Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-10-12
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges Made BY the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
owned by A. B. Hunter, Of New
Madrid, and holding 40, 900 bush, ,
els Of wheat, were burned to the
ground Sunday night. II ID
thought probably that lightning
ssruek them causing the blaze,
although the exact cause is not
known. The grain loss was en-
tirelv covered by insurance, but
the fact that every bushel Of
wheat ia needed for food this year
makes the loss Of the grain much
greater than the money value.
This is, perhaps, the first time in
this part of the country that grain
warehouses; have been destroyed
by fire. --Sikeston Standard.
| George Sooggin. son of Luther
Scoggin, of near Glover stumped
his toe some ten or eleven years
ago while barefooted, and after a
soreness which lasted a few days
1t apparently was well and gave
him no further trouble until q
short while back when the toe
got sore again and a few days
ago while using that foot to ep-
crate q foot lever on q mower
the toe in question began to pain
him 90 that he was compelled to
stop work and upon examination
he found a hard substance which
upon removal proved to be q
piece Of baling wire about 3 inch-
90 long. The wire had been im-
bedded in the ligaments OF the
toe more than ten years. -Cen-
tsrvilie Outlook.
To give an idea OF the immen.
sity Of the horse business carried
on at Lathrop, Missouri, during
the past three years IL can be
said that over A million dollars
has been paid out for horses alone
by one firm. outgoing ship |
ments from .Lathrop over the
Burlington totaied 6,670 cars or
f33, 1886 head. The Santa Fe
handled 5,687 oars,o i2l 1921 an
imals. This makes q total OF /
1887 cars or 254,45 animals.
Computing the freight clear
through to the coast at S160 a car
over the Burlington and $500 q
,ar over the Santa Fe, the cost Of
moving the war horses is seen to
have exceeded two and one-half
million dollars. The first cost Of
he animals probably was forty
our million dollars.
How convenient a thing it is to
rave man In the gubernatorial
,hair who is able to pay his way
Ind does not need to rely upon
,tate exohequer for his private
md personal expenses. It is rela-
ID that Gov. Gardner will not D
AXE off the state funds 90 much
% the cost of . postage stamp /
Without accounting for 1t and he
'sars histraveling expenses when
in business for the state. The
und for the upkeep Of his auto
Mobile lies untouched and ell tel
graph and telephone expenses
re paid out Of his private funds.
Which goes to show that there :
nay indeed ct times be discover-
d something new under the
un. Csruthersyille Democrat.
Tuesday morning of last week
I Kennett, Tom Sides shot and
atally wounded Floyd Gamlin.
he shooting took place in thel !
usiness section Of town near the 3
ost office. The wounded man
'as taken ID The Centenary Hoe
ital in 81. Louis where it was
,und there was no hope for his
scovary. He died the following ]
rednssday afternoon. Bad feel Ii
'gs had existed between them
'r some time, and previously
ID several fist fights. MI. SIDES
as arrested but later reIaaead