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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
FENCINGAC CONTINENT.
Rabbit Fences a Last Resort in
Dealing with the Australian
Pest

The State Of South Australia
has, since 1891, erected 29,148
miles of "vermin fences, p
enough to encircle the globe
and with the remnant build a
double line of fence along the
southern border of the United
States. When contracts now
running are completed the mile
age will be much increased.
New South Wales has expended
over $27,00O,OOO for rabbit ex-
termination and has within it's
borders SO, 600 miles of fence.
One of West Australia's fences
extends entirely across the con-
tinent.
Of late years the rabbit has
been repaying in part for his
keep-paying board as it were.
goes to swell the total of food
exports from the Commonwealth
Along the country roads rabbits
may be seen hung on the fences
awaiting the passage of the
rabbit carts which convey them
to the packing houses to be pre-
pared for shipment as a frozen
meat and hides. Practically all
are exported the Australian
does not eat "vermin') and dur
ing 1913 frozen rabbit and hare
to the value of 1,4OO,OO0 and
skins to the value of SS,OO0.OOO
were sent from Commonwealth
ports.-Na tional Geographic
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

For coffee that's chest by
test" 60 70 J. f. Winn's.
Films developed and printed.
Young's Book Store.
Garner Groves went to Dover
Friday to spend the week end
with home folks.
Miss Pauline Wilson went to
Kansas City Friday for a visit.
G. G. Marquis went to Kansas
City Friday on business.
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Mrs. Murray Gibbons went to
Kansas City Wednesday to
spend the day.
Mrs. W. H. Veach went to
Kansas City Wednesday for q
visit. "
Rev. 7. M. Cobb went to the
confederate Home Wednesday
to attend a meeting of the
Board of Managers.
DR., B. 7. Payne went to Kan
sas City Wednesday to spend
the day on professional bust
ness.
Mrs. Palmer Sill went to Park
vile Wednes day for a visit with
home folks.
Mrs. Ora Rex went to Kansas
Clty Wednesday for a visit.
DR.. 2. M. Williams went to
Kansas City Wednesday to
attend the National Educational
Convention which is being held
In Convention Hall
X. j. Davis went to Olatbe
Kansas, Saturday for a visit,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Kercheval
and son, went to Kansas CITY
saturday to spend the day.
w. B. Waddell went to Kansas
CITY Saturday on business.
Mrs. Ada Garter went to Kan
sas City Saturday for a visit.
Hugh Rogers went to Boon
vile Saturday on business.
Mrs. Elijah Hopkins went to
Wayerly Saturday for a visit.
Mrs. ]. K. Brown went to
Dover Saturday for a visit.
Miss Mary Jones Nixon went
to Boonville Saturday for a visit
Mrs. N. w. Shull went to Kan
sas City Sunday morning for a
weeks visit.
Miss Honor Goodloe of Kan
sas City arrived Sunday morn
ing for a brief visit here with
her parents.
Mrs. 0rsha Marchetti Of
Nebr., arrived Satur-
evening for a visit here with
her son, John Marchetti.
Raymond Payne returned toll
Kansas City Monday after
q lew days visit here with
friends.
Greer Ainsworth went to Kan
sas City Monday for a visit.
A. H. Lee returned to Odessa
after a visit here with
Fl. 7. Phillips went to Kansas
City Monday on business.
Judge and Mrs, T. A. Walker
went to Higginsville yesterday
a brief visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
What Is Electricity?
Do You Know What 1t Is?
Do You Understand 1t?

just because you don't understand it, does that keep you from
using it? Do most men know how to bake bread? No. Does that
keep them from eating it? Just because you don't understand this
new science of CHIROPRACTICis no reason why you should not
take CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS. Thousands of people
daily are being benefited thru CHIROPRACTIC which proves it's
wonderful merits. There is a cause for your disease or ailment and
CHIROPRACTIC can remove that cause giving nature chance to
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ridcule CHlROPRACTIC and everything else. Ridcule is no ar
gument. Others are getting well thru HIROPRACTC-WHY
NOTYOU? Come today before it is too late.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
LEGISLATURE DOINGs.
By Frank Bowman.

