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Stone County Agriculture
News, Views & Scoops
News and Notes for and about Stone County Agriculture. Please send information or story ideas to: screditor@centurylink.net or mail to: PO Box 401, Crane, Missouri
Cape Fair Area Still a Spoonbill
Fishing Hot Spot for Over 50 Years
Opening Day catch from 13 proud fishermen at the Cape Fair
Marina.
Fishing has always been a
family time for fun.
Spoonbill fishing is still
popular today after 50 years,
primarily because of the efforts
of the Missouri Conservation
Department. The department
of conservation stocks Table
Rock Lake with 3,000 paddlefish
fingerlings annually with a pulse
stocking of up to 6,000 once every
three years,” says Trish Yasger, a
fisheries biologist who oversees
the department’s paddlefish
program. The young paddlefish,
which are raised at Blind Pony
Fish Hatchery near Sweet
Springs, reach a total length of
12 to 18 inches by the time they
are stocked in the reservoirs in
October. The paddlefish is an
ancient, mostly cartilaginous fish
with a smooth skin. It is a close
relative of sturgeons. Although
it is sometimes called a spoonbill
or spoonbill cat, it is not closely
related to catfish. Most species
of paddlefish are now extinct,
and fossil paddlefish from 60
million years ago have been
found in the Missouri River
basin near Fort Peck Reservoir,
Montana. Only two species of
paddlefish survive, a species in
the Yangtze River drainage of
China, Psephurus gladius, and
our North American paddlefish,
Polyodon spathula.
Paddlefish season opens every
year at midnight on March 15
in Missouri, regardless of the
Stella Trotter is pictured with
her son, Craig and her husband’s
catch of Spoonbill in 1957 from
the Cape Fair Area.
weather and the fishermen come
out no matter what to hunt the
prehistoric looking fish weighing
sometimes over 100 pounds
each.
You can’t really use regular bait
and tackle to catch a paddlefish.
You have to snag them. Snagging
doesn’t require a lot of tackle or
other equipment. A 6-to-7-foot
fiberglass rod, equipped with a
saltwater reel, two large treble
hooks and a lead sinker is the
standard rig. You want that rod
to be as stiff and many fishermen
use line counters on their line to
take the guess work out of how
much line is needed to catch this
large fish. This same technique
was used to catch the fish pictured
in the 1957 photo, as the ones
pictured opening day, March 15,
2011 at Cape Fair Marina.
Other recommended equipment
when snagging includes gloves,
a gaff to pull fish into the boat,
a pair of pliers to remove hooks,
a file to sharpen hooks, lengths
of nylon rope to tie up fish and
a knife.
For more details about
paddlefish snagging regulations,
get a copy of the Summary of
Missouri Fishing Regulations,
which is available anywhere
permits are sold statewide,
or go online to www.mdc.
mo.gov/2115.
Key to Mole Control
is Finding Active Run,
Not Killing Grubs,
Says MU Extension
Specialist
HERMITAGE, Mo. -- Two
moles per acre is considered an
infestation and ridding a home
lawn of moles can seem like a
never-winning battle.
But the odds of success are
increased when the right scouting
techniques are used according to
Brie Menjoulet, an agronomy
specialist at the University of
Missouri Extension in Hickory
County.
“No matter what the control
method -- granular or gel baits,
repellants, or traps -- scouting
techniques are the key,” said
Menjoulet.
Moles will feed on earthworms
and grubs every two hours, 24
hours a day. Once a mole has
eaten the food supply throughout
a run, the mole will stop using
that run and start a new one.
“Mole traps and baits must
be placed in the active runs to
be most effective. That makes
good scouting essential,” said
Menjoulet.
To find active mole runs,
Menjoulet recommends poking a
hole through the top of the run.
Mark the location with a flag a
few inches to the side of the run
or by using a landmark that is
memorable.
“In about 2 hours, check the
run and if the hole is repaired or
plugged back up, the run is active
and will be a good location for
baits and traps,” said Menjoulet.
