Washington Citizen from Washington, Missouri • 4

WASHINGTON CITIZEN WASHINGTON MISSOURI 1 THE WASHINGTON CITIZEN Published Weekly nt Washington? Mo RUSCHE4 KRUMSICK Publlshare JJnterwt at the Postotfice at Washington Mo as second class mall matter a RIISCRIPTION HATES 100 A TEAR Local Happenings Rev A Gaesner spent Wed neday in St Louis Oscar Yammer of New Haven was in Hermann riday Mrs Wm reese visited friends in Berger last Thursday Mr and Mrs Ulrich Bush were St Louis visitors Wednesday Emil Hendrich made a trip to "St Louis Wednesday evening jw Mr and Mrs1 Alfred Backer of St Louis are visiting in Wash ington i There will be English services at the Immanuel Luthern Church Sunday evening Chaa Bradley of Sedalia is visiting his parents in Washing ton this week Muench of near Dutzow crossed the ice Tuesday and spent the dy here on business A Krumsick received a car load of Dodge Cars Wednesday and is making deliveries John Aholt returned Wed nesday evening from a visit to relatives in Glasgow Mo erd Muench and John eld mueller of near Dundee were in Washington on business Tuesday Herm Blumer of Berger re ceived an order from St Louie this week for 40000 hatching eggs GDilthey of Berger who spent a year at the Woodman Sani tarium al Woodman Colo: re turned home last week and is in the best of health again A rafter in the Hotel in Hermann caught fire last Thurs day while water pipes were being thawed out with a torch The fire was extinguished before serious damage was done The sheriff and his deputy of Gasconade county were sum moned to Qaeconade Saturday to catch a thief but the man fled by jumping on a horse It is said he later returned the horse to its owner Harry Lanwermeyer has his right arm bandaged and is suf fering from a sprained wrist He accompanied Dr Isbell to the home of his brother last riday when he cranked the automobile causing above injury A lot of people are taking ad vantage of The maga zine offer every week or SI 35 you can get this paper the Prairie armer the Reliable Poultry Journal the World and the Home Life' maga zine one whole year The Prairie At The Old Rail ence 'Wi With armer Bill Written In ranklin County Every Week or The Citizen HE HEARS ABOUT THE JERIESBURG TOM CAT armer Bill had a little busi ness at Jeffriesburg last week and while talking to some of his friends learned that there was quite a little excitement in that part of the county but nobody has heard about it Let me tellyou the story at the old rail fence One night last week one of my old acquaintances who has a farm in the Jeffriesburg neighborhood heard a noise in his barn and got out of bed to What do you suppose he found when he got there? Well he saw the king tom oat of the community march ing down the ladder in the barnwith a two pound rat between its jaws shaking the rodent like a full fledged bull dog would shake the seat of a trousers on an invigorating spring morning One peep into the barn showed that Tom gave the rat a lively chase before ho captured it as one of the young mules had got into the sleeping quarters and was making kindling wood out of a perfectly sound 2x4 My friend was not slow in restoring order because his nightshirt was Mot equipped with a heating sys tem and he needed a few more hours rest to put him in shape for the morning You might say that there much to this little incident and that it worth mentioning in The Citizen this week but my friend over near Jeffriesburg thinks there is and so does arm er Bill it in a way shat ter the belief that the community tom cat is good for nothing else besides playing tag with your boot jack in the dark of the night when you are suddenly awakened from your sleep as you lie tugged away in bed dreaming of $2 wheat? Many of ue have always believed that tom cats were in vented by a fellow who sleep nights and who Wanted to make the rest of the world Buffer by getting out an article with fur on its back and pitchforks in its voice that would sit on the back yard fence or the wood pile at and rent the serenity with the most horrid sounds that the human ear can record without giving its owner the jim jams And some of us do get the jim jams when we are forced to hear tom tom music every night with the cat attached armer Bill had these jim jams once and that night he used his breech loader instead of the boot jack' The cat never came back But now it comes to light that a tom cat has higher aspirations Think how lucky the people around Jeffriesburg are to have such a cat in their community I And it possible that there are tom cats in other parts of good old ranklin county that have given up their solo work on the back yard fence for a more pro fitable occupation? And if there are how are we to find out? urthermore possible that every shiny eyed creature has a streak of good in hind? The trouble with many of us is that because we have never seen this much hated specimen of cat flesh do a kind deed we have grown to de test the beast and this bitter aver sion has imbedded itself so deep in our hearts that many of us will never be able to change our views We see only the dark side of Tom and close our eyes to 4iis silver lining armer Bill believes that this little ranklin county tom cat story repeats itself in many other experiences through life There may be some of us living here who look upon a certain neigh bor as a drawback to the com munity just because that neigh bor has at one time in life made a move that did not meet with our approval Again others might have stirred up hatred against him through jealousy or exagger ation That neighbor seeing that people look down upon him with contempt cares nothing for their friendship and is therefore never encouraged to do a good deed If you have a man living in your community whom you be lieve is good for nothing see that you are right before you turn your back to him There is a bright spot in every heart but you will never see it through a piece of smoked glass Be cheerful and more considerate There are plenty of thorns in the bushes keep