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VOLUME I.
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908.
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M. 0. STUDENTS
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T. It. H. Wright Receives
Diploma for the Best
Stock-Judging.
FOOD LAWS ARE ENFORCED
M. H. Lamb, the State
Commissioner, on Hand
Weather Ideal.
By a Staff Correspondent.
SEDALIA. Mo., (Xt. 7. Student-, of
Jlit- Agricultur.il College of the Univer
sity of Missouri have made almost a
clean sweep in the stock -judging con
tents at the State Fair. Turner 11. If.
Wright, a student at Columbia, received
the grand diploma for best all-'iound
judge.
The weather is ideal and the biggest
cioud in the history of the fair is in
attendance. M. 11. Lamb, state dairy
and food commissioner, is on the ground
investigating foods and drinks. He is
compelling strict observance of the pure
WINNERS
ly cod law.
The stock-judging contest closed last
night. Int-r-st in tne event was keen,
most of the competitors being Missouri
University boys. Professor F. 15. Mum
ford was superintendent and E. A.
Trowbridge his assistant.
Three prizes of 20. 10 and $5 were
offered in each class. The prizes were
offered for highest proficiency in judg
ing live stock. Forty-one contestants
were entered. Turner Cochran, of Co
lumbia, and Chester G. Starr, of Centra
Jia, were judges of the contest.
List of the Awards.
The awards in all classes follow:
Horses and mules Fiist, W. L. Fow
ler, Columbia; second. Turner It. II.
Wright, Columbia: third. 15. P. Smoot,
Columbia.
lieef cattle First. C. W. McWilliams,
Novelty, la.; second. W. L. Fowler;
third, B. P. Smoot.
Dairy cattle First. W. L. Fowler;
second, E. V. Ellington, Paris, Mo.;
third, .T. II. Cordon. Columbia.
Swine First, Turner Wright; second,
Arthur W. Prows, Columbia: third, tie
letween II. A. Henley. Joplin, and X.
S. Randall, Columbia.
Sheep First. I.. A. Allen. Columbia;
second. B. P. Smoot; third. L. A.
Woods, Smithville, Mo.
IS
LAST VOTING DAY
More Than 750 Ballots Have
Been'Cast in Missourian's
Contest.
Tomoirow is the last oting day in
the University Missourian's straw bal
lot on the presidential election.
More than 750 votes were cast yes
terday. The vote as between Bryan
and Taft is remarkably clo-e. Debs ran
ahead of Chapih and Hisgen.
All those who did not vote Tuesday
are urged to east their ballots tomorrow
morning. Ballots may be had at the
Unhcr.sity Missouri's table in the first
floor corridor of Academic Hall from S
a. in. to noon. The ballot box will be
in the same place as Tuesday.
Xo regular place for voting was es
tablished today, the students in Jour
nalism giving their time to counting
lie otes already cast.
The First Missourian Subscriber.
R. X. Denham. Jr.. Law. '07, of St.
Louis, arrived in Columbia yesterday
to visit friends a day or two before
departing for the south. "Bob" was
the first sulm-riber to the University
Missourian. sending in his request for
subscription from Ann Arbor, Mich.,
last May. He will practice law at Sem
inole. Gaine count v, Tex.
To Give Song Recital.
Clarence A. Marshall, baritone, the
new teacher of singing at Stephens Col
lege, will present a varied program of
songs tomorrow night at the auditorium
of the college. Oratorio, Italian arias,
ancient and modern, German and Eng
lish ballads will figure in the program.
The public is invited.
The L'.nivkksity Miss-ourian is on
sale at the Drug Shop at two cents a
copy.
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TOMORROW
SOLD HIS FANCY VEST
TO PAY SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE MISSOURIAN
A. H. Labsap, Former Student Here,
Writes of Life in the Wilds
of Arkansas.
A. II. Labsap, who was graduated
from the Engineering Department of the
University of Missouri in Ht07, writes
as follows to the circulation manager of
the University Missourian from Cham
pagnolle. Ark., under date of Oct. 3:
"Please pardon my delay in not re
mitting for my subscription to the Uni
versity Missourian sooner. I sent to the
nearest money order station, twenty
miles away, two weeks ago, but it was
delayed
"I w.is forced to sdl my hist claim
on civilization, a fancy vest, to get the
where-with-all. Am now reduced to a
disreputable hat, flannel shirt, one pair
of pants not trousers and a pair of
high boots, my sole working capital,
but in accordance with the Scissorbills
who thrive in this vicinity.
