The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-04-23
MISSOURI WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

April 10, SWashington.--Shop OPEN
ed here to manufacture absorbent and
insulating materials from corn stalks.
Kansas City-$40, 900 motion pic
Iture theatre to be erected.
Midland Oil Co. opens
sales station here.
| Carthage.--State and Federal aidto
be furnished from $500, 900 bond issue
to construct three roads covering
10 IL miles.
Springfield 100000 bond issue
carries to erect school buildings.
Lone Jack.-Plans approved for
matchmaking ITO miles jefferson
Highway to johnson county line east
Of city.
Kansas City-Proceedings filed to
open and establish Pershing road for
Gillian to West Pennway.
st. Louis.--Airplane mail service to
be inaugurated May Is between this
city and Minneapolis, MINI.
Kansas City.-National Automotive
School capitalized at 100000 makes
application for charter.
ton of apartment building de luxe
with six suites to rent for $500 per
month each.
If the farmers of this country do
not secure common labor soon to help
till the soil, we will face a food fam
inc in not far distant future.
Independence.--School teachers to
get 90 per cent salary increase
Rover.-Iron mines near here pro-
ducing ten tons daily.
| Humansville is out after some small
factories. 1t can offer cheap hydro
electric power, plenty of water and
other inducements. 1t has a world of
clay suitable for brick and tile fac
tories, also lots Of timber, and coal
mines close at hand. Secretary Gil
lespie of the Commercial Club will
give full information to interested
parties.
jefferson City.-221, 662 automobile
licenses issued to owners this year.
Jefferson City plans to put down As
blocks of paving.
Kansas City.-$750.O00 vaudeville
house to be erected at 18th and Nc
Gee.
Monroe City.-Midvale Oil Co.
drilling for oil strike big gas pocket
Edina.-Light plant changes own
ership. New management to extend
service to knox City and other points.
Joplin.-1920 building program
reaches $3,000,000, largest in history
Of city.
Marshall.-17 acres in suburbs sold
for SIT 900 to be plated into lots.
Jefferson City.-Taxable wealth of
State $2,908, 544, 432.
Kansas City.-Leavenworth firm Sc
lects this city as location to erect
-four mill, daily capacity 5000 bar
rels.
Kansas City.-Chamber of Com
merce plans 100000 campaign to
hard-surface all highways into city.
Pierce City.-Contract let to build
two retaining walls on south end
bridge across Elk river.
Jefferson City.-First National
Bank increases capital to 100000.
Rock Port.-Main street paving
completed.
Neosho.-State Highway to be
built across Newton county, west via
CRANKY, Seneca and this city, cost
s177,60O.
Neosho.-Local canning factory Of
fers $40 per ton to tomato growers
for coming crop.
Some day laboring men will come to
full understanding of the injury la
Dor grafters are doing to honest work
ing men as well as to employers.
Hannibal.-International Shoe Co.
opens grocery and general merchan-
disc store in plant selling to employees
at cost.
Charleston.-Ten acres donated as
site OFF new $175,000 high school
building.
st. Louis.--Public service commits
sion cuts car fares of United Railways
here from 8 to 7 cents.
Aurora.-Hereford Cattle Associa-
ton erecting $4,000 pavilion here.
Observation-Disclosures Grain Co. of
Adrian county lets contract for $4,000
bushcl elevator here.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ice Co.
charging and remodeling plant.
THE HOME is THE HEART