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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
ROAD BUILDING IS BOTH
A SCIENCE AND ART
Need for Scientifically Trained
Men in Work-Hawes Bill
To Create Opportunity.

Road building is both a science
and an art. This fact accounts
for many of our difficulties in
carrying out satisfactory road
programs. On the one hand the
scientist is inclined to over en-
phasize his interests in a manner
that makes progress economic
ally impossible. On the other
hand the practical road builder
depends too much on his skill, to
the exclusion Of Fundamental
scientific facts, and thereby fails
to secure durable construction.
A judicious combination of
science and art is needed to
make any road program success
full over a number of years. The
men responsible for the work
must be thoroughly grounded in
science, and they must like
wise have a comprehensive
knowledge of what has been &C.
complished in a practical way.
They must profit from the prac-
teal mistakes of others.
The engineering schools are
trying to train men who shall
have a lively understanding of
the whole field; who shall be
thoroughly grounded in the ply
steal sciences, and who shall
have developed sufficient prac-
teal sense to go around an OBJ
stacle, if unable to go over it,
rather than to stand still.
Every state that has begun a
program of road building is call
ing for a larger number Of ex-
perts of this type. The Univer-
sity of Missouri, through her
Engineering School, is meeting
this need, but up to the present
her men have been obliged to go
out of the state for employment.
She has furnished Kansas with
a State Highway Engineer, and
Illinois with three men heading
important bureaus of the high
way commission, besides a
large number of others who are
division and district engineers.
The phase of the Halves road
bill may give these men an OPP
portunity to help their own
state.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
DISEASE GERMS MAY BE
CONVEYED IN BOOKS
Danger of COntagiOn by This
Method Relatively Small,
Or RaveneI Saws
DR.. Ravenel Says.

There is popular idea that a
book which has been handled by
a person who has been suffering
from a contagious disease, such
as diphtheria, measles or scarlet
fever, will convey the disease to
other persons. Unquestionably
this can take place under GER
tain circumstances, according to
DR.. NJ. P. Ravenel of the depart
ment of preventative medicine
of the University of Missouri.
However, careful investigation
demonstrates that the danger is
not an acute one.
During the past year, studies
have been made on $50 books
known to have been handled by
persons suffering from diphth-
eria. In no case was the diph-
liberia garm found. Quite fire.
quently the colon germ, which
is an inhabitant of the normal
intestine, and is widespread in
nature, was found on these
books.
Where books are purposely in
fected with germs like typhoid
and diphtheria, those inside the
books remain alive for several
months, and those on the out
side retain their vitality pro-
vided the book is kept in the
dark. When put in diffused
daylight, such as is obtained in
an ordinary well lighted room,
these germs are dead at the end
Of II days; on exposing the
books to direct sunlight, they
are dead within a few hours.
This demonstrates again what
has been well known for many
years-that sunlight is one OF
our very best disinfectants. II
has the power of killing p%ractic.
ally every known disease germ
in, short time. 1t will kill the
germ Of consumption within 8
few minutes, provided the germ
{ is not protected in a great mass
Of mucous or other material, a:
! found in the approximations o.
| c%onsumptives on the sidewalk
But even in such a mass wher
exposed to sunlight the germ i;
rapidly killed, seldom keeping
, longer than 72 hours.
The disinfection of books af.
, ter being brought from sicl
rooms is best carried out wher
considered necessary, by the usC
= of formaldehyde gas. The book.
should be placed in a tight boz
on their backs and room enough
f allowed to let the book fall part
i. ly open. The formaldehyde ma!
+ then be generated by putting
commercial formalin on cottol
, in the box, or by one of tn.
+. numerous types of disinfect
! ants sold, using solicited for
maldehyde.
When all is said, it may b
concluded that there can not b
great danger in handling tn
+ books which may have com
r from sick rooms unless they ar
= obviously soiled with discharges
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Notice.

I have bought the blacksmith
shop of Mrs. J.. F. Cagley and
will continue the business with
the same man who has been in
the shop for four years. Black
smithing and repair work of all
kinds. Horseshoeing a specially.
Your patronage solicited,
A. R. Clark.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

c.. w. Hicklin went to indie
pendence Friday to spend the
day on business.
Mrs. Martha j. Lanyon who
has been the guest Of her
daughter, Mrs. G.. L. Ristine,
left Friday for her home in Jop-
lin, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Erskin of
.Sedalia attended the Eagan Sale
at Dover Thursday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Spring Colds Are Dangerous.

