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pftTlpr Take The Citizen Apart And Ycia Have Two Papers, Each Willi A Front Page And Each Containing Local News. None Of f'flTipn itu I luL TLe Ctlier County Papers Are Like The Citizen. Its Features And Metropolitan Editorial Page Are Exclusive and Interesting liU I IUL TT 0 1st NEWS SECTION This Section Contains all County Happenings of Importance, the Weekly Farm Club Forum, Kitchen Exchange, Correspondence Aud Other Features. 1st JVEWS SECTION Compare The Citizen With Tbe Other County Newspapers and Notice the Difference. Lots of Exclusive Features In This Newspaper Every Week.

StfflfpM VOL. XX WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 NO. 18 ft jj Wf'Y ROAD WORK DELAYED AGAIN REV. JUL SCHWARZ IACKMAN FAVORS ARM CLUB STAND TAKEN BY I. A.

A. i SEN. SPENCER TELLS WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE KIITTEE USES BIRTH'S EDITORIAL The laying of the asphalt rock on the road east of town has been delayed since last Friday on account of no shipments arriving here, consequently there will be a further delay in the completion', of the work. Had the shipments been here on time this week the road would be finished far enough to do away with the long detour, as mentioned In The Citizen last week. The short detour will likely be put In effect anyway this week.

Cars passed over Wednesday evening and Thursday. The road would have been completed ere this if work could have continued steadily during the last three weeks when the surfacing began. Asphalt hauling could not be done more than three days in a stretch with the successive delays. The hard surface now extends as far west as Hausmann's gate. On the south side of the big fill 'made at that place a substantial fence has been built to prevent cars from roling over the embankment in case they get too close to the side of the road.

A similar fence will serve as a protection at Thee's farm. AUTO CLUB WANTS OFFICERS UNIFORMED Franklin County Members May Be Asked to Support Bill in Legislature. Franklin county members of the Automobile Club are being asked to assist in supporting a bill which the Club may elect to bring before the attention of legislators at the next session of the General Assembly. The Club has endorsed the policy adopted by the American Automobile Association, with which it is affiliated, calling attention to the necesssity of having all police officers and sheriffs plainly designated by uniform or badge and of warning motorists of the hazards involved in tolerating the placing of firearms in the hands of irresponsible men with authority to detain drivers for incon sequential infractions of the motor ve hicle laws. This action is said to be the result of a recent Illinois fatality which re sulted from the shooting of an auto mobile driver who failed to stop when held up by the assistant superintendent of mails at Peoria, who wore official uniform or badge visible to the motorist.

The matter has attracted the atten- ion of motorists throughout the coun try and it is believed that organized car owners will welcome the action taken by the Legislative Board of the A. A. in seeking the cooperation of motor vehicle departments in forestalling similar fatalities. According to Matthew F. Morse, the general manager of the local club, the Illinois motorist gave every evidence of having presumed that he was being held up by a highwayman when tlie postal official overstepped his authority by shooting at the tires when the driver failed to stop.

"Every sane mo torist wants law enforcement," he de clares, "but such, enforcement must be above board to be effective and safe. We cannot afford to tolerate unsafe law enforcement at this stage of HUNTING SEASON REPLACES FISHING Expect Good Year for Geese and Ducks Quail Season Opens Next Month. This is going to be a fine hunting season, according to reports. The up per countries are said to have a more plentiful supply of game birds than there has been In years, and If the ducks on their southward flight stop along the Missouri river and its tribu tary streams, there will be good shooting in the Missouri river bottoms. On INovemlier 10 the quail season will open, and it will last until December 81.

At the present time, from September 15 to April 30, the following game birds are in season: ducks, geese, brant, snipe, black breast ed ami golden plover, yellow legs, and the galllnules, coots and ralles. Only the ducks and an occasional snipe are found in this country to any extent. Very few have been so far this season Once the weather is cold and rainy, they may be expected in great num bers. A few green-winged teal and some spoon-bill or shovel bill ducks are all that come to this section of the state early in the season. Later the inal-lard, sprig, red-heads and canvas backs will fly, but the latter two, rarely stop in this state.

