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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-06-29
County Court Proceedings
June l9, 1916.

Forsyth, Mo, pursuant to adjourn
ment, with the following officers in
attendance: Geo. T. Hicks, presiding
Judge; J. NJ. Holiday and J, G. Has
kins, associate judges; W. R. Adams,
prosecuting attorney; N. D. Boles,
sheriff; and J. R. Gideon clerk Of said
court.
Claim oil Gardner Office Supply Co f,
for $500 filled, examined and allow
ed in open court.
Ordered that warrant No. S98 be
and hereby is cancelled in open court
ane two drawn in lieu thereof, one for
S5O0.00, and one for S42l.03, and it
is further ordered that warrant Tor
S27.69 be drawn as interest on warrant
No. 1913, all Of above warrants drawn
on pauper fund for 1915.
Ordered that the petition Ter vacal-
ing the Y. NJ. c. A. be and is hereby
granted by the court.
Claim Of J. R. Gideon for Sl43.25,
filed examined and allowed in open
court.
In the matter Of the bank stock, the
prosecuting attorney is ordered to in
vestigate and file his opinion thereon.
Claim Of Architects and Engineers
supply Co, for $1l.39, fled, examin'
ed and allowed in open court.
Claim OF J. c. Davis for $9l &c,
filed, examined and allowed in open
court.
Claim Of L. H. 0nea! Ior bounty on
FIVE woll pups. $3.50, filed examined
and allowed in open court.
Claim OF W. R. Adams for 1888,
filed examined and allowed in open
court.
The court proceeded to take up The
purchase OF an engine Tor road work,
and after due consideration the court
found it advisable to purchase such
engine, one so so h. p. International
Titan Tractor, complete with neces'
sarg fixtures, mud lugs, on the follow
ing term@ Cash $4,000, Waran,
Dec. /, 1916, $644.00; Warrant Dc,
/, 1917. S643.C0; Warrant Dec /
1918, S643O0.
Ordered that court aGipurn until
500 o'clock tomorrow.
June 20, 1916.
Court convened at 800 a. m, pres.
. ent same as on preceding day.
Claim Of R. c. Ford for 1867,
filed, examined and allowed in open
court.
Claim Of N. D. WALLACE for $1,000,
filed, examined and allowed in open
court.
Ordered that the abstract OF fees oi
J. c. Davis be approved and ordered
filed.
Ordered that the change Of road pc.
titioned for by c, H. McKedy be and
is hereby ordered changed BY the court
as per the report filed by the commits
sioners.
Claim Of the Taney County Repub-
lican for Slll.ss, filed examined and
allowed in open court.
Ordered that w. +. Henson be and
hereby is appointed Justice Of the
Peace Tor Branson township until the
next general election.
Oidered that the following men be
and are hereby appointed as judges oI
the primary election for the precincts
as follows:
Protein: M c. Lewis, Frank Shat
i~r, Geo. Owen, John Brightwell, TX,
Eff, Claud Moore.
Nanc Russell Morris, Chas. Jones
Z nory Br1ly, A. M. Cox, T. B Blank
scr-ch S NJ. O'Neill, W. M
Maues, J. G Rhosdes, c. c. Collins
J. r. Awbery, T. J. Persinger.
Brownbranch: A. Z. Dean, Dow
Reese, Dan Johnson. Andrew Lowry
W. P. Siler, Hiram lawson.
Hercules: j. P. Bray, John JeDkin
SAN Day, Mills Smith, John Howard
Robrr' S-uIih.
BTadleyvill,: w. J. Hicks, E A
M,pnursop, H NJ. Bunk, H B Sech
lr. BenPaueson, W. J. Lawrence.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-07-07
When a Chronic CatalOg Buyer
Opened His Eyes
Fifth Story