the senate the election of two
delegates from each of the 81
senatorial districts will be helt
the first Tuesday in Septembel
next. $4,000 is appropriated
for expenses in holding the
same. If the people vote tC
hold the convention there viii
be GO delegates, So of them
democrats and 16 republicans.
The peace meeting held here
Feb. %, was largely attended,
106 of the ia counties of the
state having delegates present.
President Wilson'S stand on the
war issue was endorsed. The
delegates present from Lafay-
cite county were, G. H. Frerk-
ing, H. N. Brown, j. P. Powell,
T. N. CHM and Stony Parker.
J. P. Powell of Odessa was
elected county vice-president.
The bill making the increase of
the state dramshop license to
$500 has been signed by the
Governor, and is effective i'm
%mediately, the measure having
an emergency clause.
Of the 1900 bills introduced,
only 3 have passed both houses
up to Feb. 26.
What is known as the voca-
tional bill, one of the most i'm
portant of the session has pass
ed the House. This measure
provides for the acceptance of
the requirements and benefits of
an act of Congress relating to
appropriations to the States for
instruction in agriculture, the
trades and industries and econ
omics to provide for the prepar-
alton of teachers of vocational
subjects and authorizing the
state board of education to pro-
mote public prevocational and
vocational schools, etc.
From present indications not
many laws will be enacted by
this legislature. Gov. Gardner
will get a few of his laws, but
outside of these, only bills of a
local nature will be passed.
Some 1900 bills have been in
troduced, but less than 200 will
be passed.
A bill has been introduced,
which if passed, would give the
presiding Judge of the county
court of Lafayette county a sal
airy of $1,000 per year and as
sociate Judges each 5000 per
year.
Representative Farris has two
requiring anglers to have
licences. The fee for non-resi-
dents is placed at S. and resi-
dent at ST.. Part of the revenue
derived is to go toward purchas-
ing public parks in Missouri. 1t
is understood that Tim Birming-
of st. James is to be the
new State Game Warden. As
a rule, most Of the letters re-
by the committee on fish
and game urge that there be no
in the game season as at
present in force by e%nacting any
new laws to amend the same.
A bill introduced makes the
State Food and Drug Commiss-
oner appointed by the State
of Agriculture.
Another bill requires that or
lers Of publication be published
n some county paper for four
weeks where such order is
against a nonresident.
Another provides that county
shall let the printing of
for every election for
Office to the lowest and
,est bidder.
A bill as to compensation of
SCISSORS has been engrossed.
t provides that the assessor
hall receive Is cents for each
ArIro- ~ 800 1
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ter measure has been engrossed
Should the bill pass only per.
sons qualified and registered
and raid a Zee of S. can sci
spectacles.
The 18th General Assembly is
On the home stretch. The 7C
day limit as fixed by law fol
holding sessions expires March
IL, but the final adjournment
will not be until Monday noon,
March 10. Judging from the
bills on the calendar, if many
are to pass, the session might
proftably be continued for 80
days longer but that's not pos
sible or likely, as after March
13 members will work for 81 a
day. The session of 1919 will
be the revision session and
the time fixed at 100 days.
The bill providing for the fur
nishing ant. finishing of the new
capital has been engrossed and
will pass. The amount to be ex-
pended is fixed at $500, 900.
Everything points to a big in
crease in appropriations over
the estimated revenues. At this
time there is now pending bills
for the appropriation of more
than $8,O00,OOO. The appropria-
lions recommended by measures
which have been introduced to
date by the Chairman of the Ap-
preparations Committee of the
House are:
For salaries of civil officers,
$1,248,10O.
For state eleemosynary insti-
buttons, ST. 45, 900.
For industries at Penitentiary
in administration bill, S750.OOO.
For assessment and collection
revenues, $500, 900.
For public schools, one-third
estimated revenues, $685.
1873.
The Casey racing bill creating
a commission of three members
has been engrossed. It pro-
vides for twenty days of racing
twice a year upon the payment
Of a fee of $1,000 a day.
There was great excitement in
the House Monday afternoon. A
Joint resolution coming from the
Inner circle" of both Senate
and House after a red hot time.
The trouble has been brewing
since the opening of the session,
he senate doing little or no
work. The House has passed
IS bills and on reaching the Sen
tie were pigeon holed. AS a re-
'ult many important bills have
'een sleeping, among them Gov.
revenue measures.
The intention of this resolution
vas to give bills of certain
members the preference for pas
age by the Senate. The House
~ vote refused to grant this,
folding that all bills sent to the
from the House should be
passed in the order they came
rom the House, to the end that
10 preference be shown any
The claim of those be-
lind the resolution was to {
'peed up the passage of the
'evenue bills, but the House
'oted that all bills should be
lcted on in regular order or
ct the senate take the respon-
'ibility. There will be another
over the matter, but the
House will stand pat on its ac-
ion already taken. So this is
Indicative of the defeat of sew
raj of Gov. Gardner's revenue
measures, but the blame will be
With the Senate.
A~bill prohibiting the playing
# golf on Sunday has been in
reduced. Another bill prohib- j
is Sunday baseball. ]
After having been refused en-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14

