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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01
WHITEFIELD

NORTH There will he services n
the church Sunday at 30 p VI. Rev
l.. RI. Clarke will speak.
KINGS MILLS-There will he ser}
ices at the church Sunday morning a
1890; evening at 100. Rev. l.. II
Clarke will speak.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01
COOPER'S MILLS

Evangelist John NJ Kelley. who !,
il the Baptist church Sunday after
noon and evening at and o'clock
Mr.. Kelley leaves in q few days FIR
Florida, where he is to pass the win.
ter months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01

Mrs. James K. Pearson of Truro. "
s, who is visiting in Biddeford, has a
silver medal given her son, Private w
w. Pearson of the S5th Canadian Regi-
ment, for bravery in the field. 1t was
pinned on his breast by King George.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01
knowiton- Sholes

Harry KnoWlton and Miss Ada Sholes.
both Of Belfast. were united in maria sc
Thanksgiving eve at the Unitarian par
sonage. Rev. A. E Wilson officiating. The
ceremony took place a o clocg with the
single ring. The couple was unattended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01
Rowe Lewiston Postmaster

Ralph T. Rowe. for nine years al
employee of Lewiston postoffice. ha
been appointed assistant postnas'ei
succeeding Seward Emmons. The ap
pointment was announced by postmas
ter bennett Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-01
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES


James NJ. I.askie of Passport plead
cd guilty to wearing a United States
army officer uniform without being a
member Of the military establishment
before United States COmmissione
Reid at Bangor Friday He waS hcI'
for the january term of the fedora.
court in 800" bail and was commit
ted to the county jaiI.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Were Speaking
in Comparison

That splendid paper, the Miami,
Okla, Record Herald, last week re-
produced the article which appeared
in The Times two weeks ago, under
the heading, "Came Back, for Awhile,
at Least" which story, dealing in a
general way with the wonderful op-
portunities that were evidently Of
fered in that field for investment,
sounded a warning against giving up
a home in Pennington to move to a
mineral field. The Record Herald
takes exceptions to our closing re-
marks in the following comment:
"Why move from the best residence
city on the map to mining town ?
Well, that's rich one. All who come
here realize that Miami is second to
none in the matter of being an ex-
ceptional first-class residence city.
The editor who penned the above ar
ticle should come and see for himself
and the scales would drop from his
eyes"
The "editor who penned the above"
has already shed his eye Scales. We
also know that Miami is rather an ex-
ceptional little residence city, appar-
emily, as we have been there. But
has the editor of the Record Herald
ever been in Pennington? Does Bro.
Martin, or whoever penned the above
paragraph, know of what we were
writing? If you will but take two OF
three days off and run over to Farm
ington, you will perhaps have few
Scales" Jared from your own eyes.
One is never too old to find things he
"knew not of before"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

! test against the action of the Board
of Equalization. At least they can
not in justice do SO.
The companies have greatly i'm
proved their properties and are pro-
ducing finished lead cheaper than at
any time in the history of their indus
try, are getting the highest price for
their product ever realized by them,
and are as a consequence reaping
larger profits than ever before on their
invested capital. SO the increase
works no hardship on them, while the
State and the county need more rev.
enue to meet the demands made upon
them for public improvements, re-
forms being inaugurated and the
maintenance of our educational, elee-
mosynary, reformatory and penal in
stitutions.
The raise in the assessment of the
Bonne Terre Farming & Cattle Com
pany may be taken by those who do
not know the nature of the corpora
tion as rather big increase against
a farming and cattle industry; but
while this company does something in
the way of farming and cattle raising,
that is a sort of by-product. The prin-
cipal business of this company is that
Of holding corporation to look af-
ter the st. Joseph and Doe Run Lead
Company's surface and lease rights,
which are extensive throughout the
Lead Belt. On these leased surface
rights are thousands of tenements,
fine residences and pretentious bust
ness houses, which largely enhance the
companies income. All of Flat Riv-
er, the larger part of Bone Terre,
half of Elvins, all of Leadwood, Es-
ther and Mitchell, are included in the
companies leases of surface rights
which the B. T. F. & C. Co. looks af-
ter. 1t is the improvements on these
leased surface rights that the assess
ment of the B. 7. F. G. C. Co. as the
holder or agents, is raised to reach
them for taxation, for although a
lease renter may own the building on
his leased lot, it cannot be assessed
against him.
The other lead companies operate
leased surface rights in their own
name, as for instance the st. Louis
& Refining Company owns
the ground on which the principal
part of the towns or DesIoge and st.
Francois are built, besides many ten
ement houses; and the Federal Lead
Company also leases surface rights
for buildings,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Great Lead Pro-
ducing Section

