 W
On motion by R. II. Spring,
seconded by W. J. Knight and
carried the secretary Of The Po-
lice Jury was authorized and com,
Imanded to take up with the Con-
seryation of the state of Louisi-
ana and if possible secure the
consent of said Conservation
| Commission concerning that the
Police Jury Of Washington Par.
ish, pass an ordinance prohibit.
ling, for a period Of three c'nSec,
utive years the killing of game
birds, or fish and prohibiting the
sale, bartar, or exchange of the
same whether dead or alive with
lin the Parish of Washington, anc
to prohi 1t the tranSp rrCltlon
thereof for lie, barter or ex,
change, with n the Parish OF
Washington, I'll said s7cret1rJ &c
REPORT y phi y jury at It's mex
regular Ietti Z, tn llr51 Tues,
day in September 1915-caTrie(
, On motion by J. W. Knight
seconded by r. H. Spring Anc
carried the report Of Demonstra
ton Agent J. V. Rabo was re-
ceived and adopted. And tht
same as follows: | havA the homo
of making my frs anG the Jul,
report of my Demonstration Wor
done in The Parish OF your Hon
orable body.
| have visited Al demonstra tors
As co-operators, and 70 clu
membsrs belonging TO the/ corn
= PIG anu tomato clubs reSpectlvel
. and have travelled over 3l2 mile
"a in the Parish.
- find L very large percentas
of tho dom 'ustrator, AMI c)-Ope
W ators who have followed lnstru
r. tons closely to have good, crol
f. regardless OF the extremely dl
y. season and they are doing son
re splendid work and are workil
to surpass their former yei,d tt
nd year. With my aid they inter
he to select Their seeI corn from t
ar field Tor next years crop.
RI A few OF the tomato club gil
ng have already canned over O
les hundred cans OF tomatoes and
ny. great many will have enough
1al help out along in the food line
viii home all this winter.
There is u nice lot of pigs in
hands of the pig club memb
he and some of the pigs are MAXI
elo a daily gain Of over pound
IS day on a very small cost to
u members.
'NS Thanking yon for your hea
10 corporation III this work. |
''"- to leave this as my report:
~ On motion by f. l.. Sanfo
eS' seconded by Il, E. keaton, {
:, C ryed, whereas the charter OF
City Of I3ogain~a provides
t e said city Of . gal
@" hai! possess w't'Ii" s,1' ii.n'ts
= IL powers whe awe l-F,-%'f
oeen exercised By lie i'piice J
nom pf he Parish, it woaid be bey'
res. r -.
Sec. tie power Of this Police Jury