The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-02-27
MISSOURI WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

State road bonds voted since new road
law became effective last May.
Kansas City.--$ 250,000 permanent
home proposed for American Royal
live stock show.
Kansas City Masons plan to erect
100000 temple.
| Kansas City plans to establish new
water works station in Platt county
and improve present plant.
| Only $45,009,000 goods stolen in
transit on railroads for 1919.
| st. Joseph.-County tax increase
over year ago, $4,000.
Higginsville.-Span of mare mules
sold here for 5000.
| Peno.-Local farmer raised $4,000
worth of tobacco on two acres.
PuXico.--Milling, Light and Water
Co. installing ice plant.
Advance.--Drilling for oil on Banks
farm near here.
oplin.-Maiden Lane to be macad-
amized.
Kansas City.-4,000 tons ore sold
during last week in January.
Kansas City.-Stock yards manage
ment plans to erect 100000 sheep
barn and show building.
st. Joseph.--Work resumed on
Methodist's 100000 hospital.
st. Joseph.-Building permits is
sued in January totaled $414,3O0.
St, Louis.--More than $4,000,000 of
furs sold at opening of winter auction
of international fur exchange here.
Executives of six large national
farmers organizations draft memorial
to Congress protesting against gov
ernment ownership of railroads, uni
versal military training and indis-
eliminating strikes, and asserting war
time regulation of prices favors prof
iteering.
Carthage.-Oil company erecting
filling station and making extensive
| improvements.
st. Louis.--$10 a month salary in
crease granted to $500 school teach
ers here.
Center.-Ralls County Cold Storage
and Ice Plant nearing completion.
Rich HilL-Oil and gas company
capitalized at 100000, organizes,
leases 10000 acres and begins drill
ling.
st. Joseph.-Swift & Co. spending
100000 annually increasing eff
cheney of employees by process of edu-
cation in economic questions.
Adoption of simple metric system
of weights and measures being urged
for this country. Of all civilized ma
tions, the present coinage of the Brit
ish Isles as well as the weights and
measures of the British Isles and of
America are of the old antequated
and inefficient German origin and dis
carded years ago by that nation itself.
Kansas City.-Building permits is
sued in January totaled $771, 450. IN
crease of As per cent over January,
1919, bank clearing for month ending
January 81 totaled 81, 2,272, In
crease $277,000,0O0 over January,
1919.
Joplin.-Surveying Upton route,
part of 45 mile concrete highway un-
der construction.
Liberty.-11-year-old Jersey COW
produced S52.69 pounds of butter in
year. Worlds record.
Kansas City.-Gridley Motor Co.
erecting $209,50 building.
Kansas City-Gate City National
Bank plans $250,000 building.
st. Louis.--Expenditure of 100000
approved for flood protection.
lronton.-Storage dam and $2,000,-
900 power plant will be built at Jacks
Fork to furnish current for new cleo
trio line from here to Cabool
Pomona Drilling for oil five miles
southeast.
Willow Springs.-Old stock yards
converted into lumber yard. Suitable
buildings to be erected.
Kansas City 100000 improve
ments to be made on $135,000 property
at 10th and McGee.
Galena.-Cannerie offering Ozark
farmers SIS a ton for 1920 tomato
crop.
Monett.-56 miles road in Mcdonald
and Barry counties designated for
State aid.
Carthage.-City Treasurer's report
for past 6 months shows balance of
$25, 740.59, increase of $1,4OO over
same period of 1918.
Kansas City.-$1 100000 bond filled
to complete Turkey Creek sewer. Con-
tract amounts to $2,500,000.
Japlin.-New cigar factory begins
operations on large scale.
Liberty.-Two teams of mules sold
for $4,000 pair.
North Kansas City.-Long- Bell
Lumber Co. erecting millwork ware
house to handle Pacific Coast product.
Weston.--$S96,05S paid here to
farmers for tobacco.
Kansas City realty sales for Janu-
airy amounted to $3,0O0,OO0 more than
January, 1919.
Kansas City-Expenditure Of $780,
900 approved for flood protection.
Kansas City.-Tri-Stat Motor Co. |
building $4,000 home.