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The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10
ARTHUR l.. CARTER AT REST
One of the Progressive Men of North
west Missouri Is Laid TO His
Last Long steep.

1t was with mingled feelings OF
shock and grief that the people of
Fairfax and Atchison county and of
this city, learned OF the death of Ar
thur l.. Carter. business man and
postmaster OF Fairfax, which occur
red at Chicago the day previous. His
Mercy Hospital, to which institution
he had been taken a few days before
to, If possible, relieve him from the
effects of an accident with which he
met some time previous while Sngag-
ed in the duties Of his postoffica, The
remains were brought back to Fairfax
Sunday and on Tuesday afternoon
We're laid to rest in the cemetery at
that place.
The funeral was one of the larg est
ever known in that section of the
country, people coming from all
points, many going from st. Joseph
The deceased was widely known here,
especially among the business men,
and his genial manner, his good busi-
ness qualities and his devotion to his
friends had made him known and re-
spected all over Northwest Missouri.
The services were held in the Meth
odist church of that place. the Chris
tian church OF which he was a mem
Der, not being available. The church
in which the services were held, which
were conducted by his pastor, Rev. G.
w. Maxwell, assisted by Elder S. d.
Harlan of Graham. could not begin
to accommodate the throng who de-
sired to pay the final tribute to their
friend and fellow citizen. The floral
offerings were elaborate, the casket
being almost covered from sight with
Natures sweetest gift. At the grave
the Masonic bodies, of which he was
a member concluded the services.
McNutts saxophone quartette Of this
city furnished the music at the grave.
Arthur Ludwell Carter, son of John
N. and Elizabeth Carter. pioneer resi-
dents of Atchison county. was born
December ~, 1887. near Lexington.
No. and when three years OF age was
taken to Atchison county. where the
family settled on a farm near York.
He was educated at Tsrlno college aud
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10
DR.. GEO. FRAKER REAL
lY DEAD THIS time


party, he declared later, he had re-
mained in hiding in the woods for a
day. spent several days in a cheap
Kansas City boarding house and was
youthful companion he lived in log
cabin in, district inhabited largely
by fugitives from justice. Under the
cabin the two men had constructed a
dugout, and, except for letter which
Doctor Fraker wrote to a friend-a
member of the fishing party-he was
death which the heips had established
But the letter gave his whereabouts,
and a little later Doctor Fraker was
brought to Kansas City. lie was in
dicted at Richmond, Mo, but the in
dictment was quashed by the state
supreme court on technicalities. Doc
tor Fraker resumed his practice later
in Excelsior Springs and also had an
office for short time in Kansas City,
Kas.
Doctor Fraker was born of German
parents on Wisconsin farm, coming
to Missouri while yet a boy. He was
a graduate of the University Medical
College of Kansas City and at the time
of his disappearance was the house
physician at The Elms in Excelsior
Springs. He married a Triplett, Mo-,
girl Just before moving to Excelsior
Springs. Several years afterward Mrs.
Fraker obtained a divorce
After his capture and during the
time he was under indictment. Doctor
Fraker-a man admittedly of morose
sposition-maintained that his dis
appearance had been without criminal
intent and that he well supported his
contention that he could not have
profited from the insurance adjust
ment.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10
1T WAS NOT HIS AUNTY

In a little shanty down by the track,
A game OF penny ante was in full
whack.
Tommy, he was hen ?pccked-didnt
dare to call
His soul his own or play a game Of
ball.
Wrathful female footsteps to the
window came
Peeped and saw them busy, playing
the game.
Tommy, it's your ante" "Not upon
your lifel"
She shrieked, Its not his auntie! It's
Tommy's wife!"
Railroad Trainman.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

