The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-10
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\
ference In Chicago with Superintend
ents Houston Of Illinois and McMurray
of Indiana, notified his office at Jeffer
son City that settlement Of the
license controversy had been reached
and authorized the sending out Of this
notice to all interested parties: "This
Is to notify you that arrangements sat
isfactory to the Illinois, Indiana and
Missouri insurance departments have
been made regarding the re-licenslng
Of insurance companies and other in
surance companies and other insurance
carriers in said states and that the
ruling set out in our letter Of January
4, 1922, is hereby withdrawn"
The state board Of equalization or
ganized at jefferson City for the equal
ization Of values on real estate and
personal property for the present
years taxes. Governor Hyde was
elected chairman and State Auditor
Hickman, vice-chairman. The tax
commission reported that six counties
have not yet sent In their abstracts
of the assessment Of last year, and
under the circumstances the commits
sion was not able to make Its report
and recommendations until all Of the
abstracts have been received. The
board will not be able to proceed with
its own equalization of values until
the recommendation Of the commission
have been received
William Leary, Kansas City negro,
met with his old luck when he tried
to escape from the penltentiary at
Jefferson City by crawling into the
prison garbage wagon and being hauled
outside of the walls Of the prison. The
bed Of the wagon Is made OF steel and
he must have narrowly escaped suffo-
cation. He was hauled out of the
prison, however, and made his get
away from the wagon and then was
seen by Ben Stewart, former deputy
warden. The negro crawled into a
States Attorney General Daugherty
him out with stick. Then the negro
showed fight and was knocked down
and returned to the prison.
A contract has been let to Spring
field firm for the erection of large
speed-wagOn omnibus, which will be
placed In regular passenger service be-
tween Springfield, Branson and Hollis
ter by March 20. When this bus Is
completed. work will be started on an
other, and 1t will be put In operation
between the same cities about April 20.
A force of men has bene put to work
sinking prospect shaft for mine and
zinc on the Sam Lawrence farm, near
this city. Some rich specimens have
been taken out and the prospectOrs
believe that veins of paying quantities
will he found. Oil leases also are be-
ing taken in near Humansville and
some test wells will be sunk.
Plans already have been made for
$125000 worth of construction in Ma
con during the year 1922, according to
Walter Grisham, local building con-
tractor This will include new Elks'
to cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
During 1921 new buildings in the val
ne of $250,000 were put up in Macon.
Seventy employees Of the locomotive
department and 40 In the passenger de-
partment returned to work mt the Mis-
souri, Pacific shops at Sedalia recently.
With this addition to the force the
number of employees will reach 1900,
which Is within 100 men of normal.
Judge Leigh b. Woodside, who has
been judge of the Nineteenth Judicial
Circuit, has announced at Lebanon
that he will retire from the bench, 1t
is said that he has tried at least 1000
cases, which is said to be twice as
many as tried by any other circuit
Judge in Missouri.
Miss Alice Furtney, of Columbia,
has gone to France, where she Will
continue her study Of French In the
University of Paris. Miss Furtney
is graduate Of the University Of Mis-
souri, and for time taught modern
languages In the high schools Of Mis-
souri, and Virginia.
Merchants in all lines of business In
Kirksville will be asked to join forces
in cooperating to extend the trade
territory of Kirksville, and an intensi-
fed program along that line will be
| carried out there during the coming
year.
H. B. King, prohibition enforcement
officer for Cape Girardeau district OF
Missouri, bass ent his resignation to
the federal department at Washington
and he will make application for po'
sition with another federal department
Mrs. David Moore and her daughter
Mrs. Edward Moore, Of Mexico, each
gave birth to son at the home OF
Mrs. Moore. The babies, uncle and
nephew, entered the world 10'minutes
apart.
A special meeting of the Central
Missouri Lumbermen's Association was
held at Sedalls recently and the fol
lowing officers elected to serve for the
ensuing year: President, J. P. Proctor
California. Mo-; yice-president, b. F
| Summers, Warrensburg secretary, II
ID. Moore, Boonville; treasurer, ed
ward Duensing. ConcOrdia. II was de