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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

tain in excess of 10000 acres drained
through organized district enterprises,
are:
Pemiscot, S9,749 acres; Lafayette,
S5,S64 acres; Pettis, 22,OSS acres;
Nodaway, 23,6S3 acres; st. Charles,
21,635 acres; Atchison county. 1897
acres; Carroll, 4O,S42 acres; Cape
Girardeau. 21.69O acres, and Dunklin,
41,6s2 acres.
Drainage Enterprises I'm Every County
The drainage enterprises and activ-
tiles Of New Madrid county represent
a total invested of $3,97G,15O; Penis
cot county, s3,624,5O5; Stoddard
county, $2,996,94O; Butler county,
s2,264,672; Mississippi county, ST.
679,13O; Dunklin county, $1,l476S5,
and Scott county, s1,OOS,9S1. Similar
activities in other Missouri counties
cost, up to the present time, less than
a million dollars.
Drainage enterprises, the official
census returns show, exist in every
one Of Missouris ia counties, the
sums which have been spent for this
purpose ranging from $1,000 for Boil
linger county up to the huge total
which New Madrid has invested in
similar activities, $3,976,15O.
~ T. EDMONSTON.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

on the End day Of January, 1922, on
or before the third day of said term,
to answer plaintiffs petition, the
same will be taken for confessed as
to him and judgment rendered ac-
cordingly.
1t is further ordered, that a copy
OF this order be published in The ST.
Joseph Observer, a newspaper pub
lished In the County OF Buchanan, for
four weeks successfully, the last in
sertion of which 10 be at least fifteen
days before tho next January, 1922,
term of this Court.
A true copy. Attest:
EMMETT ]. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk.
BY Eugene Roseburg, Deputy Clerk,
Sam Wilcox. Attorney for Plaintiff.
C022)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

County, Missouri, for the January,
1922, Term thereof.
Reinert Brothers Construction
Company, and Frank B. FulkCr-
son '.'.''''.'.'.. FIalhtlll3
vs..
Conrad L. Nelson and Mrs Con-
rad l.. Nelson. ........ Defendants
Now at this day comes plaintiffs by
their attorney, W. y. Linn, and II ap-
pearing to the satisfaction Of the court
that Conrad L. Nelson and Mrs. Con-
rad l.. Nelson are nOn-rcsldcnts Of this
state or have absented themselves
from their usual place of abode In
this state so that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served upon them.
And 1t further appearing to the court
that the Sheriff Of Buchanan County
received n petition and summons In
this cause, rcturnable TO this court
FOR the above named defendants and
has made his return into this court
that after making dilIBent search he
was unable TO find either Of the within
named defendants in his county.
1t IL therefore ordered that said
defendants, Conrad L. Nelson and
Mrs. Conrad l.. Nelson, be notified by
publication as required by law that
said plaintiffs have commenced their
suit I'm this court against defendants,
by petition and affidavit, the object
and general nature Of which is TO en-
force their lien on Tax Bills for the
grading of Colorado Avenue from the
east line Of King Hill Avenue TO the
west line Of lst or Williams Street,
as provided by Special Ordinance No.
1912, approved Jan. 9th, 1918, against
Lot thirty-three C33D, Block six 90,
Widman's Addition to St Joseph,
Missouri. That unless the said Con-
rad L. Nelson and Mrs. Conrad l.. Nell
son shall be and appear at the next
term Of this court, to be begun and
held at the Court House in the City
of st. Joseph, Buchanan County, state
Of Missouri, on the 2nd day of jan
uary, 1922, on or before the third day
of said term, to answer plaintiffs pc
tition, same will be taken as confessed
as to them and judgment rendered
| accordingly.
1t is therefore ordered that copy
| Of this order of publication he pub
| lished in The st. Joseph Observer, a
| newspaper published in the County OF
| Buchanan, state Of Missouri, for four
weeks successivcly the last insertion
| Of which is to be at least fifteen days
| before the January, 1922, term Of said
| court.
copy attest:
EMMETT J. GROUSE.
| CSeaD Clerk
| BY Chas. A. Relfearn, Deputy Clerk.
| W. y. Linn, Attorney for Plaintiff.
| G126)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