Moles can smell human scents
on some types of bait. Using
gloves while handling mole baits
can help increase product success
and reduce possible chemical
exposure to the applicator.
Mole baits are pesticides and
can be harmful if not properly
used as directed by the label.
“Grub worm pesticides are
used to kill grub worms and,
unfortunately, can kill up to 70
percent of earthworms as well.
Grub worm pesticides should
only be used to kill grub worm
infestations, not to control moles
by reducing their food supply,”
said Menjoulet
For more information, contact
nearest MU Extension office or
visit MU Extension online at
http://extension.missouri.edu.
Creation
Of Stone County
by: Emory Melton
Missouri became a state in
1821 and shortly thereafter the
creation of counties in the state
was commenced in the state
legislature.
The portion which is now Stone
County was first a part of Wayne
County and in 1829 became a
part of Crawford County which
in 1833 became Greene County
with the seat of government
being located in Springfield and
which covered virtually all of
southwest Missouri.
For Greene County, Taney
County was created by the
legislature in 1837 which
included portions of what is now
Christian County, all of present
day Taney and Stone County
with the county seat at Forsyth.
It remained so for the next 14
years until Stone County was
carved out of Greene in 1851.
The first county seat was
located at or near the site of
The Crane Chronicle/Stone
County Republican is going back
in time and needs your help, if
you have someone in your family
who has memories and stories
like these, send them in. I would
love to hear more stories about
Stone County, different families
and homesteads that are/were
in the area. Please feel free to
email them to me at scrlegal@
centurylink.net, or drop them
by our office. I think this is
something that our readers
will be very interested in. Also
if you have any pictures to go
along with the story please don’t
hesitate to bring them by.
We will also be showcasing a
different city, school, church or
family each week, in an effort to
show how the area has changed
so much over the years, so if you
have anything you would like
to add or would like to submit
please send it our way.
I hope you all enjoy taking a
walk back in time with these
stories, I have really enjoyed
reading about how my family
got here and I thought you might
too!
Stories By:
Granny Bess
These are stories and
memories that were
remembered and written down
by the late Bessie and Homer
Foster
Submitted by: Great
Granddaughter- Whitney (Foster)
Anderson
The Bowlings
In April 1893 my Grandparents,
Benjamin F. and Julia Bowling,
left Kentucky in a covered
A Look Back!
Stone County History
present day Galena. It was called
Jamestown when Stone County
was formed by the Missouri
Legislature in 1851.
In her piece about Galena for
the Stone County Edition of
Rayburn’s Ozark Guide, Ethel
Thompson, well-known writer
then a resident of Galena, says,
“Anderson N. Payne, having
been appointed by an act of the
general assembly of the State of
Missouri to select a site for the
county seat of Stone County, met
with others on April 15, 851,
and they selected Jamestown
because of quality of the land,
the density of population and
the convenience for the greatest
amount of the people of the
county.”
Just when exactly, or why the
name was changed to Galena
is not known. But the county
court records the new name in
its proceedings for the month of
August, 1853. (--Stone County
Newspapers Centennial Edition,
May 1951.)
Join Us in Our Journey
Thru The History Of Stone County
wagon. They brought Lucy, Tom,
Ben and George with them. They
had another daughter, Molly, she
was married and had children.
Her husband, Lig Tucker, chose
to live in Pynor, MO. They also
had a married son, Henry, he was
married to Arminta. Henry also
came in a covered wagon, but
Arminta had a small baby, so she
came later by train, the railroad
only came to Marionville, so
he met her and brought her to a
log house, where he had settled.
