The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

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farm and the gold found was not lost
oy any member of his family.
With the year more than a week old,
the Joplin Globe notes with surprise
that nobody yet has killed the 1917
wheat crop. "You probably noticed,
however, that the strawberry crop is
to be smaller this year," adds the
Globe by way of consolation to the
news gatherers.
Moberly's fair grounds will be sold
under the hammer February 8, to
satisfy deed of trust. The grounds
were bought several years ago and
the fair financed by local business
men, but never has been successful.
With bright prospects the fair last
year only added to the indebtedness.
While his arm was broken, last fall,
Craig, a Lathrop boy, trapped
polecats rather than be entirely idle.
AS he caught them he penned them
up alive and cared for them. The
other day, with their fur in prime con-
dition the polecat colony brought $50
for their young owner
Defiance to the print paper trust is
almost shouted by the current issue of
the Glasgow Missourian, which marks
its golden jubilee by an edition of
pages. chiefly on book
stock. w. p. Ruffel, proprietor of the
is native of Glasgow and
has published the paper for thirty-four
years of the fifty of its existence.
The Missouri presidential electors
met Monday afternoon at Jefferson
City and elected Ewing Y. Mitchell,
of Springfield, messenger to take the
presidential vote of the state to Wash
ington. Every vote, of course, was
cast for Woodrow Wilson. the next
president of the United States.
AS Miss Anna Rucker was going to
Moberly the other day she witnessed
a fight on the train between a con:
ductor, preacher and brakeman.
The preacher wanted to ride on credit,
but the conductor objected and there
was quite mixup. Finally they un-
loaded the preacher in cornfield and
the train sped on.-Keytesville Recor-
der.
Stole horse Saturday evening, cap
tured in Holden Monday and sentenced
to the penitentiary on Tuesday. Such
Is the quick justice meted out to
Harry Rose, who stole Dick Angles
horse from the public hitch rack in
Clinton on Saturday afternoon.
An inventory of the estate of Rich
ard c. Kerens, railroad magnate and
former ambassador to Austria Hun
gary. was filed in probate court in st.
Louis Friday. 1t showed total value,
'or personal property alone of $685.
300. besides large holdings of real es-
late. Mr.. Kerens, who died in Phila-
ielphia last September. left his prop
erty wholly to members of his imme-
date family.
A Lexington garage man was fined
81 and So costs by an Independence
Judge on the pretext his rear car light
was out. He paid and grumbled but
the other day the judges car broke
down in Lexington and required 81
repair. The garage man said 50 and
SIS costs. and though Hizzoner
bucked and roared, he had to pay it.
In Ridgeway, a Harrison county
town OF less than 100 inhabitants,
there are three dealers in poultry,
eggs, butter and cream. The Bethany
Republican gives hint of the amount
of money put into circulation by
these firms. when it states that since
occupying his new quarters, on August
/, one of these dealers has paid out
for produce s14,S28.75.
Thos. Hines last week delivered to
Ed Mann a hog that weighed $50
pounds for which he received S53.
Tom says this is the greatest amount
he ever received for one hog. OF
course Tom gives the present Demo
oratic Standardization credit for IL