Once the season for quail Jins opened the quack and honk of the duck and goose will give place to the whir of the quail as he rises from a stubble field. Missouri has no open season fox prairie chicken, pheasants or doves at the present time. All used to be found in abundance, but that was years ago. And they have been scarce for many years. If they are protected long enough, tlie species may re-establish' themselves.

Missouri game laws are specific and definite as ro the prohibition laid upon (continued on last page) FARM LEOSUTION Letter from Council of Agricul ture Explains His Stand on Farm Matters. Voters of Franklin county, espec ially the farmers, should know how Geo. Hackman, the Republican candidate for Congress, stands on matters that are of vital interest to agricul ture. He was In Washington last Sat- rday and explained his position clear ly. Mr.

Hackman was born on a farm in the Hopewell community, Warren County, Missouri, forty-seven years being the second youngest son in family of thirteen children. When he was old enough to be of service to his father on the farm, his older broth ers had attained to that age when they left tho family home and began working out a career for themselves. With his father; at an advanced age, it fell upon George to bear the burden of the farm work. The faithfulness with which he did this is still attested to by his boyhood neighbors and friends. The Hackman farm was widely known for the excellent condition in which it as kept.

At the age of twenty-one he was compelled to leave the fa rut -on account of falling health and seek other employment. For a time he attended Central Wesleyn College at War-reuton and then accepted a position as clerk in the general merchandise store of J. P. Altheide at New Haven, Mo. Later he worked in other stores and always made a good record by his neatness and ability and willingness to do things.

He also held a position as traveling salesman for la ivi Louis grocery company for some time. In January, 1903, he was made dep uty county clerk iu liis home county. After eight years of efficient service he was elected to the office of County Clerk. In 1910, while serving his sec ond tenn as county clerk, the people Missouri elected him to the office of state auditor and in this office he made such a favorable record that he was reelected four years later by the largest majority ever given a state or national candidate in Missouri. "Early impressions are lasting im pressions.

Jlaekmana year on the farm equipped him with an insight into problems and questions which every farmer lias to face. This fact cou pled with his broad experience in pub lic affairs, gives Mr. Hackman unusual qualifications to ably represent agricul tural interests in Congress. There is no reason in the world why any Republican should not support him because of his attitude to the farmer, and there re some mighty good reasons1 why some Democratic farmers should give him their vote. His election to Con gress in November is freely predicted by his friends in both parties.

In those communities in the dis trict where Hackman is best known, he has the unqualified endorsement of farmers and farm organizations. He also has some very fine recommenda tions from state and national organi zations of agricultural interests. Among the most important. we have only to mention the greatest organization of farmers in the nation, the American Council of Agriculture, and quote in full the letter of Secretary Cowlas of that organization. Chicago, 111, Septemlier 29, 1924.

Mr. Geo. E. Hackman, State Au ditor, Warrenton, Mo. Dear Sir: Acknowledgement is gladly and appreciatively made hereby of the fact that as a candidate-for election to Congress you have pledged yourself, if elected, to vote for and actively will support legislation ithat will give American agriculture equality with American industry and labor.

This should and does entitle you to the favorable Consideration of all voters of your district who recognize the necessity for securing a restored and soundly founded agriculture. You are welcome to any proper use of this letter in connection with your, campaign in the forthcoming election. We are making direct report to member organizations within your territory. Tours very tnily, AMERICAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE, By R. A.

Cowles, Secretary. Among the members of the Execu tive Board of the American Council of Agriculture, which enddrsed Mr). Hackman, are the following: Frank W. Murphy, chairman, former president of Minnesota Agricultural Ass'n, Wheaton, Oscar E. Brad fute, president American Farm Bu reau Federation, 111 John Brown, president National Livestock Producers' Ass'n, Monon, Ind.

