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49TH YEAR.
OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY. MARCH 0, 1914.
NUMBER 44.
THIRTY-FOUR TRUE HILLS.
Circuit Court Tskes Adjourment to
Nay Term-A Buiy
.Grand Jury.
After a busy eight day term of our
circuit court, Judge llurnes closed his
docket on Wednesday, and announced
adjournment of court till "court In
course."
While the docket was not a large
one, there were several Important
cases disposed of-that of Brumbaugh
vs. tho "Q" railroad, Mlnton vs. Mrs.
Stclnhatier, and the case of the Little
Tarklo Drainage Canal friends, who
sceked to take In lauds already In
eluded In tho Dig Tarklo Drainage
District.
While there were a number of con
tlnuanccs taken, there were a goodly
number of cases disposed of and tho
docket was relieved of a number of
cases.
It was a grand jury term, and tho
jury was made of a splendid body of
cltlens, who aimed tocarry out Judge
llurnes' charge to them. It was com
posed of the following well know citi
zens: lllgclow, Krcd St. John,
Denton, W. II. Wclghtman,
Clay, (3. K. Loucks, J. II. Flckcs,
Forest, It. W. l-'awks,
Lewis, Geo. Itcevcs, Harvey Kvans,
Lewis I. Mooro,
Liberty, II. F. Smith,
Mlnton, John Martin,
Union, Charles McCandllsh, K. II.
Ward.
They wcro a busy set from Tuesday
morning until Friday overling, having
returned somo thirty-four truebllls of
Indictment.
In compliance with Instructions
fromthecourtthoynikdeexamlnatlons
as to conditions of the public oillccrs,
and In order to expedite the work
they named committees, who pro
ceeded with the work and made their
report to the body as a whole. The
committees were as follows:
On county clerk, treasurer and pro
bate judge Messrs. Moore, Flckcs and
Ward.
On poor farm Messrs. Kvans,
Reeves and Smith.
On county collector Messrs. Fawks,
St. John and Martin.
On recorder and circuit clerk
Messrs. McCandllsh, Wclghtman and
Loucks.
They reported In effect that the
books and records were kept In an In
telligent and business-like manner,
but found some of the oillccrs had not
been making report of fees collected.
That tho poor farm was In excellent
condition, but recommended that the
out-bulldlngs be painted. They found
the Jail In an unsanitary condition,
and recommended Improvements tn
overcome this condition. They rec
ommended that a walk bo laid to tho
Jail and also a walk from tho Jail to
the cast gate of the court yard. They
also recommended a new Moor In hall
way and In recorder's ofllce be laid.
The report as mado was unanimously
concurred In.
The cases disposed of slnco our last
issue were the following:
State vs. Charlie Wllfong: carrying
concealed weapons. The defendant
had had some diniculty with W. II.
Moser, at Malt land; afterward he
carried an ugly looking knife, which
it Is reported he said he was toting
for Moser. On calling the caso Mon
day, he did not show up, and forfeiture
of bond was entered, and he was or
dered In the hands of the slierllT.
Later however the defendant came
Into court, and plead guilty; he was
given a sentence of four months In
jail and was paroled to I). A. Gclvln.
John A. Duck vs. GcorgoGlffordCo.
Appeal from J. IN by defendant. This
was a suit to collect for apples shipped
to defendant by plalntllT. The case
went to a Jury, which found for the
plalntllT In the sum of $141.52.
George S. Lukens vs. Kdward Fos
ter. Contract. Continued by agree
ment. Kmerson-Ilrantlngham Implement
Co. vs. Sarah O.Grlllltli. Attachment.
Continued.
JohnC. Illnkle vs. James F. Ilhodcs,
To ascertain and determine title.
Continued.
JohnC.IIInkle vs. James D. Drown.
fTo ascertain and determine title.
Continued.
John C. Illnkle vs. William II.
Drown & H. II, Drown. To ascertain
and determine title. Continued.
0. G. Dostwlck vs. John Wise, Mary
J. wise, garnishee. Garnishment.
Motion for new trial sustained.
Change of venue granted to Buchanan
county.
E. 0. McDonald vs. 0. B.&Q. It. R.
Co. Damages. This was a suit ask
ing (or 1360 damages. The plaintiff
(Continued on page 3)
Brumbaugh Gets Verdict.
