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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
ASSISTANT COUNTY
FARM AGENT HERE


Glenn S. Hensley, a graduate of
Missouri Agricultural College and
employed by the Federal Government,
arrived in Pennington Monday to take
up the work of Assistant County
Agent to A. l.. Foard. -.H
Since the passage of the food control
bill the Government has seen fit to
place an assistant agent in few
counties in this State already having
county agents. So far only two coun-
ties have qualified for assistants
Greene and st. Francois.
It is not known how long the gov
ernmcnt will keep Mr.. Hensley in the
county. -
The plan, primarily, is to train men
for County Agent work, and as soor
as possible place a County Agent in
every county in the State.
The government is appropriatine
large funds to the Central States
which includes Missouri, Illinois, Kan
sas, Iowa and Nebraska, for the de-
velopment of County Agent work, as
these are the States most backward in
thte movement, The Southern anC
Eastern States have advanced farther
than any others in County Agent
work. Practically every county ir
these sections have County Agents,
The government is now turning its
eye on the Central States, with q
view to filing up the gaps here.
Only Is Missouri counties have
County Agents at present.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Important

In view of the fact that there are
several cases of typhoid fever in town,
the Board of Health asks the help of
every citizen in safeguarding the
health of the entire community. 1t is
necessary that greatest precaution be
taken in regard to cess pools and out
houses, that drinking water and mill;
supply be investigated.
Flies and mosquitoes are the great
est menace in typhoid, and every un-
sanitary place about the premises will
help to spread the disease. Kero-
sene sprinkled in rain barrels and low
places where water stands will help
to prevent mosquitoes from breeding
there. Old wells and stagnant streams
MUST BE cleaned, and it is up to
YOU to see that everything about
YOUR property is in sanitary condi-
ton. .sf...., ... l..s. Ill.,.
Reports Of any unhealtbful places
about town will be appreciated.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Company Pays $1,35O,OOO
For Oklahoma Properties

feet, and the first eight feet produced
dirt that milled out 45 per cent zinc
blende. There now is a 32-foot face
of extraordinarily rich ore at this
NINE, which promises to be one of the
biggest producers in the Oklahoma
field. Improvements are under way
at the mill which will increase its ca
pacity. .s4 tsts
At the Mihoma mill, work of sink
ing from the 165-foot level to the 215-
foot lever was begun yesterday. The
drill holes indicate that rich ore de-
posits lie between these lev Is.
The Boston-Miami mi !. nas been
shut, down to make improvements and
enlargements thai VIII a. proxsmately
double the capacity.
Mills on SubIeases.
These three mills, with the five ad-
ditional ones that are to be built at
once, will give the company eight
plants for itself, but this will not be
all the mills on the tract. A sub
lease of twenty acres has been made to
J. w. Mcfarland of st. Louis and
Pierce City investors, upon which the
construction of a concentrating plant
will be started at once. The Golden
Rod Company's acreage also includes
the Bull's-Eye forty, on which Charles
I. Orr of Webb City is building a L.
000-ton mill. Negotiations are under
way for still other leases, which will
be let only upon assurance Of the con-
struction of concentrating plants.
Officers Of the Golden Rod Mining
and Smelling Company are: E. z.
Wallower, president; w. Il. Ramsey;
secretary and treasurer; F. c. Wallow-
er, manager.
E. Z. Wallower, the father Of F. C.
Wallower, is capitalist Of Harris
burg, Pa, and has large interests in
this district F. C. Wallower, his son,
is one of the best known mining men
in this field. Mr.. Ramsey is cashier
of the Guaranty Bank of Oklahoma
City.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
DESIRE TO EXPRESS THANKS

