Gasconade County republican. (Owensville, Mo.), 1918-06-07

              Gasconade Comity p epMbMcani Number 29, Volume 14. Owensville, Missouri, Friday, June 7, 1918. $1.50 Per Year, In Advance: County Court Proceedings County Court met last Monday in the regular May term. The court was in session all week although not such a very busy terra as there seems to bo a lull in the usual number of road petitions that find their way to the regular terms of court. As a rather welcome diversion the court this time hud the pleasure of considering the advisability of vacating roads instead of pondering on the practicability, tho feasibility and necessity of establishing new highways. C. F. llensley et ul. petitioned the court to vacate a certain street, and certain alloys in the unincorporated town, Canaan, on the ground that such street and' alleyB are absolutely useless. Tho petition gigued by T. Hollandsworth, J. H. B. llensley, 1'. M. Jotl, .). W. Martin, Chas. Robcrson, Peter Hanson, W. K. Francis, S. O. Ro-berson, V. P. Uichardson, J. E. Decker, C. S. Jett and A. K. Gray, was tiled and matter continuod to next term. Canaan was at one time platted on' into streets, alleys and lots; lots were sold at high prices. This was at the timo the; Rock Island began laying its track through our county. The expectations of making Canaan a city have not as yet materialized. Claims allowed: W J Ellis, quarterly sal S300.00 J M Schermann, ijr salary 200.00 A. O. Mann, qr salary 200.00 Ferd Pletz, qr salary 70.00 L K Wentzel, cir elk fees '20.75 , A W Dietzel, sheriff fees 22.00 J M Schermann, costs State ' vs Fr Prater 13.10 J M Schermann, costs State vs J Lambs 15.05 Mo Prison Hoard, support J. V. McGregor 30.00 J M Schermann, board for J Lambs 0.00 A J Brink, rep grader No 2 50.08 C F Williams, same 50 00 Aug Ritterbusch, same 5.50 Chaa Willimanu, same J. 00 H 11 Koch, samo I .SO V II Morris, sanio 20.20, A J Brink, rep grador No 1 03.05 Russell Maupiu, surveying 11.50. H A Schuitger, amt expended for lumber in flooring Lower Richland bridge 12.50 Wm. Stephan, a resident of road district No. 5, having submitted proof of disability, was exempted from poll tax for a term of three yoars. The court ordered tho county surveyor to view and locate the road petitioned for by Geo. S. Lockhart ct al, south of Owensville. The members of the court made a trip to Fredericksburg Tuesday afternoon to inspect a change of the county road made on the west side of the mill at that pluco. The I DHAKB Mrs. Dietrich Kahle last Tuesday was sunstruck and found almost dead in a potato patch where she had been working very hard. She is now recovering. Fritz KorlY and Herman Meyer, of Rosebud, each sent a birth ccr-i Ulieate for a tine girl baby. Rev. F. C. Preul and family, of .lamestown, were lu re on a visit. Rev. F. Piehler from St. Louis made a line patriotic address Decoration Day. Never in this section of tho county was a bigger concourse of1 people known to gather on Me-j morial Day to lay llowers, than' gathered last Thursday when sev-i eral hundred came nnd covered the grave of Private Fred Brehe with llowers. Rev. C. J. Raaso and Ed. A. Meyer made tine speeches. To evorpbody it was plain that no tombstone, monument or mausoleum is needed for Fred Brehe, although dead, lives in the memory j of a patriotic and grateful people.; Passing of the Prairie League ROUTE ONE NOTES Mrs. John Weller is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rauter. Mrs. Timlin of St. Louis is visiting at present with Mr. and Mrs. Edw, Luetkeuhoeltor. Rev. O. lteimsoth went to Rosebud last Saturday to meet his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iloimsoth, of Cole Camp. They returned home Wednesday by way of Owensville. Mrs. Fritz Brader and her daughter wero at their former homo near