Mornin' Mail

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Monday, October 25, 1999 Volume VIII, Number 91

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library's "Back to Books with Arthur" fall reading program ends November 1. Participants may come pick out a paperback and Arthur bookplate during the week of November 1-6.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage R-9 Safe & Drug Free Committee is sponsoring Carthage Community Red Ribbon Night on Tuesday, October 26 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Carthage Junior High School. The goal is to educate students and parents toward the prevention of drug abuse. For more information contact Tom Bewick at 359-7068.

today's laugh

Is he a good watch dog?

Rather. If you hear a suspicious noise at night you have only to wake him and he begins to bark.

How much is your hamburger steak?

$2.25 a pound.

But at the corner store it is only $2.10

Why don't you buy it there?

Because they haven't any.

Oh, I see. When I don't have it, I sell it for $2.00 a pound.

We came in on a radio train.

A radio train?

Yeah, it stopped every five minutes for a station announcement.

1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

A NEW MINING COMPANY.

Carthage Men Organize to Prospect East of This City.

The organization has just been completed of a new company formed for the purpose of mining on a district bordering the eastern corporate limits of this city. The name taken by the company is the East Carthage Mining and Prospecting company and the stockholders are all Carthage men as follows: S.O. Morrow, Bennett Hall, Harvey Tyree, J.H. Tyree, Dr. J. A. Carter, F.M. McDaniel, A.M. Drake, Sam'l Wheele, Dr. E.P. Hardaway, H.C. Felker, H.A. Keltner and J. Merit Smith. The first three constitute the first board of directors. J.H. Tyree is the president of the company, Bennett Hall is the treasurer and H.C. Felker the secretary.

Most of the members of the company own land upon which they have given a lease and the company now has first leases on over 200 acres with considerable more promised.

Today's Feature

Short Agenda For Council.

The City Council faces one of the lightest agendas in some time for tomorrow’s regular meeting in City Hall.

The Council is scheduled to vote on Council bill 99-75 which will require anyone operating a motor vehicle in the City to have insurance. The bill mirrors the State regulations.

Also scheduled is a vote on the request for rezoning recommended by the Planning, Zoning, and Historic Preservation Commission and submitted by Ronald and Carolyn Erwin. The request is to rezone property located at 109 N. Maple from District C apartments to District D local Business.

New business scheduled is the Mayor’s appointments to the TIF Commission and a presentation by Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services of Kansas City. The firm will be requesting an endorsement on proposed affordable housing development in Carthage.

The City Council meets each second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. A citizen’s participation period is always scheduled for any Carthage resident to present ideas or concerns to the Council and Mayor.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I always have the urge to stop and take a look when I see somethin’ that looks like it blew out of a pickup along the road. I don’t recall ever actually stoppin’, but I always think I ought to.

I saw what appeared to be a mattress the other day, but as I drove by, rubber neckin’ all the way, it looked more like a big chunk of insulation or somethin’. Nothin’ I wanted, but I still thought about stoppin’ to check it out.

I suppose ever’one is curious about the possibility of findin’ some hidden treasure layin’ in the ditch, or in their attic or at a garage sale.

The fact is, usually, another man’s junk is just that.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.