sia could not remain republic and have for bor- derng neighbor the ambitious and mitaristc Prussan autocracy. He began active speaking campaign among the Russian soldiers, and not only convinced the in arms that it idle to talk of the perpetuity of the Russian Republic while the armies the Kaiser and absolutism occupied Russian terri tory, but he their love and admiration. He was then made Minister of War in the Cabinet, and was given personal charge of conducting the war. He has visiting all along the front and his visits always followed by immediate activity and sus- tained Russian
 Kerensky realizes we'll any anywhere that destruction of absolutism in Central Europe be the greatest and safest insurance policy that could be written on democracy in the Old World.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
AN INTERESTING CORPORAL

The red blood in the arteries of former Congress- man Denby of Detroit of the famous Minister to China stirred like that of another American when this country declared that state of existed with Germany. Although he 47 years old, had
 fine law practice and, like Detroit residents
 large holder of big dividend paying automobile stocks, MT. Denby unlike many others, did not send tele- gram to the President Governor of his State (with copy to the press), but be enlisted in the United States Marine Corps of the United States Navy as private and, passing the necessary examination he entered the service None of his associates or off were informed that he wealthy, had been a Congressman for four five terms, and a scion of a distinguished family. He simply shouldered his rifle and took his place soldier of the Union among soldiers
 By intelligent service Private Denby soon won promotion. He was recently promoted to be Corporal Denby, and with his promotion Identification by a young newspaper man from Detroit, who re porter knew the influential Michigan statesman
 There doubt, good many young men willing to their country who think themselves little too good to get the uniform of a private and take hard knocks in company with any Tom Dick or Harry that comes along. These are hang ing around in hope Uncle Sam will find job fol them in which they keep gentlemen's hours and sleep a $50 mattress
 The chances that Corporal Denby will gel that kind of job if he wants it. long before the, do. assuming that there such jobs in the ser vice, but also the chances that Corporal Danb, does not want soft place. He probably simpl, wants to fight for his country and has taken wha seemed to him the most likely chance for the oppor tunity.
 By the way. Corporal Denby is brother of a for citizen of Juneau-Wyeth Denby. who at one time interested in mining in this district and wh. lived here for several years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
THE COAL IS STILL THERE
Steward GateWay)

Steward Gateway
 With the exception of few thousand tons mined in the Dougherty workings and few more rom the Eska creek mine, there is just much coal in the Alaskan fields there years and years ago when the geological pointed out that an unlimited supply of fuel had been found in this Territory.
 Since then Balinger, Pinchot, Gavis T. E Gun ningham and two three hundred others have flashed before public eye in various roles anent coal and passed on to work without result except to lock up this fuel so damnably tight that far it has only pin prcked at the edge for neither the Doghery or Esko creek mines in the field proper.
 In the meantime high grade btminous coal has retailed along the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Point prices ranging from about $95O per ton paid by navy years back for coal in ship load lots, up, away up.
 When the suggestion that a government railroad be used unlock these fields private capital dar ing invest in the face of bureaucratic frowns 1t seemed that way out was in sight
 Fond dreams, yea pipe dreams.
 The road between the coal fields and Seward is the coal defended by the old bureaucrats behind a barricade of defective and unwelcomng leasing law, shows signs of leaving it's resting place.
 And ships which ought to be in use against the worlds enemy. and which ought to be in use hauling munitions and food supplies still in use hauling the coal to coast points which ought to be hauled from here in bottoms not available for war service.
 This has been said before and by the eternal hills it will be repeated and said again until it penetrates the domes of those in position to- Get the coal
 The aid of every newspaper in Alaska and along the Pacific coast is earnestly solicited that this end asked to clip these Get the Coa editorials and send them to Congressman, Senators any person of influence able to assist in this fight to- GET THE COAL.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN

