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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Jim Lawton, of Carrollton, was not
satisfied with his own achievement
two years ago when his wife baked
bread to a finish eight and a quarter
minutes after the grain was standing
in the field so he determined to beat
his record the other day when the
harvest commenced on his place. At
a given time, the Mccormick reaper
stood at the corner of the field Of
growing wheat. Men were stationed
every few feet along the line OF grain
ready TO seize an armful as II fell
from the reaper and rush with 1t to
the thresher close by. The mill was
just twelve rods distant. At the drop
of the hat the mules sprang TO work,
and in a minute and a half a peck
of wheat was in the sack and on a
horse that began a race for the mill.
A minute and seventeen seconds later
the flour was delivered to Mrs. Law
ton, and in three minutes and two
seconds from the starting Of the reap
er the first griddle cakes were eaten
In four minutes and 80 seconds after
the starting Of the reaper a pan OF
biscuits were passed to the crowd OF
spectators.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

A deplorable accident occurred
Thursday evening, shortly after six
O'Clock, in which d. w. Fauntz was
killed and several others injured. The
accident occurred on the road east
from Tarkio near c. A. Wilson's place.
Dr. j. w. Holiday and four others
had been to the harvest field and
were on their way TO town in the
dcctor's car. Just as they came out
of the field on to the road another
auto ran into their car, giving it a
side swipe. When DIR. Holiday start
ed the car the accelerrator became
stuck and although he set the brakes
he was unable to stop the car. 1t
continued in it's wild career for sew
eral hundred yards and then ran into
bank and upset. Fauntz was so
badly injured that he only lived a
few minutes. DIR. Holiday was badly
bruised up, and Elmer Gearheart had
his head cut. Ransom Smith and
Earl Gish, the other occupants OF the
car, were not injured.-Tarkio Ava
lanche,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

1t was so hot in Moberly Thursday
afternoon that a hollow tree caught
fire and the fire department had to be
called to put out the blaze. The fire
The thermometer registered lO4 de-
Erees. Everybody said the sun was
hot enough to start a fire. Then a
mcddlesome somebody happened to
remember that the children had a
bonfire near the tree that morning.
The Moberly Monitor-Index regrets
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Carthage will have home of gilt
tering crystal" reports the press,
when a pebble dash OF tiff, jack and
green stones is applied to the stucco
OF the new home of T. n. Henry, an
Gil well man. The pebble combina-
tion was obtained from the old Goa
hula mine northwest OF Carthage.
The house is an airplane bungalow
OF nine rooms. 1t will be a show
place in Carthage that will literally
dazzle the eye"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The freedom Of Charles Henry, 80
years old, New Morgan hotel, Kansas
City, who was released last May from
the Missouri penitentiary where he
was serving a sentence of five years
for stealing motor cars, was cut short
early Tuesday morning. He was ar
rested by Patrolman William Beady
while in the act of stealing the motor
car Of Cusil Lechtman, 1900 East
Twenty eighth street.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given TO all cred
itors and others interested In the es-
tate of William l.. Dickerson, deceas-
cd. that /, Fred II. Emmert, Admin
istrator of said estate, intend TO make
Final Settlement thereof at the next
term of the Probate Court of Bu-
chanan County, State Of Missouri, TO
be held at the court house in ST.
Joseph, Missouri, on the second Mon
day OF September 1920.
FRED II, EMMERT,
Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in. the es-
tate OF Solomon S. Weiss, deceased,
that 1, Carl f. Weiss, Administrator
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 second Monday Of
August, 1920.
CARL +. WEISS,
Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

on recent visit to her son, DR.. p.
o. Hayden at Brunswick, Mrs. George
tree The trees were growing in her
sons yard and are called wild cucum-
bcr. The trees are some twenty feet
in height and the foliage, which
somewhat resembles the hickory leaf,
is very dense. The fruit, if it may be
called that, is similar to the ordinary
tcucumher in size and shape but is a
pinkish white with a rather rough
surface.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The body of the first Holt county
country in France, to be brought
back to Holt county, was that Of Geo.
W. Foster, OF Company L. The Craig
Leader says, THE funeral was held
from the Allen hardware store and
six soldiers who saw service in France
acted as pallbearers. Tho govern
rnent sent an escort of one man from
Hobokcn. n. Y"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

