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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notico is hereby given that Letters
'of Administration, upon the estate Of
Archibald Miuncy, deceased, have
been granted 10 the undersigned, by
the Probate Court of Buchanan Coun-
ty, Missouri, bearing date Of the 18Th
day uf March, 1920.
An persons having claims against
said estate arc required 10 EXHIBIT
them Co me for allowance, within six
months from date of said letters, or
they may be prcCludcd from any ben
cfit of such estate. and if said claims
bee not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication Of this
notice, they will be forever barred.
a true COPY Attest:
MARY A. WILLIAMS,
tScID Public Administrator.
Fred NJ. WangUr CLERK Of Probate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
(No. 3413O)
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court of Buchanan
County. Missouri, to the May Term,
A. ID. 1920.
State of Missouri, County of Buch-
Ora NJ. Garner .....P Plaintiff
VS.,
| Arch Garner ........ Defendant
Now at this day comes the plain
| tiff by her attorney and it appearing
| to the satisfaction Of the Circuit
/ Court, that said defendant Arch Gar
J ner is nonresident of the State of
Missouri and does not reside therein,
lit is ordered that said nonresident
/ defendant be notified by publication,
as required by law that said plaintiff
4 has commenced her suit in this Court
Iagainst said defendant by petition and
/ affidavit the object and general ma
ture of which is to obtain a decree
I Of divorce from the defendant on the
ground that defendant was guilty Of
such indignities toward plaintiff as to
render PLAINTIFFS condition intolerahle
and on the further ground that de-
Ifendant neglected and refused to sup
port plaintiff and on the further
ground of cruel treatement, In that
the defendant has been guilty of such
cruel and barbarous treatment as 10
endangcr the life of plaintiff That
unless said defendant shall be an ap-
pear at the next term. of this Court
to be begun and held at the Court
House i'm the City OF St Joseph, in
Buchanan County, Missouri, on the Bird
day Of May, 1920, on or before the
3rd day of said term to answer plain
tiffs petition. the same will be taken
for confessed as to him and judgment
rendered accordingly.
II is further ordered that a copy of
this order be published in The St
Joseph Observer, q newspaper pub
lishcd in the County of Buchanan, for
four weeks successfully, tho last in
sertion Of which to be at least fifteen
days before the next May, 1920 term
of this Court.
10 a true copy. Attest:
EMMETT ]. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk
BY Stella Whitehead Deputy Clerk
DuNal Smith, Attorney for Plain
tiff (32Oj
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24

In the Circuit Court Of buchanan
County Missouri, May torn a. u. 1920
Robert Lee Jones and Nula T.
mo. husband and wife. Plaintiffs
VS.
William Whum.ra. sylvester S.
HughI,rf Martha Ann Combs. also
called Mary Ann Combs. Mathew
Combs, hcr husband. John j.. Me-
Daniel SaIlts AuslcT EV1a Webb.
William o. Webb her husband
Elizabeth Smith, William smith. her
husband Isaac AusIor. Causta
Large, Simeon Large. nor husband.
Hugh -. L"utne-, Margaret Jane
Norris, Thomas Norris. her
husband, Mary Frances PAYNE.
George Payne, her husband.
James Ambrose Louiheu. Will
liam Smith, NerIinda Collins
sometimes called FaInda Collins,
Miles Collins, hcr husband. CaIsJIa
Auxier, sometimes called CarlIE5a
AuXier, Thums j. AuNlcr, her hus-
band, Miles Collins. Thomas I. AUX
ier, Dashc Barnett sometimes cal
led poshe Burnett, also called DOCia
Barnet, Louisa Knapp, Thomas B.
Knapp, her husband, Martha J..
Hurst, CasWcll Hurst, her husband,
Lewis Lamb, Milo lamb, Mary r.
Lamb, Louisa Lamb, Augusta Lamb,
Martha Lamb, Emma Lamb, Carroll
Lamb, Susan Il, Lamb, Martin Lam
Harvey Lamb, Joseph Is. Kelley
and the unknown COnsOrtS heirs,
deyisees, donees. aIienees or i'm
ned late, mesne or remote. vOlun-
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

