Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1922-02-15

81. francois C0unty tAiutnk OmcSss
found 6o.gsilon still In shed On
tAe prsMisss 81 Vim. nssaon near
Plat Rivsr one day last week. A..
though the ssill was net In use. Il had
the email oil having bssn. and Hss.
con IL being As.d under $500 6esd.
A Wonans Civic League has been
IorgasixsA II Mineral Point. Mrs.
Geo, A. Bsal waa elected pfssidsnt.
Mrs. L. W. kcGuirs viss.presidsat.
Mrs. John Elssy secretary. and Miss
Annie wallace treasurer 81 the organ.
lisasion, which will hsva Tor ito pur.
pose the general welfare Of the com.
nunity.
Capt. ". ]. Ellegs and son. Dan.
Of Bonnie Tsrre we're in Bismarck
| Monday to confer with DR.. J. /. Eaton
relative to the sinking OF . shaft on
Big River near Irondale, on land
owned by DR.. Eaton and the late VIM.
B. Eversoie. Work 10 to be com.
menced about March LIST. This land
has been drilled eight times. the va
rious drillisgs showing thatthere was
. rich ore body underlying the land.
Bismarck Gasetts.
Meyer Kats, who borrowed over
500, 900 from the now detunst Night
and Day Bank Of g. Louis on what
appears to be somewhat uncer.
tain security, j. the same individual
who underbid the Summit hog ranch
people Tor the garbage removal con.
tract with the city OF st. Louis. We
were over ut Summit last Sunday and
they still have = lotta hogs there eat.
ing garbage. Looks like Kats has
lost his contract with the city.
Col. Dillingham; and three other
army officers from Jefferson Barracks
we're in the valley Monday in = War
Department automobile and made al
inspection OF the rifle range east Of
town. Announcement 10 made that
$50 troops from Jefferson Barracks
will be here Tor target practice during
| May and June. The government has
owned the rife range property 25
years. There have been no troops
here since the summer OF 1905, when
q bunch OF eolored soldiers were here
-Ironton Register,
The trial OF Jesse Thomas, charged
with first degree murder, has been
set for trial in the circuit court here
ON March IA. The case comes to our
court on change OF venue from Jsfer-
son County, the defendant being one
OF the S.ewart-Hayes gang OF boot
leggers to which the murder 0! An.
drew Deck at Herculaneum a year ago
IL attributed,au d for which three mem
bers OF the band are already under
sentence OF death and another has
been given life term in the psuiten,
tiary. .. t..
Hon. chas. A. Young Of Cadet and
his nephew and ward, Edward Han.
son, were in Potosi Monday atten ding
probate court to make 6nsl settle
msnt OF the latter's esta e. and called
At this ofies. Young Hanson said
he WAS at present attending an Arm,
aviation school in Kentucky and that
he expected soon 10 be sent to the
West Point Military Academy. Mr..
Young said that he would probably
beacandidate Tor reelection a. county
Reprss entssive At the comm election.
John NJ. Campbell and sons, Ray.
mond and Arthur, OF Til intend %.
publishing modern poultry farm at
that place the coming spring. The
contract for the necessary buildinss
has been let to A. ("Coot") Cole Of
Potssi, who broke ground for the frs,
laying house last SATURDAY. The
plant will be known ~ the " idview
Poultry Farm and will ks ,cksd
With purs-brsd white Ply mouth r ,cks.
Tho owners expect TO spscislife In
Matching eggs and breeding stock.
They say that when the get the plant
in operation. visitors will always BE-
| welcome.
Quite biz Of excitement was cAus.
cd in Flat River about noon Saturday
by a cavern Underground At No. 4
Flat River shaft The root Of soms
four or ave acres gave way, causing q
quake thai was thought BY many TO
be ~ earthquake. There MAS l.. ,ns
hurt. bat some men working IL tne
mine hsd narrow escapes. The Cato
in did not effect tbs top surface. A. no
depression was made, but the coucns.
sion WAS 10 great and the air was
forced through the drills 70 such an
extent that the miners lamps we're
extinguishe&. One miner said be
thought for . while there had bees a
cyclone underground. ~ Pennington
News.
The concert given by the Potosi
Concert Band n the Court House last
Monday evening Was quite an enjoy.
able musical treat 10 an audience OF
two hundred or more people in attend.
anss. A program OF twelve numbers