Sudden changes of tempera-
ture and underwear bring spring
colds with stuffed up head, sore
throat and general cold symp-
toms. A dose of DR.. Kings New
Discovery is sure relief, this
happy combination of antiseptic
balsams clears the head, soothes
the irritated membranes and
what might have been a linger-
ing cold is broken up. Don't
stop treatment when relief is
first felt as a half cured cold is
dangerous. Take DR.. Kings
New Discovery till your cold is
gone. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
A. c.

Rev. J. L. Gaskey Of Kansas
City delivered an address to the
Mems Bible Glass Of the Metho-
dist Church Friday evening at
II 40 o'clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Bad Colds from Sudden

Spring brings all kinds of
weather and with it come colds
and the revival of winter coughs
and hoarseness. DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey will head off a
new cold or stop the old one, the
soothing balsams relieve the sore
throat and heal the irritated
tissues. Get a bottle to-day and
start treatment at once. Al
your druggist, 25c. Formula on
the bottle. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
SlOan's Liniment for Rheuma.
tiSm.

The torture of rheumatism,
the pains and aches that make
life unbearable are relieved by
Sloan'S Liniment, a clean clear
liquid that is easy to apply and
more effective than mussy plas-
tiers or ointments because it
penetrates quickly without rub
bling. For the many pains and
aches following exposure e.
strains, sprains and muscle sore
ness, Sloan's Liniment is
promptly effective. Always have
a bottle handy for govt, lumba-
go, toothache, backache, stiff
neck and all external pains. Al
druggists, 25c. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
Office, Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo-, week ending Sat-
urday, Feb, 26th, 1917. Com
piled by Lafayette County Alb
stract Company and Financial
Agents, Lexington, Mo. Ike H.
Noyes, Mgr. Abstracts and farm
loans.
VIM. L. Burnam and wife to
John B. Sisk w. D.. $1,000 SWH
NEH, SEA NWH and w 81
A. NEH NWA 15-48-28.
Herman H. Steffens and wife
to Leo and Marie Bredehoeft
W. D. $4,000, part VIE NEH
and part E19 NWA 27-51-27.
F. G. McFadin to M. c. Nc
Fadin w. D. $500, part NEH
SEA 35-57-27.
E. F. Gaines and wife to Wal
ter S. Gaines w, D. $500, lots II
and Is Bates City.
Josephine Tacher and husband
to E. L. Kite w. D. $1,000, "a
A. part SWK SEA 9-49-28.
Martin Miller and wife to J.
H. Mindrup w. D. 81, S1R lot II
block B, Concordia.
Minnie A. Coleman, ct. al. to
John W. Ford, Sheriff's deed
$4,000 VIZ NEA 25-49-29.
Concordia Park Co. to Fritz
Lampe w. D. $475, strip part
4-48-24.
Lee M. Rannabarger and wife
to Arthur Rannabarger w. D.
$1.0O, 2-3 interest in 80 A. east
side NWH WI 4-4S-27.
Arthur Hamburger to Lee
M. and Olive M. Rannabargel
w. D $780,. 1-3 int. in 80 A. east
side SW NV and SEA NW1l
4-48-27.
Nettie Tellent to Ernst Sell
meyer W. D. $500, lot 5, block
2 Ridgeview addition to Higgins.
vile.
Ernst Sellmeyer and wife tC
Fritz and Emma Peipmeier w
d. $4,000, part S1A NEH $3.50.
26.
Chas. Guilloux and wife t.
Eugene Guevel w. D. $4,000 lor
1876 Estill Heights and strip ad
Joining part NV NV 35-51-27.
Stephen N. Wilson to Robt. B
and Alice Lyman w. D. $500
IL NV %, S Sc SW 10 part "
NV "a, part S SW SW 13-48
..l29.
Horace V. Heitmeyer ct. al. t,
Louis Baepler w. D. $500 lot L
block D H~eitmeyer's addition
; Concordia.
Annie N. Todhunter and hus
band to Minnie P. Slusher, lot
1 and 8 Graystone Park additio,
Lexington part w NV 95-51-2I
w. H. Dean and wife to Levi
, w. Dean w. D. $1,000, 70 inter
: est in 45 feet S side lot 8, bloc
|, "a" Corder.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Missouri Live Stool S1.OOO,OOO

