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The Holt County sentinel., 1921-01-21
Order Of Publication.
William Courtney, Plaintiff

William Courtney, Plaintiff
vs.,
John Cunning, and the unknown cen
sort, heirs, doviscGS, donccs, alicnrss
and immediate, m,snc ~ remote,
voluntary or Involuntary grantee Of
John Chuning, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court Of Holt County,
Missouri. February Term, 1921.
The State of Missouri, 10 the above
namcdn nor described defendants,
Greetings;
You are hereby notified that an aC-
tiOn has been commenced against you
in the Circuit Court Of the County Of
Holt, in the State of Missouri, affect
ing the tito Ia the following described
land and t1nomcnts situate in Holt
County, Missouri, to.wit: The South
east fourth of the Southeast quarter
/ Of Section twenty-five t45), except the
South ten ,l0) feet for n road. IN
fown,hi slxty-one (6l of Range
| forty llO), also the South two (9)
acres of Lot five t5) Of the Southwest
quarter Of Section thirty (3O. in
Township siSty-Onc lGl) of Range
thirty nine t39).
Inc Saln petition among 0'hcr
,h'iES, alleges thnt i'll'ntlll 'ef,iy ne
he,NeS mat thef" are persons interest
ed; OF who eiaih 10 ne Interested IN
Sald i'al eStatc' whose name. ne can
mol insert thcicln pecaiHc they are
unknown To nm; tl"t W" CLAIMS "l
such unknown persons ar as foll0ws:
That Alexander NJ. Chuning was vest
! ed with the fee simple title 10 the
southeaSt i"urth OF thr s"uih
quarter OF section twenty-five 'zo), III
iown'hip s,xty-one lol) OF Range
Io'ty 'io), by q warranty deed from
ilna'han Z; Miller, dated August ~
1863 ana OF record IN the real estaIe
records ot non ,oonty' Miss9pil, ~
BOOK "h ~ page l3zi that the snia
aieNander NJ chunlng was alSo NeSte"
WIN 'hc zee simple tl,le To TWO acres
or the South end OF Lot number i've
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SETTLEMENT DOCKET RT HOLT COUNTY
MISSOURI, REGULAR FEBRi AIRY TERN. 1921.
First Day, Monday, February II, 1921.
No. of
Settlement.
Name of Estate and Personal Representative and
Official Relationship


Name of Estate and Personal Representative No. of
Official Relationship. Settlement
Aclae Heir, Minors Wilson AoNalc.
2loScph Watson Hoomcr deceased H. icy
i-Miton G. llumaugh
dwight w. and g. Burnett Jacob
6oc and Pres Carter partnership Presley
-tmil Joseph W. W,
e-WIliam Erwin
OIyn bankers strato Final
l-Achbah Flcencr deceased jess Final
slDavd W. Fries Louise Fries Guardian.
jcc Fuller Richard r. Decker
w. 7.
iJoshra Guthrie, deceased Emma Guthrie,
Second bay. Tuesday, February II, 1921.
6llav"y j. Hci l H. lics.
liorone H. link
Nlarkt Minors children of Ed William r. Makt
Stephn D. Meot deceased lnac Newton Administrator.
2oge Meyer, Jr, deceased Fred f.. Meyer
2llec Proctor deceased W. s. ogn A,mn
2}Fedeck G, Rocker Guy Cummlns Fourth
2lSuannah Russell deceased W. w. Richards
9hWiiam simmons Simmons.
2layd W. Smith, deceased W.
2Sknc T0chtoman, William
2Stin"y A. Weaver deceased b. Smith, Amin
STATE or MISSOURI County of Holt
Harry NJ DUNCAN, Judge of the Probate md
foregoing full and of Docket
the February Term 1921 said appears Of record in
office.
Witness hand and the seal
Missouri this 7th day Of January, 1921 "
HARRY NJ DUNCAN,
sEAL Probate Judge and ES-offo Clerk of Probate
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Nniicc Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned executor of the estate Of
Susannah Russell, deceased, will make
final settlement Of his accounts with
said estate as such executor at the next
term of the Probate Court of Holt
County, Missouri, to be holden at Ore
gon, in said county, on the l4th day Of
February, A. d., 1921.
w. II. RICHARDS,
Executor, Estate of Susannah Russell.
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FOR SALE