of Administration, upon the estate OF
Benjamin +. Shangrow, deceased. have
been granted to the undersigned. by
the Probate Court of Buchanan Coun-
", Missouri, bearing date of the list
day of March 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance, within six
months from date OF said letters, or
they may be precluded from any
benefit OF such estate; and II said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from date OF the publication of
this notice. they will be forever bar
red.
a true copy, Attest:
JOSEPH F. SHANGROW,
(SeaD Administrator
Fred NJ. Wanger. Clerk of Probate
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
EXECUTRIX NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary, upon the estate Of
Henry Ochse, deceased have been
granted to the undersigned, by the
Probate Court of Buchanan County,
Missouri. bearing date of the nth day
OF March, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance. within six
months from date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of the publication
OF this notice, they will be forever
barred.
A true copy, Attest:
CARRIE c. OCHSE,
(SeaD EXecutriX
Fred NJ. Wanger Clerk of Probate
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24

dered that a copy OF this order be
published in said St Joseph Observer,
once a week, for and during four
weeks successfully, the last insertion
said order In said newspaper TO he
least fifteen days before the first
lay of the next regular term of court.
sssss.ss..s .s.s..s.s
state Of Missouri. County OF Bu-
chanan. IS.
|, Emmett J.rCrouse, Clerk of the
Circuit Court, county aforesaid, here
by certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of the original order of publ
cation as the safte appears of record
In my office. This 26th day Of March,
1920.
EMMETT J. GROUSE,
tSeaD Clerk of the Circuit Court.
By Eug. Roseburg. Deputy Clerk.
Sherman & Otis, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters, Testa.
mentary, upon the estate of William Hug.
undersigned, by the Probate Court of Blu.
chanan County, Missouri, bearing date OF
the 5th day of March, 1920
All persons having claims against said
estate required to exhibit thefi TO me
for allowance, within six months from date
OF said letters, or. they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication OF this notice,
they will be forever barred.
]. O'NEILL FAIRLEIGH,
JOSEPH MORTON,
a true copy. Attest: Executors.
Fred N. Manger. Clerk Of probate
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24

In the Probate Court Of Buchanan
County, Missouri, tO James r. Hub-
bard:
You are hereby notified that there
has been filed in lhe Probate Court Of
buchanan County Missouri. an appH-
cation for letters Of aGmiu.s .stration by
Charles II. Hubbard on your estate,
alleging that you have been absent
for seven consecutive years from the
place Of your last known domicilo
within this state and because having
been a resident of this state, you have
gone from and not returned TO this
state for seven consecutive years,
Auu are notified that on tho 18th
day ur June, 1920, the Probate Court
OF Buchanan County, Missouri, will
hear evidence concerning your alleged
absence and the CIrcumst ances and
duration thereof.
A. r. DUNCAN,
(SoaD Judge Of Probate
l43l
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
(No 93G2SD
ORDER OE PUBLICATION.

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
county, Missouri, TO the May Term,
1920.
X. r, Pyle..............P Plaintiff.
VS..
W, II. Hawkins Defendant
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff hy his attorneys, ana II appearing
"a the satisfaction Of the circuit court
that said defendant, w. II. Hawkins.
Is nonresident Of the State of Mis-
souri,, and does not reside therein. II
is ordered that said nonresident de-
fendant be notified by publication. as
required by law, that said plaintiff
has commenced his suit IN this court
by petition and affidavit in attach
mont, the object and general nature Of
which is to obtain Judgment against
defendant for the sum of four hund-
red and three dollars and six cents
and the costs of this suit for money
paid to defendant by plainttif and
which plaintiff alleges defendant now
owes him. That unless the said de-
fendsnt w. III. Hawkins, shall be and
appear al the next term OF this court
10 be begun and held at the court
house, in the City of St Joseph, in
buchanan County, State OF Missouri,
on the third day Of May 1920, on or
before the third day OF said term, to
answer plaintiffs petition, the same
will be taken as confessed as 10 him
and Judgment rendered accordingly.
h Is further ordered, that q copy Of
this order be published in the ST Jo-
seph Observer, a newspaper published
IN the County OF Bucanan, for four
weeks successfully. the last insertion
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice IS hereby gwen that Letters OF
Administration, upon the estate OF Margaret
Cole, deceased, have been granted 10 the
undersigned, by the Probate Court OF Blu.
chanan County, Missouri, bearing date of
the 9th day OF March, 1920
All persons having claims against said
estate required to exhibit them TO ne
for allowance, within six months from date
of said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit Of such estate; and il said
claims be not exhibited within one year from
they will be forever barred.
JOHN F. COLE
4 true copy. Attest: Administrator
Fred NJ. Manrer. Clerk Of Probate
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters OF
Administration, upon the estate OF Mary
Anna Mcdonald, deceased, have been granted
% the undersigned, by the Probate Court OF
Buchanan County, Missouri, bearing date OF
the 26th day of March, 1920.
All persons having claims against said es-
state are required TO exhibit them TO me for
allowance, within six months from date Of
any benefit OF such estate and II said claims
be not exhibited within one year from the
date OF the publication Of this notice they
will be forever barred.
true copy. Attest:
JOHN |. MCDONALD,
ROBERT W. MCDONALD,
ISeaD Administrators.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others Interested in the es-
tate of Lacy /. Rogers. deceased, that
/, o. w. Waller. Executor of said es-
tate, intend TO make Final Settlement
thereof at the next term of the Pro-
bate Court Of Buchanan County. State
of Missouri, to be held at the court
house in st, Joseph, Missouri, on the
first Monday Of June, 1920.
o. w. WALLER,
Executor.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

