Washington Citizen from Washington, Missouri • 1

WASH WOOWaG I I RANKLIN 'COUNTY'S EATURE PAPER VOL WASHINGTON RANKLIN COUNTY MISSOURI RIDAY MAY 71915 BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM NO 42 a Crop Conditions in State COMMERCIAL inal Papers Sent In CLUB MEETS The' Ruge Case Kcootiaued on page 4) Continued next week) (contlnoed on page 4 Various Things Come Up or Discussion At Reg ular May Session very decided improvement over conditions shown one month ago Bluegrass except where pastured too close last season or turned on very early this spring is showing its ability to come back in the best shape The cotton acreage will be less than last year and may not exceed two thirds of the 1914 acreage This is due in the ffiain to low prices for the product It is estimated that 90 per cent of the live stock in the state vas turned on pasture by Mayl Some stock went to pasture very much earlier owing to the scarcity of feed Due to the lack of excessive rains grass while? not of excessively rank growth is of high feeding value The supply of corn on farms is low and it is estimated that' but 10 per cent of the 1914 hay crop is left The 7 outlook for a general crop is placed at 86 per cent for the state The apple crop promsies well except that there is considerable complaint of a lack af bloom on Ben Davis and a few other varieties Ber ries and small fruits of all kinds promise to be plentiful The out look for a peach crop is 63 per cent In the northern half of the state the peach crop will be very light In southern Missouri especially in the commercial peach section reports are favor able for a good crop of peaches nothing has been heard from them The Committee on Sanitation made a report on the prevention of tuberculosis Busch a member of this committee stated that the matter of spitting on sidewalks or in public places has been taken up with the Superin tendent of Schools JWill Pierce and he was informed that the school rules are strictly obeyed This brought about the discus sion of garbage cans to be placed on sidewalks and finally it was on motion decided to take this matter up with the City Council Schulte stated that with the assistance of Judge Schaper the law assessing property own ers has been looked up and same will go into effect later About $900 was collected for street oil ing this year and the good job the city received is due to coun cilman Bleckmann and the Street Commissioner JC Smith They had been sent to St Louis to get full information and the Com mercial oiling committee paid the trip out of the money collected They also pur chased a tank and sprinkler costing $12 and onerhalf cost of sand amountingin all to about $30 or $40 Mr Schulte also re ported that enough money is still in the 'treasury for another street oiling next spring He suggest ed the appointment of a commit tee to audit the receipts and ex penditures of the committee The following committee was appoint ed: Kruel and Busch Attended The uneral The funeral of Geo Pike last Thursday afternoon was largely attended being held un der the auspices of the Masonic Lodge as stated in' The Citizen last week Those 'who attendee from Hermann Lodge No 123 are: Ellis Judge A Brewer Chas OchsnerV A Silber Word Louis Begemann Most of the month of April was ideal for farming in Missouri ac cording to reports made to the State 'Board of Agriculture armers are busy and hopeful and theprospect for crops of all kinds could scarcely be better 1 According to the monthly crop report issued from the office of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture wheat condition is slightly better than on April 1 and corn planting is well advanced The report follows: 1 In pleasing contrast with reports received a month ego are those received from the hundred of crop correspondents at this time A general feeling of optimism prevails Instead of the season being late as was feared a month' ago spring somewhat delayed came almost in a day and the growth of vegetation of all kinds has since been rapid As one crop reporter expresses it Missouri it seems is at her In a few counties in the Southeast section there is need of rain and showers at this time would be acceptable throughout most of the state Especially is rain needed where chinch bugs have made their ap pearance With dry 4 weather there is some cause for alarm as chinch bugs have appeared in in the City of Des Moines Iowa The Association has over 50000 members and over 5000 of them reside in Missouri It employs forty or more physicians located in the principal cities in Missouri to examine and make written reports on injuries received by members in Missouri for which claims are made to the Associa tions and employs three secret inspection bureauswith offices in St Louis Kansas City and St Joseph to make additional examinations and written reports on injuries so received by mem bers in Missouri to the Associa tion and also employs and sends into Missouri two insurance adjusters one of whom has an office in St Louis to make similar examinations reports and adjust such claims The benefits paid on each policy is for a sum not exceeding $5000 in case of accidental death and hot exceed ing $10000 in case of accidental death under