The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-11-03

that at the time the franchise was
granted It was known BY those on
the inside" that the franchise was not
a workable franchise because Of the.
price the United Gas Co. controlled
distributing company had to pay the
United Gas controlled pipe line com
pany. the Kansas Neutral Gas Co.
The franchise contained a clause
that n at any time the grantees un-
der the franchise were unable to OBJ
tain a reasonable supply Of gas, the
rights under the franchise should re-
vert 10 the old artificial gas franchise
at Is cents.
II has been charged that the inter
ests OF the United Gas Co. was to OBJ
tain Just such a franchise SO that
eventually they could again furnish
artificial gas at a high price,
For several winters Kansas City
has not had sufficient natural gas,
the Kansas field failing to supply
the needed quantity. It has been con
tended in Kansas newspapers that
this could be remedied by extending
the pipe lines in the Oklahoma fields,
but this has not been done. Several
residents Of Kansas City have pre-
dlcted that 1t would be only a short
time until the United Gas Co. again
would be supplying 75-cent artificial
gas.
Attention has been attracted durs
ing the past two weeks to the I'M
usual advertising campaign being con-
Quoted BY Dickey in the Republican
and Independent country newspapers
OF Missouri The same advertisement
is appearing In all the papers. Il
advertises the Dickey vitrified salt
glazed silo, It Is an eightinch ad,
and is signed Walter S. Dickey in.
stead OF w. S Dickey Clay Manu-
featuring Co.. Dickey's company.
AT Democratic headquarters In ST..
Louis there has been much comment
on the appearance In the same issues
Of many OF the papers containing the
ad an eulogy Of Dickey, or an attack
on Senator Reed, or both The Caruth-
ersyille Republican Of Sept IS had
the ad and had one editorial attack
on Reed, and three editorial eulogies
Of Dickey,
Diokey resides in a costly home In
that part of Kansas City usually re-
ferred to as Quality Hin. Several
men with a knowledge OF Kansas City
real estate values told a Post-Dis-
patch reporter that IN their opinion
the Dickey estate, including house and
grounds. which are ornate with a
lodge keepers house, q fish pond, gar
age and broad expenses OF sward and
stately trees. has a value Of at least
100000.
Dickey. IN appearance. is Of bis
finaneier OF big Business" type Of
man. He is Short Of stature aud In
ellned to corpulcnee. He Is Of reddish
complexion and has a short cropped
mustaohe, In dress he always is i'm.
maculate
He was born IN Toronto, Canada.
June Is, 1852. and was educated II
the Provincial Model school for On
tario at Toronto. His father wa:
born In Ireland and his mother Il
Canada.
At the age Of I6 he obtained EN-.
ployment as a clerk In a wholesale
dry goods house in Toronto, and
came to Missouri when 26 years old
Almost Immediately he began the
manufacture OF clay products, build
ms up the business until now be
owns II large plants In the many
widely separated sections OF the coun
ny.
He was married IN 1883 IN Noun
Forest, Ontario. Canada, to Miss Kath
crime L. McMullen. Five children wer,
born to them. One OF his o n die,
g year ago IN Kansas City.
He entered politics soon after com
ing to the United States. In 1soI
he was & delegate to the Republican
national convention. and chairman o
the Republican county committee Il
Jackson county, IN 1904 he was chail
man Of the Kansas City RspuBiioai
committee. and in 1908 chairman Q
TIE Republican state committee.
As a contributor TO Republican can
paign funds ne frequently has bee.
placed IN ne same class with the lat
Richard C. Kerens. alwsys a nbers
contributor
The Republican campaign textbook
issued BY the partys state committs,
compares hickey with the late Mar
Kama, the controlling factor In man
Republican national campaigns
which corporation influence and enc.
nous campaign fuads had az sctir
part Concerning mckey the Repal
ncAn textbook SAYS.
chose who knew senator Mar
Hanna IN the DAYS 81 his doninanc
believe that MT nickey Aas many :
hat CHARACTERISTICS as a political 3
EAniEer ana wan Hkewise demonstra,
IN NE senate his sfaendsd cspscs1
for legiSatiye leadership