Ironton, Mo-, August 20, 1917.
Editor Pennington Times:
We boys in the Ironton Jail desire
to express our thanks to you for pub
fishing the truth throughout the re-
cent Lead Belt trouble.
Mr.. Editor, think every person in
St. Francois county understands why
American boys partook in that "riot. "
If the shift bosses in the Lead Belt
had not turned them down, and hired
foreigners in their places, that riot
would never have taken place.
l, for one, have been laid off because
the mine officials were against me
for the sake of a Hunkie. At the
time Of the trouble / was working at
No. Flat River. | stood in the Of
flee and saw the mire foreman lay off
five Americans, with the bare state
inent that he had too many men.
About five minutes later the straw
boss, who was foreigner, came in and
told the foreman that he had six for
eigners who wanted jobs; so the fore
man hired them to take the places of
the Americans he had just discharged
with the statement that he had "too
many men" He also secured lamps
for the foreigners and saw that they
were prepared for work.
Things similar to this happened
there three and four times week,
and it finally proved to be more than
those American boys, who had fami-
lies, mothers and sisters dependent
upon them for support, could stand.
The St. Louis Smelling & Refining
Co. did the same thing If there were
ten Americans lined up at the gate,
asking for work, and five foreigners,
the latter always got the jobs. Things
had been going this way for the past
seven years.
We boys in jail here greatly appre-
ciate the spirit of fairness that has
been demonstrated by the Farming
ton Times. It is the only paper we
have seen that is open and above
board with all its statements. We
again thank you, Mr.. Editor, for your
good story in last weeks paper, and
we all intend to take your paper when
we get cut of here.
Yours for success,
Americans in IroRtOn Jail.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Held for Robbery

Wilbur Rockwell, Hober Wright
and John Friener, three seventeen
year old st. Louis boys, who ran away
and came to Bismarck, were arrested
at that place Saturday and brought
here and lodged in jail.
They were charged with stealing
S35 from Mrs. W, E. Powers, hotel
keeper, in Bismarck. According to.
the boys story, they ran away from
St Louis and came to Bismarck Sat-
urday. When they arrived they were
hungry and went begging for some
thing to eat. They came to Mrs.
Powers hotel and upon seeing no one
they went into a room and saw a
purse lying on the bureau. They
picked up the purse and left. Mrs.
Powers missed the purse and the boys
were arrested on suspicion as hav-
ing stolen it. They said that an
other boy, from Bismarck, was with
them but had escaped and they
didn't know his name.
The boys were brought before JUS
tice j. P. Zolman Wednesday and af-
ter hearing the witnesses the Justice
bound them over to Circuit Court. As
they were unable to give bond they
will remain in jail until that time,
unless their parents learn Of their
whereabouts and have them released.
Mrs. Powers recovered all her money
except about $40.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Bum" Mail Service

At best, Farmington's mail service
is very poor; at worst, it is simply
fierce. To fully realize how bad it
really is at times, and quite frequent
ly, it is only necessary to know that
this city, within eighty miles of st.
Louis, is often deprived of its morn
ing papers until noon, or thereabouts,
while practically all other towns, even
hundreds Of miles to the south of us,
have finished reading their st. Louis
papers even before such papers are,
even delivered in Pennington.
Is it not time for the people Of
Pennington to arouse themselves, and
to strenuously object to being longer
served with "cold grub" and Cleft
overs" in the way of news? With
proper effort on the part of our citi-
zenship, there is little doubt that
necessary corrections can be made in
the mail service to this city that will
overcome the old habit, which has now
become quite firmly fixed, of serving
this city with stale news. But it seems
that in order to overcome this fixed
habit, "knock" must be administered
that will be felt even in the Postoffice
department at Washington. When
that is done, then there is every reason
to believe that corrections will be
made that will take Pennington out
of the "dead letter list"
The Times has before suggested
plan for correcting this discrepancy
in the mail service to this city. If the
Belmont Branch of the Missouri Pa
cific cannot deliver the mail regularly
and on time to DeLassus, then an au-
to service should be put in between
Bismarck and this city. Should this
be done, then there is no reason why
the morning st. Louis mail should not
be delivered here by O'Clock each
morning. If no better plan can be
suggested to overcome existing diff
ficulties, then it is up to all our citi-
zens, who~may desire their mail be-
fore it becomes stale, to get busy to
that end. A numerously signed petit
ton to the postofJice department, set
ting forth the conditions as they now
exist, as we'll as the plan that may be
agreed upon to overcome the present
difficulties, will do the work and af-
ford the relief that is desired.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