After all Is said, st. Francois coun-
ty is the greatest single lead producer
perhaps in the world. A good deal is
being said just now about the great
zinc and lead mineral fields of Joplin,
Miami, Okla, and Kansas, and the
reports are not exaggerated. That
they are wonderfully productive min
eral fields and weekly reports of sales
made in the daily press are indispu-
table evidence, and the people of our
county who have invested in the Mi
ami fields furnish still further evil
dence.
But after all is said, no singlei
field, Joplin, Miami or the Kansas
mineral district, compares in richness
to the st. Francois county Lead Belt.
Last week the mines of this county,
we are informed from source that
we believe is reliable, produced more
tons of lead than the combined out
put of Joplin, Miami and Kansas in
zinc and lead in the same given time.
That sounds incredible, but it isn't.
st. Francois county has long been
known among well informed mine OPP
orators as the producer of about 80
per cent of all the lead mined in this
State, and we believe fully 80 per
cent of the lead produced in the Unit
ed States.
Our mines, because of the nature of
the deposit, can only be operated by
large corporations, and the most ex-
pensive. mills and reducing machin-
cry are necessary to mine it. The
four or five corporations engaged in
the industry ina this county are more
interested in getting out the ore and
At into pig lead than they
are in making reports of their out
put. Indeed such reports are only
made annually to the stockholders,
and hence the world hears but little
of the great productive mineral indus
try that is carried on in st. Francois
county.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
ASSESSMENT INCREASE
Material Advance in Property Values
Made by County Board of
Equalization

The County Board of Equalization,
as will have been seen by its notice in
The Times last week, made small
raises in the assessed valuation of be-
tween 100 and 1876 town lots and farm
tracts, in amounts ranging from $50
to $500. The largest raise of any one
holding, but not larger in proportion
to the number of acres included, was
that of the Smollinger Iron Mountain
IL It's, which were increased from
S22, $50 to $34 300. These increases in
assessed valuation were made, in the
judgment of the board after careful
consideration, to equalize their as
sessment with that of other property
of the same character.
The assessments of the lead COM
panies, including the Bonne Terre
Farming & Cattle Company, were in
creased over $3,000,000, as follows:
The st. Joseph Lead Co. properties
from $1,312,260 to $2,0S0,000; in
crease, $767740.
Doe Run Lead Co. properties from
$1,O71 900 to $1,9lO,0O0; increase,
$780, 900.
Desloge Lead Co. properties from
$623,450 to S755,000; increase $751;
$50.
Federal Lead Co properties from
S1,106,710 to S1,911 200, increase,
$804,89O.
st. Louis Smelling G. Refining Co.
properties from $411,000 to $795, 900;
increase, $384,000.
Baker Lead Co. properties from
$69,070 to $l50,000; increase, $780,
$50.
Bonne Terre Farming & Cattle Co.
holdings from 1881 $50 to $722, 900;
increase, $340,650.
These raises in the assessments of
the Lead Companies may at first
glance appear large, but when the
vast wealth which their holdings rep
resent are taken into consideration,
the total assessment of each is very
small, aggregating only $8,000,000 on
whose value is not less than
$50, 100000, which is much smaller
than the assessed valuation placed on
town lots and farm property.
The assessments of the lead COM |
panies have always been too low COM
pared with other real estate and i'm
proyements--a fact which the. officials |
of these companies, who know the
value of their mineral holdings, are
fully cognizant-and we do not be-
lieve they will make any serious pro-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
NINE TAILINGS

