La Plata Republican from La Plata, Missouri • 4

1 New Summer Suits New Straw Hats a a YOUNG BAITY CLD CO One Price to All went to Jones of Three cheers for 4 I Judge Newton of county called Saturday to to Idaho WONDERS AMERICA on 20 Set Out a ronded Palm The Winter Haven Chief gives th following good advice: forget that a palm set out now' will be a treefn ten years You may not live to ad mire its beauty but someone el Highlands County Menengem Quaker Persuasion When Judge William Cooper the founder of Cooperstown on Otsego lake New York decided to move into the wilderness from Burlington his wife says the author of of a Northern did not kindly to the plan inally when the moment came for them to depart and the carriage and the wagons were loaded and at the door Mrs Cooper sat down In her library and refused to budge The judge was a Quaker and not a man of contentious disposition but he was both tall and strong Without words he picked up his wife chair and all set her on one of the wagons and started on his way TULLVANIA i ine May weather Work seems to dispel the gloomi ness which has hung over us thru the long wet spell Deb Turner and wife took dinner at Otha Saturleys Saturday Co) Denison and Hughey Lile de livered hogs to A Bailey and Guy Borron the last of the week Mrs Denison and Miss Ceola Davis were guests of Mrs Elix Hawkins Saturday afternoon Mrs Greenstreet of Easley Township has" five hundred young chicks which she hatched at home inis Clardy sent McNeil 500 White Leghorn chick Saturday The latest styles and shapes in the flat nnd curl brim sailors Genuine Panamas and the Imported Italian Braids at $150to $450 JUST what you will need for the coming warm weather in and Young Models The Beach Cloth Palm Beach Gaberdine and Tropical Worsted Cloth and Marx Haas makes Sizes 35 to 46 at $11 to $25 There is quite a bit of corn planted in the neighborhood this week Mrs loyd Howk and Gladys Al bright were calling on Mrs Bunch Saturday morning News scarce again this week may have more next week James Behymer expects to leave soon for Excelsior Springs where he will try the waters for his rheumatism He will Oregon Washington and to visit relatives Misses Marguerite McCalm and Mildred McGee of Kirksville spent the week end here the guests of Bruce McGee and fami ly Mrs Marvin England re turned to her home in Chillicothe riday after a visit here with her parents Mr and Mrs Christie Dr Paul Denta Parlors are located over Jas I Sears Drug Store southwest corner of Square Phone 102 Res Phone 254 Adair renew his subscription and order the paper sent to his daughter Mrs Ernest Crawford of Brashear The Judge is a candidate for re election and will be an easy win ner bunaay with Mr and Mrs Salyer at Macon I Mrs Logan of Winter set who has been visiting here the guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Bailey and family went to Macon Wednes to visit Mrs Dave Sweeney a few days Mrs Emma Pratt who has been in Kirksville for the past few months taking treatments for her health returned home Tuesday to spend a few days She was accompanied home by her niece Miss ern Barnhart who will visit her a few days Mrs Kate Pollard left Tuesday for a two months visit in Green wich Connecticut where daughter Mrs Henry Carson re sides and with her son Roy Pollard who is located in NewYork City She will also visit her son Benjamin who has re cently returned from Germany after serving for the past three years with the Army of Occupa tion in Coblentz He is located in a camp in Pennsylvania now Macon Republican been a little slow about getting these tariff bilil thru The city of Gifford is goiingto have a high school like Elmer Everything is ready for the con struction work Gifford Dean Begole and Esther Davis were married at Kirkville Satur day the 6 both are highly respect ed young people Dene is the old est son of Charley and Ina Begole of Adair Co a very prosperous fam ily that has a very broad acquaint ance and held in high esteem by all who know them Esther is the only daughter of Davis a highly cultured young lady being a graduate of the Kirks ville Normal and has been teach ing her home school for the past two years and has given universal satisfation and her pupils are filled with sorrow over her change of oc cupation We are informed they will make their future home on the fam in Oklahoma where some of his relatives are living and while we feel to congratulate her in her choice for a partner we feel to doubly congratulate him on his grand achievement in getting for his companion through the rugged meandering scenes of life a lady of such outstanding charater one soi modest yet'firm in all her covic tions We hope and trust that their voyage thru life may be one of peace happiness and prosperity Doss Payton and son of Ethel were La Plata visitors Tuesday $100 Aluminum Sale at Store Saturday May 13 Miss Lorena barnhart of At lanta spent the week end here with homefolks Mustard greens appeared the local market this week at cents per gallon Mrs