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THE ST. JOSEPH OBSERVER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
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KEISTER LADIES' TAILORING COLLEGE
The best school of Its kind In tha West, where you are taught
to cut, (It and make your own clothes.
Full Course -... . . .. . $30.00
40 dajs' Sew Ins Course 20.00
10 days' Sewing Courso 7.50
THE MISSES QUANEY, Teachers
Moos Illdg., Eighth and Edmond Streets. Room 6.
THE FIRST NATIONAL THE
Condensed Statement of tho Condition of
The First
National Bank
St. Joseph, Mo.
At the Close of Business, Sept. 12, 1019.
resources
Loans and Discounts $ 4,577,141.07
Fedeial Itcscno Dank Stock 24,000.00
United States and other Iioiids 1,507,133.50
Customers Liability under Letters 182,274.83
Redemption mind 18,725.00
Interest, Karned, Uncollected 21,779.03
Banking House 153,040.00
Cash and Sight Exchange. ,i 2,445,472.58
Total - t 0,020,168.01
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In $ 500.000.00
Surplus and Undhlilcd Profits 502,278.38
Unearned Discount 31,841.71
Reserve for Interest nnd Taxes 13,579.30
Circulation 358,407.50
Letters of Credit and Time Acceptance 182.271.82
BUM Payable Fedeial Rcservo Bank. , . 300,000.00
Deposits 7,131,091.30
Total - .... S 0,020,400.01
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
Customers' Liability Under Letters
of Credit
Real Estate .-. .
U. S. and Other Bonds -
Redemption Fund
Interest Earned, Uncollected......
Banking House
Cash and Sight Exchange. .... ,
Total .....-.
A FEW BAR
46 acres, splendid tract for country!
home, on the Interurban.
Dandy choice fine 80 acre farm
within 5 miles ot St. Joseph. This Is
very attractive and in a few years
will be worth $1,000.00 per acre.
Dandy fine 100 acre farm at Stop 19
on tho Interurban. Price $375.00 per
acre. "s
A nice 28 acre piece without build
ings at Stop 19 will be subdivided and
sold In five and ten acre tracts at 200
dollars per acre.
The richest and best and finest farm
In Andrew County, one and one-half
miles from a good town. 332 acres.
A rich productive 80 acre farm, fair
hultdlngs, well watered, three and one
halt miles from town.
A nice 68 acre farm, good fair house,
excellently watered by fine spring, one
and one. half miles from Savannah, A
large amount of small fruit,
A dandy productive ,well Improved
30 acre farm within one and one-half
miles ot Savannah.
Gottlieb Bteeby farm, rich and well
Improved. 144 acres, eight miles west
of Savannah.
A fine, rich, productive farm, well
improved, 258 acres near Fillmore,
10.
BOOMER & WILLIAM
St. Joseph, Mo.
St. Joseph, Mo,
COMBINED STATEMENTS
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In $
Surplus and Undivided Profits
Unearned Discount
Reserve for Interest and Taxes
Circulation
Letters ot Credit and Time Acceptance
Bills Payable Federal Reserve Bank
6,042,857.59
24,000.00
182,274.82
10,249.61
1,854,000.85
18,725.00
21.779.03
153,940.00
2,551,829.88
Deposits
$10,359,656.78
Total
A splendid stock farm of 345 acres, I
one mile north ot Fillmore, all In tame'
grass except about 40 acres, well fenc-
ed and cross-fenced, Two sets of
cheap Improvements, The owner does
not know this land s worth $150.00
per acre, and you can buy It for.
$125,00 It you get around right quick.'
A good farm of 200 acres, 80 acres.
In blue grass, 116 acres In cultivation.!
possession can be given at once, and
uio jiv atioa i;uu uo tail iuu. I'tau
house and barn, granary, etc. This
tract of land can be bought for $125.00
per acre. One-fourth cash.
A rich productive 120 acre tract,
wthln two nnd one-half miles ot Un
ion Star, Good six room house, barn.
Implement shed, coal shed, wood
shed, hen-house and arch cave. Own
er In poor health and wilt sell and give
Eossesslon in two weeks. 35 acres of
lue grafcs. Tills can bo bought, If
bought quick, for $160.00 per acre.