N0uce Is hereby given TO al cred
itors and others interested In the es-
OF Samuel Stalde=, deceased, that /.
Ernest Lantz Administrator of said
estate, intend to make Final Settle
ment thereof at the next term OF the
Probate Court OF Buchanan County,
State of Missouri. 10 be held at the
Court house in st. Joseph. Missouri,
on the first. Monday of June, 1920.
ERNEST LANTZ,
(SeaD Administ ra tor
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
(No. 3ilSs)
ORDER OF PIRI

In the circuit Court Oi buchanan county,
Missouri, TO the May Term A. ID. 1890.
State OF Missouri, County OF Buchanan, S.
Alexander G. Miller...,........,...Pl Plaintiff
Pearl Miller .......................D Defendant
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by slis
attorney, and II appearing 10 the satisfaction
Of the Clerk OF the Circuit Court IN vacation,
that said defendant. Pearl Miller, is a non
resident oFthe State OF Missouri. and does
not reside therein, it is ordered that said
non resident defendant be notified BY pub.
lication, as required by law, that said plain
tiff has commenced his suit In this Court
against said defendant by petition and aifi,
Is 10 obtain a decree OF divorce from the
defendant on the grounds OF indignities such
as 10 render his condition in life as the huS.
band OF defendant intolerable in that to- wit:
that on or about the 9Th day Of July, 1915
defendant deserted and abandoned plaintiff
without any cause fault on his part and
has ever since remained separate and apart
from him against his protest: that defendant
possessed high and ungoyernable temper;
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24

Of which TO be at least fifteen days
before the next May. 1920, term OF
this court.
true copy. Attest:
EMMETT J. GROUSE,
tSeal) Clerk.
BY Stella Whitehead, Deputy Clerk.
sherman Il Otis, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
GSeaD Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL, SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given 10 all creditors and
others interested in the estate OF Joseph
Doolng. deceased that ], Anna Dooling,
eXecutriX Of said estate, intend to make
Final Settlement thereof at the next term
Of the Probate Court OF Buchanan County.
State of Missouri, to be held at the court
house in St Joseph Missouri on the first
,nday OF June, 1920.
ANNA DOOLING,
lNeaIl E,nctti rir
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
In tie Probate Court of buchanan
County, Missouri, To Allen Joseph
Hubhard:

You are hereby notified that there
has been fild in the Probate Court of
Buchanan County, Missouri, an appli-
cation for letters of administration by
Charles II. Hubbard, on your estate,
alleging that you have been absent
for seven consecutive years from the
place of your last known domicile
within this State and because having
been a resident Of this State you have
gone from and not returned to this
State for seven consecutive years.
You are notified that on the 18TH
day OF June, 1920, the Probate Court
of Buchanan County, Missouri, will
hear evidence concerning your alleged
absence and the circumstances and
duration thereof
A. b. DUNCAN,
(SeaD Judge of Probate
(43)
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
I'll A 9 T Y

Messenger Express and Martin Elec-
tric, now in new location at 100 South
Fourth, old Adams Express Company's
building. Phone 9S ana SO. r. NJ.
Martin, manager.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
CNo. S417s)
ORDER OE PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan County,
Missouri. to the May Term, A. D. 1920.
State of Missouri, County OF Buchanan, ss
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-04-24
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

CPD
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
EVENING
= FAIRY TALES,
W. @MARY RAHAMJNW,l
MN ! POWER = ISL
MRS. HlPPOPOTAMUS.

