The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Cape Girardoau county bought
$500, OOO worth of the second issue Of
Liberty Loan bonds.
Odessa has an optimist who thinks
potatoes will sell ror fifty cents a
bushel before the daisies bloom"
And our roll Of fame would be in
complete did it not contain the name
Of Miss Sacred PicRel Of Greene coun-
ty
Hay sold for thirty dollars a ton at
public auction at the sale of W. II.
Bait, southwest of Grant city, Thurs
day.
An inventive motor driver Of De-
Ealb county has devised comfort FOR
his hands i'm cold weather by wrapping
the steering wheel Of his car with
wool.
A "hedge-pulling bee was held
near Osborn, where men folks recruit
ed a traction engine and proceeded to
pun the hedge growing about the
cemetery.
Old-fashioned base ban where there
was some base running and lots OF
action, still prevails in St Clair. lndg-
Ing from the recent game in Iconium.
which stood II to Y.
"Eulumbia kOlored Kaiser Killers"
was the motto on one o. the banners
carried by the negro contingency
which left Columbia Monday of this
week for Camp Funston.
Sunday ives rat tiling day in the
east part Of town. Tom Harris moved
his corn crib and killed lO4 rats with
the assistance Of o. p. Carver and
one dog.--Parnen Sentinel.
Thirty-siN new subscribers came TO
the Monroe city News in one lot when
a phianthropic woman there ordered
the News sent 10 an the soldiers from
that vicinity now at Camp Funston.
The largest pair of shoes ever made
at Kirksville, says the Brashear News,
has been completed for a schoolbov 10
years old and A4e IS. The boy is 6
feet 9 inches tall, and plays football
at 25O pounds.
That shetland ponies have not been
entirely superseded by motor cars was
proved last week at Tsrkio when the
frampton herd OF ponies sold at auc-
tion at prices reaching as high as
tl02.5O and $50 each.
J. A. Hudson is feeding SOC head
OF cattle on his farm near McBaine
In Boone county at an approximate
cost Of *l5O0OO. Three big sllos, the
largest in the state, are used to store
the feed for the cattle.
The fate OF brave ana noble en-
sineer whose name In song was once
upon the lips of every singer may be
solved by line in the Dexter states.
man, which makes mention Of "Casey
Jones, chief OF police Of Essex"
The american King Of Corn Farm
ers" is Miss 'ourian, W. F. RauNin Of
Tarkio, who raised $4,000 bushels OF
corn on his farm this year. This is
the largest corn crop raised in the
United states by single farmer.
A. B. Hunteri Jr. Of LilboWn is now
having his 1909 acres Of corn shucked.
He estimates an average Weld OF 40
bushels to the acre or 40, O00 bushels.
At the price Of better than $3.50
bushel 1t will bring him 100000. $50
an acre
Sam Edwards OF Pemiscot is now
the sole owner OF the mule with a
colt, having recently bought out Don
Burgess Interest. This makes Nj.
Edwards the owner Of probably the
highest priced mule in the United
States. ne having paid s2,l5O for her
and the colt.
The late crops and the unusually
early freeze Monday night made for
a big loss in the apple crops. on the
ID. K. Cox farel near Weston It is es-
timated at 1900 baryels while many
smaller orchards lost from two hun
dred barrels upwards.
The inventory in the estate Of the
late F. w. Walter. OF Corning, who
died July 80, has been filed with
Probate Judge DUNCAN by the ad-
ministrators Len and @. q. walter,
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