An excellent farm of 68 acres, two
and one-halt miles from Helena, rich
and productive laud and well Improv
ed. It takes $200,00 per acre to
buy It.
Good farm five miles from Savan
nah. 121 acres, six room house, good
barn. 40 acres rich land fall plowed.
Several acres in clover.
A good farm that needs bujlng at
$140.00 per acre.
SAVANNAH, MISSOURI
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT
IN MISSOURI OZARKS
Will Zorn Gives Some Interesting
History of the Early Days
of That Section
UNCLE DICK SMITH
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
Ho Wns norn In Bhannon County and
Has Lived lu Tlmt Part ot Uto
Country All or Ills Life Having
Watched Uw I)eveIoj)incnt From
tho Hunting Grounds or Uio Indians
Who Murdered His rorboar Until
It Is Now Ono or tho Plcasuro
Spots of tho Great West,
R. C. Smith, better known as
"Uncle Dick," was born In a hunters
camp on Current river, In Shannon
county, Missouri, August 11, 1842,
His great grandfather, W. R. Smith,
was killed and scalped by an Indian
on Jack's Fork, tn Texas county, In
1815. He was a Revolutionary sol
dier. His mother dtod when he was
a small boy. Hli father passed away
In 1882 and left htm an orphan. He
never went to school a day In his life.
Enlisted In the Union Army Septem
ber 13, 186S, at Rolla, Mo., In Com
pany A, 12th Missouri cavalry. He
enlisted as a private and In about
three months was mado a corporal.
Soon aftorwards he was appointed
drill master of the company, loiter
was commissioned commissary ser
geant ot tho company. He started In
at $13 a month and the promotions
brought him up to $22 a month. Ho
never was away from his company
FIRST TRUST
Condensed Statement of tho Condition of
The First
Trust Company
St. Joseph, Mo.
At the Clo-rfj of Business Sept. 12, 1919
resources.
Loans $1,465,716.52
Real Cstate ...... ... 10,249.61
U. S. and Other Bonds 256,867.23
Cash and Due from Banks,.., v 106,357.85
Total.... $1,839,190.77
LIABILITIES
Capital (Paid In Earned) $ 60,000.00
Surplus and Profits (Darned) .. -... 62,253.78
Deposits ..-.,. ,... 1,726,936.99
Total - $1,839,190.77
The stock of the First Trust Company Is owned
by tho stockholders of the First K.-Uton.-il Bank
of St. Joseph.
550,000.00
664,532.16
31.841.71
13,579.30
358,497.50
182,274.82
300.000.00
8,858,931.29
$10,859,656.78
A fine farm of 166 acres, located
two miles east of Rusendule, good,
large barn, ordinary three-room house.
well fenced and cross-fenced. Land
rich and productive and can be bought
now ror izuu.uu per acre.
122 acre farm, fio and one-halt
miles east or uawood, In a good nelgh-
uornoou at 135 dollars per acre.
A good stock farm ot 350 acres, nine
miles from Savannah, four miles from
Mllmore. and five miles from Nod
away. About 250 acres rolling farm
lanu ana juo acies in umbered pas
ture.
A dandy rich, productive, fine farm
of 200 acres, 13 miles fiom St. Joseph
ana two miles from Easton. In Du
chanan County. This farm Is worth
$300 00 per acre, but you can buy It
ror ;.-uu.ou rrom us if you get busy.
A dandy suburban five acre Place.
good seven room house, close to Sa
vannah, nnd a very attractive price
oi D,DUU.UU.
a nice me acre iract. rive room
house, and other Improvement, on
the Rochester road, three-fourths mile
from Savannah Price $3,500.00.
A dandy nlie suburban trace of five
acres, one and one-halt miles from
town, smooth, high and attractive
Good cottage One-half lu choice fruit
A good attractive price of $4.000 00.
Nice little 23 acre farm near Coun
try Club, pi Iced to sell.