part of the state, south Of the Mis-
souri, river, similar district activities
exist in Jackson, Lafayette, Bates,
Cass, Johnson, Henry and Saline
counties. In addition other areas
provided with organized drainage
bitches districts are to be found in
Usage, Perry and St, Louis counties
Levee districts which are not provid-
ed with regularly authorized drainage
systems, and tile drain areas, are not
included in this treatise.
OF the area of 2,596,2O4 acres of
Missouri lands included in operating
drainage enterprises, exclusive of the
1,O74,S6O acres still in a virgin state
as timber or cut-over lands, there are
47,O42 acres Just classed as "unim-
proved" Fully seventy per cent Of
the total drainage protected area lies
southeast of straight line from Cape
Girardeau southwest to Poplar Bluff,
Butler county. The st. Francois river
basin drainage enterprise, located
there, is the largest activity of this
character IN Missouri. The total area
drained is 1,173,oS0 acres, with s9,-
313,OS5 spent on the energies up to
Jan. /. 1920. and s2,Os9,317 then re-
quired to complete the entire system
total investment Of sl1,4O2,352.
Black River Drainage System
The Black River basin drainage en-
terprises cover an area of 262,37e
acres and represent s2,354,932 in in
vested capital.
The various Mississippi River basin
drainage undertakings cover an area
OF 702,S24 acres and represent ex-
pended capital totaling S6,617,6S5.
The mary smaller Missouri River
basin drainage enterprises extend
over an area OF s67,151 acres and rep
resent invested capital aggregating
s2,924,S60.
The Usage River basin drainage en-
terprises cover total Of 9O,s2S acres
and cost s1,45O.4p6,
Incorporating drainage enterprises
Of Missouri in the Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and st. Francis rivers basins,
which remain to be completed, require
disbursements totalipg $6,5l7,994. The
total area to be drained is 3s4,Oe1
acres. The work completed up TO the
time this treatise deals with, cost
s166,2oO, and the plans still to be
carried out then represented a fur
ther disbursement Of &e,151,7o4.
Drainage Actiyftes-by Counties
Scott county, In southeast Missouri,
once almost an entire swamp, leads
all Missouri counties IN extent Of the
areas which have been drained
through regularly organized district
ditching. its farm land thus improved
officially standing at s0,629 acres
stoddard county comes second with
sO,25O acresi Saline county, third with
bS,17s acres; Mississippi county
fourth with $500 acres and New
Madrid county, fifth with b1.eit
acres.
! Other Missouri counties which con-
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26
(No. 56755)
ORDER or PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
County, Missouri, to the January
Term. A. D., 1922.
State of Missouri, County of Blu
chanan, IS.
Amy B. Jackson. n........P Plaintiff
Carl f. Jackson ...... Defendant
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
by her attorney, and il appearing to
the satisfaction Of the Circuit Court
that said defendant, Carl e. Jackson,
is a nonresident of the State Of Mis-
souri,, and does not reside therein, it
is ordered that said nonresident de-
fendant be notified by publication, as
required by law, that said plaintiff
has commenced hor suit in this Court
against said defendant by petition and
affidavit, the object and general ma
ture Of which is TO obtain a decree of
divorce from the defendant on the
grounds of desertion and abandonment
without a reasonable or just cause for
the space OF more than one whole
year next before the filing of plain
tiff's petition in this cause; and on the
grounds Of ind.gnities such as to rem
der her condition in life intolerable In
that he often cursed and swore at her
and failed TO support and maintain
her. That unless the said Carl F.
Jackson shall be and appear at the
next term Of this Court, TO be begun
and held at the Court House, in the
City OF st. Joseph, in Buchanan Coun-
ty, State of Missouri, on the End day
OF January, 1922, on or before the
third day of said term, TO answer
plaintiffs petition. the same will be
taken for confessed as to him and
judgment rendered accordingly.
II is further ordered, that copy
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

