Republican Tribune (Union, MO), 1926-12-17

              be nr. The Only County noune Seat Newspaper 8Pages Franklin Publishing Co. ' the most widely circulated newspaper in this section established in the year is. Bigger and Better Than Erer VOLUME 61 " UNION, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1926. NUMBER 61. M. F. A. TO MEET IN . GERALD SAT. NIGHT Good Attendance tit Towchip Meetings in Different Parts of County During tt'Mk, The township meetings of the Franklin County Missouri Farmers' Association which have been held during the past week have been un-usually largely Attended and the or ganization feels that some good work is being done, according to John Lindner of this city, the county sec retary, who is attending the meet ings. The meeting at the Liberty school house In Lyon township on Tuesday of this week was attended by a large number of farmers, both con tract signers and non-signers. John Lindner was accompnaied to Lyon by Mayor Kieger of this city who made a short adqress to the meeting. Lyon township has quite a number of so-called independents, and the organization is hopeful that the opposition till join them shortly. A meeting of the Boles township farmers was held in Gray Summit on Thursday afternoon of this week. Supt. of Schools . F. Borberg accompanied John Lindner to that meeting and made a short address The meeting adjourned until Satur day (tomorrow) at which time they will meet in Pacific with the Pacific club. The meeting for Union township which' was held at the American Brothers Hall in Jeffriesburg last Saturday evening was unusually well attended. While Union township is fairly well organized, it was deem ed to put on a concerted effort as soon as possible to line up as many of the remaining farmers who have not signed. On Saturday afternoon of this week the meeting for Meramec town ship will be held in the Lyric Thea tre in Sullivan, beginning at one o'clock. The Boone township farmers will meet In Gtrald, at the Elevator on Saturday evening, uccemoer is, ni ginning at 7:30 o'clock. William Cowan is the Boone townshipdirector. With the completion of the above mentioned meetings, there remain but two more township meetings to be held In the county. Calvey and I'rairie townships have not announced the datf-ii of their meetings. They will be held shortly, however, as soori as witabla dates can bearranged. I'iie Alarm Wednesday. The fire siren gave an alarm of a fire at the Fred Conway residence on Wednoduy afternoon of this week. A small blaze had bcKiin on the roof of the house and it was quickly extingushed with but little damage. It Is supposed that the roof became ignited from sparks out of the chimney. DELIVERIES OF TRIBUNE IMPROVING. v During the past week The Republican-Tribune has had quite a number of favorable reports from different parts of the county in answer to the query recently sent out regarding the delivery of The Tribune in the county. In only one community does a report come that The Tribune is not being delivered on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week, that being from the Pacific office. It has been reported that the routes of Pacific are not receiving their papers until Thursdays and Mondays. This matter is being investigated now and should be remedied by this time. As stated previously. The Tribune is putting forth every effort to have Tuesday's issue distributed in all parts of the county not later than Wednesday, and Friday's issue not later than Saturday. If this is not the case we will be more than pleased to hear from any of our subscribers. We want the papers delivered on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week and will lend every effort toward that end. If you are not getting youn Tribune on the above mentioned days, please let us hear from yoSti. PER CAPITA TAX IN MO. FROM $1.32 IN 1901 TO 511.38 IN YEAR 1925 ReHrt In Made to Show Need for Elimination and Consolidation of Various Boards. $10 AND THIRTY DAYS FOR PEACE DISTURBER Daniel Duncan Pleads Guilty to Peace Disturbance ('barge In City Poller Court. Daniel Duncan of this city plead guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace of Thomas Danz, oil dealer of this city, in the Police Court of Judge J. Wm. Keller on Monday of this week and was fined $10 and costs and given a sentence of thirty days in the city jail. The jail sen tence was stayed for one year upon the good behavior of the defendant The peace disturbance occured late laBt Friday night near the city jail Danz had stopped his car to let out an occupant when Duncan stepped up and pulled him out of the car and proceeded to beat up on him. Th report is that Danz got the best of the fight until reenforcements were enroute and Dans fled. It is expected that a state warrant charging Duncan with assault will be issued shortly and if so Duncan will have to face the circuit court. Champions H-':;. BIDS ARE OPENED ON 220 MILES OF ROADS Contracts Include 