Wil liam J. Brown, president American Wheat Growers' Ass'n, Minneapolis, William Hlrth, publisher and editor of Tlie Missouri Farmer, Col umbia, Clayton II. Hyde, vice- president of Oklahoma Fanners' Un ion, Alva, Okla. George 0. Jewett, for mer president American Wheat Grow ers Ass'n, Spokane, Wash.

Louis Tabler, Master, The National Grange, Columbus, Ohio; Mark W. Woods, pres ident Woods Lincoln, Neb If elected, Mr. Hackman will give the farming interests a square deal In Congress as well as considering the needs of others in his district. It 1 his ainr lo do justice to all and more (continued on next page) COMPLETESHISTORY Omaha Paper and University Weekly Give His Work Special Mention A recent issue of the Omaha News contains an article about Rev. Schwarz, who was in Washington 5 and preached the sermon at the funeral of Mary E.

Hagebusch. The article is en-' titled "Rev. Schwarz Mixes Church and Finance at Omaha University" and reads as follows: "From finance to the ministry and from the ministry to finance is the circled career of the Rev. Julius F. Schwarz, executive secretary of the University of Omaha.

"The first ten years of Dr. Sehwarz's career was spent in business in St. Louis. "Then for twenty-three years he spent bis time in three appointments, Connersville, the First German Presbyterian church of Omaha and at Hickman, Neb. While in Omaha he built the Bethany Presbyterian church out of odd materials around town, starting the construction with less than $100 on hand, using discarded street car rails for the rafters of the church and waste building stone In Its construction.

"Dr. Schwarz has been state clerk of the Presbyterian Synod for several years. He has written a book "History of the Presbyterian Church in Nebraska," golden anniversary edi-tion, which will be published in about a week. "Dr. Schwarz comes from a long line of German theologians, his grandfather being Johann Heinrick Jung, whose literary name was Stilling, and who occupies a column in all German encyclopedias-US a prominent theologian and writer.

His grandfather, also in the encyclopedia, was Frederick Hein-rich Christian Schwarz, theologian and professor at Heidelberg." The Weekly Gateway, tlie Univer- slty paper, has this to say about Rev. Schwarz, who spent his boyhood days in Washington, "Dr. Julius F. Sclrwarz, who has been pastor of the Presbyterian church at Hickman, for the past eight years, and who prior to that time was pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian church at Omaha, has taken a position with the University of Omaha as executive secretary. "Dr.

Schwarz, while a pastor in Omaha, took an active in the founding of the University, where he was a teacher of German. One of the interesting but little known facto of his work in Omaha was the building of a church entirely from discarded stone and steel. The beams upholding the roof of the church were discarded street car rails and the stone was from the old courthouse. A good deal of the stones In tho foundation of the gymnasium of the University came from tlie same source, through the efforts of Dr. Schwarz.

"We are certainly glad to have Dr. Schwarz back with us, for we feel that he Is a real friend of the University. 'Dr. Schwarz is a native of Missou ri and graduated from the Dubuque Theological Seminary In the same class as Dr. Albert KuSin, our present Ger man professor." HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY Herman Bnddemeyer celebrated his 91st birthday anniversary Sunday, Oct.

iztn. at tne nome oi nis son. wm. Bnddemeyer, on south Stafford street. An excellent dinner was served and refreshments were served during the day.

He was surrounded by his child ren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who came from, far and near to enjoy the happy event, which was Saturday, Oct. 11th. The following-were present Mrs. C. II.

.7. L. Miller and son, Lester, of Sedalia Wm. Brune and family, Edw. Lueter and family, Edwin Stegen and family Mrs.

Margaret Elfert and children, Chas. Stegen, Mrs. Henrietta Brune, Miss Kate Urinkmann, all of St Wm. Brlnkmnnn of Robertsville Mrs-M. Heater and daughter of Boles; Sam Jones and family, Chas.