Ijarry oster went Wednesday after a visit here Abert Smith with her daughter Mrs family of La Plata spent Elgin Mr and Mrs Roscoe ulmer and daughter Pauline and Mrs Ervin Porter and daughter Inez motored to Kirksville Sunday afternoon Mrs A Steinbach return ed to her home in Shelbyville Wednesday after a visit here with her parents Mr and Mrs Turner Mrs Lawrence Long and chil dren went to Atlanta riday to visit her grandmother Mrs Susan Romjue who sustained painful injuries last Saturday through a fall Airs tjarry roster went to Moberly Tuesday to spend a few days with relatives Mrs Port Thomas and children visited the first of the week with homefolks in Gorin SOUTH RICHLAND Epperson and wife were' guests of Bunch and wife Sunday Mason and wife visited with the Coons family Sunday Mos Doggett and wife moved back home this week They spent the winter with their daughter Mrs Will Blankenship and family near Bevier The Cherry family visitedl in Marceline Sunday guests of Wm McVay and wife Olen Burton and and Leola rank Miller of Atlanta was here on business yesterday Mrs Mitchell of Macon was shopping here Tuesday Mrs lordia Bunch of Atlanta was shopping here Wednesday I Davis and son Spencer were Kirksville callers yesterday Mrs Thurston of Elmer was here Monday enroute to Iowa $100 Aluminum Sale at Variety Store Saturday May 13 Ralph Reesman and family of Gorin spent Sunday here with relatives Aldace Naughton spent Wed nesday evening with friends in Kirksville Mrs Tnnoa anrl An vvwvw uuu cuu Robert were visitors in Kirks ville yesterday Mrs A linn of Ethel was here Tuesday enroute to Atlants to visit relatives i Howard Harpham returned home yesterday from a business trip to St Louis Geo spent Sunday in Macon with his sons William and Sinclair Mrs Holton Kirksville Tuesday to visit her Brother Cavett Mr and Mrs Ethel were here yesterday en route to ulton to visit relatives Mrs Clements of Okla homa City Okla came Tuesday to visit her mother Mrs Viola Grogan Miss aye Chadwick went to Kansas City Sunday to spent a week the guest of relatives and friends Mrs Harry Laurence returned to her home in Jacksonville Tues day after a visit in Kirksville and La Plata Mrs Mary Hizer returned home here last riday after spending the winter with her daughter Mrs Bradley in Ethel who accompanied her home for a few days 'visit I Rev DeLong went to Macon Wednesday to help install the pastor of the Presbyterian church Dr Stuart McAlpine Campbell who was formerly pas tor at Galesburg Ill DR GORSLINE OSTEOPATH Special attention given to ractures Dislocations and Obstetrics (Confinement Cases) La Plata Miuouri Office over Sears store Phone 21 1 Mrs Williams and baby were here Tuesday enroute to their home in Atlanta from a visit in Ethel with her parents Mr and Mrs A lynn Mr and Mrs Edgar Lewis are the proud parents of twin baby girls born May 10 their combin ed weight is 12 lbs Mrs Lewis is the daughter 'of Mr and Mrs Lafe Tate Dr Salyer and daughter of Hannibal Salyer and Turners Monday Denison Hill delivered eggs to the hatchery at Ethel Monday Link Jenkins of Ethel was here last week selling International stock food Mrs Elix Hawkins and Turner have decided to take the Republican for a year They are located on Rr 1 Ethel Mrs: Haw kins is noted for her fine gardening and poultry raising and Mr Turner is a live stock man and while he is not a breeder of any special line of thorough breds he is a man who keeps some af all kinds and is a very prosperous farmet and a good Burton were Sunday visitors witht citizen He is a Grand Old Party the Coleman family man ann dpupi unvero trnm thai Orsen Helton is putting all of his doctrine He favors a high protec bottom land in corn this year I tive tariff and thinks as many oth The proposition to build a school ers of like faith that congress has house in the Knapp was defeated 70 odd votes Miss Josie Turner who has been teaching school in South Mo for the past 8 months returned home last week She is living with her grandparents Turner and wife of Goldsberry We have been informed that (rank) Turnenhas ordered 2000 young chicks what do you think? 'Emmet McNeil of Ethel made a business call on his brother Saturday Turner and wife of Golds berry was here one day last week guests of their son and family Tom Hill and family and Mae Hill and family and John Den ison were callers at McNeils Sunday afternoon Earl Borron and family of Linn Co was here Sunday guests of Turner and family Ed Greenstreet and wife motored to Sunday Turner and Ralph Perrin of Ethel Rt 1 have ordered the Re publican sent to them for one year These men are both farmers good citizens men who try to keep abreast of the times hence their idea for ordering hi marvelous budget of weekly intelligence On the evening of the 8th a fine 101b boy was born to the wife of James Perrin Dr Abbott was in attendance and he tells usit is indeed a promising lad The days for young women to faint and fall into the arms of young med is about over now they can fail in