Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1921-10-27

Gov. Hyde has called Q special
session of the Missouri Legisla'
ture for Nov. 3rd. oEconsider
the matter of q soldiers bonus.
and some action in road matters
which will give Us some money
to spend on the Missouri roads
next year.
There has been some little
petty stealing in different homes
in Mansfield the past week or so
by somebody going in when no
body was at home, and taking a
few small articles. Al word to
the wise is suffient. someone
is going to get "slippin up on.
The Sheriff of Wright county,
his deputies, and Mansfield law
enforcement officers, made a
trip over in the north part of the
county last week searching for
stills and liquor. Nothing start
ling was uncovered. They are
making IA diligent search in this
county for all classes of wet
goods.
Re-. James l.. Himrod, of
Chicago, will be in Mansfield on
Thursday, NovemberB3rd, and
will lecture at the Methodist
Church at 7:90 that evening.
His subject will be New Worlds
for Oid''. No admission. Every
body come out and hear him.
Rev. HimrOd is a noted Chau.
tauqua Lecturer. He addressed
a large crowd here in Mansfield
on Mothers Day, May 9th 1920,
and his ability as a lecturer is
we'll and favorably known.
We told you that if you didn't
go to the "Uuion Station" Tues
day night, that YOU would miss
something, and we can prove it,
by those who did attend, now,
that you did miss it,. IL was
some good entertainment, and
was highly enjoyed by good
esen'ation of the people OF
Mansfield. The Parent Teachers
Association, and some of the
teachers, and especially Mrs.
Ross Reed, Mrs ,Divan and
others deserve great deal of
this evenings enjoyment. The
proceeds of the evening amour.
ted to about $4,000, which will be
used for supplies and equipment
of the school.
a Constitutional election has
been called by Governor Hyde
for January 3lst, 1922. The
purpose of the election will be to
elect delegates to the Constitu.
tional Convention, which must
be called by the Governor at
least i months after the election
is held. Two delegates to this
convention will he chosen from
each senatorial district i'm the
state and Is delegates at large.
They will be elected in the usual
way, and one in each district
representing the two leading
political pa, ties. II had not yet
been ascertained whether the
representation will be from the
new or old districts. This Mat
ter is now being thraShed out in
the Supreme Court.
Henry Ford, the wizard manu-
facturer and financier whose
success is due a great deal as a
result o. straight thinking,
saysOf the railroad strike and sit
uation," that what the railroads
need TO do first, is to get rid of a
few high salaried useless heads,
a lot of worthless stockholders
who insist of the roads paying a
large dividend, and Il great army
of superfIuOuS clerks and EN-
plOyees, who do little and draw a
lot, and reduce the whole railroad
system down to efficiency on a
business basis. whose object it
would be to serve the people and
deliver the goods. Henry Ford
owns and operates one line of
railroad in the north, and the
first thing he did when he took
it over, was to fire" q lot of
useless heads and put the others
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