There's an old fashioned swimming
hole in the l02 River between here
and Maryville that is attra acting
crowds from all the nearby towns,
the river at this point having a sandy
bottom, making it a v~ry desirable
place to battle and swim. II is pa
tronizcd by the ladies as well as the
gentlemen, and several in Pick ering
are now busy making bathing suits.
Pickering Item in the Hopkins
journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

G. f. Farmer, who lives northwest
of Calhoun, had a very narrow escape
from death a week ago. He and his
son and daughter were in the barn
when it was struck by lightning. Two
horses in the barn were killed, Mr..
Farmer knocked down and the son
and daughter made unconscious by
the shock. The bolt affected Mr..
Farmers right eye paralyzing it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Last week Judge Hughes granted a
country" 20 a man who had been
without one according TO the parole
granted him February "a, 1919. Tom
J. Bohannon, a Richmond citizen, en-
tered a plea of guilty to charge OF
violating the local option laws. His
fine OF 500 and twelve months in the
Ray county jail was changed to a
parole upon the conditions that the
defendant should forever leave ths
ccnt!nes Of the seventh judicial dis
trict and reside Ia 'sxet" territory
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

friday evening, wffred o'Neal,
the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Hulser had narrow escape from
getting drowned. There was tub of
water sitting out on the cistern. He
was playing in it and tumbled over
into it. His mother happened to look
out of the window and seen his feet
sticking up out of the tub. She pull
ed him out, but he was about gone,
but by working with him finally
| brought him to again.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Back in 1918, J. f. Deaver, cashier
OF the Paris National Bank, then a
first lieutenant in France, lost a
Masonic identification coin known as
a Chapter Penny" 1t was near
Chaumont that the loss occurred.
Tuesday the coin came back, coming
tu Paris from Seattle, Wash. The
man who sent It said it was given
has the Paris Ledge number on it
which helped the sender in getting
it to the proper owner.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Buckman, near
Monroe City, have a record equaled
by few. They are the parents of nine
children in twelve years, twins hav-
ing been born to them last Thursday.
Mrs. Buckman was 33 years old the
day before, which was also their
twelfth wedding anniversary.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given TO all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Sarah J. Hazlett, deceased,
that i, Charles L. Hszlett, Adminis-
traitor with VIII Annexed OF said es-
tate, intond 20 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
second Monday OF September, 1920.
CHARLES L. HAZLETT,
Administrator with WI Annexed
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Joseph Tatman, aged seventy-three
died at Central Hotel in Platte City
ed at the home of his niece, Mrs.
Lou Waller. burial in the Tatman
cemetery. He was the last of seven
children who came to Platte county
from Kentucky with their parents,
the late Mr.. and Mrs. William Tat
man.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The farmers about Shelbina work
ed all day Sunday to save their crops
from the chinch bugs. "The fields
Of corn adjoining the wheat fields
suffer most; in some fields, where
the pests are plentiful" says the
Chillicothe Constitution, every stalk
is alive with them, as many as half
a hatful have been shaken from one
stalk"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The Cape Sun reports Charlie
Smith, living near Randles- was bit
ten by a rattlesnake which had six
teen rattles and a button. He hurried
home, took a drink Of turpentine,
rubbed the bite thoroughly with some
Of the same dope, and was soon as
good as new. II is hard to believe
this story, comments the sikeston
Standard, a bite from a snake with
that many rattles would have called
for two weeks layoff in the old
days.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Bohannon, says the Richmond News,
went to Kansas City to live. When
national prohibition became effective
he was a man without a country un-
less he wished to leave the United
States. lie returned to Richmond to
ask that his parole be amended to
suit pre- r; conditions lie is now a
member OF ,ac police force in Kansas
City.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