Some of grandpa’s brothers
had settled around “Hideout”
and had found a log house for
grandpa’s family, they were on
the road for three months, there
were no roads in places, they
used axes and cross cut saws
to be able to get through. They
crossed the Mississippi River
on a ferry boat, the horses and
wagons were below, the women
and kids were above the horses,
they were so afraid, they brought
their dog, but he was afraid of
the ferry and they couldn’t catch
him, he chose to swim, but when
he got out where the current
was swift, he began to go down
stream, they thought he was gone
and they would never see him
again, so when they got across
the river they started on their
way, they camped the second
night and they heard a welcome
sound, the dog had somehow
crossed the river no one knows
how far he traveled, but he came
to them whining and barking for
joy. They were all glad, because
he was a good hunter, the boys
had a shotgun and they would
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What is the Difference
Between Determinant And
Indeterminate Tomato Plant?
By Patty Roof
A gentleman walked into
the paper office last week
and asked that very question.
My parents had a huge
garden when I was growing
up and I never realized how
many different kinds of
tomato’s and tomato plants
there were. I had no idea
there was a determinate
or indeterminate tomato
plant. I now know that most
growers prefer determinate,
because they bloom early
and all at once and that
makes harvesting them
easier. Indeterminate are
most commonly used in
back yard gardens. They
bloom later and they
produce all summer, or at
least until the first frost.
I also know that there
is a third type of tomato
plant called a “semideterminate.”
They produce
a second crop following a
successful first crop a good
example of these tomato’s
are heirlooms.
The best advice I found
was do your research, know
your plants, know your soil
and your climate conditions.
Do your homework and
enjoy the fruits of your
labors.
Benefit For Galena
Project Graduation
The Galena Project Graduation
is hosting a SPAGHETTI
SUPPER, Saturday, April 9,
beginning to 6:00 pm in the
Galena High School Cafeteria.
There will be live music
presenting John Paul Carr and
the Corybel Country Band and a
Silent Auction.
Adults: $5.00, Students (5-
12): $3.00, Children (4 & under)
Free Thank you for your support
to Project Graduation.
CO-ED SOFTBALL
TOURNAMENT
Galena Booster Club is having
a Co-Ed Softball Tournament
Saturday April 23, 2011. Team
fee $120.00, Tournamant
Champs will be awarded t-shirts.
For more information please
contact Deanna on cell @ 417-
830-6548.Tournament will start
at 9: oo am till 12:00 pm. On
school premises rules will apply.
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Murphy’s Orchard.
The Marionville Clothing
Bank Association, Inc. held
the drawing for their raffle on
Wednesday, March 30th, at 9:30
a.m. at the Marionville Clothing
Bank. Janea Coker, Library
Manager at the Marionville
Branch Library, was the impartial
guest who drew the names of the
prizewinners.
Prizewinners were as follows:
Four tickets to the Dickerson
Park Zoo – Crystal Harter,
Marionville; family passes to
the Titanic Museum Attraction
– Steve Rinker, Mt. Vernon, and
Christine Rauch, Billings; $25
gift certificate to Alice Irene’s
– Ruby Bowling, Marionville;
gift certificates for a large pizza
at Pizza Hut in Aurora – Edwena
Young, Marionville, and Judy
Wright, Marionville; Kenneth
Darby ¼ size wood football on
a stand, from the St. Louis Rams
– Jacob Eden, Strafford; $25 gift
certificate to Murphy’s Orchard
– Karen Carr, Aurora; afghan by
Marcia Baum – Frank and Kathy
Urschel, Marionville; two tickets
to the Andy Williams TV Variety
You’re Invited To...
CLARA BELLE KEITHLEY’S
90th
Birthday Party!
April 16, 2011
11:00AM TO 1:00PM
Abesville School Cafeteria
Prizewinners In The Marionville
Clothing Bank Raffle
President Kathy Tappana awards Marilyn Estes of Marionville
her prize, two tickets to Presley’s Country Jubilee.