the people of our section that are not
mentioned in your big book.
Il don't see any reference to paying
cash or exchanging goods for wheat,
oats, corn, beans, butter, eggs or hay.
How much will you pay for cattle, hogs
and sheep, (. o. b. Mossdale2
"We have a market and we can't
expect to sell to the home merchants
if we buy in Chicago.
How much will you pay to support
our schools7 How much for building
our roads and bridges? For supporting
our poor? For the general public
expense? Two stores and a brush
factory went out of business here last
Summer and my taxes are higher this
year because those concerns are not
here to share up the fixed expenses Of
local government and public utilities.
You got our money and kept it, so
those who would have given it back
had to quit.
How much do you give to our
churches? How much credit will you
give me when times are hard? think
I'll trade at home while. If the
home merchant is tricky I can have
it out with him face to face, and settle
any misunderstanding in half an hour.
I have been all Winter getting my
money back on that deal with you,
and now I get only credit card,
which one Of your clerks with studied
carelessness has mislaid.
Return the amount without further
dickering or I shall take it out in ad-
vertising you and your methods among
the folks around here. Yours truly,
Carl Schultz"
To-day he drove down to Centervile
and spent me on a bill of goods here
because there isn't a decent grocery
left in Mossdale." Copyright, 1914.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-07-07

The Rolling Dollar dropped with a
satisfied sigh into the grocer's till.
Glad I'm safely back from that trip,
he said to the other dollars there as
sembled.
THAT was a risky stroke of Fate
that led me off to Mossdale. My
wings almost shook off their eagle
feathers in an ague OF fear that I would
never get back. Why7 Because
Mossdale folks trade with Chicago mail
order houses, and what chance has one
little dollar to get back when about
the only adventures possible are in the
postoffice cash box or the box OF the
express company between here and
Chicago"
well, did somebody steal you
back2"
mo, sir, but farmer had change
of heart. I was present at his comics
sion. All know about it is that he
laid me on the table beside big mail
order catalog; and after he had looked
at me and at the catalog he wrote a
letter which he read to his wife. His
letter was about like this:
'Mossdale Mich, January Is, 1914
Gentlemen-Yours Of recent date at
hand, also catalogs and circulars offering
premiums for distributing same among
my neighbors. AS you say, it would
be favor to you but doubt if it
would be to my friends. have dealt
with you for some years myself, and
1 have received no favors. l paid for
all l got; in the same length OF time
I would have gained standing and
credit in home store. You think |
am steady conner and send me any
old goods that are handy on my orders.
Your catalogs seem to offer some
great bargains, but let us see it there
are not some things very necessary to
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-19
Speeder injures Own Mind.

More arrests for speed, Goodi The police are getting their hands in that is the useful ones are. Let the good work go on. remarks the Ohio State Journal. IL is not against any class of people that the law is en- forced, but il is for the whole people and especially for the motorists them selves. There is no need to go so fast. A speeder is hurting himself, his mind. his body. his car and everybody along the street. There is nothing gained by all the rattle-le-bang hurry, and if 1t was examined into, it would be found that no speeder had the slightest excuse for his hurry. The solid. thoughtful, successful men of a community don't speed. They know that they save by not being in a hur- ".
 TGc whole people are interested in suppressing the speeder. He is a poor citizen, not only because he violates the law, but because speed weakens the mind and injures the judgment. What sort of a voter does violator of the law make? How iduch cool judgment is left in mans mind after making a rushing speed of 30 or 40 miles an hour? Not particle.
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Speed of a Stock Car.

How fast should q stock car. in the hands of the average driver, be: This question has been brought up; the an swer is invariable.
 Speed" says Harry Stutz. the man who brought the worlds championship to America. "is not the prime essential of d race car. Its prime essential is stamina, and no car can have too much stamina. Speed is matter of valve lift, carburetion and gear ratio. It is not the difficult thing to obtain.
 Any motorcar in the hands of any body should have the power to ac- celegte quickly, as. n safety factor if for no other reason. This, in a way, suppose might be called speed. should say also that n man or woman is much more secure in car which is agile and quick than car of the old sluggish type. There are times when quick getaway means security, and there are times when sIowness spells misnap.
 The average driver viii never drive q car faster than the road or street conditions warrant, no matter how fast his mount may be. So, what harm can there be in putting enough scien- tifically distributed power into a chassis? We all like to know that the car We are driving is capable of brisk ness if the need ever arises. It is q sort of preparedness feature that ought to be built into every caI>-purely as a precautiOn."
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PROUD OF THEIR MODEL SON
Of Course He Was Young, but Just Then His Habits Were Abso-
 iuteIy IrreproschabIe.