Owensville, clearing up the yard, looking after tho buildings and doing somo garden work. Quito a number of the boys of Route Ono went to Owensville Thursday to register and now expect soon to bo called to defend our nation. change as made was accepted by the court Thursday. Tho change of road petitioned for by John A. Skoruia, in Canaan township, was ordered made. The tax levy for 191S was fixed as follows: State ISc (samo as last year) County tax 10c (was .')5c last year), Road tax 10c and Special Road und Bridge tax 25c on tho SI00 valuation. Dramshop license will be 8200 for the State and S250 for tho County each six months. Liccnso tax on theatrical performances will bo'g't.OO per day. County licenso3 for poddlers and licenses on pool tables will be the samo us now levied by tho State. (Continuod next week) Financial Statement Owensville Red Cross Branch Following is a statcraont of the receipts and expenditures of tho Owensvillo Rod Cross Branch since Its organization. As nearly everyone In the community belongs, it will no doubt be interesting as showing whoro tho funds como from and where they go. Every item of receipts and expenditures is reported monthly to the Chapter at Hermann and is included in the report sent in to national hendquartors and audited by the I'nitcd States Treaaury Department. ItKCKII'TS Membership fcos .151 00 Membership foos from 10. F. Rippstein.. Christmas Drive 115 50 H. D. Hengstonbcrg, donation guessing contest S 70 Receipts pie supper 5!l.l;i Mrs. Henry Aufdor Hoide, donation -'1.01' Receipts pic supper Schimmel School 22.00 Donation 1.00 Donation from play, "The Now Minister," by Hermann talent 15.00 Donation, C. II. Buddomeycr 1.00 Recoipts Eighth Grade Play given at Bland 20.00 Donation, St. Johns Evungolieal church, Hem S.00 Sales of Humanity Bonds 112.50 E. F. Rippstein, refund on butthons .75 SO I0.5N K.M'KNDITL'HES E F. Rippstein, membership fees and Humanity Bonds E. F. Rippstein, 500 Red Cross buttons Mrs. Grace Monhanka, expenso pie supper A. tl. Jackson, poBtago E. F. Rippstein, yarn E. F. Rippstein, I bundles cut pajamas v. II. Morris, hotel bill for Hermann people F. W. Stukenbrocker, record book for secretary American Red Cross, needles F. O, Ilenneko, hall four meetings Emmett Smith, express on yarn Mrs. Grace Monhanka, throad. scissors, otc. Mrs. Grace Monhanka, expense sewing room $22:1.25 1.50 .70 2.00 H 1.0.1 0.1. 20 1.10 .55 1.80 10.00 2.11 3.20 1.17 s.ms.8i $211.71 CANAAN Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holzschuh and family and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. llensley wero visiting at Win. Laey's Sunday. Miss Doris Richardson spent a few days of last week in St. Louis visiting her sister. Miss Floriee, and brother, Bertie. She returned home Saturday accompanied by Miss Floriee, who had been employed in St. Louis for some time but who came home on account of poor health. Rev. B. S. Groli, of Summerlield, tilled his regular appointment at Liberty Baptist church Sunday and administered tho ordinance of baptism to Mrs. James Hollands-worth.Mrs. Harry Halscher and little son of Washington, Mo., camo up Sunday to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green Pope. Misses Naomi llensley and Goldio Horsfeldt spent Sunday with Misses Floriee and Doris Richardson. Mrs. Wm. Drewcll of Bland was visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. K. Gray, tho fore part of the weok. Mrs. R. Roast and grandson, Leonard Read, went to Bland Tuesday for a short stay. Donver Decker, who is employed in St. Louis, camo out Saturday night to spend Sunday with his parents. He was accompanied by his cousin, Eugene Shockley. Mrs. T. E. Pounds and daughter, Ethel, of St. Louis, are here visiting Mrs. Pounds' sistor, Mrs. .1. K. Decker, and other relatives. All farmers at this