The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

Improvements, industries, payroils,
investments are the best index of the
real prosperity of the State and the
success and stability of the govern
men.
Kansas City.--Local business men
organize motion film company, incor-
porate for $25O,0O0. Will build stu
do and establish offices here.
Kansas City.-New Industrial State
Bank, capitalized at 100000, opens at
independence and Hardesty avenues.
North Kansas City.--Corn Products
Refining Co. purchases rs acre site
and will build $7O00,000 plant, en-
ploying 1000 people.
Kansas City.-Old Jefferson Hotel
to be razed to make room for widen
ing Sixth street trafficway.
Everton.-New brick business build
ing completed
King City.-Paving completed and
streets opened to traffic.
Laclede to have new station to re-
place one recently burned. Car of
gravel arrived and work will begin at
once.
With fairer rates, railroads are be-
ginning TO earn revenues and prosper
GUS conditions will follow, where new
lines will be built and requirements
and bettermentS will make a market
for wood. cement and metal products.
Missouri is worlds greatest chick
en- state; sales of breeding and hatch
ing stock, including direct selling
margins, years hens nest in state to-
tailed 100000, O00.-Richmond Mis-
sourian.
Sedalia.-lnspection committee rec
ommends rebuilding court house re-
Gently damaged by fire. instead of
erecting new building at cost of $780,
000
Edinia.-Collins Pillow Co. establish
es factory here.
Centralia plans paving Jefferson
street west to block east of city park.
Hollister.-Between two and three
million dollars worth canned tomatoes
will be nut up in this district this sea-
son.
Montgomery City.-New $4,000
high school under construction here.
DeWitt.-Wabash railroad planning
revertment work on Missouri river in
front of depot where chute is cutting
bank away.
Pleasant Hill.-Cass County Repub-
lican is new publication which sent
out its first issue August 10th.
Kansas City.-Ferguson Ltho-
graphing Co. increases canital stock
to $4,000,
Kansas City.-Two new 24-apart-
ment kitchenette buildings costing
100000 to be erected at 32nd and
Broadway.
Kansas City.-$15OOOO public ga
rage under construction at Tenth and
Wvandotte streets will accommodate
425 cars.
Kansas City.-Simon-Flynn Auto
Top Company to erect $65,000 2-story
building.
Jefferson City.-268,142 licensed
motor cars in State. owners contrib,
uting $2,004.918.75 to good roads fund
st. Louis office registers $4,000, Kan
sas City, $1,000.
Columbia.-Six large buildings ant
number of residences under construc
ton here.
Jefferson City.-Secretary of State
has issued 26S,142 motor car licenses
since January first.
Kansas City.-Contract let to builG
$10,120 addition to Switzer school.
Kansas City-Work begun on new
3-story motor sales building and park
at 18th street and Baltimore avenue.
The farms and factories are the
heart of the nation but without YES
sells to carry the life-giving tide parts
of the country will be cold and iifeless
Help the railroads get more cars.
Kansas City.-Widening Paseo be-
tween Armour boulevard and Thirty
seventh street recommended to re-
lieve traffic congestion.
Kansas City.-Plans projected to
enlarge Union Station.
Kansas City.-Census Bureau gives
this city's population 345.000, adding
432 names to previous report.
Kansas City's annual freight bill
increased $4,000 600 by recent rate
advance.
Kansas Widening Baltimore
avenue between 18th and 18th streets
recommended to conform with widen
ing section south.
Trenton.-Despite high cost of
building materials and high wages,
many new homes are being erected
here.
And the very l. w. WIS who scott
at law and order and want to sup
plant this government with soviet
reign of terror are the first to zip and
zap about the law not affording them
more protection so that they can do
as they please in causing disruption.
Kansas City.-Extreme increase
in rents bringing innumerable COM
plants; Mayor to investigate.
Kansas City second largest railroad
center in United States: second larg-
est waiting room in world; has 26 per
cent of nations mileage.
Latest Legislative fad, commission
to regulate the rag pickers.