"ih. well. wife" said John Rumbles. the honest farmer, though our corn was stricken with quinsy this year. and our pigs all got the ear disease and our c;bbageS were all hollow. and our wheat had appendicitis, we have the consolation of knowing that we have model son. Just think Roland has never smoked cigarette In his whole life"
 "Nor anything else, for that mat ter" replied Susan. his honest wife. And he would no more think of talk ing strong drink than he would of fly ing"
 True" asserted Honest John. with a sickIy smile. And the regular hours he keeps"
 Yes" put in Honest Susan. eagerly. ITO bed right after supper every night regular as clockwork."
 And for a while John smoked in con templatiye silence while Susan knit ted away in her easy chair.
 But of course there's this" said John at length. .We cant tell how he'll be later on. We must remember he's only six months old
 "Ah. John. we mustn't borrow trou- ble. We have enough already. good ness knows" snickered Susan.-De troit Free Press.
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Colorado.

The Gilpin County gold mine is ready to resume operations.
 A shipment of ore from the Hickey lease on the Bessie G. at Durango is valued at s50,0O0 to the ton.
 A Georgetown report states that ore from the BunneI gulch, from the Ha- mill claims, runs sS0 to sl00 per ton.
 The discovery Of commercial quantity of nickel ore in Gunnison county adds another 10 the war metals on CoIorado's list Of industries.
 The Boulder Tungsten Production Company is readily financing it's pro- posal to build d refinery through the old stockholders Of the company.
 The La Plata gold belt has been proven by one shipment of eleven sacks of ore which netted sG0,O0O in gold at the Durango smelter, the sacks being loo pounds each.
 A Telluride report states that the record shipment Of ores and concen- trates for the Telluride mining district was almost, but not quite, equaled for the month or september.
 Owing 10 unavoidable delay in se- curing mechanical appliances, the Cripple Creek district will receive only limited amount of assistance this year from the Notation process, which is not, generally speaking, adapted to the treatment of oXidizsd ores.
 An Ouray report states that the re- opening at the present of practically all the old Red Mountain-Ironton prop critics that in the early eighties were more or less developed along the trend of the well-defined copper belt, which extends from the St Paul on the south to Ironton on the north, leaves no room for doubt of the approach of a new era Of mining activity such as the Red Mountain district has not Wit messed for twenty years
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HAD ALL SHE COULD STAND
Despite Possible Proposal, "Youno "Old Maid" Was Unable to Put
 Up With Bore.

Iole Is a new and charming corre- spondent who describes herself as "a rather young old maid in whom the eager desire for matrimOny is almost overbalanced by an unfortunate sense or the ridIcdlOusness or all masculine beings" Her letter relating some re cent experiences with male bores and zanies is too long to reproduce. We print this brief excerpt:
 "He talked of socialism from s 30 to 9 30, of the war from then till 1O:30. of Bernard Shaw and how he is diff ferent from Chesterton till II :30-and then of psychic therapeutics,
 "T am, you know he interiected, connected with the Emmanuel move ment.'
 You surprise me I murmured.
 "'why should you be surprised that am interested in so absorbing q sub jectT he demanded. And I'm afraid I glanced at the clock as I an- swered:
 "T didn't imagine you could be con- nected with any sort of a-er-move- mentr
 But isn't it too bad? I think he would have proposed if I'd let him talk another hour or sol"
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GIVE CARS TO STATE|
armored Battery Presented to New York by Group of
 Prominent Men.
FIRST IN UNITED STATES
Forty Machines, Fully Equipped for Service, Will Be the Complement When All Arrangements Con.
 templated Have Been
 Completed.

The first armored car battery In the United States was formed last month Tn New York city as a special organi- Zation under the direction of the New York National Guard, utilizing the ex- perience gained in the European war. The organization was rendered poSsi- ble by the presentation of 40 armored cars to the state by several men promi- nent in finance and industry, who have taken leading part in the prepared ness campaign.
 The contributors are: F. II. Gary. II. c. Prick, R. NJ. Thompson. D. Ol- colt, c. NJ. x. Wallace and II. G. Mont gomery.
 The first unit to be completed is n Mack as shown In the accompanying illustration. The battery comprises battle cars. fitted with rapid-fire guns. anti-aircrlft ears, repair cars, tank cars, motorcycles and auxiliary equip ment. The entire organization is mod
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SAW AUTOS IN VISION
MINISTER HAS EXPLANATION OF
 NAHUM'S DREAM.
According to Pastor, the "chariots Raging in the Streets" Were Gas
 oiine Vehicles of Today.

