The Macon Republican from Macon, Missouri • Page 9

planes. They have four Liberty me-1 dreams and here's hoping you win tors and the way they can skim over competition. -1 am sura you will, for-the water: 1 sat in the cockpit of your plane is a beauty." i On A Slow Train i one once down st tne Atlantic rieei inga to the men who run the air forces of our Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. "As you knaw, the Army and Navy have separate air force oragnizations but they work very closely together and each one deserves a great amount Uncle Ted's Bed-Time Stories UNCLE SAM'S AIR FORCES Never before had there been such OUr OF ADAIR JAIL Four Prisoners Sawed Cell Ban at Kjasrilae Two Meeker Broth. era Had Pleaded Guilty.

Just to fill the hour that is happiness. Fill my hour, ye gods, so that I shall not say, whilst I have done 'H. "Behold, also, aa hour of my life is gone," but rather, "I have live an hour." Emerson. Review. It was certainly a thrilling sensation.

"Well, my boy you must stop now and $et off to bed. Can't work alt night you know. There are more days. So goodnight and pleasant of. credit for the wonderful progress From the Chicago Ledger, written les of village interest I'd wear over-by a staff member of this paper.

alls every day and work in the garden Following a long screech of the or about the When 'she' whistle, a clattering of the wheels wanted anything I'd put on my old over switches, some bumoing and straw hat, gather up the basket and working and planning by any made in the last few years. The last young or old. Jack had sawed anl time I saw the figures there were hammered and chiseled and done ev- nearly a thousand officers and nearly JerEing the mixed train on the Hick-1 go down to the village store and get it it srvthtnir earnantar and hillliler dna. fl.Oftrt n11tl man In tha Armv air Ran. The pride Adair county citizens have alwaya felt in the ability, of the cella at the county jail to hold the Wa'ii nu rafullaa for llffht- 1.1 i I i ciy valley railroad, came to a sup.

lor net --o--- i iu el nia uruuun mui 111 lima mr ice, aim in un jtav? air service The forward passenger car landed op ing, and I'd help in all the housework. tne bi- competition at school He was around 600 officers and about 5.000 posite one end of the depot platform, moit elufiive prisoner was badly shak- en Wednesday morning when it waa k.t 1 And as we worked together our hands not content with the machine he was enlisted men. There are 27 Army air would touch and Sometimes she'd I huiVHno- in hi a manual training clj.a alAtinn. In all narta nf tha tmuntrv and so there was nothing to obscure the village. "Blue Bells" was the name come to me with a smile in her large that stared at you from the side of expressive eyes and ask me to pin up her sleeve, which had fallen and in so he decided the best thing to do was 11 naval air stations, aa well as the to work on another one at home with groups of planes that work with the the hope that it would beat all tno Atlantic and Pacific Fleets." itVtorei Kn ihm imm ram fnv thai aitt at-, tvi a.

i the little depot terfered with what she was doing. On the front street waa a two-story brick, with sign: "General Merchan Am i nave we goi wie oiggew air lorces, way to liberty, first sawing out of their cell and later sawing their way out to one of the outside wtulow. Thfc men who escaped are Lee and Aubrey Meeker, Bor.aHh end 'Otho Lcnsford, the firh three being under sentence to the penitentiary for participation in robbery of stores and Lunsford, who is awaiting trial on a charge of burglary and larceny. dise Poultry, Eggs and Cream tryow. Uncle Ted asked Jack, the brljhtest snd prettiest roses and stm tt lt, Jackt.

Mked Uncla sweet pass and gladiolas and dahlias Ted he looked in on the worker. by a long uays, but we have the men along the fence and in nooks and stm at ltf Uncle Ted was jBckV who know th, and we ran hamlle corners about the yard, making our bought I was aU throu3h' a force of any site. There are no bought Here for Cash." Some home artist had possibly done the lettering. Two or three men in overalls stood but I broke this wing and now I have more efficient airmen anywhere in th 4 It I Wl No trace of the Jail breakers hadJ I ix ail over again, xou see i worU than the men of the Army and JI ll trying to make a different model Bofl City Water Before Drinking Due to the shallowness of our present water supply and the silted condition of the creek bed. it is advisable to boil all city water before using it for drinking purposes.

Dr. J. B. Stokes City Physician Navy air services. What they need Is "I'd forget all the worry and peril through which I had passed, and cut loose from the imperative demands to go here and there at the hazard of life and limb, and lie down at night without a dread of tomorrow's stern more and better equipment, although they have done wonders with what from anything the other boys are making st school." "Go to it Jack.