NltSSOuII Live w pl,UOU,UVV'
Missouri breeders sold more
than one million dollars worth
of registered live stock at pub
lie auction in 1916. Incomplete
figures compiled by w. L.. Mel
son of the Board of Agriculture
show that 1888 cattle of the
beef breeds sold for $S65,626, an
average of SAT- per head. In
Guided in these sales were 1,01f
Herefords averaging $4,000
.675 Shorthorns averaging
$479.36, and lat Angus averag.
ing $253,06,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
CALL 1899"

When you call 1899" you ex-
pect something different, and it
is our aim not to disappOint you.
Our skill and energy is directed
to give perfect satisfaction with
every item that goes out of our
shop. If they were not we could
not expect that our business
would continue to grow, nor
would you repeat your orders so
consistently. We are receiving
hattering comments on our bake
shop products, and if you have
not been a customer heretofore,
let us convince you that we can
give you perfect satisfaction
with anything you might call or
us for. The popularity of Oul
cakes and bread continues, anC
we are highly pleased with thV
patronage we are receiving. Cal
1888" for anything you may
need in bake shop products ant
become convinced.
A. c. MEIERER.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
You Need a Spring Laxative.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills will
remove the accumulated wastes
of winter from your intestines
the burden of the blood. Get
that sluggish spring fever feel
ing out of your system, brighten
your eye, clear your complex
ion. Get that vim and snap OF
good purified healthy blood. DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a non
gripping laxative that aids ma.
lures process, try them to.
night. At all druggists, 25c
Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
For Sale.

The building on west side of
Ninth street near Main street,
and vacant lot adjoining. Build
ing formerly occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. Apply to
RICHARD FIELD.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

Rev. G. Garland Riggan went
to Napoleon Tuesday to spend
the day.
Miss Gertrude Swansley re-
turned to Kansas City Tuesday
morning after a visit here with
relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

Mrs. A, Wamsley returned
Tuesday to Clayton, N. NJ, after
a visit here with Mrs. F. G..
Shelby.
Chas. Lyons went to Kansas
City Tuesday to spend the
day on legal business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
CHICAGO & ALTON RY.
Time Table.
In effect October Is, 1850
EAST BOUND

No. 16-Missouri State Ex-
a. m.
No. 22-Flyer-K. c. to st.
Louis. a. m.
No. 18-Kansas City-Slater
Accommodation p. m.
No. 10-Hummer-K. G. to
Chicago....-.7:42 p. m.
No. observation-disclosures
City TO Chicago.~.~.-.11:11 p. m.
No. 24-Night Hawk-Kansas
City to st. Louis. ..-..12:48 a. m,
WEST BOUND
No. 23--Night Hawk--St. Louis
to Kansas City.......6:12 a. m,
No. 9-Hummer-Chi. to X.
a. m
No. 17-Slater 50 X. G,
Acom...~......-.-..7:55 e. m
No. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
to Kansas City.-.~10;05 a. m
No. 21-Flyer-St. Louis TO X.
p. m
No. 15-Missouri State Elk
6:45 D. m
All passenger Trains stop regular
" at Higginsville except Nos. "a an,
% which stop only for st. Louis pas
sengsrs.
S. A. Vermillion,
Passenger and Ticket Agent
Higgiusville, Nc.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Removal Notice.

Drs. N. B. and B. T. Payne,
physicians, and DR.. C. w. John
son, dentist, have moved their
offices from over Stalling's Bak-
cry into the front rooms up
stairs in the Xix Building, cor
ner of Twelfth and Main streets.
H. C. Chiles went to Kansas
City Friday to spend the
day on legal business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

Miss Florence Weisenborn,
who has been visiting DR.. and
Mrs. E. c. Wuest, returned Sun
day morning to her home in st.
Joseph.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

DR.. c. T. Ryland went to Kan
sas City Friday on professional
business,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

]. C. Grady went to Jefferson
City Tuesday to spend the
day on business.
Mrs. R. G. Sender went to
Concordia Tuesday to spend the
day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02