A small boy from Moberly visiting
in the country was determined to go
to the field to see how the harvest
was progressing. He made a start
through the orchard where his aunt
found him with his ankles covered
with bees. After the stings had been
he decided to make short cut
through the hog yard. He was bitten
by the hogs, his arm broken and his
leg badly lacerated,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given 20 all cred
itors and others interested I'm tho es-
tate OF John b. Franklin, deceased, ,
that l. Lille Franklin, Administrators
of said estate, intond 10 make Final
Settlement thereof at the ne,d tenn
OF the Probate Court of Buchr~-
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
INTERURBAN ASKS FOR MORE
FARE

If the new rates which the X. c..
c. c. & st. ]. interurban asked of the
public utilities commission Monday
arc granted, It will soon cost the peo-
pie OF this city, who travel on that
road, one-fourth more than II does
now, and their freight rate will be rs
per cent higher as well. The paasen-
ger rate is now approximately "a
cents per mile and the increase II
granted will make it SO per mile.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Governor Gardner Friday appoint
ed an entire new board of trustees
for the state fruit experiment station
at Mountain Grove and intends to set
on foot some new and approved
methods for development of the fruit
and horticultural possibilities of the
state. The new appointees are: Paul
Evans. of West Plains; r. l.. Beal,
Republic, Green county, and w. f.
Flournoy, Marionvile, Lawrence
county.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

As a result Of a fcud which grew
a horse from his son, William George,
residing four miles northwest of Rus
scllvillc, shot at II. V. Brumback, a
neighbor, missed him and killed a
mule belonging to John Neiderwim-
mcr.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of William j. Prttchett, deceased,
that /, j. Harvey Pritchett, Admin
istrator Of said estate, intend to make
Final Settlemen thereof at the next
term of the Probate Court of Blu
chanan County, State of Missouri to
be held at the court house in st.
Joseph. Missouri, on the second Mon
day of September. 1920.
J. HARVEY PRITCHETT,
Administrator,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NOTICE OF FINAL sETTIIEMENr

Notice is hereby given 10 all cred
itors and others interested In the es-
tate of George b. Leonardo, deceased,
that /, Bessie Leonard, Administra-
trix OF said estate, intend to make
tinal settlement thereof at the next
term OF the Probate Court Of Bu-
chanan County, State OF Missouri, to
be held at the court house in ST.
Joseph, Missouri, on the second
Monday Of September, 1920.
BESSIE LEONARDO,
Administrative.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
NEWS FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
Interesting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
In the Greatest State i'm the Union
The Product of the Scissors, the Pen and q Very
Little Actual Labor

years crop. It tested G1 pounds and
he sold at $3.50 per busheli b. NJ,
Taylor made the record at Craig. His
tested 62 pounds and he also sold at
$3.50 per bushel--lIolt County Sem
tinel.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Frank Smrca, 43 years old, was
shot and instantly killed at st. Louis
Tuesday morning by Mrs. Ida Shea,
"a while engaled n a fight with
Mrs. Shea's husband, George b. Shea.
a neiFhborhood quarrel caused the
trouble according to the police.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Fire, following an explosion in the
garage Of the Bcss Motor Car Com
pany at Sikeston, Friday night, de-
stroycd the garage, with twenty-five
motor cars, and spread to the Amer
lean hotel, which also was a total
loss. The damage is estimated at
sl25,OOO.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

