The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Regardless Of the coal and rail
strikes, Salisbury will have its Scent
milk twice a day. ITO those in doubt"
the milkman advertises in the Press
Spectator Il wish to say there will be
two deliveries daily all winter"
"If the editor appears to be n bit
stuck up in the near future" explains
the Smithvile Democrat-Herald, has
tily, lit will be entirely the fault of
Ernest Carver who gave us a quart
Of the finest honey we have tasted In
long time"
1t would seem as if the parents OF
one Columbia man had done their
best to make him less than nothing.
The Columbia Tribune speaks of his
having been fined in a speeding story
and calls him Void Null.
County warrants worth 30 cents on
the dollar, the county in debt some
100000 or $4,000 and the books of
the county collector $4,000 gut Of
balance" so the collector says. poor
old Howell county is getting in an 'ell
Of a fix. Send for Archie!-Bowcll
County Gazette. H
Work Is steadily going on at the
Pomona test we'll Only one shift is
drilling and the well Wednesday af-
tcrnoon had reached depth of 3,1SO
feet. The drill has struck very hard
formation in which there is no sand
and drilling is necessarily very slow
and work must proceed with extreme
caution.
Mexico, Mo-, il wondering why two
whip -poor-wills have chosen the town
for home when they usually inhabit
dark, damp woods. They evidently
like the place so well they have dccid-
cd to stay permanently and have
hatched two young ones as a proof of
this decision.
The band concert and the picture
show at Jameson blew up" one Sat
urday night recently, the Gem says
and adds, dolefully, There is no use
in us saying we had another big
crowd in town last Saturday night
because we didn't have 'er."
The purchase of a large tract of
land, including the large Percy's cave
near Springfield, was announced
Tuesday by the local chapter Of the
Ku Klux Klan. Officials Of the khan
said $4,000 had been paid for the
land. Percys cave, one Of the sights
Of interest in the Ozark region, viii
be used in the future for ccremonlals.
Tho modest and obedient motor
owner Of PIattsburg took recent
parking ordinance so seriously that
the city council found II expedient to
insert a large advertisement in the
Clinton County Democrat explaining
that cars may be parked for half
hour in the business district.
Henry Heinc tells the editor Of The
| Leader that he had eighty acres Of
wheat this year that produced As
/ bushels per acre. This is an unusually
/ large yield for am kind Of wheat land
and is exceptionally good for Holt
county, which has always been con
sidcrcd to be H. tho heart Of the corn
bolt.--Craig Leader.
William Baker Imbler, s 2 years old
died recently at his home in Klrksville
He had served in three different
branches in the army and served un,
der Custer and Terry. lie was dis
abled for life in fight with the Siou,
Indians in the Dakotas, being wound
Cd in personal engagement with
three Of Sitting Bulls warriors.
A farmer out along the Wilcox roat
was sitting by the roadside the othe
day gun i'm hand, looking for a wease
which had been visiting his CHECKER
yard when motorist came along. II,
threw his hands in the air and ex
claimed arrest me. officer, If yol
must, but I swear l was not goinj
faster than 25 miles an hour.-Noda
way Democrat-Forum.
John Jennings confesses to tho Nj
land Standard that as long as he ha
been in the chicken business he ha
never learned why a chicken make
two scratches with one foot and on
scratch with the other and then re
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