The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-15
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l. The hard cold facts of Production
,tifrom the soil AND. thee industries, OBJ
your state are theN best,o ADVERTISE
l ment, Of its RESOURCES land .pEpspepjt,
ahd the best answer to Bolshevism4 !
Hollistear.-2,soos cars watermelonrs
| shipped from here this seasons,
st. Louis.--$40, 900 raised toward Sc.
curing next G. A. r. encampment
here. ",
Kansas 'City.--Two north side traf.
fic ways planned by widening Locust
street from Armour Swift Burlington
bridge to Admiral boulevard and 9Th
street from Broadway to Grand Ave
st. Louis.--Total revenue Of Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad for
1919, $61, 1858 an increase of ST.
68 SIT oyer 1918. Operating ex-
penses totaled $56,9S6, 1895 an increase
of $9,756, 1862 over preceding year.
Kansas City--Water tower beacon
completed, fixtures installed awaiting
current from X. c. Light & Power Co.
Milan-Clients of popular local ho-
tel demand decrease of one dollar a
day for accommodation and owner
agrees, if clients will wait on them
selves. e..
st. Joseph-Paving of Lovers Lane
from 22nd street to Gene Field road
completed.
Belton-- Bolton Star installs new
cylinder printing press.
Jefferson City-Elks plan to build
$4,000 home here.
Springfeld--State Fish Hatchery
to be established at Sequiota Park near
city. a a..
Kansas, City-Three shelter houses
to be built on Country Club line.
jackson county population 1920
census, S67 ,846, increase Of 84,325 in
10 years.
Kansas City-New company leases
two-story building to manufacture &C.
ment, paint. employing over so work
ers. Value of output ensuing year es-
timated at $4,000. Operations to be-
gin October Is.
st. Louis--Contract let for air mail
service from here to Pittsburg, Pa,
via Cincinnati and indianapolis at
$147,0O year.
North Kansas City-Construction
work begins on new $7,5000,000 plant
for Corn Products Refining Co.
st. Joseph--700 tons corn shipped
here to Chicago past week.
Kansas City-Irving- Pitt Manufac-
turing Go. to build 100000 addition
to plant. doubling capacity and in
creasing working force to 1000.
Lathrop-Drilling for oil near here,
prospects good.
Jefferson City-Contract let for con-
struction of 295 miles hardsurfaced
roads to cost $5,100.161. Federal aid
So, 1T,711.66, state $520,045.60.
McMillan-High school offers free
course ih' agriculture for farmers.
Kansas. City-to have 1921 Ameri-
can Legion convention.
acknowledgements approves
hardsuffaced road from this city to
Randolph county line.
Kansas .City-Local Manufacturers
planning industrial exhibition of home
made articles.
Ava-Apver half-million cans toma-
toes shipped from this section of
Douglas. county this season. Cannar-
les in Laclede, Webster and adjoining
counties shipped $50 carloads tomatoes
this season.
Kansas City--4th decline announced
in retail. lumber prices.
Washipgton-2S5 wooden steamers
of 994,235 lightweight tons offered for
sale to the highest bidder Oct. g.
Only six states in u. S. without
Workmen's Compensation Law. This
state is one of six.
Farmers from Kansas. Oklahoma,
Nebraska and this state to attempt to
force terminal market price of SO per
bu. for 1921 wheat.
st. Joseph to come in for larger
business as packing houses become de-
veloped.
Western States will hear no more of
single tax if the voters do their duty
in Oregon and California this year.
Single tax would make the American
agricultural people nation of ten
ants with no pride in keeping up prop
erty they could never own.
State to increase alfalfa and clover
acreage.
Mitchell White to head State Press
Assn. for ensuing year.
People of State to vote on $60,000,-
000bond issue for rural roads in No
vember.
Kirksville to get Duco adding ma
chine factory.
Stick, Brothers, Stick" is crisp APP
peal Of Board of Agriculture to the
go wool pools of state.
Cape iGirardeau is likely to become
one of the richest oil centers ever ids
covered and leases on 10000 acres in
vicinity fhave been secured by pro-
moters.
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