"I like your paper Keep tip the good
work. (iie my regards to any of the
old brigade that now remain."
FAIRJWEATHER WINS
IN STRAW BALLOT
WEATHER CONTEST
Rainy Day Forces Are Routed After
Close Battle, Official
Returns Show.
In the straw ballot between Candi
dates Fair-weather and Rainy-days on
the Weather Ticket. Fair Weather
wins. The lace was close, but towards
evening the Rainy-Day forces have been
routed, according to these official re
turns from the election:
"Fair tonight aud Thursday; cooler
tonight ,and probably frost."
The minimum temperature was 47
degrees at 7 a. in.; the maximum tem
perature was 03 degrees at 2 p. in.
A rainfall of .01 fell during the night.
OVEN'S FIRST ISSUE
WILL BE A "SCORCHER"
Sorority "Rushing" Is Subject of Double
Page Cartoon.
The Oven this year, according to the
editors, will be "hotter"' than ever be
fore and the first number, which will
be put on sale by the end of the week,
will be a "scorcher."
A column devoted to "Quad Celebri
ties" will be similar to the Oven's "Hall
of Fame" of last year. A letter from
"Dutch" to a former student will be the
main literary feature and an article
on the Sophomore course for Freshmen
will throw a sidelight on the relations
of the two classes. A double page car
toon by Shepherd on sorority "rushing"
will show to the uninitiated the meth
ods employed by the three Columbia
sororities in pledging new members. A
cartoon on the Independent is scheduled
to attract a good deal of attention.
The Oven staff for this year is as
follows: II. G. ("Arkansaw") Hunt,
editor-in-chief; Win. P. Harrison and
E. A. Jarmen, associate editors; .1. F.
Macbeth, business manager, and Leo II.
Sack, circulation manager.
HACKNEY IS HEAD
OF FRESHMAN ARTS
Football Player and "Frat" Man
Honored by His Classmates.
Theodore Hackney, of Spiinglield.Mo.,
star player on the Freshman football
team and member of the Sigma Alpha
Ep-ilon fraternity, was elected president
of the Freshman class of the College
of Arts and Science, at a meeting of the
class last night in Academic Hall.
The other ollicers elected are: L. P.
Bell, of Monroe City, vice-president;
Miss Suzan B. Hector, of Slater, sec
retary; Paul V. Barnett, of Sedalia,
treasurer, and It. E. Talbot, of Denver,
Colo., sergeant-at-arms. The meeting
was well attended and plans for the
coming vear were discussed.
T. D. Hackney, of Springfield, Mo.,
half back on the Freshman team, was
elected captain of the team at a meet
ing in the gymnasium yesterday.
Hackney is an Academic student and
a memlier of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity. He has had three years of
football experience, two years on the
Springfield High team and one year on
Drurv College teams.
Galena Street Caves in.
GALEXA. Kan.. Oct. 7. The ground
on Galena street caved in yesterday,
leaving the homos of Mrs. A. B. Hub
bard and Will Pollock hanging on the
brink of a chasm. The cave-in began
in the center of the street and fell aliout
20 feet. Several hundred feet of water
mains and gas pipes were taken down
in the cave-in.
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FOOD COSTS MORE IN COLUMBIA THAN
IN THE LARGE CITIES, FIGURES SHOW
Boarding House Proprietor
Estimates Daily Diet for
One at 25.6 Cents.
AVERAGE IS LOWER IN MOBERLY
In Painesville, O., Another
College Town, Only 18.3
Cents is Required.
WANTED Thrifty German or Scotch truck
gardeners to "settle" near Columbia.
High market prices prevailing in Col
umbia aie in large measure due, many
residents say, to the fact that the farm
ers herealxnits devote their attention ex
clusively to "ciops," and scorn market
gardening.
One Truck Gardener Here.
At present there is but one truck gar
derner. a negro, in or near this town.
He is thriving at his trade. The soil of
Boone county is excellent, and there is
a continually increasing demand for
garden products.