Karen Carr, Aurora, receives her prize, a $25 gift certificate to
Show with Ann Margaret – Sara
Herndon, Marionville; two tickets
to the Baldknobbers Jamboree –
Sara Herndon, Marionville; two
tickets to the Butterfly Palace
– Janice Parker, Aurora; two
ticket to the Duttons – John Ray
and Freda F. Suttles, Aurora; two
tickets to George Dyer – Bob
Tappana, Birch Tree; two tickets
to the Great Passion Play – Stacy
Estes, Crane; two tickets to the
Ozark Empire Fair – Crystal
Harter, Marionville; two tickets
to Presley’s Country Jubilee
– Marilyn Estes, Marionville;
two tickets to Shepherd of the
Hills – Judy Wells, Marionville;
two tickets to Silver Dollar City
– Dan French, Aurora; and two
tickets to Six Flags St. Louis –
Kay Kerans, Marionville.
The members of the
Association thank the businesses
and individuals who donated
prizes for the raffle. They also
thank everyone who purchased
tickets. The proceeds of $824
will be used for repairs to the
Marionville Clothing Bank
building.
Granny Bessie
continued from page 10
take the dog and scout through
the woods, they kept the family
in fresh meat, each day, rabbits
and squirrels were plentiful, they
tried to camp near a spring or
school house, where there was
water, none of grandpa’s horses
became lame and he had to buy
another horse on the way.
Grandpa was a woodworker
and had his own lathe, he had
made chairs and baskets to sell
in Kentucky, he cut out enough
pieces for six chairs, tied them
in a bundle, and he brought them
in the wagon. When he got to
Missouri he put them together and
canned the bottoms, Sue Wayne,
Dale and Joe, each have one
of the chairs. I have the rolling
pin, they were all made from
“sugar maple”, they had a barrel
of flour and their dishes were
packed in the flour to prevent
being broken. They would stop
by farmhouses and buy milk
and eggs, sometimes potatoes,
they cooked on a campfire, there
were no fancy knick knacks.
They told of finding mushrooms
too. It was a very long tiresome
trip, but they decided to move
to Missouri where four of the
Bowling brothers were, some
of the family had moved into
Arkansas, earlier, but they ran
into malaria fever and several
of them died. Grandpa’s parents
and two brothers are buried in
Mt. Comfort Cemetery near
Fayetteville, Arkansas. Fran,
Henry, Thomas and Albert were
in the “Hideout” area, when
grandpa got here. They all
pitched in and helped get him
settled in, grandpa’s health was
not good, but he did what he
could, Uncle Tom homesteaded
the farm, where Joe now lives,
then Uncle Tom and Aunt Hilda
were married and moved out,
my daddy, Ben, bought the place
from Uncle Tom. Aunt Lucy got
married and moved out, Uncle
George married and moved.
So grandpa, grandma and Ben
lived there together. Ben hired
out wherever he could find work
to support his parents, he knew
a family of Murray’s who lived
just north of him, they had a girl
named Anna Raymond, who he
wanted for his girlfriend, but
her stepdad, Hiram Murray,
wouldn’t allow him on the place,
so Aunt Hulda got milk from
the Murray’s and Ben would
write a note and would send it
by Aunt Hulda, Anna would
have a note and send it back, so
they did their courting that way,
until Anna went near Crane to
work for a Doctor whose wife
was bedfast. Ben and Anna got
to see each other there, then
they got married. Ben wasn’t
welcome at Murray’s for a long
time, but finally they accepted
him. Ben and Anna lived with
grandpa and grandma in the old
log house, there was big room
with an upstairs and a lean to for
a kitchen. Ben and Anna were
married November 25, 1903
then on January 29, 1905 a son
was born named Charley Oral,
then Bertha Elizabeth was born
Community Calendar Of Events
Send items to: Community Calendar of Events, Stone County
Publishing, Co., P.O. Box 401, Crane, Mo. 65633-0401.
Deadline is 12 Noon on Monday, the week of Publication.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
•Crane Library, open, Wednesday, February 2, 2011
•Crane Library, open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Barry-Lawrence Regional Library, Marionville Branch, open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Second Season Shop, open Tues-Wed-Fri-Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Main Street, Crane,
phone 723-5636.