them out of dur hearts 4 armer Bill air Grounds or Sale Sealed bids for the purchase of the air Grounds and build ings thereon of the ranklin County A 4 Society will be received by its secretary Thias at his office in Wash ington Mo up to 12 noon on Saturday April 7 1917 The grounds are well adapted for an amusement park and the superintendent Kamp will take pleasure in admit ting prospective bidders for inspection on any day previously arranged between the hours of 8 a tn and 3 The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids armer comes every other Satur day and the other magazines come once a month Lot of read ing matter for the whole family at a big bargain price Old a comedy drama in 4 acts will be presented by the St rancis Lyceum Watch for Date The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church will give a George Washington Tea on George birthday ebruary 22nd 'in the basement of the new church Everybody welcome The sale at the farm of Louis Lause near Krakow was well at tended Wednesday and good pric es were paid Mr Lause is mak ing arrangements to move to Washington and purchased the Hugo Aholt residence near the shoe factory several weeks ago A meeting of the Congregation at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning just after ser vice All members are expected to be present The Mission en velopes may be handed in as postponed from last Sunday This is the annual offering for this cause Kerr Mrs George Moore after an illness of over two months dur ing which herJife at times was almost despaired of began im proving the early part of last week and she will it is believed soon regain her former health Mrs Moore lay for 42 days with out eating any food and the wonder is how she lived through such an illness Her many friends will be pleased to learn soon of her complete recovery St Clair Times The St Clair Times states that the residence of rank Manion southeast of town was destroyed fire on Tuesday night of last week It caught from the flue and burned so rapidly that there 'was no time to remove any of the con tents of the building Mr Manion is a widower with 9 children He was not in financial condition to suffer the loss Gault and others went around town with a subscription paper Saturday morning and collected $5050 which was turned over to Mr Manion' The receipts of the box supper held at Piney Bluff school house last Saturday night were given to Mr Manion The amount was $20 It may be a bit early in the sea son to be thinking of spring and the flpwers but it too earjy to fill your heart with the spirit of spring time and the joy of y8uth by coming to see Posey in full bloom at the Calvin Theatre Posey is the name of a little operetta the music of which was written by Jesse Gaynor the famous composer of songs It is to be presented here by the younger children of Washington under the direction of Miss Paul ita Hoffmann for tne benefit of the new Presbyterian Church Watch for the date to be an nounced later and come co see' the prettiest bunch of posies dance and sing Edw Downs who represents the ourth Ward made a plea for crossings that the Street Commit tee promised tne property ownerp when they built their sidewalks along Second Street' between Stafford and Rand Sts A little investigation shows that this is a just complaint There are now five new houses on thenorth side of the street and all property owners put down their concrete walks without notice from the city That part of Washington where the shoe factory is located is fast becoming a city of its own no one will dispute neither will anybody dispute the real progres siveness which exists in the shoe factory territory of our city The citizens have just completed a sewer district costing $60300 and a'sidewalk aldng Second Street paid for by property owners Now a crossing or two is asked for The Street Committee and the City Council should get busy and put down he crossings and keep up with their promises anners in the market for choice Red Rust Proof Seed Oats can get same at Washing ton lour Mill Co Waist Opera tors On new Wilcox Gibbs power machines Light sani tary factory with steady work and highest wages Will pay either piece work or week work If you are a seams tress dressmaker or handy at a machine apply by mail or in person as we have the po sition open for you Mar quette Cloak Suit Co 1609 Washington Ave St Louis Missouri MEETING CITY COUNCIL (continued from page 1) Street would be given immediate attention Mayor Bleckmann' stated that the City Marshall had received advertising matter of traffic signs and it would be a good plan to get a number of them to' be plac ed in different parts of Washing ton City 'Assessor Schroeder was given permission to epeax to the Council and stated that it was not necessary to adorn the city with any more signs if the ordinance is not enforced He stated that from the old city ceme tery to the city limits on East ifth Street the motor cycle men the and operate their machines at a speed of 50 to 75 miles an hour The other Sunday a child had a narrow escape be tween a fast moving motorcycle and an automobile It was stated that two of the trucks have dis carded their mufflers The Coun cil decided to purchase foursigns to be placed near school build ings Regarding the vehicle tax City Attorney Krog reported that a personal letter had been written to those delinquent and the time given to settle the matter was ebruary 10th It was stated that about a dozen did not pay the tax One had promised to pay Satur day pb 3rd and another had sold his automobile The money obtained through this tax will be placed in a separated fund and used for Street repairing Councilman Helm stated that water and ice flooded the side walk at the Maesmann property on Jefferson Street near ifth Street Owner to be notified Ben Jasper who rented thejcity cemetery on Clay Avenue the last year made application to rent it again On motion of Hoel scher the applicant was given right toTent same at $1000 per annum On motion of Downs