When asked to buy a Liberty Loan
DeSota shops. made some remark that
so incensed his fellow workmen that
they tool him to the creek back of the
shops during the noon hour Monday
and "baptised" him. He was then
to wear a flag and other
wise show his patriotism" The next
day he signed up to buy "A Liberty
bond.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Duck hunting is great this fall. ac-
cording to Deputy Dame Warden Ale,
Gibbs. who paid The Forum office a
visit Monday. Mr., Gibbs anticipates
quite a bit of trouble during Novem-
her with trappers. The state printers
made a mistake in printing hunting
licenses, giving hunters permission t."
trap during November, December and
January. the rev state law foroids
trapping of fur-bearing animals in
November. Which is man to do:
obey the state law or do as his license
seemingly gives him permission to
do?--F'airfax Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Unheard OF things are happening in
Louisiana, according TO the Press
journal, which relates that when a
motor car owner there went out the
other night to get his car he had left
in front of the house u little while
before, he found it on three wheels.
Under the front axle stood the Jack
the thief had used in raising the car
i'm order to remove the wheel.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Down in Kentucky and Tennessee
the complaint is made that the
Moon shine" laws are more strictly
enforced than are the blue sky" laws
of other states.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The headlines In the Met Journals
mention the woman sluggers'' of Sc
attle, but II is difficult 10 Judge
whether a woman slusger is a person
who slugs womes or a woman whs
slugs persons.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Seized with a sudden tit OF insanity,
z. G. l.unn, 65 years old, hermit liv-
ing at Fifth and Marshal streets,
Monday, and leaped into the flames,
sustaining injuries from whi,h he
died a bout g o'clock that morning.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

officials TO protect him, reporting that
an attempt had been made to blow
up his place, the bombs fortunately
not exploding. The officials wanted
to see the uneXploded bombs which
when produced proved to be a couple
Of worn out dry batteries telephone
worker had thrown over the fence.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

An incident, one which establishes
"a precedent in Jurisprudence in this
county. gained Tuesday for Rex SEQ
belle new trial after he had been con-
victed and sentenced on a charge of
second degree murder to ten wears in
the penitentiary. During the progress
of the trial ahe jury attended a pic
ture show and circumstances of the
crime shown in the picture coincided
to such a degree with the Scobelle
case that the claim was advanced that
the effect produced on the jurors pre-
vented a just verdict in accordance
with the evidence submitted. Judge
Walker upheld the contention and
granted a new trial. Scobelle is
charged with the murder of George
Braisley, who was found beaten to-
death in a box car in the Wabash
yards at Moberly July 8.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

A paper in another county notes the
fact that young Burnett" visited at
Kansas City recently. The old-time
idea would locate young Burnett as
being a son of old dad Burnett"
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

An exchange mentions a young sol
der who has been at home on
weeks "furlong." Another csc to be
placed on the shoulders of the long
suffering INSPIRED composltor."
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The Oregon Interurban railroad,
having a trackage OF five miles, DUR
ing the year 1915 handled in freight
the equivalent Of l,1s2 loaded cars.
That the total tonnage handled dur
ing that year was 49,682.3 $50 pounds.
1t carried 24,62l passengers, 21,l4O
gallons of cream. and 4s7,745 pounds
OF express. Estimating a freight car
at 40 feet, to accommodate these
l,lS2 cars, 1t would require trackage
from Forest City TO Forbes. II 40
loaded cars constituted train il
would have taken nearly 30 special
trains to have moved this freight, and
400 passenger coaches, 90 to the
coach to have hauled the passenger
traffic. That In the shipments of last
year there were 222 cars OF hogs, u OF
cattle, s2 OF hay and 80 OF apples.
The road was built by the progressive
people OF Oregon and vicinity, who
put up $50, 900 to- do it, and they feel
that we have some railroad.-Hoit
County Sentinel
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