The st. Francois Mining and Pros
pecting Co., which is operating in the
Miami, Okla, field, recently elected
j. H. Ward as business manager of
that company, and Mr.. Ward has al
ready gone to the field of work and
taken charge. He resigned as prin-
cipal of the Desloge High School to
accept this position. Most of the
Stockholders of this company are res
idents of st. Francois county. The
first shaft on the property of this
company is now down about 100 feet,
with great ledges of rich ore exposed,
and work will be pressed with all
possible speed.
X The Central Zinc and Lead Co., an
other locally controlled company which
is now exceedingly busy in the Miami
Okla, field, has but recently been able
to work a double shift. This COM
pany lately made their first sale of
lead, and are now pressing forward
for an increased production of this
valuable product
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
An Innovation

A splendid sightseeing automobile
bus has.been put on between Farming
ton and Flat River, with capacity for
carrying in most comfortable manner
about twenty passengers. This car
not only carries passengers to and
from all trains, but also carries mine
employees to work on the different
shifts, either day or night. 1t elm
mates the inconvenience that has all
ways been in evidence in making the
trip on the electric line, and also car
ries those employed in the mines di-
rectly to their work.
The prospects for building up large
trade by this auto bus appears to be
splendid, and then, too, it will enable
many who have heretofore been un-
able to hold their positions in the
mines and live in this city so to do.
To live in this city has been the ear
nest desire of many who heretofore
Eave been unable to do so, and this
auto line should enable those who de-
sire to make Pennington their home,
to do so. The added conveniences, as
well as the decreased living expenses,
are but two of the things that make
such an arrangement altogether de-
sirable.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Southeast Editors
Entertained Here

The Southeast Missouri Press AS
sociation held it's annual meeting in
Pennington last Friday and Satur-
day. While the weather was slightly
cool on Friday, such conditions were
almost ideal on Saturday. The meet
ing was very successful in every re-
spect, except as to the small number
of editors in attendance at the meet
ing. In this respect it was rather a
disappointment locally, as prepara-
tions had been made for the enter
tainment of least twice the number
that were here.
The local committee was particular
ly fortunate in securing the Masonic
auditorium for the meeting, for which
thanks are due to some of the Masonic
brethren who interested themselves
sufficiently to secure this ideal meet
ing place. The Times also desires
personally to most sincerely thank
those splendid citizens who so will
ingly contributed the use of their au-
tomobiles toward adding much to the
success and enjoyment of the meet
ing.
Among the entertainment given the
press gang, the most prominent was
the trip to State Hospital No. A,
where the party was taken in hand
by Superintendent G. E. Scrutchfeld
and his competent assistants, and
some time was spent in visiting diff
ferent wards. This was followed by
splendid banquet, which was hugely
enjoyed by everyone present. AS
finale to the splendid entertainment
there, the party was conducted to En-
tertainment hall, where several reels
of splendid pictures were shown. This
was followed by talks from J. H.
Blanton, president of the Missouri
Press Association, and Supt. G.. E.
On Saturday afternoon the press
party was taken on an auto trip to
the Lead Belt, where they greatly en-
joyed trip of inspection through the |
New Federal mines, near Elvins, which
is the largest, newest and most up-to-
date property in the entire mining
district, 1t was a real treat to all
those who made the trip.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Why Not Have a
Telegraph Office?

