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Show I NO LICENSED GAMBLING. 1 Missouri Governor Would Stop Practice Prac-tice in State. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7.-Gov. Folk today sent to tho Legislature a special message, dealing chiefly with Icg-trltftlon Icg-trltftlon affecting the propoacd repeal of tho breeders' law, which licenses bookmakers book-makers to sell pools ln certain Inclosurea, the fco going to tho cupport of tho Stato fair. Gov. Folk urges tho amendment of tho law so as to eliminate tho licensing of gambling by tho Stato. Tho Governor 5ays the law Is good as far It goes, but that It does not go far enough. "If pool-selling pool-selling Is an evil thing," ho said, "It should not be permitted at all." |