An item in a country weekly an
nouncipg that James Martin has sold
his barber shop and will spend the
fall and winter in trapping" brings
UP the bucolic statement that Mr..
Martin is on "the trail OF the lone
some skunk"
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The headline, Cash Hunter, ap-
peared in a Kansas paper recently. 1t
announced the marriage of Thomas
Cash and Miss Maggie Hunter. They
were married in st. Joseph and Mr..
Cash took his bride to Paradise
which, however is only a small town
in Kansas.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

safe and sane is the revised YER
dict uf friends of Sam White of La
faNette county who facetiously told
him he was crazy when he paid $3.50
some months ago for a black mare
mule. Mr. White exhibited the mule
at the Concordia street fair, where he
won cash prize. then sold the ami
NAL for $500.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The death OF Macon county man
1eares without custodian the mvs-
terious box that since banquet held
in 1914 has kept secret the written
prophecies OF certain wise men"
whose predictions were to be read
only at the close OF the great war.
About a year ago some OF the mem
bers wanted to get into the box to see
what their forecast had been, but they
We're overruled, being held to the
original agreement that the box was
not to he opened until peace had been
declared.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Cape Girardoau county bought
$500, ,00O worth of the second issue Of
Liberty Loan bonds.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Odessa has an optimist who thinks
potatoes will sell FOR fifty cents a
bushel before the daisies bloom"
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Squaw winter, the prelude to Indian
summer, came Sunday night, with a
keen northwest wind, followed with a
$40 of an inch OF a snowfall. Some
seem to think 1t was an early snow
fall for October but it is a mistake.
In 1913 We had a heavy trace of snow;
in 1912 We h5-3 / 1a inches on the 10th
and l1th. I'm 1908 we had is inches
on the 2Sd and 24th; in 1898 we had
IL inches on the 17th.-Hoh County
Sentinel
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

At Louisiana a man called abe" is
suffering from heart trouble, he tells
the Press-Journal, explaining in this
wise: ABE" was returning from St.
Louis when he was dumfounded by
seeing a woman, seated just ahead of
him in the car, take from her suit
case a roll Of SO and $40 bills and
begin tearing them TO bits which sne
threw on the floor. Fellow passengers
attempted to restrain her, but were
unsuccessful. When the woman fin
ally quieted down she picked up
what s.oney she could find and pro-
ceeded on her trip. The Louisiana
mans heart trouble is occasioned by
the fact that the pieces OF money he
got won't match.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

griffith Medus, small boy Of
Memphis. may eventually become a
stellar attraction Of some beg circus
as man who can hold up enormous
weights He ran In front OF a big
four thousand pound car, was knocked
down by it and when the car stopped
the hind wheel was standing squarsly
on his neck. The boy had two broken
ribs but otherwise is doing well.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

An inventive motor driver Of De-
Ealb county has devised comfort FOR
his hands in cold weather by wrapping
the steering wheel Of his car with
wool.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Sam Edwards OF Pemiscot In 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. he having paid s2,l5O for her
and the colt.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

counties, excepting 1871 acres, which
is located in Richardson county, Ne
braska.-Holt County Sentinel
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

How to turn a dime into Liberty
example set by Charley Bedinger. a
farmer boy who lives near Cover.
Charley bought a packet of pumpkin
seed last spring and obtained his
fathers permission to plant them be-
tween the rows in a cornfield. The
crop Of 325 pumpKins marketed. the
boy bought a $50 bond and had SIS
left over.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

And our roll Of fame would be in
complete did it not contain the name
Of Miss Sacred PicEel of Greene coun-
~
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The american King Of Corn Farm
ers" is a Miss,ourian. W. f.. Rau,ir 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 sin-le farmer.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The New York soldiers who voted
under shell fire in France know what
a real battle OF the ballots Is.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The red-headed gunner who fired
the first American cannon shot OF the
war is the "dsntleman from Indiana"
Just now.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The fate OF brave ana noble en-
sineer whose name In song was once
upon the lips Of every singer may be
solved by lime in the Dexter States.
man, which makes mention Of Casey
Jones, chief of police Of Essex"
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Hay sold for thirty dollars ton at
public auction at the sale of W. II.
Bait, southwest of Grant city, Thurs
day.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

the second. The prosecuting attorney
has the matter i'm hand and may issue
an execution to collect the original
fine.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Roy Winfrey, farmer residing
near Buchner. has twenty five acre
field of corn from which he expects
TO derive as much profit from the
cobs as from the grain. n is the va
riety from which cob pipes are made,
which now sell from 10 to 25 cents
apiece.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