A. L. llrumbaugh, formerly of
Maltland, but more recently a resi
dent of St. Joseph, obtained a verdict
In his favor for $500 for personal In
juries sustained by alighting from the
train at Kapler, on his way from
Maltland to St. Joseph, v. here he had
been visiting his family, the accident
occurring April 22, 101.1.
He alleged In his petition that on
arriving at Napier, ho and other pas
sengers were retired to change cars:
that the train ho was on did not stop
at the depot platform, but on tho
contrary stopped where there was no
platform, and In alighting was caused
to be thrown and fall between a bed
of cinders and tho coach In which ho
had been riding, by which he received
painful and permanent Injuries to his
leg, and the bono of which was
cracked and broken, and received oth
er serious and painful Injuries about
tho head and body. Mr' llrumbaugh
asked damages to tho amount of II,-
000.
Tho caso was called Wednesday, and
occupied the greater portion of the
day. Tho Jury was composed of Andy
Cook, Wm. Slckmann, F. W. Hoff
mann, Henry Slckmann, M. W. Mur
ray, Henry Armack, W. M. Hunt,
Henry Metcalf, It. L. Hughes, Albert
Sommers, Joseph Comer, Kd. Wilkes.
They found for the plalntllT In the
sum of f.VX).
Those Partition Sales.
During tho term of our Circuit
court Just adjourned there were some
live partition sales of real estate,
which had been ordered at a previous
term of our Circuit court, and our
shorllT on Wednesday of last week,
carried out the order of the court by
making the sales.
The aillls lands consisted of two
tracts and town property. There aro
two parcels of lands, a 50-acro and a
30-acre tract. The former Is known
as the old Kd. Glllls home placo and
the second Joins Mound City on the
north. Iloth pieces were bought by
Debby Glllls, at $175 per acre. The
town residence property was bid In by
John Markt, for $2,100.
The Wm. J. Fields lands consisted
of 30 acres, In the Denton district.
Ira Flolds bought a 120-acre tract at
$101 per acre. The Ferguson heirs of
the estate bought one 120-acre tract
at $12.50 and a seconil 120-acre tract
at $11.50.
The Hanks land consisted of 310
acres, south of Napier, ami was sold
In two tracts; the 10 brought i per
acre and the. 'K)0 tract brought $12,
otX). Iloth pieces were bid In by Louis
Banks.
The Ilradbury land In tho Kelso
district consisted of .15 acres, and was
bid In by David S. Vounts at $120 per
acre.
Some Wills.
The will of Mrs. MarthaXltoberts,
of Maltland, who died January 21,
was tiled for probate last week. The
will was executedl October in, tuia,
and witnessed by M. W. llrumbaugh
and D. A. Gelvln.
She bequeaths to Harry S. Roberts,
an adopted son, all of lots 4, 5, II, In
block 7, In Ilarnard's addition to
Maltland.
To hor brother, Robert Russell, and
half-sisters, Mrs. Cora Fltts and Mrs.
Ora Crampton, each $5.
To her daughter, Mrs. Dale Mueller,
she gives the residue of her estate,
both real and personal.
Mrs, Mueller Is made oxecutrlx;of
the estate.
James F. Grlillth, of Mound City,
who died In St. Joseph, February lit,
loft a will, which was executed April
21, lui.'l, and was witnessed by George
Crlswell and C. K. Thomas.
He wills that his wife and daugh
ter, Klla Dennett, shall share equally
In the rentals from 2ID acres In 33, 03,
3'J, so long as they shall live. Should
the wlfo die first then the rentals
shall go to the daughter; should the
daughter die first, the rental shall go
to the wife, and at their death the
rentals shall go the children of his
daughter.
To his wife he gives lot 7 and part
of lot 0 in Mound City, tho home, In
fee simple.
To his daughter, Klla Dennett, he
gives the sum of $2,000. To her hus
band, Sidney Dennett, he gives $3,000,
to be paid $1,000 annually.
In a codicil dated April 20, 1013,
and witnessed by the same parties lie
gives Sidney Bennett a tract of land
of some Ave acres In sections 31 and
32, in 62, 38, In lieu of the above be
quest of $5,000.
The executlou of the will he give
In charge of hu win ana daughter.
HOLT COUNTY STATISTICS.