GAINS
during a service day. He was mus
tered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas, April 9, 1886. Came back to
Howell county April 17, 1866,
Wlien Wo "Trimmed Up" Uio Lion
It was In the year 1814 two years
after tho war ot 1812, when we trim
med up Great Britain for a second
time, that the first white settlers lo
cated In the Ozark region. In the
spring of 1814 Wm, R, Smith, great
grandfather ot "Unole Dick" Smith,
and a party of hardy pioneers left
Slaughtersvllle, Ky., to go west. They
made the trip on horseback. In the
party, besides Wm. R. Smith, were
lis son, R. D. G. Smith, Wm. Thom
as, John Pevyhouse, James Hodge,
'Vm. PerkltiH and "Granddad" Hud
delstone, all well known pioneers of
this section. They crossed tho Mis
sissippi river at Jackson and Jour
neyed over Indian trails to tho pres
ent sight of Thomasrllte. They
brought their families and household
goods.
In the fertile bottoms of Eleven
Points river these pioneers built
homes and barricades to guard
against wandering Indians and bears
and wolves. They cleared the bottom
land of timber and put In crops of
corn and -garden vegetables.
The ''Barrens"
There was plenty of timber along
the streams, but tho hills wero bare
and became known as "The Bar
rens." Not a tree was standing for
many miles where West Plains now
Is located. Large herds of elk and
deer roamed over the country. There
were Indian villages on several of the
streams, the nearest being two mile?
northwest nf Thomasvllle. Another
village was located on North Fork,
near the mouth of Licit Creek and
a largo tribe made their homo on
Jack's Fork, near tho Forks of the
creek. They were Cherokees.
In the fall of 1815 several of the
most daring hunters ot the Thomos
vlllo country, led by Wm, Thomas, a
noted bear hunter, with a big pack
of hounds, Journeyed to Jack's Fork
to hunt bear. They went Into camp
near the forks of the creek. Ono
morning while the hunters were on
the chaee, W. R. Smith, grandfather
of Unole Dick Smith, was left to
watch the camp. He was 102 years
old and had beon in tho Revolution
ary War. A roving band of Indians
saw tho Bmoke of the camp. They
slipped up undetected and killed the
old man. An Indian chief got his
scalp. When the huntors returned
they found the lifeless body and bur
ied it near the spring at tho Forks
of the creek.
This grave has been located by
Uncle Dick Smith. More than one
hundred years have passed since his
great grandfather met death at tho
hands of the savages. Mr. Smith will
erect a monument on the spot to tell
was told to him when ho sat on the
knee of his grandfather, R. D. a.
Smith, who raised him.
Plenty of Wild Honey
Along the creeks where the timber
was thick there were many bee trees
to be found. Here the bear was in
his glory, for nothing tickles a bear
more than honey. Bruin would s.ent
the honey, climb the treo where tho
bees wero storing away the sweets,
and attempt to gnaw down the tree.
Sometimes the bees would sting the
bear and drive him away, but his
shaggy wool and tough hide prevent
ed tho bees from doing much dam
age. Three years later a second colony
came to Thomasvllle In this colony
was John R. Woodside. the first pros
ecuting attorney of the county, which
then Included what is now known us
Oregon, Howell and Shannon coun
ties. Mr. Woodside also later became
tho first Judge of the Twentieth Ju
dicial Circuit. Another prominent
member of this colonj was Rev. Wm.
Carr, a Bsptist preacher, who started
a religious awakening lu the settle
ment. Soon afterwards another colony lo-
catcd around Thomasvllle, and In
this colony was Co'rnel Old, a Mexi
can War veteran, father of the late
Captain J. B. Old, noted Confederate
veteran, who was born at Thomas
vllle. Others In this euluny were the
Lasley'u and Hurophrei's. One of
the latter was the father ot Judge
Geo. M. Hurqpljres. the veteran mail
carrier between i West Plains and
Rover, who'fdngt In the Confederate
army and U still hale and hearty.
Found a' Whllo Deer
When the first ulun tame to
Thomasvllle thef saw a white deer In
the woods. In tho das the people
were very supeStitioiiH and no ono
wo ina snoot into at'r lor years it
was safe from the hunter's bullet and
It Is believed died ot iOiI age. Grand
father It. 1). (1. Swii'i never killed a
young fawn. He caught many and
inaiked them, two muter slopes li
both ears, and hitman who later
killed these deer kn- his mark
In the early d of the Thomas
vllle settlement fvrs and si. Ins were
taken on horsfttgrk to Cape Qlrard-
,enu, on the Mtfsltoippi river, and
sold Supplies thur were greatly need
ed by the colonists were brought
back on the homo oomlng Journey.