certain circum stances The outstanding acci dent insurance of the Association in Missouri alone' is therefore from $25000000 to $50000000 Three Building Permits Are Alton Ill Men Talk on Paving payments of dues to the Associa tion by mailing at the postoffice a postoffice money order or bank draft to it at Des Moines five times each year pursuant to notices given to him by the Association through The trial of the case of Alma Ruge of Washington against the Iowa State Traveling Association accident insurance company of Des Moines State Iowa began last Monday in the United states District Court at St LSuis and resulted in a ver dict returned by the jury on the Wednesday following in favor of Mrs Ruge for $682300 of which $107300 was for interest and $75000 for attorney fees on ac count of vexatious refusal of the Association to pay the amount of the policy sued on The suit was on a certificate of membership or policy of accident insurance issued by the Associa tion ebruary 20 1903 to Oscar A Ruge of Washington Missou ri the husband of AltnaM Ruge and a traveling salesman of Krenning Grocery Company of Saint Louis The policy of insurance provided that among other benefits to be paid by the Association to Mr Ruge for in juries sustained by him while the same was in force a sum not exceeding $500000 should be paid to Alma Ruge his wife in case of his death resulting from accident solely and inde pendently of all other cause but the application for membership made by Mr Ruge and the 'By Laws of the Association contain ed provisions to the effect that the Association should not be liable to Mr Ruge or to his wife the beneficiary for injuries inflicted by him upon himself while sane or insane whether resulting fatally or otherwise The certificate of membershio recited that the acceptance of the same by Mr Ruge bound him to all by laws of the Association as the same might thereafter be changed from time to time and be in force at the time of his death After Mr Ruge became a member the Association adopt ed a by law to the effect that if he should sustain any injuries resulting from the discharge of fire arms where there was ro eye wittness to the discharge ex cept he himself the Association should not be liable therefor" The application for member ship and for said insurance was in writing made and deposited in the postoffice by Mr Ruge at Washington Missouri and trans mitted together with a member ship fee of $400 at Des hjoines Iowa where the same was received and thereupon it issued the certificate of membership or policy of insurance to Mr Ruge and mailed the same at the postoffice at Des Moines Iowa and through the mail delivered the same to him at Washington Missouri where he received and accepted the same and where thereafter be made all TOWN MAYMEETING mail Along with such notices and receipts for payment of dues 1 delivered by the Association to 1 him blanks for application for membership lists designed for recommending new members and circular letters authorizing and requesting Mr Ruge' to solicit new were sent from time to time All transac tions between the and the insured were by corres pondence in writing from Des Moihes to him Washington and he writing from Washington to it at Des Moines The Association was incorpo rated in 1880 as an accident insurance company on the as sessment plan under the laws of Iowa with its general office and place of business at Des Moines in said State Its object is to render pecuniary aid to its mem bers to pay benefits to them their families heirs or benefici aries for accidental injuries re ceived by Such members It collects funds from its members by fixed membership fees dues and equal assessments and pays out the same for benefits and arotection of its members and families Its articles of incorpo ration by laws and application lot certificate of membership constitute the contract of in surance It does accident in surance business in every State in the Union and in some foreign countries The business is managed by a board of directors The president secretary and treasurer are the chief offices No member is eligible to either should have them renewed by letting out new bids The attor ney is to draw up the ordinance 1 and have same at the adjourned meeting May 17th An ordinance to alter recon struct and maintain the side track at Grant Tower Milling Co was read and passed The trackis to be extended 136 feet along ront Street Under unfinished business the Mayor appointed Dr Muench City Physician for the coming year stated that he had received notice from the Mo Par cific Ry about stopping their Scenic Limited here for paesen gers to Colorado and other points talked about setting a date for cleanup day and asked to be furnished with a list of sidewalks that had been condemned which will be given to the Marell who will see to it that the ordinance is enforced Under new business the Mayor read a resolution adopted by the Council in its loss of Geo Pike The Mayor said that the Board as well as the City lost a good man and his memory should The regular monthly meeting of the Commercial' Club was held Thursday evenings April 29th and the following directors were present: Edw Busch John Busch' Alfred Louis Kruel Otto Jes se