The maker of the modern gasoline car was not the first fellow to see visions of the luxurious motor car that giides around our city payements to- day and startles the countryside with its midnight honk and glare of head lights.
 Nc siree!
 According to Dr. Charles l.. Page, pastor of the Dudley Street church, il was q man who lived in Bible times, 200 years before Christ. and Doctor Page is faithful student of the Scrip lures and ought to know.
 Nahum was prophet and dwelt in the land of ElkoSh about Il3 E. C. One night he went to sleep and he had n in modern city street, with the motor cars honking all around him and hold ing up the traffic. Their headlights were streaming and they were crowd ing and pushing and whlzzinG this way and that The old man, who was used tO making his journeys on the back of a IaiSuraly donkey ar bnnStad m nn a camel. just couldn't believe his eyes. It certainly must be vision sent to warn the wicked people of the land of ElkoSh.
 When Nahum awoke he rubbed his eyes and looked out over the sandy
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Arizona.

Mining in the Bisbee district is un- usually active.
 New discoveries are being made in the mines at Ajo
 The Jerome Daisy Copper Company Is sinking its first shaft.
 The new l0O-horse power hoist at the Jerome Daisy is in operation.
 Ore running 750 ounces Of silver is reported in the Tip-Top mine in the Jerome district.
 At Chloride the Schenectady has opened up two feet of shipping ore on the bottom or I95foot level.
 Jerome is the center of a mining boom but the present unprecedented activity is by no means confined to the Verde district.
 The Tennessee mine at Chloride wal increase it's force materially as soon as the raise from l,iO0-fOot level to the surface is completed.
 Iron pyrites. sulphides and copper stain are showing strong in the west drift from the l,20O-foot level of the Jerome-VictOr extension.
 The Emerson. in the Chloride dis trict, has unwatered its 922-foot shaft on it's Arrastra claim and found sam pies from the bottom highly satisfac- tory.
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New Mexico.

oil development in the Black Mesa district. near Raton. is assured, as sey. eral thousand acres have been leased, and arrangements made 10 start work at once.
 J. s. Dickie of the Hanover Copper CviHpan. iIas soid out his interest m he company for a sum in the neigh borhood of s5G.0O0 and will retire from active mining.
 Several strings of zinc ore have been cut by the shaft of the Progress Mining Company near the Carlisle pine. A force of men has been put to work on the road through Whiskey eulch. The Eclipse mine is 10 sink its shaft from 200 to 300 feet. the ore be. ing copper, silver and gold.
 Recently drilling operations with the express intention of adding to it's ore reserves, has resulted in some very gratifying results for the Chino Cop per Company, operating at Santa Rita. South Of what is known as the Hearst pit. something over two acres has recently been drilled and there has been proven an ore body from 300 to 500 feet thick, averaging between ] l4 and IF per cent copper.
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eled closely on existing batteries in the European war, combined with the experiences gained iE the National Guard maneurers of last fall in the flattsburg camp.
 Although so far only ten cars have been placed in actual service. it is the intention of adding others as soon as sufficient men can be enlisted for their operation. Seventy-five motorcycles are now ready for use in connection with the cars, the whole force being under the command of Capt. Harry c. Montgomery, who has been the most active worker in connection with the organization of this battery
 The chassis are the standard types and makes of trucks. which have given such excellent service in maneu- vers, and in actual war service. The bodies, however, are manufactured especially for this work
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-19
Angry Peacock Fights Auto.

While the Rev. II. J. Miller was preaching at the Reformed church at Pennsburg. Pa, q few days ago, a strutting peacock happened to pass his automobile, parked on the lawn. The bird discovered reflection of his own proud self in the varnish of the pas tors car and thought the thing he saw was another of his kind. He promptly charged his rival and pecked and hacked at his reflection until the paint and woodwork were ruined.
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desert and wondered what if all meant. And then suddenly the truth dawned upon him that it was the voice of prophecy. So he got out his ben and ink and his parchment script and he began to put down the wonderful things that he had seen, and this is what he wrote (you can find it yourself in his book in the Bible):
 ''The chariOtS shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broadways; they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings."
 This. says Doctor Page, is an unrnis- takable prophecy of the present age of motor cars and the confusion of our modern highways.-Boston Post.
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Big Tire Trade Abroad.

