The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-28

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with. relatives, returning home Mon
day , afternoon She brought back
with her a great grand nephew, Glenn
Blanton, the, 7-year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Blanton, to give him
treatment here. On Tuesday Glenn
was successfully operated on for adj
enoids and tonsilitis, and the little fell
low is doing nicely.
Miss Elnora Baker, Home Demon
stration Agent for this county, held
the lucky number in the drawing for
the Willard Threaded Rubber Bat
terry, which was given away by the
Battery Service Station of this city,
at the Auto Show in Flat River last
Saturday. All that was necessary to
secure a chance was to be the owner
of self-starter car and register at
the booth Of the Battery Service Sta
ton.
Mack Denman, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Denman Of The News, left Sat-
urday for Jefferson City to take the
position of associate editor of the
Missouri Farm Bureau News. Dur
ing his University course Mack was
identified with that publication as a
contributor, and his work in such ca
pacity is doubtless what recommended
him for promotion. Mack is proving
his worth in the journalistic field.
Horace A. Eaton, of this city, who
recently announced as candidate for
Constable of st. Francois Township,
this week requests The Times to with
draw his name for that position. This
action has been taken owing to the
fact that Mr.. Eaton has ben given a
better position in the Iron Mountain
mines, which will require his whole
time. Nevertheless he desires to sin
cerely thank his friends for their in
terest in his behalf.
Probation Officer r. C. Tucker
brought in the last of the week the
six children of Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah
Nash from their home near Silver
Springs and placed them in the deten-
ton home, where they will remain I'M
til homes can be secured for them.
All of them are bright and intelligent
appearing children. Both father and
mother were sent to the State Hos
pital' as county patients, where the ia
Their has since died.
I. F. Robinson and family, who rec
emily traded farms with j. c. Will
liams, left Monday for their new home
near Brickeys, Ste. Genevieve county,
which is comprised of a vast domain
along the banks Of the Mississippi.
Much of. their present holdings are
now under water, but Mr.. Robinson
was not in the least discouraged, as he
said he still had plenty of work in
sight there to keep him busy until the
ebb-tide sets in. Their many friends
in this community will wish a. them
much prosperity in their new home.
The rainy season is still with US.
There has been rainfall most every
day during the past week, and nothing
but precipitation is still in sight. 1t
IS quite likely the weather man has
been diverted from his work in dis
cussing the advantages of normally,
or some other equally apparent propo-
sition, and has failed to note the dam
ages he is causing, not only for the
present but for the future, when the
need will be for moisture. In other
words, it is more than likely he is
letting practically all the wetness out
at once.
Quite a number of Farmingtonians
drove to Ste. Genevieve Sunday to see
the high waters of the old Mississippi.
The party left at noon and ate a pic
mic dinner several miles out Of town.
They reached Ste. Genevieve at A
o'clock. Although the river had fall
len considerably, there was still quite
a bit of water to be seen. The party
returned after brief stay in Ste.
Genevieve. Those who took this
jaunt were: DR.. and Mrs. J. A. Over
ton and children, Rev. and Mrs. c. 2,
Thogmorton and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Burks, DR.. and Mrs. w. G.
billiard, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lloyd and
children, Mrs. Annie Lloyd and Misses
Blore and Jones.
Will ]. Bruett this week requests
The Times to present his name to our
readers as a candidate for Constagle
of st, Francois Township, subject to
the action Of the Democratic primary.
Mr.. Bruett is an old citizen of Farm
ington, well and favorably known to
practically everyone in this commun-
ity, and his friends are practically
While still apparently
young man, he has spent forty years
in this immediate community. His
fitness for the position of
Constable of this big township, where
it is real mans job to satisfactorily
perform the duties devolving upon
such incumbent, drew to him the solic-
itations of many friends to announce
for such position. He has had consid-
cradle experience in the past, both as
Constable and Deputy Sheriff, and his
fitness for the place is not an expert
ment.
In our mention last week of one
Clarence Creswell seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for Collector thru
announcement in Republican paper,
The Times made an error as to the
salary of that office, placing it 49,
900 to $4,000 year. We are reliab-
ly informed that the most that office
has ever paid will not exceed $1,000
year. The salary is regulated by the
amount of collection, which is / per
cent up to S450,000, and above that
amount the Collectors commission is
but one-half of per cent. The re-
ceipts of Collectors Brewers office
last year were the largest that have
ever passed through that office, hence
the commissions were the greatest,