Some extra good thoroughbred Po-
land-China Boars-fall pigs, weight
100 to 150 -ounds. Price, $40 to $25
without papers, or with papers, extra
cost for securing them,
CLARENCE HALL,
y Forbes, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-01-21

John Morris, of Steamboat
Springs, Colo, is here on visit with
his brothers, viii, Andy and Jim.
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For Sale-Two colts, 2 and .
years old. ,n ,,,,Ns

EDWARD NARANS,
Forest City, Mo.
Mrs. VIM. Bucknum left Tuesday
of this week for a several weeks visit
with her son, Roy Hartman and fam
lily, in Kansas City. -,
Fred Markt, Sr,, of this city, while
reported some better, is still very
feeble. We hope for an early improve
ment of his condition.
Money for Farm Loans.
THE SISSON LOAN & TITLE CO,
Maryville, Mo.
Call, write or phone US for terms. tt
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Residence For Sale.

The residence property known as tn,
Lawn Hotel property is for sale, Cal
at residence for terms.
WIN. M. MORRIS.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-01-21

been an ardent supporter Of the pure
bred1, because they pay the farmer
who raises them. This dominant
weekly Of farm service studies for
you every aspect and every problem
of your business and the conclusions
at which its trained investigators
arrive can be accepted as thoroughly
reliable. These Investigators say:
Buy Pure BREEDS"
In the next 81 big issues (Which
will come to you for just $1,000 the
editors will tell you why.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

=, There would be Ito necessity for an
unfair list if We ali did our share
in boosting the uni5n label.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

neither time nor strength to function
as parents. neighbors or citizens the
public doesS not realize. 1t is sit
uation, Mr.. Fitch declares, that calls
for immediate remedy.
The normal, democratic method
would be for the industry to find its
way out but under the feuda;lstic
conditions to obtain this is not now
possible. The Survey on this point
says:
"In 1919 more than 100000 steel
workers went out on strike. One OF
the principal demand was the eight
hour day. AS every one knows, the
strike was. lost; the men went back to
work with hours unchanged. Instead
Of doing anything to relieve the sit
uation after the strike, many Of the
steel companies disciplined the work.
ers for trying to force a change. In
the Pittsburgh district, particularly,
the United States Steel corporation
made conditions hard for returning
workers. Skilled men were denoted.
Men with easy jobs were given hard
ones. One of the smaller Independent
mills refused to take back any for
eigners who struck.
Refused Right to Organize.
1.-THE men are back where they were
to organize--they will be discharged
If they do. They must accept. what
the company offers or quit-aud 1t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
WHAT THE 12.H0UR DAY MEANS