Of this order be published I'm The st,
Joseph Observer, a newspaper pub
lished in the County OF Buchanan, for
four weeks successfully, the last in
sertion OF which to be at least fifteen
days before the next January, 1922,
term of this Court.
A true copy. Attest:
EMMETT J. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk.
BY Eugene Roseburg, Deputy Clerk.
Oliver Halfway, Attorney for Plain
tiff. G126)
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

listened to their conversation which
mostly concerned the problem of
hauling logs across the ice on No
que Bay lake. This gave him an
idea. And by dark he had his dem
enstratng truck out in the middle
of the lake with his electric light
plant in action.
The farmers soon came to inves-
tiCate. Real prospects were
created. The next day Chantry
tarted to carry out the program
he had read about---tO make ten
calls a day. That day he almost
made a sale, but the banker, to
whom his prospect applied, refused
him a loan, declaring that he would
buy cheaper in another year. Next
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested In the es-
tate of Louisa A. Sheridan, deceased,
that /, John S. Logan, Jr,, Executor
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, Mis-
souri,. on the first Monday OF Decem-
Der, 1921.
JOHN S. LOGAN, JR..
G02p) ... Executor.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

Accvordins 70 the Journal, a Hop
kins woman returning from a recent
trip picked mp the wrong grip and
didn't discover It until she had gotten
home. 1t was loaded with a IA cali
ber revolver and some brand new di-
vorce papers. The Journal adds that
she feels she had very narrow es-
cape.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26
NOTICE
To Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Take notice that on the 5th day of
December. 1921. 1 shall make appli-
cation to the Probate Court Of Bu-
chanan County, Missouri, to be per-
mitted to resign as Executrix of the
estate OF Alice Fenton, deceased.
(1022) AGATHA FENTON.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

day he persuaded his prospect to
visit another bank and the loan was
made. 1t had taken three days in
zero weather to make his first sale.
The fourth day Chantry determined
to sell the banker who had turned
down his first prospect. The
bankers town of Crivitz, has no
electric light and Chantry explained
what it would mean to the bank to
have electric light, that the light
burning all night would make it hard
for anyone to blow out the vault
doors and once lighted darkness
would act as a burglar alarm. He
sold the banker.
Then he sold another banker a
short distance away on the same
idea. "And so | have sold one
Lighting plant each week" says
Chantry, 81 have worked hard,
risen early and followed the gen.
eral lines of the story ] read last
February. ] believe almost any
! line of goods can be sold this way"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26
Go. 33S90)
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
County, Missouri, for the January,
1922, Term thereof.
Reinert Brothers Construction
Company, and Frank y. FulkCr-
son ............... .Plaintlif3
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

Prosperity is coming back by the
hard work route according to f.
Chantry. salesman for a Sandusky.
o.. manufacturer, who has been
awarded first prize by Golfers
weekly for the best report Of ac-
tual sales this year In Chantry's
story is revealed the resourceful-
ness and hard work now required
to make sales.
Out Of job, but inspired by the
story of a dealer who sold an auto
mobile a week when others were do
ing nothing, Chantry walked into
the store of the Murphy Supply Co.,
Green Bay Wis, and persuaded the
manager to give HIM d tryout SELL
ing Matthews electric lighting
plants. This plant was higher
priced than its competition and the
territory assigned was difficult.
Chantry drove sixty miles the
first day to Ellis Jet. Wis, and put
up at hotel patronized by farmers
and lumberjacks. Dressed in a
mackinaw shirt. he mixed in and
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

In the Circuit Court OF Buchanan
County, Missouri, to the January
Term, A. D., 1922.
state Of Missouri, County Of Bu-
chanan Sc
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

By s. Whitehead, Deputy Clerk.
Elliott Spalding, Attorney Tor Plain
tiff. F'"s'
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-26

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
County, Missouri, to the January
Term, A. D., 1922.
state Of Missouri, County Of Blu
chanan, IS.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

a prolific cause of accident. The
work OF installing the new light sys-
tom VIII be begun at once.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
few PASTORS TO
MAKE Changes
Many in Wilmington Con-
ference Invited to Return,
DR.. Watt Says
REV. Z. w. WELLS MAY
MOVE FROM WESLEY