Pennington is probably the only
city in the United States with pop
iulation of $500 or more without a
responsible telegraph office. The
county seat, with a State Hospital at
its door, number of manufactur-
ing industries, and all lines of busi-
ness that go to make up live, pro-
gressive town, this statement sounds
incredible.
One may send message from
Pennington to st. Louis or elsewhere,
it is true, but he must pay mini
mum telephone fee of Is cents. If
away from home and he wants to
send message home, he must add
the telephone fee of Is cents to the
cost Of the message, and then there
is no assurance that it will receive
prompt attention and delivery at this
end of the line. Indeed, the local
electric railroad (M. r. & B. T.) Of
flee only receives private telegraphic
messages as an accommodation, and
it seems to hold on to them until it
gets all local work off its hands, and
then calls the party to whom the mes
sage is addressed over the telephone
and repeats the message to him, and
not infrequently the contents of the
message is gossip on the street, per-
haps before the one for whom it is in
tended has received it.
Telegraph messages are popularity
supposed to be private communica-
tions, not intended for public con-
sumption, but persons having bus
mess in the local railroad station, fire.
quently may hear a private telegraph
message repeated over the phone, for
the operator has no closed telephone
booth, but uses the general office
phone. Messages of important bus
mess character or of private social
nature are thus made common prop
erty.
1t seems to us that our people
should not stand for this just because
we have endured it so long. Why not
take this matter up with the officials
of the telegraph company and also
with the State Public Service Com
mission? We are ready to do our
part, for this appears to be the only
way we have any hope of getting re-
lief. As our local railroads, telephone
and telegraph companies do not seem
disposed to render such service as is
demanded on their own initiative, let
us see what the Public Service Com
can do.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Business College
Reorganized

Final arrangements have just been
completed whereby G. w. Moothart
transfers all of his interests in the
Ozark Business College Company to
Prof. Geo. A. Miller, who has had
some interest in the company for
some time.
A new board of directors was chos-
en- last week and organization has
been completed as follows: Geo. A.
Miller, Pres; L. H. Williams, Vice
Pres. and Treas; Kossuth c. Weber,
Sec. The new board is composed of
leading business men of Pennington,
which assure the college being con-
Quoted in an up-to-date, business-like
manner.
The work of Prof. Miller in Flat
River, while in charge of the Lead
Belt Business College, and later in
Pennington where he was in charge
while Prof. Moothart was attending
to legislative duties, is sufficient rec
ommendation to those who know of it..
His students have only the highest
praise for his methods and manner of
conducting the business training.
Geo. A. Miller taught his first
school in 1892. Later he took up
commercial training, served as stem
ographer and confidential secretary,
in law and railroad work, and finally
as expert accountant. After ten
years of this work, he resumed teach
ing and is thus peculiarly fitted to
train young men and women for Of
flee positions, knowing exactly what
will be required of them when they
enter the business world.
He has been at the head of some
of the most successful business col
leges of Missouri and Oklahoma, and
some of his students claim for him
the reputation of being the "best and
most practical teacher in the South
west"
The prospects of the business col
lege for the summer and fall are
most promising, some paying far in
advance in order to insure getting
the benefits of the present low rates
and in order to have the necessary
text books ordered before further in
creases in prices.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
A Splendid Debater

Prof. E. V. Alternately, who last
year was principal of the Pennington
High School, will return next year to
again fill that position, which will be
welcome news to his many friends
here, where he is considered to be a
teacher of unusual attainments. He
resigned the position here to enter
the State University, where he this
year is taking law course, and we
are informed it will be altogether
satisfactory to prof. Abernathy to re-
turn here for at least another year in
high school work.
Prof. Alternately is at present
member of the debating team at the
State University, and recently went
to Oklahoma with his team-mate.
where they had debate with the
finest of that State on the "single
tax" question, and scored victory.
We did not learn on which side of the
question they were, but that is i'm
material. On the same date another
debating team from the ' Missouri
University met 'picked pair" from
the Lone Star State, in Columbia. and
also won, though they were arguing
the cease" from the opposite side to
that presented by Prof. Abernathy and
his partner. This simply illustrates
the fact that Missouri outclasses both
Texas and Oklahoma for debaters,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
FINED 5000 EACH