5-Mile Concrete Stretch on Route No. 47 Wcct of Washington. John 8. Martin (upper photo) lias won the poultry raising- championship 21 years in succession. At the recent Philadelphia show ht won 4 silver cups 10 firsts and seconds and 85 ribbon for 40 birds. Herman Trelle (lower), an American by birth, now a homesteader at Wembley, Peace River, Alberta, was crowned Wheat and Oats King- of North America. Thu if the first time both honors have tea won by th same man. The State Highway Commission received 264 bids on Monday of this week form contractors onu construction of 220 miles of graded earth gravel surfaced and concrete roads in 24 counties, estimated by department engineers to cost approximately $2,600,000. The 64 projects include a five-mile stretch of concrete pavement on Route No. 47 from Washington west to Route No. 66; also 17 small bridges in various parts of the state The work to be placed under con tract comprises 67.6 miles of grad ed earth road, 97 miles of gravel surfacing and 66.5 miles of con crete paving. The department Is letting its first contracts under the recently adopted policy to gravel surface the Inpaved portions of Federal Routes 36 and 71 two primary highways, to make them all-weather roads pending the time when concrete paving can be com pleted. The counties in which the work will be done, together with the type, length and location follows: Caldwell, 12.1 miles grading. Hamilton, east. Livingston 6.3 mites, grading, 4 miles 18-foot concrete, .25 mile bridge, (Chillicotlie, west: and Missouri taxpayers paid $1.32 per captla to support the state in 1901 and $11. .38 in 1925, according to a report issued today by the Missouri Association for Economy In Public Expenditures. The figures are announced to show the need for elimination of needless boards and the consolidation of essential agencies under nine major departments as proposed by the association. The movement is one to reduce the costs of state government. The Missouri Association for Econ omy is an organization launched by the Associated Industries of Mis souri, of which Harry Scullin of St. Louis is president, to study governmental costs and recommend a method under which they can be reduced. As a step to that end the executive committee of the association has recommended consolidating most of the 123 boards, agencies and commissions, adoption of an executive budget and establishment of a system of central buying for all state institutions and departments. The report sets out that the per captla cost of state government in the 48 states of the Union in 1924 was $9. 59V but thut It was $1.75 higher in this slate than the average throughout the country. Those fig ures are based on costs after deduct ing expenditures from sale of bonds. If bond issue funds ore included just as the state auditor includes them in his reports, the cost for every man woman and child Is $15.69. "Percentages such as these," the report says, "make It imperative that something be done to check the orgy of rising costs of state govern ment." The report quotes figures to show that legislatures since 1901 have appropriated a gross total of $581.-799,116.09, and thut the expendi tures for the 26 years have been $393,645,916.44. As a result of this condition, the report says, "the habit of overapproprlatiug has resulted in a practice of over-spending." State funds are collected from 79 different sources. The-report of the state treasured is quoted to show that $52,196,494.20, including bond sales, was collected in 1925. The figures are quoted to show the need for establishment of a budget system, which already has been adopt ed in some form by every state in the Union except Missouri. "Waste and extravagance Is apparent In too many services," the report declares. "Lack of governmental supervision prevails throughout the governnment," but respon sibility does not belong to any one administration or party, but to the system. "Nobody knows the cost of government. Nobody knows the number of men on the state pay roll. Nobody knows either the actual re ceipts of the governmental structure, nor governmental costs. Apparently millions of dollars are spent annually without passlnng through either the office of the auditor or the treasurer." These are the conditions which the association hopes to better by adop tlon of the budget system, which will result In a closer supervision over all revenues and expenditures. mis souri is the only state that has not a budget system. BAD MAN IN CO. JAIL IS LUNATIC Sheriff Gorjr Delivers Peace Distruber to Illinois Insane Asylum. There Is a reason for nil things, aim while often reasons for iiuiny things nre never brought to light, the fact remains that the reason for the actions of a prisoner In the Franklin County Jail recently to govern tin rules has been brought to light. And the bread and water ration evidently bad much to do with It. Roy Yates was recently brought In the county Jail her$ from Pacific