present time nro busy plowing corn. Decker & Lacy and Gray & Cri tier are both busy mining clay for the Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company of St. Louis. The Canaan M. E. church will hold their annual Sunday school picnic in Frances' Grove Juno 15. Como one and all. Everybody is welcome. Mrs. Andrew Ruilncr is taking a trip to Cordcr to visit her daughter, Mrs. Etl. Diestelkamp. C. Andorson and family and Mrs. J. Horsfeldt and family visited F. B. Baecker and family Sunday. Louis lleidbreder bought a line saddle horso from Pete Gray. On account of the excessive heat in the upstairs room of the i Koch building the Rod Cross sewing room has been moved to Hen-neko's Hall for tho timo being, the Hall being donated by Mr. Hon-neke, wc understand. TEA How many times did you plant corn? 1,'uite a crowd attended Memorial Day exercises at the Warren Cemetery last Thursday. In our report of tho Red Cross subscriptions in Owensvillo last week wo credited Dr. II. P. Huxoll with $1.00 whereas it should have been $0.00. 11. D. Heugstonborg went to St. Louis Wednesday to Hnond a I Among those, noticed at Memor-! iai exercises were George Jump (and son from near High Gate and j Messrs. L. C. Robinson and Frank Gail and their families of Owens-1 jville. . ! Mrs. Geo. S. Lockhart anil her I daughter, Kllie. were in St. Louis' Decoration Day and with Ezra and : Clayton Lockhart attended Memorial exercises nt .Jefferson Barracks. ' Deatli again visited our neighborhood Friday, May .'list, and ; claimed for its own, Mrs. Minnie i Arnold, nee Cowan. Mrs. Arnold had sutTered a long tinio with tu-; i boreulosls. Funeral exercises wero conducted at the home at 0:00 o'clock anil at the Brick Pentecost church (of which congregation she was a member since its organization) at 12 :00 o'clock m. and the remains were followed to their lasti resting place by a vast concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. She leaves to mourn her early death a husbaad and little son, two brothers and a sister. Rev. Robt.-Miller, of near Stanton, conducted' tho funeral services. 1 I ( : OAK BILL Rev. John Hethcock will preach at Taylor school next Sunday, Juno I), ut 11 :00 o'clock. j There will be a Red Cross meeting ut Taylor school next Saturday night for the purpose of electing a membership committee. ICvoryone come. A very large crowd attended the Children's Day program at Oak Hill Sunday afternoon Judge J. W. Itutz and A. J. Shipley went to Steciville Monday. Mr, and Mrs. Win. Bayless spent Decoration Day with their daughter, Mrs. ICdw. Ledbelter. Private Asa P. Ferris, S72nd Aero Squadron Signal Corps, Mechanics Training School, St. Paul, Minnesota, arrived hero Thursday night to, attend tho funerul of his sister, Mrs. Emma Turner, and visit relatives.Mrs. Emma Viola Turner, wife of Charles Turner of St. Louis, was laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery Friday, May 31ut. She was .'ill years old and loaves to mourn her untimely death a husband, three small children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ferris, live sisters and thrco brothers. All tho relatives were present at her funeral and to these we extend our sympathy in their timo of sorrow,.Mrs. R. N. Bonzo returned to her home in St. Louis Sunday i after several weeks visit with her RED HUM) ; Most all farmers are expecting a bountiful crop of wheat and we think Gasconade County's number of bushels will be greater than in many years. Odd fellows enjoyed a bountiful supper given by the Rebckahs last Saturday evening in the Red Bird Hotel. A good time was had by all present and they went una) feeling happy. We had the pleasure of meeting Az.ro Breuer in Red Bird Saturday. We were glad to hear of the good health oi his father, F. D. Breuer. It was not our pleasure to attend