Interesting Data About Holt Court-
ty-Thc Coming Fed
Book
The annual Red Hook, compiled by
tho State Bureau of Labor, will be Is
sued In the Coll r so of the next few
months, and from advanced sheets wo
are enabled to give our readers the
following statistics pertaining to Holt
county:
The annual cereal cropof Holtcoun-
ty exceeds .1,000,000 bushels, but the
yield can easily be doubled by sclent 1 lie
farming atidthectiltlvatlon of some of
tho lowlands which have thus far lain
Idle. Fruitgrowing Is one of the In
dustries which Is actively engaged In.
M. Joseph Is the chief market. Cat
tle, horses, hogs and mules are regu
larly shipped out In large quantities.
n round numbers the wheat lcld Is
about :WO,K)0 bushels. Oats Is also
extensively grown, but corn Is the
principal agricultural product.
Tho bottom land of Holt county Is
admirably suited for vegetables of all
kinds. A few canneries exist and
more are needed.
Good limestone drinking water Is
found In abundance. The Nodaway
rlcr Is on tho casi,ihoMlssourlaler
on the west and south, and the Dig
and Little Tarklo rivers ami many
creeks within tho boundaries.
The land Is rolling prairie, with a
soil of rich black loam; timber Is
plentiful along the streams: clay for
making brick, lime and sandstone for
building purposes are found through
out the county. About 10 per cent of
the land Is unimproved, all of which
Is suitable for growing, and over 70
per cent suitable for cultivation. Un
improved land can bo purchased from
$50 per acre up. The amount of Im
proved land for sate Is small, and can
be bought from $00 to $150 per acre.
Farm labor ranges In price from $27
to $35 per month.
The population Is principally of
American birth, with quite a sprink
ling of thrifty and prosperous Ger
mans, who occupy mainly the north
west and southeast sections of the
county. Kducatlonal interests are
well developed. There are forty-six
church buildings located throughout
the county, representing the follow
ing denominations: l'rcsbytcrlan,
Catholic, Methodist, Daptlst, Christ
Ian, Lutheran, United Ilrethren and
Dunkards.
Tho population last federal census:
color, sex and nativity of Inhabitants
and birthplace of foreigners, repre
sent the following facts:
tal population 11,53.1
lilte 11.421
Negro Hi
.Native wiute 14,031
Foreign born .no
Male Inhabitants, number 7,520
Fomale " 7,1110
Males of voting agu 4,215
Dwellings, number 3,42.1
Families, 3,152
Foreign Nationalities:
Austria 4 Ireland 15
Canada 11 Italy 4
Denmark 1 Russia 1
Kngland U) Scotland 10
France 1 Sweden 5
Germany 2.11 Sw luerlaml ... .27
iioiianu 1 aii outers ,1
Total 7390
This Is followed by a table giving
the surplus commodities shipped from
the county during 1012, which Include
17,070 head of cattle, iw,331 head of
hogs, 5,220 head of horses and mules,
5,321 head of sheep, 527,722 bushels of
corn, 15,130 bushels of oats, 12,021
tons of hay, 152,010 pounds of blue
grass seed, 111,701 barrels of apples, to
gether with a great variety of other
fruits and miscellaneous products.
The production of staple farm crops
In UU2 was as follows:
Staple. Av. Yield. Ac. l'td. Total Du.
Wheat 23 12.771 "ifl.SiVJ
Oats 33 10..131 311.154
Corn 2'J 101,370 3,021,730
Hay and forage 11,701 11,170
l'ubllc school statistics 1013-M4:
Districts In county .'. 75
Teachers In county 121
Knumeratlon of county 4,231
Spent for teachers' salaries. 54, (too 00
incidental expenses 111,124 si
remanent school fund.... 124,003 77
Allotment state school
funds 11,012 00
Average levy for school purposes, 52
cents on the $100 valuation.
The Lenten Season.
The Lcnton season was ushered In
Wednesday of last week, the season of
special penitence. The calendar this
year Is:
February 25 Ash Wednesday.
March 1 First Sunday In Lent.
March 8 Second Sunday In Lent.
March 15 Third Sunday In Lent.
March 10 Thursday. (Ml-Careme.)
March 22 Fourth Sunday tn Lent.
March 25 Annunciation.
March 20 Fifth Sunday In Lent.
April 2 Holy Thursday.
April 6 Palm Sunday.
April 10-Good Friday.
April 12-Eaater Sunday.
Death of Rev. Fiegenbaum.