without fainting Col Denison and Hershel Sum mers each made a trip to Golds berry Monday a Prof Price visited his home in Ill Saturday and Sunday Mrs Denison has some young Barred Rocks which weigh 1 pound John Denison visited at urday to visit relatives Mrs Caroline McHollyman of Economy came Tuesday to visit with Lee and wife Mrs Vaughn and Miss Goldie Davidson of Macon were shopping here Saturday Miss Gonnerman of Greentop visited relatives here the latter part of last week Mr and Mrs! A Hardy and daughter Leola visited relatives and friends in Atlanta Saturday Mrs Ida Plemmons and daugh ter Mrs lorence Gluck were shopping in Kirksville Saturday Mrs Bradley returned home Wednesday after a few days visit in La Plata with rela tives Mrs Walter Botts of Kirks ville came Wednesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Wilgus Mrs John Oliver and baby re turned to their home in Moberly Tuesday after a visit here with Mrs Harry oster I Mrs Adams returned to her home in Kirksville riday after a visit here with her son Adams and family Easley Earl arris and Barrows prominent business men of Gjbbs passed thru Tues day morning enroute to Macon Mrs Ralph Reesman and son Kenneth Gex of Gorin went to Tturgeon Tuesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Price Mrs Sallie Carmichael return ed to her home in Sholhwiilo Mrs Margaret Smith was shop 1 Mrs Goodding and Mrs ping in Kirksville Saturday fC Bulkley spent Tuesday Jasper Summers of Kirksville aernoon in Kirksville visited homefolks here riday Mrs Waddell and daugh Miss Leia Dawson was a visit ter! went to 9reentop or Kirksville riday after noon Mrs Beatrice Brammer spent Saturday with relatives in At lanta Miss Lettie Davidson spent the week end with homefolks in Kirksville Miss Golda Dierling spent the week end with homefolks in Queen City Miss Clara Sparks of Kirks ville spent the week end here with homefolks Mrs Saltmarsh went to Kirksville riday to visit rela tives a few days Mrs Lue Elsea of Atlanta came riday to visit her sister Mrs fl Goodding Miss Ruth Daugherty went to Macon Saturday to visit her brother George and wife Mrs Goodding and little granddaughter Jean Christie 1 were visitors in Macon Saturday Miss Pauline Hamilton return ed to Kirksville Monday after spending the week end here at home Miss Merceda Chatfield of Kirksville came riday to visit her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jess Johnson By TT MAXEY Western Newspaper Union JETTIES MISSISSIPPI A LTHOUGH the of has several months none of them provided a satisfactory channel for the never ending procession of steam ers which carry millions of tons of' commerce (one Item of which dur Ing a recent year was bunches of bananas) from the ports of the world to and from the port of New Orleans I The western most one of these! inouths is known as Southwest pass I'It is about 15 miles long of Irregular width had a tidal variation of from 16 to 28 inches was influenced by floods and obstructed by a submerged sand bar over which the water was only nine feet deep Notwithstanding these handicaps army engineers considered it the best route and set about to force the river to run as they thought It shouldThey planned to dig and build a chan nel 1000 feet wide and 35 feet deep through this pass so that the biggest ships could steam' right up the river and anchor off New Orleans They dredged the head of the pass for 3 miles to give it the necessary width closed a number of outlets to conserve the flow built to pre vent tlie outlets to the river above the mouth from enlarging dredged away the sand bar (removing the equivalent of 35000000 wagon loads i Of sand and mud) constructed jetties more than 20000 feet long to protect this dredged channel and built spur dikes as necessary Southwest pass now satisfactorily performs tlie work which falls to the lot of the official mouth ot greatest river Baity was in Macon on Sidney Bone was in Macon on business Tuesday business riday Mrs Ellen Lyons was shopping i rank ifer was in Macon on in Kirksville Saturday business Wednesday Mrs Lindley was a visit Ayers was in Macon on or in Kirksville Tuesday business Wednesday Mrs Ernest Johnston was in Clinton Haines was in Atlanta Macon on business Wednesday on business Wednesday Mrs Minnie Brammer of Ma SimmonsTmdTa business con was a visitor here Saturday trip to Moberly yesterday THE REPUBLICAN ISSUED EVERY RIDAY MQRNING ET BARNES Publisher and Proprietor Enterod as Second Class Matter at Postoffice in La Plata Mo YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES $100 IN ADVANCE IN MACON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES $150 to ail outside of these counties Phone 68 the news Subscribe for the Republican Bob Powell was in Macon on business riday Ed Locke was in Kirksville on business Saturday Geo Smith was in Macon on business Saturday Mrs Jones was at Macon on business Saturday Mrs Henderson was visitor in Kirksville riday Miss Lena Cheatum was Kirksville visitor Saturday A I ii 1L.