In a cave one and ono-half miles
up Elevenpotnts from Thomasvllle
Grandfather R. D. Q. Smith made
gunpowder, and by this crude method
he supplied the hunters of the early
day with powder. Lead was found
in the hills and from It bullets were
made.
The streams, springs and settle
ments were named for some early
settler or after incidents that occur
red during pioneer days,
Tho Cloven Pronged Buck
Tho spikes on horns of doer In
variably are an even number. Ono
day when one of the Huddlcslon boys
kilted a buok with eleven prongs or
points on his horns, as the deer swam
the river above Thomasvllle, tho set
tlers Immediately namod the stream
Elevenpolnta, by which It U known
today.
Jack's Fork was named for Jack
Thomas, the greatest bear hunter the
Ozarks over knew. Jack and Sol
Perkins went hunting the next year
after Qranddad Smith was toma
hawked. They cam pod at Cold Spring
a hundred yards from whero Grand
dad was burled. Putting their sad
flies in a tree and hobbling their
horses they started up the creek with
their dogs to hunt bear. A panther
found the saddles, pulled them down
and tore them to pieces. When this
story was told at Thomasvllle they
called the place Jack's Fork where it
occurred and the stream has over
since been known by this name.
Killed For m Money
Bill Chohaln was the only man
hanged In the early days of the set
tlement. He killed John Merrill tn
1848 near Thomasvllle. Merrill came
to Thomasvllle and made It appear
as though he had lots of money. Ho
dressed well and was quite dignified.
Bob Invited him to go fishing and
then shot him and threw the body In
the.river. When Merrill didn't come
back an Investigation was made and
the story of tho crime came out. Bob
mado a speech on the gallows
and
wound up by saylngt
"I thought I was a-klllln' him for
his money, but I killed him for a
d n fool."
Chehaln found only 10 cents In tha
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S Planting time will soon be here. Don't forget,
The Kelsey Nurseries can supply good stock.
Grown right and handled right. Order now. 5
Write for catalog, it's free.
The Kelsey
St. Joseph, Mo.
Phono South 110
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
The Tootle-Lacy
National Bank
OF ST JOSEPH. MO.
at the Close of Business Sept. 12, 1919
RUSOrHCES.
Loans and Discounts $ 1.S17.S69 00
United States Bonds and Other Securities 1,S 43,79 1. 00
Real Estate 9.000 00
Furniture and Fixtures 16,4o5 23
Five Per Cent Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasury. . . . 9.000 00
Customers' Liability for Acceptances $0,000 00
Interest Earned But Not Collected 4.000 00
Cash and Sight Exchange 4.20S.716.S7
Total $10.95). 782.10
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid In $ JoO 000 00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 234.841.34
Reserve for Interest and Taxos, 4.356.97
Unearned Interest 42,656 87
CI -dilation , 17 J, 200 00
Due to Federal Reserve Bank 800.000.00
Acceptances Executed for Customers , 60,000 00
Deports 9,964.727 92
Total $10958.78210
This statement Is correct. K II ZIMMERMAN
Vice-President and Cualil-r
ra rerxraa3-TT?ryr'snir-TT-
Report to the Humane
Society
all cases of cruelty to children, aged persons and ani
mals. Humane Agent's Office, 2nd floor Central Polico
Station. Phone Main 1122. Office hours, 8-9 a, m. and
1-2 and 7-3 p. m.
pockets of his victim, he said.
Chehaln sold his body to a doctor i
tor a gallon of whiskey and had a
big spree before they Jerked him Into
etornlty. The doctor made a Hkelle
ton from Chehatn's body and t'ncle
Dick Smith says he saw the skeleton
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ninny times. He did not witness tna
hanging. His father and mother wers
present.
Moved live County Sea
In those days the county seat was
at Thomasvllle. whero tho court house
and Jail was located. When the
county was divided and Howell and
Shannon counties organized, the coun
ty seat was moved from Thomasvllle
to Alton.