Rev. Frederick Fiegenbaum, the
last of four brothers, all of whom
were pioneer German Methodist
preachers In the central and western
states, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 1011,
at Wathcna, Kas., where he had lived
ten years.
lie was pastor of the Oregon Ger
man M. K. church during the )e"s
im2-H and was an uncle of Mrs.
Tom Curry, of this city.
Rev. Fiegenbaum was riearly SI
years old, and all of the brothers at
tained about the same age, and were
active In the pulpit until within a
few years of their deaths. Not only
wcro the brothers Methodist preach
ers, but their two sisters, who sur
vive, married preachers, one a regular
pastor, and the other a local preacher
of the Methodist church. The family
Is widely known In German Metn
dlsm In this country.
Rev. Frederick Fiegenbaum was
born In I.adbcrgcn,Gcrmany, April 10,
K70. He came to America In 1132
with his parents, Adolph ami Chris
tlno Fiegenbaum, and settled In War
ren county, Missouri, where he grew
to manhood. Ills early years were
spent on the farm. Then ho went to
St. Louis, where his older brothers
and sisters hail found employment
for him. With them he was brought
Into contact with a German Metho
dist revival, and after being conver
ted ho felt the call to the ministry,
as his two older brothers were.
Rev. Fiegenbaum had charges In
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
There living no German conference
when he entered the ministry, ho
joined the Rock Itlver conference,
then later the Southwest German,
now the St. Louis conference, and
from there he was transferred to the
West Missouri conference. Ills last
charge was at Oregon, Mo., from
whero he moved to Wathcna. Ills
wife, who was Miss Louise Otto, and
to whom he was married at Wapello,
Iowa, when he was 21 years old, died
November 30, lull. The other broth
ers were Rev. William, Rev. II. It.,
and Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, the last
named or a number of years a resi
dent of St. Joseph, died In that city,
January 13, 1105.
Six sons ami three daughters sur
vive, as follows: Adolph II., Wash
ington, D. C; Louis S., Lincoln, Neb.;
Theodore J., Western, Neb.; Denja
mln F., Lawrence, Kas.; Henry,
Sprlugllcld, Neb.: Kdward W., Ge
neva, Ncb.i and Mrs. Matthew Sex
auer, Atikeny, Iowa; Mrs. Frank
Howard, Sac City, Iowa; Mrs. Jacob
Miller, Wathena. The sisters are:
Mrs. Klliabeth Wellmeyer, Warren
ton, Mo., aged Nl, and Mrs. Mlna
Winter, Casper, Wyo., aged 82.
The funeral was held at Wathena,
Kas., Sunday, March 1, services being
conducted from the home and from
the Wathcna German M. K. church,
burial being at Wathena.
Mrs. Tom Curry, of this city, and
Mrs. Carrie Stelnmelz, of St. Joseph,
who was here visiting, nieces of tho
deceased, attended the funeral.
Rube Struck Town.
'Yer Undo Rube Gorman was In
town a day or two, last week he just
came to town to see how Judge
llurnes was behaving, and watch the
conduct of Charley McCandllsh, while
he was here acting as a grand Jury
man. Rube Is generally on deck
whenever a term of court Is being
held; as regularly as tho coming of a
full moon In fact a term of our cir
cuit court without thu presence of
Mr. Gorman, would he much like pre
senting Richard III without the
presence of Richard.
Mr. Gorman In company of W. G.
Randall, gave us an enjoyable visit,
and ho told us he had "coma back"
from his extended visit to relatives
in California and Washington. Ilo
visited his nephews In the Imperial
Valley, went down to old Mexico,
then to Los Angeles, visiting the sol
diers' home, where he met a Mr.
Ilaker, who followed carpentering at
Fairfax, a number of years ago. Hu
went to Long II each, Calif., and en
Jojcd tho hospitality of Mrs. Whiting,
a niece. At San Diego ho visited
Aue and Dorotha, daughters of J.
Y. Lawrence; tho former Is still
single, and Is quite successful, keep
Ing a rooming house. Tho latter Is
married and nicely situated. He also
took In the sights of San Francisco
and l'ortland, and went up to Yak
ima, Wash., where he visited his son-in-law,
Fred Dills and children.
Fred, he says, has a good Job as jan
itor of the public school.
He visited with Hobert Dills, who
Is farming near Toppenlsh, Wash.,
and Is highly prosperous. HU wife
was formerly Maggie Workman, of
this city, and will be pleasantly re
membered by many of the older of
the younger aet here. She la the
mother of three sprightly children,
and seems happy and contented. Ho-
bert, lie says, makes a specialty of
potato growing and U making moot.