all aider men are to report on defective sidewalks in their wards at the next meeting No further business the Coun cil adjourned Chinch Bug Waiting (continued from page Week lecture atv the Uni versity ofMissouri 1 The cinch bug is primarily a pest of grass like crops It winters in dry rubbish such as large clumps of grass in fields and and along waysides in leaves straw and similar mater ial The adults fly to wheat fields or other crops in the spring to feed and lay eggs tor the spring brood of bugs These are nearly matured when wheat is cut and will migrate to corn or other green crops where they feed and lay eggs for the fall or winter oyer brood Mr Hase mann suggested that all favor able wintering places be burned as the best control measure Dur ing summer dust tar or oil barriers can be used to keep the swarms from reaching the corn The bugs must not be allowed to reach the corn field before the In Payment In payment of rent and bills and all other expenses your check is as good as your money A check payment is handier and safer thana cash payment and it gives you a better standing among the people you do business with A check is a valid receipt We welcome your checking account large or small The man with a dollar deposit is as welcome in the line before our windows as the man who comesnext with a hundred dollars Bank Of Washington A inancial ortress air Grounds To Be Sold (continued from page 1) door amusements? We believe that the best thing that could happen would be for the City to purchase the air Grounds 'Next Summer we could hold a four day carnival such as they have in Hermann Bland 8alem and many other towns and draw hundreds of peo ple here 'It the fault that' the air Association went under People wili go forty miles to attend a carnival where there is something doing This is being demonstrated every year in other towns What our air lacked was life and en tertainment features and it provide these because it is $'2500 in debt The only logi cal thing to do was to give up and offer the grounds for sale Big Show Monday Monday evening ebruary 12th Romeo and Juliet will be shown featuring Theda Barra This is greatest produc tion and all who are acquainted with this greatest work should see the pictures on Lin birthday Price for Mon day night are only 10c and 15c Card of Thanks 4 'We extend our thanks to all those who have helped us in our bereavement and loss of our mother and grand mother Mary Bchymos The Bereaved Children Notice To armers We have just received a choice ar of Red Rust Proof Seed Oats Washington lour Mill Co Early Planted Corn Corn will not grow during cold weather as wheat and oats Corn' planting time is therefore a little later than the best time for sow ing spring wheat or oats How ever accordingto Bul letin 773 when seed of perfect vitality is used it is remarkable how early in the spring corn can be planted and result in good stands and good yields Seed of perfect vitality will often remain in cold or dry soils for several weeks and afterwards germinate and yield well Irregular stands are often attributed to p6or seed when dry poorly prepared spots are the cause ields are some times seen in which the seed germinate promptly in moist spots but did not germinate in dry spots until rains came Where the seasons are long and moisture plentiful it is cus tomary to wait until the soil jis warm before planting In semi arid regions however corn should be planted) early With the soil in proper condition it is generally advisable in semi arid regions south as well as north to plant corn before danger from frost is entirely past Corn plant ed very early usually makes a slow tough growth and a month after planting may be smaller and look less promising than that planted later The early planted cbm ripens first however and usually produces the larger or khe better crop Notice All members of the Mutual ire Insurance Co o'f St Johns who have not paid their assessment No 15 which was due on Dec 31st should do so at once as the insurance lapses forty days after the assessment is due A Schultze barriers are used The best time Jo use fire con trol is in the fall fehen the rub bish in which the insects winter is dry armers have generally neglected to apply the torch but effective work fnay still be done if the weather is dry enough to permit burning winter quarters of the insect Obviously the most effective control can be had by cooperation and community action Leave Washington No Need To Seek Afar The Ev idence is at Your Door No need to leave Washington to bunt np proof because you have it here at home The straightforward statement of a Washington resident like that given below bears an interest for every man woman or child here in Washington Hermann Buddemeyer retired merchant Stafford St Wash ington says: suffered a good deal from kidney trouble and there was much lameness across my back My kidneys acted too frequently which broke my rest at night I served in the Civil War and I know that the camp life and drinking all kinds of water had a tendency to bring on the complaint I finally got Doan's Kidney Pills which cured 1 50c at all dealers oster Mil burn Co Mfgra Buffalo NY Add Poultry Profits io rour Regular Income nd at the same time cat down the high cost of living This year yon will see the highest price paid for eggs and poultry It is the year of the poultry raisers grtattft opportunity you must start right You must have the hatching equipment that will give you large hatenes of strong healthy so that you will have plenty of chick ns and eggs to sell when prices are highest I I I i I teoAMNni I CYPHERS Built Aioki Incubators $12 to $40 Now we can give you a hBy guanmteed Cyphers Bullt Incubator at a popular the Superior Hot Water Incubator or the Columbia Hot Air Incubator The Standard Cyphers is of course our highest standard the standard of the world low In price results considered Why not drop in today and ace what vra can offer you? Jos Buchholz Agent 'Washington Mo Rfd 2 Phone 504 nywhore to doo and they i.