The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
HAPPENINGS
of The sOeek
IN MISSOURI

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A second gift of s1O0, 900 has been
given to Underwood college at st.
Charles by James Gay Butler, a re-
tired tobacco manufacturer Of st.
Louis, it vas announced recently by
DR.. John L. Roemer, president of the
college. The new gift of $4,000 will
be used for a domitory.
]. L. Frederick Of st. Joseph was
elected president of the Missouri Grain
Dealers Association before its annual
convention at st. Louis. The associa-
ton went on record as favoring uni
form grading and inspection of grain
under the auspices of the United
States department of agriculture.
John NJ. Atkinson and John Ken
nish of the Missouri public service
commission heard testimony al Jop-
lin recently concerning an application
of the Home Telephone Company of
Joplin for a permanent increase in
rates.
L. G. Hood of Bolivar, who finished
his work in the school of journalism
of Missouri University this semester,
has left for Minneapolis, where he
will become a member of the Journal
ism faculty Of the University of Min
nesota.
Rains varying from 2t5 inches to
4.01 inches, which fell near Joplin,
raised streams to record levels,
washed out several miles of railroad
track, and marooned many families
within a radius of twenty-five miles of
Joplin.
More than 100000 carnations were
on display at a downtown hotel in St.
Louis in connection with the meeting
Of the American Carnation Society,
which held a two days session. About
$50 %carnation growers from all parts
of the country were in attendance.
Joseph w. Folk, chief council for
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and formerly governor of Missouri, has
issued a prepared statement saying
he would not be a candidate for gov
ernor.
Three citizens of Montgomery died
of grip and fever in one day recently.
Mrs John B~randenburg and Mrs Mag
gle Reed, both old residents, and Leon
ard ~Brandenburg, SO years old, sue
cumbed.
John ]. Murphy, 81, a farmer resid-
ing south of Macon, died from a para
lytic stroke recently. Mr.. Murphy was
an extensive contributor to newspa-
pers and farm journals, writing under
the pen name of Uncle Reuben"
Thirty-three defendants in the
nightrider trials at New Madrid
pleaded guilty. thus bringing the
trials to a sudden end. All were sen
fenced to six months Imprisonment
and then Immediately were paroled
on good behavior. Two who were on
trial at the time were allowed to plead
guilty and were paroled with the rest.
The sentences of the eighteen whose
cases already had been disposed of
will stand unless the trial judge should
parole them.
At the auction sale of tobacco at
Weston recently $4,000 pounds were
sold, the average price being $3.50.
The highest price was 500, paid to
Hillix & Frank, growers. The to-
bacco crop in Platte county will ag-
gregate 1000 tons this year
Robert B. Monroe, assistant cash
Ter of the Jefferson County bank, was
acquitted at Hillsboro on a charge
of accepting deposits after he knew
the bank to be %insolvent. The jury
was out three hours.
.
Fulton went dry the other day
by a majority of 17S, the vote being
610 to 432, An especially large vote
was polled. The licenses of both of
Il ulIOu SdlOOnS expire teDFudTy IL.
The Macon Commercial club is
working out plans for a land congress
to be held there soon. Henry Funk,
land owner in the Salt River Valley,
Shelby county, vas the originator of
the move. The purpose is to start a
campaign for the reclamation of all
the overflow lands in Northeastern
Missouri.
More permanent road work was done
in Greene county in 1915 than in any
other year in the county's history, ac-
cording to the annual report of Coun-
ty Engineer John r. McAfee. Forty.
two and a half miles of rock roads
were constructed during the year, 104
culverts built and $41,251 we're expend-
ed by the county judges on highways
and bridges.