Buddemeyer and family) and Wm. Buddemeyer and family. In the evening all departed for their homes, wishing Mr. Budde-i meyer many happy returns of the day. MARRIED TUESDAY Mt.

Emil Maschmann of this city and Miss Edith Kattelmann of near Dundee were married at New Haven at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Tschudy officiating. Mr. Roland Kattelmann and Miss Florence Maschmann were the attendants. The bride la the daughter of Mrs.

N. L. Kattel-mnn of near Dundee and is popular among her friends and associates. The groom is the son of the late Edw. Maschmann and is well liked by all who know him.

Mr. and Mrs. Maschmann will reside on the Kattelmana farm near Dundee. ATTENDS FUNERAL Mrs. W.

T. McMorris received a telegram Friday announcing the death of her brother, Robert Crewes, at Spring field, 111. Mrs. McMorris left for Charleston, 111., where she attended tbe funeral of her brother, which was held! at the Presbyterian church there. llinois Agricultural Ass'n Also Will Not Endorse Big Grain Marketing Company.

The big Chicago Grain Marketing which did not win the endorsement of the Farm Clubs In Franklin County and -Missouri, who believe it to be a scheme of the speculators to unload their goods on the farmers before they the speculators) flop, received anoth- jolt last week in the report and resolutions of tlie Illinois Agricultural Association. A committee of this Association has made a thorough investigation and tlie committee reports that it cannot en dorse the proposition. The I. A. A.

has (13,000 farmer members. The Citizen has a copy of the resolutions which read as follows: The Illinois Agricultural Associa tion is not In a position to express any pinion as to the value and utility of the warehousing facilities Which the Grain Marketing Company has under contract to purchase. The affairs of tlie Grain Marketing Co. have not made vallable the records and data neces sary to determine the exact or even approximate values even though request has been made therefor. The method of the grower-control is in part Illegal and impracticable.

These defects can possibly be corrected by amend ment to the by-laws but no steps have yet been taken. "The facilities now under lease aud to be purchased by the Grain Maraket- ing Company in the Chicago district have in our opinion been acquired by the old Hue grain companies for the purpose of speculative control of grain, The need and location of facilities for such control Is substantially different from the requirements of an association organized to co-operatively mer chandise grain. "The Grain Marketing Company has and proposes in the future to buy grain of members and non-members and sell such grain to the best possible advan tage. Such a plan subjects the, com pany to the possibility of loss as well as profit and is therefore speculative. True co-operative merchandising of "min or any other agricultural com modity will seek to eliminate specula-' tion and avoid the hazards thereof.

We believe that the Grain Marketing 'ompany in its plan of operation vio- ates this cardinal principle. "Such a grain marketing program as proposed affects the virtue and se curity of the preferred stock, which is proposed to offered to the farmer producers. The common stock Issue of one million one dollar shares, Is comparatively small and If issued In full could not absorb all possible losses in which event the preferred stock contribution of capital would be called upon to absorb such possible losses from such speculation. It appears to us, therefore, that such a plan of fin ancing is unsound. 'The Illinois Agricultural Associa tion officers have been hopeful that the Grain Marketing Company would pro vide a co-operative selling agency for co-operative grain associations and grain producers who are not In other associations.

We do not believe the Grain Marketing Company as now set up will meet these needs." BARGES MOVED UP THE RIVER AGAIN Will Finish Marthasville Job- Steel Pilings to be Used Near Labaddie Bottom. The Woods Bros. Construction which built five retards In the Mar-tihasvllle Bend, completed the biggest portion of the work last week and the crew remained there for a day, waiting to hear whether an apiroprfation would be made by the government to complete the work contemplated bn the lower retard, which is 700 feet long. No word came and tbe Steamer Culberson moved the barges to the Lab addie Bottom, where similar retards are being built. Shortly after the boat and barges were moved, word came that an appropriation Jiad been made, and on Friday and Saturday the barges were taken up the river again.