That Shetland ponies have not beer
entirely superseded by motor cars was
proved last week at Tarkio when the
frampton herd OF ponies sold at auc-
tion at prices reaching as high AS
tl02.50 and $50 each.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

New Workers are esuus whale and
really find it more palatabis than the
whale found JsasA
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

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

j. A. Hudson is feeding 500 head
or cattle on his farm near McBaiue.
In Boone county at an approximate
cost OF sl50000. Three big silos, the
largest I'm the state, are used to store
the feed for the cattle.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The Missouri prison board an
nounces to farmers that they have
prison made binder twine enough to
tie the fodder of our two hundred and
elghty-four million bushel crop of
corn. The board suggests that farm
ers' organizations apply at once to the
prison board for arrangements about
engaging twine for next years wheat
crop, thereby providing against a war
time shortage, at saving in cost.
Prison twine is now 20 cents per
pound.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The last of tbs Missouri watermel-
ons OF the 1917 crop has gone to
market, Ernest Smith of Republic
having -msrketed at Springfield a
wasonload Of melons he stored two
weeks ago, when the first killing frost
came. When the frost came Mr..
smith was up early and cut the mel
ons from the vines-"to keep the bit
ter OF the frosted vines from entering
the melons" The melons then were
stored in a cellar where they ken.
fresh until sold. From five acres Mr..
Smith sold $625 worth Of watermel-
ons this year.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Perhaps the highest price per acre
that has been reached in our county,
other than that OF a suburban char
acter, was reached Wednesday of last
week when sheriff Crouser sold, un-
der partition suit, the Susan Twyr.an
so acres, located about mile north
OF Fortescue, to William Twyman at
s203 per acre. II is in the great
wheat belt of our country, and is
worth the price.-Holt County senti-
mel
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Old-fashioned base ban where there
was some base running and lots OF
action, still prevails in st. Clair, jndg-
Ing from the recent game in Iconium.
which stood - to Y.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

With his neck broken squarely, liz
tie Alvin Parsely of Puxico is at the
st. Francis hospital in Cape Girardeau.
receiving the care of physicians and
surgeons who wonder that he con-
blow from a falling pole at his home
October -.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

John Rogers is exhn;iting a dolia~
made in 1900. 1t is a sItie larger in
circumference than our dollars of to-
day, but not quite so thick. Around
the edge Of the dollar is lettered.
"One Hundred Cents In dollar"
This dollar is perhaps worth more
than that today II investigated.-
Mound City Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

DR.. ]. G. Maple, the oldest Baptist
minister of Missouri, died at his home
IN Cape GiraTdeau October 81, aged
fs4 years. lie was torn in Germany
and his fn5t charge after entering
the ministry was ia the above city.
On July S, 1911, he repeated his first
sermon, closing sixty years in the
ministry.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

James II. Lemon, well known Nod
away county farmer, died at his home
near Clearmont, following a two-day
illness of pneumonia Mr.. Lemon is
survived by his wife and six children,
four sons and two daughters. Mr..
Lemon was seventy-five years old at
the time of his death and had been a
resident of Nodaway county since
1875, removing there from Illinois. He
has resided on the same farm ever
since he first came to the county and
during his residence has acquired a
large number OF acres adjoining. Mr.
Lemon was a member of an Illinois
regiment of infantry during the Civil
war and at the wars close had reach
ed the rank OF brigade provost SER
geant. In 1904 Mr.. Lemon was elected
member of the state legislature
where he served several terms with
credit and distinction.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

sympathy for fellow prisoner In
Jail at lamar may prove costly to a
chap serving out the time equivalent
OF thousand dollar fine. The fine
was assessed on charge OF having
hauled beer into prescribed territory
and the prisoner went TO Jail to serve
II out. Another arrest was made and
the first prisoner offered TO qualify in
the sum Of $1,000 as bondsmaI for
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