It has been suggested in Japan that those South Sea Islands which the Japanese captured from Ger many be traded to the United States for the Philip pines, the difference in value to be paid the Americans in cash Japanese do not understand Amercas posi- tion in these matters. America does not desire to retain the valuable Philippines against the will of the Filipinos but the other hand she does not desire be rid of her burden in those islands much that she would sell them to other country particular ly against the will of the people of the Islands The Filipnos do not wish to become subjects of Japan. The only question fin the Islands is as to whether Independent nation nations. That being the case the Flpinos need not worry any danger of their being transferred to any other country. They may have their independence when ready for it if they want it. but they will be sold into bondage not for all the money in the world.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
BUICK WINNER EXTENDS THANKS

(Ketchikan Progressive -Miner)
 have just been notified that I am the winner of the Buick in the Alaska Daily Empire Contest and take this opportunity to thank my many friends who contributed so berally toward my success. Had it not been for the financial and moral support so generously given by the good people of Ketchikan and vicinity realize full well that my efforts would have been in vain Without support dear friends. l could not have won, and wish to thank you one and all.
 wish also to express my sincere thanks and ap- precation to John w. Troy owner and editor of The Empire for his many courteses, fair play and impar tial treatment MT. Troy has proven himself to be all that his many friends claimed for him. thoroughly true Alaskan who knows no section
 My husband joins me in extending to you sin cere and heartfelt thanks. ESTELLA BARCLAY.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14

dollar bills it would cover every square inch of Manhatton Island in New York city.
 Several years ago when the Pan. anna Canal was receiving the lions share of newspaper space, one of the amazing items to the contemplat- i've mind was the cost of the gigan- tic work. We learned that it would amount to the total of $375 1000, ,00O, a sum beyond the comprehension of most people, What does it mean now to say that $7,0OO,OO0, ,OOO is more than enough to pay for IS Panama Canals? Dividing two continents is an inexpensive matter compared to financing war
 Having tried to get a concrete idea of the amount in paper money let us translate $70O0,O0O,0OO into terms of silver dollars. It is ex tremely doubtful if there is such an enormous supply of silver in the world, but at any rate just suppose there was.
 Change each of these "cartwheels' into an automobile wheel, and there would be 975 times as many as there are on all the cars that the largest producer ever made. The total sun would buy a runabout for every fifth person in the United States.
 The weight of $7,000,O00,000 silver dollars would be in the neighborhooC of 100000 tons, or twice as mucf as that of the worlds greatest build ing, the Woolworth tower. To carrj this mass of silver would require 2 train of 3,94O freight cars, each hay ing capacity of 50 tons. Not count ing the necessary locomotives to pull it, this train would be 84 miles long To pursue these silver dollar com parisons, just little further, tho above mentioned hoard is enough tt build solid column 50 feet square and 500 feet high. almost the satnt size as the Washington Monument In single stock it would be 11.0U' miles of coins.
 Enough. Even now you are fal from realizing how much $7,0Ot. 900, 900 is However, there is but littl' doubt that all agree that it surely f. "a lotta money"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14