The intention is to make the lower retard longer and work on this has been begun. The previous appropria tion from the government and the donations from land owners amounted to $82,000. Five retards were built in the bend an even distance apart, the lower one being the longest. It is reported that there retards are already changing the course of the river, throw ing the current back to Franklin coun ty. At the Labaddie Bottom retards are also being built but some trouble is lieing encountered on the lower end The Citizen is informed that steel pil ings will likely have to be used at that point, as there are large rock boulders on the bottom of the river through which no concrete piling can be driv en.

Experiments were made by putting a stoel point on the pilings, but the point was ruined by the ham rock, The next plan Is to drill holes Into the rock bottom and Insert steel pilings Into them as was done at points along tlie river in South Dakota last year. Gives Audience in the Turner Hall Facts and Figures Pertaining to Harding and President Coolidge. Explains Why Every German Should" Support Dawes and the Republican Ticket this Fall. Senator Seldon P. Spencer addressed an audience iu the Turner Hall Tuesday night and made the best Rer publican speech heard In Washington for a long time.

The Senator, was introduced to the audience by Judge J. 11. Schaper. Senator Spencer said that the campaign this year is fraught with more consequences than any other campaign in the past and that the voters must be made to realize that there are many things to be considered. Amelcan prosperity, the Senator said, is due to the Republican party and its principles.

He has never seen the time when the confidence of the people of America was stronger than it is today centered on President Coolidge. One reason is because of the President himself, who represents the heart and conscience of the American people and he has always received the largest majorities of any candidate. Senator Spencer then related a brief history of President Coolidge, telling how he grew up on his father's farm in Vermont aud how public lit, not because he sought office tn bwyiuse. ici. jfua knew him to be a great man, and yvanted him to serve them.

Calvin Coolidge doesn't say much, Senator Spencer wild, but he does things. He is not a cold man, but has a warm sympathy for the American people, as has been demonstrated since he was President. The people also have confidence in Coolidge and the Republican party because of the things that actually happened in the last three years. When Warren 0. Harding took the President's office, there were five million tnpxt sppkinp emnlovment in the United States, according to a statement made by Mr.

Gompers. This was aue ine rupf that nnder the' nrevious Democra tic administration we had a tariff for revenue only and our industries and lnhrtrinz men were not protected. It was the Republican protective tariff that again opened up our lactones ana vatA run- lnhorine men employment. with Hi T)pmncratic tariff for revenue only, all the foreign countries with their cheap labor can send tneir products Into America and the factories in America can't compete with them unless they lower wages in this country on a level with the wages in other countries, the speaker said. He point- i.

4Vn. nui WMTl Tl flTld t5U. OUL UlUb Cn; uau, r-hU, a nart of our Government and that in this country the scale of wages oni standard of living shall never be decreased to the low levels of other rta. nf tho world. We wouldn't need a Republican protective tariff if we had low wages in tne unitea estates ami Uvine- renditions in the towns and on the fams were like those in foreign tUUUU1' v.

iinv TviiniHtrntirfn the United States receiv TTrwiAi hi- iwvmnprjirtf fin rt rtirinnn of hean eees from China and 38,000,000 pounds of butter a year from Denmark. We received cheap manufactured products. All this would nrices In America, but that would only harm the farmers who sell eggs and cream and the factories mat manufacture arriolps like these imported When the factories close down, the la-lwH-iTiir mm have no work and lower prices won't benefit them. On the other hand, Spencer said, when everybody can find employment at goou wages, nil can afford to oav our prices. Low er prices do not benefit millions of idle men who have famines to support.

Senator Soeneer said that the war cost us forty billions, of dollars, but when Harding became President, ne outlined a program of economy that mibMmI him to make our war debt two million dollars less every day. In three years he reduced the debt three bil-Unn dollars. Last June our debt was 21 billion dollars and ten billion of this comes back from other countries. The cost of running the government under Wilson was over five billion dollars, and this has already been reduced to two hlllinn dollars. Senator Spencer explained how every oy-rcttW nun has a free right to med ical and surgical treatment as long as he lives, irrespective of how he became HI or how he was injured.