A frightened German farmer OF
Monroe county appealed 10 federal
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

sunday ives rat billinE day in the
east part Of town. Tom Harris moved
mis- corn crib and killed l04 rats with
the assistance Of .. p. Carver and
one dog.-Parnel Sentinel
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

howard county hopes to entertain
the Missouri Press Association al its
1919 meeting, as it has been suggested
that the organization make pill
grimage to Old Franklin that year in
commemoration of the founding Of
the first weekly newspaper west Of
the Mississippi river by Nathaniel
Patten In 1919. II Is further suggest
ed, says the Fayette Advertiser, that
the editors make the trip in a steam
boat, The first steamboat that cruised
up the Missouri river touched at old
Franklin In April. 1919.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Did you ever hear of rain start
ine fire." asks the Fulton Telegrap PHI.
destruction of a large quantity of coal
at Mokane is blamed on the rains
contribution to spontaneous combus-
tion. More than 1000 carloads of
coal was threatened by the fire.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The largest pair Of shoes ever made
at Kirksville, says the Brashear News.
has been completed for schoolbov 10
years old and 4e les. The boy is
feet inches tall, and plays football
at 250 pounds.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

:. NJ. Bird, of the firm of Anthony
a Bird, informs the Leader that they
they will have about eight hundred
acres in wheat this year. The field
down near Bigelow contains more
than four hundred acres and MIR. Bird
thinks ii will be the largest field of
wheat in Missouri.-Craig Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Thirty-siN new subscribers came to
the Monroe city News in one lot when
n philanthropic woman there ordered
the News sent to an the soldiers from
that vicinity now at Camp Funston.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Alvin Chapman, former postmaster
AT Senath, Dunkllu county, was tried
and convicted in federal court at cape
dirardeau last week on charge of
having failed or refused to account
Tor Fs,294 OF postoffice funds. He
was given three-year prison sentence
and a fine of 5000, sentence TO be
served in the federal prison at Leav-
enworth, Kansas.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

A compromise has been effected
between State Auditor Hackmann and
four other members of the state board
Of equalization over the amount Of
pay each shall receive for his work
since last spring, the basis of agree
ment being $500. In the past the
members of the board drew Sc a day
from the time the board assembled
in February until 1t adjourned, some
time in September Last year each
member of the board received $500
in addition to his official salary.
Hackmann took the stand early that
only members who were present at
board meetings should be paid. This
was not to the liking of some of the
members who We're Of the opinion
they should be paid as members of
the legislature are paid. whether they
are present or absent.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

john ID. Anderson OF Flat River
filed exemption papers because h? had
a wife and child to support. Eater
the district board received notice
from him asking that his exemption
request be Cancelled as his wife and
child had both died and he wanted to
go to the front and help save his
country. His wish was compiled with.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

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-
ministratoTs, Len and @. q. walter,
The pSfs6nal property s valued at
'Is,S77, and $500 acrsi q land was
bstsA al being IN Holt and Atehison
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

The late crops and the unusually
early freeze Monday night made for
a big loss in the apple crops On the
ID. X. Cox farsl near Weston It is es-
timated at 1900 baryels, while many
smaller orchards lost from two hun
dred barrels upwards
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-11-10

Owing to the big corn crop and She
sea- city Of help IT is possible for corn
cutters about Palmyra TO earn more
in week than farm hands formerly
earned In a month, The record so
Tar, according 10 the Spectator, 2
held by negro who earned $40 In a
week cutting corn. Another corn cut
ter averaged So a day for three days
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
Notes From Francis Creek.

Farmers in this neighborhood are
cow busy preparing their fields for
corn and potatoes.
The funeral of Mrs. Podrabsky Of
Tlsch Mills was held here at the Ma
.ional cemetery last Monday.
The Pea Canning Co. are now busy
installing the pea viners in this village.
MIR. Louis Poivka was business
caller here one day last week.
A new roof was put on ST. AIMS
church last week.
Tesarik Bros. were busy pressing
hay in the vicinity of Kellners, lille
last week.
Several from here attended the
cattle fair at Kelnervile Monday.
Mr.. A. Bleser of Four Corners was a
business caller here one day last week.
Mr.. John Augustine was busy the
past week hauling sand for his new
barn which he intends to build this
summer.
A grand registration ball will be
given at the Peroutka's Opera hall
June 5. A good time is assured to
everybody,