on a charge of dlstrnlrfng the pence. Pro secuting Attorney -lenny bad practi cally agreed to hulij the prisoner for a few days and then dlsiuis him. The day following his entry into the jail Vatei attempted to 'govern the rules there and lieenine tiuite abusive Isilh Jailer Ileuaeu the big Colored Janitor of Ihe court jmitse, anil Sheriff Arthur Gorg. Yates petit further than that mid attempted tp force Ihe enact ment of his Ideas liy physical effort The result was (hat? the prisoner re ceiveil the worst, emli of the deal, mid further than that, was placed on a ) ii-i 'ii 1 1 uiiil water ration. A few days later Yates admitted that he was fin inmate at the Jacksonville (111.) insane a-ylinu and had PHC!lied. Sheriff Corg delivered the prisoner to the authorities at Jacksonville on Wednesday of this week. Entertains With Serieu Bridge Luncheons. of Mrs. Kdw. Dans delightedly entertained at llrldjfe luncheons on Monday and Wednesday evenings of this week at 6:30 o'clock. The following guests were present for the Monday luncheon: Mesdame; F. n. Heinke, R. Eschhach. Win. Grafrath, C. M. Reinhard, J. C. Wieneke, W. E. Horsefleld, F. P. Pautler, George Morgan, H. F. Hansen, R. W. Cole, H F. Steinbeck Lee Rapp. L. W. Hlghtower, C. Bright- well, Delma Sandbank. Elmer Pfetf NEW AUTO CRANKCASE LUBRICANT ANNOUNCED BY STANDARD OIL Is Held to Maintain Full efficiency Under Cold Weather Conditions. 589 AUTO ACCIDENTS IN STATE IN OCTOBER Careless Driving I'ouw of Greatest Number Cause of Half Not Stated. The 689 accidents that happened on the roads of Missouri during the month of October, 1926,-have been classified by the State Highway De partment as attributable to the fol lowing causes: Not stated, 290; speeding, 25; in toxicated drivers, 15; Inexperienc- 3.7 ed drivers, 1; careless drivers 46; 9-foot concrete, Chillicotbe-Trenton. I driver lost control of car, 24; driver Grundy 4.8 miles, 9-foot concrete failed to give or observe signal, 6; driver blinded by sun or llghts.ll; Chillicothe-Hrenton Linn 4.2 miles, gravel, Brook field-Macon. Macon 30.9 miles, gravel. Brook fteld-Macon and Macon-Shelbina Shelby 15.3 miles, grading and gravel, Macon-Shelbina. Ralls 4.9 miles, gravel, Perry- New London. Audrain 11.5 miles, grading Mexico, north. Lafayette 1.7 miles, 9-foot con crete, Waverly-Marshall. Saline 16.9 miles, 9-foot con crete, Waverly-Marshall. Cass 12.3 miles, gravel, Har- risonville, south. Jackson Widening bridge, 39- foot, near Hiekman Mills. Boone 11.7 miles, 18-foot con crete, Columbia-Ashland. Franklin 5 miles, 18-foot con crete, Washington-U. a. Highway 66. Jsfferson 7.8 miles, 18-foot, con crete. Cedar Hill-St. Louis, and 5 miles 18-foot, concrete, DeSoto, east. Washington 14.6 miles, gravel, Caledonia, north. Barton 8 miles, grading, Lamar, north. Butler 8.4 miles, 9-foot concrete and 7-foot gravel. Poplar Blnff, south. driver blinded by storm, 4; trying to avoid collision, 13; trying to pass car, 14; driving on wrong side of road, 1; defective brakes, 9; defective steering gear, 6; defective car. 6; bad lights, 15; tire blew out or came off, 2; wet pavement, 4; wheel came off. 2; view Obstructed, 2; car hit obstruction, 2; car skidded on loose gravel, 10; car skidded, 18; sharp turn in road, 3; forced Into ditch by other car, 6; child ran on in street, 4; careless pedestrian, 31; fell in path of car, 10; child playing careless passenger, 8; cranking car In gear. 1; sudden rising of stream, 1; oar stalled In stream, 1. ' Of the 689 accidents in October 93 were in St. Louis, 34 in Kansas City, 282 in other cities end towns, 165 were on state roads and 15 on county roads. There were 17 people killed in these accidents, 39 died from injuries, and 485 were injured, but recovered. These accident figures are col lected by the maintenance department employees and other employees of the State Highway Department and reported to the main office In Jefferson City for classification and analysis. B. Dickson of Washington, Htid the Misses Meta Vltt, Loral no Mueller Meta Vossbrink, Fayne Wlthcrup, Mayme, Frances and Dorothy Min-trui), Mary Dorothy Mueller, Edna Winkelmeyer, and Miss Ledella Ochsner of St. Louis. Mrs. F. R. Heinke scored high. Miss Meta Vitt second. Miss Edna Winklemeyer third. Mrs. C. M. Rein hard fourth, Mrs. It. Eschbach fifth and Mrs. George Morgan won the drawing contest, while .Miss Ledella Ochsner received t he guest prize. The guests at Wednesday's party were: the Mesdames August Haur, T. B. Hruch, A. Heinke, Nick Card-well, J. C. Jacobs. A. Kramolowsky. Minor Moore, C. I'. Reinhard, II. M. Schnare, J. E. Wieneke, W. L. Cole. II. P. Jennings, Harry Angerer, C'has Keppler. P. A. Smith, J. L. Walker. M. F. Blhr and J. P. Bauer of Washington.Mrs. Amos Beinke scored high, Mrs. Aug. Baur second, Mrs. J. Minor Moore third, Mrs. J. E. Wieneke fourth, Mrs. H. P. Jennings fifth while Mrs. A. Kramolowsky won the drawing contest A new automobile crankcase oil, held to maintain its