The preliminary of the Flat River
Fruit Co., charged with selling spirit
ed cider, was held before Justice
Ramsey last Tuesday morning. Both
men pleat guilty to the charge of sell
ing the cider but that they did not
know it was spiked. Justice Ram
sey fined each one $780, They appeal
ed their case to the Circuit Court for
the May term. They have, altogether,
about three or four charges against
them for such crimes as this one.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
A Great Meeting

An enthusiastic gathering of Farm
ington citizens was held last night
at the Court House. The big circuit
court room was not only full to ov-
erfiowing, but the gathering was also
as full of enthusiasm. Splendid and
enthusiastic speeches were made, and
the meeting fully demonstrated the
fact that our people are ready to do
and to die for Old Glory.
The following program was rem
dered:
Geo. M. Wilson, Presiding Officer.
Invoeation-Rev. R. S. Boyd.
Star Spangled Banner-Miss Lavinia
Rozier and Chorus.
Flag Drill-Sixteen High School
Girls.
Address--Henry Davis.
Chorus-Grade Schools.
"Your Flag and My Flag, W. D. Mes
bit--Carl Trauernicht.
Chorus-High School.
Address-E. A. Rozier.
america Forever"-Chorus.
america the Beautiful"-Mrs. C. O.
Nelson.
Address-Rev. John R. Morgan.
"America"-Audience.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by unanimous rising vote:
Be it resolved by the people of
Pennington in mass meeting assem-
bfed that, in the present worlds cri-
sis, we stand unhesitatingly and un-
compromisingly with our President
and our country; we believe that our
entry into this war was absolutely
necessary to uphold our dignity and
honor as one of the great nations of
the world, and that in so doing we
are battling for the rights of human
ity and civilization.
Be it further resolved that we here
by pledge our united efforts for the
prompt and vigorous prosecution of
this war; and we are fully agreed
that so to do the necessary forces
should be obtained by selected draft
from all our citizens.
Be it further resolved that we ear
nestly request our Representatives in
the Congress of the United States to
promptly and vigorously support our
President in all his efforts to success
fully wage the war.
After the addresses, Loyalty Club
was organized, full particulars of
which will be given next week. A
has been on foot by some
of the ladies in town to secure an
electric flag to be displayed from the
Court House, and S100 has already
been subscribed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
POULTRY MEETINGS

T. S. Townsley, a poultry special
list, from the College of Agriculture
at Columbia, arrived Wednesday af-
ternoon and held poultry meeting at
Jim Billiards. near Libertyville, and
one at J. w Bucks, near Pennington,
on Thursday afternoon. This morn
ing he viii hold . meeting at Henry
Lange's, near Bismarck. Mr.. Towns
ley win hold other meetings in COM
where they are especially
interested in poultry. He will prob
ably form some poultry clubs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

Arthur A. Joraschky, of st. Louis.
was IN Pennington Friday and Sat-
urday assisting Barrolls Orchestra
with the dance music for the Easter
dance of the Young Mems Club Fri
day night. Mr.. Joraschky is a clever
musical, who handles banjo in a
remarkable manner, to say the least
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
! Piano TUNING,

R. W. Voorhees, of st. Louis is in
town tuning pianos. A card dropped
at the Pennington Post Office win re-
ceive prompt attention, or phone 40S.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

Uncle EJohn" Ryan has returned
from st, AIsonis for the summer. It
has for years past been "Uncle Johns"
plaRlto spend the winter season in the
cityssand spending the summer in
Pennington, which is an ideal plan,
as there are, few places in the entire
country that are so delightful as this,
especially during the summer season.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK

The st. Francois County Building
d Loan Association, at meeting on
the 3rd inst, increased its capital stock
from 100000 to $300,000
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

B. l. Morris shipped a carload of
hogs to st. Louis Wednesday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

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