Bad as the 12-hOur day Is, it Is
aggravated in the steel mills by
tho long continuous duty when
shifts are changed from night to
dayday. Employees are compelled
to alternate between day and night
shifts, and when the change is
made they work continuously
through two Shifts, or for is to
"a hours.
The effect of this system is de-
mOraliZatiOn OF families, commune
ties and eventually the nation.
Replying to missionaries of
1.-THE Survey" one clergyman said:
''SOme of the men in my c0ngre-
cation work seven days a week
without any day of rest: Under
these conditions it is difficult to
create community spirit"
Another clergyman recited his
experience: ''The family life is
broken. Men will work one week
night, next week days. Buckets will
be filled at $3.50 a. m. one time
and $3.50 p: m. next time. The
father works one shift at one job;
brother or some other relative
works some other shift, so buckets
come and buckets go at verying>
hours, amending, like Tennyson's
brook. The general effect on fam
lily life is to break up into groups
with different pursuits; fatigue, no
time for reading or for recreation;
so some men cannot be intclli-
gent, healthy heads of families, for
they are tired and worn. II the
community is to progress in civil
ideals, it will not be through these
men-they are too busy making
Steel"
A steel worker who has been
working a 12-hour shift for II
years said: "What kind of a life
do you call it, when IL man can't
go 20 miles away to visit his
mother for fear he won't get back
to be ready to go to work?'' :.
Another worker said: "When
you're working nights there is no
chance for recreation, but you'd
be too tired to enjoy it II there
were. A man can't sleep more
than three or four hours in the
day time, and he is tired all the
tinc-chronicalIy tired"
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ment that the public has had every
opportunity to know the facts and to
have demanded action ON. them.
Despite this wealth of accessible
information the statement contin-
ues, when the steel strike began In
September, 1919. the protest Of the
strikers agoinst 12-hour day met an
incredulous response. The public had
forgotten all about 1t. The very news
papers which, in 1910, when there
was no strike. had protested vigor-
ously; against the hours Of work In
the mills, were skeptical in 1919 about
the necessity Of any change"
Legislation Urged.
Intercorporation Efforts to eradicate
these abuses having failed, as did also
the effort of the workers, the public,
through proper legislation, must af
ford relief.
"While we wait for the public to
act,'' The Survey says, 1.-The steel
workers themselves remain impotent,
remembering how all organized So
ciety rose against them when they
struck in 1919 to obtain better work
ing conditions, remembering, too, the
reprisals that await. men who are in
dependent in thought or act in the
steel industry.
I'm the meantime, the leading steel
companies Of America. prosperous as
never before, continue a policy that
is opposed to individual comfort, de-
structive Of family life and hostile to
the development of citizenship.
eft iS i;Icf this Sifro tIof nj cac
upon the public burden and a re-
sponsibility' far greater than may be
its charge with respect to other indus
ties. If the public is awake both to
its responsibilities and its true inter-
ests, it will take care that the substi-
tuition of eight hours for ~ hours in
steel is not long postponed. Until it
does come, there can, be, among men
who love humanity, neither comfort
nor peace Of mind.'
United States Stands Alone.
The United States alone of civil
lied nations. tolerates the long-hour
day. France and Germany have es-
tablished the eight-hour day in steel
making by statute, while in Belgium
Sweden, Spain, Italy: and Japan the
4cSu1L Has UcOu OUld1u0u ny
agreements: with employers. Even
here there is a. strong drift in this
direction, and it is retarded solely by
the arbitrary methods of the Morgan
owned or controlled: companies.
: More than a score of independents
are operating successfully and peace
fully on the modern plan. e.
The report states: that when, the
Colorado Fuel II Iron company went
on three shifts: just two years ago, it
discovered, somewhat to it's surprise,
that it was financial saving to the
company as well az. satisfaction to
the employees.
The question of cost, it is held, does
not properly enter into*any consider
alton of human welfare; but even
from this: angle the eight-hour day
will pay its. legitimate dividends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

offers the 12-hour day. AS d .conse-
quence the workers are helpless, al
most hopeless, and deeply suspicious.
They have no confidence in each
other; they see in every stranger a
potential spy. They are discouraged
about getting any relief from the
long hours. One can not escape the
impression that the steel companies
have fostered this attitude by a DELHI
crate policy tending to discredit the
shorter work day and to create the
impression that nothing less than IL
hours will afford a living wage"
Other investigations, official and
private, are cited as proof of the state
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

have them by the throat and they
must adopt the "open shop" or be
subject to a boycott from ahti-union-
lists. Said one master painter, '"They
control the material and the con-
it,"
Union painters are taking jobs on
their own account. They are man.
aging to get material and are expert
encing little trouble in doing the work
Their patrons seem to be satisfied and
the situation. from a union shop
standpoint, is as satisfactory as could
be expected. In any event the work
the union men will do will have no
comeback to- it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