sT,adies." said Mrs. Hippopotamus,
"are often very vain. They care about
their figures and about their looks ana
about their hats and about their SHOES.
They care about their dresses ana they
care about the styles while |, the nne
Mrs Hippopotamus, am above such
things.
81 do not care If my legs are short
and my body enormous and all out Oh
proportion to my legs.
al do not care if my mouth is like
cavern-it is so large. l do not
mind it that my skin is so queer, OF
funny dark brown color with all sorts
of little holes and marks and such all
over me.
81 have horrible oily stuff over me-
TOO, but | do not mind. What is more,
there is great sense to that. That
keeps me from getting i'll wien | go
about rivers in Africa where there are
all kinds of fevers and such sickness.
about.
II have great teeth, teeth such as
no lady would like I'm sure. They like.
little white even teeth, silly little
things.
Pm above such things. I'm not
ashamed of my teeth. ! Ike them
They're good sensible, strong teeth
And Pm not going to worry because
they're irregular. Pm not so vain az
to long for regular teeth.
my teeth and tusks Can act like,
scissors for they're shaped SO as to-
act that way. That's better than hay
ing white even teeth.
IL live In the water and there | go
and look for my food. | don't go into
silly shops and to market like ladies'
do.
II sometimes go shopping and swim
ming around lakes and sometimes In
the rivers.
"Now and again l become cross at
some trifiing thing though usually it
has to be at something quite worth
getting angry about.
But you know how 1t is? Every
one once in awhile is made angry by
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

right up to the climax. She got dead serious for
once and told him she'd never had any idea what
life meant till she met him. So he suggested help
ing her to fight all the battles of life and all that
rubbish that man talks when he's embarrassed
and don't know what to say-and the little diyyil
pardon me, It's all l can call her. laughed in his
face. Said she didn't want to marry him, that he
made an elegant summer beau, but was too Eighty
for husband"
She'll get punished for it. mark nv word :"
Mrs. Briggs insisted.
"She did--last Tuesday. That's what I'm COM
ing to. She went back to New York, and so did
the tall girl and Stan went to the demnition bow
vows for awhile Then he braced I'D and went
into the cold cream business. Just happened to
get into that line of manufacturing and he's
rolled up barrels of money. The little girl mar
rled an Engllshman with a title and cut swath
In London society for season. Then she had
trouble, when her husband found out she really
didn't have as much money as she pretended
SO he divorced her, after he'd BACKED one of her
brown eyes and called her several kinds Of pet
names. After that she had various kinds of hard
times and finally about a year ago she went TO
see Stan. Walked right in and gave him to under
stand that she'd reconsidered the question-and
wouldn't he please take her back to his heart and
love and support her. don't you know? And she
was SO appealing about it that he almost went in
to the old madness about her. The only thny
that saved him was Easter card He adver-
tised last January for sketches in color with
prizes amounting to thousand dollars for six
caros TO be sent out to the trade and one of the
designs, submitted without any name or ANYTHING
TO show who painted it, gave him an awful Jolt
IL was the facade of an old Roman tomb, and the
tomb was empty, and a half dead rose vine that
ciiinDed over the marble had burst into foliage
ana flowers just above the door and over ii there
was the most wonderful light. Oh Stan didn't
consider putting it in the contest He bad n
framed, to hang in his bedroom where he could
see 1t the first thing in the morning. to jnspire
MN for the day. Under 1t was that text from
oorintmans' Old things are passed away; behold
all things are become new. He sent out the other
prizes, and then he asked the artist who painted
that one to come and get her money Said IT was
worth $500 to him. and she came-and LET me fell
you, 1t was the tall girl he'd turned down fifteen
years ago.
you don't mean 1t" "What do Won think of
that" chorus of ordinations burst from his
hearers.
YES the same tall girl with the serious dark
eyes and the rich contralto voice."
'Then what?"
He married her that very day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
bad TESTS IN CALIFORNIA
concrete on Sides With Oiled Ma
cadam in Middle Is Being Tried
on County Highway.