J. y. Jefferios of Mexico lost a gold
watch while working in the Kansas
wheat fields last year. This year
while employed on the same farm he
found his watch. a bit rusty in places
but still a time-keeper Say what
you will. those Kansas wheat fields
oh, let Kansas tell it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The 1ligginsville Jeffersonian
chuckles over the fact that Kansas
City bandits escaped with $4,000
worth of money orders consigned to
a mail order house. Who said that
the country press is the only knocker
on mail order houses?
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Cowgu has a human fly" in the
person Of V. F. Coffman. who
"swarms' the concrete wall OF the
opera house and on up the 2O-foot
ragpole with no apparent difficulty
or dread Of the Cowgirl
Chief.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

"Tho time has come" remarks the
Republican Press, when the people
J. Bryan never refused a nomination
will have to admit their error"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

that this explanation has been offer
ed. That heat story" would have
made a thrilling whopper to tell on
any vacation trip, and 1t was a hot
day.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

A "moonshine outfit" and its pro-
prictor were found at work near Var
row. Tho Nirksvillo Express remarks
that this stu is the only one found
in Adair county in many years.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

County State OF Missouri. TO be held
at the court house in ST. Josenh.
Missouri, on the second Monday of
September. 1920.
LILLE FRANKLIN,
Administrative
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

John F. Slater was the first to de-
liver new wheat at Bigolow Of this
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

The Ashland Bugle suggests scram
blod eggs as the emblem for the thir
party
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

Congressman Gabbert" sounds just
about right-and that is what he will
be-
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

There were several candidates who
ne typical scared wolf. 4
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

J. n. Jones. a farmer west Of New
Market and four miles north Of Wes-
ton, sold 3-months-old mule colt
last week for $500 and refused $4OO
for its mother. The colt will be
shown at the state fair next month.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07

In an accident five and three
fourths miles northwest Of Milan,
Monday, Claude Edward, son Of Mr..
ard Mrs. Claude Wcmmer OF Milan,
was thrown from an automobile driv-
en- by his father and instantly killed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-09
Strike in Steel Mills
Officially Called Off
By National Executive

Pittsburgh Pa, Jan. 8.-The strike
in the steel mills and furnaces called
September %, and which at its in
ception involved $4,000 men, was
officially called off here by the ma
tional committee, after an all day
meeting.
Announcement that the national
committee had decided to proceed
no further was contained in tele-
gram sent to headquarters of the
American Federation of Labor in
Washington, to the heads of all in
ternational unions interested and to
the organizers and field men in all
strike districts.
"The steel corporation" the tele-
gram said, with the active assis-
lance of the press, the courts. the
federal troops. state police and many
public officials, have denied steel
workers their rights of free speech,
free assemblage and the right to or
ganize, and, by this arbitrary and
ruthless misuse of power, have
brought about a condition which
has compelled the national commit
tee for organizing iron and steel
workers to vote that the active
strike phase of the steel campaign
is now at an end. A vigorous cam
paign of education and reorganiza-
ton will be Immediately begun and
will not cease until industrial JUS
tice in the steel industry has been
achieved All steel workers now are
at liberty to return to work, pending
preparation for the next big organi-
zation movement"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-09
Market and Industrial News of the Day
FIN ANCIAL

New York, Jan. s.--The aimless and
occasionally heavy drift OF todays stock
market was accepted as further proof OF
the revision of speculative estimates re-
lions recently reiterated by the federal
reserve board.
Dealings were relatively small In vol
9me and contracted as to scope the char
acter of the trading leaving little doubt
of its professional origin.
, Almost the only shares to display more
than slight animation were those con-
trolled by pools or under bear pressure.
After alternate reaction and recoverieS
the market hardened in the last hour,
steels, equipments. secondary metals and
several of the oils, featuring the irreg
ular rally. Sales amounted to $4,000
shares.
The address of Director General Hines,
advocating reorganization of the railroads
by compulsory consolidation and the pros
pective course OF congressional legislation
made virtually no impression upon trans
portation issues which were neglected
throughout the session.
More flexible money tendencies, as sug-
gested by an abundance of demand loans
at per cent and few offerings Of time
funds at a slight reduction for the shorter
maturities. attracted little attention and
eXerted no visible influences.
Rates on London and Paris were again
moderately unsettled, although pressure
of bills on both centers was said to be
light. The weekly statement of the Bank
of England was favorable, however, show
ing substantial recovery in liability re-
serves
Accompanying the course Of stocks, the
movement of bonds was narrow. Liberty
issues were not materially changed, but
foreign war flotations eased with domestic
speculative railway bonds. Total sales
tpar valued were $13,500,000. Old United
States bonds were unchanged on call
Number of sales and range Of prices of
the leading stocks:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-09
Land VALUES IN
STATE PROBLEM
FOR ASSESSORS
Inflated Values of Farms
During War Big Cues
ton in Four-Year
Assessment.