Schaper Oscar William Vitt Absent i Arcularius J' Dickbrader John Ernst Edw Jasper Otto the president of the Club presided and the minutes of the last meeting read by A Krog the secretary were adopted Mr Otto recommended the adoption of a suitable resolution of respect for a public spirited and fellow citizen Mr Pike who was buried that day On motion of Schaper Mr Otto as chairman of the dub was instructed to draw up the resolu tion and a copy is to be sent to tne iamiiy ana also oe spreaa on the minutes of the Club An amendment offered bv Edw Busch added Judge Schaper to the committee A communication from Walter I Williams dean of the School of Journalism extending an invi tation to the Commercial Club to attend the Made Din riday evening May 7th was read Tne letter also con tained a request for pipes of the Missouri Meerschaum variety and Mr Otto reported that this had been taken up with the Mis souri Meerschaum ipe actory A letter received from Mr Wil liams the latter part of the week stated that the pipes arrived in good condition On motion of Judge Schaper Arthur Rusche of The Citizen and red Peitz of The Observer were selected to represent the Commercial Club at the dinner riday evening A bill of $450 was ordered paid to the Observer Pub Co 'Alfred Baumann member of the Entertainment and Publicity Committee reported that during the month considerable study had been given to the river ter minals or warehouse at the boat landing A building 12 feet above the water mark on con crete piers will cost $500 and the committee suggested 'that this expenditure be made The con crete work will cost $125 It was reported that freight by the river route can be shipped about 20 per cent cheaper and it was sug gested that $250 be raised by popular subscription and that the City Council give' the necessary for the work Mayor Peitz and Councilman Bleckmann met with the Club and the latter stated that it I was a step in the right direction and that the proposition' would meet with very little opposition in the town board Edw Busch stated that at a recent meeting of the Rivers Harbors Confer ence in St? Louis it was learned that the boat warehouses or ter minals were in charge of com missions appointed by the city councils The cities also make a claim on all accretions and have a right to sell the land and there by Eventually pay for the im provements Mr Busch sug gested a higher amount for a building than the estimate It was on motion de cided that the same committee be authorized and directed to have the City Council adopt an ordinance for the control man agement and regulation of a warehouse building at the river front The committee also has the right to solicit subscriptions for said work Wm Vitt was made a member of the committee The Trade Extention Commit tee of which Oscar Schulte is chairman reported that a com munication had been received from Chicago 1 om parties wish ing to start a 5c and 10c store in Washington The letter was answered and a vacant business I place suggested They "were al so invited toj come to this 'city 1 and make investigations So far Geo Guenther A Stolmann red Pletz Max oerster Dr Dickson and Geo Klenck 1 Others from a distance were Wentzel of Owensville Lodge and Diehl of Sullivan Lodge No 69 The lodges and organizations to which Mr Pike belonged real ize that they have lost a man who wag most highly respectec and honored and whose deeds will live long in the minds and hearts of his bretheren and as sociates Died Monday Evening Miss Matilda Merglemeyer died Monday evening at 5:30 after a lingering illness of tuber culosis She' was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Mergel meyer who reside on West Third Street and was? born July 6 1889 She began to lose strength several years ago and at that time made a trip to New Mexico for her health The trip benefit ed her considerably but during the last year she again grew weaker and Monday evening she passed away Miss Matilda was a favorite among her friends who number ed many in Washington She was a graceful dancer and won several prize waltzes in this city Her parents sisters brothers and friends will miss her greatly 1 and mourn the death of a loving 1 daughter a devoted sister and a 1 true companion I The funeral was held Thursday i morning at 9 at the resi 1 dence and 930 at the 1 Catholic church Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery practically half' the counties of the state but as yet they are not in sufficient numbers to cause general uneasiness There is but little complaint of Hessian fly The late seeding of wheat seems to have had the desired result in getting rid of this pest except in a few localities Early gardens are good and the prospect for potatoes is above the 10 year average It is estimated that 70 percent of the corn land has been This is 10 percent bet ter than one year ago! Soil condition is good being 91 for the state More than one third 35 per cent of the corn crop has bben planted This is an advance of 9 per cent over the 10 year May 1 planting One year ago but 20 per cent of the corn had been planted and in 1912 but 35 per cent of the com crop was in the ground by May 1 The planting by sections shows: Northeast 27 per cent North west 