In University towns prices generally
tend to higher levels, and this is held to
account in some degree for conditions in
Columbia. With a view to determining
to what extent it is responsible, compar
ison is made in the table accompanying
this, with prices in Painesville. O.. also
a college town. The prices there are
made the basis of computation for a
pamphlet on the cost of living jointly
issued by Lake Erie College and the
University of Illinois.
Costs Most Here.
Domestic Science, a magazine, has esti
mated the cost of food in cities at
twenty-fie cents a day for each person
living on an average diet. In smaller
towns the cost of transportation is less
and prices should bo lower. In cities
the cost of tiausportation is increased
because such articles as vegetables and
dairy products must be sent to the con
sumers quickly while they are fresh.
Yet the proprietor of a Conley Street
boarding house in Columbia, a woman of
several years' experience, estimates the
cost of food for each person at twenty
six cents a dav.
Table Tells The Tale.
A glance at the prices set forth in the
comparative table will make clear why
this is so.
The prices quoted on beefsteaks in
the table are the averages of prices on
tenderloin, sirloin, porterhouse and
round steaks.
The table shows that prices are high
er in Columbia than in Painesville.
which has a population of about 0000.
At Lake Erie College, situated in
Painesville. a club of young women, has
estimated the cost of living at 18.3 cents
a day for each person.
By comparing this with prices heie, it
is apparent that the cost of living is
at least six per cent higher here than
in the other college town.
Moberly Needs Gardeners, Too.
Molierly, Mo., was al-o chosen for
comparison because it is near Columbia
and about the same sie. Some prices
at. Moberly. arc even higher than here,
indicating that it also feels the need of
market gardeners. The prices on meat
are lower in Moberly.
Beefsteaks acrago two cents a pound
more in Columbia than in Moberly or
Painesville.
Need of Competition.
Pork, dressed chickens, lamb, mutton,
bacon and beef roast are substantially
higher than in either of the other towns.
Flour, cornmeal, butter, eggs, toma
toes and apples show noticeable dif
ferences. Comparison of the "staple" commodi
ties, the necessities for the table, is to
Columbia's disadvantage a condition, it
is said, which could In; icmedietl with
greater competition.
CRISIS ON THE CONTINENT
Nations to Call Conference to Consider
Balkan Situation.
By United Tress.
I.0XD0X, Oct. 7. England, France,
Russia and Italy are preparing to en
force the demand for an international
conference to consider the Balkan sit
uation. Germany opposes this course
and a serious diplomatic rupture may
result.
The situation on the continent is
critical. It is reported that Crete is
preparing to declare her independence
of Turkey and join Greece.
Freshman Girls to Organize.
There will lie a meeting of the Fresh
man girls Friday morniiu; in the girls'
gymnasium at ten o'clock. - The class
will organize, officers will lie elected.
and some important announcements will
be made.
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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF PRICES
HERE AND IN SIMILAR TOWNS
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ARTICLE COLUMBIA.
Beefsteak 18 3-4 cents
Pork, per lb 13 cents.
O Dressed chicken 25 cents
Beef roast, per lb 10 cents
Mutton, per lb 13 cents
Lamb, per lb 17 1-2 cents
Bacon, per lb 1!) cents
Eggs, per do 24 cents
Butter, per lb 30 cents
Flour per cwt $2.00
Cornmeal, per bu !H) cents
Sugar, per lb 3 3-4 cents
Tomatoes, per doz 13 cents
Potatoes, per bu 90 cents
Sw eet potatoes $1.3.5
Corn, per do., ears 10 cents
Beans, per lb G cents
Apples, per bu $1.23
Bananas, per do 25 cents
Oranges, per do 40 cents
Canned peas $1.50 to $2.50
Canned peaches . . . .$1.50 to $3.00
Canned beans $1.00 to $2.00
Canned corn $1.00 to $2.00
AND TAFT
IN
Conferences With Party
Leaders and Speechmaking
On Progrtm.
By United Press.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 7. With both
William Jennings Bryan and William
Howard Taft here, Chicago is the cen
ter of the political map today. Each
held a conference with the leaders of
his party.
Chairman Mack, who collapsed last
night from overwork, has recoveied and
conferred with Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Taft spoke in Galesburg Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. Bryan in an interview declared
that in every state his cause is gaining
converts each week, and that he has no
doubt that he will have a great popular
plurality.