covers that the other man is mighty decent kind of a fellow.
 It is a mighty good thing for the dear girls that their reputation for beauty doesn't depend upon their el- bows.
 Any time a workman feels that he Is too good for his job it doesn't take the boss long to see that the workman is permitted to hunt elsewhere for em- ployment
 A man will smoke four ten-cent ci- gars on the front porch while his wife is washing the dishes in the kitchen And if his wife happens to drop one two-cent dish and break it the man be- zine indignating over woman's care lessies and wastefulness and realizes why it is that he has hard time mak- ing both ends meet.
 It is a meanthing to say. But it js q fact that with some men honesty is the best policy only when everything else fails.
 If some women had to wear wooden leg they would want about four of them in different shades-one for house wear one for evening wear. one for Sunday wear and one to wear down town.
 As a man grows older he learns that 1t isn't worrying over other peoples troubles that puts wrinkles in his face
 And a man gets mighty little consola. ton out of the fact that some other man profits by his mistakes.
 Those silk bibs the girls are wearing across their chests make a man feel like throwing peanut shells or paper wads al the things to see how many times ht could get them into the pouch.
 The surest way to make a woman display her bad temper is for her hus band to insinuaate that she has one.
 Talking about going to extremes some mems corns hurt them so much that they give them a headache.
 Before he gets her he raves ove her wealth of hair. And after he get! her he raves twice as much when h, finds it scattered all over the dresser
 Many a man who is too nice to speal of Tinker's Dam will cheerfully re fer to an Itinerant Tinsmith's Obstruc tion.
 Another citizen who never fools any body is the lad who is a Lion dowl town and a Rabbit at home.
 The smartest woman we ever knev was one who would never recommen, wash woman or a dressmaker to he friends.
 "A waiter can wear a dress suit an, maintain his dignity. And that's nor than most of the men he is waiting oI can do.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
RUSSIA FINDS HERSELF

Russia seems to have found herself much earlier than 1t expected few weeks ago that she would
 N is dull day when the armies of the newest democracy fail to capture few thousand German prisoners and regain few towns and villages for the Republic Again the advance into Galicia is in full swing. and from end of the long Eastern front to the other of continued Russian sue cesses Credit is given A. F. Kerensky famous young lawyer. weak of health but clean living and clear thinking. for the quick transformation chaos to organized duty in Russia. republican and democrat for years, orator of power and imagination DOS. sessing sympathy for the that inspired conf dsace he became immediately prominent when the Czar vas dsthronel. and made Minister of Justice in ths nrs& rspsbtcsn Cabinet He first among Fl tho aenocsottc leade to the fact that Rus
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-14
Gully, Come in
 Out of the Mud
 and Get This One

The man on the street is talking glibly of the United Staates' great war loan of $7,O00, 100000. He speaks of it as "a lotta money" or "a tidy sum" and observes that money fights as we'll as talks" With the average person the mention of any amount from $1,O00,0O0 upwards com mands respect, and so sum involv ing 10 numerals is matter of ven eration
 But how many people realize what the figures $7,O0O, 100000 signify?
 The watch in your pocket ticks four times a second If it were always kept wound and never stopped, il would take 55 years and months at this rate to tick the 7,000,000,00 No human being could count it one at time, unless he lived to be the age of Methuselah.
 So much for the number itself The real significance of numbers however. lies in what they repre- sent Thus, a man may have $1,O0( without causing any comment; where as. if he had seven wives he would be widely discussed.
 How much then. is $7.OOO, 900, ,OOO' In the first place, 1t is more thar the actual amount of cash in the United States, so it is chiefly mat ter of credit. It is a sum of money B times as great as the estimated Rockefeller fortune. To earn it g man getting 8 a day would have tt work 6,353,636 years. including Sun days and holidays. If there were nc "unearned increment" in income o $1. 100000 a year would take 7.0O' years to pile up to the amount o the war loan.
 A dollar bill is 7h inches long If the entire $7.000,000.0 900 could b' changed into bills of this denomina tion and joined end to end the! would make a strip of paper jus about BPS, S,60O miles long. much mor' that long enough to form a belt run ming around the earth, at one ent and to and from the moon at thu other. It would take an aviator flying continuously at the rate Of lO' miles an hour more than II months to travel from one end of the stril to the other. for the distance would be three and a half times as grea as that between the earth ana tn' moon. this tidy sum" in dollar bili would make . green paper carpe around the circumference Of the gloD' having . width of sight feet. In twc