Any sol dier of any war can enjoy this same nriviletre. the speaker said. He also said that in one year the late President Harding and the Republican adminis trntinn hv wonorov a nd efficiency, re duced our taxes in one (continued on last page) Citizen Printed It Before Pri mary Reasons Why Nelson is No Dirt Farmer. The Citizen is in receipt of an ar ticle sent out from the Republican State Committee's Campaign Head quarters, which refers to Dr. Nelson's boast as being a "dirt fanner" and which reprints an editorial taken from the July 15th issue of tho Missouri Furmer.

All fanners who receive the ers, read the editorial as The Citizen printed it before the. primary election in August. No doubt many other weekly newspapers will print it this week, their attcnting having been called to It by the Republican State Cominit- however, since that editorial was printed, the Missouri Farmer printed another in which Nelsou made some corrections'. At any rate, in none of Nelson's statements did he prove that he is nn-honest-to-goodness "dirt far mer because he cannot truthfully say that he A real dirt farmer is a fellow who does the farm work himself and has no other income. The dirt farmer Is the man who realizes what the fanner is up against, because he has no other capital from which he can live when the farm crop fails and when prices are low.

Nelson does not have to earn a penny on his farm in order to llye a prosperous life. He did not earn his wealth on the farm, either. He is president of the Bank of Runceton, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boonville National Bank, a direc tor of the Citizens Trust of Boonville and a director of the National Bank of Kansas City. A mau so situated cauuot be free to give the far mers' problems serious attention when the solution of these problems does not iilvays meet with the approval of financiers, who know nothing about farming and with whom Nelson is associated. Of course, Nelson wants the fanner vote and that is chiefly why he joined the Farm Clubs.

He was eligible because he ownes land under cul tivation. He may want to do Justice to the fanner, but he is not well situated to do so until he makes farm ing his sole business. He is also los-lng the confidence of farmers by try lng to pose as a "dirt farmer." If he would say that he is a banker land owner and "wants" to give the farmer a square deal, he might be telling the truth, but he is not telling the truth when he claims to be a dirt farmer. And even if he wants to give the farmers a square deal, business, as sociat.es will always have an oppor tunity to influence htm. TO REPAIR NEW HAVEN ROAD County Judges H.

H. Meyer, Wm. Mueller and J. E. Cole, with a number of business men of Washington, made a trip over the Washington-New Haven road Wednesday morning for the pur pose of ascertaining what conld be done in putting the road in shape, and also meeting the business men of New Haven and get their views on improving the road.

Several stops were made enronte to New Haven and several bad places will receive immediate attention. Edw. Elbert is at present working a grader and tractor on the road west of Wash ington. He is overseer of two road districts since last January. Mr.

Elbert states that ho will have $1000 available to be spent, on the road this fall. His road district also contribut ed $200 for crude oil to be used on the Washington-Dundee road, from Fred Breho's farm west to Dundee. The farmers along this road have contri buted $200, making a total of $400, and the road district commission of Wash ington will also give some assistance toward oiling tbe road. At New Haven a meeting was held in the opera house, where a number of business men met the county court and Washington road boosters, and the opinion was expressed that the road should be given the best possible at tention immediately and the mainten ance system was favored. It wa8 re ported- that- the road between the Washington road district and the New Haven road district is only ten miles.

figuring that the roads under the sup ervision of the road district eommls sions are in good condition. Road maintenance was the system which re ceived the support of all present and the two road district commissions will do all in their power to plan the lm provement of this road. The Special Road and Bridge Fund goes into the Special Road Districts, and this fund Is created by levying f)c on the $100 assessed valuation. Judge Meyer stat ed that the powers of the county court are cut continually and an appointed road overseer is put under bond, and he has right to order anybody oil the The lnter-county seat high way fund has also been abolished, 'and the last of the fund, $120, has been spent on the road from Horstkamp' bridge to the Campbellton scboolhouse, (continued on last page).