Who knows but under the wooden awning. Near this commercial establishment was a tiny frame building with a doctor's sign on it. Then the blacksmith shop, with wheels and parte of wagons lying about The blacksmith in atl his bare-armed strength, stood in the door. There was a tree-bordered street running out from street On the they have. These things cost money, of course, and it may be difficult for you may find the perfect airplane and then when Uncle Ted is old and grey men wnen uncie xcu ia um ami duty.

some people to realize that the expen "Before long I'd know and love the v. nB(j. mnA aav nroiuMv to been obtained this afternoon aitnougn they may have been the ones who atole a new 1924 Ford automobile from A. N. who lives two miles south of Kirksville on the Millard road.

Sheriff Waddill does not believe the men would have gone that far to have gotten a car. The Meeker boys live in Macon county and It would have been possible for them to have been en route home and decided 'to take the new car. diture of millions upon aircraft is nec tllnM iHMll thai T--1- .1 corner building, a block from the rait- church and other meetings, go down rnad. waa an ancient Celling. The to the store and mix with them of evenings now and then and take part in the talk.

We'd lend our neighbors essary, but, believe me, it is necessary." "What do they call those big new army planes, Undo Ted, I mean the ones that carry bombs "I guess you must mean the Barling Bomber. That is some big plane. things from our kitchen and borrow sv.inging sign over the walk notified the public it was "hotel." Along this street were old-fashion od houtes that seemed to Save been mutely pleading for paint and re everyone, That my pal Jack, the great inventor wKb made airplanes so perfect that they are safer than "While you are working I'll sit here and tell you an air story and by that time you will have to go to bed. As you know it was my privilege to see America's great Leviathan of the air, the ZR-3, christened the 'Los Angeles' by Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the President before a great gathering of not' My, what a wonder it 1st It has five big Liberty motors and will carry five tons of bombs.

I Irke the NC-4 sea- It is believed the men got out ot jail about midnight, and it is omi let-d rather a coincidence (hat th were ih.t caught In the act of sawing ort a Pheriff Waddill waa up until foui Vc'ock Wednwday morning, having ft. a his brother John "all. who from thelr's, and we'd care not a pen ny about the old world outside and its restless ambitions." "But that Egyptian expedition," reminded the sprite. "You're on yoit way to Join those men now think of it I In a year your name may be on pairs these many years. Large shade trees were in all the yards, and there were some vines and fall foliage.

Far down the shaded street was a 'ittle white church with a belfry. officials of our Government. fnoi walked lnzily through the un- everybody's lips." mved streets, and there were several Ilplllf US' dogs lying in the dirt or anderinj; about with no particular place to go. It was Just getting twilight. In a cot tage here and there an oil lamp hart been lighted Insects hummed about the tall grass and weeds on the sides That huge bag that had traveled across the ocean from Germany to our own shores was an inspiration to me and made me realize Just what possibilities there are, ahead of us in aviation.

The I.os Angeles is the second ship of her kind to become a regular part of the United States Navy. "What I wonld like to sec now would be a great fleet of planes. Then I am sure we would have the greatest air force in the world. I certainly don't mean them to prepare for war but to develop commerce and for the protection of forests and for a hundred different peace-time uses. Then The traveler moved uneasily.

"You're right," he murmured. the work the real work. This was but an idle dream." Then with a sigh: "It could never be." The mixed train rattled along In the night, its little engine screaming like a banshee at the road crossings, the cars swaying and Jerking as the trnk curved around the hills. The conductor, lantern mder his arm, approached and laid his hand on the traveler's shoulder. "Better wake up," he smiled, "dose to the Junction now.

No. 56, Chicago trnt I. at. Hma." the streets. A nassenger reclining in a sea in the forward coach took in all these things with the eyes of a man accus- tomed to make close observations, ami exclaimed: -came up from Jefferson city iasx night and stayed up until that hour talking.

He then went to bed and did not get up until after 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. Tne i ci were not mUvl until breakfast was served the prisoners Wednesday morning, when one of the men said that four of the men were gone. There were eighteen prisoners in the Jail Tuesday night and breakfast wan prepared for that many Wednesday morning. After passing In fourteen plates, one man states thai the others would not be needed a four of the men sawed out during tha right. All four of the men had been locked in cells which were supposed to be strong enough to hold any one as they are built of round bars a fraction over an inch The men "had secured a piece of a hack saw about three inches long, which waa found on the outside window ledge "Wednesday morning and with this they had sawed two of the bars out of the cells.