preaching at Mt. Pleasant Sunday as usual hut wo are informed that the pastor, Rev. Win. Spurgeon, delivered a very interesting sermon.Fred Hans and family were out from St. Louis visiting Mrs Hans' father, James Sewell, and family. Mr. Hans spends most of his time on the banks of the Bourboise river which is famous for lino lisli. lie is fond of tho angling sport and is generally successful. Henry and Miss Iva Mcintosh came down to visit their uncle, N. K. Mcintosh, and family last Sunday. Henry returned in the afternoon but Miss Iva remained expecting to spend some time visiting in the neighborhood of Red Bird. We are glad to State that Miss Edith Sewell's eyes nro somo better though very weak yet. She has been troubled with granulated eyelids for about two months, part of tho time being confined to a dark room. Wo sympathize with her and hope her eyes may soon bo entirely cured. We met our venerable friend John Miller, last Saturday for the tirst time in about thirty-live years and were suprprisod to sou him looking so hale and hearty. One neighbor is not treating another justly when he permits his stock to trespass on his neighbor's land. M. E. Church Notes. City Council Proceedings Owensville, Mo., June 3, 101S. Hoard of Aldermen met at their office in the Owensville Bank building with Mayor Alonzo Tubbs and Aldermen A. J. Mertl, P. N. Ilutton and Louis Schoeniug present. Board is called to order by Mayor Tubbs. Minutes of mooting of .May tiare read and approved. F. G. Henneke presents his petition for dramshop license to bo kept on Lots 3 and I, Block 1, of tho City of Owensville. Board I'm ds said petition contains a majority of the tax paying residents of the City and of said Block 1. Thereupon application to keep dramshop is granted. Moved aud carried that $17.00 be j accepted from John Tappmeyer in payment to the Water Commissioner for a live-eights inch tap. The following bills are allowed: Arthur Price, sal as marshal $10.no i Atthur Price, 70 hrs lab at 30c 21.00 W. W. McCurdy, 35 hrs with team at 10c P. N. Ilutton, 10 hrs labor at 22 l-2o Bernard Paneitz, same Arthur Price, boarding prisoner I days II. F. Wiese, salary as water com missiouer 11. F. Wiese, 215 hrs extra pumping at 15c Hunter & Stevens, lOjts 10 in tiling August C. Ritterbusch, 5 gal gasoline H. F. Wiese, I batteries Tho Republican, adv in May II. F. Wiese, 5 bbls coal oil Helling & Kneluins, lights for May 14.00 2.25 2.25 2.00 27.00 30.70 9.00 1.25 1.00 1.75 32.50 15.00 OWBNSVILLB. Sunday .school 1 :30 p. m. Genman service 2:30 p. m. ROSHH.UD. Sunday school !l:30 a. in. English service S p. m. WOOLLAM Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Qerninn service 10:30 a. m. Q. A. SCHMIDT, Putor. $200.30 Collector II. M. Groeimtreet reports collections during May as follows : General Fund Poll tax $ 0.00 Taxes, real and personal 1.37 i Water rentals for May I0.S0 Water, Rock Island Lines, I for April I-!S.tCJ $10!.H0 j Mayor reports lines during May I amounting to S2.00, samo being worked out on streets. ' Moved and carried that Water j Commissioner Wiese bo paid 10c per 1000 gallons for pumping water used by the Rock Island Lines, instead of 15c per hour as figured heretofore. 1 Mayor Tubbs appoints Aldermen Mertl aud Louis Schooning as a committee to chock up tho Wntor Commissioner's tools oud transfer them to the now Commissioner, taking his receipt therefor. Moved und earriod to adjourn. W. O. HOYD. City CUrk. Moving Picture Show 6 Reels War Pictures Drama Comedy Wednesday, June 12 Henneke's Hall Given by the Catholic congregation. Entire proceeds to be given to the Red Cross. Admission-Adults 25c; Children 15c A good show for a good cause Everybody Come Balanco on hand Juno 5, 1 'Jl S coaple of days on business. parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith.'