S. Az VermilliOn,
Passenger and Ticket Agent
HigginsvilIe. Mo.
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11

Sunday was a day of conflicting
emotions, suspense and sorrow in
Butte. With the eyes of everyone
turned towards the Spectator mine.
where heroic efforts TO rescue those
entombed by the smoke and gas of
Saturday mornings fire were in prog
ress, deep gloom and dependency
of the morning was relieved by hope
shortly after noon, and then followed
more suspense as to the fate of others
for whom helmet men searched with
feverish haste. 1t was sabbath day
of news developments, which kept the
people on the qui vive
Appalled, by the awful loss of life
and with hope of rescuing any of the
entombed men abandoned, Butte re-
ceived news of the finding of 20 men
alive in a drift on the 2,400-foot level
Of the mine yesterday afternoon as a
miracle. and it instantly revived hope
that others had found escape from
the smoke and noxious gases in other
portions of the mine. Twenty-siX Of
the % men, who had spent sc hours
behind a hastily built bullhead of tim
hers, canvas and wearing apparel.
We're brought TO the surface. Four OF
them, including Manus Duggan. who
had led them to safety and directed
measures which kept them alive while
they waited for the workings to clear
Of deadly gases, became lost after they
left the drift and on their way TO the
station. Although the remainder of
the afternoon and all of the night was
devoted TO search for them, only one,
Joe II. McAdams has been found. He
is dead
While reseuers explored workings in
the immediate vicinity of the drift in
which the men sought refuge in search
of the four who became separated
from their companions, all Butte fer
vently hoped that Dusgan, hero of the
rescue, might be found. Everywhere
the young nippers heroism was the
principal topic of discussion.
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11

ing progress Of the rescue work, Gem
eral Manager Braley and Superintend-
ent Frink continued their direction of
the rescue work at the mine yester
day, going underground repeatedly and
directing exploration of large areas.
In view of the fact that at least $50
miles of the underground workings
are tracked II may be a week or more
before all of the bodies are found
Scores of bodies We're located yes
terday as rescue crews traversed drifts
land cross cuts in their search for the
living.
Every agency has been made avail
able in Butte for relief work. The
North Butte company has indicated
that 1t will spare no expense, busi-
ness houses have offered their help.
the Salvation Army has workers in
Vestigating immediate needs, and last
night the United Mine Workers of
America wired to O. NJ. Partelow, Sec
retary of the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor council, that a check for 50, 900
for relief work had been sent to Butte.
Prayers for repose of the soul of
the dead We're offered in all of the
Catholic churches of the city and the
disaster was the theme of many SER
mons at Protestant churches.
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
Army of Rescue Men.

Every man in the district who has
been schooled in rescue work was ON
duty at the mine yesterday. In addi-
tion there were hundreds of volunteers
The aid and assistance of every mine
official in the district were given to
North Butte officials. Added to the
danger of exploring gas-filled work
ings were discomforts incident to
stencil from deeomposed bodies and
OF wading through water up to the arm
pits in the drift leading from the
/, 500 foot level of the Rainbow, through
which access to the 2,000-foo level oi
the North Butte properties was gained
Superintendent C. c. Allen and Fore
man ]. j. Forbes of the government
nires rescue car sent to Butte from
Billings and Inspector Harrington
who Is In charge of the Rocky Noun
tain district. co-operated with first
aid teams of the Anaconda company
Ia charge OF John L. BoardTac and
the North rutte forces.
Despite the fact that they had beer
working continuously for more thar
26 hours without sleep and that botf
had been overcome at least once ar
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
Tastes Gas, Then Drops.

In a moment he knew something
was wrong. First, he tasted the sweet
gas, then he aeteeted Its odor., His
head began TO swim and ne lost con-
sciousness. He was carried to the
1880 station of the Badger and imme-
diately hoisted to the surface, from
where he was rushed TO the hospital.
For nearly "a hours he was uncon-
scious and his life was despared of
The Sunday morning papers recorded
him as dead.
But yesterday afternoon at o'clock
Frederick recovered consciousness.
He read the account of his death later
III the afternoon. This morning he left
the hospital, and as he walked along
West Quartz street he met several of
his friends and they We're startled by
the sudden appearance of one they had
mourned as dead.
Frederick has been working in the
mines for II years. He has been en-
gagged in rescue work for IL years and
/ participated in the rescue work at
! Maitland, Colo, when SO bodies were
recovered in a coal mine disaster He
! took part in the rescue work after the
Pennsylvania mine fire and also
worked with rescuers at the Stewart
and Leonard mines.
Death by asphyxiation, he declares,
would be the easiest and most pain
less imaginable. You just drop off
into peaceful sleep and that's all
/ there is to it, he said.
He wired his wife in Tacoma, who
was notified that he was dead. that
he was safe this morning.
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
Seven Buried Sunday.