with it's 5000 employees, adopted it
in its continuous processes two years
ago. Within a year several other in
dependent companies have adopted it,
all with satisfactory results, to the
corporations as we'll as to employees,
and with ascertainable benefits to the
public.
Conditions in England.
Whiting Williams. who more than a
year ago resigned as vice president of
the Hydraulic Pressed Steel company
of Cleveland. and for seven months
made his way as a day laborer in steel
mills, shipyards and coal mines, in
order to understand from the bottom
up the problems of employment man.
agement, surveyed the steel industry
in England under the Cabot trust He
found the eight-hour day so firmly
established and so generally consid-
cred as a right and natural condition
that neither employer nor employe
would even discuss its value and JUS
tice as debatable questions: Among
all groups in England. Mr.. Williams
says, the practically, complete alb
sence Of unionism in steel in America
~AAS AoAAAAC VI tuS ItCcAt StI4ke anu
! the existence of the long working day
! are regularly cited as terrible DEM
onstration Of the ignoble and media
eval conditions which they might ex-
pect to fasten on Great Britain if
anything untoward should happen to
! British unionispl.
| 1t is impossible to overstate the
amavzement and incredulity-alsot the
profanity-which in all parts Of the
country greeted the statement that
the long turn was still in operation in
most of the steel: mills of America
Mr.. Williams continues.
In many cases the staten emit had
to be repeated several times before it
would be credited. The only compen-
sat1on to their surprise was the par
donable sense Of British pride which
followed it. A typical reply from
workers was: No! Wot! Twelve hours
and no time out for breakfast or din
ner! In American. And seven days a
week! Well, Rule Brittanio! I sup
posed we was bloody well the lawst!
Bl1me, yer don't sye!'"
The Shame OF America.
These are the facts as DEVELOPED by
the survey. Steel mills in England
were universally operating three shifts
and in the United States the long.
day was the rule. What this means in
overWorked men and women, with
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

Every statement of fact made by
the industrial relations commission of
the Interchurch World movement is
substantiated by an investigation of
the steel industry recently completed
by THE Survey conducted under
trust established by the late Charles
NJ. Cabot of Boston, who was a large
and influential stockholder of the
United States Steel corporation.
AS long ago as 1912 stockholders of
the United States Steel corporation
condemned the IL hour day and the
7-day week. 1t was voted to accept
the report of committee recon-
mending that 7-day labor should be
abolished mo matter what alleged
difficulties stood in the way, and
that steps should be taken now' to-
ward bringing to an end the 12-hour
day.
These reforms have been continu-
ously and persistently agitated, made
the subject of several independent in
vestigations and were the basis of a
great strike. yet in the principal GEN.
tiers the proportion of 12-hour workers
IS as great now as eight years ago,
when the tockholders' committee
OF the greatest of all steel companies
brought in it's report.
Seventy-six Per cent Affected.
The investigators recognized the
difficulties of making an accurate es-
innate of the proportion Of steel
workers that are compelled to give
their labor under conditions that are
"inimical to social well-being." A ten
tative average of &c per cent is given.
somewhat higher than the Steel trust
is willing TO admit. The trust con-
fesses, however, that more than 50 per
cent OF the personnel of the Tennessee
Goal and Iron company. and, more
than 65 per cent of the Carnegie Steel
company, Morgan-owned plants, are
still maintained on the "barbarous
SYSTEM condemned by stockholders
of these companies.
The situation with Independent com
panies is much better. The Common
wealth Steel company of Granite City
ILL.,, adopted the three-shift system
in its open hearth plants in 1912. The
Colorado Fuel and Iron company
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
'PAIN7ERS|F|CHT':
AN7|-''u|hIoN|STS
Master: Painters Forced to Re.
. :duee Wages. Against Their
Wishes; Union Men Stick.

The "open shop'.:- move ment has
reached into the painting branch of
the building industry. Last Friday
the contract between the master paint
ers and the Painters union expired,
and the former insisted that wages
must be reduced from 81 to 80 cents
an hour. The union refused to stand
for such a cut, so every man laid
down his tools.
Master painters say that they are
not insisting upon a wage reduction
but there are outside influences which
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mnita
havoc Out awcd the day
the developed a
of THE Surveys" findings printed below.
The enabled a
established Charles Cabot
Public
that
probably
-hourd
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
TEXAS UNIONS b! uON'1' WANT
TO ADOPT. KANSAS SYSTEM:

- AUSTIN, Texas, April 7. - The
':can't-strike" fever has reached the
Texas capitol, and organized workers
are opposing legislation that would
establish the Kansas idea. Under the
act, an employee may quit his employ
ment, but if he asks another. en-
ploye to join. him this will be con-
spiracy. All forms Of boycotting are
outlawed. The bill is along the usual
who talk of democracy"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