An experiment in road construction
|ver adobe land is being made In a
lection of the county highway between
baypoint and Pittsburg, Cal.
Experience has shown that concrete
pads built over adobe land results In
be cracking and disintegraiing of the
bad In few seasons and in an effort
b overcome this trouble County Sur
eyor Arnold is having the link of the
|ounty highway constructed in man
err tried in several eastern states and
|roved successful.
The concrete is laid in two separate
|ections, each eight feet wide, with n
|wo-foot strip through the center. In
his strip is placed oil macadam,
khich is placed level to the surface
Il the concrete and the entire surface
y faced with topping.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03

some little bit of thing. 1t is a
truth, am sure.
Il like to sleep in tiny islands where
there are tall reeds along some nice
river. And in home such as can
have in a place like that | welcome
my baby. I don't have a number of
babies arriving at time like the
mother tigers and the mother lions and
many other animals do. No, old
Mother Hippopotamus is a good old
mother and she feels she can only do,
Justice to one baby at time
"Ah, | have in my great big heart
and despite my great thick hide.
(though 1t is protection to me as you
can understand I have great feeling
of love.
Il don't believe there is q soul wha,
can love her baby more deyotedly and
nurse 1t with more loving care than
Mrs. Hippopotamus can.
I'VE love sugar and rice and vege-
tables of that sort-we don't care for
meat and fish and such food.
"Of course | started my talk In say
ing how glad | was | wasn't vain.
said how delighted and happy I was
dldnt have foolish desires for more.
clothes or TO be fashionable or any,
thing like that.
don't mind If | do look like a
fright and If the folks do saw when
they see me as I've heard them saw
oh. look at that hippopotamus. isn't
she a terrible sight with that great
jaw of hers. Oh, look, now she is OPEN
ing 1t.
at is indeed a terrible looking
thing
I'm proud of myself that I. like
ladies' often do, do not make myself.
unhappy over being out of fashion or
having shabby things
But there is just one thing I feel
In sympathy with ladies about-at
least all ladies who are loving mothers
i can understand what 1t means 70.
nave baby look at its mother out
OF Its lovely baby eyes which are as
beautiful as anything in the world
Ana can see its love for It's mother
and oh, my whole heart goes out with
love for 1t.
Yes, sometimes when you see the.
great ola ugly hippopotamus you must
not only think of the ugliness but vo,
must say, back of that thick hide
behind that awful Jaw and thoso
hideous features, deep down in the.
heart OF mother hippopotamus there.
IS love and devotion and the beautfup
Joy OF giving Of that love to ones own
baby wv"
.For baby hippopotamus Is bebv
to Do loved by mother hIppopotamns v
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
l0B[I(
ROADS
i0RN AUTOMATICALLY TO0TS
levice Installed on dead Mans
Curve" In North Carolina Warns
of Approaching Motor.

Sound your horni" Dangerous
nrve ahead" The roads are well
prtified with these bright red warn
ags. But you can't see signs by the
oadside at night, and you surely don't
amt to foot your horn continually,
Ynking sleepers In the houses you
ass. What then?
The solution lies In the unpreten-
lous oblong piece of metal lying In the
pad. AS your car passes over 1t a
orn few feet in front of you auto
|latically toots loud and long, letting
he people around the curve know that
~ are coming.
The device is not unlike the light sig
Il system used in the New York sub
sys and that are operated automati-
Ally by the trains.
You will notice two treads running
sngthwise. As your car passes over
Inc one on the left 1t will be depressed
nd an arm extending downward from
Il will hit ratchet wheel. This wheel
hen rotates and carries with it larg-
r Wheel attached to It's shaft.
Contacts on the large wheel will hit
|gainst electric brushes as 1t rotates.
Wires from. the brushes lead to the
|orn and its motor. When the circuit
E-thus closed the horn will foot.
But why have this revolving wheel
Instead of ordinary metal contacts?
| ;ecause If your automobile is going at
| le usual rate of 20 miles an hour the
fead will be depressed for only about
ne hundredth part of second
Hdch too short time for even start
Big the motor on the horn. The re-
|olvlng wheel tends to prolong the con-
bet.
And now for the tread on the right
| de. This prevents the horn from
:Nting unnecessarily when a car APP
peaches from the opposite direction
5here It has already passed the dan
Ter.
The right tread likewise has an arm
cached to 1t. But this arm Is fixed
l an angle so that it almost touches
he arm of the left tread. Then, when
ha right tread is depressed. the right
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-03
|ooR ROADS WORK HARDSHIP
and Value of District
School Work Impaired Where
Children Cannot Attend.

| Bad roads infiict twofold hardships
d the one-room district school. Where
he school is on poor road, a COM
hon practice In severe weather is to
.eep the children at home. The at
|sndance is thus, at times, almost en-
|rely depleted, and the continuity AMI
'hlue of school work are much i'm
Hired.