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT.
Mr. Sttlnhauer Victorious In Eject
ment Suit Still Holds
the Fort.
Among the Interesting eases called
during tho present term of our Cir
cuit court Is one that came from For
tcsquc, and originated through the
troubles a few years ago between Ja
cob Hook and Dally M. Ileeslcy. Decs-
ley owned Hook a large sum of money,
and, Instead or giving Hook a trust
deed on his land, gave Mr. Hook a
general warranty deed for the same.
This stood so for many years when
Mr. Dooksticd Ilccsley In ejectment.
Ileeslcy answered In court, In equi
ty, and claimed that, while ho hail
given Dook the warranty deed, It
was, really to be treated between
them merely as a mortgage1, and that
Mr. Hook had agreed at the time the
deed was made, that whenever, If
ever, Ileeslcy paid him, Dook, what
ever was duo him, Including the Inter
est thereon, Dook would deed the land
back to Ileeslcy.
I pon a trial In the Circuit court,
Mr. Ilccsley was successful, and Hook
appealed tothe Supreme court. Later
on, Ileeslcy was successful In the Su
preme court, also, hut while tho mat
ter was In litigation, Mr. Dook laid
out the town of Fortescuu upon the
land, ami sold a couple of lots, or so
therein to Mrs. AlmlrlndaStelnhauer,
the lots to be paid for to him Hook,
upon the termination of the litiga
tion, provided Hook should be suc
cessful. Mr. Hook having, hi all the
courts liven unsuccessful, of course
Mrs. Stelnhauer, who, In the mean
time had built a house upon the lots,
got 110 deed.
Later, Mr. Ilccsley sold twenty
acres of land, Including the lots occu
pied by Mrs. Stelnhauer, to Dr. J. It.
Mlnton. Dr. Mlnton had tho County
court to set aside the town plat as laid
out by Mr. Dook, and then rcplalted
a new town upon the samo ground
with different lots and streets. Ho
then tried to get Mrs. Stelnhauer to
give up the lots that she was occupy
ing, under the arrangments she had
made with Mr. Hook, and remove her
house Irom the lots, but she refusd.
Later, he made a rental contract
with her, by which she agreed at the
end of a certain time, to remove from
the lots, she to retain her house, and
take It with her to some other loca
tion. At tho end of the time agreed
on, she declined to comply with this
contract, and Dr. Mlnton sued her In
ejectment.
To this suit Mrs. Stelnhauer an
swered and said that she hail been
made to sign the contract against her
will. Dr. Mlnton was successful In
the trial that followed In the Circuit
court, and Mrs. Stelnhauer appealed
to thu Supreme court, where later on
she was successful. 1 thu meantime,
and while this lltlgr.tlon was pending
In the Supreme court, Dr. Mlnton
died, but just before his death, he
made a deed to his brothers, J.L.aml
I. M. Mlnton, for what hu still owned
of the twenty acres of land that he
had bought from Ilccsley, Including
the lots over which the litigation
with Mrs. Stelnhauer was then still
pending In the Supreme court.
After the unsuccessful termination
of the caso at JelTerson City, J. L.
and I, M. Mlnton commenced the
present suit against Mrs. Stelnhauer
for the same lots, or tract that the
other suit was for, and, now, possibly
the whole road will again havu to he
traveled over through all the same
courts with the samo matter again.
The tract of laud, house and all, Is
said to bo worth only about $250.
Tho Jury was composed of Frank
Castle, T. J. Kcown, Aug. Schroeder,
Terry llrooks, F. W. llotTiuaiiii, Alf.
Sommers, Frank Morgan, J. W.
Duntz, Gus. Yelt, J. G, Comer, Jacob
Ducher and Kd. Wilkes.
The Jury 011 Friday morning re
turned a verdict In favor of the do
fendaiit, Mrs. Stelnhauer, the verdict
being signed by tho ten tlrst named
Jurors.
To Get More Pay.
All tho rural mall carriers are now
wearing that smile that sticks, like a
lly plaster, and It Is caused by the
passage of a bill Increasing their an
nual compensation $200. The In
creased pay will begin from July 1,
1014.
