The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-11

acted business in Pennington last
Saturday. Mr.. Turley is favorably
spoken of as a prospective candidate
for Sheriff in the next election. He
has recently returned from France.
He was leader of contingent of Ma
tional Army men that left for Camp
Funston on March A, 1918.
Heinz Pickles in barrels, Sweet,
Sour and Dill, can be secured at Beth
els Cash Meat Market. You should
not fail to try them. They are most
appetizing.
Prosecuting Attorney w. E. COT
dustrial Home at Chillicothe Sunday
and returned Tuesday. Mr.. Golfer
was very favorably impressed with the
system being used at the Industrial
Home for raising out of the mire of
disgrace the some $50 girls who are
inmates of that institution.
Claude A. Eaton and Mr.. Watts,
State Bank Examiners, were here the
first of the week and examined the
business conditions of the Bank of
Pennington and the St. Francois
County Bank. The Farmers Bank
had been examined about week pre-
vious. The business of all these in
stitutions was found to be in splen-
did condition.
r. S. Kahn of Desloge, one of the
most prominent merchants of the
county, was in Pennington Wednes-
day transacting business. Mr.. Kahn
reports that business is very good, and
said that he was seriously consider
ing opening up business house here.
Citizens of Pennington will welcome
Mr.. Kahn back to Pennington, as
they well know his business abilities
STRAYED OR STOLEN-A black
mare mule, about 1914 hands high and
10 or IL years old. Reward will be
paid for information leading to the
recovery of the animal. Notify Ives
& Norris, Bismarck, Mo. 27-2t
Street oiling this year in Farming
ton has thus far been the most sue
cessful Of any of the past several years
that this custom has been followed.
While only one of the three tanks or
dered has as yet arrived, a splendid
showing has been made with the sin
gle tank, and when the two tanks
yetato come have been properly spread
throughout the city, the dust will be
completely yanquished.
Douglas Heifner, son of Circuit
Clerk j. c. Heifner, has accepted work
in The Times office, to begin next
Monday. Douglas is bright and en-
ergetic young man, who will doubtless
make good in the newspaper profess
sion, or any other line of industry he
may decide to take up permanently.
Any news items given to Douglas will
not only be appreciated by him but
by The Times management as well.
FOR SALE-A beautiful home in
the western part of Pennington
electric lights, furnace, bath and all
modern conveniences, on car line.
Priced below cost. See ]. S. Clay,
Pennington, Mo.
John T. Burks passed through Farm
ington the last of the week on his re-
turn to his home in Charleston from
st. Louis. He is this week engaged in
packing up and settling up affairs in
his old home, preparatory to moving
to Iron Mountain, this county, to take
active possession of the great Iron
Mountain tract of land he recently
leased for period of five years, for
which he is to pay $4,000 annually.
Misses Blanche and Emma Long, of
st. Louis, arrived Saturday for a Wis
it with Mrs. T. T. Forster, coming
from visit to their farm in Washing
ton county. Accompanying them was
Prof, and Mrs. Chas. Collins, also old
friends Of Mrs. Forster and family.
Prof. Collins left Sunday for a visit
to Ste. Genevieve and Cape Girardeau,
one of the principle purposes for the
trip being to visit the State Normal
at the latter place. He is principal Of
the Harrison high school in st. Louis.
The Times is indebted to E. A.
Koen for copy of the Dallas, Oregon,
Observer, showing the transfer of that
paper to him. And the paper bears
a very close resemblance of erich
picking, being twelve pages, divided
about fifty-fifty between reading mat
ter and advertising. Mr.. Koen grew
to manhood in Pennington, and last
spring spent several weeks with his
sisters, Mrs. J. B. Burks and Mrs. J.
p. Tetley. and renewed many old-time
friendships.