viscosity and lub ricating efficiency in spite of the cold weather mixture of the "heavy ends" of gasoline, which, failing to be con sumed in the motor's cylinders, seep past the pistons and dilute the crankcase oil, has just been announc ed as ready for the market by the Standard Oil Company. Tbe name 'Iso-Vis" has been selected for the new oil. Iso-vls signifies "constant viscosity" being made up of "Iso" the Greek prefix meaning "equal" used In English words like "isothermal" and "isometric," and "Vis," an abbreviation of viscosity." The Standard Oil Company states that Its laboratories have been work ing on the compounding and compo- sitlonn of the new oil for the past three years. The data developed by the laboratory research were flrBt re-j ported by Standard Oil scientists to the Society of automotive Engineers at its annual meeting last winter, and were published in the February number of that association s Journal For a year following Its labora tory development, the Standard Oil Company of Indiana has subjected the new oil to a practical test by us- ng It in the company s great fleet of rucks and salesman s cars. The explanation of the method by which the now oil operates is made by Standard Oil representatives as fol ows "Oil in the crankcase can be d ii teil only up to certain point the first 150 to 200 miles of operation he ordinary oil under average oper ating conditions picks up about per cent of diluent. After that while the diluent still continues t enter the crankcase, It is driven off by the heat of the engine. But an il that has accumulated 16 per cen f diluent thereby lost two-third of Its viscosity and If the oil was light or medium to begin with, It Iras been thinned to the danger point. If, 111 the beginning, it was a heavy oil. after it had acquired tha 16 per cent of the diluent it gave perfect lu brloation, but during the 150 to 200 fer -of-?r. Louis: Mihn Tnlfflr nnirtmlla 11 took t0 Uto that.dlluaut it was too stiff for cold weather oper Htion, and dead batteries scored cylinders and damaged bearing were often the result "It occured to the. Standard Oil chemists that since the oil in the crankcase could be diluted only up to a certain point, and that since a suf ficiently heavy oil after 150 or !00 miles of driving reached this point and gave perfect lubrication if the oil could be brought to equilibrium iu the refinery, It would give perfect lubrication from the very moment of starting, and thereafter until drained from the crankcase, for It would have a constant viscosity and therefore a constant efficiency, af fected only by accumulations of dirt and not by diluent. Iso-Vis, the Standard Oil Company reports, is the result of the suc cessful issue of this experimenting Sirs. Henry Sehelicli Dead. Mrs. Henry Sehelich (nee Haven er) was born on a farm near Port Hudson, July 20. 1862, and died t her home near Bourbon, December 10, 1926, at the age of 64 years, 4 months and 20 days. On February 17, 1888, she was married to Henry Sehelich. To this union four chil dren were born. Two children pre ceded her to the grave. She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Drover Daves, of Bourbon, one son, Joseph, of Sulli van, three brothers, William Haven er of Gerald, Silas of Rosebud, and Ed. of Port Hudson; and a number of other relatives and friends. CHRISTMAS BASKETS FOR UNION'S NEEDY Silent Donor Requests Needy Poor to I-ave Names at TheRepublican-Tribune Office. The needy oor of this city fire to lie reineniliereil on Christmas Day. and it has been requested that the names e left at the ollii-e of The Repuhlicuii- Tribiiue as soon a possible iu order tbut the iiarty wishing to remember tbe iHHir of this community will learn as early as possible how many baskets are required to go around. Fr a unmlier of -ears tst, citizens Af Union have cared for Union's needy loor in the way of a Christinas basket, but occasionally some one is missed because of oversight or lack of knowledge of the conditions. In order to avoid any disappointment, this vear, and to' avoid any oversights, it is being requested that, tbe names lie left at The Tribune office as soon as possible. Phone 45 and tbe name will lie listed and passed on to the generous and thoughtful people of Union who will provide Home sort of a Christmas treat for the unfortunate. Don't forget rills, do it at once. MISSOURI HAS COAL TO LAST 9000 YEARS Consumers Now Have No Fear of Shortage, Hays State Geologist. Consumers of Missouri mined coal, whose shovels have been eating con tinuously into the state's coal bins since the early part of the nine teenth century, need have no fear of an Immediate fuel shortage. W. A. Tarr, geologist at the Unl verslty of Missouri, today made public a survey of the state's coal supply, in which it was shown that enough fuel remains to be mined to adequately supply the public for 9000 years, providing the present rate of production and consumption and the methods of mining