Owing to the decomposed condition
of bodies found yesterday. which rem
dered their Identification out of the
question, seven We're burned in Noun
tain view cemetery, headstones being
marked unidentified" Decision to
bury bodies so badly decomposed as to
make recognition impossible was made
by city and county authorities during
thp afternoon
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
Send for More Caskets.

a morgue was established in the
mine yard and bodies recovered dur
ing the day were prepared for burial
there, The supply of caskets in Butte
ram yesterday and order Ior more
was teIesraphed to Spokane They
We're shipped by express and arrived
in Butte this morning. Men We're put
to work last night digging rs graves
for interment of the unidentified dead
in special plot which will be suit
ably marked.
While fire conditions at the mine
have greatly improved. there was said
to be possibility yesterday that the
blaze, confined now strictly to the
shaft, might get through the bull<heads
and work into the mine. Every pre-
caution was taken to prevent this and
water was poured into the shaft all
day yesterday and last night at the
rate Of about 500 gallons per minute
big fan, the second largest in the
camp, was taken from the Tramway to
the Sneculator yesterday and it will be
installed to hasten the work of clear
ing the workings of smoke and gas
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
Gas Spreads to Other Mines

Gas from the North Butte workings
began to find its way into the Badger
State, the Pilot and the Diamond yes
terday, and operations there were sus-
pended until all danger is passed. The
Tuolumne shut down early Sunday
morning because OF gas.
The Granite Mountain shaft caved
at the 2,200- foot level yesterday, and
1t Is said that it has caved at inter-
walls all the way from the 1000 foot
level down, so that retimbering of the
entire shaft viii probably be neces-
sarv.
Members of the state Industrial ac-
cident board spent yesterday in Butte
and the greater part of the day was
spent by members of the board at the
mine. 1t is estimated by them that
compensation win run close to hall
million dollars.
Thomas T. Cole, president of the
North Butte company. wired Mayor
Maloney yesterday that the company
would spare no expense in bringing re-
lief to the bereaved. Mr. Cole invited
suggestions from the mayor.
Butte was flooded during the day
with messages of coincidence and in
quiry. The latter in many instances
were pathetic.
The Butte daily post., 1917-06-11
BUTTE SPENDS SABBATH IN
] SORROW, HOPE, SUSPENSE

Eyes of Every One Turned to Specuato and Developments Of
Rescue Work Bring Conflicting Emotions HeroiSm of Manus
Duuqan Principal Topic of Discussion Immediate Burial Of
Bodies So Decomposed to Preclude Identification Ordered
by Health Officials.
The Bossier banner., 1917-09-13
The Wings of the Morning.
From the Youths companion.l

From the Youths Companion
Congress has passed the great Avia
ton Bill, with its appropriation of.
more than six million dollars, and
thousands Of American mechanics have
sprung to the task of building such an
air fleet as the world has not seen
and until this war broke out, none | ut
poets had imagined.
1t Is in every way fitting that we
should do this. As we have lifted oar
cause aboye material gain--the lust OF
conquest, the desire for trade expan-
sion and enlarged houndlries-sc we
are going to lift our first great mill
tary effort above the blood-soaketl
ground into the blue of heaven; and
as we invented the flying machine. so
now we are going to make 1t the most
terrible efficient engine Of destruction.
Germany laughs ut the idea that we
can build Il great air fleet in time to
he of any use. Have her leaders never
heard how Perry got Il fleet on Lake
Erie and what lie did with it? To lie
sure. the task is Il job for Il giant. Ii
will be very hard to get the right kind
of wood properly seasoned for the
frames 1t must he straight grained.
fiawleSS spruce. of the kind that fire.
mems ladders are made of. and it must
he air dried. That means at the least