.Mr. Bryan will resume his tour Fri
day. He will tour through Missouri
Saturday speaking in St. Joseph, Paris.
Moberly, and Kansas Citv.
TAFT PLEDGES HIMSELF
TO DEEP WATERWAY
By United Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 7. President W. K.
Kavanatigli of the likes-to-Gulf Deep
Waterway Association today formally
opened the Waterways Convention here.
William If. Taft, Republican nominee
for President, was the principal speaker
at the morning session. He pledged
himself to a systematic aud generous
policy for the improvement of the lakes
and rivers of the country.
He declared that the increase in pro
duction had outstripped the growth of
transportation facilities and expressed
himself in favor of the Lakes-to-Gulf
plan. He advised treating each big
improvement by itself and suggested
setting aside a fund sufficient to com
plete each scheme, eo it would not be
allec-tcd by Congressional appropriation
committees.
Missourians in New State.
Pi of. Lynn Glover, superintendent of
the Bartlesille, Okla., public schools,
former student at the University of
Missouri, writes that five University of
Missouri graduates besides himself are
teachers in his school. Miss Lucille Bell,,
of the class of 1908, teaches biology,
Miss Ethel iXesbitt is supervisor of
manual training, and Miss Edna Twee
die, Miss Helen Mann and Mrs. Xellie
Gray Ingalls are teachers in the
grades.
Brokeis' Big Shortage.
Br United Press.
XEW YORK, Oct. 7. Receiver Little
field of the O. A. Brown Companj has
issued an approximate statement of the
situation. He places the assets of the
company at $2,000,000. The liabilities
are estimated at more than $2300,000.
He has cash securities worth $100,000.
There is very little hope for an ade
quate settlement.
Prize for Aeronauts.
By United Press.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 7. The St. Loui,
Times offers a $1,000 prize for the first
living machine, heavier than air. that
sails from St. Louis to Chicago or from
St. Louis to Kansas City. The orter
is open to all.
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MOBERLY. PAINESVILLE.
10 1-4 cents lo cents
14 cents 13 2-3 cents
20 cents 20 cents
8-12 cents j 1.3 ecnia
14 cents 14 cents
13 cents ic cents
13 cents
22 cents
25 cents 2fi cents
?3.00 $2.50
84 cents
0 1-2 cents , 5 1-2 cents
10 cents 10 cents
$1.00 CO cents
$1-20 1.05
15 cents
G 1-4 cent s 4 cents
$1-10 $1.00
20 cents
35 cents
$1.20 to $2.40 .
$2.40 to $3.50
$1.00 to $1.80
$1.00 to $1.50
WRIGHT MAY FLY
It is Believed He Can Sail
From Calais to Dover in
Forty Minutes.
By United Press.
LEMAXS, France, Oct. 7. Wilbur
Wright, American aviator, is consider
ing a flight in his aeroplane across the
English channel. Hundreds of his ad
mirers have urged him to be the first
to perform this feat.
As there is no real advantage to ba
gained by its accomplishment, Wright
is hesitating. It is believed that he
can sail from Calais to Dover in forty
minutes.
STUDENTS GUESS FLAGS
OP 24 COUNTRIES
Presbyterians Give Unique "Getting
Acquainted" Social at Church.
A getting-acquainted meeting and so
cial was held at the Presbyterian
church, corner Tentn and Broadway,
last evening for the lienefit of students.
A noel form of introduction was suc
cessfully carried out in which the stu
dents were introduced through the me
dium of their home addresses.
After introductions, those present
were divided into groups and put to
guessing the nations to which twenty
four flags belonged. The prize was
awarded to the group guessing seven
teen of the correct flags. The flags
were the property of Hin Wong, a Chi
nese student of journalism, at the Uni
versity. Refreshments were served af
ter the contest.
FIRES ARE REVIVED
IN THE ADIRONDACKS
Rain Checked Them Only Temporarily
44-935 Acres Burned Over.
SARAMAC LAKE. X. Y., Oct. 7. The
forest fires in the Adirondacks, which
were checked by the heavy rain are
again springing into life in every direc
tion, fanned by a steady wind. Fires are
in progress at Dannemora, Alder Dam,
Cutley Mills, Altona and at many points
around Saranac Lake, and the old fires
on Mount Baker are becoming particu
larly serious.