remain constant during that period. Tarr Is well known Iu mining circles of the state. The survey Bhowg that Missouri's original coal supply at the time mining of the fuel was put on commercial basis, about 1830, was approximately 73.362,016,000 short tons. The figure was arrived at by multiplying the area of the state's coal fields, which is 23,960 square miles, by the thickness of the veins and the number of pounds of coal to the cubic foot. No beds of less than 14 inches in thickness were included In the survey. It was calculated that prior to 1911, approximately 107,670,000 tons of coal had been mined In Missouri From 1911 to 1924 the survey shows that about 59.627,00 tons were rained, making tbe total production up to years ago approximately 167, 362,016,000, the estimated original coal supply of tha state, left a total of 79,027,422,000 tons yet to be min ed. If the present waste continued to be 100 per cent of the amount of coal mined, th total supply that could yet be made available to consumers would be 39,613,711 tons. The average production of Missouri coal during tha past twenty years Js 4,- 200,000 tons. Should the present rate of production and consumption and the methods of mining remain unchanged, the surrey shows that the state would bare an adequate coal supply to last it for the 'next 408 years. SOMK KPLEMI1 CHRISTMAS OFKER.S. This Issue of TheRepublican-Tribune again contains some splendid advertising from local merchants offering suitable Christmas gifts for the entire family. The Christmas shopping time Is ripe, and shoppers should lose no time In completing their shopping if thev have not already done so. With more pleasant weather and improved highways over this section of the country, It is expected that the remaining days before Christmas will be eventful ones for the local merchants. Regardless of how hard you try to complete your shopping early in order to avoid the last minute rush there will be some email items Buch as candies for the tree, ornaments, candles oranges, nuts, etc., that will remain to be bought at the last minute. That will make business brisk even If all buy the major portion of their Christmas articles early. Last minute chopping Is tiresome to the clerks who are forced to put In long hours during the two weeks .preceding Christmas to take care of the traife. Union merchants have their places of business open every evening from now until Christmas to take care of after supper buyers. J0PL1N MAN NAMED ,-HIGHWAY ENGINEER New Chief Highway Engineer Ila Been Connected W.'th Department for Three Years. Circuit Court in Session Next Wednesday. The Franklin County Circuit Court will convene on Wednesday of next week for an adjourned session of- the regular November term of court. The docket Is arranged for but one day, but if many of the casts come to trial it Is expected that court will be in session more than a single day. XMAS PROGRAM AT THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH Tlii-ee Masses Wil lie Observed at Immaculate Concept Ion ChiirfTi First at Mix A. M. The Immaculate Conception Cath olic Church of this cily will observe Christmas this year according to their usual custom. Three masses will be observed, the first one begin ning at six o'clock, the second at 7:15. and the third at 9:30. The following program will be carried out: First Mass, 6 o'clock Before the Mass "Silent Night.' St. Peters Mass by Gruber. Offertory "Laetentur Coell by Rees. Organist Ven. Sister Alma. Tenor Fred Lause, John Fees and Felix Pautler. Bass Martin Lause, C. J. Arand and B. H., Obennark. Alto Misses Ida and Agnes Weber. Soprano Misses Mary Arand Emma Diekman, Anna Weber, Laura Obermark, Loralne Parnrtntier, Adell Obermark and Clara Heitmann. Second Mass, 7 : 1 5 During this mass the choir will render Christmas Anthems. Sermon will be given in Ger man also the hymns will be sung In German. Third Mass, 9:30 Kyrle, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Die from "The Good Shepherd Mass by Rev. Sorin. Offertory "Adeste Fidelia", by Novello. This year the members of the Im maculate Conception Parish will have a Christmas tree for the chil dren. The school children have arranged for a little Christmas Program and all are cordially invited. Aid Ass'n. for Lutherans Elect Officers. The Aid Association for Lutlienin.-i of the Hynodicul ( '(inference. Branch 632, of New- Haven, held their annual meeting and election of officers for Ihe bourn and local offices Sunday ev ening. December 12, 120. The fol lowing officers were elected : President, William J. Groiqie;vice-president, Edward A. Althage; secretary-treasurer, LouU A. Pelster. This is a mutual lieiielieiary society for Lutherans of the Syuilical Confer ence and Branch l.'