During the F months ending June 90, 1916, the tire manufacturers of the United States exported tires to the value of S1s,O0O,OOO, states an official of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber com pany. This is four times the amount exported during the preceding year, and shows that the business in Ameri- can tires abroad has been placed upon a satisfactory basis. A substantial in crease is noted in South American business.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-19
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This Is a serious matter with house. keepers as food prices are constantly going up. To overcome this, cut out the high priced meat dishes and serve your family more Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti, the cheapest. most de- licious and most nutritious of all foods. Write the Skinner Mfg. Co.,, Omaha, Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling how to prepare it in hundred different ways. It's free to every woman.-Adv.
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Keep Chickens Fenced.

Hens and dogs iu the highway are a source of great annoyance to auto tomobilists. They have no place in the highway, and If killed or injured when running at large, the owner cannot re- cover. It is hardship on many chick en owners to be obliged to fence their fowls. but on roads which are much travelled by automobiles, it is the only safe and sensible thing to do.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-19
V Confirmed Suspicion.

Uncle Nose was one of those omnis- cient persons who always refuse to ac- knowledge either astonishment or ig- norance- When the circus and the sldeshow came 10 town and the pres tdi,ttator called for someone 10 go up on tNe stage. Nose was pushed for ward. Presently the magician was talk ing various wonderful articles out of Moses garments. Lastly, he extracted pair of white rabbits from Moses bushy wool.
 Weren't you surprised at the rab- bits, Mose?" asked his master, after ward.
 No, sah," Nose answered. Fact is, sah, I'd been suspectin' dey's some rab- bits up there fo' some time"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-19
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
 Trouble and Never Suspect It.

Nature warns you when the track of health is not clear. Kidney and bladder troubles cause many annoying symptoms and great inconvenience both day and night.
 Unhealthy kidneys may ea2se lumbago, rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache in the back, joints or mus cles, at times have headache or indiges- tion, as time passes you may have a sal low complexion, puffy or dark circles under the eyes. sometimes feel as though you had heart trouble, may have plenty of ambition but no strength, get weak and lose flesh.
 If such conditions are permitted to continue, serious ,esnHs may be expect ed; Kidney Trouble in its very worst form may steal upon you.
 Prevaieney of Kidney Disease.
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WyominQ.

Another gas well has been opened on the Mantua dome. near Garland
 Everything at the Greybull refinery is being placed in first-class shape for the winter.
 Last month over 700 tank cars of oil were received at the Greybull refinery for refining.
 Drilling by the Lamb Williams Com pany on the well for the Eagle Petro leum Company. near Manderson, has reached . depth of about 500 feet.
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Money Invested in Autos,

By the end of this year at least g. 945.c64 automobiles will be owned in this country. This total will represent an investment of S2,OO0,000,0OO based on the SJO0-a-car unit.
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Wise YounQster.

Little Dick-what are you cutting out of that paper?
 Little Johnny-Something I don't want mamma to see.
 What is itf"
 Its an article that says wooden slippers are coming into fashion"
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Oisappointr1ent.

What made the man kill the goose who laid the golden cgg:"
 .'I can only guess at it. Maybe food was costing so mnch that he got re- sentful because the bird kept handing him old metal instead of regular eggs.
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Use the Car.

Use the automobile after supper. Your wife and children will enjoy a ride. Visit your neighbors a while dur ing the evening and exchange ideas. That's the way we become educated
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North Brandon, Wis.-aWhen was 16 years old got married and at IS years I gave birth to twins and it left me with very poor health 1could not walk across the floor without having to sit down to rest and it was hard for me to keep ahont and do my work. 1went to doctor and be told me had displacement and ulcers, and would have to have an operation This frightened me so much that did not know what to do. Having heard of Lydia F. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound I thought would give it trial and it made me as 6 Mrs M I1-uI. AspA1 North 'ran ndnn Wis
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Element of Uncertainty.

''IIow do you think your state is So- ing next clection:"
 We're going to have q walkOver," replied senator Sorghum. "But I'm not quite sure which of us is going 10 get walked on"