Game abounded" every where There
was a big wild pigeon roost Just east
of where West Plains is now located
Afterwards the place became a big
blackberry thicket. Hunters slew the
pigeons with club, they were p
thick.
Uncle Dick Smith says he remem
bers tho Indians very distinctly. They
had a small vlllagetwo miles above
Thomasvllle, on Elevenpolnta, and a
big town of many tepees at tho Forks
of the creek near Cold Spring, six
miles north of the present town of
Mountain View, After Granddad
Smith was tomahawked his son, Wm
Smith, killed Indians on the sty to
avenge his death. He cut more than
one notoh tn his gun stock. Howell
County Gazette.
The answer to "how many times do
they turn the mattress In the Monroe
County Jail" seems to be given In full
In the following from the Paris Mer
cury t Harry Clalton, confined in the
Monroe County Jail for shoplifting, ac.
cldcntally found an old-time slxshoot
er partly loaded, under his mattress
Wednesday. He promptly turned It
over to Sheriff Nolen. It Is not known
how long It had been thorn or who
owned it."
This Is tho Indirect way the Rich
ards Progress goes about relating a
bit of scandals "Soma of the stuff
that mado Mulberry famous leaked
Into Richards the other day and
touched things up a bit. Just why
that little bit of holl U allowed to ex
ist Is not quite clear."
Nurseries
Corner I.uKo nnd Alabama Avenues
O. L WELCH, Manager
3 I
"If tho cowboy of the old-time cat-
tie country could see one of tho mod-
ern Imitations who travel with wild
west shows nnd throw lariats In
vaudeville and literature," snaps the
Ada News, "the chances are he would
spit a cupful of tobacco Juice In his
eje nnd walk off In utter contempt"
The annual reunion of veterans ct
the 9th, Missouri's famous ca rr
regiment of tho Civil War, was ho 1
In Moberly last week,
OS. KOLLMANH
"OLD RKLLXBLE."
For Years In St. Joseph.
Rectal nnd Chronic Dlwases,
Files, Fistula and Fissure.
Will Guarantee my Curable
Chronlo Cases.
Try your Family Doctor until
you are satisfied he cannot oure
you then I will take your case,
cure or no pay.
This applies only to Chrtmla
Diseases.
Office and Sanitarian,
2107 FREDERICK AVKWUB
M. W. STEINER
D. D. S.
DENTIST
Qraduats Philadelphia Dental Colltrsl
B. W. Corner Sixth and Edmond
Telephone Main 8711
FLEEMAN-McNEILL
Funeral Home
SICK Ambulance Service
1208 Francis Street Phono 2681
ELMS HOTEL
BTRICTLT FIRST 0LA83
Headquarters tor All StocVmen
Rates 50a and Vp
Good Meals Reasonable RatejJ
109-lil North Third Street
Underwood & Slmmerman, Props.
V. A. JOHNSON
MCRCtLVNT TAILOR
A Fine Stock of Goods tor your selec
tions. Reasonable Prices, First clats
workmanship guaranteed. Repairing
aaa pressing department in connec
tion. Phone Main 2tS8J.
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ATTORN2T AT LAW
Abstracts Examined, Titles Perfected
and Probate Practice a Specialty
Also Collections.
it-17-21 Donnell Court Bide.
Pfcoae Main $05. St. JOMph, Mo.
Kodak?, Premo, Graflex
and Anseo Cameras
Quality Kodak
Flulahlntf.
Send Us Your Orders.
UHLMAN'S
718 Francis St
CALL 2255
For Taxicabs and Baggage
Service
BROWN TRANSFER AND
STORAGE CO.
Patt Bros.
ST. JOSEPH'S HIGH-CLASS
TAILORS
611 rRANCIS 311.
St. Joseph's Oldest
and Most Reliable
Poultry House
We Guarant-e Highest Cash
Prices tor I'ou.try and Eggs. .
Win paj oj to si us bforo
felling
THE NORRIS POULTRY
AND EGG CO.
214 North Second Street
Phono M. 1877 St. Joseph, Mo,
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NOTICE!
J. W. BATCHELER
i Gunsmith. Safe and Lock Expert
NOW WITH W. C. KENNEDY
411 Pell? (-trcet Phone 11
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