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Charle Wescott, 68 years old, of Joplin since 1874 and resident the first ore buyers in one of died Thursday of last week. district, The Rev. Stewart B. Edmondson, of the First Methodist church pastor will deliver the baccalaurin Joplin, for the graduating class eate sermon Anderson high school, Sunof the day night, May Lewis Benjamin Doran, for enteen years telegraph operator for the Frisco Aurora, died suddenly last week He had been promiment and civic affairs in in all social Aurora for several years. of petrified tree, Discovery 10 million and timated at between 20 million years old, on farm near Marionville was reported by Dr. James E. Cribbs, head of Drury college department of biology. At the close of the evening servchurch at the First Baptist ices at Sunday night the Vernon last Mt. the church unanimously women of themselves not to purchase pledged merchant in that anything from any city who sells beer. in Barriver state park Roaring of the points county is one spoken ry where Roosevelt's forestry be tried out. will relief project 2,400-acre tract work on the The accounts, will according to press for 1,400 man months. furnish work Eight thousand fingerling Rainbow distributed in Big Lost trout were creek in this and Buffalo creek Berry of the last week. Guy county hatchery had Sequiota fish The fish were of distribution. the Neosho government hatched at the hatchery and given to the state. Baxter Springs, Kans., has again decided to hold its Frontier Day and this year, after celebration rodeo This event lay-off of two years. large crowds has drawn in the past and no doubt again city, will that The dates have not prove popular. determined. been definitely yet held in Memorial services were the dead last Sunday for Carthage Carthage council of members of the Commercial Travelers. the United included the memorial also This of the Neosho former members disbanded which last year council, with the Carthage consolidated and council. Reports from various sections of Arkansas Ozarks Missouri and the estimate the total number of cars of canned tomatoes on hand at 225. one-half of the number or less than this last year. of cars at season The acreage throughout this section approximately thirtyestimated at thousand. eight dollars in $10 Nine thousand old size discontinued bills of the by the government four years ago, were deposited in the First NationFayetteville Ark., by Bank farmer Monday. Washington county bills ranged from 1904 Dates on the one of This deposit was to the largest individual deposits ported. Blair, widely known Harry W. prominent in Joplin attorney and in Southwest Demecratic circles this week appointed Missouri, was assistant to the attorney genas an eral of the United States. He will the land title divisbe assigned to department. His wife, ion of the Newell Blair, has also Mrs. Emily national Democratic been active in several years and was affairs for supporters of of the original one Franklin D. Roosevelt for president. H. Loy last Aurora's General the Silver was awarded Thursday action. He for gallantry in Star made wearer was just recently Heart. The medal of the Purple citations which as result of came received while then major, Loy, action in the France. He saw and at Cheppy durHis personal supervising the war his batallion and ion of the men for their welfare while this efforts fire were the actions under severe him the citations. which brought Silver Star is The order of the decoration among milhighly prized itary Advertiser. Lead and zinc bearing rock and been found in several earth have within few miles of sections during the past month. phur Springs tested 13 cent lead. One sample to be rich Other deposits, reported been found. Traces in zinc, have gold in non-paying quantities in the analysis. In were discovered work was done in past years but transportation was this section, chief With the modthe problem. and railways this secern highways forward along this tion should come dirt is found line when enough pay interest capital in the developto Springs (Ark.) News. Governor Guy Park telegraphed Hugh Brixey of Cassville, last Tueshim of his appointday, informing ment superintendent of the RoarRiver state park located seven ing southeast of Cassville. Brixey miles the appointment. This will accept responsible place and the governor upon his to be congratulated lection. Brixey native of Barry county and is well qualified to fill the place and will asume his dudate. He served the ties an early sheriff one term and county as made one of the best officials the county ever had. He is progressive, honest, sincere and congenial and will make popular ville Democrat. E. Estes cashier of the closed Bank of Hurley, Stone county, has been placed under arrest on charge of having embezzled funds of the bank to the amount of $13,000. The shortage in the bank's funds was not dislosed until after the bank was closed for the moratorium. Upon examination was the bank was short about found that was reported that $13,000 and cashier of the instiEstes has been Whether the bank money. has not been made public. reopen Estes has been cahsier of the institution for several years and was respected in the Hurley comhighly News of the bank's shortmunity. as great surprise to the age came depositors and citizens of the combecause everyone had the munity utmost confidence in Estes. Rev. James A. Brown of Ash Grove, formerly of Dade county, has filed suit in the Dade county circuit court against the Kansas City Journal-Post, for $25,000 damages, alleging defamation of character in story published the Journal-Post which was said have stated that Rev. Brown had been an inmate of the Nevada state hospital for the insane, and was maniac with depressive characteristics. The story was published connection with the shooting by Rev. Brown of Rev. George Rider, an evangelist, at Brown's home in Vernon county. Rev. Brown was tried for murder, and was acquitted plea of self defense. After the publication of the story on which the suit is based, seems have developed that Rider, not Brown, had been an inmate of the state hospital.