The new President intends to ride
up the avenue in an automobile, but
the chances are not in favor CT q
flivver.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-24
u. S. Books Shoso AII
Debts to France Paid
History Also Records Clearing
of Loans Made to Colonies
During Wnr NJ fEue1oncnryOy,cu


WASHINGTON, March rs (By The
Associated Press). Treasury officials
again insisted to-day that search of
files revealed no unpaid debts to
France, despite the assertion in the
French Senate last night Of Senator
Gaudin de Villaine that Louis XVI, in
It's, in the name Of the French nation
and to save the young American Re-
public, had loaned America 800 OO0, 600
francs" which, the Senator said, had
never been repaid.
The possibility Of an unpaid debt to
France was brought up year ago, one
Treasury official said, and to answer
the question then propounded care
tul scrutiny was made of Treasury
records. The search showed, this Off
clal added, that the United States had
repaid all the debts of which there was
a record.
Several Treasury officials directed at
tention to history of the national
loans of the United States written in
1882 by Rafael Bayley, Of the Treasury
Department. This volume, now exceed
ingly rare, shows that France made
four loans aggre eating S6,252, 800 to
the American colonies for prosecution
Of the War of independence.
Various payments on these loans, the
Eayley history shows, were made in
the torn of tobacco and otherwise. in
addition to cash. These payments left
one balance OF S1,s48,o00,f which was
merged 5aerg into the 5h per. cent stock Of
1875, final payment having been made
in 1915. The only other balance, the
history further says, amounted to
$lT6,OO0, when it was merged into the
IA per cent stock of 1895, and final
payment was made in 1903.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-24
Spring Horse
Shows

The papers chronicle daily tbs
news of Spring Horse Show s
chronicle the names Of Nev
Workers returning home for tbsI
popular events. A patron writes s
of the Knickerbocker Ice Cor, M
pany's Spring Horse Show on ),
the Avenue these MORNINGS
Spic and span newly painted
wagons, clean, well-kept horses
cheerful drivers, delivering mrs
ice-to de luxe fruit shops, &
florists, to famous clubs and re-
taurants. and to palatial homes.
If the patrons route took in The ~,
big office buiidiags he ssouid sy5
X Kniekfrboeke,'s horses in from of H.. H..
---as eceH as Here, There and Fer. ,,s'
qrheye throughout Greater Nszy We
and subaybs-deiiveries all Oh hms
New-York tribune., 1921-03-24
Ceddes Will
Join Parley
Over League
tcsnsIousd ,ngm pavs enc,

t0Dv
stood by both the British and French
governments. II
( It's the hope Of both the British and
French. as matter of fact, that in
working out the new Harding associa-
tion of nations the United States will
consent-after the League Of Nations
covenant has been rewritten as nearly
as may be to the general satisfaction
of all-that the new covenant may be
inserted in the peace treaty in place Of
the Wilson-Smuts covenant, and the
treaty as amended ratified by the
United States.
Word coming back from London in
dicates that the British are very opti-
niistic as to The possibility Of meet
ing American objections by this policy.
One distinguished British statesman,
according to reports from the other
SIDE, recently voiced the opinion that
the covenant could be rewritten in
johnson would object to it. This is
not accepted here as sound reasoning,
but it is interesting in connection with
the hopes Of Europe as to what the
United States will do.
The attitude of President Harding
toward the approaching discussions
was described to The Tribune COR
respondent to-day by member of the
Cabinet as hopeful withoutA being
unduly optimistic"
The President sincerely desires the
creation of an association Of nations
where difficulties between countries
may be thrashed out and the force of
world opinion brought to bear. He is
in favor Of recodifcation Of interna-
tional law, so that a form of world
court which may be set up will have
something tangible to guide it, in
moments Of heated passions and ex-
cited prejudices. He would like to see
something done to make the represent
atives of the powers on this court and
on the council or assembly which may
be set up less political and more Judi
cial in character.
But he is not willing to yield an
inch on reserving to the United States
the right Of final decisions. The powe,
to decide upon its action in each case
finally, after the opinion Of the world
court or association Of nations council
has BEEN rendered, must be reserved
for the President and Congress Of the
United States. There will be no wayer.
ing, it is declared most positively, or
| this point.