District superintendent Robert
Watt says from present indications,
there will be few changes OF pas
torates on the Wilmington District Of
the wilmington NJ f. Conference,
most OF the churches having al
ready invited their pastor to re-
turn.
At Mccabe Church the official
board not only invited the Rev.
George c. Williams 20 return for an
other year, but announced an in
crease Of $500 in salary for the new
conference year.
There will be a change at East
lake church. as the Rev. +. c. Sun
field has sgnified his intention Of
retiring.
A change is also expected al Wes-
ley NJ. T. Church. where the Rev.
Zach w Wells is pastor. but this
has not yet been definitely settled.
As TO the appointment of four
district superintendents, DR.. Watt
said il would not be known until the
last meeting Of the bishops cabinet
at the next session Of the Confer
ence. 10 be held in Cambridge, Nd.
beginning March 20. IL has been
learned that the present plan is TO
return all OF the present incumbents.
The customary six years appoint
ment of Drs. Watt. Wise and Now
pray expire next March.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
NO RAILROAD FARE
TAX AFTER SATURDAY

Instructions to agents and others
concerned covering the removal Of
the tax on transportation effective
January l, have been announced by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany Under the provisions OF the
new revenue law, it is expected that
the elimination of this tax will save
passengers and shippers using the
Pennsylvania lines approximately
S26,OOO,000 annually This estimate,
based on freight and passenger
revenues this year, covers saving
to passengers OF sl3,OO0,000 and
SlS,OOO,O0O to shippers.
Under the regulations issued by
the company, no tax on passenger
and freight transportation furnished
on or after January l will be charg-
ed. Tickets for transportation in
1922 may be purchased at any time
during the remainder Of the present
year. without the payment of any
tax. On tickets furnished for use
prior to January l. 1922. however.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

we are OF opposite temperaments.
I'VE have five healthy children.
There are times when could climb
tree or do something equally sem
sational. They are sturdy, active
children. no worse and no better
than others-but too much for me.
"I am only 27. but have had sew
eral serious breakdowns and l think
! am on the verge of another.
"a farmers wife can scarcely call
a minute her own. She gets up early
and is at it late.
Il make most of the clothes we
wear, hats included, but that's not
work. for l delight in creating pretty
things with my hands, even pretty
cakes.
"I have. perhaps. too much edu-
cation for my good. ! smother with
out beauty, and there's no time for
even little music.
"Of course. / would rather daub
with my paints than do anything
else. but you can't work with oils
while waiting for the irons to heat.
Now. don't tell me 1 need a rest.
II know a. can't afford it. Sc
what's Ike next.best?"
Forty days in the wilderness
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
RIBBON OF LIGHT
ACROSS NEW JERSEY

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 27.--The
nrst step In Che plan TO create a
"Great white way" on the White
Horse pike between this city and
Camden will be taken Immediately
by the Illumination Of the hve-mile
stretch Of boulevard between Allan
tic City and p'casantyile using the
newly designed three-in-one rrefiee-
tor which has been proclaimed by
highway officials and automobile
clubs to be the best yet offered for
the purpose.
This light, using only a 250-watt
Mazda lamp placed from 500 10 400
feet apart, will illuminate the coun-
try highway as well as the city street
is today lighted.
Autoists passing over the boule-
ward viii be able to turn off their
giaring headlights when this ribbon
OF light IS Installed, thus removing
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
If Stomach is
Out of Order
-~"Diapepsin"
-...-..--.--.-.-.-..--.. -.-.--.-..--.-...-.--'

Every year regularly more than a
million stomach sufferers in thei
United States. England and Canada
take Papes Dlapepsin, and realize
not only immediate, but lasting re-
lief. This harmless antacid helps di-
gest anything you eat and overcomes
a sour, gassy or out-of-order stom-
ach in five minutes. II your meals
don't fit comfortably, or what you
eat lies like a lump Of lead in your
stomach, OF il you have heartburn,
that is a sign OF indigestion. Get
from your druggist a sixty-cent case
OF Pape's Diapepsin. There will be
no sour risings, no belching OF undi-
gested food mixed with acid, no gas
>or heartburn, no fullness or heavy
feeling in the stomach. no nausea,
htadache or intestinal gripping. Prove
to yourself in five minutes that your
stomach is as good as any; that there
is nothing really wrong stop this
food fermentation and begin eating
what you want without fear OF dis
comfort or Indigestion.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
Letters to Lovers
An OuerUOrked Wife
BY wINoNA WILCOX.

