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| CtNtulA -lNt HtI ttHN VI Tue pupu
lation of Kentucky is rural.
There are more silos In Kentucky
than in all the states OF the centra
South put together
| Kentucky has the largest whit,
population of any state south of tn,
Ohio river.
The value Of farm property in Ken
lucky is over sSO,O00O00 being larger
than that Of any other state in the
South.
The Seventh tuberculosis District
Of Kentucky is planning large sana
forum between Covington and New
/ port.
| There are more people in Kentucky
worth $4,000 and over, and more with
incomes OF $500 per year and over
than in any state in the South.
Health authorities in every town
| and city in Kentucky were ordered to
| guard against an outbreak of infantile
| paralysis in a proclamation issued by
the State Board of Health.
Kentucky ranked fourth as coal
| producing state. 2S,119 miners turn.
ing out 21,361,674 tons of coal, valued
at S21,49i,000. The minres averaged
lS6 days OF work in the year.
a Holstein COW belonging to Robert
Whips. a farmer residing near Mays
Vile, gave birth to triplet calves, all
teifers, and all are the same size and
healthy and strong.
The State Workmen's Compensation
Board held a conference in Frankfort
with representatives of the insurance
companies for the purpose of consider
ing the establishing of rating bureau.
George Braden, of Louisville. who
retired as president of the National
Fertilizer Association, criticized the
work of the county agent system in
Kentucky.
The East Jellico Coal Company at
Pineville. being unable to redeem
bonds to the amount of $4,000, has
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy.
Kentucky Progressive leaders, in
session in Louisville, decided to stand
for a national third party ticket and
repudiated the action of Roosevelt and
Perkins in deserving the Bull Moose
ship.
Pearl Marquis, a Paris engineer.
ended his life by shooting himself in
the mouth with rife. He left a note
saying that "the squirrels have been
chasing me for two years and have
finally got me-"
Leslie Glfilett, So years old, a
laborer, was struck by a c. q o. train
in Maysville and instantly killed. He
attempted to cross the track in front
OF the train in his hurry to return TO
work
The sale of pari-mutual pools will
be permitted at the MI. Sterling Fair
July 10 to "a, as result Of a decision
OF the Court OF Appeals in the case Of
the stockholders against the fair as
ISOLATION,
Among the states south Of the Ohio
river, Kentucky leads in the produc.
tion Of dairy and beef cattle, horses,
poultry, sheep and wool 1t leads also
in corn, wheat and tobacco and comes
second III nay and potatoes.
The body of Corporal Davis Marks
bury, killed May 25 in a battle with
Villa bandits in Mexico, was returned
to his home in Harrodsburg. where
burial was made with impressive cere.
monies.
LAWYERS will be the name of the
new town to be built between Sargent
and Craftsville, In the coal fields OF
Eastern Kentucky, by the SOUTHEAST
Coal Company, Of which II. LaViers, OF
Paintsville, is manager, the initial
work having already been started.
The experiment Of working con-
victs on the public roads will be tried
in Bell county, not later than August
], according TO Road Commissioner
Wiley, who returned TO Frankfort after
an inspection Of the roads In Bell
county
Death claimed one of Scott county's
oldest residents, when Mrs. Kate
Warren Cobb. 70 years old, passed
away suddenly. Mrs. Cobb was the
widow OF Albert Cobb, the well-known
writer. She was the heroine in his
novel. Fifty Years in the Wilder.
ness"
Judge Gilbert, OF Shelbyville, has
inaugurated a new practice in the
Juvenile Court whereby the parents
OF youthful thieves will be required to
make good the amount of their spec
ulations, or submit to a fine which
must be worked out in Jail unless II
Is paid IN cash.
Prof ii. Garman, chief OF the de-
partment OF entomology and botany
at the Kentucky Experiment Station,
strongly urges that the persons In
charge OF that part Of the Dixie High.
way in this State shall plant con-
tinuous rows of native Kentucky trees
along its whole course.
During the month Of July according
10 figures Just given out, there were
2,S3S, lG5 pounds of tobacco Of the 1915
crop sold for $2S6,772 IS. or an average
of 5000 per 100 pounds. There were
also sold s57S,i45 pounds OF the 1914
crop. bringing S59.63ii3, or an aver
age Of sl0.3l per 100 pounds.
Kentucky came in for her share OF
I've DONORS al the meeting OF the Ma
tonal Educational association held In
New York. V. o. Gilbert, superintend-
ent of public instruction, was made a
director and Prof. NJ. A. Cassidy, OF
Lexington, a member of the nominal
ing committee OF tie National Educa-
tional association.