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GOVERNOR FOLK SAYS NO BETTING. , . A. TUlaa says he iliil not authorize Secretary • Maginn to aanoance that their would be racing at [ St. I.uis from April IS to June 15. Maginn says ; he uot a fadegraai front Tilhs to that affect ami I Louis. A. Cella has couliriuoil the aiinciiinceuieiit I made b M.miiiti. Meanwhile the talk has perco- ] lateii in Governor Folks aaaetaai at Jaffcreon city and lie Bays there will lie no betting on any horse fares in Missouri while lie is on Watch. To a man 1 , up a tree it looks ai it tl owners of the St. Louis I tntcka have shuttieil tip another misdeal. With the legislature adjourned ami ninety days to • j elapse before tin- law prohibiting the use of tele- phones in registering beta OBtalde of the state would ! • go into effect, it undoubtedly looked as it there could lie nine weeks of taring ami bettfcaf under the decision of the Supreme court in the Oldham case. " Consequently the annonnreinont was made, hut it was premature. That same day liovernor Folk made up his mind to call .1 apeciai session of the I gfata-tnre to convene April B. It may be that the govei - iM«r will now COnaMer it nii-essay to have the legts la lure aineuil the telephone law so that it will la-- mat effective before April 1j.