21 Central 43 Southwest 37 Southeast 48 Many farmers lave finished planting and even as far north as Central Missouri some corn has been plowed over the first time The stand is generally good The present indications are that there will be an increase of 1 per cent in acreage over the 1914 crop which was grown on 7421678 acres i Wheat condition for the state is now 90 as comoared with 888 one month ago The 10 year May 1 average condition for wheat is 86 One year ago it was 1018 the highest for the decade By sections the present wneai conaiuon is: Northeast 95 Northwest 89 Central 88 Southwest 90 Southeast 88 Prospects are that the abandon ed acreage of wheat will amount to less than 1 per cent During April many fields of late seeding made very (decided gains in con dition? The growing plant is strong vigorous and of splendid color The Missouri oat acre age for 1915 is practically the same as for last year about 900000 acres In some parts of the state the growing plant is in need of moisture Condition of bats for the state is 92 However there is nothing at this time to cause any alarm as to the outlook for oats a Other There is consi derable complaint as to the condi tion of meadows Especially is this true of timothy and of mixed hay Condition of timothy for the state is 874 Clover condi tion including the new seeding is 858 Many of the old fields as well as some of the new are in bad condition On the other hand the growth of much of the clover is almost perfect Some reports are to the effect that the first cutting of clover will be earlier and better than for a number of Alfalfa condi tion is 91 The first cutting of this crop will also be early and heavy Pastures have made a Ti fl 9 AUC iWi JDe eXpcUlS Of Missouri On May 1st to be installed here July 1st the final papers having been sent in April 23rd It now has fifty charter members here and rooms above the Bank of Washington are under consideration for the Club hall The headquarters the Lodge are in San rancisco Washington is fortunate in securing an order of this kind as certain requirements laid down by the Grand Lodge had to be met in this city These re quirements have been complied with and the will a boost for the town As muc as we can learn from men wh had this matter in charge it will be a means of bringing our people more closely together both socially and in a business way Dies Suddenly Hermann Mauntel of this city died Wednesday evening at 8:15 Mr Mauntel had been afflicted with asthma and was stricken with a violent spell after supper death relieving him about an hour later Before this he was in good spirits Herm Mauntel was 60 years of age and leaves a wife and six children They are Vincent Tony Paul and Edward Mauntel Mrs Henneken and Miss Noami Mauntel The funeral will prob ably be held Saturday The May meeting of the City Council took place Monday night with all members present aside from the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Pike The minutes of the regular meeting of April 5th special meeting of April 7th adjourned meeting of April 12th ana the first meeting of the new Council were read and approved A1 petition of the ranklin County A Society asking the Council to grant a dramshop license at the air Grounds for six months was read On motion Ki of Peters the licence was granted The petitions of rank Schmidt Jos Aholt and Albert Mische asking for permits tp erect frame dwellings in the west parj of town were read and the permits granted by the Coun cil The buildings of Messrs Schmidt and Aholt will have 1 metal roofs while Mr Mische 4 will put on a shingle roof 1 A letter from The Electric Co of Missouri informp the Coun cil that the overcharge of JS5726 for lights in Washington will be credited to the City Wm Vitt made a motion that the company be instructed to make remittance for this amount and same was seconded by Peters Motion was carried The report was read and showed that the total amount of collections are $9277 Same was accepted and ordered filed The report showed a balance om hand of $125924 Same was accepted and' 'Li filed The Street Committee reported having cleaned streets oiled streets slushed gutters put sand on streets investigated side track petititon and viewed matter of opening Walnut Street On mo tion of Peters the report was ac cepted and ordered fiiled Mayor Peitz introduced to the Council Messrs Haymes and Wit ney of Alton Hl who came to enlighten the members of the Council on the subject of paved streets Mr Haymes who is a contractor spoke first and in formed the Council that brick paving is considered the best as the cost of wood blocks is too great Mr Witney of the Brick Co stated that the vitri fied brick paving can be placed over macadem streets and refer 1 red to a motor speedway that was? made that way He said that brick paved streets will last moro than 50 years while the concrete 1 is yet an experiment The gen tlemen showed samples of the bricks and also distributed liter ature' Some of the Councilmen intend going to Alton to see the streets there The money ordinance was read and showed that $53840 had been paid out for labor etc Kamp said that the bonds were of said offices 'unless he resides) due June 1st and that the City Usfc Ti! 7L.