The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-17

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field for several years, and probably
will exceed thep re-war business. The
Missouri Pacific Railroad has arranged
to handle 1000 gravel cars In ship
ping the product from this district and
many orders already have been re-
ceived. Despite the high freight rates,
towns and rural communities within
radius of 80 miles of Carterville are
making application for gravel and bal
last.
Americans live too hard and too
fast. The chances Of death after 80
years of life are. increasing instead of
decreasing. In the last 20 years the
death rate during the first give years
Of life has been greatly lowered, but
for the later years OF life 1t has not.
It Is poor economy to educate and train
business men and women, only to lose
their services to the community and
state when they reach middle life"
These are deductions made by DR.. NJ.
p. Ravenel, In charge of the Public
Health Service laboratories at the UNI
versity of Missouri, Columbia.
The members and officers Of the
State Fair Board plan for insuring the
State Fair at Sedalia this year. The
financial straits Of the fair were ex-
posed at Jefferson City In an audit
made by accountants under State Audi
tor Hackmann and submitted to Gov
ernor Hyde. In brief, 1t showed that
the fair was in debt to the extent OF
$1,2s1, has some bad accounts on Its
hands and barely enough money In
bank to take up checks outstanding,
and no available funds to carry on the
fair this year.
A $4,000 breach Of promise suit was
filed in the Pettis county circuit court
at Sedalia by Mrs. Phoebe Bright,
against 8. NJ. Leonard, both Of the
Sweet Springs neighborhood, In which
plaintiff alleges that on June !. 1921,
defendant proposed marriage, was &C.
cepted and stated that they would be
married as soon as he had made some
improvements on his farm.
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.
Mr.. and Mrs f. Fl. Pattee have be-
gun the publication of the Amsterdam
Enterprise, weekly publication here.
They were at one time editors Of the
Butler Republican-Press and at one
time also were connected with the En-
teprlse In Amsterdam, which was sus-
pended some time ago.
Capt. E. NJ. Fritter and Lieut.. g. W.
Former, OF the Kemper Military School
at Boonville, together with George w.
Hecker, travelling passenger agent of
the Katy Railroad, decided to estab-
lish a summer school at Eldorado
Springs.
The Cameron Cooperative Elevator
Association has announced that 1t will
build new elevator at a site on the
| Burlington railroad to be selected soon.
The elevator will have a capacity Of
$1,000 bushels.
| Plans for improvement at the plant
of the Jefferson City Light, Heat and
Power Company, to cost $4,000, and
which include power house at $45,-
900, will be started as soon as the ma
terial can be assembled.
! Drilling will be resumed at the oil
test well near Crane, which was
! stopped several days ago, when the
casing for the hole ran out. Casing is
expected here In a few days to meet
the emergency.
A mortgage CT $30,O00000 and rum
ming for a period of 200 years is being
| filed by the Burlington Railroad In all
the Missouri counties through which
1t runs, says report from Carrollton.i
Governor Hyde has appointed Mrs.
| Halle Hall Violette, of Kirksville, as
a member of the Women's Minimum
Wage Commission, vice Mrs. Fl. NJ.
Robertson, Of st. Joseph. resigned.
A chamber of commerce has been
formed at Gideon with the election Of
the following officers: President, L, Fl.
Riley; secretary, r. B. Meentemeyer ;
treasurer, w. Il. Anderson.
William Written, a merchant Of
Portageville, has filed petition In
bankruptcy with Referee Fl. e. Alex
ander, of the United States district
court at Cape Girardeau.
DIR. r. C. Donham, of Mexico, has
been elected to teach veterinary medi-
cine in the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege at Corvallis. Ore. He will leave
Mexico March 20.
The date for the spring concert Of
the st. Louis Symphony Orchestra at
the Southeast Missouri State College
In Cape Girardeau, has been set for
Sunday, April 8.
B. A. Dockery, Of Trenton, has been
awarded the contract for erecting Il
bridges over the new Honey Creek
drainage district in that county.
Decision has been reached unani-
u z,.L...rlx- a. h.Ald .,nn,,stn.. EnIIrtl Of