The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-16

ik " place for a big chick hatchery
which is beng contemplated by 7. 5.
Townsley, extension specialist in poultry
at the University Of Missouri.
Two buildings filled with exhibits OPP
icned to large crowds visiting Moberly S
first annual farm products and poultry
show Tuesday. An exhibit of heirlooms
and relics was feature of the show.
A resolution was adopted by the State
Highway Commission Wednesday to re-
quest. the state board Of fund commits
sioners to issue and sell another $5.000,-
coo of the s6O,OOO,O 900 in road bonds.
The Springfield offices of the Frisco
Railroad announce that the railroad is
moving DOS cars of coal from Alabama
mifAes each day. This is the heaviest
coal tonnage in the history Of the road.
Tuesday marked the opening of Mob
erly's first annual Farm Products and
Poultry Show. The exhibits will be
shown in the Motor Inn Garage Build.
ing. The exhibit will last through Thurs
day.
More than 100 acres of grapes were
pledged at meetings Of the Lawrence
County farmers and fruit growers 1t is
expected that Lawrence County will have
500 acres set to grapes within the next
three years.
! Sedalia business men met Monday
night and formed the citizens alliance,
with enforcement of the law to the let
ter as its motive. The merchants have
advised all striking railway shopmen TO
return TO work.
| Excelsior Springs is considering
bond issue of $4,000 to improve Sloan
Gardens. under the plan submitted by
George E. Kessler The Gardens have
been allowed to run down greatly in the
past few years.
The Chamber of Commerce at Mober-
T, ly is mixing plans for the convention
of the State Lumbermen to be held there
on November rs and 30 The Memorial
F; Craftsmen of Missouri will meet in Mob
crly on February and 2.
Thr1,,,b tho r,,la nt InIu,
A. NJ Wcodson became chief justice of
the State Supreme Court succeeding
Judge J. T. Blair. Under the rule
Judge Wcodson will be in office little
more than one year and five months.
Judge Vim. n. Evans. Of West Plains.
Me-, member of the bench in the twen-
ticth judicial circuit for twenty years,
and former chairman of the Missouri
Democratic state committee. died Satur-
day night after an illness of more than
q year.
A safe. which had been carried from
the Manchester Theater in St. Louis by
|! burglars, was found in a ciump OF
! bushes on the Natural Bridge road. 4
farmer found the safe and reported it to
the sheriff Of ST. Charles County. The
contents of the safe. amounting TO about
S7o0 were gone.
Festus ]. Wade. president of the Mer-
camille Trust CO., has been elected treas
urer of the St. Louis Chapter of the Am
erican Red Gross, by the executive board
Of the organization. The organization
in ST. Louis makes practice Of securing
leaders in finance to fill that office.
Appropriations totaling 100000 for
new buildings for the Fulton State Hos
pital will be asked of the coming legis-
lature by the state board Of control. This
will increase the capacity of the hospital
from 1000 to l.5OO patients. A central
pathological laboratory under the con-
troll Of the state board will also be
opened in Fulton.
General home brewing of beer caused
the closing last week Of the Wainwright
brewery at St. Louis. according to Harry
Z. Wuertenbacher, president Of the St.
Louis Brewing Association, who said
home brewing had practically eliminated
demand for soft beverages manufactured
by the brewery. The plant was in op-
Grafton for more than seventy years.
By the will of Mrs. Hannah Duryea.
which was executed June 30. a crippled
newsboy of St. Louis is to receive the
income from $4,000. Leo Dean, also
known as Leo Dunn, is to be supported
and educated until he is 81 years old.
After that he is to receive the income
until his death. At his death, the money
is to go to St. Louis University to be