An unofficial estimate, based upon
what is believed to be reliable author
ity, of the damage caused, already
shows 44,935 acres of land have been
swept by the flames, 5,000 acres of it
being State land. Xinety-four buildings
have been destroyed, and also standing
timber, cordwood and logs to the value
of many thousands of dollars.
Hundreds of small trees, planted on
the Wawbeek road by the Cornell For
estry College, have been destroyed and
hundreds more on Chubb nil, planted
by the State Forestry Department, have
been ruined.
"Water Wagon" in Parade.
By United P-fs.
ATLAXTIC CITY, Oct. 7. A munici
pal water wagon, festooned with white
riblions and American flags and repre
senting the "Water Wagon" in the pa
rade of the State W. C. T. U. Conven
tion now lieing held here was applauded
as it passed through the streets.
ACROSS
CHANNEL
WABASH
IGNORES
CITY OFFICIALS,
COUNCIL IS TOLO
Railroad Heedless of Demand
by City Attorney Rothwell
for Crossings Over Tracks
in Machir Place.
STATION HERE UNSANITARY,
W. B. NOWELL TELLS BODY
Efforts During Year to Stir
Corporation to Action
Are Fruitless.
The way of the Wabash with Colum
bia ollicials became apparent at the
meeting last evening of the city council..
W. B. Xbwell, a grocer, publicly declared
to the council that the railroad had for
two months ignored City Attorney
Rothwell's demand that crossings be
constructed across its tracks on Webster
and Court streets in Machir place.
"Wabash officials intimated to me
personally," Mr. Xbwell told a reporter
for the University Missourian today,
"that the city could not force them
to construct the crossings. I know bet
ter than that, of course but, although
the matter has been under discussion a
year, the streets have not been opened."
Officials Indifferent.
Mr. Xowell owns property along both
sides of the Wabash right of way in
the northeast part of Columbia, and for
that reason is personally interested in
having the crossings provided. When
he took the matter up a year ago Wa
bash officials visited Columbia, but
would make no promises, Mr. Xowell
says, so that, two months ago, despair
ing of accomplishing anything except
through force, lie appealed to the city
council.
The matter was referred by the coun
cil to City Attorney Rothwell, who
wrote to the railroad, but received no
reply.
Mr. Rothwell is out of town.
Mr. Xowell appeared before the coun
cil last evening to ask if something
could not be done toward forcing con
struction of the crossings.
Station Unsanitary.
"The attitude of the Wabash railroad
toward Columbia is an outrage," Mr.
Xowell declared. "It is clearly shown
by the condition of the railroad station
here. It has no conveniences for pas
sengers, and is dangerously unsanitary.
Its condition is a matter for investiga
tion by the Board of Health.
"When a railroad's indifference to the
comfort of the people of this town
reaches such a point as to constitute an
actual menace to health, it is time for
the city officials to bestir themselves."
In the absence of Mr. Rothwell, the
council took no action. When the citv
attorney returns further steps are ex
pected. Machir place is a subdivision, and the
opening of Court street across the Wa
bash tracks is necessary to give resi
dents there access to Tandy avenue and
thence to More's lionlevard.
Mores' lionlevard is soon to be paved.
It is 100 feet wide. Mayor Clinkscales
introduced a resolution last evening
that this thoroughfare lie improved with
shade trees on each side, the width of
the street thus to lie made forty feet.
CURATORS WILL MEET
IN ROLLA TOMORROW
Recommendation That "Co-op" Move
to be Considered.
The whole Board of Curators will
meet tomorrow at Rolla, where the
School of Mines and Metallurgy, a de
partment of the University of Mis
souri, is located.
The board customarily meets at Rol
la once a year. President Albert Ross
Hill, Secretary J. 0. Babb and George
B. Dorsey, new memlx-r of the board,
from Columbia, will attend the meeting.
One matter to be considered is the
recommendation of the Executive Board
of the Board of Curators that the Stu
dents' Co-operative Store, known as "the
Co-op," be required to sever its connec
tion with the University and move off
the campus. It is expected that tins
store will have a represpntati-e before
the board to argue against ratification
of the recommendation.
George Hermann I1L
George Hermann, a student at the
L'nivcrsity of Missouri, has returned
to his home at Desoto, Mo., on account
of illness.