Lincoln. Jan. 8,-(Special.) AS
SCISSORS of the state are in session
at the Lindell hotel in this city
wrestling with the proposition of
land values as it has been placed
before them, because of the inflated
values which some land in the state
has been sold for.
Secretary Bross OF the depart:
ment Of finance of the state talked
to the assessors. covering the matter
OF advances in llnd values and told
them that they should remember
that the assessment this year would
stand for four years. He called
attention to instances of inflated
values and in one case where a piece
OF land containing 20 acres in Stan
ton county had sold for $4,000,
which would average $2l00'an acre,
and yet land in the vicinity is said
to be worth but about $3.50 to $500
an acre. .-
Low Levy Favored.
Mr.. Bross said that he believed
that an actual valuation of land and
low levy would be much better
than an differentiation of land with
a high levy. He especially desired
to call attention to the fact that
high taxes in any county did not
mean that the state taxes were
high. As an example he said that
the state tax was very low as COM
pared to the other parts of govern
ment and called attention to a GER
tain county where a person having
$500 worth of property with an as
sessed valuation of $500 paid taxes
amounting to $3.50. OF this only
$l30 went to the state. while l.50
went to the county, $40 to the city
, and $500 to the school district. In
another county where man paid
a tax of Sl2.4s, only $l.30 went to
the state. while the county got $l.45,
the school district Sc and the town
$3.50.
He used this as an illustration
sponsible for high taxes in most in
stances.
A general discussion brought out
many things in regard to lard values
in which G. c. Humphrey of Hail
county said that he expected to
striks an average between assess
inent of 1916. the last one taken on
real estate and sale values at the
present time.
Regarding personal property r.
c. Cole of Cherry county said that
actual value did not always mean
100 cents on the dollar actual cost,
but what it would sell for in the or
binary course of business.
Secretary Stuhr of the Department
of Agriculture gave the meeting
some instruction in gathering sta
tistics.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-09
CHARGES YANKS
SACRIFICED ON
ARM|ST|CE DAY
American High Command at.
Chaumont Did Not Re.
woke Orders. Gen.
Sherburne Says.

Washington, Jan. s, Lives OF
American troops were needlessly
sacrificed on armistice morning be-
cause the American high command
at Chaumont did not specifically re-
woke previously issued orders to at
tack, Brig. Gen. J Fl. Sherburnc of
Boston, former commander of the
artillery brigade of the o2d (negro)
division, told house subcommittee.
General Sherburne strongly con-
demned the methods of what he re-
ferred to as the general staff gang"
at Chaumont, criticising particularly
dominating triumvirate.'
Corps, division and brigade com
manders stood in such "piteous fear
Of the Chaumont staff that they did
not dare. in most cases, to revoke
on their own authority the order to
attack on November II. even though
they knew to moral certainty that
an .armistice had been signed.
The order to attack Stood said
General Sherburne, land the only
other order that came through rela-
tive to an armistice day operation
that | ever knew of, was an order
that at II "a m, November II, all
hostilities must cease. No COM
manding officer could possibly have
interpreted that as a cancellation of
the previous order calling for an
attack during the morning of the
18th. Most unit: fought right up to
II o'clock, some of them against
machine gun operations" A few