!2 now has a total membership of thlrty-ulne members. Dances Here Dec. 25-26. The Liberty Ball Room manage ment has completed arrangements for two pleasant social affairs here during the Christmas season In the. line of dances. The Missouri School of Mines seven-piece Varsity Orches tra of Rolla, Mo., has been secured to furnish the music Watch for the big pouter with completeannouncement. Thomas H. Cutler, construction en-gineer for the state highway department, was named chief engineer of the department on Tuesday of this week to succeed B. H. Plepmeler, who resigned to become associated with Theodore Gary of Kansas City. L. C. Lozler of Carollton, Democrat, assistant counsel of the commission tor the last several years, was chosen chief counsel to succeed L. Newton Wylder of Kansas City, Republican, resigned. He la the son of Representative Ralph Lozler ef the Second District. Mr. Wylder had been chief counsel for the last four years. The post pays a salary of $3,600 a year. Mr. Cutler, a native of Ft. Scott, Kans., hag been connected with tha highway department since March 1923. He attended the public school." of Detroit, Washington, and LouiBVllle, Ky. He was graduated from Louisville high school and the University of Kentucky. He was a draftsman and Instrument man with the Chicago & Alton railroad from 1903 to 1905 and later served as construction engineer for large corporations. He was city engineer of Gary, Ind., and adjacent towns eight years, and later was contractor of street- work. He served as a captain of engineers in the United States army during tbe World War. After the war, Mr. Cutler was superintendent of construction for a firm at Jollet, 111. Mr. Cutler became connected with the Missouri highway department In March, 1923, as project engineer In the Joplin division. He later became supervising maintenance engineer, as sistant division engineer of the Joplin division and In 1925 assistant engineer of construction for the department. He was named engineer of construction, April 1, last. He is a Republican. Mr. Piepmeler had been chief engl-ner for five years. In resigning he recounted the work of the highway department In expending $100,000,- 000 on roads, completing the con struction of 3,500 miles of road grad ing 1,500 miles of road and making more than 1,400 miles of all weather roads through Intensive maintenance. . , - Plevmeler - Work Praised. --, In accepting Mr. Plepmeler's resig nation, which is effective February 1, Charles D. Matthews of Slkestou, chairman of the commission; Hugh Stephens of Jefferson City, vice chair man, and Edward J. McGrew of Lex ington, secretary, paid high compliments to Mr. Plepmeier's work In resolution.It reads In part: Whereas, B. H. Piepmeler is retiring to private l'fe after four and one- ' half years of efficient service as chief engineer of this commission, and Whereas, Mr. Plepmeler's work for this commission was one of unusual achievement, and his record of accomplishment in organization is one of which all Mlssourians are truly proud, and Whereas, his Initiative and counsel always hnve been of immeasurable value and benefit to the highway department and to this commission, and Whereas, his unwavering fidelity to modern principles of road location, enthusiasm for and loyalty to the construction and maintenance, his state road program adopted, and his effective presentation of that program to the public have materially assisted this commission in its work, and Whereas, his efficient administra tion of the affairs of the state highway department have brought well preserved recognition of the Missouri department as One of the leading highway departments of the United States, and Whereas, his exalted conception of public duty, his able leadership and the Inspiration of his precept and ex ample have inculcated In the hearts of his fellow employees high Ideals of public service, therefore, be it Resolved, That In recognition of the conspicious public service of B. H. Piepmeler and in acknowledge of his loyalty to this commission and to the people of the great state and of the obligations due him, not only from the commission and its Individ ual members, but from the state of Missouri, the state highway com mission of Missouri, hereby announ ces Its regret at the retirement of B. H. Piepmeler, records Its pride In his remarkable achievements, expresses its appreciation of the relationship which has existed between him and this commission and of the cooperation which he has ever given It, and of the enthusiasm with which he has always carried out the wishes of this commission, and conveys its wish for him of the same notable success. In private life which he has attained In the service of the people of Missouri. The resolution will be placed on parchment and presented to Mr. Plepmeier. Rock Island Will Hare Holiday Rates. The Rock Island Railroad Company has announced that they will have a special holiday rate in effect during the Christmas holidays. The selling dates are December 11 to 25th. with final return limit of January C. The holiday rates are fare and one-half for the round trip, with a minimum price of $1-40 bait fare for children.