• North Stone County Food Pantry: Every Wednesday 8 am to 12 (noon)
•AA Meeting, 8 p.m., Community Building, Cape Fair, 417-538-4146 or 417-538-
2233.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
•Crane Library open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Barry-Lawrence Regional Library, Marionville Branch, open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Galena Masonic Lodge #515, 7:30 p.m., Galena Lodge, Galena. Meeting the first and
third Thursdays of every month.
•American Legion meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
•Building Hope - A group that celebrates Recovery every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at
Crane Christian Church. 417-693-3055 or 417-818-0352
Friday, April 8, 2011
•Crane Library, open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Barry-Lawrence Regional Library, Marionville Branch, open, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Second Season Shop, open Tues-Wed-Fri-Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Main Street, Crane,
phone 723-5636.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
•Crane Library open, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•Crane Recycling Center, open,8 a.m. to 12 noon.
•Kimberling City Area Recycling Center, open, 8 am to 11 am.
•Second Season Shop, open Tues-Wed-Fri-Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Main Street, Crane,
phone 723-5636.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
September 6, 1907 then Anna
was expecting again and grandpa
got sick and died February 10,
1910, it was a bad time for the
family, then on February 27,
1910 Ernest Audrey was born.
Grandma continued to live there,
she visited others and always
took her little basket of quilt
pieces, she made tiny stitches
and all were the same, her quilts
were very pretty. On April 14,
1913 Bessie Marie was born.
Our house was getting fuller,
then Charlie was stricken with
appendicitis, the Doctors didn’t
know how to treat him, so on
April 11, 1914 Charlie died. My
parents were heart broken for a
long time, in 1916 Ben had a saw
mill set and he and Uncle Tom
cut logs and had lumber sawed
for a new house, they moved
the old house back aways and
Ben and Uncle Tom built us a
new house. Grandma baby sat us
while our dad and mom worked
in the field, Ben and Tom built
a canning factory and canned
tomatoes two years for Gamble
Brothers (let and their canning
factory decay and fall down.)
Grandma told us many stories of
happenings in the old days, great
grandpa took corn to a mill in
Kentucky to be ground for meal
and there were two men feuding
and one decided to put poison in
his enemies meal, he put it in the
wrong sack and great grandpa’s
family was all effected, they
were all sick, one little boy died,
one of the pregnant daughters
was visiting and be became very
sick and her baby was stillborn.
The man that did this was caught
and put in prison.
My Grandpa had a workshop
and had lots of shavings piled
up in it, there was a family that
lived near them who had a small
baby sleeping on the bed while
the mother was hanging out
the laundry. A big timber wolf
slipped in the house, picked up
the baby and took it to the shop,
and buried it in the shavings,
then went out side and gave a
loud howl. The mother ran and
got her baby and got back in the
house and shut the door, in a short
time a whole pack of big wolves,
ran into the shop they dug and
scratched all over the place, they
smelled where the baby had been.
It would have been killed and ate
in a short time, the wolves were
thick in the area where they lived
and they had to be on the look
out for them at all times.
My grandpa was a fiddle
player and he had a neighbor
who played a guitar with him,
they lived back in the wooded
hills and sometimes some one
would hire them to play for a
neighborhood dance. One night
they had played late and started
home through the woods, they
heard a pack of wolves on their
trail, they knew they were in
for trouble, they had their fiddle
and guitar in sacks, with straps
on their shoulders so they hung
their instruments on their backs
and climbed a tree that had limbs
low, so it was easy to climb,
but they were barely in the tree,
when the wolf pack got there,
the wolves began to gnaw on
the tree, which wasn’t a real big
tree, they were afraid they would
gnaw it down and get them both,
so grandpa got his fiddle out and
began drawing the bow across
the strings, the wolves would
stop gnawing and howl, so they
stayed in the tree until the sun
began to come up, the wolves
left to search for something else,
they finally got on the ground
and hurried home, it was quite
an experience. They never did
forget, grandma said “that old
fiddle saved grandpa’s life that
night.”