Section 4 of the bill, relating to the
raise says, that from and after the
tlrst day of July, 1014, the compensa
tlon for rural carriers for carrying
the mall six days each week on stan
dard routea of twenty-four miles In
length shall be the sum of 11,150 per
annum, to be paid monthly; and on
routea exceeding twenty-Tour mile
In length, the sum of 122.50 per mile
Kr annum for each mile In eicess of
snty-four mltee.
May Get Farm Land Banks.
Farm land banks strong enough In
money and numbers to supply every
farmer In the state with loans.may be
established In Missouri If legislation
In Congress Is passed.
The banks could be formed by any
jroup of ten or more persons, and
would bo under the supervision of a
commissioner of farm land banks,
who would be the chief of a bureau
of the United States Treasury De
partment. Charles Campbell, a prominent law
yer, of St. Louis, Is quoted as saying:
"Missouri Is especially fortunato In
having laws which pave thu way for
the easy foundation of the land
banks." Campbell said: "The re
quirements Include (a) simple meth
ods of land title registration and con-
vejanclng and (b) prompt and eco
nomical methods of obtaining farm
land loans and of foreclosing them.
Missouri's farm loan laws have been
copied by many states."
A farm land bank which will start
out with a capital of $100,000 will he
permitted to receive ilcioslts of pa
trons not to exceed t-VusM In all and
deposits of postal savings to the same
extent. The bank could Ivsue bonds
to the extent of tlftceti times Its cap
ital and surplus, The funds received
from the sale of these liomls would
supply the hank with money for the
purchase of farm mortgages.
The loans may bo made for three
purposes. First, If a man had $.1,M
and wished to buy a M.OiM farm, the
bank would advance him the needed
3,000 to complete the purchase.
Seconil, If the owner of a farm wished
to Improve and equip ids land for
agricultural purposes, the bank would
lend him an amount not to exceed fto
per cent of the farm's value. Third,
the proprietor of a $i),000 farm wished
to pay and discharge debts se
cured by mortgages or deeds of trust
on the land up to $.1,000, tho bank
would make a loan for that purpose.
The borrower would make annual
or semi-annual payments sulllclent to
pay the Interest, the administration
charge of the bank and a payment
sulllclent to pay olt the amount of
the principal at its maturity. The
mortgages held and bonds Issued by
the bank, would be exempt from fed
eral, state and local taxation.
The commissioner would designate
a federal fiduciary agent for each
hank. There would not be less than
live, nor more than nine directors for
each bank. Three of these directors
would be appointed as an appraise
ment committee to appraise and re
port on the value of real estate of
fered for security.
Tho legislation Is being sponsored
In the 1 'lilted States senatu by Sena
tor Duncan U. Fletcher and In the
House of Representatives by Con
gressman llalph W. Moss, of Indiana.
Couldn't Make It.
All attempts to limit the authority
of the postmaster general to change
the weight, rates or ones In the par
cel post services, were defeated Fri
day last In the senate.
An amendment to the bill as passed
by tho house, proposed by thu senate
postolllce committee to prevent the
postmaster general from making
these changes, was defeated by a vote
of 33 to 21. Then Senator Dlankhead,
chairman of the committee, sought to
forestall a proposed Increase In maxi
mum weight of packages to 100
pounds, by an amendment providing
that postal funds should not be used
to transport packages of more than
llfty pounds. This was defeated by
one vote, the roll call standing 21 to
Pleasant Words.
Since our occupancy of our new
quarters, many kindly and congratu
latory letters have been coming to us
from our distant subscribers.
Otho Martin, who used to live over
in Hickory township, now located at
Yukon, Okla., says he and family are
well, ami "always glad to hear from
the home folks through Tim Sknti
nki.. Our children are now all grown;
Carl Is now a large man, and Hessle Is
a high school graduate, apd Is teach
ing her tlrst school at .V per month
uud lives at homo. Carl has been
farming, but Is now driving a livery
auto In Oklahoma City. Mattle Hous
ton lives some 14 miles from us, and
Is now Mrs. Hardy, having married
W. A. Hardy."
G, W. Clark, who formerly lived
here and took away with him down to
Doxey, Okla., Miss Lllley Kaucher, his
wife, writes from there that they are
all well; that they have had a de
lightful winter, and stock has done
One, on wheat and alfalfa throughout
the season. The coming of Tub Srm
tincl Is anxiously looked forward to
as the coming of a letter from home,
where Mrs. Clark wm born, hoping
that it may still continue to come (or
many years yet under Its present
management.