That thorough organization is half
of any battle, whether it be against
an armed enemy, in business, or in
the every day channels of life, no one
with any experience will question.
Perfect organization is one thing that
must exist if the best results are to
be obtained Without organization
but little will be obtained, no matter
how well the plans apparently are
laid, by few individuals. In order to
"bring home the goods"-we are now
speaking from community point of
view-there must be absolute and
whole-hearted cooperation of the cit
izenship generally,
We know that you really believe
that the foregoing is true. Then why
not interest yourself in the formation
of live, active, progressive CONNER
cial Club? We are now speaking di-
rectly to every man in Pennington
and vicinity. No man, not bereft of
his senses, will deny that a perfect or
ganization of the business men of this
community would be able to perform
wonders in Pennington, when con-
sidered by the general results that
follow where there is no organization.
An active Commercial Club presents
an active working organization, al
ways ready for use, which would per-
haps require months of time to or
ganize for any worthy cause, with nc
previous organization.
There are now number of splen-
did enterprises awaiting the master
touch in order to be converted into
accessories to Pennington, and we'll
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Let Us Organize and Go to Work for
Bigger and Better Things for
Fair Pennington

managed Commercial Club would be-
stow that master touch. The more
"ginger" that could be kept con tap"
by such club, the more beneficial it
would be to the entire community, as
we'll as to each individual club MEM
ber. Simply as suggestion, the
writer believes that it would add much
interest to such an organization to
have served at some convenient place
down town, at least once a week,
noon luncheon, where the membership
could convene, with little or no loss of
time, and discuss matters of moment
to the upbuilding Of the town and
community. This feature alone would
inject new life into this community,
and would open up channels of neigh
borliness and brotherly love that have
been clogged for so long that their
very existence had long since been
forgotten.
Let's rejuvenate the old Pennington
Commercial Club into a living, ac-
tive New Pennington. Commercial
Club. The good that will soon result
among its membership, in shedding
real brotherly love and helpfulness, to
say nothing of the great work for the
town that is now awaiting organized
effort, will soon prove to be thou
sand per cent investment, Who will
start this movement? 1t will prob
ably entail some real work before the
organization can be perfected, but
success would mean abundant reward
to the moving spirit, as well as to all
assistants. Who will start off this
great enterprise?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

the German people. Now, if these
nations gain their freedom they will
be as good countries TO live in as
America, and then these poor ignorant
foreigners will not have to say, eve
will go to America and live rich"; for
with freedom at home they can live
we'll and be contented in their own
countries.
Now, fellow laboring men, l think
we ought to try and tolerate these
foreigners until this great war is ov-
or. For they can be of use to US, We
cawlet them go on and work and pro-
duce the necessaries to carry on this
great struggle, which means SO much
to all nations. And in this way we
can, use our enemies to our own ad-
vantage This is better than ousting
them out Of our country. Besides, I
think this the just and Christ-like
way. f. j. BOYER.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
Divergins Opinions
AN APPRECIATION