Each "bar was about a foot long. The men after sawing out "Of all the Godforsaken There appeared a man In a work-Inirman'i arb. wearing an old straw Floor Lamps! We cannot think of anything that would be' more useful and more decorative than a Floor Lamp. We have the most beautiful assortment of lamps ever shown in Macon. Bridge, Table and Boudoir.

Candle Sticks. Candles, Smoking Stands, Compote Sets, Artificial Fruits, Parchment Shades, Pictures and Fancy Mirrors. Albert Skinner Will Plerse You. if should be attacked by an jb i ix we anoum crcr (wivcy The traveler aroused himself rom other gnore- we we ever hat, striding along the board walk to ward one of the old-fashioned houses, in a yard shaded by old maple and thanked the conductor. aDe to protect ourselves as we "Guess towns long this road look Bh0UM.

pretty backwoodaified to you?" gnn- nave a flne governmental or-ned the chief of the train crew. ganUation all ready to handle any de- elm trees. The porch, old ami weath er-beaten, was covered with vines. There was a box of flowers on the "Yes, a bit primitive, but" velonment in aviation. There is the He seemed to be looking into the joJnt Board of the Army and Navy, porch ran.

a neauny composed of the best minds from all -rav. glad cry, and rushed out embrace the man in the garb of a Make your selections now. We will hold them until Christmas. at tha lnnrtion. and was hana- our aviation services.

Then there is the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. This committee is made up of the greatest inventors and men working on aviation and its allied studies in the United States. They meet from time to time at Washington and give the benefit of their find- After a lot of milk cans and boxes had been carried out on the platform ed a message directing him to join the Egyptian expedition at once. In of the cell, which was on the nortn side of the Jail on the lower floo, went around to the south window on the west side of the building, where a frmr tall delivery had taken plae. stead of answering this message he sat down at the typewriter in the and other freight piled abroad, tne whistle shrieked and the train clattered out of town behind the'puffing little engine.

th (rntharlno- Twilisrht an I telegraph office, and wrote out a long mnd here the task of sawing out was one to "her," placing in her hands the crisis of his life. an easy one. The place had been re odd little form, witl eyes like mar Then he walked over to the little bles, and wearing a sugar loaf hat hotel, registered and sat down in the office, waiting. It was midnight be crouched on the top of the seat in fron of the drowsy passengers. fore the answer came.

Then he did a thing that was strangely inconsistent "Well, it was a uoxirorsaKcn village!" snld the little thing on the seat with his steady, well-ordered life, be "That's what you to fore signing forthe message he thrust his finger under the flap of the en velope and tore It open with feverish haste. Then read: "ItlueBells: pick out that old house with the maples in front tomorrow, Jeane." paired by bolting in Iron pieces ano the men sawed off the bolts and removing thebars, made their escape. A petition has ben circulated asking for the parole of the younger Meeker boy, whose sentence had ben commuted to the reform school on account of his age, and the chances were he would have been paroled. Be will now be liable for a sentence In the penitentiary for breaking. apprehended.

humble between times, knowing The two Meeker, boys andflozarth had entered a plea of guilty to burglary of stores In this county and Aubrey Meeker and IWnrth had been sentenced to terms In the penitentiary. Thcv were being held to see what action they would take In re-gaud to charges pending against the others for some of the robberies for which they had not been charge "Lunsford was being held on charges of burglary and larceny but had not wtered a plea. No commitment had been issued to take the men to the pen, according to the sheriff. The traveler walked over to the clerk's desk: "I'll go to my room now," he snid. That night he enjoyed the soundest rest he had ever known.

say." "It wasn't!" retorted the traveler, his eyes nearly closed. "Why wasn't it?" "Because under certain conditions it wasn't a place like that." "Come now you don't mean you live in that sort of a hole a man who's traveled all over the world, and who now lives in a great city?" "I could if" "If what?" "None of your business! I'm not going to tell you before a lot of people." "Well, whisper it," persisted the mcanny being on tin seat. "Get It off your mind." There was a pause. "Tell It," insisted the tormentor. "We'l.

home Is where love Is." "Ah." "If the woman I love were there, tha traveler dreamily, "Just the DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? Bad Backs Bring Suffering to Many Macon Folks. MOBERLY'S DOMINANT CHRISTMAS STORE Your gifts must delight the recipients and, of course, you want to choose them most advantageously. And where could this essential combination be better effected than at Moberly's Dominant Store? For months past all the resources of this great institution have been utilized to glean the world's "best" any to make this a truly joyous Christmas for gift-givers and those whom they want to please. Dominant in buying therefore dominant in value-giving-f actors which make this indisputable the dominant Christmas stcjre. Attractive Sales This Week Ladies' Coats and Dresses, sacrificed at January prices.

