Show aci I 1 i ff 1 ff 9 7 11 A gw fa E editors note this Is another in the stories of the states series by EDWARD EMERINE INE features theres no place e like missouri mi is as any missourian will tell you part northern part southern part eastern and part western and wholly american the show me state is a collection of individuals vi climates soils industries and resources build a fence around missouri cut it off from the rest of the world and it will get along all right is a boast often heard missourians Missour ians might be neatly nearly right at that about their state being self sustaining cut oft off from the rest of the world they still could enjoy mountains plains rivers and lakes they could eat beefsteak lamb chops ham and bacon tresh fresh fish tried fried chicken fruits vegetables and bread and still have plenty of whipped cream pie cake sugar potatoes irish or sweet oatmeal butter and eggs their shoes would be made in st louis and they would have a choice of wool or cotton clothing straw or felt hats light clothing or fur coats besides they would have whisky beer wine ie tobacco corncob pipes and the missouri mule they might be short on gold and a few other luxuries but they would have coal wood lead zinc iron glass clay copper nickel cobalt steel antimony tungsten arsenic and some oil and gas topography Is diversified topographically missouri is more apart a part of several other regions than a region in itself northern missouri is a continuation of the rich rolling farm lands of iowa western missouri is a part of the great mid continental prairie southwestern missouri is part of the ozark plateau of arkansas and flat southeastern missouri is delta or bottom land characteristic of the lower mis valley the states diversity is even pronounced in its people the quiet st louis business man is unlike the go getter from kansas city the farmer in northern missouri speaks a different language than the delta agriculturist and the ozark people differ from all the rest on one thing they all agree missouri Is a great state Missour missourians ians have a state pride as deep and fixed as any texans there are no deserts no barren peaks in missouri cord grows tall LAND OF TUE THE OZARKS sylvan scenes abound in the picturesque tur esque ozark mountains this Is a typical spring fed stream in the mountain fairyland 1 0 v 1 r ap T IIA SAS 4 A IR K N M S X 6 V woods are thick fruits and berries abound and beneath the soils surface are rich stores of minerals high in industries although a rich agricultural state missouri has a two billion dollar manufacturing industry even in normal years meat packing at kansas city and st joseph boots and shoes at st louis mens and clothing in all the large cities tobacco processing airplane manufacture book and other printing and industries established to process the states resources and raw products place missouri among the ranking industrial states mining lumbering cement making corn co rn cob pipes haq A d I 1 I 1 TYPICAL FARM SCENE modern farms dot the rich and highly productive rolling rolline acres 0 of Mis missouri soi here Is shown the J C penney farm near hamilton and other products are important industries both kansas city and st louis rank high as wholesale distribution centers for the entire mississippi missouri valley flour flou r mills and cereal plants at st joseph had a tremendous war output missouri is one of the few middle states that yet markets ties lumber laths baths and shingles in large quantities supporting more than commercial sawmills the state has the largest deposits of lead zinc and coal in the middle west it als also 0 has valuable clays building stone ston e and sands missouri produces about 42 per cent of the annual production of barate for the united states with its varied topography missouri has many scenic attractions it has more than recorded caves many with several floors and some I 1 with underground streams besides I 1 its many natural lakes it has lake 1 of the ozarks which was created by the bagnell dam across the osage river built in 1929 this lake is miles long with 1300 miles of shoreline big spring with a measured daily flow of gallons is the largest in the world all ali streams and lakes are stocked with fish and the hunting of quail ducks and other birds is widespread the forests and hills of the ozark mountains are nationally famous spanned by railroads missouri is one of the leading railroad rani raili I 1 I 1 states of the nation being served by 13 trunk line roads agricultural products of all missouri uri include two and one half billion pounds u ds of beet beef annually one billion pounds of pork tour four billion pounds of milk k one million pounds of chickens be besides sides eggs sheep cotton wool corn zat wheat tobacco soy beans and other crops from its rich historical background missouri has emerged as a friendly hospitable state a little mo more re southern than northern in accent a little more western than eastern in its ways lasalles explorations in 1682 located what is now missouri as a part of the vast louisiana purchase it was relinquished to spam spain in 1762 returned to france in 1800 and purchased by the united states in 1803 during buring the civil war missouri although a slave state furni furnished shea troops to the union and more than to the confederate army many historic sites the state has many sites of historic and prehistoric interest at many places are traces of indian villages and camp sites indian mounds and earthworks earthworms earth works are numerous the old home of U S grant built by the general himself still stands outside the city limits of st louis the boyhood home of mark twain samuel L clemens is preserved at hannibal and statues of tom sawyer and huckleberry finn have been erected missouri is known as the mother of the west inspired by reports of the lewis and clark expedition a st louis spaniard named manuel lisa in 1809 organized the first of the fur trading companies jim bridget bridger first white man to see the salt lake valley was a missouri fur trader the oregon trail led from missouri to the pacific coast and independence st joseph and other western missouri towns outfitted the men who conquered the west eastern terminus of the pony express was at st joseph and the santa fe trail was blazed from new franklin to the southwest with the santa fe railroad to follow later it was the missouri compromise act of congress that brought missouri into the union as a state in 1821 born in turmoil it has endured all the hardships of pioneering insurrection i i ansur reconstruction and modern modem competition perhaps through the trials of generations its people have learned that a show me attitude is far safer than naive acceptance of things at face value AM 1 J e 7 LO LOYAL AL so SON N phil 11 donnelly go governor v cn r of missouri is a loyal son who ho never bothered to leave his bis native state stale born at lebanon mo bio march 6 1831 1891 donnelly attended missouri schools practiced law in his bis native state served as county and city attorney and spent 20 years in the state legislature before being elected governor for a four year term in 1941 1911 ile he Is married and has one son |