Editor Pennington Times, Farming
ton, Mo.
Dear Sir
Since the recent trouble between
the. American miners and the Huns
in the Lead Belt, your paper has been
a great factor for good. immediately
after the trouble began the impress
sion was flashed over the wires to all
parts of the country throwing the en-
tire blame upon the American miners
charging them with ruthless assaults
upon individuals and unlimited van
dalism, without excuse or provocation:
You have persistently, in the face OF
the millions, undertaken to give, with
out fear or favor, the facts, to the end
that the American miner might be
heard before the bar of public opln-
ion. .... .... fog
1t appeals to the average mind that
the owners and operators Of mines
should have the right to employ whom
soever they please to operate their
mines, and it has not been long since
the same men engaged in the same
business could cause the men to work
without limitation of hours and for
exceeding small wage; but civilization
has taken from them some of these
rights, or privileges, and placed linz
itation thereon, to the end that the
miners now maintain better homes and
a better social compact. II
1t is now apparent that there has
been inaugurated a system for the
purpose of eliminating the American
miners, and placing Huns and Mexi-
cans in their places, and it is no long
or disputed but that the foreigners
l:new that they were favored as a
class by their employers. That being
true, they took the liberty of flaunt-
ing in the face Of the American miner
eDithets which no true American
should be called upon to bear, and
they refused.
It may be that some men, in the
heat of conquest, overtopped the
beaten path of approved methods in
carrying their plans into execution;
yet, there is extenuation.. 1t is no
longer claimed that the management
Of the companies was clean, fair and
Just, as between the two classes OF
labor, and the system that had been
and was being carried out by the COM
nanies was meant to soon displace
The American miner and populate the
great industrial Lead Belt with the
most undesirable classes of humanity
that has ever come to us; and this
was no more nor less than an abnor-
NAL desire for the accumulation of
dollars at the expense of the rights
ard interests Of the American miner
aud his family; and the use Of petit
ton and entreaty on the part of the
American miner would not be heard
and they well knew that something
had to be done to counteract the means
used to close the gates of industry
against them and their families, and
to teach the arrogant foreigner that
he could not insult them and their
families.
1t is hoped and believed by the un-
n preiudieed citizen that this will be a
lesson to the arrogance of capital and
insolence of the foreigner to the end
hat further troubles may be averted.
Yours very truly,
]. S. WILKINSON.
The above article demonstrates the
act that the eyes of the people of this
aart of Missouri, if not the entire State
nd Nation, are directed to the recent
lad Belt troubles. 1t is, therefore
zpst gratifying to The Times manage
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
THE FINAL PAYMENT

The fifth and final payment, or thir-
ty per centum, on Liberty Loan Bonds
purchased on installments is due on
August Both. According to the Off
cial statement Of terms and conditions
of the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds
issued by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo at the time subscription to
the bonds was invited the payments
must be made on or before that date.
Whether the Liberty Bonds were
purchased from the Treasury or from
the Federal Reserve Banks or through
other banks or agencies it is important
that this installment be paid promptly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
TWO FINE HOMES b.
CHANGE HANDS

On Tuesday ]. C. Williams sold his
home of c. street to E. r. Casteel, who
recently sold his farm, near town, to
Lynn Rariden. Mr.. Casteel will move
his family into this town home at
once, as possession is to be given i'm
mediately. Consideration was $4,000.
Directly after selling his home place,
]. c. Williams purchased the splen-
did home of William O'Sullivan, on
A street, into which he will move soon
as possible. The many friends Of Mr..
O'Sullivan and family will be sorry
to learn that they are to return to
st. Louis at once, where they may con-
clude to take up their permanent res
idehce. The sale price Of this place
was $4,000. 47atnlf r e Il
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

VIM. Tennin and June. Pratt, form
erly of this place, but now located at
Deventer, Mo-, are here working as
bricklayers on the addition to Lang's
Garage. They both say Pennington
still looks good to. them. June re-
ccived a telegram yesterday that his
wife had presented him with new
baby, and as he didn't know whether
it was a boy or a girl he said he
would have to go and see, so he went
on the first traifi. ff i8
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
WILL WORK CoNvICTs

Chairman E. L. Sanford, of the
State Highway Board, has ordered an
exhaustive inquiry into the matter Of
working convicts on the public roads,
and brief is being prepared in the
office of the State Highway Depart
r1lent which viii give the public a clear
insight into the manner in which this
problem is met in other States. The
State Highway Board has been noti-
fed by Chairman W. r. Painter Of the
State Prison Board that 500 able-bod-
led convicts are now available for road
work in Missouri.
L. D, Radford of Flat River was a
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
ANOTHER SOLUTION OFFERED