would be about the right prescrlp-
ton for any overworlSed mother and
New York city would make the best
possible wilderness. For IL Is not
rest in sanitarium but siimulat-
ing change which the too strenuous
wife requires.
When woman's imagination
plots ten days work for a seven-day
week. the obvious first-aid sugges-
ton is that she cut down the list OF
her occupations.
And since she can't change her
environment. 1t would be a good
thing for her to change her attitude
toward IT,
Conflict" between love and duty
is theme as old as the poets. Con
nict" as explained by the new psy-
chology is the want Of harmony be-
tween two instincts, interests, COM
plexes or habits.
IL is the conflicts, and not over
work. which cause most nervous
breakdowns.
There are two kinds of ways for
woman to break down. The one
wEo does nothing at all often suffers
from nerves She needs the labor
cure. But the overworked woman
never will profit by the rest cure
She only needs to eliminate some OF
her conflicts
And sometimes It is wise TO real
ize the relative values OF ones In
terests. The more things one can dc
we'll the higher does one rank in the
scale of humanity.
II overworked mothers would
take a justified pride in the results
Of their efforts, some Of TIE weary
| ing Conflicts would vanish. II
helps sometimes to remember thai
"as thy day, so shall thy strength
I hp "
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
DUPONT DYNAMITE
HOUSE BLOWS UP

Fire Sunday morning ignited 25
pounds of nitroglicerin in the Re
pauno dynamite works of the du-
Pont Company, near Gibbstown, n.
j., and the resulting explosion wreck
ed one building, with loss of $lO,-
600 No one was injured.
The building in which the eNplo-
sive was stored was used as a mix
ing plant, where nitroglycerin was
made. 1t was isolated from all other
parts OF the plant so that damage
was easily confined to g.
No one was at work in that sec
tion Of the plant on Christmas day.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

the present tax must be collected.
In this connection attention is
called TO the fact that since the
transportation tax was put into ef-
feet early in 1918. no benefit whatso-
ever has accrued to the railroad
companies from the additional reve-
nue. collected. Each railroad has
had to make a strict accounting to
the government and has simply
acted in the role OF a government
tax collector.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

years ago bidding is expected tc be
high and fast at the auction sale
for the building this week.
Persons who have charge Of the
sale are wondering il they can dis
pose Of the church legally under the
Volstead act
A new church is under construction
and will be finished in two days.
Architects who built the old church
say workman was in the habit OF
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
WHISKY in CHURCH
WALL MAY HALT SALE

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Dec. 27.-Be-
cause a bottle OF whiskey was seal
ed in the walls of the First Pres
byterian Church in Waterloo. Iowa,
when the structure was built thirty
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

UST how mucl: a
ambitious. ener-
getic wife can
accomplish and
what comes OF
ceaseless activ-
ity. is revealed in
the following let
ter:
II am exceed
ingly happy With
my husband. We
have the s a m @
tastes. although
Evening journal., 1921-12-27
NO BROKEN SWORD
ON NEW DOLLARS

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The
new dollars. now in process of coin
age and expected to be available for
circulation about December 30, will
not bear a broken sword. Director
Baker. OF The mint. announced
Two designs for the dollars which
mark the first change in the Ameri-
can silver dollar In 20 years. were
submitted. Mr.. Baker said One
design showed an American
eagle ciutchine broken sword.
but the other omitted the broken
sword. The latter has been accepted
and approvd, the director said
The new Dollars. in their design
win portray the advent OF peace
and be symbolic OF the new era upon
which the nation, through the
Armament Conference, is entering
Treasury officials said
a prolific cause of accident. Tn,
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

bringing a bottle of whisky to work
every day. one lunch hour fell
low laborer buried his bottle with
mortar and sealed it in the stone
wall.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

PHILA. DIAMOND GRID BATTERY
Guaranteed two years. Automo-
bile Equipment Co.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-12-27

Cheese has higher food value
than meat.