Silks and Woolens at remarkable Savings. Mens' and Boys' Clothing at prices which are savings of to V2 Is that dull; constant backache making you old and miserable? Does your back throb and ache until it seems vou Just can't keep going? 'Do you suffer- headaches, dizty spells and urinary disorders: feel weak, tired and worn-out? Then look to yjur kidneys. Delay may mean serious kidney slck-nessl Use Doan's Pills a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys. Doan are recommended by Macon folks. W.

J. Latchford, 205 S. Hudson i "i with at- 'net that she was there would change 1U lu.tnivu i. Wolf The wolf is found in many parts of North America, To the trappers of the western part c( the country It is commonly known a the eoyJ rv. tnntinir and breeding sea- everything.

I think I know how those nanni It They are not lonely. They love. Where there are but two who love even a desert island is not tacks of backache due to disonlered kidneys. Whenever I caught cold It -i In mv harlc and at lonesome. I saw a workman returning home there and his young wife times pains shot through me when I ran out to meet" him, throwing ner arms around him and kissing him.

Stopped or tnea vo wiw" Pills relieved me of this trouble. wi-itio vpaps LATER. Mr. Latcn- Though they live in a shabby little ford said: "Oecaoionally I have nee of a kindney medicine ann niwa uc Dor-n's Fills." ni nil Healer Don simply ask for a kidney wnV-jret Doan's Pills the aanw that Mr. Latchford had.

Foster-Milburn Co. -ckwoods hamlet they're nappier thnn a king on a golden throne. To them the hum of the insects about them, the lowing of the cattle, the rustle of the wind through the great trees all sing to them the song of love. To them their quaint little village, where nothing ever happens, a hundred years behind the times, Is beautiful. They have the thing that all the gold spent along the great white way can new buy.

They are ions of the wolf vary in sime sections. As a general rule they mate In January and February and give hirth to their young in March or April. Some timet the young are bom in the trammer. Wolves, as a rule, are very destructive to stock. Most States and provinces pay a bounty for them, and they are not protected by game laws.

The wolf is very suspicious, and the trapp must use care in order to be successful; but if yoo will take the tone and patience to do it, you can trap most any wolf. Every precaution must be taken when setting or going around your traps to destroy the human scent. Always use gloves when handling tWhen you trap wolf or for try other animal, place some cotton or wood under the pan of the trap. This prevents any dirt or "ticks from I Sale Extraordinary of Furs December 10 and 11 I Buffalo. N.

t. EXECUTRIX NOTICE irlvan. that letters testamentary upon the estate of Dav id F. Mean oeceasea, i granted to the ureniignad executrix by the Probate Court of viaannvi. )iearlns date the to be envied!" 20th day of November, VLL All persons navm ciaim.

aaid estate are required exhibit v. Within SIX Irani t-' Ul months from the dste of said letters. "Tut! tutr The traveler went on softly: "If the woman I loved were there we'd live In that old-fashioned home on the comer across from the little white church, with the great trees Un-fog the path In front. In the winter Our New York Furrier will be with us, with a $25,000.00 stock of Fur Coats, Scarfs etc, which we offer to our patrons at remarkable saving. It will pay you.

to come to Moberly for your Xmas shopping. BOWERS: Moberly's Dominant Christmas Store getting under tne pan. imfuiiv conceal eo. a. -ii- h.

tha trround rd go out to the forest and cut wooa ip uut rmnnoa I M. tvan and then burn a small -m. Wrth in the front room, or they may oe preeiuaea irom benefit of sueh attatei It aaid claims be not exhibited within one year rfom the date of the PbUestion of this notice, they will be forever MARY t. MEXRS, Executrix. Attested by me, this 20th day of November, 1924.

(SEAL) R. WILLIAMS, Judge of Probate Court. 7R-T7-79-81 batch of hay or sticks which has mi about the blaze in the tssa placed over the trap, as a long wind-swept evening and tarn will always dig into an old earapflra. 0f tnMjt things dose to otr hesrts. Leave everything looking as natural Sometimes weM have the neighbors In possible.

and exchange with thtm homely top- an.