ANOTHER SOLUTION OFFERED
Why, the Hungarian rioting in the
Lead Belt towns was not justifiable!
1t should be denounced as unprincipl-
ed, because it is unchristian-against
the spirit of brotherhood. Was insti
gated without any forethought. Harm
full to our country during the war. May
have been started by some German
agents. A better way way to look at
things. Foreigners not to blame.
Large corporations brought them here
I have been reading the articles in
The Times every week concerning the
trouble with our foreigners in Flat
River and surrounding towns, which
| think is uncalled for, and it looks
strange to me that the men of the
mining district, after working with
these men for fifteen or twenty years,
should wait this long and then just
when our nation is plunged into war
should turn against these men and
Dust them out Of their homes and try
and force them to leave. am not
trying to hold up so much for the
Hunkies, as you call them. But /
think it is very unprincipled and un-
patriotic to wait for fifteen years and
just when our country is at war, to
| turn against these men and try to
GUST them out of the Lead Belt, when
we are needing all the lead we can pro-
duce to make munitions for our arm
| les. 1t looks to me as though this
riot must have been instigated by
some agents of the German govern
ment, or someone having sympathy
with these belligerent powers. 1t al
so seems strange that there should be
so many labor disputes throughout the
country at this critical time. 1t makes
it look as though our laboring men
were unpatriotic.
Now friends, and fellow laboring
men, / do not think that it is any lack
of patriotism on your part. It is on
ly lack of forethought. What /
mean by lack of forethought is that
you have not looked far enough
ahead to see what may be the result
of the stacking down of the industries,
especially our coal and lead mines. 1t
is only helping our enemy to gain the
victory. For, if there ever was time
| HllCll we ilGShSQ diL Va Jul 1GoOuINCo,
now is the time. And the sooner we
gain the victory, the sooner the war
will end. And to gain this victory we
must put our full force against the
enemy. We can only do this by fur
nishing our armies with the best equip
ment obtainable. So. if we intend to
keep our boys in the best condition,
we must keep, our mines and factories
going at full blast,
And, do you understand, boys, what
a victory for the United States means ?
1t means freedom for the whole world
For we did not enter.this war to gain
any territory, or for any personal
/ greed, but we entered this great strug-
gle to put down oppression and to set
at liberty those nations oppressed by
militarism and monarchy. You car
see that our nation is not going te
give up until these people are set free
For President Wilson and our govern
Tnent at Washington will not agree
upon peace that will not set free the
people of these belligerent countries
If I understand Alright, our President
said he would not make peace with
the German Kaiser, but peace coul6
l.only come when it was proposed by
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ment that its position in this matter,
which has been quite different from
practically all other papers, has the
endorsement of at least some of our
readers. We are of the opinion that
right will finally triumph, and are
still fully persuaded that our position
in this matter is absolutely right.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
TUESDAY, AUG. 2S.

A CONQUEST PROGRAM FOR ALL THE FAMILY.
BILLY AND THE BIG STICK" Reels.
1.-TWO KENTUCKY BOYS" Reels
"CLIMBING AT MT. WASHINGTON" }
GATHERING BANANAS AND COCOANUTS" Reel
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20.

SOLD AT AUCTION" in
A PATHE GOLD ROOSTER FEATURE
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COr1ENG ATTRACTIONS
FRIDAY, AUG. "a.

"HEARSTPATHE NEWS" News Pictorial
"THE GOLDEN CHANCE" Paramount Feature
STARRING CLEO RIDGLEY AND WALLALE REID.
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SATURDAY, AUG. 25.

"WIDE WRONG WAY" 2-Reel Essanay Drama
"BIIJE EYES AND BLACK" 2-Reel Keystone
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MONDAY AUG. 81.
APARAMoUNT FEATURE

the greatest HerOire of historic and romantic drama
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L. D, Radford of Flat River was a
business visitor here yesterday.
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THURSDAY, AUG. 80.

A TRIANGLE FEATURE IN 5 REELS.
TITLE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.